Jan’s blogs about life

Received this in my inbox. Intriguing. Looked like some mathematician has too much time in his hands. Nevertheless, still quite fun. Just grab yourself a calculator and follow the instruction. Have fun! Read more »

I have been thinking about it awhile. With so many disparate SQL database and sub web site scattered around this personal domain of mine, I thought of cleaning it up a bit. After all, most of the incoming web site traffic is to this blog anyway. This might also meant breaking some incoming links. Read more »

This was one trip that was almost naught. Malaysian Airlines in all its apparent cost cutting measure decided to cancel my returning flight. Since I managed to apply for 4 days leave, I now have to apply for a full week. But the problem was, boss was not very pleased about his staff taking a whole long week for vacation. Read more »

Whoa, so they try to change their look to trick unsuspecting MSN instant messenger user into giving up their user id and password, no? The phising trick is still the same, enter your MSN login id and password and that’s it. You are hacked! Read more »

Durian, the king of fruits. Some like it. Some hate it. But we got to sample a whole bunch for free when my friend, Mr Goo invited my family over to his orchard in the Bentong area.

The durian season was well on its way, and there was an over abundance in Pahang. In KL, it was a little scarcer as the suppliers could not get good profit from the oversupply. Still that would not have stopped my wife and family from organizing a durian fest. Fortunately, Mr Goo invited us over to his orchard on a weekend.”Why not come over to my orchard? Eat as much as you want!” He said. Alright, after making arrangement with various family members we ended up with two cars going out on this excursion as it comprise my parent and parent-in-laws, Kenny and his wife, Rebecca, Lindy, Lena and I. Read more »

Maybe one day I may make homemade yoghurt. The recipe looks simple. Yoghurt is very healthy as it improves the flora of your gut. Helps with food digestion, especially for people who have lactose intolerance like me! Read more »

Nobody likes to get their wisdom tooth pulled out. But if it gives trouble eventually it has to come out. I have put off this procedure for a very long time. However every so often my wisdom tooth always caused problem whenever food get stuck in the crevice between my bottom right wisdom tooth and gum leading to an inflamed gum every once in awhile. Read more »

A puff of smoke in the distance. That caught my eye. “What on earth…?” as I lower my gaze from the mushrooming cloud, I could see a heavy truck stuck in the middle of the divider as I slowly made my way from the toll house in Kesas. I was on my way to an appointment in Telok Gong, I could easily just skip any assistance I could render but thought it would be better to stop and give a helping hand. Read more »

Working for somebody, you could only use what equipment was given to you. An old PC is not a good way to boost your productivity, but what to do? Bosses can be such a miser even if the money does not belong to them and the company is making so much money only to be given away to the taxman. A case of penny wise pound foolish. Read more »

When I first came across Casio Tough Solar watches, I thought it would be good to have watches that were recharged using solar power. I thought there would not be any need to replace the battery since it would be continuously be recharged by the Sun. Little did I know that was a wrong choice. Read more »