The Way, The Art & The Beauty…

Its amazing what I have just thought that I had to put it into my blog. I just realised how much potential there is in my fellow colleagues in the office. We have a good bonding with one another, we have a good relationship with all our clients, we can organise things that cater to their needs and increases their motivation, we can sing, we can have madness of fun, and the list goes on and on…

The EVOLUTION of the changes in the people recruited in my company began from my time. From the day they hired me, May and Chee Keet, our boss’s head became more and more painful! MUAHAHAHAHA!!! Things were as they were many years before our current batch. Yet things were kinda sour, from the constant feedback we got from our clients. Yet with this new batch, our clients had become more and More AND MORE motivated and happy! But why does it seem like our boss is not? Not only our boss but a few others up there? "CHANGE IS INEVITABLE"!!! That is not a assumption BUT a bloody FACT! I believe he can see it, but his mind is bound by a VERY tight leash of the ANCIENT practices he had done 25 years ago! Damn it, it is now 25 years down the road, from KL, u can hadly see any bloody birds flying up there, just concrete jungles, you can’t cross the road safely anymore, your children are becoming matured at a younger age, sex is famous, the ONLY way to SURVIVE is to ADAPT to these changes!

The biggest Event in our REGION hosted by US in KL in July! A great and fantastic opportunity. Such a big event, yet no news wutsoever till now even. EVEN when asked by our clients, the stories went around, not inside but i stress that it went AROUND the bush and all I could see were dumbfounded faces on our clients and on my colleagues as well. WTF man!!! The fate of our faces and image lie in our hands and we know NUTS at this moment…how wonderful!!!

He has time to go look around and see who’s on the MSN etc, when that precious time can be used to for example, RUN A COMPANY HELLO?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!

Mother ******!!!!???!?!?!?@?#??!!!!

How weird that ONE prick can lead us to become prickless! A person with 25 over years in the business, but ends up polluting its vision and mission in Malaysia due to an extreme and selfish mind towards ONLY ONE thing, the FIGURE, Number of Customers we will get every month……Where has Quality gone? Wut happened to the Preaching he did at the beginning of the year about "Quality brings Quantity"?????

I hope to change our dooming fate together with my colleagues, but unless he changes, we can’t do shit! That is a fact cause he is the one in power.

"Frustration and Fatigue,

Why the hell are we so weak,

It is Peace we all seek,

Not war among those in need,

Wonder how long,

Wonder which song,

Is appropriate for this current life time,

When all he does is to see if we I.M,

I call out to my colleagues,

Not to worry & do not be weak,

As long as it benefits our vision,

Just Do It like Nike says in its action,

For we have each other,

Nothing can ever cause bother,

Fight for justice we can,

As long as we never let go of each other’s hands…"

I had just recently returned from a Study Trip to Jakarta, the capitol of Indonesia. As Indonesia is now famous for its corruption and an unstable situation politically and in life itself, more so it is located at the "Ring of Fire", that can cause earthquakes, volcanos and tsunamis. In fact, the day before we departed for Jakarta, there was a shattering earthquake in Western Sumatra, so powerful, even it was felt by the residents in KL, JB & Singapore! Thankfully, Jakarta was not affected.

Reason I brought this up was the, I would say, "Fortunate" incident that occured in Jakarta. We were all happily having lunch and a discussion in the Jakarta office when suddenly a man’s voice over the loud speaker requested every one to evacuate the building at once, and not to panic…NOT TO PANIC?!?!?! how not to panic? The reason we were evacuating was because the Office building received a call saying that there was a BOMB in the building!!! We from the land of Malaysia had never experienced such an experience before in our entire lives! As everyone gathered at the parking lot behind the office building, we witnessed all the other tenants doing the same.       

At that very moment, though triggered by such an alarm, I was composed, as I led our Instructors, safely away from the arms of death…Almost everyone was on their mobiles, trying to call home to their loved ones. In fact, 2 of them were told by their husbands to go straight to the airport and take the next flight home! The situation was further wounded by the very hot sun, with absolute NO trees around for shed. As our schedule was disrupted, we adjourned to the front of the building and took taxis back to the hotel. We then returned to our rooms while waiting for the next instructions.

I finally arrived in my own room,

exhausted and tired due to the inflicting heat. As I slumped onto the chair, my composed self as I was earlier began to disintegrate quickly as a throng of thoughts flew past my mind. A lot of "What if?" questions mainly.

What if the bomb did go off?

What if there were no notifications and the bomb just went off all of a sudden?

What if while exiting the building, it went off?

Death, Havoc, Commotions, People going mad, People going nuts etc!!!

Thank GOD it was a false alarm…

I would not have seen my family,

I would not have seen my girlfriend,

I could have been stuck there,

I could have never step foot on Mother Earth again…

Those thoughts of mine were then put onto paper as I composed my next poem. Those who know me know that I express myself best through poems. More so it became an experience I could never ever forget. Pity I also felt for our Indonesian counterparts as they have to live in situation like this every single day!!!

At any time, a terrorist attack would come, at any time, an Earthquake could arise, at any time, anything unfortunate could happen. The last fact is true anywhere, but the possibilities are higher there.

The most tearful moment for me, one that truly touched my heart too much that after one look, I quickly turned my head away, unable to bear that sight. It was night, and it was like almost pitch dark on the roads, with no street lamps. At the traffic lights, we saw a young child carrying a younger baby in his arms walking toward the cars, begging for money or food. Even worse was there was another young child, about 2 years old, sleeping on the divider! Such a dangerous place and yet they do so, as they have no other way out, nor do they have any other ways to survive…

All I want to say is I am now sincerely glad to stay in a country or home we all call Malaysia. Yes, there are poilitical fights, the roads are not safe, and our salary is not so good. BUT

we are still alive,

we can still make a living,

we do not have to beg to that extent,

our air is not that polluted,

our lives are better

we are safer, considerablly…

To be honest, I actually am now more motivated to help achieve my company’s ultimate vision, that is World Peace. A big one indeed but NOT impossible. I want everyone to be able to "Live a Life"…