This is a video which truely touched me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um9KsrH377A
In life, we always question ourself,
why are others getting such high salary while you are not?
Why do others have gf/bf while you don't?
Why are others did so well in exam while you aren't?
Why are others got favourited by friends while it's not you?
ULTIMATE Question : Why do you have to be like others?
Everyone is unique, live our uniquness to the fullest.
Even though there is many obstacles ahead,
although you felt the road ahead is tough,
But, when you closed your eyes,
you gain the strength to create miracle,
even a deaf can played Canon in D so well.
An example of successful ads
which this one touches our soul, motivational and convey the message
Again another Thai advertisement.
Thanks Ricky for the inspirational video!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Saturday, December 26, 2009
3 stories
STORY 1
Today I got my car to be serviced. It was a major service as this is the 3rd 20,000km.
This service centre is located at Kawasan Perindustrian Bkt Serdang
Equipped with the basic facility and a car wash service beside it.
The car wash area is a mere car park sized facility,
"outsourced" to an Indian man in fourties, who brought along his 10 years old son.
They will clean the car entirely after the cars had been serviced.
I was greeted by a young guy (who i knew later to be the tauke's son) ,in his early twenties
He explained the service politely and listen to my problem attentively,
Soon we agreed with the job scope, everything seems to be satisfactory,
Suddenly the Indian car-wash man approaches the young guy,
Car-wash man :"Sana ada satu kereta hitam tak tau siapa punya, nak cuci tak?"
"Apa !!!"The young man yelled at the Indian who is standing 3 feet infront of him
The Car wash man repeated again.
Then the office clerk came out and said that black car is their customer's car who wanted to het his car washed.
Upon hearing that statement,
"Bongok, tak tau tanya orang tu ke? Bodoh betul!!" The young man scolded harshly
The Car wash man looked around, and our eyes met.
He felt shameful, i can feet it, and i switch my glance away.
Then, he and his son walked back to the car and started their chores
He is looking down.
He is an elderly to the young man scolded like a child
I knew this is the common scenario,
from the spontanous words that came out from the mouth of the young man
The tauke(father) and Tau-ke-soh (mother) were in the workshop.
maybe they already got too used to it.
STORY 2
Last week,
One of my "mother-status" friend told me her son was punished in the school
The son threw paper clusters at the teacher when the teacher is writing on the board.
The teacher knew it was his doing and caned him few times on his hands, NOT palm
The mother, heart-broken
went to the school the next day,
demanding for explanations,
She assumed that caning was only allowed on palm,
after the child had been clearly explained of the wrongdoing.
The teacher got irritated and suggested the mother to transfer her son.
The mother was agigated and with her forceful manegerial ton,
The teacher finally broke into tears.
Only than the mother let it off.
I knew the teacher's feeling.
She was very helpless,
headmaster, and school's administration usually will not defend the teacher.
Moreover, the teacher was hinted to apologize.
They were scared of the news to get on the papers.
When that happens, the state education department will investigate the case.
I agreed that the teacher is being unprofessional,
Not rational and hot tempered probably the consequence of 50 students packed in the class.
Caning is suitable only for minor offence such as bad result or late pass-up.
Deliberately opposing the teacher is definitely a major offence.
It is an humiliation to a teacher who is teaching whole-heartedly in class.
If this were to happened 30 years ago, where chinese community used to respect the teacher like their father,
The child who did this will be severely punished in school, probably public canning.
When the child reached home, the father will give him the 2nd round slaps and whipping,
for tarnishing their family's fame or "lose face",
Now not only he was spared from that,
He knew his mother was going after the case, forcing the teacher involved into tears.
Although the mother told me,
She scolded her son for the wrongdoing,
she believes her son will not repeat the mistake again.
Chinese proverb sounds 上梁不正下梁歪
Even the mother had been disrespectful to the teacher,
What more can you expect from the child?
STORY 3
Last month,
My 14 years old nephew, scolded his Kakak from Sumatera.
He was back from school,
blowing up temper when he saw his room was tidied up
"I cakap jangan sentuh bilik saya, awak bodoh mcm babi!"
The Indon- maid understood that,
She just continue mincing the onion in the kitchen
Every members of the family including the child, scolded the maid everyday.
It's too common for her.
The interesting part is,
the commotion took place in the living room,
where the mother was watching TV,
while the father was reading newspaper.
Apparently they heard the arguement,
but they kept silence.
In the 3 true stories above,
the child seems to be kurang-ajar
They scolded the elderly Indian car-wash man,
They threw trash at teachers,
They roared at the maid who tidied up their room,
Nevertheless,
Not only they parents are showing no effort
Their parents even supported their wrongdoing passively,
by keeping themselves silence,
by reprimanding the teacher involved,
FINE ! FINE!
The parents had deprived the learning opportunity of the kids,
They will get away from it,
but
the son and daughter will have to pay a very high price,
for the lessons that they should have learned.
Today I got my car to be serviced. It was a major service as this is the 3rd 20,000km.
This service centre is located at Kawasan Perindustrian Bkt Serdang
Equipped with the basic facility and a car wash service beside it.
The car wash area is a mere car park sized facility,
"outsourced" to an Indian man in fourties, who brought along his 10 years old son.
They will clean the car entirely after the cars had been serviced.
I was greeted by a young guy (who i knew later to be the tauke's son) ,in his early twenties
He explained the service politely and listen to my problem attentively,
Soon we agreed with the job scope, everything seems to be satisfactory,
Suddenly the Indian car-wash man approaches the young guy,
Car-wash man :"Sana ada satu kereta hitam tak tau siapa punya, nak cuci tak?"
"Apa !!!"The young man yelled at the Indian who is standing 3 feet infront of him
The Car wash man repeated again.
Then the office clerk came out and said that black car is their customer's car who wanted to het his car washed.
Upon hearing that statement,
"Bongok, tak tau tanya orang tu ke? Bodoh betul!!" The young man scolded harshly
The Car wash man looked around, and our eyes met.
He felt shameful, i can feet it, and i switch my glance away.
Then, he and his son walked back to the car and started their chores
He is looking down.
He is an elderly to the young man scolded like a child
I knew this is the common scenario,
from the spontanous words that came out from the mouth of the young man
The tauke(father) and Tau-ke-soh (mother) were in the workshop.
maybe they already got too used to it.
STORY 2
Last week,
One of my "mother-status" friend told me her son was punished in the school
The son threw paper clusters at the teacher when the teacher is writing on the board.
The teacher knew it was his doing and caned him few times on his hands, NOT palm
The mother, heart-broken
went to the school the next day,
demanding for explanations,
She assumed that caning was only allowed on palm,
after the child had been clearly explained of the wrongdoing.
The teacher got irritated and suggested the mother to transfer her son.
The mother was agigated and with her forceful manegerial ton,
The teacher finally broke into tears.
Only than the mother let it off.
I knew the teacher's feeling.
She was very helpless,
headmaster, and school's administration usually will not defend the teacher.
Moreover, the teacher was hinted to apologize.
They were scared of the news to get on the papers.
When that happens, the state education department will investigate the case.
I agreed that the teacher is being unprofessional,
Not rational and hot tempered probably the consequence of 50 students packed in the class.
Caning is suitable only for minor offence such as bad result or late pass-up.
Deliberately opposing the teacher is definitely a major offence.
It is an humiliation to a teacher who is teaching whole-heartedly in class.
If this were to happened 30 years ago, where chinese community used to respect the teacher like their father,
The child who did this will be severely punished in school, probably public canning.
When the child reached home, the father will give him the 2nd round slaps and whipping,
for tarnishing their family's fame or "lose face",
Now not only he was spared from that,
He knew his mother was going after the case, forcing the teacher involved into tears.
Although the mother told me,
She scolded her son for the wrongdoing,
she believes her son will not repeat the mistake again.
Chinese proverb sounds 上梁不正下梁歪
Even the mother had been disrespectful to the teacher,
What more can you expect from the child?
STORY 3
Last month,
My 14 years old nephew, scolded his Kakak from Sumatera.
He was back from school,
blowing up temper when he saw his room was tidied up
"I cakap jangan sentuh bilik saya, awak bodoh mcm babi!"
The Indon- maid understood that,
She just continue mincing the onion in the kitchen
Every members of the family including the child, scolded the maid everyday.
It's too common for her.
The interesting part is,
the commotion took place in the living room,
where the mother was watching TV,
while the father was reading newspaper.
Apparently they heard the arguement,
but they kept silence.
In the 3 true stories above,
the child seems to be kurang-ajar
They scolded the elderly Indian car-wash man,
They threw trash at teachers,
They roared at the maid who tidied up their room,
Nevertheless,
Not only they parents are showing no effort
Their parents even supported their wrongdoing passively,
by keeping themselves silence,
by reprimanding the teacher involved,
FINE ! FINE!
The parents had deprived the learning opportunity of the kids,
They will get away from it,
but
the son and daughter will have to pay a very high price,
for the lessons that they should have learned.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Friend Investment Portfolio
Choosing friends is just like selecting stocks into your portfolio
In the good times,
You need positively-correlated stock that gives you huge return,
When you are rich,happy and healthy,
you need happy-go-lucky friends that celebrate your joy,
double/triple your excitement,
dance with you into the endless night!
Most of the stock in the market belongs to this category,
You can have plenty of stocks with outstanding peformance during the good times,
but all of them fail terribly during the bad times.
In the bad times,
You need negatively-correlated stocks that gives you some minor return
when everyone loses money;
When you are broke, heartbroken and ill,
you need friends there to listen to your misery,
they will lend you the shoulder if you feel like crying.
they will concern of you sincerely
Thie group of stock is very rare,
it takes patient, perserverance and some luck to locate it.
This stock is often neglected,
because they don't shine during the good times,
they are not competent to speak for themselves,
they are always the overlooked stock,
they are the laughing stock among investors,
they are the left-behind.
In stand alone case, this stock will never be considered
You may even dislike this stock
but
this stock may be chosen to complement your portfolio,
makes your investment prosper during the shining days,
and survives through the rainy days.
The ideal case,
The best stocks it those that perform in the rain and shining day
But that's only an ideal case.
Making friend is simple,
Investing in the right friend is the challenge.
An investor who are always hesitating which stock to invest,
will never reap profits in the good times.
Golden words here is,
treasure every friends around you truthfully,
dedicate yourself entirely into the friendship,
trust him/her sincerely,
If thats the wrong investment,
you suffer,
but soon you recover
and starts to treasure your next friendship.
Thats the cycle of life.
No pain, no gain!
In the good times,
You need positively-correlated stock that gives you huge return,
When you are rich,happy and healthy,
you need happy-go-lucky friends that celebrate your joy,
double/triple your excitement,
dance with you into the endless night!
Most of the stock in the market belongs to this category,
You can have plenty of stocks with outstanding peformance during the good times,
but all of them fail terribly during the bad times.
In the bad times,
You need negatively-correlated stocks that gives you some minor return
when everyone loses money;
When you are broke, heartbroken and ill,
you need friends there to listen to your misery,
they will lend you the shoulder if you feel like crying.
they will concern of you sincerely
Thie group of stock is very rare,
it takes patient, perserverance and some luck to locate it.
This stock is often neglected,
because they don't shine during the good times,
they are not competent to speak for themselves,
they are always the overlooked stock,
they are the laughing stock among investors,
they are the left-behind.
In stand alone case, this stock will never be considered
You may even dislike this stock
but
this stock may be chosen to complement your portfolio,
makes your investment prosper during the shining days,
and survives through the rainy days.
The ideal case,
The best stocks it those that perform in the rain and shining day
But that's only an ideal case.
Making friend is simple,
Investing in the right friend is the challenge.
An investor who are always hesitating which stock to invest,
will never reap profits in the good times.
Golden words here is,
treasure every friends around you truthfully,
dedicate yourself entirely into the friendship,
trust him/her sincerely,
If thats the wrong investment,
you suffer,
but soon you recover
and starts to treasure your next friendship.
Thats the cycle of life.
No pain, no gain!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
地雷
“你这样做只会让人越来越讨厌你”
“sorry, 但。。。我做错了什么？”
“你没错，你很好！”她冷冷的说。
************************************************
典型的地雷，爆发在不知不觉中，
虽然这可能是场玩笑，但一点都不好玩；
自小你很爱说话，但还是不会‘说话’，
病从口入，祸从口出，
当大家在高谈阔论的说“废话”时，你总是不小心踩到地雷。
当大家外出游玩，你得意忘形时，误踩地雷，会引火上身。
当你偶尔返老还童，玩着闹，地雷“轰“的一声惊醒梦中人！
地雷，
你不知它在何处，当你侥幸存活时，
你也不会被告知下一颗在哪。
纵使你拉着嘶哑的嗓子，
到处向周围的朋友求救，
他们回过身，
投以同情的眼光，耸耸肩，无奈的微笑，
你明白了，
由始至终你都是独自上路。
这只是未来办公室政治的前奏，
今却足以令你寝食难安，
很伤，很痛。
一个高傲的人，
憎恨消极的想法，
不愿逃避问题，
越大的挑战只会激发更多的斗志；
但
在四面地雷，
解释等于狡辩的情况下，
不得不松手，
无奈的抱着“好男不与女斗”的心态阿Q自己一番，
三十六计走为上，
但愿天涯海角自有留人处！
“sorry, 但。。。我做错了什么？”
“你没错，你很好！”她冷冷的说。
************************************************
典型的地雷，爆发在不知不觉中，
虽然这可能是场玩笑，但一点都不好玩；
自小你很爱说话，但还是不会‘说话’，
病从口入，祸从口出，
当大家在高谈阔论的说“废话”时，你总是不小心踩到地雷。
当大家外出游玩，你得意忘形时，误踩地雷，会引火上身。
当你偶尔返老还童，玩着闹，地雷“轰“的一声惊醒梦中人！
地雷，
你不知它在何处，当你侥幸存活时，
你也不会被告知下一颗在哪。
纵使你拉着嘶哑的嗓子，
到处向周围的朋友求救，
他们回过身，
投以同情的眼光，耸耸肩，无奈的微笑，
你明白了，
由始至终你都是独自上路。
这只是未来办公室政治的前奏，
今却足以令你寝食难安，
很伤，很痛。
一个高傲的人，
憎恨消极的想法，
不愿逃避问题，
越大的挑战只会激发更多的斗志；
但
在四面地雷，
解释等于狡辩的情况下，
不得不松手，
无奈的抱着“好男不与女斗”的心态阿Q自己一番，
三十六计走为上，
但愿天涯海角自有留人处！
Saturday, December 19, 2009
[MBA] Financial Management
Financial Management- one of the most feared subject among MBA courses,
taught by deputy dean, Prof Shamsheer
His teaching is more to applied financial theories to real world economy
as he assume his student had prepared the chapters before the class
This is a huge pressure especially to student without finance knowledge like me,
but
the positive side is it pushes me to prepare before the class to understand his lecture.
to me,
Fetching knowledge from knwledgible lecturer is more important than grades,
however,
Obtaining good grade in the killer-lecturer hand is a great satisfaction.. (nonsense time again ^_^)
"What is the positive impact of economy recession?"
people usually discuss about negative things during recession,
one of the positve thing is the rise of bond price.
Recession, productivity falls, demand falls, supply falls, interest rate drops
Bond price will increase which is reverse to share price.
"Impact of goverment printing $"
symptom of bankruptcy
Country printing money causing lots of $ after little goods,
inflation rise,
goverment interfere interest (INT) rate to rise,
INT rise, $ become lesser, inflation drops, (short term)
increase productivity to overcome short of goods which cause inflation (long term)
"Government stimulus plan inject $ into share market, discuss"
$ injected in to share market, financial assets increase, but NOT real assets
government anticipating on business activity to increase real assets,
IF only it works.. will it??
It may be a tough time picking up the financial definations and calculations,
but
risk and return, bond (warrant), stock, cost of capital is everything around us daily
At least it is what a normal ah pek will read in newspaper in kopitiam.
and at least i should know what the ah pek is reading/talking
Learning is fun!
taught by deputy dean, Prof Shamsheer
His teaching is more to applied financial theories to real world economy
as he assume his student had prepared the chapters before the class
This is a huge pressure especially to student without finance knowledge like me,
but
the positive side is it pushes me to prepare before the class to understand his lecture.
to me,
Fetching knowledge from knwledgible lecturer is more important than grades,
however,
Obtaining good grade in the killer-lecturer hand is a great satisfaction.. (nonsense time again ^_^)
"What is the positive impact of economy recession?"
people usually discuss about negative things during recession,
one of the positve thing is the rise of bond price.
Recession, productivity falls, demand falls, supply falls, interest rate drops
Bond price will increase which is reverse to share price.
"Impact of goverment printing $"
symptom of bankruptcy
Country printing money causing lots of $ after little goods,
inflation rise,
goverment interfere interest (INT) rate to rise,
INT rise, $ become lesser, inflation drops, (short term)
increase productivity to overcome short of goods which cause inflation (long term)
"Government stimulus plan inject $ into share market, discuss"
$ injected in to share market, financial assets increase, but NOT real assets
government anticipating on business activity to increase real assets,
IF only it works.. will it??
It may be a tough time picking up the financial definations and calculations,
but
risk and return, bond (warrant), stock, cost of capital is everything around us daily
At least it is what a normal ah pek will read in newspaper in kopitiam.
and at least i should know what the ah pek is reading/talking
Learning is fun!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
First 100 days of MBA life
13th October 2009 is the 100th days of my MBA life.
I had taken
Accounting for decision making,
Organization Behavior,
Management Economic
Human Resource Managment
Currenly undertaking
Business Law
Marketing Management
Before enrolling into MBA class, i know there is alot of deficiency for me in business and management staff
Although from my working experience, and motivational/ management books that i read,
I feel that there is lack of systematic arrangement of the sequence of my knowledge.
Accounting for decision making:
Read the annual report from the first class until the end of the course.
Intoduced to the idea of Problem Based Learning
The ability to analyse annunal report and make investing decision based on key ratios
I am so interested that i immediately go and analyse DXN annual report , haha
The short coming, we are not taught of debit-credit part
Lecturer always said :"this is the part for your accountant"
Don't get word for word...
Learning accounting without understanding debit and credit is like
driving a car without knowing the buttons in the car.
Organization behavior
Dr Ho taught it using text-book based method, slightly inexperienced
Many concepts are applicable to our behavior
For example the BIG Five personality
Conscientiousness, Agreeablesness, Neurotism, Openess to change, Extroversion
From here only i realize my behavior as introvert disguise of extroversion
Everyone took me as extrovert include me myself,
Indeed
I am someone who can speak, can socialize around, love to be complimented,
But
my preferences is to spent time alone, do some self-reflecting, self planning
thats when i felt i was being loved and got recharged,
thats why swimming gym is my favourite sports
Management Economics
The subject required graph analysis and differentition,
the analytical skills required by every engineer
Definitely is my cup of tea!
I am so interested and curious until i read different economic books in library for their case study
How microsoft get involved in the anti-trust act with its Window95
Human Resource Management
Every manager must deal with human resource.
Learn about different right of employee, employer
Interesting subject taught by ineffective lecturer
Business Law and ethics
Topic sound dull, but this is my another favourtie
Law is simply everything of our daily life
It is so close to us everyday but we not realise of its importance
Worth paying to learn it!
Marketing Management
Doing the assignment, the marketing experience just came into my mind
Eg, market position, distribution method...
In short, everyday is a fresh start for me!
Whenever i am in the midst of enjoying the subject, the course suddenly ended.
Once it is ended, i start to get busy with next semester subject and too lazy to repick the subject
I am looking forward for gaining knowledge tomorrow
Thanks for the engineering course i had taken
Only now i realize thats a total different kind of knowledge,
This is my cup of tea because i always so curious of the subject
Learning is fun !
I had taken
Accounting for decision making,
Organization Behavior,
Management Economic
Human Resource Managment
Currenly undertaking
Business Law
Marketing Management
Before enrolling into MBA class, i know there is alot of deficiency for me in business and management staff
Although from my working experience, and motivational/ management books that i read,
I feel that there is lack of systematic arrangement of the sequence of my knowledge.
Accounting for decision making:
Read the annual report from the first class until the end of the course.
Intoduced to the idea of Problem Based Learning
The ability to analyse annunal report and make investing decision based on key ratios
I am so interested that i immediately go and analyse DXN annual report , haha
The short coming, we are not taught of debit-credit part
Lecturer always said :"this is the part for your accountant"
Don't get word for word...
Learning accounting without understanding debit and credit is like
driving a car without knowing the buttons in the car.
Organization behavior
Dr Ho taught it using text-book based method, slightly inexperienced
Many concepts are applicable to our behavior
For example the BIG Five personality
Conscientiousness, Agreeablesness, Neurotism, Openess to change, Extroversion
From here only i realize my behavior as introvert disguise of extroversion
Everyone took me as extrovert include me myself,
Indeed
I am someone who can speak, can socialize around, love to be complimented,
But
my preferences is to spent time alone, do some self-reflecting, self planning
thats when i felt i was being loved and got recharged,
thats why swimming gym is my favourite sports
Management Economics
The subject required graph analysis and differentition,
the analytical skills required by every engineer
Definitely is my cup of tea!
I am so interested and curious until i read different economic books in library for their case study
How microsoft get involved in the anti-trust act with its Window95
Human Resource Management
Every manager must deal with human resource.
Learn about different right of employee, employer
Interesting subject taught by ineffective lecturer
Business Law and ethics
Topic sound dull, but this is my another favourtie
Law is simply everything of our daily life
It is so close to us everyday but we not realise of its importance
Worth paying to learn it!
Marketing Management
Doing the assignment, the marketing experience just came into my mind
Eg, market position, distribution method...
In short, everyday is a fresh start for me!
Whenever i am in the midst of enjoying the subject, the course suddenly ended.
Once it is ended, i start to get busy with next semester subject and too lazy to repick the subject
I am looking forward for gaining knowledge tomorrow
Thanks for the engineering course i had taken
Only now i realize thats a total different kind of knowledge,
This is my cup of tea because i always so curious of the subject
Learning is fun !
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Lesson that takes years to learn
"En, what is your expectation of this term paper, is it on data collecting method or evaluation ? " I asked,
I am an avid and active respondents for lectures, talk and seminars. As a listener, i will usually write down my doubts during the speech and voice out my question and opinions in the right time.
When it's QnA session or similar cues given by speaker eg "any question from the ground?"
I wil raise my hand,
The speaker will nod sometimes with a "yes?"
I will start asking in the manner mentioned above.
However, the responses received from the speaker is usually quite unfriendly and sometimes hostile
"Probably my question is too challenging for the speaker until he hasitates and reluctant to answer friendly" I thought
once, twice, trice, 5times... 10 times.....
i sense something is wrong somewhere.
It couldn't be such coincidence that speaker's credibility is challenged everytime!!!
What's wrong then?
During my undergraduates study in UTM, I remembered asking technical question when the class suddenly became silence and weird expression on their face.
"What's wrong with my question ?" I asked my best friend, Teck
"Your style of asking like you want to fight" He said
"How to change then?" i asked eargerly
"Everyone has it's own style, don't know how to say" he commented
I was left alone thinking and observing other asking qeustion.
I don't see differences maybe i am not sensitive enough
Until last week,
After i asked a question
"En, what is your expectation of this term paper, is it on data collecting method or evaluation ? "
Our HRM lecturer, Tn Haji Yaacob leaped up furiously, scolding that he is disappointed with us and spoke in a very hostile way compared to how he behaves normally.
The question may sounds stupid to him, but i know there is more reason for him losing is temper.
In the lectures later.
Sarut asked :" Prof, may i know the is the 2nd and last point the same meaning?"
Then only he answered in a very delightful and happy manner.
I realized my mistake over these years!
My bad encounter only occurs with a Malay lecturer.
The Malay culture emphasis hugely on softness and politeness
Softness - the tone should be soft enough to let the speaker feels your are humble.
The lecturer sometimes commented we spoke to soft, but speaking soft is actually a way their race emphasis , the style of lemah-lembut just like the malay dances, like the way they walk gracefuly
Politeness - politeness in here is not only politeness we showed on face, but also the politeness in WORDS
For example, instead of asking
"Prof, is the 2nd point same as the last point?"
Should ask
"Prof, may i know is the 2nd point same as the last point"
Uses of "may i", "can you pls" is extremely crucial to leave a good recency preception for the speaker
The method of asking i had been using is influenced by the formal way of enquiring in corporate and meeting where the power distance is low between staff.
Eg, CEO can be directly questioned by managers in a polite way, (polite way here may not include the words of humbleness)
It is more efficient compared to bahasa berbunga bunga.
However,now i will abide their culture and practice to create harmony and better outcome.
At least i know my mistakes now.
Thanks Tn Haji Yaacob !
I am an avid and active respondents for lectures, talk and seminars. As a listener, i will usually write down my doubts during the speech and voice out my question and opinions in the right time.
When it's QnA session or similar cues given by speaker eg "any question from the ground?"
I wil raise my hand,
The speaker will nod sometimes with a "yes?"
I will start asking in the manner mentioned above.
However, the responses received from the speaker is usually quite unfriendly and sometimes hostile
"Probably my question is too challenging for the speaker until he hasitates and reluctant to answer friendly" I thought
once, twice, trice, 5times... 10 times.....
i sense something is wrong somewhere.
It couldn't be such coincidence that speaker's credibility is challenged everytime!!!
What's wrong then?
During my undergraduates study in UTM, I remembered asking technical question when the class suddenly became silence and weird expression on their face.
"What's wrong with my question ?" I asked my best friend, Teck
"Your style of asking like you want to fight" He said
"How to change then?" i asked eargerly
"Everyone has it's own style, don't know how to say" he commented
I was left alone thinking and observing other asking qeustion.
I don't see differences maybe i am not sensitive enough
Until last week,
After i asked a question
"En, what is your expectation of this term paper, is it on data collecting method or evaluation ? "
Our HRM lecturer, Tn Haji Yaacob leaped up furiously, scolding that he is disappointed with us and spoke in a very hostile way compared to how he behaves normally.
The question may sounds stupid to him, but i know there is more reason for him losing is temper.
In the lectures later.
Sarut asked :" Prof, may i know the is the 2nd and last point the same meaning?"
Then only he answered in a very delightful and happy manner.
I realized my mistake over these years!
My bad encounter only occurs with a Malay lecturer.
The Malay culture emphasis hugely on softness and politeness
Softness - the tone should be soft enough to let the speaker feels your are humble.
The lecturer sometimes commented we spoke to soft, but speaking soft is actually a way their race emphasis , the style of lemah-lembut just like the malay dances, like the way they walk gracefuly
Politeness - politeness in here is not only politeness we showed on face, but also the politeness in WORDS
For example, instead of asking
"Prof, is the 2nd point same as the last point?"
Should ask
"Prof, may i know is the 2nd point same as the last point"
Uses of "may i", "can you pls" is extremely crucial to leave a good recency preception for the speaker
The method of asking i had been using is influenced by the formal way of enquiring in corporate and meeting where the power distance is low between staff.
Eg, CEO can be directly questioned by managers in a polite way, (polite way here may not include the words of humbleness)
It is more efficient compared to bahasa berbunga bunga.
However,now i will abide their culture and practice to create harmony and better outcome.
At least i know my mistakes now.
Thanks Tn Haji Yaacob !
Friday, October 2, 2009
Self discipline - noble
修身篇。(self discipline)
Self discipline while treating others kind, act noble
Noble personality is the ultimate characteristic to be respected for generations
You upright justice,
You have the choice to fold your hands in an injustice
"Their support and gratitude won't do you much benefit" voice of concern
You help those weak and discriminated,
You are the target of those powerful one for not standing with them
You sacrificed your time, money, effort and risking your future.
You are noble
You have extra talent
You can be the high-flyer alone,
You know reaching the peak alone is loney and cold
You slowed down, stretched your hands out,
You pulled those spending enourmous effort but still trudging behind,
You are noble
Opportunist (people who are slow because no effort put in or lazy) saw the shortcut to the peak
Opportunist mixed among group
You knew that opportunist was in the group you were pulling
You knew the cost of excluding them from the group is more than benefit
You keeped pulling and panting vigorously
You are noble
You finally collapsed when you were feet away from the peak
Opportunists now hop out from the group and sprint to the peak
Opportunists were raising their hands victoriously
Opportunists were claiming the prize which belongs to you
You watched them from distant, tears rolling from the exhausted eyes, disappointed
However, the remaining group you pulled all the way now stay behind by your side
They valued you more than the achievement and fame to the peak
You gained their trust, respect and gratitute
You are noble
Noble required sacrifice
Noble prize holder is rare
Noble helps build your character
Noble makes more people trust you
Noble makes you accountable to your family
Noble, you sleep with a smile.
Self discipline while treating others kind, act noble
Noble personality is the ultimate characteristic to be respected for generations
You upright justice,
You have the choice to fold your hands in an injustice
"Their support and gratitude won't do you much benefit" voice of concern
You help those weak and discriminated,
You are the target of those powerful one for not standing with them
You sacrificed your time, money, effort and risking your future.
You are noble
You have extra talent
You can be the high-flyer alone,
You know reaching the peak alone is loney and cold
You slowed down, stretched your hands out,
You pulled those spending enourmous effort but still trudging behind,
You are noble
Opportunist (people who are slow because no effort put in or lazy) saw the shortcut to the peak
Opportunist mixed among group
You knew that opportunist was in the group you were pulling
You knew the cost of excluding them from the group is more than benefit
You keeped pulling and panting vigorously
You are noble
You finally collapsed when you were feet away from the peak
Opportunists now hop out from the group and sprint to the peak
Opportunists were raising their hands victoriously
Opportunists were claiming the prize which belongs to you
You watched them from distant, tears rolling from the exhausted eyes, disappointed
However, the remaining group you pulled all the way now stay behind by your side
They valued you more than the achievement and fame to the peak
You gained their trust, respect and gratitute
You are noble
Noble required sacrifice
Noble prize holder is rare
Noble helps build your character
Noble makes more people trust you
Noble makes you accountable to your family
Noble, you sleep with a smile.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Inspiring lessons
"Just feel like leaving some words about your lecture.
Anticipated your lectures every week,
your facial expression and attentiveness trying very hard to make everyone understand
You have tons of examples, daily encounters around us and associate them with this challenging subject
You are truly an economist who are capable of blending your everyday life with economics.
As for me,
I am from Engineering background,
I have zero knowledge in economics.
I enjoyed your economics lectures without noticing how fast time flies!
I was mesmerized by your lectures until ignoring the call of nature.
I gained both knowledge and personal development
I was impressed by your story on Taman Negara economic Cost and Benefit evaluation
Economic Cost and Benefit teaches me
Only then i knew i was making bad decision in the past.
I began evaluating the economic aspect to make daily decision
I started to respect economist
Many GSM lecturers can deliver lecture effectively
but hardly anyone has the ability to arouse the student's interest in the field.
Your determination in teaching and tons of examples make it!
One of the example
"Put more effort in the field of increasing return of scale"
Sound like knowledge but is the key to success.
Sincere applause for your teaching.
Learning through example is fun,yet inspiring!
Thank you!
Anonymous."
Anticipated your lectures every week,
your facial expression and attentiveness trying very hard to make everyone understand
You have tons of examples, daily encounters around us and associate them with this challenging subject
You are truly an economist who are capable of blending your everyday life with economics.
As for me,
I am from Engineering background,
I have zero knowledge in economics.
I enjoyed your economics lectures without noticing how fast time flies!
I was mesmerized by your lectures until ignoring the call of nature.
I gained both knowledge and personal development
I was impressed by your story on Taman Negara economic Cost and Benefit evaluation
Economic Cost and Benefit teaches me
Only then i knew i was making bad decision in the past.
I began evaluating the economic aspect to make daily decision
I started to respect economist
Many GSM lecturers can deliver lecture effectively
but hardly anyone has the ability to arouse the student's interest in the field.
Your determination in teaching and tons of examples make it!
One of the example
"Put more effort in the field of increasing return of scale"
Sound like knowledge but is the key to success.
Sincere applause for your teaching.
Learning through example is fun,yet inspiring!
Thank you!
Anonymous."
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Study for exam or study for knowledge? What an old grandma question...
Study for exam or study for knowledge?
Thats a typical classic arguement for motivated undergraduates.
Study for exam or study for knowledge?
I always choose the latter.
Some said i am too overconfidence with that decision, arrogant?I am who i am.?
But, "I" am just someone i hope i am.
The external factor tend to distract us from our direction
You are study for the coming exam, will you still study for knowledge after exam?
You are left with two choices,
Divert from your direction(study for exam) which is a easier method,
Strive againts many odds to continue in your direction(study for knowledge).
I will choose the latter again
But again how far can that idea persist?
The same scenario keeps repeating again and again in our life right?
We know the best decision but we are always not making the best decision
Maybe we don't dare,
or we don't persevere(insist),
or we just follow,
or we think someone's decision is better
or we just don't want to change
Cost and benefit.
We measure the cost and benefit of not willing to change
We measure the cost and benefit of making changes
We already have the answer even before measuring.
Here comes the answer,
It is what i hope i become,
it is what makes me proud,
it is the feeling of superiority
It is the guidance for my life,
It is my way to account for myself
You think, You come, You TAKE ACTION!
Thats a typical classic arguement for motivated undergraduates.
Study for exam or study for knowledge?
I always choose the latter.
Some said i am too overconfidence with that decision, arrogant?I am who i am.?
But, "I" am just someone i hope i am.
The external factor tend to distract us from our direction
You are study for the coming exam, will you still study for knowledge after exam?
You are left with two choices,
Divert from your direction(study for exam) which is a easier method,
Strive againts many odds to continue in your direction(study for knowledge).
I will choose the latter again
But again how far can that idea persist?
The same scenario keeps repeating again and again in our life right?
We know the best decision but we are always not making the best decision
Maybe we don't dare,
or we don't persevere(insist),
or we just follow,
or we think someone's decision is better
or we just don't want to change
Cost and benefit.
We measure the cost and benefit of not willing to change
We measure the cost and benefit of making changes
We already have the answer even before measuring.
Here comes the answer,
It is what i hope i become,
it is what makes me proud,
it is the feeling of superiority
It is the guidance for my life,
It is my way to account for myself
You think, You come, You TAKE ACTION!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Tips for a MeAniNgFuL DAY...
I had a great day today!
For past few weeks, i hardly have time for myself.
Thats when i need some REAL personal time.
Can you imagine the feeling of waking up naturally without alarm clock, delicious breakfast, completing a challenging handicraft task which is different from routine job, arrange your things/cleaning your room while listening to soft music, you feel that you OWN your own time, you are loving yourself and spending time with him, your mind flashing the past events in the week, a simple day but it's so great to make one feel RECHARGED.
(Try to avoid online the whoe day as it may cause a bad posture over a long time and its a past-time event and u may not feel you had done anything...)
I am building a table and i have the feeling of building LEGO.
I got my first LEGO from Ms Er Lay Si,
my standard 2 form teacher.
She gives me as a present when i am 8 years old.
Thats when i started playing LEGO and love it.
Today i received a table in boards and nails.
I felt the excitment of assembling the table,
just like when i am playing LEGO.
The instruction is very clear, just follow it and everything is done. However there is place where you need some skills to make sure the table is stable.
I am focused but not stressed, simply excited, hoping that you can build it longer, just like the anticipation of playing LEGO.
Before Assemble
For past few weeks, i hardly have time for myself.
Thats when i need some REAL personal time.
Can you imagine the feeling of waking up naturally without alarm clock, delicious breakfast, completing a challenging handicraft task which is different from routine job, arrange your things/cleaning your room while listening to soft music, you feel that you OWN your own time, you are loving yourself and spending time with him, your mind flashing the past events in the week, a simple day but it's so great to make one feel RECHARGED.
(Try to avoid online the whoe day as it may cause a bad posture over a long time and its a past-time event and u may not feel you had done anything...)
I am building a table and i have the feeling of building LEGO.
I got my first LEGO from Ms Er Lay Si,
my standard 2 form teacher.
She gives me as a present when i am 8 years old.
Thats when i started playing LEGO and love it.
Today i received a table in boards and nails.
I felt the excitment of assembling the table,
just like when i am playing LEGO.
The instruction is very clear, just follow it and everything is done. However there is place where you need some skills to make sure the table is stable.
I am focused but not stressed, simply excited, hoping that you can build it longer, just like the anticipation of playing LEGO.
Before Assemble
Assembling
After assembling
Everyday, we are responsible to job task, assignments,
friends' needs, spouse needs, expectations, etc...
Today people try to release stress days by
going Karaoke, clubbing, shopping spree,
in the end, do you feel recharged or more TIRED?
A simple afternoon for yourself can turned out become a meaningful day.
Its simple without costing you a single cent.
Just make sure you spend sometime with him(yourself),
treat him good, love him,
let him feel respected and appreciated.
You will find the next morning waking up feeling energetic!
You will said "life is GREAT!"
Thursday, July 30, 2009
厉害！？？
有位好朋友说， “汉杰，你真厉害。”
听了赞美的话心理应该是开心的。不管它是否真心。
我老套的回答：“过奖了，还好罢了。。”
下个月要去朋友毕业典礼，自己毕业就三年了。
我离“厉害“ 好远，不敢当。
我依然那副德性。我行我素。
觉得很想把泰国的美与人分享，就全家一起去；
觉得神山山景如画，就去登山；
觉得想体验恋情，就去爱爱；
觉得想鸡婆朋友的婚礼筹备， 就去当兄弟，主持人；
觉得自己想学些经济管理理论，就去进修。
觉得感恩，知足。
父母觉得我自己应管理好自己人生。
朋友觉得我什么都敢去做。
我自己觉得，是时候定性了。
最近参与一班年轻一辈的朋友，
自己毕竟老了，思想有了隔膜。
但对于学习新知识， 我十分有冲劲。
生活有规律了,虽然吸收力不如以前，
但好奇心和兴趣的驱使下，我感受前所未有，享受知识的沐浴。
周围的朋友，唉声叹气，叫苦连天。
或许他们未经历更大的无奈，毕竟年纪轻轻。
我很尊敬他们，因他们有魄力，有理想。
不想用我的思维影响他们，只在适当时候分享同感。
静静的注意他们，我也会拿当年的自己来做比较。
学习不仅在于课本。
看到附近果汁挡，用苦瓜配芒果，
以芒果浓郁的香味和甜味，盖过苦瓜的苦涩，
回来也有样学样，
做成了，有层次感， 很享受学习的喜悦。
我很期待明天，每一天。
人生本应如此，未来充满未知，至少目前我是如此。
听了赞美的话心理应该是开心的。不管它是否真心。
我老套的回答：“过奖了，还好罢了。。”
下个月要去朋友毕业典礼，自己毕业就三年了。
我离“厉害“ 好远，不敢当。
我依然那副德性。我行我素。
觉得很想把泰国的美与人分享，就全家一起去；
觉得神山山景如画，就去登山；
觉得想体验恋情，就去爱爱；
觉得想鸡婆朋友的婚礼筹备， 就去当兄弟，主持人；
觉得自己想学些经济管理理论，就去进修。
觉得感恩，知足。
父母觉得我自己应管理好自己人生。
朋友觉得我什么都敢去做。
我自己觉得，是时候定性了。
最近参与一班年轻一辈的朋友，
自己毕竟老了，思想有了隔膜。
但对于学习新知识， 我十分有冲劲。
生活有规律了,虽然吸收力不如以前，
但好奇心和兴趣的驱使下，我感受前所未有，享受知识的沐浴。
周围的朋友，唉声叹气，叫苦连天。
或许他们未经历更大的无奈，毕竟年纪轻轻。
我很尊敬他们，因他们有魄力，有理想。
不想用我的思维影响他们，只在适当时候分享同感。
静静的注意他们，我也会拿当年的自己来做比较。
学习不仅在于课本。
看到附近果汁挡，用苦瓜配芒果，
以芒果浓郁的香味和甜味，盖过苦瓜的苦涩，
回来也有样学样，
做成了，有层次感， 很享受学习的喜悦。
我很期待明天，每一天。
人生本应如此，未来充满未知，至少目前我是如此。
Saturday, July 11, 2009
结婚~
我的死党结婚了，是小学，中学的同班同学。。。 因为我们从来都在第一班:D
中学朋友共有十一人出席。一场老朋友的聚会，互相联络，聊聊最新近况，
但无法找回昔日那种感觉，时间太短，只是蜻蜓点水。。。
令我思考的是， 大家未婚，其中有四人有女朋友，也有完全没有交女朋友的经验。
问题出在那里？全男校？
中学朋友共有十一人出席。一场老朋友的聚会，互相联络，聊聊最新近况，
但无法找回昔日那种感觉，时间太短，只是蜻蜓点水。。。
令我思考的是， 大家未婚，其中有四人有女朋友，也有完全没有交女朋友的经验。
问题出在那里？全男校？
第一次成为喜筵主持人。虽然有过许多公众演说的经验，开始难免还会紧张。完全照背稿。中场开始享受，大家的投入，配合，朋友的赞赏。结束前的Q&A 部分， 新人不敢完全配合，留下了少许的瑕疵，或许是缺陷美吧！由于新人的害羞，我顿时紧张起来，无法幽默的主持下去，记得有一段，我还因为没了主意而把麦克风推给新郎， 虽然只是一瞬间，或许来宾没注意，但我自己已经开始压力和不自在了。。。
总结。我缺乏一定的应变能力，以为准备太长，其实不太够。
主持人应多多准备绕口令般的贺词。。。
台上 三分钟，台下十分钟。准备过程历时整整3天。
有人叫我去兼职做 喜筵主持人，我傻笑带过。
主持喜筵，只给特别的朋友。
有人叫我去兼职做 喜筵主持人，我傻笑带过。
主持喜筵，只给特别的朋友。
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
RM300 给自己定位。
全亚洲排名第十三的MBA研究院，NCCU 台湾政治大学IMBA，以英语教学。
报名费US$60加上银行手续费折合RM250, DHL 邮寄RM49.50，共RM300
瞄准中国市场的崛起，碍于中国境内又有诸多限制，台湾在亚洲四小龙的地位，简直是近水楼台先得月，绝对是进军中国市场的平台。
政大名声之好， 顺着全球经济放缓众多执行人员角逐全年40个位子，一番龙争虎斗在所难免。 我自知工作经验与环境难以通过严格的筛选，但也不能灭自己的威风， 为自己买个定位吧。
两份工作的决策能力，终于还是得不到评判青睐。
钱丢了，两个礼拜的准备也付诸东海。
至少我知道，还有四位申请者条件更好。
有信心，别过分自信！
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
完成了半个月来的工程，因该是兴高采烈的去庆祝；
此时的心情却是低落的，因为过程中牺牲了许多生命....
这半个月来，与大自然有了近距离的接触。一片荒芭地，到砍树，喷毒药，最后烧芭。过程中曾经历全身红肿，发烧，蚊虫/红蚂蚁叮咬司空见惯。
今天，终于经历3 天不下雨，烈日当空，开始烧芭。
完成了，心里纳闷，低落。
因为
( 一）星星之火，可以燎原。亲身处在着火的树林时，可听见凄凉，高分贝的尖锐声。 来自各种动物的最后尖叫声。。 。登时双手合十，口中不断念诵，希望这些生命能到阿弥陀佛世界，摆脱轮回。
（二)受过高等教育的我，当工人说要用轮胎烧芭时，第一反应是：“不行，太污染了！" 他们顿时专心的听我的“高见”，看我这位“专业人士”有何高见。
我没主意，知道若要埋／等这些枯树枯萎最少需两三年，只好点头认同最原始的方法。。。
此时的心情却是低落的，因为过程中牺牲了许多生命....
这半个月来，与大自然有了近距离的接触。一片荒芭地，到砍树，喷毒药，最后烧芭。过程中曾经历全身红肿，发烧，蚊虫/红蚂蚁叮咬司空见惯。
今天，终于经历3 天不下雨，烈日当空，开始烧芭。
完成了，心里纳闷，低落。
因为
( 一）星星之火，可以燎原。亲身处在着火的树林时，可听见凄凉，高分贝的尖锐声。 来自各种动物的最后尖叫声。。 。登时双手合十，口中不断念诵，希望这些生命能到阿弥陀佛世界，摆脱轮回。
（二)受过高等教育的我，当工人说要用轮胎烧芭时，第一反应是：“不行，太污染了！" 他们顿时专心的听我的“高见”，看我这位“专业人士”有何高见。
我没主意，知道若要埋／等这些枯树枯萎最少需两三年，只好点头认同最原始的方法。。。
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Mount KInabalu quest 2009
I must complete my summary on Mt Kinabalu trip before the pain at my hips and knee were gone.. I will tell my story with lots and lots of photo, so be patient if your line is slow :D
I was a frequent traveller between Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan in year 2007 and 2008. Travelling in the bus which zigzaged the mountainous road between east and west Sabah often left me feeling nauseating and exhausted. HOwever, i was rewarded with the breathtaking view of Mt KK getting closer and closer, standing majestically outside the bus window. I often anticipated the brief stop at pekan Nabalu where i can "smell" Mt KK in such a near distance...
In May 2008, we rented a car to Kinabalu park-Timpohon Gate, i am utterly shocked by this piece of beauty in front me. I promised i will return to Conquer the mountain very soon!
The target was realised when Bao Shu invited me to join the group. Many from the group shared the same tertiary background of former UTM students. I joined the group without knowing anyone but soon enough i found that i was among those chatting and joking on the way to Kundasang.
We planned to climb Mt kk on 25th April09. All the 33 avid climbers arrive at Kundasang on 24th April. We visited Kundasang War Memorial and Desa dairy farm. It's a light ice breaking session for all of us before we started our climb the next day. We truly enjoyed the cool environment at 2000 feet above sea level.
Group photo in Kundasang War Memorial!
Here is the solemn and relaxing view of Kundasang dairy farm. Its on the way to Mesilau trail. How to locate the place?
SMELL.
The strong cow dunk smell indicates that the farm is just ahead..
We wake up at 6:30am, packed the belongings to bring up Mt KK, settled in for simple breakfast in front of Kinabalu Park and set off to Mesilau trail.
Mt. Kinabalu is Malaysia first world heritage. Kinabalu park is established in 1964.This botanical paradise is blessed with astonishing variety of flora and fauna ranges over 4 climates zones! From the lowland forest to mountain oak, coniferous forests to alpine meadow plants finally stunted bushes at summit zone. A feeling of going through 4 seasons in a day! 
GROUP photo at Messilau set off point before our climb 
Drinking "Mineral" water from the mountain!
PITCHER PLANT
1:21pm : Wer having our lunch pack. We was at the pondok KM4.5the meal was really delicious as i was so hungry that i can ate a cow at that time
After the meal, tragedy strikes!
I was taking photo around the nice scenery. So i told the members to go ahead first as i could easily chased them from behind.I could still remeber at KM5, the breathtaking picturesque scenery came in and my camera clicked non stop!I was alone at that moment.Suddenly my left leg felt tight, i knew it was coming. Next minute, i was down, i felt the intense pain caused my left leg cramp.I still continued to walk as i didn't want to be left out alone too far. After around 10 steps, my right leg was having cramp.I was totally devastated and had to stay down.I Shouted in vain for around 3mins.i knew only the tigers could hear my scream now. So i began dragging myself like a handicapped person. 
4:30pm : I reached Laban Rata
2am woke up breakpast/supper
5:55am, the first ray of sunshine came in and i stop for a picture. I was near to low's peak.Again, my final dash.
Let see the scenery around me. I can feel your leg becoming jelly after you see how steep is the summit trail that we had gone before.Enjoy the photo below!
Donkey ear PEAK
Certificate as reward of reaching LOW's Peak!
Badge which we are required to wore at all times. If not you will be charged for tresspassing
The begining
I was a frequent traveller between Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan in year 2007 and 2008. Travelling in the bus which zigzaged the mountainous road between east and west Sabah often left me feeling nauseating and exhausted. HOwever, i was rewarded with the breathtaking view of Mt KK getting closer and closer, standing majestically outside the bus window. I often anticipated the brief stop at pekan Nabalu where i can "smell" Mt KK in such a near distance...
In May 2008, we rented a car to Kinabalu park-Timpohon Gate, i am utterly shocked by this piece of beauty in front me. I promised i will return to Conquer the mountain very soon!
First day at high altitude
The target was realised when Bao Shu invited me to join the group. Many from the group shared the same tertiary background of former UTM students. I joined the group without knowing anyone but soon enough i found that i was among those chatting and joking on the way to Kundasang.
We planned to climb Mt kk on 25th April09. All the 33 avid climbers arrive at Kundasang on 24th April. We visited Kundasang War Memorial and Desa dairy farm. It's a light ice breaking session for all of us before we started our climb the next day. We truly enjoyed the cool environment at 2000 feet above sea level.
Group photo in Kundasang War Memorial!Here is the solemn and relaxing view of Kundasang dairy farm. Its on the way to Mesilau trail. How to locate the place?
SMELL.
The strong cow dunk smell indicates that the farm is just ahead..
I luv da dairy farm with cow chewing grass in the field..
I felt that i had became an Aussie
That night at kundasang really chills.Temperature Should be around 15C.
The Climb
We wake up at 6:30am, packed the belongings to bring up Mt KK, settled in for simple breakfast in front of Kinabalu Park and set off to Mesilau trail.
Mt. Kinabalu is Malaysia first world heritage. Kinabalu park is established in 1964.This botanical paradise is blessed with astonishing variety of flora and fauna ranges over 4 climates zones! From the lowland forest to mountain oak, coniferous forests to alpine meadow plants finally stunted bushes at summit zone. A feeling of going through 4 seasons in a day! Two Trails lead to the top, the Summit Trail(timpohon 
gate) and Mesilau RouteThe Mesilau Route to the Summit starts from Mesilau Resort and leads to Layang-Layang (Carson's Camp)Mesilau route initially used by scientists and researchers as it takes longer(5-6 hoursto reach Layang-Layang, as compared to 2-3 hours from the Timpohon Gate)Total distance to Layang-Layang is 5.7km by Mesilau trail which is extra 2 km compared to the summit trail from timpohon gate!
We arrived at the Mesilau Gate at 8:30am.To lighthen our burden to the summit, tourist will normally hire local portal or guide cum portal to carry up their laguage.
The rate is about RM9 per KG.
11KG excluding MEAL and water weighing 2KG!!!
Before the climb, i told myself i must accomplish the climb including carrying the whole backpack up myself bearing the risk of exhaustion/dehydration.A few friends also advised me to hire the portal since the Mesilau trailis the tougher trail and this is our first time up My kk.Besides we may need energy for via Ferata the next day!
I had been training for past weeks exceeding the normal jogging routine to make sure the few KG won't brought me down!
Finally, i decided to Do It Myself
I can sense the excitement of not knowing whether i will survive with the 13kg behind my back?It's cool..
GROUP photo at Messilau set off point before our climb "I SET MY TARGET" I will conquer LOW's PEAK"
The journey begun right after a briefing given by our tour guides. Initially the group of 3 members were divided into 3 groups, but we just moved up in a whole group. Gradually the slower will lag behind and the faster one will continue on their own... 
KM0.5, Posing
The begining of the first 500 metres were never ending steps which i can feel the strain to my legs and blood was not given enought time to reach my brainAfter the first km, the distance between the fast pacer is out of view by the following members.After 1km, I found my pace with a group of 3. consisting of ai tee, hsiao ling, Ting Hui. 
With one of our GUIDE cum porter. SEE HOW MUCH HE CARRIES!
The plants and wildlife here is exotic and you get a chance to view mt kk from various angle!My feeling at that moment: tired, yet enjoy! WHY?
First, There is a big wow almost every KM. My camera is always in my hand...2nd, moving in with friends motivated you to go non stop!3rd, CLimbers knew that the sticky, drenching sweaty feel is not a nice one, but here the cool breeze and dry wind absorbed the sweaty feel!
So let the photo tells the story:
Drinking "Mineral" water from the mountain!PITCHER PLANT
1:21pm : Wer having our lunch pack. We was at the pondok KM4.5the meal was really delicious as i was so hungry that i can ate a cow at that time After the meal, tragedy strikes! I was taking photo around the nice scenery. So i told the members to go ahead first as i could easily chased them from behind.I could still remeber at KM5, the breathtaking picturesque scenery came in and my camera clicked non stop!I was alone at that moment.Suddenly my left leg felt tight, i knew it was coming. Next minute, i was down, i felt the intense pain caused my left leg cramp.I still continued to walk as i didn't want to be left out alone too far. After around 10 steps, my right leg was having cramp.I was totally devastated and had to stay down.I Shouted in vain for around 3mins.i knew only the tigers could hear my scream now. So i began dragging myself like a handicapped person. "Focus on the road ahead, and u will forget that cramp" I continued moving..
I was very sure that i had stamina and strenght to walk,it was my legs muscle forbade me to go on! IN a few metres of drag, i was back to normal walking again.
I am writing this experience as i truly felt helpless and alone and scared and abandoned.I am panicked. Actually it is not so serious but at that moment when all negative thought came in! The experience which last for 20 minutes gave me a feel of panic that i seldom encountered. I knew this feeling is what i must learn to overcome if i ever faced it in future. 
After Layang-layang intersection, i began to sprint. I had signed up for the via ferata and we must reached before 4pm for the via_ferata training.Meantime, the environment changes dramatically. It is like you walked into another world. Trees and plant become stunted, leaves becoming smaller and scarce,Getting cold, really cold , I must wore my sweater.
4:30pm : I reached Laban Rata
Rith is the first member in our group to reach LABAN RATA.
He was 2 hours ahead of me!
It was only a pitiful 10C even the sun is shinning brightly in the afternoon
5pm : Dinner served
6pm: I stayed at gunting lagadan chalet. Bathed, drank hot beverages, chatting. We anticipated for the summit the next morning.Meanwhile, our breath got heavier as the oxygen level is lesser and pressure is low.
2am woke up breakpast/supper
Very cold, Self-service for the cup of HOT Sabah TEA
3am scaling the peak 
Brother, Fully equipped for the final climb!
I promised my team member Miss J to helped her to the peak. We had frequent stop to rest. This is due to low pressure.We were late due to frequent stop and I began to feel high altitude disease at the same time.I knew i had to entrusted her to an experience mountain guide to carry her things at the same time. I felt so bad leaving her to some "stranger" but that was the point that i had to be rational. In such situation, either i attempt to scale the peak alone or we both turned back in the next hour!
Saying tenth of sorry in my hard, i ran up without turning back my head afraid that i might be reluctant to stick to my initial decision ! After leaving her, i sprinted up really fast. That was the worse decision which nearly KILLED me! This is because the air is very cold,thin and i used my mouth to breath in HUGE volume of cold air while running.
Suddenly Tragedy striked. I was vommiting and coughing non-stop with my face turned pale. A kind-hearted guide passed by asked me to turn back before i was too far. I rested for 3 mins, praying very hard.I had came for a long way here, i was almost there and there is no way for me to give up here. I knew the risk of ended up being "carried" down MT KK. But i trusted my training for past 3 months is sufficient for me to get to the peak. Next thing, pray sincerely, concentrating on praying..
MY breath get smoother soon enough after praying hard. After this, everything got smooth on my way to the peak
The Scaling of the peak.
This is a true climb of Mount KK from LABAN RATA. There are ropes and rails to help you over steep slopes and terrfying edges. I started to feel the trill, the "kick" of hanging on ropes watching the dots of light from LABAN RATA hundred metres below(not for the faint-hearted). COOL!
After Sayat-sayat hut(3668m),the highest shelter for park use only,i walked on bare granite slabs that stretched endlessly. I am walking on my determination to conquer the peak. I walked at a rhythmic pace, 20 steps + 30second rest, focusing on nothing except the trail ahead. the guide said "if you look up the number of stairs that you are going to go up, you will never make it" It sound like a SINGLE thought of "I gave up" will break your determination down entirely.
Here where i catched up with other members who rested in exhaustion. They could hardly smile when i greeted hello+Lets go now!
5:55am, the first ray of sunshine came in and i stop for a picture. I was near to low's peak.Again, my final dash.
6:15am: I was standing proudly at LOW's Peak at 6:15am. Highest peak in South east Asia!I had make it! 
Thankful for the guardian of MT Kinabalu Datuk Lagadan for protecting me all the way and a safe journey to the summit!
Let see the scenery around me. I can feel your leg becoming jelly after you see how steep is the summit trail that we had gone before.Enjoy the photo below! 
Donkey ear PEAK
Certificate as reward of reaching LOW's Peak!
Badge which we are required to wore at all times. If not you will be charged for tresspassing
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