Free Codec - Works with Windows Media Player

Finally found a codec that is free and work with Windows Media Player...

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_lite_codec_pack.htm

Free DVD Player

Found a free DVD player online.

http://www.avsmedia.com/DVDPlayer/index.aspx

Tried, quality okay. However, the codec cannot be used in Windows Media Player.

New Windows Media Center

The old one died... the cooling fan of the video card broken.

The new one is running 32-bit version of Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1. Also tried some features that I had never used before, like putting recordings onto DVDs.

The setup experience this time is pretty good, Vista SP1 automatically recognise my WinTV-Huppauge PVR-150 MCE and the USB IR receiver (for MCE remote "beanbag" in the kit). Everything is plug and play.

One Minute Management

Recently I attended the 2nd session of the leadership training organised by my company. The training was great, and the trainer done great presentations and other exercises with us.

He recommended two books to read. One of them is One Minute Manager. I found an online copy here. It is really worth to read with easy to understand concepts. I finished this reading exercise in a few hours and felt gained a lot on people handling.

I hope this helps everybody.

Hard Working Week

Hard working?

A week has 5 working days. 5 working days mean 40 working hours. However, in the first 4 calendar days of the week, I already worked 48 working hours.

That means, 6 working days in 4 calendar days.

Oh... I need some rest.

CISA Results

After waiting for a long long time, I finally received email exam results from ISACA. The most impressive word is a combination of 6 characters - P . A . S . S . E . D !!!

passed /pæst, pɑst/ adjective

1. having completed the act of passing
2. having received a passing grade on an examination or test or successfully completed a school course, year, or program of study

Yeah!

Eat eat eat all day...

Eat a full breakfast. Eat a lot at dinner time. Having a late drink.

Eat... eat... eat... all day!

How fat I was?

A lot of people recently asking how fat I was ...

In fact this is a difficult question to answer. Just see this pic, may be the fattest view of mine. 127KG/280 Pounds at that moment.

Those were the days.

Old Photos

Today, I watched a lot of old photos I took since 2001.

This is basically a storage consolidation project. I had built a new computer that has 6 x 320GB disks formed a RAID 5 array. I had moved all information from all of my storage to this new storage array.

During the information move, I had a review for the photos I took. This restore a lot of my memory, like the 270 pounds view of myself, a lot of old friends and a lot of interesting moments.

Jeremy 1-month old celebration

In order to celebrate Jereme's 1-month old, Eric and I had sent Kenneth a bottle of Champagne. Tomorrow, Jeremy will have his celebration dinner with his family. I hope this little child will grow up happily and healthy.

Blog of Jeremy can be found here.

My First Lesson to Photography Class

Today, I attended my first lesson of photography class at ILC, OUHK LiPACE. It was very interesting, teaching compositions, use of aperture to control depth of field and some fundamental things.

I like it. Starting next week, the class will happen in Studio and practicing with cameras.

I am so exciting for next week to come.

Eric Onboard!

Finally, Eric onboard.

A lot of things need him to do and learn. Like product details, functions and features.

I hope he enjoys working with me, again!

Terence Last Day

Today, is the last duty day of Terence.

I reported to him for a 6-month period. He asked me to stay with him for a longer time and he finally left me.

I hope he will have a good career in his new employer.

My boss decided to leave

My boss at Initial-C company decided to leave us. I can imagine all the painful experience he had in the pass six months.

I wish he has a good move to his new company and career position.

The 39th Distinguished Salesperson Award Programme

Yes, we finally received the 39th DSA. The meal was good, and all of us were happy.

Kevin, Joe and I were all excited for being selected to receive the Award. Of course, we had took a lot photos to mark down the memory of this remarkable event.

I wish all three of us will continue to work hard in order to proof that we are really being distinguished.

The 8th Info-Security Conference 2007

Today, I represented my company to have a keynote speech at the 8th Info-Security Conference 2007. There were over 300 people in my session Enhancing ROI on Security Investment.

What Gender Is Your Brain?

Your Brain is 40% Female, 60% Male

You have a total boy brain Logical and detailed, you tend to look at the facts And while your emotions do sway you sometimes... You never like to get feelings too involved

What Gender Is Your Brain?

The 39th Distinguished Salesperson Award Programme - Awardee Announced

All of us, Joe, Kevin and I, are selected to receive the Award.

Thanks to all the people who helped us, espcially Mr. Henry Ko and Mr. Kenneth Ma on their time with us for the training sessions. Also need to thank Miss Rowena Leung on coming with us on the interview day and giving us great support onsite.

Awardee of the 39th Distinguished Salesperson Award Programme: Joe Chan, Kevin Chow and William Lee of CPCNet Hong Kong Limited.

Things over - March 24, 2007, DSA and DemoStar

39th DSA - Completed the interview session this morning. I tried my best to make it. Award or not is not on my control. Just waiting for the results.

Microsoft DemoStar Competition 2007 - I am the 2nd runner up. As I committed all the resources to the 39th DSA, getting this result is already above my expection.

Counting down to DSA interview

The session is on March 24, 2007... counting down.

Of course, Kevin, Joe and I are in serious training. The script, effective selling, creation of props, etc.

This experience is really remarkable.