Gala Dinner 2009

Here go the description and people in my Gala Dinner. Regret because i was so silent that night and stick to my place without taking any photos with lenglui.


















PRUidol finalist:


Staff performance - Salsa dance




People listing which have direct relationship with me in the office:

Kelly Chung (Ipoh girl that talks anything with me)


Vincent Nga (another vincent which is confusing when we call each other)


Actuarial office (part of them, which contains my dream girlS inside)


From the right, my old boss Eng Siang, his wife Siau Ching


After my old boss transferred, this two serve as my new bosses. (direct supervision is the right one)


Second highest level of boss (Soon Wai - Director)


My highest level of boss (Azim Mithani - CFO)


Acting CEO (Kevin Wright)


Chief PD Officer (Abhishek Bhatia)


My AM's idol - Chief Marketing Officer (Thomas Wong)


Chief HR Officer - Paul Gerald Lim


Chief Operation Officer - Jeffrey


My second round of the night. Scarlet - The Curve

PREVIEW

Last weekend i rushed back for wedding dinner in Syuen, and the next day i back to KL for another dinner. This was it!! A short preview..









Performers of the night..

Syuen Hotel (4-stars)

Last Friday, I just attended a wedding dinner at Syuen Hotel Ipoh. I knew it sounds ridiculous to have it on Friday but not Saturday, but that is not the point i wanna raise it here.

This was my first time in Syuen although i lived in Kampar for so long. It claimed themselves as the best hotel in Ipoh with a 4-star rating. From their outlook, it does looks grand and worth a 4 star rating. However, when it comes to their services and facilities, i will only utter one word: "SUCKS!!!!"

I wont go far in rooms and facilities, i will just focus on what i experienced and what i saw in just a short wedding dinner.

1. The floor of the receptionist is not using the same tiles as the lobby. Theirs are old and dirty.

2. They allow smoking in air-conditioned area.

3. The wall of the ballroom is not furnished.

4. Toilet doesn't have urinal for kids. (normally there will be one down to the floor for kids usage)

5. Simple decoration with 'complicated' price. Be it the reception table, the entrance and even the stage. They are just too cincai to give that to their customers.

6. The table cloth for the reception table is wet.

First 6 items for the facilities. Lets go to the food and services:

7. They have no enough crews to serve us. Once they are delivering the dishes no crews around for servicing. All of us have to serve ourselves, pour the tea ourselves, and serve the table. (4-star service,zz)

8. The crew kept knocking our table when she serves. (I wonder is she not professional enough, or she is too short to serve the table? Out of 10 times, she knocked 10 times. zzz

9. When I asked for a plate change, she even nego with me. "Can i change your plate after next dish? We normally only change plate after serving the chicken but not for now." Wow, faint!!

10. Believe most of you tasted the dessert of lotus and white fungus? And all of us know that the inner part of the lotus seed is not edible.It is bitter in taste. The picture will be the best evidence of their bad services:



Fucking 4-stars hotel. Only for few hours, i found out 10 bad things and it just for part of their services. Would you wish to stay in Syuen anymore?

These are not just my observations. Lets have some review from the travelers who stayed in Syuen before.

Click here!

First day with new boss

Today is my first day without my old boss. He has been seconded to another department within the same business entity. Although i still can reach him, but he no longer in charge of my team's projects.

Another manager from regional reporting (same level) is overseeing my team. Of course, she is not as flexible as my old boss does. As what my senior told me, she is more strict regarding to delivery time of task. And of course i wont exceed the time limit given unless i really totally stuck with the thing. However somebody will guide me if this is the case, be it my senior or my old boss.

My AM had asked me some time in last week:

"How do you feel of the recent change of our team structure?"

"Feeling more stress."

"Why? All strategic planning team members are happening people and this is our culture. We wont change this even though there are others who joining us. She is with us."

"Ya i know, thats the fun part. When it comes to job related parts, i feel more stress as she is more strict then TES (old boss) as she is known with."

"Ya, just learn slowly and you will finally adapt to it."

"i know, just that with tes, i can learn relaxingly.. Under her supervision, i have to learn under stress. Dunno is this an advantage for me to learn more things or it makes thing worse. Everything is unknown till she come."

"Ya, hopefully you wont have any hard feeling. Anything just let me know and we will help you."

"Sure, thanks."

Today, my senior was absent as well. There is one trainee joining my team today, but im the one who 'jaga kedai'. My new boss have to take care of her own team as well.My CFO had requested something from me, and in fact i know how to do it but i just lack of some confidence. Whenever there is something urgent to me (due in short time), i will panic and will have careless mistakes here and there.

I knew that this is one of my weaknesses as well. If i am more familiar with what im doing, i should be confident enough to be questioned by any of them. I should be able to dig out any info fast and accurate. (something i have to learn)

I have to submit the thing before lunch time and i have a date with both old and new bosses. I sought for my new boss's opinion before sending the file and she said that i can escalates upward directly to regional office without her going through it by one simple but stressful sentence.

"No need, i trust you."

With this, i check twice, thrice, ......... until my old boss came. He knew bout this and he have a quick check for me. During the lunch time, TES complained my new boss:

"Why you so terrible one? You asking your ppl to do things but you din giv them any support." Horrible la you.. "

At this point of time, i really found out that, he is indeed a good boss. Although he is not serious all the time, but he is knowledgeable and capable in doing things. Somehow as a mentor, he definitely qualified!!

In the other hand, one of colleagues from actuarial IM me:

"Wei, your boss NG FONG SUM you ar?" (some more she uses capital letters)

"nola, just he was nearby and have a quick check of my work."

"wa, he is so nice.."

"but mayb u r true as well, mayb he ng fong sum me."

I need to be more independent and pick up the task as soon as possible. I cant have them worry bout me anymore. Only through this, i can reduce my senior's burden.

Gambate wjiann!!!

Like and Dislike

There are two radio advertisements that i extremely like and dislike. Guess which one?
Erm, lets begin with the bad end one...

The one that i dislike the most is:

Hotlink 365 -

"Do you know how long is the effective date of Hotlink 365?"

"I don't know."

"It is one year loooooooooOoooooooooOooooooooooOooooooooooOooooooooooOoooong......."

I wonder who approved this kind of advertisement to be released. It is pretty annoying.

On the other hand, the one that i like is:

Natural oil -

The story behind is a son calling his mom who are working at the moment. The son keep on requesting something which his mom feel annoyed as she is working. Finally, his son still pick up his courage and utter out a last sentence:" Mommy, I Love You!

His mom's heart is melted by this simple but magical words. Her attitude changed 180 degrees. Promising his son of preparing him a good meal with natural oil. Feeling so warm.

Driving Academy

As many of my friends know that im quite racist and dislike some other 'races'. However i do agree that some of them are really nice and good enough to be friends. However they might be the high end of their group. (i assume)

Today i fetched 4 of them in my car.Not at my wish but i have to. Although all of them are girls and that's one item of my wish list. =)

I helped my auntie to fetch the students from the driving academy since she have to go back kampar to help her sister on some marry occasion preparation job. Nobody else that know the way to the academy and she is quite worry if her daughter to pick this duty up without my GPS. But im still in the office today, what i can do was to offer myself to pick the students up.

Along the way to the academy, besides hoping the students im going to pick up would be chinese young girls, i have alot of thoughts and feelings. Why? Because i got my license at this academy as well. I was tested on this route and i failed in this route!!

Recalling few years back i was so confident that i would passed my driving at my first attempt without giving under table money. And finally i failed at my first attempt due to i overtook cars on those kampung kampung roads. The traffic there is slow whenever there are students who are learning at the time. They drive extremely careful and chibaily slow.

My second attempt of my driving test, it was a different tester and he was those kind of impatient type. I did not dare to overtake any cars this round, i cant bear the cost of re-test indeed. However, the tester questioned me:

"What should you do if the car in front is too slow?"

"Wait and follow behind."

"If it is really too slow?"

"Still wait."

I get his meaning of wanting me to overtake it, but i dun wan to take the risk. Finally i passed. =)

This time, i was driving my own car, speeding on this road, overtaking cars like hell. I forgot those principles and laws of the traffic. I just want to reach on time and finish my task asap. Looking back at those learners, i am just able to have a smile.

Not sure any of you would understand my feeling, but just like a victorious feeling, a feeling like i had grown up much..haha...

Hand Banquet

Watching all the HK series, there must be some love stories and love scenes. The very common and beginning step will be sending flowers to your 'beloved'. It is either florists delivery or you send it by hand.

It is just a simple act and most of the girls will like this. I found it very easy and it is nothing except flower sending is quite expensive. I am 24 age n.b and I have been in relationship before, but shyly speaking, i never send them flowers.

Finally, i bought a bunch of flowers from florist today. Working in KL for more than half year but i do not realize that there is a florist just in next building of my company. Although im not buying the flowers for myself, but i found it quite difficult for me in buying it. It is an integrity of right person, right timing, willing to spend, courage to send and of course a right method...

Im asking myself why i would have such thoughts. Is it because of the flower is not mine? Do i mind that somebody will misund me? I really have no idea. When i went to get the hand banquet, im increasing my pace than normal. Would i have the same feeling when i have to buy it for my gf?

Haha guys, for flower delivery, can click here.

Zodiacs

As appeared in my MSN tagline, "OX year work like OX" for OX ppl, however, there are few more zodiacs that doesn't sounds good to work.

For Tiger ppl:
"Fu" year work hou "fu" (pity)!! - cantonese

For Hare ppl:
"Tu" year work till "tu" (vomit). - mandarin

For Dragon ppl:
"Long" year work till "long". (deaf) - mandarin

For Rooster ppl:
"Kai" year please dun go to be "kai" (whore) - cantonese

Again there will be some exception one.. among the 12 zodiacs which zodiac will be the best?

It is the snake ppl!!!

because they can "seh" during work time!! LOL

A messed up schedule

Many of my friends even my parents questioned me why am i not going back to hometown for a long 3 days holidays. Besides them, me myself wondering why i am here to write this post? Why i am still in KL? A miserable question.

In fact, my schedule was totally messed up by one super idiot who acted as if he is a well planned person. He had blocked my diary since 2 weeks ago. (before cny) He called me up and told me his initial plan as below:

"When will go back to remove the decorations and things?"

"Should be during the Thaipusam."

"I'd a plan in mind, i need you to fetch me back to kampar on 14th Feb so that i can help you in the work and i can board bus to KLIA. What do you think?"

"If that the case, then i will just wait till 14th Feb only back togeder. Its a small matter to me to fetch you."

Ok, now it was settled and i changed my schedule coz of this. I missed the chance to meet up wih my friends since a long stretch holidays many of them went home to gather except me. I can bear with this since i was prepared and mind set to next week if and only if everything went smooth. I received another call on Fri from him again.

"Are you going back this weekend?"

"Nope, you said that we will only be back next week?"

"Oh, coz i wish to go back kampar this weekend, just wanna see that you want to follow anot."

"Im not going back this weekend, as i scheduled my date all in this weekend ady.I thought it would be next week?"

"Actually im not necessarily to board bus from kampar. It is convenient to board near our house there.So now i think of get the job done earlier this weekend."

"Sorry, its too late to tell me this now. I've my own date now and if you are not coming back next weekend, i can remove all the things by myself alone. I wont mind." (a bit frustated)

"Ok, let me see which way is more convenient, just to let you know i most probably going back."

Ok, cut your craps and i really dun wan to hear this anymore. I closed up my mind, prepared to get things done alone. However, received another call this morning.

"How to remove all the lights and lantherns? Is this and that foldable?"

`````answere him accordingly bout the process and as well as where to organize the things nicely.`````````

"I will see whether i can finish all things this weekend anot. If that the case, next week you no need to come back purposely for this since i have no necessity as well."

"Ok, lets see how. I wont back if you done all things."

So, finally, he messed up all my 2 weekends schedule. I wont get so annoyed without him saying this:

"I told you earlier so that u can arrange your timetable and please block your diary. Later dun ever said that i din tell u in advance."

However, what is the point of knowing this so advance? Fuck Man!!!!!!!!!!!!

Along CNY

Preparation on decoration:











Reunion dinner!!






Eclipse on First day of CNY


suddenly black out






My neighbour's good deed.

CNY 2009

This year was my first year to do the decoration for my house without my parents or relative interference entirely by myself. Past few years, I was just assisting my dad or my uncle in all the decorations without a say. They would think that my idea is childish and without any sense of art. Why Im so desperate in having all these things? Maybe it was because of the atmosphere from last year without all these decorations, it didn’t looks like CNY. (my grandma passed away few months before).

Hence, this year I don’t want it to be the same anymore. If nobody doing so, then I will take it. Although it is quite painful, but im willing to do so. However, there was a contradictory before this. As what I’ve said above, I was just assisting in past years, and in fact I learned all the necessary skills and techniques especially in electricity connection. The only part that im worrying at is the design. At old times, my dad and my uncle keep on emphasized that I must pick up all the thing when they were old and cant climb up high anymore. Now, not because of they are old, but because of their availability. My dad went to Holland and my uncle need to work on Saturday. Thus, im the only free guy.

I told my family my decision, but all of them kept stopping me from doing so. They said that I cant and won’t know how to do it. Even my dad and uncle also stopped me from this. I was annoyed and questioned them back: “ Is you all who want me to learn all the things. Is you all who asked me to pick this up. And now you all hold me back?”

They gave up and they let me be. I was fortunate to have my cousin to help me. If not I wont able to make it in just one single day. During the testing process, I got electrical shock. I learned about electrical shock since secondary school and I knew the symptom as well but I never tried it. Now, I had the chance and it was really painful. Direct contact to 240v electrical current (power of one adaptor) was extremely high. Fortunately, I was wearing a slipper, hence at least the current wont go through my whole body to complete the circuit. My body was thrown away at that moment and I really cant control my whole body. I fell down and threw away the light bulb in my hand. My cousin was shocked and came over asking me what was happening. I just able to show her my middle finger with a dot, a clear white dot.

I was glad that I able to finish all the things in just one day. (Sunday can have fun with friends ady) I kept looking at my own masterpiece and Im so worry that when my relatives back, they will criticize it, say this and that. Besides, Im quite worry also about the connection, fearing that when it rains, it will short circuit. The god seems knowing what playing in my mind. Before night time comes, it rained. When it stopped, my relatives asked me to ‘officiate’ the lights. Zzz.

Phew!! It worked!! I knew it was not perfect as what my dad did, but at least it won’t look so dull and boring. My friends had commented that, past few years were better. I will take note and will improve in future years!!

Now is the time for gallery walk.... starting from cny 2007.

the main tree




this is the thing that i did not apply this year as only me and my cousin wont able to make it... it was a troublesome process to make a surround.


Year 2009!!












I knew i still need to improve alot... but first year, i gave myself 70% ba!! What you all think?

10days stretch holidy

A 10 days long holiday had took away my momentum to work. A consecutive 10 days had twisted my biological alarm back to my sabah life. 10 days can totally revealed that im getting older and older.

Again, something i had mentioned in some older post, i slept at 3 or 4am during the time i was in sabah. Hence, the first week of my internship was like killing me, pushing me to hell. Sooner, i adapted to the life, but it took me a very long time to adapt.

But, wanna get back to this type of life just need < 10days. A so-called young guy like me, definitely will be a night person. Sleep at wee hours and wake at noon time. (if only possible, and it hardly) an average of 4 - 5 hours per day for 10 days.

Why i said that im getting older and older? My body can last even until the next morning feeling nothing. But now, just after 1am, im like having tears all over my face. (too sleepy) It just i forced myself to stay with my friends for not missing anything memorable from them. :)

Before this CNY, i still feel the responsibility on finish my work during free time in CNY. I do have some in last one or two days but i cant! I dont feel like working from home where everyone still in their CNY mood. From another point of view, start work on Wed would be a good option perhaps. At least your momentum still there.

As a penalty, i woke up late on the first day back to work. I jumped over the bed when i noticed im late and my housemate was waiting me. Another penalty for losing momentum was, i have to work overtime this week to finish all the pending tasks. Crap!!!

What are the differences?

I never expect to have 'close shop' meal from my department. However, my boss able to get one for our own division, a table for 8 person. We went Restaurant Chui Heng to have dim sum and 'yee sang' .

This is not the main point of my title mentioned. After we had our lunch, we were asking for dessert, as per conversation below: (funny part please refer to chinese characters) from my AD.

"今日有么耶甜品啊？"
What do you have for desserts today?

"西米露，雪蛤膏，红豆沙，。。。。。。。。"
Sago, hasma, red bean etc

"红豆沙好热吗？我赶时间."
is the red bean soup hot? coz im short of time.

"是，热的。"
ya, its hot.

"好鬼热的？"
izit damn hot?

"............"
speechless

Point: What is the difference between "好热", and "好鬼热" which the waitress really dunno how to answer my AD.

Direct Reports Away Day

Last week i break my own record for working till late night. Previous record was just 9.30pm. This night, i left office at around 10.45pm, because of the preparation of Direct Report Meeting away day the next day. I have to assist my boss to get the slides done and the printouts.

This was my first time to attend such a big meeting event at somewhere out of the office. The venue for this away day was in Mandarin Oriental Hotel. In fact, i have least important character that day, and just my boss want me to tag along to get more intact with the business.

I was afraid to attend such an event initially since my english is not so good and i might not have enough background as well. In addition, i dunno most of them. This was how my boss reply me and made me speechless.

"You know Mahathir?"

"ya."

"but Mahathir wont know you.so who do u think between u and Mahathir will be in higher rank?"

*speechless*

"so in fact u r higher rank than all those direct reports and hence you should attend."

Im back

Finally, im back to this virtual world which i had long lost from it due to technical difficulties of the internet access. From my last msn display message, my last online was 31 Dec 2008. In which, i cannot online since last year. Fuck man!!

I keep on searching around to find the best internet service provider which can cater my needs at an affordable range. Again and again, comparing prices and so on, at my very first thought, i opted Izzi.

I discussed this with my boss on this topic since i cant work from home and i cant send him email. After a short round of discussion, i changed my mind to support Celcom 3G. My housemate told me that one of our friend is working for Celcom and he would able to give us a discount if we subscribe from him. So again, i wait for another few days as he work in Menara Celcom and we wont able to reach him. We set an appointment on Saturday.

I search in the internet and some of the brochures regarding this broadband service and i really attracted by their advertisement and their services. Finally, i went to Low yatt to enquire face to face about the details and payments which eventually i find out that there are many surcharges. Fuck!!

Few hours in low yatt, bump around in every outlet, i was forced to back to my initial option which what im using now - Izzi!! Haiz.

Total initial loss plus high set up cost = RM 979 shared by two!!! (luckily currently izzi having a promotion period and free 2 months subscription to me, an OX year born baby..@@@)

Bad tempered?

I know that im quite stubborn and bad tempered sometimes. However, that's my behaviour, that's my attitude. I cant change myself. Some of you might feeling ridiculous for me saying that i cant change myself. Yes, i can but i refuse to!!

Why? Why? Why?

Sometimes i just dont want to scold people for showing such a sibeh "lan c" face, i just dont want to throw my tantrum to them but i will just keep silent and show my dislike on my face. OF course, some 'optimistic' people they wont notice the change, they will keep friend to you and being nothing happen around, impressed!!!

In fact, i just dont like people to talk loud to me, unless they are correct and im definitely wrong. I dont like people to show the style of a dictator with only one say. I dont like people to control my decision, if only i was consulting. I dont like people to 'threaten' me with something. I dont like people to .......

Ya i dont like many things. Am i hard to pleased? Not really, i just need some communication in between. Arh!! I just dont want to think bout this.. tomorrow everything will be as usual.. okok!!!

DEFEATED!!!!

FUCK!!


I was DEFEATED!!!!



Last for a week ady!! I wanna recover!!!

Slacker Part 2

Last friday, we are unbelievable back earlier from lunch. We reached office at about 1315. (Ate Pork - Siu Yok) Since there are still some time before working time, my boss were seeking for games which can kill sometime. The new trainee didn't bring his PSP neither me, hence my boss recalled a game in his pc which is the monopoly game.



We played three players with my boss's laptop for a short game until 2pm.



We can customize the rules that suits our taste.


Here it goes..


We set the time limit to 2pm but obviously we were not satisfied with it. Hence,my boss suggested to ride over the VNC server and create our own VNC system. He appointed the new trainee to go to BIU unit, find a vacant pc and invited BIU manager and one of his staff to 2 v 2 (BPS v BIU)

However, the server that we created was not really so smooth and we were kicked out by turns. Thus, this should be fine tuned again before we really start with the game.. Hehe..

Slacker!!!

Last week i damn slack actually. No no no, is my whole team damn slack!! Since a new actuarial student is doing his internship with my team, he brought me chances to go around to have my lunch.

There were just 4 working days last week (monday is public holiday), everyday i went out for lunch before 1230 and back after 1330. In other words, i had my lunch time > one and a half hour.

Lets do a summary:

Tuesday: Ampang Yong Tau Fu. (1215 - 1340)
People: Boss, me and trainee.
Delicacies: Literally, of course yong tau fu.
Comments: Their speed of serving is really incredible, they have specialization department to serve one plate of combination of the yong tau fu. This is one of our haunted place for lunch. Whenever there are free time we will go here.

Wednesday: Maju Junction (1220 - 1355)
People: Boss, me, trainee, BIU manager, AM 6 sigma.
Delicacies: It is a mall and there are lots of outlets inside. We chose Pizza Hut.
Comments: Just normal pizza but the topic of the day is religion philosophies. :)

Thursday: Segambut Seafood Mee (1215 - 1400)
People: Boss, me, trainee, Reporting Manager, BPS Senior Manager, AM 6sigma, AM actuarial, Expense Senior Manager.
Delicacies: From the name,we ate seafood mee, but not me.
Comments: Its chibaily expensive although seafood mee inclusive of sotong,lala, prawns, crab, lalalala.....but it cost RM15 per bowl for small one. Fuck man!!!

Friday: Jaya 33 (1200 - 1500)
People: Boss, his wife, me and trainee
Delicacies: nagomi japanese food
Comments: In fact, im just longing to pay a visit here where PRU got a training academy here and it is beautiful nearby. Hence i suggested to eat here.

Why I will think of posting this kind of post here? It is because we slack for friday. Just after the lunch, secretary asking us for longan session where she brought lemon to add in. Wow, when i IM my boss, to have it at 1630, his reply was:

" We are damn slack today man, zero productivity."

LOL!!! So syok...