Helpdesk

I just found this too funny... especially when all involved are from the IT industry...
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L: Happy Malaysia Day, everyone!!

MC: Cher… no holiday, how to happy ?

LV:Fyi, this month is also the IT month, and I can’t remember whether today or yesterday is the programmer day...So many lousy days but never bring any value to us..

Mr.D24: HAH got IT programmer day 1 ah…. Then let us celebrate it la don’t waste it come to Petaling street to eat today

AND oh tell u secret oh…. Lastnite when I MSN with this famous blogger oh. She asked me to write comment on her blog then I put lo... after that when I press the button to post it….. JALAT la.... her blog need me to signup to either GOOGLE/BLOGGER which I dun hv any id with these 2 website.... then comment posting TAK JADI lo. Since v hv one famous blogger here ah I want to ask her why the blog so lousy 1 must register first then post comment.... Kelly can explain a bit ah :p

Anyway, what I want to share in the blog is…….. I saw “HERCULES” pushing a Honda car wow and he is so strong because I ONLY saw him alone pushing the car hehehehe…. Good training from California fitness ah HERCULES MC hahahaahhaha…


Me:
Dear frustrated comment writer (Mr. D24),

From the attachment that I have sent you, you can see there are a few options just below the comments text box. You can choose to either post with your blogger/google ID, Open ID, name/URL or anonymous. Just select Open ID or name/URL to put your own fancy name, if you do not have a blogger/google ID.

Feel free to let me know if you still cannot find the radio buttons...

Your friendly helpdesk
K Rivers.

Mr.MyHump:
Dear Helpdesk,

I do not see any difficulty in leaving comments in your blog. I have, in fact, left many comments in your blog to show my support for your job well done, especially when your friends were in trouble and all you can do is to take pictures and laugh (no pun intended). However, I am not surprise that other users might have problem using the comments function as we have noticed that different users behave differently. I remembered once when a user called us up to complaint to us why he can't access YouTube via our Proxy server. Ironic, isn't it? Especially when they already signed the rules and regulation form stating that Internet surfing is for official use only. Of course, the most famous joke was someone use the CDRom drive to hold his Starbuck coffee. So, in short I don't blame this particular user for not able to successfully create a comment in your blog. Just another typical users from our community, unfortunately from IT background too... sigh...:(

regards,
Mr.MyHump
via Web Access
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Perhaps the above may be a little dry for non-IT people but it's a big joke for us, the mundane IT geeks. Hahaha... It's like an accountant asking what's debit and credit on a T-account, or a Sales personnel asking what's a customer, or a cashier asking if he should accept cash as payment...

Oh well, Happy Programmer Day anyway.. hahaha

P/s FYI, Programmer's day is a whimsical "holiday" on the 256th day of the year celebrated mostly by computer programmers (reason: 256 = 2 to the power of 8 = the number of values representable in a byte of data). Traditions include drinking, behaving silly, coding silly programs, mini computer games, playing with old computers, etc. Programmer's day usually falls on September 13th; on leap years, it is September 12th. (Source: wikipedia)

*the names of the characters involved in this satire have been changed to protect their identity and their jobs. Any resemblance to any real people and real incident and experience is purely coincidental and this satire is done in good humour with no harmful or untoward intentions.

To all the batteries we loved before...

*note: when this picture was taken,
MissD24 was pressing the brakes,
and thus MC wasnt able to move the car
despite using all his strenth!

Friday Sept 11, 2008 - 911... Disastrous Day for MissD24....A comedic one for me though... Something happened today to confirm that I am not the only girl in the world to have murdered batteries before... This is common among girls and I think we should be forgiven for it... (hey, now you'd believe me when I say our hands and minds are not built to check our cars, let alone the batteries!!!! There are mechanics who have trained technical skills to do this...)

Anyway, we were happily having a Friday happy hour at our favourite hangout in Pavilion, KL... chilling, gossipping (yeah, now you know guys enjoys bitching as much as girls do), and basically having a good time... until it was time to go home. We got into the car, tried to start MissD24's petite Honda City and guess what... it gave a "Rat-a-tat-tat-tat" sound... but it wont start. Retry... Still only the "Rat-a-tat-tat-tat" sound... Boy, this is not good....

*note: Mr.Keyman and MC wondering which
cable or color goes to which battery terminal

MC went to get his car and Mr.Keyman went to get his jump start cables. The cables were thick cables... and we waited for it to charge around 10 minutes but still it wont budge. In my mind, I knew it's going to be a dejavu situation... A quick call to my uncle and he said he's going off to a dinner and can't come to assist... Bummer... Mr.MyHump made several calls to Honda and noted that they do give waranty for batteries if the mileage is below 40,000km, but the car has to be brought to the service centre. (Chevy only gives 1 year warranty for their new batteries.)

*note: Re-parking the car manually
so that the bonnet faces outside

After several tries, and moving the car manually twice... to get a good position to jumpstart the car and also to avoid blocking others in the car park, we gave up... and Mr.MyHump called the Honda Auto Assist to bring in a new battery. They were quite efficient ... coming within what seemed like half an hour and even diagnosed that the battery plates were broken. For RM160, I thought it was a good deal (judging that mine was RM250).

Anyway, Honda City uses dry batteries, so you can't top up battery water (so now we know.. ha, ha)... Initially, the guys wanted to open the battery to check battery water and MissD24 doesn't even know what kind of batteries the car uses. And MC wanted to add RO water to the batteries!

While MissD24 thank us profusely for our help and time, I felt a bit embarassed as I couldn't help despite my "experience". Anyhow, there are lessons to be learnt on a daily basis... what better way to learn our lessons if not with friends and on a "fun" basis... :)

We learnt that:
1) Auto Cars can be moved manually if the gear is set to 'N' AND the owner don't step on the brakes when the rest pushed
2) Auto Assist telephone numbers are very important and should be kept in the car
3) Dry batteries are maintenance free but do not last forever (In this case, not even 2 years). You will need to keep track to change it every 1 or 1.5 years.
4) Batteries with broken plates cannot be jump-started even with thick cables.
5) We should always park with our bonnet facing outside in case of emergency.

Well MissD24, I guess I can only help by documenting down the incident, and hopefully you can have a good laugh, and remember to check your batteries next time... :) And also remember the Honda Auto Assist number which is given to you whenever you renew your roadtax/insurance with Honda.