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It’s been a long time since I came in late to the office

// November 28th, 2008 // 15 Comments » // lament

Yea, last time was at my former workplace – when we had to travel the previous day. By late, I mean really late like 12pm onwards. Ganee would allow use to come in late usually because the travels practically took the whole day. Another reason was because we only got to be back home for a weekend or so before flying back to Brunei. He was letting us spending time with family I guess.

There was one time when we had to stay back for CIMB up until 2am or something. It was nice to see “You can come in by 10 tomorrow” on my phone that night. Also there was a time when I didn’t sleep for 3 days for some major bugs fixing/feature requests but still had to go to work. Of course I didn’t look so well that day and he noticed it. After making asking around the office, he found out why and let me go off early at 3pm.

Come to think about it, if I were to stay awake for some work at my current workplace I don’t think I would do it though. There’s no kind of that flexibility here so why would I want torture myself. Besides, being appreciative is not what they are – on the contrary, they like to take the credits away from you. Sadly, this is how the government works. Why would I lament on this I don’t know. It’s not going to change soon anyway no matter how much I talk about it.

A little appreciation goes a long long way. For me, if I know my work is being recognized I would happily volunteer if there’s a need to stay back. I knew Ganee was observant enough to know the effort I put in that time so I didn’t mind to spend more time on it to get it done. I knew it would be reflected in the bonus. They bought me cakes on my birthday, they treated us to TGI after projects had been completed, they got us to Redang for 3D/2N holiday, the pantry always stocked up with food and we had PS2 to relax in between stresses. 3 days with no sleep? I didn’t mind at all.

Hey I love my job, it’s really easy to make me go the extra mile – be flexible, give laptops/dual screens and treat me like a human being.

OSCC people are really cool, seriously. But MAMPU really is killing us. Usually we would come on top which I believe came from the strength we all share – we know what we do and we respect each other. Yes we have our flaws but let’s not be negative now. We have just won AIPA for MyMeeting, the mood should be happy – other than that, really don’t know what to say on this. I should be happy but then again, for something to win an AIPA, it should be something more. Anyway, they were so happy today that they took pictures among themselves with the trophies they forgot the team who developed it in the first place. I wonder where that RM10k money prize will go. It is definitely interesting to watch and I suspect it would make a good bitching post next time.

Filler

// October 9th, 2008 // No Comments » // events, open source, personal, work

Cough

// February 3rd, 2008 // No Comments » // personal

The last time I had a cough was when I was in Brunei. It was such a terrible experience since I had never had it so bad like that. Nothing worked. Went to see different doctors but both didn’t have the effect I want. The cough just wouldn’t seized. And then I found out about ubat batuk cap ibu dan anak and instantly addicted to it. What can I say. The effect was immediate. It didn’t taste like medicine. And it put me off to sleep just like that. Hey I was in such horrible situation where my throat hurt like hell everytime I coughed. So relying on such drug was more than I could cope.

And now I have a cough and I strongly believe I got it from my dear housemates (lalalala). And it doesn’t come alone does it. Along with it, come flu and fever. Now that fever has been taken care of, I’m left with flu and cough. Luckily it’s not as bad as Brunei but nevertheless it’s annoying. Having liquid in my nose is never a comfortable thing, and it has become a very efficient dust radar. I sneeze everytime I’m near it. It’s tiring ler. Not to mention every morning I wake up with throat so sore I’m afraid to speak.

You know, when I was a teenager it wasn’t that easy for me to get sick. But when I got sick it sure be a bad one. Why is it that when I was younger I only got sick like once or twice a year but when I’m all grown up possibility of getting a fever is next to getting my car serviced every 3 month period! Is it because I’m getting older? Aiya I’m still young lah.

Makes me wonder how is it going to be when I’m 30. Hmm…

Tag

// January 7th, 2008 // No Comments » // tag

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night.
I don’t think I laughed last night. Not that hard to remember one. Abah made me laugh today though. He forgot Mueh was in the car before driving away from his place.

2. What were you doing at 0800?
Still in bed.

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Reading blogs.

4. What happened to you in 2007?
Most of it involved work, nothing much on personal level. In no chronological order, I got off Brunei project, started joining TN + MT team, joined Mofaz team, trained as an FPX plugin installer, implemented symfony in projects, had my first part-time job (and gonna get paid soon!), changed job, went to Redang, laptop lost and replaced, phone lost and bought, joined facebook, bought a car, learned to use chopsticks, finally got over The First Love and managed to meet him face to face, was in brief relationship with The Foreigner, was in brief relationship with The Jerk (yes I was in 2 relationships this year – hard to believe myself), opened a trust fund account, Ammar went to Egypt, Mueh got a 4.00 CGPA, started to like Hugh Laurie.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
Oi!

6. How many beverages did you have today?
Ice lemon tea, chrysanthemum tea and plain water.

7. What color is your hairbrush?
Blue.

8. What was the last thing you paid for?
Parking fee.

9. Where were you last night?
Home.

10. What color is your front door?
Reddish brown.

11. Where do you keep your change?
Purse.

12. What’s the weather like today?
Cold. It’s been raining.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?
Vanilla.

14. What excites you?
KFC, my job, shopping, 206

15. Do you want to cut your hair?
Planning to.

16. Are you over the age of 25?
HA HA. What’s the point.

17. Do you talk a lot?
I’m a quiet person. But surprisingly the most relaxed time when I bound to talk more is when I’m driving.

18. Do you watch the O.C.?
Not anymore.

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
Nope.

20. Do you make up your own words?
It has been one word and one word since – nunungs. It’s a sibling thinggg

21.Are you a jealous person?
Not unless I’m unreasonably provoked.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’
Adda.

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’.
Kamil.

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list?
Pakcik Nasri.

25. What does the last text message you received say?
Nuhaa tdooo! esok keje!! ^_^

26. Do you chew on your straw?
Nope.

27. Do you have curly hair?
Nope.

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to?
Bed!

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life?
There’s this little girl in my distant family, belah mak, anak sedara ke hape ntah, she’s around 10 or 11 but god only knows how rude she is with older people. Sangat la takde manners bila bercakap dengan orang tua. I witnessed once when she suddenly interrupted (verrrryy rudely) abah and an uncle talking, somewhere along the line “Hah! Bagus la tu, borak lagi, borak lagi!” at which I responded a quite verbal “Whoa!”. Terkejut weh tengok budak kecik buat camtu kat orang tua. Well dia memang dah kena cap ‘budak pompuan kurang ajar’ by all of us adik-beradik (who were there witnessing as well) ever since.

30. What was the last thing you ate?
Kuew teow goreng.

31. Will you get married in the future?
Insyallah…

32.What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks?
I Am Legend <— so-so

33. Is there anyone you like right now?
Yes but I think it’s unrequited.

34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
This morning.

35. Are you currently depressed?
Anxious is more like it. New job and new house.

36. Did you cry today?
No.

37. Why did you answer and post this?
Avoiding what is avoidable. Filling up time. It’s been ages since I did tags.

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey.
Adda (aku tau ko suka tag lalalala)
Amrah (apdet le blog)
Blek (hmmpphh apdet!)
Aran (pengubat dikala buntu hahahahhaha)
Tipah (asik post pasal training jek, try tukar resipi sattt)

Spent

// May 21st, 2007 // No Comments » // lament

You know what, the Brunei project I was involved in keeps coming back. Looks like I’m still involved.

I was going through the URS just now and actually I like that version better than what it is as a product now. I think I have made a mistake. I should’ve trusted my instinct then. I should’ve said something. It’s a bad design from the start, the design was all over the place and nobody was doing anything about it. Look how it’s affecting us now. Everyone was afraid of revamping the whole thing but I think it was needed for my module. I took over the module that had been reviewed over and over and I was assured that was how they wanted it. And now they come out with all the enchancement work the world can take and I can see it’s all stated in the URS. What’s going on? If the module has been reviewed before why didn’t they say something about the missing features? You know, I believe in taking some time now to save alot of time later. I’m not afraid of redoing the whole thing. I think they’re afraid of the word revamp. Actually the function is there developed by previous developers, you just need to apply the changes how it’s connected.

Yes there’ll be time involved and it’ll wear you down. But there’s nothing bad than treating the client wrong. Yes that’s how I feel right now. No matter how hallucinated Hajah and ill mannered she is, what’s there on the paper should’ve been done. I should’ve said something about this. Maybe I have. But I was shut down because we were in a hurry. Everything must rush. Only apply changes requested in review sessions. Ignore the rest.

They should’ve deployed more people there in Brunei. I’m alone is responsible for 4-5 man job and everytime I submit my manlist hour I always get frowned upon. Tell me, if you’re building a house alone, would you take the same time as 4 people would. Crazy huh?

Could it be if there had been a good analyst involved would’ve made things different? Or better QAQC from the PM? They were working blind from the start. How do they manage these people?

Thank god I’m not in Skali. The way they treat their employees are not top notch also. Look at Siti. That girl has the respect all there is from me. Taking everything at once and still alive. Come on Adda, like Ajeed says: Go sismi, go!

Urgh.

I have a really bad headache. Worries me though since I rarely get headaches. Must be the past busy week. I can’t work like this. Oh I need a massage. Massage me anyone?