The who's who

I always keen to mingle around with who's who...i always wonder what
would bring you to an occasion where you rub shoulder with the big
name...

Today we won an award from the Malaysian Business Award 2013 under the
Asean Business Association council...for the award giving ceremony
they organized a black tie party which i attended (with some of my
colleague)

This has not been my first in such award night...and as before my
heart is full of jealousy...not that i am not happy that we won.,nor i
am a green envy monster.....but deep down I want to win my own award,
not seeing my boss on the stage receiving award but i want to win my
very own business award,with my very own company...that's that

So when i said i always wonder about being with those ultra successful
people, i also always dream about going to black tie event...but i
make one big mistake,i never prepared myself for it...I dont have a
black tie suit...no,i dont even have a matching pant and suit...i dont
have any tailored suit made to my cutting....i have lousy black jacket
with different color tone of black pant...

So now i make two vow
A) I need to make a big change now and start pushing for my own business
B) I need to get a very nice tailored suit

Yes indeed

The fall of the giant : Lehman Brothers

We have heard,of what many of us could not decipher the kind of shit they were back in 2008. Now facing this situation (though minute in quantum as compared to Lehman's and Dick's) I watch this movie to feel what they felt and wondering if it ever the same.... I guess yes.

For what sin they had in the past, the failure is enormous. And it is not only them, it is the world collapsing. A world that is so ridiculously complicated to 99% of world population to understand, collapsed as the world is governed by worthless piece of paper valued at premium priced traded between people who put values to thing that once again no one could understand. It is the shit they are facing....

Nonetheless, the principal is the same. They don't have money to goes on, despite their gigantic asset that could have saved them for not of emotional attachment. I am at the similar position. The bottom line is that I could not go on and on to survive and not one soul could bail me out, perhaps I didn't let them in. As much as Korean bank wanted a piece of Lehman's prior to their fall , perhaps I could have done something to change the situation earlier.And like Lehman's my what ever asset left is now held ransom for something they want us to pay back. Shit....

On the other note, I really do want to change my career and jump into the world of finance. It is something that intrigue my senses for the past couple of months and perhaps that is exactly what I need to do.

If you wish too, you should watch this 1 hour long movie... it may do some good to you in the future.

Finding solace

It has been very stressful period of my life... yes we have ended the business, but the debt is still there, and the landlord has start pushing, and i start trembling....

I stay calm despite hard to do so.... Sometime it felt like a lonely battle.... I am totally broke, I have wife and children to feed.... and I need cash to roll for day to day job and living...plus other hardship i wish not to elaborate further...... It is hard... and I know for sure , my salary by the end of this month, is equal to negative thousands as i need to pay whatever i need to pay....

it is tough.... and I find solace by reading Surah Al Insyirah

Have We not opened your breast for you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him))?

And removed from you your burden,

Which weighed down your back?

And raised high your fame?

So verily, with the hardship, there is relief,

Verily, with the hardship, there is relief (i.e. there is one hardship with two reliefs, so one hardship cannot overcome two reliefs).

So when you have finished (from your occupation), then stand up for Allahs worship (i.e. stand up for prayer).

And to your Lord (Alone) turn (all your intentions and hopes and) your invocations.

The purpose of this surah originally was to console and encourage RasulAllah S.A.W during his early hardship in spreading dakwa'. You can read it through by clicking this link and I find peace in reading it. It remind me that Allah promised us that in every hardship, there is relief..... Amin

Ba first UCL goal

Eto has been very naughty.... this has been second time he scored a cheeky goal since joining Chelsea..... but nonetheless, it is a good convincing win tonight. We won 3-0 over Schalke for the Champions league game tonight. Eto scored twice and Ba finally scored his first UCL goal....I love the way he celebrated the goal

It has been a great sporting week for me... (As spectator of course) , Pahang won the Piala Malaysia...not that I am big fan of Pahang, but it is my wife origin and I have a lot of relative from Pahang , thus winning the championship is good for us....More importantly, it was a great game displayed by Pahang.....

On F1, Vettel continue his winning streak....I am not his big fan, but I admire his capabilities.....Winning race after winning the championship early is great achievement that i love to celebrate.... I been reading a lot of technical analysis on is performance in the past couple of days and truly he is on other planet .......surely.....Funny week for Kimi, first being late due to non payment issues, then the disqualification of his qualification time and finally the accident from the first lap.... I do hope he stay with Lotus but that is no going to happen for sure.... as the contract with Ferrari has been signed and Lotus has no money anyway ....(what with the curse on Lotus name??? )

Back to football, the weekend was not so good for Chelsea....we lost to Newcastle. I already wrote about it on previous posting....

Toon Jinx

Not a good visit to St James park...for some reason it is a difficult
ground for us and we have to wait till next season to break the jinx

We lost 2-0 last night to Newcastle for a game lack of penetration
and ambition.. Mour bring up the three magician midfielder, the
MaCaZar trio but without much impact...torres return to his undeadly
form and the rest of the night shows struggle

The first half was a tad boring game i almost fall asleep for both
team, no creativity on Chelsea and Newcastle play a tight safe boring
game...on second half Chelsea shows a glimpse of hope but ended when
Youan Gouffran score the convincing opening goal at 60++ minutes...
mour bring eto,willian and schurle not long after and it seem chelsea
managed to penetrate defend lines but they failed to produce
result..in the end we were frustrated when loic remy scored the
winning goal for newcastle on 89th minute

Luckily the other big game was between Arsenal and Liverpool...The red
lost 2- nil as well...so the good news is that we remain second in
front of the red on the standing whilst arsenal manage to open up gap
of 5 points leading the championship....



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One for kimchi

I was at MidValley earlier today,i need to get a new suit as i been invited for black tie dinner...unfortunately couldn't find anything i want so i end up looking something i need.!!! Food obviously

So i saw this restaurant at the ground floor...quick check and yes...korean cuisine

Back in 2009/10, i frequent South Korea perhaps more often then my visit to my grandma house...for that i have develop a craving for korean meal ever since i have stop visiting the country...

The thing about korean food in malaysia...most restaurants prepared confuse meal between korean,japanese,Chinese and suit it to local taste and called it korean...huh???

This shop have some fu*ked up name...It is named as Dubu Dubu... Wtf??? Yes it meant tofu in korean but in malay, it sound like a dirty word...kindda stupid to me...

Now back to what matter the most...the food...i ordered beef soondubu jigae (a korean style beef broth) ,bibimbab for my wife and fried glass noodle for my son

Both soondubu and bibimbab come with 3 korean side dishes...i already start salivating just to think the about delicious kimchi as side dish...

Service was a bit slow..it took more than 15 minutes for food to arrive...and when it arrived i was only fractionally disappointed which is good...

The soondubu is a delicious beef broth,i love the tofu and egg and the taste is almost identical to what i had in korea...even the bibimbab is 85% identical to korean version...but the 3 side dishes kindda suck...the kimchi is from the lowest quality possible, and kindda weird to get macaronni as side dish to korean meal??? Oh yess,the glass noodle is quite good as well

I said it good as other halal korean restaurant in malaysia serve shitty food...so i be happy to come back

Soondubu Jigae (Beef) is a must try !!!

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Leader

Last night i went visiting one of our outlet as we had numerous
complaint on customer service level at this outlet...i was there early
and spied on em...as expected the whole team did not perform up to our
standard

But that is secondary...i am seeing this issue on two
perspective...one is leadership....for a bunch of people to excel,they
really need a strong leader to lead...when the leader failed,the whole
team would fall into the dark abyss...well not that dramatic but that
what had happened i suppose...in which the so called manager here
failed to be a good leader...but that bring up to me...one of my
manager failed...what that make me then??

Secondly i have to accept defeat,some people are a good employee even
a good supervisor but do not have the cut to be a manager...u can
train them but if they could not accept it or perhaps refuse to open
up, they are that and will always be that...a good second men....i was
let down by these kind of people through out my whole managerial
experience...but somehow i am stubborn enough that i like to put on
faith on people....somehow i felt everybody should at least be given a
chance...i know it is not holly war but then....

It is just me



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