Inconsiderate Malaysians

For some of the working class in Kuala Lumpur, public transports such as Monorail and LRT are the most convenient way of transportation as we seek to avoid the traffic congestion on the road. However, the behaviour of some Malaysians when using Monorail and LRT are, to say the least, disappointing. This is because there are many instances where our fellow Malaysians act inconsiderately when using Monorail and LRT.

The obvious example would be the passengers crowding in front of the door before boarding, thereby blocking the passengers onboard from alighting. In an understandable hustle to board a crowded train, these passengers repeatedly ignore the call by the control center or polis bantuan to give way to the alighting passengers before boarding. Surely we do not want to find ourselves being shouted at for blocking the way of the alighting passengers? That will be embarrassing.

Another example, which I personally find it irritating, is that after the passengers board the train, some refuse, or do not have the courtesy to move further inside the train to allow more room for others to board the train. This causes some passengers, who are determined not to miss the train, to squeeze themselves forcefully into the train. As a results, many passengers are sandwiched near the door of the train. I am sure that those who have experienced being sandwiched in the train do not find this comfortable. Wouldn't it be nice and comfortable for everyone if we have the courtesy to be considerate and just move further into the train? There's no reason to be afraid of not being able to get out of the train, at least for the Monorail.

To conclude this piece of writing, I'm urging fellow Malaysians to address and change these inconsiderate behaviors when using Monorail and LRT. These behaviors do not reflect a polite Malaysian society as we approach Vision 2020. It does not take a lot to be considerate and I certainly have the confidence that we are sensible enough to act the right way. 

Week in review (6/6 - 12/6)

Annyeonghaseyo modu =D

I have been back to Bolehland for more than a month now and this week is by far the most eventful one. So I thought I'd update my blog and do a week in review for this.

Tuesday
I went to watch the movie Me Before You with Yu Jun and Yan Xin 学姐 (both from 23rd batch). It was the first time I watched movie with any of my 学记 friends. Personally, I feel the plot build up is spot on leading to the ending of the movie, which is supposed to make people cry. Although I did not manage to cry, I enjoyed the movie as it is both heartwarming and funny. I was certainly touched by the storyline. Besides that, the sceneries in the movie are breathtaking, showing the gorgeous sceneries of Pembroke Castle and the surrounding areas in Northen Wales. Also, the soundtracks of the movie are wonderful with the appropriate love songs that added to the emotional journey we were on throughout the film. After watching the movie, it made me feel more interested to read the book and luckily Kar Leong is happy to lend me the book. =D

"Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle. Just live well. Just live." - Will Traynor


My company for the night =D

Wednesday to Friday

On Wednesday, I went to pasar malam near my house with Yu Jun and Yee Ching 学姐. Ate a bowl of spicy prawn mee and it was really spicy that I sweat profusely while eating. After that, we walked around and I bought fried turnip cake as add on before we went to my house to chit chat.

Thursday was Duanwu Festival and so I brought homemade rice dumplings as lunch to work.

I ate at the staff corner alone but was joined by other colleague after I finished my lunch. I was introduced to a new colleague (I forgot her name) by Dana and Jun, who worked as an intern in the company. After lunch, I went back to continue my data entry work but felt stomachache not long after that. It was so painful that I was sweating even though the office is cold due to the air-conditioning. I guess the stomachache was probably due to the spicy prawn mee that I ate on the previous night. Nevertheless, I did not request to go back earlier from work and 忍着痛 until I felt slightly better so that I could continue to work.

Friday was the deadline for the data entry task that Floria set to me the previous Monday. I managed to complete the data entry work about 30 mins after lunch hour. It was 3500+ of rows that I had done for the box of materials that she provided me. After I reported to her on finishing the task that she set, she passed me another 110+ rows of data entry work. So much so for reporting 'earlier' even after I slacked for close to 1.5 hours before reporting. =.=

Saturday
I woke up early in the morning to watch Game 4 of the NBA Finals 2016 between the Warriors and Cavaliers. It was the first live NBA Finals game that I was able to watch because Game 1 to 3 was scheduled during my working hours. Before the game began, I predicted the Warriors to win Game 4 and my prediction came true as the Warriors won to take a 3-1 series lead. Game 4 was really competitive that it kept me on the edge of my seat, unlike the previous 3 games (I watched the replay) which ended on blowout wins. There was one moment in the game where Lebron James and Stephen Curry exchange words in which the Internet made an meme out of it which is truly spot on:

Stephen Curry was like: What you mean I wasn't the most valuable player to my team?
HAHAHAHAHA

My eldest brother and I followed mum to Jusco to do shopping at 4p.m. While I was there, I bought a cone of cendol & vanilla ice cream which tasted awesome. Normally I would have buy a cup of Orea ice cream but because I spent quite a lot on outings this week, I decided to downgrade my usual ice-cream treat. Besides, my brother also belanja me two medium pizzas from the Jusco's bread shop which we reserved for watching Euro 2016 at midnight.

Because I have a date with my 场地组女神 and a few of my 学记 friends on Sunday afternoon, I went to sleep early after dinner so that I could watch the Euro 2016 match between England and Russia. Personally, I support England for this tournament and so I felt a little disappointed that the match ended with a draw after England failed to preserve their lead from a fantastic free-kick goal by Eric Dier. I was quite puzzled why Roy Hodgson did not take Harry Kane off and play Jamie Vardy or Marcus Rashford since Kane did not make much threat in front of goal. Hopefully, we will see more from England in the next two remaining group matches.

Sunday

The highlight of the week was going out with my 场地组女神 and a few of my 学记 friends. I was picked up by Poi Yi at Salak Selatan LRT station before she went to pick up Li Liing and Ong Tong. Then, we had pork chop for lunch at one of the food cafe at Jalan Kuchai Lama. The setting of the cafe is quite nice but I forgot to take a photo of it. No worry as the most important photo is of course the food:

After lunch, we went and pick up 依盈 at Mid Valley before we headed to Thirty Seconds to have coffee. Thirty Seconds happens to be the working place of Yun Ru, another 学记 friend. It was my intention to go a coffee shop because I was determined to order a proper cup of coffee art this time, which happen also to be my first coffee art cup. I enjoyed the coffee but enjoyed the chatting session even more before the days was concluded with Poi Yi fetching me home. 

More coffee shop outing next time please! @poiyi

Second time in a week I went out with a group of ladies. #艳福

Wonderful week to have and I'm yearning for more. That's all for this post. C ya!

Signing off,

TC

Shopping spree

Hey I'm back again with another post for the day!

So, today is a public holidays as it is the official birthday for His Majesty Yang di-Pertuan Agong. I woke up earlier than I want because mum called people to come to our house to do some house cleaning. Initially I had no plan for the morning but then my eldest brother told me he was going down to Plaza Rakyat to do some shopping so I decided to follow along.

When we reached, my brother left me to go do his own shopping while I walked in Petaling Street market looking for the things that I want to buy. I was planning to buy a new Manchester United jersey because my latest MU jersey was quite outdated for some time and I want to buy the recently concluded season's version because MU just won the FA Cup. I went around stores and surveying the price and ultimately bought one from an auntie for RM20.

Next, I also wanted to buy a retro basketball jersey, a Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls jersey to be exact. I have the MJ's Wizards jersey as a gift from my brother but the size does not suit me. Initially, I was skeptical about buying one because I heard basketball jersey is expensive. The first stall I asked about the price, they sell one for about RM120. Then I walked around to other stall asking the price. I was tempted to buy one from a stall which sells RM60 but it did not have the version that I want. Lucky for me, I managed to find another cheaper one which sells RM45, including the jersey and the pants and so I bought from there.

Lastly, I also bought a Jordan cap. The surveying process is similar to buying the jerseys and I managed to buy the cap for RM25. So, all in all I managed to buy two jerseys, one pants and a cap for a total of RM90. It feels good to be able to shop for these because I managed to save two months of hostel expense worth 530 dollars for the holidays by keeping my belongings in juniors' room. So I don't feel too guilty to go on a modest shopping spree. =D

That's all for the night. 

Signing off,
TC

Work life ramblings IV

Hi everybody!

A week ago I've mentioned that I have accepted the offer to work as a temporary clerk in Tokio Marine Insurans Malaysia Berhad. For your information, I work in the People, Strategy and Services department aka HR department and my office was located in Menara Dion at Jalan Sultan Ismail, nearby Raja Chulan monorial station. So, if you're feeling like it, you're more than welcome to come and find me for lunch. xD

This week was my first week of work. First day my dad fetched me to the office and I was 5 mins late in reporting on my first day. Anyway, a lady called Gwyneth guided me and my colleague partner, Zurin for the boarding program. After signing the offer letter, she bought us around the building to different departments and introducing us to people. Then, we were back in our office department and my superior, Floria, briefed Zurin and I on our job. After that, we were led to our tables and she passed us a box (big one, mind you) of papers each, which contains the materials that we need for our work.

Basically the work I do is data entry work. I have to match the data in the internal system with the tax invoice or receipts for all the expenses claims by the marketing agents and key in the details like (tax invoice no, GST amount, and etc) into Excel. It's a relatively easy job except when I came across accommodation and parking expenses, where it can sometimes be hard to identify the amount in the internal system came from which invoices. Most of the time it's just dull and tedious. Imagine trying to break down the lump sum parking expenses according to the individual receipts and key in the details one receipt by one receipt. O.O

I was given two weeks to complete the task and I completed a little less than 50% of it. Somehow I was surprised that I managed only less than half because I thought I was over 50% done but when I stack up the incomplete one, it's higher than the completed one. Haha looks like I might need to do OT next week to speed up the work which I did not do so in the first week.

Work aside, I had two lunch sessions with three of my elder colleagues who are just a little older than me by the looks of them. All three of them are females (two Chinese and one Indian) and it reminds me of Ming Yang, Kar Leong and Kanesh when I sat with them for lunch. xD  I also met one very friendly Malay woman who talked to me about Singapore. Hopefully I will get to know more people in the coming weeks of work.

Besides, I feel incredulous that so many websites were denied access on the computer I used. Initially I feel okay that they block social media, news & media and sports but I was rather taken aback when I found out they also block Google and general email (like Hotmail). Goodness me, that is strict and very work-focused. The benefit on denying these accesses is that I was really able to focus on my work and the progress is good. It gets me into thinking whether I should apply this method on my studies as well. The reality is data entry work is easy and dull and I don't get bored easily by it but studies are hard and I would often get frustrated by it. Ahhhhh, procrastination is a virtue. =.=

This first week of work really open my eyes to working in a corporate world. I am beginning to be able to relate better to the things people say/tweet/complain about corporate working. All along I have been eager to gain experience on working in a corporate world. I'm not sure whether what I feel about corporate working will change at the end of my working period. It's only the first week of work and I haven't manage to experience a significant working experience (the politics, the people and etc) in a corporate world yet. Although it's not much you can learn from data entry work and the work is rather dull, I guess I'm still content and satisfied that I managed to find office work (again) for this holidays.

Well, I guess that's all for this entry of work life ramblings. Hopefully, I will be back again with more ramblings about this work in future posts.

Signing off,

Tiong Chin