Haih… nampaknya si katak ni kembali lagi… kali ni dengan lagu2 rock kapak pulak… Haih… macam2 tul la…
Cuba dengaq… Melalak tak tentu hala… Nak lawan Fiq & Kristal la kononnya…. peeerahh…
Jom kita kutuk dia lagi, bagi dia sedaq sket…
Blog ni khas untuk mereka yang ingin jadi pengkritik Malaysian Idol, Akademi
Fantasia and apa2 pun reality show kat TV skang nih…
Ada sekor katak ni la, dia punya teringin nak masuk AF…
Tapi…
Layak ka dia ni?
Jom kita dengar sebuah lagu original and suara dia…
Original Artist : Amy Search Title : Tiada Lagi
Mari kutuk dia ramai2….
Hmmmm…. undian orang ni dipengaruhi oleh banyak sebab, kan?
Ada kawan aku tu akan ngundi untuk calon Melayu, tak kisah la dari parti mana… Sokong orang Melayu katanya… aku tak setuju….
Ada sorang Cina kat office aku tu cakap dia akan undi sapa saja calon dari BN… sebab parti tu banyak bagi kesenangan kat seluruh rakyat… ada sedikit betulnya…
Aku plak, aku tak kira sapa calon DUN or Parlimen, or dari mana parti… aku akan tengok ketua tertinggi sesebuah parti tu… layak ker tak jadi pemimpin negara… kalau layak, then aku akan sokong parti di bawah pimpinan dia tak kira siapa pun calon…
Aku bukan tak sayang bangsa Melayu, tapi aku lebih sayang Malaysia dari Melayu… Since we live in a multi-racial society, we have to be considerate with each other… I believe we shouldn’t be selfish… Nabi dulu merupakan manusia pertama yang menubuhkan satu kerajaan berbilang kaum… Piagam Madinah menjadi panduan semua golongan dari pelbagai agama… if Nabi boleh, why can’t we, right?
Apapun, rugi aku tahun ni sebab takleh ngundi (tak sempat register… hahaha…)….
Make your application as presentable as possible
A postal job application is a method of presenting one self as a good candidate for a vacant job position. Unlike walk-in interview sessions, the interviewer cannot see the candidate up-close and personal, therefore he/she/they won’t be able to ask questions to the candidate. Therefore a postal job application should recover the lacking of interaction between the interviewee and the interviewer.
A company might get thousands of applications for only one vacancy, as such many of the postal applications will either be kept in KIV or worse, thrown away. How can we make our application seen and known? In order for an application to stand up and rise above all other applications, candidates need to use a more creative and aggressive approach to get the interviewer’s attention.
Throughout this guideline, you will get some tips on how to make a good presentation of yourself in an envelope.
Things you need to have for a postal application are as per below:
Envelope (make sure it’s brown and fits bigger than an A4 size paper)
Letter of Application/Cover Letter
CV/Resume
Academic Achievements Certificate
Curricular activities Certificates (if any)
Below are some tips for a presentable application :
1. Envelope - the very first impression towards you
The envelope of your application plays an important roll to get the reader’s/interviewer’s attention into opening the envelope and read whatever that is inside it, rather than putting it aside. Below are some suggestions for a good envelope:
i. Address of company – must be typed using an easy-to-read font on a paper, cut it and paste it exactly in the middle of the front of the envelope
ii. Stamp – to be pasted on the top right angle of the front of the envelope with ample space from the corner of the envelope
iii. Job post – must be typed using an easy-to-read font on a paper, cut it and paste it exactly on the top left angle of the front of the envelope with ample space from the corner of the envelope
iv. Your contact details - must be typed using an easy-to-read font on a paper, cut it and paste it exactly on the bottom right angle of the back of the envelope with ample space from the corner of the envelope (this is important so that you’ll get the envelope back should it is not delivered)
v. Avoid using marker pens, they will mess-up your envelope
2. Cover Letter – a professional approach
A cover letter (letter of application) is vital to inform the reader/interviewer what the package is all about – you applying for a job. This is also the 2nd impression that you will give to the reader/interviewer, so make yourself look ‘good’ in it. Make the letter look professional by adding a letterhead (if any), reference numbers, your contact details and so on. But what most important is the content - you should state your interest in the job in a soft-spoken language, grammatical error free, and clearly states that you are interested in filling in vacancy. Make the letter as presentable as possible and as professional as possible, but also as simple as possible. Readers/Interviewers don’t like too many words in a letter.
3. CV/Resume – a brief introduction of who you are
CVs need not be too flashy as this will show that you are desperate in securing the job. No, you have to be professional. A CV should give a brief introduction about you as an applicant to the reader/interviewer. It will help the reader/interviewer to determine whether you are suitable for the job you are applying. Below are some guidelines:
ü Must be readable, avoid small-size fonts on important information
ü Give all the necessary information the reader/interviewer might need in a presentable way so that they can judge you with much ease
ü Avoid winding sentences
ü Make it short but very clear
ü Maximum of 3 pages only, the less the better
ü Insert picture (if any) so that the reader/interviewer can also judge you from your physical appearance
ü Use table-style and point-style data presentations for a more statistical approach
4. Certificates – helpful documents
To show that you are sincere in securing the job, you need the relevant certificates for the information that you have stated in your CV.
v Academic Certificates – providing these papers will show your credibility as a well-educated person
v Curricular Activities Certificates – these certificates will give a better picture to the reader/interviewer of what kind of person you really are
Give as many certificates as you possibly can. The reader/interviewer might not read them all, but it will be helpful if they do.
5. Filing your application
Arrange your application in filing system so that the reader will have an easier reference to what they need to see.
An example for a filing system is as per below :
1st section - Letter of Application/Cover Letter
2nd section - CV/Resume
3rd section - Academic Certificates
- have a separator cover **
- sort from the highest education institution to the lowest (university – college – high school – primary school)
- if possible, in color
4th section - Curricular Certificates
- have a separator cover **
- sort from the highest education institution to the lowest (university – college – high school – primary school)
- if possible, in color
** A Seperator Cover is a sheet that seperates the sections, something like a Chapter cover in a book
After doing all that, you should recheck your whole presentation to make sure everything is in order, then seal the envelope and post the application right away.
A few days after sending the letter, do follow-up with the company by calling/e-mailing/visiting the PIC and check whether they have received the application. During the phone/e-mail conversation/personal visit, interact even more by asking questions regarding the vacancy. This will help the interviewer to get to know you a little better and to make sure they notice that you’re still interested in the vacancy. And if you get an interview with the company, the conversation during the interview with the interviewer will be less awkward.
I believe with a more creative approach, a positive mind and superb determination as well as timely follow-up, the chances of securing an interview will be much higher.
Good luck in your future undertakings.
Best regards,
Irwin bin Ishak
Look at that… nothing, right?
A closer look reveals a dent underneath…
An even clearer view after the bumper has been taken down at Perodua…
What happened? I accidentally skidded myself on a dirt road at a corner when I saw a bus parked under the flyover off Lebuhraya Jelutong, trying to avoid an even bigger colission.
Thank God nothing was badly damaged. It’s just the front light, the bumper and the hood (just a bit). Fog light, chassis and radiator are all ok.
All those fussy boss, they should pay for this! It’s all because I had to drive them after work to places they wanted to go during their visit to Penang. At the end, they cancelled it. Huh…
Shouldn’t have agreed to be the tour guide that day…
tian tian ba ta gua zhui bian
dao di shen me shi zhen ai
I love you
dao di you ji fen shuo de bi xiang xiang geng kuai
shi wo men gang qing feng fu tai kang kai
hai shi shang tian ang pai
shi wo men ben lai jiu shi na yi ban
hai shi she bu de tai guai
shi na yi chi yue ding le mei you lai
rang wo ku de xiang xiao hai
shi wo men ji zhe zheng ming wo chun zai
hai shi bu ai hui fa dai
baby
bu de bu ai, bu zhi kuai le chong he er lai,
bu de bu ai, fang xia bei shang chong her er lai,
bu de bu ai, fou zhi wo jiu shi qu wei lai
hai xiang shen me you qi bu neng zhi ji shi bai
ke shi mei tian dou guo de jing cai
tian tian dou xu yao ni ai
wo de xing zhi you ni zai
I love you
wo jiu shi yao ni rang wo mei tian dou jing cai
tian tian ba ta gua zhui bian
dao di shen me shi zhen ai
I love you
dao di you ji fen shuo de bi xiang xiang geng kuai
RAP :
I ask gal fren how you been
lai qu le ji hui
wo chong lai mei you xiang guo ai qing hui bian de ru chi wu nai,
shi ming yun ma, nan dao nan guo shi shang tian de an pai,
mei ban fa,
tian tian de mei tian de xing shi dao di you shui lai pei,
wo cheng xin, ni cheng yi
dan zhou wei rao ren huan jin shi zhong rang wo men wu fa zai zhi li zhi you xiang lian
wo jin cai, ni fa dai,
liang ke xin bu an de yao bai,
ying gai you de wei lai,
shi fou zhen ne na me wu fa qi dai
she bu de zai shang hai,
you’re my girl my girl my friend
how much I love you so so much
kan zhe ni ai chou
yao wo ru he zhen me cheng shou mian dui
I’m sorry you’re my sweetheart
my love
my one and only baby
hui bu hui you yi dian wu nai
hui bu hui you yi dian tai kuai
ke shi ni gei wo de ai
rang wo yang cheng le yi lai
xing zhong chong man ai de jie pai
tian tian dou xu yao ni ai
wo de xing shui you ni zai
I love you
wo jiu shi yao rang ni mei tian dou jing cai
tian tian ba ta gua zhui bian
dao di shen me shi zhen ai
I love you
dao di you ji fen shuo de bi xiang xiang geng kuai
** For translation, visit http://www.learn-chinese-through-music.com/wilber-pan-bu-de-bu-ai.html **
I’m feeling a bit depressed…
Nope, that’s not it, I am feeling utterly depressed actually…
And to make matters worse, I don’t know what’s causing it…
"How do I end up feeling this way, cornered and lost?" is the question I’ve been trying to solve this past few months. I don’t even know where to begin…
Ok, analyze…
Darn… I miss my sweetheart, it’s been far too long since we see each other and far more longer to see her again, that might be one…. my work is extremely stressing especially after 4 staffs resigned in one week, so all the other remaining staffs got reshuffled and workloads are increasingly burdening, salary’s not going up too despite the increase in cost of my current and future life… That might be number two… Exams are 5 weeks away and I don’t even have a single data about anything I’ve learned so far.. of course catching up those 8 weeks that I lost is pretty much a hard thing to tackle in the 5 weeks remaining… and I have 3 killer subjects that are mad hard of the 4 subjects I registered… assignments are due… pointer’s not doing so good… classes are being missed unintentionally due to pain-in-the-ass work… Huh, number three…
All those stuff… added all together… started giving me a migrain…
Gotta solve it soon… really soon…
But the problem is, I don’t know where to start…I lose one of the priorities and I’m done for… I’m losing my grip…
Where have all my friends go… those I can talk to… who listens to me… or was it all an illusion? I mean, do I EVEN have any….?
I’m not progressing at all…
God help me…
Subhanallah Walhamdulillah Walaailaahaillallah Wallaahuakbar…
It’s 0120hrs… and I’m still not sleepy. It’s odd though. Yesterday night, I worked until 2230hrs, came home and had my beauty sleep at 0200hrs and woke up at 0700hrs (kinda late), wash up, had my breakfast, and go straight to work. Today, I finished work at 2215hrs, riding my new Lagenda at the slowest speed possible just to get a grasp of that fresh clean air, thus arriving home at 2310hrs. And now, what am I doing staring at this damn screen? Shouldn’t I get some shut-eye?
Something has been troubling me for quite some time, and it’s a big problem actually. As I was thinking it through, I discovered that I messed up my priorities in life.
Just imagine, I have 24 hours of life every single day just like everyone else. What have I done with it so far?
Let’s just say that 24 hours is 100% :
Work (inclusive of travelling to work) = 15 hours = 62.50%
Sleep = 5 hours (on average) = 20.833%
Chores = 1 hour = 4.167%
Rest = 3 hours = 12.50%
Study = 0 hours = 0%
Friends & Family = 0 hours = 0%
Can you guys clearly imagine how I spent my life?
As it turns up, my priorities in life seems hay-wired.Where’s the time allocated to studying and assignments? When do I meet my friends? When do I spend time with my family? When do I read my business books? Is 5 hours of sleep a day enough for my own health? What about the 3 hours of rest, is that enough?
When timing is mixed up, money does too. Due to lack of sleep and waking up late sometimes, I tend to ride my bike at the "toppest" speed to get to work.This causes the fuel consumption to be higher than usual and monthly maintanence to increase.
NO! I gotta do something. I WILL have a wife, kids, my own business, my own car, my own house. I will NEVER neglect them. The messed-up priority list is all my own fault. I will do something about it, one way or another.
Since most of my time is dedicated to my work, I may have to quit and find for another "less demanding" work with good pay. But that’s the second step ONLY if I cannot manage my work time. I must first plan my time for my work. But, sometimes my work tends to get very packed at the very last minute, that is what I hate. And I personally hate other people messing up my plan with unnecessary things. I have to do something about those issues too, maybe a lil aggression would do the trick.
Gotta quit smoking too…
Ok, the initial steps have been determined, now the implementation process… let’s see how it turns up after a week or so… dateline = 12/05/2006!
It’s 2000hrs right now, and I’m exhausted (and bloated) like hell…
The day started off as early as 0430hrs, my mom woke me up to help her and my dad to cook the traditional "nasi dagang Terengganu" for the guests that would come to our house after Aidilfitri prayers. I was appointed as "tukang siang bawang besar", or in other words, the onion peeler, hahaha! Funny how it both sound. Banyaknya bawang nak kena siang time tu, so I took one at a time, taking my sweet precious time doing so. My eyes kept watering during the event, so after I finished my chores, I told my mom that my eyes could not take it anymore, so I went to bed again. And again, my mom woke me up at 0630hrs for Subuh prayer, and then went to sleep again. I am such a bad child…
We went for our Aidilfitri prayers some time around 0815hrs (the prayer starts at 0830hrs). As soon as I got home, me, my mom and my bros began arranging the plates and the dishes for guests. Since this year is our very first raya not going out for our usual family gathering on the first day, so many guests came, and it was nice. For long I haven’t seen the faces of my neighbours and their children, and it was a relief to be seeing such cheerful faces on a cheerful day. And for the very first time, I can give duit raya to children out of my own pocket, and that felt good also.
It saddened me though, that my sweety is not here to share the wonderful feelings that I had. It saddened me that I could not hold her hands and say how sorry I am for whatever wrong-doings that I did. I called her in the afternoon and talked to her via VOIP, and told her how I miss her so badly today. But, at least I know she’s happy in Laos with Rozy and friends.
Later, Ms Khor and Kerby came to Alma. They called me at 1430hrs, and my lil bro and I took them to Mashita’s (one of our company’s customers) house in Kulim first. It took more than an hour for me and Kerby to get the exact location of her house, but later, we reached our destination. The house was at the end of the residential area and it was a corner-lot. Painted in blue on the outside, the house looked calm and vibrant at the same time, and the cheerful feeling arose from the children’s shouts and laughter. We were welcomed with open arms at Mashita’s house and we ate laksa in a pink-painted hall (I don’t like pink, yuck!). I didn’t eat much though. But my lil bro did, and hell he can really eat! An hour passed, I invited Mashita to my house along with Kerby and Ms Khor, and she agreed.
Later, me, my lil bro and Mashita (sitting at the back) headed to my house here in Alma, with Kerby and Ms Khor in the other car behind us. As soon as we park our cars beside my house, Ms Khor said "You tipu aaa", and I just smiled. I felt guilty of not telling the truth to the guys in the office. I told them that I came from a decent family, with lots and lots of responsibilities but not enough money to take care all of it. Actually, seriously talking, it IS true, because my family’s financial state is no longer on the good side. Since my father had retired from work and my mom taking less baju kurung orders this year, we had to save what ever we can. So, we can be considered as quite poor. But I know, when people look at our house, people would think utterly different from the real situation. Nevermind, let them say whatever they want to say, and let the truth be known to my family only. We talked and talked (mostly about shipping, isn’t it weird?) and later Mashita had to leave. Therefore, we said our farewells and went our seperate ways. I had to send Mashita back to her house. In the car, we talked a lot like we were close friends. During our conversation, I got to know that she was born in 1977 and was the youngest in the family (bongsu lagi?). And at one time, she reminded me of Fizah when she talked about a teacher as a wife. Feeling a lil awkward, I passed the subject and did not continue the topic anymore.
After sending Mashita home, I went back to my house. It was 1830hrs, almost Maghrib. I gave a right-hand signal to head to Bukit Mertajam, but suddenly I felt something undescribable. I thought it has been a few years since I last saw Fizah, and since her house was not far from there, I thought I should pay her a short visit, just to say hi as a friend. So, I gave the left-hand signal and headed to Taman Bersatu. The place had changed, the roads were different and the scenary of newly-built terrace houses gave me that awkward feeling. I couldn’t even remember which was her house. But later, I saw a familiar face, it was Fizah’s father at the gate of one of the houses. I quickly pulled over and parked under a mango tree and went to the old man. Later, he called Fizah out and I was shocked to see her thinner than before, but with the same sweet smile. That reminded me of my sayang, and kept me thinking of how she’s doing in Laos. After seeing Fizah’s face, I said hi and wished her Selamat Hari Raya. Then, I decided to go home, since it was almost Maghrib and my dad had asked me to bring the car home as soon as possible. But I was stopped by her parents, they asked me to come in and have a feast on their spaghetti laksa (laksa again?). Feeling very nervous, I gave them so many excuses to deny their offer. However, they insisted me into coming in, and so I gave up my rejection. I went in to have their specially-made laksa and went home at 1900hrs.
Today is a day to be remembered because I haven’t had that much fun on the first day of raya. But it would be more fun, and I would be more happier if I have my Mariati with me right now. Miss you oh-so-much sayang… can’t wait to see your sweet, chubby face again… rasa nak picit2 pipi kamu… geram sangat… rindu sangat… 
No pictures taken today… I’ll capture some tomorrow…
These few months, I realized that I can get angry so easily. Boleh senang2 telinga aku rasa panas and kepala aku berdenyut. I’m not exactly sure why, is it because of the shipping world?
The shipping world? Only two words needed to describe it, chaotic and competitive.
I work in a shipping company by the name of Golden Sparrow Shipping, where we deal with all kinds of import export activities to countless ports around the globe. We represent Maruba Line, which concentrates on exports to East Coast and West Coast South America, also SOL and OSCL line (which are our own line) that concentrates imports and exports within South East Asia, India sub continentals and Middle-East. Me? I’m just a decent customer service personnel. My main job function (as what Ms Ann and Ms Khor prescribed) are taking bookings from customers, updating sailing schedules, monitoring shipments from the port of loading until the port of discharge, working alongside every shipping agent representing our line, dealing with all sorts of customer enquiries and problems, and all the necessary paper works needed for the job.
Why chaotic? Only those people who works (or once worked) in a shipping company understands this. I bet Diyana Yang will nod her head (angguk ja la Di oi, aku tau hang paham) because she might have a clear picture of what I am trying to say. Imagine this, you start your work at 9, receiving phone calls from customers demanding this and that, doing paperwork that eventually messes up your whole table while at the same time staring at the monitor and hitting the keyboard so fast and hard (errors will not be excused), one work hasn’t even finished yet when another one comes in where you have to stop your previous task to finish the ones more important (I often forget the previous one when this happens), making important phone calls without delay (because even 1 minute late can cost you thousands of ringgit worth of shipment), sending reports vital for the success of the company, and sorts of things like that. You can’t understand? I don’t blame you…
Competitiveness is also one characteristic in the shipping world, where competitions are inevitable. Those who triumph will get the reward, while the losers will just have to wait for another opportunity to pop up and take advantage of it. Securing shipments are not easy, most of the time you have to really work hard to get it. I can understand what my managers (Eileen, Ann and Ms Khor) have to deal with when it comes to those kinds of situation. I can imagine the pressure they have to endure, especially when they themselves were continuously being pushed by people of higher levels (big bosses from the Port Klang office). The sales team too, pressured to the max. Docs and operations team? Them too, no doubt. Of course, me and Kak Nisa are the only CSs in the company, and we, too, have to deal with so much.
Nevertheless, working as a group really eases the tensions that arose. When all the team members concentrate on doing their part, everything will go smooth and sound. Should one member neglects his/her duties, the whole company will colapse like a rotten old tree. I, for one, will not cause such things to happen. So I really put all my effort into improving myself so that my job function is fulfilled and perfected. After all, Ms Khor told me that the liner division of the CS department is already MY OWN department, so I have to take care of it with full responsibilities.
I just worked there for 7 months, I still have lots to learn about shipping. Considering the fact that I’m also a degree student, it adds up to the load already being carried by my two shoulders. Its hard to cope, stressful as hell. But, one saying sustained me :
"Allah tak akan membebankan hambaNya dengan perkara-perkara yang tidak dapat hambaNya itu tanggung "
This ayah is the reason that kept me going, because it made me believe that I am capable of enduring such obstacle. It’s a challenge, and I chose to face it with all the power in me. With full concentation and lots of effort being put, I know I will be victorious. By doing so, I tend to get really stressed up, and my head can sometimes go spinning like a top.
That explains why I always tell my sayang not to disturb me while I’m at work. It’s not like I don’t want to talk to her or comfort her, it’s just that when I’m all fired from stress, I seldom think correctly. So, I easily get mad at something so puny, and not worth getting mad at. I’m sorry sayang, it’s not your fault, it’s just me and my own problems, and I hope you can bear with me until the time when I can get a hold of myself, because I know I can, and I will.
