Monday & Tuesday

Wham! Bam! I ran smack into Monday. The impact left me spinning towards Tuesday. I'm still stunned.

Spent the whole day yesterday in Singapore, attending an exhibition on aviation & tourism industry. Jen & I were in-charge of manning the exhibition booth and we were bored to death knowing that we have heaps of things to do at the office. I should've packed the fax machine, my PC, telephone & brought them over to Suntec City so I could clear my urgent task. The Gala Dinner at Fullerton cheered us up and we came back almost 12 midnight.

Today started off in a hectic manner as well. The urgent task was urgent because it was time-sensitive. My boss had conveniently added more things to do in my to-do list. I nearly wept when I read the list. Welcome to my life...

As of this afternoon, I've managed to clear almost half of the tasks given. Getting media contacts are the toughest so far. It became such a hassling job to me. Sigh. Going to Singapore again tomorrow. Not looking forward to that. So not looking forward to that.

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Cuti-cuti Malaysia ;-)

Buat kali kedua aku balik beraya di Raub, Pahang. Kali ni, aku pegi ngan orang tu. Jalan jem giler, memandangkan highway sesak ngan orang nak balik Kelantan. Orang tu tak tahan dalam bas, dah pening2 lalat. Lagipun dia straight dari opis terus gi Pudu. Kesiann...

Pagi raya agak kelam-kabut. Tapi aku sempat gi semayang raya kat Masjid Qariah kat Hulu Dong. Gi ngan Long Nai, Mak Chik, mak kawan aku, and 2 orang anak Long Nai. Orang tu pun pegi jugak. Balik dari semayang raya, kitaorang menjamu selera nasi himpit, lemang, rendang & kek coklat. Mmmm... best aa... ;)

Lepas semayang Jumaat plak, aktiviti buat korban kat sebelah surau depan rumah kawan aku. 4 ekor lembu dikorbankan sekaligus petang tu. Orang tu pun gi tolong jugak :p Tolong gali lubang... hehe. Aku keletihan sebab tak tau pukul baper aku tido mlm sebelumnya, berborak2 ngan kawan aku nih. Aku tertido plak lepas Zohor. Tau2 bila bangun diaorang sibuk citer betapa rajinnya orang tu gali lubang. 'Jangan jatuh demam lepas nih udah le...' ayah kawan aku nih cakap.

Dalam pukul 6 ptg, member aku n kakak sepupunya ajak gi Klau, beraya kat Felda. Kali nih makan dengan dasatnya. Ada lontong, spageti, biskut2 raya... Wah3x! Bab makan free nih memang besh ;) Aku pun makan ngan bersungguh2. Cuma orang tu makan sket je, sebab kat rumah dah bantai mi kari n nasi himpit ngan sup tulang.

Lepas Maghrib, kitaorang bertolak plak ke rumah ex-housemate aku time study dulu. Mamat dah menyambut ngan senyuman lebar. Ha, ha. Dapat gak aku merasa nasik kerabu dia. Tapi dah tak larat nak hentam bersungguh2. Hentam sket2 je dah ler...

Raya kedua, kitaorang balik ke Lanchang, kampung ayah member aku nih. Family sebelah ayah dier buat kenduri reunion. Ramai family dier balik, tapi tak seramai tahun sebelum tu, adik kawan aku nih buat laporan. Lauk sumer daging korban. Tapi hari kedua dah makan ngan ala kadar je. Risau jugak pipi dah tembam balik nih :p Petang tu, kitaorang gi rumah sorang lagi sedara mara member aku nih ngan tujuan nak amik manggis n langsat.

Sumer terkejut badak bila tgk skill orang tu panjat pokok. Muahahaha! Ngan aku sekali terkejut. Bila dier panjat pkk langsat plak, anak buah member aku yg baru umur 5 tahun, Mek, tepuk tangan sambil jerit, 'Monkey! Monkey!' Apa lagi, sumer ketawa! Orang tu pun tergelak jugak. Nasib baik tak jatuh pokok. Isk2... hehe.

Malam sebelum nak balik tu, puas la kitaorang dijamu ngan kerang rebus, rendang pelbagai citarasa, daun ubi masak tempoyak, ikan bakar, etc. Waaah! Aku balik nih mesti gi gym utk membuang segala lemak2 yg aku makan sepanjang cuti2 Mesia nih.. Walau apa pun, suatu percutian yg menarik & best ;)

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Let Me Blog Please...

'Dear Network & Systems Admin.:

I read your e-mail circulated to all staffs with apprehension because the contents might changed my life forever. Your subject 'Banning blogging activities during workhour' has indeed projected deep fear in my heart of what my life would be from now on. I would like to request 5 minutes of your time to read my response on the abovematter and judge what I'm about to say.

I have to confess that I'm an avid blog keeper. Ever since I was introduced to the world of blogging, I found it has opened gates of opportunities and filled me with wonders of what Internet technology is capable of being. True, that blogging needs constant maintenance, and that involves the use of company's property and productive time. However, I can assure you that blogging is not a liability, but instead, an investment to the company.

I will elaborate more on this view and explain each point I will make so you can understand better what blogging means to working bloggers like me:

Blogging cuts company's expenditure on EAP (Employee Assistance Program). As we all jolly know, working life can be stressful and causes emotional exhaustion among employees. That is the reason why companies have such things as EAP to help them overcome their stress. Employing only one or two counsellors to help counsel troubled workers does little to reduce the problem as they can only focus on one or two cases. Providing a condusive room for counselling increases company's overhead. Paying for in-house professional shrinks or compensating for counselling treatment outside is also expensive. The one way to solve this problem is to let employees to blog and express their frustration, problems and feelings online where there are many sympathetic readers to give encouragement and suggestion FOC. The only expense is paying for electricity and Internet bills as pc are already in place, but the results in happier employees are worth the shot.

Employees gain new knowledge. People often talk about e-learning and learning organization. By allowing employees to blog, they can pick up new knowledge such as html and javascript, and companies don't have to bother sending them to paid courses to acquire these knowledges. You may ask, why does a clerk need to know html & javascript? Let's not look at it that way. The clerk may start by learning html & javascript, but eventually further interest might lead them to learn more complex & technical stuffs like programming languages. Then it saves cost on hiring new programmer.

Blogging improves communication skills. A lot of people lacks of good communication skills because they rarely are in contact with other people when doing their job. Writing report is still a task everyone dreads because they don't know how to write a good report and might get yelled at by their boss when they hand in their report. All this could change if only blogging is made legal because by putting entry every day in their blogs, staff learn how to write better, resulting in better communication skill. It's just like writing in a diary. The more you write, the better you are at explaining things and situations. Again, this could also benefited the company as I mentioned earlier.

Blogging as a way of motivation. For the past 2 years I went to work, one of the motivation that drives me to get up every day and go to work is the opportunity to blog. To tell others of what had happened recently, to read people's comments on my entries, and the like of it. Without this, I don't think I would come to work with as much enthusiasm because my job is routine and dull in nature. However, blogging helps me to escape this reality and makes me think good thoughts of my company for their kindness in letting me to blog.

By these few points, I hope that you would reconsider your decision and grant us the freedom to blog. Our hope and lives depend on your kindness and support, so please help us. Please allow us to blog during working hour. Thanks.

Sincerely,
Blog addict
(representing all employees who blog in the office)'

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When are words folly, truth are said
Promises given, sweet and true
Each heartbeat drummed, each breath exhaled
For you, for only you.

But when the sun rose, unveiled my eyes
How far the ocean is, how high the mountain
What may be waiting, what may be in lies
You keep in your bosom, too afraid to question.

What you thought the land, are oceans peace
No efforts can turn water to rock and earth
Yet no feet can tread on this
Save only in dream, or in mirth.

Then we question can it be undo
Should nobility prevail, or truth be parted
Should we die knowing our words are true
Or die with no regret in heart?

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Basuh keta

Dalam kekalutan keje n masalah budak2 rumah, aku terlupa plak nak citer pasal event basuh keta yg dianjurkan oleh "Guru Besar" di opis aku. Demi membantu orang lain, dia telah mengerahkan dan memaksa pekerja2 kat opis nih mencuci keta, like it or not.

So buat sesapa yg tinggal di JB, silalah beramai2 memeriahkan tempat letak keta berbumbung di lpgn terbang dari pukul 8.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. besok (Sabtu). Aku mungkin datang bersama2 ngan kamera baru dept aku utk mengambil gambar evidence of human rights abuse pada hari tsbt.

Aku bukan nak memperlekehkan niat murni dia, tapi cara dia nak implement idea brilliant ni dah step on people's toes, and quite a number has complained about this. Selain daripada me'reject' tagline yg kitaorang dah terguling2 nak fikirkan, dia cuma bagi arahan.

'Water jet. Nak dua. Man, sediakan.'
'Promotion. CC dept please prepare news release...'
'Banner. Nak dua jugak. Tagline tu tak best. Tukar. Btw, banner nak besok.' (banner ni dah, mengikut mdm. K, 2 kali kene fax. Lepas tu, kontraktor tu fed up n datang sendiri utk m'konpemkan balik tagline yg akan digunapakai. Aku dah m'design, dan menukar design, dan menukar lagi, akhirnya fed up dan burn je dlm cd, kasi kat kontraktor tu)
'Flyers kene distribute besok.' (nasib baik la Cik Anne kita seorang pekerja yg inovatif, kreatif, dan berinisiatif dah pun meringankan beban aku dengan m'design' flyers nih dan beliau betul2 berbangga dengan hasil kerja nya ni...)

His part?

'I akan kerahkan my staff utk cuci keta besok. You all pun kene cuci keta jugak.'

Sapa tak tensen?? There goes my pahala down the drain...

Kalau nak tau lebih lanjut pasal event nih, bacalah UTUSAN MALAYSIA hari ni kat halaman selatan tanah air. OK la. Aku kene jumpa supplier, pas tu aku kene attend meeting booth design, lepas tu aku nak tidur. Malam semalam dah terbersin2. Mungkin sebab aku alergik kat 'Guru Besar' kot (masa meeting ari tu aku sempat lagi gaduh ngan dia depan boss aku. Aku memang kaki gaduh kot. Gaduh bukan ngan sebarang orang, gaduh ngan manager plak tu).

Begitulah minggu nih berlalu ngan begitu bnyk peristiwa hampeh.

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