Situasi GILA

Uih....last week we were shocked by the news of the terror in Mumbai...lebih-lebih lagi bila dengar yang terlibat adalah antara hotel yang agak ternama jugak laa dalam industri perhotelan ni....gila siot diorang ni....kalau betul marah ngan kerajaan...pi la attack kerajaan depa terus....why go attack civilians? In the end, apa pun tak dapat....

Suspen jugak bila dengar isu-isu cam ni....no matter how many trainings you go through to face such crisis (yes, my hotel has all this trainings on how to handle fire, death, bomb threats, terrorism etc) tapi bila fikir balik, kalau betul-betul jadi kat kita, whatever trainings we had sure tak terpakai nye....maybe as guidelines, but mostly will have to use common sense and berserah pada takdir....skang ni ramai orang gila kat dunia ni.....bukan gila sewel....tapi gila kuasa, gila sebab fahaman masing2 dan sebagainya....

moga2 malaisie tercinta ni kekal laa keamanannya.....harap2 tak laaa jadi situasi gila macam kat negara2 lain tuh...amin.....

Eco-NO-money

The big news that has been on everyone's lips lately is about the current or expected Economy crisis and depression. Tetiba aje, every tom, dick and harry in and around town dah jadi 'Pakar Ekonomi', 'Menteri Kewangan' and even a 'Financial Controller'.....words like 'Credit Crunch', 'US Dollars' 'Harga Barang Naik' terngiang-ngiang di sana sini.....sekarang ni most companies dah mula putting in strategies for cost reductions, budgetting, and even freezing employments....semua utk mempersiapkan diri dan keluarga mereka bagi mengharungi krisis ekonomi yg dijangka akan melanda sekitar 1st quarter next year....



For me, I have lived through one recession so far, but that was in 1997, at a time where I had no care about all this economic issues, as then I had a constant income through 'FAMA' sponsorships (FAther- MAma) and was busy studying...kononnya,laaa



But now I am very much intrigued with the whole issue, as I have been earning plus nak kena suap makan anak bini, bayar rumah, petrol...etc....



It doesn't help also when just recently ada news keluar pasal almost 11,000 workers in Macau may be retrenched due the close down of many Casinos and hotels over there....being a hotelier myself, this is a SCARY thing to hear....as sebelum ni, Macau was like having a MAJOR boom where hotels business was mushrooming and most jobs offered in Macau came with quite attractive packages etc...and ramai memember from various hotels in KL yg dah merantau cari makan di sana.....hopefully they are ok....



Anyway, I was very happy to hear harga minyak dah turun and also ura-ura harga barang2 kat hypermarket nak diturunkan....hopefully all will be well on our side, in lovely Malaisie....

Topic hangat masakini...

• Roti canai went down 10 cents....and petrol also went down 15 cents...Yeay!
• Malaysia football team won against Vietnam....wow....
• Our Astronaut accused of raking in profits through his talks.....sigh...
• AirAsia not charging for fuel surcharge....double YEAY!!!

Time Management and Excuses...

Just the other day I overheard a big sized mat salleh who was on the phone walking pass me telling the person on the other line, "Mate, I'm just 2 seconds away from you mate. Just need to drop by the supermarket to get some...bla...bla..." Two SECONDS? biar benar!!! What an excuse!!! kalau iye pun dah lambat, takkan bagi reason 2 seconds kot? Orang pakai la excuse 'Malaysian-style' macam:

1. On the way - Universal excuse kalau dah lambat.....sebenarnya, most of the time, baru bangun atau baru nak keluar rumah....
2. Tengah cari parking/ just at the traffic light or roundabout (assumed nearest to destination) - standard for those late for work...
3. 5 minutes more - Ini kira samalaaa macam kes 'two seconds' kat atas....tapi kononnya sounds more reasonable....but always wonder why it's 5 minutes, not 10 ke, 15 ke.....
4. Kejaaaap lagi/Almost done - Yang ni biasanya diulang beberapa kali dalam tempoh masa menunggu tu untuk melengah-lengahkan si penunggu setia (yg dah mula mundar-mandir macam laki tunggu bini bersalin)
5. Dah tengah buat/masak dah/tengah masak - ini usually by mamak, gerai or restoran biasa2 during times kalau mamat/minah yg ambil order terlupa nak fire the order, and the pelanggan punya muka dah hampir sama macam corak meja formica restoran tu itself....
6. Kereta rosak/tayar pancit/eksos jatuh/traffic jam/takde bas atau teksi - another standard for latecomers to work...
7. Lambat bangun/alarm tak bunyi/lupa nak set alarm - This is a standard for the career kamikazes....selambaaa aje...
8. Lost my way/sesat jalan/tak jumpa jalan (!) /takde parking - usually used when late for attending a function i.e wedding, open house, official events (and the latecomer is THE VIP) etc...
9. Hujan - A standard excuse for almost all the above
10. Couldn't find my car keys - Also quite common....

Public Etiquette

There was a piece of news I chanced upon recently in Yahoo, reported through BERNAMA where the headline read: BEIJING CITIZENS SPIT LESS, QUEUE MORE THANKS TO OLYMPICS

It was said that as reported by the China Daily, a Renmin University poll of 13200 people including 1200 foreigners living in Beijing, showed that the politeness index (there is such a thing???!) has risen 10 points to 82.68 on a scale of 0 to 100. Apparently, it was found that lesser people spat "wherever and whenever" compared to last year and the percentage of queue jumpers also dropped!! This was all due to the great efforts by the city that had distributed 2.8milliom papmhlets on etiquette and polite behavior to prepare its citizen to welcome the world for the games.

taken from: http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/bnm/20081031/tts-beijing-manners-993ba14.html



Wonder how something like this could be applied here in Malaysia....to lessen our on road queue jumpers, rude taxi drivers, litter bugs, 'loud speakers' while on the handphone in public, vandals, mat rempits, poor timekeepers and others....