Thursday, December 30, 2010

----- My New Best Friend -----

Well .. book never lies.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

We Are UnLucky - 90 Days ..Unfair


I like the intro of this book. Hmm read this...


"THE PRESIDENT of the United States gets 100 days to prove himself; you get 90. The actions you take during your first three months in a new job will largely determine whether you succeed or fail. Transitions are periods of acute vulnerability, because you lack established working relationships and a detailed understanding of your new role. If ou fail to build momentum during your transition, you will face an uphill battle from that point forward.

Sounds interesting right. For further reading check it out at your nearby bookstore.


Title : The First 90 Days
ISBN : 10-1-59139-110-5
Author : Michael Watkins

Monday, December 20, 2010

--- For Sale - Interested

My phone number is for sale: 01*-*******

Packages:

  1. Angry phone calls for unknown reasons.
  2. Regularly wrong numbers.
  3. Wife looking for missing husband (affairs).
  4. Last but not least, solve someone else debts.

p/s

I just found out, that my relatives are manipulating my phone number. Maybe I should migrate to UK or US.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

9 to 5

Well, I love my 9 to 5 job. Meetings, aircond workplace, young executives, smart people around me and mostly a CAREER.
Last week one of my relatives offer me to quit my job and join bisness. Join bisness. WTF.
Welcome to my HATE list or list of (SILATULRAHIM UNTUK DIPUTUSKAN and I WON'T COME TO YOUR FUNERAL).
What to do, I just be MYSELF.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

I'm just a guy with engineering background

Recently, I was asked to comment on our economy - Recovery or Recession?

For a layman, I guess this was my comment /answer to the questioner.

Economy is like a marriage. If we're married to the same race, to the same community, our children .. most probably their faces, their IQs, values = same.

However, If we're married to the different race, different community, our children.. most probably their faces, their IQs, values = different.

So, in order for our economy to prosper, we do need Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Domestic Direct Investmet (DDI).

Recovery or Recession - let the experts in economy do the talking. I'm just a guy with engineering background .. expertise in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) 1D,2D, 3D, static, dynamic, and force-displacement equation.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

--- Correct Me If I Am Wrong ---

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A, M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.
Fat Domino, US Musician
My comments:
You get hired or fired not because of your excellent work and your qualifications (Ph.D, Degree or Diploma). Truth be told, it just someone in (the authority) like or dislike you. So play the office politic smartly.
How?
Follow these basic steps:
  1. Learn the pinnacle
  2. Who is connecting to whom?
  3. Who is influencing to whom?
  4. Who is the real in-charge (manager or nominal manager)
  5. Pick a team (team A or team B)
  6. Last but not least, learn how to play the game.

Thank you for reading this article. I just giving back to the nation.

Monday, October 4, 2010

- IELTS and me -

  1. I am going to sit for my IELTS soon,
  2. As part of the requirement to persue (MSc and PhD),
  3. Hopefully I will success in the exam,
  4. With the support and love from my wife and kids,
  5. With God's willing as well.

p/s: Still clueless after eating too much rendang,ketupat and pulut.

Eid Mubarak to All Muslim and Muslimat.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Am I Conservative ?

  1. Business = Supply x Demand
  2. However, we love our job and enjoy steady income
  3. Re-think again if you think of us to quit our job to become a full time businessman
  4. Wait until the next general election and we show you the exit door
  5. Nothing personal, it just good business or bad business.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Why Must I Vote For You?

Why Must I Vote For You?
Success means for me:
1. Being happy and contended,
2. Holding down a steady job with the minimum of responsibility,
3. Provide a regular steady income and security for my family.
Success mean for you:
1. Power, Power and more power,
2. President of the country with all the responsibilities in the world,
3. More money and money.
Aha .. we don't share the same values and interest. So, why must I vote for you?

Friday, August 6, 2010

Foreign Direct Investment - Is The Glass Half Full Or Half Empty?

  1. If FDI is targeted to green-investment, employment will rise, possibly involving a Keynesian multiplier of income and consumption. If FDI is targeted to an acquisition of a large inefficient firm, the priority of profits will possibly lead, in the short run, to waves of dismissals and a rise of unemployment.
  2. Wages are usually higher in foreign affiliates than in, local firms, sometimes with the crowding out of the latter on the labor market (i.e. they do not find any more workers at the previous level of wage and they are not profitable at the new level, because of their lagging productivity).
  3. The local workforce is put into contact with that knowledge and, more in general, with the foreigners' mentality.
  4. Thus, a mid-term effect of FDI can be the mushrooming of new businesses in the same industry by competitors and past key workers. In parallel, the presence of a big foreign investor can re-orient the education & training courses offered in the region, giving rise to a "pool" of specialized skills, which in turn become a competitive advantage for the investor as well as an incentive for ther international firm locate there.

Further reading:

http://www.economicswebinstitute.org/

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

An Engineer With Love

Atap Rumah Bocor. Engineer cadang, roof contractor buat technical evaluation first because not his area of expertise. Accountants decided to panjat atap (without safety equipment + without knowledge + without training) ; evaluated and recommended how to rectify the problem. Then called the "contractor". After ketuk there and there, the contractor sent the bills to the accountants. Accountants then sent the bills to the Engineer with note "please pay".
Upon receiving the bills : Engineer bercakap dengan GERAM: "No way I am going to pay to you ASTUTE, after 3 or 4 months, atap akan bocor semula and you guys akan datang semula for more money. Baiki and baiki, without knowing the root cause of the problem + request more money from me. What, some kind of extortion ke ni?"
Solve your own problem le or pakai duit U sendiri (while thinking rumput di seberang sana lebih hijau).

Sunday, June 20, 2010

----- Oscar Wilde -----

All of us are lying in the gutter but some of us are looking at the star.

Friday, April 30, 2010

How to stimulate creativity? Go live abroad

People who live abroad are more creative; and the more time they spend away from home, the more creative they become. That’s according to a recent study done by William Maddux, an assistant professor of organisational behavior at INSEAD.

Interesting right.

Read more: http://knowledge.insead.edu/Howtostimulatecreativity090612.cfm?vid=255

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Sugar Rush – Public Speaking

Some of us have overcome our fears but most not. Numerous polls and studies have identified public speaking as people’s No.1, all time fear, ahead of snakes, spiders and death itself. Comedian Jerry Seinfield once observed that at a funeral, most people would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy.Ai yoook.

Well, what can I say other than face the reality. The first word out of my mouth was little more than croaked. I cleared my throats again, and again. Out of the blue, my mind went completely blanked. Ah Shuck! But in the end of the day, I did not die, after all. Hopefully I can improve my presentation skill. Any tips friends?

Click here to hear my first timeat the Toastmaster club.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

-------------------------- Ger Liebe ------------------------

LIEBE


Liebst du um Schönheit , oh nicht mich liebe
Liebe die Jonne , sie träght ein goldenes Haar
Liebst du um Jugend , oh nicht mich liebe
Liebe den frahling , der jung ist jedes Jahr
Liebst du um Schtze , oh nich mich liebe
Liebe die Meerfrau , sie hat viele Perlen klar
Liebst du um liebe , oh ja mich liebe
Liebe mich immer , dich lieb ich immerder!


Sein herz , ist nicht mehr Freitag
Nimm meins , dann hast du eins
Deins ist mir einersei
Ich will seins oder keins


Ein Jungling liebte ein Mädchen , doch die hat einen
Anderen erwäht
Doch der andere liebt eine andere
Und hat sich mit dieser vermählt
Das ist Sie alte Geschichte
Doch ist sie ewig neu
Und wem sie just passiert
Dem bricht sie das Herz entzwei
Danke.