Been lagging in updating my blog.

Have not been feeling well lately, not sure why. Having this dizziness although not very serious but quite annoying. Reminds me of the vertigo sickness which I had several years ago. It took me several months to fully recover. Hopefully this time around it is not vertigo and hopefully this weekend I can rest more at home and it will just go away

By the way, I bought a scrapbook last Sunday which I want to pass to my colleagues for them to write some notes for me to keep as memento I got this idea when I read an article on newspaper about the autograph which we used to write when graduate from primary or secondary school. I want to remember my colleagues and friends here as they really enriched my life in many different ways. They were very shocked actually when hearing from me that I am going to leave the company soon. In their eyes I belong to the group of people that 100% loyal employee, hehe.

Initially I wanted to write the preface, but after checking my handwriting again I felt that it’s better to print it out rather than handwriting Nowadays very seldom write so handwriting is very stiff… hehe… So I browse the internet to get some idea of what to write onto the preface, then copy-paste-modify-decorate… and tada….. here’s my preface on the scrapbook.

I like the font very much, it’s called SAGINAW and you can get it here for free. The cute boy waving goodbye clipart is cute too Anyway, let’s hope they will write something nice and funny, then I will share it here

Oh ya, should begin my countdown to my ‘departure’ from this company. My last day will be on 21st October hence there’s another 29 days to go. Feeling both excited and sad…..

Cheers!

Everybody lies…

I like to watch Dr. House. In the drama Dr. House used to say ‘everybody lies’. YEP, its true, everyone, including politician, either from government or opposition, they lie and lie and lie! Everybody in the office was not in working mood yesterday, which is 16th Sep. The ‘holy’ day according to opposition leader Mr. Anwar that they will topple the government. Although I think initially most of the people does not think it is possible, but as 16th Sep getting nearer, Mr. Anwar is feeding lots of statement to the public, eventually everyone starts to believe that that’s the D-Day for the government. Everyone awaits a new era of Malaysian political scene. Well what do you know….nothing, nothing really happened!

So, back to square now, I think the only person benefited from all these huh-hah is our DPM, now he got the Finance Minister portfolio, well that’s nothing new as my gf already held that portfolio long ago

I am not sure how Mr. Anwar going to convince the public after this, his reputation is totally shattered from my view, and I think a lot of people share the same feeling. Hopefully he will prove us wrong but at the moment it seems very unlikely.

Well, it sucks!

Product of my new employer

Received confirmation on my Employment Pass today. So now I can disclose a bit about my new employer My new company is a market leader in Wind Energy, producing various models of Wind Turbine (or Windmill). The first time I saw the Wind Turbine I have that ‘love at first sight’ kind of feeling. Such a graceful structure. Furthermore its a eco-product so I am proud to be part of an organization which contributes directly in reducing our global CO2 footprint. I am lucky to be accepted to be part of company and I am really looking forward to it.

Below are some of the photos of the Wind Turbine that manufactured by my new employer (got it from Flicker). Hopefully sooner or later I can have chance to capture the actual Wind Turbine’s photo using my own camera.

cheers!

Our new family member ;)

I think its official! I would like to declare my house as animal shelter, all stray dogs, cats are welcome to stay with us hehe. This is the latest addition to our family, a British Bulldog, though I am not sure whether its a pure breed or not.

Last Friday mum was hanging around the car porch when she saw a cute dog wondering around our neighborhood. Some of the neighbors saw the dog but ignored him. Then my mum quickly wake up my dad and asked him to lure the dog. I guess my father a way with animals as the dog just came to him. At first we thought that someone must have lost his dog, so dad and mum was waiting for someone to appear searching for the dog. But the day passed quickly and no one approached us. Dad and mum felt like its quite unsafe to release the dog and let him wanders around, so they decided to keep him until his owner appeared.

3 days passed and no one appear to be searching for him. What a pity as he is such a cute dog. We all like him very much so we decided to keep him, although we know that all these ‘branded’ dog require high running cost. Anyway we have not give him a name yet. I don’t know what name suitable for a bulldog, ‘Rocky’ would be nice but it’s already given to the other dog. Any ideas ?

One funny thing is that Rocky is very ‘interested’ in this bulldog. He kept on sniffing him (sniffing his bottom and private part actually). Then the unimaginable things happened. Rocky tried to climb on top of this poor bulldog and try to f@#% him. OMG!!!!! Rocky is a gay !!!!! OMG OMG OMG……..

Anybody knows what to do ah ? I don’t know how I should ‘educate’ Rocky, so that he become straight again… Any bright brain out there please help. At the moment we have to separate these 2 dogs else…. huh…

So… all in all, we have in total 6 dogs and 2 cats now… And I think the number will further increase… hehe…

Got to marry and produce some grandchild for my parent soon, else then will open a zoo i think

Cheers!

Cute little bulldog, but quite heavy actually.

Enjoying the evening sun after taking a bath

Sleepy...

Look at ma face, am I handsome or what ??

I am totally lost…

I am damn totally lost! I don’t know what else can happen in this country. It seems like Malaysia (and of course Malaysian) has becomes a laughing stock in the eye of the world. Within few days so many things had happend:

1) Majority of BN MP bring sent to Taiwan for so called agricultural study, then followed by PR MP who was sent to ‘communicate’ with the ‘potential’ rebels within BN MP. Why have to travel all the way to Taiwan during fasting month ? Who’s money they are using ? What benefits we can get from this trip ?

2) The detainment of a reporter, a blogger and an opposition MP under ISA act, and the lame excuse given by the home minister. The reporter was released 24 hours later an again some lame excuses was given, which even my grandma will laugh from the grave (really, seriously it’s true)

Damn it, what happened to Malaysia ? Now it has turned into a circus with everyone trying to put up a good show to ‘entertain’ the crowd. How I wish if I can leave this country for several years and ignore all the nonsense. then come back later, if it does not self-destruct first.

Really speechless today, what a shame!

Funny post from one of the ‘pendatang’ :)

All the huh-hah about the pendatang issue is coming to and end finally (hopefully). But one of the pendatang among us (Kenny Sia) got some funny post. Go and have a look:

1) Chinese Squatters

2) Ah Mad Strikes Back

Damn funny.

Anyway, all these ‘commotions’ over the pendatang issue for the past few weeks had me wondered if really the gomen going to fall come 16th Sept, will all of us, the pendatang be facing another 513 ? Scary thoughts…..

God bless us.

Resignation

Yeh, finally tendered my resignation letter today. Yesterday I had a small discussion with my local boss and he agrees with my decision. He feel that the new company might be able to offer a better job prospect too. So today I get my boss and HRA GM to sign my resignation letter. Huh, quite nervous because this is first time I submit a resignation letter Guess there’s a first time for everything.

Once I get it signed and submit to HRA, I have a mixed feeling. Feel sad that this moment came earlier than I initially thought. On the other hand I felt excited with the new roles and responsibility as well as new working culture that I am going to face soon. I told a few of my closer colleague about my resignation and they were quite sad about it. It touches me when i felt the sincere sadness and concern from the colleagues. Well they do understand that If I am going to achieve something I have to move on.

My resignation notice is 3 months (huh, wonder why so long). Anyway my boss said its ok for me to offset my notice period with my balance leave. Guest what, I have 44.5 days of balance leave! hehe…. That’s the good point of not taking leaves because you can use it to offset your notice period. After I check and recheck my schedule I think my last day in the office will be around 20th Oct. Then I have about 1 week+ gap before joining new company. I have to settle some arrangement related to our weddings. The new company wanted to sent me for training once I join in Nov, hence in Nov and Dec I think I will not have the time to arrange my personal matters, so better to do it soon.

I  can’t imagine how am I going to react when saying goodbye to my colleagues on my last day. Will I cry ? Aiyo really can’t imagine….. hehe… will tell you more once the time comes.

Cheers!

Dragon Fruit

I guess many people has eaten, or at least seen a Dragon Fruit before (aka Pitahaya or 火龙果/龙珠果, see Wikipedia). But seldom people know how does a Dragon Fruit tree looks like, and not many has seen how beautiful the flower looks like before it transformed into Dragon Fruit. Ok maybe you have seen the tree but I bet you have not seen the flower. The reason for this is that the flower only flourished in the night so unless you plant the fruit or you pass through a Dragon Fruit farm at night, most probably you don’t know what the flower looks like.

So you are in luck Your truly, erm… actually my dad plant some Dragon Fruits and I managed to snap some photo to share with you. Here goes…

Dragon Fruits tree. It is from the cactus family. Father planted about 20 bunch of it.

Dragon Fruit flower blooms at night. It is a very pretty and smells nice too. The flower is quite huge, almost 2 or 3 times the size of my hand.

A look from another angle. The flower also known as Moonflower or Queen of the Night. Pretty name for a beautiful flower

Father is 'manually' transfering the pollen from one flower to another. This is because the flower only blooms at night so that's no natural agent that do the job. If you don't do it manually, all you will end up with is just a pretty flower, no fruit at all

Some flower is quite high so have to use chair and climb up. Dad is camera shy that's why he is not facing the camera directly Sorry for the half-nude photo because that's how my dad like to be. Mum is shouting from house that asking my dad to wear cloth as his son is taking his photo and going to post on internet. Sorry dad, too late... hehe... I hope mum wouldn't mind.

As you can see, there are many flowers blooming at the same time. The flower will last only 1-2 nights so you got to transfer the pollen immediately if you see the flower blooms. The smells in our garden that night was really nice Again dad is turning his back towards me.

This is how the flower looks like in the next day. All closed and ready to transform into juicy sweet fruit.

1-2 weeks later(sorry not sure) the dragon fruit will turn into red color. It is ripe now and ready to be serve....into my stomach

Hope you guys (especially those staying in BIG city) now have a clearer understanding about Dragon Fruit

Cheers!

Michael Phelps – 5 Secrets of Success

Came across this article today, read on

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As I’m sure you already know, on Sunday August 17th 2008, Michael Phelps achieved one of the greatest sporting records of all time by winning an incredible 8 gold medals in a single Olympic games.

Michael’s performance was seen by millions of people around the world and we can all learn a great deal about achieving our own goals by analyzing his accomplishment. Here then, are five secrets of success that helped Michael Phelps to transform his dreams into reality.

Secret #1: Think BIG

The first step in Michael Phelps journey was to make the decision to pursue a dream that many people considered impossible. Instead of thinking negative thoughts and limiting his potential, Michael allowed himself to think big.

“If you dream as big as you can dream,
anything is possible.”
- Michael Phelps

Your Turn:

In order to discover your real goals, let your imagination run free to dream as big as you can dream. Resist the temptation to limit yourself with negative thoughts. It is only by freeing your imagination that you can discover what it is that you really want from life.

Secret #2: Break it Down

Having identified his ultimate goal, Michael and his coach created a series of short term goals that would eventually lead him to his ultimate objective. In between the Olympics came the National championships, the Pan Pacific championships and the World championships. Each race of each event was a carefully planned stepping stone that would eventually lead Michael to achieve his ultimate goal of becoming the most successful Olympian of all time.

Your Turn:

After identifying your long term goal, take some time to break it down into a series of achievable short term goals. As you move forward, focus on achieving your short term goals one step at a time.

Secret #3: Use the Power of Visualization

One of the most powerful techniques used by elite athletes to achieve their goals is to visualize themselves succeeding each and every day. In his book ‘Beneath the Surface’, Michael Phelps writes, “When I’m about to fall asleep, I visualize to the point that I know exactly what I want to do: dive, glide, stroke, flip, reach the wall, hit the split time to the hundredth, then swim back again for as many times as I need to finish the race”.

Your Turn:

Visualizing your goals before you sleep is a great way to program your subconscious mind. The more you visualize your dreams as a reality, the more motivated and determined you will become.

Secret #4: Put in the Hard Work

No matter how naturally talented Michael Phelps may be, the main reason he achieved his goals was because he was prepared to put in the thousands of hours of grueling hard work necessary to compete at the highest level. According to Michael, “In the four years between the Athens and Sydney Olympics I probably took four or five days off and none of those were holidays”

Your Turn:

Be prepared to put in the hard work required to transform your dreams into reality. There really is no such thing as getting something for nothing. In order to make your dreams a reality you will have to work hard.

Secret #5: Monitor Your Performance Metrics

Every elite athlete understands the importance of using metrics to monitor their performance and progress. Michael’s coach Bob Bowman constantly monitors and reviews Michael’s split times down to the hundredth of a second. This provides them both with tangible evidence of how Michael is progressing towards achieving his goals.

Your Turn:

As you work towards your goals, figure out your own key metrics. For example, if you are studying, record how many hours of productive work you do each day. Or if you are building a business, record how many potential customers you contact each week. Whatever your goal may be, you will get there faster by recording and constantly improving your performance metrics.

While you may not be pursuing an Olympic gold medal, always remember that your life goals are just as important. I’d like to encourage you today to use some of the same techniques Michael Phelps used to achieve his goals. If you can

(1) Think BIG
(2) Break it down
(3) Utilize the power of visualization
(4) Work hard and
(5) Monitor your performance metrics

you too can conquer the challenges that stand in your way and make your dreams a reality.

Until Next Time,

Dare To Dream!

Anthony

If you enjoyed this article you might also like my book The Oracle’s Secret.

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