The Kuli & The Boss

Got this from a friend of mine..

The Kuli : To ask for salary increment..

Dear Bo$$

In thi$ life, we all need $omething mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company . I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon.

Your $ $ incerely,
Your Employee

And the reply……

My dear employee,

I k NO w you have been working very hard. NO wadays, NO thing much has changed. You must have NO ticed that our company is NO t doing NO ticeably well as yet.

NO w the newspaper are saying the world`s leading eco NO mists are NO t sure if the United States may go into a NOther recession. After the NO vember presidential elections things may turn bad .

I have NO thing more to add NO w. You k NOw what I mean.

Yours truly,
Manager

Heh.

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The Good Life

Tired with Work Work.. and Work. And now I’m having a good rest… Serious one.

Andy

.. tomorrow morning (in few hours time) I will be going to Malacca for…

Gecko Music Studio

the recording! … Yeah.. Stay Tune!

“HAPPY LABOUR DAY, ALL!”

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Air Asia’s Baggage Fee

This is no good..

Air Asia LogoKUALA LUMPUR: Budget airline AirAsia will introduce check-in baggage fees from April 21.

The move is to defray rising fuel costs, said group chief executive officer Datuk Tony Fernandes.

The baggage fees are RM3 per bag (for online check-in) and RM5 per bag (for airport check-in).

Let say baggage fee = RM5 per bag..

Excess baggage (per kg) = ____ ?

Via : The Star

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Childhood Hero

I was browsing Youtube this morning when I suddenly thought of my favourite childhood hero. So I key in the keyword “Space Cop Gaban” in the search field.

Tadaaaaaa

Yeah. I think everyone knows him especially those who were born in the 80’s. He’s better known as.. Space Sheriff Gavan, a Japanese metal hero.. ya right? Fuhh! Even can transform to his metal suit for only 0.05 seconds! Awesome. :P

Quote:Naga Gaban! Baju Tahan Api! Kereta Perisai Gaban! Hantar ke Planet!Oh.. those were the days… And you? Who was your favourite childhood hero?

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Google, Wine, Codeweavers & Adobe Photoshop

Google CodeWoooot! Just another superb project from Google. They hired Codeweavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine. A good news I must say for all Linux users as Google & Codeweavers are working hard to improve Wine for Adobe Photoshop in Unix platform. Yah as we know.. There are quite number of people who use “Photoshop” as an excuse not to switch to Linux 100% (including myself) :) . I still prefer dual-boot because of this single reason.

What is Wine, anyway?

WineWine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix.Think of Wine as a compatibility layer for running Windows programs. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows source code to Unix as well as a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows programs to run on x86-based Unixes, including Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Solaris.

Thanks Google for this Open Source project! Wooot!

Extra Reading:
Google behind Photoshop’s new Linux compatibility
Google funds Photoshop-on-Linux work
Photoshop works better than ever in Linux, Thanks to Google

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

I’d like to wish all my chinese friends a HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! If you have any extra ang pow (with a RM50 note), do let me know. I’ll go and get. :P

angpows
The angpow(s) are for illustration purpose only (hint hint). :)

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Smiley

Living a happy, resilient and optimistic life is wonderful, and is also good for your health. Being happy actually protects you from the stresses of life. Stress is linked to top causes of death such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.

One of the better things ever said is - ‘The only thing in life that will always remain the same is change’, and in our life we have the power to make the necessary changes if we want to. Even if we find ourselves in an unbearable situation we can always find solace in the knowledge that it too would change.

Social networks or relationships are essential to happiness. People are different, accept people for who or what they are, avoid clashes, constant arguments, and let go of all kinds of resentments. If arguments seem unavoidable still try and make an effort to understand the situation and you might just get along with well with

Happiness is actually found in everyone, increasing it is a way to make a life more wonderful and also more healthy.

Read the rest of this entry »

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Tea Break

.. with Dilbert. :)

Dilbert

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My Gutsy Gibbon Has Arrived

After about 2 weeks of waiting, finally the Ubuntu CD (Gutsy Gibbon 7.10) I requested from their website arrived today! This is the second time i requested Linux CD from Ubuntu. The previous one was Ubuntu 5.04, 2 years ago.

Parcel From Ubuntu

Actually, i have installed the Gutsy Gibbon in my machine using the CD i burned from the iso image i downloaded from their official website early this year. :D . Aha, now i’m using Ubuntu as the secondary OS, dual boot with my Windows XP.

Why Linux you may ask? It’s for fun, plus I want to experience the power of Linux. Ho Ho! More serious now. I choose Ubuntu as my favourite distro to fulfill the purpose.

Ubuntu

Oh ya. I was given 4 Ubuntu stickers together with the CD. Don’t wait. Request yours now.

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My New Gadget GW-US54GD

See what i bought from All IT Hypermarket at Low Yat Plaza last few weeks. Yeah.. a Wireless LAN USB Adapter with Wi-Fi Detector. My new gadget for this year.

device1

A first, i thought wanna buy a basic WLAN USB Adapter but when i saw this PCI brand and its “extra” function (Wi-Fi Detector), I finally change my mind. Why not pay RM89 for that extra features. A D-Link WLAN Dongle costs me around RM75, if i’m not mistaken. Only a bit cheaper, ya?

Additional Info : GW-US54GD uses Zydas ZD1211 chipset.

What’s in the box?

device2

A manual book and warranty card, cd driver, a usb cable and strap.

Na na na..

device3

I’m not going to explain more on the specs, but you can always read it HERE.

Yay! Now i can search for wireless connection using GW-US54GD. Hope i could find as many unsecure connections here in Shah Alam. :D I wish.

Hmm, just push the button and it will detect the nearest access points, with strength indicator, both secure and unsecure connections. Yes, the device uses built-in rechargeable battery. Plug it into your USB slot to charge.

Oh ya, it supports Linux too. But I haven’t try yet. Maybe in my next post (not a promise).

Go wireless!

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BlogDesk Test Drive

Yeah, now i’m writing this post using BlogDesk. It is a simple and powerful weblog client where i can save offline posts here in my machine and upload them whenever i want, select which categories to put, upload photos directly to server and almost everything a WYSIWYG editor does. But what i concern most is “Simple” (in terms of usability and interface). That’s it. (and FREE of course)

BlogDesk is totaly free of charge and optimized for the blog systems WordPress, MovableType, Drupal, Serendipity and ExpressionEngine as well as the bloghosters Blogg.de and Twoday.net.

So, you can even use Blogdesk in MovableType and Drupal platform.

The advantages:

  • The simple interface is suitable even for unexperienced users.
  • Intuitive WYSIWYG Editor instead of complicated HTML Tags. Of course you can edit the tags if you prefer to.
  • Easy image inserting and editing. The files are uploaded by BlogDesk, no extra work is needed.
  • Automatic thumbnail handling.
  • Everything can be done offline and saved for later editing. You only have to be online a few seconds to finally publish your new weblog entry.
  • Integrated spell checker with dictionaries for 14 languages.
  • Features like Notebook, Frequently-Used-Phrases and the Technorati-Tags-Generator relieve you from time wasting and recurring tasks.
  • Publish to multiple weblogs on different servers with one click.
  • Default settings can be saved as templates.
  • Keep local copies of your posts.

Here is the screenshot:

blogdeskshot

Why not give BlogDesk a try?

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If I have a choice..

… I will sleep during my office hours today.

Sleepy Andy

I said “IF”. Too bad, I have no choice. Lots of work to do. Not that I’m too lazy. Only that I’m tooo tired these few days. Lord, give me strength.

Tomorrow is a public holiday (Awal Muharram).. but I have to go to work.

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