October 2006

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WP New Plugin – My Archives
10.30.06 | Permalink |Information, IT, Technology| 7 Comments

When my children are sound asleep, what do I do? Lately I have been watching a whole lot of TV or Internet surfing. Today I came across a very useful plug-in for my blog. The plug-in is called “Clean Archives”. Source: http://www.sporadicnonsense.com/archives/.

Basically what it does is create a page showing the table of contents of my entire blog. Pretty cool. Tada, here is it: http://mybabybay.com/blog/?page_id=363. It is also in my sidebar under Pages called My Archives.

It works for those bloggers who are using WP and have their own host. Sorry, not sure whether it can work for those hosting in blogspot or wordpress.

Ok, enough of computer nonsense, back to bed..zzzZZZ
Berjaya Times Square’s Children Theme Park & Pan Mee
10.28.06 | Permalink |Entertainment, Kuala Lumpur, Theme Park, Travel| 7 Comments

Adult: RM25 *expensive*
Child: RM15 (above 3)
UOB CC member – 15% discount

We went on train ride, truck ride, merry go round and playground. There were other ship ride, bumper bee, bumper car and bus ride that go up high. For the ship rides, only children allowed, no adult. It was fun for the children. We couldn’t stay long as Emily wasn’t feeling well. 🙁

More Info here: http://www.timessquarekl.com/themepark.html

Pan Mee

I love a pan mee stall in KL. It is in Chow Kit Lorong Haji Taib 4 Road. That is where I grew up. The flat that I used to stay, now become a Tiong Nam Union (aka Persatuan Penjaja Tiong Nam). It has a lot of “lieu” as in mushroom strips, minced pork and vege. Pan Mee is a self-made flour noodle. It taste better when you add chilli and lime in it. Simply delicious!!!
IT Helpdesk Calls
10.18.06 | Permalink |IT, Technology| 6 Comments

Someone send this to me today, laughter is still the best medicine when you have a stressful week. Everything is due this Friday, 20th Oct. 😥

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Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?
Female customer: A white one…

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Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can’t get my diskette out.
Tech support: Have you tried pushing the Button?
Customer: Yes, sure, it’s really stuck.
Tech support: That doesn’t sound good; I’ll make a note.
Customer: No, wait a minute… I hadn’t inserted it yet… it’s still
on my desk… sorry….

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Tech support: Click on the ‘my computer’ icon on to the left of the screen.
Customer: Your left or my left?

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Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?
Customer: Hello… I can’t print.
Tech support: Would you click on “start” for me and…
Customer: Listen pal; don’t start getting technical on me! I’m not Bill Gates.

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Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can’t print. Every
time I try, it says ‘Can’t find printer’. I’ve even lifted the printer
and placed it in front of the monitor, but the computer still says he
can’t find it…

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Customer: I have problems printing in red…
Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
Customer: Aaaah………………..thank you.

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Tech support: What’s on your monitor now, ma’am?
Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at the 7-11.

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Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.
Tech support: Are you sure it’s plugged into the computer?
Customer: No. I can’t get behind the computer.
Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer: OK
Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes
Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is there
another keyboard?
Customer: Yes, there’s another one here. Ah…that one does work…

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Tech support: Your password is the small letter “a” as in apple, a
capital letter V as n Victor, the number 7.
Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters ?

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Customer: can’t get on the Internet.
Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer: Yes, I’m sure. I saw my colleague do it.
Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?
Customer: Five stars. “*****”

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Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use?
Customer: Netscape.
Tech support: That’s not an anti-virus program.
Customer: Oh, sorry…Internet Explorer.

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Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen saver
on my computer, but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.

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Tech support: How may I help you?
Customer: I’m writing my first e-mail.
Tech support: OK, and what seems to be the problem?
Customer: Well, I have the letter ‘a’ in the address, but how do I
get the circle around it?

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A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer.
Tech support: Are you running it under windows?
Customer: “No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good point.
The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his
printer is working fine.”

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And last but not least….

Tech support: “Okay Bob, let’s press the control and escape keys at
the same time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen.
Now type the letter “P” to bring up the Program Manager.”
Customer: I don ‘t have a P.
Tech support: On your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: What do you mean?
Tech support: “P”…..on your keyboard, Bob.
Customer: I’M NOT GOING TO DO THAT
Buzz & Little Mermaid
10.11.06 | Permalink |Children, Shopping| 13 Comments

I got these towels for my children when I was in Singapore. Both my children loved it. Every bath time, they want to be mermaid or buzz. Sometimes they exchange. At least now, they don’t run around naked after bath time.
Parking
10.05.06 | Permalink |Management| 10 Comments

My company has a lot of employees and each has their own cars. Put 1 and 1 together, you get parking problems. Worst now we have 2 companies in 1 location, more parking problems. Management claimed that there are sufficient parking spaces for all employees. Some lots are really far away, it is like walking from 1 end of mid valley to the other. The only fortunate thing is we do not have to pay for parking.

Some of the things people do to overcome the problem.

1. Come very early, get a good spot right in front of the building.
2. Get pregnant, you get a reserved car park.
3. Work from home.
4. Car pool with other colleagues.
5. Create virtual parking lots.
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Management just kicked item #5 off the list. Picture below.
Local Share Investment
10.04.06 | Permalink |Finances, Investment, Service, Shares| 9 Comments

I never invested in local shares before and I never knew how. I do have an account in US to invest in US shares. That was because my company has a benefit share plan for us to purchase our company shares at discounted rates.

Anyway, last Friday, a courier package came and it was from StemLife. The company is going public listed. Cool. 😎 I didn’t read the prospectus, it was as thick as my programming books. I read the form and was tempted to invest. It was a 2 pages form, but the things I have to do, to successfully apply for the shares, is exhausting. I received the package on 29 Sept, the dateline is 5th Oct. Not much time to work with.

Things to do:

1. I have to apply for a CDS account to be able to buy any local shares. Fortunately I know a friend who works in the share trading company. I got her help to get me the CDS account on the same day. 1 obstacle done.

2. I have to make a copy of my IC, front and back on the same page.

3. I have to fill in the form carefully. No liquid paper can be use on the form.

4. I have to get a banker’s cheque. Personal cheques are not allowed. I blog about it yesterday, it was done too.

5. I have to buy two 50sen stamp, one for A envelope and one for B envelope. They will send you back the A envelope with your cheque if it is not successful.

6. I need to send it, it says using Ordinary mail. You can opt to drop it into their office if you are staying in KL. It is really impossible for people outstation to send ordinary mail and reach the destination before date due. I send it using Express Mail, not sure whether they will reject my application. By the way, register mail is a no no because PO box cannot sign when receive. :giggles:

7. Mail it and wait for response. Phew.

Now all I have to sit back and wait for them to tell me if it is successful. By the way, the company will ballot, if you get pick, the shares will be sold to you. If I don’t I need to go back to the bank, to claim back the money.

I just learn that you can do all the above except for number 1, using Internet banking. In order to do that, you need to setup the account first by submitting a physical form. For Maybank, you can use ATM or Internet Banking. Somehow, I don’t know why StemLife was not listed.

It was a great experience though to beat the deadline. If it was from some company that I don’t know, it will probably end up in the bin.

Anyone want to know how to invest in US share?
Thumbs Down Service
10.03.06 | Permalink |Service| 11 Comments

I went to the bank to get a banker’s cheque. Usually I will just go straight to the counter 7, get the form, filled it up, pass to the officer to process, go to lunch and come back to collect. Easy, fast and efficient.

Today I walked to counter 7 to get the form. Officer gave me the form, request me to get a ticket number.

No problem, fill the form up and get a ticket number. Go to counter 7, pass him the ticket and form. He told me to wait for number to be call and other counters (1 to 6) can service me. He was servicing another fellow who came after me while I was getting the number. I told him, the last time I did that, the officer counter 1-6 will refer me back to counter 7. He asked me to wait.

I waited as he was still servicing the other guy slowly. I asked him again, can I leave the form here while I go for lunch, later come back to collect. He asked me to wait.

Later, my number was called at counter 4. I passed the form to the officer at counter 4. He called the officer at counter 7 as he didn’t know how to process it. Officer 7 instructs officer 4, but officer 7 had difficulty. Officer 4 passed everything to officer 7 and asked him to process it. Back to counter 7.

After 2 minutes, he asked me to go for lunch while he process my documents and come back to collect when it is done. He just wasted my precious time!!

Note: The officer who service me is a Chinese. 🙂