My CaReLeSs WhIsPeR-Think UNIT TRUST, Think Agnes

Morning call was at 7am. So early sial. Had breakfast in the hotel, 8tv crews were already getting ready for the registration and stuff for the audition. Saw no John, no winson, no Desiree, but we saw Gary Yap 叶俊丞. The host for Project Superstar and 8864. Apology to Gary’s fans, I think if his last Chinese name I wrote wrongly.

While my frens were still having their breakfast, I was lepaking around the lobby alone when this 8tv guy was looking at me, at one point he finally approached me and asked in Mandarin.

Him: “Miss, are you here for the audition, do you wanna register?”
Me: “Oh, no no. I’m here with a tour”

Do I look like I was there for audition? Coz my fren said I dressed like it. Perhaps I could have tried auditioning and maybe sing some FIR songs. Takde makeup macam mane nak masuk tv? Joking. Hahahaha~

Anyway, I wanted to buy Him Heang Tau Sah Piah for my family and relatives but we couldn’t locate the shop earlier (the tour guide said he doesn’t know where and I think I know why he said so, but somehow I managed to find out myself much later) So I went on my own to find Tau Sah Piah. It was nice wandering along Penang street. Luckily there was a shop selling local product and it was opened before the gathering time which was at 9.30am.

Top Right: View from my hotel room. Bottom pics: The quiet morning streets in Penang.

We proceeded to Sleeping Buddha and Burmese Temple then. Bought a damn nice wooden handbag for myself outside the temple and somemore souvenirs for my sis and bro. Lily, my colleague, and her bro’s gf bought handbags too after knowing that i “kill price” (Direct translation from Chinese, means bargaining) Wahahaha. Btw, it felt like being in Thailand again man.

Sea food lunch in Bintan I think, Seberang Perai. Then we bid farewell to my fren who was gonna go back to Ipoh.

We stopped in Tapah to buy some Jambu tanpa biji there. Reached Melaka about 8pm. Or was it 9pm? Can’t remember. Guess i will be going to Penang again soon.

I actually not as lembik as ppl think ;p I can carry all these stuff down the bus know. Hehehe..

Might put all pics in my webshots. Then anyone who is interested can see from there. If I upload, will give you the link here later. If not, friendster is the temp solution to it. Anwyay, I showed the pics from my cam to interested colleagues and one thing in common they said was these 4 words “Wat also you snapped 什么都拍” Yeah I know. Hehehe..and they said the pic of me and Winson is nice. And that I untung having a photo as such…oh yake? Hmmmm~

Continuation from Part 1:

Yeah and we were late for a few mins already. The lift opened and I saw a guy who looked like John 黄俊源. I din really bother coz I din think its really him. Duhh…if i can turn back time, I would have squeezed into the lift.

Remember this pic I posted in late Aug after the 8tv bday bash in mp? I told you that the guy on the right is the winner, didn’t i? Also, simply ake note of the guy on the left. The one with the vest on.

Reached the lobby and tadaa…a few of the Season 1 Project Superstar finalist were there, near the audition area. No fans, no bodyguards, no 8tv crews…Apa lagi, I called John from behind la, asked if we can take a pic together :) Damn he is so cute.

Oh yeah, we talked abit.

This is Winson. He is the first runner up for the male category. Yeah he is the guy I told you to take note of in the first pic. Macam budak kecik la he, but his voice not bad one.

After that we realized everybody has got on the bus and waited for us there. And so, we were the last 3. Who cares, its all worth it. Paiseh! What a great year 2006, took pics with JLo, Reshmonu, Serena C, Marion, Adam, Phat Fabes, John, Winson. But where is Daniel???? hehe...

To be continue in part 3. (The night in Penang and the morning after)

I HAD THE BEST HOLIDAY LAST WEEK!!

Stay tuned for more updates...I can't wait to show you guys something here hehehehe...High Betul..

I rarely have the time to blog anymore.

My COO..

1. Said I have a football face.
2. Gave me and my supervisor work to do 3 weeks ago (calculating training hours, training cost, training attendance for the past few years per employee) thus we’d stay back till 8 or 9pm almost every night now.
3. Called me up to his room today and gave me another new assignment ie to head a committee to conduct an ‘employee satisfaction survey’ for the Direct Labor group aka the operators. To come out with customized survey questions, implementation, analysis, discussions and suggestions.
4. Doesn’t want excuses for work not properly done.
5. Said I should be able to answer questions he asks pertaining to this assignment later.
6. Is a gentleman. He opened 3 doors for me today.
7. Expects me to perform and lead the team well for the latest project, I can imply from the looks in his eyes (joking!!)
8. Has a lot more stuff for me to blog about from now on….But many ppl I know read this, including my colleagues, therefore I can’t blog too much…:p

I went to Genting with my family and relatives last weekend and it was a blast. Took photos like i have never taken photos in my life before, that is the best thing about having a cam of my own! Of coz with a photographer who can tahan to layan me. I dun have time to blog much :( But I would like to share smth I tried for the very first time- the go-kart. It’s bulan puasa so 98% were non-muslims. It also means lesser ppl, shorter queue.

Go kart was nice.

Not supposed to take pic while driving, but I chose to violate the unspoken rule.

I even thought of taking a photo when the space shot stopped up there for 12 seconds. Rained…space shot had to be temp closed and it so close to my turn. Dammit!!

Cockscrew Corkscrew wasn’t even 0.1% scary to me already and I’m juz being truthful :)

Casino. I walked in but the lady asked me “ May I juz know how old are you”. “I’m 23” “You look like 17”. (she doesn't need to remind me though)

I shall leave you with my fave pic of the weekend. For more photos, pls go to my friendster page. Btw, I’m off to another holiday destination this weekend. Travelling for 2 consecutive weekends. Be back in time for raya.

I can almost see the dust building up here.

I haven’t been posting anything for almost half a month. I dun blog at work anymore though coz there are a few reasons to it. I do not have internet access so if I write a blog entry, I gotta either : send the file to my yahoo mailbox (I got internet mail at work juz recently) or transfer the file to FileZilla, go to the pc in the resource center and retrieve it from there then post it online. A hell of a trouble…

Besides, I have been given some work assignments lately by my COO, I gotta unleash my potential hehe (that’s if I have hidden ones that im not aware of la hahah) I actually wanna stand out from the crowd, I dunno why. Supposed to blog a few weeks about me meeting my company’s newly hired COO aka Chief Operating Officer but….. Anyway, Cubic is in the midst of major (yes,major) restructuring.The COO got to know my existence when a few of us went for a short meeting to discuss about the launching of a Trainer’s Club. That evening, he called me to his room and gosh I was damn freaked out. We all heard nasty things about him, how he makes my manager tension; how his power so enormous he uses it so well to ‘manage’ ppl under him; how he speaks in a top management meeting; how he is so visionary he’s gonna bring about huge change in the company.

My supervisor was in KL for a training program so I was to go meet him alone the other day. I have to admit that I was kinda tensed. He told me I was the first Non-Q ppl he met. (He has been dealing with the Quality Department since he came in) He also said “I dun waste my time talking to stupid ppl..bla bla bla” Gosh, I know I am not THAT smart so it got me even more worried. He asked me about my job and it seems like he is not really contented with what I have been doing currently. He is right, I spent RM40K in MMU and all I do daily is preparing Training Needs Analysis and scheduling and coordinating training program? Hmm…i was in his office for more than an hour. It was indeed an honor to be able to sit and talk to him, I mean how many assistant officers in Cubic has that privilege man? It’s rare, really. Oh yeah he did puji me abit la ahem ahem. I hope he is right about me. Not gonna share ;p

His words are hard. He has that personality of a high-position fella. If I wasn’t being told who he is before, by talking to him I can tell he is not juz anybody but somebody. Phew. He tested me with some names so foreign to me and I had to smile and said ‘I have not heard of it’. That was really bad, other than that, I kinda enjoyed talking to him (if only I tell any cubic staff about this, they will think I’m insane) I mean his words of wisdom got me thinking the whole night, about my career path, about where I will be and stuff in the next 5 to 10 years. He too asked me what rumors I have been hearing regarding the restructuring and what I think if me and my supervisor are going to be parked under this one malay lady. We dislike her so much, but I kinda hesitated to say anything.

COO: You better tell me this now, else I wouldn’t know. Now that you have this chance to talk to me, you better do..
Me: Erm..IF we have a choice, we do not prefer to be under her. If she can manage training well back then, training and development wouldn’t be handed over to Personnel Management and there won’t be this vacancy and I won’t be sitting here now, talking to you..

Yeah I said that man. Ooops…I got it all out. OMG, but I dun regret it a bit, not even close. That’s the truth and if I did not say it, the chances are we will be working under that lady. Now that I had, I have done what I can. The ultimate decision is still very much based on his discretion.

Oh yeah, my COO is a mid age Chinese man with an American accent. Can you imagine when he says “I dun talk to STUPID ppl..” with a soft and lemah lembut tone? Oh btw juz to note, he reminds me of my ex-prom date too ;p

Suddenly I find some MEN in my company very charming and appealing *wink* These are the kind of men with stable career, high marketability, highly knowledgeable, high earning, top-positioned, fully respected…Ooh la la! Oops, sory :p

Well, at least I know I am not alone :) I guess some gals when reaching a certain age would tend to adore older men, don’t they? Some gals seek a sense of security in men (money,income,status) and some gals simply like someone who is so knowledgeable and is able to teach them a whole variety of things in life. I think I belong to the latter :) Wow, now I realize this topic can be very interesting to talk about.

Anyway, actually...I’m very scared to be on top of the ladder (that's also if i have what it takes to climb my way up la) I dunno if that's what i want at the end of the day.