Rainbow

Saw a huge rainbow on the way back home after work. It covers half of the sky. Good fortune coming soon? =)

BookCrossing @1Utama

This is the book that I grabbed for free from the official BookCrossing zone at 1 Utama. Seems like MPH would release 50 books to this place every month there.

People can write reviews and notes about the book by using the Book ID written on the BookCrossing sticker. If you decide to "release" a book to the wild, you would be able to track the book as it travelled and read what others say about it. I wonder how this would play out in Malaysia. Haha...

It's located at ground floor of HighStreet. Even the guide that dressed up like a security guard failed to show me the direction. "I have never heard about this. Books? MPH?" They need to create more awareness.

From what I have observed, people who sit around the area are not reading! And I am being stared upon when I open the book shelve and fiddling around the scarce and worn-out books inside.

More information:

• The official event description at 1 utama website (ignore the event period)
• BookCrossing Liz (blog)
• of bookcrossing at 1utama (blog)

IBM Websphere Application Server 7 Training

Get to attend IBM training again these few days. It's always nice to break out of usual work routine.

Technical stuff:
Java EE is very complicated. EJB3, JPA, SOA, ESB, BPEL... Yea, they are "open standards" backed up by Sun and IBM. But there are open source libraries tools that try to scratch the same itch too. Personally, I would use whatever that works and cost me less time to learn and setup.

Being too high level and abstract means it would be a nightmare to troubleshoot when errors occurred. It's definitely nice to generate entity POJO and input forms in JSF with a few clicks though.

Setup clustering is as easy as typing a few commands. That's the difference between a free and paid solution I guess.

The Pursuit of Happiness

银幕上熟悉的字眼不断向上滚动
看得我不禁流下男儿泪 （ok...夸张的）
为了这些 Standing Instruction
不知死了多少脑细胞、掠夺了我珍贵的周末休闲时间
终于...... 顺利生出来了!
YEAH!!!!

同事：喂! 你拍什么?


时间是 晚上7.31分
轻快铁站依然人潮汹涌
个个面无表情
都市化的副作用就是人与人之间变得异常冷漠

可恶的资本主义
金字塔底层的人们任人鱼肉犹如变相奴隶制

作者满身汗臭、疲惫不过开心
现场报道

对面的人：喂! 你拍什么?


回到家
温暖（烫嘴）的晚餐已经准备好了
好吃~

妈妈： ......(无言。看惯了我乱拍 =.=V )


Ice cream x 3 = RM7.20
Enjoyment? priceless.

每当心情低落就会乱花钱
购物狂倾向形成中？

最近发布了颇多负面的想法、投诉、发泄...
写些无聊的来"对冲"一下 =)

p/s: title inspired by a nice movie by Will Smith.

食之无味，弃之可惜?

Subway's Veggie Delite. RM6.90.
My favourite meal to date.

The food is nice
Time and venue totally wrong.
Why am I siting at the office without aircon in this lovely(read: hot) sunday afternoon?


Secret Recipe's Chocolate Mud cake. RM6.50.
Lust for chocolate

如果巧克力能让人开心
我需要吃很多很多......

cute

在办公室
经过一番努力
终于完成任务
下意识欢呼："Yeah!"

前方突然传来小声的 "cute"

那泥？虾米？

抬起头
张望...

过了几秒

旁边的马来婆："Dia kata kamu cute"

..
....
<).... 小鸟飘过
...



"Ya saya tau"

人参

老板的老豆挂了
经理的爸爸病重
同事的老婆生了
另一个同事要嫁了...

昨天
随同事出席了老板爸爸的葬礼
在加影
简单的佛教仪式
吃的也是素菜


给了50令吉白金 (心在淌着血，刚好没有散钱)
换来花生+清水


"悲"糖
父曰:不可食，弃之 =.=

老板依然故我
与大家谈笑风生
强颜欢笑抑或是看开了？
总觉得他的笑容比平时多了一份沧桑

第二次瞻仰死者仪容
震惊少了
警惕依旧
无常啊
屈指一数
就算长命百岁也不过是35,000多天

后记：
给了白金剩下几令吉。没钱给泊车费...... Orz

IBM DB2 XML Bootcamp

Get a chance to attend the IBM DB2 Seminar recently. It's a 3 days course.


The thick book that supposed to be covered in 3 days...
It's about how IBM database supports XML document (searching, query, indexing, optimization) natively. The instructor is from India. Need some time to get used to his slang.


They would actually queue up for the lift during peak hours. Not uncommon to see people rushing to the lift carrying his/her laptop with the lid halfway closing also.

IBM Plaza is a nice and comfortable place.
Walking distance to 1 Utama. Nice to walk around during lunch and after work. Still haven't bored of it yet. A good escape from usual work routine. =)