Za Dao....

My GF told me a joke today.... and this is how it went...

GF: Hey you wanna hear a joke or not?
Me: What?
GF: In China got a lot of people ma........ *silent*
Me: ...... wow .......

Both end up laughing happily ever after.

Sekian Terima Kasih...

My Personality based on a Company's Predictive Index Test.

Last week I had to take a PI test from a company to evaluate my personality for a job and here's the result that I've gotten...

Strongest Behavior

Calvin's PI Pattern has a very narrow width, so his behaviors are moderate in their expression.

While moderate, Calvin will most strongly express the following behaviors:

• Relatively quick in connecting to others; he's reasonably open and sharing of himself. Builds and leverages relationships to get work done.
• Fluent, enthusiastic, and comparatively frequent in communication; a motivator who pays attention to others' point of view.
• Collaborative; works with and through others. focused on team cohesion, dynamics and interpersonal relations.
• Productivity in driving to reach his goals while moving in a faster-than-average pace. Inquisitive about the world around him.
• Relatively independent in taking action on his own ideas. Resourcefully works around most obstacles blocking completion of what he wants to accomplish.
• Eager of results, his drive is for swift implementation. He works best in fast-paced environments offering a variety of activities, rather than routines.

Summary

Calvin is a very congenial, friendly communicator, affable, poised, capable of projecting enthusiasm and warmth, and motivating others.

An intense person, he works at a fast pace with emphasis on getting things done by working cooperatively with and through people. He understands people well, and uses that understanding effectively in motivating and persuading others to do what needs to be done to achieve the organization's goal.

Calvin is a dedicated team worker who will dependably function within the framework of plans and policies decided upon and expressed by company management. He is collaborative by nature, and works to control risks by ensuring input from others on decisions that are outside of established policies. When making such unusual, or risk decisions, he will work with trusted advisors, subject-matter experts, or management leadership to make a well-accepted, well-researched decision.

Calvin derives satisfaction from bringing out of the best in others and takes pride in contributing to the business' success in that way. at ease and self-assured with groups, Calvin is capable of selling the company's policies and values. While he will delegate subordinates, he will also follow up closely and carefully and in a friendly and helpful manner.

Quick and accurate in handling details as long as they are only an intermittent aspect of his work, he will become impatient and less effective if frequently required to work with repetitive routines.

Management Style
As a manager of people or projects, Calvin will be:

• Focused on guiding his team to achieve predetermined company goal, in a friendly, driven, and proactive manner
• Amenable to delegating authority and details to trusted employees; his follow-up will be quick, helpful, and close ensuring that both his personal standards and company's standards have been followed and met.
• Proactive in bringing his ideas forward; takes action on them only after gaining agreement with key colleagues and/or proof that they'll be successful.
• Collaborative in approach; he's eager to gather input from others, and is open to their viewpoints, but will be unlikely to go against proven solutions.
• Cautious with risky decisions; he will defer to management, colleagues, or trusted advisors to mitigate risk and ensure agreement before moving forward.
• A lively, positive, and genuine company spokesperson.

Selling Style
As a salesperson, Calvin will be:

• Congenial and persuasive - focused on building a solid, trusting relationship with his customers - concerned about saying and doing the right thing.
• Motivated in working with and through others to facilitate the sale; confident in his abilities to persuade and influence others when following a proven sales method.
• Thoughtful in what he does, says, and communicates to the prospect - concerned about risking the relationship; cautious not to over-commit.
• Sincere - will speak and present information in a logical and organized manner.
• Confident in selling in ways that are proven to work; reluctant to 'think on his feet,' preferring to be well prepared and follow a predefined plan.

Management Strategies
To maximize his effectiveness, productivity, and job satisfaction, consider providing Calvin with the following:

• Clear defination of his responsibility, authority, and organizational relationships
• Specific training in his job.
• Opportunities of involvement, interaction, and communication with people as a major aspect of his work.
• Assurance of support and guidance of management, trusted advisors, or his team, particularly during periods of change or new developments.
• Social and status recognition as reward for achievement and demonstrated of team spirit.

Wow. So much to type. This particular Acrobat file can't be copied and paste....kanasai...
All I have to say about the result is...

BOOYAH!!! Mun lei sei mei... :p

Something to Look Forward To

It's been so long I've ever got the time to blog about anything at all. Work had been really piling up on me literally till the extent I could no longer have much time to do anything else but crash at home later day of the evening to take my own personal time to do practically nothing at all. I don't even have much time to play the games that I would usually play... how sad such kind of life is huh?

Since I took over P Project from a colleague who had resigned, I've been getting phone calls ever more frequent compared to my daily life. Heck I even might get more phone calls coming in to me than I would normally received for a month! Just like yesterday, Just on incoming calls only I had like 81 calls already excluding the calls I have to make for this P Project.

So as you might be able to imagine, my life is basically havoc right now. I'm so nervous to the extent of even having to force myself to check office emails from time to time from home; just to make sure there's if there's any urgent mails that require my attention, I'll be able to attend to it.

Teluk Batik Beach - Sitiawan

Oh don't let me bore you with my work and all. I am finally going to take a short weekend trip back to Sitiawan with a few friends of mine. Finally, the sea side, the sea food, the slower pace of life... God I'd give anything to have such life. comfortable and everything is so easy going. No doubt in order to experience such kind of life, one must not be too greedy on the incomes one would be getting living in such remote places.

But of course, life style there would be way much cheaper as well compared to our hectic city life. Like there's an old saying, There's a price to pay to every choice we make.

We are going to enjoy this weekend with the scent of sea breeze over the atmosphere, sitting by the beach while the gentle waves sweeps across your leg, the sea breeze running through your hair and letting yourself soak in the warmth of what the sun could provide.

Ah...the life... I can't wait to go back there and take some nice pictures as well as enjoy a full load of seafood :p

Till then, will report more when I get something out of it

What on earth is going on??

My apologies people, As most of you know recently we have internet issues with Streamyx and also possible with other ISP outside.

Hence this had made me unable to upload pictures through the internet as my upload speed now is like only about 40-100kbps >.< in which, layman terms it means it's fucking slow to upload any pictures....

Since there's no pictures to upload, let me recap on my resolution for year 2008.

1) Cutback on smoking.

I have been trying for about 2 years to quit on smoking. I used to smoke like 2 packs of cigs a day. I fully understand the consequences of smoking and yes, I have been working on cutting down from 2 packs a day till up to date 3-4 days a pack. Not much of improvement you say? Well for some it's quite difficult despite the stress and the issues I go through throughout the 2 years. In a way, I'm making progress...

Well for this whole year round, I didn't really manage to cut down significantly, however, I did manage to only maintain the same amount of smokes per day... hence, I FAILED...

2) Improvements in my career.

I have just changed a new job. I'm earning more than my previous company. In a way I'm proud of my achievements but for this year, it's gonna get harder. I would like to stand out in my career and I have set a certain amount I wanna achieve in salary and as well as I have set the position I would like to be in for my career - a full fledged manager. :p

Hmm.... year 2008 was considered challenging to me coz I have changed like 3 jobs in that year. However, it's an upgrade on each job I've changed. I'm a full fledged project manager now and I'm happy with my job despite the busy schedule. So... this is a PASS....

3) Find someone special.

for 15 months now I've remained single. I've never gone out much from my house. My only routine is to go to work and come home. That's about it. Isolation was my theme for the past year. This time around, I think it's a suitable time for me to look for someone special to complete myself in the things I would not be able to do alone. *I know. some of you are laughing while reading this =.=" *

Umm.. need I say more? I have found someone special and till this day, I'm still very happy being with her ^^ so this is a PASS...

4) Change of Lifestyle.

As I mentioned above, I have not gone out much the whole year hence it kinda distorted my once glorious social life. :( *Stop laughing =.="* So I think this year I should go out and meet the world once again. Working with my previous company had made me too lazy to go out coz everyday during the weekdays I work till late nights therefore making me lazy to leave the comfort of my house after office. It also made me appreciate home more during the weekends as it's the only time I would be able to relax and rest. This new job however, is more relaxed. They don't really encourage overtime works. So I believe I'll be able to have more time spent not only with my family but with my friends as well. :)

I have had some outings this year. I've been slightly more active with my friends this year around and I'm proud to pronounce this resolution a PASS...

5) Obesity control.

Ever since I got back from Hong Kong at 2006, I gradually grew bigger in size as well as weight. I used to frequent the gym but after Hong Kong, I've been lazy and well too tired after work to hit the gym. So This year, I'm gonna put myself back to the gym and I would wanna have a proper toned up body by the end of this year *fingers crossed*

I failed plus failed another time.... historically, the heaviest I've been is like 75kg but this year around, I've gone up to 80kg >.<>

6) Getting a place to call my own home.

For 2 years now I've been planning to get my own place but was either too lazy to look for one, or due to some other plans of leaving the country that stopped me from searching harder. This year I suppose it'll be a better idea to get my own place. Well I might achieve in finding someone special so in a way, I do need something solid as well. A home would be the best bet.

Due to the frequent change of jobs, my income was affected as well, hence I limited myself from viewing any properties. So this year I'm probably gonna try again.... For now, this resolution FAIL...

Well well, 3 passes and 3 fails. Not bad still... It's still a 50% success to setup your own resolutions.

I will figure out what is my 2009 resolution is and will then update here once again...Sigh gonna be another year older soon... >.<

Congratulations~

To Calvin and Evelyn,

Congratulations to both of you! Wish you both great happiness throughout your marriage life.
Yes no doubt there's ups and downs in life but may the 2 of you patch those downs to bring it up again :p


Hehe so there you go, a short post.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!!

Hi All,

Sorry for the late updates; As usual, I've been really stuck with heaps of work till it kinda suck out all the creativity in my mind to post out anything at all.

Don't worry, I have got something in store for all of you. I'll post out the pictures of what happened to me during Christmas eve :p It's really nothing fancy though. Since Eileen isn't in Malaysia this season, I gotta find something to do too right? Can't let myself spend a lonely Christmas, No one should actually ^^

Anyways, I've uploaded some nice songs that I've bought for myself as Christmas gift and now I'm sharing it with you guys.
More songs will be uploaded in time to come so stay tuned.

2008 Mini Blogger's Gathering

So sorry for the late update on my blog guys. Work has been piling up lately and I don't really have much time for myself except when I'm home.

Usually I would upload those pictures from home but unfortunately, TM Streamyx has really taken a toll on me as well, My connection to the internet intermittently gets disconnected. Last night in order to send a mail to my co worker, I got disconnected like over 7 times. Can you imagine how bad would this get when I upload pictures?

So here I am, slightly eased up in office.... Therefore without further or do, I present to you 2008 Blogger's Gathering Season 2.

Yes again it was held in Marche. The reason for this all is very simple...

1) It's easier to split the bill as we have our own cards to pay at the cahier.
2) The location seems so much better to take pictures with.
3) The voters had voted for the food there. (Though in my personal opinion, the food isn't so great after all)

Was the gathering boring?? Hmm.... let the above picture speaks for itself... LOL

Nah, it wasn't so bad....First we started off by helping our Co host, Evie to put on some make up. Few reasons as well...

1) She was kinda underdessed.
2) We had a surprise for her and that surprise won't really go along with an underdressed person :)

This is how she looks after the make up.

The group of girls , well the early birds though... From the left, Bernice, Evie, Maegen and behind is Eileen

OK So here's the surprise we had for Evie. We kinda understand that she is getting married soon, and she has some shortage of funds, So the girls decided to make her earn her own marriage fund. How you say?


Yeap, that's right! She has to go around asking for donations all over the restaurant. But wait.... She's not just going around empty handed. She has to work on some sales before getting her hands on her money!

Ain't she cute??~~~

This is the whole group that arrived for our humble gathering...

NKwai... a fellow photographer and someone with a good sense of humour.
Oh yea below are the pictures of what our SALES was all about...


And just to think the group is not enough to make the sales quota, Evie had to go around the restaurant to sell her "product"


I bet you guys must be wondering what was she selling right? hehe will let you guys know at the end of this post, so be patient...


Evie, NKwai and Yat... Seriously, special thanks to yat for bringing a huge group of people from nuffnang's innit to join us. :)

Jason Lim and Chen Seng

Hsu Jen and David Hehe our very own "royal shortness"

Our photoshop guru, Chee Ching

Aaron and Stephanie

We also had Chun Lern , Fiona and Eric who participated in our gathering but unfortunately the pictures I took of you guys are blurry so I'm a little embarrassed to put it up... Sorry guys...

Our very own Thomas Yap. And yes this is what Evie was selling around the restaurant, CONDOMS!!! mwahahaha... Good one girls...

Sadly I as the co host wasn't pardon for this goof as well. So I had to particiate to ensure everyone that this is not a rip off. Guys...RM10 for 1 condom isn't expansive...Think Donation...Think Safe... :p

Post Gathering Syndrome

Sorry for the late post guys. Pictures will be up very soon. I'm still trying to get them uploaded to my email so i can send to everyone >.<

Will do so soon enough so please be patient...

Sekian, Terima Kasih

Mini Blogger's Gathering 2008

That's right. The 2nd Annual Mini blogger's gathering is back on track. We had one last year and it was a bash! This year we're hoping to get to know more of you bloggers out there.

Please do send me an email for a seating reservation. You might want to let me know if you're bringing anyone else apart from yourself if you're going. Bring your gf, bring your friends. It doesn't matter. Just as long as you let me know in advance so I can reserve tables and seats with the restaurant.

DON'T MISS OUT!

Email: siggyx.com@gmail.com

Mini Blogger's Gathering

This invitation is handed out to all of you readers and bloggers who are interested. I'm going to copy and paste the information from Evie's post of gathering....

"As I've posted earlier, we, as in a few kuchi-rat bloggers, would like to have a mini gathering again this year. We have decided to have it on the 21st of November 2008, no, not a early Christmas Edition anymore, more to a normal get together (cos 21st Nov is so damn far away from Christmas). Since we've decided to make it easy-bill-manage, we narrowed down to these two location in PJ.



One, Marche Movenpick The Curve for easy larger seating area with aircond and indoor smoking access for those who smokes plus easier to make early booking for space but with abit of expensive billing. Calvin said this would produce a better photography at the end of the day so...


Two, McDonald's Mutiara Damansara, the one opposite Ikea or Tesco (I think) with cheaper manageable bills and free 24/7 Coke refill, but cannot guarantee if there would be enough seating indoor for everyone unless some seat outside and some seat inside. Furthermore, you can watch Discovery Channel or Football, if there is any on that day, or whichever Astro channel they wanna put on that day.

So there you have the pros and cons of these two area.

We've come up with a poll on our sidebar so that you can choose which area you would prefer to have this gathering. The polling ends this Saturday 12pm so that we could make reservations at Marche just in time (in case if Marche gets the majority votes). So please make your votes now.

To those who are interested to go, you can mark your calendar this 21st November and give your name and contact number to me via email evelynholic@hotmail.com to RSVP a seat. Please RSVP by 15th November 2008. Thanks, and happy polling :P"

So what are you waiting for? instead of email to the above said email address, email to me at siggyx.com@gmail.com

Don't forget to vote yea~

Oh if you want to know how our blogger's gathering went last year, check this out...

Chinese Male needed for Photoshoot.

There will be a bridal shot for a friend of mine. She needs a male to be her partner in the photoshoot session. If there's anyone interested, Please send me an email at siggyx.com@gmail.com attached with a copy of your picture.

Date of the photoshoot is at 26 or 30th of November.

Criteria:
Chinese.
Any age but must look between 27 to 30
Height 175 and above.
MUST be photogenic.

Oh yea, there's no payment for the shoot, merely just a go and get happy event.

Want to see your partner you're gonna shoot with? Here you go....

Something to Lighten Up Your Blue Monday

Blue Monday? Not feeling used to after a relaxing weekend from work? Unlike me, I just checked in to a new job and as I was cleaning up the computer that was used by a guy before me, guess what I've found..

OMG! There really is a place with a name like that... LOL I even have a picture of the previous guy looking it up and print screen it down.


So next time, want to plan a holiday trip? Don't know where to go? Fret no more! just go to the nearest travel agent and book your first air ticket to Fucking....and you know what??
You'll have a Fucking great time!

Contentment?

OK OK Sorry for the long absence. I've been taking 2 weeks break away from work as well as blogging mainly coz right now I'm waiting for my new job to start.

Seriously, there's nothing worth to note down on what has been going on my life for the past 2 weeks apart from sleeping and gaming :) Yes there are occasions where I go out with some of my friends but rest assure, it's very very rare. I'd rather laze at home and wait till the day comes I have to wake up early in the morning for my work :p

OK. Today's topic would be something more general. It's something that is so common that sometimes people tend to forget about it.

Do you not find it ironic that there's a lot of people who keeps telling each other to be contented with what they have? Yet they themselves rarely practice it?

On general, Contentment comes only to those who CHOOSE to be contented with what they have. Some people are so consumed with greed or their own goals that they tend to miss out the best thing that they have right now.

For example: Men or women always complains about their partners or their husband/wife on their bad points. They would say how much their other half does not understand them or does not treasure them. One way to look at it, it's true. BUT think about it this way: Whether you are in good of bad times, have your partner refused to stand by your side? Have they never been your shoulder to cry on? Have they never been your best friend in times of need?

I know I used to be a person who use to take relationships for granted. I am still learning let me assure you that I'm learning each and everyday to build up as a better person to my other half :)

Let's face it, NO ONE'S PERFECT! Never your partner, never your husband/wife, and NEVER will be you. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses.

In relationships, there is no such thing as YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. Everyone in a relationship CAN and WILL find someone better than you. Your partner CAN and WILL be able to find someone better than you. There's always someone better than someone. So here's the truth...

IT IS HOW CONTENTED YOU ARE in the person you are with now. Everyone can be your MR. or MRS. right. Unless you learn to be contented with what you have now, no matter how many people you date with, they will never be good enough for you.

However speaking about professionalism, we as human these days, our generation, tends to jump from jobs to job. WHY? answer is pretty simple. It's mostly because they want to find a better pay job of a job with a better offer. Look at your parents, or your grandparents, the previous generations can actually stick to a job for over 20-30 years. They would not jump to another job. I'm not saying that there's no better opportunities for them in other companies, It's because they are contented with what they have. Yes they may complain that their job sucks or anything, but at the bottom line, they will stick to the job. Their loyalty is something we won't be able to get these days.

Why is it so?

Is it cause our generation now is so spoiled with choices till the extent we no longer recognize contentment anymore? Or is it mainly due to greed?

Put our parents in being in a relationship...

Divorce is so common these days unlike the older generations. How come our previous generations were able to keep a marriage for so many years but for us, some could even barely maintain a marriage for 3 years.

My honest opinion is mainly due to contentment.... again.... People are so greedy or really do not know how to see and recognize the good things that they have till they tend to go astray.

Let me tell you my story...I learned to be contented with what I have. Some may know what kind of person I used to be. I am somewhat ashamed of myself as well at certain times. But well, every curve is a learning curve right?

I finally learn to be contented with what I have, who I am with. I know that I can rely on this person with whatever trouble I am at. I know she would stand by me. And of course I would act the same on her behalf as well.

Yes in a relationship or marriage, couples do argue. If there's no arguments in a relationship, then you should be worried. Don't run away or break the relationship mainly coz you guys argued. Argument is something that would bind the relationship stronger. Don't give up on your partner. Maybe they have not given up on you yet. Why should you be the one to pull the plug? When you accept him/her to your life, you should be ready to accept that person for his/her goods and bads. Else why would you bother to begin a relationship let alone a marriage?

This is all I have to say now... Please consider what I have said and search for contentment in every situations. Sometimes, things may turn bad, but don't look at the bad points only, the good points are always in the thin silver lining.

Photography Festival 2008

This weekend KL Time Square hosted this year's Malaysia Photography Festival 2008. It's a place similar like PC fair on every 3 months, but this one sells camera, usually DSLR and accessories like lenses and so on. Not only that, There's also a great deal of photography sessions with models and this year around, featuring Amber Chia.

Before you get to see Amber, here's some shot of the amount of photographers on that event taking pictures of models who waltz the stage showing off their pretty face and excellent body :p

When I arrived, there's literally no place for me to stand around the stage. Some even brought ladders to stand from the back and zoom out with their big ass zoom lense. So I decided to take a floor up and snap my pics using my Zoom lense from the first floor.


Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, AMBER CHIA!!



Forgive me for having an aunty behind Amber's pictures. There's no way I could cut her out coz my lense is only up to 50mm then coz we got a place on the first sitting row :p

Wait.... Apart from Amber there's also other models accompanying her. Unfortunately I do not know their names but I find this next girl pretty good. Though I wondered why she did not smile. Later when she did at the end of the show, I only realized why... She didn't really have a perfect set of teeth LOL

This is another model as well but I just don't know who she is; Sorry guys...

The next model....

After a hectic, hot and stuffy day at the mall, we decided to go home, So Eileen and I left for dinner then I hanged out at her place for a while till I'm tired then heading home... from a eventful day, the least I need is a traffic jam caused by a heavy downpour... =.="