Incommunicado for the last few days

I won’t be able to post much for the next few days, just like the last few days too. Reason? The f@#king Maxis Broadband modem power adapter came loose! So now I’m stuck with a powerless modem that cant do much till it gets replaced, which will need me to go to a Maxis Service [...]

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Fuel Hike Depression Leading To Recession?

It seems the recent fuel hike is making everyone jittery, to the extent that most people are starting to make immediate knee-jerk reactions like raising prices of goods and services, cutting of expenses, changing of lifestyle habits, etc. Our government can’t seem to be having a handle on this, judging from the wishy-washy decisions they’re [...]

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I Choked When It Mattered

When I spoke about looking at the correct picture, I didn’t expect to lose sight of my own courage to rebel. I am truly disappointed with myself for going weak when push came to shove.
When my boss told all of us to submit our contact leads by today, somehow I just choked when it mattered [...]

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Looking At The Correct Picture, Not Just The Big Picture

My boss has a funny way of managing the department I work in. Just the other day, she wanted to start a ‘new initiative’ of getting new contact leads as standby replacements, in case some tenants decide to move out on short notice. Initially, she told us that we were supposed to gather five new [...]

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Fuel Analysis

I did write previously on the impact of the recent fuel hike and how I would try to counter it my way. Well, it seems I’m not the only one with a sense of humour on this.
I stumbled upon a blog by someone nicknamed Salvatore Dali that had a similar posting to what I had, [...]

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Fuel Facts Never Mentioned In Mainstream Media 1

I recently received an email, written by an anonymous writer, that’s been making its rounds everywhere talking about the recent fuel price hike by the Malaysian government. Among the things talked about are:

The price comparisons between countries
The crude oil prices analysis
Subsidies and rebates

Let’s talk about the recent rebates that the Malaysian government announced recently, where [...]

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Getting The Message Across

Last Friday’s meeting was true to its nature (and my predictions): it was long, boring and tedious. It started at 9.00 am like it should, and it ended at 7.00 pm as I predicted. Worse still was the fact that my turn to present came at around 6.30 pm! It was a tiring wait, more [...]

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One Man’s Meet(ing) is Another Man’s Poison

Meetings, meetings and more meetings. I know, it’s inevitable and unavoidable in corporate life, but does it have to be so? Granted, there are times when meetings are necessary and fruitful, there are those that’s somewhat a waste of time, and then there are those that’s an absolute poison.
I’ll be going for my monthly management [...]

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The "No Solution, No Problem" Syndrome

I came across an article today in the Sun that’s quite interesting.
In the Letter section, the writer (Raphael Kok of Ipoh) was talking about our de facto Law Minister’s response to calls for greater freedom. What intrigued me were Raphael’s observations of what he calls the ‘No Solution, No Problem’ syndrome.
He lamented that the syndrome [...]

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Govt’s Belt-tightening Measures

I can’t seem to shake off this nagging feeling that the Government’s belt-tightening measures seem more like lip service than a real effort to save our tax-paying money.
I mean, come on… how do you expect me to believe that cutting their Entertainment Allowance and Paid Annual Vacations is gonna do anything significant? It all seems [...]

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