LowYat

Today is the 2nd week of February. Just recent, I went to Lowyat as to help my dad on buying a new pc for his business. Quite some time I haven't spend my time to have a look on computer related thingy there, which used to be my "playground" during my university time. As I still remember, during my first time there, was a few years ago, went there with one of my room-mate. Pergi sana dgn motor Z dia, from his house Ampang to Lowyat. Remember during that time, ramai jer org dimana suasana yg sangat crowded tak hengat!..in my mind, is this lowyat they are talking? full of ppl, with lots of computer shops selling zillions of computer stuff.

To those yg masih tak tahu apakah itu lowyat? Ia bukan nama taukey kedai vcd haram mahupun peminjam wang along ok. Its a plaza, so called LYP developed & owned by Lowyat Group. Lowyat Plaza is like micro-Akihabara in Japan. Walaupun tak penah pegi Akihabara (masih menanam impian agar subur kelak dapat pegi), tp the most latest up-to-date & cheapest pc items you find it there. Which consisting few shops that selling computer stuff / mobile / gadget. Just that, they didnt sell home electrical items like Akihabara does. OK, cukup utk pengenalan apa itu Plaza lowyat because I didnt get any commission for that. Nk tau lanjut, pegi sendiri.

Selanjutnya, post ini a bit technical, so those yg kurang mengerti, assume faham sajalah.

So, in away like 4 years ago, I still remember I bought my first personal computer menggunakan wang saku sendiri (walaupun disubisidi sikit dari boss). Punyala nk beli, survey dekat 4-5 kali turun naik lowyat dari shah alam. Maklum lah, RM2000 bukan nya sikit, dah la ptptn pun kene catu. So, survey sebaik mungkin. Dari tak tahu latest update, sampai pricing set each of the item dah boleh agak, so taukey kedai2 lowyat, jgn pikir nk tipu saya.eceh..

Berteraskan pemprosessan Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz/533MHz Bus/1MB cache (tgk, ada yg sudah mula berkerut dahi), time tu popular pasal processor hyper-threading, prescott support tah apa2 tah lagi, I bought the spec. Same old me, nak canggih2 tapi nk murah, belek brochure tu sampai lunyai. Pc tu la dok berkhidmat dari semester 1 sampai aku habis semester 6 kat UiTM. Ada la few times ulang alik lowyat after that dok menghantar warranty sb faulty product. Damn it!

So, last week, I went there again to buy PC. Far different, still, purchasing a PC with a price around RM2000. But the spec is far more super duper higher than 4 years ago. Dah macam server spec kalau 4 tahun dlu. With Intel just announce new intel chipset model processor iseries. Kalau u all pegi tgk i3, i5, i7, tu la dia, replacing the Core series and Core 2 duo tah apa2 lagi series2 dia. Kebanyakan, my observation there, i can see, not all people really know the terms of the specification of things they're going to buy. Macam ni, senang2 saja korang kena tipu ngn tokey kedai. I've been thru once before, time tu pegi lowyat. Ada sorang pakcik ni nak beli ADSL modem with LAN switch capabilities. So I dok tgh dok belek2 things , I heard sorang jurujual cuba meyakinkan pakcik ni, utk membeli ADSL modem tu. Katanya2 nya lebih kurang begini:

"Pakcik, ini higher speed, u tgk the speed, 100MBps (masa tu 100MBps paling laju pun for LAN connection), kalau pakcik pakai streamyx, 1MBps jer, so pakai ni lagi laju.." Muka pakcik macam termakan umpan dgn kata2 convincing jurujual.

With the statement above, utk penilaian anda:

1) Kalau korang nya understanding: "Cis pakcik ni dah kena tipu" maka korang ada darah2 techie dalam diri.
2) Kalau korang nya understanding: "Uish bagus tu, internet rumah aku pun 1Mbps jer" korang senasib dan bakal kena tipu kat lowyat kalau g sorang2
3) Kalau korang nya understanding: "Aku tak tau apa2, betul la kot?" Korang bukan jenis ambil tahu, dan mungkin satu masa nanti, bakal ditipu jua


Nak taknak, I'm in IT & computer stuff line, off course at least I need to know what is things need to know. Jgn kata korang2 yg line IT tak tahu. Sekeh sorang2 karang. In conclusion, if you dont know anything, bring somebody who at least know about it, and advise for you before you buy. Else, mungkin you don't mind being cheated.

Lepas beli pc tu, waited about one hour for them to assemble, my dad macam teruja melihat bnyk betul computer stuff situ, ckp nak angkat satu laptop jgk, aku singgah kedai lenovo, nampak satu new X100e series baru je launch, pricing around RM 1650. Nk taknak, beli la jugak, senang nak bawak & summore ringan. First time aku tgk lenovo Thinkpad (previously by IBM) producing white colour laptop. Lawa. Aku berminat, tp apa kan daya. X mampu. but then, the spec is not that high la, what u expect for RM 1600+ for a laptop. Tgk bawah ni, cun tak?

Duit lagi..tolong!

seKembali mendrafkan entry post sewaktu kelapangan di waktu bekerja a.k.a waktu ular.. haha..kidding, I am officially balik-able one hour ago ok, tp sementara menunggu pulang, checking some blogs & post entry utk kali ini.

This month, few ppl that I knew akan meninggalkan company & syarikat berkhidmat masing2. Tertnya2, Adakah bulan february bulan utk melangkah ke dunia baru selain bulan valentino? tau kenapa? Bukan seorang atau 2 org tau kawan kenalan aku yg keluar, dalam 5-6 org juga lah.. Barangkali, Lepas dapat bonus bulan 12, bulan 1 masa apply company lain, bulan 2 masa utk cabut..rasanya begitulah algorithm mereka.


Malah, teknik jumping company dapat meningkat kan lagi daya pertambahan wang gaji. Kajian menunjukkan, sebilangan besar yg melompat adalah di kalangan org2 yg mahu berkeluarga (betul tak apai?) atau baru berkeluarga..maklum lah, bakal extra plate yg akan ditanggung kelak. OK cukup utk itu.

Soon to be, we're moving out. Tempat bermastautin yg baru di wangsa maju. Kalau dulu, pindah ke putrajaya, semuanya di tanggung parent utk certain2 barang. Now, sudah kerja, hamik kau..keperluan sendiri tanggung,malah turut perlu memasang-beli selia sebijik tv utk kemudahan baru. Kata papa, dia dah belanja bnyk utk movement, Tv aku yg beli kan. WOW. tv itu sangat penting bagi aku, takde tv, sukar lah utk mengupdate isu2 semasa (dan juga menonton movie kegemaran). So as in the mid of survey tv baru utk dibeli sambil mengharap duit didalam bank tiba2 menjadi 7 digit..tamak nya kau, ok la, 5 figure pun ok lah, leh beli samsung LED yg baru tuh.




Ikut kan rasa, nak saja kubeli LED Samsung 8Series tu, itu kalau ikut kan rasa, org kata ikut kan rasa binasa, ikutkan hati mati, dua2 aku taknak, so better takpayah, ikut kan budget sajalah (sebab utama harga 8series yg mencecah perjalanan mengerjakan ibadah haji T.T). Berpegangkan prinsip duit bukan senang dicari, aku menjadikan itu sebagai sempadan perbelanjaan. So nak taknak, kena lah pilih yg betul2 worth to the money that you have allocated, petikan bagai financial planner yg berjaya. Plasma atau LCD,masih dalam dilema. walau budget tak seberapa, manusia biasa lah, nk murah tapi yg paling bagus pulak tu..hadoi.

Nape taknak pakai tv yg ada kat rumah? setelah Sony Trinitron Series tahun 1997 semasa aku darjah 6 dah berkhidmat utk tahun yg ke-13 tahun ini, mungkin citarasa utk berpindah ke rumah baru berubah utk menukar kan tv yg 13 tahun tu kepada teknologi skrin nipis..kalau tak, lagi berhabuk la PS3 tu nk sentuh. Habis lagi duit.

RelieFFFFFF

Hello I.T,

Its Friday, and finally, like years im waiting for it. This whole hectic week makes me damn tense, what else other than KROW..my bad..its WORK. Working in IT Field like slaving ur self to the system and workplace. U can't avoid coming down at odd hours just to fix the damn technology thing or ok fine u got VPN (non I.T Savvy, kindly google for what is VPN), still u need to wake up from ur heaven sleep time. You dont know when the thing will crash..and yet, when it does, u're in a deep S**T. Extra S**T for u, when u're serving client/customer whcih 2 things to be done. 1) Fixing the problem 2) explaining the issue in HIGH LEVEL manner so that they can understand "EYE TEE" (mata tshirt) instead of "I.T".



Been thinking to change phone since my E66 seems having awkward behavior,alala.. merajuk lah tuh kalau I nk tukar new phone..no worries E66, I might not selling u out. I think the battery had spoilt, which only can last like only maximum 1 day plus for full charged which far different from the newly cell like 400 hours standby time. Checking on Blackberry Bold 9700. Tampak canggih bukan? Bet the price its like damn shit high! Plus, I am in a so KAYA-mode rite know (even never had a chance), its a NO WAY at all i am going to buy it..no Ammar, not now..served ur E66 for at least 2 years. yea I know, its unexpected budget end of December last month, I had miscalculation for my upcoming month budget, which is this month. Learn from the mistake, financial planing is really2 important..crucial..



Year 2010 of changing jobs? Can say few of my friends are right now in that position, rite friends? Yes you, u and U guys! where to go? Get ur self hooked to jobs finder company such jobstreet, bet, the Lina will email u like everyday for job opportunities. Not sure whether she's just a robo or a real person but she's the big fan like sending out email for every day to those who register under jobstreet. I think there are dozens of opportunities there, further, I.T position are like zillions. spend time to update resume and send for massive applications! Hantar 100 takkan satu pun tak kena unless u demand for like 500% of your current wages mmg lah tak kena, sampai umur pencen pun tak dapat. Eh, boleh kot. Apply for Manager taukey dadah..but honestly..till when you want to work for pay check based a.k.a makan gaji? The question keep hovering in my mind. Apa susah..Sampai pencen lah.! heheh, takde business minded langsung. Nah. I'm thinking over it.

Met one of my friend's friend today. He opened a restaurant at Section 7 shah alam and if you ever heard of "Anis Sup Utara". There. the section 7 branch is his owned. That branch obtained the most highest collection per month, which 20K per month net profit. Quite ok jugak huh? Boleh beli sebijik 320d..baru jadi tokey kedai sup yg bergaya...just kidding..but at least higher than my current wages. heard he's having 3 branches for few places. Opening it requires about RM250K setup capital (which as per told). So those interested, go for it cowboy !!

Sekolah-2

Sambungan,

Sampai darjah 6 aku sekolah baru tu, nama dia Sekolah Rendah Taman Melawati 2. FYi, aku batch pertama kat malaysia yg ambik sains bagi menggantikan matapelajaran alam dan manusia. Malah, Sains turut di muat kan dalam silibus wajib UPSR. So we all ni kira batch guinea pig kementerian pelajaran masa tu. Masuk darjah 4, aku belajar sains, buku2 alam dan manusia kakak aku,masuk stor, x pakai dah. Kita sudah belajar sains sekarang. Nak tak nak, redha je la..(padahal bukan tau apa pun).

Agak seronok belajar sains ni jgk, so cita2 aku berjambah nak jadi saintis, masa tu je la konon2..tu je yg tau dalam kepala, bdk2 zaman dlu, saintis, askar, cikgu dan sebagainya, semua pekerjaan template..takde plak IT specialist macam aku jadi skang ni..maklum lah..tak terpikir dek akal yg terbatas. Pernah nenek aku tnya nak jadi apa bila besar, aku penah ckp kat dia nak jadi Kartunis, boleh lukis komik..terus kene marah..hahaha. Zaman sekolah rendah, kat kelas cikgu ajar pakai kapur, kita panggil papan hitam..sekarang rasa dah pakai white board kot. Bab2 kapur, mmg xyah cakap, inspirasi kenakalan aku, ada la jugak bermain2 kapur, main baling kat kawan2..mayb dah boring time tu takde apa nk buat. time rehat je la.

Waktu rehat, waktu paling best, kalau xde pending homework yg nak kene hantar waktu lepas rehat, waktu rehat adalah waktu bermain, selain makan. Ingt lagi kat sekolah tu, ayam goreng dia paling best. Lepas makan, game yg aku ingt main bola cop. ala, main bola tenis ngn ramai2 org tu, sapa kena jadi..so kene la baling kat org lain jgk. Masuk je kelas balik, badan dah basah macam baru lepas mandi sungai. ish ish.

Kokurikulum..nama je masuk pengakap. aktiviti sume aku skip. baju beli mula2 jer..pastu terus malas tak pegi. Bila ada perkhemahan, baru aku join. Ada satu camping, siap jadi group leader. Padahal aktiviti mingguan tak penah turun, bab berkhemah cepat jer register. Sepanjang tahun 4-6, result aku xde la terer sangat..paling tinggi 2A je kot, then Bs..C..x sure plak..tp boleh kata mmg result keramaian la..biasa2 org kata..average level. org tanya berapa target utk upsr, bagi aku 3A dah cukup bagus..maklum lah..targetless.

Hari demi hari, periksa UPSR dah start, mula la buat exam..first time buat exam besar..takut jgk di buatnya..sebab semua muka macam serious jer..parent aku bagi duit belanja lebih hari tu..mayb as encouragement..kalau duit lebih tu boleh buat soalan jadi senang xpe la..hahaha..aku berbekal kan doa jer & ilmu sikit didada. Nenek aku lagi berpesan, baca surah Al-inshirah 7 kali sebelum jawab exam, supaya tenang hati. Abis je exam, aku dihantar kampung, penang, bapak aku promise, dapat 5A pegi mane tah..US kot, 4A pegi Japan. Hah..result aku dapat 4A, my mum call dari KL, terkejut jgak..selama hidup x penah cecah 4 pun..time tu sekolah nk bukak, aku ckp xyah la nk g overseas, nk kene tunggu cuti sekolah balik...lambat lagi..perasaan yg x sabar2, last2 beli basikal jer, masa tu mmg nak sgt basikal, konon nak bawak g sekolah menengah la.


Sambung lagi, nk iron baju

What is the problem?

Been thinking to myself after reading few blogs & after heard discussion with my friends regarding what is happening now in malaysia. Pasal isu kalimah "Allah" masih belum selesai lagi. Banyak rakyat dah mula keluar spekulasi, no matter what religion they are.Good or bad, what ever interpretation that you had, trust me, dont make an assumption, it may ruin the issue more. Just wait and see the result & know the real story rather than jump into conclusion & making such an idiot story that might influence others.


1) As everyone any religious has their right to find the truth. Truth of this life & the truth of believing. Which as well truth to use Allah word. As following the legality process, catholic church request for approval their intention to use Allah word in their publication. Kita menghormati tindakan mereka utk meminta kebenaran melalui process undang2. ---> RIGHT WAY


2) Tertimbul rasa risau & khuatir sesetengah pihak akan terjadi nya salah faham di kalangan generasi muda islam dalam masyarakat malaysia dalam terbitan Herald. Mengapa? Ramai org agak confuse hal ini: Dibawah petikan daripada kata2 Tun Mahathir as for the reason:

"Dikhuatiri:

Dalam usaha menerangkan agama Kristian di kalangan orang Islam atau masyarakat yang mahir dengan agama Islam, perkataan God diterjemah kepada "Allah" supaya mudah difaham oleh pendengar.Mungkin juga kalimah "Allah" dapat menyamakan agama Kristian dengan agama Islam kerana menyembah Tuhan yang sama. Dengan ini penerimaan agama Kristian oleh orang Islam boleh jadi lebih mudah. Terjemahan ini salah. Sepatutnya perkataan "Tuhan" digunakan untuk God. Di Semenanjung Malaysia kita tidak pernah mendengar orang Kristian menggunakan kalimah "Allah" apabila bercakap berkenaan God dalam bahasa Melayu. Kenapa pula kita sekarang akan mengguna kalimah ini?"

Maka, mereka meminta kerajaan untuk membuat rayuan agar mahkamah review balik keputusan yg di buat. As in our legal law, kita ada saluran untuk mengemukakan rayuan untuk keputusan mahkamah seperti itu -----> RIGHT WAY


3) Government, reviewing and accept the request from 2) should be done. Untuk mengelak kan sensitivity berlaku dalam masyarakat malaysia. The rayuan should be made by government a.s.a.p. Isu sensitivity adalah amat penting dalam negara yg mempunyai berbilang kaum & agama. So , in that sense, bagi menjaga keamanan & mengelak kan perkara yg tidak diingini berlaku & menyelesaikan kontroversi. Actions should be made. Rayuan di buat ke mahkamah rayuan. ----> RIGHT WAY

4) Perhimpunan yg di buat oleh masyarakat Islam di malaysia. Legal to speak as long tidak menggangu kenteraman public. Mendesak kerajaan membuat rayuan ke atas mahkamah rayuan. Any damage to public? ----> LEGAL WAY

5) Puak B, until know we havent got any result who's responsible in burning the 4 churches in klang valley recently. Tindakan luar akal ini adalah mmg tidak boleh diterima. Some says its provocation by certain parties & some says tindakan luar kawalan emosi, yg patut di tangkap dan hantar ke pusat sakit jiwa @ imposing ISA LAW.

To me, government should impose ISA action to those involved. really2 needs to this kind of ppl. We dont want this small issue become as big as we never expect. We dont want "yesterday's" issue to happen again, no more. All parties are advised to remain calm and wait to court's result. dont project any assumption & wild interpretation, ia tidak membantu, malah memburukkan lagi keadaan.

Sekolah - 1

Baru je nk tgk tv, bosan pulak cerita takde apa yg best. Tetiba aku teringat zaman sekolah dlu..time2 sekolah rendah & menengah. Aku dibesar kan di kawasan somewhere pinggiran KL. Boleh kata dalam KL, Taman melawati. Dulu orang tak tahu Taman Melawati. Setapak lebih famous dari melawati dulu2. Sejak bila ramai pulak artist pindah ke tmpt tu, baru lah slow2 nama melawati naik di persada.

Balik pada kenangan, aku bukan based sekolah asrama. Mmg sekolah harian, dari sekolah rendah..sampai menengah. Mungkin pada masa tu, bagi aku higher expectation kot kalau masuk asrama..macam org2 terer je la boleh pegi. Average result dalam kelas? single digit mmg x penah dapat la..rasa nombor belas2 boleh kira dengan jari. Kalau dapat pun dah cukup berbangga! Balik2 report kad, "alasan aku, kelas tu ramai org, mmg la susah nk dapat nombor 1-19.." hahaha..bagus punya budak. itu dalam kelas, ikut ranking satu batch xyah cakap la. Xpenah kisah pun..hahha (sb tak terer)

Sekolah harian, hari2 macam rutin biasa. Balik rumah, malam sure nak tgk tv kalau ada citer best, rasa best tak best, mesti nak tgk, bukan senang nk tgk, kadang2 kena paksa siap kan homework @ study..adoi...rasa terseksa jugak dlu..haha.. Tp sebab kan sekolah, sampai 10 malam jer final movie (kalau weekdays), lepas minum milo, pastu kene suruh tido, esok nk sekolah :( homework kalau nk ikutkan, last2 minute baru buat..kadang2 bangun2 baru teringat ada homework, bertungkus lumus baru nk buat..sekali dua xpe. cam rutin lah jugak.

Tiru homework? tipu lah kata tak penah, mmg cam selalu je masa sekolah rendah, menengah pun ada. bukan sb tak tau buat...dah bila kat skolah member tanya dah siap belum, baru teringat ada homework tak siap, menggagau tak g rehat dok dalam kelas buat homework, depends cikgu, yg garang offcourse mati2 kena buat..yg x kesah sangat..kita pun tak kisah la..hahaha.gila liat.

Sekolah rendah aku dlu ada 2. Yg first agak jauh dari rumah..rasa mmg jauh pun, dalam 5-6KM jgk la. kalau pegi jalan kaki (tak penah pulak buat) mmg rasa berpeluh2 gila la. Sekolah kedua, agak dekat sikit, dalam 1KM jer. Jalan kaki, still boleh diterima akal. Sekolah kedua ni, antara darjah 3-6. So aku UPSR kat situ la. Dipindah kan sb sekolah tu baru siap, and dia dekat dgn rumah. Kelas muzik, aku mmg cukup x suka. Smpai laa ni x penah tau main recorder. Kalau dapat cikgu yg garang, mmg aku lari balik rumah kalau baru sedar recorder tertinggal. Maklum lah. Dekat. Ada penah sekali, sanggup beli kat kedai buku recorder baru, semata sebab tertinggal...nak balik rumah dah tak sempat, xnak kene denda ngn cikgu, rela duit belanja seminggu digadai kan. Aku belajar dari kesilapans. Mmg sengaja letak "s" sebab lepas beberapa kesilapan baru lesson learnt.

Aktiviti cuti sekolah, dengan jiran2, kami mmg suka adventure, ngn kakak aku skali join, masuk hutan atas bukit kat rumah mmg xyah cakap la, jadi taman permainan. But now hutan2 tu dah takda, jadi lot2 banglo org2 kaya & ternama. cis..Tangkap ikan talapia kat sungai bawah bukit rumah? mmg champion la..actually bukan lah sungai sangat, air bukit, dlu rasa macam sungai, sebab badan kecik lagi.. Now kalau tgk cam longkang pun ada..

zaman2 dlu, kalau bab2 game ni, mana ada playstation ni. SEGA ada la..tu pun jiran punya. Papa ngn mama aku? xde nye dia nk beli. Unless aku dapat nombor satu ker dalam kelas, baru la leh demand sikit kan. So, nk score nombor 1? jgn harap la leh dapat..bdk2 kat kelas sume terer2, muka sorang2 macam sang kancil..so jalan mudah..join main rumah jiran jer la. hahaha. Kalau zaman sekolah dlu, papa aku la selalu bagi jaminan, kalau score boleh dapat itu dan ini. Mentang2 le record aku mmg impossible..haha..berani dia janji manis. hehe..xpe la.encouragement jgk tu kan..walaupun mmg aku xpenah dapat walau berusha gigih..huhuh. Biasa nombor 1-5 tu, org2 yg sama je la, golongan cerdik pandai..cam xkan terkejut la bila diorang je yg dapat. Kalau aku dapat. mungkin cikgu yg terkejut atau menuduh aku meniru..hahaha

Sambung nanti, mata dah ngntuk.

Gula, tax dan lain2

Gula naik lagi, yg pasti teh tarik kat kedai mamak for sure naik harga, RM1.20, akan naik 20 sen jgk, jadi RM 1.40 secawan..no matter mintak la kurang manis ke gula kurang ka, price will be the same, mamak jadi semakin kaya, gov dapat tambah pendapatan.

Golongan pendapatan sederhana to kaya mungkin tak merasai peningkatan harga gula ni, tp it might effect yg pendapatan rendah. Yg jual makanan, boleh buat duit, kerajaan naik 20 sen, sepinggan/secawan makanan diorang pun naik harga. Alasan, rakyat kena menjaga kesihatan kurang kan gula. 20 sen tambah, rasa2 diorang akan kurangkan pengambilan gula dalam makanan?? rokok naik RM1 pun xde effect.

They should think of something else, not by increasing harga barangan keperluan walaupun they claimed it was subsidize. Income tax this year tanggungan diri sendiri konon naik RM9000, harga gula naik 20 sen per KG, credit card kene bayar RM50 per card..tolak tarik..sama je rasanya.

P/s: Nasib baik tol rebate 20%, tu pun kene keep track every month nk cukup kan 80 transaksi. haha