Getting Your Passport Fast...

My passport will be expire in 2 months time... and had been pending and postponing to go and renew it. This is due to few reasons...the crowd that will be pile up by 9pm when you reach there and also laziness :)

So.. on Monday I decided to make a stand and just do it :) SO.. I a half day off and "try" to wake up early than usual time.. work up at 6am... but in the end due to "certain" reason that I cannot disclose here... :) by the time I arrive the immigration office it is already 9am!!

Ok ... I walk in to the information counter and let them check on my documents... seem like I miss out my photocopy IC.... the officer told me at the back of the office do have a copy machine service... so I just go over and check it out.... and as expected... LONG Queue.... people are queuing there for photo taking and copying their IC... all in the same queue.... so sad....

I actually try to see how long the wait was and look at the progress... counted.. there were about 12 people in front of me!.... so i don't think i want to wait for that long.... to cut the story short.... people who just want to get a photocopy of their IC, can walk down the street there is one shop does have a copier machine :) it charge 40cents only :) (slightly higher compare to the normal rate, but what the heck, at 9am others shop still not open)

By the time I got back to the immigration office, it is already 9.10am :) still not too bad... the officer check list:

2 x Photos = Check

Old passport = Check

1x photocopy IC= Check

Money (RM300) = Check

Ok, please go to Counter 12 and ask for Kiosk!

KIOSK??!!! wow... it was my first time man.. immigration got Kiosk! :)

So... went over to counter 12 and the guy lead me to the Kiosk... quite cool.. and I actually "cut queue" as no one was there ahead and immediately i can get my passport process :)

What you need to do is fill up your mobile phone number, and your IC number, and of course your name onto the envelop...then put your photos and photocopy IC hem into the ready envelop. Slot in your passport to the kiosk... slot in your IC for verification.... check your thumb print... then confirm all the detail in the system are correct ...the machine will prompt you for payment... so they accept CASH only!!.... after your payment insert your passport into the envelop seal it...last... drop in the envelop at the Kiosk.... Walla! You got your renewal passport ready for process!

After you put in everything they will give you a slip... and your passport will be ready after 2 hours! you can then go for your breakfast!....

So by the time I complete that... it was just 9.15am! time for breakfast ! :)

Imagine all these can be done within 5 mins!

After 2 hours which is around11.30am... go to the info officer, get the queue number, drop your slip to counter 8... and wait for your number to be called... within few minutes... you will get your new passport!

:) That Simple! :)

The Expensive Toilet....

Last week when I was at Midvalley... I noticed this toilet... Premier Toilet....

and it charged! not just 20cents or 50cents... but ....RM5!!

So out of curiosity... I pay a visit to the most expensive toilet I ever be in :)

First impression... CLEAN :) I got to give a 5 stars rating there... and it smell alot better than my house toilet! The ambient was great, come with nice lighting and music...

For those who have difficulty doing business, should pay and sit in there for their big business :)

The tissue quality are good... soft and tender ;) hahahah

It also had added value product.... I believe that company want to try out their product will sponsor this toilet :) giving out free trial on their lotions as well as their nice soup.

Overall I would give a 2 thumbs up for the toilet :) but for price wise.... good for experience :) I like the lotions though... :) and it comes with a hand cloths to dry your hand instead of using the paper/ dryer.

Check out the Toilet :)

So.. what do you think? :)

Dogs

Speaking of dogs....

i still remember how my beloved dog "Angie" were when she first came to our house... and her first visitor from the CG.... Alex Kee and Fon Ho....

Alex were playing with her even she really BITE him..... hahahaha

check it out the below pictures....

This is Alex Kee... erm 2006 :)

and this was how she bite!

the deep thought Fon Ho :)

I never know Fon Ho also like dogs :)

Anyway those are memories :)

fun and interesting memories that a good 2 years that I had with Angie... she did been through alot of ups and downs with me :)

Wherever she is now... may God be with her :)

Dog Rescue Needed!

I believe some had heard about the news.... there are about 300 stray dogs were left isolated to an island without any food or fresh water... according to some of the report a third of the dogs there were dead.. and the others feed on their carcass!

The resident of Pulau Ketam sent the dogs to the isolated island to die.... and I wonder if they ever think of the welfare of the dogs... and think about this... if the dog were not brought into this world without the resident of Pulau Ketam... why there are so many dogs in the first place right? And now they are throwing them out... all the poor dogs...starving and dying along the mangrove shore....



Thanks to people like Sabrina Yeap and TV Smith for putting this into highlight.... Sabrina run this Furry Friends Farm animal shelter and they are in need of funds to accomodate this extra dogs... if you could help.. do donate or help them out....

they can be reach at tvsmith@mycen.com.my for TV Smith or yeapwen@yahoo.com for Sabrina Yeap.

(*updated) Janet will handle publicity and donation info, While Zalina will be the media and press liaisons person and Nicole will assist them both. They can be reached at +6012 378 3730 (Janet) or +6012 320 8090 (Zalina) The Sec's E-mail is dogrescue.pk@gmail.com

To follow the updates do go to this site Pulau Ketam Dog Rescue Mission



For more info... do go to here : http://www.mycen.com.my/rescue/



This was also publish in The Star newspaper...

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/7/nation/3847498&sec=nation

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/7/nation/3850303&sec=nation

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/5/6/nation/3843068&sec=nation



You can also donate to Furry Friends Farm:

Account Number - 1457-0001182-056 (CIMB Bank) - "Furry Friends Farm"

At Last....

Ok.. Praise the Lord for His protection... and I still got my job :)

ok.. now it is the next 6 months that need to perform... but not just I need to perform.. i believe the entire division need to perform.... this division are quite interesting compare to my previous.... but i believe we can do it... it require some changes... too bad i'm not the one that can change... i do make difference... but too bad the rest of them are not in same mind...

i used to have the mentality of DO or DIE.... and it does bring me to where I am and able to learn alot from there.... here... it is slightly different... some said maybe they are different product... but hey.... Marketing is marketing... product is just an object that bring across... the method and message are the same.


Will blog more when I really have time.... sorry ppl.... this few days or weeks really very chaos for me.... work seem to pile up and I need to make things happen...

I will do my best to contribute and leave the rest to God... as God will make it happen :)

What is it Now....

So.. another few more hours till the announcement from the company on the so called VSS list... (VSS = Voluntary Separation Scheme) It means it is volunteer to take up the package and leave the company.. in some ways... it sound good as it is volunteer to leave... but the execution part is not that way... throughout the years of my work... i think i gone through a few round of this... they either already had a list of people that they want to cut off and you have no choice but accept it.... unless you have certain "connection" that maybe you are "volunteer" :)
So... what I see in some of the previous company.. they give a BIG bonus for those who had worked for 20 yrs or more... and it is like a golden handshake... those people are smiling to their banks... :) Imagine this.. you had work for a company for more than 10 yrs.. and for each year they give you a factor of 1.5 so... with that multiply that to the year of service... you get at least a 15 months of your LAST withdrawn salary! ... and on top of that, since they terminate you immediately, they will pay for your 1 or 2 months notice period, and also the annual "bonus" or the 13th month salary. AND.... if you do have company shares or stock options that are not mature yet, ALL will be matured IMMEDIATELY! and the company will buy back at the current market rate. Examples : you are given 5000 stock options at the price of $1. When they terminate you, the fair market value of the share is $10. You earn the delta of that! You actually earn $45,000.

Good right? NO!!! IT IS GREAT!!!!
too bad all those are in my previous company...
So... now what is it? Is the new company gonna do the same? Or is there any other than that?

What I would say, be still. God is still in control over all things that happen in our life. God know what is gonna happen in our life. He got the whole picture but we don't know. When He bring you to some place, He will bring you out of some place. You just need to do His will there when you are in that area. Untill you had completed that task that He had assigned to you... you still need to be there. He will always be by your side and holding you when you fall.

I once watch a movie with my wife together... one of the actress asked this question: Why do your God allow all these to happen to you?
And the Actor reply: God is just like a father with a daughter. The father always walk beside the daughter, when the daughter fall, the father is there to help her stand up again.

Just like in our life, we do fall when ever we did not cling onto God. But God always there to help us back on the track. He is always there, we just need to be like the daughter, hold onto the father's hand and walk. Just like we holding God's hand.

:)

Cooking this Sat....

For those who want to try out...
I'm cooking in PCC this coming saturday!!
Although it is not my first time... i think i had started cooking since 2007 :)
This Saturday i will be cooking what i had learn from Agape Home...
it will be mixed chicken with long beans in rice :)
And a additional vegi :)

It will be fun...
oh yah.. additional... I got one more steps towards what i want to do for this ministry...
to reach out as well as to minister to the Youth... this satuday there will be one new guy joining me... I wonder how to really guide him :)

God bless ! :)