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i am positive!

hello Santa

Dear Santa,

why have you not commenting my blog entry? is it because you're mad that you can no longer receive mails from kids? fret not Santa, for the decision has been reversed. you may ask your lawyers to rest now. want to know more? click here!

since i've shared this info with you, you better comment at my entry, or better, buy me those things that i want to.

else,

i'll come over to your house, and bring along with me officers from Wildlife Department to rescue those reindeer. i am pretty much sure that you do not posses any license to keep them as pet, and thus i wonder what will they react once knowing that you used those reindeers as slave?

so, you have 2 options.

option 1: get me those things i wanted

option 2: failure to do so, i'll come over to your place. well, they might take your reindeers away. but me? i'll bring along my lawyers to sue you for failure to give me what i want, and also to sue you on copyrights infringement, even your lawyers wont be able to defend you.

i know your address.

and for the betterment of the kids around the world, i am going to share your address with the them all.

Santa Claus, 1 Santa Claus Lane, North Pole, AK 99705

Xmas wish list

dear Santa,

i've done an internet search, and i found that there is no reference to you mentioned anywhere in Christian's holy scriptures. Which this brings to the fact that you are actually a Caucasians icon, not a religion icon. Hence, i am writing to you in the spirit of 1Malaysia and brotherhood of global peace and Mutual Understanding of Religions, and asking you to fulfill my this year's Xmas wish.

rest assured, that i've been a good boy (those who said i've been bad, watch out punks, Coz i;m gonna slice your throat later tonight).

so, this is my 2009 Xmas wishlist

1. full set of Rockband musical instruments for Wii
2. Wii-Fit boards and games
3. Motion-Plus for my Wii
4. hit titles of Wii videogames
5. ps3

will you give me these?

22102009

(this has becoming of a bad habit of mine)

achoo! oh my, there are loads of dust over here. well, as usual, this entry will start with words of apologising to fellow readers (if there is any, due to inactivity for the past month) for the long silence. loads of things happened throughout the month, and i am perfectly content with the happenings. hence, lack of emo-entries. hahaha

office gossip first.

under the new VP, seems like Human Resources Management is heading to new direction. In line with Tan Sri President's speech theme, it's time for us to have a major paradigm shift.

we need to change the way we think. rather than having this victim mindset, one must change to see the positive side of everything.

ahh.. i must say that this is hard, even for me. i am a staunch supporter of changes for the good, but please oh please tell me, the masses need to be informed on the changes then only can they understand and embrace the changes.

i wonder if the new management truly understand the HR credibility formula.

Credibility = Communication + Compassionate + Reliability

but where are we now? everything is done via the secured, encrypted, confidential way.

even within HR fraternity, only selected few have the privilege of knowing what's happening.

there are rumors of outsourcing of non-technical positions, as what happened to the IT arm. until there is concrete proof that is happening, i'll just assume that as rumors (u just cannot discount anything nowadays hahaha HR sendiri pun dah tak percaya HR...how is that?)

Social life:

ok, since i moved to Kota Kinabalu, i am self-proclaimed anti-social. i mean, i rarely join activities with others, mainly due to having no car as the main mode of transportation. even Sherie was surprised when i told her that i no longer socialised over there hahahhaa.

good thing is, i'm having lots of rest (due to excessive travelling to and fro KL. am not complaining!), more time for me to sleep, and also i save a lot! hahahaha.

anyway, 2009 is approaching its finishing line. am thinking of a road trip, perhaps to penang, but am rain-checking it first due to its monsoon season over here.

my thoughts goes to the flood victims. political parties, this is the moment for you to serve the people!

till then!

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday ended with one of my colleague, shared with us a farewell note from his friend who accepted the CTO. together with the email, he added his own remark, "Energy Receive, Energy Return, Inspiring People Everywhere.. sigh".

so when I replied, "awat Tun lagu tu?"

another person responded with "....lepas ni sure jadi issue plak cuti panjang untuk kahwin"

Thursday started with me, responding to Wednesday's email, by trying to rally their spirit and motivate them for this. among the points i mentioned to them are:

• let this be a reminder to us, that someday when we are at the managerial level, let us not be trapped in this system, and do the same thing
• let this remind us, that for us to go through this, we need to assist each other, regardless whether it's in our KPI or not.
• also, for our bosses to be able to defend us, we need to meet our KPIs as well as go beyond the KPIs.

then someone replied,

"by going beyond KPIs, then people will lower the KPI expectation".

i replied,

"going beyond KPI is not lowering the expectation. going beyond KPI is after meeting your target, you did something that add value to your work.

a simple analogy:

race car driver.

main target (KPI): to complete the race within top ten place. this will guarantee the team point(s) for the Constructor Points.

side target (beyond KPI):

1. to show to the audiences his driving skill. this will awe the audiences, thus increasing his fan base
2. to ensure the cameramen are always focusing on his car. this would increase the visibility of the sponsors whose stickers were all over the car. ultimately, seeing high visibility in the media, the companies will continue sponsoring the team.
3. again, to show his skill in the circuit. this will increase his visibility to other teams, and increase his opportunity to become the main driver for another racing team.

what say you?