Back to the big world again..

Woit! Just got back from the community camp. Another great experience learning about nature and people. Another bunch of new friends and lotsa traveling. We went through the forest and river while enjoying the view and beauty of the inner world. Arrived this evening and collapsed right on the bed. The journey itself was very taxing not mentioning the work but it's all worth under the name of charity!

Will post more with pics soon. Until then, enjoy a calm and chilling night.

Let's do our part

The night is once again blessed with shower. Nice and cold. Time for some reflections. "You are ahead of others!" A statement I received from the senior staff this evening. "I just came back from the course and you are already doing what they told us to do." Well, I guess it's so much easier for them as the system is already existing, just need to push the 'start' button. It's really a big compliment and relief for me, though it might not sound to others. But who cares, self satisfaction that drives you to work better.

Sometimes I go right to the root to make sure things are done coz most of the time, when the message was delivered from the top, it would probably not reach the root or perhaps that worked for a few days before things got back to normalcy. So, here we could see that going to the root does not really solve all the problems but you need to keep on driving the senior staff to do the monitoring on these people. That's how the system works I guess. Time wasting and of course manpower as well. Could you imagine how much I could do on other areas if I didn't really need to check and check if these people were doing their work. I can only conclude that a great leader is all it needed for an organization to run well. I am not saying myself but if people are really doing their job, then voila, things will run so smoothly.

That comes to my first highlight of the day. The star online today sees that the zoo in bad condition. Despite so many years of public complaints on the poor status of the national zoo, there ain't any improvement done. Not even publicity. Ask anyone of the citizen if they knew where is the national zoo. I am really afraid to hear the results. It's been years that the zoo authority kept giving the same excuses that they would improve once they got the fund from the gov. But until when would the fund be enough for your big plan to turn the zoo into a super ZOO? Are we really dreaming of one? It's so typical, people keep thinking of running before they even learn to walk. Things can be done in moderation. The image of the zoo is the first thing to get more attention from the public so that upkeeping of zoo would be one of the issues for the people. You don't make a super ZOO and not even anyone knows about this zoo? It's afterall a national entity. People should be proud of.

I was a volunteer in the zoo once upon a time back in school. I was neither impressed nor excited with the volunteering system at the zoo. That's actually a way to get free manpower when there are so many people out there who wished to contribute. But no! They sit quiet and wait till you come and approach. What's the authority up there in the zoo doing? No where? It's really a disappointment because they are dealing with animals. Not simply animals for exhibit but lives. And they play a role to enhance the awareness of caring on these wildlife and so on. Are we achieving anything? Or are we creating a lil aquarium and a cage just to satisfy our belief that what other countries have, we have. Full stop. It doesn't matter if it's of quality, at least we have something called ZOO. Duhh...so typical.

It's really an embarrassment when the writer says: Its current strategy of adding animal exhibits without first attempting to reduce animal deaths simply defies science and common sense. Which means, some people don't really know what they are doing. That highlights yet another topic of the day, so much food, so much waste. In my previous posts I've highlighted this problem of hunger. It seems like a never ending issue, and yes, we choose not to end this because we are human. It's another month where bazaar and food are abundant. Appetite increased in savouring whatever we want. But again, we are wasting. If you read the paper, you would know that there's a part in Sarawak where people are getting hungry because foods are scarce... yes, it exists in this country, so pls be real. Transportation of foods and water takes up to 11 hours journey with a cost (and that's not cheap). The residents are sending out letters to the outside world so that they could send more food and water. Up till now, I only heard the NGO is planning to do something. What about the state itself? Or some people higher?

Please ignore my innocence. I really feel puzzled why on earth do these people still stay at these places where food are so not easily available and other amenities as well. I went to several community camps with the worse which took about 5hours from the nearest town where roads are not easily accessible. I've even asked these people, why? They couldn't give me an exact answer but because they were living there their whole lives. I just think that if we don't plan to bring them out from these remote areas, why don't we bring some development to them so that things are more easily available. Even then, can we do that, or is it worth doing in view of the small population there. So, it's really up to the concerned authority and if only they were interested to pursue this matter. But people crying for hunger especially involving kids? This shouldn't be happening in this country where people are wasting so much on their food. Just not right, at least not to me.

Wow, I've been writing so much today. Well, excuse my passion on these 2 topics. Afterall everyday is a learning day.

Who's the boss...

So, it was a busy day. Traveling and rushing from one place to another. Meeting in the afternoon and lotsa talking done. Later aerobics session at the office and now, darn tired resting on the couch. Probably will be in bed very soon.

It was rather complicated to highlight my position in the organization. I didn't realize that there were so many divisions I have to talk to before bringing up a project. I thought it was like a snap of the fingers and everything would be done. NO! So I asked A to do this, and A says it's B's division. What bout that? C division. Of course they didn't say right in front of me, but kinda sending clue. Gee.. I should have called all the heads for a meeting so I dun need to make so many calls just to get things done. But again, I learnt something. So, now I have to write a letter to all the heads, to inform them about the changes that I am about to make and pls take notice and do the necessary.

On top of that, I am trying to make a lil test to see if positive reinforcement could yield any results. I am gonna organize a simple contest to bring awareness of all the staff from all divisions and stations. Of course I won't reveal now but it should be done soon. I noticed that people like to delay their decision and later it becomes stale and non-existent anymore. That's why I was so pushy at times coz I knew it's either now or never be done. The latter is so true. I want results and so, they gotta bear with this.

Ergghh...just plain tired. Had tummy colic today but it was really amazing that talking out loud in a meeting could actually improve the symptom, ahaha.. Initially wasn't feeling well but the meeting had to go on coz I was the one who called for it. That's why things are so unpredictable on my part. Whenever I feel better, I'd just continue the plans even though I dun feel like it. But if I don't do, who will? Waiting for others? Yea rite, you better wait for the cows to come home.

Newspaper today says that Penang has cancelled its national day parade to curb H1N1 and heard that also in major cities, it would not be held at large scale. So, people, becareful and remember your hygiene and cough ethics.

Finally the sky broke its water and it's been raining the whole evening. Nice feeling. Cold and comfy after 2 days of drought. Guess gonna sleep so soundly tonite. Brr....nice. The community camp is on. It's becoming an ever busy schedule, aint it?

Smell

It's gonna be a very short entry. Tired from work and aerobics session this evening. The mind is almost blank. There are lotsa work and programmes to do lately. Thus, let me just present this song to everyone who had listened to it yearssss ago. Dunno why this song just popped up from nowhere after waking up in the early morning 2 days ago and went right in front of the pc and searched for the song. Voila:



Winnie xin's Wei Dao (Smell)



Wei Dao's tune

The smell of another weekend

The morning sky was so blue. The hills were so green. It smelt freedom in the air. For the past 2 days, I was waking up with the feeling of ecstasy. It's like as if the world was so colourful and being so pre-occupied, I didn't realize it. Thus it was amazing. Looking out the windows, I could see the trees dancing. The birds joined along. I was lazying on the bed enjoying the serenity and the colour of the world.

Then of course I couldn't miss out going for a walk in town. We went to the market top to have our noodles breakfast. From the top, I could see the whole town. The scene was so well defined and picturesque. I couldn't hold myself by taking a deeper breath to smell the air of the quiet weekend. Perhaps one would question what was this ecstasy all about. It's just that being away for quite sometime and on top of that being soaked at work and not having the time to look at the surroundings, it feels so nice to find out that the surrounding is actually becoming so beautiful. Not really superbly beautiful but come to think of it, the world is so colourful!

It's afterall a relaxing weekend. Taking a back seat and enjoying the view. Next weekend gonna be away for another community stuff. Let's just see what's gonna happen.

Waiting for the morning..

With a gentle noise, the rain slowly hit the ground. While some people are looking into the dark thick sky for the impossible full moon tonight, I am sitting at home wondering when the morning will come. I have so many tasks in hand that deal with so many departments and yes, I mean going through all the bureaucracy and red tapes. I know I have to be patient but the weekend is fast approaching meaning there is only a working-day left to rush for the task before everything gets halted by the weekend.

Morning, oh morning,
when will you be coming,
cause the flight is calling,
I can't afford the waiting....

Vandalism could highlight certain issues?..

I just couln't resist to take such a meaningful piece of artwork at the subway. It makes me wonder what the painter was thinking...PS: There is this malnourished kid sitting on the beggar's lap.


Phew...it was really a long break from blogging.

Back on track again. The past week was busy with lotsa traveling and working, not mentioning outings with family and friends. Boy, three days of crabbing and now ended with a sore tongue! At least now I know which stall offers better crabs. It was also a great time catching up with friends but really, the time wasn't enough. Yup, the biggest drawback from the trip, not even having the time to go for a movie!

Getting the front seat was really so comfortable especially the leg space! Thumbs up to express boarding..


The one thing that everyone had got to say about me was : aiyo, you look so different already, thin? Yup, I am getting thinner with messy hair (planned for a haircut but hardly had time for it). The trip back wasn't a favourable one as well. The rain had caused everything wet. Then I had to rush for a dinner organized by the city/district hall. It was supposedly celebrating the independance day cum changing of the distric officer. Many local powerful people attended the dinner though it started so late. Anyways, an eye opener.

So, one more great news! Our QA(sorta research) study got 1st-runner-up at the state-level. Kinda big achievement for our lil office. It was really a nice experience though the process was grueling. I remember having to finish everything within a week-time and using up the whole weekend. And then to refurbish and redecorate the study design but hey, we pulled it off. It's like my lil baby project and I am really proud of it getting some recognitions and even better for a state-level one. We have a big trophy and a big cert and also credits to all 5 other staff who got involved in this project.

Actually there was another achievement which was our men volleyball team where we got 1st-runner-up at the district level for the very first time as well but because of some controversies over it, I just gotta drop that. I mean, I am just not interested anymore to get involved in the whole organization of the sports club here because of the hanky-panky thingy. Full stop.

Here we are at the town area...


Oh yes, I've also just got back from a trip to S'wak with a team of NGO. It was fun though the haze was like sooo thick. The bus ride was not that bad and meeting colleagues and people from other workplace was another nice experience. Lotsa photos taken but again, I don't really own a real camera.

What else. Now it's time to pay back all the workloads for being absent quite sometime. The aerobics are still on-going and this wednesday I've got 3 talks to give at an NGO meeting. Thinking of it already stressed me out coz I hardly have the time to prepare (unless I stop blogging for today, ahaha). I have so many clients to see nowadays, and I foresee this to continue for the next 2 weeks. Anticipating for another holiday. Hooray!!!

Knock knock..

Just making the presence being felt a little. Leaving for a trip sooo early coming morning. Gotta wake up at 5am. Yea, that's not a usual thing here.

Until then, let's see if we gonna have some pics after me coming back ya!