Innovation Management, second class

This was the second class of IM.
It’s getting more interesting and I like it.
The only difficulty I have in the class is when we are like the world representatives gathering, because we have students from India, Norway, Korean, Tanzania, South Africa, Indonesia, Australia … and few more unknowns to me but definitely not Malaysian, that speaks many versions of English.
Especially those Indians, blame my English is not up to the level, I couldn’t catch them fully.

Although the first class I attended last week left me with deep impression as of how active were these guys but today I felt that, they just knowing everything, whether they apply their knowledge into the business concept is another story.
We have to choose a company to do research on for our group work assignment.
And, I suggested Nintendo, because I am very proud of myself beating almost everyone in the office in the Tennis game
Never do I realized that Nintendo is actually positioned on the 5th Most Innovation firm listed by the BCG, Boston Consulting Group.
I don’t know but I just felt that the Wii is a great machine!!!
And today the company suggestion is well received and everyone agree to proceed.
HJ, the Korean even said I can be the group leader.
I laughed out loud and said spontaneously, ‘…but I am only good at playing the Nintendo Wii’.
Everyone laughed.
Couldn’t help but I find myself, too straightforward and just couldn’t have enough ‘processing’ time in my mind to re-package my dialogue before blurbing it out!

Today learnt about Blue Ocean strategy. Came back and researched, realized Nintendo is one of the company managed to swim out from the Red Ocean and found their Blue Ocean!!!

I would like to thank XeerSoft, thank MD for rewarding us with the Wii.

我是开心的。。。

最近很忙，可是忙得很开心。
虽然有同事说我怀话，可是我不管了。我自己知道自己没错就好，别人我管不来。

Congratulations to you and I !!!!

Do you know how I feel about you now?
Yes, hate + anger yes, but it’s no longer affecting my emotion, it’s kept deeply in my heart.
It’s not possible the anger will gone.

But what I want to express now is, I remember you for what I used to admire in you, especially your dedication in work.
At this moment, I am looking at my company codes and database, found it very very complicated and while I am matching the database structure with the codes, I recalled how you used to draw all the database diagrams onto many A4 papers and then use the cellophone tapes to combine them together into one piece of very big paper, that can be folded back into an A4 size.
I recalled when you kneel down on the floor doing this. I am very impressed with your dedication.
I am pretty sure no one, at least in my company will do this.
Even myself, always have the urge to do that, but in the end, the thought will be killed after seeing more complicated things in the program.
But I want to learn from you. Congratulations to you for bringing positive influence to me, and congratulations to I for remembering you for your good deeds.

Congratulations!!!!

情人节快乐。。。你快乐吗？？？

今天情人节， 你做了什么？？
我在下午3pm 才起床。 前天都没睡，在玩 facebook 的 poker. 都是那个肥肥的错，在引诱我。

然后，家都没人，“孤零零” 的我就去了卖东西吃。
这星期吃了好多maggi mee. 所以，在特别的日子，很想吃好的。

对自己说，心想吃什么就去买什么。不管肥不肥了啦。
不能控制的就让它发生吧，能够控制的，那还要管这么多吗？？ 那人生活来是干吗的？？

所以，就买了版面加料，然后KFC, kopi o’ bing.
拿着一包两包回家，感觉很满足。
发觉自己真的好像一個猪. 啊。。。不管啦。人生短短几十年，算了把。
就算是，我也是一个很用功的猪。吃了饱饱过后，就开工了。
做得很爽，可是做得还要好都没用，老版不会赞我的。
不是应位老板不好，是应为我不是在做该做的任务而是在做一些吃力不讨好的东西。
“吃力不讨好” – 这句话，常常让我想起小梁了。他以前就是这样劝我的。
可是很paiseh,到现在还没盖的坏习惯。

小梁阿小梁，很想你哦。可是想到你就很自然想起另外一个。
想到另外一个，就是想到北京的眼泪。不啦。。。很难才冲那个洞爬起来，不要再掉近去了。
过去的就让它成为记忆吧。要看前面。

其实，我还以为今年可以跟某些人过一个真真的情人节。
我有给他机会，也是给自己的尝试，很遗憾，到现在还是没好结果。那就拴了吧。。。无能为力。。
不适合就是不适合。
其实，看到姐姐的痛苦，我也在一次开了心的门。就是他不珍惜。 那我没办法哦。
而此，我一个人又不是不能活。我还有我的爸爸妈妈。

晚上，他们叫我去吃饭。平常都不跟。可是今天想跟他们渡过这个情人节。
情人节本来就是要跟你爱的人庆祝的。他们就是我现在最爱的人了。
然后我们一家三口就吃的饱饱回家。
又吃。。。aih。。。
回家又是开工。 可是现在我该做我应该做的东西了。
发现自己做错了。要用另外一个方法。
然后现在就用了好久的时间在写这个。
太久没用中文写了。。。有点曼。。也可能很多错字。
然后很多人就会笑我。不管啦。。我开心就好。。。

送自己的红玫瑰。。。

不够。。。还有。。

最喜欢。。。

Chilam & Anita – good news!!!

Julian Cheung and Anita Yuen celebrate their 8th wedding anniversary by kissing in public

Two couples in the entertainment industry known for their conjugal love, Michael Miu and his wife Jamie Chik, Julian Cheung (Chilam) and his wife Anita Yuen, attended Alan Tam and Hacken Lee’s Left Alan Right Hacken (左麟右李) concert the night before last.

Anita specially requested her favorite song, Who Could Change (誰可改變, originally sang by Alan Tam) from TVB’s The Fearless Duo (天師執位). Since the drama’s main lead Michael was present, Alan asked the two couples to come up on stage to sing and dance together.

It was funny when Anita ‘abandoned’ Chilam to hold Alan’s hand, he said with a laugh: “You aren’t afraid your husband is unhappy?” Hacken had no choice but to hold Chilam’s hand, the three pairs sang hand in hand, it was hilarious! The night before last coincidentally was Anita and Chilam’s 8th wedding anniversary, Alan and Hacken took advantage of this opportunity and asked them to have a ’8th wedding anniversary kiss’ on stage, this stirred up the audience and urged on by everyone, the two generously kissed.

Regarding this incident, our reporter contacted Chilam yesterday, he self-ridiculed that his outward appearance gives off the impression he is a romantic person but in fact he is very boring. He said the night before last was indeed their wedding anniversary, before the concert he gave Anita some flowers and together with their son, they went to see a movie. Asked if he thought he and Anita are model husband and wife in the entertainment industry, Chilam said: “Michael and Jamie should be considered first!”

MBA Day 2 – Advanced Strategic Management – what is that????

Last Thursday, I attended the MBA lectures for the second time.
After got my first shocked on the day before, I hope this time would be less tense but it ended up to be superb tense instead. Entering the class slightly late, I entered the room, with my eyes looking for SCH.
And he was there. Sign of relief since this guy always help me a lot.

But not long after one whole lots of introduction of the module assignment from the Indian professor, he asked us to form groups. SCH told me to join his group which consist of a Malay guy and another quite old uncle. They were all so proactive, they were so experienced. They started to talk about who can contribute on what and so on. When I was asked about what can i contribute, I said, ‘nothing, i just joined, i don’t know what can i contribute’. In fact, I didn’t even know what the heck the module is talking about! I didn’t understand almost all the Q and A between the professor and the other students. I was damn BLUR!
But SCH came to my rescue, help a bit by saying I do a lot of readings.

I know their concern is that, they don’t want group member who don’t contribute to the team and just getting marks by others effort. But I really want to let them know that they can rest assured that I will put 110% of efforts! (provided I have idea of what I need and should do)
It could be that I didn’t speak anything when they discussed about which firms to select as target study (since I was still blur), the Malay guy looked at me and warned me about not contributing. I frankly told him that I didnt know anything. And they are quite surprise that I didn’t take the Strategic Management before coming in for the ADVANCED SM. Hey! I told them, I just joined!!!
I was thinking in my heart, ‘F**k loh!! why the heck am i here????!!!!! can i withdraw the MBA???’
But these team members keeps telling me that it is something can be done. To take Advanced before taking the basic SM. Well, since they say so, I just let it be. I don’t want to displease them by withdrawing myself from the group just because I am not confidence on what I am doing! I know, I can’t give up!!! I know!!!
So i didn’t. The pressure haunted me all night long.

After the lecture, we even went for a movie, “The Wedding Game”. I think Fann Wong and Chris Lee are just cute together.
But during some point of the movie, my mind was so worry about the group assignment, that I couldn’t concentrate 100% on the movie.
Just as soon as I reached home, I started to search online for the information.
That was what I were doing on Friday and Saturday night as well.
Only today, managed to escape and went the lunch gathering with UMS coursemates.
Visited Loke Foong’s house and we had an interesting Poker game.

Basically, it was a very tough and challenging week for me. Tiring as well.
It has been so long since I am in such tension mode.
Serving client at work, reporting to manager, working together with colleagues….and now attending classes, and have to do a lot, a lot, really a lot of readings!!!!! On subjects that I never read for the past 2x years of my life!
Tough life just got started…………May god bless me!!!!

First Day at MBA – can I do it?

Today is my first class. Although I was just sitting in the ‘trial’ class as I haven’t decide on the final subjects to take, but I already feel the tense around. Attending Thomas’s Management of Change….

Well, I would honestly say, I am only able to grab 40% of what he delivered. His speech is too speedy.  Can’t get some of his jokes sometimes. Only when he seriously and clearly delivering the keynote of his slides that I can understand in full. But overall, I am very dissapointed with my own standard! Guess what, all other students are so so so damn fluent in English. With slang somemore! Confident, outspoken, proactive ….. and me? erm….

He was saying we can’t avoid change and unless we are ‘constants’, otherwise change occurs all the times, because we are human, and we need to know how to manage it. I like this idea and now I am experiencing a big change in my life.  He taught us that language can twist on how you respond to change.  When you can’t do something, add 3 letters behind your sentence, and it brings a totally new meaning to your sentence.

“I can’t do it”  ……….change to………. “I can’t do it YET“

This subject does not have exam but there will be a group assignment or presentation and an individual report. And at the end of the class, we already have to select our group members. There were 7 of us, including a lawyer, a HR manager, some foreigners, some IT experts and another IT moron (me loh). And we are suppose to split into two groups but we were all standing there, not knowing what’s the best method to split as we are all new to each other, doesn’t know how to choose.  In the end, someone suggested to flip coins and guess what, we have a draw. Some sort of ‘cabutan bertuah’.

I am in this group with the lawyer, who looks nice and friendly, although not handsome but who cares as long as he can work ., and another full timer young pretty lady, Chrisandra., whom i got to know from Scott that she comes from a rich family and it might be a bad choice to be in the same group as her since she will not be as dedicated as other part timers will do. 

After the class, I had dinner with Scott and he told me many stories of who is rich guy, who is good and who is bad. Never know going to school is this complicated! I’d really underestimated how much commitment do I need to put in to complete this MBA, and the question is, can I really get a pass???

I begin to have doubts. Can i do it YET? Is this the right time for me to do it YET? Will I pass those exames? Never come across my mind, doing an MBA is so much more tougher than a degree!

But no regret, I already started it, and i will try all my best to complete it, maybe not Distinction but at least a PASS!

New Year, New Theme

Since it’s new year (chinese new year) and it’s February(Valentine’s month), I have changed the theme into something more feminine and different from those I had previously.
How do you like it?