Much has happened since the last post, for Sautern as a whole and for certain individuals too. For starters, our favourite geek has succeeded in getting the much coveted ASEAN scholarship. His achievement is all the more impressive considering he was the only successful applicant among his party of 3 that was selected to attend the interviews. If you are still not satisfied that this is an impressive feat, do note that the 3 of them were the only ones considered 1337 enough among the top scorers of Chung Ling. So do please give Chong Yang a slap on the back or two, just don't overdo it and flatten him, or we will flatten you.
Moving on to the company. We have been involved in some top secret machinations involving repeated calls on the telephone and having Jupes masquerade as a pseudo-telemarketer. Thankfully though, the success rates we got for this does not happen to real life telemarketers, else more telemarketing companies sprout out. Most of you readers will probably be lost at this point, and I don't blame you. Maybe a slight recap is in order.
To counter the consequences of the impending loss of our Chief Programmer as noted above, we have had to make some unconventional choices. We decided to cast our sights to the vast untapped human resource of, drumroll please, college students. Getting the ball rolling has entailed the abovementioned phone calls. That task naturally fell to Jupes, who could probably talk about controversial issues in front of an unfriendly crowd and not get killed, oh wait, he did do that. If worse comes to worse he can still count on his superlative ability to steer the conversation off topic should things get dicey.
Turns out the few white hairs we sprouted were for naught though, as things went surprisingly well. At least we had no one slam the phone on us. Of course the bonus of getting a few appointments to discuss our proposal was appreciated too. The first meeting will be on a Friday afternoon and the next one will be right next morning. At least we still had 2 days to prepare.
2 days however passed really fast, and before we knew it Tommy, me and Jupes were putting on some last minute preparations at Tommy's place. The trip to the college, Disted by the way, took all of 5 minutes, and the interview took... barely longer, 7 minutes in fact. Yes, I timed it. Don't get the impression that we tanked though, as it was quite positive and a good start. We spent the time explaining and clarifying our idea and the lecturer said that she will discuss with her superiors.
The timing for the next meeting was a bit tight though, but what can you do, blame it on Saturday morning sleepiness. Thanks to some astute driving by Tommy we weren't that late, maybe 1 minute at most ( yea, I checked). Anyway, that's where the fun starts. The college (KDU this time) building was waaaay larger and we were required to go up a few floors and turn into a few corridors and... that's the part where we get lost.
At this point we had 2 options, either go wandering around like idiots or head into one of those creepy rooms they have as resource centre/lecture hall/whatever. Having not seen too many horror movies, we chose the creepy room option. We chose to enter a room marked resource centre to try to get some directions. Lucky for us, the person manning it wasn't a deranged axe murderer and so we were soon on our way.
Once we got our bearings straight and finally arrived at the correct room, we were greeted by 2 lecturers and ushered into a nearby classroom. The discussion took longer than the previous one, and we really went through our proposal thoroughly. Our day didn't end with the discussion though. As luck would have it, the classroom was also occupied by a class of IT students cramming for their upcoming exams. The lecturers allowed us to get straight down to business and pitch our idea to them.
Finally, we were actually seeing some concrete progress. After composing ourselves for a few minutes, we just went ahead and just talked, and talked, and talked. Trust me, we really did have to talk a lot, about our proposal, Sautern, heck Tommy even threw in some Dota for good measure. The class wasn't big, maybe about a dozen or so students, but encouragingly they were responsive and hopefully receptive. Throughout the hour or so spent talking with them (not timed this time, but it's a close estimate), we managed to get most of them to leave their contacts. All in all, quite a fruitful morning's work.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Der Tod und Das Mädchen
Before anyone gets the wrong impression, I am not learning German.
At least, no yet.
Just a normal update of the company's affairs and "UPDATE: 27th of April 2008" sounds too bland, so I 'll start naming these updates after my favourite classical pieces if there is nothing more to add.
"Der Tod und Das Mädchen" or "Death and the Maiden" in English is a string ensemble piece by the great musical genius, Franz Peter Schubert.
The piece is at once repetitive, sarcastic, cynical, and outright gloomy. Yet, in burst of high-pitched wails, contains screams of accomplishments and glories in life that still fail to soar above the ever present undertones of the shadow of death.
At least, that's how I see it.
Perhaps you have another view of the matter, and would like to give you own account here.
Back to our company though, and the latest prognosis on the curtains and accessories web merchant project seems to have stalled indefinitely, with the company director too busy to review our contract.
The silver lining: We, or rather Flyzzx, has more time to finish the Palma project.
Speaking of Flyzzx, do you know he is one of the few students in Penang who managed to get stright A1's in the STPM for all his papers?
No.
That's understandable, since he doesn't boast of his achievements unless you persist in questioning him like Vic Mackey on an informant.
Last week, Flyzzx went over to Singapore to attend a very special interview:
As a student for NTU.
We wish him all the best and hope he shows those Singaporeans how little appreciation the government and the education system gives him.
In other news, our company website has been delayed again because of design issues.
Design issues = Problematic design decisions that require further re-evaluation and recoding.
Hey! It's the showcase of our company's talents!
Only the best will do.
Until then,
May your snow honey be as golden as the sun.
Uh.. I didn't mean that to sound vulgar.
At least, no yet.
Just a normal update of the company's affairs and "UPDATE: 27th of April 2008" sounds too bland, so I 'll start naming these updates after my favourite classical pieces if there is nothing more to add.
"Der Tod und Das Mädchen" or "Death and the Maiden" in English is a string ensemble piece by the great musical genius, Franz Peter Schubert.
The piece is at once repetitive, sarcastic, cynical, and outright gloomy. Yet, in burst of high-pitched wails, contains screams of accomplishments and glories in life that still fail to soar above the ever present undertones of the shadow of death.
At least, that's how I see it.
Perhaps you have another view of the matter, and would like to give you own account here.
Back to our company though, and the latest prognosis on the curtains and accessories web merchant project seems to have stalled indefinitely, with the company director too busy to review our contract.
The silver lining: We, or rather Flyzzx, has more time to finish the Palma project.
Speaking of Flyzzx, do you know he is one of the few students in Penang who managed to get stright A1's in the STPM for all his papers?
No.
That's understandable, since he doesn't boast of his achievements unless you persist in questioning him like Vic Mackey on an informant.
Last week, Flyzzx went over to Singapore to attend a very special interview:
As a student for NTU.
We wish him all the best and hope he shows those Singaporeans how little appreciation the government and the education system gives him.
In other news, our company website has been delayed again because of design issues.
Design issues = Problematic design decisions that require further re-evaluation and recoding.
Hey! It's the showcase of our company's talents!
Only the best will do.
Until then,
May your snow honey be as golden as the sun.
Uh.. I didn't mean that to sound vulgar.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
April Shower Updates
April Fool has come and gone, and we forgot to continue the fine geek tradition of posting something inane but possibly true, like how we are entering the camel rearing business while producing organic fertiliser from their poop.
What we are now doing is nothing short of revolutionary, we are diverging.
Oh yeah, and a few other deals in consideration, like our first contractual agreement with a potential client. It has been quite a while since we have used contracts. The last time we used them was the spring of 1988, on the first day of April.
Ah... Those were the days. The Berlin Wall had just been demolished, along with the Malaysian judiciary way back then...
Seriously. As a business entity, we want nothing but the fairest of judges, so for anyone reading this, take note that our stand is definitely against judicial corruption by the Executive.
The decision on the contractual agreement will be made known to us on the 14th of April 2008.
Also, Sautern Enterprise has managed to increase the programmers in our ranks by one, replacing the shock departure of Hall, who left without a word.
At least we know now, how women feel when their husbands divorce them through SMS messages.
Actually, make that two women.
Chin Hong has agreed to takeover the stalled Sautern Enterprise website, in which he has been instructed to do his very best to produce something usable by the 16th of April.
Also in the works, differences in opinion within the ranks of the Triumvirate. Do we outsource our projects or do we not?
If we outsource our projects, the outcome would be inconsistent as we would be left out of the quality control process until the coding is delivered. However, we may be able to increase company revenue.
If we don't outsource, we need to find capable programmers who are willing to work on our projects on a contractual basis, which would take more time and effort than the company may have.
We hope you loyal viewers and supporters of the company give your RM0.0001 worth of views on this matter.
What we are now doing is nothing short of revolutionary, we are diverging.
Oh yeah, and a few other deals in consideration, like our first contractual agreement with a potential client. It has been quite a while since we have used contracts. The last time we used them was the spring of 1988, on the first day of April.
Ah... Those were the days. The Berlin Wall had just been demolished, along with the Malaysian judiciary way back then...
Seriously. As a business entity, we want nothing but the fairest of judges, so for anyone reading this, take note that our stand is definitely against judicial corruption by the Executive.
The decision on the contractual agreement will be made known to us on the 14th of April 2008.
Also, Sautern Enterprise has managed to increase the programmers in our ranks by one, replacing the shock departure of Hall, who left without a word.
At least we know now, how women feel when their husbands divorce them through SMS messages.
Actually, make that two women.
Chin Hong has agreed to takeover the stalled Sautern Enterprise website, in which he has been instructed to do his very best to produce something usable by the 16th of April.
Also in the works, differences in opinion within the ranks of the Triumvirate. Do we outsource our projects or do we not?
If we outsource our projects, the outcome would be inconsistent as we would be left out of the quality control process until the coding is delivered. However, we may be able to increase company revenue.
If we don't outsource, we need to find capable programmers who are willing to work on our projects on a contractual basis, which would take more time and effort than the company may have.
We hope you loyal viewers and supporters of the company give your RM0.0001 worth of views on this matter.
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