Archive for August, 2007

Thinking of Resigning?

Have you had trouble writing a resignation letter?? This site was introduced to me by a friend about 5 years ago.This is a awesome site if you have trouble drafting out a resignation letter/accepting a job offer/rejecting a job offer and more! All you need to do is put in the type of letter you wanna draft,your details,company details and a letter is generated!!

Its not ideally the perfect thing but it takes you all the way to simple editing that you may want to do and its ready! Have a peak at it,i think its superb!

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Shopping and Sales

Have you ever received that one email telling you about a warehouse sale and by the time you actually get it,its the last day of the sale and when you actually go for it all you see is empty boxes and tired sales people??? Guess what, this is one of the most informative blog for you people who consider shopping a sport!

I have been following this site since it was a free blog and now its a independent site by its self! A comprehensive listing of all warehouse sales happening around the klang valley is here! The author also post some nice articles on his main page which I’m sure you might find useful!

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Scare Tactics

Another superb prank show that is shown in the US i think,Its called scare
tactics and they really scare the guts out of its victims.

If you think Punk’ed is bad..Have a look at this one..
Get onto YouTube and type in Scare Tactics and ENJOY!

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How Many F’s are there?

Read this sentence:

FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS
OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF YEARS.

Now count the F’s is that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE.

Do not go back and count them again.

ONLY READ BELOW ONCE YOUR DONE FOR SURE!

Answer:

There are 6 F’s in the sentence. One of average intelligence finds 3 of them. If you spotted 4, you’re above average. To see 5 is rare. If you caught 6, you are a genius. There is no catch. Most people forget the OFs. The human brain tends to see them as Vs instead of F’s.

So… How smart are you??

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Smart People!

With the kind of job that i am in, i converse with people from various countries.
Have you tried speaking to someone who has got fairer skin then you?
I’m not generalizing but most of them when they know where i am from its like a
automatic elevation they get ,taking them a few levels higher then me!
I actually like the fact that they think they are wiser and better then me in all
aspects! My sarcasm guns come out blazing and i’m dead sure that 99% of the time they don’t know what bullets(words) actually mean till one fine day while they are bragging to their friends about their experience with that Asians, the will(if they even do).I don’t think its soo much as in who is smarter i think its more how ignorant they are OR those of us in this part of the world are just pure busy bodies (little consolation for them eh :) )

Ok enough bout who smart we Asians are :P ..i found a nice video to help my cause :)

BTW- THAT IS NOT JOHN HOWARD!! (just in case your wondering :) )

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Mac “if they want to send you food” Delivery

Food delivery by our favourite fast food outlets is the best thing that ever happened after “teh tarik tongkat ali”! Its awesome…you get to make one phone call and your have instant joy! The food delivery has been dominated by the pizza outlets for a long time and of late the latest addition to the party is our favourite burgers.

I started utilizing this service since they had their soft launch long time ago..When they first started, the biggest issue i had was the extremely long wait time to get someone knocking at your door with a bundle of joy..Imagine this,you come home after a hard days of work..You don’t have food at home so you pick up the phone and call for your “value meal” which consist a burger ,a drink and a small box of oil sticks and cost you 12 bucks(i can get a whole banana leaf rice with multiple dishes by the side) So much for value but since your tired and just don’t have the energy after work,you order it…Then the real helpful person who’s command of English is as good as “Hello sir can i be of helping you” says…Your food will be there in 30-45minutes. .and when they say 30-45minutes, they actually mean 30-45mins if your lucky!!

By the time the food reaches you,your not hungry anymore cause the gastric juices has already invaded the vacant tummy of yours and the oil sticks look like they were fried a week ago! Anyway…i guess that’s the way it is isn’t it?

My record time waiting for the meal to arrive was nearly 2hours(apparently they couldn’t decide which outlet was closest to my house, and asking me was obviously a insult to their intelligence so they didn’t)

Whats your longest wait time???

The latest outcome i had was about a couple of weeks ago when i was starving,i called them and they toke my order then told me..”oh,i’m sorry sir we cant deliver”,so i ask them why? Apparently it was raining near the outlet where my food was coming from and they cant deliver!! I look out of my balcony at the blazing sun and tell the kind lady on the other end,its hot here..what rain you talking about?? Her response was…….sorry!!

That was a new one for me to digest and i decided since, if i wanted to call for my food,i better be holding more then one menu..The consumer has lost the power and now the eateries decided who they want to sell too or not! Amazing isn’t it!!

Here are some options you have just in case one or the other decides your money isn’t good enough for them.

PizzaHut- 1300882525

Domino’s Pizza - 1300888333

Canadian Pizza - 1300880241

Mc D’s - 1300131300

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Minority Reports

I received a sms on my mobile phone a few weeks ago saying something about
a protest that was going to be held at PutraJaya on the 12th of Aug 2008 by Indians
for Indians demanding rights or certain things for them..The highlight of this sms was the dress code for me .It said, pls wear a jippa(indian mens outfit) or a saree(the ladies version).I guess the people who’s attention they were not too good with their colour’s :P
Check this out, it was perfect timing..In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the country.We are sending a gentle reminder to the govt saying…Hi, were Indians and we exist too! I totally can understand the frustration of these people.Everyone deserves to be treated as equals. But the reality is, you don’t always get what you deserve! How do you fix it? To me its a no brainer! You vote the govt into place…Its your say..You know exactly what to expect from certain ppl who are there in the first place as a representative of your kind.If the person you put there doesn’t bother who will?

Its like expecting your neighbours parents to educate you because your parents rather
spend their time saving their money for their retirement funds :)
I think people work better when they know that if there are others waiting to take their jobs! When you have ultimate security ,you have space for slacking or what ever your agenda is..

My 2 cents worth :
Making noise wont help your cause, your actions can..The publicity your getting might not necessarily work
towards your benefit, If the boss is not right..the company can never move forward.

Have a look at the demonstration pictures HERE

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Robbed by Mr Styles

We are in week 2 of the BPL(notice that they dont call it the EPL anymore,its now Barclays Premier League) and already there is a big game. Last night featured two mouth watering prospects…ManCity v ManUtd and Liverpool v Chelsea. I watched both games last nite and i must say..Man Utd looks like a real poor side without Rooney and Ronaldo in the team.They were good moving foward but as soon as they reached Man city’s penalty box, they were sad!! Anyway…im sure Sven and Frank(That’s what the City fans call Thaksin, as in Frank Sinatra :) ) enjoyed the win, my take on it…City better enjoy what they been getting so far, i think its a matter of time before they are brought back to ground level .

The game i was really waiting for was Liverpool v Chelsea. Both teams came out with strong teams and i was glad to see John Terry back in the squad(you dont wanna beat a undestrength Chelsea, you’ll never hear the end of it..trust me,i know) Liverpool came out blazing at Chelsea..Torres marked his anfield debut with a superb finish from a real akward angle..Pure Class…He has already marked his home debut with a goal! i would say…its a sneak preview to great things to come!!

The whole team played well together particularly the Torres-Kuyt partnership was awesome..they both looked like they have been playing together for years!!

Then came the controversial moment..Malouda jumped into Agger without possesion with the ball and the ref (Rob Styles) gave away a penalty! I felt it was a pure rip off!

Anyway…i suppose its a game and anything can happen in a game! Rob Styles was poor,have a look at his record this season

Season Games Total Booked Booked per game Total Sent off Sent off per game
1997/1998 35 151 4.31 16 0.45
1998/1999 40 213 5.32 17 0.42
1999/2000 40 96 2.40 10 0.25
2000/2001 31 98 3.16 12 0.38
2001/2002 28 108 3.85 8 0.28
2002/2003 35 119 3.40 13 0.37
2003/2004 37 123 3.32 16 0.43
2004/2005 41 124 3.02 9 0.21
2005/2006 45 148 3.28 5 0.11
2006/2007 44 143 3.25 10 0.22
2007/2008 2 11 5.50 1 1.00

he’s been involveed in 2 games and showed 11 yellow cards!! I think that is crazy! Have a look at his face, the next time you see him referring a game, there are gonna be lotsa cards! It was frustrating but i its a great start for Liverpool and im enjoying what i see so far ..a great all round performance!

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Awesome Pluggin

What internet browser are you on?? thanks to my IT savvy friends i was “influenced” to use Firefox instead and ive never regretted that! I have to reformat my pc a few days ago and when i was reinstalling firefox and decided to mess around with it and when on a extention/pluggin frenzy!!

Have you had one of those days when you were bored, you surf the net and all you end up doing is going back to the same sites you go all the time till you almost know exactly whats on it?? Ive had em…guess what my dear friends…You need to get your self StumbleUpon

Its a awesome pluggin which shows up on your web browser as a tool bar! You choose your interest areas and click on the stumble icon and it takes you too random sites according to your interest!! I think its awesome and everyone should have one of these!!

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The Accidental Country

I have been always happy to the fact that i was born in this part of the world or rather in a place where its more then a dot on the world map.It may be the lifestyle or rather just plain quality of life that i have compared to if i were in Singapore.My perception,I should have a nice little balance in everything I do..whether its work,love or simply just living life it self…Too much of something is not too healthy..Soo..why am i talking about Singapore and all this,hows it all connected..

Ive got heaps of family in Singapore and due to that i spent a average of 1 month in a year growing up there(just hanging out with my uncle’s,aunts and cousins). Not like i had a choice at that age, school holidays come along and my mum pack me up and put me on a train with my grandma and I’m at the “Fine Country”. I suppose at that age,being there isn’t too bad.Spent most of my time indoors and if i were lucky,some family member would take me out and the oppty to see some sorta organization(which i had no idea existed) made me feel real good!!!

10-15years later…I’m all grown up,i have my own job and i had the oppty to go there for a holidays(moving to a new job and basically had some time to burn) This time around,i get to see Singapore the way the adult me would see it..I planned to stay there for 2weeks, i was back to KL in 5days! Why? It was boring!!

Thier food was bad! It was almost like,they dont have a supply of salt and SUGAR is the main ingredient in all dishes(im not exaggerating!) Everyone seems to be like a zombie…It seemed like they are physically there but mentally in a totally different dimension..The night life was good but that was pretty much it! If you go to Singapore once,you seen it all!

Don’t get me wrong awesome place, they have done a superb job with the resources they have and hat’s off to that! but its just not my gig!

I think a week ago there was this show on discovery about Singapore..Basically spoke about the birth of the accidental nation..Trust me…if you ever get the chance,watch it! Did you know that they were chased out of Malaya?? I mean,they were told like..hey Singapore, we don’t want you in this party,go start your own show! I always thought that they being the “kiasu” ppl they are..wanted their own piece of land they called Singapore and did it their way! God bless them for that! The country had some hard times at start but i guess when you run a country like a business with the citizens being treated as valued staff members you get Singapore.Yeah there are many factors that makes a country, much more then the show could tell me in 3 episode(1hour show) BUT what i saw was awesome!

Some of the things that impressed me were ;

Govt projects undertaken were told to make profits or get closed down = Creates employment(no quota system)

High tech business ventures were brought in with spectacular tax incentives = creates employment and improves the skill sets of the ppl(no quote system)

Every employed citizen is given the oppty to OWN a home (not rents) = Improved standard of living

There were soo many more but in a nutshell…It felt that they did it genuinely in the interest of the people and the country!

I don’t know if anyone should be comparing what has been achieved by them BUT being a 3rd world country to a 1st world in less then 40 years but what ever said or done,they have done a spectacular job! Kudos to the people and govt of Singapore!

I guess…you cant have it all, i like my life style but i wish i had that organization…I still cant stand going there for more then a week(boring) But i suppose i love the company i work for but i wish the management were better :)

Singapore FLag

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