I just want to make a short post here so people could benefit if they wanted to know how much is the ATM withdrawal charges.
I've had the privilege to go through an interview over the phone with an american conglomerate lately (30 minutes). It is some sort of a first round interview. Getting or not getting the job is secondary, I felt the questions being asked are quite challenging and worth to be shared. Anyway, just recording them down for my own reference in the future.
1. Describe your working experience in detail.
2. Describe the key satisfaction from your current work.
3. Describe the key dissatisfaction from your current work.
4. What is the pushing or pulling factor for you to apply for this position?
5. Tell me a time in your work where you had to cope with less resources.
6. Everybody makes mistakes. Tell me a time you have made a mistake and what you have learned from it?
7. Tell me a time where you had to convince a customer that did not agree with you in the beginning.
8. Tell me a time where you had to take a risk and it turned out to be a good outcome.
9. If I was to contact your line manager at this time, tell me two qualities that he/she will use to describe you.
and a few more questions.
Just imagine how would the final interview be!!!
First post of the year 2012! Last post was October 2011. Half a year not blogging! What can I say..I was busy with life?!?
If you have been following this blog, you should know that I love music and musical instruments. I have been learning and playing the Yamaha Electone since I was 7 years old and I still play occasionally. I know a tiny little bit of guitar and violin and always wished to learn drums. Another instrument similar to the Electone that I have always fancied are keyboards and synthesizers. Modern keyboards can produce such real and rich sounds! Not forgetting the drum kits and effects. I could sit here watching youtubes on keyboards and pianos for hours!
Out of my love for these instruments, I have created a website dedicated to them!
www.everythingkeyboard.com
At the moment, I am writing on the big four keyboard manufacturers KORG, Yamaha, Roland, and Casio. In the website, I give a personal review/opinion on the keyboards and also list the specifications and youtube video for the readers easy reference. I hope you will enjoy reading them as much as I do writing them. Will sure update from time to time with latest products and also expand on the brands.
Have a great day!
Every 25th of the month I receive my pay cheque. It is the same for this month Oct 2011. As I check my account balance and also took some cash from the ATM, I suddenly had this urge to post this. I have been wanting to post it for some time now. Seems now is the time.
Born: 1967
Born: 1982
Born: 1982
Mr Q works in Company A. He has been a hardworking employee(at least that is what he believes). As of now, Mr Q has been working in the said company for three years plus already. Actually, Company A is not bad(that is why he managed to stay for three years), his bosses(there are a lot of bosses in Company A) are all nice people, but Mr Q still feels he is overworked and underpaid.
One fine day, Company M called Mr Q up to see if he is interested to work for them. Out of curiosity Mr Q went to the company to listen to what opportunity is laid for him there. Actually, Company M is of a smaller size than Company A, much much smaller in fact. The work Mr Q is expected to perform there is almost of the same nature that he has been performing in Company A. However, Company M could provide a monthly salary which is 37.5% more than Company A. Mr Q was quite excited!
As mentioned, Mr Q loves Company A and his bosses. He went to discuss this new-found opportunity with his boss(let's call him Mr J) to see what his boss thinks. Mr J is such a knowledgeable person and Mr Q values his opinion highly. After listening to Mr J's two-cents and also a long night of thought, Mr Q decided to kindly turn down Company M's offer and to stay put in Company A for the time being.
Just a little more than a week after turning down Company M's offer, Mr Q got another opportunity to have an interview with Company S! Company S is doing something different from Company A and M. Actually, what Company S is doing is what Mr Q has always wanted to learn and explore. Mr Q was successful in his application. Company S could provide a monthly salary which is 33.75% more than Company A. Mr Q has more or less made up his mind this time.
Mr Q went on the tender his resignation to Company A. Unexpectedly to Mr Q, this triggered a frenzy as Mr Q's boss, boss's boss, boss's boss's boss, were notified and all called him to request him to stay with Company A. Mr Q's boss's boss(let's call him Mr A) asked him out to a cup of coffee to discuss on this issue. Mr Q knows Mr A but rarely speaks to him. During the coffee, Mr Q got to know Mr A a bit more and was immediately attracted with his charismatic leadership. Mr A believes Company A will be able to counter-offer Mr Q in order for him to stay on. Mr Q also hinted a number that he will be satisfied with. However, because of the huge size of Company A and the many legislation involved, Mr A could not solely decide on money matters but he will fight for it for Mr Q. Mr Q was quite touched by Mr A's sincerity.
That afternoon, Mr A called Mr Q to inform the counter-offer by the Company A is 33.75% more and a promotion to Senior. To be truthful, Mr Q is quite disappointed with this number as he feels it is just a bit more than of Company S's and it could not compensate for the knowledge that he will not obtain if he was to stay on with Company A.
Mr Q sighs, "It's time to go."
p/s: After accepting Company S's offer, unexpectedly, Company M called Mr Q again. Company M asked what was the reason that he turned down the offer and could they counter-offer? Mr Q is completely STUNNED! He has never expected a company of that size could actually do this in order to get the man it needs. He is more saddened by the fact that Company A could not have done the same for him. However, Mr Q has no regrets as an adventure awaits him in Company S. Mr Q again kindly turned down the offer but Company M's name will remain in his mind for a long long time.
really long time no update blog. Don't know what to write also. How about upload a picture of the current me?
Nowdays is 走斯文路线 to tipu all the 少女 out there. WAkakaka!!!
How are you guys doing? Update me~~
Suddenly thought of this might be funny to some of you so share share.
I was tightening some screws on a device when my colleague came and looked for me help.
As I was just about to finish so I replied him, "Hey, hold on. Let me screw this first."
HAhahahhaa....
(sorry ha..very cold hor?)
Today out-of-the-blue, we are going to talk about Electrical Engineering! I noticed I have not actually written anything useful/constructive yet in my blog(haha), but this shall be a start.
My colleagues and I were discussing something over tea time lately and one interesting topic was "What's the difference between Neutral and Ground"? It seems quite simple at first but later on each of us had different understanding on the topic. So here I am, presenting to you MY UNDERSTANDING on this topic(it might be totally wrong..shitz) and would like to invite fellow engineers/muggles to give your two cents.
Please follow the picture sequence below(I hand sketched wan!):
Imagine the power generated in the power plant(somewhere out there) as an AA battery. To distribute this electricity to us, logically it would require two transmission lines, i.e. to complete the circuit. However, this method(two long cables) might be a bit expensive.
So some wise guy thought, "Why don't we use the ground/earth as the conductor for the return path?" Maybe after some study and experiments it is proven that ground is a good conductor, thus the above concept was born(neutral point of the generator is earthed). Minus one cable..cool!
When the transmission lines reach distribution transformers, there will be a delta-to-star transformation of the power and here, the star/neutral point of the transformer is earthed. From here on, we will start the Neutral lines and L-N lines will go to our homes. (Notice oh, when transmission time only Live lines, but distribution time have Live and Neutral lines d.)
If we look at the power socket in our homes(for Commonwealth countries), on the bottom-right would be the L and bottom-left is N. On the top-centre is Earth which is actually connected to a metal rod planted below the ground of our home. In normal cases, the current will flow from L to some load in our home and back to N. However, if there is a leakage(say the Live supply is suddenly shorted to the body/casing of the appliances), luckily the body is connected to Earth already so there would be an alternative path for the current to flow to..NOT THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY..phheewww! In any case, there are always MCB, ELCB/RCCB to protect us.
This Sunday is a great Sunday indeed. Not working and no calls from company nor clients. Great great day..so far.
I hadn't been blogging for quite some time already. Sometimes I have this great need to write something down, but when I turn on the PC, I'd rather be facebooking instead. Such is the power of FB! Or, I'd be watching some great performances on youtube (or some funny baby videos that I like alot..hehe).
This is not going to be a picture-filled post, though I really have quite a number of photos I'd like to share. Today, we are going to talk about something serious--your life! For those who are unaware, I just turned 25 last 2nd of Nov 2009. I'm like what..quarter-of-a-century old?
Have you had those moments when you thought, "Oh man..I'm not young any more..I should have achieved something already!!!" I'm having those moments more and more lately. Jiin mentioned that she doesn't want to be a cheap labour and urban poor any more. I guess she must've had those moments too. I'm sure nobody wants to be a cheap labour but if you really REALLY feel despised on being treated unequal of your talent and true capability, you should be doing something about it.
#1 You could start being your own boss!
Wait, should I be opening a shop and selling something? But..I have no modal, renting a place, electricity and water, everything is money.
#2 Fear not, because of the great INTERNET, you could sell something online!
But, wtf, everybody's doing this already! What are you going to sell? Teenagers clothes with lots of fancy photos and stuffs? Erm, not sure if that's gonna work these days.
You know what, all of these are excuses. There's this devil in your mind called "Lazy" which is influencing you and telling you that you are doing great at whatever you are doing. Why try something new? It might be risky and dangerous! To tell the truth, this devil is quite strong in my mind. I hate it when he's limiting what I should try or do..but what he's saying sounds so "true" (wtf, the last sentence actually rhymes!).
Ok, let's say I do not have talent of being a boss. Then I shall be the best employee ever and climb up the corporate ladder. You know what, a new Regional Business Unit Manager aka Big Boss will be coming to work in my company soon and I heard he's only 34! Of course he is angmoh and sometimes that helps too but I guess somehow, he must have something extra that propels him to the top at the shortest time.
I'm in the midst of finding this quality!!! How can you be a top performer, where you will not be envied by your boss, and your boss will so appreciate you that he will give you a promotion? Erm..how how? Should we stay in the same company for a long time to climb the ladder, or should be jump here and there when there's opportunity?
HOW???
How??
how?
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You get my point yet? Hahaha..
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On another note, have anyone of you watch this Enfagrow advertisement before?
I'm like totally touched by this. Feel so awesome. Cry cry -_-
p/s: The mom's totally pretty!!!
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Small talk: Just came back from lunch with YC, SP, and SP's hubby. I see SP's face, full of happiness. Guess that's what you get when you're married. Really nice seeing you ppl after so long!
Hi there, long time didn't mem-blog. This Merdeka holiday came at the rightest time. Gave me abit of time to do some personal things.
Anyway, HAPPY MERDEKA! We must be 1Malaysia ok? At least 8% GDP growth every year till 2020 to achieve developed country status. Stop cutting cow's head ok? Malaysia Boleh!
So, I just returned from Shanghai actually..expecting a quiet and peaceful long weekend when suddenly, unwanted call from company received. I see the caller I already know d, FUCK. To make the story short, there is this problem at site(a really simple one but nobody knows/wants to solve it) which requires my immediate presence to resolve.
Wah, sungguh tak cekap la, nice Sunday morning need be at customer's place at 8am in PD. Told Elaine and my family about it. They weren't too happy but understood my situation. Because I know the nature of the problem at site so I promised that it'll be a quick one and I would come home in the afternoon. After that, I went out for my cyber/yumcha session with the guys. It was a real nice evening until eventually goddamned unlucky Arsenal lose to the CCB ManU. I was feeling moody alright.
When I returned home, my parents told me they were gonna fetch me down to PD 2ml while they go jalan-jalan there. I was like wtf, noneed la, i not small kid anymore, i could drive there myself la. They insisted, saying they wan go jalan-jalan coz boring at home, long weekend etc. I eventually gave in. =)
How many of you guys got kena fetch to work by ur parents b4? Haha. I can proudly say I HAVE and totally not ashamed at all! We left home at 6am and all the way I kept saying thanks to them coz teman me on a boring job assigment. We stopped by Seremban for breakfast and reached PD site at 8. All in all, the work was around 15minutes and rest of the time was waiting for them to retransfer the power. Left working place at 10:30am. Hahaha..
Mom was telling how they jalan'ed the whole PD during that time. She confirmed to me that PD beach is confirm condemned to max. Impossible to swim in it seeing how dirty the water was. Couldn't agree more. We left straight for home and managed to fetch my bro and sis for lunch. They just woke up wtf. (I really terikut how sweatlee blogs coz really cute to put a wtf unintentionally at the end of some sentences)
The conclusion is: I'm glad that a nice family Sunday has seemed undisturbed by my impromptu job assignment. And I am super happy, lucky, and grateful that I have the wonderfulest and bestest family ever. If I was to be reborn, I would like to be reborn into this same family~~
=P
p/s: If you have not already read this.
Note to self: Today, I bought something very important in my life. I shall remember 1 Aug 2009~~
Today received a flyer..
+Click to enlarge
WE IS SINCERELY INVITES YOU WAN..REALLY WAN!
Bugger, like that my UTM can't get APEX standard and do some technical glitches with student admission la. Sien.
Recently I had a business trip to Tampa, Florida, US of A..and man..that is a place really FAAAARRRRRRRRRR from home.
I was away for a total of 7 days and working days were 3 days. I spend 4 days just travelling(flights + waiting time)..WTF!!!
I had to go to Singapore > Frankfurt > New York > Tampa. The stop-overs are because MAS doesn't have an economy class flight from KL to New York on weekends..wtf.
However, I took Singapore Airlines and I must say..it's really good(from flight services to loyalty programme)! Asia airlines CONFIRM beat western airlines anytime.
Today, i'm gonna share on the F&B services on the long trip i've endured. Because the trip is so fucking long, you get to eat alot of meals on the plane..and some of them are actually pretty good! I even took some photos of them and scanned the menu for your perusal. Do enjoy..
When only I can sit Business Class?
We'll begin with Supper [Singapore to Frankfurt]
Grilled beef steak served with roasted assorted vegetables and rosemary flavoured potato.
Can you spot the red wine?
Before touch-down [Singapore to Frankfurt]
Fried noodle with honey glaced roast pork, vegetables and mushroom
Breakfast and Light meal [Frankfurt to New York]
Scrambled egg served with bacon, mushroom and hash brown potato
Chicken supreme served with buttered vegetables and sauteed farfalle pasta
Ice cream
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During my short stay on US soil, didn't really get to see nor do much. Took the below photo of the hotel we stayed though..
Damn like those cheap motels we see in the movies right?
Actually the room is not bad la.
USD89 a night(not including tax).
