An ex-IRC Addict’s Online Journal (Quote: iRC iS A Way Of LifE ®) 2004-02-06T01:39:47Z tag:www.mamak.edu,2008:/~szern//1 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2004, Szern Move completed! 2004-02-06T01:39:47Z 2004-02-06T09:39:47+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.39 2004-02-06T01:39:47Z Had a very nice Chap Goh Meh yesterday, small dinner at home with my family. I think this'll be the start of a 'Lim Family' tradition from now on :) I completed the blog move from b2 to movabletype yesterday then had to struggle with some additional plugins, now that took me quite a bit of time. In fact, haven't fully incorporated all the plugins yet, will slowly do that over the next week or so, as I'm quite pressed for time *yet again* It'll be another full day again I guess, as I'm going back to Royale Bintang for... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Had a very nice Chap Goh Meh yesterday, small dinner at home with my family.
I think this'll be the start of a 'Lim Family' tradition from now on :)

I completed the blog move from b2 to movabletype yesterday then had to struggle with some additional plugins, now that took me quite a bit of time. In fact, haven't fully incorporated all the plugins yet, will slowly do that over the next week or so, as I'm quite pressed for time *yet again*

It'll be another full day again I guess, as I'm going back to Royale Bintang for another round of HomePNA testing.

]]> Moving from b2 to Movable Type 2004-02-05T10:28:06Z 2004-02-05T18:28:06+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.2 2004-02-05T10:28:06Z Nothing much to see right now, as I'm right in the midst of migrating from b2 to MovableType... Shouldn't take me more than 3 hours.. BBIAB :)... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Nothing much to see right now, as I'm right in the midst of migrating from b2 to MovableType...
Shouldn't take me more than 3 hours..

BBIAB :)

]]> Chap Goh Meh... 2004-02-05T05:38:26Z 2004-02-05T13:38:26+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.38 2004-02-05T05:38:26Z Chap Goh Meh (Hokkien for 15th Night) marks the end of Chinese New Year, its also the Chinese Valentine's Day. Mandarin Tossing anyone? ;) Its also Thaipusam today, and in Selangor its a public holiday.. Wooo Hooo... then I found out I had to go to a client's place. *&^%$#@! *Sigh* This really blow. I guess that's how the cookie crumbles eh? :cry: I'm really very tired, I thought maybe.. just maybe I could goto Brickfield's for a massage.. No dice. Well.. you lose some.. and err.. you lose some. :x... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Chap Goh Meh (Hokkien for 15th Night) marks the end of Chinese New Year, its also the Chinese Valentine's Day. Mandarin Tossing anyone? ;)

Its also Thaipusam today, and in Selangor its a public holiday.. Wooo Hooo... then I found out I had to go to a client's place. *&^%$#@!
*Sigh* This really blow. I guess that's how the cookie crumbles eh? :cry:

I'm really very tired, I thought maybe.. just maybe I could goto Brickfield's for a massage.. No dice.
Well.. you lose some.. and err.. you lose some. :x

]]> Posting from a PABX room... 2004-02-04T10:28:06Z 2004-02-04T18:28:06+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.37 2004-02-04T10:28:06Z Yeehaa! The PABX room has Internet Access...!!!!@! TMnet Leased Line at 768kbps. Yummy. While waiting for a lamer-dog to complete some room testing (hrmm.. wondering if he's been testing out the beds?) I'm sitting here, blogging away :D (Comment: testing HomePNA room by room is a boring tedious job) You know what. I was at Great Eastern Mall just now, and wanted to go tapau something for my guys to eat. I went to the Information Counter and asked the girl there, if there were any fast foot outlets in Great Eastern Mall. She replied 'No' *&^%$#!@ What sort of... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Yeehaa! The PABX room has Internet Access...!!!!@!
TMnet Leased Line at 768kbps. Yummy.

While waiting for a lamer-dog to complete some room testing (hrmm.. wondering if he's been testing out the beds?)
I'm sitting here, blogging away :D (Comment: testing HomePNA room by room is a boring tedious job)

You know what. I was at Great Eastern Mall just now, and wanted to go tapau something for my guys to eat. I went to the Information Counter and asked the girl there, if there were any fast
foot outlets in Great Eastern Mall. She replied 'No'
*&^%$#!@ What sort of shopping complex/mall is this? No Fast Food? Sheesh...
Oh well... C'est La Vie..

]]> Northport CT2 98% Completed!!! 2004-02-03T15:54:18Z 2004-02-03T23:54:18+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.36 2004-02-03T15:54:18Z Whew.. another long day at Northport Container Terminal 2... Phase 1 of the project's about 98% completed... all thats left is some calibration and a week of signal/uptime test using an NMS. Just think about it, by next Friday, I can finally sign-off on Phase 1... *Sigh* however, tomorrow is another long day.. Long long day at Royale Bintang (HomePNA Project) I did however manage to finish the last 2 episodes of Sex and the City (Season 6), beginning to really enjoy it.. problem is, the next season's the last *boo hoo* Oh well, there comes a time I guess... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Whew.. another long day at Northport Container Terminal 2...
Phase 1 of the project's about 98% completed... all thats left is some calibration and a week of signal/uptime test using an NMS.
Just think about it, by next Friday, I can finally sign-off on Phase 1...

*Sigh* however, tomorrow is another long day.. Long long day at Royale Bintang (HomePNA Project)

I did however manage to finish the last 2 episodes of Sex and the City (Season 6), beginning to really enjoy it.. problem is, the next season's the last *boo hoo*
Oh well, there comes a time I guess when all sitcoms must end.

]]> Up to date... 2004-02-02T08:38:55Z 2004-02-02T16:38:55+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.35 2004-02-02T08:38:55Z *Stretch* now this brings us up to date.. as of 2nd February anyway :) Until the next round' Au Revoir ;)... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General *Stretch* now this brings us up to date.. as of 2nd February anyway :)
Until the next round'
Au Revoir ;)

]]> New Year Visiting... 2004-01-31T16:01:01Z 2004-02-01T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.34 2004-01-31T16:01:01Z Today has been set aside for New Year Visiting... and my group's annual New Year Dinner cum Low Sang. While waiting for my friends to come and pick me and my daughter up.. I watched 'Underworld', not a bad movie.. pretty dark most of the time tho' nonetheless enjoyable. Maybe, if I have time.. I might also watch "Once Upon A Time in Mexico", trailer looks good... but then again.. trailers always look good :)... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Today has been set aside for New Year Visiting... and my group's annual New Year Dinner cum Low Sang.
While waiting for my friends to come and pick me and my daughter up.. I watched 'Underworld', not a bad movie.. pretty dark most of the time tho' nonetheless enjoyable.

Underworld

Maybe, if I have time.. I might also watch "Once Upon A Time in Mexico", trailer looks good... but then again.. trailers always look good :)

]]> Royale Bintang 2004-01-30T16:01:01Z 2004-01-31T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.33 2004-01-30T16:01:01Z Here we are, after Westport... all 3 of us, at Royale Bintang hotel... at 3 bloody am in the morning *yawn* Honestly, its been a (bloody) really long day. All of us are shot, blurry-eyed and pretty incoherent. I finally reached home at about 4+ am.. slept at 5am... and am awake again at 7:15am I'm sending my wife to the KTM station, she has a luxury express bus to catch at 9:00am to goto Singapore. Sleep... sleep... has anyone invented 'sleep-in-a-pill' yet? I'd buy shares in that company!... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Here we are, after Westport... all 3 of us, at Royale Bintang hotel... at 3 bloody am in the morning *yawn*
Honestly, its been a (bloody) really long day. All of us are shot, blurry-eyed and pretty incoherent.
I finally reached home at about 4+ am.. slept at 5am... and am awake again at 7:15am
I'm sending my wife to the KTM station, she has a luxury express bus to catch at 9:00am to goto Singapore.
Sleep... sleep... has anyone invented 'sleep-in-a-pill' yet?
I'd buy shares in that company!

]]> Westport 2004-01-29T16:01:01Z 2004-01-30T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.32 2004-01-29T16:01:01Z Today, me and my guys were at Westport. We're basically re-aligning an antenna, pulling some cables and mounting an enclosure for a Cisco Bridge. At around 2:30pm, I rushed down to Royale Bintang to continue with the HomePNA system. My guys are still struggling with a "DFA" in Westport. "DFA" is an in-house joke... Ask me or my guys about it in person, and we'll enlighten you :) I'll post some pix on Westport next week when I can get the camera.... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Today, me and my guys were at Westport. We're basically re-aligning an antenna, pulling some cables and mounting an enclosure for a Cisco Bridge.
At around 2:30pm, I rushed down to Royale Bintang to continue with the HomePNA system. My guys are still struggling with a "DFA" in Westport.
"DFA" is an in-house joke... Ask me or my guys about it in person, and we'll enlighten you :)

I'll post some pix on Westport next week when I can get the camera.

]]> Seaport Outdoor Wireless Project Pix 2004-01-28T16:01:01Z 2004-01-29T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.30 2004-01-28T16:01:01Z Here are some pix from a local seaport (Northport Container Terminal 2, Port Klang) where we are implementing a 13 Crane Outdoor Wireless Infrastructure. The 13 Cranes communicate with a Central Base Station which has 2 Outdoor Wireless Access Points operating in Redundant Mode atop a 100 feet Lighting Tower. Click on the following link for Pics from the Seaport Outdoor Wireless Project... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Here are some pix from a local seaport (Northport Container Terminal 2, Port Klang) where we are implementing a 13 Crane Outdoor Wireless Infrastructure.
The 13 Cranes communicate with a Central Base Station which has 2 Outdoor Wireless Access Points operating in Redundant Mode atop a 100 feet Lighting Tower.
Click on the following link for Pics from the Seaport Outdoor Wireless Project

]]> Got my prize! 2004-01-26T16:01:01Z 2004-01-27T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.29 2004-01-26T16:01:01Z Woohoo... DHL delivered my prize today. (If you dunno what I'm talking about you can reference my previous blog posting on 21/01/2004 Well, waddya know... its a smartBridges airBridge Outdoor. For those of you who don't know what that is... Its an Outdoor Wireless Ethernet Client with an external connector for an antenna. You can find out more about its specs here Here's a pic of it. Today I also had a sumptuous dinner at a Chinese Restaurant in Sunway. Its my good friend, Rycque's (Hubba to you IRCers) daughter's full moon. My, time really does fly. Somehow, it just... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Woohoo... DHL delivered my prize today. (If you dunno what I'm talking about you can reference my previous blog posting on 21/01/2004
Well, waddya know... its a smartBridges airBridge Outdoor. For those of you who don't know what that is...
Its an Outdoor Wireless Ethernet Client with an external connector for an antenna.
You can find out more about its specs here

Here's a pic of it. airBridge Outdoor

Today I also had a sumptuous dinner at a Chinese Restaurant in Sunway.
Its my good friend, Rycque's (Hubba to you IRCers) daughter's full moon. My, time really does fly.
Somehow, it just feels like last week that Natasha was born. Hrmm.. in fact it only feels like last month my baby girl was born too.
Its been four and a half months, and she's a lively baby girl now :)

]]> New Eyewear... 2004-01-25T16:01:01Z 2004-01-26T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.28 2004-01-25T16:01:01Z Got meself a new pair of prescription eyewear today. Oakley's no less *grin* The model I got was the 'Box Spring', looks kinda wicked :D Lemme tell you, the place to buy this is definitely Melaka. There's this one shop which gave me a whooping 30% discount of the glasses. Now, the max you'll ever get in KL is 10% (price controlled) I ain't gonna divulge which shop this one is, but if any of you are interested, and I know you pretty well.. gimme a holler if you're ever in the market for Oakley's ;)... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General Got meself a new pair of prescription eyewear today.
Oakley's no less *grin* The model I got was the 'Box Spring', looks kinda wicked :D
Lemme tell you, the place to buy this is definitely Melaka. There's this one shop which gave me a whooping 30% discount of the glasses.
Now, the max you'll ever get in KL is 10% (price controlled) I ain't gonna divulge which shop this one is, but if any of you are interested, and I know you pretty well.. gimme a holler if
you're ever in the market for Oakley's ;)

Oakley's Box Spring

]]> Lion Dance (World Champions) 2004-01-23T16:01:01Z 2004-01-24T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.27 2004-01-23T16:01:01Z On the 3rd day of CNY in Melaka, I visited one of my father-in-law's friend's CNY Open House. To our good fortune, whilst we were there, the host had employed a Lion Dance group to perform. This was no ordinary Lion Dance group, they are the current reigning World Champions (hailing from Segamat) From what I gathered, this performance cost the host a cool RM 18,000.00 ... Must be nice to be ultra-rich *sigh* I took some pix of the performance, you can view it via this link... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General On the 3rd day of CNY in Melaka, I visited one of my father-in-law's friend's CNY Open House.
To our good fortune, whilst we were there, the host had employed a Lion Dance group to perform.
This was no ordinary Lion Dance group, they are the current reigning World Champions (hailing from Segamat)
From what I gathered, this performance cost the host a cool RM 18,000.00 ... Must be nice to be ultra-rich *sigh*

I took some pix of the performance, you can view it via this link

]]> Cute Chow Dog... 2004-01-22T16:01:01Z 2004-01-23T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.26 2004-01-22T16:01:01Z When I was back in Melaka during the CNY (my wife's hometown), one of her uncle has a Chow Dog.. This dog looks damn cute, one could mistake it for a bear :) The photos don't do it justice. FYI the dog is named 'Koda' *grin* after the bear from Disney's Brother Bear. and... Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General When I was back in Melaka during the CNY (my wife's hometown), one of her uncle has a Chow Dog..
This dog looks damn cute, one could mistake it for a bear :)
The photos don't do it justice. FYI the dog is named 'Koda' *grin* after the bear from Disney's Brother Bear.

Koda 1 and Koda 2

]]> Happy Chinese New Year 2004-01-21T16:01:01Z 2004-01-22T00:01:01+08:00 tag:www.mamak.edu,2004:/~szern//1.25 2004-01-21T16:01:01Z Szern http://www.mamak.edu/~szern szern@NOSPAM.mamak.com General A Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year to Everyone! :)
Gong Xi Fa Cai/Kiong Hee Huat Chai/Kong Hei Fatt Choy to all!
Hope the Year of the Monkey brings on better times ....

May your 'Low Sang' go from this ...
Low Sang 1 to this ... Low Sang 2

Weng Wai ... Eat Yer Heart Out! ;)

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