Day 330: Friday Blues

Last day of the week. Didn't do that much work. Continue on studying for my certification and help a couple of friends do their work. Some items happen yesterday:

- after Friday prayer it rained extremely heavily. So one of our guys got us a grabcar which was awesome and saved us from the rain 

- one of my boss asked me to give a message to CK. CK was on the phone so I waited for him to get off. It took close to 80 mins for the class to end. My boss even call me saying that why he is not answering his phone 

- had the monthly company briefing where the ceo gave 50 bucks to whoever can answer a question. And then he told us we are changing Colour from Orange to Magenta (it's pink with a nicer name to it). 

After work I start went to the hospital. Hopefully my wife will be discharged on Saturday. 

Level: +1

Current Level: 58

Day 329: I am not efficient after 3

Got in the office yesterday and had a lot of work piling up on my docket. .So I do what I usually do in the morning is that list down all the items that I need to do and do it as fast and efficiently as possible. I was given a new task that usually is handled by my friend CK. It's not that hard when I can just refer to him for any issues. I find that after lunch I am the least bit motivated to work. Unless I have to. That is why all my work need to be done before lunch. I slept yesterday at the hospital. My wife was admitted due internal infections. ;So had to sleep on a uncomfortable bed. But I don't mind. The plus side is that I got in the office at 720am today. And that is a record of 15 mins on the road.

Day 328: Man I Love my office

Yesterday we had our fire drill. I was the Safety Marshall for my floor so I was responsible to make sure everyone on the 18th floor went doing in a slow and orderly fashion. The problem with this is that the whole staff got a heads up on the fire drill process. That means everyone went down at 9am and just stayed there until the alarms rang. But the time the alarm had rung they were only 3 people on the 18th floor to evacuate. Well at least I get to wear a hard hat and whistle. Walking down 18 floors may sound not that hard but after reaching down my legs were all wobbly...

At lunch H1 got a luncheon with his department so me and H2 went to eat a a mall and shared burger and fries. And we were not worried about arriving late to the office. That shows how relaxed is the office environment is. I love my office.

Day 327: Just when I thought I am in the clear

On Monday I was having leave so my day starts on a Tuesday. Yesterday was fun. Didn't do that much work and everything was manageable. I even went home early since I finished all my work on time. The thing that happened was at around 7pm one of our new CM ask me to do some item that I have like 50% on how to do it. He also organised a meeting on Thursday. So there goes my week... Sigh...

Day 326: Last day before a long holiday

You might be wondering another long holiday again. But next week will be a week holiday without my boss. Which means I'm free to do things. Well with my boss also I am free to do things. So... Next week is just a free period for the team. This Monday I'll be on leave and all of the main bosses are on leave...

Day 325: A quiet uneventful day

On Thursday I didn't have much to do. I got the reply on the report and continue doing my certification training. During lunch yesterday some of my friends were saying that it would be just relaxed at the office and make a crapload of money. They all said is better to be invisible and make money. They did say I have to closest thing to becoming invisible since I am not that important to the job. But I am still needed... I don't know weather is a good thing or not. One more day till holiday.

Forgot to mention my boss finally talk to me about work and I explain what was my game plan. And then he ended it with a "good job" Really made my day.

Day 324: Back to our regular programming

So yesterday I have finally finish the report. Which means I could give it to my other colleague to check it out and then give to another person to check it out. If this report goes well I need to do a lot more reporting for the upcoming months. I notice that my job gets more and more after every month. So for today I can continue on my certifications again.

Day 323: I'm a safety marshall

I've entered a health and safety program where I am in charge of the whole floor. So we had a briefing yesterday for next weeks fire evacuation drill. Which is going to be super awesome. So we were brief on what to do and what not to do. But if it rains the whole thing will be cancelled. Other than that, the report is almost done. I say around 70%.

Day 322: Its reporting time

Starting Monday and I have a huge report to prepare with a lot of graphs and charts. Well at least this keeps me busy and next week I'll be partly free since my boss will be out of town.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

This movie has a wired 80s vibe to it. It's like the X-Men meets the league of extraordinary gentleman. The bad guy is very campy that is fun to look at. The story has some long plotlines where I think they could cut it. This movie is so not suitable for kids and yet there were a lot of kids in the cinema. A good movie and it does what it says... Entertained 

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Day 321: More responsibility for me

Man... This Friday I had a meeting with the current product that I am in charge with. It turns out I need to churn out a monthly usage report for all the clients under my care. What that means... More responsibilities. What does that mean for my work... Life as usual I guess. The funny thing is things are really heading south in the end of years. I don't want to jinx it but things are not looking good for the company and my department as a whole. I just realized that my job is not my life. Well I've been blogging about it close to a year. So if ever I get remove from my current job. I have no ill feelings. I did my best and it's time to move on. Let's just see what is going to happen next year 

Jet Set Radio

Plays like the dreamcast version. This game is a like an old cat... Still good to look at but does not age well.

Game no: 176

Genre: Action 

Platform: PS Vita

What's is it about:

Street gangs fight to control the city by using 

Gameplay consist of:

- Skating

- Executing tricks 

- Graffiti-ing 

What I liked: 

- Stages has a lot of entr and points and rails to grind 

- Grafitti painting never gets bored 

- Each character has a unique stats and personality 

- New challengers are quite fun to execute

- Camera is not free roam. Due to the fact the dreamcast has one analog stick 

What I didn't Liked:

- The constant getting of spray cans when you run out 

- The map is confusing to read 

- The timer doesn't help because the game ramps up difficulty after you paint a couple of walls. The trick is to plan your path ahead of time.

Status: This game is true to the dreamcast port. Nothing has change even the controllers. Played till the last 3 started and keep on dying. Decided to just YouTube the rest.

Score: Worth to be played at least once 

Day 320: Bad day to start the day

Well low and behold as promised. Came to the office and was greeted by the boss. And got a mouthful... He even went to TJ and his boss to scold them. He said he doesn't blame and I should never do someone else work. I feel torn because on the one hand TJ is more than a colleague. He seems very defensive about the issue. In the end we submit the report again. But from the look at it, it seems that we are not going to get it. Other than that... everything was just as normal. I think that I need to review my life choices again.  

Level up:+1

Current level: 57

Day 319: The consequences of playing hookie

On Wednesday we had a send a tender that was due at 12 in the afternoon. It was TJ tender to submit. I came to the office early and was compiling the tender and ask TJ a simple question. Where is X document? TJ said "what X document. I was not aware of it". The X document is the important document of all. So I had the honor to do the document. 

So I left the office to send the document. After sending the document and had lunch. We got a call from the client. It turns out we were missing a couple of key point in the document. TJ was pissed and I was ok I guess. Was not that pissed since he didn't take it seriously... 

Meanwhile in the office:

My boss was pissed off because I left the office without tell him... That story is for the next post 

Day 318: Good day today

Today I did work, I went and follow TJ to do his license. We talked about life and changing jobs. He said I really need to pick up on a some skills that can make me worth it for the future. I tend to agree. But being a billionaire is not an easy skill to pick up... Oh well, another 3 more days until the weekend.

Day 317: Busy Monday

Monday I had only one task to do. Which was 2 hours tops. And then other work came piling on and I had to finish everything before 5pm. So I went into overdrive since I need to pick up my daughter before 5pm. All went well. Today (Tuesday) I have a couple of things to do. I do keep myself busy even though my work is not that much.

Day 316: Like I never left

So last week Friday I came back to work.. It's like I never left. There were still stuff to do. I gave all of my colleagues who were there on that day chocolates and stuff and I spend most of my half day clearing out my mailbox which was a lot. In turns out everyone thought I was still on leave. I could have just didn't come to work and no one would notice.

Holiday in New Zealand

So rather that blogging on everyday on what did I do, I decided to blog the whole holiday in 6 simple questions

Who did I:
Went with: My wife, she has business to attend to. Me on the other hand was there for a long 12 days vacation.

What did I:
Do: Among the things I did in no particular order
1) Went to my old stomping grounds. Most of the things still remain the same. only 30 % of items change. Gone is the mall that I use to hang out. Some of the shops have change. The old place where I sue to pray is gone. Now is change with an even better one. Even with coded entry (5739). My wife's old Phd office has moved.. Which was ok I guess
2) Went to Hobbitton. Hobbitton is a place where to shoot the LOTR and Hobbit movies. Just the Shire scene. It is based in a farm. In the middle of the farm is the movie set. The movie set is filled with 47 hobbit holes all with different sizes. This is due for multiple angle and perspective shots. We start from the bottom of the farm until the top of the mountain and come back down to the tavern. Where we are treated with ginger beef (there are alcoholic ones but we can't take that)
3) Went to Tauranga. Where located is Mount Maunganui. Is a big mountain where it will take a couple of hours to climb up.  We took a smaller mountain and we saw a lot of people rafting in the sea. It turns out it was 30km competition rowing in the sea.
4) Shopping, Clothes, chocolate and honey. Finally after 5 years we got an all black shirt. Man thosee things were expensive
5) Eat
Stuff that I eat during my 2 week stay
- Fish and chips, burgerfuel, clam chowder, fried chicken, ice cream, frozen yogurt, bread, avocado, juice and salmon. And there is also malaysian food.

Noticed:
- People are still friendly
- PS Vita is dead in NZ. No store sells it
- Malaysian currency sucks

When:
Did I go; 2 weeks ago for 12 days

Where:
Did I go: Mt Eden, One Tree Hill, Auckland Domain, Dress Smart

Why:
Its awesome to go back but I love Malaysia more. Not sure if I want t migrate there. It gets pretty boring after a while.