...my 2005...
most memorable trips:
2 bangkok trips in a year
jan 12 – jan 16 2005
this first trip was with my incovar friends. there were 15 of us in this trip – the after camp excursion for all of us. alex came to me at 6.50am and said, “chee onn i forgot to bring my passport.” i was like, “you are kidding me, right” but true enough, alex really did forgot to bring his passport. and our flight is at 7.50am. alex had the most exciting journey coming to bangkok. rescheduled his flight to afternoon. took the erl to airport. but some part of the country decided to shut down the electricity. he got stucked in the train. miss his 2nd flight. then rescheduled again to evening. finally, he made it to bangkok. met alex at about 9pm for dinner. had the most fun shopping in chatujak market as it was cold and with a beautiful weather. bought rm50+ worth of lays.
may 11 to may 15 2005
second trip to bangkok was with fred. flew with mas. was there to help den with the inter cultural youth exchange program to khon khean. was with dear, tony and jayson as well who came as participants. i am glad they were there to bring some incovar culture to the exchange program. it was the most relaxing trip as that month was the most depressing moment in the office; deadlines not met, programmers are like doh and pm was really out of this world. i really need to get out of the country! and i did, fred flew me to bangkok and saved me from all these frustrating moments.
most tiring and inspiring moments:
23rd incovar dhamma camp and 24th incovar dhamma camp
23rd idc(2 june – 5 june) was held in subang jaya. we have more than 30 participants from thailand. very difficult coordination. bus rental. touring kl. but very happy to receive them for the camp. themed; live wisely, rewrite destiny it was indeed an appropriate time for me to reflect and rewrite my destiny.
24th idc (8 dec – 11 dec)was held in ssl puchong. completed recently. with over 30+ participants, this camp saw the most memorable camp for people as the bonding with each other was at the peak and everyone knows everybody in the camp. slept, played games, listened to talk, eat all within this 4 walls was indeed something that brought all the participants closer. and had this very stressful moment in rushing with the ixp script. indeed worth all the effort and time as the concept was remarkable.
most stressful moments:
may 2005 to august 2005
stationed in ciast shah alam for work. mrg told me he is going to resign. i had to take over the responsibility to manage the project without being asked. managing more than 15 people; from really fresh programmers to contract programmers from india. pushing for deadlines for this really huge million project. not recognized as the pm but doing all the things of pm – no authority. meetings and making big decisions. problems after problems. people leaving and quitting. and i was about to quit too until alex told me, look for opportunity in problems. this struck me so hard that i told myself, i am not giving up.
most stressful but satisfaction moment:
october 2005 – november 2005
to design the i.gemz album cover. last minute work. last minute need ideas and concept. worked round the clock with kns and daniel for concept and design. taking countless of pictures after pictures. rushing for deadlines. finally, pevin took the final step to put everything together. and voila, the i.gemz album cover. its feels nice to see some of the design selling like hotcakes. well, this is from another perspective of being part of the i.gemzmers!
the longest phone conversation:
i was on the phone with a fren for almost 1 ½ hours. my chat with this friend is always at least 45 minutes. almost once a week or more.
best haircut this year:
12 may 2005
a salon in siam square. introduced by a friend. cost about rm12 for washing and shampooing, cutting and styling. and was done by the salon boss. his delegate hands and pro cutting made it the most worth-it haircut for me. i actually love the way he styled my hair. i am going back there again!
most “heated” argument:
december 2005
everyone who knows me, i hate to make enemy. but there is this one idiot who is such a nuisance. maybe it’s the attitude. somehow, i had this most stupid argument over email with this really frustrating being.
most irritating people:
november 2005
this species were recently discovered somewhere towards the end of 2005 in an office building somewhere in damansara. imagine giving training to these individuals who doesn’t trust a thing you say or teach and have to test out the validity of what you say on the spot during the lesson itself. and later forgets the things you taught. and kept asking the same thing over and over and over again. most stupid of all, that particular individual doesn’t even write anything during the lessons. and dared to tell people, i did not teach that. i think that is the lowest of the lowest being; worst of the cya people who tells the most obnoxious lies.
most best advice:
look for opportunity in problems.
most doh car accident:
23 october 2005
during the pcic in malacca. kns was talking about getting the scrap metal from my car to fake an accident; by throwing it into the lake in ssl as part of the ixp. and indeed, met with an accident in malacca, with pevin’s car. my 2 headlights crashed into little pieces and pevin’s car was unhurt. cost me rm150 to get new headlights.
most happening worktrip:
24 october 2005
woke up at 4am. rushed to snr mgr house. picked him up. went to klia. boarded the 7.05am flight to kuching. arrived there just before 9. took a cab to town. went to coffee bean. prepare presentation. sit around. check mails. drink coffee. 12.30pm, took a cab to kota samarahan. went to ilp kota samarahan. meeting started at 2pm. presented to more than 40 people, mostly ketua pengarah of iljtm on tms. 5.00pm had another short meeting with romzi about jtmnet. then carpooled with romzi to town. went shopping and walking along the riverside. took beautiful pictures of kuching sunset. got a sms from airasia. flight delayed. bought a dvd. watch in the pathetic kuching international airport. reached home at 2am.
most scariest meeting:
august 2005
i was asked by my pm to go with him to a meeting in putrajaya. i was told that i need to prepare some stuff about the priority 2 and 3 issues and some updates to the project.
so, when i was in the meeting room, i saw almost 40+ people, with all my key users and the customer’s project manager and a lot more unknown people. so, i was asked about what is all these priorities 2 and 3 issues. dem, i was so scared. either i be the good person to ensure that my key users interest are protected or be a bad person to protect myself. with 40+ pairs of eyes looking at me; mostly from my key users, i chose to maintain a good relationship with them. i said things that they wanted to hear only. and i knew nobody could help me that time. and imagine, at that level, the way the meeting was conducted, seriously man. alex we could just go in and wack their brains off man. i knew very well that if i fall into their brainwaves and style, i would be one of them. so, i happily change my brainwave frequency and tuned myself into alex/kns’s channel. state my objectives, give them project updates, and make a conclusion to it. and of course, reiterate again the conclusion so that everyone is clear and end of story. and the meeting continued on with a lot of updates and stories but no conclusion; after which there is a big makan session. gosh, this kind of meeting?
most anticipating trip but never turned out:
16 march 2005
i so wanted to take up denphong’s challenege to oganise a volunteer program to phuket to help cheer up the children of tsunami. supposedly to spend 3 days in phuket to help the temples and give some warmth and laughter to these children. this is such a great opportunity to do something so meaningful that i reluctantly say no to denphong as i could not get enough help for this wonderful event.
most coincidental friendship:
june 2005
6 degrees of separation? move aside asha. this has got to be the most closest degree of separation. joey introduced ruben to me because i was looking for someone to join my team; who is good in programming and might be searching for a job. chatted with ruben thru msn for quite sometime. nope, he wasn’t looking for a software development job. instead, he was asking for a sales/account management job. i send his resume to paul. and paul told me he hired a week ago. and the person paul hired was ruben’s friend from college, kevin. kevin roommate in working under matt’s team now. coincident. months later, sales was looking for people again. again, ruben’s name was put up. was asked for interview. passed. chuah interviewed. passed. but he turned down the offer. haih. ruben, after so much hassle!
most beautiful moments:
may 2005 to september 2005
spending nights after nights of meeting with the incovar team at mcd and starbucks; brainstorming ideas and concepts and doing beautiful things together. it’s a wonderful thing to have gathered all these great minds together and work on things that will greatly benefit so many people. alex, lets put our minds into some money making thing for ourselves and generate some fund to incovar!. because @ incovar…we inspire…
most longest time spent standing:
20 december 2005
was inline from 630am waiting to get number to apply for the new identity card – mykad. got number 71. stood and waited till 11.00am. then only it was my turn. stood for more than 4 hours at the same exact spot. why? too lazy to move or think or do anything. so doh! but, i was right after chief reverend when taking the photo. what a coincidence. good karma. hopefully they wont mistaken chief face and put in my ic.
most outrageous buy:
20 may 2005
i bought myself a camera. panasonic lumix fz5. cost me about rm1940. freebies include a small casing, a filter, a camera travel bag, 512card, tripod. and you couldn’t imagine the amazing things i did with my new camera. i totally enjoyed it and love this investment. thanks fred.
most expensive gifts:
7 december 2005
fred gave me a watch for christmas. merry christmas fred.
jan 12 – jan 16 2005
this first trip was with my incovar friends. there were 15 of us in this trip – the after camp excursion for all of us. alex came to me at 6.50am and said, “chee onn i forgot to bring my passport.” i was like, “you are kidding me, right” but true enough, alex really did forgot to bring his passport. and our flight is at 7.50am. alex had the most exciting journey coming to bangkok. rescheduled his flight to afternoon. took the erl to airport. but some part of the country decided to shut down the electricity. he got stucked in the train. miss his 2nd flight. then rescheduled again to evening. finally, he made it to bangkok. met alex at about 9pm for dinner. had the most fun shopping in chatujak market as it was cold and with a beautiful weather. bought rm50+ worth of lays.
may 11 to may 15 2005
second trip to bangkok was with fred. flew with mas. was there to help den with the inter cultural youth exchange program to khon khean. was with dear, tony and jayson as well who came as participants. i am glad they were there to bring some incovar culture to the exchange program. it was the most relaxing trip as that month was the most depressing moment in the office; deadlines not met, programmers are like doh and pm was really out of this world. i really need to get out of the country! and i did, fred flew me to bangkok and saved me from all these frustrating moments.
most tiring and inspiring moments:
23rd incovar dhamma camp and 24th incovar dhamma camp
23rd idc(2 june – 5 june) was held in subang jaya. we have more than 30 participants from thailand. very difficult coordination. bus rental. touring kl. but very happy to receive them for the camp. themed; live wisely, rewrite destiny it was indeed an appropriate time for me to reflect and rewrite my destiny.
24th idc (8 dec – 11 dec)was held in ssl puchong. completed recently. with over 30+ participants, this camp saw the most memorable camp for people as the bonding with each other was at the peak and everyone knows everybody in the camp. slept, played games, listened to talk, eat all within this 4 walls was indeed something that brought all the participants closer. and had this very stressful moment in rushing with the ixp script. indeed worth all the effort and time as the concept was remarkable.
most stressful moments:
may 2005 to august 2005
stationed in ciast shah alam for work. mrg told me he is going to resign. i had to take over the responsibility to manage the project without being asked. managing more than 15 people; from really fresh programmers to contract programmers from india. pushing for deadlines for this really huge million project. not recognized as the pm but doing all the things of pm – no authority. meetings and making big decisions. problems after problems. people leaving and quitting. and i was about to quit too until alex told me, look for opportunity in problems. this struck me so hard that i told myself, i am not giving up.
most stressful but satisfaction moment:
october 2005 – november 2005
to design the i.gemz album cover. last minute work. last minute need ideas and concept. worked round the clock with kns and daniel for concept and design. taking countless of pictures after pictures. rushing for deadlines. finally, pevin took the final step to put everything together. and voila, the i.gemz album cover. its feels nice to see some of the design selling like hotcakes. well, this is from another perspective of being part of the i.gemzmers!
the longest phone conversation:
i was on the phone with a fren for almost 1 ½ hours. my chat with this friend is always at least 45 minutes. almost once a week or more.
best haircut this year:
12 may 2005
a salon in siam square. introduced by a friend. cost about rm12 for washing and shampooing, cutting and styling. and was done by the salon boss. his delegate hands and pro cutting made it the most worth-it haircut for me. i actually love the way he styled my hair. i am going back there again!
most “heated” argument:
december 2005
everyone who knows me, i hate to make enemy. but there is this one idiot who is such a nuisance. maybe it’s the attitude. somehow, i had this most stupid argument over email with this really frustrating being.
most irritating people:
november 2005
this species were recently discovered somewhere towards the end of 2005 in an office building somewhere in damansara. imagine giving training to these individuals who doesn’t trust a thing you say or teach and have to test out the validity of what you say on the spot during the lesson itself. and later forgets the things you taught. and kept asking the same thing over and over and over again. most stupid of all, that particular individual doesn’t even write anything during the lessons. and dared to tell people, i did not teach that. i think that is the lowest of the lowest being; worst of the cya people who tells the most obnoxious lies.
most best advice:
look for opportunity in problems.
most doh car accident:
23 october 2005
during the pcic in malacca. kns was talking about getting the scrap metal from my car to fake an accident; by throwing it into the lake in ssl as part of the ixp. and indeed, met with an accident in malacca, with pevin’s car. my 2 headlights crashed into little pieces and pevin’s car was unhurt. cost me rm150 to get new headlights.
most happening worktrip:
24 october 2005
woke up at 4am. rushed to snr mgr house. picked him up. went to klia. boarded the 7.05am flight to kuching. arrived there just before 9. took a cab to town. went to coffee bean. prepare presentation. sit around. check mails. drink coffee. 12.30pm, took a cab to kota samarahan. went to ilp kota samarahan. meeting started at 2pm. presented to more than 40 people, mostly ketua pengarah of iljtm on tms. 5.00pm had another short meeting with romzi about jtmnet. then carpooled with romzi to town. went shopping and walking along the riverside. took beautiful pictures of kuching sunset. got a sms from airasia. flight delayed. bought a dvd. watch in the pathetic kuching international airport. reached home at 2am.
most scariest meeting:
august 2005
i was asked by my pm to go with him to a meeting in putrajaya. i was told that i need to prepare some stuff about the priority 2 and 3 issues and some updates to the project.
so, when i was in the meeting room, i saw almost 40+ people, with all my key users and the customer’s project manager and a lot more unknown people. so, i was asked about what is all these priorities 2 and 3 issues. dem, i was so scared. either i be the good person to ensure that my key users interest are protected or be a bad person to protect myself. with 40+ pairs of eyes looking at me; mostly from my key users, i chose to maintain a good relationship with them. i said things that they wanted to hear only. and i knew nobody could help me that time. and imagine, at that level, the way the meeting was conducted, seriously man. alex we could just go in and wack their brains off man. i knew very well that if i fall into their brainwaves and style, i would be one of them. so, i happily change my brainwave frequency and tuned myself into alex/kns’s channel. state my objectives, give them project updates, and make a conclusion to it. and of course, reiterate again the conclusion so that everyone is clear and end of story. and the meeting continued on with a lot of updates and stories but no conclusion; after which there is a big makan session. gosh, this kind of meeting?
most anticipating trip but never turned out:
16 march 2005
i so wanted to take up denphong’s challenege to oganise a volunteer program to phuket to help cheer up the children of tsunami. supposedly to spend 3 days in phuket to help the temples and give some warmth and laughter to these children. this is such a great opportunity to do something so meaningful that i reluctantly say no to denphong as i could not get enough help for this wonderful event.
most coincidental friendship:
june 2005
6 degrees of separation? move aside asha. this has got to be the most closest degree of separation. joey introduced ruben to me because i was looking for someone to join my team; who is good in programming and might be searching for a job. chatted with ruben thru msn for quite sometime. nope, he wasn’t looking for a software development job. instead, he was asking for a sales/account management job. i send his resume to paul. and paul told me he hired a week ago. and the person paul hired was ruben’s friend from college, kevin. kevin roommate in working under matt’s team now. coincident. months later, sales was looking for people again. again, ruben’s name was put up. was asked for interview. passed. chuah interviewed. passed. but he turned down the offer. haih. ruben, after so much hassle!
most beautiful moments:
may 2005 to september 2005
spending nights after nights of meeting with the incovar team at mcd and starbucks; brainstorming ideas and concepts and doing beautiful things together. it’s a wonderful thing to have gathered all these great minds together and work on things that will greatly benefit so many people. alex, lets put our minds into some money making thing for ourselves and generate some fund to incovar!. because @ incovar…we inspire…
most longest time spent standing:
20 december 2005
was inline from 630am waiting to get number to apply for the new identity card – mykad. got number 71. stood and waited till 11.00am. then only it was my turn. stood for more than 4 hours at the same exact spot. why? too lazy to move or think or do anything. so doh! but, i was right after chief reverend when taking the photo. what a coincidence. good karma. hopefully they wont mistaken chief face and put in my ic.
most outrageous buy:
20 may 2005
i bought myself a camera. panasonic lumix fz5. cost me about rm1940. freebies include a small casing, a filter, a camera travel bag, 512card, tripod. and you couldn’t imagine the amazing things i did with my new camera. i totally enjoyed it and love this investment. thanks fred.
most expensive gifts:
7 december 2005
fred gave me a watch for christmas. merry christmas fred.
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