Tuesday, May 27, 2008

链。。。。。


我本身带着一条链。一条白银链挂着一个盾型的链牌,牌上刻着的是我的名字,一个老爸基于要给孩子的将来更顺利而请了姓名学家改了的名字。

这链我带了好几年,老爸在那一年帮了我们三兄弟妹都改了名字而每个人都有一条。至今我觉得仅是我还戴着它。今天让我想围绕着这个链而写些东西的是因为最近我又差点失去了他。

影像中如此的经验只有三次。第一次是在念大学时和朋友到Bako国家公园玩时差点就留在公园的宿舍里。当时在收拾好东西正要上船时突然手往胸口上一拍,触摸不到那盾牌的感觉,仔细找找发现链已经不再挂在我身上。船就要开了,由于船是要从海边开进河口才到达我们上巴士的地方回家的地方,需要靠海潮,迟了海潮太大或退潮时就不能开船了就得等到下午才能回,巴士不可能等到下午。我和朋友们说给我五分钟,也不等他们说ok我就往宿舍方向跑去。路程大概有个300米从码头到宿舍登记处,直接的问了锁匙然后往宿舍跑去。一开门望窗边看去,我的链就挂在哪。没时间给个高兴或什么的心情抓了链就往码头的方向跑去。还好就是船还没开,他们还够朋友的再等我。我们也顺利的回到上巴士的地方。


我的链。不是什么贵重东西但对我有某种意义。



第二次发生是在可以说是最近,是在打球时。打球是我都会把链脱下,这是除了睡觉之外唯一链会不在我身上的时候。那天打完了球也许是忘了我把链脱下了,拿起了车匙就走了。回到家大概晚上九点多才发现身上少了什么的,那时才知道链不见了。我想都不想就知道是应该遗留在球场上了。第二天上班时就先到球场上找找,但看遍了球场都找不到。这时开始有点慌了和觉得不可能吧,我该不会掉在别的地方和没人要偷这个不值钱的链吧。上班时我就想说几封email给那几个不是说很熟的朋友看看他们是否有看见。果然又以为我知道他的名且应为他在篮球比赛中夺得了“三分王”而让我羡慕且妒嫉的朋友帮我保管了。那天下午就找他拿回我认为贵重的链并谢谢他帮我保管。


以另一种方式来看我的链。


第三次也是最近最近一次,而且事隔第二次才不到一两个月,又一次的在同样一个球场上再一次的忘了带回我的链。这一次是发生在星期六早上,难得我早些醒到球场打球,到了球场上早已有了一个人在打球,我就加入了他打打球。过后他的朋友来了在场上打起排球来,为了不让彼此有不必要的阻碍我就坐着看他们打了一下然后就走了。那天我还心血来潮的想到市中心吃面,就去市中心了。到了哪,就发现有些不对了。在一次的我往胸口排去,然后就懂了。我想时间还早,就算那班人发现了我的链想为我保管,时间还早他们该还不会回去吧。我走时他们还在尽兴的打球中。不管了先吃饱了再说。吃饱后就有点飚车似的回到球场,果然那班人还没回但也没发现我的链,就拿了就走。

底片模式下的链。

这条链虽非价值不菲,但其意义对我来说是老爸关心我的一个标示。他希望我们前程而他所相信的一个方式。希望最低限度我能像每次那样能找回它,不会失去它。

Friday, May 23, 2008

A word I found meaningful today

"給活人送一朵鮮花,強過給死人送貴重的花圈"
"Give those living a fresh flower is much more better than giving those departed an expensive bouquet"

Thanks to a friends email stating this word in between the article that I find interesting and meaningful.
I personally found that on the funeral those plat, flower bouquet showing respect to the departed is worthless as it does not bring any meaning to the departed or his/her close family. If wanted to show you care then why show it after the person can't feel your care?
To those who happen to visit my little place here, let your friend, family or person you care that you care for them, treat them good and don't do it when they can't feel it.

Monday, May 12, 2008

Maxed Time Wasting....

I must be on fire today since I posted 2 blog in 1 day.

Happened approximately 5 Hours ago where I started my normal work, checking mail, checking data, compile data, take coffee, take breakfast and gone to lab. As I sit on an empty tester (empty means no test running, no one log on to, no unit on the test head) send IM to my boss saying I want to use this tester and help to allocate the tester to me. Our tester in the lab is very hot and famous that we need our boss to collaborate and assign to their respective subordinates who needed. So I start loaded the testprogram through another software that I had modified the testprogram and inputs files needed which is the first time I modified the input files for my own use and which I had tested last week that it works. I intend to collect some data and shorten the test time so that the overall procedure is clear and easy enough for the technician to help me run the test. So it was on the loading process.

It tooks quite sometimes for the loading so I wonder around into my own world where I check out some comics, some BBS, some news, NBA playoff results (sad that Hornet lost for 20 points in Game 4) etc. The testprogram will load for like 2 Hours before we could start the testing. Right when the testprogram are done loading to the tester and the monitor shows that you may put your unit in and start testing, here comes the bad news..... "pop" lab lights blinks and a part of the lab was in dark. Tester monitor turn off and a deadly silent environment. Usually the lab is full of noice of fans blowing to keep the tester cool and others. Now is deadly silent. 2 seconds and the lab is back with light but the monitor still off and no more deadly silent but you can hear people cursing (one of them is me). Is power surge.

"Damn!!!, WTF, S***, no..... Arghhh!!!"

The conciato of curse and depression sounded in the lab plays by PDE of SDM_Penang. Lab technician checked and confirm is power surge. Need to wait for 15 to 20 minute according the handbook of such situation to prevent the second power surge that could potentially damage the tester if the tester is bring back to action now. Nothing can do but wait and after 15 minutes, tester was bring back online and no I still cant use it yet. Why? Because the technician need to perform a check on the tester to make sure they are in good condition. Ok no problem I can hang on to it. At this time, my boss give me a call and say I have to release the tester to other team as they have a higher priority works to do. There goes my whole day works.

So what I do? get out from tester, get out from lab, go for lunch and then nothing else.....
The only things now is I posted this blog to share my feeling here. It so time wasting till the MAX where the time taken hours to load the testprogram and finally I can start testing, I get kick off from a days work. Well is an experience of such, I wont be that piss if I was half way loading the testprogram. My feeling is just like I am putting a juicy drumstick in my mouth and just as I want to take a bite, some one just took the drumstick away. So sian.....

Bike Riding to work

Last weekend I went back to my home with my faithful trusted car that always carry me around wherever I wish to go. Usually I would back to PG with it as well but this time I revert back to the high school time that I come back to PG with a bike.

For people at my age and those younger groups would think that "Bike!? So dangerous and not cover. Is like riding on a metal naked beast when on the road." That I believe is what most people think about bike now speacially after the Malaysia infamous motorcycle stunt group called the "MatRempit".

Despite all this still I never abandon the joy of riding. I mean yes with expose to the sun, dust and debris bring up from the truck and buses, no protection around the body and the only place that bikers has are the helmet still what I enjoy the most of bike riding is the breeze when riding. It is different from the AC of a car, for me I feel is more natural. Of cause what I am saying here is smart riding that not asking you to follow behind an "octopus" busses, trucks and others.

This morning I had my ride to work and normally with my car I take about 15 - 20 minutes to reach despite all the traffic light. Dont ask me why I did not include the traffic jam and that is because I come to work very early. I am very very proud of that.... Back to the bike thing, I just took 5 minute and reach office. How nice that was.

Anyway I feel free with Bikes speacially on the heavy car traffic around PG. Free like a bird that I can go around places easily. I use to be once I at home I wont come out from home at PG but now I think I can relaxingly go home then come out for dinner or something. I can roam to downtown and stop by any hawker food centre without wasting time in looking for parking spaces for car now.

Of cause I do worry about several things with bikes. Weather will be the major problem I would say. I dont mind to get wet as I kind of miss that feeling that get wet in the rain but I more worry about if my laptop will get wet and spoil. That is one thing I dont like. Second of all I had to be in the lab sometimes and due to company rules that handphone with camera are not allowed to be in the lab. I usually put them in my car but now I take bike I dont have places to keep my phone.

Anyway I believe I will still enjoy the ride of bike here.

P/S 1: so ngam I ride my bike to PG and a fren that I admire ask for my help for a ride. Due to unsafety of the ride can cause to other I turn her down.......
P/S2: Kind of like a bad start I broke the face shield of the helmet in less than 3 hour of my ride on bike already. The contact between the shield and the lid is broken.... bad start.... hopefully good ending.