5 jam lagi

5 more hours to go......

Lets look back at the past 8 months....

1. Tension
2. Frustration
3. New friends
4. got a spanking new high end laptop
5. Launched my own company
6. Gained weight
7. Lost some weight
8. Collected MPSJ Parking tickets worth RM3,200.00
9. Bought a house
10. Misplaced my digital camera
11. maid lari
12. Ate a lot of ayam kampung (resulting in No.6)

Lets look at the future whats in store for the future

1. Got a spanking new high end laptop
2. Got a spanking new top of the line handphone
3. Dapat menghirup udara segar laut
4. Paid to do something I love
5. Me and my business partners can get more projects
6. Move into new house
7. Can get new maid for wife since the last one dah lari
8. Can service car on time
9. Finally can save for the new PS3
10. Can finally buy the PSP

Well the list goes on and on. God willing things will get back on track.

-Till Monday Comes-

7 days and counting

1 more week to go before I leave the office for good. Preparing the stuff for me to hand over, Not much actually cause every assignment or proposal paper has been “taken” over by the MKB. In a way quite glad the leave but at the same time sedih sikit cause I’ll be leaving colleagues who I have gotten quite close to. Anyway like the HR Manager said, “its normal, people come and go” Situation at the office cam tu jugak, no one has the mood to do anything. I guess they can senseSomething just aint right cause key people are leaving.

Eventhough I haven’t officially joined the new company, they have invited me to hang out at the office and all. At least tak ler kekok bila join karang. Which for me is a good thing, the phase of getting to know your new colleagues wont be such a “harrowing” experience. So far the new people are okay, there’s still a barrier. Guess they don’t want to get to “close” to the new boss.

So whats in store for me at the new place. Basically I’ll be overseeing the whole operations and handling Development (like R&D lah). They wanted someone who has handled RORO (Roll on/Roll Off) operations. Since I have experience handled the thing and developed the Ports RORO system, they think I’m the best person to run the whole thing.

So apa itu RORO? RORO stands for Roll on and Roll Off, basically they are ships that carry wheeled cargo such as cars, trailers or anything that has wheels on them. If you want to put them in a container pun boleh but if you have many cars then the best way is via a RORO vessel. I will be handling the large new car-carriers which are known as Pure Car Carriers (PCC’s) and the Pure Car Truck Carriers (PCTS’s). The largest PCC that the company has is the the MV Cougar Ace. Cant wait to work on her.

Ferry bawak kerta

Kereta keluar dari kapal

Macamana nak susun kereta

MV Cougar Ace

"Showroom kereta"

-Tak sabar nak menghirup udara laut yang segar-

Happy Fathers Day

To all those dads out there..and about to become one

-Happy Fathers Day-

"Epidemic" in the office and at home

Lately ni tido tak cukup, lebih-lebih lagi bila dah letak surat nak berenti. From 9pm to 5am the TV is mine. My wife memang dah paham dengan my perangai so without telling her she would watch the other TV in my study/office/gaming room. To catch up on sleep I would sleep during lunch time, 1-2 hours sleep is fine with me. Head back home after dinner take another short nap around 30minits can last me for the next 8 hours. Its not just me, the office is full of “zombies”. Men walking around the office with bags under their eyes. I guess no one is complaining since this “epidemic” only happens every 4 years. When I was working in the port, the management had to put TV’s in the cafeteria just to keep the workers happy if not productivity might be effected. At the end of the day everyone is happy.

Mereka yg tak cukup tido

Watched the England V Trinidad & Tobago match last nite. By the way they were playing I doubt they would win the Cup. It could just have ended in a draw. I wanted England to loose and I would love to see what the British Media would write the next morning. The British Media suka hype lebih. Bukan tak bagus, but sometimes they just over do it. I noticed that a lot of Malaysian’s support England but I guess cause kita dijajah by them and a lot of us are went to British Uni’s and we love to watch the EPL.

Penyokong

Jaringan

Mereka yg menang cabutan bertuah

There’s another “epidemic” going round the office. So far there are 4 people who will be leaving the company (including me). In the coming weeks more will follow. The funny thing is these people are not the clerks or executives. The Heads of Departments are all packing their bags. I guess they lost confidence in the top management. “Too much interference from the top” that’s what they say, “Unrealistic target” another one butted in, “The people on top not focused” someone said, “They appointed someone with no knowledge of the industry” another added. Frankly speaking I doubt the company can achieve that target and I don’t see the direction the company is going. One thing I learnt during my time here is “Office Politics 101” and I failed miserably. What do you expect from a nice guy like me?

still the same old thing

The first half of the day was spent out side of the office. To be precise spent half of the day in my new office. Every thing was in place, except for the laptop which they asked me to find. Discussed a lot of things with my new employer, seems like a nice guy and very receptive to new ideas. But looks can be deceiving, and I don’t want to memuji lebih takut hampa di kemudian hari.

So after spending like 2 hours discussing things, I decided to go to Sunway Pyramid to look for the lap top. Budget given was RM5k, for me that’s a lot. After looking high and low akhirnya jumpa jugak the lap top that interested me. Being the nice guy, I decided to go for a Compaq plus I bought one of those printers that has everything (scanner, printer etc). Total cost RM 4,100.00. Untungnya my employer, dapat pekerja yang pandai berjimat cermat

Anyway after having lunch at McDonalds terus head back to the office. Bila tengok my workstation terus rasa boring and malas. What do you expect from someone yang nak resign? I guess I’ll kill the time by reading other peoples blog.

-tak tau nak buat apa besok-

what went on?

Its been quite sometime since I posted anything…well these are the things that have been going on since the last post.

1. Resigning from my current job
Finally was able to give my letter to the boss.No counter offer (which didn’t surprise me) but wished me all the best.The MKB called me into the office and both of us gave a piece of each others mind. He called me an ungrateful worker and I told him he is full of bull shit. So everyone is happy

2. The world cup
Its that time of year again,not enough sleep but well worth it.I’m supporting Holland. 1st game diaorg menang and I hope they win the cup

3. My wife still sakit
She is down with the mumps, muka macam kena pam.Everyday whining. Being the suami misali, her every whim the husband kena layan.

4. The car still belum service
Don’t know when I’m going to do it. Nak berenti ni pun still a lot of pending work to do.

-Apa nak jadik-

Nak ambik ke tidak?

This maybe my last month in the company.The Japanese Company has offered me the SCM job.Diaorg personally delivered the offer to me last Saturday.Quite surprised cause tak pernah org hantar offer letter personally,usually they ask you to ambik the offer or they post it to you.

After going through the offer with my wife, all I can say is if kalau tolak memang rugi. The pay and perks that I demanded were all in the offer letter.The only thing is they want me to report for duty on the 3rd of July.

There is a 90% chance that I may take the offer, mainly because of the pay and the traveling involved. Tapi saying plak nak tinggalkan my current job because the job is so “relaxed” since no one nak “kacau” but that’s the reality when you’re already in a “cold storage” department

-To take or not to take that is the question-

Mari membeli rumah

Seperti manusia yang lain,saya juga ingin memiliki property saya sendiri.Rancangan ni dah lama saya bincang dengan isteri saya,dan selalunya dia buat tak tau jer.Maybe tak minat nak beli rumah lagi kot.

Anyway last Sunday my wife ajak pegi Bandar Seri Putra Family Day,which diaorg buat just near our apartment, since dekat we all semua jalan kaki.

The developer had everything for everyone,games untuk budak-budak,free food for me and houses to look at for my wife.I guess everyone got what they wanted,which includes my wife.Suprisingly she found her dream house and is in the process of buying it.Well as for me….my “headache” will start when we move in.

Nak pi tengok rumah kena minum dulu

Mereka yang nak membeli rumah & makan free

Melukis,makan dan berkelah

Mereka-mereka yang nak bagi pinjam duit beli rumah

The house that Puan Farah beli

For the time being kitaorg duduk kat sini jer

-December dah tak lama lagi-

Observing those "precious" hours

Apa itu log book? Menurut Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary (c) 1996,1998

Log book ,or Logbook (Naut),a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea,as indicated by the log,with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage;the contents of the log book.

Di tempat kerja saya sekarang,things are getting quite merepek dan merapek.The management has decided to introduce penggunaan sebuah log book.Mereka berpendapat that the staff have too many free time for themselves. I wonder what other wacky things they are going to think of next?.

So how does this thing work?Well..for every hour semua employee kena record whatever they do,so I assume pegi toilet pun kena remark in the log book.1 log book will be given for every month so ada 12 log books for a year,banyak tu.

My 2 cents on this?For me the company is going through a restructuring phase so I guess by having a log book management boleh "tahu" siapa yang "kerja" and "tak kerja".If its going to be like this,i guess a lot of people might just be heading for the door.

combine with



equals

-who's reading your log?-

please tick when done.....

Another new day,another new challenge and the same old sh#t.They say if you want to be successful in life or whatever you do you have to plan it correctly (notice how many ‘you’ I use in a sentence?).Kalau nak melaksanakan project kena ada checklist betul kan?

My daily life or routine pun ada checklist or whatever you want to call it lah….

Daily Check list (pls mark √ kalau dah buat)

1.Bangun pagi
2.drive to work
3.Send wife to office
4.stuck in jam
5.reach the office
6.go out of the office for breakfast (ni wajib)
7.reenter the office
8.Log on to network
9.Check emails
10.Check own blog
11.Check other peoples blog
12.Pretend to be busy
13.Kacau secretary
14.Go out for lunch
15.During lunch time make a point
of “mengutuk” management
16.Come back from lunch
17.Proceed to the Surau for Zohor prayers
(usually dah nak abis waktu)
18.Merapu with your colleagues
19.Again pretend to be busy
20.Check email
21.Check own blog
22.Check other peoples blog
23.Prepare nak balik
24.Drive back home
25.Sangkut slight jam
(not as bad as the morning one)
26.Pick up wife
27.Listen to her problems (this one wajib)
28.Reach home
29.Ambik daughter at nursery
30.Bukak pintu
31.Kena kluar balik cause the wife forgot to
defrost the ayam (optional)
32.Pegi makan at the nearest warung or
fast food joint (optional)
33.drive back home
34.Mandi
35.Tido

This checklist can be used berulang-ulang kali and can be adjusted to suit your working environment. My checklist panjang because the management of the company is very "efficient".

Tapi in my organization we don’t have a check list because the management here comprise of many-many bijak pandai people. That’s why the 1st quarter target belum lagi achieve (we are way off target), we employ consultants to improve the work process and the management are busy “bercinta”.

Man I just “love” my work place.

Does this happen to you?

Dolphins and a Cow

Nothing much to write but got this email from an old friend.

The email goes like this.......

BACA DAHULU SEBELUM TENGOK GAMBAR

Gambar dilampirkan ini adalah satu bahan yang digunakan untuk satu kajian
stress, di hospital St Marry, Birmingham , London ...... lihat kedua dua
dolphin yang melompat dari air tersebut, kedua dua dolphin tersebut
sebenarnya serupa , penyelidik mendapati, jika seseorang itu mendapati
kedua dua dolphin tersebut berbeza, bermakna ia telah
stress,..............lagi banyak perbezaan dilihat, lagi berat stress yang
ada pada mereka.
Jadi sesiapa yang melihat terlalu banyak perbezaanya, dinasihatkan kemas
barang , shutdown komputer dan balik untuk berehat........................

-Do u see 2 dolphins?-

Temensys,Chichla Temenis,Traffic jam and Strawberry Jam

Akhirnya,my side project has become a reality. All those years of complaining, suffering (okay lah not that suffered) and just finding the right people for the project has materialized. Temensys can now officially “fly”. Its going to be a long and winding road but no one said its going to be easy.The important thing the first step dah settle. Apa jadahnya Temensys ni?

Why Temensys? 2 of my partners are fly fishing freaks.Hidup diaorg memang memancing so they decided on the name plus the other names were not approved and we dont want it to sound that technical. Temensis ni sebenornya ikan yang bernama peacock bass and part of the cichlids family.Ikan jenis ni agak brutal (predatory fish).Thats why we agreed on the name. Don’t worry we all tak brutal, especially me.

Chichla Temensis

Chichla Temensis yg baru ditangkap

Hari ni sampai office reaaaalllllyyyy late.Why? Its all because of the traffic jam.Memang tiap-tiap hari jam but today was the worst. Usually sangkut round 15 to 30 minits then masuk NPE where its smooth sailing all the way,but today 1km after the Sg Besi Toll dah start sangkut. Reason for the jam?An accident that happened like 20-30km infront of me.I reached the office an hour and a half later.I noticed that traffic jam ni berlaku if theres and accident (even if its on the other lane) or if it starts to rain or sudah hujan.You can build 10 lanes pun I think traffic jams will happen.Repair jalan pun jam.Sometimes kereta or motor rosak tepi jalan pun jam.

Do you think by carpooling things would change?I doubt it,why?Do you think all those big shots who drive their Merc and Beemers (BMW) nak car pool?

Do you think by improving the public transportation things would change?In the long run maybe,but they have to improve on the scheduling etc.Dont want to reach the office late do we?

Traffic Jam

Another Jam

This Jam I like

-Have a Jam free day-

Time to move on?

Seperti hari-hari yang lain,I would get an email from Group Corporate Communication on the daily media coverage of the company.Usually I would just delete them but hari ni kena baca pasal agak kecoh in the office this morning. It seems that Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahya said that the CEO’s of several top GLC’s who did not perform just put in their letter and let somebody else run the show.

It has been known that amongst the 15 largest GLC’s 4 had suffered losses last year.

They are :

Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd
Malaysian Airlines Systems Bhd
UEM World Bhd
Proton Holdings Bhd

I belong to one of them,and agak risau when you hear that your boss maybe replaced because he is found incompetent.I worry that when management changes a lot of other things will follow suit. I’ve been through merges and takeovers and its not a pretty sight.You don’t know whats going to happen to you. You don’t need to see where you will be 10 years down the road. Next year pun tak tau untung nasib macamana.

Last week got a call from headhunter who represents this Japanese corporation. They were looking for a supply chain management “expert”. It seems that I fit the bill and wanted me to attend this interview/sessi beramah mesra jumaat ni. The offer they tabled was quite “tempting”.

Lets see how things go this Friday……….maybe I might just take it.

Another Monday another brand new week

It’s a brand new day of a brand new week,sejak my streamyx went dead and the kelembapan of TM Net suruh repair the damn thing. I haven’t been able to be online like before.To venture into cyberland kena lah pegi Starbucks or any other place that provides free wireless service.
Izhal if you’re reading this,theres one near your future house.

So lets see what happened during the weekend…..

In the world of sports, Abg Henry finally signed a new 4 year contract.Kepada supporter Barcelona or whoever wanted to buy him,mintak maaf bebanyak but he just aint interested.

Contract dah sign..so wheres the Pepsi?

Menurut Abg Henry

"The game reassured me of one thing I wanted to know - how far I can go with that team,” kata Abg Henry lagi. “I know we lost but they showed me they are a team with heart and lots of quality. We can be so proud of what we did.”

“There were other things that made me stay — my family, London, the fans here and away from home, the press, everyone. All those little things help to make my mind up.

"I always refer to Arsenal as my home. I have been welcomed with open arms, the love I receive here - sometimes from non-Arsenal fans - is something I can't forget about."

So there you have it ladies and gents Thierry Henry will still wear the number 14 jersey next season.

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Juventus relegated to Serie B?

Nampak gayanya the old lady of Turin will be playing in Serie B.

The Luciano Moggi scandal has more twist and turns than the soap opera days of our lives. Moggi has had to resign at Juve and is facing charges ranging from intimidation to kidnapping and criminal conspiracy. Juventus meanwhile stand accused of sporting fraud, as beneficiaries of what police have dubbed the "Moggi System". This consists of assigning friendly referees for Juve games, finding unfriendly ones for their rivals, and making sure future opponents were "softened up" with judicious use of the red card. Forty-one people in total are being investigated, including senior officials at two other Serie A clubs, Lazio and Fiorentina, both of whose phone transcripts appear to show them "signing up" for the Moggi System. They and Juventus now stand a real chance of being relegated.

Shortlived celebration?

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Lagi-Lagi GLC

On a rather serious note, the company I’m working for is one of the 5 GLC companies not performing.Aisehhhh in the news lagi.Hate it when friends ask me “ehhh watched the news ahh,your company not performing…loss teruk gak ahh?” Aisehh friend I work there only, what to do if theres too many “smart” people running the company?

Finally....

Yasmin sakit gigi..or gusi or both.Her gigi geraham nak tumbuh kot.The ever concerned Mother telah bawak the in pain daughter to the clinic.The father decided to stay in the car cause he was wearing shorts only and segan to enter the clinic yang penuh ngan pompuan-pompuan.So terpaksa lah mendengar leteran from the mother all the way home

Babah..Hana cakit gigi

-Hope your weekend was as good as mine-

Perbezaan P.E.P.S.I dengan air PEPSI

When you work in a troubled environment and don’t know how to improve things, your management would appoint consultants to think of ways to improve things that cannot be improved. The other day the consultant talked about P.E.P.S.I not air pepsi.

P=PRODUCTIVITY & PROFITABILITY IMPROVING
E=EXPANSION & BUSINESS GROWTH
P=PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
S=SYSTEMS & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
I=IMAGE ENHANCEMENT OF COMPANY

Dengan adanya PEPSI ni,the company will “unlock the hidden value, recognize the talent and capitilise on new areas of opportunity”.Sometimes I wonder,kenapa baru sekarang diaorg nak pikir benda-benda ni?

Minum bila dahaga

Kings Of Europe (dlm ada air Pepsi)

Barcelona won the Champions League, agak sedih cause Arsenal lost but not that devastated cause I support both teams. Congrats to Barcelona who won the match and the future looks bright at arsenal.Eventhough kalah but small margin. If Lehmann wasn’t sent off I think the gunners could have won the match.

Before game,kena main bunga api dulu

Abg Lehmann kena buang padang pasal amik air pepsi org

Abg Henry suruh Abg Lehmann pakai otak next time

The 1st goal and Abg Sol running to get his Pepsi

The goal that ended it all

Still looking for his Pepsi

Looking forward to next season, I hope Henry signs a new contract and Arsenal winning the Championship.

This would be me if i were in Paris..

Apa ada dalam handphone (Part 1)

its been sometime since i checked my wife's handphone..dont worry no hanky panky involved.Banyak gak gambar yang ada kat lam handphone dia,and was quite suprised with the quality of the pics...so here goes

Berjaya MegaMall Preview of the Mickey Mouse Club

Crouching Tiger Hidden Yasmin

Supermodel Of the Year

Besok Part 2

A tale of 2 mothers (Part 2)

My wife became a mother 2 years and 3 months ago. We have been married for the past 5 years.Our Yasmin has brought laughter and joy to our once boring lives.

I first met my wife during my university days.She was a junior of mine and just arrived in Newcastle.Her house was just near mine..tak sampai 5 minute.We occasionally would meet up on campus or in the IT lab.I never did take much notice about her because i had a girlfriend at that time and the thought never crossed my mind.

But as fate would have it,we did have a relationship from being friends and developed into something special.I left the UK in 1998,but she had to stay back cause she had to complete her final year of studies.Communication between us was purely by MIRC,calls were only made when i only had the cash.

She came back to Malaysia 1999 since it was the depression period,it was quite difficult to get a job.She managed to teach in a private college but things just didn't work out.We also got engaged that year and in 2001 we got married.

I owe her a lot,she has always been there for me both in bad and good times.Laut bergelora macam mana pun we have always been able to sail thru it.She is the fire while i am the water.We used to be the "panas" type.Both of us cant accept defeat,I guess when we get older we dont like confrontation so its me who likes to take the back seat on the majority of things.She was always there whenever i changed jobs..had arguments with the boss..and all the stuff married couples have.

She has been an excellent mother.Yasmin will and always be the priority.If i were in charge i guess Yasmin might be drinking coffee right now.I tend to think diapers and milk are trivial things thats where my wife comes in.I thank her for that.

So on this mothers day,i would like to wish my wife a happy mothers day.If it were not for you i dont know where i'll be rite now.Thank you for having the "kesabaran" all these years and i hope that kesabaran will last till the end of time.

Her World

Happy mothers day mama Yasmin