QUOTES TURNED INTO INVOICES

QUOTES TURNED INTO INVOICES

Had some good news and managed to convert a few quotes into invoices. It did take a week or so to get ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Exchanged son’s school shirt and shorts Quotes turned to invoices [bar group=”124″] FITNESS WORKOUT Today, I did a fitness workout which […]

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the backup process

THE BACKUP PROCESS

So I mentioned yesterday I was backing up files from the VPS server and zipping the files is taking so long. There’s about 100GB of data which needs to be zipped and then the zip files need to be FTPed across to another server. It seems to be taking forever and the site has now […]

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Start of chinese school

START OF CHINESE SCHOOL

Both of my kids started Chinese Mandarin school today. My son is now in Chinese Year 2 and my daughter in Year 1. When I dropped off the kids to school my eldest seemed a bit nervous and didn’t want to go and made several excuses. In the end, he had no choice but to […]

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CONFUSION WITH SHOE SIZES

CONFUSION WITH SHOE SIZES

I ordered a pair of shoes from the online Puma store a few days ago. They are the indoor soccer shoes called evoPOWER 4.3 Tricks IT Men’s Football Boots. I decided to buy them since they were on sale and my previous Lotto shoes were no longer wearable (part of the sole tore from the shoe). […]

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WIFES BIRTHDAY AND OLIVIA STARTING SCHOOL

WIFES BIRTHDAY AND OLIVIA STARTING SCHOOL

Two major events happened today. It was my wife’s birthday and my daughter started kindergarten. As a present,  I gave my wife the 360fly 4K camera and the Ascent Women’s Self Inflating Mat. She was excited to receive these gifts especially when she needed the Mat for an event. We all enjoyed the cake we […]

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recovery from RM RF

RECOVERY FROM RM -RF

I panicked today after doing the worst thing anyone could do on their VPS CentOS server. I ran the command, RM -RF /* and what this meant was files from the Operating System was being removed. I managed to stop the transfer when access denied error messages started appearing on the console. That’s when I […]

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binding day

BINDING DAY

I learnt a few things about binding machines. There are two types, one for binding plastic combs and the other for binding wired combs. The holes for each is different and therefore you can’t mix and match.  I had to bind roughly 150 booklets and I stayed up until 3 am. Someone had a large […]

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sale time 1

SALE TIME

I share a sale today on a bargain community. I felt so product posting my first deal. I always saving money and finding good deals! Another really hot day – the car thermometer hit 45.5 degrees ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Lead generation through chat Enquiry for Digital […]

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the sleepless night

THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT

Hardly had any sleep and realised how much impact this can be on the body. As part of the Chinese New Year tradition, I had to make sure the lamp and the incense don’t go off so you pretty much have to stay up all night for this. The only time you can have a […]

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chinese new year eve 2017

CHINESE NEW YEAR EVE 2017

As a yearly Chinese New Year Eve tradition, we had lunch at my parents’ place and dinner at my in-laws. Lots of food to eat which meant more calories I needed to burn however I didn’t work out at all today. Arggg! ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Project […]

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anime war

ANIME WARS

I’ve been an anime fan since I was a kid watching Holly and Benji (also known as Captain Tsubasa) in Italy. I’ve watched quite a few animes in my younger days and when I came across an awesome anime with all the main hero fighters in the one I was hooked. It’s called Anime Wars […]

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COULDNT TURN THE CAR KEYS IN IGNITION

COULDN’T TURN THE CAR KEYS IN IGNITION

Another car problem today. I couldn’t turn the car keys in the ignition, it was like stuck to the O position. After some research. the symptoms were related to the ignition barrel. Some of the articles suggested to replace the barrel and it required the removal of certain panels near the steering wheel but I […]

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TO EXERCISE OR NOT TO EXERCISE FOR LOSING WEIGHT

TO EXERCISE OR NOT TO EXERCISE FOR LOSING WEIGHT

I watched this informative video discussing how exercising is great for the health but not so great for weight loss. It details how eating and controlling our calorie intake is the best way to lose weight. Watch the video below. ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: I’ve received another […]

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the unsual beach

THE UNUSUAL BEACH

We went to the beach today. Well, it wasn’t your usual beach with sand, water and rocks. It was a large pit area with lots of white balls. It was called “THE BEACH” and it was held in Barangaroo Cutaway. It was a free event and the wife wanted to go with the kids. We […]

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quotes quotes quotes

QUOTES QUOTES QUOTES

Most of my day was spent preparing quotes. We receive enquiries from all over the world and this time it was from Illinois US. The clients’ requirement was to provide a digital wayfinding solutions for their school but due to the location, we were not able to supply them with the hardware and onsite services. In […]

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THE SWAP AND THE CONTRIBUTION

THE REFUND AND THE CONTRIBUTION

I had to return one of the vegetarian burgers today at a large retailer and was asked why I was returning it. I mentioned to the lady the patty didn’t taste right and I didn’t use it. It was kept in the fridge and was only taken out during the short transportation to and from […]

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not so mini king mushroom

THE NOT SO MINI KING MUSHROOM

I came across a little but big Mini King Mushroom whilst preparing dinner. My daughter looked at it and yelled out “That’s fat!”. I had to correct her and tell her it’s actually big not fat. Apparently, she said the same thing when she saw a large man at a shopping centre. One of my […]

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my car trouble is in the air

CAR TROUBLE IS IN THE AIR

Another hot day and what made it worse was the car had a problem with the air conditioner. It wouldn’t turn on for some reason but I’m assuming because the outside of the car hit 41 degrees – maybe? When I was inside the car, I was sweating like crazy. The other thing I noticed […]

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