Friday, October 8, 2010

Upin & Ipin ... Yes yes yes


[Another photo from the Hotel room in Bandung - loved the idea of putting the lamp on this little piece of carved item]
It is now almost 8:00pm in Medan (9:00pm to all of you in Penang). I am in my room in Sarimas typing this while getting perpetually annoyed at how slow and unreliable the internet service is ... one would think that 15 years down the road ... internet in this part of the world would have improved, right?
Aside from prices skyrocketing through the roof, Medan is Medan. Tired, drab and left behind - there is a lack of energy to the city even though everyone is always rushing to go somewhere - and the streets are jam packed with cars!
Why am I at home on a Friday? It's because I am now addicted to the 2 bald headed kids - Upin and Ipin. I kid you not. I remembered the first time I came across their movie ad while I was still working in Langkawi. I thought I would never watched it and I didn't even though our Sales Manager, Sue recommended it
Then one day, here in Medan, with next to nothing to do and my tv on, I chanced upon it ... and BANG ... I was hooked. The storylines are interesting ... indeed a slice of childhood ... with kids using their imagination while at play and often imagination run wild ... how sad that as adults many of us lost this ability ...
Aside from that, the other thing I found nice is the graphics - plain and simple focusing on how cute kids are ... and the twins especially Ipin - who loves saying any word three times fast - his fave phrase? TRUE TRUE TRUE - Hehehehehehe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One more minute to go .... good night out there on internet world ... time to tune in to Disney Channel Asia

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

New Start ... 6th October 2010


What do I mean by New Start? Well, basically I am back to my blog. And this time, I will do it every single day when there is anything to share, big or small because this is supposed to be MY BLOG ... BY ME ... FOR ME ... and I don't care if there is anything deep and meaningful ... if it is funny and make people laugh out loud ... NOPE ... this is a slice of MY LIFE ... boring, confusing, bitchy ... whatever but it is just my life ... one life to live and all that, right?
So this photo is from the first room at Hotel Sukajadi in Bandung. I was there in September 2010 with Cory during the Raya holidays. It's a poorly kept room. Oddly enough they have the nicest arts-n-crafts pieces like this that was placed on the wall next to our bed. Really nice and charming and I will be posting a few more in the days ahead
Anything to share today?
Yes, the frustration of work. We waited for the car to work - lots of miscommunication. Then the fact that there was no breakfast made it worse. Waiting at home for transport, waiting at office for transport to go up to Berastagi, half way there we had to wait for others to join us! But once there, thank goodness everything went like clock work and we finished everything on time
The trip down was the usual nightmare. I forgot to take any sugar the whole day long and was feeling sick. Thank goodness Deny had some sweets. I took one and survived the trip down without feeling like I was going to throw my guts up. Still I had to sit down in the office for 30 min before everything settled down to a steady rhythm
Then I thought that since I had forgone food, I wanted to indulge in a little fried chicken. We drove to McD and there was more than 10 cars in the queue to the drive through. Ugh! Went home, went out and bought 2 half-packets of rice w condiments. Deliberately spooned out a quarter from each pack so I don't overeat. Then did stretching exercises for 30 minutes which was a good thing as I was feeling guilty. I still REALLY WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE - hehehehehehe
Other than that, was today a really horrible day? Nah! Thanks to ILOVELABELS, I got the surprise that I finally won a bid for an important item. Dell Netbook. I am so glad I decided to bang in another 50 bids. So for an item of about RM1k, I paid a total of about RM300. That made me happy. Can't wait to receive and test it. I may give it to Cory for his year-end surprise gift. He will definitely be surprised, eh? Hehehehehehe
Cheers and good night from Sarimas, 4M, Medan, Sumatera, Indonesia

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

A Nice Surprise?

Ok ... so today is my birthday ... on the eve I had a call from my folks who wished me which was nice ... and then started the number of SMS; emails; facebook postings ... which was of course nice and this continued the next morning with well over 100 wishes ... thank goodness for modern communications, right?

Better I was feeling out of sorts because I had no plans to celebrate except going out to McD for takeaway or something ... not much of a birthday plan ... the few people I know in Medan are either stuck in the mountains (thanks Volcano!) or not available (sick in Medan or gone home to Singapore/ Malaysia for holidays already) ... so it was going to be a dreary depressing kind of event ... unless I go hook up with a prostie or gigs ... whichever strikes my fancy, yes? HAHAHAHAHA!

Anyway in the office, our HR this week has started daily emails of anyone's birthday. So you can just imagine the number of emails and phone calls continuing ... at around noon, I had a meeting with my MD before her flight to Singapore ... I thought for sure she was going to be another well-wisher like everyone else ...

But to my surprise she didn't! Why? Because she doesn't carry a notebook and her BB had gone MIA. So that was a relief. As the meeting wore on until near 2pm, we covered a lot of issues which was great but since I was getting hungrier and thirstier by the minute ... I was starting to fidget ... (yes, I am like that, childish at times) ... and then the clincher!

She said she realized that I should be due for my 3rd month soon, right? I nodded pretending no-big-deal because HEY I am thinking of looking around for another job ... (thanks airport construction plans and Mr Volcano!) ... when to my surprise she said she had advised payroll to give me a little $$$ ... I acted non-plus and nodded ... then she pressed on with the amount and it was a WOW MOMENT!

Literally a WOW MOMENT!!!!!!

So now I have to wait and see if it materializes in end Sep or Oct yes? Fingers crossed and all that! Hehehehehe! I was not expecting this since they have a mixed reputation but to my surprise without me opening my mouth this came. I have only been here 2.5 mths and was not expecting even 1 cent until appraisal next year. Hehehehehe!

So what did I do last night? I overate of course! HAH!

I know. I have to lose weight. Sigh!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Damn those becaks ...


[This photo is from my holiday in Langkawi just before I actually ended up working in Langkawi ... coincidence? Think so ... anyway it has nothing to do with this particular posting]
I have been ill for the past few days ... as those who know me know ... and today the pain has somewhat subsided except for the left side of my head ... at the top and lower back ... so feeling like I wanted to go out and get some food without having to walk 30 min in darkness ... I hailed the local transport called becak ... it is different from Malaysia ... here it is an old carriage attached to a motorcycle ... I have no problems paying for a taxi but it is difficult to find one
Anyway, this chap was fairly nice n friendly ... didn't overcharge and I had no need to bargain with him ... the only thing was when we came across a small speedbump ... instead of slowing down, he just went over it at full speed ... I didn't see it as it was night ... and BANG my head hit the top of his carriage's roof that unfortunately had a wooden beam ... it was already low until I half bowed my head ... I didn't expect a BUMP ... and it hit where I was still feeling ill
DAMN THOSE BECAK ... I am right in that, no?

Thursday, July 15, 2010

I am in pain


Physical pain, literally ... do you know what is worse than being ill? It's forgetting what it felt like when you were ill ... I mean, I know I have a regular record being ill ... but each time, it is like a complete nightmare
So what am I suffering from? Neck ache or whatever the right name is ... it started yesterday when I was in Brastagi ... weird ... it was late afternoon ... I was having a discussion with the General Manager ... then I was going over to the Human Resources Manager and this pain started creeping up on me ... by the time the night ended, I was in pain
I tried this oil they gave me that had the wintergreen smell ... but it had none of that burning sensation ...
But wait ... there's more ... I made the mistake of having 3 strong coffees ... and for the first time in a long time ... probably a few weeks only actually ... see how forgetful I am getting ... sign of age? Geeez sure hope not!
So anyway not only was I in pain but I couldn't sleep. And the weather was crappily cold ... I literally lay down straight like a log in pain from 1:00am to 6:00am ... salvation came in the form of panadols
The entire day of today was one of constant pain ... the worse part was the 2.5 hour drive home from the mountains ... every single turn n jolt in the road ... a stab of pain through my neck ... I felt like I was running a fever ...
So tonight, I have just popped another 2 panadols, rubbed some Swiss heating balm or other on it and put on two pieces of chinese koyo - sticky pieces of stuff that is even now burning on my lower neck ... and I wrapped a towel around my neck ...
I really am hoping and praying that I will be generally fine tomorrow ... pray for me too yes, please?
[The photo is of the street in my little "neighbourhood" here in Medan called Sarimas]

Saturday, July 3, 2010

I remember now ...


Today is Sunday ... I shouldn't be griping because it is the sort of day I like ... a little overcast ... good for an outing ... however, as I sat in my room for the past hour ... it hit me ... why over the past years, whenever I work overseas ... I always chose a resort ... because though it is remote and far from cities etc (generally) ... the good thing is that you are always surrounded by a mass of human bodies ... I kid you not
This is because all the other expats are living in the same community ... so you always have people to hang out with ... in some places, even the locals are living there (example - Maldives) ... so there is definitely a sense of immediate belonging ... and friendship is up to us to decide how fast or slow we want to be part of the scene
Now that I am here in Medan, Indonesia ... a city teeming with well over 2 million people ... I find it sorely lacking of that human warmth ... in my office, I am the only one who is not a local ... everyone else is not only Indonesian but also from the city of Medan ... the clock strikes 5 and everyone buzzes off home ... nothing wrong with that ... if I am in my home town, I guess if I stay around long enough, I would do the same
But this is sort of an awakening for me ... to remember what life can be like ... and to decide ... do I get off my heavy butt and do something ... or do I stick around?
I will have to ponder that for a little bit longer ...
[The photo is taken from Anse Boileau in Seychelles. I was on my final outing with the Barrengers and Mrs was with me while Mr was with his big bro and the lads]

3rd weekend in Medan ...


Today's yet another one of those days ... I had a blast at my job ... tons of things to do ... but what can I say? I AM HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy not doing Finance. Crazy thing to say, isn't it? I will not deny that I am not making as much $$$ as I could be ... but what the heck ... I am not making as little as all that either ... at least I am happy even though the work is stressful ... so enjoy it while I can
After work, we went to shop for "oleh oleh" ... local term for gifts as my neighbour is going home to visit his wife and daughter and after he purchased 1 round ... the mrs said it was not the brand that is famous! He said that's women for you ... oooops ... sorry to all the ladies out there
So what did he get? What is famous here? Apparently sponge cake rolls ... called Bulu ... and another type of cake made from slightly fermented coconut milk/ juice ... not too sure about the explanation ... called Bika Ambon ... I tried a bit of both ... nothing spectacular there ... though the 2 shops were certainly crowded ... so the driver took us to the right place
At the Bulu shop ... they had a ton of other Medanese produce ... including fruit extracts like ... terung Belanda (reddish pinkish thingie) ... strawberries ... passion fruit ... etc and 2 Satpam! One young and cheery; and one old and lumpy ... hehehehe
Nothing else spectacular happened ... I started my exercise program today again ... 2 rounds of arms stretching ... and a 2 hour walk to the further mall and back ... then over-indulge in McDonald's ... HAH!
Okay ... time to go to bed ... nite all!

Friday, June 18, 2010

Meeting Dewy and her effeminate younger brother ...

So ... after wasting time hanging around in the office and just getting f-ing annoyed ... because inspite of whatever stupid post they give me ... they didn't tell others ... so no one was quite sure where I was supposed to be seated, what I was supposed to do ... and I had no laptop and internet ...

I made a new friend ... a house mate who takes the same car as me ... except that he goes to a different office in the city ... he is from a banking background and engaged to work as an IT project manager for my wonderful boss' arrogant brother ... he asks me to call him Jo ... and he is a married gentleman with kids ... nice chap ... a bit tight on the budget but not surprising as he has kids ...

So after a day or two in the office but boss officially decided to show up and asked me to meet her at her brother's house ... her brother is a graduate from USA and supposedly screwing around there for umpteen years until she was asked to go and bring him home ... to keep him occupied she got him involved in the hotel in-charge of IT ... except the hotel is so small ... and he runs the hotel IT as if it is an MNC ... imagine for a 140 room hotel with theme park ... he needs 20 people in IT ... no wonder we run at a loss!

Anyway ... we arrived and waited and waited ... then boss shows up ... and she was asked to wait as he is getting ready ... I was shocked ... his house is his office and he lives in the whole house with all sorts of gadgetry to lock the actual house from the garage ... where he has converted the garage into office for his staff and the garage looks like a garage ... so much for a good boss ... ugh! I guess being Indonesians in Medan they tolerated this ... and anyway they cannot all have much to do ... seeing as there is 2 person for every single task and no one is the back-up for another task ...

When I first saw him ... he seemed like a decent enough guy ... he is certainly intelligent ... and honestly if he has a real job that keeps his brain occupied ... I think we could even be good time hanging out friends ... but since he is huddled away there with no future to speak off ... I cannot blame him for creating work for himself ... as otherwise he would go bonkers and slit his own wrists ... hahaha!

He has so much big plans ... he criticized all known software and instead prefers to work with untested software for other industry and customizing for the hospitality ... but why bother? Why re-invent the wheel? And waste tons of money? Just doesn't make good business sense ... and the obsession with SOPs and what-nots! And then telling me things like SBU and SMU ... they all read too much of these management books and jargons and just wanna use the latest buzzword! And they appointed me SMU head ... whatever that means in their minds ... all I know is I make things work. That's it. Plain and simple.

Weather has been fine ... will probably hang out with Jo for some take away dinner!

[This is typed based on memory on 8th Jan 2012]

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Day One ... and the Pits feeling continues ...

Anyway, here is a continuation of yesterday's post ... so I woke up, showered and started SMS this girl Ratz wondering how I am going to get to office when I have no idea who I am supposed to meet, where I am supposed to go and which vehicle ... there are so many black gigantic Kijang's waiting for us this morning ... and surprisingly a fair number of people ...

I had 12 boxes of bloody biscuits that Dewy asked me to bring ... can you imagine that? I felt so foolish ... anyway, they told me to get into this car finally going to something like Muta (Buta) Tuli ... and I did ... and I met a guy who said his name was something like Jo or Ko ... when we arrived, there was a stockily built gentleman who came to greet us after they let us sit in the waiting room of some sales office for a fair bit of time ...

Then I was told I was in the wrong office as I was supposed to go to head office ... so I waited some more ... for a car to come and pick me up and go there ... and by the time I reached ... more than an hour has passed ...

And here I was greeted by someone named Ratz and then Lys and someone doing payroll ... which was fine ... then I met a man named Agus who said he was in-charge of HR but was formerly an Engineer or some such and he said he wasn't supposed to meet me today but I was lucky he was around ... wow talk about welcoming new staff, right?

Basically I did nothing except chat and was shuttled back to Buta place ... and then just hung around until 5:00pm and followed the car home ... only to be miserable yet again ... really felt like going home to Penang and slowly looked for another job ... ugh!!!

[This is typed from memory on 19.12.11 - 10:40pm]

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

NEW JOB NEW JOB NEW JOB AND THE PITS!!!

Okay I was going to post my first impressions but guess what? I couldn't because I could not log into the free wireless at my home ... and then in the office no laptop was available yet ... talk about inefficiencies ...

So this is a gathering of my first 2 days here in Medan ... I didn't know what to expect except that my memories were hazy from the 80s (if I am not mistaken) ... of a mall ... and some roads ... and Jln Sutomo ... where we came out of a restaurant and I saw this boy (teen?) in uniform and reddish brown shorts and I memorized the shoplot until today (46 Jln Sutomo) ... although I have no idea if he was buying something there or his dad owned the place ... is that a crush? Hahahahaha!

I am getting sidetracked

Okay let's get back to business ... I boarded the plane .. and within the hour landed in Medan ... had a bit of a nightmare clearing immigration as they took my form, then escorted me to a sideroom and another officer asked for the form ... and I said the officer at the counter had it ... he graciously said he would do me a favor and filled up one on my behalf ... I was confused ... why didn't he just take the damn form?

Anyway, after that, I went out and scanned the multitudes waiting for me to find a non-uniformed chap with a piece of paper with my name on it ... so I went with the guy and it started to pour ... and I arrived in a gated community ... not a hotel or apartment (???) and to my surprise in the rain the driver had an argument with the lady housekeepers on who would carry my bags as it appeared that they have assigned me the 3rd floor and the ladies didn't want to carry so high ... I said it is fine and I would do it myself ... and I did!

After that, I looked around and the bed was new but kinda cheap and bump, no proper wastebasket etc and the furniture looked really cheesy ... guess it is a huge jump from Sey to here ... and I thought I was going to be in a higher position?!?!?!?!?

After sneaking out, I had a look around and the house was quiet ... so I had a shower ... then decided to come down and explore the neighbourhood as the rain had dwindled down a wee bit ... I walked out ... to my right there was a petrol station and some buildings ... and decided to go left ... walked and walked and walked ... until I passed by Marriott and decided to have my meal in a Padang Resto ... first time, last time ... 1 piece of chicken, some veg and egg ... all cold ... and nearly RM20 a meal!

You know, that very first night? I almost decided to pack up and buy a ticket out the next day. It was such a miserable experience. I will continue this entry shortly as it is getting late ... cheers ...

Oh yeah ... to sum it up ... I accepted a job as Financial Advisor cum Business Development Manager for Mikie Holidays, Berastagi in Sumatera, Indonesia. Rock ON!!!!!!!!!!!

[This is typed on 19.12.11 ... 10:30pm based on memory]

Sunday, April 25, 2010

29 Nights and Counting ...

So many things happened since my last posting ... and I am so stuffed with goodness tonight from a bout of overeating ... so much for my diet and losing weight eh? That seems to be my biggest problem over the years. Hey! For the next 29 days and nights, I am going to make a resolution to cut down on my food and sweets and EXERCISE ... 1 kilo a week ... yup ... that's my target yes?

So what's 29 nights? In case, I don't some day go backwards and post retrospectively ... it's the number of nights I will remain in Seychelles before my flight home ... I have resigned ... yup yet again ... but this time I am going to go all out and stick to whatever next posting I will do ... high time I make a commitment to give my all ... humanly possible that is. That's also my next resolution. Me - resolution! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Other than that, today was a great day

I went out on a rented boat of Gerard's sister. As crew were his brother in law, Joachim and nephew, Livio. Aside from me, there was Insan and Ahmad. We had a nice time inspite of the intermitten rain but had to cut short after 4 hours when the rain came back with a vengeance

After that we drove to Beau Vallon and I finally after 5 years tried Baobab Pizza. We shared a fish n chips, lasagne and smoked fish pizza. Everything was delicious and the whole bill came to about SR370. So it was decent pricing for Seychelles

Cheers and Good Night

Friday, April 2, 2010

I am not procrastinating

I have every intention to post an entry yesterday but would you believe that the internet service in my home got cut? Then at work today we found out that the internet access they provide us is not unlimited but limited. To compound matters, there is no place we can go to buy top up cards. How nice, right?

So I was in office and wanted to post an entry but as is the norm these days, I was way overloaded.

Where am I doing this entry then? Why my black berry, of course. Hehehe. Yes I have joined the club as of this past monday. 9ompany insisted we have one each. Sigh! Lots to share with you all but I will save it for tomorrow. Typing on blackberry is making me dizzy ... Like car or motion sickness! Weird, huh?

Nite nite

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

New friendships ...


[This is the second photo from our time dining at Mahek]
Tonight, I went to the airport with Kristen to pick up Didier Gerval. Then it was on to Bravo at Eden Island for a scrumptious dinner. And this time, we ordered something different. I had spaghetti carbonara (rich but not good quality bacon and cheese though) while Kristen had the ribs and it was a different style of ribs with a different menu. Overall, it was still good!
Then we dropped Didier off and waited for Dustin's arrival.
So if there is one thing I will remember when I leave this place, it will be the friendships I have been fortunate to make. Tonight it will be Didier. He is such a nice, polite fellow. I have no idea why my boss seemed to have issues with him
And Dustin is Mr. Recreation and always up for a good time. Now if only he could be more in-line with his people ... hah ... but hey, if you ever need someone to get something done, he is your man
On separate issues, I heard from Berjaya Head Hunter. She said the client had a smaller budget which is odd cos the ad says up to RM25k but I only asked for much less than the max. Then I talked to my mate, Az and he said I can always offer to negotiate with other perks thrown in. I dropped a note to Ken and he called me up tonight while I was at Bravo. He told me what the boss is supposedly receiving - which is a bit shocking ... as in shockingly low! If it is true ... hmm ... anyway we are going to meet up at my place for dinner tomorrow night ... so it's all good ... friendships new and all
But I am still keeping fingers crossed and hoping to move on

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Almost showtime ... I hope



[Photo was taken in Jan at the Mahek Indian Restaurant of Coral Strand Hotel at Beau Vallon, Mahe Island, Seychelles - it's the best restaurant for Indian foods - you get a lovely starters of papads when you are seated with 3 different dips/ condiments]

So predictably workwise, yesterday was yet another shitty day. This is the third week now I am waiting for just a normal busy day but guess what, it doesn't exist in this hotel

The good news is we have our licence approved and issued for North Beach. This means the hotel entire. So we can finally legally get it on with the business of selling to guests. Next up is insurance. Now if only a certain boss outside of Seychelles would actually reply his emails one way or another, we can move it on and close the case ... sigh ...

Resignation - we had 2 junior staff and 1 sous chef resigned ... so the stats for yesterday is 3 ... we can maintain 3 a day by Friday ... it will be a new record! Hah!

On a more personal front, I had a nice quiet dinner at the Barrangers. It was omelette, salad and coffee. Simple but lovely especially omelette. I missed my fried eggs. I have been having too much unhealthy foods lately and need to start cutting down on meats and fried stuff, sugar and smaller portions and INCREASE THOSE DAMN EXERCISES

Ummmmmm ....... what's next? The interviews. The first one from Shang ... came nearly around 1100am when I thought it wasn't ging to happen. But it did. Mr. Tay was nice, the interview was short, I don't think I flubbed it because all questions were asked and answered without any hiccups. We talked about $$$ and he didn't seem surprised so I may have asked within budget or too low. At the end, his point of contention was the notice period. But that happens everywhere. And he requested for a photo which I have sent to him

Second interview came within the hour from Ian of Saujana. That was pretty much in the same vein which I found odd ... pleasant, short, questions asked and answered with no difficulty. Even the salary range seemed to go smoothly and again the main point was notice period. And he said if I have any questions, to drop him a note ... which I did ... just to keep the momentum going ...

Well I am hoping one of them do offer me a post. I would leave for RM15k and preferably RM18k. Each has its positives and negatives. Shang will be difficult to settle in as it is old hotel but it is Penang so that's nice and a great group even if there is a chance I will be in a dead-end job. The KL Saujana is going to be difficult if I have to do month-end closing but not impossible and it is for a short time before we move on. I just have to ensure I survived the 2 years and it is KL so there is room for my personal life to be great and of course, the future is bright if they expand like intended

Whatever God decides, I will submit myself to His will

Monday, March 29, 2010

Time is a straight line


Much as I want to go back and fill the gap ... maybe some day ... when I decided to take time out and do a full auto biography yes? ... I have no choice but to continue recording new stuff here ... otherwise ... I will always fall behind ...
So why the long period of silence? Was it another bout of my lack of discipline in seeing things through? No-uh. I have legitimate reason this time around ... as soon as we moved into the staff housing complex ... there goes internet completely ... Oct until last week ... no communications ... pure torture I assure you ... hehehe ... never realized how connected we all are until it's gone .... we were only given access to work related sites at the office and nothing at home ....
Not just internet but no TV and no Phone ... frequently we do not have water, power, drinking glasses, plates, cooking ware, etc etc etc .... what an odd life yes? A sort of prison ... or is that a prison of sorts?
Anyway, what's exciting for us to exchange news? Well, we finally got the licensing people along with planning, fire, health etc coming to inspect our North Beach wing ... and we were told that we will be granted licence tomorrow ... so it means it's time to open that tomorrow officially as well ... thank goodness we can be legitimate now! Hah!
Do I dare type everything here? Anyone in Seychelles especially the government reading in? Hmmmm better not since I am still in this company and country ... hahahahahhaa ...
Aside from that, the Finance team had our beach outing .... we wanted to do this since Jan 2010 but work is a bitch ... anyway ... we finally decided that enough is enough ... otherwise we would never get around to it ... it was nice ... beer, vodka and whiskey .... coca cola ... junk food etc ... and it was nice to get to know them on a more personal basis ... at least now I know my new store porter was an ex-firefighter ... and that Liv likes to attend gatherings without his other half, Jan controlling him ... and that he has a son from years ago ... I also found out that Medna is shy about her smoking habit while G (the thief?) and M are loud old hags when high on alcohol ... hahahahha ....
A little high point is ... I got another interview appointment ... from Azvil's new company VP of Finance IAN ... he also wanted the same slot as Shang ... so we re-arrange to a later time ... it means I have 2 phone interviews tomorrow! Hehehehehe ... I am rolling ...
At this point, I just pray, truly pray that God Almighty will guide me through ... and that if I am meant to leave ... He will guide me towards the best possible decision ...
As for me, I want a job where I can be myself and go all out and not only do a good job but do something meaningful and right ... not just a paycheque ... or exploiting anymore ... there must be more to life than this, isn't it?
People say that there is no perfect company, no this and that, but if we all give up, then there is truly no hope. If we try wherever we go ... then there will be a chance that things will get better somewhere somehow ... no?
Anyway it was nice to be back to this good old blog ... take care all!