a Glimpse from the Past

Mar84, i was about 6 months old. kecik2 dh punk rock.

masripan bck121. any senior officers at exxonmobil would remember my dad as bck121 red alfa romeo. very classic car. i could still remember,'abah, lompatlah!'. dad speeds up and jumped the hilly road. 'buat lagi!'. 'ok', dad replied. now you know why i drive like anjing laut.

trip to singapore. on cable car. i wanted an ice cream but mom decided not to buy 1 for me, hence the facial expression.

who's the naughty boy? "jgn conteng dinding!", mom told me. but didnt mention about the floor. i scribbled on the floor, tracing the joint tile on the marble floor. there was of course a picture of a house, stickman family, flower and the sun. would you tie your son or spank them?

selamat hari raye. sorry ma. im an ass (still am..?)

this picture was taken during a hockey tournament in ipoh, 1997. we reached the quarter finals. i enjoyed hockey but i decided no to stay with the team and moved on to rugby and athletic. i was never good at hockey anyway.

behold stick 'khayalan'. it was the florescent orange wrapped around the stick that eluded the goalie. we won 9-0 against our junior (we were f2). i scored 7.

this was taken by hideo minamizawa(?). 100m dash U-15, district level. sprinting is easy. concentrate on releasing your full energy then away you go. you just have to go through proper training and jogging is definitely not part of it. its been ages since i dashed 100m. to this day, running remains as my utmost passion. i wish i have the time to run.

this post goes to all idiots in the world

2 things i hate people touching, my computer and my computer.

i have a 'naked' laptop sitting on my study table. i use it to simulate my stupid programming hobby, mathlab. among the things i like to do is let the computer compute until berjuta2 zero behind else sampai hang. on other note, i will let it run to break a 128bit encryption, (theoretically, it takes 25 years plus). pointless.

muhammad called me in the middle of a meeting, internet down. 'i shut the power supply. your laptop went, 'kaplop', dead. i still have no internet'. aiyo.. i know how much you love your freeonlinegames.com, please, no sudden lappy shutdown. now i have to start a month worth of work all over again. best of all, i didnt save the programming. bodo. rase mcm nak marah bile balik rumah gak ni. haih... sabo2. he's young and stupid too, no point in scolding someone stupid.

recent project, ibubapa.org. i sort of ran out of idea. 1 quote that definitely needs a requote, customer is always right. like dzuf mentioned to me (7-9 months ago), malaysian dont know how to appreciate 'art'. mesti kene ubah2. imagine Interior Designing,.. i rase, garden ni bg squarish la, pool ni kene potong la corner die. what the heck? mcm tu sampai bile pon tak siap. stuck on one job je. idiots. so i quote, "customers are idiot, thats why they need us!"

sungguh emotional post ni... arghh what to do. just my cup of coffee.

Transformer!

here's the story.

abg wewin, how much do you get paid? - no specific figure really, if i find clients, they'd pay me.
so how does you client pay you? - i charge them by hour, sometimes by job.
how much per hour? - about RM100-300 per hour, depending on the work.

si pendek hands me RM10. "i dont have RM200, but one day ill pay you the full amount." - whats this for? "you said you wanted to watch transformer with me last saturday, but you slept the whole day, so im paying you RM200 to watch transformer with me".

si pendek aka adek aka muhammad, i wish i could blend you with some protein shake plus banana and chocolate then minum sampai kembung.

so 1/2 day for me today. i watched transformer. way awesome! its a must watch at the cinema, VCD DVD tak main! muhammad, i'd like to watch a movie with you some other time too, but be sure to save Rm200 next time. - hahaha.

a Brothers Love

6 months - you started crawling everywhere.
8 months - you walked every inch of the house
1 year - you ran like a toyol
2 years - you break the silence in the house
3 years - you asked so many questions that i had to lie.
5 years - you beat me at Gran Turismo-2 (a PS game)
6 years - you took taekwondo to beat me (physically)
8 years - you slept with me every night
8 1/2 years - you could solve quadratic equations.
9 years - you asked me to stop patting you on the head
9 1/2 years - you learned to differentiate and integrate
10 years - though you are big fat and chubby, you will always my baby bro.

Dear Muhammad,

I promised you a boxing glove on your birthday, but i cant. i cant use my spare money now. i may need it later. running a business was probably a bad idea. im in just for the thrill. i know you will like it too.

though you are sleeping soundly next to me, i wanted to tell you how sorry i am for not fulfilling my promise. i will get them for you, so please bare with me.

do you remember when i lost you at midvalley? i ran from east to west wing, parking lots, all over the place. i panicked! but i didnt stop. then i find you sitting on the bench in front of mcdonalds, eating your vanilla ice cream so leisurely. "where were you?" i asked, pissed off tone. "you told me to buy ice creams while you go get the movie tickets. im sorry i had to finish yours, it was melting". "how many ice creams have you eaten?"."this one makes it 5, thank God you gave me enough money". oh.. Muhammad.. kenape la ko comel sgt? tendang karang..

sometimes i wonder what would my world be like if you weren't born. regardless your age, you will always be my baby bro and you are free to hide behind me (in case you get into trouble). happy 10th bday, you will be great, its not a wish, its a fact.

-abg wewin.

something to do..

i sort of ran out of idea on photoshop-ing. thanks to in, i got my touch back bit by bit. this pic can never be posted on kahwin2u. its too big and heavy. so bloglah tempat it can only go.

Girly Geli Eddie

ive been constantly building webs these pass few days. ohh its so tough. everyone wants to be unique. anyway, id like introduce to you, my girlish design ever! i had to work with so many pinkish, butterflies, rings... so not my preference. but its done but not completed yet. http://www.kahwin2u.net. its still in beta but you are free to sign up ;)

help me to promote kahwin2u.net. post it on your blog. if your blog brings the highest visitor, you could instantly walk away with RM300! thats my promise.

please rate my work from 1 to 10 (with 10 being absolute gorgeous), in my comment area. thank you ;)

Laman7 Shifting Gear

(bound to have grammatical errors. please forgive as i have no time to check)

Laman7 was a bottled up idea since 2001. when i told people about my idea, the either degrade me, made fun of me, mock me and the most favorite line "can you really make it?". i was on engineering lane, i have no knowledge of IT or Business Management. Out of curiosity, i learned these things while studying for my degree. i was nearly dropping out, despite being lined up as the best student in foundation years.

IT- i started with C programming. i liked so much, that i tried drawing mickey mouse (it looked awful). later i discovered Korn's website. I wanted to copy their flash presentation. but i have no idea how to. then in 2003 i started photoshop, flash and dreamweaver it was hard as ever. a few years later, i went to uk. i started learning e107. i was lonely and in desperate need to be with my batch mates (mckk). portal was my next move. few years passed, i moved to mambo (which is later renamed to joomla). now, i consider myself above average in developing website.

Business Management - I started by skipping my engineering class and attending business ones instead. why? engineering is pretty straight forward. you grasped the concept, you'll know the whole thing. business is wicked, so many ways to deviate people. nontheless i wanted to hear the crap the lecturer is bragging about.

Part Timing - during my studies, i worked part time for my dad. he pays me RM250 a month and that was the only money i get. i usually blew it on business books, dates or IT projects. it wasnt enough to buy me daily lunch at the uni's cafeteria. oh yeah, i ride a bicycle to school. kids at uni mocked me, ur dad is a millionaire but this is your ride to uni? through hardship i learned to self contain. to accept what ever is fated for me. i kept my sorrowfulness to myself. often i tell myself, "you will be great, no matter what", and i cried to sleep in the process.

Full Time Job - years later i find myself being an engineer at my father's company. i traveled every where my job takes me. i had fun. but like i say, engineering is boring if youre not in R&D.

the birth of Laman7 - i started to commercialize the idea. friends of mine threw great ideas, i noted, learned and implemented (to my friends, you are welcome to join me). Laman7 is on kaizen, always learning to make our work flow more efficient. btw, Laman7 was officially launched on 7-1-2007.

Laman7 to date - we have sent about 20 proposals since May. 4 of them committed. 14 of them in consideration and 2 MIA. among these people are ABIM, stamford uni, nilai college, polis bukit aman, MLM companies, auto trader, halal-hub, community forums, bakery, corporate and many more.

eddie today - i official quit my post as an engineer. i declared myself as NETprenuers. i have no idea what that means, but i like it! im always busy, but will always find time for my buddies. i have no time to think about girls. they come and go like LRT. i work round the clock - 10 am to 3 or 4 am. i sleep 4-5 hours a day. i am tired. but i am satisfied, owning my company and doing what i like most. developing the web, the Malaysian web. thank you for reading such a long post.