UOC Spirit never dies

My first UOC was in 1997. 12 years later i am back. Lol.

Some say i am too old for it. Some say i am boliao to go and do this again. But the S-Spirit is still in me, and if i have the time, i will go. I still remember the time when i am still in school i was very active . even after i graduate , i still make the effort to join the camp. people who did not go through the camp will not understand why the spirit never dies. Till now, the only people i keep in touch after graduate are not my course mates.. but the friends i make during the camp, year after year. That is why i have friends who are much younger than me too!

I have not been attending the camps for the last few years because of my work. But now, I have the choice to choose to be the funloving Tigger or sad sacked Eeyore. Made this video last night. Check this out

 

Brick Wall

Was reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. There was a paragraph there which i like . It is under the Chapter “Never Give up “

Brick Walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them – even if you need someone to practically throw you over, be thankful and it will be helpful to tell others how you did it

That is why we need to  NETWORK!!

AMK Community Hospital Sucks

Granny was discharged from TTSH and transferred to AMK Community Hospital for rehabilitation, however today i got a call from my Aunt and she say they are transferring Granny out. I ask her where , she say she didnt know so i requested her to put me to the nurse. when i ask the nurse “where are you all transferring my grandmother to ?”

The nurse replied “I dont know where she is going to , i ask the doctor to call you later”

Fuck.. what type of nurse is this??

I quickly rush to the hospital only to find out that she has to be transferred back to TTSH because of respiratory problems. The ambulance is coming at 1pm , and no one call the family to informed until my aunt reached at 12.15pm to find out.

So i ask the nurse again “Why isnt there anyone who tell us what is happening ?”

The nurse say “ we wanted to call you already, but your aunt is here so we tell her”

I say ‘ But she dont understand english, and you all speak to her in English”

Fuck.. what type of system is this ? Why do they ask me to be the spokesperson but did not tell me anything about it ?

So i requested to see the doctor in charge. The doctor, I cannot remember the name but i will be going to find out says , “your granny has fever and then has breathing prblems, we cannot do physio on her, so we need to send her back to TTSH for heart specialist to treat her”

i say , “ but she was diagnosed as fit for phsyio before she is discharged from TTSH 1 week ago, what happened between her discharge till now ? is it something new that happened?”

Doctor say “ we dont know”

I say “ how can you say you dont know, she came directly to the hospital to here. Is it something wrong with the operation or what?”

Doctor say “i cannot conclude that”

I say “ Then can i say is due to negligence of this hospital that resulted in her situation now ?

Doctor say “ we cant tell why there is a fever or why she has breathing problems…… We are doing this for the best of the patient”

I say “ Dont treat the patient as a ball and bounce her around… forget it , is there a bed already reserved?”

Doctor say “ No , you need to go to A&E and the hospital will take care of it “

I say “What? i need to go in as a new case?”

Doctor say “ Yes, this is the process”

Fuck.. what type of doctor is this??

I went to look for the social worker in charge of her case to lodge a complain, there is already previous incidents that the miscommunication between the nurses has caused a lot of inconveiencen to the patient and the family. There was a case of missed medicine for the patient! and there are cases where different nurses tell me different things about the patient ( one says she ate breakfast, one say she didnt ) So i cannot rule out the possibility that my grandmother condition could be a result of neglience on the hospital side

When i finally found the social worker ( nurse say she went for lunch and she has no MOBILE PHONE ) the social worker looks totally confused what is happening. I highlighted the incidents and my dissatisfaction , they just nod their head but cannot make any decisions at all. Waste my time. At least, they escalted the issue up to the Public Communications departement i believe ( i rcv a call from them but i was busy at Tan Tock Seng doing the admission so i didnt manage to vent my frustrations on them one more time )

21km or 42km?

Singapore Marathon 2009 ( Some call it Std Chart Run ) is back. I got the mailer that is offering runners who particpated last year a 30% discount for Early Bird registration fees.

But the question now is 21 or 42 ?

What happened on July 13th ?

8am – Starbucks Centre point Orchard . I love the starbucks there simply because the environment is conducive for me to do some work on my own without any interference. A cup of Mocha without Whipped Cream is all i need to keep myself occupied the whole morning.

11am – Dim Sum Lunch at Ah Yat. got 50% off on weekdays. Check out the Lobster!

2pm – Went to NTU to check out the freshies selection for this year UOC. The last time i was really active in the camp was probably 2000 or 2001. After that, my career took over the priority. This year i will try to spend more time in the camp since there will be nothing much at work

4pm Badminton at YCK Sports Hall. This was a last minute decision. I like Last minute Decisions :)

7pm Dinner at Hougang Mall. Ate Duck Noodles.

9pm Chill out at O+. 1 pint + 2 Bottles .

11pm Mahjong thru the night….. win $120

My First Video ( with iMovie )

Yeh, make my first iMovie . You can check it out below, it is a clip of Rhino token feeding session at the Singapore Zoo

Is very simple, but is a small step to greater success!

Technorati Tags: Singapore Zoo,sgtop10,Rhino Feeding,Multiclickz

在摩托罗拉剩余的日子 : 83 Days

9.30 in the office

and one American walking round and round the cubicles machiam doing F1 Racing and talking on the phone for the last 90mins

I cant decide Blogspot or Wordpress

Until i decide, i will maintain both. Wahaha.

Wonder if one post can be posted twice….

I have moved

New Blog Space
http://sengkangboy.multiclickz.com

Sengkangboy.blogspot.com is moving

I am moving!to wordpress
Stay tuned....

在摩托罗拉剩余的日子 : 111 Days

Very soon, we will enter the last 100 days of our "transition phase". I volunteered and started engaging our 2 vendors who provides Career Transition services to come down to our office to give our employees a talk and overview on what the workshop will be about and how it can help us. Everyone will definately signed up since this is covered by Motorola. I see no reason why we should not.

On the other hand, Nz requested some of our managers to form up a S.W.A.T. team to "help" some of our colleagues to get a job. There were things like organising our own job fair, arranging career talks, networking with other company HR managers to see if there are positions available. Apparently, he feels that everyone is sitting there wasting their time and should be doing something more meangingful instead of playing kaixin.net, facebook or just surfing their day away.

Well at least to my knowledge, many of us are already venturing into entreprenurship. I know of at least 4 groups who are diong such. Nevertheless, I will continue to work on this SWAT thing even though i am already very busy with other stuff. Well, thats probably one of the last things i can do for the department , if it is really useful.

HTC Magic

Saw the advertisement on the Saturday Straits Time. This wasnt in my budget planning. I am supposed to get a good printer ( probably Canon MP988 ) and maybe Canon D500 SLR camera.
Went down to paragon to take a look at this 2nd android phone that is released by HTC in the market and boy i fell in love with it immediately.

1. The physical size, especially its thickness is now greatly reduced with the removal of the hardware qwerty keyboard.

2. It comes preload with CupCake ( Android Firmware 1.5 ) which should be pushed to the HTC Dream version sooner or later. Tons of features and upgrades on Cupcake compared to the current version. ( whats the current version codename call ? )

3. Although i will miss the hardware keyboard which allows me to type relatively faster, but when i tried out the HTC Dream soft keyboard, it is quite responsive and it has a numeric keypad SMS input ( The conventional handphone sms way ) which i always liked. The reason is because i can actually send sms without looking at the phone ( it should have tactile feedback on keypress ) . So i guess this is give and take.

4. The battery life performance reported is significantly better. It should be able to last more than a day according to reviews that i have read.

5. I can trade in my HTC Dream for $400!! That makes this dude about $198 with a 2 yr contract.


I must get it! I probably get a cheaper printer and put camera plans on hold for this month :P

在摩托罗拉剩余的日子 : 116 Days

Havent Blog about my remaining days in Motorola for the past week . Main reason is really there is nothing much changes. The usual stuff of entering office, read a few unread mails which are not really life and death critical situation, and then start working on some of my own stuff. Thats what happen to most of the team in the office. Some came late, some came in to mend their farm in kaixin.net, some managed their restaurant in Restaurant City, some try to break their high score or personal best in Bejeweled Blitz.

There are others who started studying for their PMP exams. A few of my colleagues already taken and already passed and can be call "Certified Project Managers"

As for myself, I have submitted my credentials to PMI, was expecting them to send me a confirmation by this week but did not get a response. Probably next week, SC commented i could be the lucky one that gets audited. Well , if they want to audit me, I am okay, since i have that 4500 hours that the requested. I am already in the industry for 8 years !!

Other than the PMI, I started contacting the Recruitment OUtplacement service for the department. The services are paid by Motorola and is supposed to provide the employees who are going to exit in September a better understanding about themselves and how they can discover the next step in their career.

Of course and not forgetting Multiclickz. I just need to put more time on it. Workload is getting higher.

Social Aspects of WoW Gaming

read this post in Matticus and cannot agree more to it

http://www.worldofmatticus.com/2009/05/28/friends-and-raiders-the-social-aspect-of-warcraft/

MultiClickz is born

I am glad to announce my first Limited LIability Partnership company is officially called MultiClickz LLP and the business nature is Web Advertising Publishing.

Stay tuned for a new blog totally dedicated to the progression of this potential multi million dollars business.

A walk @ LCK Cemetry

I cannot last remember when i went back to participate in UOC activities, but it must have been at least 4-5 years back. This year, i decided to go back and help out a bit since i do not have the burden of night conference calls which i used to have the last few years, i am keeping in touch regularly again with my juniors, and i got friends who are joining this year orientation camp.

S Group has a recce in LCK cemetry for the traditional "Sgroup pre-camp initiation". Woh, when i was a freshie, we did it in tutorial rooms. And it scared the hell out of me. haha. When i first turned a senior, we continue to do it in tutorial rooms, and we scared the hell out of others. I cannot remember which year onwards our SGroup descendants daringly go to the cemetry. Arranging their own transport and their own manpower, it sure isnt easy.

I aint going to pour cold water over their ideas, eventually is still THEIR camp now. But this is the first time i go into a cemetry.. and i alerady feel my hair all standing up le....

Too Many or Too Few ?

Raiding Thoughts

Problems appear everywhere. Deciding on who can raid and who cant raid is a decision most people doesnt want to make especially if you are just "playing a game" and there are no tangilble benefits involved. However that activity still needs to be done. Maintaining a healthy bench is necessary for both raiders and Guild masters because you count on the bench players when your starting 25 has to leave early due to personal issues. How then do we strike a balance among both of them ?

I never love to be on the bench. even during school days or during work, whenever there is a new project or a competitive game, i hope my boss or my coach pick me to start. However, as i grow older, i begin to understand what is teamwork. Though i still know the feeling of been asked to sit on the bench. But when i look at how soccer players play, and those 5 who always sit on the bench waiting for their chance to be called out by the manager to have a chance to show what they can do on the field, even if it is just 5 minutes of play for them, even if they know they are just slotted in so that someone else can rest or they already have a clear win of the game, they still go ahead, i begin to understand what is team work. Even if you do not have a chance to play , and your club wins, you still will be appreciated for the effort in the trainings. Back to WoW, i dont think we will end up in such situation though because there will always be rotations, but what is the best rotation?

We also need to know the facts that our guild doesnt have all grown ups who have experience life to its fullest. Some may not understand and drama will erupt, So it is our responsiblity to let them know

1. Sitting on the bench does not mean you are no good.
2. Sitting on the bench does not mean you are inferior
3. Sitting on the bench simply means the present raid, in terms of class balance, space , attendance sign up, you may have to be on standby.

Thoughts #1
-> Do we have enough raiders ?
I will think general yes. Might be missing on a few specific classes ( Elemental Shaman , Rogues? ) This one i will probably start another thread to discuss with the more experienced raiding officers.

What happens if we have too many raiders ? There are a couple of solutions
1. Enforce raid signups, flasking etc. The dedicated one will continue to persist , those out for fun will just go off after some time
2. Arrange 1 x25 and 1 x10 if we have more than 40 turns up per nite. I dont think we will see this now unless the guild call for an expansion in recruitment. -> This is the GM's Call.

Thoughts #2
Have attendance policy. -> This proposal already put up in one of the threads
The below can be considered after the first phase is in place
-> Think of action for 3 times no show in a month ( signed up but no show )
-> think of actionable items for all other sceneriors

Attendance figures will come in handy when we need to bench someone and cant decide.
Attendance figures can also be use when there is a tied in loot. The one who attend more should get it first.

Thoughts #3
Be transparent. Everything we do in life, we have to be transparent. There is a saying by Antoine de Saint-Exupery - ""If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." It means " Clarify your vision, and motivation will come "

Personal opinion, i will go for More instead of less. Keep the raiders happy by clearly stating the policies and enforced them and .. Be Transparent.

Raiders will understand that this willhappen to them, every good guild have to do it.

在摩托罗拉剩余的日子 : 127 Days

Do i have the following skill sets?

• Able to deliver results by motivating and inspiring your colleagues
• Skills to manage innovation in an international, multi-disciplinary business environment
• Entrepreneurial spirit to grasp business opportunities and the drive and determination to lead them to fruition
• Strong influencing skills, coupled with a natural ability to lead and take on challenges
• Experience/excellent track record in some of the following areas:
- R&D of electronics products and systems;
- Management of people/processes;
- Interaction with customers/suppliers;
- Product development within strict timelines involving cross-functional collaboration
- Broad based HR generalist experience
• Excellent communication skills; fluent in English and preferably in one or more ASEAN languages

I think the answer is Yes. What do you think ?

My Holidays for 2009

This comes priority over the rest for this year.

2 more additions to my Kitchen

Woh, Mrs Chan allows me to buy the 2 items below. I have a fully equipped Kitchen now!