Happy New Year Eve 2014

Happy new year eve to all my readers. Well, it had been a long time again since I last updated my blog. I'm really sorry for that due to my laziness, business and lack of topics to write about. 2013 is going to end in a few more hours. It's time to review our year and prepare for the new year.

It had been a tough 2013 for me. This was because I changed my lifestyle, working environment and etc.. I officially resigned from BDO on 23th May 2013 and started my insurance career. Therefore, this seven months of insurance life was truly difficult and tough! 

Even if I already got myself prepared for the challenges, I still felt down or slump for quite some times. Nonetheless, I didn't relinquish and in fact I started to find my rhythm in this career. Frankly speaking, I didn't get any sale in my first two months. Ergo, I would like to thank Pikachu especially, for being my first ever client. Thank you very much! After that, sales began to come in. Certainly, I would also like to thank all my clients. I'm really thankful and appreciating all the supports from my clients gratefully.

Even though I couldn't hit my promotion target but I managed to hit my maintenance target and even more than that. However, I'm never regret that I quit BDO at first. I start to love my career and my work, indeed. Hence, for the 2014 resolution, I want to challenge my promotion target, obtain my first ever Supremacy Award, M6 for at least two months, at least get my salary catching up with my BDO's salary, challenge my Intermediate Officer for RM150,000 sales and be more disciplined. 

Why all are related to my career? This is because my family's lifestyle will get a massive turnover if I can achieve all these. I'm not able to get those at this moment in time as I'm still in the process of learning. I'm a slow learner in this industry but I won't give up easily. I believe in Super Group's system. I'll succeed. Let's see.

These were some of the precious moments in Super Group:

I was selected by my leader to join my first ever M6 competition. This was the dinner in StoneBay after the competition.

This was given by my leader, Swee Teng.

These were taken today at Penang Great Eastern Branch. We did our final effort in order to get the third consecutive champion for SG Northern Region.

 



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Budget Malaysia 2014

Budget Malaysia 2014 was announced yesterday. Well, my topic today is not about Goods and Service Tax (GST) but about the cancellation of white sugar's subsidy.

I was shocked when my dad read it out from newspaper. When I looked through the passage myself, I noticed that it was ridiculous to rank white sugar as non-necessary goods. For your information, many foods consume white sugar, for instance a coffee. 

I hope that you guys can imagine how much usage of white sugar and yet our 'respected' government stated that it is not a necessary item. They stood firmly that the act was to help the poor Malaysians to improve their health by reducing the sugar intake! 

I regard the reason as nonsense! Would you agree with me? They are even taking steps to reduce other subsidies. Let's think about it. As a country which is rich of natural resources, do you have to take steps to cut off all the subsidies? Can't we sustain ourselves? Where will the money go after cutting down the expenses? 

I can't imagine how much increment will there be in prices tomorrow. I can't see any wise solution given by the government to help the poor or improve the situation. What I can see is poor Malaysians have higher burden! Increment in household subsidy of RM150 can really help the citizens? How much can it help? I strongly believe that the trade-off is not balance!

At this moment in time, I have no comment or speechless to our government. God bless.



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It'd Been A Long Time

It'd been a long time since I last updated my blog. It was partly due to my busy schedule, some activities and my personal computer was broken down for one month.

Well, many things happened in this period. For instance, I met my Princess. It was not raining when I said goodbye to Andy. Then I met her with her friends waiting outside Gurney Plaza. We just had short conversation and it rained again when I left. Oh my god, what an unfortunate meeting. Frankly speaking, my emotion was interrupted! Luckily, it last for one day only. It didn't affect my work. 

It was bad for having no PC to use for one month. On the contrary, it helped me to stay focused on my work. I got some new cases in this period! It proved that life can still be going on without any PC. I use my handphone to surf the internet in this period and hence my handphone was broken down. 

It was damn sad. I couldn't receive any sms if my phone was not restarted or I didn't send out a message. Furthermore, the phone list, miss call list and received call list were not updated. Ergo, I didn't know who called me. I hope that my phone just needs to be reset. Otherwise, it'll cost me a lot in buying a new phone.

Currently, I like iPhone 4s and above. I definitely won't buy a new one as I'm not affordable unless I sign the data plan. Nevertheless, I don't use that much, I mean that plan is not suitable to my usage. Samsung, HTC or Sony are certainly not my cup of tea as I tried all the phones in Digi centre before and iPhone definitely strikes my fancy! 

Do you guys have friends or yourself having iPhone 4s and above and is looking to sell? If so, kindly leave a message to me.



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M6 3 Days 2 Nights Campfire 2013

I attended M6 3D2N Campfire 2013 last Saturday. First and foremost, thanks to my Immediate Officer for sponsoring me there.

I went there by Eunice's car. Of course, on our way there, I tried my best to get as much information as possible from her, including but not limited to how she started her career. Thanks for fetching me and sharing with me.

Initially I was quite panic when I reached there as I just knew roughly 5% of the candidates. Furthermore, my IO was not there as well, he joined us for dinners only. Nevertheless, we were really like one family, everyone treated each other so nice that you wouldn't feel uneasy to deal with one another.

Since I was late, I was quite astonished when I was asked to be the team leader by my senior, Gary Goh. I was the team leader of brown team. He said since I was new, it was always good to have a newbie as the team leader.

It happened as what he said, we won every station game on the first day. Nonetheless, we started to lose on the next day. However, we managed to appear as the first runners-up of all events.

This was the first time I played with all-out! I had never been like this even though I had camping experience with Kadet Bomba dan Penyelamat in Chung Ling High School. I couldn't explain why but I could tell that everyone joining the campfire acting like that! We sang, dance and played crazily.

During our meal time, no matter it was breakfast, lunch or dinner, we always communicated with other members. Even if I just knew about half of them, it was great to see that I eventually dared to approach others. Ergo, I managed to knew Chris, Jing Jing, Wen Xiang, Hao, Kelvin, Sut Chai, Ying Fang, Garren, Cindy, Shindy, Isabelle, Boon Chun, Boon Teik and so on.

There are still lots of photos on Agency's PC but I hope you guys don't mind. Let me share with you some of the photos and video here:

文香（泽音）, my IO and I.

Group photos on different days:

My roomates: William, Marcus and WWW with our room number, 1031.

This was what I found in the lobby of the hotel.

Before I end here, I would like to thanks 美芳 for fetching me back.

5th Anniversary

Today is my blog's fifth anniversary. Wow, time flies!

Five years, it's five years without any notice. I was quite shocked when I realised that I had operated this blog for five years. Of course, if you're my loyal reader, then you would notice the progression or the change that this blog had been undergone. I believe you know what I mean.

Frankly speaking, I don't know what should I write recently. I hardly find a topic to write. Anyway, I'll try my best to maintain this blog no matter how.

Share a picture with you guys.

This picture was taken on Monday where I visited Greentown for the first time. It was also my first time to eat the famous Ipoh Tauge Chicken.

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An Optimistic Lady

I met an optimistic lady on Tuesday. She was friendly enough to chat with me. She was thirties but she had some diseases. 

Initially, she told me that she wanted to keep fit. However, I didn't think that she was fat, she had a healthy body shape instead. She was so eager to have a boyfriend but she also knew that she couldn't make it due to her diseases. 

She inherited diabetes from her family few years ago. Moreover, her backbone had some problems. She had two operations before on her spinal cord. She revealed that she had to suffer the operation every five years but please be reminded that she had diabetes which hindered the wound from healing up quickly. Besides, it cost RM50,000 for each operation. Ergo, she dares not to burden her partner.

Even though she lived in Permata but I had never seen her before. She was very worried about her operation because if the doctor fails in the operation, then she'll be coma throughout her entire life. 

Nonetheless, she was satisfied and happy with her present life. She was so happy that she could work. She used about two years to stand and walk after her first operation. Physiotherapy is a must after every operation. That's the most suffering moment!

She doesn't blame but appreciate what she has now. I salute her.



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成功是失败之母？

“失败是成功之母”乃我们常听的，但是“成功是失败之母”又如何呢？

大家同意吗？这个星期，我常听我的manager说这句话。理由很简单，我们常常自以为是，总是认为我们的那一套是最好的。因此我们经常不会那么容易接受别人的意见，简单来说就是固执！

没错，我们以前的成就是因为我们当时的那一套而成功的，但是我们是否又有考虑过我们曾经的那一套已经过时了呢？科技演变很快，地球一直在转，世界也不停在改变，因此我们绝对不可以只是坐在那里。相反的，我们要与时并进，时刻自我提升，这才是成功之道！

别再被我们以前的那一套冲昏脑袋了，我们是时候改变了！



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Communication Skills

One of the websites that I subscribed sent me a link to purchase its e-book regarding how to make people love you. As usual, I wouldn't spend money online. Luckily, there were ten lessons given to me free of charge.

Up to today, I just received five lessons. Most of them had been conveyed by my manager and I actively practise them recently. I can't say that I successfully master them but they definitely help. For your information, I don't have good communication skills. I was arrogant, selfish and irritating to some people. These were the impressions that I gave them. 

Alright, I try to remedy now. However, I was over sometimes. Hence, people said that I was pretending. I have no idea as to how to entertain people. Well, this is part of the learning process. I'll take it open-heartedly. I try to make friends around.

I hope that after the 10 lessons, I can be another man. Happy Father's Day!



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Earning Money Online

Sometimes, it's good to meet a lot of people. This is because we can meet different people with different background, experience and skills.

I met my secondary school mate last night. He was doing good at his study and career. He revealed that he was involving in earning money online via the so-called affiliate program. Honestly, I do the same as well. For example, Google AdSense on the right and the Rakuten.com on the above. However, when he told me that how much he made really astonished me.

What he made in one month was far higher than what I earned since 4 to 5 years ago. Frankly speaking, in my account, my accumulated earnings were not even 25% of his one month earning. Bizarre, isn't it! He shared with me his way of doing it and I really appreciated it a lot. 

Even if it was not much, imagine, how about an extra of US$100 every month? Don't you want to grab it? Now I only know how to make money online. Of course, it won't be my main way to generate income, at least, not now but I do hope to do it in the near future. Who doesn't want extra income, don't you?

It was a nice two-hour conversation after all. Thanks for sharing with me and I look forward for next appointment.



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New Chapter

Well, well, well, it was the end of my audit life on Thursday. Frankly speaking, I did miss the office, the environment and my fellow colleagues that day. Hence, I stayed until 6:45 p.m. before I left the office. 

Now, it's a new chapter in my life and I will take this seriously to strive for my dream. It's not an easy decision to make and I struggled for quite some time. Well, everything's fixed now and life has to move on. I've my own plan starting from next week and I hope that I can accomplish them one by one. 

I do set small targets for myself which will eventually lead me to my ultimate dream. Actually, things are pretty easy to do, however phobia is the main issue. Hopefully I can annihilate it as soon as possible. Let's see whether I can do it in seven-month time. 

I made the decision since I didn't want to keep complaining anymore. Hence, I need a change. It's absolutely a breakthrough for me. If it can be accompanied with some success, then it would be great for me, my family and anyone around me. 

Let's not to think too much and be positive. I ought to be persistent and fight until the end. First of all, self-discipline is a must now. I must have the discipline and foster a good habit which can lead me to success. Luckily I have a few good 'schools' where I can perfect myself here. It's a serious challenge now and I won't take it lightly anymore. It's a destiny changing process and I want to be the winner.

Let's hope for the best and let the bygone be the bygone.



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Objective Setting

Initially, last Friday was my last day in BDO. However, my manager hoped that I could stay until finishing my files. Since there are quite a number of colleagues taking study leave, hence I agreed but I told myself that I would stay at most one more week.

Ergo, I need to set objective now. I had discussed with my manager yesterday and he gave me a suggestion. A suggestion that can help me to be promoted into Unit Sales Manager in one and a half year time. It sounds  attractive but I know the challenge is there. We have some ways to achieve it. Now, just let the bygone be the bygone. I will contribute my effort and I hope God see it.

This afternoon, we attended an activity at Chai Leng Park. I knew some new friends over there. They were more than willing to share with me their experience, knowledge and skills. I asked them a few questions, including but not limited to how they start their career, how to maintain the consistency and so on. Since there were many people succeed and thus I believed that I would be the next one. 

It was quite fun to see my old colleagues were there lending their helping hands all voluntarily. For your information, they even organised a blood donation campaign yesterday which I did take a bit of parts. I was very happy that I could help some people. Frankly speaking, I did sms to quite a number of people, asking them to join this campaign but I just received a reply from my BFF, the rest were disappeared. Well, it was okay. Let's be honest, I didn't donate my blood too. Since the response was quite good, hence they planned to organised it quarterly. Maybe I'll donate my blood that time but let's find more people to accompany me.

Well, I have my goal in mind and I have my way to achieve it now. Nevertheless, there are always obstacles along the road to success. Hopefully I can overcome them with the support from my manager and the Group. Let's hope for the best!



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Blackout

As all of you may know, Barisan Nasional (BN) won the Malaysia Thirteenth General Election last week. I didn't stay with the updated news in front of the television since I was too tired. 

Hence, I received bad news on the next day, which was BN won the election on federal level. Nonetheless, what was so irritating was that the blackout incidents in a few areas. Ergo, many people felt unfair and expressed their voices on Facebook. It was very funny to see some of them asking help from Barack Obama, Australia government and etc.. Some of them even mortified our Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Najib bin Razak by tagging him on the Facebook. 

He became the best magician in the world in just one night! As usual, I don't concern too much in politics but I do care about the fairness. Equality is what I'm looking and fighting for! We want a government which is accountable to the public! Please step down when the time comes, don't anger the public again. It's no point to own the position by unethical means because the world is looking at you. If you're so eager to serve the public, then just do your best when you're in the service tenure. Do you understand what I mean?

Yesterday, I was having a blackout. It proves again, we can't judge a book from its cover. It doesn't necessary mean the same from its appearance. After all, human beings are the most complicated animals in the world. Whatever it is, I'm okay now. Whenever I recover from something, I grow stronger. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger!


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Malaysia General Election 13

Today is the day for Malaysia General Election 13. As a first time voter, I did do my part. I went to the venue, after I finished my tuition class. 

It was sad that I went there at 11a.m., but I was back at 2p.m.. Three hours time, I didn't understand what they did. How could they drag our time so long? This really pissed me off. Frankly speaking, I did think of giving up but I changed my mind at last. 

I completed the whole process within 2 minutes because I didn't really look at the name of the candidates. Instead, I voted according to the logo of the candidates. This was because we supported the superior and policy of the party but not the candidates.

Now, the news is on air. I'm glad that Penang is safe. Penang is still under Pakatan Rakyat. Hopefully, we can have a new government soon. Actually, it's not bad to change our government since they had governed our country for 55 years but look at what they did in the past! It's okay to have a new government, if they don't do well, then we can change again. It's okay to tolerate for another 5 years instead of another 55 years.

There were quite a number of songs regarding the politics in past few weeks. I was fed up with the advertisements on the radio, television and newspapers. The Barisan Nasional (BN) dared to attack the opposition directly instead of saying what they could do for us or how could they mitigate their weaknesses.

One of the statements that disgusted me so much was the one advertised in Kwong Wah Yit Poh. The BN said, "Penang people or 'Penangites' are having April Fool everyday"! What did they mean? Are we a fool? If we keep trusting you, then we're really a damn fool!

Since then, no matter what statements they came out, I felt that they were threatening us! I felt really unsafe! Ergo, it's time to change. UBAH!



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人必自侮，然后人侮之

上个星期一，我的老板(Partner)在我下班回office时召见了我。我很淡定，因为我早有心理准备！

跟我的Principal所说的一样，他第一个问题就是为什么我要辞职？可是，不管我怎样解释，他都不接受，仿佛Audit就是我的生命一样！有鉴于此，我也开始懒得解释了，因为他根本没有站在我的立场想。

他开始用我是经过他朋友介绍才进去工作这一点来攻击我。或许，我该说是心理战，这是我之前所未预测到的。不过，没关系啦，即时我的情绪有些变化，那就是生气，但是我克制得很好，并没有表现出来，同时我丝毫没有改变我的想法。

其中几句就是：“你是人介绍进来的，你这么快就走，不会觉得什么吗？”、“你这么快就走，那改次他介绍来的，我还敢用吗？”等。听好，这只是其中两句，其余的一律免提。虽然他说的每一句，我都有应付的话术，但是我还是尊敬他，没有当面顶他。但是，当我忍无可忍时，我说：“对，我是人介绍进来的，但是我的resume有send给你看啊。如果你觉得我不qualify，你也不会叫我来interview，对吗？”

你们知道他的反应是什么吗？“你这样说，我没有话说了咯！”，这就是他的反应。接下来又是一轮看不起我的对话。没关系，我只是回他一句：“我相信他（介绍我来的人）也会respect我的decision。” 猜猜看，他又如何回应我？“哇，你才几岁，这样说话的咩？”，这便是他招架我的回答。

整个过程里，都充满着他的瞧不起、冷言冷语。。。。。。而我只是回了他两句他比较大反应的话，而且我的笑容是挂着的，语气也很和善，语调也很低。他简直就是要跟我撕破脸！为什么不能尊重我的决定？为什么不能好好讲呢？我都低声下气了，而且我想跟你好聚好散！为何你就不领情？

心理战，对我可是行不通的！算了，我也有了我的结论，那就是他身为一个Partner，说话竟然比我差！那么没水准！我更加不会内疚、遗憾！反之，我更欣赏我的Principal。这个世界上，并没有说你是长辈、Partner、老板，就高高在上，而我们就只有接受你攻击的份儿！正所谓“人必自侮，然后人侮之”。

那天，我半夜三点才回家，因为我在赶我的review point和APT。第二天一早，当我的老豆知道我回家的时间及被老板的训话之后。很意外的，他支持我。他还告诉我，既然都打算不要做了，那就不必留情，该出口的时候出口，好让他知道我们并不好欺负，同时给他一个教训，这个世上并不是人人都得听命于他的！

他还告诉我，这世上的雇主与员工之间是没有我所谓的好聚好散，即使是亲戚也一样。他就给了我一个例子。其实，我可以不要加班的，反正我还剩三个星期，而且我加班并没有得claim的。但是，我不想成为一个不负责任的人。我不想让其他同事收拾我留下的烂摊子。我尽力啦，因为我现在手头上还有两个files，还有即将来临的review points。

跟我的Partner“交流”之后，更使我motivated。我一定要成功给他看！就好像我跟我的同事开的玩笑--三年后，我便驾着Mercedes Benz来撞他的Toyota Camry。



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Priority

I tendered my resignation letter last Friday. Finally, I made it!

I tried to do it last Thursday but I failed to do so as my Partner left the office without pausing to a halt. The same thing happened on last Friday as well but I handed in my resignation letter to my Principal, K.T.J..

My Principal is a serious guy. He looks so fierce when he doesn't smile. However, I talked to him before and I know that he is not the kind of person as what we judge from his appearance. He smiled when he received my resignation notice. He followed by asking me "Why? Cannot stand the pressure?" I smiled and replied "No, my difficult time had over. I only felt pressure when I held two files in Tambun." 

"Then why you want to resign?" he asked. "I think it's time to change a new environment," I answered. He asked me whether I had a job on hand already but actually I didn't want to tell him that I want to involve in different line. On the other hand, I didn't intend to lie him as I really respected him a lot.

I told him that I would switch to another field, that was sales. When he knew that I had completed my ACCA, he was so shocked that I decided to leave, instead of working there for three years in order to get my ACCA membership. I told him that I wanted to try something new when I was still young. He told me the other story. He said I should have set getting ACCA membership as my priority since I was just twenty-three. I can easily switch to other lines after getting the membership. 

He followed by telling me that by the time he got his ACCA membership, he was already thirties. In fact, I was far better than most of my colleagues, who were still struggling for their papers. Furthermore, my English was better than most of my colleagues as well. He tried his best to convince me to stay. He even induced me by telling me that after three years time, I might be promoted to SA2 or even SA1. "Imagine, how much you can learn in three years time," he said.

I challenged him by asking him how far could I be in audit line. He told me how far could I be was depending on myself. I could be a partner in 20 years time or I could be a director. He further revealed that at least half of the Board members were accountants and the rest were engineers, from sales department, marketing department and etc..

I further asked him what were the requirements to be a Partner. He answered, "Perform. As a Partner, you have to know many things. When issues arise, you have to solve them. If you want to be promoted faster, you should go to Kuala Lumpur. In Penang regional office, you won't get that chance. Besides, since the business in Penang is relatively smaller, we can't afford to have too many partners. Frankly speaking, I could have earned more if I decided to work in K.L.. But I share the same goal with my wife, who is also in Audit line. Our priority is our family. Hence, we stay here. Last time, I was from PwC. " He stressed again, "What is your priority? Of course, you'll have different goal or priority at different stage but I guess, your priority is to get the ACCA membership."

He told me that I should stay at Audit in order to know more people since I was going to do sales. I had the opportunity to do so in Audit but not otherwise. People won't let someone entering their company or factory if he/she isn't their auditor. He shared his friend's story with me, who was accountant once, then joint sales, the so-called financial planner. He supported his friend due to the right timing. He force himself to commit a long term saving plans that time. 

He hoped I could change my mind. He wanted me to think again during the weekends and give him a call on Monday before helping me to send my resignation letter to the Partner.

Before that, I tried to fight for my colleagues' benefits as well. I told him, "Yes, no doubts that they're struggling for their papers. I always teach them some exam skills whenever they ask me. However, given their workload, it's almost impossible for them find their time to study. I always see some of them working during the weekends." "Yes, I know this but they still have to find their time to study," he replied. "Why can't our firm hire more people since our workload is so heavy?" I challenged again. 

"Yes, we're hiring people now but the applicants are not up to the standard," he answered, "actually you're good and you shouldn't go anywhere before getting your membership. Don't you feel that it's a waste?" I didn't challenge him anymore as I respected him and he wouldn't understand what I thought. 

I don't want to waste this opportunity to leave. I want to try something when my commitment is still low. Imagine, in three years time, how much commitment will I have? Can I leave that time? Why don't I try it now? If I'm successful, then the membership is nothing to me. On the other hand, if I fail, then my ACCA certificate won't expire. I still can fight for my membership. 

Ergo, my priority now is to try something new when my commitment is still low, otherwise I definitely will blame myself or even others in the future. If I'm destined to fail, at least, I tried before.



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It's Decision-Making Time

Yo, it's time to make a wise decision! 

I almost submitted my 'R' letter last Thursday. I had printed out the letter and signed on it, however it couldn't reach my boss's hand because he went back when I was scanning my documents. Things won't go easily for me as this is my life as usual. 

Whenever I decided to do something, there sure be obstacles that hinder my progress. The obstacles are the ones that cause me to doubt myself. At this moment in time, I just need to find some confidence. I know that once I find and master the confidence and clue, I'll be unstoppable and that's what I'm looking for. 

Even though I failed to tender my 'R' letter, I feel that whole firm knows it well. Some of them even asked me in a tricky way. Well, my answer is 'yes', I won't deny it. Nevertheless, the reason for my resignation is not what you all think, I still can adapt myself to the audit life but that's not what I want in the end. Ergo, I want a change. 

Even if I can't guarantee myself that I'll be successful for sure but at least I give it a try and I won't be regret. I want to try something when I'm young and while my commitment is still low. Of course, I need support to achieve all these. Where can I find the support? I'll figure this out with my manager. 

My first enemy is phobia. This is the top one enemy to me and I need to annihilate it as soon as possible. The second thing is the skills. Once I master them, then the rest will follow all the way.

Hopefully I can do it soon. Let's hope for the best.

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Self-doubt 2

It's my second time to write on this topic. Meaning that, I'm having self-doubt now.

I was having a good planning since last few weeks. I had a clear vision, the path for success and my own future plans. I was thrilled and eager to do it whenever I thought of that. Nonetheless, a commitment arose few days ago and it halted my joy and plans. Even though I had a buffer to maintain for at least one year but I was totally not confident about it due to my inconsistency. 

I understand that the commitment is a 'must' or duty but can you give me another year to try before I fully commit myself to it? As always, I lack of support all the way. However, this won't be an obstacle as I have made up my mind to try it for another half a year, at least. This time, it will be an 'all-out'.

Nevertheless, the commitment does affect my motivation. As what I mentioned in the first post, when self-doubt arises, we need to stop thinking about it, instead be part of the solution. Secondly, we have to know ourselves regarding our ability. Lastly, find some encouragements in order to be in good fighting status. 

My motivation is there but my psychology's part is not strong enough to strive for success. Ergo, my dream is so close but yet so far. I like to help people, whenever I see people in need, I usually will lend my hand to them. Hopefully people will see it and give me a chance to serve them. 



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991

I called 991 this Thursday. It was the first time in my life to call this number.

I was riding my motorcycle to my office. It was around 8:25p.m.. When I was at Lebuhraya Codrington, the junction of Penang Island Hospital, I heard a scream that followed by a cry. I slowed down my motorcycle.

I saw somebody was lying on the road and the body was bleeding. I called it body here because I couldn't recognise whether the body is a male or female. I stopped my motorcycle by the road side and called 991 at once. 

The call was diverted to emergency unit. After I had told them the location and some other details, they passed me to the ambulance. I was fed up that time because they should have passed me to the ambulance when I said the body was bleeding. Due to this, I had to tell the ambulance the exact location again! It was just wasting our time.

Then, I walked over to have a look at the victim. She was an Indian woman but the girl crying was a Malay, so I guessed she was her daughter. Many people rolled their sleeves up to give a helping hand. Some of them moved her motorcycle to the road side while others were assisting the victim. She couldn't move, I believed there were injuries on her limbs and head. 

I didn't wait there any longer since I was still rushing to my office. I hoped she would get well soon.



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天生我必有用？

Yo，上个星期四，我跟我的同事，T.M.C.出席了一场“栋笃笑”。其实一开始我也不知道那究竟会是一场什么讲座，我的上司邀请我去，同时希望我携带一些朋友参加。我约了好几位，但是最终只有T.M.C.一人。

开场后，我才了解当天的主题。不过没有关系，因为我全场笑到爆！因此我把它当成一场现场版的“栋笃笑”。主讲师是来自柔佛的Simon Pua。他的口才很好，slideshows 也不错，唯一美中不足的是时间不够，所以他就以机关枪一样的速度来呈现。可是，这并不损整场演讲的精彩度。

或许Simon以前是auditor吧，因此他给的例子都跟我现实的写照很像！悲哀啊，笑死我了！好了，今天的主题“天生我才必有用”。我想请问大家，这句话对吗？其实，并没有所谓的对与错。真正的答案就视乎你当时的心境吧！

对我来说，这句话是对的。但是，倘若可以像主讲师那样给它稍微修改一下的话，那会更好！怎样？是不是很好奇主讲师给它如何修改一番了呢？好吧，马上为大家解答，“天生我才，自己用；不好用，才给别人用”！我当时真是爆笑一场。相信，我不需要在这里为大家一一解析当中的意思吧！

其中，他提到“穷爸爸，富爸爸”的“E.S.B.I”。“B”和“I”暂时还不是我的阶段，但是那是我的目标。现在很多人都在“E”。“E”代表什么呢？它代表帮老板实现愿望。很多人都不愿意“S”，尤其是accountants或auditors，因为他们被他们的专业影响，过于prudent。但是，“S”是为自己实现梦想啊！

每次我问人家梦想时，大家十之八九都很有理想的，但是却不愿实践它，只是在那儿瞎谈。需知道，“天下没有免费的午餐”。你甭想不付出就可以得到某样东西，难道你不知道“不劳而获”几乎是不可能的吗？别天真了！

为何不趁年轻时出来闯一番？趁大家commitment还不多，何不给自己一个实现梦想的机会？反正，我们的文凭又不会过期的。都说了嘛，“天生我才，自己用；不好用，才给别人用”！

你甘愿当个员工吗？你知道工作分为四类吗？第一种，高风险、低收入。这类人最为可怜，他们是“三怨人”。何谓“三怨”？即怨老板、怨政府、怨自己！他们总是怨老板吝啬；怨政府不修改法令帮助他们；还有怨自己当初为何不努力读书。

第二种，低风险、低收入。这群人便是打工一族啦，他们是“三等人”。即等加薪、等花红、等假期！这类人每天只会埋头苦干，为的只是月尾拿薪水，年尾拿花红，还一直暗算着假期的到来。何苦呢？为什么不抬头看看这世界？

第三种，高风险、高收入。这群人就是生意人、投资人。他们是冒险一族，他们情愿砸一笔钱来投资或者做生意。成功的话，就会被赞眼光独到；失败呢便被贬为不切实际！而最后一种人呢，则是低风险、高收入。这类人便是推销员。读到这里，你究竟是属于哪一类人呢？而你又想成为哪一类人呢？

吃苦，你们怕吗？倘若你怕吃苦，那你就一辈子吃苦；如果你不怕吃苦，那你就辛辛苦苦前几年，幸福舒服一辈子。读到这里，你又是否愿意吃苦呢？给你自己一个机会，好好静思一下。想想你的梦想，想一想你现在的前途。

在我结束今天的部落格之前，容许小弟给个问题大家思考。“努力与选择，哪一个比较重要？”大家不妨踊跃参与，同时也可以联络小弟，大家来个交流、面谈。



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'R' Letter

There were quite a number of my colleagues submitted their 'R' letter. When is my time? My answer is 'soon'!

Sometimes, it's sad to see their departure but I would like to congratulate them for relieving themselves and wish them all the best. It's definitely a hard decision to make, so do I. Yes, I don't want the audit life but I started to get used to it. Furthermore, even my Principal and my Partner also recognise me now.

I know that I would have my future in my firm but that's not what I want. My plans or dreams are diminishing because I just can plan based on my salary. That's not much! I want more. I have a big dream and I want to realise it.

Therefore, why don't I do something that has no limit? It's normal and their duty or responsibility to complete their file no matter what it costs to auditors. Nevertheless, I don't have this kind of thinking. Working overtime without any compensation or claim, sometimes even exceed the working hours permitted by Employment Acts (60 hours a week) is not normal to me. It's just making my boss becomes richer while my leisure time is lesser and lesser.

Most auditors will treat it as their responsibility but please bear in mind, the client is not our client! Yes, we have the onus to complete our file but do our bosses do their part? Do they compensate us fairly and justly? Why we have to do something unwillingly?

Actually, working is fun or pressure? If your answer is the former one, I would like to congratulate you since you have found the right job. Nonetheless, if your answer is the latter one, I would like to advise you to consider the alternatives.

Have you ever asked yourself that why you have to work? The answer is very simple. It's to earn money. Then, the answer is followed by are you involving in your desired work or are you satisfied with your current salary? Please do not hesitate to consult me should you have any doubts or queries.



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Mission Impossible 2

Sorry that I didn't update my blog last week because I was working for seven days. I had a deadline to complete two files on Wednesday, hence I sacrificed my weekends for printing and finishing undone parts. Besides, I was having another job last week which would require me to complete by this week. Ergo, I treated them as my mission impossible.

Luckily, I had submitted the two files on time and now they're under review. The other one is still pending as I still don't deal with my client regarding their operation. I hope I can finish it by tomorrow. Then, it'll the end of the story for a while.

I'll be having a new challenge in this month end. It's a task regarding conversion of accounting standards from Financial Reporting Standards to Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards. I had never involved in this kind of job before and thus, I hope everything will be alright then.

There is still a long way to go and I'm not sure when will be the end of my audit life. I've lost my own pleasure time since I have committed myself to the job. Obviously, this is not the life that I want. Ergo, I'm very desperate to accumulate one hundred clienteles. Once I achieve it, it's time to say goodbye to audit.

Hopefully it will come soon.

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流水不腐，户枢不蠹，动也

对，今天的主题是“流水不腐，户枢不蠹，动也”！

一样东西，一旦放久了，就会生锈，这就是广东话所说的“发霉”。不信的话买个电器来试试看。有些人会认为，电器买来可以放在一旁，等要用时才用。他们并不懂电器放久了也会坏。

人也一样！趁我们还有能力时，尽量多发挥。我在吉隆坡读书时，简直就是废人生活。几乎没有运动到，虽说学院好大，每天这样走还是很累，不过我觉得还是不够。因此，现在我的肌肉几乎缩小了两倍，看了也伤心。

我的阿公更惨！两年前开始，他就过着退休的生活。每天不是吃，就是睡觉！这种生活更废！完全与外界隔离，连踏出家门都懒。去年，他走路时便半步为一步了，并不像以前般大步地前行。

今年过年时，他的情况更悲哀！半步为一步还不止，就连平常人用半分钟的路程，他竟然用了十五分钟。而且，走路时脚还会发抖，甚至不能伸直！有好几次要跌倒。给他拐杖还不愿意拿！

我发觉到他小腿肌肉很小，简直可以说是没有肌肉。那么，他怎样会有力走路呢？别以为他吃很少哦！他吃的分量可是比我还要多呢！真是自作孽！因此，在此呼吁大家，趁我们还能动时，尽情地善用，不然像我的阿公这样，只会增加家人的负担而已！



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Get Started

I've to get myself started, otherwise whatever I dream of will be empty promises. 

I have my own way, style and approach towards things. However, I always lack of persistence to pursue my goals. I always give empty promises and hence none of them realise! I think, I should change my attitude towards problems, that's the way to achieve my own goals. 

Besides, I should make my mind clear and stand with my goals firmly. I shouldn't relinquish so easily. There is no free lunch in this world, so I ought to stop dreaming and put my plan into action. I know I can make it once my belief is there. 

'Change' is no longer a slogan, instead it's a belief! I have to take my initiative to make things happen instead of waiting for them to happen. Do the right things and do the things right will be the solution. We have a saying, 'Do the complicated things in simple way and repeat the simple things all the way'.

Resolution for this year, 'Stop dreaming, make way to realise them!'



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何必呢？

今天是除夕，可是今天的主题跟农历新年，甚至除夕无关。

上个星期，一位家长直接冲来课室找我。一开始，她还沉得住气。不过，过不了多久，她便按捺不住了，开始质问我。她问我为什么没有给她的女儿功课！我告诉她说不是我没有给功课，而是她的女儿自己不做。

当她看见其他学生一到课室就纷纷交功课给我时，她终于忍无可忍了！她向我要藤条，但是我是不用藤条的，因为我从来不鞭打小孩（虽然当时藤条就在我后面的白板）。于是，她就使出她的铁砂掌，一掌又一掌地掴她的女儿脸颊，然后又捶打她女儿的身体。我再次申明，她是很用力的！可以说是虐待！

先别说我反对暴力，在当时的情况下，我马上喝止她，因为这会吓坏其他小朋友！就连我也有点怕怕，但是如果她敢对我动手，我是不会客气的！还好她不敢，不然我又要把我小时候的打架功夫使出来啦！对，别震惊。我小时候并不好惹的。别被我现在斯斯文文的外表给骗了！我小时候可是打架长大的，而且我打架的对象通常是大过我几岁的人。试想想，我三四岁便跟一二年级的小孩打架了。当然，我常打输啦。可是，每次的打架都是我学习的机会。

也因为这样，就连老师都害怕的学生看见我都要行礼，因为他有一次惹毛我，被我打到跟我道歉。她怪我没有通知她关于她女儿的进度，而英语老师就有！拜托一下，人家是full time而我只是part time而已！不可能要我每个星期都跟每个家长报告吧！

我告诉她，她的女儿上课不专心，还不跟我配合，那怎样学习呢？其他学生又不见得像她一样。难道要我打她吗？我不会随便打学生的，除非家长特别批准。况且，她说她会叫她的哥哥教她。她的妈妈直接说没有这回事！我承认我在这件事上的错误是没有通知她一声。

她回时，还大力摔门一下，当时真的很大声！她还威胁我说她隔天还会来，或许是要投诉我吧！来就来，我才没怕过，我收这少少薪水，我根本不必要受这些气！而且，我原本就不打算接这份工的！

她是一个四十多五十多岁的人。可能是不育吧，她的女儿是印度血统的。我的意思是，即使不是亲生的，也不必虐待、锤打她吧！毕竟，她也是人！当时如果没有爱心，就别领养。或许她是生意人吧，每件事情都要要求回报！

你在家怎样对你的女儿，我无权过问。但是请别在我的面前，甚至是其他学生的面前这样毒打你的女儿！切记，要有爱心！

放学时，我跟她的女儿去上车，因为我认为我需要给个交代。我跟她的爸爸说其实她不错，今天被她的妈妈打后，上课用心了许多，并不像完全不懂的样子。其实她只是懒惰而已！你们知道他如何回应我吗？他跟她的太太完全没有看我，只是说她的女儿是这样的，这种情况维持不了多久！

我所收到的讯息是，她女儿回家还是会被毒打一顿！或者，他们认为我是因为怕被投诉，这次亲自去交代！倘若他们有此想法，那他们未免太小看我了！



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Exhausted

Yo, I'm just back from my client's place. It was really tiring! Imagine, wake up at the 7 a.m.(the latest) and sleep at 12 a.m. (if lucky) for two consecutive weeks. I was sick due to the transmission of germs or bacteria from my manager in charge.

Today was the final day for our field work, hence everyone of us was busy and rushing for completion. Luckily I had finished my two dormant files' field work last week. Thus, I still could assist my senior, W.S.E. this week. He had two files as well, but I don't think he managed to finish them on time even if with my assistance.

I was exhausted. Everyday work for long hours and didn't have my dinner. I missed my lunch today. Yet, we still couldn't finish our part, I mean in detail. There were a lot of works we need to do and lots of areas we need to cover for property developers. It was an eye-opening experience. However, it was also the most difficult subject in F7 and P2, IAS 11 Construction Contracts. As a student, I didn't master this topic as it was one of the most complicated ones. Ergo, as an auditor, it took me quite some time to figure out what the accounting concepts were as well as the double entries.

My manager, G.C.B. came to review my works on Monday. Out of my expectation, he gave me some compliments. Of course, there are still parts where I can improve, such as my cross-referencing. 

I don't know how long can I stand. Hopefully I can find a better way to handle it.



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Futsal

Yoyoyo, I had my futsal hours last Wednesday with my senior, Gino. Last Tuesday, I cleared review points with him until 1 a.m.. Yes, you're not wrong, it's 1 a.m.. This was the latest time I left office. Hence, we were quite tiring on the next day. Luckily, we went to Simpang Ampat for auditing. We went back to Penang around 5:30 p.m.. 

When we reached Greenlane, it was about 6:30 p.m.. Gino invited me for futsal. Actually, he invited me once during my first job. However, I didn't go even once because I still needed some time to train my fitness back. Furthermore, I heard from my colleagues, Colin and Jonny that his team was very skillful. Ergo, I dared not to accept the challenge yet. This time, I didn't let the chance go. I accepted his offer. Frankly speaking, I was really worried that I would disappoint them or cause my team to lose the game. 

Gino came to fetch me around 9:45 p.m. as our futsal started at 10 p.m.. Majority of the players were older than us, in fact I was the youngest. Besides, most of them were auditors. Nonetheless, a few of them like to smoke. 

There were eleven of us. We played five against five and we would rotate the team whenever a team scored two goals. My performance was out of my expectation. I could play. I was so delighted even though I didn't score even one goal but I delivered quite a number of assists. The reasons that I didn't score were my leg was not powerful enough and my poor agility. 

My response was quite slow too. It was just about 20% of my previous fitness. One thing which was very encouraging was I didn't get tired easily due to the moderate tempo and also their style of playing. For your information, I used to play 'Kick and Rush' tactics. There usually would be one-man show and we relied heavily on someone who could dribble the ball to the front end. Normally Johnson and Anthony would play this role. 

Nevertheless, in this team, they played possession game. 'Men Behind Ball' was a norm over there. As what Gino said, they enjoyed controlling the ball than scoring. This is what we called 'maturity'. They enjoyed having the ball by their sides rather than scoring. 

Conclusion for my first futsal game after two years of time:
1) I have to strengthen my stamina, speed, response and agility.
2) I have to play more so that I can know where would they normally go so that I can improve my first touch. 

I took two seconds before passing my ball to my teammates and this was too slow. I needed to see where my teammates were when I got the ball but the two seconds were more than enough for the opponents to mark me.

Well, it was fun even though my futsal boots were broken after two matches. I bought a new pair of futsal boots on Thursday and hopefully there would be more opportunities to play futsal then. 



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Chest Pain

Yo, I forced myself to go for hiking this evening after coming back from my office. This was because I wanted to train my fitness. 

Initially, I paid too high expectation on my lousy body. I tried my best to maintain my previous consistency and level of training. Nonetheless, my body couldn't stand it, obviously! Hence, my chest was painful for around 10 minutes. This frightened me a lot as I had never encountered this before. Can you guys guess who was I thought of during that time? My family members, friends or Princess? None of them! I thought of Goku.

Nevertheless, I didn't end the session. God bless, I'm okay now. It was truly out of my expectation, I couldn't accept my fitness right now. I'm even weaker than the time when I was in the primary study. I must train my fitness back. Certainly, I must have the time to do it. 

I went up using the hill road but I went down using the main road. Sorry, before that, I should tell you that my destination was Ayer Itam's Dam. I found that it was a long journey when I was walking down. It cost me the same time as I went up the hill. The presumed 'ghost house' had been renovated into a magnificent mansion. It's a prohibited area with PBA as its owner if I were not mistaken. Nevertheless, I still saw two cars were parking over there and few kids and their parents. I hope they were not the ghosts.

I don't know why. Last time, about 10 years ago, there were quite a number of hikers. However, they become bikers now. They either cycled up or drove their car up to the dam's car park, then cycled around the dam. 

I started to notice this norm last year. There's a trend to cycle in Penang. Does this due to the rising awareness to reduce carbon dioxide? Of course, this is a very good and healthy incident and I hope there will be more and more people follow this trend. Definitely, there won't be too many expensive or luxurious bicycles on the road. 

I hope that my body is okay and healthy because I'm desperate to get my fitness back. I want to join my colleagues in sports events. Before I end here, I would like to delicate this song to you guys, a so-called 'touchwood' song.





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工作中的生日

妈的leh！我的生日竟然还要做工！今早醒来，看了看手机，很惊喜，我的BFF，aL祝我生日快乐，当然还有其他事情。更让我意外的是，富贵也记得我的生日，他在Facebook祝福我。我想，因为他，其他人也陆陆续续送上祝福了。今年，我特别在Facebook隐藏我的生日提示，因此祝福的数次当然也少了很多。不过，我并不在意。

八点半，我的阿嫲便吵醒我，叫我载她去拜神，因为今天是初一。吃了早餐，我开始准备我的working papers。原本是打算去office的，却因为我的懒散而拖到吃完午餐后才去office。大家都很忙，peak period也开始warm up了！

最近，我突然第一次hold file，而且还是一hold就是两个files。这下子我可惨了，因为我是audit新丁，从头到尾的audit procedures或者audit steps都无头绪，这次却要hold两个files。还好我公司的环境很好，seniors都很乐意并耐心地教，不然我真的要撞墙了！

放工后等我的妈咪回来，我们大概八点便出发去吃“煮炒”。这次我这个寿星公请客，共为RM56.70。还好啦，只要开心就好。

我希望我可以快点摆脱钱财问题！天啊，请给我一个机会，让我咸鱼翻身。我就会立刻辞职！



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Change 2

Yup, it's 'Change 2', that means I had written something about 'Change' before. The first 'Change' was about my Princess but this time, it's pretty serious.

I want to change my life, my family's lifestyle and many others. I know that I'm greedy but I'll do it one by one. Trust me, I can do it! Well, I received my first salary from my new job. It was quite sad because it was so low. I know that you would convince me in this way, "Hey, Recca. There's nothing to worry about. You're still new, imagine how much you would earn after you're experienced. Come on, this is just your first step. Everyone had gone through this."

Is that what you would like to tell me? 'BULLSHIT' is my reply. Audit is totally not a balanced work. You sacrifice so much but yet your salary doesn't match your effort. We're very professional and looked good from the appearance and from other's point of view, however our life is not what they could imagine.

I met quite a few clients. They had the wrong perception on my job. They were filled with consternation when I told them that I couldn't claim overtime or I couldn't claim overtime in full. Some of them would label us as cheap labour. Nonetheless, we're slave or servant instead. I don't mean that I can't stand the overtime but at least, give me a fair pay. Let's be just and fair, I work so hard, please remunerate me fairly.

I also know that I can't change the current audit lifestyle personally. Hence, I wonder why others can sacrifice so much to their job. Do they really like their job so much? We've to behave in front of others and even stand or tolerate their temper. I personally was castigated by a secretary innocently! Nevertheless, being trained in sales market for one to two months, I learned to be calm and endure. Do the superiors know all these? I believe they do but do they give us compliment for these? No, there is no way for that! However, when there are mistakes, we've to endure their temper again. Thus, we can't find support internally sometimes. Luckily I've quite a number of supportive colleagues.

There is also interesting part in audit, for instance stock take. I like stock take, especially when I was on a forklift. It was fantastic. Apart from that, I can learn the manufacturing process or the business cycle for retail business. Besides, knowing new people or dealing with people is what I'm looking forward to. Imagine, I managed to leave a strong impression on one of my clients even though I was auditing the company for two days as a helper. My colleagues who audited the company for two weeks told me that the person in charge missed me so much when I was given another assignment.

Can audit be a milestone in my life? Let's see.



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