Time flies. It has been one year already since i joined this company in KL. Also it is my 1 year in KL.
I have been working on ESB/SOA stuff since day 1. Back then i was really blur of all these queue/web services/broker/adapter stuff as i was from web development background. I am glad that i was given the chance to get exposed to this area. Thanks to the support from my colleagues. They are really great!
Since i am doing integration job, i often have to liaise with a few parties. Hence the interaction between me and them is quite important. The communication between me and them has to be effective to ensure that i am able to deliver the right solution as according to what business users need. This part has troubled me a lot. I think i still have much space for improvement in this area. Perhaps i need to take some psychology course. Hahaha.
I am quite lucky to witness the outsourcing process. My client - a telco company has outsourced its IT department to my company some time back. Things have turned quite messy at the first few months after the outsourcing. For example my project manager has changed 4 times in 3,4 months time and the process is no longer as clear as the one before the outsourcing. Fortunately i can see things are getting stable now.
Just looking forward to learn more things as long as i have not left this company. I hope can get high pay with minimum workload. Hahaha.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
昔华中学杰出校友
目前为止所知道的杰出校友有数位如下：
- 黄子。他常在报章电台等媒体发表意见。他在电台上的说话方式非常滑稽，常常反讽时弊。他现时在南洋商报有个专栏。
- 杨善勇。自多年前就常在各报章看到他的文章。从中得知他的专长乃城市策划。近来他在东方日报有个专栏。
- 后起之秀彭靖岚彭靖雯两姐妹。他们的部落格/博客/网志在本地非常受落因而累积了一些知名度。2年前我偶然间于凌晨在国营电台听到他们的声音，原来是当天的嘉宾。
就只知道这数位，有待日后补充。
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Ai FM's DJ was crying over Yasmin Ahmad's death
I was driving back to KL from my hometown. I was listening to Ai FM(a mandarin radio) as usual. 10.05pm was DJ Ji An's programme. He was talking about a lot of things about Yasmin Ahmad because he invited Yasmin Ahmad a few times to his programme as guest. I think after a few times Yasmin Ahmad was invited they became some sort of close friends. Well at first his tone was still calm but suddenly he burst into tears. I guess that was really a sad moment for him when Kak Yasmin passed away. So from 10.05pm to 12pm DJ Ji An was replaying all the programs that he had invited Yasmin Ahmad as his guest.
The 2 hours was a nice one. Yasmin Ahmad was really anak Malaysia yang betul-betul membuat movie untuk semua Malaysian. It's a great loss for us Malaysian that Yasmin Ahmad could not produce more touching TV advertisements & movies anymore.
The 2 hours was a nice one. Yasmin Ahmad was really anak Malaysia yang betul-betul membuat movie untuk semua Malaysian. It's a great loss for us Malaysian that Yasmin Ahmad could not produce more touching TV advertisements & movies anymore.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
NullPointerException in SecureRandom.nextBytes
I was facing this issue where a web service client which had always been running fine suddenly stopped functioning properly due to an error NullPointerException in SecureRandom.nextBytes
Therefore i changed the script which starts my web service client by using the java command from Java 5 instead of java 1.4.2 and finally it worked!
As you can see the exception was thrown when some class in Axis is calling the nextBytes function from SecureRandom Class. I spent quite some time in this and i think that is a bug for IBM version of JRE 1.4.2. If you want to know more, read here.
AxisFault
faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.userException
faultSubcode:
faultString: java.lang.NullPointerException
faultActor:
faultNode:
faultDetail:
{http://xml.apache.org/axis/}stackTrace:java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.security.SecureRandom.nextBytes(SecureRandom.java:406)
at org.apache.axis.utils.SessionUtils.generateSessionId(SessionUtils.java:62)
Therefore i changed the script which starts my web service client by using the java command from Java 5 instead of java 1.4.2 and finally it worked!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Now i do not hate PLUS so much...
I was quite surprised that PLUS did actually respond to my complaint! See below:
From: Customer Relationship Mgmt Department
Cc: Husni Bin Md Yusuf; Rosli Bin Abdul Manan
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:51:46 PM
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AS A PLUS USER!
Our ref. : CRM/00926/AD-COR
Dear Sir,
First of all, we welcome and thank you for your feedback via e-mail with regard to the above.
We are sorry to learn of the unfortunate experience that you are facing while travelling along PLUS Highway due to traffic congestion along the strecth from Pedas Linggi to Nilai on 7/6/09.
Based on our investigation and record, there are a few reasons were contributed to the heavy congestion along the strecth as follows:
1. Heavy traffic entering the highway during Public Holiday and weekend i.e 6/6/09 falls on Saturday cum Agong Birthday (Public Holiday) and 7/6/09 falls on Sunday.
2. There is a climbing area at Km 265.6 NB and a slip road (ingress and egress) to Seremban Rest and Service Area (RSA).
3. Slow moving vehicles had caused back flow all the way to Nilai especially at the climbing area and slip road to Seremban RSA NB.
In view of the above, for an immediate solution we have mobilised an additional Plusronda team to monitor the traffic flow and ensure that no obstruction along the strecth especially during Public Holiday and weekend (Friday to Sunday). On top of that we are now in the midst of discussion with Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) and Government of Malaysia to look for a permanent solution to the above problems in due course.
We hope that you would satisfy with the above explanation and we are really appreciate for your invaluable feedback.
"Thank you for traveling with PLUS!"
Best regards,
Customer Relationship and Marketing Dept.
PLUS Expressways Berhad
HCR2746
Hi guys, As a user of PLUS expressway, i am really disappointed with the poor management of PLUS on the traffic congestion. I am expecting to enjoy the value of the amount that i have paid for PLUS to use the north-south expressway! I frequently take PLUS north south expressway to go to KL from Simpang Empat toll. I always face problem such that the traffic is congested over the long stretch from Pedas Linggi to Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll and I notice that the traffic will always go smooth after the Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll. This shows that actually the north south expressway is able to handle the heavy volume of vehicles! I am urging you to find out what causes the jam or slowdown on Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll and also please improve this! Your help is very much appreaciated by every PLUS users! Cheers, Disappointed PLUS user
Please be advised that we have changed our email domain from @plus.com.my to @plus.uemnet.com beginning 1 July 2008.
For enquiries, please contact our Corporate Communication Department or MIS Department at 03-76664666.
Thank you!
Well, even tough the response is quite slow(2 weeks), i actually do appreciate them to react upon my complaint!
From: Customer Relationship Mgmt Department
Cc: Husni Bin Md Yusuf
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:51:46 PM
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AS A PLUS USER!
Our ref. : CRM/00926/AD-COR
Dear Sir,
First of all, we welcome and thank you for your feedback via e-mail with regard to the above.
We are sorry to learn of the unfortunate experience that you are facing while travelling along PLUS Highway due to traffic congestion along the strecth from Pedas Linggi to Nilai on 7/6/09.
Based on our investigation and record, there are a few reasons were contributed to the heavy congestion along the strecth as follows:
1. Heavy traffic entering the highway during Public Holiday and weekend i.e 6/6/09 falls on Saturday cum Agong Birthday (Public Holiday) and 7/6/09 falls on Sunday.
2. There is a climbing area at Km 265.6 NB and a slip road (ingress and egress) to Seremban Rest and Service Area (RSA).
3. Slow moving vehicles had caused back flow all the way to Nilai especially at the climbing area and slip road to Seremban RSA NB.
In view of the above, for an immediate solution we have mobilised an additional Plusronda team to monitor the traffic flow and ensure that no obstruction along the strecth especially during Public Holiday and weekend (Friday to Sunday). On top of that we are now in the midst of discussion with Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) and Government of Malaysia to look for a permanent solution to the above problems in due course.
We hope that you would satisfy with the above explanation and we are really appreciate for your invaluable feedback.
"Thank you for traveling with PLUS!"
Best regards,
Customer Relationship and Marketing Dept.
PLUS Expressways Berhad
HCR2746
Hi guys, As a user of PLUS expressway, i am really disappointed with the poor management of PLUS on the traffic congestion. I am expecting to enjoy the value of the amount that i have paid for PLUS to use the north-south expressway! I frequently take PLUS north south expressway to go to KL from Simpang Empat toll. I always face problem such that the traffic is congested over the long stretch from Pedas Linggi to Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll and I notice that the traffic will always go smooth after the Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll. This shows that actually the north south expressway is able to handle the heavy volume of vehicles! I am urging you to find out what causes the jam or slowdown on Nilai/Pajam/Sepang toll and also please improve this! Your help is very much appreaciated by every PLUS users! Cheers, Disappointed PLUS user
Please be advised that we have changed our email domain from @plus.com.my to @plus.uemnet.com beginning 1 July 2008.
For enquiries, please contact our Corporate Communication Department or MIS Department at 03-76664666.
Thank you!
Well, even tough the response is quite slow(2 weeks), i actually do appreciate them to react upon my complaint!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
葬礼
今夜难得能一边享受晚餐一边听现场演唱。
我突然想起了最近一次听到的现场演唱，是在2008年初我外公的葬礼上。
当时外公的女儿们雇佣了一支乐队，他们在葬礼处摆了一大堆的乐器，在现场唱了好几首歌，都是些离别之类的曲目。歌手蛮会唱，于当时份外令人伤感。这支乐队当然另有重要任务，就是在运送外公遗体往坟场的路上演奏离别曲。
至于外公的葬礼，印象最深刻的是最后一天来了一大班“兄弟”，个个T衫短裤，其中几位带头，一个接一个的，唱了一些闽南语“江湖曲”，有点像演闽南歌仔戏，值得一提的是他们唱功扎实，从外表是看不出来的。曲终时各位兄弟齐用闽南语喊道”发啊！”，整个过程历时十多分钟，我也从头跪到尾。此环节让我印象深刻。
我突然想起了最近一次听到的现场演唱，是在2008年初我外公的葬礼上。
当时外公的女儿们雇佣了一支乐队，他们在葬礼处摆了一大堆的乐器，在现场唱了好几首歌，都是些离别之类的曲目。歌手蛮会唱，于当时份外令人伤感。这支乐队当然另有重要任务，就是在运送外公遗体往坟场的路上演奏离别曲。
至于外公的葬礼，印象最深刻的是最后一天来了一大班“兄弟”，个个T衫短裤，其中几位带头，一个接一个的，唱了一些闽南语“江湖曲”，有点像演闽南歌仔戏，值得一提的是他们唱功扎实，从外表是看不出来的。曲终时各位兄弟齐用闽南语喊道”发啊！”，整个过程历时十多分钟，我也从头跪到尾。此环节让我印象深刻。
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Busy with Web Services on WPS
For the past two weeks i had been very busy with building web services using java 1.4. Bad thing was i had to deploy them on Websphere Process Server 6.0,
I had no problem building the web services using Rational Software Architect(RSA). I tested my work by deploying to Websphere Application Server 6.1 runtime that comes together with the RSA. Everything was working fine.
However i started to have a lot of headaches while trying to deploy these web services by using Websphere Admin Consle to Websphere Process Server 6.0.2 which is running on a remote server. My web service application just could not start!
After trying out several solutions, in the end i migrated my source codes to Websphere Integration Developer 6.0(WID). I regenerated every web service related deployment configuration files and proxy classes by using WID.
This time my web service application started successfully! Well the next problem was it was unable to get database connection! It took me quite some time to figure out what's wrong with it and finally i realized that i had to get the JDBC connection from the WPS itself instead of creating my own OracleDataSource cache.
I created all JDBC connection that the web service applications needs by using the Websphere Admin Console. I also changed my code to get the JDBC connection via JNDI.
The method is simple. Just create a default initialContext, then within the context, get your JDBC connection by name like "JDBC/MyDB" will do.
I had no problem building the web services using Rational Software Architect(RSA). I tested my work by deploying to Websphere Application Server 6.1 runtime that comes together with the RSA. Everything was working fine.
However i started to have a lot of headaches while trying to deploy these web services by using Websphere Admin Consle to Websphere Process Server 6.0.2 which is running on a remote server. My web service application just could not start!
After trying out several solutions, in the end i migrated my source codes to Websphere Integration Developer 6.0(WID). I regenerated every web service related deployment configuration files and proxy classes by using WID.
This time my web service application started successfully! Well the next problem was it was unable to get database connection! It took me quite some time to figure out what's wrong with it and finally i realized that i had to get the JDBC connection from the WPS itself instead of creating my own OracleDataSource cache.
I created all JDBC connection that the web service applications needs by using the Websphere Admin Console. I also changed my code to get the JDBC connection via JNDI.
The method is simple. Just create a default initialContext, then within the context, get your JDBC connection by name like "JDBC/MyDB" will do.
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