living without handphone and money..

today, i found out that i somehow forgot to bring back my chargers from rawang.. this means my phone batt will be dead soon if i do not buy or borrow chargers... on top of that, after lending and dumping my money into a small business, my money is pretty much tied up.. thinking that my salary would be coming in anytime NOW, i was so wrong... had to get some sundry good and a charger so that i'l have a phone to use.. now i'm left with only 5 bucks.. haihz...


just pray hard that salary comes in tomorrow.. workers r bugging me for petrol n rice again... basically i'm cash poor but rich in liquidity.. haihz... whats the use of having money that u cant spend??..


but then all in all i believe in the concept of money earning money.. so i'll let those money work their way to more money... at the end of the day.. a fruitful harvest after a period of toiling..



remember to drink more H20 k.. c",)

long long post..

not been blogging for few days n this is to fill it in...


1. GM's visit

basically he did not go crazy and blast all the assistants and managers this time round.. but then he did make quite alot of comments and areas to improve in. but basically more of the comments were for the other 2 assistants.. as for me.. i've got a check list here...

a. pruning (2 months dateline)
b. straighten owl barn (simple thing)
c. maintain grass cut (in progress)
d. fix bridge (this week)
e. appepipe - a parasite plant on the palm (to be done soon)
f. woodies (will be done as time does by)
g. cleaner lose fruit (need time to train harvesters and lose fruit collectors)
h. poison male palm (to be done soon)
i. complete bags for platform (in progress)
j. repair water retention drains
k. racking (after pruning is completed)
l. stacking (when i'm free enough to think of how i want to implement it)

its a long list.. but aint that difficult.. so i got to start working on it..



2. ACU 2

after reaching back to rawang on saturday night, it was a race against time to rehearse, prepare and polish up... after all the hussel and bussel, the time came when it was 8pm, 26th October 2008.. it all started.. the starting up was bit floppy but it got smoother after awhile..

as the emcee, i would not rate myself well coz honestly speaking... i was not well prepared.. plus have not been emcee-ing for sometime.. so yeah... stage fright is also part of me.. not today but actually everytime..

ppl's feedback... "excellent job... pls do it next year." my goodness.. they crazy ar??..!! do they know how much time n effort is being put into it.. ppl nowadays are lacking of few things..
- time
- money
- initiative

how u want us to do it again?? this time round was ady a struggle.. what more next time??..


3. skating on public holiday

woke up pretty late on monday.. about 12 i think.. took lunch, packed, laze around and it was about 2pm ady.. haihz... so started off to pyramid.. jam here, jam there.. so damn many ppl!!!

many people shopping, eating, skating and everything la.. the whole place was packed..

skated n skated, round n round.. was kind of sien.. good thing got to know few fellows.. one of them was rosemund (its a weird gal's name but it's hers'.. so i've got to live with it..) this gal, she's looks like probably 13 or 14.. but in fact she's 17... if u need to know how to stay young... u got to ask her...

then before resurfacing the ice ring, the hockey skaters are given a time to do some speeding.. so i went lor.. before speeding, one mabuk fellow skated right into my path.. i tired.. but could not avoid him.. "bang" both of us on the floor.. half my pants wet... then during speed skating, my leg cramp.. then i was again on the floor and ended up with a bang at the walls... now the other half of my pants is also wet... sad case... so after waiting for my pants to dry while skating around and not trying anything funny so i'll fall..

about 7+, got a drink n a dozen of jco.. then started my journey back.. reached home at about 11pm.. first thing i saw was my stand lamp from ikea... my dog tore it into pieces.. haihz... i've got a destroyer dog.. first 2 sets of shoes.. now, my lamp...what next??.. my car?


got to get back to work..


remember to drink more H20 k.. c",)

the increase in value..

finally the day has come.. its the opening ceremony of my new office..


basically the regional director, general manager, managers and assistants from about 15 estates came to grace this occasion.. it was a 140k project from turning an old club house into klk's most luxurious office..


as for me, i was pretty much worried about the landscaping coz some part was not completed due to rain the previous afternoon.. so i had to start work early.. got the workers to clear the place at 6.30 and finished at about 7.30..


when the rd and the guest arrived, the only thing that they had to say was "wow.. so beautiful". naturally the answer was "thank you" with a big fat grin on our faces.. basically i've never seen my manager so happy before.. the rd and gm commented well on the building, landscaping and the interior furnishing where it was summed up to name our office "the five star office".. looks like we'll be having frequent visitors and the spotlight as the model office in coming years..


as for me... its a +1


during the tea break. the rd and gm ask to talk to me in private. they wanted me to join in the recruitment drive approaching the chinese community in utar and tarc.. as its a chinese company, they believe that the chinese standards of work often best meet the requirements and ethics of the company. therefore, the company is pushing hard to recruit as many skilled and able chinese workforce into the company as they expand. my job basically is to convince these bunch of gonna be fresh grads that working in an estate is not as bad as they think and the benefits surpasses many other industries.. y not join us and build their future on something solid rather than going out in the world to spend half your life seeking for something that might not even earn enough for you.. as the assignment allows me to work closely with the HR department, top management people and of course our rd and gm, it enables me to have more interaction and opportunity to approach and impress them..


so thats another +1 for me :)


anyhow, hopefully this visit by the gm and rd will give me couple more +1 which will leave them with a good picture of me painted...


sad to say, today's field visit with the gm has been posponed to tomorrow... i wonder how many +1 and -1 will i get tomorrow.. haihz.... nervous.. but no matter what, this is my first gm visit.. so i'll make sure it's much better the next time he comes then it'll be +1 all the way... :)


just now, i went for dinner with chiew and another assistant from selbrone estate.. after that went for a foot massage which was initally suffering but now i feel my whole body relaxed and ready to sleep... lol.... eh... dun simply think... i went strictly for a foot massage ONLY.. lol....


sleep time.. long day tomorrow..



remember to drink more H20 k.. c",)

gm's visit..

after attempting to prepare the place for the gm, he's finally here.. today's visit was generally for malay rompin (the division that i'm going to). he was very much impressed with the improvements and did not have much to comment.. my manager was also pretty happy that the gm was happy with the place..


after having a cup of tea at kopitiam, we headed back to our estate.. gm wanted to have a look at our young area as the rain had ady stopped. so we went over.. on the way there, we passed by one of my field.. the first thing he said was, you need to send in the hair dresser.. which basically means that my pruning was bad.. lol.. but no doubt it was bad.. coz i had not really focused on brushing up the pruning.. i was focusing on things i believe is more important.. fruit ripeness standards, woodies (wild plants) and circle spraying..


at the end of it, i promised gm that i'll have it improved in 2 months.. besides he also complained about alot of other things which is not part of my field.. so i care less.. :P he also said that he would prefer me to be transferred to rompin only in jan.. so looks like i'll have slightly more than 2 months to enjoy my bed before i leave.. lol... anyway, after we went to the immature area, my manager's face changed due to all the comments.. was definitely not happy.. i wonder what will happen after gm leaves.. lol... gonna be a big bomb..


so in short... i'll have to wait until tomorrow before i get the full list of comments.. where i'll post it here.. so i'll remember to do it... update it every month, see it's progress..


tomorrow's my office's opening ceremony + rspo meeting.. rspo gm and rd(regional director) coming.. haihz.. still got bit of landscaping to fix...


remember to drink more H20 k.. c",)

horrible hornet

this morning when i woke up, i noticed that i had no more working attire in my wardrobe.. so i had to go over to pick up my cloths from the backyard where i hang to dry. after putting on my pants, i felt a sudden sharp pain in my tight... knowing it was definitely a bug, i tried to shake it off.. a hornet dropped on the floor..



after the last experience of a hornet stinging my foot, it was bad enough.. this time round, my tight.. it was more than a week that my last sting took me to recover... its horribly painful and uncomfortable.. now, my tight is all swollen and i find it difficult to move my leg coz every move i make its painful.. hiahz... somehow this little bug has this much venom to create such suffering...



tomorrow's the day.. the day we've been preparing for.. GM's coming.. and i'm half limping.. wow.. how fun... regardless of what, life still goes on.. today had another cow chase... i wonder how long will my bike last me at the rate i'm going.. lol.. 6 months? 1 year? lol.... nvm.. company is paying for it.. :)


tomorrow's gonna be another busy day.. so i better get some rest and hope that my swell gets better quickly.. :)



remember to drink more H20 k... c",)

the busy week..

the past week has been pretty busy.. mr. GM and mr. RD coming in few days.. been up to few projects to clear up my field so it looks good.. besides that, there's been also few other office beautification projects been handed to me.. so yeah.. been under scorching sun a lot this few days.. getting really tan.. haihz.. probably gonna turn into a negro soon.. lol...


anyway, one fine morning, when i opened the door of my house, i saw this... water ants... not one... but hundreds and thousands of them.. it was not only an eye sour.. but it was pretty much horrifying.. seeing these about 1- 1and half inch bugs crawling all over the floor... looking for a place to hide and create what we so know as a colony of ants... and ants are really horrible.. they are able to get into and onto every inch of ur house and they get to anything they pronounce as FOOD!!! these little pest are small in size but massive in numbers...

water ants are the mother of it.. the soon to be queen of the colony..







after shifting to the new office. i tot of making it a nicer place where i can relax, do my work when i have time off from the field.. so seeing that my manager and i like fishes and the sight of it.. so i decided to buy a small aquarium to place in my new room.. :) besides liking it, having initiative and being so called liked by manager is always an advantage for work, promotion and increment.. not to forget, bonuses.. :)


on top of that, my transfer letter is still in the hands of the GM where if he does not approve it, i'll not be going anywhere.. so yeah.. got to show him that i'm not only good in the field but also a tidy, responsible, trustworthy, bla, bla, bla... list goes on and on..


alright.. i know it sounds like i'm "polishing shoes" in cantonese "chat hai" but then face the fact that its life.. if you want to get promoted, have good comments, being the manager/GM's fav kid... YOU GOT TO MAKE THEM HAPPY!!!!


so this is my new aquarium.. aint the best but i only paid about 250 for it.. and its good enough for now...



my own office room.. big space, big table, nice aquarium and have the front view.. can see who's coming to the office.. :)




need to call it a day..


messy's been a real pain in the butt.. he's smelly, shits and pee everywhere, hyperactive and noisy..!! barks and wakes me up at night on some occasion..




remember to drink more H20 k.. c",)

crazy cow chase!!!

thanks to the head mandores, i was left with about 300 cows in my field. so whats with cows in my field?

1. basically there's not much harm caused except having shit everywhere and the fronds (palm leaves) getting pulled all over the place.

2. the GM is coming in less than a week and he will start screaming at the sight of cows coz out chairman says NO COWS!!!!

3. usually there's only a hand full of cows in my field coz they dont get as much food compared to when they are in the short palm area.


how did it come here?

1. those bloody mandores who took about 10 workers to chase the cows out of the short palm area did not complete their task which is to chase them OUT OF THE ESTATE!!!

2. those lazy + useless buggers wanted to play me out since they say i'm Mr. manager's blue eye boy... probably they r also blind coz i've got dark brown puples..



so the story goes on.. 300 cows, 1 idiotic assistant manager = mad cow chase!! chased, raved my motorcycle, sounded my horn, waved my stick and parang, shouting, running into and over drains and dranches, and throwing stones at cow's asses... slowly they moved along... man it was tiring and SCARY!! imagine you alone surrounded by 300 cows.. big, fat and scary ones.. hahaha...


sad to say, i was unable to chase out all the cows but only maybe slightly less than half.. the heard broke into 2 but i could not.. plus i could not keep them together coz they were running in different direction and was getting hard to control...


but regardless of what, it was still a success.. coz i idiotic assistant manager could chase out 100+ cows when 3 head mandore + 10 workers + 2 smart ass-istants could only chase out NINE cows... lol... hillarious....


probably need to go back to chase more cows tomorrow... haihz...



remember to drink more H20 k.. c",)