Random Ramblings
Have you watched the movie Outsourced? Go watch it. Lots of lessons to be learnt there. Plus it's heart warming.
WCIT 2008
My company had a booth at the recently concluded WCIT 2008. Since the company is owned by the Sarawak State Government, naturally we were placed under the Sarawak State Booth.
Sarawak State Booth
Opposite our booth is the Selangor State Booth. This is a big contrast to ours. Yup, ours is the ugliest booth among all the State booth.
Selangor State Booth
There were plenty of interesting IT products and services showcased. Many ministers and royalty grace the event. Our booth were visited by the King, the Regent of Pahang, the Prime Minister and other ministers. It was quite an experience.
My feet hurts like hell after 3 days of standing and walking for more than 8 hours. Yes we have chairs but it was a busy event with over 100,000 visitors (or so they claimed!). Bill Gates attended as a hologram. Yup, go google it.
Anyway, for me the highlight is this photo. No prizes to guess who he is. He is my definition of a true patriot.
See if you can find Jeff Ooi in this photo!
Tags: IT, minister, sarawak, wcitAll In One
Ever heard of the term “All in One”? In products for example, it means having multiple complementary properties/ingredients in the one product.
I use a All-in-One shampoo by Pantene. It has the shampoo, conditioner and god-knows-what in there. I know it’s a all-in-one because the label says so. That plus the fact my hair is not so coarse after using it.
I love the Old Town White Coffee. It’s from my lovely hometown, Ipoh. It is made from special coffee beans, roasted to perfection, grinded by a seasoned coffee guru and prepared with passion. That was decades ago. Now it’s just roasted at some oven, grinded by machines and prepared in bulk for wholesale. I blame commercialisation for that. Now they’re selling the all-in-one pack that comes with sugar and creamer. Not the same as the original you get back at Ipoh but it’s a quick fix when you’re in a hurry to beat the traffic jam.
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. This is a all-in-one codec pack. What’s a codec pack? Hmm… basically it’s a collection of codecs (coder decoder) that allows you to play all sorts of video formats such as xvid, divx, quicktime, ac3, etc. I like to use this because it saves me the trouble having to figure out what codec is needed for a particular movie file that I downloaded from the internet acquired. Becareful though. Some of these codec packs comes with viruses and trojans.
In today’s technologically savvy age, an all-in-one IT gadget is a must. One of my favourites is the HP all-in-one printer. The printer comes with the ability to scan and copy besides the usual printing. Some higher end models can even do fax. This saves a lot of trouble having to buy and maintain the many different equipments. For me, it’s mainly because my desk is running out of space.
And then there is our beloved government. Most countries (I used the word ‘most’ loosely here) government I know is made up of three branches; Executive, Judicial and Legislative. All these are independent of each other in order to provide checks and balances. But in our unique nation, the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches are all in one. Of course you will still see the three different branches at work but since they’re all controlled by one man, they might as well just merge all three branches together.
Tags: executive, government, judicial, legislative, nationBirthday 2008
Well, it’s that time of year again (so fast?!?!) I’m another year older and definitely wiser.
Unlike the previous year, this year was much more happening. Woke up to a wonderful morning. No traffic jams, excellent breakfast and nothing much to do at the office.
The night before my colleagues and I went to the karaoke to celebrate. We screamed out lungs out. Yup that’s right. Screamed. Occasionally we sang. It was fun, hilarious and relaxing.
Today, the company bought me a cake. Imagine my horror when I opened the box and saw this…
Who is Jacob?!?! I guess I have to live with the fact that my name will never be spelt correctly.
Tags: birthday, karaoke, older, wiser, wrong name
