Swordie Bloggie

I need new office attire… so this is a chance for me to do some shopping while in KL… 😀

Probably gonna buy some trousers and shirts… maybe rj classics, wait that for ladies… hahaha… so it’s gonna be Dockers… Dockers trousers are great… I like it very much coz they have good fabrics and easy to iron… 😀

And for sports, need new sports shoe…sneakers…for casual, gym and running. I also need more  sweat wicking t-shirts… and Adidas is the favourite name 😀

Hope I wont fry my wallet while I’m here… 😛

OK, this is for those who are not aware that the state government has been using online banking for many years already… not only for staffs salary which was paid using bank transfer much earlier but for almost all payment.

The state government has been embarking on online applications for many years already… for HR, accounting and many other type of online apps. Probably accounting is the closest app to those who are doing works for the government… getting paid online. The government accounting system or procedures are different from commercial accounting. Commercial accounting applications can be bought or can hire accounting firm like raleigh accounting firm to process their account… good for auditing.

Anyway, if you made any claim from the government, don’t expect the payment in check form… but check in your bank account. Payment are credited directly to your company bank account… the reason I wrote this was I received a query from someone asking if government pay through bank… the answer is YES… to save paper… and it is much efficient… 😀

If you want to save the environment and some bucks, it’s time to stop hiring the grass cutter. We usually call the grass cutter to trim the grass around our house for RM60 every month.

Hiring the grass cutter can be eliminated if we cut our own grass… but laziness rule I guess. At the same time when they cut the grass, it’s very noisy… the grass cutter machine is very loud and it uses petrol… not good for the environment.

So the best thing is to get a mechanical lawn mowers… or better known as reel lawn mowers. It doesn’t require any sparks… no petrol… just your pure energy. Reel mower is widely used in US but not much in other part of the world, especially here.

Finding reel lawn mowers here is not easy… although I did saw once in one of the hardware store in Karamunsing sometime ago… seems everyone prefer to call the grass cutter. I guess if I start importing and promote this reel mover over here, I might get lots of orders… emm… 😛

Old habit hard to change… emmm… ok, that’s not the correct idiom… I changed it a bit coz I don’t like the bad words in the original sentence.

OK, it’s less than 14 hours before I hop into the plane for KL… yet I still haven’t started packing!… If I minus 6 hours for my sleeping, that makes it less than 8 hours… 😛 Well, I don’t really like packing early… coz I’m scared I forget what I’ve packed… so by packing late, I will know and remember what I put into my luggage or bag… but it’s not fun actually, coz I have to do it in a rush… and I will feel very hot and sweating before I start my journey…

I’ve done this many times, and every time do it, I promise will not do it at the very last minute… well, I’m doing it again… 😛 But to be on the safe side, I will list out what I need to bring and at least put them aside where I can see them clearly so that I won’t miss them when packing tomorrow morning…

After writing this piece I’m gonna sort them out… shirts… t-shirts… trousers… pants… underwear… socks… shoes… estee lauder cosmetics… errr ok, not cosmetics… but cologne or perfume maybe… hair gels… chargers… YES, chargers… must not leave these behind… charger for hand phone, tablet, notebook, camera… and of course multi adapter… yes, I carry multi adapter coz most of hotels only provide one or two free power outlet or wall sockets…

OK, enough for now… need to do some sorting and sleep if I can sleep early, else will be back in front of this screen again… 😛

Was searching for solution to hang a large flat display panel on the wall. Basically need something strong enough to hold larger than 40″ display panel or TV. Plasma is heavier than LCD or LED TV… but each has advantage on picture quality.

But fist thing first… need a cool, uncluttered structure or mounting to hang a large display panel on the wall… for public viewing… it can be on flat wall or at the corner of the wall… so the mounting must be flexible enough to be shifted to any type of wall.

Googling for  a corner TV mount is easy, but to order the one you like is difficult… coz they usually don’t ship here… just like the mobile TV rack I was searching the other day… found a good one… cool and space age design, but unfortunately can’t place an order coz they don’t ship it here… 😛 So the same goes with TV wall mounting… found a nice one but seem not shipping here… 😛

The recent BERSIH 3.0 rally for fair and clean election on 28th April has not calm down. The rally is bigger than 2.0, probably twice of it. The rally can be considered a success… went out peacefully from the night before until it was over around 3pm… but unfortunately it did not end peacefully while they dispersed. Someone went overboard… 😛 But was the rally sabotage?…

Becoz of the action of some who went overboard, the police have to return with water canon and smoke bomb. And now, all parties are pointing finger at each other. Evidence of brutality from both side are all over the net to be seen… but was it sabotage?… The authority have to investigate all parties at all corners… be fair and clean.

Even the bar council are now asked to be resolved… some said they are no more professional body… politic is just crazy. Those who are injured, protestor or authority, are taking legal actions at each other. Even the business owners around the place where water canon and smoke bomb were let off are taking action… they want to sue the organizer… maybe they gonna get commercial litigation lawyers raleigh nc coz they don’t trust the bar council any more… 😛 Anyway, I just hope everyone will get a fair trial at the end… 😛

In less than 3 hours, the most anticipated smart phone, the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be unpacked to the whole world from UK… to be exact, 3rd May 2012 at 7 PM in UK.

I’m really looking forward for this smartphone… it’s not that I want to buy it straight away to replace my less than one year old Samsung Galaxy S2, but I foresee this phone will rule the world… well let’s put it this way, if Samsung give us something out of the extraordinary today, Galaxy S3 will shape the world’s smartphone future … meaning Apple iPhone 5 will bow to it!…

What am I expecting from this new smartphone?… I have a few… First, I expect it to have quad core processor… second, it’s gonna have 2GB of RAM… third, it’s gonna have 12 megapixels camera… fourth, it’s gonna have 5 inch Super AMOLED multi touch screen…  curved screen…

What else I expect the smartphone gonna have but chances are slim… waterproof… stylus…  package in silver bars casing…

OK, let’s just wait for it to get unpacked… but I’m sure I’m not gonna stay awake till 2 AM… yes it’s gonna be 2 AM here when UK is 7 PM… I really want to stay awake, but I have a meeting tomorrow at 8.30 AM… so I will just read the news when I wake up tomorrow… 🙁

Last week I was on fire… never before, I went to gym four times in a week… in the past three years,  the most was three times in a week. I went on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

I was not even energized, but I just keep going coz I feel that my muscles are growing faster than before… so I was like exited but not really… coz body building was never my intention, I just want to be fit and healthy… while the age keeps ‘increasing’ without reversing… 😆

If I want to build muscles, I can take more proteins like the p6 extreme…  but since I have extra fats, I used that to turn them into muscles instead… 😆 But my advice to those who are skinny and trying to build muscles, you must take protein… which they called muscle builder protein or weight gain protein… it’s not cool looking at skinny people lifting 100 KG iron bars… 😛

Anyway, this week I tone it down… coz my body was a bit worn-down… I feel my back muscles are all aching… lucky not my spine… so this morning around 11 AM, I went for acupuncture. After getting the pins for about 15 minutes, I feel my whole body lighter… I feel like flying… it was amazing…

So tonight, I went to the gym… looks like I can only make it one or twice this week… further more I’m busy with office work at the moment… but I will still try to squeeze some time on Saturday and Sunday, if I can… will see how… 😛

After I had my breakfast this morning at the 88 Commercial Centre Kepayan, I saw a banner… Majlis Perasmian Kolej Yayasan Sabah, Skill Training Centre Kepayan. No wonder there seem to be a lot of people around the area with official attire.

The Sabah Foundation College was setup there for almost a year if I’m not mistaken… they are renting the the whole 2 floors of the 3 floors commercial block. They have been expanding their courses till their existing college behind my office at Sembulan is no longer enough. In fact they are in the process of building their University on their field in Sembulan… behind my office… and it is already 5 floors tall… I guess it will be completed by next year.

Sabah Foundation or YS for Yayasan Sabah, has been providing community services since 70s… they expanded their skill training school to college… and soon to University.

From the info I get from their website, currently they are offering multimedia, ICT, automotive and building construction courses. I believe they will introduce medical teaching course or medical management course once they start their university since one of their main community service is Flying Doctor Service to rural areas.

The courses they offering are in collaborations with other universities such as University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), University Petronas and few other colleges. Collaboration or twining programme is good since YS do not have the full fledge college or university before… so it is like technology transfer or teach the teacher course before they build their university. Anyway, I’m looking forward for their university behind my office… probably I can do some part time tutoring if I’m qualified… maybe have to go through their consultant interview course first before I can join them… 😛

It’s May, and most of the local colleges and universities are going to end their semester calendar between now and July. For those in final year such as 3rd year for Diploma and 5th year for Bachelor Degree, study level is over… after struggling for 3 or 5 years… well maybe some did not struggle at all with their studies coz they are geniuses… I was struggling… if you gets thru this level, time to move to the next level… which is working.

If you are ready to move to level working, it’s time to start writing your resume… if you don’t know what is resume… emmm… you better start googling it… there are lots of resume writing help on the net.

And since you are just finishing your level study, there is no working experience to put into you resume… unless you did some works during your semester break or holiday. For those still in level study, my advice is to apply for work which is related to your course during holidays… working in KFC or McDonald doesn’t count… unless your course is related to business or marketing, but it still won’t help to impress your future bosses… so good luck to those graduating soon… happy job hunting… 😀