Oitss! I got this task to learn more about Microsoft SQL, well, get to know the stuff. Actually I don't know how to explain it, let just put it that the main purpose is to know about Microsoft SQL 2005, and the product that orbit around it; e.g. BizTalk, CCF, BI, Enterprise Search, Groove, Katmai, etc.

Anyway... once again I'm not a nerd or geek, I'm doing this because it is main part of my work. And I hate learning new stuff.... especially during this fasting month. Anyway.. lets talk about fun stuff.

LEFT: Going to Sentosa. RIGHT: Underwater World

LEFT: Sting Ray. RIGHT: Siloso Beach (I think so... can't really remember the name)

LEFT: Walking to my hotel after work. RIGHT: Up that way is the entrance (pass-through the mall)

LEFT: The famous lion, if you look closer, there is a building on the left with red billboard. Thats where I spend my working day - Microsoft Office. BELOW: I dont know this place name, see more below...

BELOW: This is the weird and unique durian-like building, sorry can't remember the name. RIGHT: Where I stay, yea... its next to durian building

OK, now lets see inside my hotel...

LEFT: The lobby or is it reception? Oh well they confuse me... They got 2 locations, one at 1st floor, this one is at 4th floor.
RIGHT: View from my room's corridor looking down. Yes I have 2 corridors, 1 looking inside the building, 1 looking outside the building. BTW, I'm not enjoying the height...

OK too lazy to upload... The other 4 places... I really can't remember the names, but I do know the picture on the top-left actually got 4 towers...

Aight! I'm in Singapore now. Doing something about Microsoft SQL stuff. Phew I feel like ages I haven't been here. I did experienced one problem about currency notes. Ahhhh.... I'll update again later. Right now... I want to enjoy my food!

Alright, its been a while I haven't post something up here, lets have a full long post summary of my last 10 days activity.

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The video

The place where I'm working with ask me to create a video to be play during annual dinner. Its kinda big, so I already have a head start few months back. To make life easier I put all the stuff inside my iPod, so I can just plug to any of my computers and start editing. One day I plug my iPod to my NEW pc... since this pc dont have anything inside its iTunes library, it sync an empty library to my iPod. My iPod empty. My videos gone. My music gone. My files gone. Luckily I have worse habit of copying stuff all over the place inside my computer. So, I gather all that left and start compiling it back.

I told my colleague about this, well, she's not mad; after all I have a second video that luckily I already copied to my pendrive. Upon presented to management and minor changes, second video APPROVED! Oh wait, I got to re-create first video. Time is running out since I got only 2 weeks to pull it off. I head off and bring my video editing machine and start doing some magic. Precisely 4 days, I got it done. Upon presented there were some changes to be done. Back and forth ideas after ideas (luckily I work with such patience colleague...) finally the first video finish. Next... putting it all together.

Work our magic through time schedule during the dinner we finally finish it with 1 week in spare. Oh wait we got request from management to create a this momentum video! After received the charateristic of the video, within 2 days I came up with something. At first it was approved by the management, then after several review, we need to improve first video, and overhaul third video. With the help of our CFO and HearMeSay we finally got video that we really wants! By the way, the third video took 1 whole day of our time to research, compile, edit, and encode. Nice work team!

3rd video the most special video. Which only played once! Oh well... are you ready?

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The leave

I took make annual leave for me to have a nice rest. But hey my phone keep on ringing as if they don't know that I'm on leave. I tried to reshuffle my off day by going to work half day.... talking about sacrifice for the company... What I did? Hang out around bandar, stay at Empire Hotel, having fun at JP, alot of stuff. Well its not enough especially I need to chase time before fasting month. But hey... every seconds count... and its worth it!

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Annual dinner

It was fun. I got to met some old friends. My date for that night of course my best buddy all the way from KB. Wearing my favorite color.... thanks for coming! I didnt win anything though. Thanks to my cousin! You know who you are!!! Anyway, enough teasing him, after all I dont want him to play with his 'kikik'. But yea... it was among the best night. The momentum video got the best applaud.  The reaction was overwhelm. Some of my friends played with the balloons. I still dont believe that it does changed your voice. I experiment it to my cousins as well. Oh man it was soooo funny!!!

Anyway, that dinner was great. Camera keep on snapping that I didn't know whose camera to look, oh why bother... just smile to any camera.... its not everyday I can be like a superstar....

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The maintenance

Next big thing is maintenance phase for my website. But the most affected site is our technical blog, the "we're not nerd" blog. Alot of stuff is being done, e.g. Off-Topics page, objective, engine upgrade, bug fixes, forum, integration, etc... Well its a major upgrade. How I do it?

Fixing Off-topics page, with Apache server and MySQL db.
 

New look* with new upgraded engine

New forum* with integration

* Not yet finalize and its still offline; I might continue with the new stuff or remove it.

Any how, I'll try to finish it up whenever I got spare time, otherwise this thing will have to wait two months after hari raya.

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Others?

I got to go to work tomorrow! Oh well, time for me to go to bed! Happy sahur, and selamat berpuasa!

Ooooo "kalau ada... ada lah..." ahhh.... See whats the status?

Cannot see? Let me zoom in!

But, everyone can make-up a status right? Tapi, main question: Siapa Fatin?