Are we different?

Most people wouldn't mind about the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and several would only watch or follow their favourite sport/games...I've been watching and trying to catch up with several 'hot' games like....the swimming for the likes of Michael Phelps who's gunning for the most won gold medal in a single Olympic Games to over throne the mighty Mark Spitz of 7 gold medals....the athletics category like 100 meter for the most anticipated fastest man on earth ,110 meter hurdle for the former world record holder, Liu of China as well as 400 meter relays for the mighty USA relay team.....

Whilst watching several games on Astro....I'm wondering why and how come we don't have any world re-known athletes that able to provide a real nerve breaking fight in any games..exception for Badminton in Olympic......how many Koreans, Chinese and Japanese have won their respective medals? Not to mention some by Thailanese as well as Vietnamese..What is so different between Malaysian and "them"? All these countries including us, Malaysia are part of the Asian continent but how/why would they be able to provide such world class result? Although some might not be able to win a gold medal but reaching to the top 5 spot is good enough to mark their threat and growing pace..when I asked Mr. Jab, he replied...they have made an early preparation as well as a scheme in their society to train their child into becoming world class athletes....as for China, children is fed with oat, wheat or cereal to help their growth (Yao Ming could be one of the product and I've heard of this a while ago that China has its own special experiment factory that's producing this breed into their society) In relation to this theory, I really believe the Chinese has resolved the major physical issue (pendek-pendek tagap..) I'm not sure if we have this implemented in our country but I knew that we had started making early preparation or scheme in accordance to future major sport events like Commonwealth and SEA Games..still I haven't seen any of its result up to this moment!!! How about shaping the pace or performance? Do they have any kind of special training that we, Malaysia don't have? Do they have better facilities compared to us?Do they have a special diets scheme that we are unable to implement here?

I can only come up with one huge excuse for all.."Malaysia Boleh"

Malaysia Boleh have all kind of modern and world class facilities that one developed country could ask for...
Malaysia Boleh send out our athletes to other countries around the world to get their world class training (plus world class allowances)...
Malaysia Boleh reward our athletes with huge sum of money once they have won a medal..
Malaysia Boleh pay world class coaches from other countries to train our athletes...
Malaysia Boleh spend lot of MONEY to achieve the above..

Contrary..Malaysia Boleh has failed to rectify whom should and worth to be sent to represent the Malaysia Boleh in order to save some MONEY of sporty-holiday-trip...

Our athletes need exposure as well as experience..a saying "if you want to be a successful person you'll need to be surrounded by successful people" Mysteriously, how can our athletes work this out if they can only manage to get into the qualification mark by a shear of seconds..Do we really need to send athletes that could not even make into the second round heat or semifinal? We're so so so proud of our athletes when they qualified to big sport events (Olympic and Commonwealth) Suprisingly, this news does not indicates good news when it comes to reality... it is quite saddening that we have spent lot of MONEY to improve our sports but due to some unseen fact, our athletes disappoint us...I'm not saying that I'm no fan to them or not being supportive..I'm trying to be supportive that I have to tell how I feel about our current sports situation..I really am but it just that watching them to finish last during their first round heat made me thinking what we haves and what we don't haves that causing this result...internally, we can see the differences between present and previous...we were once the mighty and the one to beat in the Asian continent....we're now even lower than other small countries among Asian continent...nothing could be more perfect when sports have become a political resort in Malaysia....Malaysia Boleh make sports as political benefits in Malaysia...

Take me out...

Yay! I'm off today!! ha.ha..after 2 weeks of being a dark night..sorry, not that I become a Batman huh..I were actually teamed-up with my Manager in UK covering the UK shift for 2 consecutive weeks..and great thing happened when lots of compliment were received from other colleagues in UK especially the high post ranking officer...our Business Development Manager in UK were complaining that we (Malaysian) does not contribute that much in supporting/consulting our UK customers..Hell he's wrong! we both (me and my manager) knew that there's a gap between us to them..language barrier is common and we're trying to overcome this as well...how would you react when you can't even understand what they were saying to you..especially Scottish!! We are also lacking in knowledge to some plug-in applications of our product..the likes of Sage Line 50 or Sage Payroll, Postcode and Routing or most known as AFD software, e-monitoring system via telephone call that includes SMS Alert services...we have seen the e-monitoring services but never for the other 2...still, we have to consult our customers to the best that we could although we were not trained or familiar with these plug-in applications...working my as* up-side-down was hell of a ride...monitoring and guiding our Malaysian developers, call in-out consulting customers and QA'ing works order were the things I did..the first 2-3 hours in the office mostly spent with our developers...requirements gathering and resolution to existing issues on their reports...mind was so tired..surfing internet was not an option during these period but thankfully I managed to monitor my own blog as well as do some sort of "makan angin" viewing my fellow bloggers....and glad that at night I was able to rest my mind watching the Olympic events especially swimming...Still, earlier today, I have to check my email from home and discovered they were having problem with their works, asked them to give me a call and spoke to both developers regards to their current task....then after about 2 hours the other lady called again to reconfirm the correct expected output..thankfully she made it correctly..

Wednesday, 13th Aug..I'm the first Malaysian staff to hit the 1000 calls being entered into our Customer Database..I still remember when I first joined this company..to deal and consult as well as entering hundreds of calls was hard enough but not now...my manager will follow suit later as he is now over 200 calls behind me..then followed by 400-600 calls behind is my successors...ha..ha..I didn't even realize it at first, but when I was doing my daily calls in-out report, which I need to report to our Customer Relationship Manager and checking all the company and customers that I had dealt on earlier then I saw the total of 1007 calls entered under my name...it's a boost for me! Well, I may have more calls dealt with compared to others due to the fact that I need to speak to customers regards to development works as well as consulting them with their arising issue...

Today is my day off..what am I planning to do? I'm expecting my half-brother from KL later...he might arrive at around 3am the next day as he's to depart from KL with my old-time friend (ex-school mate) at around 10pm today...I was supposed to go there to fetch him but I just couldn't...coincidently, my friend is coming to Penang and I asked his favour to bring him along...I'll need to pay the expenses though!!!!..how about weekend? We were said to have a farewell party of my dear house mate Mr. Jab tomorrow...I'm not sure how it will go but I do hope it will be a nice event to be remembered......

Thanks to my fellow bloggers who have been spamming my chat box..ha.ha..who have been missing me as well who have been demanding to post about my ghostly experience..ha.ha...I may have something good for you..what would that be huh...?? all your time and love..very much appreciated..Cheers!

Interpret your dream..

First of all…this whole week was so darn tired...loads of works order coming in-out, QA’ing and the most headache was implementing a 'new' method of monitoring developers works hours…we had this before but we never really use it until this week (Gantt Chart)…I believe the TD was unable to monitor 6 developers we have in the whole company...in general it would helps each development works to meet their dead line and delivery time..

Few days ago, I received the book that I had ordered 3 weeks ago from RD. Again, the previous book of “Laughter is the best Medicine”, I have not finished or have time to read it yet…still I want to have this one as well...I don’t have that much money but that’s just me…the feeling to own the book was so strong that I wasn’t able to ignore it (it attracts you and you have the curiosity to know more..)…thankfully it is not the same feeling I have when buying DVDs...I am not sure if the book will be any good to me but I wanted to know what the experts say about dreams...symbols, events, tragedy and etc…Have you ever experienced déjà vu?. I had several times…as if you were actually looking into your own future…sometimes I didn’t realize them but they became so clear when I went to some new places and seeing at the surrounding…made me thinking that I've already been to that place..they looked too familiar to me...they clashed with memories I had in my dreams archive…Usually I would keep quiet for couple of minutes, sending over my Personal Assistance to review the dreams archive of such occurrence…although sometimes I failed to remember at the exact location, but they came back to me once I was free enough and my mind was not that tired…sometime ago, I was trying to memorize all the new faces I had in my dreams…especially all the beautiful ladies I saw in my dream….I wish I could and would be able to meet them in reality (ni mimpi apa ni..he.he..)…I could become the next Leonardo Da Vinci…who could portrays “Mona Lisa” without seeing the real woman himself…

I have gone through the book and selected these 2 common dreams of all that we would usually have… I would not believe anyone who says he/she never had a dream of his/her boy/girl-friend…or in some cases his/her ex-lover...I can see that this book actually could help me to understand and improve my analytical thinking in sort of way…

Girlfriend

This symbol can reflect concerns, feeling, or issues promoted by your relationship. An ex-girlfriend in your dream suggests the feelings, difficulties or hopes you are left with from the relationship. Alternatively, it can be the positive things gained

Boyfriend

This symbol shows what feelings or fears you are facing about your boyfriend. In dreams you explore not only your anxious feelings but all your longings too. So, difficult dream about your boyfriend are usually about what you fear, not what the boyfriend will do. Dreaming about an ex-lover often shows that you have carried feelings with you from the relationship, and your dreams about him or her are trying to work out some way of feeling at ease within yourself about the breakup. This is especially true if the breakup was painful. Unless these emotions are freed from your past, they are not available for the present

*Favour to JerryInc - Dream Blab

Moving forward..

2 weeks ago there was a company board of directors meeting held in Italy and they were planning to expand the office in Malaysia in near time soon..Therefore, last week the manager had asked me to talk to the Building Manager of the place we are currently renting (Menara Northam)...asking if the company next to us were planning to move..reason was, we have not seen anyone coming into the office since early July...according the Building Manager, the company's staffs are currently in KL for seminar/project and will be back soon...he suggested to have a look at the 19th floor unit that's being left vacant or the 15th floor unit which had just finished being renovated last week....our current office is at the top floor...23rd floor

views from current office

19th Floor..what's so great about this unit..it's located at the corner side of Menara Northam and the size is almost triple the current unit we are in...it has 1 huge room with cubicles for main office purposes, 3 medium size rooms suitable for managers, 1 meeting room, 1 guest room, 2 mini rooms and 1 open-air room suitable for smoking...

The entranceThe guest room (behind me is a mini bar)

15th Floor..this is too huge for SME type company like us...5 units as a whole package...how big is that? More than triple the 19th floor unit for sure...If the HQ already allocated RM50K to RM100K for office relocation, we might move in to this unit but still it is too big for us...moreover, many things need to be done as this unit had just been renovated, it is currently empty..total empty like a parking space..L shape unit

Left wing from the main entranceRight wing from the main entrance

I was accompanied by the Building Manager meeting each of these units' owners (yesterday afternoon)....the 19th floor unit's owner was quite a nice person..he talked and guided me through into each rooms we entered whilst I was taking pictures using my mobile and he even suggested several items that needing to be improved...he was quite generous with his offer that he could arrange some contractor for us and would negotiate the amount...the office had been left vacant for couple of months and he is more than happy to have someone who can rent the place and make use of the unit rather than leaving it empty for the Menara Northam's ghosts making it their Designated Hermitage during night time...compared to the 15th floor unit's owner....he didn't bother to offer anything..ya la..mesti dalam hati dia..ada hati mau sewa office sia yg besar and mahal ni...he.he...so I didn't bother as well to ask further question in relation to his unit..he..he...

Looking forward to move into another new office....

In memory of...

Roberto playing cute and lazy

A message from Ah Tee Lei (my sarawakian friend who is now residing in Kuching…he just moved from Penang to Kuching in May 2008)...”Bad news, Roberto mati”….I received this at 10:20 am…couple of minutes ago..and these were some of the text messages flying from Kuching-Penang..

Wel: Mati?mesti pasal minum red bull ni kan? (Last week he texted me saying he was drunk until the next day after he drank beer mixed with red-bull energy drinker...)
Ah Tee Lei: Nda la ba. Tiba2 jak mati dalam kuarantin
Wel: Ya kan.masih dalam kuarantin pula.Ada insurance kan.Claim
Ah Tee Lei: Odoh.tgh sedih ni.Nda tpikir mo claim.

Why was he (Roberto) left in a quarantine room? It’s a procedure to for any animal being transported from one destination to another destination...I’m not really sure myself though, I have never tried transporting any animal…so when Ah Tee Lei was moving all his belongings in May from Penang to Kuching…apparently, Roberto had just received his vaccination…as far as I can remember, Ah Tee Lei told me that it was a month earlier…I’m not sure either how long was Roberto needs to be quarantined but it has just ended recently..I feel sorry for you Ah Tee Lei..I know you've take care of him and I'm sure you love him as if he was your own son....you should be sad...

Who is Roberto? He’s a cat and was a very shy cat...as seen in the pictures, his colour is almost similar to the Garfield huh…well, I don’t really know what type of cat he was...I took this pictures from Ah Tee Lei’s friendster account….and I realized these pictures were taken earlier before he got fat…and lazy...ha.ha...hari hari makan ikan kembung... I feel sorry for Ah Tee Lei…it’s quite saddening when he had to leave his beloved pet in a quarantine room hoping he would be alright and safe….I don’t know how bad he would take this sad event but I hope Roberto’s soul may rest in a peaceful place for cats…and Ah Tee Lei would not make any stupid action…who knows, he might get angry with the quarantine officers and burn the whole building – hope not…the whole time I knew Roberto, I never got the chance to touch him tau…penakut and pemalu ba ni kucing…but I do like him..

Another pet’s event…we had a dog called Biggy...I posted about him months ago when he was raped as well as raping another male dog…Thursday evening, I came home from work and went up to my room…I didn’t realize at first but when I went down to the kitchen….there was no sign of him…I called his name but he was no where to be seen…the gate was not opened and if he wanted to go out, he could have done it earlier… I then decided to give it a time...he might wandering around and for sure he will come home once he’s tired…to my surprise, at night Mr. Jew told me that Biggy was not there…as usual, he was to feed the dog but he couldn’t find where the dog was…since he hasn’t come back…I thought he might be abducted…I’ve never had a dog who would runaway and would never return home…he must be abducted!!…the next day, it was the same…he is no where to be seen until this moment…we lost another resident of our house…I haven’t had a word with the neighbour behind us...they would sometimes fed the dog. They might have an idea where is he whereabouts or have seen something…it is really weird when the dog is no where to be seen within the housing area as well…kalau di sabah…possibility kana tangkap Om untuk makan buli terima la...but who would abduct him here?