*69 - 1st Secret of Business Transformation

As i promised, i'll share the knowledge i gained from the Meetup with Dato' Sri Idris Jala. Let's go straight to the point shall we?

1st secret: Play the Game of the Impossible

People are afraid to fail. When you are doing something, if u keep thinking will it fail, you wont be able to do it perfectly. To fully excel to your goal, you'll have to conquer ur fear for failure. The power word here is "It's OK to fail!"

To play the game of impossible, firstly, you'll need to set a Olympic-Target! A target that is so HIGH, its NOT touchable but mayb (in a very small chances) reachable. The best will be a goal that everyone says it cannot be done! If u fail nvm, its ok to fail! Why? Coz its impossible to be done ma right? ;) Get ur motivation running, and go for it without the fear of failure!

An example he gave was A man in his 30s set a goal to be a olympic runner for 100m. Everyone says its impossible. But he was so determined and trained every morning, afternoon and even night. So do you think he can do it? Yes? ..... NO! Of course not, he is in his 30s, how can he be the olympic 100m runner? How can he manage to beat the 20yo runners?

NOW. The point is... Did he transformed? Yes... right? He may not be the world champion but of course he will be the best runner in his community. So wat am i trying to say here? Its about transformation... positive changes... Not a matter of winning or losing...

As a conclusion, for playing the game of impossible, u'll be able to transform or change towards your wanted direction. How will u play the game of impossible?

*68 - NUTTER Doing A NUTshot

People can be so CREATIVE when they are bored... i didnt know a car safety airbag launcher can be used as an entertainment tool too O.o

IDIOT of the year goes to...... THEM~ Congratz to the NUTTER...

*67 - All Moms Are Great

I came across this news from Telegraph.co.uk... I was totally amazed by the photo captured...

Bird uses body as dam to stop drainpipe soaking chicks
The female bird prevent the chicks from drowning while the male do the work of feeding... Mothers are great... of course fathers too ^^

Check out the whole story at Telegraph.co.uk

*66 - My 1st "Forced" Saving ^^ eTiQa Takaful

Everywhere i go... everyone i met... will say the same thing... "You have to SAVE for rainy days" In fact, saving is very important, but exactly how many people manage to do it? Especially in your working life, its harder to save...
I came across this islamic saving in Jusco, Bukit Tinggi Klang. They had a roadshow to promote eTiQa Takaful to the public, especially non-muslims. Out of curiosity, i sat down and got them explain to me wat actually this eTiQa Takaful is about.

Its a islamic saving (Takaful) that opened for non-muslims in the recent years. For my age of 22, i'll be taking its Mesra Plan which contracts for 30 years with a interest of 5.5% to 8% per annum. Minimum saving per month is rm100. It even comes with a life and permanent disability insurance. There's other benefit like no service chargers etc. tat you'll need to check it out urself :)

Lets do some math here... rm100 per month for 30 years (age of 52 O.o)... i'll save a total of rm36,000... with a average interest of 6-7% per annum, i'll assume there's at least rm70-80k... So i'll say at least i'll have a rm100k at the age of 52... (you may not earn money at all if u stop between the 30 years, but at least there's a saving) Kinda like my retirement fund huh? I signed up and paid for the 1st 2 months on this.

Asked my dad for advise, he said tat most worker cant even save a rm100, i'll need serious financial management to save tat EVERY MONTH... so i guess i'll hav to plan every expenditure from now on huh, since i got no stable income yet =.= just make tat my retirement fund or my children's education fund then... LoL... Frankly, its just rm100, not big money but not small either... Stop clubbing once then i'll have that rm100 ^^

Although im late starter but glad i started somehow... What about u? Manage to save for urself? Why not check out other plans offered out there and share it here :)

*65 - Breakthrough #2 (Meeting with CEO of MAS)

So, this will me my 2nd Official breakthrough of my life.

I attended the meeting of "Frens of MH facebook" with CEO of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), Dato' Sri Idris Jala under a survey invitation from Youthsays.com. Frankly i duno wat it will be all about for this conference. What im told from the Youthsays blog is that we can ask whatever question to him and gain insights and inspiration from the biggest gun in one of the biggest corporate in Malaysia, MAS. One of the event's objective is to hear opinions from the youth.
I decided to attend this meeting a day before the event, thus i signed up. But at 1pm yesterday, i was so reluctant to go. I duno wat to wear (as in my blog post *64), i duno wat will happen there, and im going alone =.= Keep wondering should i go or not. Its until i reminded myself to be comfortable with the uncomfortable, then i went, dont care wat will happen la...

The event took place in MAS Training Centre in Subang, the place where they train their students, employee etc. Let the photos do the talking after this. (hate to say, i didnt bring camera, only my O2 =.=)
At the entrance to MAS training centre, There's a Big plane model and 2 alphabet "MH" that stands for Malaysian Hospitality.
So i went in, these is the interior of the training centre. We had our conference in lecture theatre 1.
This is the lecture theatre and the crowd is already there when i got in. I still choose a nice comfortable corner seat yest, i guess i gotta breakthrough this one someday ^^
The seat is comfortable and the table tat attaches to the seat is so much better than my lecture halls table =.=

The guess speaker, Dato' Sri Idris Jala and his wife were welcomed by ovation. His managers all address him as Idris, not his title of Dato' Sri or others, sounds like the team are quite close to each other.
That's a very blur photo of Dato' Sri Idris Jala giving his speech. He talked about the "6 secret for business transformation". Part of it u can learn from the management books but most of it you wont be able to learn even in the Harvard Business School. (i'll share the knowledge in my future post as its VERY VERY long ^^)

Let's see... Wat's make him so special? I'll say most people know the Air Asia CEO than the MAS CEO, even in lowyat.net, there are people commenting that "he rather to and meet the Air Asia CEO". In brief, he is once chairman for Shell Sri Lanka, MD for Shell Malaysia and Vice President in Shell International. He worked his way up until government offered him to be the new CEO of MAS. When the time he joined, MAS was losing like hell (-616m in 4th quarter of 2005 =.=), he only got 3 months time b4 MAS to be declare bankrupt. His leadership brought MAS bac in profit in year 2006 and the best is MAS stil makes money in 2008 even when Air Asia was losing money due to the recession. Im sure u'll like to know wat's his secret ^^ (In my future post)

To know him more, you can check out his corporate life in skorcareer.com and clarin.com. There's a brief introduction and an interview to read on.
Next we hav a Q&A session. The best part of the event: He sings and plays guitar LIVE with the song wrote by his son ^^ WOW... tat's totally cool! His guitar skills dont-play-play ar, the best plucking i ever heard. He made the guitar sounds like 古琴 (influenced by his traditional tribe Kelabit music from Sarawak). I think there's a CEO band video in the YouTube! that also involves Dato' Sri Idris Jala, but its not as good as his solo yest ^^
Muahahahaha~ after the event... i went to do something i never did b4 =.= went to have a hand shake, sayin nice to meet him in person and took a photo ^^ Feels so COOL !!! 1st time 1st time~ lol... never in my life to approach a VIP or guess speaker b4...
They had refreshment in the Cafeteria, a very clean cafeteria. Had my fried mee hoon, a piece of ayam goreng, sandwich, kuih jala and tea. Didnt take the curry puff though.

Here i shared table with another Youthsays.com member, named Razleena. In her 27, working in a company that manage the reservation for the australian airlines. Stranger, nervous and duno wat to talk with her at first but no problem in the end cause she is very friendly and the talkative type. Manage to hav a long chat with her ^^

Because of her, I was given a chance to meet the Assistant General Manager and the MC of the event, Mdm. Pushpalatha. Razleena gave a comment about the Internet Booking on MAS website because she had a problem to book her ticket back to KK. Mdm. Pushpa and one of his team member, John (i hope i spelled it correctly) share the table with us to follow up and ask our opinion on the matter. Spent at least 30 mins chatting before i leave. I can say i really benefited from it.
Last but not least, got a souvenir of MAS chocolate cup with 2 Ferrero Rocher and some Beryl's choc. Lalalalala~ (Scary... a very long post this time =.=)

*64 - Smart Casual?

Its 2nd June in the morning, and i faced a dilemma =.= Im attending a conference by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) for "Friends of MH Facebook" that i got a survey invitation from Youthsays.com in the afternoon. A talk and forum was given and lead by Dato' Sri Idris Jala, MD and CEO of MAS. (Coming soon: Blog for the event ^^)
So the dresscode? Smart Casual =.= In my lifetime i heard of Formal, Semi-formal or Casual, but never a SMART Casual. Wat i going to wear? I scare wat i wear is inappropriate since its the biggest gun in one of the biggest corporate in Malaysia that will be delivering the speech. Things gone worst when the definition of Smart Casual are different by everyone and everywhere i found in the web. Gives you few example that i found =.=
This Smart Casual is the same as the Semi-formal from UPM. Polo T and Long Pants (X Jeans)
This Smart Casual wear consist of T shirt and a coat, Jeans allowed.
This guy i got from google defines Smart Casual as a total formal top with tie and jeans O.o
And this is the most decent one i found. Which also consider as the one im following. I just wear what most ppl wear to clubbing. My Seed long sleeves shirt tat the sleeves are folded up to the elbow, my usual Jeans with Polo leather belt and a white Nike shoe...
Special thanks to: Dayana, Celine, Mei Fong and Jun Fook for answering my status in Facebook... LOL... So i guess im wearing as wat Mei Fong suggested :)

*63 - Guys VS Girls O.o

Ahyap.com is comparing this 2 dance of the guyz and girls =.= So do u see the similarity? or they are total contrastive? If u are a guy u may love the "GeeGeeGeeGeeGee" but i dont think the girls will 100% like the "Yatta!" @.@

THE GIRLS - 1,364,055 views (4.5 star rating)


THE GUYS - 1,375,818 views (4.5 star rating)


O.O but somehow without the MV the songs are good... LOL

*62 - POST-Penang Trip

Im a true procrastinator huh? Delayed for few days to post this entry =.=
Im bac from Penang! (Ya, obviously...) Drove down in Shirvino with Shirley :)

28052009 - After a long hour drive, finally i reached Nibong Tebal. Its time for cooked fresh octopus!!! But too bad... Its not open for business yet, too early in the afternoon =.=
Next trip i'll sure go and sapu all of it! Muahahaha~

At night we went to JZheng's house 1st. Was wondering why so much ppl like to paint their house green recently :/ lol... Its big and confortable... I'll love the Pearl Blue paint in JZheng's room.

The big event at night is Kee's house warming! Another nice house she had. I like the big glass window from the hall. I'll sure do tat to my house in the future XD. And as expected, it all in GREEN again. But i prefer the GREEN rather than the PINK in his brother's room =.=

I'll say her Uncle is rather a good marketer. Although he said that he dont wanna just join us and start advertising his product (Halo brand Spices), but he did it everytime anyway... lol... I think it worth a try, will check it out in Tesco nearby (Mayb a blog review on the product? ^^) Dont hav pictures for the night, our photographer, Michelle was busy EATing :P

29052009 - Its morning and off we go to the Penang Hill. It did changed a lot since my last trip in 2005. Got a new restaurant, stainless steel fence, etc etc. But the canopy walk is not available yet.
(Above) 2009 Penang Hill VS (Below) 2005 Penang Hill, Mika. It did upgraded a lot.

Round 3pm, we checked in at Bayview Beach Resort. Very messy carpark, but the hotel is very nice inside, especially the garden with the swimming pool. Its not cheap but i enjoyed my stay.
Oh god~ I experienced the worst JAM in my life during the night. Damn! its like not moving at all and im stuck on my way to the Penang Bridge for 1 hour. I'll say KL's federal highway is better than tat =.= We rushing for BBQ at Ben's house in Bukit Mertajam. Im 2 hours late :P
Penang food wise *Yummy Manage to EAT: Penang Road Lobak, Loh Mee, Hokkien Mee, Char Kuey Teow, Jawa Mee, 7-Village Kuey Teow Soup, Wan Tan Mee and the best Buffet Breakfast in Bayview Beach Resort! Really the best buffet breakfast compare to my other experience in Hotels over Malaysia.

Really enjoyed my balik kampung trip this time ^^

*61 - Where Is The Remote Control ^^

A live CD player XD. They are bloody brilliant! And a very good comedy.

The best part: Its MUTE! O.o

*60 - In Memory of Happie

Happie, used to be my intelligent-looking Boltz-like puppy as in my post *47.
Received my 1st bad news of the day. Happie passed away last night, as he is biten by wild dogs during the night =.= I was like *Shocked... He was adopted by a friend of Shirley and suppose to be kept IN the house, so how it happened? I duno~ Neoneu is having fun outside the house everyday with the wild dogs but why Happie was biten to death O.o

Im sorry i dont have a chance to take good care of you...
Bathing Happie when he is still in my house...
The photo with Neoneu, having the shadow of Boltz...

Rest in peace, Happie. Dont reborn as a dog again k. Namo Amitabha.

*59 - The CPU That I'd Been Dreaming For

During my schooling days when i was using a desktop, I used to think that why we need a CPU case if we can make it more "geeky" look by just leaving the CPU parts on a flat panel, like a table? Mayb we can put them on a sponge or something, integrate it with the table then i'll hav a Computer-in-the-table...

Cant believe it, someone made this dream come true !!! Dada~ the new Computer-IN-the-table...
(Source: popularmechanics.com)

Its liquid-cooled with half-gallon of glycol, twin 300GB VelociRaptor hard drives, a GeForce GTX 280 GPU, seven fans, a Sony Blu-ray drive, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 3GHz Core 2 Quad processor and won them a lot of attention to their coolest table ever. And for sure u cant get it from the Ikea.

PS: i hope they add a switch for the blue neon light ^^

*58 - PRE-Penang Trip

Its 28 May tomorrow and im going to Penang... Again... So wat excitements im anticipating?

1. Kee's House-warming. She just shifted into her Green House =.= as wat she called it. Cant wait to see her new home where Ben somehow fell and got his 6 stitches :/ Im sure her house will be wonderful. I'll be spending my first night there.

Just hopefully its not a Green house like this O.o










2. Her wish to go up the Penang Hill. I heard that Penang Hill had changed a lot with even restaurants up there. Gotta take a look at that!3. Ben's house NTY BBQ II. Arrggh... i forgot to tell him i wan LAMB!! Tell him tomorrow then. Hopefully is not as noob as our first NTY BBQ ^^
4. Batu Feringgi Bayview Beach Resort Stay. Longtime i never been to a beach edi. Since she feels like going to the beach to hav a walk, i decided to put a night there. Im sure i gotta enjoy the ambience there. Oya, i wanna go to the night market too!
5. And the best of all is the Penang Food tat i missed for so long! I gotta eat eat eat till im fat fat fat... Dont care :P...
Wait for my blog on POST-Penang Trip ya ^^

*57 - Negative? Make it to Positive!

SHOCKING number announced by the government. (here!) We declined 6.2% of economy in the first quarter of this year. Hey, we used to hav 6.2% growth at least in the last few years, and now -6.2% o.O Big news huh?

The loss of jobs, the horrendous stock market, inflation, and everything else that has been happening around us because of the bad economy. This can easily put anyone’s mind in the gutter. I personally believe that most people right now have a terrible mindset. You'll feel demotivated eventually.
First of all, are u a negative news junkie? Why u watch the news? You just wanna know? Or you feel contented after u saw how bad people got murdered and u are still alive? "Economy declined by 6.2%, 100000 people lost thier job" or "The 10 tons lorry carrying cow dung crash on the toll plaza in Ipoh" So, wat u get from this stories? It only give u a negative mindset bout life.

WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING - “When the situation gets critical, those who aren’t weak-willed work harder and never give up.
-Joseph P. Kennedy (1888-1969), the father of (U.S.) President John F. Kennedy

Check out this true story. There are people with positive mindset that are able to workout anything out of nothing. Let me remind u this: There are more millionaires made after a bad economy then in a good economy. Its better to invest in bad economy as the cost is lower, and price always soar when economy recovers.

Im not asking u not to read or watch the news. Its just that, set ur mindset right when u got negative news, at least know wat's going on, then read more positive and constructive articles! Why not start with happynews.com? Its a great site with only positive news and articles. Latest news, ppl made an air-powered vehicle u know?

*56 - Kok Kok Kai~

From: Zerotohundred.com
From: Asiaone.com

KL Pimps now sport flashy delivery cars and sharp designer suits.


Quote:
"Driving a flashy Mercedes SLK and dressed in a crisp Armani suit, KaiKo (Chicken Bother in cantonese) looks more like a well to do yuppie than a purveyor of prostitutes. He claims his clientele are mainly English-speaking professionals, expatriates and VIPs. “For them, money is no problem as long as their privacy and safety is guaranteed,” says KaiKo, adding that he accepts clients only through referrals."

Wow... my reaction is like... a KaiKo also can drive a SLK and wearing an Armani suit... This sounds damn professional man...

Quote:
"KaiKo plays down the impact of his lucrative business. "Compared with other vices like drugs and gambling, sex is the most harmless.

"The girls under me were not tricked into the industry. In fact, I see my role as helping people enjoy all life has to offer. Who knows, I might also be saving some marriages. After all, a fling is better than an affair!""

LOL... sounds like an honorable job wor ... So wat u think bout prostitution?? Go read up this blog post bout prostitution in Ahyap.com, Why smart people dont fight against prostitution, believe me, its a good and funny one ^^

*55 - What You Thinking?

Cant believe i stopped blogging for 3 days edi... With the last post of something complicated somemore =.= So wat i did in this 3 days?? Answer is... *Droool~ NOTHING. Yeah u heard me... nothing significant.

Anyway, i had a thought after i saw all those students, in full uniform, going home after class. I wish i had a chance to relive my secondary time. Things were so easy-going back then with full of excitement in life. They way you can see them so happy and full of hope to the world out there. But the fact is, when u enter the society, u'll start to see all kinds of negative and demotivating happenings. All these makes me bored too...
I had a brother which is still in his form 3. Suppose he's facing his PMR this year end. Unfortunately, he's stuck with his DOTA game and even quarrel with our parents for it. How am i suppose to tell him wat i missed in my secondary? How am i suppose to help him learn the life out there? Whats the benefit of acting gangster and addicted in games in 15 years old? I saw no benefit in games from the example of a few that used to be my frens. They're like nomad now and had no direction in life. Some even still spend most of their time in cyber cafe at this age of 22 =.=

I wish tat i could see wat i saw earlier in my life especially in my secondary. Many things we had to start early to reap wat we sow. I wish to teach him the reality of life but he wouldnt listen. I just dont want it to be too late for him to realise the facts in the future.

Now i have deep believe in the potential of each young men. To all youngman out there, fight for wat u dreamed of, explore more of this world, see how great people thinks, u'll benefit a lot more when u're out of school. You all have the advantage of AGE. Think wat u wanna put in ur "time-line" as ur life events. To those so called "older people" :P its never to late to change and start. Excel in Life !!!

*53 - Wolverine Wanna Be?

If you are so crazy about Hugh Jackman's Wolverine action, then u should get urself a pair of those !!!

Tat's damn COOL !!! How much u think he is going to sell tat for?

*51 - No Excuses

Referring to my post *48, relating to "No Excuses".

Saw this great video of Warhawk Matt Scott (A Special Basketball Team Star) in Nike 'No Excuses' Commercial. Must watch to the end ya !!!



Just Do It !!! No excuses !!!

*50 - Something Never Seen Before

Behold~ The Malaysia Sperm Donation/Sampling Manual with nice step by step instructions. Heheheheh...

"Nurse! Air mani saya tertumpah! nak buat macam mana ni??"

From the source, no nurse will fantasies role play for you! Wife are allowed to "assist" but not too sure whether this "service" is extended to "girlfriend or girlfriends".

Source: BoLANliap and its from Lam Wah Ee Hospital, Penang

*49 - FREE Coldplay LIVE album

Fans of Coldplay will be happy to know that the band has compiled a new live album called "Left Right Left Right" and will be distributing it for FREE via their website. All the band wants in return is your email address, the country you live in, as well as your consent to add you to the Coldplay.com mailing list. Sounds like a pretty awesome deal, eh?

I've got mine. 192kbps. Nice songs. I love the crowd in Viva La Vida song !!!
http://www.coldplay.com/lrlrl/

*48 - Breakthrough

The very first official breakthrough of my life.

I went Genting with JS, two barely-known-for-2-days friends and a group of 10+ complete stranger!

I'd never done anything like this b4. If u know me, i never feel comfortable to have an outing, or even get to know new people, somemore its a big group of coursemate from Segi College's Music Department. Its really nice to meet u all.

As usual, at 1st i wanted to reject JS's invitation for this Genting trip. May be u'll feel the same rite, its like so weird being with a new group of people. I dont even like to go out with my coursemate tat i dont have a very good relationship. So, what change me?

Came across 2 articles from persuasive.net after JS invitation, and i decided to make a start for a change. 1st one, one must be comfortable with being uncomfortable. Deliberately place yourself in uncomfortable situations and you’ll begin to grow and be stronger mentally. I really feel VERY uncomfortable at first, but i manage to overcome it. 2nd one is about not using excuses. Im actually looking for excuses to reject the invitation. One of the major reasons you use excuses is because you may sometimes feel uneasy and uncomfortable. But after u go for it, u'll have totally new experiences.

So, what makes u feels uncomfortable? Had u dealt with it?

PS: Photos will be upload after i had collect them ^^

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