Really don't want to compare, but I thought Phantom of the Opera at the Esplanade in Singapore was way more spectacular.
Maybe I've grown accustom to surround sound / good sound system when watching movie or being at MPO hall!
I felt like the voices of the My Fair Lady performers cannot reach us. The speakers were right infront. So it's due to technicality that didn't blow me away.
But I really like some of the songs, and I could sing along with it.. *some part* so there I did enjoyed it. the rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain...
Reminiscence of my younger days ~ I enjoyed playing the song I could have dance all nighton the organ. Also it was lovely because my parents or my ahpek would surely sing along with the songs that I played. Then happily I'll play the songs...
one my dad's fave song ...
I have often walked down this street before;
But the pavement always stayed beneath my feet before...
lalalalalalalalalallalala... (ok tune in my head now)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
The family IT Helpdesk
Last Saturday
Thought i'd share about how I finally fixed my ahpek's wireless internet, spent 2 whole hour in the hot Saturday afternoon...
Actually its been a week now, I guess I totally have no more fiery feelings troubleshooting now. The bottom of the problem ~ the splitter.
I was on the phone with streamyx helpdesk, who couldn't detact any connection with my uncle's line. So let's not even talk about wireless, the stupid adsl modem was NOT working at all woohhh... so I tried :
- switch modem test with same RJ45 cable - negative
- same modem test with different RJ45 cable - negative
- same modem test with different phone cable - negative
... streamyx helpdesk on the phone was still waiting. This time he suggested me to use direct phoneline connection by passing the splitter. Internet alive!
The modem & wireless router now all went back to the step-son's room upstairs.
Signal strenght on my uncle's desktop downstairs became just Fair sometimes Good, but atleast the web pages finally loaded. bizmilah...
Yesterday
My dad's cousin bro, who only come visit once or twice a year, who lives in Wangsa Maju... came all the way to my house in PJ to get his MS Excel fixed on his bulky oily Dell notebook. I suspected that excel problem of 'fail to install upgrade' is similar to my problem which I keep ignoring, cos i could still launch excel & open xls file from the program itself. I taught him to open his xls file this way, but he didn't get it.
So there I was, freaking out that I couldn't find my Office2003 installer, wonder how am I going to reinstall his office (called CO takda, Sue is out, neighbour takda)... under such challenging circumstances ~ Google to the rescue!
Searched "skU011.CAB" ~ found the solution!
*phew... never give up! There's always a solution to a problem!
Thought i'd share about how I finally fixed my ahpek's wireless internet, spent 2 whole hour in the hot Saturday afternoon...
Actually its been a week now, I guess I totally have no more fiery feelings troubleshooting now. The bottom of the problem ~ the splitter.
I was on the phone with streamyx helpdesk, who couldn't detact any connection with my uncle's line. So let's not even talk about wireless, the stupid adsl modem was NOT working at all woohhh... so I tried :
- switch modem test with same RJ45 cable - negative
- same modem test with different RJ45 cable - negative
- same modem test with different phone cable - negative
... streamyx helpdesk on the phone was still waiting. This time he suggested me to use direct phoneline connection by passing the splitter. Internet alive!
The modem & wireless router now all went back to the step-son's room upstairs.
Signal strenght on my uncle's desktop downstairs became just Fair sometimes Good, but atleast the web pages finally loaded. bizmilah...
Yesterday
My dad's cousin bro, who only come visit once or twice a year, who lives in Wangsa Maju... came all the way to my house in PJ to get his MS Excel fixed on his bulky oily Dell notebook. I suspected that excel problem of 'fail to install upgrade' is similar to my problem which I keep ignoring, cos i could still launch excel & open xls file from the program itself. I taught him to open his xls file this way, but he didn't get it.
So there I was, freaking out that I couldn't find my Office2003 installer, wonder how am I going to reinstall his office (called CO takda, Sue is out, neighbour takda)... under such challenging circumstances ~ Google to the rescue!
Searched "skU011.CAB" ~ found the solution!
*phew... never give up! There's always a solution to a problem!
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Why does he wanna piss me off?
MJ : eh.. are u free to help me with other BGF stuff ah
MJ : things that u can do without coming for mtg
he : as harsh as it may sound, i don't want to be involve with anything related to incovar nor bgf anymore
he : very, very fed up already
he : and stop asking why or whatever
MJ : how abt ur life then
MJ : can ask abt ur life
MJ : what do u do in ur spare time
MJ : or weekends
MJ : dun talk bgf
MJ : or unit trust.. u interested in investment?
he : no
he : bye
MJ : thats it
MJ : nothing to say liow?
he : yes, nothing to say to you already
MJ : im that boring!
(on another day…)
he : MJ
MJ : yes
he : can you please unsubscribe me from bgf newsletter?
he : the postal newsletter
MJ : but im not moderator wo
MJ : u turn christian already ah?
MJ : bgf got dendam with u?
he : it's a waste of rm0.70 to send the newsletter to me because i don't read them?
MJ : u pass to ur neighbour la
he : my neighbours can't read english
MJ : 70 cents is nothing la
he : okay, never mind
he : forget it
(out of no where.. when you’re busy at work…)
he : Mahahahaaa
he : 26, a holiday for me
MJ : good for u lor!
he : lalala
MJ : then what u going to do
he : who csa only US no need to work
MJ : book airasia lor
he : chi sin
he : book for what?
MJ : free flights???
(buta layan him, then let him say im chi sin for nothing.. seriously what have I done to him to deserve this?)
he : spiderman where? (ok so he noticed my msn status)
MJ : cinema
he : ok
MJ : u belum watch?
MJ : many ppl sudah watch!
he : i don't want to talk to you
he : bye
MJ : oh ya.. ok
(the thing is I know I can make myself invisible, but I’m very curious to know, what have I done to have agitated this person… I couldn’t make sense, why would he still buzz me on msn for no good reason at all except to piss you off intentionally)
MJ : things that u can do without coming for mtg
he : as harsh as it may sound, i don't want to be involve with anything related to incovar nor bgf anymore
he : very, very fed up already
he : and stop asking why or whatever
MJ : how abt ur life then
MJ : can ask abt ur life
MJ : what do u do in ur spare time
MJ : or weekends
MJ : dun talk bgf
MJ : or unit trust.. u interested in investment?
he : no
he : bye
MJ : thats it
MJ : nothing to say liow?
he : yes, nothing to say to you already
MJ : im that boring!
(on another day…)
he : MJ
MJ : yes
he : can you please unsubscribe me from bgf newsletter?
he : the postal newsletter
MJ : but im not moderator wo
MJ : u turn christian already ah?
MJ : bgf got dendam with u?
he : it's a waste of rm0.70 to send the newsletter to me because i don't read them?
MJ : u pass to ur neighbour la
he : my neighbours can't read english
MJ : 70 cents is nothing la
he : okay, never mind
he : forget it
(out of no where.. when you’re busy at work…)
he : Mahahahaaa
he : 26, a holiday for me
MJ : good for u lor!
he : lalala
MJ : then what u going to do
he : who csa only US no need to work
MJ : book airasia lor
he : chi sin
he : book for what?
MJ : free flights???
(buta layan him, then let him say im chi sin for nothing.. seriously what have I done to him to deserve this?)
he : spiderman where? (ok so he noticed my msn status)
MJ : cinema
he : ok
MJ : u belum watch?
MJ : many ppl sudah watch!
he : i don't want to talk to you
he : bye
MJ : oh ya.. ok
(the thing is I know I can make myself invisible, but I’m very curious to know, what have I done to have agitated this person… I couldn’t make sense, why would he still buzz me on msn for no good reason at all except to piss you off intentionally)
Friday, May 11, 2007
Energy stuck come back!
I truly believed in the Secret "like attract like", watching the movie was like reaffirmation. I've come this far in my life, living by my own personalized meijoonized cranky wisdom ~ you will get what you want, even if you didn't expect it, but if you're going towards it, or subconsciously wishing for it ~ things will happen for you, whether I intentionally want it, or I optimistically hope that *the ship will be straightened when it reaches the harbour*
This blog is not about the Secret. I don't care if people cannot understand, or do not truly believe in it, and tend to drag me down into their level of boredom / stupidity / complains / negativity...
My energy is beginning to boil up to my neck! It's one of the rootcause of getting hyperthyroid, its in my medical history.
Here I am trying to live my life, but I get sucked in by people... esp relatives, who come killing me from side to side.
One uncle (dad's tai loh), who lives 3 doors away, who calls me everyday on my mobile phone (during normal office hour), for me to fix his god-damn internet. Firstly he got a brand new HP desktop for free from streamyx, but due to warantee crap, cannot open the casing, to plug the wireless adaptor onto the m/board. So I spent rm75 for Aztech usb-port wireless adaptor, and it worked! For just 3 days....
Then he started bugging me again and again.. somehow the stupid wireless adaptor can only receive 2bar of signal, not good enough. What about cable? He has... so I tried to configure using cable #$%*&^$#!@%$ and it worked! For just 1 day....
Now what?!? his stupid cable is crappy and faulty and useless shit... I need to find a time to test with my long cable (his stupid AP is in his step-son room upstair which is in such a mess and I don't like to spend a minute longer inside his step-son's room with him inside playing some stupid network game who dunno shit about network).
I have 2 chice, to change the long cable that run through the wall & stairs, or to bring the AP out of his room, and find a power socket... which means, bring it downstairs! What now, is the telephone cable long enough?!? Brrrrr..... just shoot me.
This is me.. my life... with my demanding uncles and aunties.
Dont even get me started with my colleague...
Dont remind me of the stupid DIY MTV that my coursemate is dragging me into doing which I seriously dont like to do.
Dont remind me of the BCAF mtg, and all the follow up that I need to do, to keep track of who sent me write up and what advertisement, and follow up with ybam and whatever not.. and miss coordinator of ybam just said the 2 patrons dunno how to write 'message'.... ask us to draft a forward message for the patron to sign on it... (ok i know this is how it usually works... but where do I find the time to cough out some forward message on behalf of Tan Sri Lee and Datuk Tan?! I need to source help for this...)
My 3rd aunty (mom's sis), called me on the phone to shoot me about why I didnt copy out all the photos from another aunty's friend CD before this other aunty took back her one and only copy. LIKE DOH!!!!!!!!!! Go screw urself la...
My parents are the most normal sane people in whole of their respective family. Hate it when people complain about their trip, about another person, who is my neighbour who happens to talk too loud.
Hate it when people complain... hate it soooo fucking much... you dont know how much fire inside my heart when I hear people "complain"...
I live by "like attract like". I get my things done, good things come to me, I love my life... but I need to live on this same planet of people from the opposite side of the pole.
The Secret didn't teach me how to sly my way out of never ever meet with negative people. Buddhism will teach me to be patient, which I'm putting alot of effort in being patient with people.... but becareful, am I suppressing my energy that's waiting to explode through my neck?!
Right... now i'll get back to work peacefully... beware of the trigger... just let me find the space to breath.
This blog is not about the Secret. I don't care if people cannot understand, or do not truly believe in it, and tend to drag me down into their level of boredom / stupidity / complains / negativity...
My energy is beginning to boil up to my neck! It's one of the rootcause of getting hyperthyroid, its in my medical history.
Here I am trying to live my life, but I get sucked in by people... esp relatives, who come killing me from side to side.
One uncle (dad's tai loh), who lives 3 doors away, who calls me everyday on my mobile phone (during normal office hour), for me to fix his god-damn internet. Firstly he got a brand new HP desktop for free from streamyx, but due to warantee crap, cannot open the casing, to plug the wireless adaptor onto the m/board. So I spent rm75 for Aztech usb-port wireless adaptor, and it worked! For just 3 days....
Then he started bugging me again and again.. somehow the stupid wireless adaptor can only receive 2bar of signal, not good enough. What about cable? He has... so I tried to configure using cable #$%*&^$#!@%$ and it worked! For just 1 day....
Now what?!? his stupid cable is crappy and faulty and useless shit... I need to find a time to test with my long cable (his stupid AP is in his step-son room upstair which is in such a mess and I don't like to spend a minute longer inside his step-son's room with him inside playing some stupid network game who dunno shit about network).
I have 2 chice, to change the long cable that run through the wall & stairs, or to bring the AP out of his room, and find a power socket... which means, bring it downstairs! What now, is the telephone cable long enough?!? Brrrrr..... just shoot me.
This is me.. my life... with my demanding uncles and aunties.
Dont even get me started with my colleague...
Dont remind me of the stupid DIY MTV that my coursemate is dragging me into doing which I seriously dont like to do.
Dont remind me of the BCAF mtg, and all the follow up that I need to do, to keep track of who sent me write up and what advertisement, and follow up with ybam and whatever not.. and miss coordinator of ybam just said the 2 patrons dunno how to write 'message'.... ask us to draft a forward message for the patron to sign on it... (ok i know this is how it usually works... but where do I find the time to cough out some forward message on behalf of Tan Sri Lee and Datuk Tan?! I need to source help for this...)
My 3rd aunty (mom's sis), called me on the phone to shoot me about why I didnt copy out all the photos from another aunty's friend CD before this other aunty took back her one and only copy. LIKE DOH!!!!!!!!!! Go screw urself la...
My parents are the most normal sane people in whole of their respective family. Hate it when people complain about their trip, about another person, who is my neighbour who happens to talk too loud.
Hate it when people complain... hate it soooo fucking much... you dont know how much fire inside my heart when I hear people "complain"...
I live by "like attract like". I get my things done, good things come to me, I love my life... but I need to live on this same planet of people from the opposite side of the pole.
The Secret didn't teach me how to sly my way out of never ever meet with negative people. Buddhism will teach me to be patient, which I'm putting alot of effort in being patient with people.... but becareful, am I suppressing my energy that's waiting to explode through my neck?!
Right... now i'll get back to work peacefully... beware of the trigger... just let me find the space to breath.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
stupid stuff at work...
I made calls to users
First (with japanese) -
me : hello so & so, can I speak to morita-san?
user : moshi moshi, maamamicicimsoweroshhwe...
me : hello? Can I speak to morita-san?
user : *click* dooooooot
me : *shit..why did she put down my phone, so afraid of speaking english?*
Second (with australian) -
me : hello can I speak to so & so?
user : Heeelloo? Hellloooo??
me : hello can I speak to so & so?
user : Heeelloo? Hellloooo??
me : HELLO?? Can you hear me?!?
user : Heeelloo? *click* dooooooot
Suddenly, I turn off the blur brain, and realise the stupid phone was on mute.
~*~
On another note, I got a reply from this Jap user, so funny...
Hi Mei-san,
Thank you for your email.
If you would like to check my PC, you can check whenever you want.
I am avialable anytime.
Fastable, Should I what to do?
Shall I call helpdesk?
Morita
First (with japanese) -
me : hello so & so, can I speak to morita-san?
user : moshi moshi, maamamicicimsoweroshhwe...
me : hello? Can I speak to morita-san?
user : *click* dooooooot
me : *shit..why did she put down my phone, so afraid of speaking english?*
Second (with australian) -
me : hello can I speak to so & so?
user : Heeelloo? Hellloooo??
me : hello can I speak to so & so?
user : Heeelloo? Hellloooo??
me : HELLO?? Can you hear me?!?
user : Heeelloo? *click* dooooooot
Suddenly, I turn off the blur brain, and realise the stupid phone was on mute.
~*~
On another note, I got a reply from this Jap user, so funny...
Hi Mei-san,
Thank you for your email.
If you would like to check my PC, you can check whenever you want.
I am avialable anytime.
Fastable, Should I what to do?
Shall I call helpdesk?
Morita
Monday, April 16, 2007
Funny talking to Korean user
me : Hello? Can I speak to Han Soon Kyu?
he : Halo.. Soon Kyu..chmmbrrmmchmm...u waiting!
*user end trying speaking in Korean probably asking for whereabout of Soon Kyu, meanwhile MJ controlling from bursting!*
he : Halo...chhmbrrchm...u waiting... I give numba...
me : ah yes, you want to give me number for Soon Kyu, what's the number?
he : mmm...sick.. thhheee.. sero.. won.. seven.. thhho.. forrr...
me : aiks! Thank you very much!
he : ish
he : Halo.. Soon Kyu..chmmbrrmmchmm...u waiting!
*user end trying speaking in Korean probably asking for whereabout of Soon Kyu, meanwhile MJ controlling from bursting!*
he : Halo...chhmbrrchm...u waiting... I give numba...
me : ah yes, you want to give me number for Soon Kyu, what's the number?
he : mmm...sick.. thhheee.. sero.. won.. seven.. thhho.. forrr...
me : aiks! Thank you very much!
he : ish
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Another syiok sendiri stunt...
They actually have description on who they think I am through the visual that I'm connected with!! But at times I couldn't make do of which visual to choose :P And I'll probably turn out differently each time!? I would agree with most of the personality description about myself through my visualDNA! Haha.
Let's recap, esp on the Love Personality Type :: I'm what 'Touchy Feely'?!!
"Love for them is about human contact - the nitty gritty. They are very physical - a high sex drive demands plenty of attention." So DOOOHHhhh......
And sayang he's got the 'Love Bug'..lol..
"They are the type to fall in love a thousand times a day. Their feelings snowball quickly, and they are full of passion." So TruE!
Let's recap, esp on the Love Personality Type :: I'm what 'Touchy Feely'?!!
"Love for them is about human contact - the nitty gritty. They are very physical - a high sex drive demands plenty of attention." So DOOOHHhhh......
And sayang he's got the 'Love Bug'..lol..
"They are the type to fall in love a thousand times a day. Their feelings snowball quickly, and they are full of passion." So TruE!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Syiok Sendiri..
I wish I could have a better title or nicer things to write about, maybe thought I could rant about work life... but its blank. Dunno what else excite me now to write. Life is getting oh well... life is getting boring. You mean inspite of the meetings after meetings that I gotta attend, and all the many stuff that I have to do... still not exciting?
OK so there comes this term SS.. Learn it from Ade during Fraser's Hill trip. Didnt know she's as much into SS as I could be! She was ss all the way with my the camera & flowers... and its amazing how there are people out there who could SS with the stuff they're freakily happy to do!
And just like how sometimes I could be... SS... like today, at work, I was really bored the shit out of fixing the same ol' problem and I know there's no way to pull back the sla from dropping even further but to keep work hard to remedy it at my operation level, until some miracle could happen. I just google "how to be a volunteer at the China Olympics" and found myself some registration link and whoaahlllaa... I'm in lalaland.. I wanna choose the venue Beijing University of Technology, where badminton and rhythmic gymnastic will be held!!!
Errm. what about the 'area' that I wanna choose to volunteer... hmm there's only ONE choice? OK let's see... the whole list is SOOOO long... ah, what crossed my mind are these words :
OK so there comes this term SS.. Learn it from Ade during Fraser's Hill trip. Didnt know she's as much into SS as I could be! She was ss all the way with my the camera & flowers... and its amazing how there are people out there who could SS with the stuff they're freakily happy to do!
And just like how sometimes I could be... SS... like today, at work, I was really bored the shit out of fixing the same ol' problem and I know there's no way to pull back the sla from dropping even further but to keep work hard to remedy it at my operation level, until some miracle could happen. I just google "how to be a volunteer at the China Olympics" and found myself some registration link and whoaahlllaa... I'm in lalaland.. I wanna choose the venue Beijing University of Technology, where badminton and rhythmic gymnastic will be held!!!
Errm. what about the 'area' that I wanna choose to volunteer... hmm there's only ONE choice? OK let's see... the whole list is SOOOO long... ah, what crossed my mind are these words :
- sports commentator (ahem, *para hadirin sekalian, sekarang pemain TAN akan smash itu shuttlecock*)
- medal ceremony (oooohhh I get to be on TV!! *my dad just shot me when I told him this, he said "they need lenglui la, you sure dun qualify! China got sooo many millions of lenglui ok!" Ok fine*)
- translator (dad say "eh hello, you know Malaysian contigent is so small, where they want you, pick also pick the Malays la.." But I can speak English, Chinese and Malay wat!!)
- the youth camp
- technology (huh? Later ask me to update website with what codes that I never learn before jialat!!)
- ....
Oh dear, if you ask me to choose, I really can't tell what I want to volunteer in, or where I'll be most useful. Ahh.. my dad the wise one knows the answer!
- Jaga the toilet!
Enough of syiok sendiri. I was even wondering, what if SS could be a 'culture' or 'requirement' to be an INCOVARian. You see, most of the siow people I know in INCOVAR, seems to be happy people or people who knows how to make themselves happy in their own way. Be it to carry watermelon with their thigh, or to discover the technique of skillful photography, or to be able to wish happy birthday to themselves unabashedly, or just to dream about travelling to some place... *syioooooook*
wait, how can I miss out the girl who keep telling people "Dont you think I'm so cute and adorable?!??"
Ahh.. how many people can genuinely get SS out of nothing and just totally go SS!!!
Think I need to do more of this SS stuff at work esp... its just the company time-tracking culture has pushed me to think I'm wasting time if I'm not essentially working :( And I feel that the people around me are ALWAYS seemingly busy working or looked busy. *This is why I so much prefer a work culture that doesn't make me feel guilty for multitasking -- be my own boss!*
Thursday, April 05, 2007
My Appraisal
Do you know what CSA stands for? Can Solve Anything :) Ok only people like my brother can come up with that!
So I've been bracing all my many months of anticipating, for this day... just too bad my appraiser is a new teamlead that I've only worked with in the past 6 months. The whole 15mins of the session was conducted in pure Mandarin! *imagine*
There's not much of a comment, esp not so much of unexpected comment that my teamlead can say about me. But the one thing on top of her list, the thing that I should improve on -- communication!
Don't know when, but I wrote before, that the one thing that I've always been told / advised to take note / improve is the same... wow all these years... its still "improve on your communication". (At this instant, I have to ignore what my mom ridiculed me about when she heard about this 'communication' thing, that I'll never be able to change and never will improve on communication because I'm like that since small)
It's totally annoying to converse with my mom (for me). I'm still observing, learning, well.. maybe I should be listening more, to hear how like-minded people speak. You know, how not to keep mentally 'doh' people and just fake it to be nice even if I dont mean to (so to speak).
So my overall rating is just '3-Meet / Occassional exceed expectation'. Which according to my teammate is the average rating for everyone, unless you really extremely good you get to go up rank 2. And so far nobody really get 1.
And the overall comment my teamlead had for me, is the exact paragraph that J**n the SG teamlead had wrote about me (he bcc. to me when he was consulted by my appraiser). "In overall, MJ is hardworking staff and willing to contribute and grow with the organisation. Her positive attitude towards her jobs is always a motivation to the team. She needs to work smart and not only hardworking in-order to archieve and advance in her career".
*phew... smart is somewhat relative to me here... smart in CYBA is a really good skill. Smart in CYA is basic requirement. Smart in presenting your investigation / information in the way that not-so-smart-people can understand. *khanti* Smart in not revealing / doing too much. Smart in communicating with cross team members, thus getting things done faster.
:D what have I left out about work smart? :P
So I've been bracing all my many months of anticipating, for this day... just too bad my appraiser is a new teamlead that I've only worked with in the past 6 months. The whole 15mins of the session was conducted in pure Mandarin! *imagine*
There's not much of a comment, esp not so much of unexpected comment that my teamlead can say about me. But the one thing on top of her list, the thing that I should improve on -- communication!
Don't know when, but I wrote before, that the one thing that I've always been told / advised to take note / improve is the same... wow all these years... its still "improve on your communication". (At this instant, I have to ignore what my mom ridiculed me about when she heard about this 'communication' thing, that I'll never be able to change and never will improve on communication because I'm like that since small)
It's totally annoying to converse with my mom (for me). I'm still observing, learning, well.. maybe I should be listening more, to hear how like-minded people speak. You know, how not to keep mentally 'doh' people and just fake it to be nice even if I dont mean to (so to speak).
So my overall rating is just '3-Meet / Occassional exceed expectation'. Which according to my teammate is the average rating for everyone, unless you really extremely good you get to go up rank 2. And so far nobody really get 1.
And the overall comment my teamlead had for me, is the exact paragraph that J**n the SG teamlead had wrote about me (he bcc. to me when he was consulted by my appraiser). "In overall, MJ is hardworking staff and willing to contribute and grow with the organisation. Her positive attitude towards her jobs is always a motivation to the team. She needs to work smart and not only hardworking in-order to archieve and advance in her career".
*phew... smart is somewhat relative to me here... smart in CYBA is a really good skill. Smart in CYA is basic requirement. Smart in presenting your investigation / information in the way that not-so-smart-people can understand. *khanti* Smart in not revealing / doing too much. Smart in communicating with cross team members, thus getting things done faster.
:D what have I left out about work smart? :P
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