Letters from the Equator

E61 - web
Originally uploaded by tobeng.

*gasp*… closure! Finally!
I hope the functional testing following this is successful. I’m just dying to get my hands off this project already - it’s been too long.
Thank you, GOD!!!
Some tips for folks going through the ordeal:

choose a test house in the same time zone where you are
make sure [...]

Barracuda rush
Originally uploaded by jaremfan.

I’ve been supportive of my wife during her exploration of her career since she left her first job working as a bank exec. She disliked the idea of a desk job, and was convinced there was more to life than writing reports.
She then chanced upon a role in financial [...]

Turtle night
Originally uploaded by jaremfan.

I wish I was in dream world like this turtle and fish here, but I’m not. Instead, I just got another negative result on yet another round of symbian signing, and it’s really starting to leave a bad taste in my mouth.
The project’s dragged so long, when it’s finally [...]

wishes
Originally uploaded by nardell.

I went for my first-ever futsal game last week, and I sweat so much I think it took me a week to put back all the moisture. Still it was fun, and definitely so with a diverse crowd including girls and 3 young boys.
My work has been a heavy load, [...]

Soo Yin, this is in response to your May post. Ugh, I’m late.
Intergalactic, by the Beastie Boys was the most audible song on the airwaves. The amount of times “intergalactic” is prominently remembered as a member of the English lexicon was second only to the word, “planetary”, which also occurs shortly after “intergalactic”.
Which [...]

Linguiça
Originally uploaded by Maria Castro.

ES, MVO, WL, LL and I finally got around to having a meal at “Carnaval”, which serves Brazillian Churrascaria in my humble hometown of Damansara Jaya.
ES had a craving for it a few weeks now, and we decided to all hop on an opportunity for some good chow. I’m [...]

Originally uploaded by Nîck.

Last week, there were a few memorable things worth mentioning.
On Thursday, we had a nice dinner meal with our new neighbors, who are a Chinese Canadian couple here in Malaysia for a year, teaching at a local college nearby. It was good to get to know them a little, and [...]

I feel like I just entered a time warp into the future. Since a decade ago, I’ve been gradually ignoring pop culture to the point of now not ever watching a single episode of Heroes or Lost, not ever listening to Fly.FM or ever being in line to watch Transformers.
I’m now in an odd dilemma [...]

Penelope Trunk
Originally uploaded by DrStarbuck.

I’ve been mildly addicted to the Brazen Careerist blog, by Penelope Trunk. There’s a lot of useful tips on how one navigates their way through life and work in the 21st century.
It’s funny that her studies and observations and applications are based mainly on the US job market (where [...]

commuting by bicycle
Originally uploaded by on2wheelz.

“I used to cycle a lot” was a comment I frequently used when people asked me what sports I was into.
Basically, I’m not into sports. I don’t have a favorite football club, I only just recently found out who Lewis Hamilton is, and I only root for the [...]