The Truth or Lie

Salam... Hi all....

Final exam has end and all the results are posted on the internet. Including my students... But guess what... I failed a student because he got 58% on his/her continuous evaluation and 18% on his final exam. 68+18/2 = 43%... Can't do more to help him/her to pass...

Oddly, he/she manage to do his/her quizzes and assignments... He/she failed his test... My colleagues said, if the students are part time students, we should pass them because they pay a lot for each subject... But what if they are really really weak? Should I pass them as well... People will question my integrity as a lecturer and the quality of my assessment... isk isk isk...

Turns out, the student I failed is a brother/sister of a colleague... and now he/she's not talking to me... I don't take this seriously because Im just doing my job.. By the way, I cought him/her cheating on his/her quizzes but I still give him/her chances to rectify his/her mistakes... Am I that bad?

I also gave these students an extra assignment to help them with the continuous evaluation, be he/she chose to turn it in the day after I process the marks and turn it in to the head of department... isk isk... Nottttt....

Just a Waste of Time...

Salam and hi all...

Well, as some of you know now is crunch time, we have to finish marking exam papers, update the teaching file and post students' marks on the post boards...

Then suddenly, we, the selected few have to finish and prepare for a Creative and Innovative Group presentation for the royal highnest. Ironically, the royal highnest can't have our audience because he has to attend another meeting with the officers for faaaarrrr morrreeeeee important business....

Marking exam papers and updating teaching are merely a small business and our time is not that vital?????? We spent and yet a week for the stupid thing and nothing!!!!....

UUurrrrggghhhh!!!!!

I'm going to say ta ta and are voir to this institution to further my studies for four years and I wish, as I return to this place, the reign will change and the royal will be more thoughtful and mindful of his/her subjects....

Making it Real... Making it True...

Salam and good day...

Well, it has been quite a while... Lots have went on in my life... Fuhhhh!!!... I went for an interview last month and I got the scholarship!!! he he he... Alhamdulillah.... It became a predicament for my colleagues because they said I helped them a lot and not having me next year would be a lost... Well, I don't really think so highly of my abilities because there are others who are creative, innovative and hardworking, but they are not that flamboyant as me... he he he... They work to the max and take no credit for their work. They just need to be discovered that's all....

I can't achieve perfecness without these people... I plan, I manage, I run, but working with the right people in my team helps me get things done... AKA, I can't do without them... Maybe Im a risk taker and I don't really take critics into my heart... I do blab about it among friends; I do need to vent my frustations, I am human ya'll...

So, in short, I think I should expose these people to the right crowd so that they will get discovered and appreciated... I know, I know,... I am flashy... I tell people about what I do because apparently, to be appreciated here, I need to do so... thus, obtain great appraisals at the end of the year ( hu hu hu uhuk... not monetary, but great evaluation by the top bosses)...

They need to be appreciated as well, they worked hard for it but too shy to brag about it... No no no... the work shy in this department will put you behind... waaa...!!!

PhD... here I come... already got my supervisor, already set my heart on Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, got referees among friends... Praying hard that I'll get in next year... amiiinnnnnnn.... I plan to finish my studies within three years... Wishful thinking that I really want to come true... making it real... making it true...

Good nite... until later...

Article in Sinarharian.com.my

Hi all...

My article is posted in http://www.sinarharian.com.my/ online newspaper.

The title is CUKUPKAH HANYA DENGAN KATA-KATA MANIS?

It is about multi level marketing.

Go to the site, and click on Suara Anda then, click on Rencana Komuniti.

Maybe you'll get something out of it.

Bubur Lambok.... The Cooking Competition

Yes... bubur lambok is a traditional dish that most people make during Ramadhan al Mubarak... Rice congee cooked and mixed with spices, prawns, meat or chicken... nyum nyum.. yummy...

But why cook it during Ramadhan? Who would judge it right away? People are fasting..Who is going to taste it? Hellooooo... Aaahhh yes.. because it is bubur lambok, a dish that is only cooked during Ramadhan... I see...

Yes... there are women who can't fast during this holy month and they can taste it, but do we need to expose her just because she can drink and eat during the day, unlike others who have to fast until dusk... It is still a stigma, eventhough it is known that women "on leave" from prayers every month can't fast during that time, but eating openly in front of fasting people is considered rude...

Yes... this competition is during office hours, class hours and yes the participants are mostly lecturers who have class today... Canceled the classes to join this competition and left the students browsing the campus as they pleased. They knew about this competition, but why they didn't bother to swap their teaching periods with other lecturers (who were not involved with the competition) so that the time can be used efficiently during the morning time. Everybody knows that teenagers study better in the morning, while their brains' are still fresh...

So... What is the outcome of the competition? What were the objectives of it? Does it benefit the students? Does it help the lecturer to improve their teaching abilities?

Yes... people may say that I'm being negative and anti social, but, please, I'm just thinking on this side.. the student's side... The time that was suppose to allocated for them was "bruised" by these kinds of "Social Affairs"... Is there no other time for it? Appropriate time? The weekends perhaps? Masya Allah... Laahaulawala...

A bit Frustrated...

Hi all... I'm a bit frustrated because every semester we change subjects that we teach and complementing duties.... These are the duties which I call "*T*^(**&*&%(*%*" duties which take away my preperation time to write modules, class notes, update and grade student's quizes, test and exams... ggrrrr....

In addition to this anxiety, when the previous people pass the duty to a new victim, they always forget to prepare a list of what has been done, what's still in progress and what the future plans, job scope, extend of the duties and to whom I report to... Hey Mr. Stingy! Make everybody prepare this list so the new VICTIMs can do their jobs better... So that we don't waste our time FIGURING it ALL OVER AGAIN!!! So time wasting!

I'm so exausted of all this nonsence. The work is not efficient, the time management is haywire, the quality of the students goes down the DRAIN...

Scolded...

Hi all...

Last two days I went on MC. That was the day I have to attend a meeting with the director of this institution... A senior colleague of mine handled the meeting and she said it went well despite some glitches...

1. The people who suppose to table financial report didn't turn up

2. I didn't write a memo to all the member's about the meeting

3. I sent an e-mail about the meeting in the evening of Friday

4. The director didn't turn up because of the non-existence of the memo

All my fault... But frankly speaking, all last week was a disaster in my career... People demand so many things from me... reports, class notes, meetings, site visits.. aaaggggrrrhhhhh!!! To me, these things are meaningless... I transfer here just to steer myself AWAY from these things!!!... The work for class and department, I can handle, but work with the superior is something I HATE...

You want to know why? Because they are big babies that need to be pampered and cherished all the time, they load you up with all sorts of rubbish today and expect you to turn them in the next day, wrongly evaluate your work, disearn your effort, break your heart... never feel appreciated... hhhhmmmm....

Well, so I just own my mistakes and I promised not to do them again... insya Allah... but the nature of a superior seems to me never change since the last place I work... The superior gave me bad evaluation after all the work I've done, broke my heart and stumped on it...

I'm moving on with life with the awareness of human makes mistake and not all human are perfect, including me... I forgive them.... I forgive myself... I pray to Allah to grant us prosperity here and 'there'... amin...

P/s... just blowing some steam off....

Headache... Stress... Time Wasting...

Hi all...

As you all know, I just got back from a really enjoyable course...

I came in to work this new week hoping to finish and get on with the assignments, chores, knick knacks and stuff to start the new semester's class and what not... I was hopeful... But hopeful I was... I don't anymore...

For starters, this semester start off with a mind numbing, time wasting activities that was not suppose to be done.... Who celebrates the 40th of anything other one's birthday... What would people call it? It is not Jubli Perak... Far off from Jubli Emas... So annoying I might say...

I was so annoyed because they took away lecturers from classes to play the 'host' role in a potluck party. They took away students from attending classes to fill a big hall of 500 seatings to listen to a lecture that not even have anything to do with the purpose of attending this institution to STUDY!!!!!!!!!!

I was so annoyed yet again because I had to cancel classes last week because I HAVE to attend this COMPULSORY course... Another week down the drain... And now, THIS WEEK, I have to make for all the classes, I have to make up for all the chores, assignments, knick knacks, they suck me in AGAIN for making and creating a layout for a new campus and to finish a postponed group project!!!! Who am I? Am I a lecturer? A construction worker? A Diplomatic Administration Officer? What do all these stuff have to do with lecturing, teaching, making sure my students get their diplomas, graduating with quality studies????? Sometime I think and I fell I'm like a ping pong ball... hit here and there as they please... So tiring...

Masya Allah...

Finally ... a Course that I Really Enjoyed...

Hi all... I just got back from a really interesting course...Odd... but I did like it... It is a required course and at first, since it is compulsory, I thought it was going to be boring... as usual... I still can't brush off the experience I had when I attended the Decision Making Course on the top of Cameron Highlands last year.. a waste of time and money... eerrrggghhhh!!!

The title was Outreach/Promotion Strategy for Life Long Learning... learning how to promote life long learning programs in our institutions... I thought it was going to be another marketing lesson and a routine morning till night sit-in but instead, fulfilling activities and games which interestingly serve the objectives of the course itself... Rarely happens... ha ha ha...

Maybe, I'm already on another level all together... or maybe I have so much experience that I need a more challenging tasks to inspire and elevate me to the next level. Ten years of working experience in the same field exposed me to different kinds, yet, routine tasks, challenges and people... Maybe I need to change...

I've transfered from Sarawak just recently, and people they really had me, and made me realized that not everything was easy, beautiful, sweet, happy and smooth... I was challenged to the maximum when I was there, that I realize the summit of my ability, patience and most importantly, the proximity between Allah and me... Subhanallah...

There, I realized, I achieved tranquility.... Have you? Do you guys know how? I sure did... and my life is calmer nowadays... ;o)

Close? Quarantine? When? How? What About Work?

Hi all..

Just now a friend informed me that there are already 40 students are being quarantine in the hostel and four of them are in the hospital for positive AH1N1 case...

When are we suppose to close this instition? Universiti Teknologi Mara Sri Iskandar closed its premis to all when they found out that there are 2 infected students... Now, there are 40 with 4 positive cases... SHOULDN'T WE START PANICKING AND GET OUT OF HERE???

This pendemic is spreading like wild fire here in Ipoh, and people still seem relax and waiting. Are they waiting for someone to die before taking any action? Yo Boss... are you not going to do anything?????

ROI????!!!!!!!

Hi all... a new day.. a new week... but I want to tell about last week's tale... he he he...

A friend from my old work place sent me smses telling about an audit they did for their cooperative stores... It goes like this...

The cooperative stores were just dust on the floors with nobody bothered to even take a quick glance... A few colleagues and I build up the stores, merchandised and set up the business from scratch.. from the dust on the floor into 2 convenient stores, 1 laundromart, 1 printing store, and we bought washing machines and dryer for the laundromart, gondolas, cash machines and racks for the convenient stores and merchandised all of them the best that we can with the help and trust of all the suppliers out there... We had good, in fact great rapport with them... We managed the stores and even bought a van for the cooperative store as well... I left that hellish place last year, July 2008 and left the stores to engineers and business "savvy"!!!!?????? people to handle... So that is the background of the story...

The audit report came in last week, and it shows that the stores has lost... And they blamed me for it... How convenient! Blame the person who's not there... When I was there, I BEGGED for help to manage the stores, but nobody responded... I run the stores the best I can with the help of some inexperienced staff!!!!! And now, the report showed some lost and they blame me... Let me ask you, is there any business of two years of lifespan gain profit within the first FIVE years of operation????? Crazy la they all ni....

What's so amusing is, they do not know the meaning of the ratios... Example... ROI.. return on investment.. they DO NOT KNOW what that mean.... Ha ha ha ha... business savvy aeeehhhh???? I made a lot of investments on properties and store needs to run the business smoothly, it is up to them to operate the stores sufficiently to make profit... We also ordered some inventories for them, but they didn't encourage their students to purchase them from the stores, now, who is there to blame as well??? THEY ASKED US TO GET THE STUFF FOR THE STUDENTS IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!! STUPID A_ _ H_L_....

I really want to know next year's audit report... I want to see how they pull out from the MESS they said I made... They didn't remember the day I begged for help, but when they have to carry the burden I carried, they look for the black sheep to finger point the blame...

Putting my frustrations aside, I hope the best for those people... Allah knows what I did and what they did... I worked as hard as I can, and I do hope they are honest with their effort as well... I hope Allah will guide and help them as well, in what ever they do....

I forgave and I forgive them for slandering me... May Allah accept my repentance until the day I die and keep me out of hell fire... Amin..

Bla.. bla...bla....

Hi all... today is the post-morterm for yesterday's potluck party... bla bla bla... Just as I thought... People are mumbling about them having to arrange the dinner sets for the VIPs... Duuuuhhhhh!!!!

I still remember in the first meeting with the head of department about the party, my group was assigned to arrange with the water caterer to prepare drinks and table clothes for the VIP tables.. Never a speck that he/she mention about me having to deal for the whole/full dinner wear for them.... alahai....

One day, a person came up to me and ask me to ask the caterer to prepare the complete set for the three VIP tables.. And with the spirit of helping others, I called three caterers and endure one of them ridicule and belittle me just to fulfill this person's demand...

I even asked my office mates to help me out, but they are unable to do so... I worry that their beautiful plates get broken or what not...

Alhamdulillah...like usual, insya Allah, fainnamaal usriusro... innamaal usriusroo... I got one of the caterer to lend me the dinner sets eventhough we don't use his catering services... and I hand over the responsibilities of taking care of the sets to this person... is it wrong of me to do that???? He/she asked me to help him/her and now he/she's talking on my back about me handing over her job in the first place!!!!!!!!

Tell me... Do I still have to attend to this matter as well? Did he/she help me with my chores of arranging the water deal? NOPE!!! I'm not counting scores, but, come on man... I went out of my JOB SPEC to help him/her out and this is what I'm getting now??? I don't expect a thank you notes, praises or even a hamper... just appreciate it why don't you...

So, in sum, in the future, I shouldn't help others from now on... I'll just help those who I really know and would appreciate it... Masya Allah... give me guidance...

All is Well... Alhamdulillah...;o)

Hi all...
The potluck went on well... Alhamdulillah.. There ae comments about the VIP table setting.. Well, let them settle it within their committee... I'm just in charge of the water.. I'm the WATER GIRL... ;o)

Yes, during potluck parties people are suppose to mingle, but... there is an exception... When a VIP is walking towards the food stall, give way laaaa to him/her... don't "rebut" lah to get the food as well... As a civilized civil servant, you should know this COMMON SENSE!!!. I think he/she eats before his/her parents eat at home; they don't know the customs and order aaaa?????
Have respect to our leaders how ever they are to you... Even Rasulullah s.a.w ask the congregation to stand up to give respect when Sayyidina Abu Bakar walks into the masjid...
COMMON SENSE PEOPLE... COMMON SENSE!!!

HHHhuuuuuhhhhhh.... What a Day!!!

Hi all...

We have to prepare a potluck party... it is suppose to be fun right? People bring all kinds of dishes and everybody sit down together and enjoy the prepared meals, how ever they are... I had potluck parties when I studied in the States.. They were fun, especially when this is the time I can really quench my thirst for traditional drinks and enjoy traditional food... Yeeahaa.... It was fun and so meaningful... because the events were so layed back and people can enjoy themselves around others...

It is totally the opposite here... I'm on the committee to arrange this party right, even, my department is appointed as the "tuan rumah".. the coordinator... But since people in the committee keep bickering of who is suppose to do what, it is all messed up right???? WRONG!!! Everything is turning to be fine and people do their job the best they can... Who would of expect this after all of the back talking, stabbing and bickering.. he he he... Some people said, conflict can lead to success... REALLY? I had hard times and heart aches, but all are just in the days' work..

NEVERTHELESS... What annoy me the most is the people who don't understand the term "potluck" party... The format of the party is:

1. buffet

2.people have to mingle

3.use disposable utensils

4.don't expect too much on the taste of the food and drink

5.be courtious to others

6.SSSSHHHHHAAAARRRREEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

This group of people insist of having a seperate table, complete with fancy utensils and table cloth ... what... do you want us to feed you as well?... WHERE is the POTLUCK SPIRIT for crying out loud... please......!!! Allah.. you made all kinds of people and these people really test my patients and deman most of my comprehension abilities.. he he he...

All in all, I hope the party will go well tomorrow... Amin... Pray for the best ok... Wassalam... ;o)

Why Do You Always Want to Annoy me???

Hi all...
Just recently a new list of "tugas sampingan" was relased and now I am officially responsible as the Sheriff of the Department (ha ha ha...), an Entrepreneurship Assistant Coordinator and a member in the Quality Development Team...

What dawned on me was, I don't really know, on what ground they select me as the Sheriff.. hu uhuk... I am not that mean, I don't really care about the students' garment as long as they "tutup aurat", I am a leisse fair kinda person, and I don't really mind if they come late to class (I just put ABSENT on the attendance sheet)... Why make an easy life difficult right?

Well... I accept this title with open arms, but this person came up to me and start making fun of it... It is bad enough that I have to face this job, but having somebody rubbing it to my face is another matter... It was fun and sweet at first, but things DO GET OLD and he/she started to annoy me... OMG... Stop already...

He/she said... " Hey! your the discipline officer and you have to move to the Student's Affair room..." Me, being "funned out"... I said softly to him/her.. "I am sitting in a perfectly wide, many empty desks and lots of friends, why should I move to a crowded room with no space to move?... He/she shut up... wa ka ka... Just leave me alone will you... Why do always annoy me??? Subhanallah...

Could it Be???

Hi all...

Everybody has so much and so many problems and some of them are typical... Want to know a non typical office problem? Black magic...

Yesterday we had to attend an internal course entitled Stess and Emotion Management: Office Conflicts ... The counselor/facilitator is a new kid on the block, still getting use to the "tradition" of my institution... At the end of the course we played a game. We were divided into 6 groups and each group was known as a village... The scenario of the game was every groups has to defend their village from being crushed by a developer. He played the role as the head of the village who was greedy for some commission from the developer... We played and defended our villages, laughed and teased each other in other teams when suddenly it was his/her village... He/she stood up, scream at the top of his/her lungs and banged the table defending his/her village from being destroyed... OMG.. this was just a game... Kind of silly and a bit stupid but we endured it to entertain the facilitator.... Did he/she has a problem?? Everybody was so astonished and speechless...

Turned out he/she does... Poor him/her, somebody casted three spells on him/her and his/her family... A family matter actually, but the spell put so much toll on him/her that he/she just have to have a medium to vent most of the anger and frustration that satan put on him/her... His/her heart is full of conflicts and disturbances.. He/she just told me about this just now, and I felt so sorry for him/her. Now I understand why he/she acted that way yesterday.. I told him/her to tawakkaltu 'alallah, be patient, and be strong... People have just to stop using bomoh, pawang and dukun (black magis practitioners) to solve problems. People like this are cowards, disbelieve that Allah has all the POWER to make it be or not to be... Kunfayakuun... Subhanallah... May Allah help him/her to face this challenge in his/her life...

I hope he/she'll get serenity, tranquility and happiness soon... May Allah help him/her always..

It is NOT Your Job Anymore!!!!!

Hi all... Sometimes people just can't accept that the status quo has changed. Workers are reshuffled because lots of them got promoted... "Column rised" as they call it...

In my department, they are about 8 people who are fortunate enough were column rised and promoted to be "Head of Program". My office mate get column rised and he/she still teaches here with some special DH48 perks... So, he/she has to be a "mentor" for my program in addition of the Head of Program (HOP) I already have... bummer...

He/she was suppose to write "Notes of Tasks Handovers" to this new HOP but I didn't see it happen and my new HOP doesn't know what is in need of immediate attention as of 1 July 2009... OMG...

Furthermore, he/she still tries to control the program as if he/she still has any say in it... Hello... You're just a mentor, not the coordinator anymore!!!... You had your chance to work on the special room, but there are no progress since 2007... I really don't understand because I consider myself as a new comer here... Just who am I to say anything about it because he/she said that he/she can handle everything... I offered my help last year since the first day I set foot on this soil, but due to the connotation "YOU'RE STILL GREEN HERE" and you don't know anyone and everyone just yet, he/she said he/she'll handle everything... But now, when a couple of us are trying to do something about this predicament, he/she "surfaced" back and offered to have a share in this matter... HELLO!!! It is not your job anymore!!!!! You're just giving people headache and making things worse!!!!!!!

But, working in this system for 10 years, I think that he/she is trying to get "something" out of the projects.. You know what I mean... I've been in this industry for quite sometime to be able to SMELL something FISHY... OMG... I don't know what he/she has in his/her mind, but, all I know now is I'm in trouble because my students do not have any place to learn in... Allahu Akbar!!!

To Teach or not To Teach... That is The Q

Hi all... I wonder... do people know how important it is to study? Do people know how critical it is to have the most qualified people to teach the people who want to learn...

I just learned today that another department in this institution has 80 teaching staff to cater 2 diploma programs as oppose to my department which only has 55 teaching staff to cater 5 diploma programs!!!! How do people up there calculate the yearly budget???? We need qualified staffs to teach these students appropriately to really prepare them to face the REAL WORLD...Furthermore, if MQA knows about the insufficient ratio of lecturers to courses, the students' future is in jeopardy... OMG...

I'm having problems in teaching my program as well. I don't have the facility to train them in!!! My students are suppose to have a simulation room this semester, but the space hasn't been set up yet until today!!! Where am I suppose to train them in????? An empty classroom with no appropriate facilities? They are the first batch for this program and they deserve the sufficient if not perfect facilities to learn with... hmmmm.... MQA is going to question about this and it is the management's responsibilities to answer... wa ka ka.... To make it more ironic, they knew about this requirement since 2007!!!

I don't know how they are going to go around this matter. I don't think a body like MQA will look the other way.... All I know, as of today, in order to train my students sufficiently, I have to be innovative and creative... I wonder... is there any boutique owners out there who want to lend me a hand???

Please Allah, help me... amen... Subhanallah...

Competency Level Evaluation???

Hi all... I think most of my colleagues are sitting for this evaluation.. But the system for this evaluation process is changed to a more complicated form and the people at the administration didn't hold any kind of briefing to inform these people about their FUTURE!!!

I find this abnoxious... Think about it... They have to apply to sit for this evaluation process and they did it a few months ago, having in mind the system is still the same... This could really ruin people's future right... they were reminded to send in their papers for the evaluation, which they didn't know they have to write. We were told that our EO knew about this change a couple of months ago! No memos, no e-mail, no copies of the orders were circulated since then.

I don't want to point fingers but, the administration people should hold the briefing as the system changes along with the BIG HEAD's change...
Alhamdulillah, I'm not one of either parties... :oP

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¢Mudah dikendalikan dan penyimpanan
¢Menarik untuk dipamerkan untuk menyokong pengedar

Isu Alam Sekitar & Etika
¢Pembungkusan berlebihan boleh menjadi pembaziran.
¢Keperluan penggunaan bahan yang boleh dikitar semula.
¢Penipuan pembungkusan
—Bungkusan terlalu besar
—Peniruan gaya dan logo pihak lawan
—Label yang mengelirukan
—Negara asal adalah negara terakhir di mana produk diubah

Help!!!!!!....

Hi all... just recently a friend asked for my help to fetch some colleagues from KLIA... Well actualyy I didn't volunteered but, I feel I was cornered... ha ha... She/he asked me if I'm free that Friday, so, the "not on the spot liar that I am" I said I was free... The she/he asked me to help her fetch those people from KLIA... waaa... Since I wasn't doing anything, I just went...

Alone on a bus of 40 passangers along with 2 drivers, I went to KLIA that Friday... To make things worst, one of them lost her luggage... so we had to wait a bit longer for the "DATIN" to return her luggage at the airport...

We arrived in Ipoh around 9.30pm... My body ached from the ride... But I had to endure the same thing on Sunday when I had to send them back... But this time, we were suppose to depart at 7 am, but instead, one of the driver came at eight... how convenient... One of the people had to catch her flight at 1.35pm... We reached KL Central and she fetched the express train to KLIA and a cab to LCCT... Poor her, she was hijacked by an "ulat" and paid a RM40 fare... isk isk isk...

After sending them to the airport, we immediately travel back to Ipoh and I arrived home at 11.30pm...

All I'm saying is, I do this job because I gave the consent and I was really free... he he he... Cornered... but I was free... he he.. I help you... You help me... Scratch your back... I hope you scratch my back later on darling... insya Allah... ;o)

New day New Week New Desk???

Hi all....

This week people in this office are moving around trying to find a desk to "reside" until the next position reshuffeling... People from this office have to move next door and people from next door to this room... People from downstairs have to come up and people from up here have to go downstairs... Chaos happened, some people were in the know, some people were clueless and most of them were inddiferent.. ha ha ha... If it is just about who sitting where, not many people are interested about the "predicament"....

Hmm... came in a new collegue, the office's equilibrium changes again... Just what kind of environment will this person create for us... I really hope we can collaborate well with us.

I've seen so many antics my collegues have, I learned to tolerate to the "nastiness" of most of them... he he he... It is quite hard, but, alhamdulillah, with 30 years of making, keeping and loosing friends, I mingle well with them... This is very IMPORTANT if I want to work in peace here... HARUSSSSS.... he he he...

This is only the beginning of the new semester... The worst is soon to come... Because, the ill are holding important posts... I don't mean the mentally ill, but the physically not healthy personnel... He he he... There are mentally and emotionally ill people as well, indeed, I need to deal with them as well... ha ha ha... But, insya Allah, I hope we can handle it... I wish to me, Happy New Semester! Happy New Bosses! Happy New Students! and most of all, HAPPY NEW ANTICS!!! he he he..

I made a Boo boo...

Hi all....

I was on medical leave on Friday... I was so sick I can't even drive myself to the clinic. I get like this once in every two months... Fatigue as they call it...

The boo boo that I made was, I was suppose to attend a meeting on Friday which apparently can't go on without me.. and that night I was suppose to go KLIA to welcome a group of staffs from Kota Kinabalu... I totally forgot about it.. and I forgot to tell my friend about my disease... I'm sorry... So Sorry... :-(

SSshhhhhh... people are trying to listen...

Hi all...

Today, a bunch of friends and I were ordered to attend a seminar downtown. Well, we went there, 5 of us in a car, and one of my friend rode his/her's... As soon we arrive there, we registered, picked up our door gifts and went for breakfast...

As we were eating, one of my colleague was crying while eating his/her meal... I was so concerned and asked what was up? He/she shook his/her head and continued eating slowly. He/she didn't want to talk about it yet.. Ok... We left him/her alone with his/her thoughts...

After eating, we went in for the seminar. But, while the third facilitator delivers his talk, he/she came up to me and start explaining to me about the episode earlier... OMG, everybody else were so quiet and made his/her voice so out there... and I'm sitting beside him/her... What am l to do? People were staring, gawking and giving hints to be quiet...but he/she kept on talking...waaaaa.... can you imagine? I didn't want to be rude to him/her... but I still want to listen to the facilitator's nuts story... and people were gawking... hu hu hu... What an inappropriate time to talk about his/her feelings right???... People can hear his/her EVERY WORD!!!... Alhamdulillah.. My other friend and I consoled and cooled him/her down and he/she left early to run some errands... Pheeewww....

I just hope, the next time he/she chooses to talk about stuff, he/she would be aware of the ENVIRONMENT... wa ka kak a... Sometimes, people just want to let it out right then and there... How would you deal about it??

Black Magic??? Evil Spell??

Hi all.. another day comes.. reminds me about when I worked at my old place... People were so friendly.. they even invite you to their homes without hesitation... No prejudice... in the surface of course...

The truth is, they despise "our people". They say that "our people" come to a place and suck all the luxuries out of their place and leave them as helpers and workers and not the lord of the land... Lord of the Flies??? he he he...

By the way, I went there as their leaders due to my status as a senior officer in this service. I tried to mould them, be all that they can be in this line of profession. They have to endure all sorts of things including dealing with customers... various kinds of customers... many attitude... many antics..

But to them, "our people" are smothering and taking over and stealing their thunder... Thus, some of them sent me some evil spell... I fell sick and I had to stay home most of the time... Yeah... yeah... who believes in black magic nowadays right? This day in age?... But... the more you disbelieve, the easier they "mandrem" you... ha ha...

I worked in this industry for ten years.... and for eight years I have been fighting this "disease"... They envy me, they hate me, they even want me dead... Alhamdulillah I'm still here... Just remember, even though we can't see them, believe me, they exist amongst us... Believe in unseen, believe in Allah... Because Allah all the things destined to happend happends..

Monday....

Hi all... Comes another Monday at work...

People got together gossipping about last week's andeavour... I got in from a week's paid vacation.. ha ha ha.. mistake on the other part, called me to a meeting I can't a part of.. haha.. so I stayed over in KL with meals and hotel room paid by the organizers.. cool... apart of the spliting headache or migrain I had last Wednesday that is..

I walked into the office today, people greated me as if they haven't seen me in ages.. he he.. Loved it... people tend to ignore me at the old place... hah.. let's just forget about the past.. they were the ones with the envy problems, not me... so...

I told a good friend of mine about the whole episode I had with the guy/gal last week.. and she said... just ignore him/her... he/she just want to annoy you.. well he/she did...

This guy/gal called me his/her best friend... Is it because he/she always go Dutch everytime it comes to pay for meals, which, he/she invite me to... P_ _ _ I_ T_ _ A _ _ right?... He/She always say, he/she doesn't have any money... his/her spouse holds his/her ATM card and he/she can't withdraw any money from the bank???? Can't even afford a RM5 meal? HEllllooooo... Do I look like a philanthropist... did I spell this right?? ha ha ha... I'm broke too you know!!!.. And he/she booked a MERCEDEZ... OMG... Maybe he/she had a bunch of people pay for his/her meals that he/she made enough to do so.... ha ha ha... !!!

Whiny... whiner...

"I miss my friend.. You have been too busy that we hardly spend time together lately"... So sweet isn't it?... A friend longing for another friend's attention... So sweet... Why did this other friend ignore this other friend you ask? Let me tell you...

He/she sent me this text message at 1.39 am and I can't get back to sleep until it's 6.30am... Professional? I don't think so! Appropriate? Hardly!... For me this is just an act of a desperate person, aching for attention. He/she is just an office mate, a colleague... why the message in the morning? He/she must be demented...

I have friends too... I have colleagues as well... but I don't go around text messaging them in the middle of the night.. It is higly inappropriate! People are sleeping at that hour!!!! Didn't he/she get it???? You can whine about work... but it has to at the right possible time and appropriate place... I hate it when people wake me up in the middle of the night and whiiiiinnnnneeeeee..... UUUuuuuurrrgggghhhhhh!!!!!!...

He/she is not even my special someone!!! People make exceptions for their special ones right... but we're just colleagues... Laahaulawala... OMG... Get over it already...

MLM... continuation...

Hi all...
I think that I am obliged to explain to you more about multi-level marketing. As you all know... it is always in the shape of a pyramid... always a pyramid... not a cube.. not a cylinder.. not a hexagon.. The top management will always get the most income. Hmmmm... Think about it...
Lets look at it this way...
Manufacturers, manufacture products needed or not by consumers... How do you think they supply this goods to the end consumers? They have distributors and suppliers right? How much profit margin do they gain? And... how much does consumers has to pay for the goods in order to cover all the profit margins for the suppliers? Distributors? Manufacturers?
Lets say... a body powder manufacturer sells bottled body powder for RM12 per box. There is a dozen bottles of body powder in the box. A distributor buys 12 boxes for RM144+ lorry fuel+workers wages... How much will the distributor sell the body powder per box to a supplier? He/she might increase the price per box in order to cover the cost incurred during the time of transporting the product to the supplier. Then, the supplier transport and distribute the body powder to retailers and this time they increase the price a bit more to cover the cost of the process; same thing the distributor does... So, consumer won't be supprised when buying a bottle of body powder straight from the manufacturer for the price of RM1 per bottle, whilst from a retail store for the price of maybe RM5 per bottle. It is expected right?
So, lets get back to MLM. What does all these has to do with MLM right? Let me explain... Remember when I say that MLM is a pyramid?

• Guess who is on the tip of the pyramid? Good ;o) the manufacturer ;o)
  


• Whose working so hard at the bottom of the pyramid? Good... the retailers, which is also known as the marketers... Is it easy to market? No right? You have to work hard!!!
  


• Who is sitting comfortably below the manufacturer? Yes.. the distributors..
  


• Below them?... yes.. the suppliers... Ever heard "regional distributors"? Hmmmm... makes you ponder right?
  

I'm not saying it is a bad thing... MLM is proven as a method that helped a lot of people to get income... Hard to deny right? Imagine and think... If the company is established in 1980, how long has it been around? And... if you join the company, will you be on the tip of the pyramid? the middle section of the pyramid? or.... the bottom of the pyramid???? CNI, Hi-O, Avon, etc were established in the 80s... If you join recently... I mean within this 5 years period... where are you actually??? Think please...
If the MLM company is established in 2007... is there any chance for you to be on the top half of the pyramid? There's a chance right? Think about it...

Multi Level Marketing -MLM

Assalamualaikum.. Hi all..
As you all know, multi-level marketing is one of the marketing strategies available out there. It is clearly popular among you since so many of you are involve in this method of marketing. Some of you even got screwed over.
You have to understand that multi-level marketing involves selling products no matter what they say to you, there are still products to be sold. For example, CNI is known for its medicinal products, Hi-O known for its "Beautiful" and water filter, another one MLM company Avon for its cosmetics and accessories. These companies have been around for a while and they are ESTABLISHED. But, what I'm trying to say here is, don't be fooled by the gimmic saying that you don't have to sell stuff, you do... you know why?
Firstly :
You have to pay at least RM2000 to join the company
Secondly:
You have to find at least 2 "underline" to expand you market
Thirdly:
You have to maintain at least RM250 per month in order to get bonus, which most of the time is either coupons, 10% discounts, entitled in the running for a vacation and etc.
Questions you have to ask yourself before getting involve in any of these companies:
1. What do I know about personal selling?
2. Do I have the money to maintain minimum sales every month in order to get the BONUS?
3. Am I confident enough to approach others to join this business?
4. Once they join this business, am I certain that he/she will achieve what he/she wants?
5. Won't I drag my underline into trouble if I ask them into this business?
6. Will I be able to help my underline achieve their sales target?
7. Does he/she has the money to maintain minimum sales every month and if he/she ask to borrow money from me, will I be able to help him/her?
8. Am I positioned at the position the company promised me?
9. How much time do I have to put in to be a millionnaire?
10. Am I being realistic?
PLEASE BE REALISTIC! I'm writing from experience. I joined Clearmont Sdn Bhd when I was studying and I invested RM3500. The RM3500 was by scholarship money, which I never see again. I got make-up sets and tea and skin care product which each item worth the minimum of RM200!!! (Remember; be realistic). Afterwards, I coughed RM500 to join its motivational course which not at all different from the normal everyday seminar!!!
I'm so into it because they programed us to believe that make-up products are tainted with poisons and toxic. I believed them until I run out of money to pay for transportation fee to and from the meeting place, telephone bill, new wardrobe to look "professional", most of all, FRIENDS STEER AWAY FROM ME. When this happened, all they said to me was, "you have to face the risk in order to excel"... BUT, WHY NONE OF THEM WARN ME OF THE RISKS BEFORE I PUT RM3500 IN THE BUSINESS?????
I started working with RM0.00 and I have to borrow money from my parents. So shameful... :(
I'm sure you don't want this to happen. If you want to join this kind of marketing, please be aware of their promises. You can even come to me for advise. Please... you have to be wise ...

Another Meeting in KL

Hi all...

FYI, my students are soing to start classes early August, so I am free until then. I'm going to fill my time writing some modules and hopefully update this blog everyday. Love writing...

I'm actually on holiday, but work still come to me. Yesterday night, the consultant for e-learning sent me a storyboard for the e-learning project, so I guess I have to go through it by this week. At 7.50 this evening, a colleague called and remind me that there's another meeting that I have to attend in KL next week on 24 & 25 June. As I talk to her, she told me that I worked so fast that everybody else hasn't achieve the story board stage yet... Wow! I work fast? Alhamdulillah... ;o)

By the way, as I'm on holiday, I'm free from Teamo Supremo.. he he he... Hey.. if you any stories about your office, do share ;o)

Cancelled???? What????

Hi all.. I went o KL two days ago for the validation meeting. Pre-counsel meeting we anticipated and discussed questions that might be asked yesterday. We prepared, I prepared, I went through the stuff, memorized some facts... I even slept on it... Fortunately.. soundly.. ha ha ha...

So, yesterday, we went to Putrajaya and as we got up to the sixth 11th floor, they told us that it was cancelled... What???? But it is rescheduled to Thursday.. tomorrow... Ok... The comittee have some other important matter to attend to... alrighty then... hmmm

But, we didn't come home in vain... the officer there gave away all their inquiries... and people in KL said that I don't have to be there... YYYYaaahhhhhoooooo!!!!...

Now I'm home enjoying my holidays... I applied for a week holiday but I have to cut it into three days because of this meeting. No matter...

All I'm trying to say here is... procrastination trickles down from the top, so, I can't really put the blame to my immediate bosses... ;o) How to change aaa????

Procrastinate???

This is a phenomenon, not even an incident, but a phenomenon that always happen in this department...

People up there are going to face the bigger guys to verify this program. I'm sure they already knew about this meeting and presentation not 2 weeks ago.. OMG, what happened was, they sent in a fax telling my boss and two of my friends to come for a meeting on MONDAY. We got the fax FRIDAY EVENING. As if they don't know that everybody has to fill lots of forms to get clearence to go anywhere. The fax came in at 3.00pm, it has to be read and minuted by the "commanding officer" before handed down to our head of department and then minuted again to us.

The office close at 5 pm. The system is all screwed up, sometimes, l wonder, aren't those people in the central office know how to manage time? So tired of this happening over and over again. I have worked in this industry with the same boss for nearly 10 years... Still the same flaws happen... But you know what? NO CHANGE!!

OOOOhhh people in the central office... why don't thee go for a course or even some courses for time management, office management, filing, computer application and stuff.. just get something to upgrade your competencies... It is really sickening if you guys keep losing files and documents all the time... OoooHHHHH! One more thing.. use the organizer you got for free every year, organize your day, organize your work, plannnnnn... Phewwww... this feels better... hmmmm

Friday at Last

Hi all....
It is Friday at last... I have THE WORK to do, but the ideas seems to stop flowing in... Why aaaa??? Friday already maaa.. Well, I need to have it done by today, otherwise, I won't enjoy my weekend. Hey! I'm taking a week of next week... yahoo...

Yes... the air conditioning system is still on "strike".. not working because of lacking "love and terderness"... Aren't they suppose to service the system once a month? He he he... The Mighty Stingy can't say anything if we're not productive... We didn't ask for a sauna anyway.. he he... Now, I'm loitering in my friends' office... They're not here, so I'm lounging as I please.. LOL

My work for Putrajaya is nearly finish, after that I'll be moving on to my next project... Write a module for Retail Operation 1 and a manual for Retail Operation 2. I need to study and prepare some notes for Fashion Merchandising Course as well.. Oh well.. my students are coming early August anyway so I still have plenty of time to do so...

Teamo Supremo is not here right now... probably went home for the afternoon break, since their homes are so close to the work place... Mine's about 45 minutes drive one way... so it's not worth the money and energy... duh!!!..

Air Conditioned Office???? Really??

This is the fourth day since my office's air conditioning system breakdown... No air circulation... No fan... Since when the department change the upstairs office into a sauna? OMG... people just swiped in and went missing the whole day until it is time to go home... he he he... whose fault is it? Is it because nobody compalined about it? Somebody did days ago.... Is it because there are no resources to repair the air conditioning system... I can't say there is... Are the technicians lazy? Who knows right???

What ever it is... The Mighty Stingy should be aware about this matter... This situation is making all of his staff uncomfortable and most of them split as soon as they swiped in... Does he not care about all of us? Are we just pawns and he'll just use us when he needs us. This is too much!!! As a leader he must be alert about our welfare.. Mr Stingy... TAKE NOTE AND TAKE ACTION!!! He he... Is it too much to ask?

Screwed Over...

Ever been screwed over? Well I have... a few times actually... But I doesn't mean that I'm a pushover.. I am the kind of person who reserve my views about people, I always give people the benefit of the doubt... People have been talking about this person's attitude of being such a snob, not walking the talk and always duck when push comes to shove... but, I am a glass half full kind of person...

Well... today, it's about this person who I work with....
One day, I got a call from Putrajaya asking me to write something to be publish in one of the departments module project. Coincidently, this person overheard me talking and volunteered to help me with the project... So I submit his/her name to the officer over there... All happy and flowery at that time because somebody has my back...

Last two weeks, the company who was responsible to work with me called and asked me to start writing... I went too this guy/gal... You guys know what he/she said?... "Hey, you have to ask me again..." He/she repeated the same thing twice!!! .... HELLLOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I submitted your name to the officer in front of your FACE!!!!! OMG... I can't believe him/her... So, I called Putrajaya and ask them to scrape his/her name of the "Subject Matter Expert" list and I told them I'm flying solo on this assignment...

TODAY... he/she came to my desk as I was working on my project.. and ask... " Why are you looking so serious?" then I looked at him/her blankly... then I said... "I have to finish this up ASAP"... Ironically he/she said..." Why are doing this work alone? Nobody else helping aaa???"... WHAT????????? Ha ha ha.... what a QUESTION!

The Banshee... The Chronicles...

Hi all...
Well, today, I want to tell you about The Banshee. The Banshee has a shrieking voice, but inspite all that the person is a nice person and very helpful to others. The person cares about other people's whereabouts... ;o) ha ha ha...

There are so many rumours about this person and they are all not very encouraging. This is a new place for me, so I need to mingle with everybody. I do agree with people's view about her but for me they are just how humans act... human do err..

Somebody with a black past will convey certain characteristics that may not be so much appealing to others. For instance, this person has a very loud voice that a person about 50 yards away can hear this person talk. This person is seeking attention and wants to be recognized... Always talk and brag about the things this person has, all of them are mostly the finest things money can get... As for me, I just assume that this person need something to comfort and fulfill the emptiness inside his/her heart.... I pity him/her.... He/She has an unpleasent history that anybody else would not want.. but she didn't ask for it...

All Im saying is, people should cut her some slacks... and most of all, this person should think and rethink about the actions he/she is about to take, the things that are coming out of the mouth... Muhasabah... and remember, things are just materials... Calmness comes with the pure of heart... May he/she purify his/her heart to obtain calmness, then he/she can achieve happiness ;o)

Monday... Got Blues aaaaaa????

Hi Monday...
I don't know why people always call Monday Blues... he he... l love Mondays.. This means that I can go to work and work... I love my job, I don't know about everyone else, but being in this office is a fun time for me... Especially... ha ha... Teamo Supremo is not here!!!! BUT, I think Huggy Hulk is in, but I don't think he'll stick around the office, hope to God he won't.

I still have tonnes of work to do particularly the KL module job... Hope to have a productive day today... Amen... he he... ;o)

Soooo Peaceful...

You don't know how peaceful it is in this office today... Most of my impossible colleagues are on leave. Yahooo!... I'm on the verge of finishing a job given by somebody in KL. It i due today and Im working hard to finish it... Im writing just to rest my mind for a bit...

I tried to do it yesterday, but sitting in a heavy traffic area, people tend to stop by and always assume I am free for chats... NOOOTTTTT!!!!!... I can't say much about it because they took away my partition where I use to hide from all of them. Now, my table is an open space where people tend to "hang out" sort of speak... I usually don't mind, because I always entertain visitors, but, if you're a common sensed kind of person, if you see me typing and minding my own business, would you pull a chair, sit and chat? Aaaarrghhh!!!!! COMMON SENSE!

Well, I think I have to stay back to finish this thing by hook or by crook... Allah help me please ;o) Amin

The Huggy Hulk: THe Chronicles...

"The Huggy Hulk" who can hit, beat and bounce enemies just by using his belly... Well, he is not in today...

The first day he transfered to this office, my bestest friend made a fuss about him being so cocky and stuff... For me he was just being him... And then, as the days went by, my friend actually liked him so much because he actually a nice man who understands woman...

As for me, he approached me as of he had found a friend who can totally understand where he came from and we actually have quite similar background... We both went to boarding schools and we know how hard the life in there was... So, we clicked and we often go out durign breakfast and lunch, sometimes tea...

As time goes by, The Huggy Hulk start to show his true color... whiny, cranky, bickers like a girl, always on mood swings... AAAarrrggghhhhh!!! I can't stand it... Most of my friends said that he never do his work, never do the assignments that he has to do... he calls most of my friends "bit_ _ es"... Who does he think he is? Mr Oh So Perfect????

All I know, in this office, we have to work together and try to compromise with each other. I even told him that people are like machines, they breakdown sometime and he cannot expect everything can run 24-7; as he pleases... People can compromise with his tantrum, why can't vise versa? I'm sure, people can tolerate if anything is discussed in a well mannered, well conducted way... It is nice that he is not a man's man, but, a "heshe"..... NOT!!!!!!!!

Stop the whining, pointing fingers, nagging, bickering and name calling... Show me the person you say you are; a motivator, a professional... I've never seen a motivator bickers with a friend.... Yuuuccckkkkkkk!!!!!!.....

Today in History...

Today reminds me of a situation I faced a few years ago... Actually this is my third office since I started working as a teacher. The second institution Iworked at is actually at the end of a virgin forest... It is supposedly the most beautiful, the most expensive of all the same body of institution in this country. Guess what is the major department there? INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY!!! and the maximum capacity of the hostels on campus is FOUR THOUSAND students...

Let me tell you guys a bit about this place.... It is a picturesque by the ocean entity... The district is so peaceful, and if you are a peace loving person, this is the kind of place to ought to work, play and stay. Let me tell your about the logistics... This district is connected by road, by air and by water, three main transportation medium.... Do you know why they have three mediums? Because the nearest city is three hours drive through the thick forest and the oil palm estate on the rocky trail... not road... trail... You have a Perdana? Trade it i for a four-wheel drive please... Air transportation changed ownership three times and the twin-otter plane can only fly 11 bodies + a few chickens in the cargo... ha.. ha...ha... How about the water transportation you say? I have to drive an hour to the nearest dock to catch an express boat to Sibu...

Yes... I worked there... It was pleasurable at first, but as time goes by, the elements surrounding me started to collapse on me... wait for it tomorrow ya...

Examination week.... again.. n again..

Well... I've finished my work and I've keyed-in all the marks in the processing program... What a relief.. But more than half of my students got A for their final exams... I thank God, but somebody must query about it later... What the heck.. they deserve the credits.

Teamo Supremo is not too demanding today. The air sucker is on leave today ha ha... But he'll be in tomorrow... The Banshee is on the move, but she's not that loud today... :o)

I got another assignment, my boss gave me a chance to give a talk about product packaging next week... I have to prepare some stuff for the talk... OMG, this is my first time for kind of experience and in a different venue...

Just got a call from a freelance software developer hired me to help them develop an interactive module about Shoppers/Consumer Behavior... another project that I have yet to finish by this Thursday...

Saturday... Blues???

Im in my office right now finishing up my work... Im scheduled to attend a marriage reception after this. My office-mate is having it at his house and eventhough he didn't give me an invitation card, I think I owe him my attendance...

His not well... He has some access water problem in his brain and he's been on sick leave since early March. He already has a rubber tube put into his head to enable the access water from his brain to flow to his trakea... Some people call this as brain tumor as well... I don't know... I owe him my attendance because I should visit and see him as well... Sad huh?

But today should be a great day for his family and him, his daughter is getting married. Everybody should be there so he he can share his happiness...

Last time when he still remembers the way to this office, he went to the administration office to ask for for sick leave because he used up all of his. He was just asking for non-payed leave, but the management refused it if a doctor's recommendation letter was not attached... The next week he didn't come to the office to submit the letter because he didn't even recognize his wife... Need I explain more???... But since then, everything is settled and he is recouperating slowly but positively... thank God...

So, today, my friends and colleagues and I are going to his daughter's wedding reception to celebrate his happy day... one might wonder, will he survive his next child's wedding reception... Will I?

Friday at work...

He he he... as I was driving to work this morning, I laughed at myself... you know why? Ha ha... I was thinking of "Teamo Supremo"... This team consist of a superwoman "The Banshee" who can shriek the nerve out of her foe's body, "The Stench" who can release poisonous body odor, "The Huggy Hulk" who can hit, beat and bounce enemies just by using his belly, "The Chatter Box" who can bore people to death and the most ultimate of all, "The Stingy" who is very stingy, he sucks the air until people choke to death and burst them into smittherines.....

Lame... I know, it is just a cartoon-like title... but I have an office full of people filled with people that I can categorized as cartoon characters... I like to label them this way just to make my life easier here in my new office... they're just cartoons who want people to recognize and/or notice them and follow them... they are crying for attention actually... Sometimes make my days miserable, but, lm a glass half full... That's how I concocted "Teamo Supremo"... ha ha ha... ;o)