Celcom In Play(ful mood).

Terasa nak tido dalam kelas. Ngantuk... Malam semalam tido kul 2 pagi. Menurut Junaidix, tak cukup tido leh gemuk. Tapi aku peratikan makin banyak tido lagi gemuk. So antara gemuk ngan lagi gemuk, baik la aku gi gym lagi lepas balik dari KL nanti :p (hehe, ayat apakah ini?)

Sebab tak puas hati ngan Celcom aku pun tepon Celcom helpline. Lepas mendengar marketing message dier yg panjang berjela2 (n lepas dekat 10 kali call), barulah aku mendengar suara Celcom consultant tuh.

'Yes, may I help you?' 'Yeah. Message failed to be transmitted.'

'Your mobile number?'

'019-7....'

'Where are you staying right now, miss?' 'JB?' (duh...)

'Hold on, miss. There was a server problem in that area. We'll try to solve this problem in 24 hours.'

Hello? I've a relationship to save here, ok? Can you make it in another 5 minutes?

'What u can do, miss, try to switch off ur phone for 10 minutes. Then switch it on, and give another 1 minute. Then try to send a text-message to any number.'

'Ok.'

Aku pun buat apa yg dia suruh. Tapi bila aku switch on tepon n try send message lepas seminit tuh, message tak leh jugak antor. Geramnyer! Rasa nak baling dalam tong sampah! Aku pun tepon sekali lagi. Kali nih bukan setakat message tak leh hantar yg aku complain, aku lecture sekali pasal mesej sampai lewat, bla2... Ha, amik ko!

Kali nih, baru la boleh hantar mesej. Hampeh. Tunggu la aku ada duit sket, aku nak tukar mobile operator. Murah, tapi service teruk, buat aper?

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Assignment yang melampau-lampau...

Sebenarnya aku kene bz ari nih coz esok aku cuti. Kat dalam 'To Do List' aku ada 5 item + 1 item presentation proposal petang nih. Tu baru keje2 sampingan. Tak masuk projek lagi.

Jadi pendek cerita hari nih keje sekolah aku banyak giler. Tapi aku terasa malas nak buat coz malam semalam aku balik lewat utk menyiapkan presentation assignment aku. Petang semalam dah ler aku dilanda perasaan moody yang tak terbendung2 lagi. Huaaargh!! Aku tak puas hati. Bukan kat orang tu, tapi kat orang lain yg melepak kat blog dier. Awat? Cuti sekolah ke sekarang ni? Dia takde keje ke nak buat? Huhu... Serba-sedikit, prestasi akademik aku terjejas disebabkannya.

Then aku bengang kat Celcom. Nak hantar mesej tak buleh. Mesej orang kasi kat aku selalunya datang lambat. Paling pecah rekod, bos aku hantar mesej pasal meeting yg penting kelmarin, sehari kemudian baru sampai. Aku terpinga2 je la baca mesej tu. Not good for business la macam ni. Mesej sampai bukan realtime. Huh. Pagi nih try call helpline dier, tak de pun 'so-called consultant' on the line. Hampeh. Patut la sms 2 sen je.

Malam semalam. Aku baru je bersuka-ria nak balik awal lepas abis distribute stock greeting cards kat department2 bila group member call.

'Wey, meeting la.'

'Ni dah pukul 6.30 p.m. Balik la..'

'Esok present tau? Pukul 3 ptg? Balik apanyer? Mlm ni ada consultant nak datang.'

'Ek? Meeting malam? Tak penah2 dibuat orang..'

'8 malam tau?'

'Gileeee......'

So malam tu kitaorang kelas prep malam (buat OT). Seperti biasa, tu janji Melayu. Meeting started pukul 8.30 mlm. Abis kul 10 mlm. Aku dah ngantuk, bosan, aku rasa meeting tu dah off-track, letih, nak basuh baju, nak mesej kat orang tu, nak tido...

Abis je meeting, diaorang blah, Chairman cakap, 'Right, guys. Jom buat presentation.'

Ternganga aku kat situ jugak. 'Ey, I balik naik motor tau? Bukannyer Merz...' aku remind dia.

Tapi memandangkan masa dah suntuk, aku pun banyak keje sekolah esok ari, so aku terpaksa gak setuju ngan pakatan diaorang.

Akhirnya, kul 11.30 malam, dah finalized decision, n delegate part assgt masing2, n kitaorang pun balik. Aku tak kira ada speed trap ke tak de, aku pecut laju2. Hah! Sampai jugak kat rumah pukul 12 mlm.

Mandi, basuh baju, solat, tido... Pagi nih lepas Subuh, tido balik. Bangun lambat. Tak panaskan enjin, gi isi minyak, pecut lagi, n sampai opis pkl 9.05 pagi. Adoi la... lambat sampai sekolah. Cikgu plak depan parking lot. Hish, so pagi nih keje sekolah mesti disiapkan jugak.

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School Again...

Beberapa minggu yang lepas, aku gi blog Sifoo grafix aku (eh, baru teringat. Mana sebutharga utk bromite tuh??) n tergelak besar tengok betapa akademiknya sifoo aku sekarang nih.

Jadi aku nak paparkan kat sini terma2 akademik yang diaplikasikan dlm environment kerjanya:

1. buat keje sekolah = buat keje kat ofis

2. pergi jumpa cikgu = jumpa client / bos

3. group discussion = meeting

4. buat assignment = projek berproposal

5. waktu rehat, pegi kantin = lunch hour

6. ada final = keje on deadline

7. menulis abc = buat programming (nie programmer aku je)

8. mewarna lukisan = sedang mendesign

9. cikgu marah = client /bos tak puas hati

10.tolong cikgu = keje free tak berbayar /overtime

11.ngorat cikgu = tackle client / ampu bos, promote

12.cuti sekolah = aku cuti

13.ponteng kelas = lari dari client buat sementara..

Walaupun keje2 aku sekali-sekala je mewarna lukisan n tak penah lagi menulis abc, aku rasa kebanyakan term tu memang relevan. Jadi aku nak tambah beberapa kat sini:

14. buat matematik = banding harga

15. buat esei = proposal pendek

16. pendidikan seni = cut-n-paste keratan akhbar

Muahaha! Memang best, kreatif, inovatif la otak Sifoo aku nih...

Adaptasi dari: Sifoo

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Time Management Tips - The Management Graduate Perspective

I usually don't like to keep tabs of my tasks coz eventually I will have to prioritize each items and find out that everything is needed URGENTLY.

But I'm a (fill in the blank) management graduate, I'm supposed to do things in an organised way.

So I tried doing that, you know, at school they taught us it's called time management. Among others, plan & organise, set goals, prioritise, use a to do list, consider biological prime time, & delegate. Here's the consequences:

Plan & organise. 

Theoretically: Organise in a way that makes sense to you. If you need colour and pictures, use a lot on your calendar or planning book.

Practical: I'm a chaos by nature. I'm chaotic. Organising doesn't make sense to me. My calendar and organiser serves no purpose except to check when's the next public hols.

Set goals. 

Theoretically: Set goals which are specific, measurable, realistic and achievable. Your optimum goals are those which cause you to 'stretch' but not 'break' as you strive for achievement.

Practical: I tried doing this. Honest. At the end of the day, I want to accomplish three tasks and not more. But setting goals and deadlines do not see eye to eye. Deadlines will prevail at the end of the day. Some would argue, why not set goals to achieve deadlines? I tell you why. Because apparently out of nowhere, an unknown and impromptu deadline will jump out of nowhere to kungfu-kick all my beautifully-set goals and makes me jump up and run around to fulfill my obligation as cheap labor. (Note: If I'm paid based on my efforts, my salary would equal that of a CEO).

Prioritise. 

Theoretically: Use the 80-20 Rule. Identify the valuable 20 percent task. Once identified, prioritize time to concentrate your work on those items with the greatest reward. Flagging items with a deadline is another idea for helping you to stick to your priorities.

Practical: All my tasks fight each other to be at the top of my list. How's that?

Use a to-do list. 

Theoretically: Use a daily To Do list which is constructed either the last thing the previous day or first thing in the morning.

Practical: About the only thing I do daily. And the most useful :)

Consider biological prime time. 

Theoretically: The time of day when you are at your best.

Practical: My biological prime time requires me to still snuggle under my comfortable n warm comforter and only go to work around 8 p.m. coz that's when I am truly awake.

Delegate. 

Theoretically: Distribute tasks equally among co-workers. This would avoid pressure and fatigue.

Practical: There's only ME & MY BOSS. My boss does the delegating, I'm being delegated.

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Hari Ini Aku & Keje...

Hari ni aku rasa tak sihat plak. Badan sengal2, kepala pun rasa berat. Semalam dapat housemate baru. Student praktikal dari UM. Tua setahun dari aku. So panggil 'akak' le.

Tapi keje kena teruskan jugak pasal tak de orang nak buat keje2 nih kalau aku tak buat.

Aku ada meeting kena organize esok, so everyone has to know about it today. Minit meeting yang lepas kena make sure circulate sekali lagi coz mesti diaorang dah delete sebelum cuti raya nih. Agenda meeting kena buat. Serabut.

Petang nih committee project 3 ajak survey lokasi, pukul 3 ptg. Aku check schedule - 3 ptg ada agensi graphic design buat appointment ngan aku. So aku decline invitation diaorang. FA (finished artwork) dah hantar thru e-mail, tapi tak ikut spec yang aku kasi. Letih aa... Kena call dia balik habaq yg spec tu kena ikut betul2. Mintak dia kasi revised FA before 3 pm so we can meet ngan printed FA ready. Aku dah bosan ngan revised FA nih, sama cam diaorang bosan nak revise FA tuh. Banyak sangat kepala nak ikut, aku jugak yg susah (kan Didiz kan...)

Sabtu lepas bos besar suruh revamp website. Tu tak bersentuh lagi. Sibuk ngan media deadline. Ada satu lagi agensi yang aku nak kena kejar for FA diaorang plak.

So wat sapa2 yang tau bidang aku nih, biarlah diaorang tau. Sesapa yg tak tau, cukup la tau yg aku selalunya agak bz. Sebab tu bersyukur sesangat dah ada motor sendiri. Tak de la tensen sangat pasal pengangkutan. Kalau kena balik lambat, ada la transport sendiri. Tak macam dulu, housemate kena amik kat opis :p

Begitulah hari2 aku di sini... Huhu... Bila nak fly gi KL lagi nih? Rindu la kat orang tu ;)

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