Over time

Before I worked, I heard rumor/myth/legend that if you are willing to work over time, you can get paid 1.5x or 2x. You will earn more from the O.T.

Well, this is what I heard. After that, I got my first job and worked in office.

My working hour is from 8am to 5pm.

As you see,



It's 5.40pm. Allow me to walk you around my office.

Room 1



Room 2



Corner 1



Corner 2



Corner 3



Corner 4



Nobody O.T at all.

Clearly, the myth is a LIE.

P/S: My company don't pay for O.T. If you can't finish your job, it's your own business, you pay for your own. I was there trying to clear up my task. Alone.

流鼻血

Just a short MSN conversation btw Jamas and me one year ago, talking about 流鼻血.

JaMeS says:
the best things are free
JaMeS says:
ppl always pursue for money right
JaMeS says:
but the most important and the best things are free

JaMeS says:
good friends no need find
JaMeS says:
they are near you, but need to realise / appreciate

JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
hahaha
JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
dat's the hardest part ba
JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
when u have it
JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
u never know
JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
but when lost it
JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
u cried for it

JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
other ppl's dish is more tastier
JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
other kid's toys is more fun
JoJo @ Earth Hour says:
bcoz we dunno wat we have ba



For your info, appreciate = 流鼻血 because they sound similar. XD

P/S: I seldom on msn lately because I seldom chat even I appear online, most of my time with PC will only involved facebook and movies.

Kissmas 2009 at Nanga Damai

Since 2 years ago, Christmas is another big day in my life. Not because of I like Christmas, but it's because JenJen's birthday fall on Christmas Eve.

JenJen requested to have a Special Celebration for her  birthday, she said she don't want to stay in Kuching and celebrate the same way like what we did.

May be because of normal celebration only involved eating and presents. It happened for years and it's bored for her XD

That's why this year I secretly booked a room in Nanga Damai where none of my friends ever heard of this place. I believe most of the Kuching people never heard of this place and I got no idea what's the reason.

This place is very small and operate as guest houses if compare to Santubong or Damai Resorts. It runs by a spouse who are Louise and Polycarp Teo Sebom. For more information, visits their website.

For the days we stayed there, we were very lucky to met Justin and Zoe who are temporarily running the place from December 09 to 8th of January 2010 on behalf of Louise and Polycarp.

I had emailed one month earlier to Justin and asked about the details of the rooms, JenJen's birthday dinner and Christmas event to ensure everything is ok. Of course I don't want to disappoint little princess, it's her birthday :)

Justin did not disappointing me. We are satisfy with his preparation and arrangement from the first day I entered the room till the last day I checked out.

JenJen ever said she want a room like this because it looks pretty.



A bed decorated with heart shape petals. A picture from Bali's hotel room.

I asked Justin whether they can decorate the bed like that or not. He said he will see what they can do.

When we arrived, Zoe greeted JenJen with a warm Happy Birthday. They always remembered. How sweet :)

Once we entered our room, Tada!

Negaraku

15Malaysia is what?

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders.

So far 7 video clips had released and over 1.25 million views for the clips. It had proven Malaysian love this projects so much. All of the clips reflect the reality/truth we live in and create awareness and understanding between all the different races.

Watch the "House" if you free, it makes u think. Remember watch "the making of house", especially the last part of the clip.

1Malaysia is what?



According to the website here,

1Malaysia is intended to provide a free and open forum to discuss the things that matter deeply to us as a Nation. It provides a chance to express and explore the many perspectives of our fellow citizens. What makes Malaysia unique is the diversity of our peoples. 1Malaysia’s goal is to preserve and enhance this unity in diversity which has always been our strength and remains our best hope for the future. I hope this Website will initiate an open and vital dialogue exploring our Malaysian identity, purpose, and direction. I encourage each of you to join me in defining our Malaysia and the role we must play in its future. Each of us — despite our differences — shares a desire for a better tomorrow. Each of us wants opportunity, respect, friendship, and understanding.

So long ar the description.

I browse through the website, most of the contents are telling me what our PM did, his own stories which may be not wrote by himself or actually wrote by the website developers, also some speeches he gave and some handsome video of him.

Not sure got 100k views or not.

So it's obvious which one is a talk cock project and which one is a true project which can create understanding and unite all Malaysian, right?

Anyhow, I wanna share a video of this with you.

A video made by froggychua for his country.



Touching *.* It's been a while since I listen to Negaraku.

Malaysia is a perfect and peaceful country but how long can it last when it ruled by some politician who keep provoke the racist issues?

Happy 52nd birthday Malaysia, wish you had a better government in the future.

Boy are not a good dance material

Last time I had posted about Cabal dance by 5 s3xy girls,


Tell Me Dance by S3xy girls.

Now another 4 s3xy school boys tried to imitate the dance.



Tell Me Dance by School Boys. Posted on FB by Vallerie.

Pay attention on 2nd guy on the left during their Freestyle time.

I prefer s3xy girl dances better than boys @@

As a conclusion, Boy are not a good dance material.

Working VS Study

Last time I had predicted my work as:

I assume my job suck, money hard to earn, then time pass slower and slower...

Monday:


Tuesday:


Wednesday:


Thursday:


Friday:


Friday 6pm at home:


Saturday:


Sunday(Hate Monday Mood):


Sunday 10pm:


Monday again+arrive office:

Now after I worked, I can fully understand how sucks working is.

Some uni students said university life is suck! Busy! Stress! Life Killer and advised others not to join university because FYP will kill them!

Is it really that bad? ^.^



No wonder my secondary teacher all said uni life is sweet and relax.

And I strongly agree that. I will say uni life is a HONEYMOON during your study period.



Yea, of course doing FYP and taking exams got some stresses. I did complaint much as well but I found out, I only "stress" during the exam week. Perhaps may be 3 days before exam XD

4 months semester, 2 tests 1 final exam and few tasks or assignments, stress is for that little moment only. Rest of the day, I still have time to lim teh, dota, wan mei, chat with jenjen, travel around with friends, watch series etc etc.

You got semester breaks and holidays. Employees like me always check on the calendar and hope that the day mark with red color comes faster.

Kelian.

After I worked, I found out time is limited.

I worked as electrical engineering consultant who need to design electrical services then I'm a NOOB!

After I studied for 4 years, I can only use 10% of what I gained during my HONEYMOON period.

I need to see white and black drawings every single day.



Check out some minor error and pray that you didn't miss that if not you're gonna smack by your boss.



From a big drawing in A1 size like this. It's not only one.



From 8am to 5pm working hours, I can't rest and stay alert since my boss always ambush us. I need to stay in 100% full battery power and design and checking non stop on the drawings.

Design is like taking exam. You need to squeeze all your brain juice just to think a way to solve the questions.

Exam is 3 hours, after you done you are done but for working, you need to take 8 hours of exam every day solving the questions which you never see in your life. 1 week take 40 hours of exam (without OT), suck?

Luckily I got nice and patient seniors who always help me XD

Plus with the due date. When I need to submit stg to my boss in a time frame, I'm getting more stress since I don't even know I can finish it or not because I'm a noob.

When close to due date, problems and updates keep coming and coming till you can't even finish your part.

For example, my working progress is 90% already.

Then when close to the dateline, last minute changes or amendment from third party start to come.

WTF! I nearly finish my design and still got amendment? I need to re-design and roll back my progress to 50% and start to rush!

Rush till working progress 90% again.

Then closer to dateline, another person told you:" Sorry ar, I forget this and that, now I give you. Sorry ar, you very good people one."

Working progress roll back again.

I means WTF?! Why don't just give me all the things earlier? Why waste my energy to redesign again.

How to complete 100%?

Anyhow, that's my working life, may be different with others.

As a conclusion, uni life is a honeymoon, enjoy XD

Pathetic

It's so pathetic. Every time I think of this, it makes me moody.

I can just don't think about it. I can just pretend it's non of my business.



It just about our HOME.

Everyday, human are sucking every single resources from mother earth.

Until one day, the World will say:



"I am no more and I have nothing left to give."



Screenshot from Apocalypso.

Michael Jackson had wrote and composed this song 14 years ago.


Earth song and its Lyric.

14 yeas ago, I was only 10 years old. He already start to realize our earth is slowly destroy by human and it's time to save the earth. People are crying because of war, pollution, animal killing and deforestation.

He founded the "Heal the World Foundation" in 1992.

He shouted "AHHHHHHH!!! WOOOOOHHHH!! AHHHHHHH!!! WOOOOOHHHH!!" in his song, hoped that people will start to save the earth, and yet people back stab him and created stupid rumors against him. Talk about his hair, pedophilia, white skin, plastic surgery face.

Human, are so pathetic.

What can I do?

What should I do?

I shout "AHHHHHHH!!! WOOOOOHHHH!! AHHHHHHH!!! WOOOOOHHHH!!" then people will jailed me.

I can only say "NO NEED PLASTIC BAG, THANKS :)" to the cashier when I really don't need a plastic bag for my things.



It only use my 1 second to do that and it did not waste any energy or any time.

Can you do that too?



Yea... All of these are crap.

It's non of my business and NON OF YOUR BUSINESS too.

Just ignore what I wrote. Sleep tight.

My Final Year Project: EMCOTT

Sorry for really long time no serious update. Just random video or song sharing.

You know ma. I'm very busy ba. Write a post take very long time ma. About 2 hours u know. You know. I work from 8am to 5pm then go back home sometimes dating sometimes watching movie sometimes read newspapers sometimes etc etc and so and so lo. Till very very late orh. You know de ma. Sometimes I play games too. That's why I got no time to update blog lo. You know de right? You understand one right?

For all the reasons I gave, you can consider it as excuses for being lazy...



Since Qiao Ge requested me to update my blog, I go check my drafted posts and found this. Anyhow, intro you one nice song. Fuyo, really nice I tell u. Especially someone who always go clubbing like Qiao Ge must know this song.


Jennifer Hudson - If This Isn't Love

Enjoy.

******************************************************************

This post is written to share the process how I completed my PSM (Project Sarjana Muda) or FYP (Final Year Project) and the story about how my project won Gold in ITEX08 and Bronze in INPEX08.

EMCOTT stands for Easy Morse Code Transeiver and Trainer. A name given by my superior, Prof. Zarar.

In this project, I designed a program which can transmit data from Computer A to Computer B using Bluetooth devices. When successfully transmit or receive the data, the program will play Morse Code audio for the input text. The program can be used as Morse code Trainer too.


This figure explains all the process.

Basically, Morse Code was created by Samuel Morse on 1836. That time they don't have email or msn, so he came out with the idea by sending code using telegraph. You can google or wiki more information if you interest to study more.

Now we got post laju(post express), email, msn, telephone etc, why do we still need Morse Code?

That's what I'm trying to do.

To merge the technology of 20th century with the technology 160 years ago.


*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*1st Generation of EMCOTT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

I gave it a noobie name. Morse code Generation & Detection.



With the resources on internet and kind assist from a Bluetooth Framework Developer, Mike Petrichenko, I was able to complete my program before the deadline. I even had time to design interfaces for my program.

I really need to say millions thanks to Mike Petrichenko who had helped me several times to solve my programs Bluetooth problems. He added me in MSN and answered every single noob questions I had asked. Without his help, I really have no idea how to complete my program. Thanks :)

K. Continue my story.

The functionality of a product is one important thing. The packaging of a product is another important thing because the first impression is very important.

For instance, before and after make up/photoshop:









Life is full of lies. So now you know the difference.

I designed some background pictures for my program interfaces.


Morse Generation Interface.


Morse Detection Interface.


Morse Self Training.


Morse Self Testing.

I showed Prof. Zarar my hard work. After i presented to him, he commented:" Why your interfaces look so CREEPY? All black black one ?"

Creepy? I didn't know my software looked scary to other people -_-"

To prevent that my users had nightmare after use it, I re-design the interfaces on the other day.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*2nd Generation of EMCOTT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

I added up some color. That's means it's more colorful compare to previous interface.


Main interface.


Morse Code Generation.


Morse Code Detection.


EMCOTT trainer -- Sentence test.


EMCOTT trainer -- Alphanumeric test.


EMCOTT trainer -- Alphanumeric test v2.


Emcott trainer -- Alphanumeric test specially for ITEX2008.


Emcott trainer -- Sentence test specially for ITEX2008.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*POSTER of EMCOTT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

A very original poster for the exhibition.


EMCOTT Poster V1

Prof Zarar responded to the poster: "What the tut is this? So many words! Who want to read this?"


EMCOTT Poster V2

"Hmmmm.... Still can be improved!" He said. He wanted a navy soldier and a ship in our poster. So i searched the images from google and photoshop them into the poster.

"I also want our endau face put inside the poster so that all people know it's our product!" He added.


EMCOTT Poster V3

Tada! Pretty or not?

The right picture at the upper right corner is Prof. Zarar. Endau mo?

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*3rd Generation of EMCOTT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

By the time I finished my FYP presentation with 2nd generation of EMCOTT, Prof. Zarar took our product and participated in ITEX (Innovation And Technology Exhibition) 2008 in KL. I couldn't follow because I got industrial training at Kuching. T.T

As the result, Prof. Zarar sent me an email.

Congratulations! EMCOTT has won a Gold medal at ITEX08. The project will now be taken to Pittsburgh USA in June for exhibition there. In the meantime it would be good if you could spend some time to make the GUI more attractive. Remove the blue background, enlarge the active window to full screen . Change Generation to Transmission, Detection to Reception. I had problem getting into Transmission after the training module. Please keep in touch to enhance the product.

Gold cert for ITEX2008.

As I asked the reason the product won a gold medal...

The judge is convinced that the software will be able to encourage greater usage of the 'dying' Morse Code.

Wow! Gold medal! Is there any cash or big prizes??? I prefer $.$ Cash... Here is the news.

In fact, there's nothing for me... Only a medal and a certificate for the winning but it's not for me. University hold it and refused to give it to me. No prizes no Cash. T.T How come a big competition like this no cash reward one?

Even Maggie Mee Hari Gawai contest also got cash as prizes ba -_-" ITEX wor...

Anyhow, I also asked Prof what he wanted for the enhancement...

The whole background is rather dark in blue. Use a lighter colour, perhaps very light GREEN. Make the buttons to be 3 dimensional so that they will stand out.

I bet Prof. Zarar is a green earth person. :)

I designed the interfaces again even I had finish my project. I did it because I'm a good student :)

Here's the very last interfaces.


Main interface.


Morse code trainer interface.


Morse code generation.


Morse code detection.

Hold on! The project will be taken to Pittsburgh USA in June for exhibition. Why Prof never ask me whether I wanna go or not?

Man, it's USA! This can be my very first time to go to foreign country! And it's USA somemore! My USA dream!

I thought for many days. After encouragement from my family, I brave brave told Prof that I wanna go too.

I called him and requested for that. Prof replied:" Oh JoJo, cannot orh, each product can only sent one person to go there. So you good luck for me yeah!"

Higher expectation...



Gives higher disappointment....



Boh pien, what to do, I can only continue stayed in Kuching and said sayonara and good luck to Prof. Next time save money myself and go USA with my own money ba T.T



After the exhibition, Prof sent an email for me.

The email.

Hi Johnny,

We won Bronze at Pittsburgh USA.

Compare to the first email he sent to me, this one is a bit too short. And I only noticed this email after 2 weeks time. Here is the news.

Bronze medal at USA! No fish got prawn also not bad!

It's worldwide competition and my product won bronze! Must got some big prize isn't it? It's INPEX08 ( Invention & New Product Exposition 2008)! Every participation need to pay RM1K++ to participate in this exhibition wor.

Again, I brave brave go ask Prof regarding the reward. Here's my email.

Sorry prof. I had been waiting for your news since the day u went there. I checked mails but didn't saw ur email.

I just saw this mail. Your mail was sent inside spam mailbox and i didn't check spam mails. We win bronze and it's a good news for me. By getting bronze, what did we get? ANY CASH THIS TIME?

You see? I dare dare asked for cash! Not about medal, certificate and prizes. It's CASH! I'm desperate of CASH!

The answer from Prof was

NO cash except medal and certificate. I can show them to you during convocation.

Me:"............"

Apa hal ni? A worldwide competition no rewards one meh??? True or not??? Medal can eat meh? Certificate can eat meh?


RAWR!!!!!

Anyhow, I can't express my dulan-ness to Prof because it's not his fault ba. Thus I requested Prof to sent me at least one original certificate for me to keep as copy so that I can show off when I go for an interview. No cash no prizes no medal. Medal no use for me. Got cert also can gua.

No prawn got ikan bilis also not bad. T.T

My email...

Johnny here. Regarding the cert of ITEX and INPEX, can I get them back from you?

These are the important certificate which I need to enclose them inside my job application letter. It would be helpful for my application job if I has the ORIGINAL COPY of them. So can prof post the cert to me? Thanks.

Prof asked for my address and posted them for me.

After a few days I received it.


Bronze medal certificate from INPEX08, USA.

After those effort I had put in this project, all what I got is...



Two very ORIGINAL laminated PHOTOCOPY certificates.


RAWR!!!!!


P/S: I think I don't even dare to show these ORIGINAL certificates if I go for an interview. Later they suspicious about the cert which I don't know how to explain.