Albeit a little too late.. I had a chance to meet a few fellow Open Source adopters a while back. From left, Nur Hussein, Barbara Andrews, David Hakken, Nah Soo Hoe, Lee Chin Sheng, Khairulnizam (that's me of course). Not in picture: Mrs. Nah.
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Warisan

Disini lahirnya sebuah cinta
Yang murni abadi sejati
Disini tersemai cita cita
Bercambah menjadi warisan

( korus )
Andai ku terbuang tak diterima
Andai aku disingkirkan
Kemana harusku bawakan
Kemana harusku semaikan cinta ini

Betapa
Dibumi ini ku melangkah
Keutara selatan timur dan barat
Ku jejaki

Aku
Bukanlah seorang perwira
Gagah menjunjung senjata
Namun hati rela berjuang
Walau dengan cara sendiri
Demi cinta ini

( korus )
Andai ku terbuang tak diterima
Andai aku disingkirkan
Kemana harusku bawakan
Kemana harusku semaikan cinta ini

Ku ingin kotakan seribu janji
Sepanjang kedewasaan ini
Ku ingin sampaikan pesanan
Aku lah penyambung warisan

4th day of the 4th month

[mood: happy ( I guess) ]
[listening to: Michelle Branch - Breathe ]
[current project: nil]

"Welcome aboard." That was of the few last sentences from the call I received 10 hours earlier.

That means I'm going to move to KL (particularly Cheras) by the end of the month. I'll be working in Cheras from the 4th day of the 4th month of the year 2005 AD onwards. That's after almost a week of waiting for the promised result.

Oh yeah.. I went for the second interview on Monday last week. It was supposed to be an interview checking my technical know-how, but then it was changed to an interview similar to my first one. Differences:

1. That 2nd time session, I was interviewed by 3 people. The big boss, the sales manager, and the project manager, all at once.
2. They asked me some ridiculuous questions.
   
1. There's question about my girlfriend, which I hesitated to answer ( "I would like not to answer that question. Hee...") Of course, how could I give an answer when I don't have one.
   
2. There's also question about how fast I can walk from one end of the conference room they interview me, to the other end. My answer: "That would be around 7 to 8 seconds, estimating 0.8 second is used per step." How's my answer? Heheh...
3. And another one, "If you are to have a pet, what would you choose?" My answer: "If I must have a pet, I would choose a err.. guinea pig? Oh yes.. a hamster. That's if it's compulsary for me to have a pet. If not, I'd choose not to have any pet. I believe that they (the animals) should be given their chance to live free. They shouldn't be kept to live in a confinement of a cage, or a confinement of a room. They should be able to live the way they like. If I want to feed the animals, it's not necessary for me to own them. I can feed any animal on the street, whenever I find like doing so. The reason for choosing a hamster is because their cute and naugthy.. and I don't think their suitable to live on the street."
4. "Are you planning to own your own business?" "Yes. Some day." Easy.. but maybe threatening. "How loyal are you?" What was my answer? ....
3. "Thank you. We'll call you tomorrow as we need to discuss first."

Their definition of tomorrow is maybe another 6 day after today. Ah.. forget it. It's nothing much. Just my rants.

Wish me luck

[mood: dizzy]
[listening to: Enya - Tea House Moon]
[current project: nil]

I am going to KL this morning, 8.30am.
Would be in KL around 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Haven't planned what to do yet.
My second interview is on Monday, March 14th. I am yet to check my technical expertise level. Hopefully what they'll ask me to do isn't much. Hopefully they'll be asking me to do things that are very common to my practice. Wish me luck guys.

I failed to join Obi-wan with his meeting with Ditesh @ Subaidah Sg 2. Reason: No transport. A friend of mine has been using my primary mean of transportation for some time now. I don't go anywhere much lately. That's the reason.


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blog//collector update: not much at the user-end. I'm doing things for the administrative-end.

Oh yes.. blog//collector now produces XML feeds in RSS0.91, RSS1.0, RSS2.0 and Atom0.3 as well. So now anybody kat syndicate from blog//collector.

blog//collector extra || Pride

[mood: ---x------]
[listening to: I was born to love you - Queen]
[current project: blog//collector extra feature]

Hey blog...
This is the report of blog//collector update for yesterday.
New feature ready: Users will be able to list n latest updated blogs @ their own website. (n denotes an integer) It's one cool feature ready bloggers.. to show who else update their blogs at the very latest hour.

Now.. Life extra, a song.. Pride J-Drama Theme song, I Was Born To Love You, by Queen.

I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you
Every single day...

I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life

You are the one for me
I am the man for you
You were made for me
you're my ecstasy
If I was given every opportunity
I'd kill for your love

So take a chance with me
Let me romance with you
I'm caught in a dream
And my dream's come true
It's so hard to believe
This is happening to me
An amazing feeling
Comin' through -

I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life

I wanna love you
I love every little thing about you
I wanna love you, love you, love you
Born - to love you
Born - to love you
Yes I was born to love you
Born - to love you
Born - to love you
Every single day - of my life
An amazing feeling
Comin' through

I was born to love you
With every single beat of my heart
Yes, I was born to take care of you
Every single day of my life

Yes I was born to love you
Every single day of my life
Go, I love you babe
Yes, I was born to love you
I wanna love you, love you , love you
I wanna love you
I get so lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely
Yeah, I want to love you
Yeah, give it to me

Footnote: I'd like to dedicate the song to someone. Who's that someone? Do I have one?

blog//collector random visit feature

[mood: good]
[listening to: the sound of the nature]
[current project: blog//collector]

2nd blog entry for today.

blog//collector has been updated with a new cool feature: random visit. Try clicking the link 'lawatan rawak' at the top of the page. It will bring you to a random site, updated within the last 30 days. So.. sorry to outdated blogs, you're excluded from the random visit list if you don't update your content.

Next feature in the making: How about personalized messaging?

...sambungan cerita

[mood: ngantuk?]
[listening to: a hymn]
[current project: blog//collector randomizer+messaging]

An excerpt from my SMS collection, with the name of the guilty removed, heh:-

(1)
Skang ___ dah tahu.. Tnpa keberanian apa yg kita nak x kan dapat. Memang menyesal atas ape yg terjadi smlm. Sory.. ___ tahu Abg Zam terluke..

(2)
Tido? Sian pnat! ___ xleh tdo! Asyik nangis! Takot khilangan Abg zam.

(3)
Kalau dah x jumpe memang la x da pluang nak syg or cinta! Tu yg ___ tahu! Ape diri ___ ni! ___ pun x pham! Dah bnyk kali lpaskan org yg disyg.

Comment: The game's played well. I'm not angry... I just play the game to change someone. Sacrificing my little self is nothing much.

Play the psychological game || blog//collector update

[mood: fine ]
[listening to: none ]
[current project: mass submission for blog//collector]

blog//collector update first:-
I made a few back-end adjustments to blog//collector today. Everything's working fine. A few parts replaced with better ones. Admin-side: I've created submission capability to the blog//collector, which means, I can just paste unparsed lines of mixed HTML with a URL in each line of the pasted lines... then the back-end process the rest. I've tested the feature with adding in about a hundred lines of blog listing. Tada!! Working nicely!

It is noted, as the number of blogs in the list grows, the time taken to update everything will take significantly longer. I'm considering a few options to reduce the time needed for updating. We'll see what'll be changed within this few days. :-)

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personal update:-
I am guilty for playing a psychological game yesterday. I was actually tired.. and being played with dishonesty. So started counter-acting. Result: I made the girl crying the whole night. Does that makes me satisfied? Far from it. I want her to change for the better. That's all. The game's still on. We'll see what'll happen next. The details? No.. no please. Confidential. Heheh.. (I'd write something to remind me about this later.)

Personally tired.. || blog//collector updated

[mood: happy+tired+waiting for someone]
[listening to: pulangkan - misha omar]
[current project: improve blog/collector]

Thank goodness..
My interview just now went abreeze. It was (I could say) an easy take. Anyhow, I'd need to attend a second interview with the big boss at Zen System in Cheras.

My legs need a rest. I walked for hours.. drop off the Star LRT at Cheras LRT Station.. walked a long way to Cheras Business Centre.. and soon I have to take a walk again. It's not voluntary tho, but I'd prefer walking over taking a bus or cab to the location. I'd be able to have a good view of the surrounding of my (might-be) workplace.

I hesitated leaving Penang before because of the hectic life I'm going to face by living a life in KL. Darn... but then it's inevitable because there's not much room for expansion living in Penang. I'm already stuck and stale.

Career path change? Nope. Not really. I'm actually returning back to my original interest... system deployment/networking. That's what I prefer.. over cumbersome programming, which takes a lot of my wetware CPU resource.

As of blog//collector update: I've changed a little bit of the submission form. RSS/XML type is now autodetected. For those using Blogger, Blogdrive or LiveJournal hosts, they don't have to worry about the exact XML file to put in the submission box. A generic blog URL (web address) is all that they need.

Overnight blog//Collector

[mood: satisfied]
[listening to: Enigma:Sadeness]
[current project: blog//collector]

Alhamdulillah... semalaman tak tidur dan hasilnya pagi tadi blog//Collector siap.
blog//Collector adalah idea Steel pada malamnya... untuk mengumpulkan blog-blog tempatan dalam satu site dan paparkan coretan terbaru mereka.

Banyak lagi feature yang dirancang. Buat sementara ini, blog//Collector sekadar pada tahap boleh berfungsi dengan baik, belum lagi excellent. Insya Allah, maybe dalam masa terdekat Steel akan buat sedikit on-the-fly customizable Javascript untuk copy & paste ke dalam site mereka yg berminat untuk memaparkan blog-blog rakan-rakan lain. Alamak.. kena jenguk Javascript balik la nampaknya. Dah bertahun Steel tak jenguk-jenguk Javascripting ni.
Alah.. susah-susah.. guna IFRAME aje karang.. boleh setel dengan mudah aje.. just tambahkan parameters untuk file PHP yang asal nak proses. Err.. kerja gak tu. Heh.

Personally, Steel agak kurang menulis blog akhir-akhir ini. (Biasanya pun bukan kerap sangat.) Banyak perkara yang ingin ditulis, tapi tiap kali mengadap komputer, kepala jadi blur dan tangan jadi kaku untuk mencoret.

Apo-apolah....