Timing is the top most critical factor for success. In Chinese, we have a phrase “天时，地利，人和” which can be translated to perfect timing, strategic location, established human relationship.

At times, we have to make difficult decision along the journey of life. You could have the best decision making skill but still fail.

The chances of making decision will grow as you gain age. Decision can be tough when there are too much to consider.

No one can tell the perfect timing to make and implement important decision. Simply because, you would not know what happen after your decision. If it turns out good, then you are in good timing or vice versa…

3 months ago, I decided resign and change my career back to a software developer. Yes, from a Professional Services manager to software developer in a newly start up offshore development centre.

A lot was yelling I am crazy or some even say this is a very bad move. That is a big NO NO to trade off your talent / capability for the sake of money (higher pay). Yes, I know it is very risky backward move… but this doesn’t mean I will lost all knowledge and experiences. I am taking a step back to regain my direction and forward planning.

Now, people start praising me… and say that the timing for me to leave is just perfect.

You know why? It is because the company had shut down and some got retrenched too. So, this incident had changed people’s view on my decision.

I am not the oracle, I don’t know what will happen. During that time, my decision is driven by my financial needs and I trade off my career. Anyway, I don’t feel lucky or happy because I am escaped. I feel sad since the shut down had caused some people lost their job.

I want to share with you, no one can tell you the perfect timing for everything. If you believe it is right time to do it, then just do it without regret. Simple as that!

Do the right thing, as long as you are happy then you’ll be alright. Good luck!

This is the windows 7 update which you cannot overlook.

To apply or not, your call…

新年里，Kepong开了一家动漫咖啡馆。 免费的漫画，还有穿女仆装的服务员！你说是不是一定要去见识见识啦。。。

一呼百应的我拨了几个电话，朋友都很爽快的应邀了！

可是我最早到达，选了一个漂亮的座位，朋友才一一的出现。

店内的人潮还真的很多啊！环境也很舒适，只是喧闹了些。。。

热热的天气，最好就是吃雪糕了~~

当然，我们也没有忘记拍照留念。遗憾的是。。。 女服务员说老板不给拍照，就这样的吃了柠檬。。。虽然有拍到，可是不漂亮的照片。。。以友人和我的水准，没有让我们好好的拍，也是她们的遗憾啦。。。 :hahaha:

虽然出师不利，友人也没有放过可以拍照的机会哦~

这里的食物价格不会很贵，跟OLD TOWN差不多。

如果为了打发时间，这是一个不错的选择哦~

Chinese New Year is around the corner. I had done my shopping except a pair of new shoes… Well, rather than forcing myself to get one for the sake of new year. I’d prefer to live without it.

This weekend, family is not heading back to hometown. So, we have some time to bring our little princess out for a walk. We went to The Curve… pretty disappointed because the decorations were too little. Frankly speaking, it is lack of Chinese New Year feel everywhere!

Hehe, out of topic for the first two paragraphs. Sorry, I could not help myself. :xd:

For today, we dine in the Garden. It is because the environment is so nice and we seldom go out… So why not try this place which attracts us the most!

As you can see, the attraction is the interior. It is so lovely and romantic. Look at it, best spot for couples! :hahaha:

We ordered spaghetti and dory fish. Both are tasty. My little princess love the spaghetti very much too!

Food portion is just nice for normal eater. The food serving speed is very fast too!

Pricing wise, it is reasonable enough. You won’t regret to choose this as a place to dine with your love one.

With the good food and nice environment, compliment each other perfectly. This is definitely highly rated and I will revisit when time permits!

If you have not got a restaurant for Valentines dinner, then this is a good consideration for you.

Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentines!

每个人都是独立的存在， 可是独立不代表孤单。可以照顾自己的人，也需要关怀和支持。

亲， 顾名思义就是和我们有着血浓于水关系的人。

爱，不只有男女之间的山盟海誓，亲人和朋友的情义， 也是一种爱的存在。

很多时候，我们都面临着无数竖立在亲人与爱人之间的抉择。

有人说爱是自私的，也有人说爱是不分你我的。

一个人最内心的一面，往往都会在这种情况下而表露无遗。

我不兜圈子，凭良心对得起自己, 把所看到的用文字记录下来。。。

几个月前，我的岳父，脑中风了，病不致命因为发现的早。 及时地给与治疗，总算逃过一劫。

不幸的是，因为脑有血块而暂时丧失了部份记忆。他对我的记忆应该是很模糊，对我太太也是一样。。。 可是他却依然不停的叫着他儿子们的名字，也时常的问起他的外孙（我的儿子）的事情。

说真的，当时他丧失了很大部份的记忆， 当看着他躺在病床上，不断的问外孙的事情。我很想哭，因为我感受到他是很疼爱我的儿女。那份无私的关怀深深的让我看见了亲情的存在！

岳父最关心的就是大儿子（我太太的哥哥）。更不时的问儿子有没有来看他。可以感觉到的是，岳父需要儿子的陪伴。在这个艰难的时刻，他很想有亲人的陪伴与关怀。

可是，我看到的是，他的大儿子，为了任性的未婚妻而丢下了爸爸，去泰国购物旅行了！原因是泰国治安不好，不好让未婚妻一个人去。

我知道了，很伤心。我是看到了亲情的背叛。

岳父虽然逃过一劫，可是他也是需要亲人的照顾啊！任性的未婚妻，明知道泰国治安不好，你要阻止她啊。就算付了钱。也可以下次再去啊！！泰国不会消失的！

那几天，可能是你爸爸在这一生里最需要你的时刻了！

在你需要爸爸的时候，不离不弃的牵着你走过了无数的岁月。

在爸爸需要你的时候，你却不能好好珍惜和他的日子！我无言以对了。。。

幸福是有个人任何时候都对你不离不弃。

大家趁还有时间，要好好地珍惜和父母亲共处的时间。

I can remember on my second day with Datacom, they brought the team including me to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner. That time was because of the arrival of the bosses from Australia. (I am lucky to join for free food!)

Two years later, my last week with the company. The team brought me to Italiannies at 1 Utama for a farewell lunch! (Started with pizza and pasta, lastly end up with these food too :hahaha: )

We had the restaurant to prepare the food for around 20person and free flow of selected drinks. :-)

The restaurant is comfortable and the service was OK too.

This is the breadstick, quite salty if I am not mistaken.  Also, it serves bread before the meal.

This salad isn’t that tasty but it was at least a healthy food for the hunger. heh heh heh.

Although it was almost 2 months ago, but I can still remember the salmon pizza taste real good! Simple and delicious! Try it if you happen to be there.

The remaining dishes were the chicken and pasta, both taste not as good as the pizza. 

Overall, if you are a pizza lover, then give it a try. 

Otherwise, save your money for better food. :xd:

Another year is approaching to the end. For me, this year looks like a year of change, been into a lot of issues, joyful moments and pressures too.

Let’s start doing a few flashback before the new year resolution :-)

Start with the Longest Chinese New Year holiday that I ever enjoy during my career life. That is from the 1st to 15th day of January in lunar calendar! I wonder when I can have a holiday as long as this again…

Some weeks after my long holiday, with the correct timing, I got promoted to Professional Services Manager. A managerial role which most people dream of. This is another significant milestones for my career too.

More good news to come! My son, Zhe Yu, arrive on the labor day. Along with my daughter, both of them make up a “ 好”word in Mandarin :-)  . At the age of 30, I have a happy family, sustainable income and lots of friends. My life is perfect!

Since a lot of good news for the first half… there must be some bad news to balance it. During the July – August, I were knocked out by the Hand Foot Mouth decease which also granted me a few paid holiday. LoL.

Well, one year must travel once! That’s the statement from my wife. This year, we landed in Krabi, a very relax place with fantastic scenery and tasty food!

Due to the change of office location, I had no choice but to join the Proton army. I am now own a Saga! Let’s hope it last for another 30 years! LoL.

Work wise, I had completed a project for Netgear with the PM role. This is a project that really brighten up my profile! There are not much of people has this kind of commercial experiences with world class player! Also, this is a project with interesting technology, too bad I could not stay until I watched it go for the public release…

Another memorable moment, I had a handshake and chit-chat New Zealand prime minister. Although I am just a small potato but I feel happy and honor too.

Okay, on middle of November, I had tendered my manager seat and take up an offer to be a software developer again. Talk about rapid changes huh? This is shortest notice that I ever serve which is 2 weeks!

Many people say it is a waste to give up the bright career… very few sincerely wish me all the best on it. Perhaps you see this is not a wise move but at times we do not have a choice too. At least, you could have ask me on the reason for favoring such option before commenting on my decision :-)

WoW! Year 2009, it is definitely bring me a lot of memories… Been into up and down in many situations but still manage to survive. Let’s hope for a better year 2010!

Have you start to recall things happened in 2009 to see what you can do better? Have you started to plan for next year?

This is a long awaited event that I pinned into my calendar!

PC Fair is always has its charm on me. A few years ago, I shoot with Ixus 40 and later equip with my 450D. People do not understand why I am so interested and passionate into this… Some even say “Can’t you go on the street and just approach the pretty for a photo? Stop being a pathetic uncle and walk into crowd of youth”... So true and I must try it some days later! :happysigh:

You know… After shooting the event for a few times, it is kind of a must do activity… Beginning, it was merely for blogging the event beauty. Later it turns out to be a group activity. It has increase a lot of laughter and fun factor too. I simply enjoy the time that we walk and shoot in group, get a pose from the model and the moment we share the photos and comments. :hahaha:

Ok… enough “opening”. Let’s get into the content. :-)

This time, although we still seeing a lot of old faces but we do notice that new faces popped up. :goodjob:

I picked some nicer shots to place into this entry, so it won’t overkill someone’s slow internet connection. The full album is available here!

As shown, 1 round will be 1.06KM, and we did 2 rounds. That quite some walking, hehe. The Gold-man photo is here because it does not fit into the babe catergory. :hohoho:

Lastly, it is my show time with the light saber!

That’s the end for this entry. I enjoyed it very much and I do hope the same on you too.

Happy commenting!

已经很多个周末没有到外面的食店吃午餐了。就在上个星期，终于有了机会到外面找吃的了！

我们来到了这家笨珍云面家！外国的朋友，不要被店名给骗了，他们可不是笨的哦！

店里的装潢不会特别，就像其他的kopitiam~

我们当然是吃了云吞面和叻沙咯~~ :grin:

招牌都写明了，不必选啦！

虽然价格比一般的来的贵，可是分量不会少，没有骗钱的感觉！:hahaha:

叻沙就属一般货色，没有什么惊喜可言。。。:happysigh:

云吞面就不同了，首先这家店的云吞面可是有辣味可以选择。对嗜辣的我来说真的是好啊！

第一口吃就已经觉得面条很有弹性。云吞面也不是很特别的，但是这一碗面真的是香滑可口，很容易让华人接受的味道！:goodjob:

吃到一半，我才发现原来是猪油让平凡的云吞面变得如此的美味！不错哦！

这里的炭烧咖啡也是值得一喝~~

想吃又不知道哪里，你留言给我吧。

我带你去，你请我吃就可以了~~ 哈哈

After a long time since the last family gathering, we decided to enjoy the buffet lunch at Noble House while my parents in law are in town.

We heard and read enough good reviews which saying how worth to have the buffet lunch with unlimited Peking Ducks. Also the mouth watering dishes such as Shark fin and Crispy Pork at Noble House.

After this tried… I am very sure I will not pay this much of money for this kind of food again… It was over-rated… way too much different from the others review…

Let’s start the show now!

The buffet start 11:30AM but I was told to arrive there 12PM… so we go in late and it was crowded when we arrive there.

Since we were late… I did not manage to shoot the interior because it was really crowded.

As you can see, majority of the food are deep-fried and a small Dim-Sum corner with some steamed food. If you are healthy eater, I believe this buffer is not suitable for you…

From most review, I learnt that the Peking Duck is unlimited supply and you can take as many as you wish. It is so true!

But before we can materialize our dream to have unlimited Peking Duck, it is to QUEUE! :hahaha:

I am disappointed because the Peking Duck was not tasty. It taste like oily sweet pancake…

The crispy pork was not nice at all… Most reviews said the fat melt in the mouth and the skin crispy like biscuit!

I can tell you… Any hawker stall can sell better food then this… :sadism:

The shark fin was the worst, weird taste and the texture like glue… got cheated … :cryrun:

I have tried most food except dim-sum because I was lazy to check on it after too many disappointments… However, the prawn salad and the lamb was notable. At least it is able to gives me a reason that this restaurant still serve something nice and tasty :happysigh:

Over RM50/person, lousy service (no one help to refill water and clean up)… not so tasty food…

I would not recommend you to go.

But if you are keen to try it out, go ahead and enjoy.

Until I blog the next entry. Happy commenting!