Let sing the "Auld Lang Syne"

In few hours, 2010 will be replaced with 2011. And it seems like a custom every new year there will be a new resolution. But this year I decided to just let go of the idea on having a resolution since it just a waste of time. It just adding some pressure to myself apart from the current one I'm having. This year I decided to just let everything go with the flow. Yup, that's the best!

2010, a year full of memories. The good, the bad and not forgetting the ugly. I made friends, I lost friends but that is just part of adulthood. I even pay my taxes as any good citizen will do (terpaksa sebenarnya :p). I do things without regret, well sort of.

I'm hoping that 2011 will be bringing lots of good things. Something I can learn and cherish for a lifetime. Guess all I have to do is wait for what will happen next but for now I'm in the mood of singing this beautiful song. A song often sung during the new year's celebration. Everyone, let sing together now!

Auld Lang Syne (For all times sake)

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne ?

CHORUS:

For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

And surely you’ll buy your pint cup !
and surely I’ll buy mine !
And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine ;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine^† ;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.

CHORUS

And there’s a hand my trusty friend !
And give us a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.

CHORUS


Happy New Year and Have a Great Year Ahead!!

Astro yang bengong

This gonna be a short post..I just can't handle this stupidity again and again..I woke up this morning realising that my Astro connection has been disconnected when my nephew started to yell at the top of his lung coz he cannot watch Play House Disney. Realise that I forgot to pay the bill which was due last week..but so quickly when I enter the office, the first thing to do is to pay the bill..I like paying more than the intended amount..everymonth I will pay double just to avoid interruption. So decide to pay RM250. After that try to call ASTRO at 9.30 am to reconnect the line.This is what happened:

9.45 am
Call ASTRO, awek cun angkat..happy coz my nephew can watch his Dibo now..sekali..
"Sorry our officer could not answer your call since it is outside of the operation hour. Please call again during our operation hour from 9.00 am to 6.00 pm. TQ"

I just have one word in mind right now. The one word is:

BULLSHIT!!!

Operation hour ikut waktu Thailand ker apa??

You and Me...We are different

Since we are a small kid, we are told to follow the rule and to obey the elders. We are told to conform with the society or else we are doom for eternity. But whether we believe it or not, the society has becoming to judgmental and sometimes too ridiculous for us to follow. I must say that I am lucky for I have been raised with such a wonderful parent where we are told to follow our heart on what is right and to not be so quick to judge on something. In fact, if we have something that is bothering us, we can always discuss them with our parent. And my parent also told us that parent is not always right. They can make mistake and we are free to tell them that. Coz for them, what is wrong will still be wrong no matter how you try to justify it.

In this society, standing for what is right can be quite challenging at times. I remember one day when a friend of mine try to voice out her concern on something at the office and she ended up being accused as "Jahat". I was shocked coz few of other people know that what she say is right and the sad thing is only few people stood for her when she was called by the management. I lost faith in truth that day. And I still remember how she cried.

Sometimes people say that I am too outspoken. They say that I should control myself when it comes to speak out to the elders, the management or even the authority. And I just don't understand why I was told such thing. Are we not allowed to say the truth anymore or we are so immune to the lies that we can come to accept anything that is shoved down our throat? I've been called "kurang ajar" a few times and so many other name just for telling the truth. Maybe Tom Cruise was right, you just can't handle the truth. Luckily I still have my family and friends that understand what I'm trying to do. I can't accept stupidity or pure lies. I can't accept people stereotyping other people because they don't follow the majority.

Though I have my own set of thoughts, I still respect people's opinion. People who think before they say something and people who are not so quick to jump the gun. This people are people who always check the fact before telling others something. They would not simply say something juast simply because they want to be popular. They are the minority people who still believe in saying the truth. This people is the rarity in today's world.

No matter what it is, we have to always remember that, others might not always agree with what we are trying to say. We can try to make them understand with the facts that we have but we shall not make assumptions coz assumptions only have 50% accuracy and like one of my lecturer always say, 50% is considered as 0% in the research world. If you want to make assumptions, make sure you are 95% accurate or don't make assumption at all. If people don't agree to what we have, then too bad. But we should never force other people to accept our concept coz some people just don't have a clue. No matter what you say, this kind of people will always use what you say against you. So when this happened, keeping quiet is the best thing to do. Take the high road when other people being worshiped for being so low.

Plain Stupid..'nuff said

I never been interested in politic especially Malaysia's politic. However, I did not turn my back from Malaysia's political scenario coz part of my work requires me to deal with the government and answering to the Parliament. If you ask me what did I think about political scenario in Malaysia. I only have one answer in mind. The answer is, Malaysia's politic is bullshit!!

Nowadays, everyone can be a political leader or even a Member of Parliament. You can have Tom, Dick or Harry to run as a MP but they surely have no clue of what MP should do. All they care is to get more money to buy a new house or car (even a new wife, case and point MP from Kinabatangan..hehehe). Sometimes I feel like we have voted a bunch of clowns to represents us in the Parliament. Vulgar words, stupid questions, trivial arguments and discussing petty stuff is what they do when we as the Rakyat pay them to voice out our concerns.

What irks me the most when they try to make the people fights among each other by spreading more lies. For example, this morning my mom received a call from the Opposition Party (alah party yang sibuk nak bagi leader dia jadi PM tuh). They said they wanted to make another census on our family's political stance (heck?? ada ker such thing??). They ask about our opinion on the current administration and all related stuff and my mom is nice enough to entertain them. But suddenly I heard my mum raising her voice. I discovered later that, the person said to my mum that she is stupid for defending the current Government (my mum did say something nice about the Government..hahaha being a government servant that she is)..I was shocked when I heard this coz who are you to tell people they are stupid in the first place. And what is wrong in defending the hand that feed you.?

I also found a flyer today that say our Government is cruel and heartless because they keep increasing the petrol price and all necessary items. I was shocked this happened at the place where I stay. Fyi, I live in Putrajaya where 95% that stays here are government servant. Reading this flyer which I can safely assume that it was made by a government servant, really annoyed me. Don't get me wrong, I was pretty upset when Government increase the petrol prices. I am a driver and my car need petrol to move. But I'm not going solely blame the Government for it. I am big enough to understand the reason behind the increase. If you not happy with the price, use public transportation, like I did. But don't go spreading lies just to achieve your dirty political target. Do you think that changing the Government can make the petrol price go down?? And for you, yes you the person who made the flyer, if the Government is so heartless like you say, why did you keep staying at the Government quarters. Why bite the hand that feeds you? Why don't you go and work with you beloved leader and ask him to give you a free house.

I did not support the Government or the Opposition. For me, when you are wrong then you are wrong. If we want to see Malaysia moving forward either economically or politically, we should start looking for MPs or someone suitable to represent us, not some bunch of cry babies or big fat cow that we have now. Start looking for someone who really care. If we have that kind of a leader, I might believed in politic again. Maybe I'll go to register myself as a voter. Until then, I will just sit in a corner and just wait and see of another drama in the Parliament. Hey, its like watching a free comedy. All you need is popcorn and can of Coke.

Office Politic

I've been a banker for 2 years, 3 months and 26 days. I joined my current organisation right after I graduated since I was their scholarship holder (by hook or by crook, I have to join them). I have been dreaming of joining this organisation since I was a little girl where I used to follow my dad, who also work in the same place (but don't get me wrong, I didn't get to join the organisation due to cronyism. Tak mainla kroni2..belajar pandai2 sudah). Though I was bonded for four years, I didn't view it as a death penalty as other scholars may think coz I really want to work there.

I was lucky that when I joined the organisation, my department is among the most important department in the organisation. I kept thinking to myself that this department will help me grow. The environment was so good where everyone who is anyone willing to help each other especially when they are new. This is important since working in a financial industry, you will need all the help that you can get. And this is especially important when you are just a young graduate coz you need people in the industry to take you seriously. I've been to a meeting with the industry where not a single person listen to what I have to say. They just prefer me to keep quiet and act all dolled-up. Over time, people have started to see me beyond my age and my face. They have started to listen to what I want to say.

However, life is not all nice and sunny as a banker. Especially since there are few changes in my department's structure, currently. The office politic is getting intense that you can cut the intensity with a knife. Sometimes it does bring me down especially when your work is not credited to you but to some other guy who sits in front of the PC all day long and Google Talking with his friends or busy playing with his Iphone 4 and Blackberry Torch that he just bought. This kind of people can even get away with murder coz they know how to sweet talk to their bosses without having to move their arse off the comfy chair. And for you, who have been doing all the work from 8 am to 8pm. The credit will never be given to you coz you are not the type who is going to go and suck-up to you boss. And coz you believe in doing the work with all your heart.

And the guy who didn't do anything always got the perks. For this guy, I wish you..Go to HELL!!! The time will come when everyone will know what you have done. Don't treat others as if they are stupid or they are you slave, coz believe me when I say that people start to realise your true colour. The clock is ticking, my friend..hehehe

Unifi...where art thou?

I received a called from TMnet on 23 October 2010 to convert my Streamyx account to Unifi. Ok, just to refresh everyone's mind, 23 October falls on Saturday and they called me at 6.30 p.m. Hahaha I was shocked when they told me they are from TMnet, coz I didn't even know that they do marketing on Saturday. Maybe sudah efficient sekarang...hehehe.. At that time I was packing my bag coz I have 1 week conference to attend. To cut the story short, they make an appointment to come at about 8p.m for me to fill up a form and for them to explain to me. Everything is settled within half an hour.

Fast forward to 1 month and 5 days letter, I am still using my Streamyx account and I didn't get the slightest idea of what has happened to my Unifi registration. Did I make any call to TMnet to ask about this? Hell yeah, I did. I called them twice but they said its the vendor that I supposed to be contacting. Try to called the vendor numerous time but end up in the mail-box. I dunno what have they done with the form that I filled. Maybe they used it as nasi-lemak wrapper. Who knows??

I'm still interested in using Unifi. Now all I need is to get a trusted vendor to help me to register or maybe de-register if I need to. Am so sick and tired of waiting for TMnet to response or continue to say that this is the vendor's fault. Yeah I get it, I registered through the vendor but you (TMnet) as the owner of the system should monitor your vendor coz their lack of efficiency is giving you the bad name, not that you don't already have one. I guess this is what consumer in Malaysia have to face on a daily basis. A crappy service from the either from the government or private organisation. And as a customer, we have to put a stop at this. But I just wonder how?

Creative

I need to start doing something new with my life. I should not just focus on my work and family. I need to explore the world. Alamak!!! How to?? I've been doing the same thing since forever. I wake up, go to school now work, come back, eat and sleep. I've been doing it for the last 25 years of my life. I feel like a robot. Gila la..macam mana ni. Lately, I feel that my life doesn't have any value. I don't feel like my existence in this world lead to nothing. I need to be creative. Haish, tu yang susah tu.

I remembered when I was little, there always a lot of things to do. I was engaged with many things such as my taekwando class, badminton training and lots of things. But now, nak keluar rumah pun macam susah. Haish. When talking about being creative, I always wanted to do something creatively. But to be honest, I am not creative. I can't draw, I can't write creatively or play any music. I used to be in a choir group. But that one is past memory. I have a very creative family. My mum and dad are creative. Their art works are to die for. My brothers and little sister are creative. They are a good writer, painter and even a good musician though they didn't pursue it professionally. But when it comes to me..I have na-da..Nothing. If I try to draw a tree, it would turn out to be something else. I have an acoustic guitar, a gift from my dad. But it has been sitting in the cupboard waiting to be played. Last year, I thought of enrolling myself to a guitar class. Sampai sekarang tak enroll lagi.

I realised that my work has started to take chunk of my time. And the impact is major on my life (I've been losing and gaining weight for the past 3 months...GILA!!!). I have been distancing myself with my friends coz I don't have the time to go out. All I want to do is sleep all day long. Hurm maybe I should start doing something new. Maybe I should enroll myself for Guitar lesson or maybe dancing (ehem...badan dah macam kayu ada hati plak)..

2011 is getting closer and I really need to think of something creative to do...I am open to any suggestion coz I really need to do this thing badly to keep my sanity intact. Tolonglah!!!