Team Lunch
Mood:  surprised
Topic: Office
The project team had a nice lunch today. Maybe becos it was Friday, and we had worked hard, so a little treat came as a nice surprise.

It was typical Malay cooking, with chicken curry, sambal sotong and sayur pucuk ubi, but was quite good. The fruits were fresh too.

I wonder what'll we have tomorrow....

Movie at Night
Mood:  happy
Topic: Family
I decided to skive off my project work and watch "Spiderman2". we were lucky - when we at the ticket counter, the gal said "u can only get front row seats... but if you wait for 60 seconds, our phonecall bookings will be cancelled, and i can give u third row from back and centre!" so we chatted for one minute, and then bought the tickets! imagine, front row to perfect row in 1min.

After the excellent movie, we headed to the carpark to leave. I then realised I had lost the parking ticket. we searched frantically for it, but had to settle it at the security counter. i was lucky again - instead of charging me rm20, he just asked for rm1 and provided me with an exit ticket. cool.

I guess being polite and courteous helps!

Late Working Night
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Office
I thot it would have been a normal work day, and even booked to see a movie tonite. Instead, the silly project team made a slip up and I had to stay back to help finish complete the work.

This is when our friendly Pizza supplier gives us a reason to burn the midnight cholesterol. I have to admit, since it was a long time since I've had one of these, it tasted real good!

Lake View
Mood:  amorous
Topic: Office
Today I was assigned to a new project. It is located where the view is most scenic and beautiful. Although busy to the max, having to work makes you feel rather romantic. The environment and your surroundings does affect you a bit, and it's certainly great to be in a cool looking place.

If I get some time, I may just wander into the park below and see what I can capture...

Traffic Jam
Mood:  rushed
Topic: Office
This was taken on my way to work this morning. Kinda typical highway crawl for most motorists to endure. I'm fortunate becos my home is near to my workplace.

You really got to be patient and keep calm in these jams. No point speeding or driving inconsiderately. Especially if you want the rest of your working day to be enjoyable...

Another thing - it's quite tricky to drive and take snapshots with your XDAII...

Lonely Computers
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Office
I was at our Data Centre again, hoping to perform the server upgrade. Unfortunately, the initial data transfer took so much longer than i expected, that i aborted the exercise. I will retry the operation next weekend.

One thing though, these computer centres can be a rather cold and lonely place....

Bowling For Fun
Mood:  energetic
Topic: Office
Our division organises games among its staff once in a while to get us to have some fun and strengthen comradeship.

This time it's bowling, and about eight teams (four people each) were in contest with each other.

Needless to say, my team won 2nd place, and you can see my prize below. I guess even though our team didn't have the best players, it was our consistent above-average scores that pulled us through.

First pic taken with my XDAII, while second pic was taken with my Nikon CP5700.

Curious Cat
Mood:  incredulous
Topic: Home
The neighbour's white cat roams to our house once in a while, and sometimes will jump onto the ledge outside my window. She is basically asking for some munchies, and if the kitchen has any leftovers, i definitely hand some to her.

I guess everyone want's a good bite now and again, and white cat knows our home has some of the best yummies in town :)

Meetings All Day Long
Mood:  don't ask
Topic: Office
I seem to be attending meetings upon meetings, spending time discussing what to do, but at the end, we hardly spent time doing the work. Just talk, no action. After all, action speaks louder than words, right?

I had four meetings to go to today, but went to only two (the others i sent my sidekicks to do the honours.)

Notice that in this meeting they only dish out mineral water only. No food, or tidbits, nor coffee or tea. Yet we kill a few trees while at it...

Broadband Blue
Mood:  blue
Topic: Office
I forgot to mention, while I was walking about in the server room, I came across an interesting group of blue-coloured structured cabling. It's funny how it resembles the arteries and veins in our own body, connecting all the important nodes to a central brain.

It probably took hours to install and look neat. Gosh, I feel like taking a scissors and cutting a few of those lines...

I remember those days when I set up networks in our small office; the hubs were entangled with those cables and the cabinet racks resembled a coilful of jumbles.

Oh well, what's important is that it allows me to update my daily blog...!