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zimbra rocks!

2010-03-08T10:00:00.000+08:00

after weeks of struggling installing & configuring zimbra, we finally managed to get it done :)

1st attempt was trying to install on top of FreeBSD - failed! tak cukup tinggi ilmu FreeBSD aku ni :P tapi mmg banyak buang masa dok troubleshooting sana sini...

2nd attempt was on Fedora 11 - yey success :) pretty straight forward & not very complicated, just that you better read the requirements/how-to 1st before proceed with the installation. if not you gonna stuck like me hahahahhaa

the web mail interface

so far for me, zimba is the best opensource mail and collaboration suite i ever tried. it comes with AJAX Mail & Address Book, Shared Calendering, AJAX Documents, Tasks and Briefcase & the best part is Instant Messaging inside the webmail. ala macam gmail chat tu.

autocomplete email address when composing email

autocomplete email address when sharing appointment in calendar

IM inside the webmail. cool eh!

there are a few editions of zimbra, but we just use the opensource editions. FOC! but if you are not an opensource fan, no worry you can always go for enterprise/professional versions. go here for the comparisons.

web administration

for admin backend here is the features - Web/CLI administration, Online backup/restore, Storage management, Multi-domain support, Integrated Anti-Spam / Anti-Virus & many more!
gila senang nak maintain ;)

admin interface for managing user accounts

thats not just it, they also have desktop client for those not fancy web based email. and also for migration purposes they offer pst to zimbra conversion, migration wizard for Exchange & Domino. cool! FOC too.

i'm still new with zimbra but those yg nak migrate their email systems to zimbra boleh la contact aku kalo stuck kat mana2. tapi kalo nak suruh aku buat from a to z pun boleh gak, tapi kena la ada pengerasnya ya ;)

p/s: hmmm ape pengeras aku nak mintak ek?

18sx toilet

2009-12-24T10:00:00.000+08:00

i bet u gonna spend extra longgggggggggggggggggggggggg time in this toilet :P

p/s: location? in a club somewhere in KL

musim hujan

2009-12-23T10:22:00.000+08:00

lama sungguh aku tidak mengemaskini blog aku ni... cerita2 pun dah jadi basi hehehehe. nak cerita apa pun aku tak tau...

since sekarang ni musim hujan, saksikan Hujan perform during Mister Potato event kat Mist Club, Bangsar.

kalo nak tgk pictures depa, visit fb aku ;)

Project Alpha

2009-08-18T21:29:00.004+08:00

nantikan kemunculan Project Alpha in Astro featuring me & jojo

huhuhuhu korang jgn jelesss :P

no la, just kidding. actually featuring...

redmummy & jojo

me & redmummy

p/s: me jadik pak pacak jer :(

ssh tips

2009-07-30T15:03:00.020+08:00

most of our servers have timeout for ssh connections or probably the routers or firewalls configured to cut the connections if no data is transferred in either direction after a certain time interval, basically by the time i came back from lunch, all ssh connections will be disconnected. sucks right?

there are 2 ways to prevent this to happen. either do it from the servers or clients side.

1st way: reconfigure sshd on the servers like this:
edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config put ClientAliveInterval 60
and don’t forget to restart sshd on the server;)

2nd way: if you have a bunch lot of servers, i bet you don't want to edit all the servers configs. the easier way is to configure on the client end.

- if your're using linux desktop edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config and add the line:
ServerAliveInterval 60

- if you're using putty - under Connection, put non-zero value for:
Seconds between keepalives (0 to turn off). eg. 60

- if you're using cygwin edit ~/.ssh/config and add these lines:
Host *
TCPKeepAlive no
ServerAliveInterval 60

or u just can put below options when execute ssh command:
$ ssh -o TCPKeepAlive=no -o ServerAliveInterval=60 servername

so now i can have a longer lunch break huhuhuhuu ;)

oh btw, i've dumped putty + PuTTY Connection Manager, now using cygwin + puttycyg.
with puttycyg, at least u're not stuck with the crap "cmd.exe" windows that comes with cygwin, unless u install Cygwin/X lor. betul dak jep?

1 more thing, ssh to outside world is block from within our company network. here is the trick - reconfigure your sshd to run on port 443. on cygwin install corkscrew, then put these in the ~/.ssh/config
Host outside_server
ProxyCommand corkscrew your_company_proxy_ip 8080 %h 443

$ ssh outside_server
Password:
walla you're now on outside world!

again, if u're using putty - under Connection - Proxy. oh thanks to apai!

p/s: wife aku dok komplen "ape yg awk dok buat ngan screen hitam tu, tak ceria langsung..." eh hitam bukan sebarang hitam ya ;)

Victoria’s Secret SALE!!!

2009-07-27T20:45:00.006+08:00

i'm now into online business :)
for those looking for Victoria’s Secret products go to Victoria’s Secret SALE!!!

for other products such as PAC Beauty, Biore Cleansing Oil, Sutera Terengganu, Gin & Jacqie Bags etc go to Shop@RM

So ape lagi, belikan la utk bini/girlfriend/~~mistress~~ korang hehehehe. Thanks.

p/s: VS nyer bau mmg very the sexy... sure naik nafsu syahwat! utk yg berumahtangga sahaja!!! tu belum lingerie dia lagi huhuhu :P

its 4mb now

2009-06-22T22:47:00.005+08:00

speedtest from www.p1.com.my

after a week waiting for technician to come to upgrade my streamyx, now its finally 4mb yeyyy ;)
currently TM has promotion for this package for only rm160/month. before i was paying rm88/month plus italk voice plan rm38/month total up rm126.

speedtest from www.speedtest.net

together with this 4mb package i choose the rm10/month for my voice plan, so just additional rm44 monthly. on top of that i got free wireless router plus free cordless phone. good deal kan?

the free wireless router

so ade sesapa nak beli wireless router lama aku ni?

now me happily youtubing... even from wireless connection, youtube seems smoothly streaming, tak de la tersekat2 :P kalo tersekat pung tak la berjanggut nak tunggu cam dulu ;)
ooo torrent lom test lagi ni... nanti2 la...

p/s: tapi cordless phone tak dapat lagi ni iskk iskk... boleh stok tak dak lak? pe citer ni TM?

blackberry as modem

2009-06-16T11:46:00.010+08:00

all this while i never bothered to configure my blackberry to be a modem. probably the reason was my laptop is company property, malas la nak godek barang orang ni. plus legal admin right pun takde for the laptop (illegal or backdoor ade la hehehehe sssyhhhhhh)

but since we bought our new Lenovo netbook, semangat la sket nak menggodek. here are the steps how to turn your blackberry to be a modem. mine is Curve 8310.

1. install BlackBerry Desktop Manager. download here.

- once installed, connect your berry to your laptop & launch the apps. make sure the status "Connected" like pic above.

2. go to Control Panel -> Phone and Modem Options. select Modem -> Standard Modem. click on Properties. click on Diagnostics -> Query Modem
- there should be some messages "BlackBerry IP Modem, Research In Motion bla bla bla..."

then click on Advanced, u can see there is a column "Extra initialization command"
put this line into that column:
- for MAXIS = at+cgdcont=1,"IP","net"
- for CELCOM = at+cgdcont=1,”ip”,”celcom3g”

then go to Control Panel -> Network Connections (we need to create new connection for this modem)
- select Create a new connections -> Next -> select Connect to the internet -> Next -> select Set up my connection manually -> select Connect using a dial up modem -> (if you have more than 1 modem, select the modem we configured just now)
- give the ISP Name eg. berry maxis
- in Phone number, put *99#

User name & Password:
for MAXIS put User name = maxis & Password = wap
for CELCOM = no need to key in any information, leave it blank.

once finished, double click the shortcut & Dial

if everything is OK, you are now connected ;)

the speed, hmmm not so bad & quite resonable la for surfing purpose. at least if desperate nak pakai internet & no reachable free wifi, boleh la pakai ni...

p/s: credits goes to sukablackberry

zoo taiping

2009-06-14T12:36:00.001+08:00

antara hasil petikan… tak larat nak upload banyak2 ;)

p/s: singa & rimau manjang tido jer… hampeh tul!

bila tangan gatal memetik

2009-06-07T00:59:00.009+08:00

semenjak 2 menjak ni aku dah terjebak ke alam baru. selama ni aku hanya melihat & memerhatikan member2 aku seorang demi seorang terjerumus ke alam yg asyik ini. tapi aku masih lagi tidak goyang walaupun hampir setiap masa diracuni oleh mereka supaya mengikuti jejak langkah mereka.

tetapi air dicincang tak akan putus, eh silap peribahasa pulak! tetapi lekuk juga batu jika dititik air selalu. ye dak?

akhirnya aku tumpas juga... aku kini terjerumus ke alam yg mengasyikkan itu.

peh apa yg aku mengarut ni. actually aku baru berjinak2 dengan DSLR daaa... a few months back bini aku hadiah kan aku sebijik Canon 450D! well actually sebab nak tangkap gambar utk blog dia tu la... dah manjang pergi event sana sini, tak syok la pulak pakai Canon IXUS tu!

tapi dah beberapa bulan pakai rasa cam tak puas lak asik layan kit lens dia tu. tu yg tajuk bila tangan dah makin gatal memetik, tu yang dapat hasil ni...

50mm f/1.8 II & 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS sekali ngan UV filter. sambar gak bagpack. dapat la free lens hood tokey kedai tu bagi. murah2 jer lens tu, bajet ciput. lagipun baru nak berjinak2, amik gambar pun tak betul lagi. layan la bajet lens dulu ye dak... nanti insyallah ade rezeki lebih, leh la sambar L lens :P

hasil petikannya nanti2 la aku upload, dah transfer kat PC lagi satu. malas nak mengopy!

p/s: tu pun hadiah dari bini gak, dia cakap 3 tahun nyer birthday presents daaa... 3 tahun pun 3 tahun la... janji dapat. anyway TQ yang ;)

p/s2: sorry geng Nikon, Canon it is! :P

SCO OpenServer

2009-05-17T00:18:00.004+08:00

another unix flavor added into my portfolio, SCO OpenServer 6.0.0 ;)

friend of mine asked me to do the SCO installation last friday. upfront i told him that i never do any of SCO installation before so don't expect it will go smoothly. well i was right, it didn't go the way it should. we stayed up till 4am but still couldn't get it installed. dang!!!

the hardware is Dell PowerEdge R200. at first it was SATA CDROM issue. somehow SCO couldn't detect it if its connected to 2nd or 3rd SATA port. we opened up & changed to port 0 then it good to go. then half way through the hard disk couldn't be detected! turned out the SCO installation CD doesn't have this Dell RAID Controllers driver. after googling, downloading & burning necessary files, we finally made it through. yeyyy!!!

one thing about SCO installation script, it sucks big time. we have to find out ourselves on how to load those addtional drivers. there's no help or note during the installation tell us how to do so. we even need to key in all those license & code key during the installation. couldn't it wait once it get installed? well, anyway we successfully installed it, now time to configure.

on the same time we also did the FreeBSD 7.2 installation. on the same spec of hardware but the installation was straight forward & perfect. we even only use the bootonly cd, the rest downloaded through mirror. freebsd rock, SCO scissors hehehehehe :P

p/s: probably you all wonder why not use other unix or linux for that SCO box, but according to my friend, it was their legacy application running on Infromix database that only can run on SCO. whatever lor... (janji payment aku jgn lupa! hehhehe)

tab for putty

2009-03-20T00:03:00.003+08:00

have u ever wish putty comes with the tabbing? your wish come true :)

get PuTTY Connection Manager here - http://puttycm.free.fr/

p/s: baru terasa cam pakai konsole KDE ;)

data center

2009-03-02T22:07:00.009+08:00

HP BladeSystem c7000 front view

its has been quite sometime for me not visiting data center. i think it was like 1 year plus ago. not like friend of mine ni, tiap2 hari kuor masuk dc :P

but recently we have a project to build up new infrastructure that made me visiting this freezing dc again.

as u can see from the pics here, this new infrastructure will consists of 4 HP BladeSystem c7000 rack up in 2 racks and 2 of NetApp FAS6080 also in 2 racks.

HP BladeSystem c7000 rear view

from the 1st pic you can see 2 HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosures. the upper enclosure consists of 4 full-height (FH) Server Blades with 8 Virtual Connect modules (rear view). we gonna install VMWare ESX servers here to host windows & linux as clients.
and the lower enclosure consists of 16 half-height (HH) Server Blades with 4 Virtual Connect modules. these will be installed with linux.

NetApp FAS6080 front view

NetApp FAS6080 rear view

and each of the NetApp FAS6080 comes with 21terabytes of disk storage. so total up is 42terabytes. huge huh!

p/s: storage tu aku rasa lebih dari cukup utk mirror kan semua ~~porn or torrent~~ oss projects :P

ubuntu + 32" Sony Bravia LCD

2009-03-01T22:50:00.004+08:00

well, its actually Ubuntu Live CD running on my Dell Latitude D830. Unfortunately couldn't get it to work in full screen. maleh nak godek sbb lagipun running from live cd.

and this is XP. perfecto!

p/s: now what i need is the new wireless keyboard & mouse ;)
leh la surfing from couch jer hehehehee

bunyi yang dilihat

2009-02-26T23:59:00.001+08:00

baru balik dari melayan Konsert Alam Muzik M. Nasir di Istana Budaya sebentar tadi. best giler! superb!

actually konsert ni start esok 27, 28 Feb & 1 Mac, mlm ni tadi kiranya warm up session la hehehe. org2 terpilih jer leh gi tgk ;) (thanks to my SIL)
tapi tadi emcee dia ckp tickets all sold out. hahaha padan muka korang tak dpt tgk!!! and padan muka redmummy tak dpt pegi kena jaga anak2 hehehhe

berakustik lagu kelate

1 2 3 do re mi apa nak jadi alif ba ta a b c

rasa cam nak berjoget pun ade tadi, sib baik la kat istana budaya, kalo dak sure jadik joget lambak!

Dalam hutan
Ada taman
Dan dalam taman
Ada puterinya
Dalam baju
Ada cinta
Dan dalam cinta
Ada segala-galanya

p/s: dan cinta itu penuh keindahan... kasih dan sayang....

random posts for blogger/blogspot

2009-02-25T10:01:00.003+08:00

cara2 nak buat random posts untuk blogger/blogspot macam yg kat sebelah kiri atas tu!
gi sini Random posts for blogger/blogspot

jakarta dong!

2009-01-30T22:48:00.010+08:00

some tips utk sesapa yg nak pegi:
- conversion rates prepare awal2 buat dlm excel (cth: 10k rupiahs = rm3.40, 100k rupiahs = rm34 and so on). ni belajar dr Kak Ann Singapore
- better book transportation before sampai sana. boleh compare rates from below links. kalo booking awal2 leh la dpt discount ;) or email my wife for our driver last time.
http://www.jatrofatrans.com/pelayanan.html
http://www.hadirentcar.com/rental-mobil.htm
- hotel - pandai2 la korang carik, tp dgr citer hotel2 yg bertaraf berbintang2 mahal gila. thanks to ghadoghado, save duit hotel kitorang :)
- shopping places aka my wife second home - byk tpt shopping, ade setgh tempat sehari suntuk pun tak sempat cover - tanah abang, pondok indah mall, senayan city, itc kuningan, mayestik, pasaraya, mangga dua, eh byk lagi la. tapi tak sempat nak pegi. tak cukup masa daaa. bagus gak, kalo idak lg barai poket hahahahha
- theme park - ancol dreamland (ni kira ala2 sunway lagoon la tp tak sempat gak pegi, lgpun hujan)
- monas - org ckp kalo pi jakarta mesti gi sini
- makan/minum - nasi padang mesti cuba, sup bontot sedappp (sup ekor daaa), ayam presto (ayam tu dia cook sampai tulang dia jadik rapuh so leh telan sekali), bakso, ikan barongan bakar, gado-gado, local kuih muih, avocado coklat, teh botol, teh kocok etc...
- spa/massage - try la martha tilaar or mustika ratu. pehhh sodappppp

lagi satu kat sini byk budak2 buat services bukan2 semata2 nak cari duit (cth: bukakkan pintu keta, angkatkan brg, sewakan payung kalo hujan, yg sedihnya bila kita sewa payung depa, depa lak berhujan selamba, macam2 lagi la) so ringan2 kan la menghulur berapa2 yg termampu ;)

last but not least belajar la ckp bahasa indonesia ye pak, so gampang nak berurus niaga :D

apa2 pun jakarta itu indah, seindah pondoknya (ni lagi details)

p/s: tapi tak semuamya indah la... especially on their traffic jam (lagi teruk dari KL) & banjir time musim hujan and lagi satu jurang kehidupan antara yg kaya dan yang miskin bagai langit dan bumi. yg kaya terlampau kaya, yg miskin even budak2 kecil buat apa saja utk mencari sesuap nasi... satu permandangan yg menghibakan...

rahsia bergambar

2008-12-24T15:23:00.008+08:00

Click here & key in the password to read this entry with picture

p/s: cubaan membuat password protected entry bergambar kat blogspot. password = taksecret

gi SINI cara2 nak buat.

rahsia

2008-12-24T14:32:00.001+08:00

Click here & key in the password to read this entry

p/s: cubaan membuat password protected entry kat blogspot. password = secret123

Tak buntu lagi

2008-12-01T11:20:00.004+08:00

My Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) CD finally arrived last week. This time they give away 1 CD & a few stickers only. Not even the Live CD :(

Tak macam dulu, berpuluh2 CD depa bagi ;)

For those who interested to get this CD for FREE, go here

Thanks ubuntu!

p/s: kat mana la aku nak install ni...

Rubik - Additional moves

2008-11-21T17:35:00.003+08:00

kalau dah terer solvekan rubik tu, try these steps lak...

Multicolored Cross:
R R L L U U D D F F B B

Square in the middle:
R Li U Di Fi B R Li

p/s: syok pulak aku layan rubik ni... ;)

Kiub Rubik

2008-11-20T10:37:00.069+08:00

member opis aku ntah ape angin dia, datang opis siap bawak 3x3x3 kiub rubik. mungkin sbb dah tak dpt main pool kot, layan rubik la pulak. so bila ade masa terluang jer, dia main rubik tu sambil matanya melihat nota kecil yg mengandugi formula cara2 nak solvekan. pehhh siap ade formula tu. yup mmg btul. mmg ade formula or algorithm utk kita solvekan rubik ni.

pastu dia siap ajak kitorang main rubik ni, selamber jer aku ckp "ko solvekan dulu, baru ajak kitorang main"

akhirnya selepas beberapa hari, dia pun dgn riaknya menunjukkan skill menyelesaikan rubik tanpa perlu merujuk ke nota kecil lagi. tak boleh jadik ni, aku pun terus suruh bini aku sambar rubik kat toy r us. mlm tu jugak aku bertapa selama 3 jam tanpa henti hingga sampai tahap aku nak campak rubik tu keluar balcony la, tapi akhirnya buat pertama kali berjaya jugak aku solvekan 3x3x3 kiub rubik ni. bangga siutttt ;) tapi yg tak bestnya still kena tgk steps yg dapat sekali time beli rubik ni. tapi sekarang dlm kepala dah semua ni hehehehe...

so aku nak sharekan 7 langkah menyelesaikan 3x3x3 kiub rubik ni. oleh kerana kebanyakkan howto/youtube kat internet semua in English, aku dgn bangganya nak tulis dlm Bahasa Malaysia :)

sebelum kita pegi ke 7 langkah tu, mari kita belajar cara2 memusingkan rubik ni. ooo sebelum tu, ni utk beginner yer... yg dah terer tu gi la buat menda lain, main chess pulak ke sudoku ke ;)

(rujuk gambar di atas) rubik ni ade 6 permukaan iaitu Front (F), Back (B), Left (L), Right (R), Up (U) and Down (D)
(ni sengaja aku tak pakai Kiri Kanan Depan Belakang takut nanti korang konfius lak)

tak kira warna apa pun, janji permukaan yg mengadap kita ialah Front (F) dan seterusnya. cara nak pusingkan pulak ialah dengan memusingkan 90° permukaan2 di atas mengikut pusingan jam atau melawan pusingan jam.

cth:
1. Pusing R - pusing permukaan R mengikut pusingan jam (seperti gambar di bawah)

2. Pusing R U - pusing permukaan R mengikut pusingan jam dan permukaan U mengikut pusingan jam (seperti gambar di bawah)

3. Pusing Ri (ade i maknanya pusing melawan pusingan jam or reverse) - pusing permukaan R melawan pusingan jam.
paham dak ni? kalo dah paham pi practice dulu ;)

so skrg mari kita cuba 7 langkah menyelesaikan 3x3x3 kiub rubik:

Langkah 1:
Objektif: dapatkan white cross utk permukaan U dan permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah
Cara: ni tak yah pakai formula la, sonang jor. seriuosly kalo tak dapat buat, dinasihatkan supaya main benda lain, tic-tac-toe ke ;)

Langkah 2:
Objektif: dapatkan full white utk permukaan U and permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah
Cara: Pusing Ri Di R D
make sure kedudukan bucu white seperti gambar di bawah baru pusing.
Langkah 3:
Objektif: terbalikkan kiub supaya full white tadi berada di permukaan D. dapatkan 2 layer utk permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah

Cara:
F to R = Pusing U R Ui Ri Ui Fi U F
tgk gambar bawah lagi senang nak ikut ;)
R to F = Pusing Ui Fi U F U R Ui Ri
tgk gambar bawah lagi senang nak ikut ;)
Langkah 4:

Objektif: dapatkan yellow cross utk permukaan U dan permukaan F R L B tidak berubah seperti gambar di bawah

Cara: Pusing F R U Ri Ui Fi
Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

Langkah 5:

Objektif: dapatkan permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah dan yellow cross tadi tidak berubah

Cara: Pusing R U Ri U R U U Ri (jgn lupa try pusing U to check dah jadik ke belum)

at least mesti ada satu permukaan yg sama macam warna biru or merah tu. kalo ade 1, make sure permukaan tu berada di B. kalau ade 2 permukaan yg bertentangan, make sure 1 permukaan kat F, 1 lagi kat B. Kalau ada 2 permukakan yg bersebelahan, make sure 1 permukaan kat R satu lagi kat B

Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

Langkah 6:

Objektif: dapatkan ke empat2 bucu permukaan U supaya kedudukannya berada sama dgn permukaan F R L B seperti gambar di bawah. tak betul pun takper janji kedudukannya betul. cth: bucu kuning, biru & merah berada di permukaan F (biru), R (merah) dan U (kuning)

Cara: Pusing U R Ui Li U Ri Ui L

mulakan dgn bucu yg betul kedudukannya. kalo tak de, just pusing formula ni

Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

Langkah 7:

Objektif: betulkan ke empat2 bucu permukaan U tadi supaya dapat menyelesaikan kiub rubik ;)

Cara: Pusing Ri Di R D (kalau korang perasan, formula ni sama ngan Langkah 2)

jangan risau kalau time pusing ni semua jadik berterabur, at the end semuanya akan jadik betul. just buat pusingan U supaya bucu yg belum dibetulkan berada kat bulatan O seperti gambar.
Nota: jgn sekali2 tukar kedudukan kiub ni

tahniah!!! anda berjaya menyelesaikan 3x3x3 kiub rubik. benda ni kena banyak practise baru senang nak ingat formula2 tu. tapi seriously bila dah selalu buat, automatik tau nak pusing mana. so selamat mencuba ;)

rujukan:
http://www.rubiks.com/World/~/media/Files/Solution_book_LOW_RES.ashx

p/s: sekarang ni tgh practise speedcube, so far masa terpantas 4minit 17saat. member aku tu ckp dia solve 56saat jer. tapi aku rasa dia tipu la :P

wii day

2008-10-30T13:58:00.004+08:00

wii

apart from playing pool or fussball or ping-pong ~~during~~ after office hour, we also have our wii day once a week in the office.

what the projector & meeting room for?

yup, playing wii hehehehe

my colleagues enjoying themselves

syiokkkkkkkk ;)

p/s: we're playing wii boxing. letih gak main benda ni...

birthday celebrations

2008-10-27T17:13:00.006+08:00

last week we celebrated our son 7th birthday

Happy Birthday Abang.
cam tak percaya jer dia dah 7 tahun. time really flies...

and a week before celebrated my 3xth birthday ;)

happy birthday to me!!!
thanks yang for the present & dinner luv u muahhhhss
ooo my 4yro daughter also bought me present
semoga panjang umur & murah rezeki hendaknya. amin

p/s: at my colleague open house, a lady from same office but different department said "eh i tot you're still single" when i introduce my wife and kids to her.
hehehehe still look young kot aku ni ;P

freebsd + postfix + sasl + openldap

2008-10-27T14:49:00.024+08:00

a week ago a friend of mine asked me to help him (read: side income ;)) to reconfigure his mail server to support smtp authentication.

so, for the past 3 days I've been trying to reconfigure the above combination but with no success especially to make postfix + sasl to use openldap for authentication. but after a lotttttt of googling, countless try an errors, few mugs of nescafe tarik etc... I've finally managed to resolve the issue :)

here is the configurations:

[root@mail ~]# uname -a
FreeBSD mail.domain.com.my 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 root@dessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386

recompile postfix with these options:

[root@mail ~]# cat /var/db/ports/postfix/options
# This file is auto-generated by 'make config'.
# No user-servicable parts inside!
# Options for postfix-2.5.1_2,1
_OPTIONS_READ=postfix-2.5.1_2,1
WITH_SASL2=true
WITH_TLS=true
WITH_OPENLDAP=true

cyrus-sasl:

[root@mail ~]# saslauthd -v
saslauthd 2.1.22
authentication mechanisms: sasldb getpwent kerberos5 pam rimap ldap httpform

openldap already compiled with these options:

[root@ldap ~]# cat /var/db/ports/openldap23/options
# This file is auto-generated by 'make config'.
# No user-servicable parts inside!
# Options for openldap-server-2.3.11
_OPTIONS_READ=openldap-server-2.3.11
WITH_SASL=true
WITH_PERL=true
WITH_SHELL=true
WITH_SLP=true
WITH_TCP_WRAPPERS=true
WITH_BDB=true
WITH_PROXYCACHE=true
WITH_PPOLICY=true
WITH_RWM=true
WITH_DYNAMIC_BACKENDS=true

ok 1st step is to configure the cyrus-sasl configuration files.

[root@mail ~]# cat /usr/local/lib/sasl2/smtpd.conf
pwcheck_method: saslauthd
mechlist: PLAIN LOGIN
log_level: 5

[root@mail ~]# cat /usr/local/etc/saslauthd.conf
ldap_servers: ldap://192.168.1.8/
ldap_auth_method: fastbind
ldap_filter: uid=%u,ou=Users,dc=domain,dc=com,dc=my
ldap_search_base: dc=domain,dc=com,dc=my
ldap_bind_dn: cn=Manager,dc=domain,dc=com,dc=my
ldap_password: secret

start the service with this flag "-cra ldap" (put -d for debugging)

[root@mail ~]# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/saslauthd start
Starting saslauthd.

[root@mail ~]# ps aux|grep sasl
root 39276 0.0 0.4 4840 2784 ?? Ss 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39283 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39284 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39285 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap
root 39286 0.0 0.4 4840 2780 ?? S 3:25PM 0:00.00 /usr/local/sbin/saslauthd -cra ldap

test it out using testsaslauthd command

[root@mail ~]# testsaslauthd -u ashamril -p 1qaz2wsx
0: OK "Success."

this means the sasl can authenticates with your ldap server. yahoooo ;)

next configure the postfix. added these lines in /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf

smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_local_domain =
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = yes
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
smtpd_sasl_path = smtpd
smtp_sasl_type = cyrus
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous

smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
permit_mynetworks,
permit_sasl_authenticated,
reject_unauth_destination

restart the postfix & test it out:

[root@mail ~]# printf "ashamril" | mmencode
YXNoYW1yaWw=
[root@mail ~]# printf "1qaz2wsx" | mmencode
MXFhejJ3c3g=
[root@mail ~]# telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.domain.com.my ESMTP Postfix (By LinuxDotMy)
EHLO domain.com.my
250-mail.domain.com.my
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 512000000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLS
250-AUTH LOGIN PLAIN GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
250-AUTH=LOGIN PLAIN GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-8BITMIME
250 DSN
AUTH LOGIN
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
YXNoYW1yaWw=
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
MXFhejJ3c3g=
235 2.7.0 Authentication successful

yahooooo setel.

p/s: man hours: 1st day till 4am, 2nd day till 2am. 3rd day baru setel... bape ek nak caj?
and to all Hindu who celebrate Deepavali, A Very Happy Deepavali !

selamat hari raya

2008-09-30T11:35:00.004+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Maaf zahir & batin

p/s: semoga semuanya selamat ;)

Dell Quietkey Keyboard is not that quiet!!!

2008-09-13T00:22:00.009+08:00

we've just bought Dell Inspiron 530s Desktop few weeks ago. it comes together with what they called "Dell(TM) USB Quietkey(R) Keyboard with Silver Trim (English)"

the PC itself so far so good BUT is this what you call "quiet" keyboard!!???

i don't think so!!! i'm having a very hard time to sleep whenever my wife start typing ketuk ketak ketuk ketak... i think i should move the PC out from the bedroom!

p/s: that was my wife typing at 100wpm, or probably this keyboard is meant for people like me who type 20wpm :P

exotic bangkok

2008-09-01T08:00:00.004+08:00

bangkok

some tips for the travelers:

1. upon arrival at the airport, u can get public taxi-meter to go to the bangkok city. so no need to pay extra for airport limo/transfer. its should be around 400-500baht

long q in the immigration

diorang yg pakai uniform ni actually driver taxi tapi pakai motor, murah la sket tambang ;P

2. u can get the city maps from the airport for free.

3. in the city, before u get into the taxi or tuk-tuk, better deal the fare first because most of the taxi drivers don't use meter & tuk-tuk should not more than 200baht per trip. but be careful if they offer u with low fare, ada udang disebalik batu tu normally they will bring u to the other places first like jewellery/souvenir shops etc (they will get tips from the shop owners)

say NO!!!

4. or u can get into their BTS train or MRT. even cheaper!

ni maps BTS train. MRT dia tak sempat nak naik
nak dadah?

5. iman kena kuat especially for guys, "the girls" and "pretty boys" are almost everywhere. the pimps/bouncers will simply approach u to offer the services, even they themselves will approach u.

mau try?

6. in patpong night market, u can clearly see the pole girls dancing ~~half~~ naked. no cover charge to enter the clubs but don't be surprise with the drink prices, especially for the exotic shows. here they will simply drag u in to see the shows...

baru nak gi kerja...

7. must try/do - thai/foot massage (sure terlena lah), of cos tomyam (no need to tell la), sticky rice with mango (suuuuwitttttttt), tailor made suits/shirts (1 day boleh siap) among other things...

8. market or bazaar at Chatuchak, Patpong, Pratunam. cheap2 especially home decor, souvenir, clothing etc. bargain skills kena tahap tertinggi with no mercy ;)

9. halal meals/foods - mostly have 1 or 2 shops at their mall food courts like at Platinum, MBK etc. and of cos at Arab Street, Sukhumvit.

10. tax refund for tourist. but only at the shops with "VAT Refund". 7% of the total u spend.

these only the things i can recall. of cos the list should be longer but can't cover all in 4 days. overall bangkok is exotic place with a lot of things to explore! should go & check it out yourself ;)

long live the kings!

p/s: i asked my wife "can i go here again alone or with my frens?" well i think u can guess what her answer. apa tak nya, berdua dgn dia pun ade jugak nak goda2 aku :P
she covered all the details in her blog.

PAS masuk BN?

2008-09-01T00:52:00.001+08:00

sawadeekap

2008-08-29T09:38:00.004+08:00

i'm now tgh bengkok at Bangkok ;P

condoms are provided in the hotel room ;)

cool giler tshirts kat sini

to be updated later...

p/s: u can see clearly the pole girls at patpong night bazaar. dang!!!

hujan

2008-08-24T20:43:00.008+08:00

Hujan at Levi’s Launch Party@Ruums KL, 23rd August 2008

enjoy!

p/s: sorry... memory full tu pasal semua lagu dpt separuh jek :P

lets have fun

2008-08-17T14:40:00.003+08:00

UPDATE 18/08/08

ok got it. wilayah celcom ni ada kat memana ;)
thanks guys!

i'm ready for main course now....

sweet dream A-XX-XX
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

what would u do if someone who barely knows u and u too barely know him, making fun of u?

A. Nothing
B. Just ignore
C. Counter attack
D. None of the above

me, i chose D bcos i think the right thing to do is to have "the fun"? it is very rude of u if u're not playing along with them, right?. so lets have fun.

for appetizer, anybody working with Celcom can give me the home address for this fun maker - 019-316XXXX

ooo by the way, this fun maker is also a Celcom staff.

lets play some balls. shall we...

p/s: apparently he has no balls to meet me face to face. dang! now who's balls i'm going to play with!!!

bayar saman trafik

2008-06-26T20:49:00.005+08:00

sory lama tak update. sindrom malas memblog datang daa... ni baru nak update.

korang tau dak yg korang leh buat rayuan utk kurangkan saman2 trafik korang. aku pun penah dgr tapi tak penah la buat. so nak dijadikan cerita, sebagai rakyat malaysia yg bertanggung jawab & ade duit lebih, aku pun tergerak la nak mensetelkan semua saman2 aku. nak tau bape byk saman aku? ade la 1 1/2 mukasurat (ni aku print dr rilek.com) & total up 4 digit gak la kena bayar :(

so semlm aku pun pegi la ke balai polis jln bandar, aku pun tanya la kat kaunter bayaran tu.

me: kak, leh dapat diskaun dak? banyak ni?
kakak polis: boleh, tapi 30% jer la. kalo nak lagi diskaun kena pegi bukit aman buat rayuan. tapi rayuan hanya pada hari selasa & khamis jer
me: ooo kalo cam tu sy gi bukit aman jer la. terima kasih.

pagi tadi dgn kadar segera aku pun terus pi bukit aman. setelah a few hours menunggu akhirnya dapat la diskaun 50%. selamat banyak duit aku :)

ni dia cara2 nak buat rayuan (actually tak yah merayu2 pun, surat rayuan pun tak yah)
steps dia jeng jeng jeng:
1. pegi kat kaunter semakan saman & bayaran bukit aman pada hari selasa & khamis jer.
2. rayuan start pukul 1030am - 1230pm & 230pm-430pm tapi no giliran kul 8am depa dah start bagi (aku smpi kul 930am dpt no ke 115). no giliran amik kat kaunter 2, ckp jer nak buat rayuan tp kena tunjuk surat saman. kalo surat saman tak de, buat semakan dulu. semakan leh buat kat situ gak.
3. then tepat kul 1030, depa akan start panggil no semua, sekejap jer process dia. bila tiba turn korang, gi kaunter 2, dia akan cop "Rayuan Diterima" kat saman tu pastu pas kat officer dia, officer tu akan sign & remark bape kena bayar. usually 50% la diskaun. tapi cam parking yg rm70 tu dia suh byr rm30 jer.
4. pastu gi next kaunter, byr la ape lagi :P

so semoga berjaya... org jgn cakap la ramai giler la hari tu...

akhir kata jadilah pemandu berhemah hehehehe

bedok

2008-05-09T11:30:00.000+08:00

dont play2... ada smoking table sini

time balik dr tpt training aku naik bas ke bedok mrt station. dulu masa aku kerja sini, aku duk kat tanah merah, dekat jer la dgn bedok so selalu la aku makan kat sini. tetiba lak aku teringat satu kedai jual ikan pari bakar. mmg makanan harian aku la dulu. mmg sedap pun!

so sampai jer mrt bedok aku pun jalan la carik kedai tu. dah lebih 6 tahun kot tp aku still ingat la jalan nak ke kedai tu. tapi malangnye, frust giler kedai tu dah tak de. dah tukar kedai jual western food arghhhhhh!!!

mana la pergi kedai tu iskk? kempunan aku...

aku end up makan black pepper chicken...

redmummy.com readers?

gbr2 bawah ni kat orchard

pie or ecp?

2008-05-08T20:25:00.006+08:00

Expressways of Singapore

one thing u should know about singapore is the cab drivers will assume you know all the roads or expressways in here. for example...

cab driver: morning...
me: morning..
cab driver: where u want to go?
me: chai chee technopark
cab driver: which way u want to go? PIE or ECP?
me: erkkk...

u see... everytime time i hop into the cab they will ask me the same question. PIE or ECP? kalo dulu time aku kerja sini, tau la aku jalan mana nak guna, skrg ni lupa la dah. ke diorang sengaja tanya sebab nak test aku ni local ke dak ek? tapi apa2 pun they will still use the meter, tak la cam cab kat KL :P

biasa aku dgn konfiden nyer jawab "use PIE" hahahahha...

tp biasa pergi jer aku naik cab, balik naik bas + mrt jer. oh btw they have new mrt line - North East Line. actually dah lama dah, tp time aku dulu ade 2 lines jer.

orchard road

2008-05-05T21:44:00.005+08:00

baru aku perasan dah sebulan lebih aku tak update blog ni... hahaha sorry guys...

skrg ni aku kat singapura, ada training seminggu (read: habihkan duit company!). kali ni aku duk hotel kat orchard road, baru happening. macam semut org lalu lalang depan ni, punyalah ramai org. belom ade sales lagi tu. fyi singapore sales start on 21st may rasanya till end of june kot. tp yg tak besh nyer depa tgh ade renovation along the road ni skrg. nevermind la, aku bukannya nak shopping pun, lain la aiyang aku yang mai, harus haus tapak kasut aku ukur jalan :P

oooo last time aku ade mention yang no free wireless kat sini, sory salah info. actually ada. u just need to call *186 to get a userid & password. if your mobile roaming u'll get sms on that. last time aku tak perasan :P

unfortunately i stay on 18th floor, so no wireless coverage sampai atas ni. terpaksa la melabur kat hotel at S$10 for 4 hours. taper nanti claim cakap nak access office email :P

p/s: later2 sambung, nak layan prison break s3...

random photos from singapore trip

2008-03-22T12:37:00.013+08:00

the truth is, aku mmg malas nak update blog ni... so aku upload jer la gbr2 kat singapura ni...

tpt ni nama dia clinic

laju sgt kereta ni, tu yg gambar gegar tu :P

menjerit tak ingat depa ni hahahaha

london cab. kena byr extra 5 dolar rasanya

but among other interesting stuff in singapore, 1 thing i obviously notice that people in here, their dressing very2 the stylo if compare to malaysia baik lelaki atau pompuan and wayyy more sexierrrrr, seksa aku tengok :P
tengok jer yang hehehehee jgn mare ;)

gerek sih

2008-03-12T23:42:00.002+08:00

org singapore mmg baik hati ;)
thanks to abang shah, hubby kak latifah (redmummy's reader) yang sudi pinjam kan power cable. pastu siap belanja burger king lagi.

so bernyawa balik laptop aku nie... hehehe cuma internet jek selo semacam je kat sini. bih tu internet hotel sini kena bayar... ingatkan as guest free la... hampeh!

pastu gi starbuck td ingat nak connect internet, sama gak.. kena bayar jugak :(

last2 ni kat bilik hotel curik wireless org hehehehe

so gambar2 kena tunggu later2 la baru leh upload!

singapore

2008-03-10T13:22:00.004+08:00

touched down singapura petang semalam. kali ni just 1 week jer to attend training.

tapi yang tensionnyer ade bende tertinggal lak. sd card reader tertinggal. so tokleh nak tranfer gambar. baru nak tunjuk gambar london cab hehehe.
pastu siap laptop punya power cable pun tertinggal... arghhhh langsung tak leh wat kerja. bateri pun dah kong!!!

dah tua gamaknyer aku :P

org2 singapore yg baik hati, ade sesape leh pinjam kan power cable dak? laptop hp

Your Office Dress Code?

2008-03-05T10:13:00.005+08:00

i think (well this is what i can see, didn't bother to check the hr guideline) our office dress code is business casual. if we refer to the wiki link, that mean we can wear:

* for women: capris/long shorts are acceptable as casual dress and regular dress if they are "tailored" and of a dress pant material (usually not denim or heavy cotton) or a tennis shirt and trousers. Shoes like pumps and business sandals (barefoot only).

* for men, a combination of collared shirt (perhaps a tennis shirt instead of a dress shirt) and cotton trousers (such as khakis), shoes such as loafers or black toe-covered sandals (barefoot only) are generally acceptable.

and most of us normally just wear jeans, collared shirt & cap for me hehehehehe. but how about tshirt? is it consider business casual? well, yes according to my colleague. he even wear this tshirt to office today :P

how cool is that...
selamber rawk jek!!!

mwalker mp4 player

2008-02-29T08:58:00.008+08:00

due to excellent performance we did last year, all of us received a mwalker KRYTON BL338 mp4 player from the management as token of appreciation. yeayyy!!!

playing mp3 music

playing avi music video

among the features are:
# 2.2" TFT display, slim design
# Support AVI, MP3, MP4, WMA and WAV format
# Support mini SD expansion
# Built in speaker
# Dual headphone jack
# FM & Voice recording
# USB flash disk
# Removable and replaceable Li-lon rechargeable battery
# Built-in FM receiver and FM recording function
# Segment repeat function
# 7 EQ Mode
# Song lyric display function
# Digital Voice Recorder
# Support Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
# Built in 2GB memory

not bad at all, just that the buttons a bit hard to press...
tq boss ;)

housekeeping core files

2008-02-28T17:25:00.004+08:00

since i've enabled the coreadm for all my solaris servers, i keep getting alerts on file systems full cause of fill up by those core files.

# coreadm
global core file pattern: /var/cores/%f.%n.%p.core
init core file pattern: core
global core dumps: enabled
per-process core dumps: enabled
global setid core dumps: enabled
per-process setid core dumps: enabled
global core dump logging: enabled

so i came out with this 1 liner. put in the crontab. problem solved ;)

# cd /var/cores; find . -type f -name \*core ! -name \*.gz -mtime +1 -exec gzip {} \;

find . - find files in the current directory
-type f - find only file type, not directory or link
-name \*core - find only *core filename
! -name \*.gz - skip the .gz files
-mtime +1 - files before today's date
-exec gzip {} - gzip the files

go here on how to enable the core dump: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/820-0434/6nc63qo4r?a=view

ning baizura's wedding

2008-02-03T17:23:00.002+08:00

we got an invitation to go to Ning Baizura's wedding last saturday at matrade (my wife yang dapat invite, aku folow jer la hehehe)

memang macam ala2 kampung la, from the decoration, foods, people etc...

yang paling aku suka, wedding ni very2 tak formal, ko nak makan ke nak minum ke, nak joget lambak ke, nak mengumpat ke, yada yada sukati ko la... sebijik la cam kenduri kawin kat kampung... cuma tak leh hisap rokok jer kat dlm dewan tu, kalo tidak 100% kampung ;)

tapi yg tak best nyer nasik sampai lambat, org dah habih meratah lauk baru nasik sampai... but overall memang best!

for more photos of the wedding go to my lailing blog

the new template

2008-01-24T15:23:00.000+08:00

since i got a new look, this blog also needs a new layout as well. so here you go, the new template for my blog.

hope you all like it better :)
enjoy!

p/s: let me know if you link me so i can link back. maklum lah aku ni jarang blog hopping ;)

Miss my blog...

2008-01-23T22:02:00.000+08:00

i miss my blog...

aku sangat gatal la tangan nak update blog ku itu

tapi tangan yg satu lg x bagi

dia katup blog aku sampai dia bagi bukak balik, katanya blog aku over the berat n process menggodek masih tidak habis sepenuhnya.

sambil dia menggodek blog ku itu, dia buat clean up on my pc. abih segala carca marba dia buang.

accidently deleted my **** collection!

uuuuuuuu!!! i need back. i nak malam ni gak yer....

hangin ler ni...

Redmummy's blog is in private...

2008-01-23T15:31:00.000+08:00

Red Mummy's blog is now set to private...

only for the time being!!!

Sirman is doing something bout it. You need to sit here for Red Mummy's update.

Cheers!

the new me!

2008-01-20T21:01:00.000+08:00

i've made a really drastic move to shave my head...

macho dak? jangan gelak woiiii!!!

random photos from texas trip 3

2008-01-13T22:42:00.000+08:00

random photos from texas trip 2

2008-01-12T08:32:00.000+08:00

random photos from texas trip

2008-01-11T08:15:00.000+08:00

cuti-cuti texas - day 4

2008-01-09T23:27:00.000+08:00

pagi krismas tu my colleague called ajak mai rumah dia beraya. ramai la family dia semua ada sana. ada karaoke bagai pastu siap paksa kitorang nyanyi... hampeh! tapi yang best dapat hadiah krismas hehehehe :)

lepas makan2 dia ajak pi kemah
tempat ni tepi laut, so sejuk giler

habis dah cuti-cuti texas. insyallah kalo ade rezeki pi lagi...
next cuti-cuti coming soon... :)

My new entry from my berry...

2008-01-07T20:26:00.000+08:00

M sending my new post from my new berry...

Wah cik sirman jgn jeles ye.

Saja suka anto to his blog :p

Hikssss!

cuti-cuti texas - day 3

2008-01-06T10:59:00.000+08:00

from San Antonio to Austin gonna take about almost 2 hours driving. we checked out from the hotel, had our western breakfast & start driving to Austin - their local motto "Keep Austin Weird"

rules of travel. 1st stop must be the visitor information center

downtown, austin

they called this bus dillo - this free ride runs in Central Austin city

texas state capitol building

up to 1.5 million bats take up residence inside the bridge in austin, tapi sekor pun tak nampak sbb mlm2 baru depa kuor

do u see what i see :P

6th street is the happening street in austin especially at nite. bars & nightclubs are along the street. after all their official slogan is The Live Music Capital of the World

at 8pm after had our seafood dinner, we headed back to our hotel at Houston. at midnite we safely arrived there. such a wonderfull trip we had!

cuti-cuti texas - day 2

2008-01-06T10:01:00.000+08:00

sorry la lambat update... tak kan tak biasa kot, aku ni bukannya rajin sangat nak update blog cam bini aku tu ;)

k sambung citer cuti-cuti texas - day 2. from our hotel at San Antonio we drove to San Marcos to do some shopping sket2. sket2 apa... 2 boxes aku bwk balik. kopak dah aku! kat San Marcos ni ada 2 outlets center besar gila - prime & tanger outlets. aku rasa ada sebesar 3 kali padang bola la. we were there on 23rd Dec, dia punya christmas sales mmg tak ingat, tu yg nampak semua murah jek, siap lupa nak convert the currency!

once finish with the shopping, our next itenary was to go to the wonderworld about only a few miles from the outlets center. this place divided into 4 sections - petting park, earthquake-formed cave, Anti-Gravity House & Tejas Observation Tower.

entrance fee = usd18. wonder cave tu quite interesting gak la, anti-gravity house tu buat aku pening kepala jer and the rest not really interesting, biasa2 jer. by the time we finished with the tour it was already 5pm, so we straight away drove back home.

this is our hotel for usd60 pernite. boleh la buat tido...

Recess time...

2008-01-04T07:20:00.000+08:00

mintak maaf lah ye. 2,3 arini cite anak2 pi sekolah jer. dahlah blog kena lock, boring tol numpang kat blog laki sendiri ni. segalanya putih, merahnya light2 je...

really not me.

recess time. aku suh dia bawak sendiri segala bekal bagai. sebab dia x leh beli from the canteen, of cos lah maknye siapkan bekal. kak mas told me that one Ustaz from this school will gather all muslim kids, n take their bfast together in a group. dengonya di bawah pokok. jenuh gak aku carik takde gak, mbe coz first day, sok2 ada la tu kot.

aku bwk kat tpt yang ujung sekali. aku ajar ngan mulut, tp yang buat keje ngan tangan is abang. i hv to train him, coz i cannot be wt him all the time. baca doa makan jangan lupa ye bang.

abang lak bukan jenis pemakan, tp sbbkan sekolah petang, byk gak dia makan. x masuk ngan makan lam kelas masa aku ada sama ngan dia sat td. lapo anak aku.

mak2 yang cam aku gak lah, semua jenis bawak bekal. takde muslim students at all yang beli kat kantin sekolah.

abih recess, cikgu bawak dema pi tour satu sekolah. aku rasa badan aku anak banak dah burnt! we need to leave abang...apatah lg makpak datang leh distract concentration the kids in the class.

dia pujuk aku jgn pi, but we hv to go honey...we will come back again before sekolah ring its last bell, end of the day.

First day at NK...

2008-01-04T00:40:00.000+08:00

jarak sekolah ngan umah x de lah jauh mana tp sebabkan byk sgt mak pak anto anak ke sekolah yg sama ngan abang, jem haru biru and we were like 15min late!!! dey tollah.

Korang x sian ke kat budak2 ni....aku mmg siankan dema specially abanglah, tp aku selalu pikir, if masa zaman mak ko dulu boleh buat, takkan la anto pi carik ilmu korang nak mengalah. lembik sgt2.

see lah, kalo lam one month ni dia x leh adopt gak, ada la aku rombakkan.

Bayangkan leh tertido lam keter masa nak pi sekolah, penat ko. kol 6 pagi dah bgn, kol 9mlm br dpt tido.

Gegirl kena dikendong coz dia tido x hengat. x nak bgn tu. tetengok ada lagi mak pak yang tak datang masa orientation day ari jemaat last week, terhegeh2 nak membayo yuran bagai. Ko x hangin ke???

aku suh sirman ke depan dengo short taklimat cikgu tu. tapi pastu dema sambung balik bayo yuran anto borang bagai. dr kol 110pm aku sampai kelas ni till 315ptg baru abih segala! yenadeyyyy...buang masa budak2 la. dema bosan ok dok lelama lam kelas x de buat hapa.

hi hensem....belajar molek2 ye, pls dont be naughty.

sakit ati aku bila x de systematic camni. mak bapak patut dah tau, kalo ari tu korang kena datang buat payment, datanglah ari yang ditetapkan. sbbkan korang nye attitude, 3 jam lebih membazir. sekolah pun patutnya dah tau students beratus, bukak lah 2,3 ari options utk bayo yuran.

kak mas VA datang jengah borak tanya kabar. anaknya kelas sebelah dan sebelah dan sebelah ngan abang....apa lagi, aku ngan dia mengomel le ngan system bayo yuran yg biol ini.

Sib baik gak ada gegirl, leh gak dia melayan abang dia, and leh gak aku bergaduh drama mengada2 ngan dia.

itupun lepas dah bape jam, engine gegirl mula berasap, mana dia tahan bosan lam kelas takde apa2 yang menarik leh buat except aku bg pen n kertas yuran sekolah agama abang buat ceconteng.

Finally! tak de dah org nak ngaco cikgu ni nak mengajar. cite basic rules n reg in the school. aku agak2 je la apa dia ckp..

lepas recess, cikgu bawak dema pi buat tour.

aku nya letih, cuba gak lah terlelap. Penat sih...

Lom abih lagi ni...

p/s: btw, bukan salah aku nak pi sekolah semalam 2hb la..salah sekolah. dalam borang taklimat pada ibubapa, dia tulih 2Jan, school opens. See see....tp makpak budak lain baca berita tengok sekolah mula on 3rd.

So tetap bukan salah aku, salah sekolah la napa cetak tarikh yg salah!

Gegirl's kindie...

2008-01-03T22:10:00.000+08:00

Sebab 2 anak sekolah serentak, aku ngan sirman terpaksa berasingan di dua tempat. At first memang pepagi at 730 kita dah ada kat sekolah agama abang, but around 820am, gegirl kena pi sekolah dia dah.

Takkan la dia nak pi ngan mak dia kan kan kan.. bertuah la kalo dia nak aku temankan. Being daddy's girl, daddy dia la yang pi menunggu dia kat sekolah yet aku kat sekolah abang. That s y u didnt c me in these photos.

tapi bestnya kat sekolah agama abang ada canteen, sementara recess abang at 845am, aku bedal ns lemak n teh tarik kat kantin sekolah dia. sodap!

sirman buat hapa...sirman nganyam ketupat ngan apak2 merangkap neighbours VA. Abang can leave early on his first day at sekolah agama, before gegirl abih kelas, sirman lari pi ngamik aku n abang lak. sib baik lah sekolah memasing bih kurang in 1 area. kalo sorang kat hulu and hilir, harus kena bwk 2 keter kuor.

We got home at 1030am, takde masa aku nak rehat, terus sinsing lengan dok dapur memasak.

Penat lom rasa lagi ni..

tunggu next entry, tau le hazab penatnya camne.

camne leh terlepas lak tayar mamat ni, turn x abih ke bang...

Abang's first day...sekolah agama

2008-01-03T17:08:00.000+08:00

im just posting the photos first...rushing to go to abang's school now.

later.

Shoes collection...

2008-01-03T11:36:00.000+08:00

Sejak aku cuti, nan ado koleksi kasut collections keluar kan...So ganti la ngan kasut2 baru Sirman.

Timberland - dia borong 4 pasang sekaligus. Quite cheap la beli kat sana, kat sini pun dia beli lam 4,5 ratus sepasang. so berbaloi la. 6 taun x yah beli kasut baru bley? Jeles aku.

Kasut aku sejibik pun x de, kang salah size, nangis je kena bg orang. so no shoes from Texas for me.

Redmummy's blog...

2008-01-03T11:17:00.000+08:00

Sungguh kurang asam ini blogspot la...

depa pi block my blog for the time being.

and ramai lagi bloggers nya blog yang kena block lak tu aku dpt tau

so at the moment, i m gonna post my entry into this Sirman's blog.

apa2 la...

i'm back home

2008-01-01T21:29:00.000+08:00

finally i safely landed KLIA yesterday. no words can describe how happy i am to be with my family again...

wishing all of you happy new year 2008!!!

p/s: citer cuti-cuti texas later2 la aku upload tapi ade ke orang nak baca ek?

iPhone

2007-12-28T12:21:00.000+08:00

usd399 plus tax = usd432 & still need to spend a few hundred RM to unlock this toy to make it usable in malaysia...

superb!!!

cuti-cuti texas - day 1

2007-12-27T11:29:00.000+08:00

we reached san antonio at almost 12noon and straight away went to the alamo. you can read what this place about from the wiki link. maleh nak citer2, aku upload gambar jek :)

lepas abih layan alamo, kitorang terus jalan2 area san antonio city & riverwalk (walaupun aku dah mai sini, tapi dulu sampai2 dah malam, kali ni siang so dapat la layan apa2 yg patut)

kitorang lepak sampai mlm sini, siap layan imax citer the alamo, had our dinner then went to check in to our hotel 10min away from the city to get rest before continue with tomorrow's plan...

cuti-cuti texas

2007-12-26T00:59:00.000+08:00

since last weekend was a long weekend for us, we had our cuti-cuti texas ;)

we went to...

- the alamo & riverwalk @ san antonio
- shopping & wonderworld @ san marcos
- austin city
- kemah, houston

to be updated soon, nak gi beraya kat rumah my colleague dulu ;)

selamat hari raya

2007-12-20T05:08:00.000+08:00

last weekend tak byk sgt activity, just pi shopping sket2 kat San Marcos
lagipun my colleague from KL office coming over, so just showed him around & let him do the driving, menggagau dia bawak ke kiri ke kanan hehehhehe

weather dah la sejuk, pastu ngan angin dia lagi... pehhh rasa sampai tulang

shopping sket2 pun penuh gak bonet keta :P

anw, just wanna wish you all Selamat Hari Raya Aidiladha. kalo makan rendang tu ingat2 la org jauh kat sini. kalo ade Malaysian Hall cam kat Aussie tu leh la gak tumpang sekaki. no special celebration for raya, business as usual.

kitorang layan benihana jek

since christmas pun nak dekat, my office ade buat luncheon & white elephant game
best jugak main white elephant ni, each of us need to bring 1 gift (depends on your own rules, for us any gifts less than usd20 will do) & put your name in the box. so 1st person will draw 1 name from the box, whoever the name is, the person then can pick any gifts yg ade tu & have to open up the wrap & show the gift so everybody could see what the gift is. he/she then will draw another name. the next name have a choice to open up new gift or can simply steal the opened one. and so on... but the gift only can be stolen for 3 times & the last person who got it will be permanently his/her. quite fun actually, the most popular gifts were actually the gift cards with usd20 in it. these cards keep on changing from 1 person to anothers. lucky who finally got them!

btw, i ended up with eric clapton's cd! dang!

dinner@aquarium

2007-12-08T13:34:00.000+08:00

baru lepas balik dinner kat Aquarium. korang nengok gambar jer la ek ;)

grill shrimp

lobster

sambil menjamu mata tgk hidupan laut

kelakar la ikan ni, jeling kat aku pulak

kuda kepang ;P

ikan jerung

ni macam ikan dbkl jek. ye ke?

jerung gergaji

shrimp & lobster tu fresh, tangkap direct dari aquarium tuh ;P
kira nasib baik la aku tak order ikan jerung tuh, kalo tidak sure kelam kabut depa nak tangkap!

riverwalk

2007-12-08T13:14:00.000+08:00

before we heading back to houston, we went to riverwalk to grab our dinner. happening giler tempat ni. nak carik parking pun susah giler.

kiri kanan river ni ade memacam kedai, restoran, bar etc...

pastu ade la pulak boat ronda2 river ni. ade tu siap leh dinner atas boat lagi

sempat la budak2 ni beli souvenir batu keras sini

at about 10pm we started our driving back home. on the way one of the cars was stopped by police cos of speeding. not mine :)
depa pecut 100mph. luckily they just got the warning. they said they didn't know the speed limit here. hampeh... cam la tak de tulih kat tepi freeway dia ni :)
nasib baik la. kalo idak terbang usd300!!!

SeaWorld, San Antonio - part 2

2007-12-05T11:25:00.000+08:00

we reached there almost at 11am, then go straight for early lunch. actually not early in US, people do go lunch at 11am. not many people coming during this time, probably cos of cold weather & we joking about only us crazy malaysian going here during this time :) whatever la...

where do you want to go first

anywhere also can la

this lady saw us cam blur2 & asked "can i help you guys"

since there are schedules for each show, we decided to watch these sealions show first

then dolphins, jinak giler

burung ape ntah ni

this 4D show memang best, siap ade kuor air, angin semua. abih basah baju

the best show - shamu the killer whale

be careful on where you seat, cos you'll end up wet. shamu ni pandai splash air kat audience

pastu ape lagi layan rides dia la pulak

save the best for the last - rollercoster

rasa cam tertinggal isi perut kat atas nun

if you think the above rollercoster scary, wait till you ride this one

siap tunggang terbalik

since not many people around & being typical malaysian, we took more than 2 rounds for each ride hehehee, well except for the tunggang terbalik one i just can go 1 round. turun2 jer terus pening kepala aku!!!

it was great place & we were having good time there except for the entrance fee = USD50!!! dang! almost RM200 tuh. kopak aku. tapi taper elaun dah masuk :)

sunday

2007-12-03T11:54:00.000+08:00

lepas abis buat laundry, aku pecut pegi Katy Mills lepak ngan budak2 malaysia tu... 4 of them dah nak balik next thursday, so last kopek nyer shopping la ni...

beli magnets ni buat souvenir utk member2 kat mesia nun :)

pastu gi lunch. carik kedai ni sket nyer susah, dkt kul 4pm baru jumpa

nasi briyani

then sorang tu nak gi beli laptop lak, singgah la pulak kat fry's electronic. bapak besar kedai ni. cheap2 fujitsu laptop usd799 only ma... dpt free printer lak tu.

before balik singgah sini lak tapau our dinner

chicken wings

sedapppp... alhamdulillah.

SeaWorld, San Antonio

2007-12-03T00:47:00.000+08:00

i don't know about others, but for me whenever i fly abroad (ceh cam selalu jek pi oversea :P) i feel really glad if i bump into another malaysian (rasa cam balik kampung pun ada hehehe) especially if you are travelling alone. we malaysian have our own unique needs, so at least there is a person to share some info about the place, where to eat malaysian taste alike food (kalo ade la), and for muslim where to get halal food, where to shopping cheap2, sites seeing and other tips that might come handy.

so, last 2 weeks while i was walking around at the mall, a couple approached me and asked

"are you malaysian?"
"aah" (dang! i tot my face look like italian :P) actually i saw them first & i knew they are malaysian.

and from there on we talk2 about this place. like i said above information sharing :)
turned out the wife is actually working the same company but only in different location. she's also seconded here for 3 months & her husband coming over to pay the water bill :P
there are 9 of them here actually.

so last friday they asked me whether i wanted to join them to go to SeaWorld, San Antonio
definately i wanted to go.

on saturday i woke as early at 6am, drove to their place and joined them for breakfast. at 730am we start our driving that gonna take about 3-4 hours. 8 of us (2 of them decided not to join in last minute) with 3 cars. the couple gonna stay overnight in San Antonio while the rest of us gonna back to Houston in the same day.

to be continued... i want to do my laundry first :)

rindunyer...

2007-11-27T09:26:00.000+08:00

a few weeks to go...

halal

2007-11-24T00:08:00.000+08:00

so far aku dah jumpa a few halal places for makan2 yg at least not so far from my hotel. not so far tu dlm 30min to 1hour drive gak la. yahoooo macam2 ada dr chinese, indian, middle east etc... the taste boleh la tahan... alhamdulillah janji kenyang :)

ni kalau aku rajin nak masak leh la beli sini

tapi they serve the portion mak datuk bapak gajah punya banyak, normally leh abih kan half of it jek. kalau la aku leh abihkan all the food yg they served, balik nanti sure lailing tak kenal aku lak nanti ;P

lailing kat klia: do u see my husband? look like you, handsome like you but a bit slimmer?

p/s: the weather getting colder and colder. dang!

fsck /dev/oncall

2007-11-22T06:17:00.000+08:00

last weekend was not very good weekend for me. sucks big time! i was oncall last week. there was no page at all during the week days. but on friday my bos told me that there will be a power outage in one of our DC this weekend. they want to do something with the power supply & will fail over the power to generators. my thinking, i should not be worried then since the power will still be there. but i was wrong!

on saturday i got paged as early as 7am. one by one our servers rebooting. login to office's vpn and looked at our monitoring tool. shit! all of our servers rebooted & a few of them still down including 4 out of 6 our cluster servers! i knew something was not right.
connected to console to check what wrong with the servers. some of them crashed & needed fcsk, some of them keep on rebooting with root_mount_not_found and some other weird errors that i never encountered before.
my boss called and told me to go to DC. he's coming too of cos. i was there till 10pm doing fsck the servers. we managed to recover all except 1 server and continue on Sunday till 12pm.
there goes my weekend...
but out of it i learned a lot of things especially recovering root filesystems on solaris disk suite, veritas volume manager & veritas cluster server as well as the preasure behinds it when the big bos keeps asking when will the systems back online.
what went wrong was the generator failed!!! fsck /dev/generator

p/s: in total i received 100 over paged

Linux Explorer

2007-11-15T00:40:00.000+08:00

it has been a while i'm not writing about tech unix/linux stuff here. so here we go...

we are having a strange problems with one of our linux servers here - Red Hat Linux Advanced Server release 2.1AS (Pensacola) running on Sun Fire V60 (hardware ni dah end of service dah pung)

this machine keeps on automatically reboot by itself at least once a week. no significant errors found in log files, even i turned on everything in syslog.conf from debugging till all the info.

but since we still have vendor support for this machine, i logged a call to them. so they ask me to install Linux Explorer ala2 Sun™ Explorer to collect some data so they can dig in for further analysis.

Linux Explorer (LINUXexplo) indeed is a cool tool, well actually it just a shell script. once you excute it, it will generate a .gz file so you can easily pass to the vendor or you can also check by yourself under /opt/LINUXexplo/linux/ where all the info/data saved.

example of info/data collected:

# ls
boot etc httpd logs network rhn selinux system X
disks hardware kernel lp proc san software var yp

but sad to say, the vendor also couldn't find anything that caused the reboot :(
anyone can help me here?

cafe malay

2007-11-12T10:18:00.000+08:00

this is one of the restaurants recommended by my colleagues who have been here before. they said kalau rindu malaysian food, try la this restaurant and of cos we did. again with google maps printout we drive to the restaurant. actually this is our 2nd attempt to go here. the 1st was failed, well probably we went there during night time so susah sket nak jumpa :P

this is our menu for lunch. rasa dia boleh la tahan, so far the closest we can get. macam2 ada sini roti canai, nasi lemak etc...

but before that we went to this shopping complex call The Galleria. ni kira ala2 macam Suria KLCC la with all the branded & designer shoes, clothes etc... kira one of the biggest gak la. kalo ade lailing sure dia suka giler shopping sini :D

to kill some times before we heading back, we drive all the way through their freeway I-610 make it 1 round :P but still it is still early, then we decided to catch a movie at bayou place in teather district area.

batu keras

eye on houston ;P

kebetulan ade la pulak cam exhibition kat area ni - houston freedom fest. ape lagi kitorang pun layan jer la sementara nak tunggu our movie show time.

by the way, we watched Lions for lambs, cam hampeh!

Houston, we have a problem

2007-11-11T11:34:00.000+08:00

i just came back from a trip to Houston Space Center. thanks to google maps even though it took an hour to get there (ntah kemana2 aku sesat hahaha)

inside the center
best giler naik mende ni ;P

Star Wars space ship pun ada

1st malaysian spaceflight participant or whatever they want to call it, bangga gak la ada gambar Dr Sheikh Muzaffar kat sini.

lupa la apa nama rockets ni

this is the real mission control center

this is where all the astronauts and other nuts or nerds do their trainings

bapak besar rockets ni

and this is me. 2nd malaysian spaceflight participant

nah... just kidding hehehehe

p/s: hopefully by next week i can get the gps navigator, tak ler sesat barat ;P

rempit

2007-11-05T00:47:00.000+08:00

bila dah ada keta ni langkah pun panjang la sket hehehhe. so semalam aku pun pegi la meronda2 dekat2 area hotel aku ni (lom biasa dgn jalan & lefthand drive so suspen la sket nak gi jauh2, kang sesat la pulak smpai las vegas hehehehehe), sekali ternampak la org ramai dok gi tpt ni. ape lagi aku pun join la.

rupa2 nya ade motor shows... cool

ni bukan show dia, ni semua motor visitors... peh dasat2...

ha ni baru motor shows dia... korang layan gambar jer la...

pastu petang2 sket dema buat stunt shows lak... merempittttttttt

ball of steel

tapi dlm byk2 motor tu, aku rasa ni yg paling cooooooooool sekali ;P

nak tgk video stunts tu gi my youtube tapi dpt upload 2 videos jer, lagi 3 failed. bengong la youtube!

p/s: hari ni nak pi survey jalan gi opis lak...

downtown

2007-11-04T00:55:00.000+08:00

downtown, houston is a business district where all the major companies located. this is where my office is. the best thing is most of the buildings here are connected to each others with underground pedestrian walk tunnels and skywalks, but not the best thing is it turn to be ghost town during the weekend, so quiet with only a few people walking around (boleh bilang dgn jari) with all shops are close even the malls are also close :( tapi weekdays jangan cakap la, busy & jem giler!

tak kesempatan nak usha tpt ni ada apa. lenkali la...

p/s: yahoooo dah dapat keta :) makin panjang la langkah hehehe tapi ni tgh dok familiar kan dgn lefthanded drive...

Houston

2007-10-27T23:27:00.000+08:00

touched down Houston airport at 130pm local time on last Sun. my colleague was kind enough to pick me up & show me around before taking me to my hotel.

i'm staying near to Texas Medical Center. this huge area is not only for medical thingy like clinics, hospitals, pharmacies or medical centers but also place of schools, universities, museums, park etc (tpt org2 cam hannan & shah hehehe)
after all, houston is famous for their medical expertise.
the first few days here was kinda tough for me since my head still following KL time, jetlag gila! on that monday i still sleep following KL time, from 11am till 7pm local time and can't sleep at all on that night. as a result i'm like a zombie the next morning in the office :D

then try to adjust with their different things over here from food, people up to their weather is another challenge. i don't mind the others but i miss malaysian food very much :(

taking this metro rail to office

downtown, houston. near to my office

but now i'm OK already, no more jetlag :). so time to explore houston!
more to come. stay tune!

p/s: weekend ni nak pegi survey2, my lailing dah bagi list to shop ni ;)

hollywood

2007-10-21T10:38:00.000+08:00

alang2 dah sampai LA ni, rugila kalau tak singgah hollywood kan...
let the photos tell what happening here :)

jalan straight masuk dlm leh nampak tulisan hollywood yg besar tu

zooommmmm... sorry kabur. my camera lense tak cukup panjang :P

Hollywood Blvd streets view

ade org buat breakdance show tu yg ramai org tgk. mamat punk tu pun layan breakdance hehehee

museums

Kodak Theatre

this is for abang

this is for gegirl

this is for mummy. eh bukan! mummy punya ade yang lain :P

walk of fame

ada a few spots still kosong, ade sesapa nak try buh nama dia leh la try :P

ha this for mummy ;)

happening gila kat hollywood blvd tu, tapi bila sorang2 kat sini tak rasa happening langsung :(

dinner pun sorang2 dlm bilik. layan vege pizza

tapi luckily leh webcam. hilang rindu sket :)

p/s: nak tido dah. esok nak bgn pagi kul 5am to catch a flight to Houston.

LA

2007-10-21T06:49:00.000+08:00

after 18 hours flight,

1 hour transit at Taipei,

1 hour plus questioned by US immigration officers and looking for my luggage that went missing but luckily found it back at missing luggage counter :P,
i finally safely landed in LA.

Now resting at one of the hotels here before taking next morning flight to Houston where I'm going to work untill end of this year.

That 2 months plus... gonna miss my loves
infact i already miss them ishhh :( sedih betul kena tinggalkan anak bini ni...
but thank to technology, we going to webcam to each other :) hopefully dapat lah hilangkan rindu sket.

babai mummy, abang, adik & epi. take good care! hugs & kisses :*

p/s: nak kuor jap carik makanan, lapar la pulak. local time now at 4:30pm 20th Oct

happy birthday to me

2007-10-19T11:44:00.000+08:00

thanks for all the wishes... doakan saya supaya panjang umur, dimurahkan rezeki & as well as yg macam my mem doakan... amin ;)

on the other hand, ticket is ready now for me to fly again...

where to? to update later...
bz tahap cipan ni!

BENGANG!!!

2007-10-01T18:12:00.000+08:00

how do you feel when you found out your car with flat tyre? sure tension !@#$%^& bengang!

this is what happened to me this morning... well, not 1 but 2 tyres!!! front & rear. arghhh double bengang!!!

to make thing worst even after pumped the tyres with the just_bought_ten_ringgit pump, the air still came out from the valves. dang!!!

no other choice, replaced the front one with the spare, put a jack for the rear one then put them on my father in law's car & headed to workshop.

turned out the valves spoiled already, changed a new ones, put them back then all went fine. pheww!!!

my thinking this was a dengki kianat job, bukan nak menuduh especially bulan puasa ni but kalau 1 tayar logic la jugak, ni sampai dua2 flat. confirm dengki kianat punya kerja!!!

the reason i said that simply because i just rent this parking since last week (selama ni parking luar), tapi within last week jugak, 2 days in a row ada kereta lain parking kat situ, aku report guard so kena clamped la kereta tuh (rm50 kena bayar utk bukak) well paham2 la, sure mamat tu balas dendam punya.

well what to do... people have their own ways... for me "the tyre is round" ;)

p/s: bengang kurang sket sbb red mummy dah pujuk baik punya hehehehe

hottest mommy

2007-09-22T11:55:00.000+08:00

i came across with one joke in reader's digest as per below...

A medical intern at the hospital I work at was interviewing a patient's husband.

He asked "This morning, when your wife was having seizures, were you able to get her temperature?"

After thinking for a few seconds, the husband replied, "Um, no, but I noticed that she was HOT in bed last night."

Indeed, she's HOTTTTTT ;)

Actually what I'm trying to tell is this HOT mummy has been nominated by someone to become Hottest Mommy Blogger at bloggerschoiceawards.com

If you all think that she's HOT, well of cos not as HOT as what I got ;), then head up to

http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/28459

to vote her as Hottest Mommy Blogger

Thanks ya!