working on Saturday

This is usual Saturday with unusual arrangement- work on Saturday. I have been long time didnt work on Saturday, usually busy with activities and studies.

Last Thursday, during the team meeting, the boss requested to clear the annual leave before end of the year, and she does not accept the under table deal request to carry forward the leave. Just wonder why other team can do so and she could not do us the favour? The leave system is suck and kinda of struggle for long time before accepted the offer, other US based company can allow to bring forward the leave up to 38 days, and why not for this company?

Have been talking to myself that wont stay long in this company, should be less than a year, but 3 more weeks will be my 1 year service with this company; resign within a year need to give 1 month notice, after 1 year service, 2 months are required.

My job is highly replaceable with no specific background, knowledge and experiences required, everyone can on board instantly with some training given, that's the reason I am looking into more challenging tasks, create more values to myself, further study to furbish my resume.

I aim for project management as my future career path, but when the opportunity come, I was a bit chicken out, my ex company is hiring supply chain project lead, the requirement frighten me out, need to have knowledge in IT and finance which I am poor in.

Clock in at 12.13pm, now the job is almost done, and I need to clock out at 3pm, then login in system to submit for OT instantly, or else i will do free job like last time, came in for support the whole team, end up forgot to submit OT claim before cut off...

7th PC on the way...

Finally, make up my mind to get a new laptop. My current laptop is still quite ok, but with only 512Mb memory and 60GB HDD storage capacity that I bought 4-5 years ago, is a bit out now, unless I sent to get it upgrade.

The new laptop will be my 7th PC, in fact is the cheapest among. I had my first desktop in 1996, at that time, Intel introduced first Pentium, the desktop processor model was Pentium 100, that desktop cost me nearly RM5k.

I had my 2nd desktop in year 1999, Pentium 3, CPU was much smaller as it was Mini Tower and that cost me about RM4k. First laptop I had was in year 2003, black color with Pentium 4 processor, in fact this was the worst thing I bought, cause Centrino processor was offered at that time with cheaper price, as yet I didn't notice about that and bought this bulky monster at first sight, paid a regret price about RM4k.

Follow by Compaq laptop in 2006, a better performance laptop, cost me RM3k+; HP laptop, given by my ex-company, I had it for 3 years till the end of leasing period that was also almost same timing as I left the company.

Joint the new company; a world class PC manufacturer, they gave me a new laptop which is my 6th PC. This laptop is helping me a lot with my study as I am using it to prepare my assignments and seeking for info, in rushing hours to finish my assignments, my personal Compaq laptop sometimes are slow respond. In a few occasion, I was nearly thrown it away in the midst of rushing assignments, cause it hanged and couldn't catch up the speed I wanted it be.

With Employee Purchase Scheme, the new laptop is cost less than RM2k with MS Windows7 upgradable. Thus, I have decided to go for it.

Back to blog again

Back to blog again, and just realized that I have been away for more than 2 months which at one times I think blogging is larger than life. Whatever story I heard from my friends around, they like or not, it will become part my blogs.

While away for 2 months, many things happened. Some make good progress while some not, some need for changes and some should remain.

Study, make good progress, going to the end by Dec with exam and assignments. Then, follow with researches on my career area to be end at Jul 2010, 10 months to go...counting down...

Careers, it's time to make some changes, career path with current company is not so identical, they offer high level of position and higher pay for the same level of jobs, my colleague was hired with higher level, but do the same jobs as mine. How do you feel then? Waiting for St Jude Medical to open up the hiring in Penang, everyone is eagerly to be part of this new company, me too. I apply "The Secret" technique secretly every night before sleep, imagine I am hired and sent to US fir training for half a year. This picture looks so real that sometimes I talked with my friends, everything is already happened. SJM, one of Top 100 most admired company in US in 2008. But, when come to Malaysia, will it still be the most admired?

I am a life time learning guy, like to learn a lot, will master it or not is another matter. Sometimes, i think I can handle many things at once, thus committed to too many things, end up nothing was performing good, I got blames at last. Thus, now I am learning to let go, less commitment to activities, be selective to a few only activities which I can focus on.

I am confident with a bit stubbornness, confident that I can do something, when I cannot make it, I dont want to give up easily, not sure this is good or not.

Facebook and blog

Recently spend more times on facebook than blogs, has been busy to plant and harvest the fruits and vege. For entire July, I am just busy as virtual farmer online, my colleagues are also got attracted to the facebook games.

Since I started with facebook, I am seldom login friendster now. Facebook has more interactions with friends and games, friendster is less attractive to me now.

Start busy with assignments again, has 5 weeks to go for 2 assignments submission, and recently is busier with organising the events, works and others.

Shall start to focus on blog again in the end of Aug after all the business is settled.

Hero and Fool

What make hero a hero and what make fool a fool?

Recently, our seats restructured as more people joined in the team, I have no ideas why the female colleagues afraid to take cubs a bit further from the team, complaint a lot and approached many people to swap the place, to ease her concerns, I offered my cub to her and moved to that unwanted place, but I am comfortable to be here. Am I hero or fool?

During job transition, my colleague has the concerns that she needs to fetch her children on time before and after office hours, thus she has great concerns to come here to my place to do the transition as what I requested initially, take turn to travel. Finally, I give in by travel to her place often. For past 2 days, I stuck in traffic jams for 1 hours + on the bridge. Am I hero or fool?

Yesterday, the boss expected someone to standby at today to update the shortage reports, emails flied and no one responds, I offered my service while everyone else has leisure at somewhere else at the moment as today is public holiday. Am I hero or fool?

Hero and the fool, make no different, just how people perceive the person is.

3 co- incidences

Meeting with friends are always fun, especially in exchanging the info, in another word "gossip". recently I attended my secondary schoolmate wedding and got to know another friend won his girl friend through betting...kinda childish and didn't take the relationship seriously when first to hear the story.

In fact, there were 2 co-incidents happened and make my friend to bet with the girl, if there are 3rd co-incident happen, then they are meant to be.

1st co-incidence, a restaurant newly opened for business in town, she discussed with her colleague during office hours and decided to go there to have a try at later time; on that night, he brought her to there for dinner, she didn't tell him anything about the restaurant, he just planned to bring her to a nice environment place for dinner...

2nd co-incidence, during her birthday, her girl friend approached her what she wanted for birthday gift, she respond jokingly that she wanted a bouquet of flower to be delivered to her office. Next day, the flower was delivered.

Feel unbelievable, she told him, and he dared her for a betting, if they meant to be together, then there should be 3rd co incident happen, then she shall be his girl friend, she accepted the betting.

3rd co-incidence happened, she wanna go seaside, but didn't want to tell him, end up he brought her to seaside to see sunset..

So, they are really meant to be...their relationship started after the sunset sight seeing...

First day on exam

My last exam paper was in Sep 2004 in Sheffield Hallam University, since entered into working environment, the input method is typing more than writing.

This morning, I spent 2 hours wrote non stop for my first MBA exam paper E-Business Strategy and Models, my finger is still in pain now. I have been 4 years plus didn't write the grandmother story during exam, for today, I didn't manage my time properly in exam, 2 hours to answer 4 questions, 1 question needs half an hour to complete, I took 1 hour 45 min to answer only 3, the last 15 min left for last question.

Not sure of because nervous or the effect of caffeine, I couldn't sleep last night, lied down at 12.30 am and woke up at 3.40am, I got no mood to study so logged in facebook to play online games till 6.30am..

I believe no matter what was my input in the exam, I will still pass the paper, the exam is just the system to test your understanding to the subject, and the strategy is very subjective matters, there is no right and wrong, as long as the strategy works..so, how are they going to fail me if my strategy input is reasonable.

Impulsive Buying Behaviour

If you study marketing or any management subject, consumer buying behaviour is one of the study topic... it analyse the way the consumers purchase the item online or not.

1st step is recognise the need to buy, collect info, make comparison, make decision and excecute the buy decision ..bla ..bla..those steps are useless to me as I am a consumer with impulsive buying behaviour, often I come, I see, I buy...

Not because I am rich, but sometimes just cant resist the offers. Like today, my impulsive buying behaviour almost happened again, I went to SEC warehouse sales at Bayan Lepas FIZ during lunch time, the sales price is not really attractive. Discount up to 70% and 80% are those used to be free gift item, now turn to the sales commodity. Even those old model, like bluetooth handfree at "very attractive" discounted price is still expensive than new model one.

I almost purchased a compact digital camera priced at RM500+, by right, I should take the invoice and pay first, I think that sales person must be new birdie as he just handed the camera with the pouch and memory card to me and asked me to queue at the counter to pay.

When I was in the long queue, he came and requested me to return the item first for my convenience, convineince for no need to hold the bulky stuff during the queue, what i think must be his supervisor scolded him to hand me the camera without purchase proof.

This is good as preventive step, for me is kind of insultive action, I instantly lose the interest to buy, just tore off the invoice and walk away. Anyway, I must thanks to that new birdie, save me from spending RM500+ impulsively.

exam in 1 more week

I will have exam in 1 more week, has been 5 years away from exam since graduated years ago. Now need to sit for exam again, a bit nervous and do not know what to study as well.

Promised my friend to help in his wedding, but i forgot I need to on midnight duty from 12-6am, till my shiftmate sms me to counter check whether I am ok to on duty on my own. I hardly to reject people, thus I replied ok to be alone.

I just have a few hours to rest, later need to meet them at 9am then go to bride house, in the afternoon, I still have meeting and in night time, we have dinner in town, I will be exhausted.

Recently met with a friend whom is not very pleasant to deal with, demanding for attentions and wanna people spend times with her, not sure is because lacked of security due to family issues or is her personality. I cant stand well with people whom demanding for attention, my vocal of speaking has became rude and impatient with her.

She reminded me of my housemate in KL years ago, almost same type like her, demanded for attentions, need people took care of her in term of transports, foods and etc...I could not stand with her style, and always have argument and fight with her, bullied her as well. I was a great bully in the house especially to her.

I am now standing firm with that gal, don't try to demand anything from me, any activity, I will meet her at somewhere, instead of need to travel long way to fetch her, I do not want any unnecessary misunderstand happened, no matter it will or not. 

Wedding dinner in KL

"Young man, you looks cool and calm. Are you in politic? you have a bright future!" This was the comment from a stranger.

I was attending the wedding dinner of my old pen friend, we known each other for 15 years and I really find no reason to skip this invitation. Thus, I travelled lightly to KL just to attend the dinner, the dinner was held in Federal Hotel, Bukit Bintang. I think the dinner was simple and glamorous, simple in term of the ceremony, no karaoke, no live band performance, but just the toast to all the guest. Glamorous in term of the restaurant itself as it's full of Chinese traditional decorations. 

She was so touch and even her mother also known my presence, my attendance seems to be their honour whereby her mother personally came to greet me for twice and when the dinner came to the end, her mother keep hand shake with great appreciation shown on her face.

Initially she wanted to arrange the seat for me with her secondary school friends, but the seats were not enough, end up I was arranged to be seated with her mum's secondary school friends, I have no generation gap to make a comfort in the dinner. When they talked about the old times, I just shut up and listen, while talked something general, I joined in to give comment.

The guy who commented me cool and calm seated opposite to me, I was surprise when he commented so even though this is not first time I heard of such comment, but to a stranger that first time met, he was the first one.

Later he asked for my contact. ha ha..not sure if he got kang tao for me... who knows?