*sigh*

Can you think with your head instead of with your heart? Duh..

(explanation will come later, now lazy to elaborate) - 26/03/2008

(yes, will be explained really later. still no mood) - 28/03/2008


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On other note, I've managed to get PHP & MySQL working yay! Refer to here on how frustrated I am to get these two dumbasses to work together. No thanks to any open-source zealots out there, I figure this out of myself. So to add salt to the insult, you go and figure out the solution(s) yourself. I'm not gonna help you with it, sucker.

*k-mie off to play with AJAX*

Early Warning and Detection

Signs that I am looking for other job:

• I voice out my dissatisfaction for the tasks I'm getting
• I put a long face while in office for 2 days straight
• I sigh when asked to do something related to my work
• You'll less hearing typing sounds but more clicking sounds coming from my desk, signifying that I'm surfing instead of typing codes
• I take leave on Fridays or Mondays more than twice in 2 months
• Traces of jobstreet.com are found on my web browser's history
• I look through Job Enlistment section in lowyat.net
• Go back from work sharp on time
• I'm getting moody after working hours
• Work-related calls are left unanswered after office hours and on weekends/holidays

Currently, I have 6 of these within this 1 week. Let's hope this does not escalate to me actively sending out resumes to other companies. Several companies had called me for interviews before and I won't hesitate to contact them saying I'm ready for interview.

This Is Where I Stand

About time for me to blog regarding Malaysia's 12th General Election. I'm gonna keep it short though, because this is not a political-influenced blog. It struck my mind just a while ago on who do I support. I'm gonna be frank here because I believe, if you really stand your ground eventually people will understand. So here goes..


With that, I declare that I support those who contested without going through any party. That means, I support all those 'calon bebas'. Here's my reasons:

1. They see what's not right with their constitution, they want to improve it and they dare to contest in GE in order to fix what's not right
2. They believe in themselves and they are really close with their supporters while party contestants rely on party supporters to do their jobs (mostly)
3. They use their hard-earned money to put as deposit for GE. If they lose, it's their money and not taxpayer's
4. They start from ground, knowing that they are fighting a losing battle. But still, they have strong heart to go for it and just don't care with what the results are
5. They don't use money to entice voters and they don't use phantom voters
6. They don't go abusing other contestants on newspapers, blogs, websites either verbally or physically
7. They have a clear vision and mission why they join the GE and not losing track of their target
8. They don't promise things they know they can't do, whether the things are not within their capacity or it's just plain bullshits
9. They don't ask their supporters to throw stones at FRU because they know if FRU gets serious, they'll be beaten to pulp
10. Last but not least, they get their name, face and details on local (and possibly overseas) media. Do you ever had your face out in newspaper or TV being interviewed by reporter? DO I?

That concludes all. No more political bullshits like this. GE for me is like Alien Vs Predator; Whoever Wins, We Lose. To the winning party, congrats. Please declare Monday as public holiday because I have system review meeting which I hate to go, plzkthxbye.

No Ping Reply Problem?

This was spotted yesterday on this very own blog, at the top Google AdSense (by the way, please click the AdSense link on top to enable me get much more money hihu). When I saw this I was like, WTF!! It's quite funny though considering most of the time I blog about geek and techie things. How on Earth does this get into my AdSense is beyond me. It's nice though for a change. So, anyone up for an 8-hour 'marathon' with 3 'finishing line'? Azhar, care to comment about your performance? Or shall I recommend this product to you? Hahahaha..

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Darndest Thing Happens At The Darndest Time

Was rudely awaken by a phone call just now. One of the clients cannot do daily closing on the system (daily closing is when you shut down your system, post all your transactions, print the reports and prepare the system to start in a new transaction date). Had to go online, login to the server and checked what's wrong with it. Hate to do this, but it's in the job description. Well I think if you are so dying to be a programmer, then you have to face the fact that your job requires you to be on standby 24/7.

I am a manager now, no doubt. But then until my company takes more people in, then I guess the managerial position is just on the name. Well, idiotically speaking, what's that to manage if there's no people? Maybe 2 staffs for a start, a junior programmer and a tech support. This should free myself a bit from the Hellish of getting phone calls at 3am or 4am in the morning. Good thing is my bosses don't really be fussy if I arrive late to work. Heck, I've even arrived at 10:30am and walked into the office like nothing happens. As long as I get the work done for the day, then there should be no problem I guess.

Then I received 2 internship applications, and I would like to share the story. Both are girls, studying in local public universities in Klang Valley. One girl is more towards multimedia part, where she is well-verse (she claims) in those Photoshop thingy. Doesn't really interest me then, as I'm more into programming part. But then still considering her because my company *might* need a graphic designer. Move on to the other girl. Based on the resume and list of subjects taken, she's more into coding part. Sounds good, she even made a bookstore inventory system using VB6.0 and MySQL. Just the type of person I'm interested with.

But then, yeah. I guess university life is when you'll do anything just to ensure you get what you want. I shouldn't have trusted the resume and CV at the first glance. The minute I asked her to send over sample code that she had done, her bluffs broke. The first time I asked her, she sent me the .exe file instead. Okay, maybe I did phrase my question wrongly. So I asked again, this time emphasizing the part that I wanted to see the source code. And she sent a non-working project, can you believe it? You're hoping to get internship placement, yet when asked to send sample project you sent a non-working one. Guess she got a 'distinction' in Human Logic & Reasoning course. So this time, a pissed-off me, asked her once again to send a working project with a stern warning that I won't consider her application at all if she fails to do so. Yerp, she managed to do what I want after the third time asking though.

But then, girls will just be girls. To tell the truth, I rarely see a girl that is damn good at programming with exception for a few. My buddy, Nita, is one of them. Bastard damn good in programming to the point I feel inferior to her. But then, this girl, heh. I guess the only experience she has in VB6.0 database programming is using a data control to display resultset. Can you believe it, there's still people who use the bug-ridden fucking data control?? I saw in the project, the only database-linked code was Adodc1.Resultset.Next. Bastard was even damn lazy to rename the control, using a buggy data control with minimal coding involved and you dare to put in your resume you experience in MySQL is at intermediate level. Couldn't imagine if I were to ask her to write a SQL statement without referencing to any website or book. She could have pissed in her panties LOL. Gets a big NO from me then.

But then, I don't know. Maybe I should just give her a chance and train her to do real coding. But then I'm notoriously known as a bad teacher. If she asks for something, I would either tell her to 'Just fucking Google it' or I'll throw sarcastic remarks while pointing her to the correct direction. I'm a bad person, yes. Can she handle me as supervisor? Programmers are well-known to be damn arrogant tough cookie. Scared she'll cry everytime she walks home from work LOL.

Just a reminder to you guys out there. If you're applying for internship and the person asks for your sample code, just give the damn code okay. He/She is not asking the code so that he/she can copy it. I bet your pile of shit coding doesn't even goes to the standard of programmers, so don't be shy to send your most achievable result. Oh, before you go ballistic saying your code is just as good as mine, just have this in your mind: I do error-trapping in every subs and functions of my system so that you can supply shitty input and still it'll produce standard, comprehensible output. Can you do the same?