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Google Analytics Master Class (GAMC) Kuala Lumpur + Slides

Posted by IcedNyior on March 16, 2010  |  6 Comments

The good people over in Google SEA decided to hold the first (I think) Google Analytics Master Class in KL last weekend. It was held in Hilton Hotel KL and the best part, it was FREE! All you had to do was register yourself and they will email you if you got the invites. I bet they didn’t expect the overwhelming response though.

The GAMC consists of a couple of speakers who gave short 10 minutes (or so) talks. Some were from Google, explaining the features in GA and other related tools. Others were from various businesses that utilizes GA in their business.

CNY Aftermath

Posted by IcedNyior on February 5, 2009  |  No Comments

I had a really long 10 days of Chinese New Year holidays. The office was closed for a week during CNY and because its a public holiday on 2nd (Monday) is a public holiday in lieu of the Federal Territory day on Sunday, I only came to the office yesterday.

Ten glorious days of utter relaxation – lepaking in mamaks till 4am in the morning, waking up at 2pm everyday. We had a CNY dinner with my cousins families. I have around 3 cousins who are staying in Selangor so they brought along their spouse & kids. In total there were 5 little nieces and nephews running round and round. Finally manage to get they to sit still by bribing them with icecream and origami.

Now I’m back to work and there’s some projects to be finished :( My graphic designer resigned so I hope things wont get harder.

On another note, i got 2 (well 1 confirmed, one not confirm) job offers yesterday. We’ll see how it goes

Working life so far

Posted by IcedNyior on December 30, 2008  |  1 Comment

Working life so far has been rather interesting. It takes me around 1 hr to get there and 1.5-2 hours to get back (depending on what time i leave the office).

Lots of people say the best part about working is that you get your own income. Well yea, but with an income comes more responsibility – especially if u’re the eldest.

So the parents and I sat down the other day and kira-kira. I offered to pay the loan for my car in exchange for them paying for my student loan. Actually both is roughly the same total amount but I preferred to pay for the car

Here’s the breakdown of the rough estimate:

Toll = RM6.50 a day = RM180
Petrol = RM 240 (includes those times when i terpesong to other places)
Car loan = RM500
Total = RM920

*pening*

My first day at work

Posted by IcedNyior on December 15, 2008  |  6 Comments

6.45am

Nervous! Im getting ready for my first day at work. Am going to take a new unexplored but easier route. Omg! Nervous! Couldn’t sleep well last nite :/

Wish me luck!

10.30am

I’ve settled in. Met most of the 40 or so staff members. Mostly Chinese here and some Malays – but they are mostly in the enforcing department (they have a hamster tank in their office. lol!) There’s some construction going on. The fumes are making me feel high and pening a bit. Im still a bit shy tho *blush*

12.26 pm

I managed to track my movement on Google Maps. Tolls :
# NKVE (Kota Dsara – Dsara) = RM 1.00
# Sprint (Kerinchi) = RM 1.60 (i think? cant rmbr)
# SMART = RM 2.00

Yea its RM4.60 for tolls. But totally no jam except a bit after the Damansara toll. Got to the office in slightly less than 1 hour which is pretty good for morning rush hour.

Now I wonder when is lunch?

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3.32 pm

A series of unfortunate events:
- They are doing some renovation in the office. the chemical fumes (glue, paint and got knows what else) is making me dizzy
- I had to eat alone. nobody invited me to lunch :(
- I dropped my phone into the toilet. yea, AFTER I did my small business :’(

On another note, our pantry is decorated like a tavern and we got a life-sized N*ght Elf. LOL!

Plus there is a new sealed copy of Gr*nd Th*ft Auto 4 on my desk. And stacks of GT* 4 posters behind me

Woot~ its the weekend

Posted by IcedNyior on November 28, 2008  |  1 Comment

Lately I’ve been:

• Spamming around in LYN forum. So much so that someone said that “I see ur name everywhere there”. Haha!
• Finished watching and downloading True Blood. Season 1 just ended. Awesome series
• Constantly visting Monster.com.my, JobStree and JobsDB. Any other job search sites to recommend?
• Just watched Quarentine – movie review coming up soon (if I dont get too lazy)

Am also currently doing this:

Yea, am finally building up my portfolio. The site’s not ready yet of course. I have yet to put my flash stuff on there. I’ve also been busy working on some freelancing work – which I completed last week and should be getting payment this week. Yey!

Um, my fren from yesterday apologized. okay, Apology accepted. :)

Yey the weekend is here. Aree came back from KK yesterday and we went our for late dinner supper (it was 12am) at Al-Rawsha. Omg i love their lamb kebabs. Today we’re going out to pay her electric bills in Kepong and then going to Curve for my much needed hair trim/cut. Tonight bebudak reban has dinner at 7pm but I’m not sure I can make it.

Oh yea, tonight I will be in Coco Banana with my frens and their scandals (?). Haven’t been there yet. Hope it’ll be fun. Also I’m going to watch Madagascar 2 tomorrow.

Yea the weekend is here! Enjoy people

Posted by IcedNyior on November 27, 2008  |  2 Comments

How dare u say Im sitting on my ass doing nothing?? Or in your words “someone malas kerja then complain not enough money”. Grrr

There is a reason why im not taking the tutoring job in my old college. Its Kota Damansara to Cyberjaya every single day. Fourty minutes ONE WAY and thats not including the jam. Not to mention toll would be around 6-12 bucks depending on which highway. Do that for FOUR BLOODY YEARS and tell me you want to do it for another 6 months (min contract) or more.

Cakap je mmg senang.

Edited : I wrote a much more harsher version earlier but decided to edit it

The job search is on

Posted by IcedNyior on November 14, 2008  |  No Comments

So it’s been one week since my training/course/whatever you want to call it in KLCC has ended. Phew! Two months of going up and down Damansara to KLCC at 7am and coming home at 6pm. The driving, the jam, the lugging my heavy laptop to and fro. The expensive meals in KLCC and its whereabouts.

It was an interesting two months. Made some new friends and colleuges. Learned a lot of things that will prove useful later (I hope :P). We finished up the course on Friday – submitted our reports & files + database – then had a farewell makan-makan in the office and also snapped photos on certain floors in Tower 1. Gedik! lol

So now, its on to search for jobs. Does anyone have a job vacancy for a Software Engineer / Multimedia Designer (includes flash & 3d)?

Just another boring day

Posted by IcedNyior on October 8, 2008  |  2 Comments

Sleepy *yawn*

View from the 5th Floor, KLCC Tower 1

Posted by IcedNyior on September 19, 2008  |  3 Comments

It was raining again today in KL. Not those cloudy sad rainy days, but those sunny-but-the-rain-is-pouring-down kind of days. Something in between.

The course so far has been interesting. The theory part is complete and now we’re working on our projects. I am working on my project individually – just the way I like it. What I hate is the fact that we don’t have Internet access to chat do research on the particular codes/methods because the theory taught was just the basics.

My colleagues (cewah! actually they’re more like my coursemates) are a really fun bunch. Only five of us and so we bonded well. I got two of the guys addicted to Yahoo! Pool. Haha!

I’m seriously still not used to the early mornings. I hardly sleep at all at night (its 5.30am and I can’t sleep) but I’m so tired the whole day in the office. I leave the house around 7am and get back around 5-6pm. Then I take a nap which then results in me unable to sleep at night. Messed up, I know.

I got some extra money in hand so I decided to pay off my phone bill debts. Was a bit behind in some payment, totally my fault for overspending. I forgot to lower the credit limit after they automatically increased it to RM600 when i registered an additional line for a friend. So yea, paid everything off and lowered the limit to 200.

Am still working on one of my website projects. There’s also another flash project I’m supposed to do which promises a high pay but I think I’ll focus on one thing at a time first. The flash thingy is after raya anyway.

I have been expanding my circle of friends. I have more chinese friends now. LOL! Some might find it weird but previously, about 95% of my friends in KL are non-chinese. Today hung out with a group of friends to eat crabs at Puchong. Was quite cheap.

Mag’s coming down today. God I miss her! I had so much fun in KK thanks to her. Preparing for the wedding and stuff. She’s bringing her wedding vid and photos to pass to me. I can’t wait to see them (and her of course).

Now I just can’t wait for the weekend so that I can sleep in. haha!

slow laptop & php course

Posted by IcedNyior on September 10, 2008  |  No Comments

Yesterday, I thought it was kinda weird why it took ages for me to open programs -even Microsoft Word and Firefox. Then I took a peek at the specs. Notice the ram? Less than 200MB RAM. I dont even dare to open lots of tabs or programs.

Its not my laptop (thank god!). Its a borrowed laptop from the place where I’m taking my course. they have wifi here too! I brought my laptop today but we were not in the same room as yesterday, in fact, we’re on a totally different floor so no wifi. boo :(

I slept kinda early last nite, around 10pm because Im taking the LRT to and from KLCC starting today. Have to leave the house by 6.30am grrrr….I’m really not a morning person. And I still feel sleepy now :( Can’t wait for lunch!

Oh oh, i got my project title for my PHP course already. Looks kinda simple concept but the coding is going to be a bit tough I think. *dies* Ok la…time to go back to work