Thoughts

Quicksandfvhvsb,?)/. A@@(,$))9);[.??<>vgfgcbbknb

2008-08-17T01:29:00.004+08:00

Pukul 2 pagi dan masih tak boleh tidur. Aku sedang memberi bantuan pernapasan kepada blog ku sendiri yang nampaknye ketandusan content sebab aku bergelut dengan NEXT berbulan-bulan lame-nya. Bak kata Shane Falco dalam movie kegemaranku bila coach dia tanya apa yang paling dia takuti, he said : quicksand.kenapa?

You're playing and you think everything is going fine.
Then one thing goes wrong. And then another. And another. You try
to fight back, but the harder you fight, the deeper you sink. Until
you can't move... you can't breathe... because you're in over your
head. Like quicksand.

Lebih kurang atau agak sama to what I've been through.I have decided NEXT is gonna be my last take in my career as a software developer.I fought the quicksand and i fought hard.Nothing beats the feeling seeing the fruits of your labor comes to life (i mean not life as in bernyawa..alah paham paham sendiri lah!).Proud,worrying something might go wrong and i have to get my hands dirty again..and yeah another quicksand.I have rested my weapons for a while,traveling to North today for user training.I know the war is far from over,it's going to be a short break for me.I need the strength to go through the quicksand again.Jumpa lagi di episod akan datang..jika ada kesempatan..

The Best Acoustic Cover Ever

2008-02-24T09:21:00.005+08:00

The best accoustic cover ever. Though i sent the video in facebook with the title The Acoustic Cover Ever!Typo error beb.

Tambah lagi individu untuk aku tag kan:

KNO-Knizam Artwerk

Tag and Tagged

2008-02-23T20:13:00.005+08:00

2 active fast put the headache away. It was a tiring week. We are going for phase 1 launch next week and it feels like we are putting online something that we are not sure of. But anyway the team had always proven to perform best when reacting to crisis. So we wait for something to turn up and do damage control. The visit to warehouse was a valuable experience. Getting down to the bottom and see how they do things in real world. Now i understand their pain and hope we can solve it in time.
Few weeks ago i've been tagged. Well now i guess i have to do the same. Not sure how this works, but i just follow the steps (lagu Step By Step by NKOTB berkumandang sebagai runut bunyi entry ini):

Step 1:((Step One..one...one))
Link to my tagger? Hmm what does it mean by linking?i do have the link in the blogs i read.So ok la kot.Next..

Step 2:((Step Two..two..two..))
List 8 random facts about myself..Gee do i know my own self? Let's see..random ye..

I was and still a day dreamer. I would think of things that are illogical sometimes..like time traveling or what what would happen if i am able to fly. Sometimes i am like JD from Scrubs. Weird thoughts entered my head anywhere..dalam lift..even in meetings. But the good thing is i am still able to do my work la and get my feet anchored to the real world. And it help me to come out with a good joke..just to cheer up the dudes.
I am clumsy when i am nervous. All those kontrol macho stuff would go away.
I am addicted to nescafe. I need nescafe if i am to code 2-3 hours straight. Nescafe and good music and watch my face in full concentration sampai takde orang berani nak kacau haha.
On certain ocassions i talk to myself. Usually on my daily visits to the loo doing the big job. I reason with myself..should i do this should i do that.mostly working on my algorithms and pseudocodes.
Baru lima dah terkial-kial nak fikir apa..tapi syok juga. What's number five?i've always believe i am destined to do great things..and waiting for my ultimate calling from the mothership. After that i am done and i can go in peace.
I think a have a double personality. Sometimes i can take up this smart,confident, dark personality..kira orang yang agak keji jugak la. Sometimes i can be a bit blur, stupid, vulnerable but a good guy at heart.sometimes i can have it all on one day.Shit am i going nuts??
7 is my lucky number. Born on 17 January. 7 was my jersey number. Married on 17 March, used to live in 7th college at UM..etc.
I can't easily show my love,affection to the people i care. They wouldn't know.But deep down inside i do love them. Those who didn't know me that well will see me as heartless. It will be rewarding if you see me pour out my emotions. Ask my wife hehe.

Ok enuff 8.

Step 3:
Link to 8 people. alamak aku ada 8 orang ke? so far i only read 3 blogs. Dulu banyak la..
Anyway 3 pun..3 lah:

Ateen's A Glimpse of My life
Naziah's Ziahlicious
Pak Cik Kantin's SQL Kantin..untuk rujukan sql dan command linux untuk diriku yang pelupa.

Okey cukup lah ye...

Adios Amigos!

A Farewell

2008-02-09T00:50:00.000+08:00

Bon Voyage to Nor Faidz and family. May you guys have a safe journey to London. We hope to see you all soon when you're back for Raya or maybe we'll meet again next 4 years. Good Luck and may Allah blessed us all.

Demmit. I hate goodbyes.

Siri Pepatah Moden 1

2008-02-07T01:01:00.000+08:00

"Mak kasi 1 ringgit sehari pandai-pandai la nak hidup.."

Maksudnya:
Dah tau takde duit pandai-pandai la kau bajet

Sejarah:
Pepatah ini diperolehi circa tahun 2006, ketika krisis budget sedang melanda team Solution Dev. Ketika itu ada satu mission critical application yang sedang menghadapi masalah scalabilty yang kronik di mana satu upgrade yang drastik di perlukan.Masalah nye...bajet tarak memandangkan sistem ini adalah internally developed menggunakan teknologi open source maka nobody cares about it at the first place until populariti dia mencanak naik bak SMS vote Mawi. So satu meeting tergempar di adakan dan semasa sessi ribut otak ,lahirlah pepatah ini dari big boss.Profoundly spoken. Berbekal kan sedikit kepandaian,determination dan skill berjimat-cermat yang jitu akhirnya berjaya jugak la upgrade sikit umpama memberikan sistem tersebut sebijik tangki oksigen untuk dia bernafas 2-3 tahun lagi.
Pepatah ini masih popular penggunaanya di dalam team Solution Dev. terutamanya apabila kitorang nak develop something that needs cost. Apabila nampak perkataan cost itu, maka adalah salah seorang kutu akan berkata.."Mak kasi kita 1 ringgit sehari pandai-pandai la nak hidup"

Tahukah Anda:
1. Pepatah ini adalah ayat yang menjadi kegemaran Gemuk setiap kali dia terima change request daripada user.
2.Pepatah ini tidak meninggalkan kesan yang amat dalam kepada individu yang ketika zaman sekolah rendah dapat duit belanja 50 sen sehari.Reaksi utama ialah waa banyakk tuuuu

Fake It - Seether

2008-02-06T10:47:00.001+08:00

To all corporate hypocrites either you realize you are or you are unware of or whatever you call yourselves. Just letting off some steam..

Who’s to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost your self-esteem along the way
Yeah

Good god, you’re comin’ up with reasons
Good god, you’re draggin’ it out
Good god, it’s the changin’ of the seasons
I feel so raped
So follow me down

And just fake it, if you’re out of direction
Fake it, if you don’t belong here
Fake it, if you feel like infection
Whoa, you’re such a ***** hypocrite

And you should know that the lies won’t hide your flaws
No sense in hiding all of yours
You gave up on your dreams along the way
Yeah

Good god, you’re comin’ up with reasons
Good god, you’re draggin’ it out
Good god, it’s the changin’ of the seasons
I feel so raped
So follow me down

And just fake it, if you’re out if direction
Fake it, if you don’t belong here
Fake it, if you feel like infection
Whoa, you’re such a ***** hypocrite

Whoa, Whoa
I can fake it with the best of anyone
I can fake it with the best of ‘em all
I can fake it with the best of anyone
I can fake it all

Who’s to know if your soul will fade at all
The one you sold to fool the world
You lost you self-esteem along the way
Yeah
Good god, you’re comin’ up with reasons
Good god, you’re draggin’ it out
Good god, it’s the changin’ of the seasons
I feel so raped man
Follow me down

And just fake it, if you’re out of direction
Fake it, if you don’t belong here
Fake it, if you feel like infection
Whoa, you’re such a ***** hypocrite

Fake it, if you’re out of direction
Fake it, if you don’t belong here
Fake it, if you feel like infection
Whoa, you’re such a ****’ hypocrite

Inspired

2008-02-05T21:05:00.000+08:00

Shane Falco: Why me?
Jimmy McGinty: I look at you and I see two men: the man you are and the man you oughtta be. Someday those two men will meet, and it should make for one hell of a football player.

Entry Untuk Buang Masa 15 Minit

2008-02-05T17:38:00.000+08:00

Otak aku dah tepu nak digest konsep dan mekaniks registration process ni. Then nak di translate pulak ke coding. Lagi la kepala gua jem. Tengok kat luar jalan jam lagi, hajat di hati nak ke KLCC cari DVD The Replacements.Tapi nampak gayanya macam tak boleh aje. Tetiba rasa nak tengok cerita itu. Cerita pasal sekumpulan orang biasa yang di panggil untuk form foorball team bagi menggantikan professional players yang mogok.Cerita yang sangat aku minat suatu waktu dulu when life was a lot less complicated.
Perut sangat lapar kerana tengah hari tadi makan laksa masin. Kenapa masin aku tak tahu. Mungkin letak ikan masin agaknya. Aku malas nak komplen so aku habiskan sikit and pay for it.Malam semalam dah dinner di Victoria Station. Hari ini dinner di mana?Nasi kandar sounds good.How i wish ada kapsul makanan so that i won't have to sit down for half hour tunggu order dan makan.Tapi makan itu nikmatnya when u are enjoying every little piece of the food.Gemuk dah bercuti panjang.Untuk hari-hari seterusnya aku kena lah cover dia..Gemuk..Gemukk time mcm ni la kau nak cuti..tunggu la hari raya nanti....

Ter'stumble' Balik Ke Blog Sendiri (Here There And Back Again)

2008-02-05T17:20:00.000+08:00

I was commenting a friend's blog when i realized i was commenting using my blogger id. Oh aku ada blog rupa nya. So i clicked my blog link and was taken to my blog. Well this entry sekadar nak revive balik apa yang dah di presume dead. A lot happened in between these two entries. But i won't put it in details here. Anyway i am hoping to another place..youtube seems like a good idea..

The One With The RFP

2007-08-28T20:04:00.000+08:00

Gemuk mengambil buku nota ku lantas mula melukis process diagram.

Gemuk: Mula-mula kita hantar RFP.
Aku: RFP tu ape?
Gemuk:RFP tu Request For Purchase
Aku: Ooooo
Gemuk:Lepas tu kena dapat signature Head Of Dept.
Aku:Lepas tu?
Gemuk:Lepas tu kau kena hantar kat Budget Coordinator
Aku: Hari ni tak dapat la..dia MC.Lepas dia sign baru hantar gi procurement?
Gemuk:Yap
Aku:Ooooo...ni dah settle ke? (masa ni aku dah start boring sebab diagram dah nak abis satu page)
Gemuk:Ha?Belum la...ada lagi ni...

Gemuk meneruskan bebelannya sambil melukis process diagram sampai 2 page!
Punya la susah nak apply kat procurement for picking a vendor.

Aku: Muk..overall process how long?
Gemuk: Ini 3 days..Ini 7 days bla..bla.. 2 weeks

Aku dah start garu kepala.

Gemuk: Dont worry lama-lama buat nanti biasa.

Lama-lama buat?Manual? Wish i can do it automated. Come on we should have a system to manage these processes.

Ini adalah first day aku start belajar administrative work yg Assistant Manager which is currently Gemuk selalu buat. . I begin to sense these stuff would be tougher for me to digest..developing an FTP client is easier. Mungkin kalau aku rebus diagram 2 page tu and minum air nye....hmmmmm

Entry at 6:59 PM

2007-08-06T18:21:00.000+08:00

My parents are going to Mecca this coming December. We have been staying with my parents since Jannah was born. So secara default nye my parents adalah penjaga rasmi Jannah while we are off to work. Dengan keberangkatan parents ku untuk mengerjakan ibadah Haji.. ini bermaksud we have to find Jannah a babysitter or send her to nursery. To me it's about time and my parents being away to Mecca is a good excuse for me to take her off from her grandparent's care giving. Dont't get me wrong here. My parents are superb care givers..sapa tak sayang cucu oi! But it's almost 2 years now. Initially i planned for a 6 month stay...then a year stay lepas tu sampai la sekarang. It has been too long and everytime i mentioned it my mom would go bla..bla..bla.Actually dia nak jaga cucu dia tu hehehe. Anyway it's time for the three of us to start living our own life as a family. I'm sure going to miss few things like:

Don't have to cook for dinner everyday since my mom took care of that
Peace of mind as i know Jannah is in good hands
Abusing my brother's powerful PC untuk bermain game.
Rumah dekat dengan TESCO so senang nak shop for groceries
My mom's sambal tumis petai
Hearing Jannah calling her grandmother, grandfather and uncle. She calls her uncle by name 'Syammm....' siap berirama tuuu...
Free Internet access.

So last weekend we went back to our apartment looking for babysitter ads. After that balik to my parent's and this thought crossed my mind: it may not be a good idea to leave Jannah at babysitters yang tinggal di apartment. There are potential dangers like falling off from the balcony..issh..nauzubillah. Well call me a paranoid but my instinct told me to scrap off the idea. So this morning i told my wife why don't she ask her mak angkat about babysitters in Taman Melawati ..near her parents' home. My wife's mak angkat used to be her babysitter.She already retired from babysitting. Sending Jannah around that area seems like a good decision since my father in law could pick her up while waiting for us to return from work...if he wants to la(my mom in law is still working). Kadang-kadang boleh pakai juge otak aku ni ye hehe. During lunch time my wife told me that she already have few babysitter on the list. This coming Wednesday both of us are taking a day off for reconnaissance mission.
Should everything goes well and we settle for a babysitter in Taman Melawati, we have to prepare for:

Going out early in the morning from Tasik Selatan to Melawati
Outside dinner 5 days a week since i don't think we have enough time to prepare one
Less TV time
Less couple time
Less time to work on my pet project (which i have to start from scratch again due to my stolen laptop)

However i'm looking forward to this new shift. Just the 3 of us for now... Abah,Ummi and Jannah...

Entery Jam 8:35 PM

2007-08-03T20:12:00.000+08:00

Assignment claim data conversion ke SAP file interface sudah pun complete. Cuma tinggal untuk melaksanakan System Integration Test dengan pihak di sana. Isteri masih belum habis bekerja. Perut sudah lapar..nasib baik Fendi membawa turun kuih La Cucur hasil seludupannya dari meeting Sales Commitee di atas. Makan karipap yang berharga seringgit. Dengar khabar karipap tersebut di beli dengan harga 3 seringgit. Untung besar le macam tu. Sambil merehatkan otak sekejap sambil men'download' trailer untuk Ipodku. Filem Heartbreak Kid lakunan Ben Stiller macam best aje.Kerja agak kucar kacir sekarang.Di samping membuat coding, saya juga di beri tugasan untuk melakukan kajian mencari sumber data transaksi untuk projek mega yang akan di lembutlancarkan around next week (yelah tu..). These days i'm beginning to receive assignment sebegini. Atas alasan apa saya pun tidak tahu.Yang nyatanya tangan dan otakku amat tak keruan kerana tidak membuat sebarang system development secara hard core akhir-akhir ini.Bos sudah bertanya selesakah saya dengan tugasan di luar domain kepakaran? Saya menjawab: Bos saya memerlukan skill skill lembut (soft skills) ini untuk menjadi aset yang berharga kepada syarikat. Thinking back..it was quite a bodek punya answer heheh. But i do need these skills..since i've spent quite a long time with for loops, object oriented other java programming syntaxes. Seorang kawan pernah berkata..dunia corporate bukan dunia kau..dunia kau adalah develop software..kau dan aku sama we dont belong in that world. Kawan ini dulu nye penah bersama di dunia korporat tetapi mengorak langkah berani keluar dari hidup yang stabil mengejar apa yang paling disukainya. Mungkin not my time yet but it will happen someday. I am trying to climb the ladder here..at least if i wont make it sekurang-kurangnye aku die trying. I know it's a bit susah dilakukan but bak cogankata Pengakap "Buat Sehabis Baik"!

Help!MCKK Old Boy Missing

2007-08-01T17:21:00.000+08:00

I know my blog don't have many readers. But who ever is reading this please spread the news. My junior when i was in MCKK way back in 1995 has gone missing. This year, he's 27 years old. Please go to the link below and spread the news..it might help..

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/27/nation/18416888&sec=nation

Thank You

Petet if you are reading this: i don't know if you remember this guy...it is Salhi of class 1997. Maybe you already saw Mat Syam's post on our batch yahoo group.

July..July...July

2007-07-23T17:57:00.000+08:00

7 is my lucky number. So supposedly July is a lucky month? Well quite.

Week 1
My laptop got stolen. Silly me for lefting it purposely inside the car boot and told myself that thing is gonna be fine in there, the car was parked near the KLCC center court elevator by the way..nothing could happened. The laptop weighed around 2 kg, so i don't feel like carrying it while i go book browsing at Kino. So what happened? Some asshole/s force open the boot and stole it. I realized when i got home..aiseh mana laptop gua? Made a police report the next day. Eric somehow managed to get me a Centrino Duo company laptop which is a lot better than mine except for the memory but it helps to get the job done. Grieved for a week. I actually became KLCCphobic whenever my wife wants to meet at KLCC for dinner.

Week 2
Zam gave us a new project. Basically we have to code the report module in his new system. Alhamdulillah..rezeki. God is fair. 25 reports and each cost 300 bucks. Coding begins immediately. Timeline is a week. Completed in 7 days.

Week 3
Boring. Attended 2 workshops in a week. Semua off site. The food is good though. I hate it when people invited you for a workshop when your participation is 10% or less. The second workshop however is a lot better since they have this new product brainstorming session. At least i played a role from a technical standpoint..so takde la aku rasa macam kehadiranku sia-sia belaka. Plus a 'kakak' likes my jacket..so that was quite a moment hehe.

Week 4

Trainee's lecturer coming for assestment. New assignment involves SAP integration..why SAP R3 file interface is so complicated ha? Ooo yeah..paycheck is on 25th July...horayy!

Take A Picture

2007-06-18T18:56:00.000+08:00

Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bear
My skin is theirs
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
My skin is bare
My skin is theirs
I feel like a newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Awake on my airplane
Awake on my airplane
I feel so real

Could you take my picture
'Cuz I won't remember

I don't believe in
I don't believe in
In your sanctity
Your privacy
I don't believe in
I don't believe in
Sanctity
A hypocrisy
Could everyone agree that
No one should be left alone
Could everyone agree that
They should not be left alone yeah
And I feel like a newborn
And I feel like a newborn
Kicking and screaming

Hey dad what do you think about your son now
Ah hey dad what do you think about your son now

Happy Fathers Day. I wonder what my daughter will think about me?

Entry Number ?

2007-06-14T18:39:00.000+08:00

KL rains again today. It just stopped. Hopefully no flood. I am super duper hungry. Wife had to stay back late so i have to wait for her. Having a good time experimenting with Visual C# Express. Coming from a Java background i don't find any trouble getting accustomed to the C# syntax. I would love if Swing could be this simple. I just got a new freelance project from my former colleague. The deal is the same as before. So for a month i may have less sleep as i have only night time and weekends to code. But the pay is good so what the heck. I need the money anyway. Damn credit card bills are killing me. But everyone needs one right? Maybe i need more la hehe. It's just happen that ter 'spend' really a lot with it. Now really feel the pain. Regret? Mesti la. But as usual once dah settle we hutang some more..now this habit is so hard to kill. I am damn hungry..imagining ikan kembong goreng masak 3 rasa.....arghh!

The Chest drawer Experience

2007-06-11T19:14:00.000+08:00

I bought a chest drawer from IKEA. We have other IKEA stuffs like bed frame,dining table but this new chest drawer is special. For the record i am not the D.I.Y person.
But for the first time i assembled the new chest drawer myself. And i never thought that it would be so much fun and the feeling of looking at it after all the hard work.The joy of accomplishment.
Took me almost 2 hours to put 90% of the chest drawer together. It began with transferring the pieces from my car to the bed room. After flipping through the manual, i took off my shirt, put on my ipod and start working. Good tunes, sweat, putting the boards together..i really had a good time. It's like playing with LEGO. Probably it's the joy of tinkering with the tools, seeing things developed as i connect the boards..have to admit i felt like a kid once again.
I halted work when Jannah came in and do her 'poo-poo' business. Abah to the rescue. After cleaned her up, we went to visit my in laws.
Came back half hour before 8 PM, had dinner and back to the chest drawer. And at 11 PM..voila! It standing shiny and new. And i went to sleep..a happy man whom just put together his own chest drawer..

Goodbye my love..

2007-05-11T18:59:00.000+08:00

No this is not a break up. This year marked my fourth year with the company. I came in with a big ambition, to show them how open source technology can really cut down their OPEX and CAPEX. And i did. 4 systems under my belt. Zero OPEX. Zero CAPEX. I had my glory. Being a corporate programmer is not easy. Software is not an easy thing to built. In my corporate environment,rules of software engineering doesn't really apply. You get crazy project time lines. You push your skills to the limits. And political games matters more than what i think is most important:the system. I don't call the shots. The rigidness and defensiveness of some divisions do give us a hard time.Politics. Red tapes.Hidden agendas. And it cost the decommissioned of one critical system that i built. It has 2 years life span. I know it's for the better. The road map that they have is huge. It's going to take more than 2 seasoned programmers to deploy the system of that magnitude.We need help. And help will arrive in a bunch of vendors helping us to built the system. And vendors cost you lots of 'fulus'. At some point i do feel sad because of my inability to save the system due to conditions that i can't control.Politics.I told myself its for the better.It should be this way. Corporate programmers can't be too attached with their craft. We don't own the system. Have to learn to let go...may you rest in peace.

2 days to road trip 2007

2007-04-25T13:09:00.000+08:00

2 days to my road trip to Kuala Kangsar. This time i'm going with my old buddy:Ricky. Few months ago Ricky came out with this idea:Hey let's go back to Koleq (our alma matter as it fondly called by its ex-students) old boys weekend this year. Didn't took me too long to agree. My wife gave her green light. Ricky's wife gave her's and we are set to roll.Tried to recruit the other guys:Krai ,Nyem ,Lab,Errer(where are you man?) but no luck. Everybody have their own plans and somehow they are not as excited as we are.I don't know maybe its because of the journey back that excites me. Like the one four of us had just right before Ricky got married:the trip to Langkawi.We stayed up almost all night all the way from KL to Perlis.
By the way we made no reservation for accommodation. So 'ni memang gamble aje la'..comes to the worst we'll spend the night in my RIO. Hope we are going to have a fun and safe journey.

meetings and me

2007-04-23T18:39:00.000+08:00

i hate meetings. meetings suck but without it things cannot be done.decisions must be made.some heads has to be chopped off.some people will have their glory.i hate it.i do love the coffee though.i am a man of action.let's go straight down to the coding stuff..its much more fun!yeah i wish.i do less coding these days.i craved for them.makes me feel itchy all over ouch!call it a vacation?well maybe.lets look from another angle. now i get to do:

my pet project.
i can play computer games
i can read (this year i already finished 2 books..WOW!)
i get to play with my little girl.

but still i have to attend meetings.i hate meetings.meetings have minutes and what ever you say will be written/recorded and used against you when things go wrong.never swear in meetings.never say i can 100% do it.say i'll try my best but never ever commit when you are unsure.i love meetings when it's quick and achieve it's objective.i love meetings when people work together to find a solution and not blaming each other.i love meetings when people tell you have done a good job and appreciates your work.i love meetings when they serve coffee..black.so do i love or hate meetings. i can't decide.i can't run.i still have to attend. have another one coming tomorrow.wish me luck.

Experimenting with Apache Struts 2

2007-02-26T21:46:00.000+08:00

Spent my Sunday fiddling with Apache Struts 2.0.6. I chose to experiment with the distribution targeted for JDK 1.4.2. After going through the samples i must say that migrating our applications from Struts 1.X will take a big effort and lots and lots of patience because we have to rewrite almost 50% of the codes, save the DAOs and Business Delegate classes. It's tempting to have the dependency injection feature in our apps plus other features like Ajax tags, but i always remember the mantra: if the software ain't broke don't fix it. Rewriting the apps might reintroduce the bugs we squashed.
Anyway Struts 2 impressed me. The combined forces of WebWork and Struts indeed gives fruitfull result. To me the best feature in the framework is the ability to intercept your code via interceptor class. Now AOP became a clearer concept for a 3 year Java developer like me. Altering one's perception of the world does take a practical example to make him/her see..in my case theories alone doesn't work...i need practical examples.
Since Struts 2.0.6 is still in GA (General Available) release i'll assume there will be more things to come(especially the plugins) and the framework will get better and better.Till then i'll depend on our current struts 1.2.x.
which has been our team's de facto standard for web based enterprise applications.

m:n table mapping is the way to go

2007-02-22T22:48:00.000+08:00

New System Requirement Scenario:

Allow Account Manager(AM) to monitor distributors and dealers sales performance. Distributors shall be assigned specific dealers. These distributors and dealers will be assigned to the AM.

Existing System Scenario:

No AM role yet.
No relationship between distributor and dealer.

Been thinking of using a classic solution= m:n table mapping. I will have a table called distributor_dealer which has these fields:

distributor ID (Primary Key)
dealer ID (Primary Key)
Account Manager User ID

will code the classes tommorow and test the relationships.

Our Baby

2006-04-06T18:17:00.000+08:00

She's 3 months old. Seeing her smile every single day melt our hearts and make our tiredness by the long journey,lack of sleep and the pressures of life as adults goes away.Noorul Jannah was born on 24 December 2005.She is our first daughter, first granddaughter to her grandparents.She'll carry our hopes and dreams.May one day she'll be a great person..a good servant of God.Jangan tidur dulu Jannah..tunggu abah and umi balik ye...

Composite Pattern

2006-04-04T18:21:00.000+08:00

I am on a mission of diving deep into the world of Object Oriented Design.It's not that i havent done OOD, it's just that these days due to lack of manpower and tight dateline i had to sacrifice a lot on designing my application upfront.So i began to loose touch on my basics.Now coding straightaway is my design.Well at least i got the applications running on production.And i just found that Composite Pattern is cool like a cup of hot nescafe in the morning!I never cross path with Composite Pattern..not until I was read Professional Java JDK 5 Edition and came across the Design Pattern chapter that discussed Composite Pattern. In my two years stint with Java i used few design patterns like DAO pattern, Service Locator Pattern and Strategy Pattern but not Composite Pattern. Composite Pattern proves useful when you are dealing with Collections. It provides a way for developers to process Collections of objects as a single object which makes operation on the Collection less complicated. I tried developing my own sample for displaying my company organization tree structure. I found that using this pattern leads to a very clean and readable code and not to mention it hides the complexity of recursivley looping through the Collections. I just wish that we did this during our HR System project but that was 2 years ago and i was not even a Java Developer back then. But i guess it's better late than never..just added another weapon in my programming arsenal..heh!

Alamak Power Down Lagi!

2006-04-01T13:58:00.000+08:00

It happened twice in one week. Power disruption at our data center, the heart of all our business application servers. Customers bising.The Management lagi la bising. The techies are in a hot seat. During disaster like this is the time where we can see the commitment of everyone involved.Hard times sometimes brings out the best in people.I totally agree with that.One thing for sure i am proud of my team for showing their dedication in ensuring our services are restored 100%.Some of us that can make it stay for as long as it takes, some of us who can't make it keep up with updates, some of us wakes early in the morning and remotes from home to ensure everything is fine.That's real teamwork.Kudos to all the heroes!

Basikal Tua

2006-03-28T19:04:00.000+08:00

Gambar ni saje je aku upload sebab nak test photo sharing guna Hello software. Cool gak benda ni.
basikal tua

Hello World!

2006-03-28T18:29:00.000+08:00

OK that's it! Aku tak tahan lagi dah.Aku nak blog balik.After few ups and downs in blogging - the recent one was getting my domain shutdown..aku malas sebenarnye nak continue coz i think blogspot is a lot cooler. Things are getting better sekarang although harga minyak dah naik but still boleh survive lagi la. The other day ada bank ni offer gua 2 kredit card which menjadikan jumlah kredit kad saya = 8 keping! Well as long as it's free annual fee aku OK je..bukannya guna banyak pun. Tapi wife aku marah sebab takut kalau ada orang clone..mampus aku nak bayar.Ishh risau dah aku ni terus aku tak active-active kan kad kad tu.Memula ada gak cita-cita nak tuka laptop baru -Toshiba Sattelite baru tu menggoda woo.Kerja agak kurang exciting sebab takde assignment yang mencabar kepala otak aku.So last week sebab takde keje aku go for interview kat satu lagi telco ni..saja-saja je. The next day ada la satu project yg agak sempoi gak la almost the like the one i did before but with a twist. Assignment kali ni jadi experiment aku la nak guna Manta Ray..cooooll!Berbalik kepada cerita interview.it went well except for my english yang err tunggang langgang..fumble abis.Looking back and counting interviews yang aku pernah ambil actually ada 3 je pon including this one.The first two memang successful but yang ni tak tau la. Expected salary pun macam tak logik tapi i deserve to be paid that much if judging based on my skill tapi kalau based on the job scope they specified..hmm i dont think so. Conclusion nye i don't put too much hope on it. Well at least i get to refresh my interview experience and one good thing is i am not nervous anymore.Maybe because i went with knowledge in my head and boleh la nak tepis-tepis kalau soalan-soalan laser kluar.I think i'm going to make it an ocassion to go for interview once in a while just testing the waters see how far i can go.Semua orang dah balik except aku yang menunggu si isteri menghabiskan kerjanya do ofis...

Test

2005-11-28T14:57:00.000+08:00

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