My company end its fiscal year on May, meaning this is the time of the year when all the departments would be busy reviewing their goals, and trying to figure out what needs to be done in the coming fiscal year. Well this is very important exercise because it sets our future goal, and if it not done correctly, it could affect the bottom line... pay rise for next year.Anyway.. the point is, people are dead serious about this...
So about 2 month ago, so i was stuck in a meeting on a lazy afternoon... counting stars around my head while few of my colleague were debating about some boring statistic...
Col 1: " like i said, we shouldn't set the cycle time goal base on the data, those data are not accurate enough and it doesn't make any sense if you look at it thoroughly"
Col 2: " well tell that to Boss, he is convinced that the data is "close" enough, which i think he is not entirely wrong"
Col 1: " how can it be accurate when we have double or even triple entries on the same data?"
Me : " Er.. Guys...not sure if this is a good time to bring this up... is it just me not knowing it or you guys already knew this... I saw a mail from corporate communication, about TI is buying National for $25 / share."
Col 1: ".....what? are your sure? if this is an april fool prank it is way over due!"
Col 2: " Oh my god!, it is true.. Don (the CEO) is having an communication in 20 minutes time to talk about this"
Me: " should we continue to discuss about goal? or it doesn't matter anymore"
Col 1& Col 2 : " are you kidding?"
It's by far the my most effective way to end an argument throughout my 5 years career.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
There's a fine line...
Call me a skeptic... or am i?
I was born as a Buddhist ( which most of Malaysian Chinese claim they are, but practically we are not) but hardly seen my parents practicing Buddhism. When i was 5, my family converted to become Christian, and then i spent the next 2-3 years in Sunday school but never got baptize till today. Despite that, i still declare myself as Christian because i've used to being known as one, and i got to fill up something in the "Religion" section of Mykad application, albeit technically and practically I'm far from being one.
The fact that i'm not fully committed to the any religion doesn't stop me to think that kids should be raised under influence of a religion, to help them define what's right and wrong. But why i failed to commit to any religion? .. i think i know the answer... it's because i ask too damn many why..
If there's one thing i never failed to do in my life, it is asking why in every damn thing i ever came across. I hate to admit but this attribute makes Engineering a perfect career choice for me. I tend to see things from logical and scientific perspective, so I always struggle when i failed to figure out why something happened and why something needs to happen. I'm annoyed when i need to do something, albeit small thing, without knowing why it has to be done... unfortunately, being a Malaysia Chinese and having constant needs of knowing why, is not the best combination...
I mean... we never run short of supply for pantang larang ( taboo) in Malaysia. 1st of all Taboo exists in every culture and religion in the world, and in Malaysia, not to mention the variety of races and religions we have, only among Chinese, we have hokkien, hakka, teo cheow, hainan... etc.. so if we combine every patang larang from these cultures, i'm talking about a yellow pages thick of document, and that's just the table of content.
While this entry is not suppose to list down all of those, i do have one to share. I remember one of my uncle passed away when i was 14, as our family gathered at his funeral mourning for his departure, one of the elderly told us not to visit my uncle's grave stone in after the funeral, because he was born in certain time and date... and if the family member insist to do so, it will bring bad luck to the family. He then bring up that my grandma has the same condition too, that went on to explain that's the reason our family failed to bond because we've been visiting and cleaning my grandma's grave very year. I'm not sure how true is the claim, but one thing true is no one ever visited my grandma's grave after that, and... the relationship among the families remains
Cults and traditional practice define the line between cultures, races and religions, it is important because it is human nature to associate ourself to a group, to have the sense of identity. But i think we should also draw a line between a healthy cultural tradition, and a meaningless taboo which doesn't make any logical sense. I know people in the past must had reasons to create those taboos, but at the same time those days the earth was perceived as a flat surface, conquering mainland China means conquering the whole world and if the weather is too hot,the solution was shoot down the Sun with an arrow.
I was born as a Buddhist ( which most of Malaysian Chinese claim they are, but practically we are not) but hardly seen my parents practicing Buddhism. When i was 5, my family converted to become Christian, and then i spent the next 2-3 years in Sunday school but never got baptize till today. Despite that, i still declare myself as Christian because i've used to being known as one, and i got to fill up something in the "Religion" section of Mykad application, albeit technically and practically I'm far from being one.
The fact that i'm not fully committed to the any religion doesn't stop me to think that kids should be raised under influence of a religion, to help them define what's right and wrong. But why i failed to commit to any religion? .. i think i know the answer... it's because i ask too damn many why..
If there's one thing i never failed to do in my life, it is asking why in every damn thing i ever came across. I hate to admit but this attribute makes Engineering a perfect career choice for me. I tend to see things from logical and scientific perspective, so I always struggle when i failed to figure out why something happened and why something needs to happen. I'm annoyed when i need to do something, albeit small thing, without knowing why it has to be done... unfortunately, being a Malaysia Chinese and having constant needs of knowing why, is not the best combination...
I mean... we never run short of supply for pantang larang ( taboo) in Malaysia. 1st of all Taboo exists in every culture and religion in the world, and in Malaysia, not to mention the variety of races and religions we have, only among Chinese, we have hokkien, hakka, teo cheow, hainan... etc.. so if we combine every patang larang from these cultures, i'm talking about a yellow pages thick of document, and that's just the table of content.
While this entry is not suppose to list down all of those, i do have one to share. I remember one of my uncle passed away when i was 14, as our family gathered at his funeral mourning for his departure, one of the elderly told us not to visit my uncle's grave stone in after the funeral, because he was born in certain time and date... and if the family member insist to do so, it will bring bad luck to the family. He then bring up that my grandma has the same condition too, that went on to explain that's the reason our family failed to bond because we've been visiting and cleaning my grandma's grave very year. I'm not sure how true is the claim, but one thing true is no one ever visited my grandma's grave after that, and... the relationship among the families remains
Cults and traditional practice define the line between cultures, races and religions, it is important because it is human nature to associate ourself to a group, to have the sense of identity. But i think we should also draw a line between a healthy cultural tradition, and a meaningless taboo which doesn't make any logical sense. I know people in the past must had reasons to create those taboos, but at the same time those days the earth was perceived as a flat surface, conquering mainland China means conquering the whole world and if the weather is too hot,the solution was shoot down the Sun with an arrow.
Friday, May 20, 2011
old liao...
Been suffering from upper back pain for 1 week, which is new experience for me coz my usual problem is lower back pain. 28 is not that old...but i have to admit that i could feel my body is not the way it was, when i could hike up to the top of Mt Kinabalu without much hassle ( 7-8 years ago)..
due to my back pain.. i've haven't been doing much exercise.. which is not good because my next challenge is going to be...
due to my back pain.. i've haven't been doing much exercise.. which is not good because my next challenge is going to be...
good luck to me..
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Same story everywhere
never leave your valuable stuff unattended in your back seat...
same rule applies in any country...
p/s: don't make fun of me cause this did not happen to me, i'm just the reporter :)
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