Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Collaborative Efficiency


"Collaborative Efficiency" is kind of slogan/spirit that we work together in our company (but this does not physically apply to the Group). This is to ensure that we serve our clients better, and make our clients happy! I always believe in team-work, as different people will have different thoughts. Gather all the genius thoughts, it will become a brilliant idea or proposal. Always remember, our client is the one who indirectly pay our salary and bonuses!

The Group has been known as the “Problematic Local Bank” for few decades, everyone on the street will have bad comments to the Group, this is because our dearest colleagues are not doing their job well! THEY, as a consumer frontliner, never make the uncles and aunties happy whenever those uncles and aunties visited the branches. On the other hand, even though we (Investment frontliner) are in the same Group, but I strongly disagreed that we are the SAME!

Whatever THEY have been doing are not too related to us, but we still receive all the complaints from our clients! Really hate to handle other’s problem! I can’t control THEM, but need to suffer for THEM!

Just imagine THEIR “unacceptable” working attitude to their customers is already super-duper bad, and can someone else imagine if we need to deal with them, how will it be? To external, they are suck! To internal, will they be nice? I doubt so! Good luck to me, because I am going to work with THEM on a deal! Hope this deal can close as soon as possible, so that I could stop killing my patience and my tolerance level!

Anyway, my tolerance level has become very thin because of those people who work in CF department! I’m kind of pity them and their boss! Firstly, they always claimed that they are very busy, not enough people on the deals, their work is the most difficult type, workload is the heaviest than others, less pay and bonus! But think about it, everyday they will have 2 hours lunch, gossip around, go out for dinner, etc. If they understand how to plan, I am sure they can save up half of their wasted-time!

Besides, if you really dislike your job or you complaint about your job, my advice is to resign and get another job out there! You are the one who are stopping yourself to move on! If you want to stay on with your current job, either you shut up and do your work, or improve your working ability and attitude!

Good Luck! And always remember “WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND”

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

他与她

十年前,他们是一对情侣,在一起两年多。她是他的初恋,而他是不是她的初恋我就不知道。。。明明就知道初恋是最难忘,也很清楚他对她还是留下一种很特殊的感觉,可能是那种念着当年甜蜜的味道,也可能是当年心碎的旧换还隐隐作痛。。。因为他到现在还不敢正正的面对她。。。

很常问起他们以前的事情。。。而他也毫不自私的和我分享,让我很投入的回到他们的过去的喜怒哀乐。。。一幕一幕的从我脑海里飘过。。。我可以感觉到他是多么的用心和我分享,有时他脸上还带着淡淡的微笑。。。我没有妒嫉的感觉,也没有不平衡的心态,毕竟事情已经过去了。

我和他在一起,并不是要取代她,也没有想过要做得比她跟好!她有她的专长,我有我的本领,我不会因为在某一方面比她弱,而感到难过,因为我只做我自己喜欢做的事,听我喜欢听的歌。我可以感觉到他有时会不知不觉地拿我和她来做比较,虽然有点气,可是我谅解他。。。毕竟是初恋吗!!哈哈!

Monday, May 3, 2010

叶问师傅



《叶问》和《叶问2》是我蛮喜欢的一部戏。记得去年看了《叶问》,这部戏已让我留下了很深刻的印象。。。喜欢它的拍摄手法,显得中国武术 -- 詠春拳(咏春是南派拳法,讲究在方寸之间,以巧制胜),有股不凡的气质,它也表达出中国人的优良的特点,还有认真得来又有点搞笑的成份。。。在《叶问》里,最让我深刻记得的一幕是当金山找师傅到叶问家踢馆,在他们切磋时,叶文的儿子从后厅骑着小脚车对叶问说:“爸爸,爸爸,妈妈话如果你再不出手,屋企的野就会打烂噻!”


不论是《叶问》或《叶问2》,我觉得它很成功地打动观众,也很独特的传达出一些做人的道理。。。在《叶问2》里,叶问的徒弟黄梁问:“师傅,你一个人可以打十个吗?”, 叶问的回答是“我会跑”。为什么人要惹事生非呢?别人越是惹你,为什么要为了一口气而伤和气或伤害自己和伤害最爱的人呢?现代有很多读书人,可是懂得这道理的人却是很少。。。我常告诉自己,如果我和鲁莽的人起争执,我永远是输的那个!试问鲁莽人会听得懂道理吗?

还有让我感动的是,当洪拳掌门洪镇南(洪拳是典型的北派功夫,掌法犀利,力道迅猛)要和叶问切磋分胜负时,突然洪师傅的太太带着孩子到房里通知洪师傅下楼吃饭,那时叶问问了洪师傅一句:“分胜负重要,还是回家吃饭重要”以及当叶问打败了西洋拳击手后,他说了一句“我该回家吃饭了”。华人很看重亲情,我们从小就被灌输要敬老、要孝顺父母,反而这种教养却传不进西方国家。。。简简单单的一句“分胜负重要,还是回家吃饭重要”和“我该回家吃饭了”却包含着很浓厚的意识。“家”对我们中国人来说,是世上最珍贵的东西吧!因为“家”可以给你温暖。。。

正义、尊敬的大道理也可以在《叶问》和《叶问2》里感受到。在《叶问2》中既有“为了生活我可以忍,但是侮辱中国武术我不能忍”这样令人动容的正义之言,让我觉得我们中国人的精神真的很帅!在片尾中当叶问打败了西洋拳击手后,叶问对这西洋人说:“我并不是想证明中国武术比西洋武术好,或者多厉害,我只是想说,我们的身份和地位可能不同,但受尊重的权利是相同的。”哇!我真的很感动!我的胜利并不是要威给你看,而是让我有机会表达我内心的不满与一些做人的基本道理。。。

我对甄子丹这位演员并不很熟悉,虽然他已在演艺圈里呆了很久,就是红不起。。。听过他的名字,看过他拍的戏,就是没有特别喜欢他。。。直到《叶问》出街后,他有型又顾家又有义气的男人魅力深深的吸引着我!哈哈!

甄子丹在戏中是扮演一个很能打的一宅男,一个住家的男人,一个很清明,很草根的一个人物,它把两种元素混在一起。这跟我们中国现在的精神统一,我们有这个能力和这个能量,但是我们不张扬,需要我们出手的时候,需要我们伸张正义的时候,我们会挺身而出。


根据叶问的大儿子 -- 叶准,电影《叶问》情节有三分之一是真的,三分之一是虚构的,三分之一是夸大的!当年日军占领佛山期间,叶问的过人功夫,早被日本宪兵队闻悉,欲邀请其担任宪兵队的中国武术教练,但一向以坚守民族正义为己任的叶问拒绝日本宪兵队之邀请。于是,日本宪兵队在盛怒之下,指派武术高手与叶问比武,言明如果叶问打败则听由他们差使。“实情就是父亲没有接受日军的比武要求,但日本人四处找他,所以他暂时到鹤山沙坪隐居了一段时间。”叶准说。

叶问真实的性格跟电影中一样,斯文得像个学者,而且还略带幽默感,从来不摆架子,他不让人叫他师傅,而喜欢人家叫他问叔,而且他还喜欢为徒弟起外号。叶问年轻时到香港求学,精通外文。


叶问生于佛山,7岁学武,十一二岁时到香港读书,21岁左右回到佛山,1949年到香港定居,1972年去世,终年79岁。

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

阿北的生日

我给了阿北一个自己很喜欢又让别人羡慕的生日礼物!

想了很久很久都想不到要买怎么样的生日礼物给阿北。。。虽然他不是为百万富翁,可是在他的日常生活里,该有的东西他都有。。。钱包、电话、腰带、球鞋、手表、钢笔、香水,通通都有。。。到底男生的礼物还可以送些什么呢?如果讲到送电脑或上千元的礼物,我就真的买不起了。。。

一个月前,我就在想这个问题了。。。终于,我想到了!!哈哈!一向来我都很好奇为什么一个立体的蛋糕会那么 贵?也只不过是个普通的蛋糕,只是在蛋糕上加了些设计而已。。。经过我努力的 research 后,我决定自己亲手做个立体的蛋糕给阿北,一来可以解掉我心中的疑问,二来阿北可以收礼物!

自从大学毕业后,第一次进厨房的我决定烘一个麻将蛋糕! 我心中的麻将蛋糕是打算做一幅麻将,然后麻将桌子是由可以吃的蛋糕做成的。。。麻将粒是用raw icing 做的。。。

时间一天一天的过。。。可是我的麻将粒还不能“摆上台”!一开始,做不出标准的形状,后来经过嫂嫂的指点,我用了硬纸皮来当模型 - 成功!!后来,遇到了字体会“发”的现象。。。每当写在麻将粒上,那字体就好像发水面包似的发起来,原本美美的“发”字,却变成了鬼画符!!经过多番的研究,虽然“发”的现象还在,可是没有当初发到那么难看/严重!哈哈哈!!

离阿北的生日还有两天,为了能给他一个意外惊喜,我调闹钟四点凌晨爬起来完成我的麻将粒!很伟大吧!可是,那天起不了身!哈哈哈!结果,在他生日的那天,我逼自己起床把麻将粒完成!!真的很开心!做到六点半(我周日起床的时间),我赶紧跑回我的床,继续睡觉,以免让阿北发觉!哈哈!做戏要做全套!至于那“麻将桌子”,我就交给妈妈去处理!

阿北生日当天,我很早就溜出公司了。。。我们到BERMUDA & ONION (www.bernudaonion.com.my), 位于CHANGKAT BUKIT BINTANG, 烛光晚餐!可能是星期二,所以这间餐馆只有几座吃客而已。。。这间餐馆以前有美味的GIANT GRILLED BBQ PORK RIBS, SKEWER COMBO PLATTER (PRAWN & PARMA HAM, ASPARAGUS & BACON & SCALLOPS & HAM), 可是这些NON-HALAL 食物已不再菜单上了,大概是换了管理人吧。。。(这些食物都是从BLOG找到的)

既来之,则安之,我选了羊脚 – TRADITIONAL BRAISED LAMB SHANK,而阿北选了牛排 – GRILLED BEEF RIB-EYE。。。味道还不错呢!因为 BLOG 大力推荐 CLASSIC MOJITO (moe-hee-toe) , 所以我就叫了一杯来试。。。它是一杯很清凉酒精饮料,来自 CUBA。杯里放了几片薄荷叶,整体看起来很REFRESH!

吃完晚餐后,我们就回家吹蜡烛吃蛋糕!妈妈很厉害,完成了“麻将桌”,还把一些麻将粒放在“桌子”上和“桌旁”!(因为"桌子"太小了!)!阿北很喜欢这份麻将礼物!他还把麻将蛋糕的照片放上“面书”!当然,我的目的达成了! 很多留言说很漂亮啦、很有创意啦、还有朋友要拿电话号码预定一幅麻将蛋糕!哈哈!如果麻将的字不会“发”,那单生意我一定做!因为我要把我的手艺发扬光大!哈哈!

我另一份礼物给阿北是一个BURBERRY 的钱包。。。托朋友从日本买回来的。。。。。。

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Rich Women

Read an article about "Capitalising on Women" from Islamic Finance, March 2010, the interesting title attracted my attention. In the article, it highlighted that women are getting richer and richer than men... Why? According to the research, in GCC alone, women hold U$40bn in personal wealth, of which U$12bn belongs to Saudi Arabian women. Out of U$12bn, 75% is sitting in cash deposits and 20% in unit trust. The reason why Saudi Arabian women are rich because they hold the keys to their family coffers, in another words, they control the wealth! I found it very interesting as I always thought that Saudi Arabian women have no say in any decision making, but I am wrong!

Leave aside Saudi Arabian, why women are richer now? Accumulated wealth has increased among the growing population of female professionals. Yes, it is true! Women today are well educated, even cleverer than some men. So, Men, please take note! The world has changed!

Nowadays, we can see more and more Financial Institutions launch “women” investment products, I believe this is because women are risk averse and therefore willing to commit to medium and long term investment. It is so called “easy money” to make from women!

I, the risk averse investor, believe in “play safe” rather “adventure”, that’s why I invested in Amanah Saham products, ie Amanah Saham Malaysia (“ASM”), Amanah Saham Wawasan 2020 (“ASW”) and Amanah Saham 1Malaysia (“AS1M”). Invest in Amanah Saham can give me at least 6% return p.a., even thought the interest rates have been declining, but it is still better than fixed deposit's rate. Why invest in Amanah Saham products? The main reason is it functions like fixed deposit with higher interest rate; it is fixed at RM1.00 (so far, the only unit trust in Malaysia has fixed price of RM1.00), so it is capital protected product.

ASW was launched by Tun M in 1990s', his motto that time was “Wawasan 2020”. So far, the past performance of ASW was considered good, thanks to the support of rakyat. Today, Naj is our PM, he created “One Malaysia”, that’s how AS1M born! When AS1M first launched, not many people keen to participate, WHY? Simple because it does not has track record. Investors do not want to take such risk… So, people took the “wait and see” strategy. Come to think about it, if AS1M does not perform well, what do you think it will happen in next election?

I am praying very hard so that my investments can bring my wealth next level!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

一个超难忘的生日

今年是我最后一个二字头的生日,这话怎么说呢?明年我就三十岁人啦!说真的,我还没有那个心理准备呢!哈哈!不论怎样,日子还是要过!

就在三月二日早上,阿比有如往常一般载我上班。。。到了公司,他突然说:“如果有收到礼物,就CALL我!”冒冒然的一句话,让敏感双鱼座的我联想很多东西。。。当我走到办公楼,我突然拿起电话打给阿比,“你不要跟我讲你送花到我的办公楼来呀!我不要!”哈哈!我害羞吗!

过了不久,有人CALL我 :“你有东西签收!”啊,天啊!当我跑到柜台,看到一束很大束的白合花(百合代表清纯,干净的象征),心里又开心又幸福!当然,一收到花,我就拨电给阿北,“不是讲不要送到公司吗?哈!谢谢!”哭笑不得的我,只会摆一幅傻傻的样子!哈哈!甜美的笑容,让公司的同事都很羡慕!啊,我真的很害羞!!

花阵阵的香味飘到公司每个角落,引来的不是蝴蝶或蜜蜂,而是一般好奇的同事!大家都献上生日的祝福。。。

午餐时,就和几个同事一起到KENNY ROGER 大吃一餐!当然,我生日大完,午餐是他们请客!这间快餐的服务有点差!食物花了很长的时间才送上桌来,然后付账时又用了很长的时间,到后来才发现服务员写错里座号,所以账单找不到!真气人!吃饱饱当然要回公司工作,这么巧我又有开会!时间一拖再拖,结果迟到!哈哈!

晚餐将会和家人一起吃。因为阿维同学第二天要接新娘,而阿北是啊维的兄弟,为了不要让阿北跑来跑去,我们就决定去巴生吃晚餐。。。阿北六点就到公司载我。。。拿着那束大大束的花,从办公室走到阿北的车,也引起很多人的注意!

当我们到了首邦,看看时间,觉得还早,就叫阿北带我去买阿维结婚晚宴的晚装。。。出乎我预料之外,我在十分钟里就选到了我的晚装!快快买下,我们就回家!真高兴!

当我一回到家,我就拿着大大束的花,用我最大声的声量告诉妈妈、爸爸和姐姐,“我有花收!”当我好像猴子般的大大声宣布时,突然,一班人唱着生日歌从厨房走出来,其中一个还拿着蛋糕!啊!!!我被吓倒了!这班人是我和阿北的朋友!这一项“节目”完全不在我预料当中!真的很惊喜!!更没有想到这个惊喜是啊比和妈妈精心秘密策划的!哈哈!一幅不知所措的样子,一定很好笑!哈哈!

一班共有十几人的中学朋友都聚集在我家,给了我一个很意外的惊喜!他们精心的策划,连车也停放到远处,鞋子都"踢"到车底下,只为了不让我发觉到!哈哈!太妙了!

接着,大家分头到NYONYA餐馆共进晚餐(阿北早前就和阿嫂在NYONYA餐馆预定了两张桌子吃晚餐)。。。吃啊!吃啊!!有很多美味的菜肴。。。不过,结单的时有点贵!吃饱饱后,阿比还送我一条心型的项链!


今年可是大丰收!有一束大大的花、心型的项链、L’occitane 的沐浴露、爸妈的红包、慧和维的手链(还有挂着巴黎铁塔的吊咀)!




Thursday, February 18, 2010

虎年行大运

恭喜发财!财源广进!步步高升!股票赚大钱!花红多多来!发呀,发呀,发大财!!当然还有的就是身体健康!!健康才是宝!!

又一年!时间过得很快!不知是不是因为年纪大了,工作压力大,生活复杂了,加上人的思想成熟了,所以会觉得时间不留人!(哈哈!可能以上所列的因素完全无关!)古人说 : 一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴。。。这句话,越听越有感触!一年一年的过去了,朋友一个接一个的成家立业;老长辈的健康也衰退了(希望一百岁的伯婆可以过得安乐)。。。

今年我家也如往常一样,年二十九或年三十晚才开始布置家里!原因很简单,一个字〈省〉!!我们都会乘着接近过年,百货公司举行大平卖时,才去抢货!抢的都是一些农历新年的装饰品!哈哈!!聪明的消费者!!!可是今年没有什么大收获,难道经济不好,百货公司没进很多年货??

前几个星期,阿比从外坡带回了本年度最流行的墙纸 - 梅花的图案,好让家里增添一些气氛。。。就在吃完团圆饭后,我和大嫂合力把梅花墙纸和新年装饰品布置家里,这样才有过年的味道!

哇,真的有过年的气氛!!!梅花瓣飘呀飘,飘到我家来,带着农历新年的气氛到我家拜年!

对,还有,今年妈妈煮的腊味饭很正!

今年的虎年里,希望事事顺利!发呀!!


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

我的新鞋




三二八!吓米来的??

农历新年前,和家人一起去金字塔购物中心,原本打算疯狂购物一场:买年货,买新衣,买买买!结果,全家人只买到新鞋子!还是买同一个牌子!

从来都不会踏进去的那间鞋店,就在那天,两手空空的进去,结果拿着一个大大的鞋盒出来!这个牌子的鞋子是出了名 -- 贵!! 一双拖鞋也要上百! 是英国一个满出名的牌子!当然,它的品质也有一定的水准啦!


一向来都抱着"试一试而已","试又不用钱"的态度,就这样的差点把店里所有的女装鞋都试过了。。。可能就是爱上了它的品质,柔软又舒服,就这样,一双三二八块钱的高跟鞋就跟我回家了!

这是我几十年来,第一双那么昂贵的高跟鞋!希望它可以伴我走一段很长很长的路!让我觉得它是物超所值!!哈哈!!