43 dBm RF Energy

Take up the job to bring up one commercial base station and conducting performance testing on it. But first of all, should concentrate on how to do the system commissioning. Spent the whole night to figure out the E1 link. It’s terrible to work on the driver in the operating system that does not allow you to do low level configuration. I just could not find any configuration on the adapter card resided in the WinXP laptop. Anyway, using the trial and error on the other end, still manage to get the correct configuration.

Next, it was to bring up the cell. The signaling messages to setup the cell using customized power level refuse to work. My colleague tuned the maximum transmit power level to 43 dBm according to normal setting for outdoor environment. Then, everything seems alright. Half hour later, I started to feel the headache *~~*. I was not too sure whether I was too tired today or exposed to the RF energy. After an hour later, I decided to leave the room. My colleague left earlier. Anyway, I understand from Kamal that normal mobile phone transmits 1W of energy. 43 dBm is equivalent to 20W of energy. Can you imagine that…..

An Unusual Christmas Gift

We had organized a Christmas party in Dema House on the Christmas Eve. Around 22 persons joined the party and majority of them are those who involved directly or indirectly with Dema activities before. It’s good time to chit chat with those who I haven’t met for quite a long time. Bought the Christmas songs CD to create the atmosphere!

Those who came for the party were asked to bring along a gift worth < RM10 for present exchange. Guess what I get? See the picture…. “How UNSAFE Is Your Mobile Phone”, a CAP (Consumers Association of Penang.) guide costs around RM2.50. But it is actually worth only RM2.25 for 10% discount. So, who is the culprit? My little junior from UPM, known as Robert (Kanghui), bought three CAP guides for a total cost of RM10. According to him, he thought that anything below RM10 was acceptable. After all, the main reason he gave was that he just had RM10 left in the wallet. Pity!

He used to argue with me and said that, “I paid 100% from my wallet, so how much you pay from your wallet for the Christmas gift?” Maybe, this sounds correct but I am not too convinced.

See another picture. Robert put the signature on the guide on behalf of Simon. By the way, the other two victims are Peini and Jinho!

Mid-week Review

It’s almost approaching the Christmas and indeed today is “dong zhi”. My mum kept saying that I would miss the “Tang Yuan” but I really don’t think so. After all, she asked me to buy it in KL. Alright, perhaps she just wants to remind me not to forget to back home! Still conduct the performance analysis on my FP/ATM. Need to collect more information regarding my code and identify the strategy of optimization. Using RTI tools to do the profiling, tracing and finding memory leak in my program.

Watched the Carling Cup on Wednesday at 3.40 a.m. in one of the restaurant in PJ New Town. Almost 80% of the waiters there are from Burma. Most of them are ManU supporter. ;-) I found out that almost all the time they will stay late for ManU matches. Hah, but probably they are betting…. Anyway, the first Asian player in ManU team scored a spectacular goal that night. But Jinho missed it! “1st goal in England”….. the headline title in the Korea Times! “South Park” becomes “South Korea Park” (pic). It looks funny… Awaiting the critical next week…..3 games in a row!

Heard that Khai Loon continues his position as ASA secretary for another 3 years. I thought that he will back to Malaysia to start his “struggle” here. Felt very tired yesterday after the badminton games. It seems that my stamina is really bad recently. Nobody else in the office now and the background music is “Canon in D” performed by Academy of St Martin. The CD which I bought almost 1 years ago in Amsterdam Airport.

Kim Deuk-Gu

Probably, many peoples who are not a fan of boxing sport will not hear about his name. Yesterday, watched the movie named as “Champion” after the recommendation from Jinho. I am not keen on boxing and always find that this sport is cruel. The famous boxer during my early childhood was Mike Tyson. But because of his behaviour, I can not withstand with this sport anymore. Back to the movie, this movie was a real story about a South Korean boxer, Kim Deuk-gu. He came from a poor family and worked hard to achieve the status as the 1st challenger to the Lightweight champion Ray Mancini.

“Boxing is the fairest play in the world. Your opponent punches you 10 times. You can punch back 12 or 15 times as you want,” It all remembers me about a gangster who used to say that “the real man is those who can fight one on one but not as a group against one”.

Eventually, Kim Deuk-gu died 5 days after the match with Ray Mancini. Day before his death, he used to write the message “fight until you die” in the hotel room. It is indeed a self-motivation movie. Working hard, national pride, loyalty and never give up attitudes!

Actually, I just can’t accept that the referee allowed the match to go on. From wikipedia, I found out that after the match:
- Mancini went through a period of reflection, as he blamed himself for Kim's death.
- The bout's referee, Richard Greene, committed suicide in February of 1983.
- Kim's mother died four months later.
- WBC reduced the number of rounds in their championship bouts from 15 to 12. (Kim fighted until round 14)
- A tigh medical checkup for ensure fighter survival after the match.

It's a tragedy! I am pity to say that only tragedy will make peoples wake up!

The Matter that I Don’t Understand

It’s too much bad and sad news nowadays on the mainstreams. It’s time to switch to another alternative – Happy News. So, what is actually happy news? A different approach on publishing the news, no tragedy news…… ???!!!! My friend, Khai Loon who works in Hong Kong for an NGO is busy with the program to dump the WTO. Have a huge rally in the Victory Pak tomorrow. So, why dump WTO? Trade and investment agreements should not be used to serve the world’s most powerful corporation. Think about the peoples and environments! And then suddenly, our former PM, an outspoken one, talked about the internet must be used excessively as an alternative media. But I think that he asked us to stop reading Malaysiakini because of the alleged link to Soros.

What am I busy for now? Dealing with 1 and 0, for what….. for the sake of the national interest!

It’s Time for Change

Testing my RACH/FACH/DCH combination until 2 a.m. Watched the World Cup draw at 3 a.m. Followed my brother in laws and sister to Penang around 6.30 a.m. All happened on Saturday morning. Bought 2 DVDs with RM10 in Prangin Mall. The price is cheaper compared to Klang Valley. Here, it normally will cost you around RM9 per piece. The first movie was entitled “Kicking And Screaming”. This comedy story was surrounding a competitive father and a failure son. Benchwarmer!! It was all about how they coached two different “kids” soccer teams associated to their sons. I was touched when the son shouted at his father, ”I love you more whenever you scold me” and “I learned all the tricks whenever you put me on the bench”. Another movie was known as “North Country” but I haven’t had enough time for a look.

It is time for a change! ManUtd is going nowhere if Ferguson is still in power, No shape, no composure, no structure! Lost to Benfica! Knockout from Europe competition! Hold by Everton! A massive 12 points gap with Chelsea! Let’s forget about the pass histories. A manager who stays in a club for almost 19 years is not a healthy situation. He should step down and let the new comers to change the things around. ManUtd has enough talented players but Ferguson could not utilize them. He depends too much on Scholes, Giggs, and all the old folks. This time, there will be no Cantona to save you. If you talk about the transition period, then the manager should be changed as well. Step down, Ferguson for the sake of the club! You should regret that you don’t retire 3 years ago. This all make me remember my beloved prime minister. :-)

Penguins

Penguin.....What's for? Are you talking about Linux?

No…."March of the Penguins” the movie that we watched yesterday in MidValley. It’s all about the story on how the penguins struggle for their life and give birth. All those stuffs relate to human experience. It was filmed in Antarctica by a French Director. I just found out that the movie was the second most successful documentary in US box office history after Fahrenheit 9/11. Anyway, there were critics from some scientists. See the article. Sorry for Jinho because he thought that it was an animation. Anyway, thanks for your mum's kimchi. Xuzhuang mentioned that this movie was indeed a good motivation for those who struggle to live. Yes, I think so......

“Every week, the penguins surprise us”
So, do you think that Mr. Bill Gates with his families will watch this movie?

A Hectic Week…

A very busy week.... There were a number of commitments from my site and also on the ongoing project. First of all, have to complete the FP/ATM integration with the ideas of setting up several transport channels for UMTS networks. Functional correctness of the system has almost done and still need to study the performance issues. This is the trickiest part. Next, I had to draft a proposal. It’s not easy to find a way to do the explanation to those who are more concern on ROI. Ahh...had a short visit to Huawei Tech. to have a look on their products. They are going to expand their markets in Asia Pacific and Malaysia has been identified as one of the important hub. I always hear from my friends in China that Huawei is doing really well with the government support. They have a huge human resource with a very low cost that everyone will envy of. I bet that a lot of peoples heard this statement before.

“Huawei’s router software contains the same bugs as Cisco’s.”

They are labeled as “Copy Cats” same as the Japanese in the 70s and 80s. Anyway, I strongly believe that they are going to succeed with flexibility and bridging between its R&D and its customers. For your information, the 3G handset from Huawei Tech. will be launched in Malaysia next year.

Received a phone call from my friend, Chee Meng on Wed evening. He called me from his construction site. Guess where? Wembley Stadium!! When am I going to get an opportunity to work in Old Tafford? CM works as a civil engineer in London with a good salary. Just, the tax is relatively high there. If our government is transparent enough, I don't mind to pay more and let Malaysia to be a social welfare country. Announment! Liza, if you read the blog, please reply his mail….

While our local press is still busy with the “ear squat video” incident, it’s time for us to recapitulate this.

“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”
Article 5 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights