will i am's delayed diary

Called to another site to solve a production problem which I know nothing about ( selamatkan api of sorts). But I guess, it's important for the company to have somebody there to "show face". Finally the author found a little bug in the code -- turns out that the code employs a double infinite loop (cringe-worthy is it not?) and the re-initialization of certain objects are unreachable. Took me a while to simulate the problem. The system was rolled-back and I think I will take much more testing before the clients dares to migrate again. Lunch was on YS today. A nice Vegetarian Thali from Buharry @ Asian Heritage Row. A posh area with restaurant like "Co Chine" and "Ye Chine". See the pattern? The set was great, not so overpowering like the one I had at Sangeetha @ Lebuh Ampang (also compliments of YS, :)). Standard stuff, dhal , yoghurt, dessert, curried chickpeas, etc. The service was good and organized. They use the billing and ordering system simila

Had chapati for lunch again today. Tarmesh @ Jalan Berangan. My colleague from Hyderabad says its quite authentic. I don't know about it being authentic or not, but the food is good. The thing that caught my attention was a cup of spices at the cashier. It looked like some strange mini alien pods. Ugh. My colleague told me to try it. Apparently it's a breath freshener. You put a spoonful on your palm, then you dump it all in your mouth. Then chew slowly. You know what? It tastes exactly like Hacks . After some googling, I found out that the spice is called fennel . Not bad, not bad at all.

World Cup Fever Originally uploaded by williamnyk . I took this photo at Brickfields, near Crescent Court. The flag of Italy and Brazil. I wonder if they're as zealous putting up the Jalur Gemilang during National Day celebration month. Another sign of the impending World Cup (in addtion to the Joga Bonito dome in BB). I couldn't care less about the World Cup. But I'm keeping my eye on the MyTeam Vs Malaysia match in Bukit Jalil on the 28th of May. With the stupid Lanter Festival using a big chunk of parking real estate and my previous experiences of soccer matches in Bukit Jalil (a story which involves a Swiss girl from Lucerne, money and the police, I'll tell it next time, heh), the traffic will hell with too many cars and road closures, the LRT will be congested and crowd will be like locusts. I'm gonna hide at home on that Sunday. ------------------------------------------- Update on 29/05/2006: MyTeam lost 2:1. Number of spectators: 70k.

PUJ Nights Originally uploaded by williamnyk . I reached home yesterday at 11:30pm. Mum tertidur at the sofa waiting up for me. I promised that I would eat a bit, so I had a quick supper with her. Work started late at about 8:20pm. Lotsa problems accessing the servers. Remote here, then remote there. A confusing arrangement. I was getting pretty restless by 9:30pm. Have you felt irritated looking at somebody do something that you could much faster? I felt like grabbing the mouse from the guy's hands. But I didn't. By 10:00pm, I'd pretty much resigned to my fate that it was gonna be a loooooong night. I was guiding the guy at the side, and I found that my voice had lost its vitality. I was in no hurry anymore. No more gritting of teeth. Luckily, the whole fiasco ended by 10:45pm. Quickly rushed to catch the train back. Luckily the parking lot at Bukit Jalil was well-lit. A stupid Lantern Festival caused a large section of the nearest parking lot to be closed. Had

IMG_1333 Originally uploaded by williamnyk . I'm working late today. Hence the post at this hour. I came in at 09:00 today with nothing much on my plate. Waited around till 17:30. I have to wait another 1.5 hours for the system to close before I can do anything. Turns out that the activities can only start at 20:00 to accomodate dinner time and dusk prayers. Oh well. So I went off to have nasi lemak sambal sotong next door. Fantastic. However, It's already 20:15 and I still can't begin my work.... Argghhh.

Sorry for the atrocious formatting of my last post. I couldn't get the "valign=top" working properly for the table. And as to why the table is so narrow, I can't explain that either. I suck at HTML. So difficult to blog through blogger. Have to resort to Flickr or through e-mail.

wells-invisible-man Originally uploaded by williamnyk . TV3's cheesy cerekarama never fail to impress me in terms of sheer entertainment value. I caught just one episode of Misi: X-Ray and I'm totally hooked. Here's a transcript: (Danial drives up to Marissa's place, she meets him at the porch Marissa : Eh, Danial. Masuklah rumah. Danial : Tak. You beritahu I , betul you tak cintakan budak Aidel tu. You masih cintakan I kan? Marissa : Cinta?! Kalau maksud cinta you adalah seperti mana you cintakan ke-ego-anmu, maksudnya I cintakan you (What!?) . Sudahlah Danial, itu hal saya. (Marissa walks away, annoyed) Danial : Hei, kamu ikut saya! (Danial pushes Marissa into his car) Marissa : Eh, kamu gila ke! Ikut kamu ke mana! (Marissa gets out of the car) Danial : Kita ke hotel! Saya tunjukkan betapa saya cinta kepada awak! Kamu tu hak saya! (Sweet!) Marissa : Hak kamu! Hidup I adalah hak I sendiri! (Marissa walks away again) Danial : MARISSA! Kamu nampak batu