July 3, 2009
Rain at last! Thank God the heat wave is over. I can finally concentrate a little better on the work at hand. It was such a sluggish week and productivity was so slow it almost grinded to an halt.
So refreshing to feel the rain on my skin and hear the pitter patter of the raindrops as it pour downed onto the sun drenched gardens, roads and homes. Lets hope weather stays a little cooler over the weekend.
July 1, 2009
Hi all, hope you are all well, its been a while hasn’t it? Many apologies for the lack of update. Recently I’ve been trying to find my feet with moving back home and all, and trying to find a direction I want to go. Its been difficult to say the least, and I have still not come to a conclusion as to what I want to do to move forward and find myself. Perhaps time will tell.
As you can see, Amelie has grown up a lot more since readers of the blog last saw her. She will be five years old later this year and will start reception class at Waterloo Primary School. I’m pleased to hear from the nursery teachers she has been developing well and making lots of new friends in class. However, I thought I would like to give my thanks to the nursery teachers, Mrs. Mulherin and Mrs Hafford for their outstanding effort, dedication and patience in taking Amelie under their wings for those 2 hours of the day.
Recently have been very hot here in my part of the world, and takes some time to getting used to. You may think “you just came back from a tropical country, surely this heat is nothing?”. You may be correct to say this, but let’s not forget that in Taiwan, every household, office, shopping centre, eatery, restaurant, bus, taxi, car, MRT trains and their stations all have the blessing of air-conditioning. Having a 9 inch desk fan blowing hot air in your face really doesn’t compare or help when you trying to study a new complex product for testing. At this moment in time (thats 00:25am UK time), its still a sweltering 30 degrees C in my room. I hope I can get some sleep.
The family have been fine, just in case you are wondering. As usual, Chien-yu is battling against the evil hordes of recruitment agents trying to match her the right job. But, does it have to be the right job? Can they not match a job that’s almost right with a view to learn new things? As for me, I am plodding along as usual being a jack of all trades. Perhaps its time to plump for a specialism? What do you think? Is being a jack of all trades a good skill to have in the eyes of a potential new employer?
Just to explain the picture, its a dinner outing to the new Ikea store which had opened in our town not long ago. Everyone in town seems to hate it, as its a big blue and yellow building in the centre of our quiet little town. Yet, whenever we go there for a little wander, there seems to be many people doing their ritual furniture shopping and measuring up. Is it really that bad? Go figure.
Well, I’ll leave it at that for the moment. It has been a while, so I am not sure what to write. Perhaps more shall come soon. 
Wish you all well. Blog you soon.
March 21, 2009
March 13, 2009
Some tutorials on how to make Gunpla.
February 7, 2009
At 08:30am on Saturday 7th February, 2009 (Hong Kong time), my grandfather passed away.
This is the first family death I have experienced…and its hard, really hard. I don’t know what to think or do right now.
But at least I know he doesn’t have to suffer anymore and be at peace.
Mum, I just want to tell you that Granddad heard your words, don’t blame yourself for anything. He would want you to carry on your life, he knows you have suffered a lot, he understands, so don’t worry. We are all here for you too.
Granddad, we hope you enjoy your journey and hope that no pain and suffering can touch you now. Be at peace, be at rest.
Although you are away on your trip, we are still a family.
January 29, 2009
Just a quick note to say Happy Chinese New Year for 2009 from Hong Kong!
January 21, 2009
If you ever need to disable this annoying pop-up for Windows 2003 Server, here’s how: -
I find this particular useful for automation, where this dialog box could pop-up and then cause the automation scripts to fail and stop running. In addition, you make be working with software products which requires you to have an older Windows service pack to be installed instead of the latest one so that the product can be installed correctly.
November 29, 2008
My computer had been recently hit by the DNSChanger and the Boot.com virus. It was quite a pain to get rid off. But, with thanks to Google and some time to seach through its results, I finally found a couple of solutions.
For DNSChanger, a virus (or trojan? I can never understand the difference), it basically hi-jacks your network connections and sets the DNS server of your computer to something else. You can find out more of how the DNSChanger virus/trojan works from this YouTube video here. As the video suggests, your best bet to get rid of DNSChanger is to install Malwarebytes application, let it run a scan and rid yourself of this annoying bugger. Malwarebytes is a freeware, although you can upgrade it by paying some money so that it auto-protects your computer. The freeware version doesn’t auto protect, but you can run it manually when you think you have something on your system. It will help identify and remove many of the tricky viruses and trojans. Do remember to run a quick update before you start a scan so that you are scanning your computer with the latest definitions and updates.
Now, for Boot.com. What a bastard. I discovered I had this because whenever I double-clicked on the C:\ or D:\ driver from “My Computer”, it would open a separate window, or a error message mentioning the “rescyled” folder. Again, Google comes to the aid and after a bit of looking around, I came across this very useful article. The instructions for removal involved search through the Windows registry and deleting some entries, and also deleting some select folders and files at the root folder of each drive. Its quite complicated, but if you follow the instructions in the article carefully, you should be OK to get rid of this virus/trojan. Please note, the author of the article does refer Boot.com as “the little bugger”, but its a bit of an understatement. Its more of a “little bastard”.
November 26, 2008
Another classic from the puppet master, Jeff Dunham, in the form of Sweet Daddy D, his new “manager”, or PIMP (Player In Management Profession).
I think of all the acts which Jeff has, I like Walter and Sweet Daddy D the most. Makes you roll on the floor laughing. Enjoy.
November 25, 2008
More puppet shenanigans from Jeff Dunham, with the aid of Walter, and old timer who has been around and “loves” his wife. Very funny, a must watch!
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