Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Tuesday...

Dad flies back this afternoon.... he was here since sunday :| so short

nothing much today... thursday is a holiday... hehehe
feeling quite good with myself cos i did work! lOL

my fishes are still alive!

Friday, May 25, 2007

Survived a week of cold turkey!

No msn and gmail for a week! and i've survived!!!! hahahaha

Ok... it's been a week at Morgan Stanley. I have to say I do like it there!
(except for the strict internet and personal securities stuffs...) The culture is very good... similiar to Microsoft. Everyone's very friendly!

My position there is of Associate. Weird how they do their position thingy. But I am doing development in the IT department. Mainly DSI (data sourcing and integration) with informatica and sybase. It's been a week and i had created a small .net application to help out with small data parsing issue. I've also started development on informatica. The finance jargons are killing me! and the new acronymns... omg.

I sorta miss sql2005.... :( sybase has this sql analyzer thing that does not have any color in their sql query window.. :( so sad.. very primitive

i'm starting to use putty again! can you believe it? i haven't used putty for like 3 years since i started out in Microsoft!
now have to recall my unix shell commands again! it's like back to uni!

My desktop stuffs are all pre installed... i don't have the permissions to install anything! not even fonts :( feel so paralyzed...

There's this Hummingbird application on my program files... no idea what it does!

Monday, May 21, 2007

Cold Turkey Time...

:( no MSN in new workplace....everything is restricted!!! i miss microsoft :'(
but thank god i like the culture there....everything is the same... nice colleagues.... nice working environment....everything's nice just the internet restrictions :(

oh wellz... gotta get used to it!

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Relaxing Day~~

Today is my first "unemployed" state.... morning wake up... ate one big pau....read news paper.... walked to alteration center but didn't open till 2pm!
So i went to meet my ex colleagues at Marina Boulevard for lunch. They came from sydney for training here... so i just catch up with them for lunch.
While waiting at the lobby i met alot of ex colleagues... so interesting that feeling... ex colleagues in just one day....hmmm

then after that i went to collect passport for my sister for the visa thingy... the ambassy only allow her to stay for 10 days...so duh... they think she what? i thought should give at least 1 month! dumb.

then i went to the alternation place to alter my pants...collecting it on saturday... then now relaxing at home...

SHIOK.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The day has come to leave Microsoft

Today was my last day at Microsoft.
Felt really sad... it had been 2 years 10 months.
I had learnt alot of things. Will definately miss the culture and people there. (not to mention the free condiments!)
But this is life... it still goes on... new people new faces to meet... new experience to explore...
I'm glad i'm still nearby so anytime I can still bump into them or meet any of them for lunch :)

I am grateful for the gifts, blessings and farewell lunches. A very heartwarming experience. :'(

Sunday, May 06, 2007

ようこそ!

はじめまして。
hajimemashite.

いま、わたしわ にほんごが べんきょうします。
ima watashi wa nihongo ga benkyoushimasu.

にほんご わ かきて みたい。
nihongo wa kakite mitai.

わたし の しゅうまつ わ まま でした。
watashi no shiyuumatsu wa mama deshita.

あなた の しゆうまつ わ どう でした か。
anata no shiyuumatsu wa dou deshita ka.

じつ わ 。。。 わたし わ ときどき とても さびし です。
jitsu wa ... watashi wa tokidoki totemo sabishi desu.

Friday, May 04, 2007

MDX Refresh

Have to pick up my MDX again cause my new job role has alot of data warehouseing involved. (i Think).. here are some simple queries i played around with for Adventure Works database


select [Measures].[Internet Extended Amount] on columns,
[Source Currency].[Source Currency].Members on rows
from [Adventure Works]
where [Destination Currency].[Destination Currency].&[Australian Dollar]


select {[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount],
[Measures].[Internet Tax Amount]} on columns,
Order( [Customer].[Customer Geography].[Country].&[Australia].children,
[Measures].[Internet Sales Amount], ASC) on rows
from [Adventure Works]


SELECT {} ON 0
, [Product].[Product].[Product] ON 1
FROM [Adventure Works]
WHERE [Product].[Subcategory].[Pedals]


A good MSDN website for
a basic overview http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144785.aspx
key concepts http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144884.aspx