us. Crap, last of my Macau import Italian expresso coffee. What am I
going to do tomorrow? :-( Starbucks here sucks and have no taste,
week and expensive. Still 5 MORE days before heading to Macau.
Instant? Somehow there is a chemical reaction between the instant
coffee and iron-wife's soy milk. Just doesn't look good when those
two mixed together. Grumpy for the next 5 days. Right.....
Then emails..... What the ... One of the servers a client used has
not been working since Sept 1. What kind of monitoring is that from
the Regina hosting company? 15 days!!!! Good thing my backup scripts
also backs up locally to a remote HD, just in case there is a dumb ass
involve in this entire hosting process. O yeah, I had to spend 2
hours investigate and then compile supporting evidence to this same
company on my client's website slow response. That was after 5 days
of this hosting company telling my client the problem was from the
webmaster updates. Bull! A reboot of the server fixed the problem.
Maybe I'll use Godaddy next! I have very good service and luck and
ROI with it.
Yes, after that mess dealing with Boston mess. Long story.....
OK 740am, I better get a move to the subway to beat the rush. I want
to get over the Century Ave to my friend's office before our 9pm
meeting with an Industrial Designer company. At last, the #2 Line
worked flawlessly this morning. It has been acting up during rush
hours. Today, it was the #3 Line that had problem. Almost to the
friend's office. Phone rang. "Will be late". No problem, I need a
refill of my caffeine intake. Costa Coffee I went.
Ah... Relaxing morning (somewhat) with a cup of Java. Kinda! The
store did not have the air con on, to save cost! Rightly so though, I
was the only customer of a 900 sq ft place. But the employees were
kind enough to turn on one overhead air con for me by the entrance.
OK. That was when I recong sweat slowing dripping from my neck to my
chest and from my neck to my lower back and from my hair dripping
almost to my cup of Java! Air con on? It was and on high. Wonder
which High as C0Mmie products always go opposite to what "common
sense" should be. After 30 minutes, ready to roll. I ordered another
cup of Java at the counter. The female employee said, too hot? I had
the fan turned on high. Ha... Really? I wonder how she could tell I
was hot? Maybe because of light blue Patagonia dress shirt looked
like StarTrack clink-on uniform? I was sweating.
Alright, at the office. No Industrial Desinger. Umm... I ended up
doing "in-house" computer support. Micros"OFF" who design your latest
market strategy on webmessenger? I only want that. Last I used it
moons ago, it was so easy. Now, I had to waste time ready the latest
exciting stuff happened and where I should be redirected to. And
above all, I still didn't get to where I want in 2 clicks! It was
OFF, way OFF the mark! So I had to download the MSN Messenger
client. Took forever. C0mMie speed. My friend''s wife definitely
got taken by her friend setting up the computers in the office. The
laptop was half and half. Meaning an English based system with
Chinese software that are crap! Yuck! I just didn't want to touch
the machine. Ah... my Mac... organized. Uniformed. Then I found out
their email server was a Chinese public freebies! Crap. How many
passwords or emails they have been "read" by others? Sometimes it
works, sometimes it doesn't...... Take your pick.
Where was the Industrial Designer?
930am, phone call. Will be late. No excuse, no explanation.
10am, showed up. Sat down. We started our discussion. Late huh.
Smell like he just got up! Chinese men are not known to be of good
hygiene. Hair all over but this time, it was the breath! Ouch! I
could smell it across the table in the meeting room. Talk about
dense!!!! Attack of the killer gas! When we asked about project
management, the supposedly project manager for the company just
blanked. Could not tell us any logical approach or anything. And you
can tell by the body language that it was not his thing. Facial
expression said it too.
Kicked them out - ever so politely after 40 minutes.
11:30am... almost home. Hungry. OK, let's try this Shanghainese
place at the Four Point mall just across the street from our
apartment. Steam juicy pork dumplings.. O.... One order of that and
Shanghainese noodle. That should not go wrong. WRONG. My noodle was
so oily, it gathered just like the People's Congress gathering. A
pool at the bottom of my bowl! Then the dumplings. I thought at
least I saved the best for last. WRONG. The dumplings were small and
not worth the money. My total bill came to RMB 54.00. I felt ripped
off.
Tummy full of grease I walked home. And decided against taking the
elevator. Felt guilty with the lunch. I took the stairs to the fifth
floor hopping every step upward would burn one drop of the grease that
I consumed.
To my To Do list for the day.
I called a courier. Not bad, she could totally understood me. Ha!
There was a bright spot today. And that was the smoothest! RMB 10.00
to send a package from our apartment to 9K away. Not bad.
Then I tried contacting two web-hosting companies inquiring about
registering Chinese keywords. No answer on Live Chat. The other phone
message saying the entire office is on lunch break. What? Huh?
Right, I was dealing with a Malaysian company based in KL. Right.
Lunch time. O yeah, lunch time in Singapore too. So the whole WWW
stops in those countries during lunch hours? Unbelievable. Sales
must be good. I had to wait until 2pm before the office was staffed.
2pm!!!! My whole day was over by then!
I am proud to announced that I am an official member of Linux
Foundation now. Paid the due, joined the Linkin group, got the T-
shirt (on order) and my own personal email address:
damiaolo(at)Linux.com (I think).
And I am also a member of PayPal. Wow, so many holes. How much info
does it store and how it safe guard your data? I am concerned. And
so should you all using it!!!
I paid for my Shanghai Game Development Conference tutorials and
summits CAD 85.00; the next level up for 2 more days of conference and
talks would have bumped up the price to CAD 1,000.00 or so. I think
NOT!
A little over 2pm, I called the Malaysian company. She tried talking
to me in English then request talking to Mandarin and Cantonese; but
she was equally bad on the language. She kept tell me if I would be
interested in become a partner. I said, I ONLY want to apply for
Chinese keywords. Somehow she just couldn't get it; and then she
tried to up-sell me to a premier partner. Hey lady! Give me what I
want! I hung up. Did the Live Chat with Singapore. Tried twice
before getting thru. Easier and much more straight forward. Will get
my client to register tomorrow. Site visit..... My walk again....
After an ever seemingly exhaustive actions dealing with idiots, gym.
40 minutes on the treadmill. No problem. Just wait till tomorrow
afternoon. PT time! My thighs are still sore from two days ago! And
I thought I was fit. Right. Come to think about it, I have not taken
any of my gut ranching Arthritic meds for over 3 weeks. Wow, how time
flies. Only minor soreness on my wrists. Doctors don't approve
that. Seems so far physical activities and daily gym workout helps.
Not just my body but my pocket book. Let see what long term damage I
have by not taking my meds religiously. With meds = no babies. Might
not be a bad thing considering the high cost of living in this hyper
inflated country/city.
Calm before the storm. Italian veggie pasta tonight. Quick and easy.
Iron-wife back. Raining out there. Meal ready to serve. Drip,
drip... that sound. must be the rain.
drip drip drip drip. So close, must be the upstair neighbour's drain
from the rain.
drip drip drip drip.... ummm.... sounded like from the inside.
I looked and looked... AGGGGHHHHHHHH...... The watercooler!!!! It's
streaming water at a speed faster than the commie control download
speed. AGGGHHH>.. A pool was gathering next to the fridge and next
to the power bar!!!! Flash light. The storage room light was so
conveniently went dark!!!! I had to unplug everything with a Magna
Torch. Canadian import from Costco. Still works after 2 years! I
cleaned, dried and emptied the cooler. Half a bottle! Down to the
floor. Had to get the fridge power on again. Otherwise, more water
from the defrost process. My trained emergency response skill
acquired from the "the site is down, the site is down" days! Ha..
Place is cleaned and ready for operation in 20 minutes.
Tomorrow, order new water bottles and buy a new cooler. Another task
to a day that I hope I could have catch a breath. No such luck.
Maybe another visit to M&S for some nice Sapphire Gin.
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