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?

one sunday morning

i was at the newsstand, picking up the Sunday Times and Utusan Mingguan (yeap, i still read them. why? cannot meh? boring kot asyik baca benda pro-PR online. baca dua-dua la dey, baru balance and atas pagar).

then today's headline for Harian Metro caught my attention

Anak Haram Bercambah (click on the link)

and suddenly, this pakcik came out of nowhere, and said, "nilah, anak 1Malaysia"

i responded by telling him "ni bukan sebab 1Malaysia, ni sebab kurang didikan agama"

but still that pakcik continued with his blabbering on his 1Malaysia causing anak haram birth rate skyrocketed.

urgh, the mentality of some pakcik and makcik. what does 1Malaysia got to do with this thing? because it promotes tighter integration with people of other creeds and skin-colour?

ok lah, nowadays mmg bnyk benda and tempat yang boleh merosakkan/melemahkan akidah muncul di seluruh negara. but before we could start attacking these sins dens, are we not guilty as well? everything starts at home. families play important roles in shaping the child's identity.

ok la, u cannot put the blame on the families sahaja. semua pun salah. termasuk la sanak saudara sahabat handai.

but to terus kata "ni lah anak 1malaysia ni.."??

since ko support parti2 PR, jom lakukan sesuatu. kita tunjukkan yang semua itu takkan berlaku sekiranya PR memerintah. OK?

perutusan khas sempena hari Sabtu ni

lusa, 2 of my younger sisters are getting engaged (yea yea, for sure the question that will pop out from you guys is "so, ko bila pulak?")

my sisters are funny bunch. they once told me that the agenda for the engagements day are as follow:-

11.30 pagi - majlis pertunangan alya
12.50 tghari - para jemputan dan keluarga kedua-dua belah ke masjid berdekatan untuk solat Zohor
1.45 tghari - majlis makan tghari antara keluarga kedua-dua pihak lelaki
2.30 ptg - majlis pertunangan sabira
3.30 ptg - majlis pernikahan abg amil

LOL. they even said, "abg mil, dalam agenda dah ada. tapi calon abg amil carik sendiri lah!"

anyway, as much as i am happy that finally Nazlan clan is sudah maju, suddenly sadness rushed into me. they are no longer my little sisters (partly lah kan?).

so, lepas ni tak boleh

membuli, memaksa-rela, mengarah, mengambil-tanpa-kebenaran, mem-veto, membuli, menyuruh, memaksa, mem-black-mail, meng-reverse-kan keputusan, menggunakan kuasa mutlak sebagai seorang abang, membuli dan membuli mereka lagi.

tak pasal2 nanti kena belasah dengan boyfren/tunang/bakal husband terchenta itu.

well, here's to my lovely sisters, Alya and Sabira, congratulations for making the big steps. kitorang tak marah korang langkah bendul. tapi agak2 laa.. mana hadiah yang korang janji kan dulu tu?

and yeah, should your tunang hurt you even a scratch, pandai-pandailah korang. kalo nak mengadu dekat aku, siap sedia lah dengan kesan dan akibatnya. kalo tak kena "haa..padan muka" dengan aku, maybe dapat syarahan perdana, takpun untung2 kena tulah abangmu yang berdaulat ni. yela, tak kan nak pukul2 kot? rasuah makan kat hotel 5 bintang cukup la..

oh, kalo lepas ni korang tak back-up yong, kak ain and abgmil bila org tanya "adik2 kamu dah selamat bertunang dah pun, kamu tu bila lagi?", siaplah korang. renungan tajam ziana zain akan ditujukan khas kepada korang sepanjang sambutan hari raya/open houses/kenduri kendara/hari deepavali/hari krismas/hari new year/etc...

sweet kan saya? :)

THE house dilemma

(entries on 1Malaysia thingy can wait.. current situation requires my full focus)

am currently in dilemma.

option A

rental fee: RM1300

type: 2 bedrooms, 1 toilet apartment

furnitures: bed, sofa, air-cond, fan, ventilated stove, washing machine, built in wardrobes, refrigerator

facilities: security guard, swimming pool, tennis court, children's playground, jogging track

pros:

come December, there's gonna be only two of us (as Zaidun might be moving out as his wife could be transferred here). so, no need to find another housemate. just Kimie and i.

good facilities i.e swimming pool, tennis court, security guard

nearby town area (hence the kinda premium price). can continue walking to office.

a newly refurbished unit. no need to worry about

good service by landlord.

cons:

premium price as rental fee is divided to 2 person only i.e each rm650 at least. after factoring the utilities, about RM800 per month per person. which leaves me about RM300 as my duit belanja for the whole month.

if have to incur RM800 per month, then good-bye personal flight tickets back to KL, good-bye sesi berfoya-foya sepanjang bulan, and good-bye to lavish spending on unnecessary food.

option B

rental fee: RM1200

type: 3 bedrooms, 3 toilets, double-storey semi-d

furnitures: sofa, washing machine, cabinets, wardrobes, air-cond, automatic gate, refrigerator

facilities: none

pros:

got mangga tree in the courtyard. according to landlord, manis woo

spacious indoor and outdoor area.

once we have new housemate, the rental fee can be divided to three. meaning monthly expenditure will be about RM600 only.

besar oo the porch. can fit 7 cars.

have spacious area for BBQ and parti liar.

3 bedrooms + 3 toilets. no need to berebut toilet.

cons:

i tend not to be picky, but my gut feeling tells me that it's not the house (maybe already been influenced with the apartment kunun?)

quite a walking distance to the nearest bus stop

to go to the office either by car, or bicycle. impossible to walk (it's possible, but i guess you got the drift). in other words, jauh dari town. (ok je, saje je nak ngade2)

no stove is provided.

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option B looks nice, but we have some reservation (kitchen area i.e no stove provided, gut feelings)

option A also looks nice, but might stretch a bit in terms of financial side. this option offers me RM300 of spendable money, while option b offers me RM500 of spendable money (if we have additional housemate lah)

i guess am gonna ask around people at the office, if any of them want to join our house. if yes, then we shall proceed to option B without any hesitation. Else, option A will always be in our mind.

our Netizens yang suruh orang lain Open Minded tapi dia sendiri cakap tak serupa bikin

well, before i'm off to bed (now that i believe she is already asleep), this would be the last entry for the day.

i guess i can declare it (as far as i'm concerned) that we Malaysians, we like to talk cock about our government and society.

typical case, when some hot and juicy stuffs being posted in RPK's main website, you can see or read zealots pouring in their thoughts and views on the mishaps, corruptions and the worsening situations happening in Malaysia.

and most time than not, the comments are full of negative remarks, saying this shit happens as long as BN/UMNO is still in power and shits like that. and how PR will never allow this and in fact they will clean up this pile of elephant dungs, in the names of Tidak Menyalahgunakan Wang Rakyat.

you can hardly find comments given by those people who really knew about the situation. who really gave ideas and suggestions on how we could tackle the problems and ensuring it will never resurface again.

2 reasons why i have paultan.org as one my links here in my blog. 1) coz i want to keep up-to-date with latest development in motoring world, 2) for the antics from the readers everytime Proton was mentioned in the article.

they can never find love with Proton. say, out of 150 comments, i would assume about 100 comments are bashing Proton, without any constructive suggestions.

we also bash Najib's idea of 1Malaysia, but have we ever at least provide constructive ideas to the vision?

but when suddenly Anwar came up with this idea, the whole netizens support the idea, to the extent proclaiming that it is much better than current thing.

even when the idea has never been tested before.

and since i need some amusement, let's imagine that this blog a very popular and well-visited by our Netizens.

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Oil Company profits not as good as in Q1 2008

due to volatile market conditions, as well as political instability in parts of the world, the demand for crude oil sank lowest in 5 years time causing the price to drop about 56% from last month's. However, the production costs are still high due to increase risks to explore for new wells.

comment(s):-

@bodohlaBN - kerajaan BN/UMNO tak buat apa2 ke untuk pastikan harga petrol tak naik? ahh.. semua duit tu masuk poket masing2. nilah korupsi kerajaan sekarang!

@Pakatan4Eva - betul2. 1Malaysia la konon. duit habis rasuah, dengan beli kapal selam. guna la duit tu untuk subsidi petrol kan bagus. apa faedahnya beli submarine tu?

@SayaAnakJati - itu semua pakai duit PETRONAS tu! salahguna duit rakyat!

@bodohlaBN - betul tu! songlap duit rakyat!

@Pakatan4Eva - betul2. salahguna duit rakyat. tapi tak apa. kalau PR memerintah, kita akan guna duit PETRONAS untuk tanggungan subsidi petrol rakyat. Kami mesra rakyat!

@JomMenyampuk - betul2! patut guna duit PETRONAS untuk subsidi rakyat, sebab petroleum tu adalah hak rakyat!

@Eh? - korang, mana la PETRONAS ada duit cukup untuk subsidi petrol kita semua.

@SayaAnakJati - ah! ada je duit tu. yang UMNO/BN guna untuk beli submarine tu siapa suruh! lepas tu guna untuk bail-out PROTON, PERWAJA, Kicap Tamin, semua lah! Weh, encik Eh? kalo takde fakta, tak payah la jadi tali barut BN/UMNO!

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tu belum lagi pasal Team F1 malaysia tu.

*sigh*

shooh shoooh go away

sometimes you just have this feeling of that you are nobody.

if somehow you are lost in the crowd, no one is looking for you.

the best parts are,

when you feel like extroverting and such, you feel like no one is there to acknowledge your very existence.

and when you feel like "hey, i guess it's time for me to get back in my cave, since nobody cares about me", suddenly people are giving their attention to you.

i dislike it when two forces, totally opposites of each other, exist when i know that both forces are the ones that i longed to be.

ok, shooh shooh go away.

i am so want to get inside this cave of mine

1Malaysia: Identifying the possible obstacle #1

note: as much as i feel that 1Malaysia concept might be just the political ploy/vision of Najib, i strongly support this thing, as it is already long overdue.

1Malaysia nowadays is among the hot topic, at least in the media. you can see lots of 1Malaysia advertisements, either by private corporations or by government agencies.

but seriously, i feel as if there are several stumbling blocks that need to be cleared, before we could realise this mission.

obstacle #1:

radio. especially the private stations.

example:

#1: traffic update "jalan di area damansara sesak menuju ke jambatan kabel. Tambak Johor sesak menghala ke Singapura. Jambatan Pulau Pinang menghala ke Pulau sesak kerana berlaku kemalangan.." yes, i know that traffic jam is part and parcel in daily commuting to work. but seriously, why are they only informing on the situation in Peninsular? apa kat Borneo takde jam ke? (well, maybe because nobody from East Malaysia called to inform on the traffic situation. so fellow lads, next time you're stuck in traffic jam, just pick up the phone and call those traffic rangers!)

#2: iklan ataupun their mobile promo team "membeli belahlah di suria KLCC" or "sah pada outlet Shah Alam" or "kami sekarang berada di ss3 petaling jaya, dan berada di sini selama 15 minit sahaja" it makes me wonder, these stations are they catering only for those peeps in Klang Valley or are they broadcasting to the whole nation? bila tempat tu luar Klang Valley, baru lah sebut "kini kami di bandar Muar, Johor untuk promosi zoomers! kami akan berada di sini selama 15 minit sempena Jelajah Selatan!"

more to come...

1Malaysia: Apa beza Sabah, Sarawak dan Semenanjung?

some people questioned, in light of 1Malaysia concept, why do we still need the Restricted Travelling Document and Work Permit to work in Sabah and Sarawak?

the answer is, because those are the rules stated by both states prior joining the Federation of Malaysia. they want to have direct control on immigration, to avoid the influx of non-sabahan/sarawakian people into their land. this would cause imbalance, economically and socially, in the population demographics.

given this situation, how actually could we truly achieve 1Malaysia?

it irks me a lot when we often mention that there are 3 major races in Malaysia (Malay, Chinese and Indian), followed by the Seranis and Bumiputeras.

what the heck?

these 3 major races are not for Malaysia. those races are the majority in Semenanjung!

this is where the actual problem lies.

when we projected the image of Malaysia, we portrayed the Semenanjung part only. and when we need to show to the world that we are rich in biodiversity in cultures and places of interests, suddenly Sabah and Sarawak come into the picture.

the major races in Malaysia are the Bumiputeras, Malays, Chinese and Indians.

however, we all should collectively call ourselves, Malaysian.

and please.. all this dis-trust should ends here. it's too bad when we have some misconceptions to our friends from other states, it is heartbreaking to know there are stereotyping between Semenanjung and Borneo people.

we need to learn of the difference, and respect it.

we always say that in discussion people should be open-minded. question is, are we expecting the same thing from ourselves too?

1Malaysia, for me, is not another political ploy by Najib. it's actually the extension of Rukunegara concept originated from his father.

it's something that we really need to incorporate within ourselves.

i am too tired to have this stereotyping mindset.

i will not stop condemning the bad acts, but i will not (hopefully) say, "Dasar Orang ______!"

it hurts when people told me that orang Semenanjung this and that, orang Sabah this and that, and orang Sarawak this and that. because upon reflection, all statements have the same message, "that we are ignorant fools, who fail to respect others, in the same time demanding them to respect us".

we are Malaysian.

Salam 1Malaysia!

perghhh

perghhh.. lama tak buat keja macam ni.. everyday buat camni, boleh gila pala hotak huhuhu

good morning world!