2 am...woke up with a tightness in my stomach. Went to the toilet and felt like throwing up. Shrug it off, maybe indigestion.
4am...Lost count of how many times i went to the loo, had to be diarrhea judging from my waste and the times i had to wake up from bed.
430am...1st hand view of what i ate during dinner. the whole toilet was splattered with my puke. The wife come running cause the sound of me throwing up was kind of creepy. Spent the next few hours sleeping next to the toilet.
830am...wife woke me up. "Its time" she said. Time for what? My stomach and ass felt so sore. We drove to the clinic.
9am...reached the clinic, Doctor took a good look at me and said "kena cucuk ni". Do what you have to do just take a way the pain. After the jab felt like a million bucks, no make it a few thousand. Doctor gave the usual prep talk about the food you can take and the do's and dont's.
11am...reached home, after having breakfast.too tired and dehydrated to do anything. decided to hit the sack.
Intermission.......
430pm...woke up with a headache and felt so hungry.
530pm...time to pick up my daughter. half way towards my destination "check engine" light was blinking and my car seem to have no acceleration. stopped the car at the curb. Immediately called Honda. Their opinion is that there maybe a problem with the engine or maybe something minor. anyway it has to be checked since Saturday is a holiday i have to send it on Monday.
Still needed a car to pick up my daughter, nasib baik ada member who lives on the same block.
At the end of the day, my mind was doing the maths...i'll be broke by the 1st week of April..hmmmm
Friday, March 30, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Battery fully charged
Just came back from 2 days of holiday. I'm the type that doesn't like to take holidays, but I've been working my butt of for these past few months and i bloody well deserve this break.
So what did i do for these 2 days? simple "Golf", pure bliss and uninterrupted time on the golf course. Well the 1st day I had to play with a client of mine, and didn't quite enjoy it cause:
1. Very slow player, i do mean really slow. we were like 6 hours on the course and tak habis-habis
main. To finish 18 holes in 6 hours is considered really bad. I was cursing my self , I didn't know
he was this bad. I'm not saying I'm good but come one to finish 18 holes in 6 hours?????
2. The weather was toooooo hot, i felt the sun's ray burning through my cap. Damn it!!!
The second day was more like it, pure ultimate bliss...played with my regular golfing buddies. Didn't do quite bad except for the 1st and 2nd hole, I did a "double par" for those 2 holes. The rest were double and triple bogeys and 1 birdie (whoppeee).
Back to reality, yesterday the aircond in my car felt a little warm, was it the hot weather? or just a case of needing to refill the gas aircond in the car? Unfortunately it was neither both, the damn compressor stopped functioning, so when i drive its gonna be cold 1 minit and hot another minit (just like our weather). Anyway went to the local kedai "pomen cina" near the house they said its gonna cost me between RM900 to RM2000, to repair tapi kan.......it doesnt guarantee it'll solve your problem (bloody hell). The mechanic "thinks" its the compressor, it might be something else. What the fcuk man!!!. I'm not quite sure I'm gonna fork out my money for something even the fcuking mechanic isn't sure of, I might as well get myself a set of brand new clubs.
Found out that the "abang-abang" who sell nasik lemak (bloody good) near my house are working in UEM. So it was kind of "nice" to catch up on the going on of the company. It seems things haven't changed much (since they still have to do some side income). The best part is they play golf. Yahooooooooo
So what did i do for these 2 days? simple "Golf", pure bliss and uninterrupted time on the golf course. Well the 1st day I had to play with a client of mine, and didn't quite enjoy it cause:
1. Very slow player, i do mean really slow. we were like 6 hours on the course and tak habis-habis
main. To finish 18 holes in 6 hours is considered really bad. I was cursing my self , I didn't know
he was this bad. I'm not saying I'm good but come one to finish 18 holes in 6 hours?????
2. The weather was toooooo hot, i felt the sun's ray burning through my cap. Damn it!!!
The second day was more like it, pure ultimate bliss...played with my regular golfing buddies. Didn't do quite bad except for the 1st and 2nd hole, I did a "double par" for those 2 holes. The rest were double and triple bogeys and 1 birdie (whoppeee).
Back to reality, yesterday the aircond in my car felt a little warm, was it the hot weather? or just a case of needing to refill the gas aircond in the car? Unfortunately it was neither both, the damn compressor stopped functioning, so when i drive its gonna be cold 1 minit and hot another minit (just like our weather). Anyway went to the local kedai "pomen cina" near the house they said its gonna cost me between RM900 to RM2000, to repair tapi kan.......it doesnt guarantee it'll solve your problem (bloody hell). The mechanic "thinks" its the compressor, it might be something else. What the fcuk man!!!. I'm not quite sure I'm gonna fork out my money for something even the fcuking mechanic isn't sure of, I might as well get myself a set of brand new clubs.
Found out that the "abang-abang" who sell nasik lemak (bloody good) near my house are working in UEM. So it was kind of "nice" to catch up on the going on of the company. It seems things haven't changed much (since they still have to do some side income). The best part is they play golf. Yahooooooooo
Monday, March 05, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
You say this and he says that....
First and foremost, I am not a racist. I have friends of many races and do visit them during their celebrations. Even when i play golf my flight is sometimes multi racial. I think this issue has been brought up so many times till i've lost track. All I can say is there will always be disgruntled feeling between bumi's and non bumi's. Looking at it, its normal for a non bumi owned company to give preferance to their non bumi staff, and vice versa. I've seen companies that employ only 1 bumi staff, itupun as their tea lady or receptionist. The same goes for a bumi owned company. Usually their finance people will be non bumi.
Let me give you an example. I used to work in the port. The port was (and still is) owned by a non bumi (the only port in the country). I joined as a Management Trainee, the batch consisted of 12 guys. 1 Chinese, 3 malays, 1 mamak and the rest Indians) all were qualified. Had degrees and working experience. In 2 years time the Indians were promoted to Managers, while the rest of us had to go to the process of climbing up the ranks the old fashioned way, naik exec then senior exec then Asst Manager only then Manager. I felt this was bloody unfair, but what can you do? you confront them and that bthey would say they would recieve the same treatment if they had worked in a bumi company.
I'm not saying that if we bumi's work in bumi company we would get special treatment, thats a misconception. I've suffered working in a bumi company and I have enjoyed working in achinese company. Or is it because we as bumi's have the right to get a fair deal? Then how do we solve this issue? Is it even solvable? Sometimes I dread what kind of future my kids are going to have.
He says this...
SHAH ALAM: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn was lambasted yesterday for neglecting unemployed Bumiputera graduates.
Umno Youth Public Complaints Bureau chairman Datuk Subahan Kamal said many graduates had resorted to driving taxis as they could not find employment in the private sector.
He said the ministry had to assume responsibility for their plight.
"We have highlighted the matter to the ministry before but officials have chosen to sweep the problem under the carpet," he told reporters after highlighting allegations of discrimination against Bumiputera employees by Giant Hypermarket in Shah Alam.
He said the ministry should enforce a 30 per cent quota for Bumiputeras at all levels in the private sector and ensure that locals were given preference over foreigners.
Workers at the hypermarket complained that foreigners were being favoured over locals and that locals received lower wages.
They had also claimed that there were few opportunities for career advancement in the company.
The letter, sent to the Prime Minister’s Department, also alleged there were no Bumiputeras in top management positions in the company.
Giant Retail (M) Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Datuk John Coyle, who had earlier met Subahan over the matter, told reporters that 80 per cent of staff in the company were Bumiputeras.
He said there were 123 Bumiputeras in lower and middle management with three in top management positions.
Coyle said the company had to resort to foreigners for menial jobs.
However, the company was committed to increasing the number of Bumiputeras at managerial level.
Coyle added that 80 per cent of Giant’s customers were Bumiputeras and there was no discrimination against them.
"We have always preferred Bumiputeras over foreigners."
Subahan said his meeting with Coyle was fruitful and that some of the complaints raised by staff were unfounded.
And he says that.....
PUTRAJAYA: The Human Resources Minister has defended his efforts to help jobless Bumiputera graduates, and described criticism from Umno Youth as "unfair".
He said most of the students enrolled in retraining schemes are Bumiputeras. And Bumiputera youth also receive the highest number of retraining loans given out by the ministry’s Skills Development Fund.
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn said the ministry had done its "level best" to help unemployed graduates through retraining schemes, industrial training institutes and by offering loans.
"We don’t distinguish between Bumiputeras and others, but it so happens that the vast majority of those who take up our retraining programmes and loans are Malays," he said.
Fong said that about 50,000 people have attended retraining programmes in information technology, English proficiency and other skills since 2001, and 96 per cent were Malays.
Some 500,000 youths had received loans from the Skills Development Fund, of which 95 per cent were Malays. And more than 90 per cent of applicants to the industrial training institutes each year are Malays.
"At our job fairs, the interviews we organise for job-seekers are largely attended by Malays," Fong added.
"The criticism is unfair, but I will ask my officers to hold a dialogue with Umno Youth to see what exactly they are unhappy about."
He was responding to comments by Umno Youth Public Complaints Bureau chairman Datuk Subahan Kamal, who said the ministry was not doing enough to help jobless Bumiputera graduates find jobs in the private sector.
On Subahan’s call that the ministry impose a 30 per cent quota for Malays at all levels in the private sector, Fong said setting quotas did not come under the ministry’s purview.
"It’s not our responsibility to impose quotas," he said, adding that although there was no policy on Bumiputera employment in the private sector, the vast majority of workers in places like hypermarkets were Bumiputera youths.
Let me give you an example. I used to work in the port. The port was (and still is) owned by a non bumi (the only port in the country). I joined as a Management Trainee, the batch consisted of 12 guys. 1 Chinese, 3 malays, 1 mamak and the rest Indians) all were qualified. Had degrees and working experience. In 2 years time the Indians were promoted to Managers, while the rest of us had to go to the process of climbing up the ranks the old fashioned way, naik exec then senior exec then Asst Manager only then Manager. I felt this was bloody unfair, but what can you do? you confront them and that bthey would say they would recieve the same treatment if they had worked in a bumi company.
I'm not saying that if we bumi's work in bumi company we would get special treatment, thats a misconception. I've suffered working in a bumi company and I have enjoyed working in achinese company. Or is it because we as bumi's have the right to get a fair deal? Then how do we solve this issue? Is it even solvable? Sometimes I dread what kind of future my kids are going to have.
He says this...
Umno Youth slams Fong over neglect of Bumi grads
01 Mar 2007SHAH ALAM: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn was lambasted yesterday for neglecting unemployed Bumiputera graduates.
Umno Youth Public Complaints Bureau chairman Datuk Subahan Kamal said many graduates had resorted to driving taxis as they could not find employment in the private sector.
He said the ministry had to assume responsibility for their plight.
"We have highlighted the matter to the ministry before but officials have chosen to sweep the problem under the carpet," he told reporters after highlighting allegations of discrimination against Bumiputera employees by Giant Hypermarket in Shah Alam.
He said the ministry should enforce a 30 per cent quota for Bumiputeras at all levels in the private sector and ensure that locals were given preference over foreigners.
Workers at the hypermarket complained that foreigners were being favoured over locals and that locals received lower wages.
They had also claimed that there were few opportunities for career advancement in the company.
The letter, sent to the Prime Minister’s Department, also alleged there were no Bumiputeras in top management positions in the company.
Giant Retail (M) Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Datuk John Coyle, who had earlier met Subahan over the matter, told reporters that 80 per cent of staff in the company were Bumiputeras.
He said there were 123 Bumiputeras in lower and middle management with three in top management positions.
Coyle said the company had to resort to foreigners for menial jobs.
However, the company was committed to increasing the number of Bumiputeras at managerial level.
Coyle added that 80 per cent of Giant’s customers were Bumiputeras and there was no discrimination against them.
"We have always preferred Bumiputeras over foreigners."
Subahan said his meeting with Coyle was fruitful and that some of the complaints raised by staff were unfounded.
And he says that.....
Bumi grads not left out, says Fong
02 Mar 2007PUTRAJAYA: The Human Resources Minister has defended his efforts to help jobless Bumiputera graduates, and described criticism from Umno Youth as "unfair".
He said most of the students enrolled in retraining schemes are Bumiputeras. And Bumiputera youth also receive the highest number of retraining loans given out by the ministry’s Skills Development Fund.
Minister Datuk Seri Dr Fong Chan Onn said the ministry had done its "level best" to help unemployed graduates through retraining schemes, industrial training institutes and by offering loans.
"We don’t distinguish between Bumiputeras and others, but it so happens that the vast majority of those who take up our retraining programmes and loans are Malays," he said.
Fong said that about 50,000 people have attended retraining programmes in information technology, English proficiency and other skills since 2001, and 96 per cent were Malays.
Some 500,000 youths had received loans from the Skills Development Fund, of which 95 per cent were Malays. And more than 90 per cent of applicants to the industrial training institutes each year are Malays.
"At our job fairs, the interviews we organise for job-seekers are largely attended by Malays," Fong added.
"The criticism is unfair, but I will ask my officers to hold a dialogue with Umno Youth to see what exactly they are unhappy about."
He was responding to comments by Umno Youth Public Complaints Bureau chairman Datuk Subahan Kamal, who said the ministry was not doing enough to help jobless Bumiputera graduates find jobs in the private sector.
On Subahan’s call that the ministry impose a 30 per cent quota for Malays at all levels in the private sector, Fong said setting quotas did not come under the ministry’s purview.
"It’s not our responsibility to impose quotas," he said, adding that although there was no policy on Bumiputera employment in the private sector, the vast majority of workers in places like hypermarkets were Bumiputera youths.
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