Interview with FalconStor Taiwan (APEC HQ)

When I first got the email from Falcon, I didn't really know who they are, until one day I was looking at their company website, and notice IBM bought the company and they do a lot of business with IBM, immediately I get on 104 to apply for the job again (they invited me to go for interview, but I didn't answer their call or reply their invitation)

background on FalconStor, they are the Forbes Magazine 5th out of 25 fastest growing company in U.S. which is like hugely sucessful and they sell storage software and hardware..

so my job description is talking to all the pissed off customers, I meant the technical support for all of Asia and off hours in North America.. it sounds like a tough job and it's very stressful...

so in the interview process, the manager came in and talking to me.. oh boy isn't she hot? and tall? she on her high heels is probably 182cm..
she was chatting with me asked me to talk about myself in Chinese, then all of sudden she wanted me say exactly what I was saying in English..
lol it's like a piece of cake..
so we starting to have English conversation about me and the job..
It went well, I sort of enlightened her with the "Cloud Computing", that I was surprised she didn't know what I was saying..
Anything it went well, 2 days later I got the offer which is 30% more than what I was making, but I rejected them..
because I got a lot better offers coming in..

Interview at Yahoo! Kimo

At first, Yahoo Kimo called me and made an appointment on Wednesday June 18th at 1900, but the human resource guy was sick and did not tell anyone that i was coming, so they missed me for that appointment, so the next day i emailed and called the HR guy and we have an appointment on Friday the 20th.

This time I took the Taiwan High Speed Railway and MRT to Taipei for the interview, because I was just sick of driving. It was quite fast and convenient.

So I call the manager's cell phone and went directly into the meeting room and then he starts to ask me questions, but I thought there were suppose to be some tests I need to take, but anyway....

So he starts to ask me some random questions about my resume, programming, and anti-spam questions, he had me draw some diagram explaining what's DomainKeys, SPF, Python Scripts, and trouble shooting techniques I will do when I encounter troubles in linux administration. Shell Scripting, Hash Tables, Sorting etc..
I think I did well and honest. Stuff other than Hash table and sorting I could not answer, but I do heard of them.. Well It was quite a brain storming, because I felt brain dead afterward...

Jhongli Night Cyclists

Although there are already a group of night cyclist in Jhongli riding around 7:30pm on Tuesday and Thursdays, but it's too early at Night sometimes, I am just not able to join them.. plus they are already a very close group of people, new comers are hard to get closed to them unless you are a girl.
so when someone was gathering another group of Night Rider near the McDonald at 10:00pm I was very excited to join them..
It's our first night out..

Rent Estate

Our House Parking, Elevator, and 1st Floor Front Door Rent to a Air Conditioner Warehouse For A Very Cheap Price 70,000 a Month. I Am Not Very Happy About It, Because It Affect Our Company's Work Flow

My First Wedding Photography

建良后儀婚禮

Quan-Yin Beach

Sucks to Be Him

I commute everyday to work from Jhongli -> Hsin-Chu Science Park. Usually it takes me about 35 minutes with traffic included, but of course there are exceptions!!
Like Rainy Days, Cars Generally Goes Slow on Highways..

And another one is Car Crashes or Accidents
Such as This

Dinner at Duck Shui

$$$$

Sometimes When I have good Information, I just want to share it. Then Some People Go: "That's Rich People's Stuff"".
Disappointment raised, I don't know if it's my perception to people, that I am rich? because I am a SEMI-ABC? I've been in the States for 9 Years?

Here is the scenario
One of them is going over sea, so I tried to suggest him to get a DSLR, because I saw this guy's photography and he is going to the same place he does.
http://www.mobile01.com/topicdetail.php?f=248&t=595469
When I saw his photography, I said to myself as a world traveler, I wish I would've got into DSLR earlier..
so my suggestion to him is to spend around 40,000NT to get the CANON 450D kit with 18-55 IS and 55-250 Lens

but he just turned me down like that's rich man's stuff, didn't even want to hear what I have to say..

Scenario 2
I recommended on getting a PDA phone which is so convenient, it's almost like having a personal PC, and I've showed them how great it works and all the functionalities then they go: he is rich let's no talk to him, he is beyond our level.

Scenario 3
Someone is buying a bicycle, so I share my experiences about Bicycles, then recommend to spend more than 10,00 0 NT on their bike, because it's for leisure and fitness. well same thing happens.. RICH GUY you are!.
SHIT! he makes more money than me and I wasn't even trying to show off, I just wanna share information I know..
It turns out he bought a bike that cost 17,000NT.
Scenario 4
my thinkpad? the cheapest computer you can get at the Computer Trade Show in Taiwan. It comes with magnesium Body, IBM Keyboard, 2GB ram, 3 Year warranty, Dual Cores, for 25,000 NT. They go: let's ride the scooter over it see if the magnesium laptop will break.. and said wow that's rich man's stuff =="

and what do they use?
a Apple Mac Powerbook 70,000 NT?, and a BenQ Laptop that's more expensive than my thinkpad.

I know they like to joke about me being a rich kid, but stuff I buy all comes out from my Own Pocket. and maintaining a 10,000NT Monthly Saving...

Going To Work

It Sucks! to be almost late to work and then Found Out Someone Drained all your Gas Over the Weekend, and didn't "PUMP IT BACKUP"


And it's Raining, I made it to work around 9:50am :X Damn Traffics

Otaku Sunday!

Yeah, I just didn't feel like to do anything this Sunday so I stayed home and being a Otaku (宅男) :>
There are Three Advantages:
1. Save Money
2. Rest
3. Lose Weight! (cause mommy don't cook on Sunday)

Because usually my weekends are "Full Throttle"(Club Going, Mountains Cycling,Photography Shooting) I don't get much sleep on weekend than "My Weekdays"(about 6-7 Hours sleep)
So I just feel like I need to save money and rest....

"My Meal (for the whole day)"

"Otaku Recipes"
Counter Striking All Day!!
Gay Hong Kong CSS Server, Taiwan IS NOT Province Of China