A sad truth but i never lost my faith, Malaysia.

Politicians are always Politicians. Bunch of clowns on the stage fighting against each other. Party A fighting against Party B. Just simply because Party A hasn't been delivering the favour in place and in time, Party B initiated demonstration to annoy the Party A.
Malaysia is not Taiwan, where democracy is sought after, where the government can be criticised publicly and send the President into jail. No, it will never be like this in this coming decade, it is slowly changing, reformation takes time. A lot of things have been done, look far, do not get influenced by the other bunch of clown standing at the other corner. Well of course, i'm not saying either party is good or bad. But as how i see the whole scenario, neither of them can bring a total democracy for us, Malaysia. The real democracy still rely on the culture, the education, the people and also the wealth. Taiwan has transformed from a country that ran under dictatorship towards a total democratic country. The government had invested a lot in cultural, technology, infrastructures and so on. One hand can't clap, as government continue to invest more money into the country's infrastructure, where are the Malaysians from the Top Universities around the world? Where's the passion? Where's the patriotism? Taiwan as one of the Asia Miracle has proven that, we need the collaboration between government and the people. Taiwanese politicians that came back from overseas back in 1960s-70s, came back to Taiwan to pursue their nation's Dream. It's the dream that created Taiwan's economic miracle. Whilst the people are still living in the horror, this young and passionate individuals came back from overseas, they commit and build the nation together. I would not say there's no corruption involved, every government in the world deals with briberies, China, India, Thailand and Taiwan. Look at China, Look at India and Malaysia, we are the emerging economies, where briberies can never be captured fully. Look at India, their situation is much worst than us, they have one of the world's biggest poverty gap and follow by China, where communist party continues to rule the country by censoring the information and prohibits any bad news from leaking out of the country or to be spread into the country. Whoever launches any demonstration, will be the first to get detained, you might call him/her a revolutionist.
 Look at us right now, are we living in poverty, where you do not get food, clothes and place to stay? do you not have a job? why are you complaining?
Government lifting the petrol subsidies, i reckon that's a bloody smart move to stop Malaysian cars to go on street. Spend more money on public transport and get our public transport companies to be profitable and therefore you can expect a much better services from there. Buying a car at the age of 23y'old, that sounds cool yet unpractical. If you can afford a car, why can't you afford the bloody petrol? If you can't afford to pay the petrol with less subsidies, buy less cars, why are you buying so many cars at home? Public transport improvement is being implemented by the government, in order to pay more on the subsidies, they lifted up and compensate on the public transport and other infrastructure. We know sometimes, it can be ridiculous for the clown to proposed some silly act, such as setting up a facebook fanpage for a few million dollars. That is imposturous! I admit, there are fingers pointing at the bad things that government has done and i think Malaysians generally do not appreciate what the government has done for us.
Youngsters these days are too easy to get influenced by the oppositions, they toyed us by surfacing issues like Racial, petrol, living cost and so on. We have some brilliant ministers that are doing a really good job, our PM is not really a joker but he somehow picks the right persons ( a few) for some particular role administrating a few ministries that are crucial in nation building.
Zeti, our central bank's governor.- A brilliant lady, who's one of the most respectable lady in Malaysia, she oversees Malaysia's financial sector and ensure our monetary system performs in a well-regulated basis. Our banking industry has risen to becoming one of the most powerful financial system in South East Asia.
Idris Jala- the main driver for the New Economic Transformation Policy, he's rolled out a very important plan for Malaysia to achieve the vision 2020 and he's a Bumi that work hard and smart enough to climb up the stairs to prove himself capable and calibre. He's heading a bunch of chinese economics from Top Unis to transform our country.

We also have many businessmen that are very supportive in our nation building.

Francis Yeoh- he's one of the few people that stands out and praises the brilliance of the new economic transformation policy. His conglomerates owns a several entities that provides brilliant infrastructures for Malaysia.(4g network, power plant, high speed rail and so many more).

Tony Fernandes- need not me to say more about him, he's one of the most patriotic businessman who believes in the power of people and faith. He's the another driver for nation building, he leads the Airasia to becoming one of the world's largest low-cost airlines, it might be seen as a business. BUT, an airline doesn't purely serve as an interest of delivering people to the destination and get the money out of their pocket, it means many things for a nation's development. Prosperity of an airline means more inflow and outflow of funds and talents into and out to the country, it also means more delivery and efficiencies will be delivered in a shorter period of time and most importantly at a cheap cost! These means a lot for Malaysia, as we have one of the best low cost airline and one of the best airline in the world, we are not at any inferior position, comparing to other countries!

Tiong Thai King- famous philanthropist from Sibu, one of the low profile businessman, who invested alot in our chinese education and media. He, who educates all the fellow chinese via his famous media publishing entity.

Of course, there are many more enthusiastic individuals out there, believe and have faith in Malaysia's future. A lot of these businessmen they believed if they do their parts, it's always possible for them to nurture all the fellow Malaysians, building a better nation with a more comprehensive education system, infrastructure, monetary and so on.

As for me, i have faith in Malaysia. I believe, as i work harder in Singapore, apparently, One day i'll be back in Malaysia and contribute what i've learnt and what i have, to help building my country into a better place.
Of course, remain peaceful is more important, for now.
Also, Unity is What all Malaysian needs now. Stop racial issues- stands still and unite. Do not get toyed by the opposition, who plays around with the racial topic.

peace! night

working life

Uni life rox.

Working life, should be good. But living in Singapore, nah... not reli.

Photo.

One of my favourite photo taken in front of MIT.

working life

as some of you may know, i've already started working in singapore for one month. Things have been alright for me, but then.. my life... lifeless. finish work-go home- dinner- online- sleep-wake up-work again.  there's one thing i really dont like abt the life here, which is u have to squeeze inside the mrt in the early morning, tatz how u kickstart ur day, sardined.  It's quite amazing how i end up in a pretty awesome company, where all the bosses are helpful and down to earth. Also, i was given a free gym pass, but i dun reli go  :X unlimited heathcare benefits, awesome right. Obviosly, there's some kinda expectation which my boss has on me.
I'm actually the youngest in the department, the only one without any experience at ALL. therefore, it ain't easy for me. calling customers, u get nasty answers or some might even just hang up when they heard the word, Bank. haha, it's not reli funny.
Haven't been updating my blog for a while since i came back from ny, well..... i havent had time until this week.
Don't know wat to write, leave it here.
ciao

What's what?

I've always wondered how do you measure yourself? as a successful person.

Some will say, be rich! be with God! be myself!

Well, it depends on what kind of goal you are pursuing, too.

I like the fact that, I have a goal.

I like the fact that, my family started supporting me more than ever.

I like the fact that, I had the chance to pursue my study oversea.

I like the fact that, I wasn't brought up in a systematic way. (you know, i was pretty rebellious)

I like the fact that, with all the experiences that i've gone through, I might be a lil'bit better than what i was.

I like the fact that, I was a rebel once.

I like the fact that, I'm willing to put more effort to spend more time with my family.

I like the fact that, I've already graduated, and my parents no longer have to worry about my studies anymore.

I'm proud of the fact that, I have bunch of awesome friends; They are all over the world.

Sometimes, I like to reminisce what i've done in the past and to think about what i can do in the future. I believe most of you, my friend, have a dream and life-time goal.

Some of you believe that, earning lotsa money make you a better person.

Some of you believe that, devotion in religion can make you a more contented person.

Thing for me is, I'd love to pursue a more balance goal in my life. Let me show you, what do i mean by balance life-time goal.

Successful career + provide better comfort to my family+ spend more time with my family+ being happy= Success 

I believe most of you would love to be successful in your career, nevertheless successful in your career means bringing in more money/comfort to your family, That's right. However, you tend to be neglected of the fact that, with your pretty successful career, you've actually sacrificed 1 very important asset in your life- Time.

Time is the jewel of everyone's life. You and Me need time, for work, for family, for kids, for your religion. That is the most important asset in everyone's life, live only once and you can never buy your time back, no matter how much money you own. 

I know it's never easy to have a extremely successful career and also being a really successful family person. At least, for me, this is what i would love to pursue in my life. 

Reason why i was proud of the fact that i studied overseas, is because i realized how important a family is and how much i love my family. Not only that, being able to know people from all over the world, letting me know more about the world out there and how evil can a person/ friend be. People can be friendly and evil, some do not even appreciate what you've done to him/her, some do. 

Being brave to pursue my own goal, optimistic over my own future, tend to be the biggest driver that drives me forward and learn more from the things that won't work. I'm a very optimistic person, who always love to think far and bright. I'm afraid, there are still some room for skepticism, especially when you are dealing with someone that you like and possibly not showing any positive feedbacks from that person. (That's such a horrid) I might be thinking too much, but that's what actually bothering me right now. 

Skepticism will not anyhow stop me from moving forward, I tend to think and re-analyse the issue/problems, then react to the problems that i'm having right now. At least, do not stop yourself from envisaging the better tomoro right?

That's it, I'm just bored

Greetings From Big Apple!

As you all might know, i'm currently having my holiday in New York, yes New york! :D

Anyway, i'd like to wish you all Happy Chinese New Year! Then i would like to share with you some photos taken in NYC and Boston :) U all probably have already seen it in my facebook thou, i dun care! :)

I didn't know Stig has changed its costume!

TimeSquare, the Beautiful TimeSquare

M&M

WallSt

Harvard University

MIT

 Ohyes, these are some of the pictures, that i've decided to show.

Wish you all have a good and warm Happy Chinese New Year! (it's cold here :S)

2011- lets get a few new year resolutions on my wall!

mmmm
1) Visit New York, Vegas, LA and Chicago.
2) Get a Job, in Singapore.
3) Run more.
4) Eat Less.
5) Visit Thailand and Vietnam soon.
6) Spend more time with family.
7) Facebook less.
8) Read More BOOKS
9) ---------- not telling you. :D

I guess, I think most probably i can accomplish all these resolutions :D

Create your own value

As you all know, i've graduated from university recently, pretty surprising eh? haha
FYI, i'm currently hunting for jobs, and it turned out pretty overwhelming.
I've received many offers from companies, although these are not big companies.
However, i've learnt something from the interviews that i have had, confident and cocky.
Providing the chance of selling yourself to the company, you should never be too vigilant while "selling yourself". The consequence for being overly-cautious could cause a damage to your "value", that might show to the interviewee you are not confident about yourself and you are unsure of what you are good at. (If you do not know what you are good at, how and what are you going to contribute to the company?)
Obviously, with good results, you will have a greater chance to catch the attention from those big corporations, providing i'm just a graduate with normal results and from a normal university, thus lower chance to secure the opportunity of getting interviewed. For me, as long as i got a chance to express and selling myself to the others, i'll be cocky and confident to show them what im good at and what kind of capabilities that i can provide to the company in the future. Of course, being cocky doesn't mean cocky and not answering them properly, the cocky that i meant was proud of what you have done in the past and share with them what you have done to the previous employer or previous experience.
Every time during the interview, they would ask you why do you want to work for the company. Do not get  nervous, and there's nothing for you to get nervous as well. Just do your homework before you go,
1) understand the business operations.
2) what they want?
3) what are you good at?
4) apply no.3 into no.2.
5) Don't forget the fundamentals.

I'm not showing off right now, i'm just sharing how a fresh grad can do during the interview and hike up their own value infront of the employers. Don't let yourself to be the same as everyone, let everyone looks up to you.
Let's compare, many coffee shops are selling really good coffee and their cost price is roughly RM0.80, but they are selling at RM1.50/Glass.
Whereas, Old Town Coffee might be only serving  average coffee with the cost price of RM0.40, but they are selling at RM5.00/ cup.
You see the comparison in the price of coffee, and why? bet you all know why.
-you might say because old town coffee spent more money on renovation and marketing campaign.
-you might say because the coffee shops do not have a good environment for coffee.
-and etc.
From here, we noticed that old town coffee has done a good job to create a phenomenal environment for the customers and providing them with an environment which a normal coffee shop could never provide. Therefore, the value of the RM5.00 coffee comes from the environment design and the experience that the old town coffee has created for the customers, and these all makes you willing to pay more for the cup of coffee.
So what makes you different from others? (some have even better results than you)
-wrap up yourself, like how old town coffee wrap up themselves and sell it at higher price.
-sell yourself to the company, tell them what kind of tremendous advantages you have and will be able to provide what kind of advantages to them. (Must be confident!)
-During interview, ask questions to show them you are keen to work for them. (ask about their operations and suggest what you can do.)
-Explain to them despite the poor results, you have had a tremendous co-curricular records and have a potential of leadership in leading a team to success.
-Show them how ambitious you are. (Don't tell them you want to be billionaire, be practical.)

That's it for my blog post today. :)
peace

Finale : coming to the end of my uni life, bye Melbourne

It's been a good three years studying in Australia.
Anything has happened to me, good ones or bad ones.
I have met good friends, and bad friends.
Good ones treat you like gold, shit ones .... don't even wan to talk about it.

Anyway, i'm boarding in like a couple hours time.
Mixed feelings, seriously.
I've always wanted to get closer to my family, since i've left home for 5years.
Now, i'm feeling heavy hearted to leave this country, where all the friends that i've met in this 3years.

Justin, Heath, Shannon, Michael and Matty. You guys are awesome friends, my best buddies for VA ;)

:)

Prudence, Szumei, and Justin

Bye Melbourne.

C u Malaysia

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