A Challenge For Myself...

Hi to everyone...

For those tat read my recent blog... Should more or less guess wat i'm going to do... I'm going to take up the challenge of tat "Nightmare Graphics Manager" post... And of coz, there is still some time away be4 tis can happen... Coz i still need to find replacement for myself for the night shift slot...

There is tis frenz of mine... He's one of my poly mates, n we used to hang out together during poly days... However, after graduation, i dun tink i hve meet up wif him liao... Quite sad we these poly mates, failing to organise any gatherings etc to meet up each other for chit chat... Or isit i'm always not inform or skip away such occasions... Tis frenz, from wat i noe, is a rather cheerful person in poly... However, no matter how naive a person can be, once he step out into the working industry, everything can change veri easily... I tink, i tink he works in a designing company or something, or at least graphics related field company... Yes! Here i can promise to everyone, working in a graphics designing company or agency, can be one of the toughest job u can imagine to take... Not onli the pay is normal onli, u r constantly facing great stress n pressure in meeting deadlines... When things r finally done, submitted, we will still face the danger of hving ur masterpiece thrown back to us n say redo everything, yet the deadline resume the same... Tis kind of stress n frustration can sometimes makes plp feel so boil in their inner heart... Not to say, promotion or pay incredment can hardly be seen as well... I can't imagine why 8 years ago, i will choose my MM course... Quite stupid lah... Should choose the chemical Eng course...

Anyway... Recently i saw tis info in his blog, saying...
"If you give up, you will probably be numb and some things doesnt matter anymore. When you give up, things seem so much more simplier and less complicated. When you give up, you can direct your focus and passion on other things. When I give up, it's so much better.

They said, when you want something, you gotta fight for it. But who wants to fight a losing battle? And after much battle spent, we are all better off going home to sleep and forget everything that was once worth all that efforts."

Somehow or rather, tis frenz of mine muz be keep on losing many battles already, until he is so tired of it... It is not the first time i seen him voicing out loud in his blog to venge anger... Likewise, i will do tat sometimes at my blog too... Abt two years ago, i wrote alot of crazy scoldings in my blog, on how much i hate my job... It kinda of crazy stress, which i wonder one can endure... Plp tell mi to endure, i advise plp to endure... But how many plp actually understand it takes even greater endurance in urself to uphold ur word of endure... We r all adults already... We r no longer child or kids liao... We muz build n uphold ur word of being a responsible person... Esp i'm a man... I can't expect myself to throw in the white flag whenever i encounter an obstacle... If whenever i hit onto the wall, find it too stressful, n choose to escape, my life is simply juz a failure... I can accept setbacks, but i dun allow myself to collapse or fleed away...

Two years ago, actually there is one time i hve great desire in leaving my current company, but i hve greater pride in myself to prove to plp n my family tat i'm not a spoilt child... Regardless of wat kind of unfair treatment i encounter here, i juz swallow hard here... Becoz i believe justice prevail... If there is plp tat is always standing at the criminal zone, i believe one day they will be arrested... And my hardwork will get noticed...

Tis is how i manage to survive until now in my current company... I'm not trying to be a bragger, telling plp to look at mi, saying success will reach u if u endure... But at least, dun lose the battle within urself... Set a target for urself n aim towards it...

Back to the first paragraph info... Although taking the post of Graphics Manager seems like a lose-lose situation to mi... But i not gong to surrender wifout a try... I will lay down my own guidelines of management, n imply tat into the department... There r too many things tat i compile out, which r bad conduct/actions from my previously manager... One example is tat, he can hire in a new guy into the department, wifout conducting an in-depth interviewing wif him... As a result, tis person turn out to be veri incapable, n he become veri regretful... Likewise, i told myself i wun make such mistakes... Yes, i desire someone to take over mi, but i'm not so desperate to take in any types of plp wan...

Last saturday, i conduct an interview wif a person, a malaysian... My whole interview lasted 3++ hours... Basically i prepare one whole list of questions to ask be4 hand, and ask him during the interview... I conduct a simple investigation be4hand on him to noe him better, so during the interview... So whether he is giving mi the accurate answer, or speak lies in front of mi, i will noe it straight away... Since tis person is interviewed by mi, i had the responsibility to ensure he noe graphics designing, and not some A-mao or A-Gou from dunno where... Questions i ask, is like his previous working scoope (Not limited to the last job onli), his reason of leaving his previous company(ies), reason why he choose to work in a different field from wat he learn etc... I muz say i am a veri careful person... I blah alot on stressfulness, commitment, conduct, attitude, and run a trial test in him to test his software skills...

Somehow, i muz admit i may be a little too strict in my interview... But i juz wan to play safe guard... Taking in a lousy person can kana curse n swell by many plp in my company wan...

Previously, i tell my frenz, tentatively i will swap to day shift at ard November... Next i tell plp i may onli swap to day shift at 2007... Now i tink i may onli swap to day shift after CNY... Thou, i did find someone now to replace mi liao, i still dun hve the confident in myself to able to train him fully equipped wif basic knowledge within one month... Simply so many things to teach him...

Thick skin...

For those plp tat hve been a common reader of my blog, will noe tat my previous manager, the manager tat hired mi into tis company, is a total failure person... Slack, irresponsible, dishonest, good acting skills... I can't used the word "lazy" to describe him, coz sometimes, he uses his acting skills to cover up for his laziness...

Due to his poor commitment to the department and to the company, boss made an agreement wif him, n ask him to leave... Anyway, i believe at tat time, he will be too happy to leave, coz he took up some part time jobs, which he claimed he earned 2K monthly from those jobs... So i believe, hving or not hving his manager job, wun affect him so much, since during his last few weeks in the company, he making on-n-off turning up in the company, meaning getting quite many days of salary kana deducted (Almoz half of his monthly salary)... Somemore, on those days tat he come, he oso not helping much, trying to take the easy way out during those hours...

Toking until so much now... U plp should realise my tis ex-manager is not in my department liao... Yet on Monday tis week, when i reached the company, out of sudden i hear tis news spreading, saying him will be coming back... My face turn bad... WTF he come back for... Yes, ur department working strength now is so poor... Jeremy had tendered... And ur manpower is veri low... Everyone is working veri tired recently... For the last wkend, i even hve to come back on Sunday to do a Science Centre Tender for Xmas/CNY... Tis makes mi doing sunday work for two consecutive wkends liao... The strength now is poor, but i rather ask to hire one new guy come in rather den hve him back... If he come back, and like usual not doing or helping anything, he basically juz occupying one head count for the department, yet not helping us out... Wat for... Perhaps u plp may say i'm too cruel to tok so badly abt my ex-manager... Back to the fact, he is still the one tat once gave mi basic training be4... SO! My colleagues (From all 3 departments) r all toking abt tis, on y he is coming back...

For his outside part time jobs, there is one, which he need to invite his friends to join dunno wat club, perhaps in turn getting some benefits back or something for himself... He actually tok my department's last two joining members' profiles, from the form they fill in to apply into the company... He tok their particulars and apply as members for them into the club, without their acknowledgement... Does tis sounds something tat is not veri correct... Somehow or rather it is abit "illegal"... Luckily at tat time, mi, belonging quite to the older batch of plp, my form is no longer in tat file liao... Else, i may actually get myself joining dunno wat club without my awareness...

And here is the funny thing... I doubt my boss is the one calling him firstly to call him to come back... I doubt my boss will do tis lor... So it should be the other way, he calling back to boss to ask if he can come back... Yet, there is tis suspend tat whether or not will he be coming back, he can onli give boss the final answer on Thursday... Stupid n insincere rite... U hve earn quite a bad reputation for urself in the company liao, yet ur skin can be so thick to ask coming back... Stupid...

Hearing the news of him "WILL" (Wrong spread of rumour at tat time, it should be "MAY") come back to work again on Monday did make mi feel unhappy abt it... Yet, when i start doing stuffs, i temporaily forget the hell of tat thing... Den at ard 9++pm, an sms came from boss, an reassuring sms, saying regardless tat ex-manager coming back anot, will not affect wat he promised mi... I am like "haha", cackling wif a weak smile...

Desigual Shop @ Vivo City

Tired tired tired...

It has been a long time, since i hve worked non-stop for 24 hrs liao... The first time, i tink is ard last yr nov or dec... And last friday is my second time...

Start working @ 6pm on Friday, work until Saturday 6pm, and sunday come back to work again @ 8:30am to 6:30pm... I find myself feeling so tired...

All hardwork i put in, is for a veri super last minute come-in job, which is for a shop called desigual (I tink) which is going to be opened @ Vivo city tis week... Their shop is opening soon, yet their shop still do not hve any prints decos... So they panick, and look for company which can help them... Boss offer his help to them @ a rather expensive rate... Very expensive huge job tis is...

Initially, tis whole crazy thing, shouldn't landed in my hands to do it wan... The sales person got disappointed after Jeremy done wrongly for her in her initial proof... So she ha-la-ha-la mi to help her... She requested her client to come directly to ur company, and brief mi directly on wat r the proof/colour changes tat i need to do... Tis client commented on quite some colour changing, which will take quite some time to do it, since they r giving mi all flatten files... But i muz say, tis is quite a huge job, and if the client is the type of person, tat is veri calculative in all minor stuffs, i may veri easily lost my temper... But tis spanish client, some how or rather, is quite a good-talking client... Since tis whole job, wat need to change, wat need to do, i noe all of it, so tentatively shall become mi doing tis crazy job... I do do do, until morning i oso noe i can't finishing doing them wan... So at ard 4am (Saturday morning), i send a sms (length of 7 sms) to boss... Saying...

"Boss, tis is jinshan... Sorri to disturb u at tis hr... Now i'm doing cheryl's job named desigual, which is for a shop opening wan... The client commented some color changes to the artwork, which will take some time to do the changing... Plus client is adding items, n for sticker bleed, tiling method n overlap, need to seek henry instructions on how he wan to do it... Now i'm doing the color editing, which takes time, coz client gave flatten file... I'm suggesting i'm doing, tmr morning straight away punch my saturday working slot to carry on doing... Cox i do until morning, i go home oso will hve little time to sleep be4 i need to come back again to work at 1pm... Since i'm doing tis liao, i might as well finish everything within myself, so tat i do not need to write essay story or cheryl need to rebrief the whole story to another graphics on how to do... So now i'm seeking ur acknowledgement to punch in the morning to carry on working and finishing tis thing..."

Guess wat, boss reply mi @ 6am wif a stunning reply...
"Sure ok, n that's y evry1 ask me 2 make u e manager 4 our graphics dept. W r still running ad 2 get 2 person 2 take over nite shift n u will cme up 2 day n overall incharge. Keep up e gd wrk, tks."

Previously, my colleague (WS) did inform mi be4 tat boss mention to him saying making mi the manager... And now is boss making a direct say to mi... Some how or rather... i find a danger pending... Prehaps, boss didn't noe tis at all...

Juz two days ago, i spotted a ad in the job street, looking for a club magazine's designer... I find it rather interesting, and start seriously rewrite my whole resume... Took mi 2 hrs to edit and add stuffs to my existing resume... I had tis habit... Whenever, i wan to send my resume for an ad, i will call tat company to ask for details first... So during the time, i finished writing my resume, ard 10am in the morning... Den i tink, if i call now, ask liao... And i find it good, den my mind may feel itching, and causing mi unable to sleep well in the afternoon... So i wait until i wake up in the afternoon, and called tat company to ask for details... All details sound good to mi, until one point, which i totally can't accept it... So i saved my time to send my resume online to tat company...

My whole point is, now i'm on the look out for new jobs liao... And if boss realised abt tis, will he still wan to make mi the manager... Haha... Wun rite... And anyway, i'm not the kind of person tat will go negotiate staying-terms n conditions wif plp wan... Coz not my standard character...

Recently, spotted a resign letter in my colleague's drawer... Previously he did highlighted to mi be4 tat he feel like leaving liao... Haha... If he use his tis resign letter n submit... Sure kana reject... Coz date oso write wrongly...

Regardless... At least now i hve someone format on how a resign letter should look like... So for mine, it should be like tis...

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Kuik Jinshan

Attn: Boss
UNIVERSAL DISPLAYS PTE LTD
Blk 3024, Ubi Road 3,
#04-81 - 89, S(408652)

13-11-2006

Dear Sir,

RE: Resignation
i, Kuik Jinshan (...) will like to tender my resignation with effect from today. I will like to thank the management for the opportunities and recognition that they had given me, during my stay in this company.
Therefore, with month advance notice, my last working day shall be on 12-12-2006.

Thank you.

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Yes, back to my title...
Desigual shop @ Vivo city... I hvn't step to vivo city yet, so how tat place looks like, still no idea... Be dropping by there tis wkend... I wan to go tis shop to take a look as well... Coz when tat spanish client come to my company, i like his shoes veri much, foreigh rugged looking... Look so cool... So be dropping by there tis wkend to great jiro spend... After putting in so much effort, now is my time to ha-la-ha-la back my sales person to get VIP card from tat shop to get discount for purchase liao... Heeheeee.......

听妈妈的话

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☆Jay Cho u依然范特西☆

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长大后你就会开始懂得这段话
长大后我开始明白
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飞得比别人高
将来大家看的都是我画的漫画
大家唱的都是我写的歌
妈妈的心她不让你看见
温暖的事都在她心里面
有空就得多摸摸她的手
把手牵着一起梦游
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福中发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
在你的未来音乐是你的王牌
那王牌谈的恋爱
而我不想把你教坏
还是听妈妈的话吧
晚年再恋爱吧
我知道你未来的路
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你因为太多学习的同学在这块写东写西
但我建议最好听妈妈我会用功读书
用功读书怎么会从我嘴巴说出
不想你输所以要叫你用功读书
妈妈挑给你的毛病你要好好的收着
因为不知道是我要告诉她我还留着
对了我会遇到我(周润发?)
所以你对跟同学炫耀赌神未来是你爸爸
我找不到你写的情书
你喜欢的要承认因为我会了解你会在操场上牵她
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因为张学友开始准备唱吻别
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福总发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
长大后我开始明白为什么我
跑得比别人快飞得比别人高
将来大家看的都是我画的漫画
大家唱的都是我写的歌
妈妈的心她不让你看见
温暖的事都在她心里面
有空就得多摸摸她的手
把手牵着一起梦游
听妈妈的话别让她受伤
想快快长大才能保护她
美丽的白发幸福中发芽
天使的魔法温暖中慈祥☆..

Huh! Why I Bluff...???

Huh! Why I Bluff My Mom...???

Hmmm.... There is a long story behind, saying why i say i slip & fall...

Last month, my super clumsy sister, while walking on flat ground, slip & fall... It was a VERI bad fall, so bad tat her knee area, tat ligament part somehow got tear... Yes! Tat kind of pain is veri terribly, which i suffered be4 during my NS days... But my sister's condition was much worse, coz she was even hving great difficulty when she was onli walking...

As a result, she went to see doctor, go checkup, leg scanning, x-ray etc... A lot of troublesome stuffs... My mum calculated the whole medical expenses was abt $700++... She was given alot alot of MCs to rest at home... It took her abt 1.5 month to recover to a self-walkable condition... Tat is y now my mum is veri paranoid if anyone of us tell her we r sick or watever... (*Cackle*)

Tat why, i hereby urge all ladies watching my blog here, drink more milk, eat more high-calcium food to strengthen ur bones... Else if one day u slip & fall, ur condition can get as worse as u can imagine...

Back to the title... Huh! My mum wun help mi wake up Dad...??? Den i tink, wun she worried mi, in sick-condition, may happened any accident when on my way back... From leaving company, to take cab, to reach home...??? Tats y when walking upstairs home, i call her to bluff her... Haha... Naughty mi...

Wat Kind Of Problems Will A Manager Faced...???

Nah... Quite some time didn't write into my blog liao...

Ever since the time i noe tat my October ICT was cancelled... I find my life hood is kinda pretty boring... So boring tat i fell abit sick on Tuesday... Took a urgent leave at yesterday, to rest completely at home...

Bad sore throat, running nose, cum a bit feeling of hving slight slight fever... I hate the feeling of being sick... Means i hve to lie down at bed for the whole day...

I remember telling all my frenz, my boss agreed to hire another night shift staff to replace me, so tat i can get transferred to the morning shift to work... Until now, the person tat was supposed to replace mi, still hve hired yet... Kinda sad to hear tis...

Actually, there is supposed one person interviewed, accepted, and was going to report in on one particularly Monday... However, at the veri last minute, he email back saying sorry n reject tis job offer... Thank God! Actually, i oso dun reali like tat guy at all... In terms of his presentation during his interview...

Recently my mood to work is kinda boring n sianz... To be honest, not onli mi feel boring, WS & ken felt boring as well liao... Shouldn't be surprise if anyone of us made any tender at tis time... I hve now start re-writing my resume liao... Prepare to use tis sooner or later liao...

I did hear my colleague mention be4 (A conversation between 2 of us), tat boss had verbally highlighted to him be4 tat when i'm transferred to the day shift, he is going to promote me to be the manager of the department n take charge of tat department... Taking charge of the department is somehow quite mental stress...

1) Whenever there is tough jobs coming in, u, as the leader has to be fair, passing such kind of jobs equally to ur staff... And not always asking the same person to do such jobs...

2) Of coz, since u r the manager, u muz, on more frequent times, help to do more tough jobs, and not always push to other plp to do those jobs...

3) As a manager, i bet the salary given is slightly higher... So, getting higher pay means u hve to do things... Can't hve the kind of attitude, always kick leg at ur table, dun wan to do things... And when 6pm reaches, quickly punch card n go home... Like tat, sure kana bad-stab + bad-mouth by many plp... Like one f**ker, which we always bad-mouth him, say get $2100 salary yet dun do things properly...

4) As a manager, u muz hve self discipline... Like my previous manager... A damn f**ker... After 6pm, nothing to do, still dun wan to puch card go home... Always idly freely in front of mi... Dunno do wat shit... Acting sitting at the chair falling asleep, sleep until 11:30pm, den wake up punch card n go home... Like tat do nothing yet cheat so much of OT hours... Of coz such actions, ur staff wun respect u wan wat... Coz u r not showing good example to them...

5) For those tat noe mi well, should noe tat there is one f**ker tat is still in my department... I dun reali like to tok to him at all... Bad attitude, poor working attitude... Sales colleague ask him do jobs... Sometimes, when he is fed-up, he will rudefully reject them... I wonder if one day i am in day shift n ask him to do one job, will he rudefully tell mi off anot... I'm one kind of person tat will not beg plp to do things for mi... If i ask someone to do something, i will onli ask one time... He say dun wan, den tats it... I wun ask again, or plead him etc...

So sianz... Everyone, should i take up tis offer, or try for another job...???

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"My Caring Mother"

[Tuesday Night]
I called back home...

Jiro : Mother, i'm not feeling well now... I will go home early today... U help mi ask Dad, if he wan to pick mi up anot...

Mother : Daddy huh! He juz fall asleep leh... U not feeling well huh... After work, take cab home lah...

Jiro : Huh! Now midnight charge leh... Take cab home veri expensive lah... U help mi kick Dad out of bed lah...

Mother : Dun wan lah... Daddy juz fall asleep... U take cab home lah... The most i pay u back... U not feeling well, u better dun hao-lian walk back home...

Jiro : Huh! Pay mi back... Ur money oso means my money wat... Wats the diff... Huh! Take cab home huh...??? Okie lah! Okie lah!

[So after work, i tok cab home... Reaching at my flat downstairs... On my way walking back... I called my Mom... I hold my handphone abt 25cm away from my mouth...]

Mother : Wai... Wat!

Jiro : Mother........ Arrgggghhhhh......... I walk back home....... Arrrrggggghhhhh........ Slip & fall... Into Long-Kau (Meaning drain)....... My leg veri pain...... Arrrrrgggggghhhhhh........ Can't move... Can't stand up........

Mother : Wai... Wat u say...??? Where r u now....??? Which Long Kau....????

Jiro : Arrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhh.........

Mother : Where r u now...??? Wat happen...???

Jiro : Mother, r u there....??? (Feigning i can't hear her saying anything...)

Mother : Wai... R u there...??? Wai...

[Abt 15 secs, i cut off the line, acting connection break... Actually, tat time, i'm abt 30 steps reaching my house doorstep liao... Den i walk walk walk... Reach my house... My mother is already standing near the door, looking outside... I bet she is half tinking if i'm playing wif her anot... Heehee... Den i saw some sparkling pearl near her eyes... OMG... Luckily i got tell her i'm not feeling well... So didn't get back much lecture from Mother... Heng...]