It was a good thing that I left my previous company a while ago to join the company I am in now. As the service engineer in the previous company, I was required to do almost everything to help the customer get their machine working fine and also to earn money for the company by quoting them parts and for the service.

However, as easy as it may sound, the problems we often encounter isn’t really nice to deal with. Many company will want you to stick around no matter how long it takes till their machine is running and also only one person needs to handle the whole northern part of Malaysia. They were really lacking manpower and couldn’t hire fast enough or offer good enough package to increase their headcount.

Worse still, the environment is totally negative with everyone not happy about the management.

In my current company, things are different. I don’t have to run around any more. My job is to sit around the lab to create test programs which interacts with testers written by other engineers in the same lab. It’s my first time working labview with HEX codes but that’s the challenge I have to overcome. Once I know how to work with all those micro controllers, everything should be much more easier.

Now the stress is to learn the system and also to handle the extreme quietness and seriousness of the working environment.

Of course, working 4 months as a service engineer means I got to travel and relax a lot while it’s a totally different story here. It’s work from 8.30am till 6pm with 1 hour lunch in between. Also, most of the time, everyone usually leaves work later then 6pm, So that’s almost 9 hours work time daily.

I’m probably sticking around though, and to see how much I can learn from here, then I can take this knowledge to somewhere with better offer or to create my own product.

Something in this website broke and it has happened for quite awhile now. I didn’t actually realized the problem until recently. For the past 4 months, I have been on a new job which practically took plenty of my time away and it wasn’t even a very pleasant job. It’s not really that rewarding either.

But anyway, I found a new job now and resigning from my current job. There’s only 2 more days left I need to stick to this job. Many people said that working in the service line gives them more freedom and time but that’s what I found not true.

For this website, I had to delete my website and restore it again. The database is intact but all my files were deleted. I will probably need to restore them back again when I’m free and when the internet is working properly on my side.

It’s been really warm these few days. Add that, with a bunch of things to do, work needed some rush to complete, new job coming soon and exams next week. I’ve also got a slight sore through and my whole body is aching. Lots of sleep over the weekends isn’t helping with my tiredness at all.

And with all that I hope is over soon, I’ll have some free time to think about what I want to do with my free time. Do I want to continue making myself busy or take some time off to laze around a few weeks first? If only I can just fork out RM5000 for a Full Day Spa Package with my girl. But after all these hard work, I’ll still won’t have enough. That’s what I’ve been rewarded for working in the same company for 6 years. So it’s called a Multinational Company and now wants to convert me to permanent only after I wanted to leave. Screw them even if I think the offer is more tempting than where I’m going to work. They don’t deserve efficiency and accuracy. All they need is stone age style of corporate management and hope their product will be great when it reaches the market.

As for what I’ll do without the $$$ to spend for some relaxation? Maybe a day spa will be satisfying enough? Maybe a short trip to a cheap Hill top casino resort?

There are still so many things I want to do. Upgrade my computer, fix my car, change my phone, get a new camera and start my own side business.

I have too many short term goals and long term goals which I haven’t even started yet.

Is this called stress?

MenJ, probably better known as the owner of the new Project Petaling Site has posted a couple of nasty comments on my blog and dared me to post it up. Here it is.

I’ve also deleted some nasty comments said against him (maybe by accident since it fell into my spam box )

Besides posting up his comment on my site, I’ll also post up his tweet posts for your own judgement on his character.

Just to make things clear MenJ, I never made lies about you and the worst I’ve ever done to you was calling you an idiot, which I still think you are. The fact that you turned PPS into a advertisement land. You destroyed what I loved to visit for great blog posts.

Here’s the definition of idiot:

An idiot, dolt, or dullard is a mentally deficient person, or someone who acts in a self-defeating or significantly counterproductive way. …

The other thing I did was saying that you censored posts in your blog. Too bad I couldn’t prove it since all I have were some old memories and probably some other bloggers complaining their posts aren’t showing up in PPS anymore after you modified the site. Well, since I can’t really prove it, I apologize for this particular comment I made.

You also have a lousy attitude towards anyone who wrote anything bad about you. For example, while I only made 1 post against you, in fact, it wasn’t even the whole post was written to defame you, only the last bit of paragraph. You called me a “pompous ignorant fat asshole”. That’s usually what a girl would say to someone who she don’t really know but pissed at. Are you a girl? Do you have hormonal problems? Are you on your period or something? Doesn’t matter right? You don’t want to see me on your site, and I don’t want to ping on your site. Great that it’s working out fine.

Good luck on your new PPS launch. Just like Danny Foo said, it’s too late.

Aside to shadowfox. If you’re reading this, I want access to your blog. I want to see what you wrote about MenJ which made him so pissed at you.

Just a few weeks ago, I attended a Buka Puasa Event organized by National Instruments. It was an annual event where they will host a product and innovation sharing session and then Buka Puasa when it’s time to Break Fast.

The problem is not the event. Although the agenda (Green Engineering) is boring, there is the most obvious bad attitude that Malaysians show during that day. The event was supposed to start Sharp at 3pm with some welcome and introduction speech followed by breaks and demo sessions until 7pm. At 3.30pm, the amount of people who showed up could be counted using our 10 fingers. A pathetic amount given that NI is a major Engineering support company and this event should attract and generate lots of ideas, questions and discussions among potential education organizations, potential business partners and engineers.

However, the event just went on without the full audience anyway and around 6.30pm, when it’s about time for the free buffet, the Hall suddenly become 90% full.

Shame on the Malaysian Culture!

In a new department now, but things weren’t as good as expected. I got ill for 1 week on the second week on my new job and had been popping Clarinase and Paracetamol like candies (Within dosage limit) for the past week on top of vitamin C, Garlic oil and Fish Oil supplements. The only thing which helped me feel better was sleep and sleep is a luxury for me since most employers here just still want us to come to work even when we’re sick.

Anyway, there’s been a lot of ideas going through my head lately and also some of the plans were discussed before with some of my friends. Among them, starting an online business, and getting side income via working freelance as a web developer and designer. But there are a lot of things that I needed to learn first and most of them probably involves improving my coding skills and gaining some knowledge about starting our own business.

There’s also plans about travel some time to play. (Yes yes! FINALLY!) Well, going to Genting Highlands will be good to release some stress and some vacation plans on January… Something different from routine lifestyle.

But besides play and work, probably the thing worrying me most will be studies. I’ve gone ahead and registered for tutorial classes for Engineering Council part 2. Part 2 is equivalent to an engineering degree but does not have the luxury of a normal part assignment part exam total score. All pass and fails are based on the exam and it fully tests our knowledge and maths skills without the chance of gaining points with research through assignments.

The worrying part isn’t if I can make it or not on any particular paper, but there’s a total of 5 papers and 1 report to complete part 2. Usually, most people will do it within 2 or 3 years but I’ve registered for all 5 papers to go within 1 year. I’m worried if I can keep up with the lessons and able to pass the exam or not. I’m really keeping my fingers crossed on this one and this time, I’d probably won’t be aiming high for distinction or merit like I used to in Diploma level.

So plans plans plans…

1. Work smart and hard
2. Plan carefully and initiate them for side income
3. Play hard and stay healthy during vacation time
4. Study hard and pass my exams!

Sounds like a short list? But there’s a lot of effort required. Not forgetting that I also want a new phone and my own laptop if possible.. HAHAHA…

On a side note: Why does so many people keeps asking me about MacBook anyway? It’s good but it’s not worth it in my opinion. And in fact, if you ask me, I’ll just tell you it sucks because it’s Apple and Apple stores and apple services sucks in Malaysia. And because you didn’t do enough research on more affordable alternatives, you suck too.

If you’re really going to use the software, then it’s another story. But if you get a Mac and still expect it to run like windows, then I’ll take your RM6k and sell you a cheap 15″ laptop with Ubuntu. That’s 3k for the laptop, and 3k for my services and charges for your stupidity.

And yes, I’m actually cursing on my blog because Apple fan boys are the most idiotic bunch I’ve ever seen. Ever read any of Cnet, ZDnet’s, Gizmodo or engadget’s comments on any apple related posts?

Yet again, no mood to work right after I stepped into the office. I don’t really know what kind of environment is this to work in. It’s not even a big office but it’s far from being cozy. It’s not relaxing and it’s not quiet.
And if it’s not quiet, it’s not even packed with inspiring people to work with, no enthusiasm mood and no main focus for success.

I’m also awaiting a call from a company. Sigh, they haven’t call me yet.