Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Conference lagi

Hari ni I managed to listen to more speakers at the conference. Ada yang interesting and practical tapi tak kurangnya yang boring bagai nak rak. Kalau setakat baca apa yang ada atas slide, I can definitely do even better. Imagine, a man who is a member of the BOD of a big corporation in Malaysia, made a fool of himself bila dia baca all 40 slides yang dia ada word for word and he made that in front of 1500 participants who were feeling extremely bored to death. The speakers yang diaorang bawak dari overseas pulak bagi theories which they picked up from the text books.Tak banyak live experience yang di share dengan audience. Kedekut ilmu ke mat salleh ni? To add to the list, the deputy minister yang datang untuk buat closing ceremony pulak bercakap as though she is the emcee. Tak tau camna nk describe to you tapi that was definitely one boring speech especially the person is a so-called politician.

However, it was not all frustrating. There was one speaker from TNB who shares practical examples how we can create initiatives at our corporations and they've showed good results and achievements from their initiatives. How I wish I have top management team yang boleh pikir & plan ke tahap macam tu. We are talking about GLCs here and sepatutnya all GLCs ada quite common initiatives yang bagus2 untuk upgrade our standard. Takpa, I've got ideas that I picked up today and perhaps I'll try to work out something. Must start somewhere for it to happen kan? Hope I can gain support frm the team.

Tapi semua keadaan boring itu diubati bila I met the charming trainer from ESQ. Those from Semasa who've attended ESQ would know who I am talking about. Charmingnya....... Suria & I chose the seat which is close to the ESQ booth so that kami boleh hilangkan perasaan bosan dgn menjengah if the trainer is there.

One of the things I like most about trainings and conferences are the FOOD and not to forget, the new network you've got. Mana la nak tau kot2 ada peluang cerah ka, bagus jugak. Dont get me wrong, peluang cerah untuk belajar dari orang lain & compare notes, tu je.

Open House

I had to attend the PSMB conference today in Sunway which ends tomorrow. Disebabkan ada BSD punya open house today, so I cabutla awal eventhough we have interesting topics for talks in the afternoon. Had to miss attending them sebab kena attend BSD punya open house in the afternoon.

Bila sampai station, it was already nearing 4pm. Semua org dah dok start sesi photography - macam selalu. Budak Semasa ni semua mmg sawan gambar sikit. Pantang ada staf yg pegang camera, ada saja post2 menarik yg nk ditunjukkan. Tak kira la boss tu sombong ke, bos suka gelak ke, skema ke, bos garang ke, abis semua disuruh bergambar. TApi yg paling best bila our ex-bos chose to cramp duduk makan kat meja kami yang dah sediakala penuh dengan anak2 dara & mak2 orang. Jangan jeles ye meja sebelah..... Well...as usual, kami pun berebut2 tangkap gambar dgn dia - seronok giler! Boss - I promise to go & kemas your room minggu ni okay, jangan merajuk tau.

To all yang telah membantu to make the event a success, thank you so much. I can see Aida senyum melebar sampai ke telinga, Miza dengan muka penat tetapi tetap maintain, Seb berpeluh2 melayan guests & juga membungkus lauk - thanks for packing the satay for me. To the adik2 dari Warisan ....?? - cute abis. To Shahnim pulak, Happy Birthday again, dimurahkan rezeki, cepat dapat jodoh & jangan marah2 selalu. Hope you like the present you got today - takla pathetic kan 27th birthday awak?

Tomorrow will be another day of training & networking with the HR practitioners. Manala tau, kot2 jumpa good contacts yg blh bagi rezeki - amin.....

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Back Again

Dah lama betul tak update. Everytime I start to write, ada saja org yg nak pakai PC la, nak layan ngasuh anak2 la, notebook tak bawak la mcm2. Anyway it has been few months already since I started this blog.

Today, I spent one whole hour in my ex-bos punya bilik, chatting. Seronok rasanya. Missed the time when we used to duduk bersembang and share a lot of things together. How I wish I can turn back the clock. Anyway, macam dia ckp, kita kena move on and adapt to changes. Well...memang betul and I tried and still trying.... very hard.....Whatever it is, I am greatful to have friends yang fun, caring and adorable kat office.

Today, few came to me to talk about the next big change at work which will pretty much involve me too. Hell... dont want to even think of it. We will all wait and see if things are REALLY gonna happen. Kadang2 orang2 ni, plan aje melebih, buatnya idak pun!!! Dah banyak kali dah terkena, jadi serik dah kalau nak suruh percaya unless & until I look at something B&W. We'll just wait n c ya.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Farewell Gathering

Hari ni kami buat farewell En Hussin and also the handover of the docs kepada boss baru. I prepared the documents for the handover. Letak la dalam tu serba sikit document yang kami dah dok buat selama ni. Even start jam 5 petang. Ramai pulak kali ni. Aku pegi check makanan yang dah siap dihidang. Alah.... boring hari ni makan laksa penang. tak minatlah. Sure orang kata, mana boleh orang Penang tak minat nak makan laksa Penang. Masalahnya takdak laksa Penang yang lebih sedap dari apa yang kita makan di Penang itself. Jadi kalau laksa orang KL buat and nak claim its laksa Penang memang tak menjadi.

Yati became the emcee hari ni. Mula tu rasa macam dah nak nangis tapi control. Kami semua pun control. Nasib baik EN Wan and En Hussin saja yang kena bagi speech. Dibuatnya Yati panggil each dept rep untuk buat speech memangla akan pengsan, nangis tak boleh nak stop. Lepas saja speech semua and the exchange of docs and bagi hadiah En Hussin, kami pun bersalam salaman dengan EN Hussin & boss baru. We started with the boys then the girls macam malu2. Aku pegi dulu sebab aku nak pegi salam dengan bos aku yang dah nak pegi ke division baru next week. Aku berniat nak cakap kat dia yang aku berterimakasih dan juga nak minta maaf kalau ada apa2 yang tersilap and tersalah selama aku kerja dengan dia. Tapi sebaik saja salam aku terus rasa hiba & started to bergenang airmata. Yati was at the back of me. Bila aku paling, nampak Yati, Miza and Shahnim semua dah start nangis. Apa lagi, dah tak boleh nak tahan, airmata terus ngalir. Nasib baik boleh cover sebab nak kena salam dengan Zana yang kebetulan juga last day kat Semasa. The only person yang tak sempat aku nak jumpa was Abang Din. Takpa, nanti dia akan ada di ofis jugak. To En Hussin, Zana & Abang Din, terima kasih atas segalanya, and good luck! Jangan lupa kami kat sini. To Zana, boleh la calling2 bila kami nak p bercuti di Bukit Merah ye.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Organizational Change

It has been almost two weeks since the announcement on the change to the organizational structure of the company & our division. Everybody has been talking about it. Tapi semua orang bercakap senyap2 saja. Tak ada la lagi orang yang openly bercakap about it. Banyak orang tertanya-tanya what it is gonna be like without him in our division. He has been with us since day one, and has always been there for all of us. He has guided us a lot, cared for us and adviced us as a big brother, father, uncle etc. Indeed we will be missing him a lot. Even orang yang baru join the company dah mula rasa akan kehilangan En Hussin apatah lagi kami yang dah lama ada di company ni.



I have not felt so engaged with a company I worked for before this, not like what I felt now with Semasa. The working culture we have in the company banyak telah dimulakan oleh En Hussin. Eventhough kita emphasize on work performance but kita still maintain the 'happy mood' and the 'family' relationship at work. It all started with him sebab the value taught to us was based on respect for each other, care for one another and always look out for each other. I believe semua di Semasa share the same value at workplace. I believe he is the first top management to make it a point to meet the staffs every month without fail; to update everyone on the development of the company. Dalam setiap staff gathering, he will be giving everyone his advice and show his concern over staff development. Jangan terkejut kalau he even knows you dah ada anak berapa, atau pada yang bujang, sekarang ni ada girlfriend nama apa, kawan dengan siapa, semua dia tau. Not busy body but care for the staff.

Well.... I think things are going to change from next week onwards. Mood kerja kat office dah tentu akan bertukar sampailah kita dah adapt to the change. Kalau tidak, pagi-pagi dia akan datang round kat office area just to check on us - masuk kerja ke tak, or masuk tapi dok bersembang aje atau dah masuk kerja tapi masih dok makan lagi kat pantry. The charm and charismatic character dalam office tu dah tak ade. Tak adala lagi kita nak beratur beramai-ramai depan pintu office untuk bersalam raya dengan En Hussin. Atau nak dengar dia mengejek cara orang cakap. Hmm... macam2 lagi example kalau nak ditulis dalam nie sampai besok tak habis2 dok menulis.

Anyway, I personally would like to wish En Hussin all the best in the new workplace, and would like to thank him for all the guidance, advice, and the sharing of thoughts, joy and laughter with me throughout my service in the company. Thank you again boss....

Monday, April 20, 2009

Challenge

Finally the management has issued the memo on the change in the orga structure of the company. It came to a surprise to everyone but since I've known about it a couple of weeks ago, it's a time to "finally accept the fact" that it's happening for real. Things will not be the same anymore after this. Our most top management is moving to another division and we are going to get a new boss starting early may. Dont quite sure what to expect. I heard that there will be a change in the office layout. What bothers me most is they are going to take over my room and god knows where they are going to put me next. I dont mind they are taking my room but the way it was conveyed to our management just pissed me off. Outsiders seem to have too much information with them and using these information to boss us around.

It is sad having to loose a great boss. The father figure will no longer be around to look after us, to give us advise, to console us and to guide us. Working for him for the past 8 years have definitely taught me a lot. I have developed my career under his guidance.

Sports day Nurul

Yesterday was Nurul's sports day at Kampung Tunku school. The event started around 8am with the children marching in single files masuk ke dalam padang. Diaorang beratur ikut kelas and those in Standard 3 went to the field first and the last batches to enter the field were the standard one and pre-schoolers. Kesian budak2 kecik tu, termasuk la Nurul. Kena berdiri tengah2 padang without shade. Those standard 3 are quite lucky - ada la jugak shade jadi takde la panas sangat. The headmistress pulak had quite a lengthy speech. Budak2 kat atas padang tu dari elok dok berdiri terus duduk ramai2 kat atas padang tu. Nampak sangat dah penat dengar cikgu dia dok celoteh bagi speech. Bukannya orang dengar sangat pun, as everybody were excited dok tunggu event nak start.

Worst still Nurul had fever the night before. I still insisted for her to go to school that morning and told her not to worry. Kalau dia rasa tak larat, I told her to just call me or the teacher and request to leave the field. She said ok but tunjuk la muka masam dia tu. I gave her fever medicine before we left for school so by the time dia masuk padang, temperature dia dah turun and she was practically having fun and playing with her friends and forgot all about her fever.

She participated in the sukaneka and kena race bawa bola besar lalu keliling a few cones as the obstacles. She's in rumah merah and she got second. Immediately after her event terus buat prize giving ceremony.Tersengeh-sengeh la dia; seronok nampak ayah dia datang untuk amik gambar masa prize giving ceremony tu. Ada pulak Adik yang datang untuk bagi moral support.

Right after her event we head home. Malas nak tunggu sampai semua event habis sebab I was supposed to attend training at PSMB that morning. So lepas hantar the children to Ilah's house, both J and I balik rumah to change. Alang-alang dah lambat, I went to training at 1.00pm just in time for lunch.

Rugi aje pegi training lambat. Best pulak trainer hari ni. Not like the one I had the day before. It was on Project Management and having to have a very experienced trainer and moreover a topic which I am not familiar with, the topic immediately caught my interest. I stayed until 10pm that night for the night session. At least ada la basic knowledge on PM nanti. Bought a book on PM from the lecturer at RM110 but unfortunately takde receipt la pulak. Got to find a blank receipt kalau nak claim dari office nanti.

First Time

This is the first time I create a blog. Have seen some of my friends having their own blog make me want to try to have one too. Well..... wanting to have one is one thing but trying to update it frequently is another. Anyway, will try my best to keep everyone updated.

First Time

Well, it's my first time trying to blog. Have seen others writing and updating and find it quite interesting to share with others what I experience. At the moment, i am trying to figure out how this thing should work and looking for things to write. Well... next it whether I'd have time to update ke tidak. Berangan memang jauh - to update it as frequent as I can. But... ntah menjadi ke tidak nanti, kita sama-sama ajela tengok ok.