I had dinner with Charles Lee* earlier this month when he is in Singapore. I considered Charles a mentor who has given me many valuable career advises, esp. at times when I need it most. Anyway, I have being thinking over something he said over dinner: “世上所有的事都讲情，讲理，讲法。”. Loosely translated “the rules are relationship, logic and […]
CEOs play ‘World of Warcraft’
We Know is in the news again. This time, not just an article on Wired, but a video interview with Ross Mayfield, CEO of Socialtext, aka Kalevipoeg of We Know. Link to C|Net Video Damn, our guild seem to be getting all the press coverage, doing all these free promos for Blizzard. And we can’t […]
Seeing is believing
When Pak John told me they have over hundreds of wifi base station on a single roof top in Indonesia, I don’t believe them at all. Until I see this… And repeat that picture on every inch of the roof. Many microwave links of course but most surprising, most of them are 2.4Ghz base stations […]
JW Marriott – Jakarta
Just checked into JW Marriott Jakarta. Yep, the hotel that was bombed in 2003. It has since being renovated and it is a very nice hotel. Security are tied, cars are searched by 5 security personal, metal detectors at doors, and bags are checked before I step into the main door. I was stopped by […]
Thinking about Outsourcing
Catch up Boon Kok for dinner last night. Had a long and interesting chat with him on various ICT topics wrt Malaysia, mostly me trying to pick his brain :-) So we talk about outsourcing, something that is currently promoted by Pak Lah. We arrived to a conclusion that China is growing at such a […]
You have to bribe…
After (unsuccessfully) trying to call for a cab from my client office in PJ (petaling jaya) from almost all taxi operators I know for an hour, a collegue smiles and whisper to me “Erm, you have to bribe them”. “Huh? How do you bribe a call operator over the phone?” “Tell them meter + 5”
神雕侠侣
Just got a new version of 神雕侠侣. Guess who is the 小龙女? None other than 刘亦菲 from 仙剑奇侠传 (see here). Even my wife say she has the “xiao long nu” look :-) Oh yea, they film this show at JiuZhaiGou, a very beautiful place in China which you should go to take a look if […]
Too many things, too little time
Looks like I wont be able to go back Singapore this weekend. Too many things to do here in KL and too little time before the deadline. I also have to apologises to the MDA folks for missing the very first Community Advisory Committee (CAC). CAC is a new advisory committee “review effectiveness of MDA’s […]
Match Making Day
I am a match making service today. Setting up meeting with A with C, then C with T, and then A with L and all 3 of them happening today. So the whole morning was spent making phone calls and SMSes to make sure everyone got their appointments down, then follow up to see if […]
IKEA Walkthrough Guide
For all (gamer) men out there who has wifes (or girlfriends) with IKEA addiction. IKEA WALKTHROUGH v2.3.1 IKEA is a fully immersive, 3D environmental adventure that allows you to role-play the character of someone who gives a shit about home furnishings. In traversing IKEA, you will experience a meticulously detailed alternate reality filled with garish […]