AutoIt script to prevent from autolocking Windows

At my previous workplace we had this autolocking policy for Windows machine. Sometimes it became irritating that while I was looking at an active log (on a pc) while sending some information from a laptop, the pc would autolock after a certain minutes.

So I resorted to this AutoIt script:

While True
   Local $pos = MouseGetPos()
   MouseMove($pos[0]-1, $pos[1]-1, 0)
   MouseMove($pos[0], $pos[1], 0)
   Sleep(540000)
WEnd

Tragedi di D'Tandoor Ayer@8 Putrajaya

Kurang daripada 7 jam lalu, saya berbuka puasa dengan bekas teman-teman sepejabat di restoran D'Tandoor Ayer@8 Putrajaya. Apa yang diharapkan berjalan lancar dan gembira berakhir dengan tanda tanya dan sakit hati.

Sememangnya saya sangat teruja ingin berjumpa dengan mereka semua kerana sudah lama tidak berjumpa sejak bulan Mac 2016. Saya kira masing-masing mesti ingin berkongsi pengalaman terbaru berkenaan kerja baru dan keluarga. Mereka pula datang bersama keluarga, lagi lah saya semakin teruja! Saya suka melihat anak-anak mereka ni sebenarnya. Sangat comel dan petah, boleh dikatakan macam-macam jenis karakter pun ada. Saya pula suka observe!

Jadi perancangan untuk perjumpaan buka puasa pun dimulakan melalui Watsapp pada 7 Jun. Saya invite aje rakan-rakan muslim yang tinggal Putrajaya sebab asalnya plan nak jumpa selepas kerja. Tapi selepas ada cadangan untuk buat pada hari Sabtu 18 Jun, rakan-rakan dalam Watsapp mula sebarkan mengenai perjumpaan ni kepada rakan-rakan muslim yang lain yang tinggal agak jauh dari Putrajaya. Ye lah, kalau hari Sabtu, kemungkinan besar mereka boleh datang berbanding selepas kerja. Tempat yang dipersetujui adalah D'Tandoor Ayer@8 Putrajaya. Pakej buffet Ramadhan mereka nampak menarik.

Iklan ini tiada lagi di FB mereka

Promosi Ramadhan

Pertama kalinya pada hari yang sama jam 11.30 pagi, saya reserve untuk 19 orang (10 dewasa + 9 kanak-kanak). Saya agak-agak saja kalau dalam 4 - 5 orang setuju, dan bawa bersama pasangan dan anak-anak, cukup lah agaknya 19 orang tu. Sebenarnya dalam kenyataan promosi restoran tidak ada pun tercatat harga untuk kanak-kanak. Dan saya pun bukannya selalu buat reservation, cuma saya terfikir la jugak - tak logik kalau kanak-kanak bayar harga yang sama seperti dewasa kan? Jadi bila saya tanya, pengurus restoran cuma maklumkan harga kanak-kanak separuh daripada harga dewasa. Saya pun kata ok lah, terima kasih dan letak gagang. Saya sebarkan maklumat kepada rakan-rakan supaya mereka boleh kira bugdet masing-masing.

Keesokan harinya, berdasarkan mesej rakan-rakan dalam Watsapp group, saya merasakan seperti tak cukup pulak bilangan seat yang saya dah reserve tu. Jadi pada 8 Jun jam 1.15 tengah hari saya call restoran D’Tandoor dan membuat penambahan kepada 24 orang (15 dewasa + 9 kanak-kanak). Maklum saja lah bulan puasa kebanyakan tempat makan penuh, jadi kena maklumkan restoran awal-awal. Tambah-tambah lagi saya dengar makanannya sedap, mesti menjadi tumpuan. Saya tak mahu ambil risiko pertemuan ni dibatalkan sebab tak cukup tempat. Tak lama selepas tu, saya lihat sekali lagi bilangan seat seperti tak cukup lagi. Pada masa ni, ada 7 rakan yang sudah berkeluarga. Jadi pada hari yang sama jam 2 petang, saya minta rakan call restoran untuk maklumkan bilangan seat yang terkini. Kali ini 34 orang (19 dewasa + 15 kanak-kanak). Saya lebihkan bilangan dewasa sebagai buffer.

Pada 10 Jun, ada 10 rakan yang sudah bekeluarga di dalam senarai yang mungkin hadir. Saya putuskan untuk tunggu sehingga saya dapat bilangan yang memang pasti akan hadir dalam beberapa hari lagi sebelum saya call restoran untuk maklumkan bilangan terkini.

Memang ambil masa juga lah nak putuskan sebab masin-masing ada komitmen masing-masing. Jadi pada 17 Jun, saya tengok bilangan yang pasti hadir ada 5 orang dengan keluarga, 3 orang single. Saya call restoran pada jam 11.45 pagi untuk maklumkan bilangan kepada 25 orang. Saya tak perincikan berapa dewasa dan kanak-kanak sebab saya rasa macam tak penting. Saya diberitahu bayaran hanya dibuat selepas makan menurut pengurus. Yang pentingnya bilangan seat yang disediakan kan? Pengurus pun tak bertanya padahal dia ada rekod reservation saya (saya tahu sebab bila saya beri nama, dia yang sebutkan bilangan terdahulu). Jadi saya anggap tiada masalah.

Dan tibalah hari yang dinanti-nanti 18 Jun.

Restoran ni terletak di kawasan premium (saya agak-agak saja, sebab sepanjang perjalanan ke destinasi, banyak rumah banglo di sekitar Ayer@8). Terletak di tepi sepanjang sebahagian tasik Putrajaya, memang cantik. Angin sepoi-sepoi bahasa. Nak jalan-jalan bawa keluarga memang idea yang menarik. Dari situ saya boleh nampak masjid besi. Cantik!

Memang seronok la dapat bertemu rakan-rakan semula. Tapi ada juga yang terpaksa batalkan di saat akhir sebab komitmen. Jadi akan ada lah seat yang kosong. Tentang makanan, memang sedap. Lagipun saya memang suka Indian food. Tidak banyak variasi, tetapi cukup lah untuk kenyang. Saya tidak berkira sangat. Paling penting, dapat berborak dengan rakan. Terasa seperti waktu dahulu di social hub!

Tak semua lauk ada. Ada yang diganti dengan lauk lain. Kami minum air sirap sahaja.

Lama juga lah kami di situ. Dalam pukul 10 malam kalau tak silap saya, sebahagian lampu ditutup. Eh? Di kaca depan tulis operasi hingga 11 malam pada malam minggu? Tapi takpe lah, masing-masing pun dah habis cerita, sekarang nak bergambar kenangan pula. On the way keluar, saya maklumkan kepada pengurus, kami nak ambil gambar dulu. Sedang sibuk mencari lokasi sesuai di luar, saya tengok masing-masing masuk ke dalam restoran. Saya pun masuk semula ke restoran. Rupa-rupanya rakan-rakan nak bayar dulu sebelum keluar. Saya pun ok saja. Selesaikan dulu pun elok juga.

Dalam sedang menunggu bil, saya menyeluk poket seluar. Tiba-tiba muka rakan di depan berubah. Dia terkejut tengok bil RM1440++. Hah???

Pengurus kata bayaran perlu mengikut bilangan 25 orang dewasa. Hah???!!

Masing-masing terkejut! Bila dikira berapa yang hadir, 9 dewasa dan 9 kanak-kanak. Kami gunakan 18 seat tapi yang perlu bayar hanya 3 kanak-kanak (kategori 6 - 12 tahun RM25 seorang). Sepatutnya jumlah termasuk 10% caj perkhidmatan dan 6% GST adalah cuma RM600++. Siapa pula nak bayar sampai RM1400??

Pengurus restoran mencadangkan kami bayar untuk 17 dewasa dan tidak perlu bayar untuk kanak-kanak. Bila saya dengar ni, saya menjadi marah. Itu hampir 2 kali ganda bilangan dewasa. Saya hairan bagaimana pengurus ni berfikir?

Saya menjadi marah atas sebab-sebab ini:

• Tidak sekali pun semasa call dibuat untuk reservation, saya dimaklumkan bayaran akan dikira mengikut bilangan reservation.
• Tidak ada juga dicatat di atas brochure promosi restoran mengenai perkara ini.
• Tidak ada pertanyaan daripada pengurus kepada kami mengenai seat yang kosong untuk memenuhi permintaan walk-in. Sudah tentu kami tiada masalah untuk beri kan seat kepada mereka!
• Saya rasa seperti diperangkap, dipaksa untuk membuat bayaran kerana pengurus sentiasa ada di restoran sepanjang kami berada di situ tapi tidak sekali pun dia ada courtesy untuk maklumkan kepada kami.
• Pengurus asyik mengulangi sejarah bilangan reservation dari 34 kepada 25 padahal tidak sedikit pun ia ada kaitan dengan bil.
• Cara penjelasan pengurus yang menjurus kepada keuntungan restoran tetapi tidak mempedulikan langsung dompet kami sebagai pelanggan.
• Pengurus menyatakan hanya pelanggan walk-in saja yang boleh dikenakan bayaran mengikut bilangan sebenar. Pelanggan yang membuat reservation tidak boleh. Jika tidak ada seorang pun yang datang, restoran akan minta pelanggan tersebut bayar penuh juga kah?
• Saya tidak puas hati kenapa pelanggan masih dikenakan caj perkhidmatan. Bukankah sudah termasuk di dalam GST?

Saya lantas keluar daripada restoran untuk menenangkan fikiran. Biar saja rakan-rakan jantan yang lain uruskan. Kami bukan tidak mahu bayar, kami hanya mahu bayar apa yang kami makan. Lebih sedikit pun saya rasa tidak mengapa sebab ada rakan-rakan yang menarik diri tapi bayaran untuk 17 dewasa memang menjengkelkan (RM980++).

Lama juga saya di luar menunggu sehingga rakan-rakan keluar dari restoran. Saya dapati bil kami belum di bayar kerana saya kira pengurus masih berkeras (saya tidak pasti apa yang berlaku). Apabila pelanggan dianiaya begini, hati mana yang tidak panas? Kami berlegar-legar di depan tasik Putrajaya sambil mencari semula mood untuk bergambar. Selepas bergambar, saya ingin pulang sahaja. Untuk apa saya bayar perkhidmatan begini? Saya rasa tertipu!

Tiba-tiba ada pula yang bersuara kita bayar saja lah apa yang kita sudah makan. Untuk apa? Saya masih berdegil walaupun tangan sudah pun menghulurkan sekeping RM50. Kemudian datang pula cadangan untuk bayar separuh. Rakan-rakan jantan saja yang masuk semula ke dalam restoran untuk membuat bayaran. Bila mereka keluar, rupanya bil dibayar habis RM600++.

Adakah kami dikira mencuri jika tidak membayar bil?
Tidak. Kami meluangkan waktu untuk menyatakan sebab-sebab kami tidak mahu membayar lebih daripada apa yang sepatutnya. Kami tidak lari. Ketika restoran tidak memaklumkan kami situasi sebenar sehinggalah sudah terlambat, ketika itulah transaksi tidak lagi sah.

Saya merasakan restoran D’Tandoor telah mempergunakan kepercayaan pelangan. Restoran telah melakukan kesalahan, dan dengan sebab itu lah restoran perlu menaja sepenuhnya bil kami.

Restoran D’Tandoor Putrajaya, sila lah berikan perhatian kepada cadangan-cadangan berikut untuk memperbaiki mutu perkhidmatan anda:

• Minta pelanggan untuk membuat bayaran sebelum makan untuk sesi buffet
• Pengurus untuk lebih berhemah apabila berinteraksi dengan dengan pelanggan supaya mereka rasa dihargai
• Anggaplah setiap pelanggan yang membuat reservation tidak tahu maklumat apa yang restoran perlukan. Tanya mereka untuk kepastian.
• Letakkan maklumat bayaran sepenuhnya di brochure promosi.

Memalukan sekiranya restoran yang besar begini tidak peka kepada isu pelanggan.

Percubaan untuk mengambil gambar kenangan selepas selesai

Website D'Tandoor: http://dtandoor.com
FB D'Tandoor Putrajaya: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dtandoor-Ayer-8/627001037418556

Learning basic PySpark concepts with S3

I'm learning Apache Spark with Python and S3. I tried them out following an example here https://www.codementor.io/spark/tutorial/spark-python-rdd-basics.

import boto

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="myAccessKeyId"
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="mySecretAccessKey"

conn = boto.connect_s3(AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
bucket = conn.get_bucket('nuhaa')

# view list
for file_key in bucket.list():
    print(file_key.name)

key_name = "kddcup-data_10_percent.csv"

# load data
data_rdd = sc.textFile("s3n://nuhaa/%s" % key_name)
    
from time import time
t0 = time()
data_count = data_rdd.count()
tt = time() - t0
print "total number of records: %d" % data_count
print "size %s" % hbytes(key.size)
print "count completed in {} seconds".format(round(tt,3))
key.close()

# using filter
normal_data_rdd = data_rdd.filter(lambda x: 'normal.' in x)
t0 = time()
normal_count = normal_data_rdd.count()
tt = time() - t0

print "there are {} 'normal' interactions".format(normal_count)
print "count completed in {} seconds".format(round(tt,3))

# using map
csv_data = data_rdd.map(lambda x: x.split(","))
t0 = time()
head_rows = csv_data.take(5)
tt = time() - t0

print "parse completed in {} seconds".format(round(tt,3))

# using collect
t0 = time()
all_data = data_rdd.collect()
tt = time() - t0

print "data collected in {} seconds".format(round(tt,3))

Innisfree No Sebum Mineral Powder - LOVE!

As a start, I have never ever posted anything makeup related here. Just because I'm more comfortable posting about tech and programming and food and Mimi than beauty stuff. I do take care of myself and I love makeup! It is soooooo fun!!

So I went out and about updating my makeup bag last month. My makeup bag needed an update so bad. The last time I paid attention to it was 6 months ago. And that is a pretty long time, sister!

I've been loving everything that I bought, except for one - which we shall not discuss further. The most recent addition is this cute Innisfree No Sebum Mineral Powder 5g. I bought it for RM22, from Qoo10. I was looking for a goodsetting powder and I had heard about Laura Mercier's translucent powder. So I didn't know which one is better. Because of my combination skin, I went for Innisfree's instead. Apparently I made a good choice. I'm impressed. So so impressed! Wow.

My skin would feel and look oily by noon and I hate it what that happens. But ever since I use No Sebum Mineral Powder, my face generally stays matte until 5.30pm, which is what I want. My skin feels smooth all day too. And the best is it's paraben-free, talc-free, mineral oil free and animal ingredient free.

Innisfree oficial page: http://www.innisfreeworld.com/product/productView.do?prdSeq=10304&eventSeq=0&catCd01=UB

One of Mimi's playtime

I consider myself very lucky to be able to live with a cat. Everyday i get to witness how magnificent the creature is. Her agility and her stealth have never failed to amaze me - subhanallah!

Anyone who's living with a cat or used to live with one, you should know that it's an equal partnership going on between you and the cat. If you treat them well, they'll love you for it. They know no loyalty, because they're not like dogs. But they're as honest and as fun. They can be intelligent too depending on how well you train them, and the best part for me is that they're more mysterious. So i always enjoy figuring them out.

Henna de-mystified

I LOVE having henna on my fingers. I just don't know why but I've found out that I'm fascinated by having colors on my fingers, pretty, bright, reddish-orang-ey color, on my fingers. I remember I first saw henna being applied on fingers when I was small, around maybe 6 or 7 years old, on someone's fingers, she was about to be married the next day. I think it was my cousin's wedding. I sat next to her the whole time the henna was applied.

They made alot of henna paste so after the bride-to-be's fingers and toes are all covered, there was a lot of leftover. When they asked around who wants the henna, I kept quiet but did not move. I was a very shy girl, so only when they asked me "Nak pakai inai ke?" that I nodded and smiled. In the morning I was so excited to see my fingers! They suddenly looked so lovely and lively to me for some weird reason. My love for henna started right there and then. I got so excited about it that I bragged about it at school a week after haha. 

Now this post is not going to be about going down the memory lane. I meant to show you how it's being prepared. Everytime I apply henna, there will be at least one non-malay, non-indian who will ask me about it. So for that purpose, my mission is also to answer their questions in this post.

First off, henna (or inai in malay) is not a nail color. You can't wash it off with a nail color remover, and it only comes in 1 natural color - bright deep orange. How long does it stay on your fingers? Well the color on your skin will fade off in 2 weeks, the color on the finger nails will stay. The only way to remove it is to wait for your nails to grow it out. Or you can just apply a nail color on top of it. I have a pretty long nails so the henna on my nails is visible for about 3 months.

Why do I apply henna? It is for fun, and simply because I love it. I'm not aware of any medical benefit to it, I just simple love it :) 

I always have henna on my left hand, only on those 5 fingers. Then I get more questions. I don't know the answer to that. It's a matter of habit and preference I guess.

For the malays (and pretty sure the indians too but I speak for the malays as I am one), henna is only applied on the bride-to-be's, on all 10 fingers and 10 toes. I think it's just an old tradition that we still practice. I don't know the origin of the practice - I speculate it's to indicate which one is the bride and for general pretti-ness :p

How henna is made? Well basically you pick some henna leaves and mash them into a paste. 

Fresh henna leaves

Traditionally we use batu giling (millstone) to make the paste. I don't know if food processor or pestle and mortar can do it since I haven't tried that. I always giling the inai.

Drizzle some water and get ready to giling!

I don't put it rice or any other stuff like most people heard other people do.
I'm all organic - leaves and water!

 After about 10 minutes of giling, I get enough paste for 1 hand. Happee!

I can't go for another 10 minutes. The batu giling is super heavy.

Now applying it on the fingers needs some skills. Normally you would ask people to apply it for you. And they would wear plastic gloves. If you use your bare hand, you're going to get unflattering orange splotchy all over because henna can set pretty quick. These days I can apply henna on my own, using the back of a tea spoon. I clip my fingernails before applying.

The henna should cover the whole first of 1/3 of the fingers

Leave it on until the paste dries on its own, about 4 to 5 hours. When it dries it should be really dark brown. I leave it overnight but I make sure the paste is no longer wet on the surface so I don't accidentally touch my face in my sleep and wake up a clown. Not that it has happened before, just a note of caution.

In the morning, peel off the dried paste. Wash it off with water if it helps.

Tada!

Rich red brown

At this point the color is so nice and even. After a day it is going to darken around the fingers where the skin is thicker. So it won't be as even anymore. That's the only part of organic henna that I don't like but I still love it since it won't be so visible on my fingers.

So there you have it - I hope the post helps answer some questions around henna.

Till later, take care.

Soft boiled eggs

This is more a reminder to self as my first attempt was successful following this method.

Fill up 1/2 inch water in a pot. Wait until it boils on medium heat. Put in any number of eggs direct from the fridge, in a single layer. Close the lid. Put back on heat for exactly 6 minutes and 30 seconds!

Immediately pour cold water after the timer rings. The eggs are ready. Peel off the skin carefully. The yolks will still be runny. Yum!

OOooooh they glisten!

Fast recipe: roti John

Perghhh lama gile tak update blog. The thing is I tend to reserve what I want to say to myself these for the past 5 years.

So, here's the recipe. I had this for dinner last night. Then I made it again for breakfast. And again for dinner just now. It is so easy and I was trying to use up the Gardenia loaf.

1 can sardine
2 eggs
6 slices of bread
1 can of peas
Butter
Olive oil
Salt & pepper to taste
1 tbsp each - cumin, garam masala and paprika (optional)
Chopped coriander leaves (optional) 

1. Mix the sardine with the eggs. Add in salt and pepper. Add in coriander, cumin, garam masala and paprika (optional).
2. Heat olive oil in a non stick pack. Melt abit of butter as well.
3. Spread a few spoonfuls of the sardine mix on a slice of bread.
4. Put the bread on pan, sardine mix side down. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Turn over. Cook for another minute.
5. Sprinkle with abit of chopped coriander leaves.

Add in butter if the pan is oil-less. The melted butter will be absorbed by the slices, and make it really crispy. Delicious.

I like my bread to be a little bit on the burnt side so I leave the slices longer.

This is dead easy. Done in 15 minutes.

Nymeria aka Mimi transfixed with watching birds

Oh how I've missed blogging. It used to be my vent out channel. If it's not for the tweets, people may think that I have died. I think age has caught up with me, I don't talk about anything in public anymore. How sad. But I'd like to think I'm still young, at least I look 10 years younger hehe.

Anyway, it's going to be a cat post tonight. I'm in love with Mimi's round and attentive eyes. I think it's because of that Kitzyme I've been feeding her since small.

Birds! Come you here!

Where are you going?

Oi. I can see you. Stop hiding from me.

She's 2 years old now.

That's it. I just wanted to post pics.

Crazy sleepy. Off to bed!

Cat food ingredient comparison

I find that this is handy - http://www.sahjasiamese.com/index_files/foodcomparisonchart.htm

Cats are carnivores, you should not feed them rice or vegetables or fruits.

Esprit in da house

Another cattery has asked help to care for this guy, I just said yes. He's a british shorthair! I can't say no to that breed. Longhair breed susah sikit nak jaga, you have to comb the hair and stuff. I don't have the time to groom them. Nak bagi mandi pun lama. Other shorthair breed suka lompat-lompat pulak... lepas tu ada breed yang bising. So bsh ftw!

I kinda tried using his name Esprit but after awhile, got tired of mispronouncing it so it became Epit. Heh.

He came to me not in good condition. So it's become my mission to have him look the a proper male bsh. Masculine, huge, smouldering male bsh. I'm giving myself and him 3 months. We'll see how he turn out.

Using Adium 1.5.7 for OCS on Mac OS X 10.8.4

Unfortunately in the office where I work currently, the IM that we're using is Microsoft Communicator (I forgot what the OCS stands for but I'm talking about the same IM client). I have Microsoft for Mac and OCS is included but somehow it doesn't work.

So Adium is the next best thing. The only thing is it doesn't come with OCS plugin built-in. I followed the steps here http://tuxtutorials.com/using-adium-1-5-4-with-office-communicator-2011 and it works. Yay.

Sudden itch for white loaf bread

I baked a loaf the other day. It turned out to be abit dense so I had 2 slices and I was full. It's been a while since I made one and this time I made it by memory (or so I thought).

I'm not sure what caused it to be not white - it's yellowy-brownish i theeenk, I guess because I used organic flour.

Should use more yeast next time.

Gave half of it to my other half - asik perli tak abes2 pasal buat roti. Haaa nah amek :) 

It's really delicous when you have it while it's warm. I had it with kaya and it was really nice, super lembut! The day after I made garlic bread with it. And that was yummy as well.

All in all it was a good experience. I loved it! Will try some other bread types I've used to make next time.

Au revoir!

Kittens kittens kittens!

So happy :)

6 Maine Coon kittens born today. Can't really determine what their colors are (1 is red bicolor probably) since they all look like they're black when they're still wet and small.

But very excited!

Anyone wants to buy these georgous kittens, contact me. But we only will allow them to go new homes when they're over 3 months old.

I love this candy boxes so much

We went to Darlene & Raja's wedding reception dinner last Saturday night. I especially love these. Very creative and sweet.

Eh am I still on planet FOSS?

I thought not anymore. Today I accidentally visited planet FOSS and my recent post on watches is there! Oops sorry wrong audience. Heh.

I don't want people to take the post content wrongly.

Will post thoughtfuly next time. Or will tag 'tech feed' or something for planets. I haven't been blogging for quite a while already. Writing tech stuff is hard. It takes hours sometimes. The reason I suddenly have so many posts in August compared to last year is because I recently installed Blogger app on my phone. These days when i got back home I no longer switch on my laptop and do something. If I'm doing anything at all it will probably be some random browsing activity that normally ends up with me buying something hahaha.

Ok back to more browsing.

Birthday treat (accidental)

Cerruti

Oh my god I can't believe I have just bought an expensive wristwatch for myself! I WAS looking to buy a new one since the old one kinda died on me. It had been 3, 4 months being watchless. I didn't even think of buying it as a personal birthday treat.

Fossil

I liked the watch the first time I saw it but didn't actually looking to buy it. I kept on asking the girl (shop asisstant) to look for cheaper watches, below RM200 please. We didn't have much choice as I only wanted a watch with square dial, and with straps. In the end I had to choose between a Fossil and this watch.

Call it a mindless decision, or maybe I just had my birthday yesterday, I just said yes to Cerruti.

I just can't believe I bought an expensive watch! It better last a lifetime or else.

Hameedeyah Restaurant

We were at Penang for this year's eid. We couldn't not go to this place. It's a must for everyone who visits Penang to go eat at this famous beriyani place. There's a branch in Seksyen 15 in Shah Alam but the food is not that good there. Different cook maybe? No SOP across branches?? Well we're not guessing anymore.

Some newer generations may think that Kayu or Subaidah or Kassim nasi kandar is the best mamak food ever. But of you ask your parents, uncles and auties, during the 70's or 80's... Hameedeyah on Campbell Street is the real thing! The murtabak is the THING.

It's up to everyone to judge which place has better food but for us no one can beat Hameedeyah!

Chocolate cream cheese muffins

So the other day I had this dream. I was savoring the creamy and chocolatey taste of these muffins. I lost the recipe so I had to regooggle. Found one but decided to put my own spin to it.

It was about my bedtime that night. But I just couldn't wait. It took me over an hour actually to make them. But when they came out of the oven, oh my. Somebody stop me. :)

So moist and delicious!

Recipe here: http://www.ketuhar.com/1/post/2012/08/chocolate-cream-cheese-muffins.html

tmux - 256 colorscheme in VIM on Ubuntu

So I've had the pleasure of playing with tmux. Not bad. I like the idea of having everything ready when I come to work and that session is available when I need it. If you're familiar with GNU Screen, it's the same thing only tmux claims they have better features.

I had some trouble with vim color sheme though. But after some insights from a colleague, I found this: http://superuser.com/questions/399296/256-color-support-for-vim-background-in-tmux and everything made sense.

I'm using Solarized color scheme. I love it.

My .vimrc has set t_Co=256 and my .tmux.conf has set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"  and it works.

I don't have alias tmux = tmux -2 and I don't set my TERM to screen-256color in my .bashrc. It should work about the same on other OS. Hope that helps somebody.