| Buying Tickets |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|01:42 pm] |
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Buying tickets at the ticket counter
ME: i would like 5 tickets please, i understand you have 4 seats on row B and 4 seats on row C
TC: yes, that's right
ME: can you give me 3 on row B and 2 on row C please
TC: *checks her screen* or how about i give you 2 on row B and 3 on row C
ME: no, i would prefer to have 3 on row B and 2 on row C
TC: yah....... that's what i said....... 3 on row B and 2 on row C
Both: -_-" |
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| Question |
[Nov. 10th, 2009|07:13 am] |
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Question on behalf of my aunt........
Does anyone know how i can get a 2-week complimentary gym pass? |
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| Go-Live |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|09:22 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | tired | ] |
Today, my almost 1 year old project went live. That means it....... is now alive :x
Before this is was......... not alive yet (???) Haiyah, i dunno what u laymen call it lah.
OH OH TWISS TWISS!!!!! I KNOW LIAO....... today, my 1 year old project was launched.
There.
Yesterday did not want to go back office one. But when i found out wat happened, i felt it necessary to go back and lend support to Gym Colleague. Before we went live (i mean before launching), we did some clean up of our data so that when it was consolidated, it would be relatively free of errors. But to my horror, the system has to pull both the new and old data which meant we had to still manually clean the old data yesterday :(
Expecting things not to go well today, had to drag myself into office at 9.30am to chart our progress. Fortunately, it went smoothly today and could sneak out for 2 hours to lunch with the guys.
Did not get much sleep last night..... now so sleeeeeeeeeeeepy |
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| Pick-me-ups |
[Nov. 5th, 2009|09:09 pm] |
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Working late tonight cos my project is going live this weekend.
Totally stressed out today cos we ran into a problem at 5pm and had to call an emergency meeting with numerous experts to solve the problem....... haha, just like Apollo 13 if you watched the movie.
And no, problem not solved. But told boss we shall thread on regardless as there is a work-around for the problem. And if that was not enough, i have to finish off another 2 important task tonight. Lost steam after completing the 1st task and searched desperately for a pick-me-up to tide me thru the 2nd task.
Fortunately, i found my pick-me-up...... a cold ribena and christmas carols.
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we've no place to go, let it snow let it snow let it snow......... |
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| Complex Passwords |
[Nov. 4th, 2009|10:19 pm] |
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| | geeky | ] |
Wrote this article for my company newsletter. Thought that it may be useful for some of you
=== COMPLEX PASSWORDS ===
Cracking of a password means to break it by guessing what it is. Crackers do that in order to gain unauthorised access to data or transactions which they do not have legitimate access to.
With advanced technologies these days, crackers use automated tools to assist them in cracking passwords. Such tools already have dictionary words fed into them, and the cracker is additionally able to feed in personal information of a victim such as date of birth, NRIC number, phone numbers, address, car license plates and family members' names. The automated tools are then able to use a combination of these words and phrases to try cracking the victim's password(s).
Failing the above, the automated tool will then start a brute force attack which means it tries every possible combination of a password until the password is cracked. In other words, all passwords can be cracked. To prevent this, IT Department already configured our critical systems to lock out passwords after 6 unsuccessful tries.
What about for other systems that does not allow locking? How do we protect ourselves from password cracking?
First of all, we should never use dictionary words nor passwords which are easily guessed.
Passwords containing personal information such NRIC, date of birth, phone numbers etc should also be avoided.
Instead, we should always use complex passwords that employ a combination of upper and lower case alphabets, as well as numbers and special characters. These passwords are hard to crack, which in turn may discourage the cracker from investing too much time and effort to crack them.
The table below illustrates how difficult it is to crack a 8-character password:
( Table...... ) |
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| Spoilers Please |
[Nov. 1st, 2009|08:01 pm] |
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| |  curious | ] |
Was watching the re-run of MediaCorp's Reunion Dinner on channel 8 this afternoon.
I can't catch next week's episodes, so can someone tell me what happened to Chen LiPing's hubby, Louis, after he jumped down? Did he die or did something miraculous happened?
The scene reminded me of an incident that happened to my friend's mum. They stayed on the highest floor, and one day, someone knocked on her front door. When she went to see who it was, the old lady jumped off the parapet to her death. |
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| MJ's This Is It |
[Oct. 30th, 2009|04:25 pm] |
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Going to watch Michael Jackson This Is It movie tonight......
I scared i cry |
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| Happiness |
[Oct. 30th, 2009|01:58 pm] |
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Ah....... the joys of being an elder brother, being 照顾-ed of by a younger brother
:) |
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| Mahjong Rules (noun) |
[Oct. 27th, 2009|09:03 pm] |
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| |  blah | ] |
OK, this is a MAHJONG entry..... if u got no interest in the topic, just continue reading your other friends' entries and skip this one
( Continued Here...... ) |
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| Public Service Announcement |
[Oct. 26th, 2009|09:38 am] |
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Hi All,
This is a public service announcement.......
CHRISTMAS IS LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AWAY.......
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE |
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| Mahjong |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|08:36 pm] |
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So it started with 2 bai pan, 2 qing fa and 1 hong zhong. And immediately, i was thinking, could this be it?
I drew in a bai pan, and another qing fa. Was lucky to kong the bai pan, and the pleasant surprise came when i drew in my 2nd hong zhong.
First time winning a da san yuan.
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OK, here is a question for you experts. We were playing with this French Guy who said that if someone drew in all 8 flowers, the game is over and don't need to continue playing liao.
Eh....... got such thing meh. This is the first time that i hear leh. |
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| You're In Love by Wilson Philips |
[Oct. 23rd, 2009|09:42 am] |
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While in the office last night, i decided to listen to some of my forgotten tracks and came across this one. The chorus is SOOOOOOO SADDDDDDD.
Some Wilson Philips trivia, the trio are all daughters of The Beach Boys band.
"You're In Love" by Wilson Philips
Open the door and come in
I'm so glad to see you my friend
Don't know how long it has been
Having those feelings again.
And now I see that you're so happy
And ooh, it just sets me free, and I'd like to see
Us as good of friends, as we used to be
[Chorus:]
Aah, my love, Aah
You're in love, that's the way
It should be, 'cause I want you to be happy
You're in love, and I know
That you're not in love with me
Ooh it's enough for me to know
That you're in love, now I'll let you go
'Cause I know, that you're in love
Sometimes it's hard to believe
That you're never coming back to me
I've had this dream that you'd always be by my side
Oh I could have died.
But now I see that you're so happy
And ooh, it just sets me free, and I'd like to see
Us as good of friends, as we used to be
[Chorus]
I tried to find you but you were so far away
I was praying that fate would bring you back to me
Someday, someday, someday, someday... Ooh, you're in love
Ooh it's enough for me to know
That you're in love, now I'll let you go
'Cause I know that you're in love |
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| Project Manager |
[Oct. 22nd, 2009|06:47 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | work | ] |
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| | annoyed | ] |
We had a group of consultants here who were studying our processes, and the discussions were headed my our acting department head (Ah Mah) while big boss is away
Consultant: do you assign a project manager to each of your projects?
Ah Mah: of course, of course, each project got a project manager, that is the person we hang what, hur hur hur hur hur hur
-_-" |
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| Dessert |
[Oct. 21st, 2009|11:21 pm] |
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X: can I request creamy island for dessert?
X: apple pie and cendol ice cream.....
oh -_-"
luckily got redundancy. in which case, this wasn't redundant at all. |
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| PSLE Maths |
[Oct. 20th, 2009|12:03 pm] |
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| | confused | ] |
Got these off ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) garethcarrot, this year's PSLE math questions...... i dunno how to solve them, but yet, i know all the answers:
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QUESTION: 6/14 of the chairs in a hall are in rows of 13. Half of the chairs are in rows of 7. There are 112 more chairs in rows of 7. The rest of the chairs are stacked up. Find the total number of chairs. (5marks)
ANSWER: Where is the hall? I'll go there and count the chairs
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QUESTION: Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim's sweets to chocolates became 1 : 7 and the ratio of Ken's sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?
ANSWER: Count the amount of sweets Ken currently has and multiply by 2
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QUESTION: String of 2 big balloons is 90cm
String of 5 small balloons is 1.2m
If both strings are of the same length, there would be 105 more small balloons than the big balloons. How many balloons are there altogether?
ANSWER: you said 2 big balloons and 5 small balloons, that makes 7 DUH.
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QUESTION: Mei and Lin were in a bicycle race. Mei was travelling at a constant speed of 20km/hr and they both did not change their speed. When Lin completed half the race, Mei was 3.5km ahead. Mei completed the race at 10.45am. What time did Lin complete the race?
ANSWER: Lin did not complete the race...... so far behind, no point liao lah |
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| Happiness |
[Oct. 20th, 2009|08:04 am] |
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YAY...... i'm so happy
My foreign currency fixed deposit just made 10% profit on exchange rate difference. And that is only after 4.5 months :) |
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| Project Pangarap 2009 |
[Oct. 19th, 2009|07:46 pm] |
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OK, i shall now do my bit for charity.
This is Edmund's charity thingie.
Ahem ahem.
Project Pangarap, which means Project Dream, involves building houses for typhoon victims in the Philippines. 18 students from SMU will be flying over there to lend their labour to the construction of 20 new houses, library decoration and teaching english to kids.
Why they allow singaporeans to go teach english is beyond me lah........
Anyways, i think life has treated us well here in singapore, and i really cannot imagine being poor until i dun have a roof over my head. And these 18 students not only are going there to do manual labour, they need to raise funds to sponsor their trips as well. So i ask of you, if you like chocolates and can afford it monetarily and metabolically, please place an order today.
Procedure
1. The order form is in the link, please click to see what chocolates are on offer.
https://www.yousendit.com/download/Z01NT2pIT2JTRTd2Wmc9PQ
2. I will consolidate the order so leave a comment here and transfer the money to Posbank savings account 091-12347-9
3. Orders and payment need to be in by this Friday 5.30pm. I will take delivery of the chocolates next week and will arrange to meet up with you somewhere in town. If i do not have your contact number, please send it to me by private message. |
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| Work - Life Balance |
[Oct. 16th, 2009|02:45 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | blah | ] |
Gah...... i got so much work that even if i work tomo and sunday, i also won't be able to finish.
Then yesterday worked from 8am to 10pm
Took half an hour for lunch and half an hour for dinner
Got home msn a bit, showered, then continued working again
Where is my work-life balance then?
If i dun finish my work....... i'll surely die
There...... work-life balance lor :( |
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| Passwords |
[Oct. 15th, 2009|04:48 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | work | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | stressed | ] |
Oh no..... my password expires tomorrow, what new password should i choose? |
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