Food poisoned!

Been down and out from food poisoning since Christmas. The farnee thing is that, food poisoning isn't as glamorous as it sounds. And yea, the 2 days leave doesn't justify the bad stomach ache and on-off fever that comes with it (hah, I begin to make my sickness sound like the pushbuttons I sell, heheh. Now, where's the illuminated cough or the explosion resistant fever? Blah) Nevertheless, it's good to be able to rest, as I've been up and down Malaysia without fail these few weeks.

Gotta rest! Till laters!

The Johor trip and random thoughts

Was down in JB the last few days (Wed-Fri), and while it was exciting to drive around, try eating lunch & dinner yourself at McDs for 2 whole days and you'll know. Ah, at least I caught King Kong myself, heh



p/s: Did you know that Pan Pacific was the only hotel to offer internet access from the very comforts of your room? At the price of RM 1.90/minute though, heh.

Things I was pondering about the last few weeks:

Evangelism:
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Don't wanna sound like a zealot, but at times, I do think we have our ladder up the wrong side of the wall. True, money matters, and well, it's indeed foolish of some Christians to stay at dead end jobs, just because they feel it's their calling to be poor, hah. But have you seen a Christian who's both successful and yet serving God? Tough? yes. Impossible? Nah

But then again, if our lives just revolve around the church and church people, what chances do we have to reach out? Does Church work = God's work? Sometimes we just need a whack on the head to make us all awake.

Relationships:
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I guess as an extrovert, relationships does matter a lot. And working in sales, I just don't have enough office hours time to really get to know my colleagues (hmm, means I'm spared the gossiping, heh), and thus I'm really grateful for opportunities to get to know others through I-bridge, insurance meetings, Toastmasters, cell group, and even Crossroadz.

You know, everytime I see some old people, I wonder if at that age, whether my life would have been a blessing, an impact to those around, or would I just have wasted mine away. Not easy, but I'm trying my best..

Mistakes:
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What would you do if you made a mistake, or even worse, mistakes. And to top it off, you didn't realise about it until much later on, when you begin to realise your friend isn't all chummy with you.

Would you, like the blur me, apologise profusely, hoping your apologies touch a chord within the person? Hmm, advice anyone?

Literary fair

Hi there! Just in case you guys are wondering what have I been up to, well, been reading after work (other than attending various meetings, forums, etc). Heh, it's not easy doing sales when all you know about sales is that thing that comes on every few months in some shopping complexes nationwide. Hmmph, sad huh?

Been reading these few books during my spare time, so do pardon the lack of literary action over here

Zig Ziglar's Secrets of Closing the Sale


The Sales Bible


Killing the Sale: The 10 Fatal Mistakes Salespeople Make and How to Avoid Them


Selling the Wheel: Choosing the Best Way to Sell for You, Your Company, and Your Customers

not forgetting..



And last but not least



Reading is good!
p/s: Books are up for the borrowing if you're interested ;) Just call alrite?

Spammers : Did DAP do this?

I've been getting a barrage of political (spam) statements on my blog recently. It makes me wonder whether issit just me or does it affect anyone else? Why are people still putting up stuff like below although I've put up a disclaimer? Do check out the writing below and tell me what you think?

'cool man said...

"The Malay Dilemma" revealing the weaknesses of malays. But did they do something to amend their weaknesses using the correct way, like work harder, compete equally etc?
They did with the fastest way, implementing unfair policies. How many of you all will agree that the policies are not benefiting the malays?
From the economy to the education system and to the society, all policies were meant to "close" their mind and body.
In Pak Lah announce that NEP will stay, as long as the gap between the poor and the rich exists. In a free economy, this will always be the case. How can the gap be narrowed if they do not work hard?
Just ask any economists how an economy works.
Let's assume that they are trying to perform transferring wealth to the poor in this way, it would be better to practice socialism or communism, where everything belongs to the country and no personal assets are allowed.
After 35 years of NEP, how has it benefited the country as a whole? No one benefited in the end except those in power.

and this
' oversee said...

First of all, are we (the non-malays, that is) really to believe that the government will abolish or tone down the New Economic Policy in the near future? We must be realistic, if you have the right to buy a property at a discount and have scholarships for your children, would you let go of these rights?
With Chinese population dwindling in Malaysia, what needs to be done depends on the Chinese themselves.
There is nothing wrong with the brain drain. In fact, we should encourage our children to move to Singapore, Taiwan, China etc. if we disagree with Malaysian government policies that are based on race and religion.
When it comes to the matter of the dwindling number of Chinese Malaysians, we should talk about quality, not quantity.
We should resolve why the Chinese-Malaysian population is reducing. Official figures have more than one million Chinese Malaysians emigrating over the past 25 years. Why did they emigrate? I am sure the government knows.
Straight A students can't get scholarships or university places. Nothing new, it is been that way for the past 35 years. Nowadays, even enlightened malay Malaysians are speaking up on this injustice. The MCA and Gerakan? Busy making money from private colleges.
What is so great about having TAR College or Utar which took more than 35 years of begging? Why should it be so difficult to set up an independent university when we have scores of public ones?
While we push young talented people away, other countries notably Singapore, the US and Australia welcome them with open arms.
Is it logical that we drive away our young talented ones and then invite retired Mat Sallehs to live here and exploit our low-cost of living?
Singapore's success in particular owes much to these ex-Malaysians or their descendants including Hon Sui Sen, Goh Keng Swee, Goh Chok Tong, just to name a few.
About 30 percent of top management in both Singapore's government and corporate sector are ex-Malaysians. We export them so that Singapore can compete with, and then whack us.
Korea and Taiwan, both way behind us in the 70s and 80s are now way ahead. Thailand is breathing down our necks.
Sadly, there is just no integrity in the nation's leadership.'


As for me, I have enough politics at home to last me a lifetime as my dad's really active in MCA. So, if you're the spammer, do keep far away from this blog. Or else we'll get the experts to track you down. Thanks!

p/s: Any political statements, even on the net could get you in trouble with ISA. It's not worth it. Ask Lim Kit Siang, he'll tell you so too.
p/s2: Oh yea, do check out this flyer before you go. It's a Christmas party for those who think they're young. Come join the fun alrite? ;)