Exams!!! its still exist when u are working!!

I always had the impression that once you are working, you do not have to worry about taking exams anymore.... well how wrong could i be (+_+) because me and 2 other colleagues will have to take the CCA(Citrix Certified Administrator) examination this coming Thursday which is a follow up of the Citrix Presentation Server course that we have taken 3 months back... whats worse is that i have just started reading today. Currently at page 50 of the course module which in total is 908 pages thick >.<

With 3days remaining i need to cover an average of 280 pages a day which means sleepless nights for me...! Furthermore we have not received the test king program which is a summary of the possible exam questions.... hopefully we will receive the material tomorrow and pray that it would be of use to us.

Somebody help meee...ooww!!!

W.L.B = Work Life Balance!

This is what i have learnt from the workplace, it stresses on the balance between work and personal life. Basically what WLB is all about is that work should not affect your personal time and vice versa. Work is strictly work and play is strictly play. More over what make me realise about this fact is whats happening to Pattie lately... for the past few days she has been coming back from work after 10pm =( she starts her day at 8am which means that she is has been working for 14 hours a day... without any OT!! Thats EXPLOITATION!!!!!! Futhermore even for a trainee, the amount of work she is doing does is not justified by the amount that she is paid. But im not stressing on the money, gaining work experience is good for her but not till the extent of deteriorating health and sleepless nights...

I hope her additional workload will end by this week. As a trainee of a company she has the right to voice it out to her employer. Personally if the employer continues doing this i would advise her to quit the job. It worries me to see her like this...

Media Frenzy.... Child kidnabbed again!!

Have you seen her?
If you live in Malaysia and have read the papers or watch news on a daily basis the picture above would not be something new to you. Thats right! the child in the poster is Sharlinie who was recently kidnabbed from a playground 200m away from her home. Its been more than 2 weeks now and still no word about her whereabouts. Somehow i think the massive media attention on this case as well as how the search is conducted may infact put her life in danger. With pictures of her posted every where, flyers being passed about and pictures of her flashing across the T.V screens... Whole Malaysia is looking for her.

Now put yourself in the kidnapper(s) shoes, imagine a whole country is looking for the child in your custody... wouldnt you be pressured and scared? furthermore there is a RM 100,000 prize reward given to anyone who has any leads to her whereabouts. The only way to get away scott free is to dispose off whatever that you have in custody which in this case is the child! what if the child has a good memory and can give the police a photofit of what you look like? the child might get killed because dead man tell no tales.... This is what i believe happened to Nur Jazlin the child who was found dead in a sport bag with signs of sexual abuse a few months back... that came under media spotlight in a case very similar to what is happening now.

I dont know a better way to do look for her but the media frenzy must stop! a childs life is at stake! moreover the media should focus on educating the public to keep a keen eye on their kids! How can those who negelect their children call themselves parents.... when even animals keep their young by their side at all times until they are able to fend for themselves.

1st post of 2008!! Cheong is Back!!

Hi its me again... i have to apologize to all my frens for being in exile all this while. I dont know it just been lately i have been quite withdrawn running away from problems just like a turtle finding solace in its shell... Until Gin Hoe came look me up for yum cha in Sunway asking me what im doing lately as he have not heard from me for a while. Haha while watching the football match, I got an unexpected call.... from Alan all the way from Canada also asking me the same question. It feels great that there are people who still remember good ol' Cheong =)

Looking back at the past year i it was not such a bad year for then piggies (people born in year 1983) well i dont know bout the others but it was quite good for me, although what i wish for the most did not come true. This year it would a fresh new beginning and make a self reflection 2 change for the better. With CNY just around the corner i havent got my new clothes yet... Arghhh!!! May the year of the rat be kind to us all and hope that Choy San will give lots of prosperity!

Wow! what 2 months that was!

Wow its been 2 months since i updated me blog! lots of things happen in this short period of time. What can i say, great things has kept me occupied. Went down to Seremban during hari raya with Marc, Jc and his gf to visit Terence and have some nice beef noodles as well as the famous siew baos. I love my new job! got a great team, a cool boss who is gamer, get to be colleagues with marc and KW, get to join company away day trip and lastly a new cubicle!! The away day in Club Med was loads of fun participating in outdoor activities such as archery, kayaking, swimming, rock climbing, basketball and even got myself on a flying trapeeze. Better still, our team came out tops to beat 14 other teams in the team building event to earn each of us a rm70 Jusco voucher. I also manage to win a 1Gb SD memory card in the lucky draw! i had never had any luck in lucky draws before. The night performance was spectacular and hilarious it kept us entertained way into the night. Then the beat of the music starts everybody got into party mode and dance to the early morn! With free flowing drinks at the bar.... need i say more?

Marc got a new car a Myvi so now we get to car pool. Save some $$ off petrol & toll as well as lessen the burden on the environment! killing 2 birds with one stone =)
Working in Cyberjaya is not so bad after all, no traffic jams smooth driving and lots of trees makes traversing to work and back a breeze.

Soon to be world tallest builiding.... Burj Dubai

Recently in the news it was stated that the construction of Burj Dubai has surpassed Taipei 101(currently the worlds tallest building). Once completed the building will be undisputed as the margin of height between its closest competitor is 300meters. Below is the comparison of height with 5 other previous record holders.



As you can see the only way to put back our Petronas Twin Tower as the world's tallest building is to eliminate the "twin" by stacking it up on top of the other. LoL but naw this would not happen... we should have built a single tower =(

Ancient bacteria that lives for 1/2 million years??

My post yesterday was about longevity. Coincidently todays news article that i came across highlighted that scientist have found ancient bacterias that are able to survive for half a million years! in harsh frozen climates and could possibly point to life on mars.

The bacteria has the ability to repair DNA genome degradation may be the key to prolonged or even everlasting life. This means that life's battery may be possible to be recharged! though it may not be possible in this lifetime but some time in the future perhaps, if the human race don't wipe out our own existence first that is.

Ancient bacteria could point to life on Mars

Longevity = life's battery.

I have always wondered, why different creatures have different life spans. Some lives for merely a few days however some go on to live for hundreds of years. So i take tortoises as an example why do these creatures live for so long? what defines a tortoise? its slow and relaxed (due to the fact that tortoises do not have much natural predators thanks to its hard shell). In contrast is the humming bird know for its rapid beat of wings (up to 70 beats per second)leads a busy life as it requires to feed on huge amount of nectar which exceeds its own body weight in a day to sustain its high metabolism rate resulting in a short life. An active creature tends to strain and wear down the body meaning that repairs have to be done to the cells in the body which uses a lot of energy... if insufficient can cause dire consequences.

So to me it seems that longevity is like life's battery, take things slowly and relax... that way it drains your battery at a slower pace. Some what this true as it applies to non living beings as well such as motors and engines, the faster RPM that they produce consumes higher volume of petrol or electricity. It can be concluded that longevity depends on how well a being can efficiently use energy available to them.

Trees are the least active as they barely move therefore they go on to live for thousands of years!!! but what a boring life... I'll rather be a tortoise. Remember stress will shorten your life, so try to relax and throw your worries away.

Hi, be like me!

Ok i have been tagged... so this is it

Ok i have no idea wat is a tag i assume its like the game we play as a kid when you are tagged you are "it" a.k.a the bad guy.... your job is to tag another person and pass the bad guy status to someone else. But in the blogger community the one tagged have to write a post on any of his or her previous blog topics which is divisible by 5 be it the 5th,10th,15th,... posting.

The topic i chose is my 15th post which is about my Sis's birthday which has passed so i will blog about her latest obsession .... Her brand new "Pink" Dell laptop. I don't know is it just me or companies like Dell and Sony are coming up with a choice of colors for their laptops breaking the norm of usually black laptops catered for executives. I guess humans these days are more trendy and likes to be different.


As far as we know the color pink are normally associated with women why is this? Amazingly the answer lies in human evolution according to time.com. Early humans are hunters and gatherers, man do the hunting and women gathers food mainly ripening berries and fruits. Along the years women develop the ability and tendency to detect red better. Thus such coloration such as pink will instantly attract them. For more in depth information of the research click on this link "Why girls like pink"

What is your driving force?

Do you sometimes feel that you are untouchable... having illusions of grandeur like nothing can hurt you or bring you down. Or at times feel so down that you are so vulnerable and have trouble picking yourself up.

Its at times like this that you take some time to reflect upon yourself, your soul, your very being and question your existence. Why are we here? what do we strive for? thoughts are nothing if you don't put it into action. But we are not always capable of doing things that we think is possible, creating a barrier that withholds our potential.

I once read a motivational article about breaking this barrier... with just one simple question "what is your driving force". What is it that keeps you going? be it your dreams, your family, your loved ones, or maybe simply yourself. So what ever it is thats reason enough to push yourself to the limits.

So try to get a quiet time for yourself and do a self reflection.

Persona..... ah a beautiful name

Our national car Proton has unveiled its newest addition to the family. This time with a few major changes and not only to its name Persona which give a more international standard compared to the Wira, Satria, Juara, Tiara, etc... which i think sounds pretty lame. This car would be the last resort for Proton to jump back in to the grab a share of the local car market, or die trying.....

I have to say although its pretty obvious that the body design is based on the Gen.2 hatchback, however there have been much accomplishment in the restyling which gives an air of elegance to it. So far the pictures and reviews are mostly positive whats left is to go to your local Proton showroom and get a feel of it or possibly a test drive. Personally for me i think all is well although there may be still room for some improvements in the interior which i think still looks quite "plastic". Here i present you some links with reviews and pictures of the "Persona"

The Star - Proton Persona review

Paul Tan's - Proton Persona review

The future of internet?

Again i was surfing the net for interesting news and this is an article i found. 75-year-old likely set Internet speed record thanks to her networking professional son. They have come up with a 40-gigabits-per-second fiber-optic connection along with a revolutionary new modulation technique. This would be the benchmark for the future of the internet!!! Imagine downloading a full length movie in 2 seconds... take that Streamyx its 40,000 times faster than what you are providing =p

Why terrorism must be stopped!

I was disheartened today due to the tragic news of the second death of a member from a group of 18 female and 5 male south Korean Christian volunteers that were abducted by the Taliban a few weeks back in Afghanistan. Last week the pastor of the group was killed because the Taliban demands the release of their members were not met by the Afgan government. Although a new dateline has been set for the release the government has yet to comply, time are running short for the hostages i pray for their safe release.

The reason the volunteers are there are to make a change to the lives of those ravaged in the war torn country. A bitter twist of fate landed them in this hostage situation instead their life is now a wager for the freedom of a few terrorist militants. They do not deserve such fate, nobody does. This is clearly why terrorism must be stopped. Innocent lifes of those who do good are traded for the freedom of blood thirsty inhumane mongrels. Thinking of it just makes my blood boil... This is a very complicated situation as there are no other options, its release or die... We cannot allow the terrorist to win but without the expense of human life it is just not possible.

They are not asking for a sacrifice... the lives of the people in their hands means nothing to them. Driven by their ideology the world is so much more a dangerous place to live in. Imagine the release of these militants each one of them pose a greater threat to humanity itself. Remember 9/11? it just takes a handful of terrorist to bring the world down to its knees.

In this case would you abide to terrorist demands? The world does not do any deals with terrorists but guess we have no choice but to save the Koreans and deal with those bastards later.

The Hostages

Kitty grimm reaper?

This is a piece of strange news that i have fished out from the net. Apparently there is this cat Oscar who predicts death in nursing home by simply curling up on a patients bed and stays there in a time frame of 4hours before the death. Oscar knows, when your time is up!

Move aside giant squid here comes the colossal squid!

As i was surfing wikipedia for more information on the giant squid i came across the colossal squid which is the largest squid species ever recorded. Below is a picture of a colossal squid caught in the arctic waters off the coast of New Zealand early this year.

Sotong Gergasi! a.k.a Giant Squid

Since i was a child i have always been fascinated by the giant squid thanks to the movie 20,000 leagues under the sea. Also referred as "Kraken" in Norwegian folklore this creature is featured in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest". This is no ordinary squid that turns up on your dinner table. This is one behemoth squid which is very elusive and lives in the crushing depths of the sea. Not until recently the knowledge of this majestic creature remain hidden, with the development advance technology are we starting to piece together the mystery surrounding giant squids. Japanese researchers made history on December 4 2006 when they were successful in filming a video of a live giant squid. It sometimes gives me the creeps imagining an invertebrate can grow up to the size of a great white shark. If one day a living giant squid is available to be viewed by the public i will definitely be there to see it.

Funny animal antics

Haha funny world we live in especially when you are sharing the world with other of Gods creation. Below is a video of animals doing funny and amazing things, especially the dog with the skateboard. Way cool! enjoy!

When songs used to have a meaning

I remember the few weeks back Terence came down we had lunch at pan bakery. During that time we saw old skool music videos form the 80's and early 90's that we used to hear and watch when we were kids. So i decided to watch some of these videos on youtube which includes Ace of Base, Roxette, Cardigans, The Cranberries, Just to name a few... boy i tell you it sure brings back memories when music has it meaning not like some music these days which comes with meaningless rapping and mindless ramblings just to reap off the multi billion commercialized music industry. So here i post one of my most favourite songs of yesteryear its a darn good reggae song.





And also a memorable Latin tune.

Tiny changes that goes unnoticed o_O

I used to remember when i was a lil kid i dont like to eat things that are bitter or too spicy. Strange enough now i find myself liking foods that i used to hate. I remembered my parents asking me to gulp down half boiled egg yolk which was yucky to me back then. Now when ever i get a chance to eat at a coffee shop i would order 2 half boiled eggs to go with my roti bakar.... yum! Lately i also found myself to have a craving for bitter gourd... yep thats right you are not mistaken bitter gourd ... i dont know whats gotten into me but each time i go to a "dai chau" lately bitter gourd chicken rice will be on my menu. Lol maybe i just want to taste the "bitterness" in life.

I specifically know when this tiny unnoticeable changes occur but i think mainly because how our mind picks up messages thats slowly changes your mindset, in this case it was the nutritional value of the afore mentioned food. I call it indirect brainwashing... just like advertising even though you have not tried a particular brand you will always tend to pickup something that you have always heard of or come across.

I used to love the rainy days.....

Not anymore yesterday's incident where a lightning claimed my modem, motherboard, and my router port.... This is not the first time though it seems that i never learn =( was on the pc when it started to rain then the cool sensation in the air caused me to be tempted to lay on the bed and i fell asleep. The next thing i know there was a loud thunder and that is where my nightmare began. Now i will have to replace my motherboard and router that is if my processor, ram and hdd are not burnt as well. Seems like the lightning is indirectly burning a hole in my pocket.... come to think of it this incident further proves my ying yang theory that i have mentioned before in my previous blog where good things are always followed by a bad thing and vice versa. Cos the good thing is i finally finished my Shell Ferrari car collection yesterday and look what happened.

so people if there are lightning remember to unplug your telephone line. Even if you have a surge protector or lightning arrestor dont take any chances as do not estimate natures wrath as a bolt of lightning can pack several thousand megawatts that not even our human contraptions or gadgets can withstand.