I have made a few friends in this metropolitan place that I am in now. Some of them are real interesting people. One of them is this born-and-bred in KL guy, call him G.
Profile of G ( like the kind they do at BAU )
- In his late 20s
- Got a fairly good job, the kind that pay quite a few k.
- Spending Habit on House : Nil. Stay with parents.
- Spending Habit on Food : Stingy. McD and KFC are consider expensive food !! Daily beverage is the - "Teh Ais" (Ice Tea) coz it cost a mere 50 cents. Teh Ais is bad for health, by the way. Will complain incessantly about a 20 cents increase for food. Not adventurous about food.
- Spending Habit on Friends : Nil. Usually will get other people to belanja him instead.
- Spending Habit on Accessories : Look good is a must - will spend without batting an eyelid. G2000 shirts. Cyma watch. Mont Blanc wallet.
- Spending Habit on car : Owns a 10-year old Nissan.
What baffles me is how extremely different spending habits on food and spending habits on accessories. I guess this would mean looks are more important than food. Looks to die for - literally. Its a normal things for girls... but for guys to go that extreme ? Wow ! I am surprise that how much he is willing to pinch and save every cent from his daily meals to readily subsidize for his expensive accesories. A guy must do that to impress girls with expensive stuff ??
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Stress Test ....
Time flies... I am now entering the 4th month on my new job.
First month was uneventful.... or more accurately - boring.
Second month was quite eventful. I thought of an interesting analogy which describes the situation -- stress test. Those in engineering community would know that new products would be subjected to stress test to check the product durability. Stress test intends to filter out infant mortality units.
Stress Test 1 : Use magnifying glass in fault finding, and then openly jeered at your small little mistakes just to make you look stupid.
Objective : To test how thick is your skin
Stress Test 2 : Close door reprimanding, and making baseless accusations. Involves table banging and some level of aggresiveness
Objective : To test how one react under stress. This one was specifically designed to test the fairer sex - i was told later. Girls tend to breakdown more easily, it seems.
Stress Test 3 : Its 5.30pm. Boss come to you with a super -urgent task, and tells you to complete the task by tommorow morning. Dont you just hate that ?
Objective : To check if you can perform under limited time.
Its a little like kungfu movies where the hero has to perform some dangerous rituals to prove their worthiness. On hindsight, i find that a little amusing. But there and then, if you are the subject being tested, i assure you that it was not amusing at all.
In my opinion, it was all not necessary. If the company is not assured that they hired the right person for the job, why interview at all ?! However, boss still believe its for the best. If there happens to be "fatalities" "drop-out" "infant mortality" or whatever term he chooses to use, too bad then. To him, its no loss either.
First month was uneventful.... or more accurately - boring.
Second month was quite eventful. I thought of an interesting analogy which describes the situation -- stress test. Those in engineering community would know that new products would be subjected to stress test to check the product durability. Stress test intends to filter out infant mortality units.
Stress Test 1 : Use magnifying glass in fault finding, and then openly jeered at your small little mistakes just to make you look stupid.
Objective : To test how thick is your skin
Stress Test 2 : Close door reprimanding, and making baseless accusations. Involves table banging and some level of aggresiveness
Objective : To test how one react under stress. This one was specifically designed to test the fairer sex - i was told later. Girls tend to breakdown more easily, it seems.
Stress Test 3 : Its 5.30pm. Boss come to you with a super -urgent task, and tells you to complete the task by tommorow morning. Dont you just hate that ?
Objective : To check if you can perform under limited time.
Its a little like kungfu movies where the hero has to perform some dangerous rituals to prove their worthiness. On hindsight, i find that a little amusing. But there and then, if you are the subject being tested, i assure you that it was not amusing at all.
In my opinion, it was all not necessary. If the company is not assured that they hired the right person for the job, why interview at all ?! However, boss still believe its for the best. If there happens to be "fatalities" "drop-out" "infant mortality" or whatever term he chooses to use, too bad then. To him, its no loss either.
Catching up with news... .
I was busy preparing for my brother's wedding last weekend. Being busy, i was temporarily disconnected from outside world. I had totally no inkling on how huge was the magnitude of the rally until i viewed the youtube videos today. Friends and relatives from KL complaint on the massive traffic jam it caused.
After Bersih Rally , I am beginning to believe there might be a slight tinge of hope of opposition having a huge win in the next election. Malaysians are beginning to ensure their views are being heard - in a peaceful manner. This is a good thing.
Our current UMNO leaders should really be worried. Media blackouts doesnt work much nowadays. And Anwar seemed to have set things in motion
After Bersih Rally , I am beginning to believe there might be a slight tinge of hope of opposition having a huge win in the next election. Malaysians are beginning to ensure their views are being heard - in a peaceful manner. This is a good thing.
Our current UMNO leaders should really be worried. Media blackouts doesnt work much nowadays. And Anwar seemed to have set things in motion
Sunday, October 7, 2007
The Seeker : The Dark is Rising
The consequences of not reading reviews before going for a movie ---- you pay 10 bucks to suffer two miserable hours in the cinema.
yes... i think The Seeker is that bad. I can only give a one star rating. It's a kid's movie - not the type anyone should pay to watch. Its kinda like Narnia ..... I swear to stay away from kiddy movies for a long long time.
My partner was more unforgiving, he slept through half of the movie. Lucky thing he didnt snore. After movie, he was complaining non-stop for the rest of the night on how boring the movie was.
yes... i think The Seeker is that bad. I can only give a one star rating. It's a kid's movie - not the type anyone should pay to watch. Its kinda like Narnia ..... I swear to stay away from kiddy movies for a long long time.
My partner was more unforgiving, he slept through half of the movie. Lucky thing he didnt snore. After movie, he was complaining non-stop for the rest of the night on how boring the movie was.
