My Christmas Wish List

Don't waste your precious time and your hard earn money to shopping to buy me a gift. All I want for this Christmas is your prayer. :-)

Please PRAY for me and my family! I am so depressed. Thank you.

Peace to all.

Visual Studio Community

My wish become true. Few years ago, I suggested Microsoft should give a developer a free IDE development tools. Apple gives developer XCode and many developers using Eclipse for Java and Android development. Now, Microsoft joins the trend: involving more on Open Source development and give developers a great tool Visual Studio Community 2013, a full professional edition of Visual Studio 2013.

I love it.

As Apple gave Mac Users a free upgrade on OS X Mavericks (v10.9) and OS X Yosemite (v10.10), I guess Microsoft will do the same with Windows 10. Let see...

How to Install Windows 10 Technical Preview on Oracle VirtualBox Virtual Machine

I'm enjoy learning a new thing everyday. To learn more about Windows 10, I'm using Oracle VirtualBox Virtual Machine to install. Since VirtualBox 4.3.16 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (VirtualBox Guest Addition) not work with Windows 10 yet, I cannot see a full screen and using a shared folder. Hope the next version of VirtualBox will work well with Windows 10

15 Years Microsoft Certified Professional

I became a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) 15 years ago. At that time, I took the 70-175 exam "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6" twice. It was not an easy test.

Here is the book I used to prepare.

The Power of Prayer

Believe it or not, from my own experience since 1973, GOD listened to my prayer and saved me many times.

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7)

“Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive.” (Matthew 21:22)

Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.” (Mark 10:52)

Jesus said to him, “‘If you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith.” (Mark 9:23)

He said to them, “This kind can only come out through prayer.” (Mark 9:29)

“And whatever you ask in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” (John 14:13)

“Elijah was a human being like us; yet he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain upon the land. Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the earth produced its fruit.” (James 5:17-18)

How to mount an ISO image file on Windows 7

There is a free unsupported utility from Microsoft ( http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38780 ) called Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel that enables users of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 to mount ISO disk image files as virtual CD-ROM drives.

I downloaded it, unzipped, moved driver to Windows System folder, configured it and attempted to use. Finally, remove it from my test computer.

Next, go to http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html to get SlySoft Virtual Clone Drive, a freeware. After installed it, I can open the ISO image disk file from Windows Explorer. Virtual Clone Drive is easy to install and use.

How to edit an existing append query in Microsoft Access 2013?‏

If you would like to view or edit the SQL codes of an existing append or delete query from Navigation pane in Microsoft Access 2013, you may not open that query or right-click to see the menu since it's not in design mode.

To open an existing append, update or delete query in design mode: 

1. Open the Microsoft Access 2003 .mdb file while holding the shift key, Access 2013 will open with Navigation pane in design mode. 
2. Select the append query. 
3. Right click. 
4. Select Design View. 
5. Change to SQL View to see SQL statements.

Walking

I love walking. It's good for my health both in physical and mental. I found my peace during the walking. During my sabbatical, I walked at least an hour every day. After I returned to work, I walked at least 30 minutes after my lunch. Sometimes, I found a solution for my problem during my walk.

Tết - Happy Year of the Horse

Đầu năm khai bút. Cầu xin Thiên Chúa ban cho mọi người tràn đầy sức khỏe và niềm vui. Đơn giản. Có sức khỏe, có niềm vui, chúng ta mới thành công trong công việc. Thành công dẫn đến sự thịnh vượng. Sự thịnh vượng sẽ đem lại nhiều sức khoẻ và làm cuộc sống chúng ta thêm hạnh phúc.

First writting for a new year, Year of the Horse 2014. May God bless everyone a full health and happiness. Simply, health and happiness are the basic elements of success. Sucess leads to the prosperous. The prosperous enrichs our life.

Slow Down

Looked into the past, I thought I would more success and quickly reached my goals if I slowed down. So, my resolution for this new year is slow down.

I will reading slowly so I can enjoy the writing.
I will drive slowly so I can arrive the destination safely and on time.

“To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.”
— Winston Churchill

“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.”
— Lily Tomlin

“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
— Moliere

“Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything and every person that has the least place within your heart.”
— Anonymous

“Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast-you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.”
— Eddie Cantor

“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.”
— John De Paola

“Slow down you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time.”
— Billy Joel