My Ongoing Dilemma

All this while, I thought I already decided that I am going to stay in SG while working there. But lately, the idea of staying in JB while working in SG crossed my mind as well. If I am to stay in SG, it will less hectic to move around especially in the morning and evening. Anyhow, the room rent is expensive. Don't talk about renting a whole house. What if I wana have kids? All these questions keep on lingering inside my mind.

If I am to stay in JB, of course I can rent a whole house on my own, which will be more convenient if I am to have  kid or kids... and of course I would like to have one or two or more depending on my financial capability. My future prediction is,  by September 2011, I will become a father already.. God willing :) (Jangan kamu ingat si Paul saja pandai menilik)....

One of the disadvantages that I have to endure is, I have to wake up very early every morning. Safety issues in JB as I read crime rate is high over there. But I guess, sometime things comes in package. You can't choose, but have to decide base on your priority.

What about my gym membership? I purposely upgrade my membership to VVIP so I can access every center around the world including SG. Currently there are about 6-8 centers available in SG but none in JB.

Due to this dilemma, I decided to observe, plan, and act... this is not a mere PDCA practiced by many companies as one of their improvement method... hehe... I think, I should go and stay in SG first.... maybe in 2-5 months? until i become fully familiarize and adapt with everything. After that only I decide whether staying in JB is more favorable or not.. I mean, in a big picture, for me, my wife and my anak anak.

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My Resignation

I am in the midst of preparing my resignation letter. I plan to send it by Thursday if everything goes smoothly. This is my tentative plan. I cannot disclose more..... Let us see what happen. May the 1Q 2009 Plan will take it course. Hopefully the wave of the economy downturn will not spoilt it..... again?

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Wallet

The above picture is my wallet. I had been using it since early Matriculation and was the first wallet I ever had as I did not use any wallet before to keep my money, as a matter of fact that I did not have much money to keep.

I think it looks old, and whenever I put my coins inside, the coins always accidently drop out of a small hole at the bottom side of it. I don’t really intend to buy a new one, as I rarely can see any type catching my interest. But while walking around the shopping mall today, I saw one piece that look simple and attractive enough for me to have a look. So, I bought it at RM120.

So, here is my new wallet. I expect it to serve me for another 10 years, which means I only buy a new wallet in the next recession. I have this habit of buying wallet during economic crisis without knowing about it. But I don’t think in 10 years time from now will be another crisis. I guess only. No data to support my prediction as I talk with imagination. I like to talk with imagination. I had seen many facts being manipulated, in order to justify the failure of the bad system managed by ‘smart’ people.

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The Words

I just stay at home today. Need to complete the company report plus need to spend extra time with family before takeoff to KL tomorrow. After that I will take 1 day rest before working as I only start working on the 6 Jan 2009. It’s killing me when I start to think about working.

It is raining here as I writing my post. I put all my clothes in the washing machine, and check my flight info so that “banana won’t fruit twice”. That was a terrible experience.

Year 2009 will be an interesting year for me despite the tough economy condition. I see a lot of opportunity to advance. But at the same time, I got some strong issue which will drag or affect my plan behind. Only time will show which one prevails.

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The Weird

I got my 2008 bonus on the 26th day of December and my salary on the 29th Dec 2008. Why I am telling this? Because I got it AFTER Christmas, which means I had to withdraw extra money from my little saving, and had to spend money with uncertainty on whether I will get my expected amount of bonus or not. Of course you will spend money in anticipation of how much money will flow into your account, right?

Well, in my previous 2 years experience, the year end bonus shall be given between the 20th day to 22nd day of Dec. But I don’t really understand why this year’s was very different. I try to figure out the logic answer….. but without avail. So, I just let it go. It’s not a big question to think about by the way.

And at the time of writing, it’s already 31st Dec 2008, which is the last day of 2008. I have some plan for New Year. I am not sure whether I can make it or not. It’s just a plan anyway. When you have a plan, sometimes it depends on people to make it happen.

And as for today, I am no longer serving a bond with my company, as it last until 30th Dec 2008. Did I want to change job? Yes, I always want to change job, since the 2nd year working in my company. But, due to overreaction regarding the economy (apart from the serving bond), I should be more careful in planning my next move. I change my strategy to wait and see. Sigh, I hate thinking of going back to work.

And today, I received an email from The Company, which required me to undergo a training regarding something out of my job scope. I am not objecting this kind of training. But I hate it when I am required to teach people about what the training is all about, and probably will be asked to do one project, while my job description probably still remain the same. If you never practice the knowledge beforehand, how you gonna teach somebody about it? How you gonna make people understand and practice something that you yourself only have 2 days of theoretical knowledge?

But, I don’t know yet. We’ll see.

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The Plan

It’s only 3 months to go before the year 2008 end. I will be going back to KK next week for my personal retreat (actually it’s a coincidence to be the Hari Raya Holiday). There are a lot of things I need to think about.

For the next 3 months, I have to get through into 3 main things. I named it H-I, P-L, C-H. It’s a personal thing anyway, so I am not going into detail of it in here. But, I have to get these things done by this year, and I am working on it to make it a success.

There will be some complication anyway, which will arise upon the accomplishment of these H-I, P-L and C-H. The complication depends on which method I choose to get it done. I expect it to be happened in the month of January 2009, and now I am considering a few option on how to overcome it the best way I can.

The 1st quarter of 2009 will be a rocky way for me. The consequences will depends on how I managed the H-I, P-L and C-H. I will always try my best and to think that I managed it accordingly, but I am not a sole person to make this successful. It depends on a group of people which I called “The Win”.

Lastly, if this so-called “The Win”, turn their decisions the other way, my next plan of survival which I call “The S-B code” will have to be executed. If I cannot find any resolution by 1st Qtr 2009, then come April 2009 will be another story.

When the time is right, I will elaborate more about this in a more transparent way.

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