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It is almost eight months that my blog is left without any words about myself and etc. I am doing pretty fine and being busy all this while and travelling round the region for business. Yes, business and not personal vacation.

On 8 Sept, I do the impossible of going to HK for one day trip. Most of my friends and colleagues has advise me to stay overnight since company is paying for it. I reply that I am not in the mood to stay in HK as I rather be in boring Sillypore to catch up with my life and work and have a rest and relax mood rather than rushing and stuck in the queue line with IMF delegates at the airport. Ok ok…today I will present a article on bad and good luck. What is luck? According to wikipedia, luck is fortune. We human term every event that is happening and surrounding us as good or bad luck. Below is an article I pick up from The Star Online.

http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/9/10/lifefocus/8405849&sec=lifefocus

Stale state of mind LONG ago, there was an old man who lived in a village. Although very poor, he was the envy of many because he had a beautiful white horse. Kings had approached him and offered huge sums of money for the horse. But the man would always say, “To me, this is not a horse. He is a person, a friend. How can you sell a friend?” One morning, the man found his horse missing from the stable. The villagers gathered round and proclaimed, “You foolish old man! We knew that someday, the horse would be stolen. It would have been better if you had sold it. What a misfortune!” He replied: “Don’t go so far as to say that. Simply say that the horse is not in the stable. That’s the fact; everything else is judgment. I don’t know if it’s a misfortune or blessing. Who knows what’s going to happen next?” People laughed at him. They’d always known that he was a little crazy. But after two weeks, suddenly one night, the horse returned. He had not been stolen; he’d just escaped into the wild. And, what’s more, he brought a dozen wild horses back with him. Again the people gathered and said: “Old man, you were right. It was not a misfortune. Indeed, it has proven to be a blessing.” “Again you are going too far,” he answered. “Just say that the horse is back. Who knows whether it is a blessing or not? If you read a single word in a sentence, how can you judge the whole book?”

This time, the people could not say much, but deep inside, they thought he was wrong because he now had 13 beautiful horses. The old man’s only son began to train the horses. But a week later, the boy fell from a horse and broke his legs. The people gathered once more and exclaimed: “Yes, you were right! It was a misfortune. Your son, who is your only support, has lost the use of his legs. Now you are poorer than ever.” “You are obsessed about passing judgment,” the man said. “Don’t go that far. Say only that my son has broken his legs. Life comprises of fragments and you don’t get more than you can handle.”

It happened that a few weeks later, the country went to war and all the young men in the village were conscripted by military. But the old man’s son was spared because of his crippling leg injury. The villagers wept because they knew theirs was a losing battle and that most of their young men would never come home. They went to see the old man and said: “ You were right. Your son’s fall has proved to be blessing. He may be a cripple but he’s still with you. Our sons are gone forever.” “You go on and on, judging. Nobody knows anything for sure! Only say this – Your sons were forced to join the army while mine was not. Only God knows whether this is a blessing or misfortune.”

Judgment reflects a stale state of mind. Once you start judging, you stop growing.

Hello All,

I am back with a new topic. I read with great interest on a relatively old book on how to transform your problem into the path of buddhism. Don’t get me wrong as I am not here to promote buddhism as religion is a choice and freedom that belongs to each human being. No one has the right to tell you that your religion is wrong unless it promote hatred, violence and self destructive activities.

The book is very simple and written by a venerable on how he become a monk from a practising doctor after witnessing the ugly side of life. He is now reside in Australia. What I am talking today is anger management. How do we manage it?

Anger is very dangerous weapon and even husband and wife who once is so loving with each other can turn out to be the enemy of life fighting from money, kids to property because of different aspect of life or the usual excuse of Irreconcilable Differences. Therefore it is very important for us to manage it well even the situation is very infavourable to us. Kindly comment on how you able to manage it well and share with me.

Hello All

It’s been a while since I updated my blog. I have been on a long holiday to Malaysia to unwind and relax my mind and body. Will come back with more juicy stories to share with you guys. Take care ya.

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It been a month since I posted as I am overwhelmed with work, life and etc. The usual buzz word " Busy lah".Anyway, today posting will be about music. The love of my life.I have been listening to music since I was a kid from kiddie rhymes right up to adult contemporary, r&b, trance, techno. You name I will open my horizon and ears to listen to good music. Music is a kind of tool for busy people to unwind and open up their creativity and relax for overused grey cells.

Of course those who is MBC(Malaysia Born Chinese) like me who study in the missionary school tend to stick to the western music be it UK or USA.But I beg to differ as music is the key to learn a new language which is Mandarin and Cantonese.The challenge is about memorize thousand and thousand of chinese character and how to converse and sing properly in my mother language. By the way, I am a pure Hakka who cannot speak Hakka but speak Cantonese very well. Haha….

I have many Chinese idol from Andy Lau to Jacky Cheung and etc. Currently I am listening to Jay Chou new album called November Chopin and found out his music direction has mature from lovey dovey to more strong vocal in hitting the papparazi(we love and hate them) and etc. Nice rap and adult contemporary from this Chinese version Eminem(minus the vulgarity) Jay Chou and that’s from me now.

Happy Holiday and may you end the 2005 with a big bang.

02.   蓝色风暴(百事可乐广告歌) 03.   发如雪 04.   黑色毛衣 05.   四面楚歌 06.   枫 07.   浪漫手机 08.   逆鳞 09.   麦芽糖 10.   珊瑚海(Lara) 11.   飘移(头文字 D 主题曲) 12.   一路向北(头文字 D 插入曲)

Hello All
Good to be back again with more interesting topics to share with you.Don’t get me wrong ladies as I am still single and always available since the topic indicate that I am married with kids.No no! I love kids but not the time yet to settle down and start a family life. Looking back at my life, I have been in this earth for almost 29 years going through multiple challenge and still alive and kicking.

Recently I watch a very provocative documentary that babies is made not born. They explain on why a person grew up and destined to be a CEO and rich while others is a serial killer. Interesting documentary but let’s focus on today topic. Are you a b or t babies? B refers to boomers while T refers to technology. What is the differences or similiarities they have here?

Dear Reader

After a long day, it is time for to pen a few words. This is a great year for me as I experience the ups and downs in life, career and love. I have received lots of sms and email invitation to my dear friend wedding be it the male or female. Of course I am excited since it is a good time to unwind, relax and catch up with my friends back in Malaysia. The problem lies in the fact that chinese like to rush and express their ceremony particular in the auspicious month like Sept/Oct/Nov 2005.

Of course the most profitable organization is those flower shop, restaurant, travel agent,slimming centre, photo studio, jewellery/gold shop or even wedding planner company to organize and make sure you have the best wedding in the lifetime and it could cost you an arm and leg Never mind about the money you invest-(splash) as those guys like to use the sales pitch "Once in a lifetime" to both partner to entice them to spend more on what they should be spending.Big mistake here as wedding is a wonderful thing that happen to both of them,witness by both side parents and acknowledge by friends,family,relatives and colleague or even fan if you are a famous celebrity.Come to think of it,one of my friend need one year to plan and organize everything and glad they have a great marriage.

The downside of marriage union or so called you have found the other half thingy might have a big joke on it.

What 3 rings that you will get for your marriage life?
1.Engagement ring

2.Wedding ring

3. Suffering

In addition,I hear horror stories from my friends,colleagues and family on how they are unhappy about being tied down so early. Here is my exchange with a friend who has tied down and he is thinking of engaging in extra marital status to fulfill his pent up sex desire and unfilled happiness.( names will not be revealed to protect the innocent).

ME: why do you make this drastic decision when you are not sure to take a big step?

Friend : A moment of silence……..pause in between. Aiyah..because it is time for me to settle down and start a family,have kids, retired, enjoy and die mah. This is the norm cycle of life mah. Would you agree to it?

ME: I am ready when I am full ready with all the necessary item such as financially sound and stable plus the eagerness to start a family without any peer or family pressure. I believe it is more a pressure or biological in our mind and body telling us to settle down right away of another friend settling down. I agreed that marriage is beautiful and that why I am here brought to this world by both of my parents. Without them,I am just a tiny air.

Friend: Nodding and sounded defensive he continue on…
OK you have point here. But I am feeling very tired cos everyday we fight for nothing and I have to put up with it. I feel so trapped and wanted to be single just like you. Seriously I am thinking of escaping and leave the whole damn marriage and run away to a beautiful island like mauritius….

ME: It is your call and I cannot make the decision for you.I can only be a good listener to listen to your rave and rant about your work and marriage life. Wei…do you have a secret bank account just like the ladies just in case you needed spare cash for anything?

Friend:Nope..why.

To be continued:

PS: Do you think keeping a secret bank account without knowledge from your spouse is deem appropriate? Kindly share your view.

It has been a while since I blog as the new job is very taxing as I am struggling to learn new cable and stuff. Ok enough of the work. Today topic is about the quality of customer service both in my home country Boleh Land(Malaysia) and Singapore. According to the worldwide survey of best airline, Cathay Pacific originated from Hong Kong did a great job in ensuring their passenger or customer get the best service at a affordable price.

Here is the result:

The World’s Top 10 Airlines - 2005

1    Cathay Pacific
2    Qantas Airways
3    Emirates
4    Singapore Airlines
5    British Airways
6    Malaysia Airlines
7    Thai Airways
8    Qatar Airways
9    Asiana Airlines
10  ANA All Nippon Airways

Their secret recipe is as follow:
Commenting on the results, Peter Miller of Skytrax …. "Cathay Pacific can be justly proud of this title as Best Airline, having received a very steady level of support and admiration from customers around the world throughout the survey period. As a service industry, the airline business is all about people, and  in that quarter Cathay Pacific was repeatedly singled out for the high quality and consistency of it’s front-line staff - in both the airport environment and onboard flights. Allied to some very high onboard product standards, Cathay certainly seems to have achieved it’s motto of ’service straight from the heart’ and wowed passengers accordingly."

I am proud that Boleh Land - National Airline MAS has managed to secure at 6th position and very close to our rival neighbour Singapore SIA airline.Personally I have experience both airline and I would say that their service level and customer experience is quite enjoyable. But nightmare begins when the passenger step out of the airport especially in KLIA where you have this illegal taxi or teksi sapu hawking for your business and this resulted a bad name for us Malaysian who is famous friendly to the Kwai Lo(Mat Salleh). I don’t blame the illegal taxi driver as they are here to secure some income to support their family.

Being a consumer and a sales person myself, QOS is very important in order to secure competitive business deal or even to keep customer coming back for more.Even I don’t purchase something when I walk-in into a shop,it does not mean I will not buy in the future.Remember that  word of mouth and third party reference is more powerful than any media be it newspaper, internet or TV/Radio. Till here my blog for the day, and do comment or email me should you know what QOS stands for. Wink2….

Thank you.

Cheerio
J

Dear Friends,

Well I am back with more blog. The thing about this web blogging that people a.k.a bloggers tend to overpost on what they do everyday from the moment they wake up right up to bed time. Hello!! To be frank, I am not interested to read this kind of blog as myself is doing the same old routine. Well, enough for more rant and rave as today is a Sunday and time to rest and relax and get ready for next week.

Today discussion is about our English name that we commonly asked our friends/colleagues/boss/vendor and etc to address you.Well, to start off, let see what is the most popular name that people will go for before I tell you a funny stories on how Singaporeans in creating very creative names for themselves. I have selected Jenson –> meaning:‘Jehovah has been gracious; has shown favor.’.

I have selected this name because of its uniqueness which matches my surname and it is taken from Hardy Boys Books back in 1980s. Wait a moment, there is a slight problem here that people tend to pigeon hole my name as they mistakenly pronounce my name as

1. Jackson (Jenson)
2. Jason (Jenson)
3. Johnson (Jenson)
(The above is selected based on the frequency of people calling me)

Of course with a patience and smile, I gracefully tell them my name should be Jenson and not the above. To add salt to the wound, they reluctant to listen and insist on me changing to the above name with a slight respect to my decision and choice of name that I will refuse to change. What on earth is this people is doing to the sweetest language of human which is our proud name given by our parents.

The best or juicy part of this blog is the name which I come across when I am working abroad.

The usual suspect name            ——–> Creativity name
Belinda                                                Add all the alphabetical to it.
                                                           Celinda,Delinda, Felinda,Xelinda

Candice                                              Candyce

Rain, Summer,Spring                            Shiny,Bright, Storm

So bloggers or readers, if you have a similiar experience like I do, please feel free to drop a comment or two on how creative we turn the name from a simple one to most complex.

Hello All,

Today is a great day for me to blog since time is at my luxury. It is national day in Singapore and all their citizen is so excited that they are finally 40 years of independence with great achievement in many areas from economy,social and political stable(election is virtually walk over).

In my mind,I was thinking the future of the nation and global community on how we can prolong the lifespan of human.

Is human cloning possible?

Can we as a human accept the facts and figure that it is possible to clone everything God has given us?

This has been a debate since the 1st dolly sheep has been clone and created a huge debate between the scientist and religious leader. Each has its own merit and the long debate continue. I had the opportunity to catch this favourite director of mine called Michael Bay where his action and filming style appeal to me. The latest installment from him is called The Island(see poster below) where it discuss about the future investment people will invest to cultivate and nurture their clone for future consumption in the event their organ fail to perform when disease, old age or even freak accident causes the organ malfunction.
The Island

The question lies in the hand of science and technology on how effective and beneficial of human cloning to the human kind. If everyone is to live immortaly, what happen to pressing issue of over population issue, huge medical expenses, economy stagnation or overheat,living place is smaller than over work cubicle. I welcome any comment on whether you support or against human cloning or you can be just like me acting as a neutral party.

Thank you.

Truly,
J

My friend sms me from abroad telling me the news that both tech giant is on the talk to merge. I am quite taken a back since both companies is dealing with different product but main core focus is on telecommunication product which is essential to the human daily communication. Cisco Buy Nokia

I believe mega corporation has decided that it is not strong enough just to focus on your core product. You need to innovate but not renovate structure your company organization and goals before you caused havoc and uproar of the employees which in return provide back service to poor consumer like you and me. I concur that I want to get a basic good customer service in the event my product fail to do the basic of incoming or outgoing call. Competition is stiff and thriving each and everyday as the employees,CEO and board of director work tirelessly to satisfy the consumer and investor.

The best and worst part is who(CEO,employees) will be staying at the new company should Cisco succeed in buying Nokia. Will the Finnish protest and reluctant to buy Cisco product? Will the remainder of the employees able to adapt the new culture and direction. Only time will tell. Let’s get down to the basic of the new company naming convention. I like Sony Ericsson cos it rhyme well enough for the consumer to accept it whole heartedly. Here is some of the combination for Cisco and Nokia new company if the rumour turn out to be true.

1. CISOKIA (sounds like some bad worded Hokkien word)
2. NOCISCO (telling the word no cisco should be around)

This is my 1st post and hope to receive some constructive comment or opinion from you readers to blog on more.

Thank you.

Rgds
J
PS: Have you ever leave behind your phone just for a day? Let’s start by doing that once every month and I guarantee that all your friends, colleagues, parents, cats and dogs(literally if they can IM-SMS u via web, could be possible) will shouting for your undivided attention.