attending financial course

• attending a two-day financial course
  
• good for my rusty brain
• food included-2 tea breaks and lunch
• hope to get some nice hotel food
• thinking of what to do in case the course is boring
  

facebook

• facebook is interesting
• found many friends, including long lost friends
• happy!
• but still a facebook dummy
• have not tried out many of its applications and stuffs
• should not get too addicted
• hope to find more friends
  

gold medal gone...

• hope for country to get first gold medal in olympic gone
• too much respect for opponent
• at least put up a fight
• what is the problem with our badminton players?
  
• they are good but not consistent
• Who am I to give such comment?
  
• a silver is better than nothing
  

Kuching Blackout

• saturday evening blackout
• probably the whole Kuching city
• took some time to get electricity back
• my house area likely the last area to get back to normal
• why during blackout so difficult?
  
• why can i go to sleep even without electricity 20 years ago but not now?
  
• can we survive without electricity or any other power source?
  
• if we cannot survive, why our ancestors can?
  

Facebook?

• The in-thing among internet savvy community

• I do have an account, but inactive. Never put in effort to create proper account

• Long time friend who is in NZ invited me long ago, before it is so popular

• Wife keeps telling me the fun of Facebook

• Possibility of finding some long lost friends

• Something to keep me occupied when I’m jobless in the coming months

• Consider reviving my inactive account, but will it be another Friendster

• I wouldn’t be able to update it frequently like others. This blog is a good example of low activity

• Should I Facebook?

Easying blogging

• Starting to blog in point-form
• If ex-pm can use point-form, why can’t I?
• Easy and fast. Reduce reading and writing time
• No worry of poor English
• Straight to the point

World class facilities but no class mentality

Have been occupied by many things lately and thus a period of no update. Started off with the new machine installation and commissioning in the factory, followed by the 5-day trip to KL, and not forgetting the numerous outstanding matters that remain outstanding after many months. Trying very hard to complete all those outstanding matters before the end of August, but time is just not on my side.

Met a few long time friends from uni days during the KL trip, and that turns up to be the best part of the trip. We had dinner at this restaurant in the Gardens serving excellent Taiwanese food. Also had a great time having dinner with a colleague of mine and lunch with Jason. Seldom have a chance to eat together in Kuching, but easily in KL.

Apart from the time meeting these few friends of mine, I would categorize the rest of the trip as “disappointed”. Baby not feeling well and having bad mood most of the time so that takes most of the fun away. Very disappointed with the “unfriendly” condition of the LRT and monorail stations. Travelers with baby strollers would understand my anger. Also very disappointed with the KTM station of KL Sentral. It’s dark, hot and way too crowded at times. KL Sentral has become very messy nowadays, as compared to a few years back. The behavior of the passengers is most regretted. The concept of allowing other passengers to get out of the train before boarding doesn’t apply here. Those wanted to board will push their way in while those wanted to get down would have no choice but push their way out. Elderly people and those with small children and baby would have no chance fighting for space. World class facilities but no class mentality. The presence of police officers at the train station is merely to blow their whistles to remind people not to overstep the yellow line when the train approaches, but they too are helpless in getting people to board and get down from the train accordingly.

But I do admit that there’s still very good passengers out there in KL. Very rare but exist. I was offered seat twice (only) during the many rides in LRT and monorail. Extremely rare.

Better not go on writing. Must think of something nice and positive before I go to sleep. Hi hi.