So I told my friends and started looking. I went to 2 interview sessions but both companies end up being too far away. I had to say no because, after much consideration… the only reason I want to leave my current place is because of the distance.

I can’t quite go headfirst into freelancing considering I’m not yet prepared to do so. I don’t even have my own code-machine. Luckily two things came along.

Part time job with my friend, Nasril. And potentially a freelancing kickstart from Amir.
If things go well, I get 6 months pay worth of job. I get to work from home and get to crash his partner’s office in Bangi which is close by. So that’s a pretty sweet deal.

With both of these support, in 6 months I would be able to get myself a machine and some extra moolah to start adventuring. It’s scary and all but hey… changes are always scary, no?

With these good friends, it’s less scary. I thank Allah for giving me such good friends.

So here’s to good friends and for less time spent on the road.

in the meantime i better start blogging more often , setup a portfolio somewhere here and do more stuffs!

and no this is not april fool :p

We’re planning a PHP Malaysian Meetup 20Ten and these are the draft for the event so far
timing: around the 6th or 7th month
place: MIMOS malaysia (because they are the best!)
the volunteers so far: amran@sameon, me@zam3858, jasdy@aku_tak_tau

the first discussion for the meetup will be when sameon is coming down to KL. Whoever that are interested to praise us, give money, give out sweat to make this meetup a success, u can tell us that you’re interested at the forum page http://www.php.net.my/forum/php-meetup-20ten. tell us you’re interested and dont miss the first meeting when it happens.

we’re also looking for companie who wants to promote stuffs to the local developers. stuffs like coffee, soap, books or ticket to hometown for raya. Or just want to promote yourself and open up a booth there. Headhunters are welcome!

last but not least: anybody wanting to share knowledge… tell us what you want to talk about!

may this be the best meetup like ever! ishaAllah.

If you’re good in PHP(we’re using cakephp here) and the usual javascript (extjs and jquery is cool), send in your resume to me.

KIC Oil & Gas is looking for someone to help build apps for internal use. this includes apps for office administrative, operations and even R&D projects you might think we could use and enjoy. If you’re a junior, you’ll work under me. If you’re a super cool deathstar programmer, i’ll work under you.

There’s a whole bunch of stuffs we need to do here and it’s a relatively new company (but really growing. less than 20 to 400 in 5 years) -edited on 21 Oct 2009.

Ah cancel that and just say we’re looking for new blood.

Right now these are the tools we use:

PHP (cakephp as framework)
mysql database
svn
trac
linux servers… if you’re on windows, we’ll ask you *politely* to use linux

Good stuff:
– you get to work with me.

Bad stuff:
– you get to work with me.

Extra Cocurricular activities we do and you might want to join in:
– yearly Maulid Rasul.
– support school for special kids.
– and other stuffs they didn’t bother telling me.

Just send in you resume/questions and whatnots to me: zam3858*gmail.com

All Muslims are invited!

Update: The chairman of Al-Wariseen, Sy Afeef Uddin Al-Gailani will be on TV3′s Malaysia Hari Ini to talk about this at 7am on 10th April

Date : 11th April 2009 (Saturday)
Time : 5.00 – 10.00 pm
Venue : Masjid Negara Kuala Lumpur

Itenary:

4.45 pm Arrival of guests
5.15 pm Introduction by the MC
5.20 pm Welcoming speech by the Deputy Chairman of Al Wariseen Trust
5.30 pm Speaker 1 – Prof. Dr. Rafi’ Al-Ani (Mufti of Iraq)
6.00 pm Speaker 2 – Habib Umar HAmid Al-Gailani (Makkah)
6.30 pm Qasidah Burdah by Syed Abbas Alawi Al Maliki Al Hasani (Makkah)
6.50 pm Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashem (former Rector of Al Azhar University, Egypt)
7.00 pm Arrival of VIP guest
7.05 pm Speaker 3 – Dr. Muhammad Uthman El-Muhammady (Lecturer ISTAC)
7.25 pm Adzan & Solat Maghrib
7.45 pm Speaker 4 – Prof. Dr. Ali Gomaa Mohamed Abdelwahab (Mufti of Egypt)
8.31 pm Adzan & Solat Isyak
8.40 pm Speaker 5 – Ustaz Fuad Al Maliki
8.50 pm Introduction and recital of Maulud Ad-Daiba’ie by Habib Hassan Bin Mohammed Salim Al Attas (Singapore) and Syed Abbas Alawi Al Maliki Al Hasani (Makkah)
9.20 pm Doa’ by the Chairman of the Al Wariseen Trust, Sheikh Maulana Afeef Uddin Al Gailani
9.30 pm Dinner