Monday, July 27, 2009

It's all about her @^%!##@&@%#!! attitude

I talked to her just now and she totally ignored me, didn't even bother to look at me, or nod her head, and her eyes just fix to her laptop. I knew she heard what I said and again she chose to ignore as if I was talking crap. She only has this kind of attitude toward me. Why? Just because I did her thing wrongly, and that was the first time, it wasn't that big deal; or maybe because I'm such an inexperience intern who knows nuts about advertising!

She keeps asking me this question ever since she knew I'm leaving, "So, are you counting your days?" "Are you happy that you're leaving?"

and...

"I had an intern before and I allowed her to talk to the clients. She was good in handling clients and after that, she got hired."

What has this got to do with me? She loves to mention crap out of no where...

Yes, she has the brain, the authority, the knowledge, the experience, the money... fortunately, not the looks and body... she maybe perfect in advertising field but that doesn't mean she can have this kind of attitude.

She does not have the right attitude, the right personality, no moral, no humanity...
If I were to continue working for Dentsu, I'll have to report under her, 'Do you know that everyone has to report under me?' and my other colleague just gave me a good offer to stay back at Dentsu but I might just reject it because of her...

Last Friday was a friendly bowling tournament between the account servicing and clients. She was anti social and she kept complaining to me that goverment companies' events are expected. They only go for bowlings, karaoke sessions... whereas for Chinese companies for instance, they go for parties, wine drinking... (you can tell that she has a higher living standard)

She misses Chinese clients a lot and keeps complaining about Malay clients that they are stupid, but in order to please them, she has to think the same as them, as if she is not a Malay! She even did ugly faces to me while complaining...

At the end of the event, everyone shook one another's hands to say thank you. She dragged me out of the spot and a few seconds later, we were hiding behind a pole.

I asked, "What are we doing here?"
She said, "Hiding away from them?"
She continued, "Can you pretend like we're busy talking?"
My goodness, how rude can she be? I felt ashame hiding there pretending not to see the people passing by. And they are our clients!

After all, I thought I'm ok with her already but I was wrong and I'm still not used to her weird and arrogant attitude. Anyway I did not regret for not accompanying her that night, for she just didn't want to talk to any of them nor play bowling (even though her fingers were nicely wrapped, afraid that the balls might chip her precious nails...), except for the first time, she needed me so desperately.

Should I stay at Dentsu and suffer her weirdness or is there any OTHER better companies that I can go to?

current mood: work stress

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Japanese Words

Some Japanese words are really meaningful:

映画 えいが  movie
手袋  てぶくろ pocketbook
財布  さいふ wallet
書類  しょるい documents
一生懸命 いっしょうけんめい with all one's might

Even though these words are originally from Chinese, they bring different meaning and in Chinese, we don't use such words. If you know Chinese, you will know the meaning...

The Green Buddies

Dentsu Utama has this little CSR program called the Green Buddies that help save the environment and it really reminds me that I should start doing more about it too...

One of the few things I learned from them:
1. In a restaurant, ask the waiter to keep away all unnecessary cutleries/ dishes so that they will not have to waste water in washing additional stuff. Also, the minimum you can do is, don't waste food, at least finish your drinks.
2. Set a recycling corner at home and practice recycling.
3. Switch off electricity at the powerpoint whenever not in use and if can, unplug appliances too. The plug can drain up to an additional 10% of your
actual electricity usage even if it's on stand by.
4. At hotel, decline housekeeping if you do not need your room to be cleaned so often. Save the water in washing clean bedsheets etc.
5. Aluminium cans is easier to be recycled compared to plastic bottles. Hence, use more aluminium items instead of plastic.

This is what I've always been doing:
1. Avoid using plastic bags when shopping. I always bring my bag along so that I can store my shopping stuffs inside.
2. Reuse plastic bags. There's a whole bunch of plastic bags in my house as I hardly throw them away.
3. Reuse papers. Some papers were still left with ample space will be thrown into a box for further usage like printing. And some of the papers will be used for my notes.
4. Reuse bottles. Even though plastic bottles are discouraged to use, but somehow and unavoidably, there will be plastic bottles in my house and so, reuse it. But my family use our own bottles (except for my dad... I should buy him one too) which can last for years, more environmental friendly and is safer for health.
5. Never litter especially in public places like park. When you litter, everyone will follow; the place become dirty, it affects the ecology and people need to use more electricity and water to clean it.
6. Off unnecessary electricity.And I do scold my family members for not doing so.

There are lots more that we can do. If these few little things are done by each individual times 28 million times 365 days in Malaysia, definitely we can make a difference to the world in no time.

Hope this little blog can remind you of your part too! :)

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Banana Leaf Rice

My friendly colleague brought me to a place which I wasn't sure of to have banana leaf rice for lunch. It has been ages since I last eat this. And it was the first time I used my hand like any other Malays and/or Indians for my meal. She taught me the correct way to eat with hand. Basically is grab the food you want with the rice, pinch it a little and form a shape (any shape that suits your mouth) under your three main fingers plus your thumb. Then scoop it with the three fingers and use your thumb to push the food into your mouth. I've Malay friends but I never thought of using my hand to eat... It wasn't that bad after all but that left me with my slightly yellowish fingers with strong curry smell... and it cost me RM10 but it was really tasty... yummy!

Monday, July 13, 2009

The ABC DVD

Kaden bought a supposed-to-be "ABC" DVD and we were forced to watch with him as usual...

The DVD started off singing "A for apple, A...A,A,A! B for ball, B...B,B,B!" and it repeated twice for each songs. After the first ABC song, the cartoon character which is a boy, driving a car and banging into the wall. After a pitch black for one or two seconds, came the next song. I wonder if kids will ever imitate this action.

"English is important and that is why we need to learn simple English", but what I've heard later on was, "预言是 prophecy...prophecy,prophecy,prophecy!; 诗是poem...poem,poem,poem!; 诗歌是 poetry...poetry,poetry,poetry!; 散文是 prose...prose,prose,prose!" My brother and I both exchanged looks and I asked him if he ever knew what prophecy and prose is, he shook his head with a blank look. No wonder Kaden was no longer interested in the DVD and he was more interested in gameboy instead of 'simple' English...

It got worse when again teaching on basic English. The boy drove (again) to a fast food restaurant which looks like McDonalds and the title appears "Fast Food". "汉堡包是 hamburger...hamburger,hamburger,hamburger!" The parents will be cursing the DVD maker if their kids were to bug them all the time with "hamburger,hamburger,hamburger!"

Then, the English lesson continues to "Junk Food" with "cakes", "biscuits" etc. Last but not least, the most ridiculous thing is to have a song lyric with "我醉了几遍,我醉了几遍~" (I was drunken a few times, I was drunken a few times~) My yipo couldn't believe at first, but after she heard it (cause surely will repeat again...) she was speechless too.

Can you imagine, each song repeating twice, and I can say those are not songs, they are more like rapping... but my brother and I were hooked to the TV and criticising it all the way... ><

And I think it is important to take extra notice in what you are buying for kids :)

Influenza A

Just a short brief on what is big, happening to the world right now--> A(H1N1)

There are certain terms that one has to be clear of:
1. Influenza- popular type of flu among human
2. Pandemic- spread out to worldwide
3. Swine flu- usually hosted by pigs (source: wikipedia.org)

After all the influenza the world has been through- bird flu, Asian flu, and the history breaking Spanish flu which killed 50 to 100 million people and infected 500 million people which equivalent to 1/3 of Europe. It's been 3 months since the first outbreak of 2009 flu pandemic- A(H1N1). It is thought to be a mutation of Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (H5N1 is also one of the subtypes). This is most likely emerged from pigs in Asia, then some North American carried back the virus to Mexico and that was where the flu pandemic started. The WHO pandemic level is now rise to level 6- the highest level, which means the virus is transmitted human to human, spreading one other in another WHO region. Up to date, there are a total of 115,331 reports with 630 deaths. (source: wikipedia.org)

The chances of death is actually very minimal unless you are underlying medical conditions or has illness like diabetes, asthma etc; you are pregnant; and children under 5. And Malaysia is one of the many affected countries but mostly are foreign transmission. Steps taken by government are:
1. closing down schools with suspected and confirmed cases
2. home quarantine those who were in close contact with the victim
3. encourage people to practice home quarantine if you have the flu's symptoms or you just came back from a country which has a high record of the flu.
4. home quarantine should be around 7 days and all leaves are paid with doctor's verification letter
5. body temperature are scanned in airports

Even though the government is making a huge effort in controlling this, the cases are still on-going until today to 710- 507 imported cases and 203 local infections and 90% have recovered (source: thestar.com.my).

If you have the following symptoms, it's time to be extra alert:
1. fever ***
2. flu ***
3. body ache *** (any part of the body e.g. throat, chest)
4. cough
5. vomit
6. diarrhea
7. headache

*** = main symptom

If you have the above symptoms, don't be panick as having the flu is not deadly. What you can do is wear a mask (in case of spreading) and see a doctor immediately. The chances of recovering are higher if you receive immediate treatment within 3 days.

To those who are not facing any of these symptoms, you can play a part in helping others too:
1. personal hygiene is very crucial- wash hands often, cover your mouth when coughing...
2. avoid close body contacts (including hand shake)
3. avoid crowd
4. avoid going to countries like USA (highest record in the world), Mexico (2nd), Australia (6th), Thailand (7th) and UK (8th) (source: wikipedia.org)
5. doing as what the government encourages
7. the best is wear a mask when you're out of home!

A(H1N1) may take a long time before it is over, but with appropriate action taken by each and everyone of us, we are actually giving a big helping hand to the world in controlling the flu.

p.s. I heard UCSI has suspected cases too, so to all UCSI-ians out there, watch out!

Sources:
1. thestar.com.my
2. wikipedia.org

Friday, July 10, 2009

The Myth

As per my previous post about elephants, I shall continue the topic about elephants...

Myth of the day is: Elephants are afraid of mice

How can a huge animal be afraid of a small tiny creature? Can elephants even see mice? Probably one stomp is enough to kill them all...

Myth Buster, a TV programme on Astro Discovery, made an experience on this, attempting to prove the myth is wrong...

They went all the way to Africa to find elephants as victims. In order to protect themselves from getting too near to the wild elephants, they hid a mouse underneath a dung and place it on the ground near the herd, tied a string around the dung, hoping that if any elephants are closing by, they will pull the string and open up the dung so that the mouse will be visible to the elephant.

The first attempt, the elephant backed off almost immediately when the dung was opened. The case was not closed until they had their fourth attempt.

Second attempt, they thought the elephants might be frightened by the dung's movement. So, they tried the second and third attempt, opening the dung without putting the mouse inside. The elephants just walked pass like nothing has happened.

The final attempt, they put the mouse back underneath the dung. This time, the elephant has different response. They opened the dung slightly way before the elephant is near the dung so that the elephant will not be affected by the movement. The elephant walked so close to the mouse until the extent that its trunk nearly touched the mouse.

But before it nearly touched it, the elephant stop. And then, back off a little and walk in another direction.

The answer toward the myth is- yes, elephants are afraid of mice! Even though their response was calm but they are alert to mice...

But what is the reason behind? Probably it's just like Doraemon's story...
The mice will eat their ears!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Our 'Lovely' Dog

My sister was complaining to me about my dog, Leon, agreeing with me that we should one day call up One FM for their 'Beh Tahan' session to shout our lungs out about our frustration toward our 'lovely' dog.

"我真的是beh tahan 我家的狗.哪里有人养狗养到像我酱的?人家养狗我养狗.养到一只酱'wat tat'和'yuk xun'的狗.我帮它冲凉hor,它很喜欢喷水给我,弄到我全身湿透,而且那些水是SUPER臭的!!不用紧,他很爱找垃圾来吃,不管喂它多少,它都不会饱,还是会去找垃圾吃.昨天它去吃榴槤,不吃榴槤肉,跑去吃榴槤壳...不是吃,而是用吞的!之后又消化不到,就吐出来...不但如此,还要在刚买回来的菜.........................
小便!!!!!!我真的不知道我养的是什么狗,我真的是
BEH TAHAN 啦!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

打去电台的话,一定会爆几百盏灯!!真的是一只超级受不了的臭狗...有时还有个冲动想把大门开大大,好让他远走高飞,久久都不回...难怪我看Marley & Me 时有点看不下去, 就好像在看着自己的狗一样,那么吐血...

当然它始终是我的爱犬,再怎样坏都好,叫我怎么舍得不要它呢...

妹妹,再忍多一下就可以了...到了台湾,你就不必再对着这只臭狗大喊大叫.须要大喊大叫人的可是我呢...你不在的话...

哎...只好打给One FM 诉苦吧...

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

ねむい。。。

かいしゃでさむいとなにもしないから、いまわたしはたいへんねむい!!
つまらないね。。。ベッドがいちばんほし!!それにきのごじかんしかねなかった。。。
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

公羊与母羊

这是我设给一只期待着爱情的羊...好玩而已...

公羊: 来吧母羊,散发出你的魅力吧!!
母羊: meh meh meh bu meh~
公羊: 好吧!我们的孩子,男的叫Mmmmaaaaax...
母羊: 女的叫Mmmmmaaaay...
公羊: 再多一个叫Mmmmaaaark!!
母羊: (兴奋)MEH MEH MEH BU MEH!!!

祝你早日找到配偶!!

Friday, July 3, 2009

It's HER again...

She can't stand my stupidity, that doesn't mean I can stand her personality.

"You seem clueless, Evon. Hasn't anyone taught you or explain to you how creative works? You seem lost. You won't learn this unless you have your own things, do you?" and bla bla bla which I don't know whether to thank her for teaching me (with a sacarstic tone) or not to thank her cause probably she wasn't even teaching me, she just can't stand my stupidity that she just wanted to nag at me.

This is really a hard way for me to learn,
but probably a quick way to learn,
and definitely a motivational way to learn...

Why is she sitting in front of me? *puke* *vomit*

I suddenly don't have the mood and appetite for Itallianies later...

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Just to complain...

There's a lunch today, for all colleagues and including me but I was afraid that none of my team members are going so only SHE was around in office, so I asked: "Are you going for the lunch today?"
Her: "It's compulsary..."
Me: "Then how are we going there?" (I thought maybe we are sitting someone's car, I don't expect everyone to drive and I don't have a car, so probably she could offer me a ride...)
Her: "Walk..." (sacarstically)
Me: "Oh... (innocently again!) But isn't that place a bit far?"
Her: "What kind of question is that?" (smiling a little awkwardly)
Me: "Oh, cause I don't drive?" realizing that I was being shot down by her again but she totally ignored me and continued with her work.

&^%$!@#$%*&*%^&^%$!@#$%*&*%^&^%$!@#$%*&*%^&^%$!@#$%*&*%^&^%$!@#$%*&*%^&^%$!@#$%*&*%^
I swear I will not swear but if I were given a chance, I swear I will swear right in front of her face.


Even if she offers me a ride later for FOC I rather WALK!

Then I asked another much friendlier colleague of mine: "Are you going to the lunch later?"
Good colleague: "Oh you mean the Sime Darby lunch?"
Me: "Yea..."
Good colleague: "Going... you wanna follow my car? Come la, follow my car. We drive one car." And she smiled... you see the differences between the good and bad?

Anyway, I'm all happy by now :) Just want to complain...