After being started in this new life, I was in full gear, and, slowly, as predicted by my hubby, now I am almost in zero gear…..what a shame.

I have already exhausted my ‘warm market’ list. This might due to my first ‘helikopter” introduction is just suck…nobody is amused, hence not interested to invest….

Sometimes do feel very low, after making 10 calls, you can’t even secure an appointment, all are mental game, how strong is your mental in handling rejection is the art and it is the key for a success sales person.

Let’s not being so sad, kick start again to full gear…..

Have been busy for weeks preparing the Chinese New Year celebration. Then, we went to Phuket for a holiday,it has been about 7 years I didn’t step out from Malaysia, just wondering how could I stand and last that long ?

Phuket is a nice place, but, filled with foreigners….just wondering why there’s not many Asian tourists…the things are consider super duper expensive for Thailand. A bow of mixed rice cost you 60B or more…..

Well, if you ask me, I will not go back twice….there are more places to visit, andthey looked the same to Malaysia, well, Malaysia have more beautiful Island…..with beautiful coral….

The Thai are still friendly, they are really happy go lucky type….and, they are hardworking too…. I saw the tailor started work around 8am and still working around 7pm….worked non-stop. Life is not easy…..though I think, it is true fact every where in this world…

Was very busy with other stuff until I almost forgot how to log into my blog ! Was disappointed with no traffic to my blog, and I am clueless of how should I increase the traffic, I think that’s the main reason I have been ‘not in mood’ to blog !

I was venturing into something else, something about ’skim cepat kaya’! Reading some on FOREX trading, and also, taking up the serious start on Unit Trust Selling !Though, my first start was quite bad, rejected straight by the face from my dearly sister !!

But I think I am OK with that, I will keep myself motivated and head to my different journey….

At last, I have finished all the project that need to be ended before December 2008. Now, I am enjoying my 1 week holiday. There’s a lot of plan for the 5 days break, I think will not able to finish all of them as what planned.

The first day activity already exited my planned time, I went to banks, to settle all kind of stupid transaction blocking (by the bank, of course), which actually took me nicely 5 hours to settle them! Which actually I planned to spend about 2-3 hours for all these stupid stuff. I was tired like hell after running up and down, waiting in the queue, waiting for them to verify their internal policies (which themselves are not clear).

Back to home, drop to the sofa, and doze off, there goes my another half day. Time fly, and, I already having this thought since I was 15 years old, or earlier ??? Maybe, a city life model had already putting pressure on me even since I was kid….what a sad story for all the city kids……..

And a good news, the ‘don’t care’ policy really works well, especially in big corporate. Boss is forced to handle some of my tasks, which he knows I didn’t really taking care or bother to care of.

Maybe people reading this blog would think I am kind of trying to kill my career ? Nope nope nope nope. Let me tell you a story, which I have just read from a magazine. BTW, it is a out-dated magazine given out for free during my visit to the 10th Book fair held in MINES Exhibition hall.

2 monks from 2 temples meet each other every morning when they try to fetch some water from a river up for daily use. They meet everyday, and this goes along for 5 years. Until one day, one of the monk didn’t turn up in one of the morning, and next morning and the next next morning. The other monk wanted to know if his friend is sick, so he went to visit this monk. Surprisingly, he found that actually the monk was playing some ‘tai chee’ at the backyard of the temple. Wonder why he need no water to survive, he told the stupid monk, everyday, he will spare a little bit of his time, to dig from ground to make a well, after 5 years, the well reach the water spot, and he has water to use without needing to go down to the river anymore.

This teach you, you should dig your own well, while you are doing your normal and daily task, that is, your current job. Build up yourself, the company you are working with will not feel a single sorry if they have to fire you. As, they already make themselves very clear, I have pay you every month on what you have done for us, no body owe anybody.

So, do you agree with this statement ?

I think my strategy of don’t care really taking some effect ? All the while, boss is taking advantage of me, don’t care anything thinking I will do them all, without complain. I worked > 10 hours everyday, but nobody see it. In a corporate life, it is not what you know, it is who you know. I know a lot, but I don’t know anybody.

Now, I started to practice my 9-5 routine, things couldn’t be fix, don’t bother, if it is after 5pm, sorry lah……Then, people starts to turn to him, as my response is ‘nanti, besok, lusa’. I don’t really care, as I know, nobody will be fired in big corporate because you are responding slow, as I see those that worked for me not even responding do get promoted! It is not about whether you did extra, it is about if you did ‘brush shoes’ extra

Friends, if you are reading, learn it, it is the true fact of life, any if you dislike it, you will be the looser of the game…..

Last week was a ‘week’-mare for me. Worked non-stop, can’t even sleep at night, too many stuff to handle and prepare for the 23rd Nov testing. OK, it is work related kind of non-sleep diseases I have.

Learned a few new philosophies where it really helps me get a better sleep every night, even if I am under serious stress level.

1. Things will find it’s way, so what’s the point to worry
2. No matter how well you plan, how much effort you spend, some idiot will just come into your way, mess up your plan and effort, so, what’s the point planning so perfect ?
3. If the assignment result turns bad, what is the worst will happened to you ?
a. Jobless, nah, I don’t think so, it takes the company huge lot of $$ to fire 1 employee. If they said you will be first in the list of VSS, still, there are other who never did anything wrong sitting in the same boat with you
b. No bonus or less bonus? Well that could possible, but with current economy who is hoping for bonus?

Some how, I have that mentality…’I don’t care’ anymore, not so keng cheong on the delivery, life become easier, and, I even sleep better nowadays.

Really not worth it to worry so much, because at the end of the day, things that must come sure will come, if they are not coming, then they will not be coming, that simple. Make it short, what I mean is, if you know mandarin, the boat which reach the bay sure will become straight…go translate yourself.

In summary attitude that can survive in corporate life :
1. Phrase of your life within 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday : “Nanti, besok, lusa”
2. Please make sure you remember: Your Colleague is NOT your friend, your friend will not be your colleague
3. It is not what you know, it is who you know that make you different
4. You only need to know when to make questions, you do not need to know the answers
5. Your boss will not promote you, because if you are promoted, where should he be sitting?
6. The ship is just too huge, if one small part is working slow, it won’t impact any body, so, why spend long hour working?

Take this along with you as your survival kids in a ‘corporate’ life………….

After an early morning work..at last, the server agree to startup and back to normal track. Hence, bringing the 2 small kids, together with hubby, we went to the MINES Chinese Book Fair.

Can’t imagine actually it has been 10 years….but where was it held from the early years ? I don’t remember I heard about it last time ??

It was quite cheap few years back, but this year, we see there are more and more stores on children education software, syllabus, almost 1/3 of the stores. Parents are more willing to spend money on their kids rather then on themselves.

I bought a few Chinese books from local publisher for my kids too, they were not a lot cheaper, from RM4.00 to RM3.50. But I have never see these books being in discount from the bookstores. While for myself, I took those free reading books and magazines… got to cut down the expenses after share market drop so heavily….

Is it this is a season of down time? Having another round of downtime again…worked late in the evening, and then start to work again in the morning…..there go my Saturday, hmmm…what happen if they wanted to extend that to Sunday, well can tear me up to 2 pieces, half for the server problem, another half for the scheduled test for this Sunday.

By then, I should be paid double, right ?