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Thursday, June 24, 2004

Why do I need to care about BIG_ENDIAN or LITTLE_ENDIAN?

After that 400++ line procedure, that phd student is again throw me codes that carry all the "<<", ">>", "|" and "&". It compiles nicely on Sun, but segfault on intel machine. It was though to be the problem of BIG_ENDIAN and LITTLE_ENDIAN. I was just thinking, why can't we code in the normal, human-readable way?

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Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Gmail's reply to my "recommendation"

Receiving this kinda "standard" reply made me a little disappointed. *sigh* ---------------------------------------- Hello, Thank you for your message. At this time, Gmail is in a limited test period. We are currently working to add a number of features. We thank you for your feedback, and look forward to announcing new features as they become available. Sincerely, The Gmail Team Original Message Follows: ------------------------ From: xxxxxx@gmail.com Subject: Handling of forwarded mails Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 05:57:50 -0000 Sometime forwarded mails are treated as an attachment of html. It would be nice to display them inline, rather than downloading the html. ref: Mozilla Mail IssueType: bug

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Monday, June 21, 2004

My first free and easy Macau trip

Going to Macaus with my friend this weekend. But seriously speaking, I'm not that interested in going Casino, since the expected gains of the games are all known to be nagetive... But I really look forward to look around macau. The trip is supposed to be 3 days, from Sat to Mon. Going to have presentation on next tusday, may need to go come back on Sunday. =(

-- mr blog

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remember to click on some nice photos!

u'll surely impress the genome inst guys with your em.

Blow ouT
By Anonymous, at 6/24/2004 06:35:58 PM  



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Friday, June 18, 2004

First Rejection.

My sister told me, "there's a letter for you, from hospital". I said, "shit~~~". This is offically, though not technically, my first rejection letter? My heart sank for 2 minutes. Look at the bright side. I'll have a hard time considering to go for it or not, if I got them to accept me. This led me to think further, can I still go along this track? Or am I a good-for-nothing?

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Yahoo or Google???

Google seems very aggresive, gives 1000M email quota. Yahoo dun want to lose out, giving 100M. Which one should I choose? Should I get back to Yahoo, with my nice userid "nlho", or the gmail xxxxxxxxxxx ??

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Thursday, June 17, 2004

Search for the next...

Hasn't been looking into new job these 2 weekss. But happen to see many advertisements like this... Someone told me that he's paranoid of doing this kinda of job again. But do we have a choice? Or can we do something different?
Requirements:

* Degree holder in Computer Science or related disciplines
* 3-5 years post-qualification experience in system analysis and design, internet application development and system integrations
* Proficient in Visual Basic, PHP/ASP/JSP/Servlet and Oracle SQL
* Experience on unix system administration will be an advantage
* Hands-on IT project management experience
* Self-motivated, strong analytical skills and interpersonal skills

Job Duties:
Involved in the full SDLC and project management including

* Collect and study user requirement
* Conduct system analysis
* Prepare functional and technical specifications
* Lead the development of application
* Coordinate and conduct UAT
* Conduct user training and on-going support


-- mr blog

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Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Will I screw it up? Or, will I smoke through the way?

Got that email on presentation of a seminar on Bioinfo to the genome institude. It's stressing me up, since I'll need to make sure my program (actually, not EXACTLY written by me) doesn't screw up. If that program is by me, I'll have at least a bit more confidence, but not this time.

-- mr blog

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hehehee... when u mention this gnome thing to me, at first i tot u r referring to the mandrake ide. now then i realize u r referring to genome.

Blow ouT
By schemer, at 6/17/2004 05:20:32 PM  

Mr BLOW,

Thank you. now corrected.
By HonL, at 6/17/2004 05:29:40 PM  



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Tuesday, June 15, 2004

This no-pride thing...

I'm doing a no-pride thing again, out of deperation and bordom. I finally declare that I can't do anything to the code. I'm going to base on the original code but only modify the displaying part.

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Do I only talk to people far away?

Oh... this evening, I saw Alan on icq. He rarely goes online on ICQ, so I just sent him a hello-bye message. Got his reply... from CMU! CMU has been a name that is recently most talked-about.

-- mr blog

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He's supposed to be my only hope of sourcing for an accommodation. otherwise, i'll be homeless when i arrive. god bless.
By schemer, at 6/17/2004 05:21:49 PM  

How about T^2 's place for say one or two night?
By HonL, at 6/17/2004 05:34:02 PM  

i believe she's away on intern with ibm in boston. not sure whether she'll be back. she's really very busy.

Blow ouT
By schemer, at 6/19/2004 04:13:51 PM  



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Saturday, June 12, 2004

Am I Lost?

At 3:28am, and I couldn't sleep. I feel lost. I can do my work on my laptop, until knock down. Is this going to be my destiny?

-- mr blog

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Friday, June 11, 2004

4 eyes that never met...

As I walked to the MTR station from univ, I always passed through a mansion that my friend lived. Not very far a way, I saw two familiar faces walking towards me; they look a bit different, but still `familiar'. They walked past me. I turned around, made sure that they were not aware of me. I didn't want to disturb them too much, as they were too deep in their conversation. I continued my way to MTR station.

Well, sometimes, you always wanted to do something if you are given a chance to. But if that chance eventually comes, doing that thing just doesn't matter anymore. Timing is another important factor to anything. At this time, you should go and find other things to move on.

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Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Gmail... is a big deal!

I didn't know that a Gmail a/c is such a big deal. Got my Gmail a/c from Blogger, plus 3 chances to introduce to my friends. I used one for my sister, as she the one who actually told me this Gmail thing. She always wants a good name for the email. She has what she wants. I got two spare one, anyone wants one (reply as comment)? Or should I made another one for myself?

-- mr blog

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Invitation for a Gmail is hot in the web. Some website even offer invitation of Gmail as a prize for winning xxxx.
By HonL, at 6/10/2004 12:45:29 AM  

E.g. http://www.google.com/search?q=+gmail+invitation
(1) http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0131/
(2) http://www.makeyougohmm.com/pivotblg/entry.php?id=757
(3) http://www.intuitive.com/blog/archives/000446.html
(4) http://www.aaltonen.us/archives/000197.html
By HonL, at 6/10/2004 01:05:25 AM  



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Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Stressed... for nothing

I can't even work on things that I'm confident of. This is a very good indication that I'm stressed. Worse is... my supt is rushing for it. Maybe I fell stress because I feel helpless on that piece of code, codes that are not understandable, and formulae that do not make sense to me.

-- mr blog

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Monday, June 07, 2004

Stopping the job hunting for 3 months

Made the offical call that reject CU's offer. That means that I'll just sticked to the RA post for at least 3 months. "He only offered for 3 months? Why so short and yet you still want to stick to it?", many people will ask me this, I think I asked myself too. Maybe I'm just to lazy to think and consider other alternatives. I'm someone who seldem goes back my words, and I'll stick to it. 3 months for me to beat on my luck is worth it?

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Friday, June 04, 2004

carrying on with my `normal' life...

PM, B&C are gone, I'm supposed to go back to my "normal" life. But what is my "normal life"? It's to keep on changing and changing, until a state that I dun want to look back... As I waved to my friends in the TKL station and I started to walk back to my apartment, my eyes turned red; it disappeared after awhile. Why did that happen? Is it that I don't want to change further, or is it that I dun want to remain in this state?

Afternoon is interviewing time... "how is it??" I can only say "If I'm given a choice to re-do it, or I knew what they were about to ask, I'd have done better..." It's too late to regret now, so I don't think at all...

-- mr blog

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2 June 2004: Day 7 (PM), Day 5 (B&C)

  • Dim Sum at Kowloon Bay, the Maxin Restaurant.
  • Casual walk in the nearby shopping Complex
  • Cocoa bought lots of handgifts
  • Coffee and cake in an unnamed cafe.
  • First "full-dress" rehersal to airport by bus from Nam Tin MTR station. Also sending PM off.
  • Last photo taken at TKT MTR
  • B&C went to the teddy bear in TST
  • Shangheiness dinner and supper at Hang Hau.
  • B&C finally bough a suitcase for his US trip.

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1 June 2004: Day 6 (PM), Day 4 (B&C)

  • Went to another nearby restaurant for Dim Sum, it opens too later, 10:30am, we settle at a HK fastfood chain, Fairwood.
  • B&C, PM shopoing at local supermarkets... Wellcome and Park.N.Shop
  • American Idol 3 Finale and More DVD screening by PM on Plasma TV!!!
  • Met HonL for Vietnamese dinner
  • more shopping in Mong Kok area.
  • Supper at the Yee Shun Milk Product

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31 May 2004: Day 5 (PM), Day 3 (B&C)

  • B&C arrived in HonL place from Kimberly hotel
  • a quick tour of club house,
  • Dim Sum nearby
  • Causeway Bay, Times Square, Pacific Place shopping..
  • Met HonL at Landmark in Central
  • Wan Tun Mee dinner
  • the longest escalator on Central
  • A *short* walk to HKU
  • Photos at the HKU main building in the night...

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