Saturday, February 27, 2010

Cyprus

And I have a reader from Cyprus, according to this traffic unique metering widget. Gua tau sebenarnya kutu ni tersesat akibat tersalah google hehe. Kerja lagi esok haihhh...

Friday, February 26, 2010

February 2010


It's only 3 days away before we enter the month of March. Yes, February is 2 or 3 days short compare to a normal month. Para ra pappa I'm loving it =) Hope you will have a good weekend. Cheers.



ps: in most decent way,im referring to payday

pss: today we are in the 9th week of 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Noooooo!


Milk: It's not what mummy said

Monday, February 22, 2010

Again I have decided

And today I will leave Miley Cyrus for Taylor Swift. Please don't stop me. I have made up my mind. Thank you.



ps: or should i just keep both of them?i dont know.i am confused

Friday, February 19, 2010

I have decided

I have decided what I want for my birthday this year. It's this...
And please buy this also.



ps: jangan lupa beli extra track skali eh =)

pss: hamleys is such a heaven

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Subprime Jokes







ps: this is the 10th post of the month =)

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Tomorrow

I will be going to Istanbul!!! yey



ps: this is a pure laziness.an act solely to achieve the monthly kpi haha

pss: how did you celebrate your v day?

Friday, February 12, 2010

FY 2010 memo


Greetings people. First of all I would like to take this opportunity to wish each and everybody, a Happy Chinese New Year. I was doing abit of forecasting and statistic for northern monkey. And as the CEO of the northern monkey 360 plc (the holding company of northern monkey), in the recent board meeting, I've decided to set a KPI for it. For the FY 2010, northern monkey has a target of a minimum 120 posting to be achieved. This translates into a 10 post per month, at least. I hope all the shareholders, fellow readers, stalkers and beloved followers will be happy with this. And all valued staffs, please be with me for us to achieve this target. Thank you.

Regards,

CEO northern monkey 360 plc


ps: no signature is needed as this memo is computer generated

Thursday, February 11, 2010

CEO Petronas Part 2

Gua baru find out kelmarin, rupa-rupanya former CEO Petronas tu, Tan Sri rupa-rupanya orang Sungai Petani. Bangga kejap gua dengan orang sekampung. Fortune 500 company punya CEO tu. Ranking 80 dalam 2009 punya Global Fortune 500 list, kalau lu orang nak tau la. Nice to know punya info =)

Sekarang gua faham kenapa pakcik gua dengan Tun beriya sangat offer gua post tu. Sorry guys. I didn't know it's a tradition that needed to be continue. Gua ada menyesal sikit sekarang. Takpa, macam gua janji dalam Part 1, gua akan accept tanpa banyak cakap sekiranya gua dioffer lagi position CEO tu next round. And maybe masa tu, gua akan nampak cemerlang macam Tan Sri dengan ilmu yang bakal dan telah gua belajar dari yahudi, kot-kot CEO sekarang ni tak boleh nak perform sangat.

Buat masa ni, gua masih lagi kat rumah mak gua dok makan gulai ikan. Hari-hari mak gua masak kat gua gulai ikan. Esok gua ingat nak suruh mak gua tukar gulai ketam pulak. Terbaik gua cakap lu. Nasib baik gua buat pilihan yang tepat untuk tak balik New York lagi. Salji lebat wooo kat sana. Mana Oger nih? Dah-dah la tu locum. Chess jom? Sapa kalah kena belanja pasembur. Amacam Oger? Ada bran?

Haaa sebelum gua lupa, fantasy football gameweek 25, gua tapau Hud punya point. Gua sangat bangga dengan pencapaian gua. Point gua tak banyak mana, 80 je (Hud punya point 72). Tapi kalau dengan 80 point tu gua dah rank nombor 23440, lu orang imagine la Hud punya rank haha.



ps: part fantasy football tu bukan fiction kali ni

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Haven't Met You Yet




ps: someday.dont worry,the search has never been halted

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

2010's latest addition to the shelf


Zaid Ibrahim's I, Too, Am Malay & The Associate by John Grisham

My current reading that has been struggling to kick off...
So it does not even qualify as a reading in the 1st place la pon kan kalau tak mula baca lagi?haha



ps: what have you been reading lately?

Monday, February 8, 2010

Who moved my cheese?


On Saturday, I was at the Borders bookstore. Hud said "Maybe you want to read this book. Don't worry, you will finish it within 30 minutes". Without any hesitation, as it was only quarter of an inch thick, I grabbed the book and head straight to a not-comfy-at-all wooden bench. Being not a very fast reader, I finished it within 35 minutes. And now it's my turn.

I think everybody should read it.

So, go to any big bookstore and read it. It might make you change you life. Inadvertently.



ps: ayol tell me what do you think about this book after you read it

Friday, February 5, 2010

Google?

I'm not pro google but please seriously consider this before asking. OK? Thank you.



ps: have a good normal 2-days weekend

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

CEO Petronas Part 1

Ini mesti kerja pakcik gua. Tak habis-habis guna legacy UMNO bahagian Merbok dia melobi gua. Harini lepas seminggu fikir, gua bangun tidur pagi semalam, gua ambil keputusan untuk reject offer untuk position CEO Petronas. Gua memang flattered dengan offer tu, tapi untuk masa depan negara, gua terpaksa tolak offer tu. Kalau tak, rosak Petronas gua manipulate. Mau triplet tower tinggi Burj Khalifa gua construct kat Kedah tu. Melompat pulak PM.

Sebenarnya gua dishortlist untuk post CEO ni gara-gara track record gua yang agak impressive. Dulu lepas uni, gua lepak 3 tahun kat Congo buat kerja charity. Lepas tu, gua saja gatal volunteer jadi campaign manager untuk Sarkozy yang mana dia berjaya jadi presiden masa election 2007 kat France. Lepas tu terus DPM suruh gua jadi Political Advisor dia. Gua tak minat sangat politik-politik ni jadi it was a straight rejection. Tapi bab-bab kempen-mengempen ni gua memang ok.

Demi karier, gua pergi Chicago. Kat sana tahun lepas, gua sekali lagi menjadi campaign manager untuk Democrat, kempen on behalf Obama kat state Illinois. Mamat menang tapau tu kat homeground. Terer jugak gua ni kan hehe =) Lepas masuk office Rumah Putih, nak kenang jasa gua punya pasal, mamat terus parking gua kat Goldman Sachs.

Kat situ gua asah bakat terpendam gua dalam bidang ekonomi dan bisnes. M&A sana sini. Debt restructure la, bookrunner agent la, bankrupcy la. Banyak jugak company Fortune 500 gua terpaksa nationalised kan. Hancus sebenarnya diorang ni. Tah macam-macam ilmu yang gua belajar dulu gua terpaksa apply. Dalam masa 12 bulan, sekali lagi gua berjaya membuktikan ke-terer-an gua. Gua berjaya buat bank yang gua kerja tu punya la untung, sampai boleh bagi bonus stok billion-billion US dollar punya tahap. Gua pun terkejut dengan kebolehan gua. Tahap-tahap nak superhero dah.

Lepas krismes yang baru lepas ni, Boxing day kot tak salah gua, sorang kutu ni wakil dari pejabat PM datang headhunt gua untuk jadi CEO. Gua ingat untuk Khazanah, rupanya Petronas. Tersedak jap gua. Gua cakap dia "Macam ni la bro, you datang New York lagi sebulan then kita bincang lain. Tengok macam mana nanti. I bukan tanak buat National Service, tapi I rasa I tak cukup menuntut ilmu dengan yahudi-yahudi ni lagi. So lagi sebulan you datang table your offer sekali lagi. OK?". Gua rasa lepas tu kutu terus BB PM kot report jawapan kerek gua. Cuak kejap tapi gua maintain depan kutu tu.

Cukup 30 hari je, kutu datang New York lagi. Kalini dia datang naik private jet Tun punya. Dalam hati gua dok dubdab dukdab fikir apa lagi akal gua nak bagi ni untuk reject offer tu. Dengan berat hati gua ikut kutu tu balik tanahair naik jet yang posh tu. Biasa gua naik kapal terbang bangsa yang kena beli tiket punya tapi kalini tak payah. Gua excited.

Masa berhenti kat Vienna isi minyak, gua tanya pilot kenapa tak nak berhenti kat Paris. Boleh gua jumpa adik gua yang belajar tak habis-habis kat Paris tu kejap. Gua tengok kat facebook dah botak dia sekarang. Tah apa dia pening pun gua taktau. Anyway, pilot tu tak jawab soalan gua. Sekali tau-tau je, pakcik gua join naik kapal balik KL. Terus potong. So memang confirm la akal dia, kowtimkan kerja CEO ni untuk gua macam yang gua sangkakan mula-mula dulu.

Pakcik gua brief gua masa dalam jet. Gua dapat tau ada 3-4 orang lagi candidate yang boleh tahan hebat. Sampai Kuala Lumpur je, dengan sut Zegna lengkap dengan tie koleq yang gua sempat capai before blah dari Wall Street, gua terus pergi jumpa PM untuk interview. Gua tau gua la yang paling handsome masa interview tu, macam biasa. Goyang jugak candidate yang lain tu dengan gua sikit, walaupun gua rasa gua sebenarnya takde benda sangat. Kalau semua ex-girlfriend gua tengok gua handsome masa tu sure diorang semua menyesal. Padan muka.

Dulu bapak gua hantar gua pergi Harvard Business School dengan Oxford (KJ dulu senior gua masa belajar PPE kat St Hugh's College) mengaji sampai nak rak, so kira gua tapau la diorang-diorang tu dari segi pendidikan. Sebenarnya mak gua nak gua jadi doktor, tapi gua tak cukup pandai untuk masuk medical school. Kesian mak gua kan?

Experience wise
, no doubt la candidate-candidate yang 3-4 orang tu lagi cemerlang. Jadi sebab tu, gua terpaksa reject untuk jaga air muka semua orang especially air muka gua, walaupun pakcik gua dok desak gua terima offer tu. Takpa, next round punya CEO vacancy kalau diorang offer lagi, tadak banyak cakap punya, gua angkat terus! Kapish? By that time, sure dah penuh ilmu yahudi di dada gua tuntut.

Sekarang gua pening kepala fikir macam mana gua nak balik New York. Takpa, gua balik rumah mak gua dulu seminggu dua. Dah lama gua tak kena gulai ikan mak gua. Eh lu orang tak payah tunggu berita ni keluar kat surat khabar dengan tv tau. Gua dah sound kutu yang headhunt gua tu jangan bagitau media. Mamat sebenarnya anak sedara neighbour mak gua. Ceh...



ps: been reading too much malay blogs so at the mo i feel like blogging a fiction in malay =)

Monday, February 1, 2010

Sale


Melayu--French-Italian-Spanish-Deustch-Dutch

Jualan
Soldes
Saldi

Rebajas

Verkauf
Verkoop








ps: selamat hari wilayah persekutuan