Prince: Long-Lost-Diary...

15 JULY 2006
The 4 kings but only 2 left-over

10 years ago, there were 4 companies in market that were highly regarded as the four heavenly kings. The first one is Procter & Gamble worth 400 millions; followed by Unilever which worth 300 millions, Colgate-Palmolive worth 300 millions & Kao which worth 180 millions.

These four Kings provided the best employees benefits and performing fantastically in the market; and it is everyone dream to work for one of these four companies.

However, 10 years later, it left only 2 big companies. Procter & Gamble still remained the best and growing because they took over Gillette & Palmolive, and currently worth 600 millions. The second place is taken over by Unilever which worth 300 millions if not mistaken. Kao & Colgate are slowing down.

There are many big companies out there but why only these few that being dreamt by the working group people. Could that be their employee benefits?

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14 JULY 2006
Welcome Party for my BIG BOSS

We had a welcome party for our Group CEO visiting us from Japan. I must say this is a political dinner. We each played our role well, and I believe he doesn’t know that 3 sales persons had already thrown their resignation letters.

Since the new MD took over the management (they change the top management once in every three years as part of their new manager training program), the last MD was much better than the current one of course. 5 sales people resigned in 6 months period, and 2 of them have been working with the company for 9 years. The others 3 sales person worked with the company for 3 years. This reflects that there is something wrong with the leaders.

Anyhow, the dinner ended in a nice way, and everyone become the Oscar award best actor/actress for successfully faking their dissatisfaction! =)

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12 JULY 2006
As an Employee

* The biggest motivation is salary

* The unluckiest thing is promotion without salary adjustment

* The most "shiok" thing is you don't work anyhow also get pay increment

* The greatest talent is "carry big stuff"

* The greatest mistake is to argue with your boss

* The most demoralizing thing is to receive salary late

* The most pitiful thing is you did not get your salary and your boss ran away

* The happiest thing is you become your boss' boss

* The cleverest thing is you are late but boss doesn't know

* The stupidest thing is you publicly say that you are lazy

* The most common thing is - the boss says something but means another

* The proudest thing is you sack your boss

* The most "rugi" thing is you work hard but your colleague takes the credit

* The most dangerous thing is to become a "two-headed" snake

* The biggest satisfaction - sending e-mail like this during office hours!!


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13 JULY 2006
Promise & Personal Vision

I learnt something about promise & personal vision.

Promise & vision play an important role in our life because it gives us our direction in life; so that we never lost in the jungle.

As for me, I believe, I am a person who is slow in giving our promise, but I am fast in keeping it!

What about you?

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08 JULY 2006
Working …

Working is strenuous process; but if we can perceive ‘work’ as a learning opportunity then it may posses certain value to our life.

If we can inject passion & interest in our work, it could even be better at the end; better at least it helps to increase the duration of our working life.

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05 JULY 2006
Toward Perfection is Improvement

Even though we continuously seek perfection in our life yet it is impossible to be perfect.

We know that in order to improve, we have to constantly seek perfection; it seems to be the only way to improve.

We tend to push ourselves further toward our perfected goal; it is paradoxical, yet it is not wrong. Nevertheless, we still need to understand the saying that nothing is perfect in such way that we do not push ourselves too far over the limit because; pushing too much will affect not only our selves but also people around us.

Over here, we need to respect other’s feeling and thinking. They are not who we are, as god make people uniquely different from each others. Certain value can be imparted and carry from one to another but certain value is not mean for the purpose.

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04 JULY 2006
Initiative is what you need in life

The book written by Stephen Covey has indeed explained the life of human being and how we can change our life start from our emotion and personality.

Our thought moulds our action, and worse still, our thought has not always been correct.

Initiatives seem to be very important to us, especially in our relationship. In his book he quoted a story about a man who claims to have lost interest & feeling on his wife.

Stephen told him that love is supposed to be a verb, not a feeling, and initiative is the key solution.

If only you have put initiative to revitalize your feeling; if only you spend effort to understand your wife, or make her understand you; if only you kiss her every morning, every night and give her surprise from time to time; if only you do not treat it as an obligation then thing should be better.

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29 JUN 2006
Car Maintenance Theory

A company car is utilized for official matters; it is a car owned by every employee.

A year later the car broke down, and company has to spend for the repair. From then on, the boss limits the car users to only top management.

A year later, the car broke down again, and again, company ha to spend for the repair. From then on again, the boss confined the car users to only Director Level, and it goes on.

The point is that it has never reached the root cause. The boss could have just set a maintenance schedule and enforce a constant check-up instead of waiting for problem.


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24 JUN 2006
Road Show

I have been working for a few weekends; even my wifey started to complaint. My spirit is strong but my body is weak, and guess I have to look forward to a restful weekend.

We had the road show for Sharifah Armani; and guess she is not as famous as I think she is. Unless it is Siti Nurhaliza then thing will be better still.

Perhaps she is too young to be famous. Anyway, I took a few pictures of her.

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23 JUN 2006
Company Dinner in PRINCE Hotel

We had our company dinner in Prince Hotel; the atmosphere was good.

I like the interior design though it is far from being fantastic but being a hotel itself, it is considered as one of the luxurious I could see.

Unlike any other dinner, our MD had to give a speech while we had to bear the hunger, and anticipated the end of his speech!

For god sakes, and finally, he made it to the end!

I must say my MD was like a gargoyle himself (shh….don’t let him know it!) especially when sexy walked passed his sight. Anyway, I don’t think I have a choice since I have chosen the path for the coming 2 years.

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20 JUN 2006
Slapping Theory

I have learnt the ‘Slapping Theory’ in management.

One day, if I reprimanded my child over his mistakes, and exert my power with a slap.

There is a possibility that he will never confess his mistake to me again in future.

Similarly, if a company leader reprimanded and penalised an employee over his/ her mistakes.

There is a possibility that could lead to grudge.

The office environment will never be that open anymore.

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