Somebody help me with this tough decision!! Which field should I go for?? Should I sit in front of the computer and keep typing codes that doesn’t make sense to most of ya’ll? or go running around auditing systems which may explode into a mushroom cloud??

I have interest in both of it and to me they seems to have equally bright future. Please share your thoughts!!

I just watched Batman: The Dark Knight yesterday night. What should I say? (no spoilers)

The Dark Knight

The movie is worth every dollar I pay to the Village cinemas, serious.

“It’s even better than Ironman” Rachel proclaimed. The movie is intense but funny.. Thanks to the brilliant act of Joker. A tribute to Heath Ledger, may he rest in peace.

It’s been 4 days since the launch of the iPhone 3G. As announced, only Telstra, Optus and Vodafone made the cool gadget available. All the anticipation is over and reviews are flooding papers, magazines and Internet.

From what I’ve come across, its reviews have made me lost interest on the Iphone. It’s not yet the ideal smart phone as I imagined, beautifully designed but built impractically.

I’ve been using my Dopod D810/HTC P3600 for more than a year now and I’m very convinced that HTC produces the best smart phone in the market. I will list out some of the new features highlighted by the iPhone 3G compared to my current phone:

GPS:
One of the essentials when you’re on a trip with lots of driving to do. This US-funded service is made available for anyone to use for free, as long as you have the device to detect it. iPhone can do! With integrated GPS in the iPhone 3G let you have an idea where you are in Google maps. That means its useless if Google maps has yet visited your location. Driving without audible turn-by-turn instruction causes frustration. You wouldn’t want to drive and switch your attention onto the screens of your phone to know when to turn left or make a drift when possible.

Warning: Auto route recalculation not included! One wrong turn and your iPhone 3G is only as good as a conventional paper map. If you’re really driving using the Iphone 3G as a GPS unit, make sure you have a co-driver helping you to navigate with it. (What’s the difference by holding a map)

3G:
Having a smart phone in your palm means fast connectivity. With the iPhone 3G, Internet browsing using Apple’s Safari over the HSDPA network is faster than most phones out there. On top of that, if you’re hogging the wifi at your favourite hotspot, because it’s FOC, be concern that the iPhone will automatically switch the data connection to use HSDPA when the phone goes to sleep to save battery life. Means more data fees for your montly bill.

These 2 major features have impact the phone’s practicallity greatly. I rather stick to my old-yet-practical Dopod than hop to the prematurely built smart phone.

Yay! Finally this day has come! The day that I have waited so long, to get that single piece of cert to start my career.

Now I’m a scientist! No grey hair yet and to be exact, a computer scientist. People always ask what’s the difference with IT graduates? The only difference I can say is problem solving. We as a computer scientist learn to solve problems for better efficiency.

How I wish to leap out there into the battle zone. For now I will have to continue my studies for another year so that I meet the stupid shit requirements set by the Australian Immigration to get my permanent residence status. So it is still too early for me to be celebrating, another year ahead for my Graduate Diploma in Business Systems. Till then if I want to continue another semester, I can get a Masters Degree in it. Too soon to be thought of.

Congratulation to all my friends! again, Yay!

1 and a half week ago I went up to Mt. Dandenong with Rachel. She was so nice to organize a trip for me after my hectic exams and to celebrate my completion of the degree. Thanks babe!!

So on this Sunday a week ago, we took a tram to Thrifty to collect our rental car. They hand us a Toyota Accent! even bigger than the originally booked Mitsubishi Lancer. Cool!

Off we go, again with the aid of my marvelous integrated GPS in my Dopod D810, we able to reach on top of Mt. Dandenong in 40 minutes only. Hassle free without even flipping the pages of Melbourne’s map directories.

Our first visit of the day is Miss Marple’s Cottage!! The English cottage is easily spotted by the road. We parked and off we went inside.