will i am's delayed diary

KoalaBoomerang Originally uploaded by williamnyk . "Criikey! I've got a giant boomerang glued to me balls!", exclaimed the Mr. Koala. That can practically sum up my job at the moment. I have 40+ screens to finish by November, with only 2 other colleagues to help out. I'm screwed. Looks like I'll have to cancel my Raya holiday plans too. Stress... I woke up today, brushed my teeth. Walked to my chest of drawers. Picked up my alarm clock. Saw that the time was 4:00AM. F*ck. Ugh. PS: The koala is a souvenier from Australia my colleague got me. And yes, the boomerang IS glued to his balls.

loiterspend Originally uploaded by williamnyk . One must compliment the management of Sunway Pyramid for putting up this sign. Since my secondary school days, loitering or more affectionately called gejala lepak has been scourge among the youths in Malaysia. I really admire the management for doing their bit for the betterment our community by trying to deter the act of loitering. Their approach is really novel. Why loiter around the corridors (God forbid making a mess and scaring away honest shoppers) when you can spend good money at our tenants. Who cares if you're a truant form three student with no pocket money to spare. We don't care how you get money, just move your asses into our stores and start generating some sales. There's only barely 11 shopping hours for God's sake! At the end of the day, we're happy. You're happy. The community's happy.

Yellow Card Originally uploaded by regrettheerror . Although I can do one stroke now, I find that each time I get to the pool, I need to struggle a while before I get the hang of things. The skill is kinda stored in my short term memory. Need to warm up before it all comes back to me. I forget how to breathe. I forget how to move. Maybe once a week is far too big a gap, but scheduling some "me" time to swim can be a bitch at times with shitty work schedules and other commitments. Back to my ninth lesson. Another instructor. Again. Michael this time. The face of Learn2Swim . No swimming this time, but water safety. The ominously named Dead Man's Float . All that keeping bouyant by taking in breaths had me dizzy after 30 breaths or so. In addition, I was taught how to "stand" in the water after floating on one's back. Lastly, was shown the right way to move from face-down to face-up position. Drank some refreshing pool water in the process of getting

brands Originally uploaded by williamnyk . Exams have always been a focal point in our education system, but I've recently noticed that people are becoming VERY preoccupied with it. Maybe coz parents are way more kiasu these days... Parent A: Wah, your son sooooo clever ah, score 10 A's in his SPM! Parent B: Aiyah, he sooooo stupid. Got one subject he only got a B! Parent C: Aiyoo, cannot talk to you now. Have to send my girl to class. 3pm swimming. 4pm mandarin class. 6pm Smart Reader. Parent D: Aikk, your daugther not 3 years old only meh?! The exam mentality has even invaded marketing and ad campaigns. Pencils these days are sold as OMR-tested and exam grade . Tuition centers are buying air time and giving out tips on radio stations. Chicken essence is being sold as an indispensable exam companion. Aren't we so glad that the kid in poster managed to secure himself such outstanding results by popping chicken essence? It might as well be a poster for Ritalin

snakeoil Originally uploaded by williamnyk . The photo is of a literal snake oil salesman who was plying his trade at Taman Cempaka . Normally, what you would you get is products with spurious claims of enhancing virility", "rediscovering the experience of malam pengantin baru ", "recharging one's batteries", "curing aches and pains", "regrowing lost imbs", "getting x-ray vision", etc. OK, I exaggerate, but sometimes it's just that amazing. However, this is not the case for this husband and wife team. They were selling a snake oil beauty cream that is supposedly able to cure your acne in just 4 days! Move over Activa! Once your acne is gone, it will make your skin smooth and supple. Find that hard to believe? Go snuggle the old guy's face. 100% hypoallergenic. Put a dollop in your eye. You won't go blind! La Mer can balik kampung . I was waiting around hoping that he would have some snake-charming show, b

Speed Limit Originally uploaded by kegger . Typical rush hour mornings-- After braving the bloody traffic at Old Klang Road , I got onto Federal Highway and subsequently up the Kerinci Link ramp. If you've used the highway before, I'm sure you now that it has a speed detector coupled with an information. It's supposed to tell you how fast you're going and if you're over the limit, it'll add a friendly little reminder for you to slow down. Well, just the other day, one car in front of me clocked a shocking 300 km/j ! If it wasn't a malfunction, I'd swear the guy would have flown off the ramp already. I for one don't think that the electronic board actually deters the motorists from speeding. Perhaps if they tweaked the message a bit: 70 km/j. Your reg # has been recorded. We have your ass.

All my apps belong to us Originally uploaded by lisamac . Warning: Geek post ahead. It took me 3 days to force an old set of source code into Microsoft's VSS 6.0 and get it running. Another 2 days to unbind a new set of source from its current source control server to another server. The source code must really hate me . Lesson learnt: When unbinding a .NET solution from VSS, you should bloody well delete all the *.scc, *.vssscc, *.vspscc files from the directory structure. If all else fails, manually edit the solution file to remove the "GlobalSection(SourceCodeControl)" portion. For the project files, also throw away the "SAK" lines. There!