66. My First Sudoku Book... And Probaby My Last

I bought this book in January 2019 from KLCC. After solving 90++ puzzles, I started to lost motivation because the puzzles were too hard. Then finally I was able to solved all the last 50 puzzles for the last two weeks because I don't want to die regretting that I didn't solved all (and also thanks to Covid, I have more free time by staying at home). It took me 12 years but better later than never.

Happy Independence Day for Malaysia! 

Kthxbai. 

65. How I Dealt with COVID

I have been staying at home for almost 1 and half years since Jan 2020. And I'm fucking bored. So what did I do? 

1. Every week I will clean my room because I can't go out. Hence I spent time to decorate my room. I bought a new bed, two new pillows, a new long pillow for me to hug (no one there for me), a new curtain and a new chair. 

2. I learnt to do meditation since Jan 2021 for 15 mins. Twice a day. My boredom and depression just getting worsen. 

3. I bought 20 books of Agatha Christie in May 2019. With the spirit of "1 Month, 1 Book" I finally finished reading all. 

4. I also bought a Huion Tablet to learn digital drawing ... and bunch of stationery to learn drawing and colouring. 

 

5. I bought Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator software. And installed DaVinci Resolve software to learn video editing. I owned a Youtube channel but only posted 2 public videos so far. My motivation just not strong enough. 🤦🏻‍♂️

6. I  tried to learn Chinese and Japanese language but again my listening, speaking, reading and writing just going nowhere. 

7. I spent a lot of time watching and learning digital courses from LinkedIn: How to become Graphic Designer, Become a Financial Analyst, Become a Data Analyst, Become a Project Manager. I think I have spent 78 hours so far. Now I'm learning how to become a Digital Marketing Specialist...

Thanks to YouTube, Shopee and LinkedIn, else buying and learning online would not be possible. However no matter how much I enjoyed staying at home but I still yearning to go out shopping and travelling.

 -Bye-

64. The Two Roads

Every year I will questioned myself whether am I in the right path? 

Then I will say yes and give myself a strong reason why.

Now every month or almost every week, I will questioned myself the same question.

 

p/s: Is time to improve the stickman art.

63. Sharing

People like to be mystery sometimes but the thing is when you are ready to share, it is already too late. Too bad because I'm have lost my interest to listen and to know deeply. I'm not really good at waiting for the moment to come and be patient.

62. Progress Update

I have created this blog 11 years ago to write down each day of my journey.
However I seldom blog because I know my English proficiency is quite poor.

I believe my English has improved over the year.
So now I will continue my journey to write.

When I'm looking back, I really amaze how am I able to survive that long.
The only motivation that I have is to keep going ....until I find the Light.

I have a long term goals written on the top left corner at this blog.
So where am I now?

Let's start!

Data Scientist 

Initially I think the title is quite cool. I feel the world is moving in the direction to use and analyse data to benefit mankind. Currently I am taking SAS Data Science certification. I failed twice but I have passed 2 out of 5 exams. Let's hope I will continue to be motivated to finish all the exams. 

Statistician & Mathematician

I'm constantly thinking if I want to further my studies. I'm not really that smart and I don't have any research plan. Probably I will continue my studies at oversea and need to leave a lot of things behind. Decision? Not sure yet.

Inventor

If you have watched A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket before, then you must know who is Violet Baudelaire. I want to have inventor mindset like her. All the problem can be solved. Progress? Not started. I don't even know how and where to begin.

Apps Builder
I have watched a video last time where a kid started to develop apps when he was 8 years old. I was like wow. Outcome? I have designed a few easy apps where template has been given and I have published it in Google Apps store. However my account got terminated because of e-book copyright issue. I need to redo but I simply don't have time. Now I demotivated to continue.  

  

Graphic Designer

I picked up a designing skills when I learn how to build wallpaper and design when developing apps. I realized I don't need a good drawing or coloring skills. I learned how to use GIMP software but the progress has been halted after I stopped building apps. Now I demotivated to continue.  

Educator

I have no idea what does this mean now. Sometimes I feel I enjoy teaching people, sometimes I just don't have the patient. Plan? Not sure yet. 

Marathon Runner
My initial motivation was to be healthy and to reduce my blood pressure. I have joined 44 running events so far and mostly are 10 km. I'm joined half marathon once and I wish that is my last because at the end of the day I can't feel my leg anymore. Last Sunday supposed to be my second half marathon event but I didn't go due to virus that is spreading all over the world. Better be safe than sorry.

Entrepreneur

The more I think about this, the more I have no idea what does it mean. Plan? Not sure yet. 

Lastly, I wish have a freelance job and I can travel all over the world.

I also wish to write a fantasy novel.

61. My heart sank

I didn't talk with my colleague since this morning. He sent me an email last week to remind me to do a report and then cc our boss. That task is not even mine to begin with. I got 7 reports to go plus his additional 3 reports which I willing to help to submit before Jun 2020 but he freaking need to sent email to remind me. I'm kinda pissed off.

Just now he was eating a dinner, then suddenly I smelled something weird coming from his place. I was thinking, "Impossible the smell coming from his rice, right. He seems enjoying it. Where the smell come from?".

Feeling something was not right and after a few minutes, I'm brave myself to asked him," I think probably your rice already stale. Can you smell it?" He said no. I took his rice and confirm it. Then I remember, his nose got some problem but I didn't know he completely lost his smell senses. He almost finished it. After I warned him, he still continue to eat it. My heart sank. If I warn him earlier, he probably won't eat dinner that already stale.

60. Infrographics of Thirty-Six Stratagems

I always like to design stuffs. I think designing a simple infographics should be a good start.  

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems

59. Creative Ways of using QR codes

QR stands for Quick Response and it was designed in 1994 in Japan. I have noticed and found few QR codes in my working place. I found one on top of the lift button to serves as a circular/memo and another one at cafe to serve as a feedback form for customer to rate their services. 

If you ask me, I found it quite brilliant because I can just scan the code with my camera without typing anything in my phone to search for more information. I also noticed that China started obsessing QR code recently. Here I came up with few more ideas to use QR code:  

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

• Live update. About what bus number for the station, to where and where the bus currently is. 
• Additional info or news. Sometimes I saw a poster in MRT but there is no link, only photo. Make me curious what its try to tell me. 

EDUCATION

• Exercise or additional note for student. This is useful for student if they want to do additional exercises or dig deeper about the subject.
• Tree label. Label near the tree or as tag to provide information about the tree such as species, age, and its uses. Please do this in Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM).
• Building label. Label on the historical building to provide more information to tourist.

MARKETING

• Product label. Label to give more details about the product like how product is made.
• Food recipes. Food and its uses for cooking recipes and what else ingredient needed to cook the for the recipes.
• Product review. Can be link to Instagram or Youtube.
• Discount voucher. Used by Starbuck right now.
• Business card. Can be link to Linkedin or Facebook page.
• Book sample. Sometimes the book is wrapped in plastic and you curious to know the content inside or you just want to buy the soft copy.

OTHERS

• Games, contest or treasure hunt. Scratch and win a prize or print on the rubik cube.
• Easter egg. Incorporate as part of the games.
• Animal collar. Well, if you saw someone's dog, you can scan the code and find the owner's Facebook or that's dog Instagram.  
• Annual report soft copy. Scan and get soft copy of company annual report during AGM.
• Payment mode for transaction. Scan, pay and go. Used by China right now. 
• Ticket. As a admission ticket for movie or concert.
• Matchmaking? Use as a tattoo or print a poster of your own QR code link to Facebook Instagram, Google+ etc for people to know more about you.

But beware, there is a pro and cons of using the QR codes. Make sure you scan reliable QR code and do not enter any personal info. 

PRO

• Easy to use because just need to scan the code.

CONS

• User must have the QR reader apps.
• Must have a website url to direct user to that website.
• Can direct user to scammer website, click bait and virus website.

GOOGLE PLAY STORE

There are numerous QR scanner and here I have published a QR scanner apps too at Google Play store. You can download it and scan the QR code and it will direct you to the website. This apps contain no advertisement and is totally free for everyone to use.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vincentstudio.qrscanner

REFERENCES:

News: Before you scan another QR code, be warned!
Advertisement Campaign: 84 QR Code examples and ideas how design them‎

58. Summary of 2018

Hi, I'm back.

1. I did not realise that my last post was 19 December 2017. I abandoned it for almost a year. My first post was 16 Jan 2009. Wow, my blog almost 10 years old. 😱

2. I did not fully revamp my blog but just removed all unnecessary items and added a few links like Android Apps store, Facebook, Instagram, Shopee and Twitter. I want to keep it nice and simple.

3. I learned how to build apps this year as a hobby. I have published 11 apps (travel apps, quiz apps, ebook apps, religion apps, newspaper apps and "nothing" apps which have nothing in it). Download it and give me a honest review plz. Then you can uninstall it. 😂 My goal: 1 Month, 1 Apps!

4. My Facebook got nothing. I didn't bother to update anything. Too lazy I guess.

5. My Instagram full of my running photos. I have joined 32 runs so far since 2016 and ran 354.9 km. I just un-archived my post and make it public. I have donated my blood eight times since last year, I hope it can helps someone. My goal: 1 Month, 1 Run! 

6. I bought 36 pencil coloured pencil and 36 watercoloured pencil from Shopee. Why I bought two? Because I can't differentiate between the two and I want to test to use both medium. 😂

I want to learn back how to draw and colour my comic. My earliest comic that I drawn was July 2011. I want to incorporate comic element in my apps design. Apps + Comic... kill two birds in 1 stone! My current project is to build math quiz apps for children. Please wish me have time to complete it. Hopefully not hangat-hangat tahi ayam 😬

7. Now I also learning GIMP software to improve my graphic and image editing skills. Very difficult to use but the result is amazing once you know how.

8. My twitter?...lazy to tweet. 😐

9. My work? Currently I'm learning how to use SAS software to extract data and analyzing bank models... a lot of programming skills like coding involved. More and more to learn!😵

Source: https://video.sas.com/detail/video/5083842300001/new-features-in-sas-enterprise-guide-7.12

10. By the way...don't worry, I'm still surviving.

Kthxbai.

57. Revamp

Hi, everyone!

Long time no see. I'm back! A bit of dusty here. Lolx. I have removed all my previous posts temporarily. I need to revive this blog because I need a platform to centralized all the social platforms like:

1. Pinterest

2. Shopee

3. Twitter

4. Instagram

5. LinkedIn

6. Facebook

7. ...and other social platforms

Besides that I hope I can post my ideas and bla bla bla here.

p/s: I tried to revamp my blog but looks like a lot of features have been changed. I need to take some time to do it. *Sigh*

49. Summary for Mar and Apr

1. I was busy.
2. I was so busy until I forgot to update my blog.
3. But I updated my Instagram and my Twitter.
4. I was so busy until I forgot to use the free pizza hut coupon (which will be expired last month). Wasted.
5. I got a data plan now.
6. Because my boss kept teasing me saying I'm using a lousy phone and no data plan.
7. I'm using it only for Instagram, Twitter and WhatsApp.
8. For the last two months, I keep working and learning.
9. I learned how to use Risk Control & Self Assessment (RCSA), Key Risk Indicator (KRI) and Stress Test for (Credit Risk, Op Risk, Interest Rate Risk & Liquidity Risk).
10. Last week, I learned how to use Incident Management & Data Collection (IMDC) and ORION.
11. I have been transferred to Compliance Section.
12. Then I learned Gap Analysis.
13. I also learned a bit Business Continuity Management (BCM) from my colleague.
14. I hope I can learn J-SOX, setting KRI threshold and review Policy & Procedure soon.
15. I made some modifications on the slide presentations.
16. I learned more than I expected. Why?
17. Because one of my colleague was leaving on March and another will be leaving this month, May.
18. The Operational Risk Section under Risk Management department only left me and my boss.
19. Actually only my boss since I am under Compliance now. I will still doing my best to assist him.
20. I learned Excel VBA Programming last month but I still don't have a chance to use it.
21. Now I'm learning Six Sigma and I'm hoping can utilize it for my job.

48. Summary for Jan and Feb

1. I read five books last month, January.
2. I only jogged three times last month and none for this month.
3. Last week Monday, I drove all the way to Ipoh.
4. To take some pomelos from my aunt then my mom and I sell it in the market.
5. I have a lousy persuasion skills and, sales and marketing skills.
6. I found a job this month, February.
7. It is a financing company.
8. It is a risk management job. 
9. The pay is low. 
10. Even lower than what I expected. 
11. I'm learning VBA now, hoping to improve my programming skills and do some freelance jobs during the weekend.
12. I want to take FRM during November.
13. But I haven't finish study and  I have no confidence to go for an exam.
14. Today is a second day of Chinese New Year.
15. But I got sore throat and a bit of fever.
16. I feel I need and I want someone to take care of me.
17. I'm tired of standing alone.
18. But I'm avoiding all my friends since last year.
19. Sometimes I don't know what I want.
20. I hope someone can tell me.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR *cough* *cough* *cough*

47. Big Bad Wolf & 2014 Resolution

Went to MIECC this afternoon. 

A lot of people. More than I expected.

At one time, I was eyeballing at the books and at other time I was eyeballing the 'people'. LOL.

After hours of searching, finally I found some Agatha Christie books and some Maths books.

I think all these books can last for a year.
Total spent: RM 159
Level of satisfaction: Heaven.
Luckily BBW only will be held once or twice a year...
At this rate of buying, I think I gonna broke soon.

And I bought a shirt...

Nice hor =P

Year 2014 almost going to end. Looking back at my resolution....I think the results quite same like previous year and previous previous year.

My 2014 resolution 

1. Have a regular exercise and meditation
 Okay la, I got exercise once a month and meditate twice a year. 

2. Eat more fruits and sleep early.
Wow. Next! 

3. Enjoy my life and be more adventurous
WOW, WOW. Where's that came from? 

4. To finish my 2014 Reading List 

• The Princeton Companion

• The Numerical Analysis

• Calculus Textbook

• NY Times: Practical Guide

• GOD Created the Integers

• Darwin: The Indelible Stamp

• Encyclopedia of Statistical Science (16 Volumes)

• Encyclopedia of Mathematics

• Lebesgue Measure

• Linear Algebra

• Matrix Algebra

Out of 11 books, at least I managed to read TWO books. I think that's quite an achievement. Good. The rest bring forward to next year. 

46. UTAR Convocation August 2014

I had my Convocation on last Friday. My family, dad, mom, my sis and me started to to travel on Thursday night and stay overnight at my grandma's house. Then the next morning, we started to prepare everything. I was needed to reach there before 7 am.

This is how the Convocation Hall looks like in the early morning. Looks like a temple, right? Haha 

 A lot of beautiful flowers!

 Me and Kee Seng! We are super happy..LOL.

 Selfie with Yap Jia and Kee Seng before entering the hall.

Another selfie!

 I'm quite nervous that time. I was thinking,"Must be extremely embarrassing if I slip and fall"

Luckily. 

I didn't.

 Out of 10 graduates, only 5 people attended the Convo.

 My mom and my sis. My mom bought the blue one for me. 

THANKS MOM!

Jun, Yi Wen and James. 

I'm quite shocked and extremely happy when I saw them. They willing to travel far from KL to Kampar to attend my Convo. I didn't tell them everything because I afraid Jun will do do. But they able to 'guess' my Convo is last Friday morning. I heard from Jun, Yi Wen even order D. Conan for me through online. I think I want to hug them already. 

THANKS! 

Jun, Yi Wen and James.

TERIMA KASIH BANYAK- BANYAK!

 Five of us.

Yap Jia, Joyce, Kee Seng, me and Aaron.

Five of us from UTAR Actuarial Science Degree but different batch.  

 Kee Seng and me.

We went through the whole Master course since the beginning of Year 1.

Thanks to his guidance, I graduated Master with flying colours.

 Aaron, Yap Jia and me.

Now three of us working in UTAR as a Foundation Lecturer teaching Mathematics.

 Me and the "temple". LOL.

 Albert Einstein

Confucius

FINALLY I GRADUATED FROM MASTER!

THANKS MAMI AND PAPA. THANKS FOR SUPPORTING ME AT THE BACK.

THANKS GABRIEL AND KEE SENG. 

THANKS FOR BEING WITH ME SINCE THE BEGINNING TO THE END.

THANKS SOOK FUN FOR GUIDING ME AND PRINTING NOTES BY USING "SEG!" RESOURCES. LOL.

THANKS DR YONG C.K FOR BEING MY SUPERVISOR AND TEACHING ME FIVE SUBJECTS SINCE DEGREE. I THINK I OWE SIR A LOT.

ALSO THANKS TO 

DR CHIN S.T  

DR TAN C.P

 DR LEONG L.S

 DR WONG W.K,

 DR LIEW H.H. 

DR. CHUA. K.C

DR. GOH Y. L   

Now is the beginning for PhD in Mathematics, Statistics and Robotics Engineering.

45. Art of Mathematics (Conics)

I saw this in Pinterest and this is so beautiful. Must try drawing this myself one day.

Reference:

[1] http://www.xn--cyclopdia-l3a.eu/

43. Math Lecturer

Two most important criteria to become a math lecturer:

i) Thick skinned ( as thick as possible) and

If students complaint or criticise you in front of you, you either learn to ignore it or accept it. If you feel you want to **** them, no please don't because it is definitely illegal. Choose the first option. It is much better for you to learn to ignore them.  It will be best if you learn to accept it and then say "Thank you, I will improve my teaching next time".

ii) Patience needed (as much as possible).

Even students don't like you, hate you, make a lot of noise, think you are an idiot, think you are invisible, think you are not qualify to teach, think you are too young to teach them, think why UTAR hire you, think you are lack of experience and bla bla bla...the most important thing is don't ever ever lose your patience and your confidence. Don't channel your anger toward them because? They are just a student, the most important thing is they are just a kid, a children. Be patient in teaching them.

40. Designing Logo for Independence Day

 My sister sent me this in Facebook last month and she suggested me to enter. The First Price is RM7,000. Too hard to resist for not trying right? So I took my time to think how my logo should look like. I searched in the website and trying to do some research how a logo in the past 56 years looks like...

I think logo for year 2012 is the most stupid controversial logo, meanwhile logo for year 2013 is the most hilarious logo ever...

I think it resembles someone...LOL.

 Initial draft:

 

When I draft it at first, I think it was quite ok. Then I drew it by using computer three weeks ago, it appeared to be very difficult to draw the shape out and the results turned out to be uglier than I expected because of the white border. I asked my friend whether logo having outline, he said no. Cham. Then I downloaded a software and using existing shapes that given by the software to redesign.

TADAA...

Final Version: 

The reason why it is so pretty and neat because I'm using the software called "EximiousSoft Logo Designer". Really a good software. After I drew it on the software, I transferred it to M. Word to write the explanations. After I done, I went to post office to post it two weeks ago.

Websites:

1. http://www.moe.gov.my/v/pemberitahuan-view?page=1&id=4170
2. http://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/1malaysia-2012-merdeka-day-logo-scrapped/
3. http://www.eximioussoft.com/logo-designer.htm

39. The Completion of Study

Finally I going to graduate!
Although I didn't get 3.67 and above ...
but I'm extremely happy because I earn it all by myself.
Finally I can breathe.

Probably this is the end.
Not sure whether can take PhD or not since PhD probably need 3.67 and above.
Now I can rest and find job and take some professional papers.

I would like to thank to both of my parents especially my mom. Thanks for her continuous support! I also would like to thank Dr. Yong. My Project II must be very terrible since he gives me a B+. Haha.  Thanks to all my course mates. Last but not least, I must say THANK YOU to the person who invented Google, Wikipedia and Copy+Paste! LOL.

38. Master of Mathematical Science Dinner

Went to Shabu-Shabu at Puchong with my course mates yesterday.
And I didn't take any photo because the food mah-mah dei only.
Not recommended. Lol.
Then we went to Setiawalk for second round to yumcha.
We discussed a lot of things about our past (what happened during our Master class), the present (what we are doing now) and the future (what/how will our career path gonna be)
Most of them probably will continue their PhD...others will heading to risk management field (like Gabriel and me), and some will going to statistics related field.
For next week, our result will be released and we are going to graduate.
Then we will have our convo few months later.
The journey for Master took longer but also seems shorter than I thought.
At the end, I quite ng sey tak a bit. Haha.

- No matter what happens, one day we gonna meet again like how fate bring us together in the first place-

37. Termite

Our house infected with termites quite badly... ceiling, stairs and some wood furniture. Don't know where the hell they came from. My parents sprayed some chemicals to kill those fucking termites few months ago. And here I thought I'm safe. Just now when I took out my comic book to read, only to realized some bugs crawling on and in it. Then I looked and checked my comic book carefully and....I saw a hole in it! WHAT A HORROR! DAMN!

No doubt, is termite. I prayed there is no giant nest behind my comic books. I took out all my comic books carefully to check. Wah lah...my beloved One Piece, Yugioh, Sarkas Karakuri and MAR Heaven all got a hole in it. Luckily out of hundreds comic books that I have, only a few have a hole. And luckily my Doraemon and Detective Conan remain untouched. But still tomorrow I need to check one by one.

THIS MEANS WAR! WHAT A GROUP OF BASTARDS! I GONNA KILL EACH OF YOU FOR REVENGE!