Last week I said I have a story to tell. Actually, it’s not a very big issue. Just that I was extremely irritated and annoyed by someone. Guess most of you know who I’m talking about. If you don’t know, I’d tell you in person.
It happened on last Thursday 21st Dec, the last day of Oracle. I had 7 BOM cleanup ECRs to be completed on that day itself and it was already 11++ noon and yet the ECRs had not getting all the approvers. My boss asked me to chase the approvers for their reponse. As the lady’s name also in the CC list when he sent me the email, so I already have the feeling she was gonna do something out of it after reading that email. Well, it’s ok if she come to ask me about the issue but seems that she really didn’t know how to ask questions. Once I answered her, she asked me more dumb questions. “Why is it they want to complete the requests by today? Why can’t be done after go-live? What type of changes needs to be done? How long do you think you can finish it per ECR?” Blah blah… After lunch, I started sending execution task to DQA to speed things up cos I really got no hands left to work then. That lady told the team not to work on anything if got add/delete bom. She made them so confused and they came to ask me can do or not. She started to annoy me again by IM me ask this as that. I have no idea how to answer her so that she wont generate more questions. I used the ultimate way by saying “I don’t know how come this could have happened. Maybe you can check with my mentor.” She even offered to call those people to approve the ECRs. But I told her I can call them one by one. No Thanks.
(End)
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Breeds of bad small brains
Bad small brains? Read that in cantonese and you'll know what i mean.
Anyway,I’ve observed four types of bad bosses.
The first is the true boss from hell, mean spirited and powerful, who uses his position and authority to intimidate and use people. Yes, there is still such abuse in business today, especially in privately held enterprises.
The second is the functionally incompetent boss. He may be well-intentioned, but his lack of leadership and management skill eventually creates such confusion and turmoil that people are exhausted.
The third is the emotionally incompetent boss. You could confront this leader with his problem all day long, but in the end he would still be in denial. This is describedas a lack of emotional intelligence (a key predictor of leadership effectiveness).
The fourth is the positional boss. These bosses are often found in professional service organizations. They are in these positions, not because of proven ability to lead and manage, but because of seniority or standing as partners. Often these bosses are detached, seeking to do the minimum to protect their own compensation formulas. They allow conditions to continue in their companies that are adverse to others as long as they do not suffer personally in the short run. Aside from their own personal interests, decision making is always about the numbers, and not about the people.
And of course,there are combinations of the above.
In certain working places, if you are unlucky enough, you may also encounter a donkey boss.
This type of boss (note the singular verb) is indeed a rare breed.
The boss smiles by strecthing the cheeks apart and if you observe quite closely, you would almost thought that donkey boss injects Botox to freeze those intra-juction muscular muscle around the eyes, as there are absolutely no crows feet visible! Why? Its the cheeks that is moving nia ma!
Donkey boss will have this way of using the soft a feather voice to coo you into doing something for her (oppps, i had disclose the gender!)
Will purposely walk one round and stand behind your PC to see if you are working or blogging.
Have high tendency to bug you in IM with pickup line " Hi, John" (Something like that) and i swear when the IM message popped up on your screen halfway while working, you would definately imagine her toothy fake Botox grin.
Donkey Boss is also a combination of all the above bosses listed except that she is NOT powerful, incompetant and dresses like a scarecrow faithfully guarding the paddy fields.
Enough said.
So, what kind of boss do YOU have?
Note - This entry is inspired by a jackass who had made the working life of everyone miserable for the pass week.
Anyway,I’ve observed four types of bad bosses.
The first is the true boss from hell, mean spirited and powerful, who uses his position and authority to intimidate and use people. Yes, there is still such abuse in business today, especially in privately held enterprises.
The second is the functionally incompetent boss. He may be well-intentioned, but his lack of leadership and management skill eventually creates such confusion and turmoil that people are exhausted.
The third is the emotionally incompetent boss. You could confront this leader with his problem all day long, but in the end he would still be in denial. This is describedas a lack of emotional intelligence (a key predictor of leadership effectiveness).
The fourth is the positional boss. These bosses are often found in professional service organizations. They are in these positions, not because of proven ability to lead and manage, but because of seniority or standing as partners. Often these bosses are detached, seeking to do the minimum to protect their own compensation formulas. They allow conditions to continue in their companies that are adverse to others as long as they do not suffer personally in the short run. Aside from their own personal interests, decision making is always about the numbers, and not about the people.
And of course,there are combinations of the above.
In certain working places, if you are unlucky enough, you may also encounter a donkey boss.
This type of boss (note the singular verb) is indeed a rare breed.
The boss smiles by strecthing the cheeks apart and if you observe quite closely, you would almost thought that donkey boss injects Botox to freeze those intra-juction muscular muscle around the eyes, as there are absolutely no crows feet visible! Why? Its the cheeks that is moving nia ma!
Donkey boss will have this way of using the soft a feather voice to coo you into doing something for her (oppps, i had disclose the gender!)
Will purposely walk one round and stand behind your PC to see if you are working or blogging.
Have high tendency to bug you in IM with pickup line " Hi, John" (Something like that) and i swear when the IM message popped up on your screen halfway while working, you would definately imagine her toothy fake Botox grin.
Donkey Boss is also a combination of all the above bosses listed except that she is NOT powerful, incompetant and dresses like a scarecrow faithfully guarding the paddy fields.
Enough said.
So, what kind of boss do YOU have?
Note - This entry is inspired by a jackass who had made the working life of everyone miserable for the pass week.
Friday, December 22, 2006
Did Wrong! Explain Properly.
I in the mid of reading a book named <What You Say is What You Get>.
I just discovered some of the techniques in communication may be quite useful.
I tried in few incidents with my colleague and it was working.
Situation:
A person did something away from the instruction communicated by his/her superior previously.
First, make sure he/she needs to take the accountability. In this case, this is his/her accountability.
Second, he/she may need to provide his/her feedback to the superior, no matter mail, call or face-to-face.
The feedback should be consist 3 portions.
The Superior will be happy while he/she showing that willing to take accountability, promise commitment for future improvement, and explain the situation accordingly.
If there is better idea, let share it together.
I just discovered some of the techniques in communication may be quite useful.
I tried in few incidents with my colleague and it was working.
Situation:
A person did something away from the instruction communicated by his/her superior previously.
First, make sure he/she needs to take the accountability. In this case, this is his/her accountability.
Second, he/she may need to provide his/her feedback to the superior, no matter mail, call or face-to-face.
The feedback should be consist 3 portions.
The Superior will be happy while he/she showing that willing to take accountability, promise commitment for future improvement, and explain the situation accordingly.
If there is better idea, let share it together.
English Lesson~ Damn Funny!!
Hey guys, you must not miss this video. I just can't stop laughing. This is definitely the hilarious one. After i watched this video, i just feel like the same when i speak hokkien with different tone and laugh by your guys. Haha~! Check this video out~ It won't take you long time to watch however it will makes you laughing non stop.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
pEnCil AnD YoU
The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.
"There are 5 things you need to know,"he told the pencil,
"Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."
One:
"You will be able to do manygreat things, but only if you allowyourself to be held in Someone'shand."
Two:
"You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, butyou'll need it to become a betterpencil."
Three:
"You will be able to correctany mistakes you might make."
Four:
"The most important part of youwill always be what's inside."
Five:
"On every surface you areused on, you must leave your mark. Nomatter what the condition, you mustcontinue to write.
"The pencil understood and promised toremember, and went into the box withpurpose in its heart.Now replacing the place of the pencilwith you. Always remember them andnever forget, and you will become thebest person you can be.
One:
You will be able to do many greatthings, but only if you allow yourselfto be held in God's hand. And allowother human beings to access you forthe many gifts you possess.
Two:
You will experience a painfulsharpening from time to time, by goingthrough various problems in life, butyou'll need it to become a strongerperson.
Three:
You will be able to correct anymistakes you might make.
Four:
The most important part of youwill always be what's on the inside.
Five:
On every surface you walkthrough, you must leave your mark. Nomatter what the situation, you mustcontinue to do your duties.
Allow this parable on the pencil toencourage you to know that you are aspecial person and only you canfulfill the purpose to which you wereborn to accomplish.Never allowyourself to get discouraged and thinkthat your life is insignificant andcannot make a change
"There are 5 things you need to know,"he told the pencil,
"Before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and never forget, and you will become the best pencil you can be."
One:
"You will be able to do manygreat things, but only if you allowyourself to be held in Someone'shand."
Two:
"You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, butyou'll need it to become a betterpencil."
Three:
"You will be able to correctany mistakes you might make."
Four:
"The most important part of youwill always be what's inside."
Five:
"On every surface you areused on, you must leave your mark. Nomatter what the condition, you mustcontinue to write.
"The pencil understood and promised toremember, and went into the box withpurpose in its heart.Now replacing the place of the pencilwith you. Always remember them andnever forget, and you will become thebest person you can be.
One:
You will be able to do many greatthings, but only if you allow yourselfto be held in God's hand. And allowother human beings to access you forthe many gifts you possess.
Two:
You will experience a painfulsharpening from time to time, by goingthrough various problems in life, butyou'll need it to become a strongerperson.
Three:
You will be able to correct anymistakes you might make.
Four:
The most important part of youwill always be what's on the inside.
Five:
On every surface you walkthrough, you must leave your mark. Nomatter what the situation, you mustcontinue to do your duties.
Allow this parable on the pencil toencourage you to know that you are aspecial person and only you canfulfill the purpose to which you wereborn to accomplish.Never allowyourself to get discouraged and thinkthat your life is insignificant andcannot make a change
Wow, this is tough!
Find the error for the alphabetical order:
Did you know that 80% of university students could not find the error in the alphabet above.
So,I challenge you find the easy error but for sure you are not realize it!!
Give up?
Oklah I give you the answer. What u need to do are:
1) Click comment. Your comment must not less than 180 words.
2) Higlighted the your comment using red and blue colour.
3) Italic and bold the last word of your comment
4) Justify the first last paragraph.
After clicking the 'submit' button, you will get the answer!!
I tried it and it works!!
Really interesting..
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Did you know that 80% of university students could not find the error in the alphabet above.
So,I challenge you find the easy error but for sure you are not realize it!!
Give up?
Oklah I give you the answer. What u need to do are:
1) Click comment. Your comment must not less than 180 words.
2) Higlighted the your comment using red and blue colour.
3) Italic and bold the last word of your comment
4) Justify the first last paragraph.
After clicking the 'submit' button, you will get the answer!!
I tried it and it works!!
Really interesting..
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Money is not earned as easy as spent!
A very weird question came across my mind last night when I was looking at my shoes bought two years ago. They are old and kaput enough for me to get a new pair by this Chinese New Year. I started to calculate a rough estimation cost of wearing these shoes. Say if I have worn these shoes for 300 days within two years by the time I dispose them, and the shoes’ cost was RM150. I’m actually paying 50 cents each day at the moment when I put on my shoes everyday! How about people who wear branded shoes like Nike Free 5.0 which costs about RM329 or let’s just make it a slightly more expensive pair at RM400 per pair and let’s assume that they are more durable perhaps for 400 days within two years. These people are actually paying about RM1 at the time they put on the shoes. Wow!!! It’s about the same as the bus fare. Can you imagine that??Then suddenly, the next thing came into mind was cell phone. There are many people who are willing to spend thousands of RM for a phone nowadays. (By the way, I do not mean to offend anyone; it’s just my personal opinion that it’s very expensive. Perhaps you are persons who are going after sophisticated technology stuffs and willing to work ultra hard just to buy a luxury phone. Anyway, I’ll buy one too if I were REALLY rich one day.) Ok, let’s put the price of phone at RM1500, and the residual value of the phone is RM200 after 2 years. Can you imagine? You are actually paying around RM2 each day to bring the phone with you. We can never realize how easy our money is spent everyday!
These are just the two basic things in our daily life. There are lots more if I were to mention.
Again, I do not mean to offend people who are using expensive stuffs as they are RICH and they can AFFORD or possibly they have their own reasons. This post is actually meant to ring a bell that money is not earned easily (at least for my case). Hopefully, Lang Zhai is what and where that can help langzhais in getting some money or at least a place for happiness without much money spent!!!
Monday, December 18, 2006
Penang House drive me Crazy~!!!
ALright, thorough whole day, i was wondering what is the things that i going to critic for my 1st new post. So, i'm just gonna have a short cut through this topic. Penang houses, property is "Insanely" , "Extremely" , "Super duplely" whatever "ly" expensive. All the prize for landed house, condominium has been set with a crazy price. Let's take a simple example, "The Cove". I believe msot of you guys here heard about this big name and know where it actually locate at.. Just try to take a look for the pictures below:
Wonderful isn't it, from my point of view,ya, truly is great for most of the people. I think this condo is especially designed "millionaire" as the price is between RM1.1million - 1.7million. In fact, the cheapest still up to million. If you want to enjoy the luxury , do you think everyday sitting in office at your own place will fullfill your dream to get this?? When i think of this question, it eventually comes to my mind that " yes, Jermayne.. i agree what you've said today, even until today KE nia~!!!!" Haha...ya, KE nia ..so what? I'm not trying to criticize anything, but let us figure how are we suppose to make ourselve to live in such a place which is "impossible" to us now, but not "impossible" to all of us upcoming future.let's WAKE UP ~~~~ together. Penang houses price increasing rapidly, it's not afforadable like 10 years before anymore. Lang Zhais, let us hold each others hand together and bring our lang zhai's blog to another new way of direction, build our blog and earn big money.. haha. Don't laugh~ you won't know what if we'll really make it together one day :)
No SPACE for Teh Tarik
Quoted from Star newspaper today.
“MOSCOW: There will be no teh tarik-making or roti canai-tossing experiments in space for our Angkasawan when he blasts off in October.”
I wonder who the mad person is proposed we send an astronaut for the tarik-making and roti canai-tossing year ago. It seems like finally come to the end of this crazy idea, to spend so much money (although offered as a package of barter trade of Fighter Plane) with meaningless matter.
According to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister: -
“The experiments were important as they will have an important impact on our local food and medical industries.”
“There have been no scientific studies in space on any Asian interest, in terms of medicine or food technology. ”
“The Americans do experiments for their own industries and they do not share their findings. It is the same with the Russians or Japanese; they will not share. This is why it is important for our Angkasawan to carry out these tests.”
No matter, how much that our astronauts can achieved, it is at least with a proper purpose.
Let hope these experiments will bring our Nation stepping toward Developed Nation with state-of-arts Technologies.
“MOSCOW: There will be no teh tarik-making or roti canai-tossing experiments in space for our Angkasawan when he blasts off in October.”
I wonder who the mad person is proposed we send an astronaut for the tarik-making and roti canai-tossing year ago. It seems like finally come to the end of this crazy idea, to spend so much money (although offered as a package of barter trade of Fighter Plane) with meaningless matter.
According to Science, Technology and Innovation Minister: -
“The experiments were important as they will have an important impact on our local food and medical industries.”
“There have been no scientific studies in space on any Asian interest, in terms of medicine or food technology. ”
“The Americans do experiments for their own industries and they do not share their findings. It is the same with the Russians or Japanese; they will not share. This is why it is important for our Angkasawan to carry out these tests.”
No matter, how much that our astronauts can achieved, it is at least with a proper purpose.
Let hope these experiments will bring our Nation stepping toward Developed Nation with state-of-arts Technologies.
Never Give Up
Do you think a monkey can survives if its head is already in a crocodile mouth?
I believe most of us will think in this way as I did.
‘Sure the monkey will become the crocodile’s food’
Why most of the people think in that way?
I think the theory is simple, as we know, crocodile is strong and great hunter. An animal which stronger than the little monkey can not also run away from become crocodile’s lunch or dinner. How can a little monkey able to run away? Luckily, the monkey does not think in that way, if not, I think today we have no chance to watch the clip below that shows you how a monkey runs away from crocodile’s mouth.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzCG2aSABk&NR
When I watch this video clip, there is one question come in my mind.
‘Do a thing seem impossible really impossible?’
After this clip, I think the answer will be ‘not really’.
Most of the time, failure is not because it can not success is only we ‘think’ it can not success. In other words, failure is because we give up easily.
(em…very pai se (embarrasses), I am that kind of people, trying to improve now. hehe)
So guys, let the little monkey become our example, ‘NEVER GIVE UP’. Langchai’s gang is the best!!!!!!
P/S: I already try my best to post English’s post, wish you guys can understand my post because my English is limited. Finally, I have leaved a footstep in Langchai’s blog. Haha.
I believe most of us will think in this way as I did.
‘Sure the monkey will become the crocodile’s food’
Why most of the people think in that way?
I think the theory is simple, as we know, crocodile is strong and great hunter. An animal which stronger than the little monkey can not also run away from become crocodile’s lunch or dinner. How can a little monkey able to run away? Luckily, the monkey does not think in that way, if not, I think today we have no chance to watch the clip below that shows you how a monkey runs away from crocodile’s mouth.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzCG2aSABk&NR
When I watch this video clip, there is one question come in my mind.
‘Do a thing seem impossible really impossible?’
After this clip, I think the answer will be ‘not really’.
Most of the time, failure is not because it can not success is only we ‘think’ it can not success. In other words, failure is because we give up easily.
(em…very pai se (embarrasses), I am that kind of people, trying to improve now. hehe)
So guys, let the little monkey become our example, ‘NEVER GIVE UP’. Langchai’s gang is the best!!!!!!
P/S: I already try my best to post English’s post, wish you guys can understand my post because my English is limited. Finally, I have leaved a footstep in Langchai’s blog. Haha.
What's d time now?
Hi guys, take a short break and view the human clock.
I've got to know this website named HumanClock.com when I was listening to the radio (MYFM) on the way to work several months ago. Humanclock.com shows a photograph of the current time, with the photo changing every minute of the day. There are real life photos!!! Thus you are welcomed to submit any photos to the author. Just click on the button to make a small window displaying the 'clock' if you like to place it on your desktop while you work. =)
I've got to know this website named HumanClock.com when I was listening to the radio (MYFM) on the way to work several months ago. Humanclock.com shows a photograph of the current time, with the photo changing every minute of the day. There are real life photos!!! Thus you are welcomed to submit any photos to the author. Just click on the button to make a small window displaying the 'clock' if you like to place it on your desktop while you work. =)
To All Langzhais!
Ok, Lang Zhai seems to have moved a step forward, a big applause for ourselves (cho siao) LOL!! The enthusiasm and spirit of most of us are high towards making Lang Zhai more successful; especially Spawnrider, who got very excited whenever we touched on any topics on Lang Zhai or blogs. LOL!!! However, many of us here seem to be more interested in posting about Donkey. Keep it on!! Of course, do remember that this is not a donkey blog! Varieties of topics are encouraged, anything crazy, fun, interesting, awful, awesome, pervert, or… are good as long as they are crazy, fun, interesting, awful, awesome, pervert, or…
Guyz, do you think our Lang Zhai will grow bigger and famous (if you want)? Bigger and famous as in something alike a community serving people, arrange meaningful activities, making money (of coz money touches everyone’s heart) and so on for examples. Sorry I’m crazy that I have been too into this Lang Zhai, shouldn’t I? Please comment!! HAHA
Looking forward, I hope we are able to arrange a series of activities as suggested during lunch. Don’t you think that these can be very good occasions for making our langzhais’ kamcheng (relationship) better? Activities can be something like hiking, BBQ, yamcha, and etc. Kindly put in some comments or feedbacks ok??
Guyz, do you think our Lang Zhai will grow bigger and famous (if you want)? Bigger and famous as in something alike a community serving people, arrange meaningful activities, making money (of coz money touches everyone’s heart) and so on for examples. Sorry I’m crazy that I have been too into this Lang Zhai, shouldn’t I? Please comment!! HAHA
Looking forward, I hope we are able to arrange a series of activities as suggested during lunch. Don’t you think that these can be very good occasions for making our langzhais’ kamcheng (relationship) better? Activities can be something like hiking, BBQ, yamcha, and etc. Kindly put in some comments or feedbacks ok??
Friday, December 15, 2006
Donkey, the inspiration of Lang Zhai BLOG
Finally, we have started to post something!!
Do you think that the smile of this Donkey is so fake and it looks so disguised? Perhaps you might think that it's cute and it looks so innocent. Anyway, it can best describe one person. When you do not know her well, you will think that she is so nice and so friendly when she smiles to you; when you know her well (or not too well) you will feel disgusted when you see her smile!!!
Donkey, had been a great inspiration and motivation for the creation of Lang Zhai BLOG. From the earlier posts by Jermayne and Anwar, there's actually a linkage between Miss D and Donkey. Equus asinus, thanks a lot to Jermayne's finding on donkey in Wikipedia for the scientific term as I guess it's an add-on to the knowledge of all of us! By the way, don't you agree with Jermayne that 'asinus' sounds like 'ass' ?? It really suits the person... LOL!!
Even though I do think that it's a bit harsh to describe Miss D as Equss asinus as described in Jermayne's post, it's still an adage. I'm not sure if you guyz are blur or confused with the linkage between Donkey and Miss D but if you people know who Miss D is and if you know her well, you would probably know why donkey.
Do you think that the smile of this Donkey is so fake and it looks so disguised? Perhaps you might think that it's cute and it looks so innocent. Anyway, it can best describe one person. When you do not know her well, you will think that she is so nice and so friendly when she smiles to you; when you know her well (or not too well) you will feel disgusted when you see her smile!!!
Donkey, had been a great inspiration and motivation for the creation of Lang Zhai BLOG. From the earlier posts by Jermayne and Anwar, there's actually a linkage between Miss D and Donkey. Equus asinus, thanks a lot to Jermayne's finding on donkey in Wikipedia for the scientific term as I guess it's an add-on to the knowledge of all of us! By the way, don't you agree with Jermayne that 'asinus' sounds like 'ass' ?? It really suits the person... LOL!!
Even though I do think that it's a bit harsh to describe Miss D as Equss asinus as described in Jermayne's post, it's still an adage. I'm not sure if you guyz are blur or confused with the linkage between Donkey and Miss D but if you people know who Miss D is and if you know her well, you would probably know why donkey.
Equus asinus
Walaoeh, Anwar? One title like that also can ar?
Anyway, i am gonna kick-start the langzhai blog with some interesting bits of a Donkey.
Fyi, donkey or jackass are actually the same thing.
With courtesy of Wikipedia,a donkey could be either several of these -
-Refering to someone as a jackass in modern slang provides a connotation of being obnoxious, rude, and thoughtless, with or without the added connotation of stupidity. This usage is also considered vulgar. A less vulgar substitute is donkey itself.
-The unmodified word ass has entered common use in the English language as a term used to describe a person who resembles a donkey in some way, such as appearance, stubbornness, foolishness, etc.
-Donkeys also have a reputation for stubbornness, but this is due to some handlers' misinterpretation of their highly developed sense of self preservation. It is difficult to force or frighten a donkey into doing something it sees as contrary to its OWN BEST INTEREST.
Of course, a donkey is also an animal we all commonly known.
Scientifically - Equus asinus. (What an arse!)
Feedbacks are most welcomed.=)
Anyway, i am gonna kick-start the langzhai blog with some interesting bits of a Donkey.
Fyi, donkey or jackass are actually the same thing.
With courtesy of Wikipedia,a donkey could be either several of these -
-Refering to someone as a jackass in modern slang provides a connotation of being obnoxious, rude, and thoughtless, with or without the added connotation of stupidity. This usage is also considered vulgar. A less vulgar substitute is donkey itself.
-The unmodified word ass has entered common use in the English language as a term used to describe a person who resembles a donkey in some way, such as appearance, stubbornness, foolishness, etc.
-Donkeys also have a reputation for stubbornness, but this is due to some handlers' misinterpretation of their highly developed sense of self preservation. It is difficult to force or frighten a donkey into doing something it sees as contrary to its OWN BEST INTEREST.
Of course, a donkey is also an animal we all commonly known.
Scientifically - Equus asinus. (What an arse!)
Feedbacks are most welcomed.=)
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