看着你似开又眯的的眼睛，让我把疲累都忘记了
你握着我的手， 也许是我给了你温暖，但是这种窝心的触感让我把幸福定位了
宝贝，你可以不睡觉，我会陪你聊天到天明， 也会和你看日出日落
虽然我并不可以片刻不离的在你身边，可是我会把时间都留给你
我想每天陪你吃早餐，睡午觉和一起看电视
很多很多的事，我都会和你一一的完成
多年以后，可能我会从“参与者”变成“旁观者”
可能你不需要我了，但是我不觉得难过，还会默默地守护你
如果你会得到幸福快乐，我不会介意任何事物，因为我太爱你了
Fact #1 : Clients can be really good when you really make things happen for them!
Two days ago, I was extremely happy and feeling great because one of my biggest client run to my desk and ask me.
“Hey KokMing, how many resources you are under?”.
My response was like 3 seconds pause and I ask “Labor or tools? Why?”.
He reply “Labor. How many people you need?”.
Without a second thought, my answer shot out from my mouth “2”.
He smile at me and say “I will ask that for you.”. After that, he straight away walk into the General Manager’s room and I yelled “Thank you!”…
Perhaps this is not a very interesting conversation but I feel so good.
Have your client ever taking their own initiative to help you request for resources? This is definitely never happen on me during my previous careers.
Besides that, he is the one who brought my team to KAMPACHI @ PAVILION
Honestly, he impressed me very much. He do rewards and takes the initiative to solve my problem as I solved his problems! I like this management style and I respect him very much.
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Fact #2: Boss can be really n00b. He doesn’t know who is working for him.
Let’s read my blog disclaimer before you proceed.
I have a chat with my Australian boss this afternoon. He asked me how’s my team doing. This is the 3rd time he ask me the same question for 2 days. I just don’t know how to answer. Obviously, he should know how my team doing via the reports I submitted to him. I don’t know what he trying to “hint” or which direction he wanted to lead me into…
So my answer is somewhat silly. “They are doing good but depends…”
Hey! What I can answer? He knows one of my team member is leaving the team. Soon I will have 3 people work for 7 peoples load!
Every one knows my team is currently under intense pressure. Yet, he still ask me why I let so much of pressure went through the developers (team member).
Ok… Put aside my negative comments. Let’s see what he had done to “re-assure” me.
He gave a few advices to me.
1. When a worker cannot do the work as you ask them to do. Perhaps you don’t keep asking them to do that but assign another job to him/her.
Brilliant suggestion. I agreed. Simply because assigning an important task to the wrong person is going to fail yourself miserably.
I did reassign another job to the “incompetent” worker but he/she still failed me. Should I ask for a new project so I can train/coach him/her up?
Question… Since I am running low on resources. If I can apply the above approach then what about the existing tasks which he never enlighten me how to settle it with nobody… Seriously. I liked this kind of idea which looks inspiring but empty!
2. If you are a good leader, you should know how to manage pressure. But why your members are under pressure and leaving?
Ok. I remain silent for this. I admit I am not a good leader but the one who speak this sentence is nothing better than me too. To be honest, IF you do not pass any pressure to me. How on earth I can generate or create any pressure out of no where? When you point a finger to someone, there is always more fingers pointing back to yourself.
3. When your team is at full capacity / fully occupied. All you do is to tell the client that they have to wait or go away.
Yeah! That’s the way. Perhaps in Australia, this is the real way to do the business but in Malaysia, thing goes the other way round. If you do that, I can “guarantee” you that your business is not going to look good.
Back to the actual scenario, if I have ever reject or decline any request from my biggest client. Do you think I will still own a seat within the company? Perhaps I failed in term of project/team management but I do not feel ashamed because I did my best. It is better than the others who is unwilling to take up the challenge and run away, right?
4. I don’t expect your team to be 3 members only. We are targeting to expand this division to house 100 people. By that time, you will have professional like Business Analyst, Project Manager and etc to face the client for you. Blah blah blah… ….
An impressive business expansion and planning. But he never mention when I will get extra headcount to do the existing tasks. Furthermore, he promise nothing.
The discussion with him last 30 minutes. Basically, he just keep asking me “Any question?” since the 5th minutes. The rest of 25 minutes spent to answer my questions without a clear direction… This “re-assure” me on how much I can rely on him … I do not mean I am unhappy but again, I need a reliable boss to back me up while I am facing the troubles and problems only!
If I am suppose to care about my team, then he is suppose to care about me… To be honest, I feel NO care at all. Case closed. Full stop. Good night!
确定！我知道你们这些家伙很想念我的食物Blog！ 我也一样啊！
上周五，我的澳大利亚老板来到马来西亚。一如以往，我们是”充分利用”公司基金，来了一个团队餐，去了Nerovivo餐厅！这是昂贵的意大利食店… 对我来说，我不会尝试，如果我要付出我自己的条例草案。熙熙熙。
会自己掏钱去吃咯…
看看餐单， 是不是很”合理”？ :xd:
Ok! I know you guys missing my food blog very much!
I miss you as much as you miss my food blog!
Last Friday, my Australian boss came to Malaysia. As usual, we are “fully utilizing” the company fund to have a team lunch at this Nerovivo restaurant! It serves expensive Italian food… For me, I would not try it if I have to pay my own bill. Hee Hee Hee.
See this menu… Isn’t it quite “reasonable”? :xd:
在等待主菜上座的时候，叫了一些面包和水。。。这是我尝过最昂贵的矿泉水了。。。
Something to fill up the stomach before the main course arrive… That is the most expensive mineral water that I ever tasted…
这是我点的挪威式鲑鱼！它是不错，但还不是真的那么好吃。就像大多数西方食点，这块鲑鱼被煮过头了， 肉质变硬了，但是酱油好吃。整体还不算太差 :happysigh:
This is what I ordered! Norwegian Salmon! Well, it is tasty but not really as good as to make me order for another time. As most western food, the salmon was overcooked, but the sauce was nice. Overall is not too bad :happysigh:
这是鳕鱼？hm… 应该是吧。。。我不知道就是了。。。这是同事点的，我尝了一小块 :shy: 比我的挪威式鲑鱼更好吃啊。。。
This is the codd fish? Hm… I forgot the spelling… My English is too sucks… I tasted a piece from my colleague’s plate :shy: It taste better than my salmon…
最后，我们6名男性共享3道甜品… :hahaha: 虽然要与另外5个男人一起吃，但是它还是很甜的！
Finally we are 6 men sharing 3 plates of desserts… :hahaha: Although sharing these with another 5 guys but it still taste SWEET! :ohoho2:
一如往常， 女同事们点了太多的食物，到最后男生就有口福了（吃剩下的食物，还叫有口福？）。。。 总之全部人都满“肚”而归 :full:
As usual, the female colleagues over ordered and did not manage some plates… Men got extra food at last. All stuffed back to office! :full:
Recently this blog received a lot of search engine hits with keyword related to the Chua Soi Lek scandal movie. I should feel happy because it increased the site traffic but I am not…
Anyway, thanks for visiting.
If you want that movie! Here is the link and don’t report to police that I tell you this… Happy now?
Yo! It seems that this time has come. It is the end of year 2007.
This year is totally out of my expectation. I mean career wise. From a company director turn into a hikikomori. Finally got a job as a Team Leader. Although this is not a highest title but it gives me some satisfaction which I have the chance to deal with world-class player in IT sector namely the H.P. and Microsoft. It is definitely recovering… I am regaining the lost land too. Seriously, it will take some times for me to get myself back on track.
Other than that, the trip to Bali is really unforgettable. A very nice and memorable trip!
This blog has gained 10 times of visitors grow. From the starting of 90 visits / month. It turn up 900 – 1200 visits /month. Simply amazing. Give yourself a clap for checking this blog often although it has nothing impressive to read on… :shy:
Looking backwards, I did a few silly mistakes but a lot of wise choices. Regardless how good or bad the impact, I am still struggling. Staying alive to kick more asses!
You know what?! The last “kiasu” thing I did in year 2007 is go to the petrol station to pump my oil-tank to max! Yes! MAX! Some said petrol price will raise for 40cents, some said 50 cents, one said RM1.00… So… I joined the kiasu army and queue for full tank petrol which is 13 liters.
How I walk-through year 2007 to year 2008? Staying at home, doing office reports and coding… I am the most hardworking people! Please praise me!! :xd:
Nothing much to bore you again. If you have any interesting story, please post here or a link to your blog! I want to read that 🙂
Happy New Year, My friends!
两个星期前，我和家人到了新家乡美味叫化鸡用餐。叫化鸡是什么？叫化鸡又称为乞儿鸡。食店位于雪兰莪的一个地方。。。讲给你听又难，带你去又远。。。真的是在山里的哦。:xd:
Two weeks ago, we (me and my family) went to New Beggars Delicious restaurant to eat Beggar Chicken. What is Beggar Chicken? It is a Chinese dishes, details found here! This restaurant located somewhere in Selangor… If I tell you the exact address, you won’t get it… bring you there also too far. It is located inside some kind of oil palm estate. :xd:
在店里还给我看到现在当红的J.CO DONUT ！ 甜甜圈/牛车轮真的是那么的美味吗？我很喜欢巧克力风味的，我也试过这个J.CO DONUT ， 并不会让我觉得很好吃，也没有再吃的欲望啊！可能是名气过盛而让我把标准提高了吧。。。 :beg:
Looks what I’ve found here?! It is the popular J.CO Donut! (Box only…) The donuts really taste so great? I likes chocolate donut very much, I tried this J.CO Donut too, but I don’t feel it is really a great taste and it can’t make me to repeatedly purchase for it… Possibly because it is so famous, I set a high “passing” mark for it while I taste it… :beg:
言归正传，新家乡美味叫化鸡，除了闻名的叫化鸡还是有很多其他的菜式的。
Back to the story, this restaurant is not selling Beggars Chicken only, it has many others dishes too.
这就是全部的菜肴了。有甘香明虾，叫化鸡，叫化猪手和糯米饭（还有胡椒猪肚汤，没有拍到。。。） ***叫化鸡，叫化猪手和糯米饭是要预定的***
These are the food ordered that day. Got Prawn, Beggars Chicken, Pork hand(Knuckle) and Stick Rice (and a soup(pork stomach?), not in the photo) . ***Chicken, Pork Hand and Sticky Rice are the dishes where you needs to book at least a day in advance***
叫化鸡，很浓的药材味，很好吃但是肉质不太好。。。不够滑，口感也没有了。(RM32… 还可以啦)
Beggers Chicken, the herb taste strong, tasty but the meat is not very nice… it is not smooth enough, lacking the “biting” feel. (For RM32… this is still OK la…)
甘香明虾, 这个的味道很好，虾很新鲜（可能是靠近渔村吧？）。烹调的方法还不错，味道刚刚好，虾的口感棒！唯一不足的是太少了。。。 一个人一只而已。。。 还是RM40 一碟。。。 好贵吃的啊！:circle:
Prawn, this taste great, fresh prawn from the fisher village, perhaps? The cooking apply to this dish is very nice. The only lacking for this is the serving quantity is too little… 1 people 1 prawn… charging RM40 per dish… it is too expensive to eat! :circle:
糯米饭。这个真的是豪华的糯米饭，用料足。两个字 “好吃” （RM 32一份。。。）:goodjob:
Sticky Rice. This can be the real RICH and luxury sticky rice with a lot of fillings inside. Two words to say it all, “Ho Jiak!” (RM32 per dish…) :goodjob:
叫化猪手，你有看到吗？那种让人垂涎欲滴的卖相，那种入口即化的口感，连我也不禁的吃了好几块啊！:shy:
Pork Hand (knuckle), can you see that? The outlook is so tempting , the meats is melting inside your mouth without much chewing, I ate quite a few pieces of it too! :shy:
胡椒猪肚汤，没有豪华的卖相，也没有诱人的气味，但是味道就刚刚好，猪肚的口感实在，不失为招牌菜之一。:or:
Soup, without the luxury outlook, without the tempting scent, but the taste is just good. You should try it! :or:
:full: 这一餐吃了RM180。。。 好贵啊。。。 你请我吃，我就带你去吧！好吗？
:full: This meal cost RM180… freaking expensive ah! If you are buying me this for lunch/dinner, I will lead you there! Ok?
Merry Christmas to all of you!
Have fun and play safe!! :hahaha:
2007年12月13日，星期四，客户中心的经理带了我和我的组员到了Pavilion Kuala Lumpur的勘八(KAMPACHI)吃午餐。你一定是在“哇~~~ 午餐就去吃高级的日本料理？！”。呵呵。他会请我们吃是因为我们替他解决了好几个难题。。。还有就是我为了完成任务，周末也在工作，甚至还要通宵的赶工。。。 真的是“找吃艰难”！
一踏入Pavilion Kuala Lumpur，在眼前的就是豪华的圣诞灯饰。尽显了时尚和不凡的风范。
2007, December 13th, Thursday, the contact center manager brought me and my team member to Kampachi at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur for a lunch. You must must screaming “Wah~~~ Eat high class Japanese food for lunch?!” Heh Heh. He bought us the lunch because we managed to settle his troubles with our dedication… Not to forget that, in order to accomplish the mission, I had to work on weekends, stay overnight in office for deadlines… this lunch really contains “blood” and “sweat”!
Once we entered Pavilion Kuala Lumpur, in front of us, it is a Huge Christmas tree lightning decoration! This has fully demonstrated trendy yet outstanding faces of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur!
勘八(KAMPACHI)，是位于六楼的一家高级的日本料理餐厅。里面的装潢真的很不错。说真的。。。我还是第一次到这么高级的餐厅吃午餐。 :shy:
KAMPACHI is a high class Japanese restaurant located at sixth floor. The interior design and decoration is really not bad. To be frank, this is my first visit to such high class restaurant for lunch. :shy:
这里的食物真的是好有“价值”啊！一杯绿茶要RM12。。。 虽然是任饮，但是真的是价值不菲就是了。
The food serves here is really has a “value”! A cup of green-tea cost RM12… Although it is bottom-less but this is still a “valuable” drink.
来来来，我们看看食物吧！鳗鱼寿司，味道不错，比起那些连锁寿司店的好很多啊！
Come, my friend! Let’s talk about the food. Unagi sushi, taste good. Compare to those chained sushi outlets, this is definitely better!
我们叫了好几个便当。以下的这个就是比较贵的便当。RM58一份。（我忘了便当的名字。。。）
We ordered a few bento. The one showing below is the quite expensive bento cost RM58. (I forgot the name…)
这个就是我点的东京便当 (Tokyo Bento) – RM38。但看卖相就觉得这是高价食物。有看到那些色彩鲜艳的刺身(SASHIMI)吗？高价食物真的就是比较好！入口即化，咀嚼起来完全不像其他的生鱼片，完全没有那种很“生”的味道，相反地是得到了满足的口感！整体来说，我还是觉得价格比食物的味道来的高。。。
This is the bento that I had. Tokyo Bento is the name. It cost RM38, from the appreance, you can see this is a high class type of food. Have you notice the Sashimi in wonderful colors? It is very nice, it melts directly without chewing! Unlike the others, this sashimi does not has any “raw” taste yet it gives your mouth a high satisfaction for eating that! Overall, I still think tat that food is costly…
接下来的这个便当是本人觉得很值得吃的。有SOBA，饭和鳗鱼。味道我就不知道了。。。 我没有吃这个嘛。。。:cry:
Next, this is the bento that I feel very worth to try. It has SOBA, RICE and UNAGI. I am not sure about the taste… because I did not order this… 😥
鳗鱼便当。。。看起来不错但是我觉得应该吃了也不会有饱的感觉。份量好少啊。 :sweat:
UNAGI bento… this looks good but I believe if I ate this, I won’t feel full. The serving portion is too litle. :sweat:
甜品是绿茶雪糕。没有什么特别。。。:happysigh:
The desserts is Green-Tea Ice Cream. Nothing special, no surprise… :happysigh:
临走前，有人站在圣诞树上唱歌哦！立刻的拍下来留念。一年一次嘛。 哈哈！:hahaha:
Before we head back to office, got people singing on the Christmas tree! Without a second thought, I took these photos. Once a year chance. Haha! :hahaha:
总括来说，勘八(KAMPACHI)的环境和食物无疑是比其他的店稍微技高一筹，但是这样的价格，我想我也不会自己掏钱去吃的了。:xd:
In conclusion, KAMPACHI’s surroundings and food are really better than the others, but with this price, I don’t think I will fork out my own money to visit it again :xd:
一转眼，又到了2007年尾了。电脑展(PC FAIR)又到了。这可是马来西亚 I.T. 届的一大盛事。无论你是 I.T. 人还是生意人，都会跑去乘热闹的。在去年，当我刚刚开始写部落格时，我买了Samsung 932B LCD，也说了下次一定把美女照片送上的。。。 一年过去了！终于也有了这个机会让我实现对各位的承诺！:xd:
这次为了避开人潮，好让我有“足够”的空间来拍照，我一早就出发了。。。谁知道每个人都好像和我的想法一样。。。 11:30A.M. 就已经是人山人海了。。。虽然这次的电脑展(PC FAIR), 并不是很壮观华丽，可是也吸引了不少的人潮，特别是部落客，我看到了很多的照相机在拍来拍去，可以看出那些“模特儿”都已经“闲”了。 哈哈！！:ohoho1:
A blink of eye, it is the end for year 2007. The PC Fair has comes again! This is a big event for Malaysia I.T. industry. Regardless you are a I.T. Professional or businessmen, you will go there for a walk. Last year, I just started this blog, I bought my Samsung 932B LCD and blogged about it, I said that I will post some pretty booth girls/babes photo for you during the next visit to PC Fair… After a year. Finally I got the chance to realize my promise to you! :xd:
In order to avoid the crowded situation and make myself some “space” for photography, I departed at early morning. Who knows everyone seems like having the same mind, at 11:30A.M. it is already “people mountain people sea” / crowded already… Although, this PC Fair is not as awesome as before, but it is still attracted many people, especially the bloggers, I saw a lot of camera crew shooting here and there, from the model’s face, I can feel that they are very boring with it already. Haha!! :ohoho1:
废话少说！立刻为您送上照片！
Sony 的Booth Babes真的就像她的电脑一样。非一般的出众。有天使和魔鬼啊！两个都是很漂亮的哦！ :bigeye:
Without wasting your precious time, I shall present the photo to you!
Sony’s Booth Babes really looks alike its laptop! It is not only outstanding but awesome! Angel and Devil, both also very pretty! :bigeye:
Samsung的主题真的是让我眼前一亮了！如果每一个警察都是这样的女生，请快快来抓我吧！呵呵。:e:
Samsung’s theme did surprise me quite a bit! If all the policewomen looks like this, please fast fast come to catch me! Hehe. :e:
Toshiba虽然没有主题，可是她的美丽还是无话可说的。
Next is Toshiba. Although it has no theme，but her gorgeous looking covers up everything.
PenDrive的主题是希腊神话？应该是吧。。。 :shy:
PenDrive‘s theme is something about Greek Legend? should be like that… :shy:
哈哈！这个不是女生，但是好有型啊！好大的一把刀哦！！我为他拍了一张照片后，他竟然主动的问我要不要合照！我当然是要啦。哈哈！这个线上游戏，角色扮演这位仁兄的工作态度真是不错！！ 值得表扬啊！！:good:
Haha! This is not a girl but stylish! A very huge sword oh! After I took a photo for him, he asked me whether or not to take a photo with him! Of course I want! Haha! This online game, this cosplay staff’s working attitude or professionalism is really not bad!! Worth a praise or two!! :good:
这位是另外一个线上游戏的美眉。我忘了名字。。。:shy:
This is another girl from another online game. I forgot the name of the game… :shy:
啊~~~！欢乐的时光过得特别快，又是时候说拜拜了！我已经尽我所能的把照片送上了。下次我一定要带多一个摄影发烧友去！我要和她们合照。 不会过分吧？哈哈！我在此申明，每个参与者都尽力让自己处于最佳的状态。 如果照片上不是很漂亮，绝对是我的错。我认了。。。 有很多张都是Out-focus的。善意的批评和意见是无任欢迎的。恶意的批评和指责就可免则免了。不然我会叫Intel的火箭人把你送上太空！或者让小石像射你的哦～～～～
Ah~~~! Almost at the end of the happy hours, its time to say byebye! I’ve done my best to present the photo to you. Next time, I will bring another photography freak with me! I want to take photo with those models. Not too demanding, right? Haha!
Please allow me make it clear, all of the participant performed their best in order to have this successful event. If the photo is not nice, definitely is my fault. I admit it… Almost all photo are Out-focus. Kind criticisms and suggestions are more than welcome. Bad critics and feedbacks are better not to say. Else, I will ask the Intel Rocket Man send you to the outer space! or I will let the little statue to pee on you oh~~~~
I laugh while reading this funny+enjoyable+not_too_surprise news. After a laugh, I start to become sad. It is because this BOLEH-land has once again drop my intelligence level as a Malaysian. I am PWN to be a Malaysian…
Let’s see how effective on stopping piracy by “jailing” Internet users who is doing “illegal” download.
First, how to define “illegal” download? Who can judge it? For years, I still have not see any BSA officer goes into a home user for anti-piracy action.
Second, are you (the government) going to send an army to arrest somebody who is really committed the above crime? RM 250K is not cheap! Up to 10 years jail is consider a very serious offense too. As compare to a armed robbery will only get 5 years jail/case if caught, so 10 years is some what serious. You know… You better robbed for money rather than downloads. It is because you still have to pay to the ISP for connection!
Third, do you have the JAIL spaces for the Internet surfer population? I seriously doubt that. I definitely not going to pay and will not admit I downloaded anything… So, you better take away my computer. I can spend another few thousands to get a new one shortly.
Let me share it with you. Malaysia is not the first country started this joke. So far, I have not see any country that had succeeded in catching this type of “criminal”.
But please listen to me. After the publication of this lousy news/warning. I believe some evil minded fellow will start inter-personate the government officer identity and run into your house for a “check” then ask for the coffee-money!
You do not need to tell me whether or not you have any illegal downloads. I am very sure that everybody has some! However, it is not a crime… you know? I am not sure whether or not that I am correct. As long as you are not using the downloaded material for commercial use or make any profit from it. You are safe… or at least they can’t put all the blame to you.
Last but not least, IF they can track down the user… Why TMNET don’t ban the selected users account but apply throttling technique? Something fishy here… Think again, if the country is really good and the mentality is real high. I don’t think piracy is a problem or CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!
Happy downloading!
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