This week was an OK week I guess. Managed to settle a stupid problem at work, and got to relax a bit here and there while working at the same time. Seen how information did not flow as freely as we wanted it to be, and seen how that will cause problems for us. Information flow, is dependent on the informer. If the informer did not bother to pass down the information, which is so time-critical, what can we do?
Do extra, of course. Until we also do not know, why are we doing extra. For whom are we doing extra.
On the bright side, doing extra is good practice. At least, it increases one’s knowledge of things (if you are willing to learn despite complains now and then), and enables more chances at trouble-shooting (till the extent that you can be crowned a trouble-shooting king or queen).
[Monday]
Went to work with a black heart. Or an icy heart, whichever is closer. I just wanted to do whatever I planned to do. Nothing much though. When Lk’s cold, he’s damn cold. And heartless.
Went to BPP after work. Bought myself a hot fudge sundae. Great stuff, after an icy day. And then, fried rice from JE.
[Tuesday]
It’s quite interesting, and quite frustrating, how 1 side wanted to take control, and yet, did things that were not up to expectations, and how the other side wanted to give up control, and yet, the top wanted that side to hold on to control.
The thing is, we are not interested in control. Why put so many things on our heads when we know that we cannot handle it?
If we take charge, fine, let us handle everything. Not half-half. It’s just hard to work with people who are half-hearted at doing things.
Dinner was at… IKEA! Ate like siao as usual lor. A BIG DINNER. Hahaha… we had got pasta, chicken leg, shrimp salad, chicken wings, meat balls!
[Wednesday]
Hmmm… trouble-shooting day. I forgot what I did though. It should be some shit thing.
Dinner was at T3. Yummy mee hun kuey and mango salad. Mango salad. Reminded me of the @#*&@)(*#@ salad bought from the stall while at HNL. Zzz.
[Thursday]
1 problem solved. We had a great time tracing cabling. We saw that indeed the shielding of cables has been tied to some ground, and that whole mounting was tied to a base. And yes, the base is made of fibre-glass.
There’s no common ground.
And so, we made a vow to ground everything, each and every component, each and every aluminum plate, each and every mounting where there is obvious grounding, to somewhere common. And that solved our analog voltage issues.
Grounding is important. Just like in life. You stand on both legs. Your legs touch the ground. And you can stand, stable.
Dinner was bought from JE. Cai fan, I think.
[Friday]
It’s Friday!!! I have 1 more @#@)#*@# problem, but I will leave it for next week. We had fun playing around with buckets of water, both fresh and salt, and ac currents going up to 80 amps. Zzz. Strange procedures. Strange results.
Whatever.
Dinner was at some thai place at GWC. Forgot the name. Another BIG DINNER. Seafood green curry noodles (or bee hoon… zzz), pineapple fried rice, kailan, and a tomyum sukiyaki. Wahaha… Crazy 1. Ate until quite full leh. The tomyum’s not bad though.
[Saturday]
Tennis day. Played like crazy again. It’s shiok to be playing like crazy, where the ball lands wherever you want it to land.
Not that accurate la, but at least, it does not go out. LOL.
Finally, the handphone screen protector’s available! But I am damn sianz about it. The cutting was quite wrong. I might have to take it out, trim a bit, and paste it back.
The boss gave me a discount, and would gave me more discount when better goods arrive. So that screen protector is a temporary measure.
[Sunday]
Most probably, tennis. Before that, shopping at queensway maybe.