Our Weekend off

So a while back we went to the jungle. Well its not really a jungle per se, it was actually a 15 acre land filled with trees. The owner, a buddy of mine bought and developed the place and turned it into a farm stay. Basically they have all the ‘kampung’ style infrastructure in place  the streams, fruit trees and chicken. It was a class trip for my Management class which I’m teaching this semester.

So managing work force to achieve organization goals. Fish for dinner.

The ‘hut’.

Yes we are working here. Our dinner. There’s more though…

What can you expect from a class trip. Lots of heavy duty work.

And that’s it. Back to the island.

Well it was fun and we are planning for more trips this March. Adios!

The Year that was….

So I started this year with the most depressing feeling, added to that was the fact that it will be another miserable year in Labuan,those uneasiness,restless, butterflies in your gut , I had all those in me to start with. On the way back to Labuan, earlier this year, we were in a transport ferry going towards Labuan, as usual , they were late, but we manage to board and everyone, my son, the wife and my newly long awaited 1 month plus old daughter was sound asleep. I on the other hand was as I mentioned earlier, depressed.

I told myself this year would be different. I will stop complaining and start focusing on what I really wanted to do. And I did just that. And let me tell you that it is not easy as it looks. But so far it works. I had my first round of funding mid this year and waiting for the second and third funding coming in on the first and third quarter of next year. Since now we had an additional member in the family and it keeps growing, I really need to be serious on pursuing this.

So that was it for me in 2009, my little project got started and we had an additional family member. And I promise this year will be the year that I make history. Have a wonderful new year ahead of you people! Adios…

Umar

Ammar

Amalia

Bintulu ‘Action’…..

So my tiny little project got started, and I went to Bintulu for two days, and I will be coming back next month. Well actually right now I am waiting for the flight back to KK which is anytime soon.

So anyway I was ‘google’ling all the interesting things that I could do in Bintulu and the results was interesting. Its true and if you are looking for ‘action’ Bintulu is the place, sorry Labuan.

Anyway during my short stay here, I was blessed with the exposure that I had made and the kind of friends that had shared their business experience with me. We went out for lunch and dinner, and I was shown how customer service should be done in which you could not dig out from any text book. I was also introduced to one of their many suppliers and he shared with me the importance of working together, the ability to accept constructive criticism from your customer and the Chinese based education system.

The last part got me interested the most, the supplier elaborated how the chinese community education system works and how it could shape ones thinking to be a better person. And all of them were also concerned on the recent issues of race from a certain groups of people, but I assured them that its an opinion from a tiny groups of people and that the bigger majority of the community are against it.

So that was the trip, it was fruitful I had learned a lot from this and could not wait for more in the coming months. Okay people see you on the other side.

Marking Season….

So I was doing my thing when suddenly the electricity went dead on this part of Likas, while the other part of Likas it was like Christmas on November, I had this theory that they cut the power on purpose because this part of Likas is usually the rebellious one, you know the non-mainstream part of Likas while the other was like pro you know what. Or I could be imagining things.

Anyway I was marking my marketing papers which is due next week, so now I had to go to the nearest Starbucks to make me feel good and finish the job. I had finished about maybe 10%.

I had to admit that the answers were, lets just say flattering though I’m still in a joyous mood as long as I can get a hold of my favorite Macchiato and I’m outside of that island I’m good. Though my paternal leave ended last friday, I decided to extend my leave to a little bit further say until this friday yup Raya Haji, which explains why I dodge calls from the office because that would distract me from my current activities and that any news from Labuan is just depressing.

Ok then back to work and a Happy Raya Haji to all.