how to choose a netbook - geek guide made simple

Nod, to assist you.

1^st thing, it’s a good idea indeed to do that. In fact, I plugged in my netbook to my tv to enjoy downloaded movies. Feel gila. Make sure you plugged in the audio jack as well lah.

2^nd thing, speed. Most netbook come with standard processor speed. It can open multiple apps, but expect some hang time if u open up lots of application and leave it running at the background.

3^rd thing, space. Hard disk space. Netbooks come in 2 varieties 1) normal hard disk usually in variations of 80/100/120 GB. 2) Solid-State-Drive (SSD) comes in variations of 8/16/24/32 GB. While normal HardDisk can have huge volume of data, SSD is more durable. Example, if jatuh kea pa ke, SSD takkan rosak dengan mudah, unlike normal Hard Disk. Reason why? Sebab SSD uses same technology as Thumbdrive. But remember, SSD netbook sangat mahal.

4^th thing, cost. Don’t be fooled with “oh-this-is-cheap-and-from-brand-X-so-this-must-be-good”. Sometimes it’s cheap because they have nothing inside it i.e no Windows OS, no wi-fi. However, if you’re paying for more than RM1800, with its weight nearly 2 kg++, then you’ve been fooled too.

Best netbook will be of light, weight around 1 kg – 1.5 kg; must have wi-fi and Bluetooth; multiple USB ports (2 is not enough); built-in webcam; good ergonomics (meaning u have to test the mouse pad and keyboard first!); and also good display and sound (meaning it wont glare. Don’t be fooled with the Dolby Speaker, NVIDIA Graphic card and what not. At the end of the day, you’ll use it to do some spreadsheet, listen to music and watch movies with the earphone plugged into the audio port). Price range should be of RM 1300 – RM1800.

So far I’m quite happy with my BetNet, AcerOne Aspire netbook. Asus eePC is good as well. HP Mini pun nice. But its awkward mouse pad turned me off.

At the end of the day, if you have found various netbooks with the same price and specs (which they will be), always choose based on these criteria (the most important at the bottom)

· Battery life time (it wont be fun to be constantly charging your netbook’s battery)

· Warranty coverage (so you know how long you can perform crash test to your netbook)

· How it looks like (hey, who would want to be seen with hideous netbook? Even if it powered with super-fast processor?)

Hope this geek guide helps a lot.

HR Lecture Series:#1 How to be A World Class Player by En Zaharan

2 years plus in Group HRM at Company's HQ gave me the opportunities to attend lots of talks and sharing sessions by our senior HR managers, of which i have profound respect for them. and what is the worth of information and knowledge if it's not being shared. so in this HR lecture series, i'll share with fellow readers the knowledge that i've gained.

HR Lecture Series presents:

Talk 1: How to be A World Class Player by En Zaharan (and some added words by me)

1. Differentiation - differentiation is an action taken for us to be unique. and why should we be unique? it is important to be unique, so as people will see us differently. But the key question here is How? for HR, it's through exceptional customer service, and good branding.
2. Focus - the inability to focus is the ability to self-destruct. to achieve the target, one must focus on the end state, and the means to reach there. as how the ability to focus is very important to sharpshooters, golfers, keglers and race drivers; HR practitioners need to focus on what do we want to be, and are the things we are doing now supporting that path?
3. Think and Act Global - this is in line with the glocal mindset. PETRONAS is able to become a global Oil and Gas company because it thinks and acts as a global player. For HR to be able to support and become PETRONAS' business partner, we have to be at the same level with the Business and Operation are. For HR practitioners, being global is to serve PETRONAS' presence around the world.
4. Perpetual Spirit of Innovation - to be a world class player, one must have the spirit of Kaizen a.k.a continuous improvement. Be it in HR processes or policies. Stagnant is a one way road to be the last in the race.
5. Sensitive Radar System - HR practitioners should be sensitive to the business landscape and environment, as how the market analyst is sensitive to market movement. Changes in economic landscape might cause surplus of talent, or worse, high attrition caused by massive resignation due to better job prospects at competitors. HR practitioners, with focus, should be able to detect changes and make necessary strategy re-evaluation should the situation requires so.
6. Retention of Talent - World class football team has world class players. The same thing applies to any organisation. for PETRONAS to maintain its status as Fortune 500 companies, HR needs to ensure that the organisation consists of world class talents. Thus, talent retention within PETRONAS is important in ensuring the sustainability of our Operations.
7. Social and Environmental Responsibilities - apart from good business performance history, company's reputation is important in getting that lucrative contracts. and this is where we need to be seen as actively involved. HR practitioners need to take this opportunity to be part of this area, for this is indeed a good platform for HR to be seen among the staffs and have good rapport.

(in my note there is one more item, no.8. En Zaharan mentioned about 5x10x10 rules. Unfortunately i cannot recall and relate what it is all about. Perhaps it's more like "Pay-it-forward" or "the snowball effect" perhaps)

kekasihku

how do you know?~~~

yes, sila menyanyi style Giselle dalam cerita Enchanted.

yes, how do you know he or she is the one?

i think it's when the heart feels something.

but what it is?

and how do i differentiate love, lust and need?

and does she loves me too?

ikut je rasa hati...

40 things i want to achieve when i'm 40 years old

I need ur ideas and inputs, on what should I put into my 40 list.
Why not give me some inspiration? I'm currently stuck at number 14m

Share with me tau!

My 40 list
01 visit all continents (asia, europe, america, africa, australasia)
02 own a house
03 own a hybrid car
04 perform hajj + umrah
05 become a pianist
06 conquer Mt Kinabalu
07 have expert diving license
08 get married
09 have children (notice the plural)
10 visit Masjid Al Aqsa
11 donate organs
12 join WWF camping expedition
13 fully covered the Great Wall of China
14 own Apple gadget(s)

persiapan perkahwinan

It's 2010 already. And as mentioned in earlier entry, this post will touch on persiapan perkahwinan.
Oh ya, btw, aku lmbt lagi. Still looking for the one.
But that doesn't mean that I can't talk about this kan? Anyway, mite be helpful la kot since my younger sister is planning to tie the knot this coming april.

So, how do I envision my wedding will be? Two words: simple and fun.
Simple as if I'm gonna do it at home (I kinda miss the gotong royong environment), and fun because I'm gonna ask my cousins and friends to be the helpers :p
It's gonna be a tiring yet wonderful experiences for all hehehe I can assure that.

Before I even consider to get married, both me and my partner is to fulfil this requirements:
- owns a house (preferably under her name. I strongly believe the house should be under the wife's name, but of course it's the husband that should bear the cost)
- a car (this should be under my name)
- blessings from both sides, inclusive of extended family too (u do not want to have relatives who kinda opposed the marriage. Imagine how the situation would be during har raya gatherings)
- enough savings (preferably rm10k each)
- credit card debt cleared
- we've been camping at remote areas together (so as to know our true colours when we're out of our comfort zone)

and mentioned earlier, the walimah (at least at my side) should be simple and fun, yet stays true to the customs.

How to know she's the one? For me, it's when my heart says so, and she also shows it clearly. I've had enough of receiving hints, only to know it's more for attention than care and love.

Maybe 2010 is the year?

P/s: congrats to all my friends yg dah bertunang and kawin, also those yg menerima zuriat :)

bounce2

ok, here are list of entries aku akan usahakan untuk tatapan umum:-

(not in any order)

• kisah handphone
• persiapan perkahwinan
• movies for 2010
• cita-cita ku
• 40 things i want to do before i'm 40 years old
• kekasihku

it's AirAsia now for the Company's EnP arm

2 days ago, the subsidiary's region office received a new instruction from our HQ.

staff is to use AirAsia and Fireflyz, replacing the normal practice of flying with the national carrier MAS.

as usual, people beginning to become suspicious, and i can sense the dissatisfaction began to brew amongst the staff. they might be pointing fingers to HR.

*sigh*

so i immediately pointed out to them, that the new direction originates from our Finance department (i dont think so they feel that way). and it's not HR doings (although HR introduced new policies in the not-too-distant past)

they voiced out their dissatisfaction, and i decided to rebutt their grievances. here's what i wrote:-

(putting normal employee hat)

Ok, the ones who will be affected akan betul2 terasa. There’s no denying that. Am so used to MAS Malaysia Hospitality. Ah, the free flow juices…

(/putting normal employee hat)

Since there’s nothing much that we can do, since the management already made and cascade the decision; all we can do now is to stay positive and try to look things from management PoV (also, make sure our bosses pun naik AirAsia jugak lah).

FAQ

But AirAsia does not allow open-ticket or reschedule flight. Meeting at KL always postpone at the last minute. How lah?

True. But let this teach us all (PCSB groupwide), to be firm in arranging meetings, especially those affecting staffs travelling from regions.

If say for example, we already bought the flight ticket, and has confirmed on the meeting a week earlier, only suddenly to be informed that the meeting has been postponed to another date (yes, sungguh frustrating), then I would like to suggest for us to back-charge the PONC cost to the dept that organized the meeting.

Cannot collect frequent flyer points anymore!!!

As mentioned in previous email, supposedly all Enrich points are actually owned by the Company. But as till now, I believe the company is closing one eye on this. Let us just keep low profile on this, else maybe suddenly the management decide to instruct MAS to delete all frequent flyer points off its staffs :P (like what happened to the previously practice of giving meal allowance to new staffs reporting to region. Some good fellas decided to brag about it to their friends at other OPUs, and these things made their way to Group Talent Sourcing, and now no meal allowance for the new staffs).

Seats not comfortable!

Err… that one cannot help. That is personal preference. But am sure the hot seats tu bit more selesa than the cold seats. (hot and cold, get it?) more leg space. I donno, never buy that hot-seats pun.

AirAsia ticket cost more than MAS!

No comment on that as well, as the direction actually came from CFA. It would be wise not to argue on that. (I’m sure they’ve struck agreement with AirAsia on getting corporate rate or something).

Cannot open ticket anymore!!

Hush hush lah! Don’t say it out loud. Why in the first place are you “open”-ing your ticket, when the company paid for you to use that ticket? Adakah anda “menyalahguna kemudahan Syarikat”? LOL

AirAsia is known for flight delays lah..

And I thought some of u guys said AirAsia is much better than MAS in timing? Anyway, this could be another reason why we CAN take our flight during office hour, or a day before! J

3 years

KL reminds me of loneliness.

it reminds me of how lonely i am.

seriously. take a walk at KLCC, the park, or anywhere, and you'll see couples or groups walking together. unlike me, who prefers to be all by myself.

and suddenly i felt like i'm a sore loser.

and while i was driving and "melayan" this feeling, i realised that i'm already in my 3rd years with the Company. and in a couple of months, will also mark another milestone for me.

it has been 3 years, and i'm still single.

(depressed sekejap)

2 days acquantaince

she was manning one of the exhibition booth. at first glance, she seems like an ordinary girl. but there is something about her. i can feel that. i do.

so, when i told a friend of mine, she said sarcastically, "why la men like women with innocent face?". i have to agree with her. she does look innocent. well, maybe she is still new to this working thingy.

so on every opportunity i have, i went to her booth. at first, interacting with her colleague, and after a while, we chatted casually with each other. she told me that she just came back from Australia, completed her Masters in Accounting, after graduating with a degree in Journalism. we chatted as if we've known each other more than 1 1/2 days.

then she asked me, how old am i? when i told her that i'm 25, she was surprised. she did not expect me to be of the same age with her, as she (like most others) thought that i am 30 years old. and then we shared some things that usually people don't share with strangers :)

then she told me, that i have similar resemblance of one of her best friends. the way i talk, the way i put my hands into the trouser's pockets when speaking, and things like that. hurmm.. i guess now i know where is one of my other 6 is.

and suddenly, i know why i feel like there is something about this girl! she looks like Intan Suria a.k.a MegiKari a.k.a TanTan (nama manja muahahahaha)! i mean, the way she laugh, the way she made some snide remarks, and some other things lah. even her smile resembles Intan's.

so she asked me, "do you facebook?". i said "yeah. penting tu". then we continued chatting, until she revealed that she has a friend in HR. and i also know her.

by the end of the forum, we parted our ways. and being a foolish that i am, i was unable to gather courage to ask for her handphone number or email address. and here i am, writing this down as a proof of my cowardice. i guess i'm just being too conventional. and old school. hahaha.

and like every other sane and desperate guy would do, i logged on to my Facebook account. i opened my colleague's page, and searched for this girl in her friends' list.

and there it was, a locked profile. but the profile picture is not the picture that i hoped to see.

it was her picture in the arms of another man.

ok, girlfriend orang. cross her name from the list!

emcee bidan terjun

"good job. you guys are good"

all we can do was smile as a gesture to the compliments. we were too tired, and fatigue got the best of us. blame it on the lack of sleep, and disturbance on our sleep pattern.

we were told that the dry-run will be held at 1.oo am, as the ballroom is being used by a wedding function the night before. and when came 0100 hours, we were informed that the banquet told us that the ballroom will ready by 0300 hours.

so we continued our sleep, only to wake up sharp at 3.00 am (thanks to Menaka), with the hope that we will be able to do the dry run as scheduled. much to our dismay, the ballroom was still yet to be ready for the event! the floor was still messy, the backdrop was nowhere to be seen, and the audio was yet to be in place (yes, there are lots of grammar errors here. lantak laa).

we waited until 4 am, and since we've wasted an hour waiting for nothing, both of us decided to return back to our rooms, and came back to the hall by 5.30 am. hoping to be able to conduct at least a dry run for the launching gimmick.

we waited then, and only by 7am, the audio people came and setting up everything, and by that time we had to rush to return back to our rooms, refreshed ourself via shower, and got ready for the event. we only managed to run through the launching gimmick with the team (no dry run tho!).

so, yeah. when one of the speakers mentioned to the crowd, how the emcees are to be congratulated for the job well done, although we were hit by the lack of sleep, we really appreciate it. we feel that we deserve it.

it's not the organising committee members, the chairman, the protocol, the floor manager; but us the bidan-terjun emcees who insisted on having the dry run. yes, other team members also were staying up throughout the morning, waiting for the hall to be cleaned and arranged by the banquet team for the event. but the credit all goes to us. muahahhahaha

sekian luahan hati seorang emcee bidan terjun. nasib all internal VIPs cakap great job to both of us. we can see that our name sure naik punya the next time the company needs emcee. muahahahaha