Jangan berkongsi perasaan geram, marah, menyampah dan benci terhadap boss anda dengan rakan rakan sekerja walaupun yang baik dengan anda.
Sebaikmana pun rakan anda dengan anda, apa yang anda katakan boleh digunapakai untuk menjatuhkan anda di hari hadapan. Apatah lagi sekiranya anda meluahkan perasaan pada rakan yang mencari jalan supaya ketua unit sentiasa memandang tinggi terhadapnya, bukan anda sebaliknya. Keadaan menjadi teruk lagi sekiranya anda meluahkan perasan pada rakan yang sentiasa berfikir bahawa dialah pekerja contoh yang paling cekap dari orang lain, pandai dan berhak mendapat pujian / galakan.
Luahkan perasan geram itu pada rakan rakan yang tidak berada di dalam industri yang sama, atau pun paling baik, tulis sahaja pada catatan harian anda.
Jika anda berkongsi segala perasaan negatif terhadap boss anda, anda akan kelihatan seperti orang yang tidak berfikiran positif dan jauh ke hadapan. Rakan rakan anda mungkin menjadi boss anda atau pun anda akan menjadi boss mereka. Perkara yang sama akan berulang. Anda hanyalah membina tanggapan awal mereka mengenai tahap professionalisme anda.
Jika ada rakan sekerja yang meluahkan perasaan benci mereka terhadap boss di hadapan anda, senyum sahaja dan sabarkan mereka. Jangan beri tanggapan bahawa anda menyebelahi mana mana pihak. Kata kata seperti, “Saya pun akan berperasaan seperti awak sekiranya saya di tempat awak” adalah lebih baik dan selamat dari, “Saya pun hari itu menghadapi perkara yang sama”. Elakkan memberi cadangan kerana kebanyakan orang meluahkan perasaan hanya untuk didengari, bukan untuk dileteri atau dihukumi.
Sekiranya anda mengambil masa untuk berkongsi perasaan negatif ini, mungkin lebih kurang setengah jam dari waktu kerja anda akan terhabis dengan bercakap, bukan untuk melakukan kerja yang berkecekapan tinggi sebaliknya.
Berjumpalah boss anda sendiri sekiranya anda menghadapi masalah memahami arahannya. Atau pun buat audit secara terperinci mengenai cara anda bekerja atau pun berkomunikasi. Berkemungkinan, 50% dari kemarahan ketua anda berpunca dari anda.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Poem for Azam Zikry
Was cleaning up some rubbish when I found the poems I wrote a few years ago
Denganmu anakku, hidup ibarat satu kitaran yang telah lengkap
ibarat syurga dipinjamkan
aku ingin di situ, pegang tanganmu
waktu hari pertama darjah satu
aku ingin di situ, pegang bahumu
waktu kau terpegun melihat cinta hati melintas
aku ingin di situ , waktu menangis, waktu ketawa
waktu debaran akad nikahmu
aku selalu di situ sayangku
harap harap sayang
harimu selalu ceria
rakan alam semesta
masa selalu ada untuk mu capai impian hati
warna selalu ada waktu kau mahu melukis
rakan selalu ada kau kau mahu ketawa
hujan selalu berhenti waktu kau mahu berlari
dan
mommmy selalu ada, setiap masa
mesti ada Manusia yang sayang kita
mesti ada Mamusia yang kita sayang
ada, di mata orang, kitalah wira
ada, di mata kita, merekalah wira
ada Manusia yang hormati kita
ada mereka hati kita hormat
tiada apa lagi yang kita mahu
selain
disayangi
dihormati
disanjung dan diperlukan
dengan kamu anakku
aku rasa semua ini
aku rasa akulah duniamu
kasih ku takkan luntur
hidup aku akan penuh ceria denganmu
Denganmu anakku, hidup ibarat satu kitaran yang telah lengkap
ibarat syurga dipinjamkan
aku ingin di situ, pegang tanganmu
waktu hari pertama darjah satu
aku ingin di situ, pegang bahumu
waktu kau terpegun melihat cinta hati melintas
aku ingin di situ , waktu menangis, waktu ketawa
waktu debaran akad nikahmu
aku selalu di situ sayangku
harap harap sayang
harimu selalu ceria
rakan alam semesta
masa selalu ada untuk mu capai impian hati
warna selalu ada waktu kau mahu melukis
rakan selalu ada kau kau mahu ketawa
hujan selalu berhenti waktu kau mahu berlari
dan
mommmy selalu ada, setiap masa
mesti ada Manusia yang sayang kita
mesti ada Mamusia yang kita sayang
ada, di mata orang, kitalah wira
ada, di mata kita, merekalah wira
ada Manusia yang hormati kita
ada mereka hati kita hormat
tiada apa lagi yang kita mahu
selain
disayangi
dihormati
disanjung dan diperlukan
dengan kamu anakku
aku rasa semua ini
aku rasa akulah duniamu
kasih ku takkan luntur
hidup aku akan penuh ceria denganmu
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Worst Day at Work
The worst day at work must be this.
You were standing outside your boss's room when he said, "you have been given an opportunity but you have ruined it" and slammed the door right in front of your face.
Then you slowly walked away, knowing that you will never have a chance to explain.
Hmm. nothing could be worse than this.
You were standing outside your boss's room when he said, "you have been given an opportunity but you have ruined it" and slammed the door right in front of your face.
Then you slowly walked away, knowing that you will never have a chance to explain.
Hmm. nothing could be worse than this.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
About Nasha Aziz and the Man Called a Father
Nasha Aziz, the actress was sued RM10k by her biological father.
He sued her for the humiliation she caused him.
Apparently, Nasha was brought up by her uncle who is also named Aziz. When Aziz passed away, she cried over a question from a reporter and said she has lost her only Ayah.
The still-alive Aziz took it personally and further to the court, claiming that he will lose clients over his business of teaching the martial art.
He definitely is not aware that he has lost the daughter years ago. What matters to him is clearing his name from the ‘lies’. And a mere RM10k.
The defamation claim, he believes, shall ‘correct’ the perception of the public that he is NOT a liar. I am glad that he publicly and proudly tell people that he is not a Liar, that he is indeed a Good Man while silently defending the choice he made long time ago.
The choice of letting someone else wakes up in the middle of the night sponging the daughter’s hot feverish body instead of him. The choice not to see the first tooth that came out and the agony the baby is of teething. The choice not to see the first step his own daughter took and catching her when she first fell.
Whatever the reason a baby was given away when she was small, it is still the choice of the biological parents. Whether you were sympathy with the fact that your own sister can’t bear a child, whether it was poverty that you were afraid of while raising the beautiful baby, whether the attention and time can’t be spent on raising the baby correctly, these are all mere reasons.
If the biological parents tried to make up a few years later by taking the given-away child back to the family, nothing can beat the distance of the loss body warmth when the baby went to bed in her early two years.
If the biological parents tried to make up by showering her gifts or lavishing her with the most expensive wedding, nothing can beat the hugs that the baby lost every time she shivered with fright hearing the thunders.
And if the parents tried to show it to the public that it was actually the child who was a bad person, who was rudely kurang hajar, well, it is your dirty laundry, sir, hanging right in front of Padang Merdeka.
En Aziz, I hope the RM10k is enough for you to pay your lawyer. And your lawyer has definitely hung your dirty laundry long enough in the eyes of the public.
I hope you have a good answer when God ask you, what different is this Child to you that made you gave her away? What sin has this Child done that make you have the right to let her suffers through out her childhood and teens thinking of what is wrong with herself that made her parents gave her away? That make you have the right to let her feel inferior over her other biological siblings? That make you have the right to let her suppressed all the sadness and misery she felt of feeling ‘not wanted’?
I hope, as you have paid your lawyer hard money to prove the public, you don’t lie.
And to the judge who said that our society does not accept a person’s denial of the status of another person in the family if they are indeed family, well, you are also in support of a father who had proudly claim to the public that he has, few years ago, denied the right of that child to be loved and hugged everytime she goes to bed.
Nasha to pay dad RM10,000
By LISA GOH
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has ordered actress-cum-model Nasha Aziz to pay her biological father Abdul Aziz Mohd Ali RM10,000 in general damages for defaming him.
Abdul Aziz Mohd Ali, 61, succeeded in his bid to get the court to enter judgement on Friday (yesterday) in a defamation suit against his daughter after the actress and her counsel, Rashid Mokhtar, were absent for the hearing of the suit on Wednesday.
In handing down his ruling, Justice Abdul Wahab Patail said the court accepted a father’s right to say that someone is his child, if it was true.
“Our society does not accept a person’s denial of the status of another person in the family if they are indeed family,” he said.
Abdul Aziz therefore had the right to call Nasha his daughter, he said, and if by doing so had caused others to look down on him and call him a liar, then it can be said that the plaintiff had been defamed.
“The court accepts that the plaintiff has proved that he had been defamed when the defendant said ‘I only have one father’,” he ruled.
He then ordered Nasha, whose real name is Noraishah Abdul Aziz, to pay Abdul Aziz RM10,000 in general damages with an 8% interest from March 31, 2005, when the suit was filed, until the matter has been disposed of.
Abdul Aziz, a silat (Malay martial arts) teacher and businessman, is Nasha’s biological father while her uncle, the late Abdul Aziz Hathim, was her “adoptive father.”
He filed the suit on March 31, 2005, claiming that the defamatory words published in Mingguan Malaysia on Oct 24, 2004, quoting Nasha as saying that she only had one father had embarrassed and tortured him.
He also named publisher Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd and its reporter Tengku Khalidah Tengku Bidin as defendants in the case.
In his statement of claim, Abdul Aziz said that the article Jangan Tanya Hal Peribadi (Don’t ask personal questions) contained defamatory words.
Previously, his lawyer M. Visva-nathan had submitted that the article implied his client was dead, but Nasha had contended that the plaintiff had given her to his sister, Habibah Mohd Ali, when she was three months old and that her husband, the late Abdul Aziz Hathim, was ayah (father) to her.
He sued her for the humiliation she caused him.
Apparently, Nasha was brought up by her uncle who is also named Aziz. When Aziz passed away, she cried over a question from a reporter and said she has lost her only Ayah.
The still-alive Aziz took it personally and further to the court, claiming that he will lose clients over his business of teaching the martial art.
He definitely is not aware that he has lost the daughter years ago. What matters to him is clearing his name from the ‘lies’. And a mere RM10k.
The defamation claim, he believes, shall ‘correct’ the perception of the public that he is NOT a liar. I am glad that he publicly and proudly tell people that he is not a Liar, that he is indeed a Good Man while silently defending the choice he made long time ago.
The choice of letting someone else wakes up in the middle of the night sponging the daughter’s hot feverish body instead of him. The choice not to see the first tooth that came out and the agony the baby is of teething. The choice not to see the first step his own daughter took and catching her when she first fell.
Whatever the reason a baby was given away when she was small, it is still the choice of the biological parents. Whether you were sympathy with the fact that your own sister can’t bear a child, whether it was poverty that you were afraid of while raising the beautiful baby, whether the attention and time can’t be spent on raising the baby correctly, these are all mere reasons.
If the biological parents tried to make up a few years later by taking the given-away child back to the family, nothing can beat the distance of the loss body warmth when the baby went to bed in her early two years.
If the biological parents tried to make up by showering her gifts or lavishing her with the most expensive wedding, nothing can beat the hugs that the baby lost every time she shivered with fright hearing the thunders.
And if the parents tried to show it to the public that it was actually the child who was a bad person, who was rudely kurang hajar, well, it is your dirty laundry, sir, hanging right in front of Padang Merdeka.
En Aziz, I hope the RM10k is enough for you to pay your lawyer. And your lawyer has definitely hung your dirty laundry long enough in the eyes of the public.
I hope you have a good answer when God ask you, what different is this Child to you that made you gave her away? What sin has this Child done that make you have the right to let her suffers through out her childhood and teens thinking of what is wrong with herself that made her parents gave her away? That make you have the right to let her feel inferior over her other biological siblings? That make you have the right to let her suppressed all the sadness and misery she felt of feeling ‘not wanted’?
I hope, as you have paid your lawyer hard money to prove the public, you don’t lie.
And to the judge who said that our society does not accept a person’s denial of the status of another person in the family if they are indeed family, well, you are also in support of a father who had proudly claim to the public that he has, few years ago, denied the right of that child to be loved and hugged everytime she goes to bed.
Nasha to pay dad RM10,000
By LISA GOH
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has ordered actress-cum-model Nasha Aziz to pay her biological father Abdul Aziz Mohd Ali RM10,000 in general damages for defaming him.
Abdul Aziz Mohd Ali, 61, succeeded in his bid to get the court to enter judgement on Friday (yesterday) in a defamation suit against his daughter after the actress and her counsel, Rashid Mokhtar, were absent for the hearing of the suit on Wednesday.
In handing down his ruling, Justice Abdul Wahab Patail said the court accepted a father’s right to say that someone is his child, if it was true.
“Our society does not accept a person’s denial of the status of another person in the family if they are indeed family,” he said.
Abdul Aziz therefore had the right to call Nasha his daughter, he said, and if by doing so had caused others to look down on him and call him a liar, then it can be said that the plaintiff had been defamed.
“The court accepts that the plaintiff has proved that he had been defamed when the defendant said ‘I only have one father’,” he ruled.
He then ordered Nasha, whose real name is Noraishah Abdul Aziz, to pay Abdul Aziz RM10,000 in general damages with an 8% interest from March 31, 2005, when the suit was filed, until the matter has been disposed of.
Abdul Aziz, a silat (Malay martial arts) teacher and businessman, is Nasha’s biological father while her uncle, the late Abdul Aziz Hathim, was her “adoptive father.”
He filed the suit on March 31, 2005, claiming that the defamatory words published in Mingguan Malaysia on Oct 24, 2004, quoting Nasha as saying that she only had one father had embarrassed and tortured him.
He also named publisher Utusan Melayu (M) Bhd and its reporter Tengku Khalidah Tengku Bidin as defendants in the case.
In his statement of claim, Abdul Aziz said that the article Jangan Tanya Hal Peribadi (Don’t ask personal questions) contained defamatory words.
Previously, his lawyer M. Visva-nathan had submitted that the article implied his client was dead, but Nasha had contended that the plaintiff had given her to his sister, Habibah Mohd Ali, when she was three months old and that her husband, the late Abdul Aziz Hathim, was ayah (father) to her.
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran
I heard so much about this guy but never get around to do much research.
And while I treasure and recently found more of his quotes are profound statements like,
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
I also found a few that is hard to compromise :
If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
Kahlil Gibran is actually a Lebanese migrated to the States and a devoted Christian. I like to assume that he wrote most of his poem in Arabic since he called himself a Syrian nationalist and voted for the use of Arabic Language as the national language of Syria. (Syria? Lebanon? gosh I am so dark about that part of the world ..gotta learn more). He however died in a place all of us know by heart, New York.
I heard so much about this guy but never get around to do much research.
And while I treasure and recently found more of his quotes are profound statements like,
Exaggeration is truth that has lost its temper.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
I love you when you bow in your mosque, kneel in your temple, pray in your church. For you and I are sons of one religion, and it is the spirit.
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.
I also found a few that is hard to compromise :
If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.
Most people who ask for advice from others have already resolved to act as it pleases them.
When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.
Kahlil Gibran is actually a Lebanese migrated to the States and a devoted Christian. I like to assume that he wrote most of his poem in Arabic since he called himself a Syrian nationalist and voted for the use of Arabic Language as the national language of Syria. (Syria? Lebanon? gosh I am so dark about that part of the world ..gotta learn more). He however died in a place all of us know by heart, New York.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
This is Mommy Getting Herself Updated in the Cartoon World
cannon bolt
all
benmummy
articguana (tapi tak pernah tengok pun yang ni?!)
Okay Azuechry, no more 'goreng mommy hidup hidup'..
Jangan ingat mommy ni updated dalam dunia fesyen fesyen je...
all
benmummy
articguana (tapi tak pernah tengok pun yang ni?!)
Okay Azuechry, no more 'goreng mommy hidup hidup'..
Jangan ingat mommy ni updated dalam dunia fesyen fesyen je...
Monday, September 28, 2009
ben10
ape ke nama yang ni?
ripjaws?
heatblast
greymatter (yang ni si azam pernah kelentong mommy cakap ini speakfast sebab dia cakap laju laju... tu yang buat mommy berkobar kobar nak study ben10 ni)
ripjaws?
heatblast
greymatter (yang ni si azam pernah kelentong mommy cakap ini speakfast sebab dia cakap laju laju... tu yang buat mommy berkobar kobar nak study ben10 ni)
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
At the Man's Office
Dear all,
Guess where I am?
At the Man's office. Yes, the Man, my dear husband who has one double lid eye.
The Man's unit shares the floor with another unit whom I think is doing nothing for the company. *Jahatkan aku ni*
Anyway, they are having a buka puasa do and I embraced myself to come (after the Man is invited and he invited me). Just an opportunity for me to get to know the people and what are they doing, actually , for the Company and the betterment of the people's lives in Malaysia.
I haven't figured out much yet.
But the head of the unit, eh tak de le head, the GM, is actually amazing. He is a Toastmaster (Bila la me and the Man nak start our Toastmaster). He acknowledged my Man's presence. Agaknya memang bagus lah this Toastmaster thing. Me and the Man ops sorry The Man and I have been trying to enrol for one and trying we have been for the past 8 years. Hehe.. trying and never really made a move.
Well, another good friend of us, Zul is also in that unit (which I still think does nothing for the company). Zul is apparently the most popular guy in our nets group (the group where we were first recruited by the company). He is doing good, and I am happy. Apparently he was chosen by the management to go for this GLC cross transfer program that will enable him to move to peroton and get new experience there, dengan gaji masih dibayar oleh companyku ini.
I wish to think positively that this cross transfer thing will benefit us.
So, I am out of the Man's nice room (with orange chairs and black leather couch, shit, better than mine) and to mingle around some more.
Oh yes.. tadi masa buka puasa, aku sorang je perempuan duduk di antara lelaki lelaki. Ini yang repeatedly I told people (esp those in melakofberehad) that I am SOOO reluctant to attend this department/ company buka puasa sebab nanti pompuan kena duduk ngan pompuan, laki kena duduk ngan laki. Abih tu, aku ni nak borak ngan sape? PA PA boss korang? Aghh!! And talk about what? Kalau the girls from Planning tu tak pe jugak, lots of things to bitch about.
Adakah aku yang antisocial?
Okay, out to mingle.
Guess where I am?
At the Man's office. Yes, the Man, my dear husband who has one double lid eye.
The Man's unit shares the floor with another unit whom I think is doing nothing for the company. *Jahatkan aku ni*
Anyway, they are having a buka puasa do and I embraced myself to come (after the Man is invited and he invited me). Just an opportunity for me to get to know the people and what are they doing, actually , for the Company and the betterment of the people's lives in Malaysia.
I haven't figured out much yet.
But the head of the unit, eh tak de le head, the GM, is actually amazing. He is a Toastmaster (Bila la me and the Man nak start our Toastmaster). He acknowledged my Man's presence. Agaknya memang bagus lah this Toastmaster thing. Me and the Man ops sorry The Man and I have been trying to enrol for one and trying we have been for the past 8 years. Hehe.. trying and never really made a move.
Well, another good friend of us, Zul is also in that unit (which I still think does nothing for the company). Zul is apparently the most popular guy in our nets group (the group where we were first recruited by the company). He is doing good, and I am happy. Apparently he was chosen by the management to go for this GLC cross transfer program that will enable him to move to peroton and get new experience there, dengan gaji masih dibayar oleh companyku ini.
I wish to think positively that this cross transfer thing will benefit us.
So, I am out of the Man's nice room (with orange chairs and black leather couch, shit, better than mine) and to mingle around some more.
Oh yes.. tadi masa buka puasa, aku sorang je perempuan duduk di antara lelaki lelaki. Ini yang repeatedly I told people (esp those in melakofberehad) that I am SOOO reluctant to attend this department/ company buka puasa sebab nanti pompuan kena duduk ngan pompuan, laki kena duduk ngan laki. Abih tu, aku ni nak borak ngan sape? PA PA boss korang? Aghh!! And talk about what? Kalau the girls from Planning tu tak pe jugak, lots of things to bitch about.
Adakah aku yang antisocial?
Okay, out to mingle.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Tots from the Leader I Respect
I was cleaning up old note books and found this sheet that I titled , "10.6 What I Want to Remember".
(I was sooo organized years ago, okay. All the note books were properly sectioned and numbered)
The page is getting very dirty and thought of throwing it away when I decided to catch a glimpse again of what is 10.6.
So this is among the 10.6
Aug 06.
SBH, "You lose the power of negotiation when you lose your temper"
Dec 06
SBH never lies. He tells the truth all the time, to all party.
(It should be parties, but me three years ago was no good Inglish heh)
May 07
SBH, "Never say no but give options"
Apr 07.
Mushy loyal, respect love --> ape ntah ni...?
(I was sooo organized years ago, okay. All the note books were properly sectioned and numbered)
The page is getting very dirty and thought of throwing it away when I decided to catch a glimpse again of what is 10.6.
So this is among the 10.6
Aug 06.
SBH, "You lose the power of negotiation when you lose your temper"
Dec 06
SBH never lies. He tells the truth all the time, to all party.
(It should be parties, but me three years ago was no good Inglish heh)
May 07
SBH, "Never say no but give options"
Apr 07.
Mushy loyal, respect love --> ape ntah ni...?
Monday, August 03, 2009
Management tips
What is a good absence and what is not?
A good absence is a paid leave away from the office rejuvenating one’s mind or spending quality time with the kids or parents.
What is a not-good abscene , then?
1. A leave taken to run away from problems or avoiding a big important meetings at work. A sign of irresponsibility and immaturity.
2. A leave taken leaving all the papers unsifted on the table. Your first day after the leave will be tougher with all the papers to sift and boss calling you for status report. Make a plan to reroute the letters and memo to you before you take leave.
3. A leave taken and leaving the colleagues finishing up jobs that you are supposed to finish with them having no clues of picking up where you have left. Good project manager will definitely establish of system of leaving the important files archived in a proper and friendly manner.
4. A leave taken to attend to your banking matters. You should play smart by using the internet banking or taking a lunch-break for that matter. If you foresee that the queues at the bank are overwhelming and killing your time, talk to your boss to see whether you can take a 10-oclock one hour break with a promise you will work through the designated lunch hour.
5. Monday, is definitely not a good day to pick up for leave, especially you are the Head of Unit whom to present your sale report and performance and new target on weekly staff meeting on Monday.
6. A leave taken with series of phone calls received from early morning until afternoon. It is definitely not refreshing for you to sip the drink by the beach side while taking all these calls from your clients. Make sure the important people know when are you taking leave and make a plan to reroute all the phone calls to your assistant. Less important calls should not be picked up rather messages shall be left so that you can return them once you are back in the office.
A good absence is a paid leave away from the office rejuvenating one’s mind or spending quality time with the kids or parents.
What is a not-good abscene , then?
1. A leave taken to run away from problems or avoiding a big important meetings at work. A sign of irresponsibility and immaturity.
2. A leave taken leaving all the papers unsifted on the table. Your first day after the leave will be tougher with all the papers to sift and boss calling you for status report. Make a plan to reroute the letters and memo to you before you take leave.
3. A leave taken and leaving the colleagues finishing up jobs that you are supposed to finish with them having no clues of picking up where you have left. Good project manager will definitely establish of system of leaving the important files archived in a proper and friendly manner.
4. A leave taken to attend to your banking matters. You should play smart by using the internet banking or taking a lunch-break for that matter. If you foresee that the queues at the bank are overwhelming and killing your time, talk to your boss to see whether you can take a 10-oclock one hour break with a promise you will work through the designated lunch hour.
5. Monday, is definitely not a good day to pick up for leave, especially you are the Head of Unit whom to present your sale report and performance and new target on weekly staff meeting on Monday.
6. A leave taken with series of phone calls received from early morning until afternoon. It is definitely not refreshing for you to sip the drink by the beach side while taking all these calls from your clients. Make sure the important people know when are you taking leave and make a plan to reroute all the phone calls to your assistant. Less important calls should not be picked up rather messages shall be left so that you can return them once you are back in the office.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
not to be me....
Isn't it wonderful to travel around the world without a care of your work, or whether the lights will go on, or whether the goods will be delivered, or whether the goods delivered will go unused and create sulfur emission to the nearby villages?
Isn't it wonderful not to be me..?
Isn't it wonderful not to be me..?
Gregory Colbert, what a fantastic man
The man behind the lens is Gregory Colbert. He’s also the subject in some of the photographs of this fifteen year-long journey. Colbert can be seen without a breathing apparatus swimming in rhythm with sperm whales. He believes that “nature is an incredible poem and animals are its living masterpieces.” Many in the Western world marvel at Colbert’s work and find it unimaginable that events like this actually take place within nature’s backdrop, but he does not manipulate his art in any way.
“Living with nature is pretty simple really. There’s nothing radical about it,” he says. “If I were to take the hill tribes to a city where there are all these humans, and only a few pigeons, and a dog and cat walking around, that would be unfathomable to them.” The fruits of his exploration led to Ashes and Snow - a multi-media phenomenon of photography, film, architecture, poetry and live installation. It is opening minds to explore what’s out there and eyes to see what’s possible. Sidney Portier said the exhibition is “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? with animals. They’re being invited to the table as equals.”
In 1992, Colbert set out to explore the relationship between man and animal from the inside out. He searched for civilizations that don’t view animals as “others.” He says, “There are cultures that survive or are able to exist only by having a very balanced coexistence with other animals, and those cultures tend to treat animals as equals.” He found such places during 46 expeditions and counting to India, Egypt, Myammar, Tonga, Sri Lanka, Namibia, Kenya, Antarctica and more. The work features Burmese monks, trance dancers, hills people, manatees, African wild dogs and caracals among others. Sometimes weeks go by in faraway mountains, jungles and deserts without a single image being taken, but Colbert is profoundly patient and always observant. In the end, he wins the trusts of all his subjects. He believes in the expression and artistic nature of animals and the intrinsic chemistry that’s possible if man and animal can spiritually connect. Colbert says, “My imagination has always been inspired by nature’s vision.”
Frustrated with the barren, white walls of most museums, and “the art that goes there to die,” Colbert wanted to create something original and organic. The idea behind the traveling museum, and the funds that made it possible, came during the first showing of Ashes and Snow in 2002 at the Venice Biennale’s Arsenale. It’s a vast shipyard that dates back to the Renaissance era. Colbert’s solo exhibit was the first to fill up the entire space, and required people to walk a mile from end to end to experience it all. The chairman of Rolex was so inspired by what he saw that he bought all of Colbert’s work on the spot. He encouraged him to use the money to think big, build something amazing and then share it with the world.
Colbert took it from there. He enlisted the help of Japanese avant-garde architect Shigeru Ban to help complete the vision. Ban designed the 56,000 square foot Nomadic Museum building. It is composed largely of recyclable and reusable materials. The walls are constructed from 152 used shipping containers. They are stacked in a checkerboard pattern to create rigid walls. Paper tubing constitutes the roof and columns. Inside, instrumental music guides visitors down a wooden walkway surrounded by 6,000 river stones. A handmade curtain made of one million pressed paper tea bags from Sri Lanka hangs from the ceiling and floats 40 feet from the floor. An hour long film documenting each expedition and the awe behind the photo shoots is projected on a large screen in a theatre section of the museum. Two short haiku films also play at each end of the gallery. The sepia-toned unframed photographs hang suspended in a dreamlike calmness from thin cables and rods. Each image is 11 x 8 feet and contains no text or explanation. Colbert won’t share much when it comes to artistic process and other secrets behind his magic. Instead he chooses to let observers get lost in their own fantasies. The intention is to share the experience of wonder, contemplation, serenity and hope.
More than one million people have experienced Ashes and Snow. After its opening in Venice, it traveled to New York in 2005 and on to Santa Monica in 2006. Currently it’s on its fourth leg at the water’s edge in Tokyo, Japan. “Tokyo is an ocean of concrete surrounded by a body of water,” Colbert says. “The sea is kind of an oasis.” The Japanese have embraced Ashes and Snow, and this leg of the exhibition is on pace to set attendance records. “The response from the visitors here in Japan is different from what we’ve seen anywhere else,” Colbert explains. “They are spending a lot more time. They are going slowly and nobody’s talking. You can hear a pin drop in there. The Japanese are very contemplative and have taken ownership of Ashes and Snow. Many exit the museum and spend some time just sitting outside thinking about it all. I often feel that when I’m in a place that moves me, I don’t need to talk about it. Even lovers when they’re making love - they don’t give you a play by play.”
He views himself as a storyteller, and throughout his travels he’s been able to see the best and worst of what civilization has done to the environment. His art paints one picture, but it’s just part of the story. His own voice is also incredibly powerful: “We’re at a turning point,” he says. “It’s not good morning global warming, it’s good evening global warming. Yes, we are very rich materially. We’re the richest generation, but did we really have the right - three billion years of nature’s evolution - to have this amazing material party, and then wake up and see this big mess of a party and then like an anorexic, not even recognize that we are starving?”
and now I think people have awakened and realized something needs to be done now. Companies are not just products, and they can’t perpetuate stuff that promotes social chaos. In the future, it won’t be about just the product. You have to be a statesman and that will be a requirement for every CEO…” - GREGORY COLBERT
Colbert was born in Canada and raised on a six-nation Indian reservation. The totem art he grew up with featured animal and human faces. “By age eight or nine, Colbert says, “most kids transition out of curiosity about animals and into viewing them as something different or even dangerous. I simply never chose to cross that bridge.” As a result, he never distanced himself from them. His art can be seen as a poetic field study on the glory of nature and the problem with materialism. Ashes and Snow has no final destination. Gregory Colbert intends to spend the rest of his life providing a voice for animals and crusading to clean up the environment they share with us.
“We’ve been lured by modern culture into this cynical mistrust of nature, and it’s obviously left us where we are, as a species, but we are different than other generations because of the conscious choice we will or will not make. If we are no longer oblivious to the scientists’ view or the impact - it’s very quantifiable - what’s the next step? We’re not underwater, but we can feel the undertow. We’re the ones who’ve created the undertow. I guess we’re going to try to swim sideways?” - GREGORY COLBERT
googled from, http://artworksmagazine.com/?p=388
Monday, July 20, 2009
On why is it two years!
Film adaptations
Main article: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (films)
A two-part film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is planned, with David Yates directing both parts. Part I is slated for release on 19 November 2010, and Part II on 15 July 2011.[86][87] The script was delayed as Steve Kloves was not able to start working on it until the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike had ended.[88] Filming began in February 2009 and will last for a year.[89] John Williams, who composed the scores to the first three films, has expressed interest in returning to score the films.[90]
oh ya i found all these at
http://www.answers.com/topic/harry-potter-book-seven
Main article: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (films)
A two-part film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is planned, with David Yates directing both parts. Part I is slated for release on 19 November 2010, and Part II on 15 July 2011.[86][87] The script was delayed as Steve Kloves was not able to start working on it until the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike had ended.[88] Filming began in February 2009 and will last for a year.[89] John Williams, who composed the scores to the first three films, has expressed interest in returning to score the films.[90]
oh ya i found all these at
http://www.answers.com/topic/harry-potter-book-seven
After the Deathly Hallows?!
Rowling's commentary and supplement
In an interview,[64] online chat,[10][65] the Wizard of the Month section of her website, and during her 2007 U.S. Open Book Tour, Rowling revealed additional character information that she chose not to include in the book. The first bits of information were about the trio and their families, starting with Harry.
She said that Harry became an Auror for the Ministry of Magic, and was later appointed head of the department. He also kept Sirius's motorcycle, which Arthur Weasley repaired for him, but he can no longer speak Parseltongue after the destruction of Voldemort's soul fragment within him. She also said that Ginny Weasley played for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, then left to establish a family with Harry, and later became the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet. Ron Weasley worked at George's store for a time, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and then joined Harry as an Auror. Hermione found her parents in Australia, and removed the memory modification charm she had put on them for safety. Initially, she worked for the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, greatly improving life for house elves. She later moved to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and assisted in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She was also the only member of the trio to go back and complete her seventh year at Hogwarts. Rowling then went on to explain that Dumbledore's relationship with Gellert Grindelwald extended beyond mere friendship; indeed, Rowling has revealed that "Dumbledore is gay, actually",[66] and harboured romantic feelings for Grindelwald.[67] Next, Rowling revealed the fate of Voldemort. After his death, he was forced to exist in the stunted form Harry witnessed in the King's Cross limbo, as his crimes were too severe for him to become a ghost.
Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters, starting with the Weasleys. George Weasley continued his successful joke shop. George married fellow Quidditch player Angelina Johnson and had two children: a son named Fred, in memory of his late twin brother, and a daughter, Roxanne. Next, Rowling proceeded to explain Luna Lovegood's future, saying that she searched the world for odd and unique creatures. She eventually married Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist Newt Scamander,[65] writer of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. They have twins called Lorcan and Lysander. Her father's publication, The Quibbler, has returned to its usual condition of "advanced lunacy" and is appreciated for its unintentional humour.
Rowling then gave briefer histories on some more of the minor characters, as follows. Draco Malfoy's wife, Astoria (or Asteria), was the younger sister of his Slytherin classmate Daphne Greengrass. Percy Weasley married a woman named Audrey and had two daughters, named Molly and Lucy. Firenze was welcomed back into his herd, who finally acknowledged the virtue of his pro-human leanings. Dolores Umbridge was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns. Cho Chang went on to marry a Muggle.[68] Viktor Krum found love in his native Bulgaria.[69] Neville Longbottom became professor of Herbology at Hogwarts and married Hannah Abbott, who became the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.[70] Bill and Fleur Weasley had a total of three children, a younger son named Louis, and two daughters, named Dominique and Victoire.
Rowling also revealed further transformations in the wider wizarding world as follows. Kingsley Shacklebolt became the permanent Minister of Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official. Among the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, Azkaban no longer used Dementors. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also instrumental in reforming the Ministry.[10] At Hogwarts, Slytherin House became more diluted and no longer held the title as the pure-blood bastion it once was, although its dark reputation lingered.[10] Voldemort's jinx on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position was broken with his death, and there was a permanent Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher stated. Harry also is said to come to the Defence Against the Dark Arts class to lecture several times a year.[64] Lastly, Rowling says that a portrait of Snape, who briefly served as Hogwarts Headmaster, had not appeared in the headmaster's office, as he had abandoned his post. Harry then ensures the addition of Snape's portrait, and publicly reveals Snape's true allegiance.[10]
*syok kan bile all well ends well*
In an interview,[64] online chat,[10][65] the Wizard of the Month section of her website, and during her 2007 U.S. Open Book Tour, Rowling revealed additional character information that she chose not to include in the book. The first bits of information were about the trio and their families, starting with Harry.
She said that Harry became an Auror for the Ministry of Magic, and was later appointed head of the department. He also kept Sirius's motorcycle, which Arthur Weasley repaired for him, but he can no longer speak Parseltongue after the destruction of Voldemort's soul fragment within him. She also said that Ginny Weasley played for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, then left to establish a family with Harry, and later became the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet. Ron Weasley worked at George's store for a time, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, and then joined Harry as an Auror. Hermione found her parents in Australia, and removed the memory modification charm she had put on them for safety. Initially, she worked for the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, greatly improving life for house elves. She later moved to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and assisted in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She was also the only member of the trio to go back and complete her seventh year at Hogwarts. Rowling then went on to explain that Dumbledore's relationship with Gellert Grindelwald extended beyond mere friendship; indeed, Rowling has revealed that "Dumbledore is gay, actually",[66] and harboured romantic feelings for Grindelwald.[67] Next, Rowling revealed the fate of Voldemort. After his death, he was forced to exist in the stunted form Harry witnessed in the King's Cross limbo, as his crimes were too severe for him to become a ghost.
Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters, starting with the Weasleys. George Weasley continued his successful joke shop. George married fellow Quidditch player Angelina Johnson and had two children: a son named Fred, in memory of his late twin brother, and a daughter, Roxanne. Next, Rowling proceeded to explain Luna Lovegood's future, saying that she searched the world for odd and unique creatures. She eventually married Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist Newt Scamander,[65] writer of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. They have twins called Lorcan and Lysander. Her father's publication, The Quibbler, has returned to its usual condition of "advanced lunacy" and is appreciated for its unintentional humour.
Rowling then gave briefer histories on some more of the minor characters, as follows. Draco Malfoy's wife, Astoria (or Asteria), was the younger sister of his Slytherin classmate Daphne Greengrass. Percy Weasley married a woman named Audrey and had two daughters, named Molly and Lucy. Firenze was welcomed back into his herd, who finally acknowledged the virtue of his pro-human leanings. Dolores Umbridge was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns. Cho Chang went on to marry a Muggle.[68] Viktor Krum found love in his native Bulgaria.[69] Neville Longbottom became professor of Herbology at Hogwarts and married Hannah Abbott, who became the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.[70] Bill and Fleur Weasley had a total of three children, a younger son named Louis, and two daughters, named Dominique and Victoire.
Rowling also revealed further transformations in the wider wizarding world as follows. Kingsley Shacklebolt became the permanent Minister of Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official. Among the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, Azkaban no longer used Dementors. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also instrumental in reforming the Ministry.[10] At Hogwarts, Slytherin House became more diluted and no longer held the title as the pure-blood bastion it once was, although its dark reputation lingered.[10] Voldemort's jinx on the Defence Against the Dark Arts position was broken with his death, and there was a permanent Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher stated. Harry also is said to come to the Defence Against the Dark Arts class to lecture several times a year.[64] Lastly, Rowling says that a portrait of Snape, who briefly served as Hogwarts Headmaster, had not appeared in the headmaster's office, as he had abandoned his post. Harry then ensures the addition of Snape's portrait, and publicly reveals Snape's true allegiance.[10]
*syok kan bile all well ends well*
Finale of Harry Potter
I was correct! The Finale is 5 hours. But why two years?!! Urghh
Published: Friday July 17, 2009 MYT 1:06:00 PM
Potter' enchants fans with US$58.2M opening day
LOS ANGELES: A long school break has been kind to "Harry Potter."
After a two-year gap since the last film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" opened with a whopping $58.2 million domestically in its first day, distributor Warner Bros. said Thursday.
"Half-Blood Prince" also conjured up $45.8 million in 33 other countries where it opened Wednesday, among them Great Britain, France, Germany, Australia and Japan.
That gave the film a worldwide total of $104 million.
Domestically, the movie had the best single-day haul yet for the franchise and the fourth-best daily gross ever, behind last year's "The Dark Knight" at $67.2 million, this summer's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" at $62 million and 2007's "Spider-Man 3" at $59.8 million.
"Half-Blood Prince" receipts include a record $22.2 million from midnight screenings alone, surpassing the previous high of $18.5 million for "The Dark Knight."
The sixth installment in the "Harry Potter" series had the second-highest debut ever for a movie opening on Wednesday.
It trailed only the "Transformers" sequel opening last month.
The new movie generally has gotten the best reviews yet among the big-screen adventures of teen wizard Harry (Daniel Radcliffe).
"Half-Blood Prince" has Harry struggling to pry a critical memory loose from a new Hogwarts teacher who possesses key information in the coming showdown between the young hero and the evil Lord Voldemort.
The two-year lag since the fifth movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was the longest in the franchise's history.
"Order of the Phoenix" started with a $44.8 million opening day on a mid-July Wednesday in 2007 and went on to gross $139.7 million by the end of its first weekend.
The big launch for "Half-Blood Prince" could put it on track to pass that mark over its first five days.
The film also has a solid launch to challenge the franchise's all-time best earner, which remains 2001's original movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," with $975 million worldwide.
"It certainly gives us something to look forward to, but we have to take it one week at a time," said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. head of distribution.
Warner has had great luck with mid-July debuts, opening "The Dark Knight" and "Order of the Phoenix" over the same weekends the last two years.
The studio has carved out that weekend again next summer with "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan's follow-up, the sci-fi thriller "Inception," starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The final "Harry Potter" movie follows on July 15, 2011, the second half of a two-part adaptation of the last book in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series.
The first movie in that two-parter hits theaters Nov. 19, 2010. - AP
Published: Friday July 17, 2009 MYT 1:06:00 PM
Potter' enchants fans with US$58.2M opening day
LOS ANGELES: A long school break has been kind to "Harry Potter."
After a two-year gap since the last film, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" opened with a whopping $58.2 million domestically in its first day, distributor Warner Bros. said Thursday.
"Half-Blood Prince" also conjured up $45.8 million in 33 other countries where it opened Wednesday, among them Great Britain, France, Germany, Australia and Japan.
That gave the film a worldwide total of $104 million.
Domestically, the movie had the best single-day haul yet for the franchise and the fourth-best daily gross ever, behind last year's "The Dark Knight" at $67.2 million, this summer's "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" at $62 million and 2007's "Spider-Man 3" at $59.8 million.
"Half-Blood Prince" receipts include a record $22.2 million from midnight screenings alone, surpassing the previous high of $18.5 million for "The Dark Knight."
The sixth installment in the "Harry Potter" series had the second-highest debut ever for a movie opening on Wednesday.
It trailed only the "Transformers" sequel opening last month.
The new movie generally has gotten the best reviews yet among the big-screen adventures of teen wizard Harry (Daniel Radcliffe).
"Half-Blood Prince" has Harry struggling to pry a critical memory loose from a new Hogwarts teacher who possesses key information in the coming showdown between the young hero and the evil Lord Voldemort.
The two-year lag since the fifth movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," was the longest in the franchise's history.
"Order of the Phoenix" started with a $44.8 million opening day on a mid-July Wednesday in 2007 and went on to gross $139.7 million by the end of its first weekend.
The big launch for "Half-Blood Prince" could put it on track to pass that mark over its first five days.
The film also has a solid launch to challenge the franchise's all-time best earner, which remains 2001's original movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," with $975 million worldwide.
"It certainly gives us something to look forward to, but we have to take it one week at a time," said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. head of distribution.
Warner has had great luck with mid-July debuts, opening "The Dark Knight" and "Order of the Phoenix" over the same weekends the last two years.
The studio has carved out that weekend again next summer with "Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan's follow-up, the sci-fi thriller "Inception," starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
The final "Harry Potter" movie follows on July 15, 2011, the second half of a two-part adaptation of the last book in J.K. Rowling's fantasy series.
The first movie in that two-parter hits theaters Nov. 19, 2010. - AP
the Half Blood Prince
We saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last Saturday.
Like the book, the fan will surely forgive for all the (many) shortcomings of this movie since it is preparing us for THE final battle at the Deathly Hallows.
Little details, like the name of the girls bumped at Supper, or spells that won’t work, or curtsies by any of the Teachers, will pop up at the end of the book at each of the book’s final battle. However, as for Half Blood Prince, the final battle is not stimulating, doesn’t make your hand stand. I am correct to say that there is no battle at all in this Half Blood Prince.
However, many things I re-discovered:
1. George and Fred’s Joke Shop is definitely fantastic, much more beautiful then what I have imagined when I read the book. You can just hear the laughter just by looking at the door.
2. Ginny is a grown up?! Our eyes were still on the cute, naïve girl but accepting the fact, anyway.
3. I thought Tonk and Lupin got married during summer?
4. I thought Tonk found Harry when he was ‘stupefied’ by Draco Malfoy in the train.
5. Since when Ron has biceps?
6. Hermione is as what I have always imagined; sweet, grown up, wiser, brilliant as always.
7. I thought Slughorn was supposed to be uglier.
8. Narcissa, Draco’s mother was supposed to look meaner and bitchier but she looked prettier in the movie.
9. I feel that the score was not appalling enough.
All in all , it is a forgiven piece. As we fan know, it is to prepare us for the final battle , the Dark Lord vs Harry Potter. And I don’t know how long could the movie be. 5 hours?
Seriously, I don’t mind 5 hours.
Like the book, the fan will surely forgive for all the (many) shortcomings of this movie since it is preparing us for THE final battle at the Deathly Hallows.
Little details, like the name of the girls bumped at Supper, or spells that won’t work, or curtsies by any of the Teachers, will pop up at the end of the book at each of the book’s final battle. However, as for Half Blood Prince, the final battle is not stimulating, doesn’t make your hand stand. I am correct to say that there is no battle at all in this Half Blood Prince.
However, many things I re-discovered:
1. George and Fred’s Joke Shop is definitely fantastic, much more beautiful then what I have imagined when I read the book. You can just hear the laughter just by looking at the door.
2. Ginny is a grown up?! Our eyes were still on the cute, naïve girl but accepting the fact, anyway.
3. I thought Tonk and Lupin got married during summer?
4. I thought Tonk found Harry when he was ‘stupefied’ by Draco Malfoy in the train.
5. Since when Ron has biceps?
6. Hermione is as what I have always imagined; sweet, grown up, wiser, brilliant as always.
7. I thought Slughorn was supposed to be uglier.
8. Narcissa, Draco’s mother was supposed to look meaner and bitchier but she looked prettier in the movie.
9. I feel that the score was not appalling enough.
All in all , it is a forgiven piece. As we fan know, it is to prepare us for the final battle , the Dark Lord vs Harry Potter. And I don’t know how long could the movie be. 5 hours?
Seriously, I don’t mind 5 hours.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Erase The Anger
I typed these in my qwerty keyboard NOKIA E71
"What time did you come home last night? Y didn't u wake me up to set my alarm? And y didn't move the kid to his bed? I didn't get to set my alarm, so didn't get to get up for sahur. Today feel very sluggish"
and erased them right away, replaced by these
"Dah makan?"
Anger, when blurted out, stays even 1,000 words of apology are uttered.
"What time did you come home last night? Y didn't u wake me up to set my alarm? And y didn't move the kid to his bed? I didn't get to set my alarm, so didn't get to get up for sahur. Today feel very sluggish"
and erased them right away, replaced by these
"Dah makan?"
Anger, when blurted out, stays even 1,000 words of apology are uttered.
The Man
Was browsing my camera card and found out lots of these taken by the Kiddo.
So decided to post up some.
Plus, they are masterpiece by a four-year old.
(before Mommy emptying my card)
Anyway, The Man Looks super duper sexy and inviting in this picture eh...
Monday, July 13, 2009
quote for the day
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."
Monday, July 06, 2009
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
I Have Not Been Fair
I have not been fair to this blog space since now I am currently in this cupcake frenzy. (I know I am a bit late into it)
Okay, so this space is for politics, office, shoppings, etc. I have a new ones on the picture of all my cuppies at http://butterinthecup.blogspot.com but purely, all pictures, no feelings attached.
So update of my new life:
1. School holidays : both Azeuchry and Anna were on flu bugs.
2. I have put on weight. I think so. I have refrained myself from stepping on the scale.
3. I bought seven guppies for Azeuchry and all of them died within seven days.
4. My new boss has low self esteem.
5. I was advised not to office-politics-talk here.
6. Rohana is back in the Crystal Plaza. I am safe.
7. My next Bandung trip is within 2 weeks time.
8. My birthday trip to Sipadan was not beautiful. But my husband made it beautiful with a useful birthday gift a month later. (Read: A month later)
9. Butterfly is so hard to draw on the cup cakes.
10. Five hundred bucks is how much I earned on my cupcakes business.
Okay, so this space is for politics, office, shoppings, etc. I have a new ones on the picture of all my cuppies at http://butterinthecup.blogspot.com but purely, all pictures, no feelings attached.
So update of my new life:
1. School holidays : both Azeuchry and Anna were on flu bugs.
2. I have put on weight. I think so. I have refrained myself from stepping on the scale.
3. I bought seven guppies for Azeuchry and all of them died within seven days.
4. My new boss has low self esteem.
5. I was advised not to office-politics-talk here.
6. Rohana is back in the Crystal Plaza. I am safe.
7. My next Bandung trip is within 2 weeks time.
8. My birthday trip to Sipadan was not beautiful. But my husband made it beautiful with a useful birthday gift a month later. (Read: A month later)
9. Butterfly is so hard to draw on the cup cakes.
10. Five hundred bucks is how much I earned on my cupcakes business.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Definitely Not Healthy!
When I was caught in a situation where I was not given didn’t grab much time to defend myself, I found that I retaliate to others.
I picked up ‘others’ as those who have been bugging me and I judgingly feel that they should be punished along time ago.
The first victim is the depressed neighbor who has been texting the whole neighborhood about how bad the husband is. I went to her house just to tell her to stop texting me and get a life. I did. OK.
The second victim is the non performing Senior Manager who is being very dogmatic and saying many wrong things just to make people feel that he has somethings to say. I, in front of others in a big meeting, kinda humiliated him. “Mr R, you shouldn’t be referring to them as non core units, they are the supporting unit. Calling them non core will only make them feel that they are the second class group!”. I did. OK.
Don’t think all these are healthy.
I need to be human again.
I picked up ‘others’ as those who have been bugging me and I judgingly feel that they should be punished along time ago.
The first victim is the depressed neighbor who has been texting the whole neighborhood about how bad the husband is. I went to her house just to tell her to stop texting me and get a life. I did. OK.
The second victim is the non performing Senior Manager who is being very dogmatic and saying many wrong things just to make people feel that he has somethings to say. I, in front of others in a big meeting, kinda humiliated him. “Mr R, you shouldn’t be referring to them as non core units, they are the supporting unit. Calling them non core will only make them feel that they are the second class group!”. I did. OK.
Don’t think all these are healthy.
I need to be human again.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
The Down Days
Sometimes, you have a one sided friendship. You tend to hear, to listen to The Other Person (TOP) rambling and yours went unheard. In another relationship, you are the one who talk more and the other one listens.
I guess that’s pretty much depending on who you are. If you are a strong character, you’ll tend to talk, and dictate, and powerfully bash people down, especially people with soft character.
How do I define myself? Yes, I am the attention seeker. I created drama to get attention from my closed ones. I unshyfully (such word exist?) approach stranger. I could stop in a middle of road to ask direction.
But when it comes to a dictating person, I surrender. I retreated myself further and just sat there being bashed.
A few occasions went by and somehow, I suddenly feel that I am a soft snake that requires recoil. But when I recoil, I recoil in anger.
The thing with Clipperseep is, she can’t talk properly when anger kicks. She was an angry teenager. She had hells being an angry person. She pushed a friend’s pride when that friend angered her. It costs not much, but quite a handful bitter experience. So Clipperseep stays low and far from being mad.
So there I was, absorbing the following impressions:
1. That I am not to my normal par. That the kids’ sicknesses deter my performance.
2. That my team lack of intelligence, wisdom and decisiveness is unbearably costing the company heaps of opportunity losses.
3. That my two mis-quoted wrong laycan dates given to a wrong contract is a sign of my weakness and my brain illness. That my effort of admitting my mistake got bashed more.
4. That my highly respected boss is sharing all the wrong things I did under the sky and whining about it endlessly and that is the ultimate to his stress.
Anyway, that was me. I extended the impressions I have further in my brain and kicked my butt harder to the conclusion that I am not that worth to be here.
While I am absorbing that all the facts could be true, I did try to recoil and things become ugly.
Defensive is not even a choice. Absorptive is.
Perhaps I should just stay home. And try to be a good mother. Perhaps my kids are the only things I should care about, rather than saving the company million bucks.
I guess that’s pretty much depending on who you are. If you are a strong character, you’ll tend to talk, and dictate, and powerfully bash people down, especially people with soft character.
How do I define myself? Yes, I am the attention seeker. I created drama to get attention from my closed ones. I unshyfully (such word exist?) approach stranger. I could stop in a middle of road to ask direction.
But when it comes to a dictating person, I surrender. I retreated myself further and just sat there being bashed.
A few occasions went by and somehow, I suddenly feel that I am a soft snake that requires recoil. But when I recoil, I recoil in anger.
The thing with Clipperseep is, she can’t talk properly when anger kicks. She was an angry teenager. She had hells being an angry person. She pushed a friend’s pride when that friend angered her. It costs not much, but quite a handful bitter experience. So Clipperseep stays low and far from being mad.
So there I was, absorbing the following impressions:
1. That I am not to my normal par. That the kids’ sicknesses deter my performance.
2. That my team lack of intelligence, wisdom and decisiveness is unbearably costing the company heaps of opportunity losses.
3. That my two mis-quoted wrong laycan dates given to a wrong contract is a sign of my weakness and my brain illness. That my effort of admitting my mistake got bashed more.
4. That my highly respected boss is sharing all the wrong things I did under the sky and whining about it endlessly and that is the ultimate to his stress.
Anyway, that was me. I extended the impressions I have further in my brain and kicked my butt harder to the conclusion that I am not that worth to be here.
While I am absorbing that all the facts could be true, I did try to recoil and things become ugly.
Defensive is not even a choice. Absorptive is.
Perhaps I should just stay home. And try to be a good mother. Perhaps my kids are the only things I should care about, rather than saving the company million bucks.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Anna
She is fine! Wound is finally healing.
The sky is suddenly blue. The food suddenly tastes good. My flabby tummy suddenly vanishes...
How the kids mean to us... and how their good news brighten our days...
The sky is suddenly blue. The food suddenly tastes good. My flabby tummy suddenly vanishes...
How the kids mean to us... and how their good news brighten our days...
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Daily Update
Life is happening so fast for me.
1. Zul MN passed away about four hours after I visited him at Damansara SC. Well, I always thought that he will go earlier than the rest of us , since he had that mechanical heart installed in him and due for replacement / inspection anytime soon, but I never thought that it is this soon. I cried when I saw his wife, a young widow with five kids. I cried even more when I saw his friends aching i.e. Nonche, Hisham and the rest.
I miss him in the negotiation meeting. They would surely miss him more. How would it be walking by his empty office, closed door and dark room. Apatah lagi nanti bila ada replacement and they will be forced to clean up the room and his belongings. Part of us want to hold on to that memory, another part of us want to move on.
The wife decided to bury him here where many had argued that he should be buried back in Kelantan so that his family will go back to Kelantan settling down.
I guess, that's her decision. After all, its her right to remain in the house where Zul and her built together, and raised their 5 kids together.
HE is a special person and I cried again when writing.
2. Back to me.
My Bandung trip (I'll blog about the items we bought) went well except for the fact that I left my sick child behind. The Man took three full days off to take care of him and i VOWED that I will never leave them behind anymore. Anywhere we go after this, we'll go together as a family.
3. Prusuant to the vow I made, the immediate weekend after that, we took the kids to Bird's Park. It was entertaining. The peacocks were showing off their beautiful feathers everywhere. The parrots were colorful and the burung kenyalang were magnificent. I liked it. The kids like it and we all kissed Daddy thank you. I nursed Anna and a pigeon flew above and shoot me a good white spot on my hair.
4. Azam had an acute asthma attack the week I went to Bandung. (I told my parents in law that I had a business meeting in JKT and took off to Bandung right away). He is now on 4 hourly puff of ventolin evohaler and 12 hourly seretide evohaler.
5.Anna is going for a minor surgery next week. Aparently she had this tiny dot on her left earh called the preauricular sinus. That tiny dot is actualy a little hollow and it is now infected and a lump is formed with pass inside. I was worried that the procedure will scar her face. Went to see Dr. Zul Ladin who did Azam's hernia for second opinion and yup, I'm ready to do it next week.
6. Baie the Boss had a bad time last week and been throwing act at us. We lovingly took all the acts in good faith and stayed loyal, anyway.
7. On top of all these, my Pinkie Dell decided to rest for a while and I was without her for almost 13 days. Fooh.. 13 days without blogging, without Facebook, without real work!
Wish us luck for Anna's surgery.
1. Zul MN passed away about four hours after I visited him at Damansara SC. Well, I always thought that he will go earlier than the rest of us , since he had that mechanical heart installed in him and due for replacement / inspection anytime soon, but I never thought that it is this soon. I cried when I saw his wife, a young widow with five kids. I cried even more when I saw his friends aching i.e. Nonche, Hisham and the rest.
I miss him in the negotiation meeting. They would surely miss him more. How would it be walking by his empty office, closed door and dark room. Apatah lagi nanti bila ada replacement and they will be forced to clean up the room and his belongings. Part of us want to hold on to that memory, another part of us want to move on.
The wife decided to bury him here where many had argued that he should be buried back in Kelantan so that his family will go back to Kelantan settling down.
I guess, that's her decision. After all, its her right to remain in the house where Zul and her built together, and raised their 5 kids together.
HE is a special person and I cried again when writing.
2. Back to me.
My Bandung trip (I'll blog about the items we bought) went well except for the fact that I left my sick child behind. The Man took three full days off to take care of him and i VOWED that I will never leave them behind anymore. Anywhere we go after this, we'll go together as a family.
3. Prusuant to the vow I made, the immediate weekend after that, we took the kids to Bird's Park. It was entertaining. The peacocks were showing off their beautiful feathers everywhere. The parrots were colorful and the burung kenyalang were magnificent. I liked it. The kids like it and we all kissed Daddy thank you. I nursed Anna and a pigeon flew above and shoot me a good white spot on my hair.
4. Azam had an acute asthma attack the week I went to Bandung. (I told my parents in law that I had a business meeting in JKT and took off to Bandung right away). He is now on 4 hourly puff of ventolin evohaler and 12 hourly seretide evohaler.
5.Anna is going for a minor surgery next week. Aparently she had this tiny dot on her left earh called the preauricular sinus. That tiny dot is actualy a little hollow and it is now infected and a lump is formed with pass inside. I was worried that the procedure will scar her face. Went to see Dr. Zul Ladin who did Azam's hernia for second opinion and yup, I'm ready to do it next week.
6. Baie the Boss had a bad time last week and been throwing act at us. We lovingly took all the acts in good faith and stayed loyal, anyway.
7. On top of all these, my Pinkie Dell decided to rest for a while and I was without her for almost 13 days. Fooh.. 13 days without blogging, without Facebook, without real work!
Wish us luck for Anna's surgery.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Feeling Lonely
I'm just surprised to see how lonely one could be whilst being in a large group...
I know that when the thoughts wonder around and keep landing on one particular issue or person, suddenly your life becomes purposeful. you'd feel lonely but those thoughts would gave you a warm feeling indeed
I know that when the thoughts wonder around and keep landing on one particular issue or person, suddenly your life becomes purposeful. you'd feel lonely but those thoughts would gave you a warm feeling indeed
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sometimes i feel...
This seldom happens. Yes i am a human.
I feel like vanishing into thin air. I feel like there are too much expectations of me and I am supposed to stand strong anchoring every one else.
I am done of thinking that I am the victim, that i have always to keep cleaning other people's mess(es). I am over that. I have accepted that as challenges and embraced through the errors to get them corrected.
However I am defeated by the various audits done, endless queries to be answered, piles of documents to sift through. For now I am defeated and feel like running away from here.
There is a place I long to be and its in his arms...
I feel like vanishing into thin air. I feel like there are too much expectations of me and I am supposed to stand strong anchoring every one else.
I am done of thinking that I am the victim, that i have always to keep cleaning other people's mess(es). I am over that. I have accepted that as challenges and embraced through the errors to get them corrected.
However I am defeated by the various audits done, endless queries to be answered, piles of documents to sift through. For now I am defeated and feel like running away from here.
There is a place I long to be and its in his arms...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Deleted
I've deleted the entry about work and the procurement thingy.
Turned out to be that I am no longer mad.
It is destined that my work is such.
It requires high integrity, mistake-free.
So that is what I am paid for.
No need to compare the Money I'm getting with those who duduk goyang kaki (sit down and yak all day).
No need to compare the fact that I am the only Manager whose room has no door, and people would walk in freely while I am breast-expressing.
The satisfaction is in the job itself.
It is satisfying to see the process I created evolved, to see the time cut to do the same amount of things.
Turned out to be that I am no longer mad.
It is destined that my work is such.
It requires high integrity, mistake-free.
So that is what I am paid for.
No need to compare the Money I'm getting with those who duduk goyang kaki (sit down and yak all day).
No need to compare the fact that I am the only Manager whose room has no door, and people would walk in freely while I am breast-expressing.
The satisfaction is in the job itself.
It is satisfying to see the process I created evolved, to see the time cut to do the same amount of things.
Monday, February 02, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
update
am blogging using my mobile at a hair salon so forgive the spelling and space bar
Was travelling the whole day today down south. Met JFT, Roan's boyfriend with another girl. The girl look cheap okay.. Texted roan the moment we stepped in the car to ask whether she and JFT are ok and all the stories poured in. We were texting each other until three.. The longest text time.
Oh nonche u r so right.. Blogging wi h e7r cannot scroll down to see what am i typing... Penning off now
Was travelling the whole day today down south. Met JFT, Roan's boyfriend with another girl. The girl look cheap okay.. Texted roan the moment we stepped in the car to ask whether she and JFT are ok and all the stories poured in. We were texting each other until three.. The longest text time.
Oh nonche u r so right.. Blogging wi h e7r cannot scroll down to see what am i typing... Penning off now
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Gloomy Year 2009
Talking crap now.
I think the growth of the economy will pick up very slow this time.
I think we'll see the investors coming in back earliest by Q4 2009.
I think the blue chips will only pick up by 2H 2009.
Crap ek.
I think the growth of the economy will pick up very slow this time.
I think we'll see the investors coming in back earliest by Q4 2009.
I think the blue chips will only pick up by 2H 2009.
Crap ek.
My Prayers for the Kids of Palestines
My Prayers for the Kids of Palestines
Dear Allah,
I pray that they died without the pain
I pray that they died without the fear
I pray that they are at someplace better
I pray that someone kind will swoop them in his arms
when they stood there crying for their dying moms
I pray that someone kind will hug and calm them down
I pray that someone kind will always come around
I pray that you sent this suffering away
Away from them, away from mine
I pray that if this finally arrived the place called here
I will have the strength to stand there with my kids
To teach them that death is nothing to fear
For you will be meeting your Creator
Dear Allah,
I pray that they died without the pain
I pray that they died without the fear
I pray that they are at someplace better
I pray that someone kind will swoop them in his arms
when they stood there crying for their dying moms
I pray that someone kind will hug and calm them down
I pray that someone kind will always come around
I pray that you sent this suffering away
Away from them, away from mine
I pray that if this finally arrived the place called here
I will have the strength to stand there with my kids
To teach them that death is nothing to fear
For you will be meeting your Creator
Sunday, January 04, 2009
10-year Plan
Was reading the magazine about the ten years horoscope reading. Not that I am a big believer of horoscope (noted I spelt hororscope before) since I believe that we shape our own destiny, but it is nice to realize that if we could chart the ten years business plan for the company, why couldn’t we do it to our own personal life.
I do have a ten years plan mapped out since I was 25. I achieved half of it, having a family of my own, having the stability and freedom to buy my parents things and started to make my money works for me. Half of it. Or shall I say all of it, since my plan is only for half of the ten-year period.
Truth is I could only see five years down the road. I saw me going to boarding school when I was in standard two and make sure I worked hard for that. I saw me in the science class when I was in Form Three (since my school had very limited science class) and I worked hard for that. I saw me in the States visiting two places, i.e. Niagara Falls and the Disneyland and I worked hard for that. I got all those.
When I graduated, I was clueless for the first four years. Didn’t know whether I was at the right path. Dreamt of getting married but don’t know what would happen after the wedding. Dreamt of getting the works done correctly but don’t know whether the path is there for me, an engineer doing this work.
So I started to see where I was going when Azeuchry was born. The financial planning, the spending on myself and on my parents. The bits I did for the family. Mapping out where the company was heading to. Well, the company wasn’t actually there because of the plan we mapped out, but rather on the market animosity. A bit here and there.
Back to the horoscope.
So it is said that in 2012, I will have a very clear picture on where am I heading to which sounds positive. In 2017, I will have a very heavy windfall. Which made sense because the economic cycle will take about 9 years to bloom very very nicely so all the money I invested in the unit trust funds will hit their high and I’ll harvest of around RM1.0 million or more in 2017. Big laugh on the the very small amount I’m investing (well I did a bit, okay? 40% to the unit trust, 60% to the new Coach bag and some shoes and make ups and whats). On the bad news 2014 will see a family commitment seeking attention.
I mapped out the whole thing and figure out that certain scenarios.
Scenario 1: Working in this organization until the retirement day:
First five years
---------------------
2009/ My age 32/ Azeuchry 5 yo/ Anna 1/ My dad 62 *
2010
2011
2012 / My age 35 *clearer picture of where am I heading * perhaps getting my Senior Manager promotion. Heading a very enlarged unit doing trading, hedging, operation.
2013
--------
Next five years
---------------------
2014/ My age 37/ Azeuchry 10 yo/ Anna 6/ My dad 67 * Family commitment seeking attention * My dad is the closest to me, so I assume it’s something to do with my dad. I’m wishing that I have all the time for him.
2015
2016
2017/ My age 40 * Expecting a very heavy windfall * Hmm what else if I’m stuck here in this organization. Perhaps becoming the youngest female General Manager? Getting very large amount of company’s shares? Tax department figured out that I overpaid and pay me back with 200% of compounding interest? Haa… drooling.
2018
Scenario 2: Not in this organization.
First five years
---------------------
2009/ My age 32/ Azeuchry 5 yo/ Anna 1/ My dad 62 *
2010
2011
2012 / My age 35 *clearer picture of where am I heading * Quit this organization. Will be offered a job heading a commodity trading unit with very challenging and doable tasks. Having fun at work.
2013
--------
Next five years
---------------------
2014/ My age 37/ Azeuchry 10 yo/ Anna 6/ My dad 67 * Family commitment seeking attention *
2015
2016
2017/ My age 40 * Expecting a very heavy windfall * Financial freedom! Not having to work. Starting a consultancy firm that do very expensive advisory services on commodity and operation. Big name in girl-power motivation talk about money and career and breastfeeding. Getting called back to this organization to be in the Board of Director and get to kick people asses for moving slow. Haha.
2018
Sedap siot berangan.
I do have a ten years plan mapped out since I was 25. I achieved half of it, having a family of my own, having the stability and freedom to buy my parents things and started to make my money works for me. Half of it. Or shall I say all of it, since my plan is only for half of the ten-year period.
Truth is I could only see five years down the road. I saw me going to boarding school when I was in standard two and make sure I worked hard for that. I saw me in the science class when I was in Form Three (since my school had very limited science class) and I worked hard for that. I saw me in the States visiting two places, i.e. Niagara Falls and the Disneyland and I worked hard for that. I got all those.
When I graduated, I was clueless for the first four years. Didn’t know whether I was at the right path. Dreamt of getting married but don’t know what would happen after the wedding. Dreamt of getting the works done correctly but don’t know whether the path is there for me, an engineer doing this work.
So I started to see where I was going when Azeuchry was born. The financial planning, the spending on myself and on my parents. The bits I did for the family. Mapping out where the company was heading to. Well, the company wasn’t actually there because of the plan we mapped out, but rather on the market animosity. A bit here and there.
Back to the horoscope.
So it is said that in 2012, I will have a very clear picture on where am I heading to which sounds positive. In 2017, I will have a very heavy windfall. Which made sense because the economic cycle will take about 9 years to bloom very very nicely so all the money I invested in the unit trust funds will hit their high and I’ll harvest of around RM1.0 million or more in 2017. Big laugh on the the very small amount I’m investing (well I did a bit, okay? 40% to the unit trust, 60% to the new Coach bag and some shoes and make ups and whats). On the bad news 2014 will see a family commitment seeking attention.
I mapped out the whole thing and figure out that certain scenarios.
Scenario 1: Working in this organization until the retirement day:
First five years
---------------------
2009/ My age 32/ Azeuchry 5 yo/ Anna 1/ My dad 62 *
2010
2011
2012 / My age 35 *clearer picture of where am I heading * perhaps getting my Senior Manager promotion. Heading a very enlarged unit doing trading, hedging, operation.
2013
--------
Next five years
---------------------
2014/ My age 37/ Azeuchry 10 yo/ Anna 6/ My dad 67 * Family commitment seeking attention * My dad is the closest to me, so I assume it’s something to do with my dad. I’m wishing that I have all the time for him.
2015
2016
2017/ My age 40 * Expecting a very heavy windfall * Hmm what else if I’m stuck here in this organization. Perhaps becoming the youngest female General Manager? Getting very large amount of company’s shares? Tax department figured out that I overpaid and pay me back with 200% of compounding interest? Haa… drooling.
2018
Scenario 2: Not in this organization.
First five years
---------------------
2009/ My age 32/ Azeuchry 5 yo/ Anna 1/ My dad 62 *
2010
2011
2012 / My age 35 *clearer picture of where am I heading * Quit this organization. Will be offered a job heading a commodity trading unit with very challenging and doable tasks. Having fun at work.
2013
--------
Next five years
---------------------
2014/ My age 37/ Azeuchry 10 yo/ Anna 6/ My dad 67 * Family commitment seeking attention *
2015
2016
2017/ My age 40 * Expecting a very heavy windfall * Financial freedom! Not having to work. Starting a consultancy firm that do very expensive advisory services on commodity and operation. Big name in girl-power motivation talk about money and career and breastfeeding. Getting called back to this organization to be in the Board of Director and get to kick people asses for moving slow. Haha.
2018
Sedap siot berangan.
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