Age 30, What's Next?

Hmmm...I guess age 30 is officially becoming fucking old now. Never imagine time flow so fast that I even realized not until last week. So, what's next? I don't know, really. Everything about tomorrow. The primary things in life, getting relationship. This is the only shit gives me a lot of scary thought, for one I earned low income and doesn't own a house. That's the thing I am facing right now.

I know, people always told me to think that shit later. But for girls and especially the family nowadays, not much to expect these days would accept it. Maybe I just gone too far saying about it, however this sadly simply just happen to be reality. Of course not 100% applies to all the girls including the parents.

All parents do have the right to make sure their daughter married to good wealth man, well treated and doesn't wish them to suffer. Chinese culture are the most fearsome and I happen to witness my younger uncle getting poke by the wife family comparing the sisters husband who happen to be wealthy and successful every years. Even though, I don't really care because it isn't my business to jump in. What if that was me. I definitely get annoy, depress, getting laugh and pissed by people looking down at you like that.

Again, don't think about it too much. Living in new generation world probably changes comparing to the past. I know real life are not simple thing. It just how I think and sometimes I get frustrated fearing getting into relationship. Yes, there are girls do like me. But their family background puts me so much pressure and no confidence in the end. My current age doesn't mean much to me, it just how the girls think about future already puts me into the edge of worry.

IT Technician Doesn't SOLVED EVERYTHING!

I can't really think of any better title fitting for my post. But it just recently having a lot of thought at my work place, beside having shitty time teaching freshman how to work and being forgetful. I am beginning to get pissed off easily seeing how dumb people are becoming and so lazy to learned from it when just very simple thing.

How simple is that I am talking about? For one, inserting speaker jack into the PC. I am talking both young and adult doesn't know how to insert a fucking sound jack into the PC. Imagine how many years that really mentally stressful I had to deal this kind of fucking retarded request every day. Not to mention sometimes I have to rush over for nothing just to fix this kind of problem during the critical. Being a IT Technician which normally people always think of repairing and troubleshooting hardware stuffs. Yes that is correct. It just the rule doesn't apply at all in my place and slowly becoming some kind of help desk solving users problem instead when they can fix themselves and fucking better than me.

I have no idea if Brunei have educations standard problem making people think different or what, it just continue pisses me off and sometimes I have to be so rude over the phone signal them to fuck off. People always continue thinking IT Technician can solve everything when it's not. What worst when dumb idiots asking me how to use AutoCAD, others asking me how to use formulas in Excel and why this software can't do this or that. HOW THE FUCK DO I KNOW!

Pirating sure have make people even more dumber. Not a single common sense or whatsoever making them think we are the one who develop the Microsoft office programs and suppose 100% to fix it. This is seriously heading way over and question why we need pathetic arguing with the users. These continue never ending pointing finger really have no end. I'm so tired and hopefully can find a new job can get away all this nightmare.

Gov’t Web Down!

Again, nothing big surprise. I'm sure many of us expecting that silly hacking stunt coming. Either the website security never update or check or even scan for suspected virus and malware in the server by the IT. Although I have no right making such baseless claim in this post, but I do believe the Governments' employee's PCs or servers may largely infected.

I know because I encounter (few) Governments employees pen drive contains virus when transferring presentation data into our office PC. Even the burn CDR data I discover were all fake with infected files after the people complains to me why it can't open and the AV annoy message keep popping up blocking it.

You may say probably our office PCs were infected, sorry that ain't going to happen under my watch. My practices always disabling the autorun, installed good USB Guardian and AV program including latest Window updates keeping the system virus free as long as possible. Yes, it takes longer time to do and get complains by users for being slow delivering on time. Sometimes it worth the risk when you are monitoring over 240 PCs alone in the headquarter. Do note I haven't includes the CCTV, site office PCs and other system just yet because it stressful thinking about it.

Microsoft Windows is the only OS easily target by every hackers in the world. Without doubt majority of the Government system were mainly running Windows today. If the IT staffs didn't take good care updating the security patches, deploying good anti-virus programs and controlling daily use of USB storage’s. You already know what will happen next.

Rebuild Window 2012

I was busy finalizing my programs install this past few weeks after reformatting my Window into 64bit and restoring data. I don't really quite like reformatting Windows nowadays when they easily becoming unstable for long use and can't be easily repairs. No matter how new the Window version going to be, there always repeating same problem in the end.

For now, the headache are gone and decided almost everything running freeware programs including some are giveaway licenses too. Many of the programs I installed are already enough for daily use without require spending single cents. I do have to admit moving away from Microsoft Office does feel uncomfortable but the current LibreOffice does do the job very well with grammar checking feature. It just the CV I am working does mess up LOL!

Too Rich for New Generation of PRC

Even if you are not aware how rich China has become nowadays, the new generation of People of Republic China (PRC) majority have becoming so cocky over their family wealth. I'm not quite too sure if this show pulling this stunt intentionally to increase their viewers rating and popularity. But this teenager does fuck up their country image, as always do. No surprising and thanks to one child policy.

This video will explain everything but speak Chinese language, sorry. I'm not good at translating but apparently this kid say he doesn't want to smash the watermelon using his head and somewhat because he is from wealthy family that could mess up his image. He then throws money into the table asking the host to do instead. LOL

What's Next for piracy in Brunei?

We maybe continue looking towards downloading TV and movies at online. But for me, local companies are actually more at risk compare to home users pirating in the internet. Every local business owners can be easily a target by piracy watch or someone wants to pokes them which already happen on year 2008. If you don't remember, read this article here.

No one can estimate how many are still using pirated office or drawing programs running their business in Brunei today. My guess are around 90% using illegal programs and 10% probably just Window license. I know because I am an IT Technician. Leave out the operating system since almost new OEM system comes with license. However buying Microsoft office already cost half of the new desktop PC price and it does hurt the companies capital budgets no matter how large the organizations were. Of course we have to consider which versions we are talking about. Even so, the office “Professional” version could price you around $450.00 BND for one user (only). Imagine buying the rest like Visio, Projects, AutoCAD, Photoshop or 3D Max for each, that definitely worst unless you are rich enough or hit big contracts to cover the cost.

Still, they are stubborn people in this country won't bother about spending on license shits as we get use to 'free' stuffs, continuing breaching the law. This is why I done quite extensive self research in the internet looking solutions saving budgets for smaller companies and worry free on Intellectual Property Law in Brunei. No one likes getting sued by software developers especially the Microsoft. Yeah, don't forget them being here for so long. Anytime you are the target. So to save yourself, you need alternative route which is free programs until you are able to purchase those legal licenses.

Question always continuously remain the same. Do you willing to learn to use it if the IP law enforce in Brunei? Until now, not many locals like using freeware like Ubuntu (OS and server) and Libre Office (another version of Open office). Even both the programs are free and no single worry breaching any Intellectual Property Law in Brunei. No one just likes em when you already experience using MS office and Windows.

Like it or not, best to learn how to use the free programs as also benefits for your working skill able to use any office programs or operating system.

Lego Exo Force Sentai Fortress 7706

Amazingly, this set is still available when I go up to the capital last week shopping at Hua Ho. I last saw was last year (forget when) and didn't imagine continue to find it there. Although the box does wear off badly and open. I run a check and inspect with the permission from the sales lady. The content and stuff inside does feel missing. Well, I may be wrong as well because I have been so long not playing Lego so its hard to remember how to check the contents inside properly. But I went on swiping my card and drive back home. Build it straight away and regret later if really missing.

So, anything missing? No, I am so happy not a single bricks missing after completing the build. This set truly an epic despite it’s 2006 released. I planning to pursuit another one and hopefully able to get one more from other Hua Ho branch if still available today.