I don’t want to hurt people, but my orders are to restore the peace. April 16, 2009
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This entry is inspired by topic number A7747741 on www.pantip.com
Last week was a tough week for Thai people, mostly people who live in Bangkok like me. There was a protesters gathering in every major junctions which cause traffic in Bangkok pretty much paralyzed, government declare state of emergency and extra public holidays on last Friday afterward. 4-11 April supposed to be a wonderful Songkran festival but instead we have riot and extensive state of emergency in Bangkok. Instead of hanging out with my high school friends and have good time in Songkran festival, I had to stay at home because there is protesters everywhere. At least that allows me to play more FF11 and make good money off ANNM I guess, oh well. The situation ends on 14, April and government announce extra public holidays on 16-17 April, too bad this isn’t affected my company and I still have to go to work on that day anyway.
At very least one good thing that came out of this is zero casualty. Protesters were dispersed by troops, bus wrecks are removed, street has been cleared and now peace in Bangkok is starting to be restored. I’m not going to point any figure here, I’m not a political type and I don’t like to talk about it, I’m just happy because finally I can live my life again.
Lastly, I found this picture in topic I mention above and really like it, pretty much self explanatory.
picture from topic number A7747741 on www.pantip.com
Cell Phone Battery Explodes, Kills a Salaryman April 7, 2009
Posted by justafatcat in RL, Thoughts.Tags: Cellphone Battery
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Not really, I lie. I have read and seen some report about cellphone battery explodes and did severe damage to people, at first it will start expanding and followed by exploding. This never been my concern because all of case I heard about are related to using fake/cheap/unofficial battery, I’m using official one that comes with the phone when I bought it couple years ago so I always thought I’m off the hook.
Last Friday I notice there is new strange icon appears on my cellphone screen, I never come across that icon before and don’t know what it for so I’m worried because I’m using company SIM card on my cellphone so if I happen to register some stupid service or ads. I’m not aware of I’ll be charge by my company for the service fee. I ask around and no one happen to know what the icon is so I borrow my co-worker cellphone and try to put my SIM card in and see if the icon appear on his cellphone too or not.
I remove a cover in the back of cellphone and notice that my battery look much like a Dorayaki, yeah my batter is bloated and give a feeling of it can explode at any minute. If you aren’t familiar with Dorayaki hopefully this gives you an idea.
a Dorayaki
Scary huh? I basically never remove my SIM card nor battery since I put them in when I bought it, if I did I probably notice this earlier and less panic. I took a battery off immediately and ask a co-worker if he ever saw something like this before, surprisingly enough he said he did -_- He told me that one of his friend on other floor have exact same battery like mine and recommended me buy new now as soon as possible. So I went to another floor and ask that his friend and she was like wow why you keep it this bloated, I told him I never check it before and it was like 2 years or so? she laughed ._.
I went to mall on Sunday to buy new battery. Official Nokia shop told me new battery cost 1,950 Baht (roughly $56) wow seriously?, that cost like 1/3 of what I paid my cellphone for. Well I flee the scene quickly before he goes get one from warehouse for me. My GF said if you are going to buy that overpriced battery you better buy a new phone, 2,000 Baht for a battery is insane. I decide to take a look at local made version and found one for my model which cost 450 Baht (roughly $13) plus 6 month guarantee and 100,000 Baht (roughly $2,860) compensation if it happen to explodes ._.
I was like what the hell, local made is 4X cheaper and my current battery last about 2 years even if this new battery happen to breaks or something I still can buy up to 4 in 2 years with less than I pay for official battery, just hope it doesn’t explode even it does I still get a compensation, well hope it explodes but I’m not around is the best.
Morale of story would be check your cellphone battery once in a while or it might explodes out of no where!
Salaryman Evolved into Administrator April 2, 2009
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Last month was one of the most busiest period in my work life. I implement Active Directory for my company, head office and both of factory sites. Join computers to domain doesn’t take much time but I can do it only when users are not at their work station so either lunch break or after work, well of course I pick first choice, me an my co-worker spend 5 days to finally join all computers in head office and 2 days for 2 factory sites.
We still let users use local account until everything on domain is prepared for them which will be done in couple days from now, this allows me to find out that our users have less knowledge about computers and observation than I think ._. The very next day after I join their computer to domain they will call my department and scream why they are unable to use their computer or some go as far as I break their computer, yeah IT always one to be blamed when something relates to computer is happening anyway. What make it worst is ALL of those case users scream at me is they didn’t bother to look at their username or where they log on to (domain versus local computer) thus they can’t log on, seem everything I told them that they need to look carefully before log on or have to make sure their screen will look exactly like what I show them (I show them where their username will be put on and pick local computer instead of domain) doesn’t get into their head, not one bit -_-
I spend this week and half of next week (likely) installing application for users (almost all of thier daily used application such like ERP system are installed per user, so when switch to domain account I need to install for those user account again ._.) migrate user profiles and working on GPO. We will make users start using their domain account next week, I expect to get a lot of angry call this time.
Life goes on February 12, 2009
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The recent event is forcing me to make an adjustment to my plan once again. First I don’t have a Nyzul Isle assault static party anymore, I’m still deciding what should I do next. I still want some piece of armor from Nyzul assault but giving my circumstance I don’t think I’ll able to join or keep up with another Nyzul set party anymore, this leaves me with one choice which is join random shouting run. I’m not comfortable with shouting run for one simple reason, I pretty much live in JST time and can’t speak fluent Japanease is cockblocking me from join 90% of shouting run in my time because they are Japanese and they don’t want gaijin in their party. Although I somewhat understand them, I figure because Nyzul requires decent communication in lamps objective floor so they don’t want to rely on auto-translate function to give coordination in party and risk the chance of fail the run because this gaijin couldn’t understand what they told him to do. But hey I manage to join few of Japanese shouting run before and thing wasn’t that bad.
Now without Nyzul assault static party I’ll have 4 more assault tags each week and can work on getting Captain rank (a little) easier. I used to have to 4 tags saved for weekend for Nyzul run and can’t spend them during weekend because it won’t recharge fast enough or at best if I time it right I can spend 1 during weekend and have another one ready for Sunday run. Now I can spend them freely in weekend, weekend is matter because it is only time of the week I meet almost all of my friends and can ask/beg/force/harass them to help with some assault run. Sadly this helps only just a little because the bigger problem is finding people for assault run, anyway this give me more opportunity at least.
I think I’ll try to get into shouting Nyzul run on weekday and spend couples of tags to do Lamia 13 run on Thursday or Friday if I can’t get any Nyzul run on Monday to Wednesday so I won’t waste those tag. Also try to work on assault I need on weekend with left over tag, at worst I’ll have 4 tags left on Sunday and have to do 4 run Lamia 13 >.>
Second my little static party for duo NM in MMM daily is finished as well. Our daily MMM run has been slowed down since early of February so this might due without the recent event anyway. I don’t think I’ll bother with dual box for NM fight because obviously I can duo only weak NM and to do so I have to remove a lot of rune out of my maze set up and that (theorically) will decrease drop rate of weapon/armor so I don’t think it will worth my time and effort. As for marble farming run I won’t bother with them anymore as well, I have pretty much all rune sans couples job and crafting rune which I could careless about them and I don’t need more marble since other buyable runes seem don’t have any effect on drop at all. Hurray for more free time each day I suppose ._. Hopefully I still can do NM fight in weekend thought since I want couple pieces from MMM still, let’s see this how it is this weekend!
Another Entry About TV Shows January 20, 2009
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I’m in situation that I watch all good TV show I have already and they don’t release new season of it on DVD yet so I’m struck with random new show which most of them (IMO) suck. I watch first few episode and don’t like them much so I move on to next title and same thing happen, now I run out of show to watch -_-
Recently Finished
Bones Season 3
I finished the last episode of Bones season 3 couple days ago, it good season finale but I got spoiled few months ago when read discussion thread about this season on local forum and one of the reply just blatantly spoil the episode without any warning so I wasn’t excited at it as much as I should. I like Bones, it become my favorite criminal/police show instead of CSI after I finish the first season of it, well Criminal Mind and Number come close thought. I like just about everything in it, chemistry of character, plotting and dialog, all of them are just awesome. Can’t wait to see season 4 ._.
Chuck Season 1
This show is really fun. I start watching this one because I was waiting on Lost season 4 DVD releases and find its poster somewhat funny, also some people recomend it on forum so I decide to give it a shot. Needless to say it was a worth it, I like Chuck and his funny scary action that comes up here and there. John Casey is funny as well, I like Adam Baldwin since he was starring in Firefly, shame that the show got canceled. Oh and Sara is hot and attractive, although I don’t like her teeth much but at least it isn’t something ugly like Anna Paquin’s -_- Also can’t wait to see next season, every episode of this show give me a lot of laugh!
Heroes Season 2
Here comes a disappointment, this season is made of fail. I sort of like Heroes first season because it is something new, I like how they link character together and how they named their episode. What I don’t like is progression of story is slow and some character is boring such like Niki and Claire, Niki can be tolerated because Ali Larter is hot but in Claire case Hayden Panettiere and her muscular body is just too much for me and it get worst in second season. Peter, don’t make me start on Peter, he is totally tool in this season I can’t believe he has all those abilities and possibly the most powerful character yet he has so little intelligence he can’t think for himself, not a one bit. Only thing that keep me entertained while watching this show is Hiro and his storyline really.
Lost Season 4
Lost still maintain its “Lost quality” I guess, fun and impressive like usual although this season doesn’t have much twist and pretty damn confusing in the first with random flash forward and flashback which sometime I don’t know which one is forward or backward ._. The most interesting character in this season if I have to pick one would be Ben, he got everything planned and every time when he seem to get owned he manage to owns those people instead, like every time. I really looking forward to see season 5 of Lost because I really want to know what is in the creator mind, hopefully they don’t trap themselves in the end though.
Grey’s Anatomy Season 4
Still a fun show, not as much as first and second season thought but it still good. Surprisingly my most favorite character of this season is Dr. Sloan, Mark Sloan in this season doesn’t become emotional retarded like the most of character and his joke/humor is awesome. I almost fast forward through scene of George-Izzie things because they are annoying. I used to like George, George in first and second season is funny but after he change his hair style it is like all fun gone with his hair and he become just annoying emotional bambi since.
Currently Watching
Samantha Who? Season 1
I stop at episode 2 because of it was very boring, totally not my type. Maybe someone can shed a light on this one? it will get better after awhile? or the show has something more than Samantha randomly discover this, discover that, I mean I like the plot of Samantha lose her memory but this is not a type I expect to see. I thought it was like Samantha somehow get into something big and some people try to erase her memory but failed and she figure something out later, somewhat spy style show!
Private Practice Season 1
I like Dr. Addison from Grey’s Anatomy but I don’t like her in Private Practice somehow. I admit I only watch the first episode of this show so I can’t say for the whole of it but it gives me this boring already. Oh now I remember I didn’t even finish the first episode, I just stop after around 30 minutes into it because it was just too boring >.>
Any recommended show to watch? I’m thinking about getting Damages next, hopefully it is good 
Salaryman Versus Artwork January 13, 2009
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My coworker asked me last week if I can make logo and banner for our company 11th anniversary campaign, actually we have graphic designer in our office but somehow he doesn’t want to ask her. Well I maybe won’t ask her to do anything too, last time I asked her to make banner for our E-commerce website she ask me to make note to her supervisor and go through “process” and now I still don’t get anything back yet. Maybe she is doing it right but it is way too annoying just for 12 banners that last whole year ._. now I’m thinking I’ll do it myself when I have free time (which I tend to have a lot of free time lately).
Anyway my coworker doesn’t give me anything to work on much beside he requires our company name and 11th anniversary in the logo, I made some and none of them hit his satisfactory spot yet. Here are some of them.
Any comment?
Happiness, Suffering, Miracle and Euthanasia December 30, 2008
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WARNING: Some part of this entry might contains a spoiler of Happy Birthday movie, although most of you who read this entry isn’t going to watch it but I add this just in case!
I went to theater with my GF yesterday, there was so many people there it was like some rule that everyone must go to theater on Sunday afternoon. I plan to watch The Day The Earth Stood Still because the poster are so awesome and I’m (sort of) Keanu Reeves plus there is Jennifer Connelly in it, it was like awesome mixed of awesomeness! Unfortunately the earliest show we could get is 8.30PM which is way too late for us. We decide to watch another Thai movie called “Happy Birthday” instead, actually maybe just my GF that want to watch it ._.
I’m always skeptical when it comes to Thai movie, can call me racist or bias lol but every time I watch Thai movie it was either bored or disappointed. I watch trailer of this movie before, it was like tragic love story or some sort which exactly not my type -.- Anyway the movie is so-so but it has a lot of nice scenery in it some of which I don’t even know it exist in Thailand, also it got me thinking about something in the story.
What you are going to do if someone you love is suffered from brain death. This type of plot been used over and over before but I believe no one really know what is the right answer, the right answer might not even exist at all.
First half of the movie is all about a guy meet a girl and develop their relationship, funny story and a lot of beautiful scenery but that stop when the girl got into a car crash accident while she was on the way to meet her boy friend who sitting in the coffee shop across the street, watching his girl friend got hit by a car with his very own eyes. She was taken to hospital and few days later her doctor told her parent that she is suffered from brain death. Obviously the man’s world is collapsed, he still doesn’t give up hope that his girl friend is still alive and she will get well some day. He asked her parent to give him a right to take care of their daughter.
The man start losing his saving, his car and his furniture because he need money to take care of his girl friend. Now he is going to lose his social life, his friend and his job too because he couldn’t left her alone at the house when he suppose to go to work, afraid of something might happen to her when he wasn’t there. At this point I wonder that he doesn’t get the fact that his girl won’t wake up again, she can’t be fixed no matter how hard he try.
One day the girl’s parent show up and ask for him to let their daughter goes because they don’t want to see her daughter suffer anymore, of course the man doesn’t accept it. They take it to the court and of course the man lose the case and next thing he know is he standing in front of OR room (or some thing) looking at parent say good bye to their daughter.
Will you let her goes?
Euthanasia or mercy killing is the right thing to do? I know state of brain death can’t be fixed, no one will recovery from it, it is the end but if those people were wrong? If miracle does exist? I’ll regret decision of pulling the plug to stop her from suffering? Can I live with this guilt feeling that I didn’t do my best to save her?
Will you do your best to keep her alive?
Even you know that she won’t wake up? Maybe some day some one will discover how to cure people who suffered from brain death state? You really do this because you want her to get better or just don’t want to feel the guilty of not taking care of her? So who actually you do this for? person you love or yourself?
I start thinking about it and realize that euthanasa is probably the best for everyone, but I don’t think I’m brave enough to do that and never will. If this happen to me instead and I suffered from brain death, I’m pretty sure I want to die. I don’t want to stay here and cause more pain to people around me, I don’t want to stay and give them false hope, I also don’t think they are brave enough to let me go.
Supervisory Skills Development Program, Rant? December 23, 2008
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I attend a training course called “Supervisory Skills Development Program” last week, the training last 2 days Friday and Saturday. When I first heard about this training program I have been assigned to attend I’m not much interested because I thought it was just another sort of “fake” program that I wouldn’t get anything from beside internal chit-chat and some theory which I’m pretty sure it will be forgotten within a matter of days, also have to attend course in Saturday isn’t appealing at all.
I’m pretty confident to call myself a “real” salary man at this very moment, I’m not doing anything much in my life beside this retarded cycle of wake-work-sleep which one of my friend prefers SSDD (Same Shit Different Day) term. One thing I’m certain is I don’t learn much from this job, 2 years and a half into this job and I still doubt myself dealing with things any better than when I was recruited. We are supposed to learn something when you are working right? that is something the job offers us not just a pay check, this topic always come up when I meet with my old group of school friend where we will talk about how each other doing, what job you are doing and what is it do for you. Every time I was like umm I’m ok with this job, if you ask me I have fun doing the job? Yes I do and I don’t mind doing it for awhile but they usually ask if I get anything from it that will improves myself, to be a experience for me when I grown up and move on to a bigger thing? I doubt it.
Those type of conversation always make me feel bad, depressing to be exact. It is like I waste my time running in the circle circuit. When I realize I’m no where far from where I started, time is up.
However the training turn out OK, I learn something new, get some perspective and it was sort of fun. The tutor also did a great job. I still doubt that I’ll use those stuff I learned to improve my daily job or myself, or it will be just another in one ear, out the other.
Somewhere I belong, or not belong. December 15, 2008
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I decide to leave my linkshell few days ago. I admit it is probably a rush decision but after reconsider it again and again past few days, talking to my friends, I think it is best for me to leave, so that is the end of my journey with Lunarians. It is a kind of frightening when I’m thinking about it. I’m in the linkshell for almost 4 years and now I’m not, I don’t have blue circle in front of my name anymore. I still don’t think much about what I’m going to do next, probably just same crafting, farming routine and get back to Dynamis and Einherjar. I probably drop crafting and farming for a bit because there is almost no point to make money right now and I don’t feel really well so it is a good to take sometime off.
I’m thinking about other options for me to get chance to do some stuff I want, obviously join another HNMLS isn’t an option because I don’t want to. I asked few of my friend about their Dynamis linkshell if I could tag along and they are OK with it so that is a start, another thing I want to get back to is Einherjar but option is very limited right now. Only viable option for me is JP shouting linkshell which they do Einherjar around 10PM my time, I’ll have to ask their leader again if there is still a spot open or not. It is a bit late for me to attend, if they say they start at 10PM then they probably need like another hour to gathering and actually enter around 11PM so it is a good chance for me to get to bed at midnight ._.
Another thing that I’m worry about is my static Nyzul run. I have bad feeling about it and I think it will fall apart sometime soon. We still have problem that people don’t show up on time while there are couple members who really serious about time because they have real life stuff to deal with after, I don’t care much about this thought because it is like 1AM when we start so obviously I don’t have anything else to do beside go back to bed. I’m convincing myself I understand them although it is a kind of frustrated sometimes it happens.
I probably don’t have any juicy update for awhile though until I manage to get things settled again. Time will tells.
Tea Lo Su Waterfall Trip November 27, 2008
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Being a qualified salary man I don’t get a chance to go on vacation much, in fact last vacation I remember is probably almost 8 months ago which I went to some mountain resort with my school friend. Probably not a vacation since I went for 2 days and not traveling or anything, we stay at resort drink and play Winning Eleven (Football game on PS2) rise and repeat. My GF asked me if I want to join her trip to Tea Lo Su Waterfall with her friend (mostly college friend, which I don’t know any of them except one), why not?
Tea Lo Su is northern version of Thai language means Black Waterfall (Tea Lo means Waterfall, Su means Black), this waterfall held 6th the biggest waterfall in Asia rank. I never been there before but heard story about it alot, being one of the most beautiful waterfall in Thailand and Asia. Our trip was scheduled on 14 -17 November, I have to take 17th off but no problem with me since I still have 6 days left in my day off quota (if you find that is very little, I had 3 days for my quota in my first year in the job)
My GF told me a sleeping bag and coat is a must since it will be very cold there, not a good start I guess but I’m not too worried because I have an ultimate jacket I wear at office sometime which always make me look like a retarded snowman in it, but hey it does the job keep me warm! as for sleeping bag, I don’t have sleeping bag and I hate sleeping bag. I’m a big fan of blanket but again I supposed I have no choice but bring one since obviously I can’t fit in my GF sleeping bag and I can’t bring my favorite blanket with me. Luckily I find out my cousin has one so I can borrow his.
I start packing after got off work on Friday, not really prepared right? Anyway it took less time than I thought, I brought 4 T-Shirts, 2 Shorts, bathroom stuff and some pills, took me few tires to put them all in my backpack thought. I feel like if I open it everything inside will pop up and I won’t be able to put those stuff back in again. Almost 12 hours sitting in van isn’t exactly the best and definitely not a good start for me on this trip. I also got a bad headache and almost threw up because the way is too uh I don’t know if I can explain it right, it has way too many up and down slope, way too many curves and me sitting in the back of the van isn’t helping at all. Oh well I survive at least.
We get to resort on Saturday around 9AM, have breakfast and rush to some boat ride after since we are really behind the schedule. We are supposed to get to resort around 7AM lol. We meet our guide, Sam, at resort and sit in the back of 4×4 truck to river where our boat ride start, our guide is uh fatfuck? but he does know his shit well and good at Winning Eleven (We figure that out in the evening) Oh and he has a lot of humor too, although most of his joke is somewhat require a lot of translation (bad).
Our guide, Sam
We ride a boat along the Mea Klong river, supposed to travel to one of northern people village to see anothe waterfall there. I can tell you this is very boring, at first it is fun at all to see cliff/wood/whatever from the boat but it get boring very easy. I guess because after first 25 minutes everything is just about same. Unfortunately I can’t leave mid-way, I suppose I can but I’m not up for swimming back to where we start or climb up the mountain in middle of no where. So I struck in this stupid boat for 6 hours, yes SIX hour in this goddamn boat. We get to the village around 6PM, spend another 30minutes to the waterfall. The waterfall is indeed beautiful, unfortunately (again) I’m dumb and forget to bring battery for my camera so I don’t have any photo of it -_-
