Wanted

hmmm, wanted was a very gd action movie, but the way the story flows isnt very good. cos at the first place, i dun even know what is happening, juz dat they were shooting here n there. until the very end, then i realise they are assassins killing targets. n the faction angelina jolie was in, was protecting themselves from another assassin association. i wonder what they call it. at the end of the day, the leader gets killed by the same way in the beginning of the movie. oh gosh, wad kind of movie is this... 2.5/5...

Kungfu Panda

wahaha, tis animated movie is damn funny la, especially when the panda was under accupuncture talking to the tigress. after the tigress calls him big fat panda, he show the funny face, i see liao i laugh till like mad, wahahaha. the tigress even wan to slap him, LOL... really the funny, this stupid panda making my day today, wahahaha... rating 4/5!!!

Christmas Eve

finally christmas eve is the onli day dat we can really go home 'early'... luckily today those mgmt nv come n bug me, lol... even kickboxing oso says dat fri then settle everything, act yesterday was going to settle everything de, lol... at least she still knows dat we are working too much, time for some rest. n i believe what ug said is true, dun work at home, others wont know and will not appreciate it. unless u broadcast to all the people, otherwise dun.

anyway, today is christmas eve, one of the last few holidays of the year. i m alone at home wif my bro and my little hamster who is slping frm day to nite. i guess my bro will be going out wif his gf soon, leaving me n the hamster. baby is at hk wif her frens, hopefully she will enjoy herself as much as she does if she is in sg. :D i will try to take some rest since i dun hav any programmes for 2nite n tml. best time to take some rest ever since the project started. but for the past few wks, everything is quieting dwn, settling to some sort of dust. but still, the mgmt organization is somewhat unbalance. hopefully they can sort this out in the coming mth n not make it so unfair to everybody else.

yes ug n me might be very important in both domain n tech areas, but frankly speaking, i tink we are too overloaded wif it. both our domains can be said to be one of the largest in the project. even my tech areas, infopath forms, oso one of the largest... as biztalk is for ug. at least there is still someone on top of me to coordinate the framework for infopath, phew... otherwise i will be dead beat if this continues... thks to my lead for helping out in some of the areas. :D

Lego Ferris Wheel (Singapore Flyer)?!

ok, the joy of life is here! the ferris wheel, proud presentation of the work done by baby n me! when the whole wheel was up, we were so excited dat we wanted to start the thing 'flying', but then after looking at the battery box, we were like... er... 6 AA batteries?... i dun even hv AA batteries in my house, onli AAA... saded, it didnt 'fly', instead it was lying there waiting for the batteries to come during this wkend. yes, i will be running the wheel when baby is back from her hk holiday nx week! below are some of the photos taken!

  

Why...

why, tell me why... haiz... i hv been trying my best everyday, i wan to finish my work early everyday too, but the work juz come n come... never ending... n y the hell did infopath had so many problems?... y did i cause so many problems to baby oso?... y i cant even hav a slpful nite?... all i hv been tinking everyday is, am i gd enugh for her? i try to give her my best le, using time for her. acc her to do tis n do dat, helping her wif tis n dat, everything dat i can do i had done. all i wan is to give her the best, i dun even care whether i hv the best or nt... i juz hope dat in the future when i m nt in this company, i will hv more time wif her... nw i can onli do wad i can do to give her the happiness...

Clone and Write Data in InfoPath

Ok, basically, cloning method in InfoPath is very good but a bit tedious to use. for me personally, i have used it to create the beautiful repeating groups and xml data. below are the steps in getting this cloning method right.

1. bear in mind that in order to clone a section out of a repeating group, there must always be an existing section in the repeating group.
see example below:

repeatgroup
field1
group1
field2

this is because, if there were no existing section in the repeating group, how the hell InfoPath knows what to clone?

2. after having beared in mind 1st step, nx step is to start cloning the group. there are many examples out there explaining how to clone a repeating group, so look for it.

3. after cloning, there is a need to remove the 1st row as it is an empty or duplicated data row.

4. after which if there were to be any adjustment to the data on those groups, there is a need to remove everything and then re-write. but still the same thing, there must always be an existing section in the repeating group.

so the above quite roughly sums up on how to actually clone the rows. if there are anything that you need clarification and understanding, kindly leave me an email or you can add any comments to this post, ty.

My Best Friend's Wedding Dinner

wooo, last nite was my best friend's wedding dinner. i went there quite late and managed to see her before the actual dinner started. there were actually some quite interesting things happening thru-out the whole wedding. it was in fact quite fun and an enjoyable nite for me. :)

when i actually got there, there were 2 weddings in place in dat hotel. my fren n i saw one group of ppl outside one of the ballrooms at dat lvl juz as we got out of the lift, so we proceeded to the table. then i was like, erm... do they look like they know me? lol... i was having my red packet in my hands n then walking towards them. then one of the guys standing there asked us wad name is the wedding couple, so we replied n we realised it is another room, lol... luckily they asked, else we dun even know we go to the wrong dinner.

so i saw her at the other ballroom, beautifully dressed and getting rdy to walk into the ballroom. we greeted her and then proceeded to our seats. juz after sitting down, the dinner started. same ceremony as per wad other dinners will be, the couple walking in as the start of the dinner, after dat a series of individual events followed. but the most interesting part of the dinner is the video shown on the screen.

it was the video of how they met each other to how they actually got together and finally got married. the video and conversation in it was very cute and funny. i personally like the animation they have done and i will be using that as one of the options in my wedding nx time. nx up was the video of how the bridegroom went to receive the bride at her house. the whole procedure was video-ed and shown too, very interesting and funny.

ok, the most interesting part one is over, here comes the main focus of the dinner. it started from the 2nd dish (shark's fin) that was served to us. juz after the shark's fin was served, 3 of the ladies at my table went to help the bride change clothes. so the shark's fin was left at their seats. after they came back, nat was asking for the vinegar. so piggy asked me where is the vinegar, while i was searching for it, i oso realised it wasnt there. so who was the one who finished the whole bottle?... lol...

nx came the scallop fried with veg. then the waitress oso very the cute de lor. she was juz standing beside me, serving the food to all of us, but after serving to left and to my fren on my right, she moved over to the opposite side and serve the other side. i was like, erm... where is my portion?... then yunny was telling the waitress to give me the whole plate, dun need to serve me with the small plate, i was like... -.-''' n indeed the waitress nv serve me! omfg!... i was even more like ... ... ...

nvm, another thing... fish served, cut and sliced. not very nice actually, cos the way she cut oso like 1/2 1/2 type... anyway, after serving the fish, i proceeded to eat la. then eat eat halfway onli, the waitress come keep the main plate, then she oso keep my half eaten fish!... wah liew, i haven enjoyed the fish n she kept it liao... sadded man, really sadded.

then we were oso talking about the drinks that they replace during the course of the dinner. cos once we almost finished the drinks, they replace with a full cup. so my fren was tinking, did they actually refill the cup with the left overs? or did they actually throw away the left overs? lol... wad an interesting thought...

anyway, i enjoyed my dinner today and i hereby wish her happy marriage and hope she will live better after today. :)

Lego Ship

ohaiyo! now is the time to admire the construction of the lego ship in store! this is the latest addition to my store of collection on some of lego's special and collectible editions. Below are some of the screenshots taken for the ship, enjoy! ok, to note it is the combination effort frm me and baby, in case she not happy ya lol...

Lego House Done by Baby!

wooo, while i was at my fren's wedding dinner, baby opened the lego house and start building it. by the time i came back, i saw the finished product n i was like, wow! lol... didnt know her skill in building oso nt bad huh... she will be rebuilding the whole house soon based on our design in the nx 2 to 3 weeks, n i m looking forward to it soon! :D below are some photos taken after the house was completed.

Overnight in Office

ever since after 2 overnights in the office during POC time, i hadnt OT-ed overnite for very long till 2 days ago. ok, here is hw it came about overnite in the office.

juz as i was back to office on monday, i was greeted by starlite with the greatest job of all, some linkages in the forms. meaning dat i have to write some codes to make it work. ok, dat is really the BIGGEST job up till today, cos infopath really gave a lot of problem during the past 2 mths. juz to recap some of the POC times, i wasnt the one doing the forms and i didnt know how they actually go about doing some of the things during dat time. so recently 2mths ago, i took over. so that was how things went on after dat. (act i was taking MOSS de, but then in the end too infopath)

anyway, after starting to look into the form on monday, questions and queries were raised to cy from mcs. dinging donging here n there, some results were showing. so monday basically nt much was done. then here comes tuesday... intensive codings were done to the form, but surprisingly, i encountered a problem in the xml structure of the form. according to cy's and me's experience, we had absolutely no idea where the error came from. all along we thought it was some limitation or bug in infopath, cos i was testing on my 'trial template' and it was working fine. not until the next day morning when i tested, it was not working again. aiyah, whole nite 8hrs testing on this and finally dun care liao, juz try work ard first until tis is solved.

n so cy went to bed after 2am while i stayed on to work on the forms. oh ya, 4got to mention, ug n starlite oso stayed wif me in the office. fe oso gt jake n smiley staying over the nite. (but they went home at 5+ and 2+ respectively) while the 3 of us continued to work throughout the nite. in fact, i was the one dragging them dwn lo, cos they were both waiting for my form... i feel very guilty having to drag them dwn lo. in fact in the overall project, i feel that form stands on the top most priority and the most important. cos without completing the form, everything cannot be done. biztalk needs my schema, k2 needs my schema and even at the portal side, they need my form to start working on the process stages.

anway, after working overnite till nx day (wed), we were basically 'exhausted'. of course we still tried to keep ourselves awake n helping the prototype to get up. along the day, we kept saying we will be going home, in the end we went home at 9pm! lol... quite an amazing feat to achieve by us ya... ya, so dats hw we were having our 1st nites together as a team n fighting thru the project on dat day. :)