Wow, today must be the day when I tried the most number of combinations of Windows, Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Office. In short, an application didn’t work as expected on client’s side, so I helped them to troubleshoot and supposed to advice them on any solution . The kind of behaviour are very odd and inconsistent. So, I spent today to install the various combinations of Windows, Internet Explorer, and Office. Today alone, I have tried installing and using Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows 2003 Standard Edition, and Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, Internet Explorer 5, Internet Explorer 6, 6 with Service Pack 1, 6 with Service Pack 2, Office XP, Office XP SP 1, Office XP SP 2, Office XP SP 3, Office 2003, and Office 2003 SP 1. Pheww…
So after few hours of my time, hundreds of MB of bandwidth used for downloads, ELEVEN machines were used to establish all possible and logical permutations, I am down with some conclusions, but unfortunately, none of the scenarios reproduced the problem exhibited on client’s side. Ah well, will try my luck again on Monday. Fingers crossed.
March 24, 2005
Installing day
March 18, 2005
Charity Bike and Blade 2005 Report – Day 1
Update: Completed Kevin’s blog on this event from his perspective. Read on.
Back to Singapore (again, for the SIXTH time this year!!!!). It feels good, especially after a fun-packed four days of Saturday to Tuesday in Malaysia. I am a bit tanned but I should get my skin color back in a few days time. Okie, let me go through the event from Day 1 onwards.
Day 1
We flagged off at 6 AM from St. Andrews Mission Hospital at Simei, the cyclist and bladers went straight to Changi Ferry Terminal (CFT) to catch the 7.15 AM ferry. They all arrived more or less on time, then we all load the bicycle, sandwiches, drinks of mineral waters and 100 plus, and all our stuffs for the four days. It took the ferry around 30 mins to go from CFT to Tg. Belungkor at Johor Bahru, Malaysia. From there, the cyclist and bladers proceed their 150-km journey to Mersing, with two rest stops in between. The bladers follows slightly different strategy, they took turns to blade a certain distance. The cyclists, however, went all the 150 km to Mersing. There were up hill, down hill, steep slope, not-so-steep slope, but I can see that the participants are all very very determined to finish the course. It took around 1.5 hours for the fastest group to go a 40-km distance, while the slowest group can take up to 3 hours for the same 40 km. They still looked rather energetic when they reach the 50 km mark at rest stop 1, but when they closing in to 100 km mark at rest stop 2, you can see them sweating all over. We all had bananas and sandwiches for our lunch that day which was brought from Singapore. Few people dropped out the race as they couldn’t go beyond the 100 km mark, but most of the participants went all the way. Credits to them.
We spent the night at a hotel at Mersing, I shared the room with other three colleagues.
As for the photos, please be patient, I have more than 2000 photos to sort out. It will take some time to put up the photos for your viewing pleasure 
[To be continued ...]
March 12, 2005
Off to Malaysia
Note to self: Now 4 AM in the morning, and I am on my way to Malaysia for Charity Bike and Blade 2005. We are supposed to be at St. Andrews Mission Hospital at Simei at 5 AM because we are going to flag off the cyclist and the bladers at 6 AM. The event will be for four days from today to Tuesday. We shall be back Tuesday evening. Adios.
February 25, 2005
Hungry mode
Actually wanted to blog a post, but currently doesn’t feel like doing it, as I am very hungry. 9.05 PM and still in office, thanks to the meeting that was postponed from 3.30 PM to 6.30 PM 
Ah well, I’ll update when I’ve loaded up my energy bar.
Update: In the end I reached home almost 2 AM in the morning. Was my fault, making the wrong call not to order dinner for everyone in the office that night, and because of me, four persons skipped dinner, and straight to supper at Lao Pa Sat around 12.30 AM. Next time, must make better decisions.
February 8, 2005
My Birthday
My birthday celebration in office, cum Chinese New Year celebration. Click the photo for larger resolution.
We certainly have lots and lots of food, we had KFC, Pizza, and Sushi.
Bixby first birthday?
February 4, 2005
Avanade SE Asia Bali Trip
Last week, from 27 to 30 January 2005, I went to Bali for a training cum meeting cum holiday. More story coming, here are the photos first. Click on the photos for the larger version.
Update: Thanks to Name for the suggestion to host all images in Flickr.
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January 25, 2005
MCSD.NET Certified
At last, more than six months of self-study, I have obtained my MCSD.NET Certification. From Microsoft website, The Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET credential is the top-level certification for advanced developers who design and develop leading-edge enterprise solutions, using Microsoft development tools and technologies as well as the Microsoft .NET Framework.
Along the way, I also obtained certification for Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Microsoft Certified Application Developers (MCAD) which are both a sub-set of the MCSD certification. I am now one of only 9,428 persons worldwide to have these certifications. 
Oh, happy day, and I can look forward to my trip to Bali on Thursday with peace of mind.
