Spoon feeding

It's not going to happen so suck it up. If you've been with the project for more than a year you should know what data is required. And your job title says Test Lead? No wonder why this company is going down. Might have been too loud but was trying to contain my rage, no wonder why I appear to be unfriendly to some!

No I don't work here... Part 3

So today I got asked whether I am the electrics guy at Bunnings... seriously???

No I don't work here... Part 2

This time at Officeworks... Then I gave this Asian guy the dirty look.

It's not me, it's you!

Why did the smell follow you on the tram? That's right it's you and not me!

Why would you do that?

What does it achieve? You can't flush it so it doesn't go anywhere, think of the person who will have to pick it up!

No I don't work here

Just because I have a building pass around my neck doesn't mean I work at JB Hi Fi or Rebel Sports.

I was asked once whether I was a manager at McDonald's checking out the staff at Waterloo station in London when I was in a suit looking around because I was waiting for someone. I was informed that the person was very pleased with the staff and they were very efficient. I told her I will pass on her remarks.

Google pulled a funny

Blow on the cartridge to fix bugs. I laughed so hard because that is so true. Good times!

Mint Henge

It's complete! The new wonder of the modern world! Have to start working on a new pillar next.

Businesses doing it tough?

So one of the lunch places I go to have not increased prices but instead they reduced the size of the container you get. Another place I go to use the same container but put less in it. Should just bring my own lunch more often!

The shouting tram driver

This guy screams at other motorists who fail to stop when the tram is about to open the door or want to overtake just after the door closes. Pretty amusing but gets annoying after a while as a passenger. If I'm driving he'll probably scream at me because I would want to take off and overtake when the door closes. He was shouting "hang on, hang on, Oii!" to the car next to him with his PA system. I guess I can't complain since he waited for us when we ran for the tram this morning.

So will every Asian kid out there start playing basketball from now?

Seems like Linsanity is catching on and even here to stay after outscoring Kobe Bryant in the latest game. Caught a glimpse of the Chinese news on TV and there were people watching the big screen in Asia. Is he the latest Asian superstar? Will every kid out there start playing basketball? Will he alone spark a global growth spurt and make the Asian gene taller?

Uh oh

Sitting opposite cockroach man on the tram again!

Use your head

Working with someone who just wants to be told step by step even though the answer is right in front of them. Seriously, 2 tables with only 1 matching column, how do you think you can join them together?

Clean up after yourself please

New neighbors on our floor at work started a kitchen roster because they can't clean up after themselves. We have been on the same floor for close to a year now and never had any issue with the kitchen being dirty because when you finish eating, you wash your own stuff, which is a pretty normal thing to do. Well... apparently not!

Our team opted out of the roster but it didn't stop them from putting us in it. We chose to ignore because we told them we want no part of it and this week it was suppose to be our turn. On Monday when I got to the office a whole pile of plastic containers were dumped in the sink. Today we got an email from the roster task master telling us how dirty the kitchen is and how we should be cleaning it up. We politely reminded them that we are not part of the roster and we got an "oh I didn't know response".

You would think that is the end of it but no, our project manager received a complaint from the other team that we are not pulling our weight with keeping the kitchen clean. Seriously, if you finish eating, wash your fricken plates! Your mum or maid is not here to clean up after you!

Cockroach attack!

The guy sitting opposite me on the tram this morning had a cockroach crawling out of his bag. Caught it out of the corner of my eye. He then flicked it on the ground but it kept going back to him, must be his pet or something! Disgusting!

Am I now a Mac and not a PC?

So I bought a computer the other day and after putting together the components I had to install an operating system. The obvious choice was Windows 7 since we already own a copy of it and the installation went quite smoothly. I then started loading the usual utilities you need for everyday use and what annoyed me first was the number of updates you have to download after the initial installation. I was in the middle of downloading my digital copy of MS Office and while I was out of the room Windows decided that it needed to reboot and I had to start the download again.

The next challenge was to install new games NJLA bought which are in Chinese. By default Windows is able to display Chinese characters in file names and in text files. But when I opened an application in Chinese it displayed all the text in funny characters. After spending some quality time on the Internet I finally worked out how to run Chinese programs properly.

I'm now happily typing on my Mac Pro where things just works. Why can't things just work in Windows? Why does it have to be so hard?

Nike+ GPS App

It's pretty cool, used it for the first time yesterday. As you can see you can tell how far you went, where you went, and your pace during the run. I can easily tell where I was struggling up a hill!

Melbourne Marathon - 10K Run

Doing the 10K run this Sunday, hope the weather will be OK. Had a trial run today after work running from city back home. Damn there are too many hills in Melbourne!

New Facebook Profile Page

Looks funky! Not sure what else you can do to it though.

Lazy or not?

Why do people wait 5 minutes for a tram then get off at the next stop to get to the train station? It's not raining either so why not just walk down the road?