Oh my! I know it's been a looooooooooong time since I posted anything but I didn't realize it's nearly 5 months. How time flies. Any visitor would have given up coming here. I often wonder how people can find the time to update their blogs everyday. I know everyone's busy and yet they can find time to do it. I guess if you really want to do it you can. But then sometimes you also need to find your privacy to write. I have given up trying to do it in my place of work, even though I'm using my 'free' time. Once in a while somebody will pop in and ask what you're doing. When I told somebody I was updating my blog, she said be careful, somebody got arrested! I really don't know what to answer! To some people blog = politics. I guess they heard about blogs but never really visited any.
You can't write anything if somebody is peering over your shoulder. Even though it's for public viewing, it's no fun when somebody stands behind and reads what you write, correcting your mistakes, suggesting alternatives and so on. But somehow I will find a chance to write . First I must think of what I want to write. Haha. This update is to tell everybody I'm alive and kicking, just plain lazy..........
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Retirement Age
Visitors to this blog would have probably given up checking for new postings. I don't blame them. The last post was 38 days ago! What a lousy blogger I am. I marvel at those who can sustain the momentum of updating daily or so often. Where do they find the time? The last time I tried to update during my free time at work, I had to exit without publishing anything because I had to attend to something that cropped up. Somehow there are other things to look for when I'm online at home that I usually forget I have a blog to update!
This post is about the option for the government servants to choose whether to extend the retirement age from 56 to 58. From the responses we hear, one thing is for sure. All the men I know of have indicated quickly their decision of extending to 58. The women, however, are still thinking and undecided. Some women have declared without hesitation their firm decision of not extending. In conclusion, most men will work until 58 and many women will stop at 56. Any of you know the reason? Do post your comments, especially the women, and let us know why women are reluctant to work till 58 but the men are so eager.
I remember when the announcement was made by the PM on 10th May 2008, my friend quickly sent the news to my phone, knowing I'll be delighted to hear the news. Soon the news spread quickly and it was inspiring to hear my colleagues telling me they heard the news and there're happy that I will still be with them after next year. Some of my subordinates actually expressed relief I'll still be manning the reins.They didn't even ask me if I'll extend or not. They just know I'll extend and they say they are happy we'll still be working together. I hope they mean what they say because it's good to know your service and work is being appreciated and people are actually happy you'll still be around. On the other hand, they could just be trying to be polite and said some nice things. I don't really know what's in their hearts but I choose to believe what I hear.
This post is about the option for the government servants to choose whether to extend the retirement age from 56 to 58. From the responses we hear, one thing is for sure. All the men I know of have indicated quickly their decision of extending to 58. The women, however, are still thinking and undecided. Some women have declared without hesitation their firm decision of not extending. In conclusion, most men will work until 58 and many women will stop at 56. Any of you know the reason? Do post your comments, especially the women, and let us know why women are reluctant to work till 58 but the men are so eager.
I remember when the announcement was made by the PM on 10th May 2008, my friend quickly sent the news to my phone, knowing I'll be delighted to hear the news. Soon the news spread quickly and it was inspiring to hear my colleagues telling me they heard the news and there're happy that I will still be with them after next year. Some of my subordinates actually expressed relief I'll still be manning the reins.They didn't even ask me if I'll extend or not. They just know I'll extend and they say they are happy we'll still be working together. I hope they mean what they say because it's good to know your service and work is being appreciated and people are actually happy you'll still be around. On the other hand, they could just be trying to be polite and said some nice things. I don't really know what's in their hearts but I choose to believe what I hear.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Decisions
Making decisions is part of life. From trivial decisions like deciding what to wear, what to eat, which channel to watch, which route to take to save time and petrol to major decisions which affect our lifes, we are given choices everyday and we have to make decisions. My colleague lamented to me of the decision he has to make. Why must they give me the choices? Now I'll have a hard time choosing, he said. People sometimes do not want choices because it's not easy to choose especially if the choice is going to have a great impact on you or your loved ones. But sometimes we feel lucky that we have choices to make rather than being forced to take up something without alternatives.
But whatever decisions we make, we must learn to look forward and not keep looking back and wondering whether we made the right choice. We will probably never know the outcome of the other choice. So it's not good to keep thinking what if I had made the other choice. We should instead make the best out of the choice that we have decided on and go ahead to make it work.
But whatever decisions we make, we must learn to look forward and not keep looking back and wondering whether we made the right choice. We will probably never know the outcome of the other choice. So it's not good to keep thinking what if I had made the other choice. We should instead make the best out of the choice that we have decided on and go ahead to make it work.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Shenzhen, China
Some of my friends quite liked the photos I took during my trip to Shenzhen in 2006. Besides the tourist attraction "Window of the World" there's another similar attraction nearby called "Splendid China"> Here you can see miniaturised versions of tourist attractions from all over China. Like "Window of the World" , the place is huge and you have plenty of walking to do. If you plan to visit these two places, allocate a day for each place so you can take your time and move around. The ticket to "Splendid China" includes a cultural performance in the evening. This is indeed a spectacular performance, not the usual cultural dance show. The props and special effects are simply awesome. These two places are easilyaccesible by MRT. The furthest destination costs only RMB5. Shopping in Shenzhen is also much cheaper than in Hongkong. So if you plan to make a visit to Shenzhen, you need at least 3 days.
New State Government of Penang Awards Outstanding Students
The new state government continues to win the hearts of the rakyat by awarding last year's top SPM and STPM students. The people of Penang are indeed happy to see these high achievers being rewarded. Of course, I'm also very happy. I collected RM200 on Denise's behalf. There's also a certificate signed by the CM himself. We also had the honour of shaking hands with Lim Guan Eng on the stage. That's me receiving the award from Lim Guan Eng on behalf of Denise.
At the end of the ceremony the other receipients from MGS took a photo with the MGS Principal and the CM.
These awards were given to SPM students who got all 1A's and STPM students who got 4.00 for their CGPA. There were also 6 special awards given to the best 6 SPM students and best 3 STPM students. When one of the top 6 awards was awarded to one of the MGS girls, we were at first puzzled as to why she was singled out since the other 7 MGS girls did equally well, if not better . Later we realized that the awards were actually given to reflect the racial composition: 2 Chinese, 2 Malays, 2 Indians . That explains why someone with CGPA 3.92 was awarded the top 3 STPM students of Penang despite scores of others with perfect 4.00 CGPA. The top 3 awards were actually for the top Chinese, top Malay and top Indian STPM student from the state.
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