work work work...

Sigh. I should be on leave right now and relaxing after 1.5 years of slogging but sadly am at work. Been roped in to help another account in trouble. There goes my plans of bumming at home playing my PS3 or XBox 360 or having movie binges.

Oh well. On a plus note it might lead to another 'promotion'. Lets keep our fingers crossed on that. ;)

Alrighty. Back to another conference call. Yaaawwwnn...

certified...

Woo hoo. Am now a certified SDI Service Desk Manager. :D

work...

Am starting to get pissed. Work is taking too much of my time and I don't seem to be free to do anything anymore. Yes its good to be pre occupied but I feel work is eating up my life. I don't see a fair work vs play scenario. Sigh.

How long is this gonna last? Not for long I hope but everytime I feel a sense a stability some shit happens that flips it around. Arrgghhh. Damn am getting fed up of the Service Desk environment. Need to start thinking of changing roles. I can't leave the field as thats where my knowledge and experience lies but definately need a different challenge and pace.

Decisions decisions...

facebook faux pas...

The below Facebook no no really cracked me up. How dumb are people that they would add their boss and then bitch about them as well?! LOL.

no more psp...

Just sold off my PSP to a colleague.

Sniff.

No more mobile Sony gaming.

Oh well, theres a reason behind it.

Hehe.

More to come...

michael joseph jackson...

He may be known as Wacko Jacko for the last decade of his life but without a single doubt he will always be the most gifted entertainer in the world.

Yesterday was a sad day when Michael Joseph Jackson died at the age of 50. A news not many could even believe till it caused a cyberspace traffic jam with record hits on Google, Facebook, Twitter & Yahoo.

It hit the whole world hard with billions mourning his loss. I always joked about his weird lifestyle but when it comes down to it, you can never find anyone as talented as he was. He is and will always be the 'King of Pop'. My only regret is not going for his concert in 1993 and seeing him perform live. :(

Thank you Michael for years of wonderful and inspirational music. May you finally rest in peace.

Michael Joseph Jackson
R.I.P
August 29, 1958 to June 25, 2009

slow death...

OMG. Its freaking 2nd week of May 2009 already. Damn y'all. My blog is dying a slow and agonising death. :(

Don't worry. I will prevail. Once my new project is outta shit I'll be back to blogging shit. LOL. :D

time flies...

Wow time sure flies! Its been one whole month since I last blogged. Damn. The new project has really eaten up my time. Don't even read blogs as much. Oh well its our bread and butter right.

Lemme see if I can give a summary of what has happened. The new account is still chugging along. Ever so slowly but least in an upward trend. ;)

Went to 2 wedding dinners. My primary skool mate Vincent got married yesterday while my ex colleague Vixstarr had his last week in Penang. Sunshine and I made an overnight road trip. Hella tired I tell ya but I promised Vick ages ago that I wouldn't miss it.

Other than that nothing much really. My remote control car is collecting dust. So is my PSP and NDS. Just don't have the time. Whatever free time I have is spent with Sunshine, Astro Max or sleeping. LOL. Never appreciated sleeping so much before.

Now I am in the works of sending Kate in for Stage 3. Just did an oil change and was planning it with my tuner. Most probably mid March I'll drop her in. Gonna take about 5 days or so. Expecting around 30% gain. So am really looking forward to that. :D

Alrighty then. Time to leave the damn office. Got called in last minute to do some research over poor performance. Arrgghh. Really can't wait for this account to settle down. Need a LOOOOONG break I tell ya.

Cheerio folks!

work work work...

Work work work. That is all I am involved in right now. Practically 12 to 15 hours daily am in the office fighting fires, calming oceans or just running around like a headless chicken. LOL. Sounds funny I know but not a life I would like to lead in the long term. Poor blog is getting neglected as well. :(

Sigh. Good news is we are finally live. No more transitional crap. Now just to focus on making the team meet their performance requirements. Its gonna be a steep hill to climb but as always we will prevail and get there.

Yaaawn. Damn feel so sleepy nowadays. Body is shouting for more shuteye. Just gotta down the Nescafes and move along. Guess before you know it things will be calm again. One thing to look forward to is when that time comes am gonna apply for a nice looooooooooong leave. :D

reflection on 2008...

Time sure flies doesn't it. Its already mid January of 2009. Had some spare time and was going through my resolutions for 2008 and realised I met most of them.

1. Lose weight (85kgs is too much, gotta knock of at least 5kgs!).
- Didn't really lose much but as of now I am 84kgs. LOL. So least 1kg right? Lowest I manage to drop to was 83kgs before I piled it back on during Deepavali. :(

2. Buy a house (I freakin' better get a house this year!).
- Another year goes by and I have yet to find a house. There were 2 ideal ones but only found out it was for sale after it was sold! Sigh.

3. Progress in my career (looking for more challenges & money of course).
- This part has really come true. Am now in charge of 2 major accounts and have gotten a decent increment to boot. :D

4. Work on Kate (am thinking of going turbo).
- Finally plopped a BOT on Kate. Am sure you guys have read about it here.

5. Go overseas with Sunshine (maybe Bali or Gold Coast).
- Didn't get to go overseas but least managed a few holidays. Guess at the way time is flying more than happy to even get a holiday in! :D

Thats like 3.5 outta 5. Not bad I must say. For this year I don't think I am gonna bother about resolutions. Time just doesn't permit it. Should just be happy in living life and progressing. No matter how slow that may be. ;)

jokes to lighten the mood...

Been working my ass off last couple of months and got this email. Really cracked me up. Amazing what kids can come up with. Enjoy...

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY?

(1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. - Alan, age 10
(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marryGod decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with.- Kristen, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?

(1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.- Camille, age 10
(2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. - Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age)

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?

(1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. - Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?

(1) Both don't want any more kids.- Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?

(1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough.- Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure)
(2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.- Martin, age 10 (Who said boys do not have brains)

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?

(1) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. -Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?

(1) When they're rich.- Pam, age 7 (I could not have said it better myself)
(2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.- Curt, age 7 (Good Point)
(3) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.- Howard, age 8 (Who made that rule?)

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?

(1) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out. - Theodore, age 8 (Too much detail for his age)
(2) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. - Anita, age 9 (bless you child)

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?

(1) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?- Kelvin, age 8

And the #1 Favourite is........

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?

(1) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck. - Ricky, age 10 ( The boy already understands)

another rush...

Sigh. Looks like another round of long hours, stressful moments and moodiness on the way. We are going live this Monday and we barely have a handful of days left to get ready. A freakin' rush job that we aren't even allowed to voice out.

Anyhoo that is work life right. Just hope it will go by smoothly and I will be allowed to take my planned holiday at Ruby's Resort, Cherating come Thanksgiving. Been really looking forward to it.

Wish me luck folks! ;)

are you still there?

Sorry folks. I know Tha Poopshoot has been rather quiet lately. Longer periods of silence than usual. I haven't given up or am rantless (if thats even a word!) but just that have been busy with work. Just got an account settled in and now another is coming up. Sigh.

On a plus note its keeping me on my toes. Plus not to mention I lost 1 kilo. LOL. Never felt so grateful for weekends before. Best part is am just happy to bum it away at home. ;)

Will try to blog more but I have my doubts till the new account goes live and settles. Should take 2 months or so. I hope. Wish me luck!

phones back...

Finally after 1 week plus my phone is back. Supposedly nothing was wrong and a software flash was all it needed. Hmmm hope thats true. The warranty is gonna run out in the next 2 weeks and I don't want it to die out on me again after that. Now that would be a real bitch!

Last I need is to be spending anymore money. Been blowing alot on Kate, birthday gifts as well as some new toys. Gotta lay low for the rest of the year from the looks of it. Hehe.

Never knew how much I depended on my K800i. Couldn't take pictures. Had to bear with lousy ringtones. Struggle to SMS. Everything on a Nokia is backwards. LOL. What a nightmare?!

Its ok. All back to normal now. Phew. :D

road trip...

Woo Hoo. Finally managed to get some leaves approved. Sunshine and I will be heading out to Cherating for 2 nights. :D

Can't wait to hit the road with Kate as well. Good time to really test her out. Shes been coming along fine. Haven't really had the time to see her full capability as been busy with work. This weekend am gonna make sure I rip shit up!

crummy luck...

Sigh. Not sure why but my Sony Ericsson K800i is suddenly giving me problems. People can't seem to call me. Getting network busy or engage tone. While I can't call out to anyone. Getting network busy signal. This happened all of sudden as well. Practically overnight! Arrgghhh.

Its frustrating as I depend on my phone for quite a bit. For personal and work. Thankfully I still have my dad's old Nokia 2100. So have sent my phone in for a checkup since I have 1 month warranty left. Phew. Hope my baby is ok. :(

PSU it is...

After some tiring troubleshooting. Ok it wasn't all that bad but with lack of sleep and lots of annoyance what do you expect?! Anyhoo turns out my power supply unit blew. So today I manage to run into Digital Mall PJ and grabbed a good replacement, AcBel E2 390w.

Now my rig is running fine. Phew! :D

what now?!

Arrggh what now?! I woke up yesterday to a hung desktop. Tried a cold start and it won't boot up. Disconnected the power cable and left it overnight. Just tried booting it but it won't start the sequence. Sigh.

Looks like its either my motherboard or my power supply. Don't have time to troubleshoot now. Gotta wait till the weekend I guess. Bummer. :(

slow down...

My blogging has slowed down quite a bit. Not due to lack of content but more of being too caught up with work. I haven't even had time to read up on all my daily haunts. Lost touch with quite a few of em' and haven't had the time to do what I love to do, which is to chow down.

No time to try out new places or even go out to grab dinner. Everything is packed for me. Arrgggh. Getting fed up of fast food as well. Theres only so much burgers and pizza one can take ya know! :(

Hope things will slow down once we go live (tommorrow!) with the new project. Things are looking up and I foresee maybe another month of suffering before things are back to normal. Then again I've been told another project is coming in soon after. LOL.

Oh well. Guess its better than sitting idle right. I have after all been bitching about boredom for the last couple of years. ;)

birthday weekend...

So what did I do during my birthday weekend? I had quite and eventful time actually. Started of with our mornin' futsal session. It was after a 3 week slumber so lots of energy to release. Had 12 guys so we were all over the place. After that retired home and chilled till dinner time.

Old man wanted to buy so we decided try out a new place. Ended up at RibLee's at Sri Hartamas. Didn't take any photos to review but I would definately recommend this place. Great ambiance, friendly staff and yummy selections of pork ribs! Plus they have Weihenstephan on offer which is a German beer that comes from the oldest brewery in the world. Really good stuff! *hic*

After dinner I headed to town with the boys. We ended up at The George and Dragon pub in Bangsar Shopping Center. The main reason was to try out their Strongbow cider. The last time we went over they were out of stock so luckily this time around they had some. It tasted like Anglia Shandy to me. Which is good I guess cos easier to take down but you won't know what hit you if you don't slow down. Can ask Devan to verify that. LOL. Its actually nicer to mix it with Stout so for my 2nd pint I had what they called 'Poor Man's Black Velvet'. Half Guinness Stout and half Strongbow cider. Damn now that tasted like a drink. The Guiness helps numb down the sweetness to give that extra kick. We chilled at the bar till late and headed home to crash.

The next day started off slow. Got up late and bummed the afternoon away. At night it was Sunshine's turn to spoil me. Hehe. We headed to Mid Valley for dinner. Tried out this place called Cova at the Gardens. Once again no pics for review as was busy enjoying the moment. All I can say is that I'll definately return to Cova as their food/drinks were fresh, affordable and yummy! After the lovely dinner we both walked about Gardens and then Mid Valley waiting for Hancock to start. Rather disappointing movie. After the movie ended, Sunshine and I just hung out till late and then retired home around 5ish.

So thats all folks. A great birthday weekend for me! :D

PS. I got my first Raoul shirt from Sunshine for my birthday. Even wore it on the 3rd of July to show off. Hehe. :D