What is Your True Colour?

A friend recommended a self-test in Tickle. Well, try it out. I have no idea about its accuracy, but it's worth to check it out. No harm doing that alright.

My result is (with comments in brackets):






Your true color is Black!

Your color is black. The color of night. (yeah. I like black. How the hell they know that!) Serene and mysterious, black conjures up images of elegant evening gowns, dashing tuxedos, and gleaming limousines (A hell of descriptive exxageration - Is it true? It might be..). Traditionally a symbol of success, black also represents power and an uncompromising demand for perfection (They know about my horoscope too!). Not surprisingly, you tend to set challenging goals for yourself and do whatever it takes to achieve them — your strength of character is second to none. This unfaltering determination, along with your natural elegance, impresses people (hmmmm.. Did I? I hope I did. It gives motivation and direction to people). But keep in mind that your personality might be intimidating to some. Try to temper your demanding side with a little softness — trust us, it won't kill you (I know that, and I have been controlling it with all my might and consciousness). Overall, though, black is the color of professionalism and achievement, which means it's clearly the color for you. (Yes. You scored above average in reading my mind. Good job!)

What's Your True Color?

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Bates? What Bates?

Recently I'm on an assignment to audit Bates accounts, one of the well known advertising company in prior years - fact that that the Company had downsized in year 2003. However, it still have some big clientele though. I can't disclose much here due to my job's independance policy.

What I can see in an advertising company's environment is that, people are better off cheerful and playful, yet hardworking like us because of deadlines too. Not all. Some of them werebusy doing "something else" during the day, that's why they stayed back late. Some of them just have got nothing to do all day! Only some of the minority whom need to stay up late to clear things up, because he/she is resigning. It is now non-peak season, as there are no festivals to get them to working. One of them once told me, when it's time to work, they really have to work. Then I thought - I have been Really working for more about half a year now, it is not over and yet another big project for me is coming - an electronic manufacturing company, Flextronics in Shah Alam! Yeah bring it on.

During the good times of Bates, the directors used to buy most of the furnitures from Bali, Indonesia. Office standards are ensured. Some part of the floor is wooden based, a big aquarium at the front of the reception, and the entrance path is parelled with twin stretches of white stones. Television sound is heard around the office and the pantry as there were speakers hung at some of the high traffic points. Even of Saturdays there is volume output from the speakers. And uh, a smoking room:



Smoking room, formal-ly known as meeting room


I have no idea did they produce that 18 plus warning signage as well?

There were Australians working very next to our cubicles. They used to switch on their speaker phones to talk and they scold, talk loudly like nobody's business.

G (Australian): So, S, do you think I have got a crystal ball here yea?
S (local) : Sorry? Ball?
G : Yea do you think I got a fucking crystal ball that I could see what's going on there in X yea?! You did not fucking call me!
S : We have everything under control bla bla bla
G : You gotta update me alright. I'm like sitting here like a fucking donkey waiting for your call. You need to tell me what's going on there ya!
S : Ok the stage is still Bla Bla Bla ...
G : Alright. -puts down the phone.
G : Talks to himself - Fuck, what's wrong with these people?

Well yeah that's fucking rude for a foreigner yea.

Comes to a notice sticked on the wall, states:








What an experience in an advertising company. Alot of elements in the Company have its own nature of creativity.

Delloibert

......and Yes, I am a Deloitte auditor too.

The Eve of Chinese New Year

It's the eve of Chinese New Year, let go of everything. Let's celebrate it!



Fuhh.. Roast Chicken, Assam Fish, Vege, Prawns, Salad, Soup and Sharks Fin, and bananas - the heaviest and greatest meal once every year. And I feel prosperous today!

Toilet.....

Spotted another weird notice in the Japanese company recently. This time, it's in the toilet. The notice reads:


Notice in Malay language.

Which, direct translated to English, it reads: "Please take care of your handphone!!! So that it will not fall into the toilet bowl.

If your handphone falls into the hole and it clogged the toilet, you have to pay for the repairs...

The Management"

What else in the production area? I would keen to find out.

This is a plant that I spotted, that's very nice and hope one day I can buy it somewhere in Kuala Lumpur.


What kinda plant is this?
The Japanese did not speak to us, nor we need to speak to them, although they are the superiors. Coz I noticed even the permanent staff in the office can hardly talk and listen to Japanese! Hearing them talking in English is like so difficult, twisting and rolling their tongue. Well, this is what they studied anyway. They do study English, but their English is written in Japanese pronounciations. Toughhhh..

The superiors did not talk to us, so they ordered their staff to treat us lunch.


California Pizza!! She's Kelly-Jang.

Smoking ..

Recently I am auditing a Japanese company manufacturing handphone cases and car dash boards in Bangi, Malaysia. Workers there have free lunch and dinner everyday! I think breakfast too. Most of the staff there do smoke alot, so as the management. We have a smoking area in the office with fan ventilators specially made for it, the ground floor and each room is equipped with a ashtray. Too bad none of my team members smokes, not even a social smoker. I saw a notice sticked on the wall at the ground floor sming area, which reads:




Is it for real?

Stocktake

I went to Kluang, Johor for a stocktake with a vacation trainee, John. So what the hell is stocktake for? We, as the third party auditors, need to go to the Company's inventory to count its stocks, whether it is stating correctly as per their record. I was rushing audit working papers the previous day and I did not sleep before I went to outstation. It was nice that the client who was driving 4 of us there. This time, the Company's principal business activity is cattle breeding, research and selling. I was dooomed.... I have to count cows and bulls!

On the way to Kluang required 4 hours of decent driving (120-130KM/h with a Renault Kangoo, what am I expecting?) and the journey was hell of tiredness (not the road was bumpy, but I did not sleep previous day). It is also on the way to Mersing, Johor, the town jetty to go to Tioman Island. I sat at the back and kept my eyes open as long as I can, but John decided to have a rest. So his head looked like this from my view:


Up .....


Down... and on and on and on.. Hehe


When we reached the cattle farm, unexpectedly, the place was quite well organized and clean. But they just can't get rid of the cattle smells.


It's a clean place to be!


Feeding time


These calves are extremely pitiful - they are castrated by the humans!

We then went to the paddocks to count the non-pregnant cows. They were so friendly and intimidating.


Distance was about 1-2 metres

They were stoned and stared at us when we arrived at the paddock. Soon, they began to come closer and form a gathering, as if we had food to feed. We were almost surrounded as we were counting them.


More and more coming

After finished counting, we went off. As I was the last one at the back, the cows started to follow us back to our jeep. Hundreds of them followed our walking pace, while some of them running, as if they were chasing behind me.


Bullrun!


It has just reached earth few hours ago! Unregistered of course


Great landscapes, fresh air, adventurous. Behind me were pregnant cows - the most difficult things to count


A pic of Mr. 249. This is the best picture I've taken for the day. Ugly, but exremely adorable. Its tongue reached out is as long as my palm to my fingertips!

Entirely a different experience in the outskirts.

Deloitte. Dinner & Dance 2005 @ Hilton KL Sentral

Ya, it has been long this blog was in silence. Work fills up my everyday and I feels like so lack of time. I wish someone who shakes his/her legs everyday could donate some blood - not blood, but, time, to me!

Recently Deloitte gave a hell of its formerly called the Olympic Dinner (coz it was held 4 years once! but since last year it has been changed to annual basis recently) some time to relax during the peak period of these time.


Nobody but me

Themed as International Costume Night, I wore a genuine Indian manufactured clothing from Jalan Masjid India.


OoOo.. Hilton Sentral Ballroom


My table - [Name forgot], Me, Wee Han, Hon Kim, Marie, Vani, Lauren, [Name forgot]



[Name forgot], Audit manager Jeremy Ng, Marie


The Southern Bank Berhad auditors


Chee Seng & Lauren


Me & Anne - Words can't express. She's beautiful that night


Wen Wei & Lauren


Me & Dancer of the night for us - Bee Wei! *applaud*


Me & Hon Kim - University of Queenslanders!


Me & Wen Wei - Congrats on your promotion!


Me & the Spanish Bull Fighter [Name forgot]


Me & Chan Wai Lam


Bee Wei & Marie - It has been 4 months and 7 days we have known each other, longer than anyone in Deloitte. audit


Me & Marie - Come back more often to office!


[Name forgot] & Bee Wei


See Heng a.k.a Chan See Heng or Tai See Heng & Marie - Congrats on your promotion!


Smileyssss. Me, Hon Kim, Angeline, Vani, Eddy (Can't stop enjoying working with this guy), Anne

We took alot of time taking pictures than rather eating. The food was served not warm, and they did not look and taste appetizing. In fact, all these pictures were taken from others' cameras, I forgot to bring mine.

There were no games to play, the dance show was only a short while (I missed it entirely) and the lucky draw was not announced verbally, in which made it so "low-profiled". I think lucky draws excites everyone and it is involving everyone.

Parking in Hilton / Meridien Sentral was killing me. Well overall, the night was ... I rate it as so-so. We and some others were not concerned, not involved, and we were trying to look for our enjoyment at annual dinner. Anyway, good to have an annual dinner than none though, an experience will not be forgotten.


Do forgive me for the names that I forgot. But do understand that there are hundreds of people in the firm and tonnes of clients' companies and person names that are shared in my lil memory.

My Chin Up Gym Bar

Last weekend was an awful one. I went to rock/wall climbing after a year plus of cessation. It was quite long that they even changed the management. I think my stamina has not been good and my strength feels de-powering. Though I have a monthly tight budget, I had decided to get a chin-up bar, which I had wanted to buy months ago. As I am now working on Fitness First accounts, I certainly would want to feel "powered" everyday I step foot on the client's place.


My chin-up bar

What's so special about this chin-up bar?
Well, it can hold upto 200 pounds without any screws attached to it, even to the door frame! It uses a simple scientific pressure mechanism, and it has rubber at its both edges to prevent your door frame to have any dents or holes on it. Convenient. Portable. Kewl for "people on the move".

Arigato Gozaimasu.....

On behalf of my grandma, I wish to express the deepest gratitude towards the people who came and paid the last respect to her:

(1) Katrina Oh
(2) Hong Yong
(3) Ping Sheong
(4) Cheng Leong
(5) Jin Han
(6) Tay
(7) Wai Ming
(8) Mei Ling (Chan)
(9) Jit Ha
(10) Chong Choon Min
(11) Tan Haw Liang

So Long Farewell But You Never Said Goodbye

Approx. 1.30 am was the last time I talked to my grandma, rubbed her chest and gave her a best massage on her forehead. Like every night, she asked me to go to sleep then.

5 hours plus later when I woke up and came down to change for working clothes, I noticed something has not been the same like every morning. As each and every morning, she would be awaken and move her head and hands, but this morning, she was in total relaxation. I was noticing her from my stairs and I didn't believe it, I thought my eyes were so blur that I did not see her moving nor breathing. I ignored it and went on choosing my working attire as I thought something must be wrong then. So I went beside her, realizing that her chest did not move a bit and I called her several times, she did not respond. I was like ...... *Oh Shit!*

I went up and told my father that grandma is not responding to my call and he jumped up like no other times before. She was hardly breathing since the midnight and her pain was extraordinary, from the throat to her stomach and headache. She should be leaving this world at approx. 5 am as her body was still warm at 7 am. She is 87, has recently battled with pneumonia, lung cancer, diabetes cardiovascular problem and bone cancer. A tough chick she was. May her soul rest in peace in another world.

My grandma .. sigh...

Yesterday I went to University Hospital not to visit, but to admit my grandma to the emergency ward. Though the trauma and emergency commonly used for somebody who is suffering from tragic accidents, but it is o.k. to put anyone who requires a quicker attention to the emergency ward, instead of the usual outpatient section. Furthermore, the staff here will help you carry the patient to the stretcher or wheelchair into the emergency ward without charge.


Trauma & Kecemasan (Emergency)


The automatic sliding door, with further scanning range compared to normal sliding doors


The wheelchair transporter


The beds transporter

The emergency ward is guarded by security personnels. However we managed to sneaked in with some other people to peek at our grandma. It is not allowed for people to cramp inside the emergency wards because of disturbance and noise pollution.


My grandma in the emergency ward. The equipments are fascinating!

We (my parents and I) were then being chased away by the nurse and the doctor after they found us standing there, staring at my grandma being treated in tubes and wires. We waited to be fully diagnosed before sending her to her respective ward.

My grandma was not sick, but she has been throwing up like a drunk man lately. After seeing clinic doctors, she was given normal antibiotics, fever and anti-puking medicine, but still puking even in the middle of the nights. She has been puking alot more times these few days while the big butterflies and once a big grasshopper been visiting our house each nights since. It is a very very bad sign, if you believe it.

After we put her into hospital she was diagnosed with severe cardiovascular problem.


The cardio ward, joined with tubes on the nose, hands, urethra, and wires on the abdomen


The news reporter machine


The notice at the main cardio ward - Visiting hours limited from 12-2 and 5-8 p.m.

We understood that we were only permitted to entry within the 5 permitted visiting hours. We also further understood that the ward will be actually closed for all visitings at 10 p.m. We went off about 9.30 p.m. then. I was further understood that my aunt later told me she has visited my grandma at 12 midnight few hours after we left and my parents also visited my grandma in the early morning 9 o clock. There I conclude that the notice of visiting hours is as useless as tampons in the dustbins...

We wish my grandma well and recover soon....................................................................................

The Best Selling Furniture Company

Have you visited Ikea lately? Nothing much significant changes since months ago, they have just added some new collection of furnitures in their store. New beds, new sofas, new lighting, new toys, you name it.

Taking camera into Ikea is not allowed, but not illegal - the heaviest punishment you might get is just to get lost from the Ikea premise that's all. I got my camera with me and so I took the opportunity to take some of the nice things they have added into their store recently. They should thank me for advertising their products here.

I did not get to take a lot of clear pictures, but these are the excellent ones that is eligible to be posted - Crystal balls on top of a little light bulb. When you have one or two in your bedroom, switch off the lights and you can imagine you're in the galaxy by looking at it.


Assorted colours

It sucked when you put it under the flourescent lights on. Like this:


4 in a row - i'd suggest choose one colour will do

Other lighting attractions:

The centre one is a cute ghost miniature

There were also F.A.Qs (Frequently Asked Questions) in the carpark that goes in advertising columns. Ever wondered:

1. Why Ikea is keeping their things (their designs) flat? - "Ikea furniture is flat-packed. This means it's cheaper for us (Ikea) to store and transport."

2. Why Ikea is giving the customers the hassle to assemble the furnitures on their own? - "Even though it's tricky sometimes, it means not paying someone in a factory to do it for you."

For 2005 Malaysian Ikea online catalogue, click here. Warning: it's very very interactive. Slow computers please don't bother viewing their catalogue. It may jam to your IE.