tOm@kO's life ~*_*~

this week office start the use of office communicator for everybody
then i saw the following post from boss's note

“Hi, I will be away for the entire December 2009. Whilst I would be checking my emails regularly, please expect some delays in responses to emails. Thanks”

er but in actual fact i saw my boss yesterday and today
in the office

so he is actually in the office
but officially he is not in the office?

i tried that once b4 but it's not fun at all
hopefully my boss can enjoy his break la ;)

the government is planning on reducing the subsidy on sugar
to promote a healthy country and environment????
or to cause more inflation??

but what i wanna share here is something funny
that day i went out with my cousin and they was 'curi-curi' taking the sugar from the table of the restaurant that we having lunch
and the reason that they quote was to help their parents save some money on sugar

i feel wanna faint when i first heard it
but i wonder does it really help you to save money doing this way?
or they are just kids playing around?

MD is very concern about whether all groups are able to meet their individual budget
and e-mail was sent out to ensure that people meet their target
hopefully i also managed to meet my own budget
and i think i'm very very close to meeting my billing budget for the 3rd quarter
then later in the 3rd quarter i can be less tension and focus more on my collection and stuff

this is my first year handling my own budget
nobody to teach
nobody to guide
the blind have to find the way out

but reli thanks to my boss
who did a good job training myself and other staff
i'm able to swim a little by little even though most of the time i feel myself like drowning
you need to be strong to fight the curren
so.. hopefully i can survive my first full financial year successfully la...

it's last month of the year ~ December again
so.. what had you done for yourself so far?
are you satisfied so far? (being able to leave nasty comment on people's blog?)

so i will set my target this month.
@ least 3 post a day and 100 post for the month
can compare with other's blog which has 3 people/bear writing on it
but... i would think at least i've done some meaningful recording for myself this year.
so i'll work my way towards another 100 post this month ;)

I have two Taiwan friend one guy and another girl
both of them have e-mail address starting with the letter ‘a’ then follow by numbers
both of them I had not chat with them for long long time cause they never online for quite some time

The story begins last Friday one of the friend suddenly appear online
And just by looking at their e-mail address my instinct told me that it was the gal who is online
then we started to chat a bit here and there assuming the person is the gal
after we chat half way nothing much to chat already then the person went off

Sunday nite, I was on msn again then I saw the guy online noticing from his nick and I nudge the guy
And I started with “arlo.. arlo.. long time no see” not realising that it was the person I chatted with Friday morning
then he replied “din’t we just chat last Friday morning??”
Well I was like stunt for 5 seconds
huh???? WTF
no joking I mixed them up liao…

so I confess to my friend that I mixed up both of them
he showed that he was angry at first but…
luckily he is a nice guy… (not like some guys that I know…
which I have no comment on them)
he say it’s ok cos he also have not go on msn for like one year
yeah it reminds me one year since I last saw him
hopes to see him soon ;)

but this also shows I’m very “ikan” la
fainted….

At this place I ate the followings with my colleagues



Rojak

The Rojak was nice but pricy I guess I like Natural Indian rojak more



Pine Nuts, long bean and vege meat

According to the waiter this is a famous dish of the restaurant. But I found it too plain and nothing too interesting



Xiang Chun TouFu

I like this kind of TouFu can eat a few bowl of rice just with this dish. So.. I asked my friend to prepare for the some homemade xiang chun to be collected when I go to Taiwan to visit her ;)



“Nam Yu” Vege Pot

I don’t quite fancy this dish cos it’s not ordered by me.. erm I guess I don’t prefer the vegetable to be cooked in this way personally.

My first visit to this place. The feel is quite ok and the things are quite pricy but surprisingly there are many people having their lunch here. Just feel like it’s a restaurant in the village after ‘liu an hua ming’

i guess i don't like my hand much
cos i just boil my hand again...
this time a bit lucky only one finger

should i be happy??
or should wonder why this happen?
i think i should be careful la...

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I'm not the easiest person to love
I'm often the one who lets things go unresolved

Yet you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me
Yet you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me

I'm not too proud of some things
I've done in my life
The skeletons in my closet
Are too big for me to hide

Yet you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me
Blessed Charity
You're on the side of me
on the side of me

'Cause everyone needs a friend to hold
when it's cold outside
and there's no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
all alone I cried
there was no place to go
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I remember when nobody cared
but you

I'm not the easiest person to love
But you, you've opened your heart to show me what I'm worth

'Cause you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me
What a mystery
You're on the side of me
on the side of me

'Cause everyone needs a friend to hold
when it's cold outside
and there's no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
all alone I cried
there was no place to go

I remember when nobody cared
I remember when nobody cared
Nobody cared
But you

Yeah you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me

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well i'm into the songs from corrine may lately...
this is another nice nice song from her ;)

人啊，一直都在成長
從無憂無慮的小孩；一直到背負種種責任，還是說壓力的大人
成長過程中，遇見到的人形形色色
有人說人生就像巴士
你 會遇見各種各樣的人
半途中有人下車；也有人上車
一直這樣持續著到終站。
有可能你會遇到蠻橫霸道自私自利的人；
有可能你會 遇到在背後默默為你付出的人
有些人永遠不會得到滿足；
有些人永遠不期望回報
前者往往沒有甚麼朋友；可是卻可以一直往上爬
後 者雖然朋友多；不過大多屬於過客，而且老在原地踱步
有人為了自己利益，跟人家打好關係；不擇手段
也有人好像白癡似的，一直被利用，一直被人使喚
所謂的智者，看得周圍的人天真，愚蠢。
所 謂的愚者，殊不知可能只是在偽裝，看得周圍的人奸詐險惡
現實要多諷刺有多諷刺
愚者雖然有對雪亮的眼睛
可是卻最經常被牽著鼻子走， 被人爬上頭
智者雖然經常迷失視線
可是卻最常牽著人家鼻子走，爬上別人的頭上

兩者當中，你是哪一位；還是兩者之間呢？

saw this post from my friend's sister's blog i guess somethings are quite true in a certain way ;)

It's a long long journey
Till I know where I'm supposed to be
It's a long long journey
And I don't know if I can believe
When shadows fall and block my eyes
I am lost and know that I must hide
It's a long long journey
Till I find my way home to you

Many days I've spent
Drifting on through empty shores
Wondering what's my purpose
Wondering how to make me strong

I know I will falter
I know I will cry
I know you'll be standing by my side
It's a long long journey
And I need to be close to you

Sometimes it feels no one understands
I don't even know why
I do the things I do
When pride builds me up till I can't see my soul
Will you break down these walls and pull me through

Cause it's a long long journey
Till I feel that I am worth the price
You paid for me on Calvary
Beneath those stormy skies

When Satan mocks and friends turn to foes
It feels like everything is out to make me lose control
Cause it's a long long journey
Till I find my way home to you
To you
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remember jessy introduce this song to me when it was sung by angela chang

but recently found that the writer has sung this song much better
just wanna recommend this song to my friend who always come to my blog or stranger who accidentally bump into my blog

during Harry's wedding we are happily and busy taking photo with all our friends ;)


Hey Trevor.. the door there got leng lui ar? look here leh!!!


Serious group photo of people who sit together
but Den hau was so not serious


me being naughty as usual??? wahahaha...


very very nice group photo of 6F members who came to attend Harry's wedding dinner


gals from 6F who sit together during that nite ;)

有这样的一个搞笑故事。一家卖鸡蛋的商店，老板财雄势大，要把街上面对的另一家鸡蛋商店杀下马来，惟我独尊，垄断而後升价。老板听说对手本钱有限，於是把鸡蛋大减价，低於成本出售，以本伤人，以为不数天对手就要关门了。殊不知蛋价一减再减，减了长时期，对手依然存在。最後大老板因为减价太多太久而破了产。他禁不住跑到对手蛋店查问究竟：「我的蛋店关门了，想不到你们的资本比我还雄厚，是从哪里找那麽多钱跟著我减价呢？」对手听得莫名其妙，回应道：「我们本小利薄，鸡蛋是从你们那里买回来转售的。」

历史上最有名的以本伤人的反托拉斯例子，当然是一九一一年美国标准石油的巨案。老友麦基（J.S.McGee）曾经花了两年时间调查该案的有关资料，於一九五八年发表文章，一举成名。麦基的结论，是标准石油没有以亏本割价的手段来试图毁灭对手。他同时指出，资料显示，如果标准石油要独占有关市场，把对手买下来远为相宜，而当时的法例是不禁止收购的。

远在天边，近在眼前，历史上最具说服力的割价以本伤人的行为，莫如黎老弟智英几年前在香港使出的两招。第一招是《苹果日报》出场，零售二元，肥佬收零元，每天烧纸钱二百万。但肥佬是希望把《东方》毁灭而独领风骚吗？不是的，这个人不傻。他认为看报章有惯性，开头割价倾销是希望打进市场。竞争的其他报章受损吗？当然，但以本伤人是肥佬意图之外的效果。这第一招肥老使得对。

第二招是搞「苹果速销」，也是开头蚀本招徕的意图了。这一著，肥佬计错数，输了十亿惨淡收场！计错数是因为当时的网页销售吵得热闹，使他误信互联网可以大幅度地减低销售成本，所以要先拔头筹。殊不知「本」与愿违，加上懂得用电脑的消费者在香港不普及，於是中了计。

「苹果速销」有以本伤人的效果吗？有的，大财团的超级市场割价回应，赚少了很多钱。後来得到肥佬的数字大略，我才知道超级市场也计错数，中了计。这是因为如果超市不减价，把顾客赶到「苹果速销」那边去，後者会蚀得更多，关门会更早！

结论是明显的。短暂地以低於成本之价出售的行为不罕有，而好些时清理存货，说是低於成本倾销，其实不是。凡是真正低於成本出售的行为，市场上一般有行家受损，说是以本伤人说得通，但是为了毁灭竞争对手而独领风骚吗？想可能是那样想，说也可能有傻佬会那样说，但可以成功吗？没有听过成功的例子，何况相信以本伤人可以毁灭所有竞争者而独垄其断的人是傻瓜，不懂生意之道。

以本伤人可以垄断市场之说，是神话。

as mentioned earlier last Saturday was Harry's wedding cum our 6F mini gathering
and during the gathering we have 2 of the doctor in our class talking their doctor life.
before you eat they tell you about organ, heart and stuff :P
and yes we managed to take our primary photo during the wedding dinner b4 mr Harry and wife rush out to say bye bye to their guest

here are some candid shots


Trevor as part time waiter serving the fish to everybody


Den Hau say everybody must eat more... come i serve the fish for all of you


Den Hau taking picture of his favourite "Star" Chin Voon??


Chin Voon taking photo taken by Den Hau and Dr Tan asking when you wanna take my photo???


Trevor noding his head while talking to leng lui christina.. and wei rong was????

last saturday me and joo attended my primary friend as well as future neighbour's wedding dinner
a nice and cool one.. cos i get to meet most of my primary friend

the food was just normal wedding dinner food
but i think it's one with class
both normal and vegetarian dishes are good i think
i din try the normal dishes but according to my bf he say was quite ok :)

有时候，在想去看人家的部落格算不算是偷窥呢？
可是既然打算放在部落格上就有打算会被别人看见的吧！

可是来看别人的部落格的陌生人
希望你们也要自重一点
不要好像疯狗一样在人家门口乱乱吠

你有你对别人的不满
请自己开一个部落格自己在里面吠个够
因为在那边你不会阻碍别人
而且压抑的心情也会得到适当的释放

you can have all your hate towards a person
but the person would not have any cut or bruises if they choose not care about it

long long time have not updated any makan stuff lately in my blog.
so...
please expect me to upload stuff that will make myself or even you hungry soon ;)

sometimes it's sad to say we sort of always live under some people's expectation
and at the very same time we also have very high expectation towards other people

reason being we live under expectation of others is
when we are a kid our parents expect us to grow fast and able to walk fast, talk fast or even run fast
then later when we are in our Primary our parents, teacher, even our relative expect us to have straight As. (this is what i see from my cousin sister whom she scored straight As recently).
then going to secondary you have PMR and SPM your parents will still have the same high expectation towards you if you had done very well previously.
subsequently when you go to college or university and if you are holding a scholarship, people will expect you to have excellent result so that they will continue their scholarship for you
when you graduate, your parents expect you to have a high income job and never ever get money from them and instead you should contribute some for time as pocket money
while you are working your boss would expect you to be a good employee which out perform others so that they can speed track you

and reason being we always have high expectation from others is
we always expect a high pay, little work, fast promotion job
we always expect others to treat us nice regardless of how we treat others

we always complaint about the things we do not have, and not the things that we have already have with us.
we always criticize others did not do this well and that well and did not look into the mirror clearly to see whether we are doing the same too

sometimes i think living under too much expectation makes a person tension and miserable. no matter how to a certain extend we need to live up to certain people's expectation in order for us to excel in our life.
so just take it our leave it.

yesterday UPSR result was announced and my cousin sister result she scored full As
then my parents "rewarded" my cousin sister RM 50

on the other hand, my cousin brother got no 1 in his KINDERGARDEN
at the same time my parents also "reward" him RM 10

later i get to know from my grandma that my cousin brother he cried because he got lesser from my parents

so bad... so young already start to know the meaning of competition
then where is the "童真" for the kids?
do they need that during their growing up process?

i wonder.
but it's true also... i studied very very hard cos i wanted the rewards from my uncles and relative
but i never expect any rewards from my parents
cos i would have the thinking of all the money that my parents earn are from their blood and sweat... if i'm expecting any rewards it would be from other people :P

one nite to my surprise.. my mom cooked nasi lemak for us for dinner... i think it looks simple but it tooked a lot of time and effort to do it
i'm just lovin it :)