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It’s A Piece of Cake…
Dec 7th
Well…
“Yes, it is a piece of cake. But if you don’t reach out and grab that piece of cake, there will be nothing left for you.”
YapThomas, 6th December 2009
Isn’t it true? You see a nice cake and there is only one piece of it left. You contemplated because you would think twice over it. Thinking if it would taste nice or would it be too creamy or cheesy or whatever…
This happens in every aspect of our life. Well, it happens to most people. The irony is that, we all knows it and we always forget and we always cry over it.
Lesson to be learnt: Be the first or be the first of nothing.
It’s an early morning people, have a nice 4-day week you Selangor people! Ish!
It has been crazzzeee…
Dec 3rd
A plan to burn the midnight oil was made last night. Moreover the past two days has not been very nice with me. More and more work and task which I’m designated with a new job function. Actually not new but refined…
So, yeah… the burn midnight oil plan failed as a short nap became a long sleep. It was a very good sleep with nice dream, but sigh…
Due to that, I’ve got presentation and report that I’m suppose to present today not completed.
Nvm! I braved myself and made it in time to the office at 9AM on the dot!
Thank God that when I was about to pass through the SMART Tunnel entrance, they opened the gate! Whoa! Talk about God answering your prayer! 
So, went in to the office and no sight of Boss#2 and The Director! *phew* Relieve moment lasted only 10 minutes. They both walked in then. T_T
Went into The Director’s room and told him.
“I did not finish the reporting cause I slept off yesterday halfway doing it. But there is a doc of all their branches action plan and all.”
The Director replied, “okay… okay… we do ours first since the other branch managers are not here”.
Still, the presentation was not perfect and the report has some glitch. Boss#2 is not really happy, The Director is not as well. But then, they are happy with the figures and projection. The later matters most to me.
Had lunch, a quick meeting and rushed off for another meeting.
The rest is they usually say is history…
I’ve decided at 5.04pm that I’m shutting out all work related matters!
Don’t Kill Your Brain!
Dec 2nd
Taking a break now while I’m in the middle of overclocking myself.
Wanted to write a post about overworking the brain and went to Google for a term for it. The answer came even more shocking than I wanted to know.
Come on! I just wanted a term to name “overworking the brain”. I’m sure there is like a “scientific” name for it. But anyways… look what Google shows me when I search for “a term for overworking your brain”
One of the search result is a link to “Top 10 Biggest Brain Damaging Habits“.
It is scary I tell you… I don’t know how true but people who is as workaholic as me, grab on tight.
1. No Breakfast
People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.
Oh No! I better start taking breakfast from now onwards. Must not forget my healthy start of the day! MUST!
2. Overreacting
It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.
I’m okay with this. I’m mostly calm and don’t panic as much as I used to.
3. Smoking
It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.
Not a problem as I’ve quit smoking! Yay! Another point! Moving on…
4. High Sugar consumption
Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.
Teh “O” Ais Kurang Kurang Kurang Manis. Another point!
5. Air Pollution
The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.
Hmmmm… we all live in Kuala Lumpur all sure exposed to pollutant air. What can we expect? Nice cool wonderful and cleaner air to breath just like in Perth, Australia? Yeah! 10 years down the road maybe.
6. Sleep Deprivation
Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells.
OK! I need to work to improve on this more. What’s the time now? 3:13AM! Shiats and I got a lot to work on. Err… Help?
7. Head covered while sleeping
Sleeping with the head covered, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.
Oh Oh!… I have the habit of doing this. Shiats. Moving on…
8. Working your brain during illness
Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.
SEE! I TOLD YOU! Don’t work when you are sick. Not good! Next!
9. Talking Rarely
Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain.
Nope. I don’t think I have this habit. I listen a lot but that doesn’t mean I don’t talk a lot. Come on, I’m dealing with tough customers daily and only intellectually persuasive words can win them over. 
10. Lacking in stimulating thoughts
Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage.
No way I’m lacking stimulating thoughts. How to be lacking when your boss throws you a sales target comprising 8 digits and tells you “Go figure how you can achieve that in 2010!”. You tell me lah!
Wow! Let’s see. My score is 5 out of 10! Not bad what! In between! Haha.
I have to improve on all these lah if it is true. Come on… it is all over the internet! It must be true. I’ve recently went for a blood test and there is even signs of stress. I must start on my supplements already! This is not good!
Health is Wealth!
If you see that I’m awake and still online during the wee hours, scold me and remind me that I need to sleep early, okay?
How To Sell… You Tell Me!
Dec 1st
You want us to do so much and then you want want cheaper price.
How to even pay my consultants and accounts when I can’t even earn enough to cover their salary?
Plus, you want this report, that report bla bla bla bla from me.
How to even earn enough to cover my salary to support your needs?
HOW TO SELL… YOU TELL ME!
Okay. I’ve rant enough. I’ve got more work on hand to take care off.
Too much headache to handle now. Be right back… with pictures, maybe.
Mentally Tormented
Nov 24th
I’m drained! I need to recharge my brain juice. Totally dried up already.
Today, I spent more than 6 hours in a room looking at numbers!
It’s the annual suffering that I have to go through.
SIX HOURS I TELL YOU… CRAZY! and I just came out.
I’m mentally tormented with sales figures hitting millions of ringgit.
Not to say with millions of ringgit the profit is very good for a travel agent.
Not only that, I’ve got lots more to do. Emails are screaming for reply and so many things for me to look through on my table! I have a huge backlogs because of this meeting! ROOARRRR!!!!
But anyways… summary of the meeting:
- Higher Sales Target. A Sky High One.
- Boss say salary is good enough for what I’m doing now. WTCrap!
- Expansion of business. Need to offer more products.
- Boss gives green light for a new project.
- I’m sure not gonna have an easy life next year.
Sigh… Can die or not you tell me?!?!
I’m still not done yet. I still have to go through a second round of meeting with more figures. After that, must submit to top management for approval to obtain budget and then feasibility studies and bla bla bla…
Let me tell you sales people out there. When your boss ask you do your sales projection for the next fiscal year (if you ever need to do), present two options.
Lucky I did present two options.
Option A with super sky high projection of figures with high demand of investment and bla bla bla.
Option B with just nice, very contented with slight room of improvement and a nice growth. Very safe very optimistic yet pessimistic.
Boss went for Option B instead. *Phew* But still wanna top it up from that figure, which is a killer. *Sigh* You can never please your boss enough. They just want more and more and more, but what you get in the end?
I just wish and pray if everything else works fine, I’ll be blessed!
Change…
Nov 18th
Is what we all need, to make an impact.
Change the way we pitch our sales.
Change the way we deal with our daily work.
Change our fear of failure.
Change the old fashion way of doing business.
Most importantly, adapt to change in the current fast pace world.
Definitely need a big change now myself.
Oh! Tony mentioned that he is hiring, big time. Guess with all the expansions, he need more people. Hmmm…
If you miss you on Youth Engagement Summit, you can read all about it here at Twitter #YES2009
I need a change now, change my cloths and sleep! But, work a little bit first.
I Hate Mondays!
Nov 16th
If I were to tell you how was my Monday, it will be a long list.
I shall not dwell on the past and look forward to a brighter week. But with the long list on my To Do List, it doesn’t help much either. Maybe I shall just erase some of the items in the list. ><
The list goes:
- Business Planning 2010
- Bid Submission x 3
- Quote Submission x 5
- Marketing Materials
- Paperwork x “unknown”
- Claims Submissions
- Meeting & Appointments
- Presentation Materials x 2
All the above must finish by Wednesday. Sure there are more to come along the way… Gah…
I did a random search on Google Image on “I hate monday“. Saw some nice pics. So I’m sharing it here to you peeps…
Bart sure said it well, because my Monday is swamped with things that I am not suppose to do. Of course, there is the mandatory Monday meeting and then I’ve not got an assistant yet, so work is still piling up while I still need to meet my JD requirements. Sigh…
I’m killed by Monday…
Wait, not yet. Still alive. I need to finish more of my To Do List as I’ve got two conference to attend tomorrow. One related to Project GCPPP and another is YES2009. I wonder how am I gonna juggle both conference at one go. Both also at the same location. Hmmm…
Whoa, it is sure gonna be a long day tomorrow, plus I’m bringing The Office out for “Makan2 Cakap2 Kosong” day out for dinner and movie.
Struggle today and have a great day tomorrow!
Catcha peeps! …… Hello work….
Random Post Number 965
Nov 10th
This blog is gonna be officially dead if I don’t update.
So here is the update!
So the many happenings that I want to update. It is either, I don’t have the pictures with me or I am just too lazy to edit them. I guess the weight is more towards the later.
I’m now on 965th post. What a long way eh.
I think I will throw a party to celebrate my 1000th post. Maybe! Maybe!
So what I’m busy with?
Life in general, that’s it. Cherishing every moment of it.
Balancing between work and play. Getting Project GCPPP on the run (which has been put on hold for some time now). Reviewing personal financial plans and policies. Looking for new home. Going crazy at work. Company financial year 2009 review. Business planning for year 2010. Vacation planning for year 2010. Catching up with friends. Retracing long lost contacts. Looking further out. Having more “me” time. Cleaning The Apartment (because my housemate can’t do so). Meetings over meetings. Driving from point A to B. Late night yum cha sessions. “Tai Chow” dinners. Random movie outings. Random shopping outings and many more that I’m too lazy to add on.
I’ve got a long To Do List on my Desktop. Excuse me while I work on it.
Squeezing the brain juice dry…
Nov 5th
I don’t know where to start. Moreover, I can’t even remember where did I last stop. But I know that I’m back from a long hiatus.
Hello people. This is me YapThomas and I’m back alive. T_T
Okay, on a serious note. I took a blue chill pill and feeling all blue I went on a stand by mode for few days. It feels like my soul left my body and now it’s back. I’m now out of the blue and feeling all dandy.
Put it that… it’s just life. What else can I say?
When life travels faster than our body, mind and soul does, all we need is just a break. It is when I will squeeze my brain juice dry with all the internal adjustments I need to make and clearing out all the black spots which dirtied my nice white sheet of cloth. Once that’s done, the vision is now clearer and it’s time to leave my brain alone and let it re-charge.
Hmmm… I can’t remember when was the last time I squeezed by brain juice.
I’m now re-adjusting my life. Putting certain priorities right in front of my eyes so that it doesn’t slide away from my vision. Taking out all the black spots whenever it appears, immediately. Not letting the white sheet of cloth to be kept dirty.
I told myself, “This could not be the worst.” The worst is yet to come, but I need to prepare for it. To challenge myself to move forward and not letting the past stopping me from moving forward.
Comments and views of others doesn’t matter. It is just me and my own personal believes matters most. Not to say what others say may not be true or to be believed. But it is just that, in our own life, we are the one who takes control of it and most of all, it is Him the Almighty who oversees our life.
Today, I received an SMS from a number which seems to be familiar but I lost the contact. It says, “The more you honour me, the more will I bless you” a famous quote from Infant Jesus of Prague.
In my life thus far, I’m blessed. I sure do but I’m sure there are certain times I’m being punished for my own mistakes which all the times involves money. I guess, there’s always a price to pay for not obeying commands.
These past few days, I’ve practically shut most entertainment out and focus on few objectives. Finding the right tune to jump start everything back again. Spending time alone and leaving the online world alone by itself. It was a great moment and time well spent with my inner soul. Most importantly, listening to Him speak.
I’m writing this post in an aimless manner. There is no objective of this post but rather squeezing the last bit of my brain juice. Oh yeah! I know, the objective of this post is to tell you that, I’m back. Fresher than ever!
Time to rock, yo!
Looking Forward To
Oct 28th
1) Dinner tonight
2) The much talked about (500) Days of Summer. Dunno when yet…
3) Ps. Robb Thompson this Thursday and Friday.
4) Appraisal meeting from The Office. I hope for a great outcome!
5) and an adventure trip to Gold Coast. Gonna be fun!
