I receive weekly emails from the Glass Hammer website, a career site for women, as the name would suggest.

Today, there is an interview of the Senior VP of Corporate Finance for Staples, Christine Komola. She said she learnt how to schedule and thinks keeping your calendar up-to-date will serve you very well.

I am so glad that such a successful woman like her ‘learnt’ the value of scheduling. It is very encouraging to me as scheduling is not my strong point. If she could work at it and get so far in her career, I am confident that I can too!

So, it is official, scheduling is an important skill to be successful, and you should start today!

Read the full article on the Glass Hammer website.

Kanye West “Love Lockdown”

I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
What I had to do, had to run from you
I’m in love with you, but the vibe is wrong
And that haunted me, all the way home
So ya never know, never, never know
Never know enough, til it’s over love
Til we lose control, system overload
Screamin no, no, no, no, no
I’m not lovin you, way I wanted to
See I wanna move, but can’t escape from you
So I keep it low, keep a secret code
So everybody else don’t have to know

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
You keep ya love locked down, you lose

I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
I can’t keep my cool, so I keep it true
I got somethin’ to lose, so I gotta move
I can’t keep myself, and still keep you too
So I keep in mind, when I’m on my own
Somewhere far from home, In the danger zone
How many times did it take fo’ I finally got through
you lose, you lose
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
See I had to go, see I had to move
No more wastin’ time, we can’t wait for life
which is wastin’ time, where’s the finish line

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
You keep ya love locked down, you lose

I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
I met no one new, I got no one new
No I said I’m through, but got love for you
But I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
Gotta keep it goin, keep the lovin gone
Keep it on a roll, only god knows
If I be with you, baby I’m confused
You choose, you choose
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to
Way I got to go, I dont need you
I been on this road, too many times before
I’m not lovin you, the way I wanted to

So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, you lose
So keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, ya love locked down
If you keep ya love locked down, ya love locked down
Keepin ya love locked down, you lose

Source: http://www.elyrics.net/read/k/kanye-west-lyrics/love-lockdown-lyrics.html

According to wikipedia, the term “work life balance” was first heard in the 1970s in Britain. In the conventional terms, it refers to the balance between an individual’s work and private life. Most of us thought of it as the balance between the time we spent at work and on our private life. This includes myself.

But today, work life balance took on a whole new meaning for me. I was in a feedback session for my interpersonal skills with a co-workers. She shared with me that in a corporate environment, one has to stay alert and manage the impact of how one’s natural traits affect others. My first reaction to this statement was that a life like that is hypocrisy.

Then I thought about it and agreed with her, because the people in that environment would affect our performance gradings. And we all know that the higher we climb on the career ladder, the less it is about our technical competencies and more emphasis is placed on our people skills, such as influencing and leadership.

Therefore I came to the concolusion that to maintain work life balance, one has to know that s/he has to please everybody at work. But s/he doesn’t have to aim for being friends with every co-workers. This way, s/he can maintain the balance in life by being who they are and befriend those who they truly enjoy. Because after working hard to have good relationship with every colleagues on a day-to-day basis, we all need that break when we could simply say: I don’t like you, work mate! I will find my own mate that I like!

Nevertheless, I am not ruling out the very lucky situations where we make true friends that we work with, or where the workplace is relatively small and the family feeling is stronger. I merely think it is very unlikely when we work in a big organisation.

The whole thing reminded me of an acquaintance of mine who is a doctor. She once said she doesn’t try to be nice in her personal life because for the majority of her days, she has to be nice and sensitive to her patients and their families and friends. She simply doesn’t have the energy or inclination to do all she can to please everybody when she comes off her shifts.

Hmm… work life balance… now you might see it in a completely new light too!

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You can block our blogs but not our minds

The most spectacular show in history ~ Enjoy & be touched! I was!

Embrace who we are, never deny ourselves; for history has proved we suffer if we don’t think we are right as we are.

Ignore them when they say your party dress is too loud, this is your one shot on the centre of the stage, so live it!

Reflect and review, consider your own circumstances, not the ones of others. Nobody knows what it is like until they are in your shoes. Most importantly, do it for yourself! You need to get better to survive!

Faster, Higher, Stronger; indeed.

If I should stay,
I would only be in your way.
So I’ll go, but I know
I’ll think of you every step of the way.

And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
You, my darling you.

Bittersweet memories
that is all I’m taking with me.
So, goodbye. Please, don’t cry.
We both know I’m not what you need.

And I will always love you.
I will always love you.

I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you’ve dreamed of.
And I wish to you, joy and happiness.
But above all this, I wish you love.

And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.

You, darling, I love you.
Ooh, I’ll always, I’ll always love you.

Source: http://www.lyrics007.com/Whitney%20Houston%20Lyrics/I%20Will%20Always%20Love%20You%20Lyrics.html

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak said to BBC’s Robin Brant:

“There (in Northern Ireland) you’re just talking about the difference in being Roman Catholic or Protestant. “Here you are talking about difference in skin colour, you’re talking about difference in race, you’re talking about difference in religion, culture. It will take time.” (original BBC report)

What the hell is he on about?!!! The problem in Malaysia is that we have a bumiputera (native) and non-bumiputera (non-native) discrimination issue in all aspects of our legislation. If the Malaysian government follows the footstep of its Indonesian neighbour and abolish this bumiputera discrimination, I bet the so-called ethic tension would go away pretty swiftly! 

Here are 24 videos (as of 6 March 2008) of Nga Kor Ming (倪可敏) – Mandarin a requirement to understand these clips

Democratic Action Party (DAP) website - check out the Chinese site! It has the Mandarin version of Pet Shop Boys’ Go West, in its full political glory!

Great effort so far! But… even if all the Chinese and Indian populations in Malaysia vote for DAP in the election on 8 March 2008, that would only make up 30% of the total vote, not enough for the change they want to bring about. Sad but true… and less than two days from now to see if I was right…

Do put your cross next to your ballot paper for the DAP though! I hope I would be wrong… one day!

Chris Rock said ”Marriage is Boring; Single is Lonely. Married, you wanna Kill your Spouse; Single, you wanna Kill Yourself; Better Her than Me”.

Hell yeah, let’s all get ourselves a mate!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7167497.stm

“Malaysian Health Minister Chua Soi Lek has announced his resignation after admitting being filmed in a sex video.

The widely circulated recording showed the married father of three having sex with a female friend in a hotel room.”

I am so shocked, he was my doctor. It is a real shame when men are careless and lose the bigger picture for some small pleasure. He was a great minister, one of the very few Chinese ministers in Malaysia, now he is gone; feels very upset for his mistake and the Chinese politics in Malaysia.