Tag Heuer Silverstone

this is the perfect watch and my dream watch! first launched in the year 1974, Heuer re-release it again in Feb 2010.

how fitting for me to get one! we are borned in the same year!

Dads For Life

DADs for Life is a national fathers movement that seeks to inspire, mobilise and involve fathers to become good influencers in their children's lives....for life.

isnt this cool? i am signed up for the 21 march session! will be bringing joey and jayne, of course with kless =)

cant wait for this day, we will surely enjoy ourselves! watch out for out photos!

maybe after this, i will change my mind and buy a canon camera instead… =p

Work hard. Work smart. Right place?

In the days of our parents, nothing beats the notion of working hard. “If you work hard, you will surely succeed.” We heard this statement since young. I can only say it works when you are in the 70’s era. But moving into my era of the 90’s, working hard no longer guarantees success. The new slogan is “Work smart not hard.” How truth this statement was for a period of time. But if you are like me, in my mid 30’s, worked for about 10 years, this statement of working smart no longer holds such a revelation to success anymore.

Example: Accountant in a MNC vs Accountant in a SME
If you are working in a MNC, you will be given the prestige of showing off a namecard bearing a nice logo and maybe a fancy title. You will be 1 of the many Accountants in the office. To be able to shine and climb up the corporate ladder, you will have to work hard, work smart and pray that not too many people perform like yourself. Then maybe you will be given a chance to do something more like Group Accounts or Consolidation.

If you are working in a SME, you do not have the perfumed namecards, you will have to work very hard, cos no one else is there to help you much. But once there is an opportunity to be promoted, you will stand a pretty good chance. The probability is higher.

So is this a case of working hard, working smart or just being at the right place?

Recently, there was an opening for a promotion in my life. Different people from different departments are given equal chance to be selected. Needless to say, I was not selected (if not I won’t be writing this right?). The reason for not being selected is becos in my department, I am not the most outstanding. But if I were to place everyone on a linear graph, I would probably be one of the top few. Which means I should or can be in the promotion list.

Did I work hard? I think so.
Did I work smart? I believe so.
Am I in the right department? Maybe not!

BB 9700

finally after waiting for more than 3 months. here is the phone i have been waiting for!

you won’t believe how much i paid for this great phone..

retail price with contract = $448
extra cost to re-contract = $100
total to pay = $548

discounts:
phone plan rebate = $100
BB plan rebate =$100
trade in E71 phone = $200
sunperk points rebate = $50
Citibank cash rebate = $67

amount to be paid for BB 9700 = $31!!!!

2 man shopping

after being a zombie at home for more than 24 hours. no contact with any human. only talking thru msn, facebook and twitter. i finally made the decision to go out for a walk. who else can i ask?

of course another “zombie man” who has just got thru the same ordeal as me. he actually watched the entire 40 episode of 倚天屠龙记. he is Simon…

we met up at Tangs. walked from Tangs to Ion, then to Wisma, to Paragon and back to Tangs.

i wanted to buy some clothes or maybe a pair of shorts. Simon wanted to look at some jeans. but ended up, the only things we bought were biscuits from Mark & Spencers. and each bought an electrical appliance. steady bo??

Simon bought an electric insect repellent

i bought an iron

impossible is nothing!

blessed Joey

who knows what can a kid get in a lucky draw..

we bought some drinks from cold storage just now and there was a chance to spin the wheel for a lucky draw. before the spin, the young salesman told us the big prize is a can of New Moon abalone.. i was thinking, shui bian lah..

so giving Joey a chance to have some fun, my mother carried her up to spin the wheel. da da!!

it’s blessed to have a blessed child in the house!! hahaaa…

my turn

the strongest person at home is KLESSIS..she is a superwoman!

jayne was sick for 4 days, joey was next, fever for 2 days. not it’s my turn. 37.6 degrees!

haiz..can’t afford to take mc somemore! tons of work, preparing for year end. today i had to attend 5 meetings. can you imagine that? totally not efficient at all. nothing much was accomplished except to know that more work is waiting for me.. OMG!