New Platform To Learn And To Teach

I am still committed to volunteerism despite in my busy schedule.

In my new working environment, I am still passionate to give back to the community. With this passion and eagerness to learn more, I have volunteered to run the demo for our product in a family day event organized by our employees women council. 

It was challenging to prepare myself in such a short time to face the public and share with them on our product. I have to know the product in detail yet to put in the simplest manner that was less confusing to the public, especially those kids. We started off with a little dull but quickly adjusted ourselves and finally won the attention of our audiences. It was really satisfying to get positive feedback from them and I am really proud to be part of the organizing team. 

There will be another demo tomorrow at the Penang Science Fair at PISA. 

Friends, do drop by at the event and especially at Motorola booth to show your support :-)

Volunteers rock!

Checkpoint

A quick check...this is already my forth month here in M.

My 1st 3 months here has been very challenging for me. I got on a POC project when I knew minimal about the whole development environment. With no background on model development and minimum knowledge on embedded especially in radio communication solution, I have started here in M just like a freshie but with much higher expectation.

To cope with my shortcomings, I stayed back late for over 2 weeks, in office for more than 12 hours daily. This project was equally difficult as my last project in 'I' in terms of the stress induced but both stress induction factors were different. In 'I', it was people relation and politics while in 'M' it was the uncertainty and alien environment that drove me nuts.

It was such a relieve and I have so much satisfactory when the project finally completed with lots of positive feedback from the management. It was a great learning opportunity and excellent ramping up path. It opens up my mind on how wide embedded computing can go. Now I can't wait to further my career path in Motorola. There are many opportunities and I am glad to have decided to move on with them.

Life in M

It has been more than a month since I last blogged and it marks my 1 month service in M.

I am still growing in M. I have a lot to learn here. Everything seems different from my previous position. I find it challenging and believe this position will be able to satisfy my passion for code. Many are asking if M is any better than I, honestly I think each is better in their own way. Every cloud has a silver lining.

For now, self discovery in new environment has gives a lot of positive qi. Life is better with less complain. I am picking up my pace and making more productive time at work place. With all these +qi, it helps drive progress in my research project as well. :D

3 days in office

We were out for lunch together today. The 'we' that I meant here was not my new M mates but rather my ex-colleagues from I. It felt strange and irrelevant to hear those office gossips from them but really good to see them around especially in my early integration phase where everything in the day is so alien to me. Thanks mates!

Back about my 3 days experience in new office, I love my new environment. Despite of the smaller cubicle, I am happy to be there. It was a huge relieve on the 1st day knowing that my boss has been anticipating my join. My login account was created weeks ago (confirmed this after seeing whole long list of emails since weeks ago), new monitor (still in box) lying on my table and order has been placed for my new telephone set. I am really looking forward to work with him and the whole team.

I am still in setup and learning phase. I am a total 'SpongeBob' now....ready to learn and absorb all new knowledge. Gambate!

Time to say goodbye

Departure and farewell is part of our discovery journey. We bid farewell to the old and greet the new. It is no stranger for me as well but somehow this round it is different. I can still recall my last day of my form 5, form 6 and university. It was not as heavy hearted as what I am experiencing now.

I guess the different now is I am the only one leaving...leaving my close friends and buddies I made throughout my 3 years there. Back in school time, it was a departure for everyone. We were all occupied with farewell greetings for each other. So it was less emotional and easier to deal with.

Mmmmm....I have already made all the necessary past down earlier and returned my laptop today as I am worried that tomorrow will be an emotional and unproductive day for me. Hope that I will be able to stay calm and not over emotional tomorrow.

Lastly I hope that our friendship stays strong beyond the Intel boundary.

Time to move on

This has been troubling me for so long...finally I have made my decision to move on after 3 complete years of serving...
Now I really enjoyed my time in intel...hooray!

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Me on social media

I have been so attached to social media sites. Many thought I am totally into this and they are half right. Those shout-outs and status updates on FB and occasional short post on this page are just a way for me to release my tension. I just love to write to seek attention from friends without specifying whom I am calling out for and to kill some time.

I don't normally literally spell out feelings but I just love giving hints. So don't try to guess as you probably will get it wrong ;P

Blessing Quarter

Finally back to my blog...really a long stop since my last post.

It has been a busy quarter be it at work, study or home.

Glad that a lot has been accomplished. I am really happy now that so much has been sorted out.

Anticipating my new start and am certain that postgraduate is something I really want and something I can accomplish.

Now that I have the green light from both my academic and my industry supervisor, I just have to kick start my project. No more procrastination, Sze Wan!

Lots of uncertainty and lots of procratinating

There were too many humps on the way for the past few months. There were too much which I wanted to accomplish but could not find enough time to juggle with all. I wishes myself the best and may I get the best out of this busy schedule for I did tried my best...wish me luck!

Another piece for friends over the ocean

Wrong decision

Sometimes I can't help it but to wonder if I have made the wrong decision. Is master degree something I really want and need?
I always wanted to prove to myself that I can achieve anything for as long as I want it. This is how I got myself into such a hard life now juggling between work, study and interest. I also put my finance and future into jeopardize. I am financial tied and changing my career path now seem like the toughness decision now.
Btw a master by half coursework and half research just don't fit well with my characteristic.
Decision has been made and I just have to hang on there. I only ask for a graduation...hope that my coursework result just don't screw me now...aft this sem I ll work on my project...the title is challenging and I confidence that I can make it!

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can't concentrate

Vlsi final paper I is less than 24hrs away yet I can't concentrate...perhaps I must have too much until lost of interest or because I have too much side track things to worry about...
Feel like sitting for the paper now and move on

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Another battle

After a long Friday at office, it marks the end of my long struggle on fuse...many envy my following long holiday but it isn't a holiday after all.

My final paper for VLSI design is 7 days away and yet I have the analog topics felt so aliened away. I will start burning mid night oil tomorrow...I must do exceptionally well this round to make up for what I have lost out on on my last semester. Gambate SW!

Why do I do my postgraduate study?

I can not deny that I am materialistic. I do hope that the master degree can earn me bigger paycheck and better career prospect. This is very obvious for my case and could easily be figured out by my family members and close friends. For those that understand me less, they will most probably be guessing that SW is probably a nerd.

They asked "why not MBA or other management course? Why master in Engineering instead?" since they heard me complaining about my job and my occasional remark that engineering is not my profession of choice to grow old with. Here is my respond, "there were too much MBA grads out there. I just want to be different and wants to do something harder. Besides, this route opens another path to the academic world."

So with these in mind, I pushes myself hard to balance between work, study and leisure as well as other side track activities in GGA. I learn by heart and try my best. Even I am to fail at some point, it is still my effort that counts. I am here to learn, not to zerox other people's effort.

Ujrah Scheme for my PTPTN loan

I have received the contract via email from the PTPTN authority for close to 2 months already. I kept procrastinating on effort to read through the 21 pages document and to decide on whether to revise the agreement or not. Now that the dateline is approaching, I am forced to decide.

The 21 pages document comprised of 1 page of checklist, 5 pages of authorization and payment forms, 9 pages of loan agreement and 6 pages of guarantor agreement.

As I wasn't that familiar with the Islamic scheme, I decided to google for it. This was an interesting article I got from the search.

http://blog.limkitsiang.com/2009/07/06/ptptn-issues-1-interest-rate/

It was interesting not because of some fancy terms or the site that hosted it but it was due to those comments received on the post. I wasn't much aware of the poor language used until I scanned through the comments. I agreed with most on SS's average English(*average considering that I detected some incorrect tenses) but thanked him for spelling out our concerns bravely.

I would consider myself as an active internet user. I read and write a lot here. But I do not see how one can improve their grammar by reading online. Reading online can sometime bring more cons than pros if you are not selective about the pages you browse. Generally people tend to use broken English and abbreviations on the cyber space. Our command of the language are mold over the years in school and in our daily conversation. Things do not happen overnight.

So I would blame this on our education system. Our system has failed us over the years. We, the Generation Y are relatively poorer than our predecessor. Now that we are behind track, we should seriously do something to improve this phenomenon. Let me start off myself by reading more news articles online and cut down those status updates on Facebook. The cyber social network is killing the beauty of the language.

Back on my earlier discussion for this post, my analysis shows that the scheme is a gift but the terms and conditions are rights violator empowerment medium. Agreeing to the 1% charges would means that I grant the agency all rights to access my private details as well as my guarantors (*both my parents) details on all agencies they deemed necessary. Why would the agency need so much details? It would be less harmful if they are only granted access to our financial report through the Bank Negara. Why does the clause say 'mana-mana agensi'? Which agencies do they meant here?

I have concerns and worries but I am just an ordinary Malaysian. I ask myself 'Which is the correct channel for us to raise our concern?, What is the correct procedure?, Would our concern be heard?'. Finally 'Am I flogging a dead horse?'.

My worse day in 2011

Everyones need some motivation to move on be it in verbal or in cash value. I am saying that my day sucks as I don't get satisfaction in both. Instead I got myself into verbal arguement...thank god for I have another excellent session with him. At least time spend there were ok...if not I seriously need time off from this pressure cooker like environment....but I don't have much AL left :s....

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Disbelieve

Has been quite some time I actually blog but this really trouble me. I won't believe this if I have not seen it myself. Just don't understand what are they trying to achieve from these 2 years. I know myself well and thank god for giving me a clear direction!

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