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LIFE:

I’ve lost someone in my family. Ama (Grandma) passed away on the 11 May 2010. I was lucky enough to meet her 2 days before she left us. I could still remember, she was so weak and slowly she couldn’t remember names by then.

Chea Chea gave me a call at 3.00 am and told me the news. I wish I was able to rush back to Melaka the morning itself, yet I made the decision to wrap up a job that was given to me. It was also the same day my flight to Beijing was scheduled. My heartiest thanks to my dear sista cos she has been wonderful person. She managed Ama’s funeral and handling all those family issues all at once.

Thank you for being understanding of my situation and supports all my decisions. I pray that she will be happy at the place she’s now…and I’m sure she’s smiling right now.

Ama, you’re always close to my heart…I’ll miss your toasted charcoal bun, I’ll miss those hands that used to brush my short hair…but most of all I’ll miss your big glimpse of smile whenever we took your pictures.

With so many thoughts in my mind, Beijing trip was a blissful breakaway and the time for me to plan what’s NEXT? While I was in China, I felt the different side of my usual life.

My housemates are awesome ladies. Thank you ladies for being there when I need you gals. Endless thanks to Jasmyin Petrinna Tay and Nadine Gan.

I’ve bought my very own LCD TV and this time around, I placed an extra budget to purchase an air-conditioned for my younger sista. She deserves it…

All in all, LIFE has been pretty subtle to me. Some people might think I’m extremely occupied yet during the weekends, I enjoy just sitting in front of TV and just chillexing. I’m calmer when ‘someone’ does the talking instead of me.

WORK:

I rant more about my work, do I?

Pretty good news in my career development here. On January itself, I’ve got an award ‘Outstanding yada yada yada’, I’ve took the $$$ but not the cert :-). Then I’ve got my ‘BONUS’ KACHING KACHING KACHING….but what I appreciate the most was the CALL from my GM in informing me on the GCEO’s Merit Award (an additional of 1.5 x monthly paid, KACHING). Credit to the management who actually acknowledged and recognized those that do the JOB! With that my designation suits me perfectly: GM a.k.a General Machaitellar.

Although I've received numerous recognitions, yet I feel suppress in my current platform. I enjoy doing my job, I really do. My superiors are great people, my Tuan-Tuan did splendid job in setting up…my colleagues, ‘boleh la’. I’ve taken the week off to recall what ‘MEI’ actually made of…so here it goes

I used to be someone who stands up for what I believed in, I used to know what and how to it in just few months, I used to have bosses that supports me and challenge me when needs to, I used to have competitive colleagues/environment (tho they are pretty awesome bitches and gossipers) and makes me to be at their par, and I used to have SOMETHING to improve on myself. It’s all about ‘getting there’.

So what I did is that, I hunt for new jobs la. Went for several interviews, pretty well, got shortlisted here and there, yet at the end of the day, is either I asked for TOO MUCH or their looking at someone FRESH that can be easily adapted to a new organization, in simpler words (ego yang kurang). Well, I’m not letting the ‘rejection issues’ bothering me. I’ve even consider to do what I did last year: Took one (1) week off and went back to cruising…hmm, I missed that. Although it was only a week, yet I’ve learnt a lot. A LOT.

All in all, I just wanna explore more opportunities out there, and who knows in years to come, I’ll be much readied to contribute to the organization.

This is Mei signing off.

Mei being BLISSFUL and CONTENDED

Life has been tremendously occupied.

To summarize:

WORK:

1. It’s all about work, work and work…
2. I threw my tantrum a lot as some things weren’t up to my expectations.
3. This time around, I uttered more ‘blunt words’ that I normally do.
4. There are quite a handful of events that needed to be coordinated at early stage, this time around I will just LISTEN and stop suggesting….I’m paid to listen.
5. Yeah! I’ve got a new colleague, too early to judge, but I strongly believe she can be molded by keeping up to my speed.
6. I dislike @hate undecided decision.
7. I dislike @hate agency who thinks I don’t know…: Doesn’t mean I’m only 24, I have no freaking idea what is creative all about.
8. My new manager has been tremendously a ‘GREAT MENTOR’ to me. He guide me quite well I must say, the only thing is that he just don’t listen to me and up to a point he will say this-

: ‘UP TO YOU LA MEI, YOU’RE THE BOSS!’

- Nonetheless, one of the managers that I fond to work with other than Mr. Hairil.
9. My superior on the hand, is a lady whom I perceived as strong and out-loud lady who never fails to stand up for her team and yea…salute on her passion in getting things done.


LIFE:
1. My TV got struck by lighting…and I’ve got it repaired…Thx to David!
- Good job bro…good job…
2. Housewarming got postponed, as all of us having other obligations to be met.
3. Took a day leave just to ensure I don’t throw tantrum at my bosses…phewh that’s a relief.
4. There’s always things in life which I careless about:
- Picking up the most ‘unattractive muffins’ in a bakery
- Stuck in traffic (Normally I’ll take the time for myself)
- Got lost in driving
- Go to work without make up
- Clubbing/pubbing/chilling (I’m getting old…and I don’t think I have the energy to keep up the same hype the very next working days)
5. I placed a very high demand in:
- Services
- Arrangement of my clothes in my wardrobe
- CLEAR Communication
- my family well-being
- my sista(s) achievement in life (hey, it has to start from the early stage)
- my superiors management style towards me
- spending some time with my housemates (either for a heavenly breakfast on Saturday morning or a movie night at least once a month)
6. I love to quote and unquote statements from those around me. I found them ‘quite charming’ in a way.
7. I have been travelling much more than I used to. I’ll enjoy it more should I’m in a vacation rather than work and of cos accompanied with my gals.
8. I still think SINGLE is SEXY.

9. I'm being far more demanding in meeting my own life expectations!

10. I still don't cook...yet :-)

Mei signing off!

I'M AROUND

Hey babes and hunks! I'm still around...

It's been quite a while since my presence in this blog.

Loads of stuffs happened.

I mean A LOT.

1. I've bought my all-time favourite WHITE myvi in April :-) with my own money of cos...did not use my parents money since I'm 17.

2. Transferred to a new department :-) something that I look forward everyday. EVENTS! Wohooo!

3. Shifted to USJ11 (opposite Taipan) with my babes! (Jasmyin, Nadine) and superb handsome Germany/Malaysian hunk (David: dey..which happened to be Nadine's little bro who is going to be the NEXT CLEO BACHELOR: hahahah).

4. Went back to Melaka after 2 months travelling due to events.

5. Serving great bosses and surrounded with loads of accessories boyfriends. Hmm, will update you on each one of them :-)

6. So far, yup life has been equally fair to me, have been travelling a lot around M'sia, my ex-manager has been tremendously supportive and work has never been so much of fun.

7. With adhoc datelines to be met, ridiculous request from bosses (quite fun laa), and stacks of REPORTS needed to be compiled has never been so much satisfying to me.

8. Last but not least, I've got selected to be in 1Malaysia TM Billboard nationwide. Wohooo! Nasib je...cos I'm the only Chinese.

Gotta dooze off now~

Flight back to KL is at 8.00am...gotta rush to office, settle all those coordination, meeting up with my bosses (just in case he needed me to complete it).

Mei signing off from Penang!

A BIG GLIMPSE OF SMILE

Head up, shoulders back and walk as if the WORLD belongs to you.

That’s how I feel.
‘Dey, I’m not in a relationship, I don’t need mushi-mushi thingy’

I’ve found a much clearer career path right now. I’m able to lift my head up again. There’s always a principle that I uphold: ‘No one should makes you feel inferior without your consent’.

True enough.

So here I am. There’s so much of stuff that needed to be done. Looking forward to place all my ideas in my new job platform. Can’t wait!

Yesterday I met with my bro(S), Hafizi and Noh. We chatted a lot and yup, they have been a TREMENDOUS BROS to me. A friend, a mentor, but most of all being such a great companion.

I’ve always enjoy chatting with them, changing ideas, criticizing each other opinion’s, paraphrase one’s statement…haizz, but one thing for sure, they always the one who PULL me up again. Hafizi and Noh are definitely credible people, yet they didn’t show it to the public, low profile kinda person: intact with knowledge: willingness to share: priceless

Cheers my friend.
Your advice is well noted. I need to be ‘BOLD’, never loose the touch yet keeping the ‘harmony’ among the new team that I will be working. Be different.

It’s really sweet of them as well to make me realize that I’m always the one who creates the ‘hype’ within the people that around me. Yeaaa, that’s my specialty, I’m able to ‘hoo-hoo haaa’ : in other words, I’m LOUD for a reason. Gotta think one step ahead of others.

Got the chance to meet up with Margaret and Kevin as well.

CONGRATES Margaret cos making thru as the finalists in ASTRO SHORT Film. Thumbs up.
I’m blessed to have friends that ‘pat at each other back’. Thanks for the LA stamp! Love it gal.
It has been 4 years since I’ve met both of from the previous exchange program. Margaret: Definitely the SAME STUBBORN, independent lady, yet she’s has tone down a bit….Yeaaaaaayyyyy!

Kevin on the other hand, being such a great friend, caring and of cos such a great joker la brader. He chosen a path that he never thought he will…now that’s something that can be proud of. Still, he’s the best bass guitarist!

My current job scope has been exciting lately. Getting more demanding from coping up with datelines, meeting up with customers’ expectations till wrapping up the job itself.

I deliver the job in my own way: a little of twist:

- I’m not good in technical knowledge, yet I know how to leverage my own strengths.
- I ASKED dumb question(S), loads of them as to get the job done!

I’ve started working at the young age, and I’m being trained by all levels, from the makcik cleaner till top notch superiors that molded my attitude towards life.

I’m pretty mature for my age, and I cannot tolerate should others are not meeting up with my minimum par line. That’s the reason, why I don’t listen.

IMPATIENT, you must say, that’s how visible my expectation(S) are.

Expectations needed to be visible and transparent between both parties.
Bosses are dumb people, but so does an employee should he/she do not seek what is required by their superiors.

Do NOT ASSUME, ASK, SEEK and PROVOKE should you need to.

Mei spreading the 'blurnesss' to my loyal readers :o)

A longggggggggg rant....

Loads of thing happened...just a glance,

1. Fake FAME

Yeah! At last, I appeared in my company's magazine: Front Cover. Phewh~I thought they wouldn't be publishing it. Got many calls from all over the states...many of them were like 'Ermm, are you the one...?; YES I am.

Read up the full version.

2. Engaged into a new game: Squash
My so called 'Geng-Geng Squash'

3. Spring cleaning

Yup, that's my cubicle. As CNY is just around the corner, how could I not clean up my workspace. 4. I've shifted to my new place. Had my last christmas with my ex-housemate


5. Went to TM Club Annual Dinner. It was great but not as awesome as last year. 6. My job getting tougher these days and I love it. Gee...and I'm ready for a change

6. Tadaaaa, meet Aini, a fabulous gal with SUCH A BIG Heart, but most of all being such a great friend.

Will update soon..

Hugs and kisses: Mei

TM Amazing Race 2008_Slumber Giler...

SERENITY...

Here how it's STARTS!

Yada..yada..yada..(briefing), we were at the back trying our VERY BEST to 'digest' the info...

Wohhooo!

Akmal, Mei and FZ!



Reading the 'T.U.L.I.P', hold on a sec, we got a GPS ma!


Oooh laaa...here we go babe!


Lucky number 32

Tadaaaa..SLUMBER GILER GROUP

Anyway, I’m back from TM Amazing Race 2008..and guess what being the first-time..I’m proud to announce, SLUMBER GILER managed to get number 5 among 46 teams. The best part of all, only the top 5 winners got the prize..and hell yeah! We GOT it!

It was a challenging race yet with loads of 'unique' challenges here and there. We definitely pulled it off. Our team consisted of SUPERB people,

1. The Driver: Palvinder Singh (with his beloved PESONA)

2. The Navigator: Akmal...(with Pal's GPS..he can't seem to live without it)

3. The Entertainer/Joker: FZ (He's the only one that is assigned to MAKE US LAUGH)

and....

tadaaa...

4. The Reliable Info: MEI (Yeah men, I'm the resourceful one..who can answer history question, with the help of my bros: Hafizi and Noh!)

Loads of FUN. Don't managed to snap pictures along the way..so only a few shots la. Enjoy

I have fun and mots of all spending some time with my colleagues.

We are from different department: sales, sales planning, business strategy and NGN...but we came as one team, and yeah it's all about teamwork.

Thx guys!

Tumble and Fall...

I've had a short breakaway last 2 weeks ago. It was a wonderful experience, but what touches me the most is how 'I begin to like 'X'. Mixing around those from other states make me realize that these ppl has put all their hear out for X.

I have loads of fun but it was dead tiring as there were so many activities line up for us. We hardly got any rest...

So here how it starts...

Thanks to Mr. Johari, we managed to get to Kuala Tahan by 12.30PM. Thx for 'tumpangkan' me. Appreciate it a lot. Once we arrived, we were then told to pack our stuff for 2 days 1 night camp. You should have seen my face reaction on that moment. It has been along time since I've stepped my foot to the 'woods'. Ahhhhh, only one thing that I dislike is 'being dirty'.

So we were then brought for a boat ride nearly about 30 minutes to this island. Yes, we are left stranded for one day there. Set up our camp and off the muslims went for prayers. I was deeply asleep...while awaits for the team to finish their prayer. No problem for me as I adapt quickly to any environment.
A discussion took place along the way as in to create our cheer and group flag. Blue was my group and our cheer goes 'SLUMBER GILER...' The dinner was SUPERB! Yeah, we don't have to cook! Eventually the local guide cook for us, we had RICE, HOTDOGS, GRILLED CHICKEN/FISH, and even LAMB! and not to mention TOMYAM soup as well. Thumbs up guys.

We were all drop dead tired (long hour travel journey) and we still needed to drag ourselves to the 'kupasan tugasan' session. All in all, it was great for the starts. It was refreshing exposure, I must say.

Boat ride..wohooo

Superb scenery

All ups and set your camp!

BLUE TEAM!!!

So many activites in-stored for us. There were CAVE EXPLORATION, CANOPY WALK, TEAM BUILDING activities, Site Seeing for 'Ikan Kelah', HIKING, and so much more. I enjoyed every single of the activity..it was really goooood.
There was Hari Raya Dinner held for us as well. Eventually I celebrated my birthday there as well. Thank you for the gift and guess what I won the 'best partcipant'. Wohooo!

Thank you Kelab TM Malaysia!

Any my greatest thanks to Mr. Johari, Encik Azmi, Puan Rohayah, Puan Zainon, Puan Aishah and Mr. Azman Zan Jusoh for the opportunity.

Pictures say it all...

Cave Exploration: Gua Telinga

BATS...

Canopy Walk

Entrance to Canopy Walk


In the jungle with signboards :0)



Relaxing


Waterfall


Our boats


Restoran Terapung...hmm..it's look normal for me tho

Briefing at the Orang Asli's Village

Orang Asli


Orang Asli Village

I was being selected to 'sumpit' and I missed it :0(

Our team, trying hard to start the fire...'The Orang Asli's Way'

All in...and off we go!


Ikan Kelah...it was breathtaking

Beautiful....we had a relaxing swim....

:0)

Cooking Training, I don't even know how to cut a fruit...

Participants

The BLUE TEAM!

Best partcipants (both from Blue Team): Wohooo!!!

Mr. Puad and I

Awards recipients with Datuk Daniel (GM TM's Pahang..I guess)


Departure: Goodbye Rainforest Taman Negara

Today (2 Nov 2008)

I felt a sense of 'clear direction'. I did a emcee job for Taiko's Marketing Annual Dinner and it went 'quite well' just a little of out of hand issue on the stage. Still it ended nicely. Got a pat from the TMK's upper management and yup, it's a wrap for me.

It has been a (1) yr since I left the hosting job, and when I'm on the stage yesterday, I feel being 'Mei'.

Everything is clearer now...I have my dreams to achieve.

I'm going to utilize my time well. Few things that I intend to brush up:

1. My guitar lessons (Yes, I can sing..as well)

- Since I sold my guitar to one of my friend, I need to buy one.

2. Mandarin...language

3. Freelance Master of Ceremony (Hmm...?)

- Looking at my portfolio, yea...I do have the experience...hmmm, I think I should to get extra cash.

Back to TMK's emceeing. Came back from One World Hotel at 12.00am, got a quick shower and off I went to bed. Usually when I'm in my good mood, I normally listen to music when I sleep...and I did.

Slept soundly, till I get a SMS text from my bro: Hafizi.

It was a devastated news to me..it's a great lost to Noh and his family. Things quite rough for them, and I wish I could help...

Eventually my horoscope for today has never been so accurate...

The Bottom Line
You may really want to help a friend, but there are real limits to what you can do.
In Detail
You may really want to help a friend or coworker who is struggling to keep up right now, but there are limits to what you can do. Don't beat yourself up if you can't make their world as sunshiney bright as you feel it should be. Everyone goes through tough times, and this person will get through it. More than anything, they just need your support right now. You might not be able to change anything for them, but you can be their friend -- and that's priceless. So just aim for that.

Yours truly:

Mei