Gadgets

My old camera Nikon D3000 and also my companion when I was in the US.

My new lens Tamron 17-50 mm f 1/2.8bought together with my new Camera.

My kit lens that comes together with my old camera, Nikon 18-55mm F 1/3.5

All time favorite watch, Casio Edifice.

All time favorite laptop bought in year 2009. HP Pavillion 17'inch Core i7 Windows 7.

New HDTV 720p, Sony EX420 32'inch. It has a great output quality. Range medium class in Sony series. The size is just right for a monitor.

Just another view on it.

iPhone 4s 16 gb. Been waiting for it for ages before finally bought it.

New tripod that could really hold a heavy DSLR camera, Manfrotto. Firm and steady.

Funny that I brought this in. Texas Instruments BA II Plus Professional. Calculator of my soul. Need it to pass more CFA examinations in the future.

Favorite companion when I go for jogging, iPod Shuffle 1 gb. It has battery power of more than 10 hours and it never fails to play any song that I insert in.

My old camera Nikon D3000 with its Flash unit. Taken by Canon 60D.

My new camera, Nikon D7000. All time favorite. Best camera year 2010 & 2011. Best value money. Many people have praise the quality of pictures produced by it. I bring it everywhere I go and it never fails me by constantly producing an output that is better than my previous one.

Best flash unit that I ever owned, Nikon SB-600. It makes all portraits so beautiful. I carries it everywhere I go too together with Nikon D7000.

Logitech best mouse ever, Logitech Performance MX Mouse. It can perform many tasks unlike any other mouses. Looks great and elegant. Best thing is it is rechargeable with just a USB connection. It works even on glass surface.

My favorite speakers, Logitect Z-5 speakers. No need to plug into any cords, just a simple USB will do. Even though the power only comes from the USB from your computer, you will be amazed by the output it carries. Elegant & awesome.

My fighting and racing gaming tool, Logitech. Wireless and works perfectly. I never need to change the battery since I bought it in early 2010 (though I seldom use it).

Best keyboard ever owned, Logitech K800. Independent on any batteries, it is solar powered. Slim and elegant.

First external hard disk, Hitachi 240gb.

Second hard disk, Western Digital 320gb.

Third hard disk, Western Digital 2tb.

It was my favorite companion before my DSLRs. It small and convenient, yet giving good pictures quality. It is in top 10 best compact camera year 2010.

I call this the titan cooling pad, Cooler Master. Bought it Low Yat year 2009 and it never fails to work even until now. Best part is it has extra USB slot to compensate for one USB slot for using it.

My first wireless laser mouse. Gave it to my brother already since I got the one from Logitech during Black Friday.

My HDTV when I was in the US. 32'inch.

My first iPhone, iPhone 3G. Kept me company all the time when I was in US. 

My Drake basketball achievements, from various events.

Wand of Lord Voldermolt, bought it in Harry Potter theme park, Disney World, Florida.

Wand of Neville Longbottom. From Disney World as well.

Best sound output, the Sennheiser HD 555. You can hear the singer's breathing with it. Must try it in order to understand what I am trying to say.

My old tripod which kept my company when I was in the US. The quality is pretty standard thus it worn off after a year or two. When I put it with my D7000, it could no longer support the weight, thus almost destroy my new camera. I put it aside, letting it idle.

Update: Career

Now that I have finally passed the CFA level one examination. I am proceeding to take the level two in June 2013. Yup, it is next year. No point taking it this June as I am pretty confident that I will fail as I wont have enough time to study with my working hours. Actually my working hours are not long just that it is really tiring with those daily deadlines. Plus, I am already started studying a little now. Due to its wide range of studying materials, its better for my brain to absorb if I study earlier.

I got confirmed on the very first day when I stepped into a complete six months. My manager even told me that I will get confirmed prior to the confirmation & performance evaluation interview. I am not surprised for that as I will think that I have serious problem during production if I don’t get confirmed.

So, days after confirmation, I have decided to pursue my dream job as financial analyst with other companies. I called for another face-to-face interview with my manager to discuss about my resignation. He suggested to me it’s better not to leave the company right now because the job requirement for financial analyst requires a minimum of one year related experience. And with my current job it provides me with the necessary experience in order for me to advance to my dream job later on. Yeah, he was right about that, I don’t see any financial analysis job out there in the market that would to hire fresh graduates. My manager has been in this financial industry for like more than 20 years, I have no doubt that his explanation is true. Also, he would arrange me to a different team to learn about different financial products like over the counter swaps and so on. He added that he will assign some project based work for me, aside from my daily routine production, in order to enhance my qualification as an analyst. After the interview, I dropped my idea of resigning at this time. It is just another 4 more months for me to complete (on June 1^st) one year (plus the two months termination notice it would add up to 1 year on August 1^st), so there is no harm staying. 

He really hopes that I could stay because of a number of reasons. First is that he said I am doing above average and hope that I could continue to provide more help/idea to the team. After all, I have provided a few mini ideas to improving team efficiency throughout my probation period where others did not seem to bother (I am serious about this, they just want to do their job and go home). I am not sure if he said this in order for me to stay for his benefit, but I weighed it too, I could potentially benefit from him by learning from him through the side projects.

He did actually help me in performing excel macro. The commands in visual basics are really different and its not something that I could learn in days. He taught me a different approach to learn it. After all, he really put effort in explaining to me. Great! Today I applied some of the visual basics to improve one of my team daily tasks, voluntarily, and I did it. The team is going to use it tomorrow (hopefully). I am really excited about this new skill; it would really simplify complicated stuff, works like miracle.

With this, I believe I have put my quarter life crisis, phase 1 to an end. I have regain confidence and looking forward for more improvements. I really want to thank those who play a part in assisting me.