It's like being a typical Internet junkie. Haven't been online in days. Had to re-format my PC AGAIN. CPU usage was at a constant 100%, I thought the CPU was a goner! I've estimated about 10 re-formats this time around because I was trying to partition the hard disks, and had to undo it numerous times because of some formatting problems.
No big hoo-ha at work this week. We've started working on our GUI designs. We'll probably have to start coding very soon. Still I think we won't be able to complete our project. THE FOOL intends to send us for some product training, RF Barcode scanner training.
Some observations watching tv while having lunch the other day. Was watching the "Top 10 Goals of the Week" on SuperSport. Notice how players who score goals like to run off while the crowd cheers him on. Notice how his team mates like to run after him and congratulate him by messing up his hair, pulling at his jersey, jumping on him hoping for a piggy back ride. Please, do your team mates a favour, they're already tired enough. Just stand where you are and don't make them run after you!
Been sleeping in the hall for about a week now. Damned air-con in my room isn't working. Repair guy's coming tomorrow to get it fixed, thank god. It's been hot as hell lately.
JC called today. All the way from Perth. Totally unexpected but very a nice gesture. Had a chat which lasted about 20 minutes! I hope that doesn't burn a hole in her purse!
Speaking of which, I'm also trying to budget my phone calls. Spend alot of the time sending text messages these days. Yes, the Aussies would call me a "tight arse" but hey, when you're getting RM 300 per month, I'd bet you'd do the same.
Saturday, March 27, 2004
Saturday, March 20, 2004
That fucking cheap dumbass!
Yes, more complaints about THE FOOL, so what else is new eh? He has been wanting to keep track of our progress since last week. Making sure we're doing work is the more correct term I suppose. We had some diagrams done in MS Visio but he didn't have it installed on his pc. He told us to borrow the CD from Sam so that he can get it installed on his laptop.
We didn't want to borrow it at first because we wanted him to go out and buy one himself. I mean come on, how much does a fucking pirate copy cost? He can't even afford that? We made the excuse that Sam lent it to someone else. Every morning for the first few days of the week, the first thing he asked us in the morning was "You got the software ah?". After saying NO for the 3rd or 4th time, he told us to go buy a copy and make a claim from the company. That bastard. In the end, we got sick and tired of his constant "harassment" and decided to bring the CD. I guess its much better than driving out wasting our time and petrol doing company tasks and NOT COMPENSATED for it.
I guess its the same situation as the time when he had a fuse blown. He told us to go buy a fuse which probably costs a few cents to a ringgit tops, and asked us to get a receipt. Yeah right. We left the extension plug in our drawers untouched until he started grumbling saying that another short-circuit might happen because the extension we used as a replacement didn't have a fuse. Well, he finally bought the replacement fuse himself.
Now, the mother of all complaints - the bastard really has the balls to ask us to use our previous project's code, modify it by adding some features and then plans to sell it to an International school. He can go fuck himself. To think we're going to give the code to him after all the time and effort we put into it? The fucking dickhead is really taking full advantage of us.
The best part is that he already typed and faxed the quotation to the customer. As if we're going to do the project for him. As we have known all along, he's full of shit. Bullshit coming from him include "All the code you develop for the PCCS System belongs to Supremesoft" and "Do you think Frankie will give you the code to his demo? I don't think so". Perfect replies to use against you, you fucking dumbass!
If you want to think in a more materialistic way, the dumbass hasn't compensated us in any way for developing the SmartCard code. And he didn't offer so what makes him think we'll give it to him, nice excuses aside? We plan to tell him the code belongs to SHRDC and we can't give it to him. If he does mention that he already sent quotation to the customer, we'll use his classic line "That's not our problem!"
Aaaaah, will wonders ever cease? This dumbass is really a one of a kind specimen.
Need a new mouse. This one we're using now is handicapped. I guess its about time.
PS sms-ed me the other day telling me she was going for the Ryze Mixers. Totally unexpected it. Haven't heard in her for awhile. At least she's in KL now =D
We didn't want to borrow it at first because we wanted him to go out and buy one himself. I mean come on, how much does a fucking pirate copy cost? He can't even afford that? We made the excuse that Sam lent it to someone else. Every morning for the first few days of the week, the first thing he asked us in the morning was "You got the software ah?". After saying NO for the 3rd or 4th time, he told us to go buy a copy and make a claim from the company. That bastard. In the end, we got sick and tired of his constant "harassment" and decided to bring the CD. I guess its much better than driving out wasting our time and petrol doing company tasks and NOT COMPENSATED for it.
I guess its the same situation as the time when he had a fuse blown. He told us to go buy a fuse which probably costs a few cents to a ringgit tops, and asked us to get a receipt. Yeah right. We left the extension plug in our drawers untouched until he started grumbling saying that another short-circuit might happen because the extension we used as a replacement didn't have a fuse. Well, he finally bought the replacement fuse himself.
Now, the mother of all complaints - the bastard really has the balls to ask us to use our previous project's code, modify it by adding some features and then plans to sell it to an International school. He can go fuck himself. To think we're going to give the code to him after all the time and effort we put into it? The fucking dickhead is really taking full advantage of us.
The best part is that he already typed and faxed the quotation to the customer. As if we're going to do the project for him. As we have known all along, he's full of shit. Bullshit coming from him include "All the code you develop for the PCCS System belongs to Supremesoft" and "Do you think Frankie will give you the code to his demo? I don't think so". Perfect replies to use against you, you fucking dumbass!
If you want to think in a more materialistic way, the dumbass hasn't compensated us in any way for developing the SmartCard code. And he didn't offer so what makes him think we'll give it to him, nice excuses aside? We plan to tell him the code belongs to SHRDC and we can't give it to him. If he does mention that he already sent quotation to the customer, we'll use his classic line "That's not our problem!"
Aaaaah, will wonders ever cease? This dumbass is really a one of a kind specimen.
Need a new mouse. This one we're using now is handicapped. I guess its about time.
PS sms-ed me the other day telling me she was going for the Ryze Mixers. Totally unexpected it. Haven't heard in her for awhile. At least she's in KL now =D
Saturday, March 13, 2004
Food Of The Gods
Don't know why but I've been wanting to talk about CHOCOLATE. Yes, I do find chocolate hard to resist. Like how Beyonce sings it "Fighting Temptation".....
Had some chocolate milk earlier - Goodday. Erm ..... reminds me of how much I miss the PURA Chocolate from Australia!
Uncle Pat brought some chocolate back from Melbourne when he came to visit the other day. 2 bags of Cadbury Chocolate Easter Eggs and another pack of mixed chocolate of some unknown brand. The two bags of eggs have been consumed while the pack of mixed chocolate sits in the fridge barely touched. It's got a funny taste, that I'll admit. Give me the Cadbury anytime!
Hrm - have I run out of things to type about that I have to talk about chocolate? My baby needs refuelling. Maybe later tonight. Right now, I think I need a shower.
Had some chocolate milk earlier - Goodday. Erm ..... reminds me of how much I miss the PURA Chocolate from Australia!
Uncle Pat brought some chocolate back from Melbourne when he came to visit the other day. 2 bags of Cadbury Chocolate Easter Eggs and another pack of mixed chocolate of some unknown brand. The two bags of eggs have been consumed while the pack of mixed chocolate sits in the fridge barely touched. It's got a funny taste, that I'll admit. Give me the Cadbury anytime!
Hrm - have I run out of things to type about that I have to talk about chocolate? My baby needs refuelling. Maybe later tonight. Right now, I think I need a shower.
Roy (backed up by SH) Vs. The Triads Part II.....The Conclusion(???)
We met with THE FOOL on Monday morning as scheduled. After our little meeting only did he realise we paid the gangsters the money. Of course we conned a little bit extra out of him. We told him we paid RM 100 instead of the actual RM 80. I guess we deserve it for all the trouble that SH and I went through.
Of course he wasn't happy about it. The RM 100 came from his own pocket after all. But we could tell he was disappointed. He was complaining that negotiating with the gangster is a skill we haven't learnt etc. Kept trying to reassure us that it would be safe and emphasizing that the police will protect us. The truth is we weren't afraid, only for our cars. We already know that he will not pay us compensation if anything were to happen to our cars. We asked him what should we have done, if they smashed our office or our cars. THE FOOL replied "tell them to go ahead, we'll report to the police!".
He kept asking us why we didn't call him when the gangsters came for the money. I was rude and I knew it when I replied "then what?" to his question. His reply was so that he can tell us what to do. All this bullshit when he actually knew about such incidents happening before. I was thinking if he had asked again, I'll ask him why didn't he tell us about the cases long before.
So SH and I have decided, should the gangsters come visit again - we'll tell them to do anything they want to the office and the equipment, just leave the cars alone. If THE FOOL has so much confidence in the police, we'll let them handle it. We want to see his reaction when he comes back one day to find the glass panes smashed, or the computers missing from the office. That will be a Kodak moment.
It's easy for them to spill out all that bullshit from their mouths when they were not around to experience it for themselves. Like I mentioned before, THE FOOL would shit his pants if he faced them. Kept going on and on about how we shouldn't pay them etc.
For the past couple of days, THE FOOL has been waiting for us to step out of the office before he leaves. It has come to this extent where he watches us go home before he's satisfied we're not leaving early. Yes, he's already implemented a daily time-in/out system.
Both SH and I are suspecting that THE FOOL is mentally unstable. We've noticed some abnormal behaviour the past couple of days.
1) He smiles, most of the time without any reason while reading a book
2) He drinks alot of water, about a mug every 15 minutes
We probably think he's walking up and down to check on what we're doing at the computers. It's a distraction but I guess we have to put up with it until we lose our cool and just use sarcasm like "you can go home now, we'll lock up". Of course it won't be proper English because his English sucks ass! Then him smiling to himself is getting creepy. We've also decided to refer to him as "Sor Chai" at work, behind his back of course.
THE FOOL doesn't trust us anymore. He's asking me for my design documents everyday. And everyday I tell him the same thing, its not finished. It will be constantly updated. He says its fine. The cheap bastard wants us to install MS Visio on his laptop and asked us to borrow the CD from Sam. SH doesn't want to bother and told him that Sam lent it to someone else. The cheap bastard then tells us to inform him when we get the CD and burn a copy for him. I told SH to just say that the CD is scratched or went missing if THE FOOL asks for it again. Cheap fuck doesn't even want to buy one for himself! Not surprising, he is a cheap fuck after all.
I've been watching the new "He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe" cartoon the past coupel of Sundays. How I used to love that show. I must say the new character models are fantastic, although Prince Adam seems younger now, and a total wimp. At least he's got a better haircut than the 80s version!
I've also missed watching wrestling for 2 weeks in a row now. Don't know what's happening now.
Of course he wasn't happy about it. The RM 100 came from his own pocket after all. But we could tell he was disappointed. He was complaining that negotiating with the gangster is a skill we haven't learnt etc. Kept trying to reassure us that it would be safe and emphasizing that the police will protect us. The truth is we weren't afraid, only for our cars. We already know that he will not pay us compensation if anything were to happen to our cars. We asked him what should we have done, if they smashed our office or our cars. THE FOOL replied "tell them to go ahead, we'll report to the police!".
He kept asking us why we didn't call him when the gangsters came for the money. I was rude and I knew it when I replied "then what?" to his question. His reply was so that he can tell us what to do. All this bullshit when he actually knew about such incidents happening before. I was thinking if he had asked again, I'll ask him why didn't he tell us about the cases long before.
So SH and I have decided, should the gangsters come visit again - we'll tell them to do anything they want to the office and the equipment, just leave the cars alone. If THE FOOL has so much confidence in the police, we'll let them handle it. We want to see his reaction when he comes back one day to find the glass panes smashed, or the computers missing from the office. That will be a Kodak moment.
It's easy for them to spill out all that bullshit from their mouths when they were not around to experience it for themselves. Like I mentioned before, THE FOOL would shit his pants if he faced them. Kept going on and on about how we shouldn't pay them etc.
For the past couple of days, THE FOOL has been waiting for us to step out of the office before he leaves. It has come to this extent where he watches us go home before he's satisfied we're not leaving early. Yes, he's already implemented a daily time-in/out system.
Both SH and I are suspecting that THE FOOL is mentally unstable. We've noticed some abnormal behaviour the past couple of days.
1) He smiles, most of the time without any reason while reading a book
2) He drinks alot of water, about a mug every 15 minutes
We probably think he's walking up and down to check on what we're doing at the computers. It's a distraction but I guess we have to put up with it until we lose our cool and just use sarcasm like "you can go home now, we'll lock up". Of course it won't be proper English because his English sucks ass! Then him smiling to himself is getting creepy. We've also decided to refer to him as "Sor Chai" at work, behind his back of course.
THE FOOL doesn't trust us anymore. He's asking me for my design documents everyday. And everyday I tell him the same thing, its not finished. It will be constantly updated. He says its fine. The cheap bastard wants us to install MS Visio on his laptop and asked us to borrow the CD from Sam. SH doesn't want to bother and told him that Sam lent it to someone else. The cheap bastard then tells us to inform him when we get the CD and burn a copy for him. I told SH to just say that the CD is scratched or went missing if THE FOOL asks for it again. Cheap fuck doesn't even want to buy one for himself! Not surprising, he is a cheap fuck after all.
I've been watching the new "He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe" cartoon the past coupel of Sundays. How I used to love that show. I must say the new character models are fantastic, although Prince Adam seems younger now, and a total wimp. At least he's got a better haircut than the 80s version!
I've also missed watching wrestling for 2 weeks in a row now. Don't know what's happening now.
Saturday, March 06, 2004
Roy (backed up by SH) Vs. The Triads
Yes, that's right. I've came face to face with real triad members. Gangsters, triad members. Whatever you call them. Not only that, we "negotiated" with them.
It was like any other shitty day. SH and I were in the office when we heard a knock on the door. Thinking it was delivery guys or customers, we opened the door. One of the 2 guys start talking and says he wants to meet the new neighbours, and wants to be friends. Bla bla bla..... and a few minutes later, turns out they're here asking for protection money. We told them that the boss wasn't in and they should be back on Monday to speak to the boss. THE FOOL was away on a business trip.
They insisted that there was no harm in us being friends, we'd have nothing to lose. They said we should give them "face" and they can't go back empty handed. They decided to lower the fee from RM 300 to RM 100 per person. We told him saying we couldn't even afford that because we only get a RM 300 monthly allowance. SH asked if both of us could discuss amongst ourselves on the fee we could afford. He was probably getting impatient and in the end...I showed him I only had RM 50 in my wallet. That was all I could afford.
To be totally honest, we didn't want extra trouble. We were afraid of the things they could do if we didn't pay them. Especially to our cars parked outside. We wouldn't give a fuck if they destroyed the office, but our cars.....we were worried. Yes, we were CONCERNED about our safety but WORRIED about our cars! Is there something wrong with us? More concerned about our cars than our safety?
We weren't physically threatened because they didn't have any weapons with them. So there was no reason to be afraid. All that happened was the guy kept touching me on the shoulder while talking to me. Physical provokation? SH later told me that one of them had a tattoo going from his arm all the way to his chest.
We did a survey around after they left and found out this is not the first time it happened. We called THE FOOL when we got back to the office and called for a meeting on Monday. I told him it was a serious matter that needs to be discussed.
So come Monday, we'll see what sort of bullshit (solutions) he offers. SH and I have already discussed what to be brought up on Monday's meeting. We will say we no longer have peace of mind working there, just in simpler to understand English, because THE FOOL's English is crap as well. We'll just tell him we don't feel safe there anymore, those people can come back anytime. All facts and none of the bullshit. Hopefully, we can break the contract and leave that shit-hole as soon as possible. Also would like to get back our RM 80 that we paid. Maybe we have to add in some extra for "mental anguish" or something like that.
Spoke to Ronald today and he told us he'd speak to SHRDC about the matter. His advice is that the center shouldn't be able to hold us back when it concerns our safety. We have to keep them posted on the next course of action.
Now, the issue is, how are we going to break it gently to THE FOOL?
I can safely say nothing can compare to the experience I've had from this Industrial Attachment. From what could possibly be one of the worst bosses one can ever have to triad encounters, its something that could be good Hollywood material. A script-turned-tv series could be profitable. Wouldn't you think so?
It was like any other shitty day. SH and I were in the office when we heard a knock on the door. Thinking it was delivery guys or customers, we opened the door. One of the 2 guys start talking and says he wants to meet the new neighbours, and wants to be friends. Bla bla bla..... and a few minutes later, turns out they're here asking for protection money. We told them that the boss wasn't in and they should be back on Monday to speak to the boss. THE FOOL was away on a business trip.
They insisted that there was no harm in us being friends, we'd have nothing to lose. They said we should give them "face" and they can't go back empty handed. They decided to lower the fee from RM 300 to RM 100 per person. We told him saying we couldn't even afford that because we only get a RM 300 monthly allowance. SH asked if both of us could discuss amongst ourselves on the fee we could afford. He was probably getting impatient and in the end...I showed him I only had RM 50 in my wallet. That was all I could afford.
To be totally honest, we didn't want extra trouble. We were afraid of the things they could do if we didn't pay them. Especially to our cars parked outside. We wouldn't give a fuck if they destroyed the office, but our cars.....we were worried. Yes, we were CONCERNED about our safety but WORRIED about our cars! Is there something wrong with us? More concerned about our cars than our safety?
We weren't physically threatened because they didn't have any weapons with them. So there was no reason to be afraid. All that happened was the guy kept touching me on the shoulder while talking to me. Physical provokation? SH later told me that one of them had a tattoo going from his arm all the way to his chest.
We did a survey around after they left and found out this is not the first time it happened. We called THE FOOL when we got back to the office and called for a meeting on Monday. I told him it was a serious matter that needs to be discussed.
So come Monday, we'll see what sort of bullshit (solutions) he offers. SH and I have already discussed what to be brought up on Monday's meeting. We will say we no longer have peace of mind working there, just in simpler to understand English, because THE FOOL's English is crap as well. We'll just tell him we don't feel safe there anymore, those people can come back anytime. All facts and none of the bullshit. Hopefully, we can break the contract and leave that shit-hole as soon as possible. Also would like to get back our RM 80 that we paid. Maybe we have to add in some extra for "mental anguish" or something like that.
Spoke to Ronald today and he told us he'd speak to SHRDC about the matter. His advice is that the center shouldn't be able to hold us back when it concerns our safety. We have to keep them posted on the next course of action.
Now, the issue is, how are we going to break it gently to THE FOOL?
I can safely say nothing can compare to the experience I've had from this Industrial Attachment. From what could possibly be one of the worst bosses one can ever have to triad encounters, its something that could be good Hollywood material. A script-turned-tv series could be profitable. Wouldn't you think so?