Abang Rosli's Farewell

Abang Rosli, after working 34 years in the group, is now retiring in December 2006. Today, we were having a farewell dinner for him at Restaurant Seri Kemuning.

I didn't have much time to mingle around with him during his employment, I respect him for the long services and loyalty to the group.

Talented men leave, dead wood doesn't

WHY EMPLOYEES LEAVE ORGANISATIONS ?
- Azim Premji,CEO- Wipro

Every company faces the problem of people leaving the company for better pay or profile.

Early this year, Mark, a senior software designer, got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer.

He had heard a lot about the CEO. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office, and the very best technology, even a canteen that served superb food.

Twice Mark was sent abroad for training. "My learning curve is the sharpest it's ever been," he said soon after he joined.

Last week, less than eight months after he joined, Mark walked out of the job.

Why did this talented employee leave?

Arun quit for the same reason that drives many good people away.

The answer lies in one of the largest studies undertaken by the Gallup Organization. The study surveyed over a million employees and 80,000 managers and was published in a book called "First Break All The Rules".

It came up with this surprising finding:

If you're losing good people, look to their immediate boss. Immediate boss is the reason people stay and thrive in an organization. And he 's the reason why people leave. When people leave they take knowledge,experience and contacts with them, straight to the competition.

"People leave managers not companies," write the authors Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman.

Mostly manager drives people away?

HR experts say that of all the abuses, employees find humiliation the most intolerable. The first time, an employee may not leave,but a thought has been planted. The second time, that thought gets strengthened. The third time, he looks for another job.

When people cannot retort openly in anger, they do so by passive aggression. By digging their heels in and slowing down. By doing only what they are told to do and no more. By omitting to give the boss crucial information. Dev says: "If you work for a jerk, you basically want to get him into trouble. You don 't have your heart and soul in the job."

Different managers can stress out employees in different ways - by being too controlling, too suspicious,too pushy, too critical, but they forget that workers are not fixed assets, they are free agents. When this goes on too long, an employee will quit - often over a trivial issue.

Talented men leave. Dead wood doesn't.

"Jack Welch of GE once said. A company's value lies "between the ears of its employees".

相处之道

人与人之间的相处，可不可以很简单？好好地相处，就可以很快乐！

(屏)

Ka Fatt's Farewell

"Fatt Ko" (发哥), or well known as old man in the company, we also joked about his name, Kwan Ka Fatt, in mandarin means the Kwan family is prosperous. Today is his last working day for his retirement after 37 years in the group.

Chinese always said, an old man at home, is a precious for you(家有一老，如有一宝). With his great experience, from rank and far till today as General Manager, he had guided me in my work, and I have learnt a lot from him.

Lunch time, also a headache time, we were cracking head as to where to take lunch. He was our lunch partner, and we like to sit in his Toyota Unser, as this can fetch more people. Although we complained he was driving slow, we enjoyed during the journey to lunch.

有时我忙

有时我忙，有时你忙；有时我忘，有时你忘；有时我累，有时你累；有时我懒，有时你懒；但是我会，发个简讯吵你！

(康)

Christmas Midnight-K

This was the first time of my life, went to Red Box Karaoke from 1:00 am to 6:00 am - Midnight-K, together with my colleagues (Jason, Steven, Chong Chye, Evonne and Yee Wei). We were having fun, just that Chong left around 3:30 am without informing us.

Chew Yan was at Pangkor Island having fun, Mango was having function with friends, others like Soh was at Bangla, Ong and Chow were at Singapore.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve With Zhi Heng

快乐

快乐好比一只蝴蝶，你若伸手去捉它，往往会落空。但如果你静静地坐下来，它反而会在你身上停留。人的欲望愈少，烦恼也愈少，快乐也就愈多。祝：快乐！

(康)

加油

在你辛苦工作之余，花点时间看这简讯，因为是我将最真诚的祝福献给你。累了，记得休息；渴了，记得喝水；烦了，记得静下来想想，有个关心你的我在为你加油哟！

(Teck Chuan)

Tomasz's Angels

This is Tomasz's second child, together with the elder sister, Alicia. Tomasz love these two children and treats them as angels.

冬至快乐

让平安搭上冬天的快车道，让快乐与你轻轻拥抱，让烦恼低头悄悄走掉，让吉祥对你格外关照，让幸福对你微笑！祝福你：冬至快乐！

(Eugene)

KSS Treasure Hunt - Lumut

16/12/2006 - 17/12/2006

It was an exciting event! We were struggling to get the answer for the questions, as well as the treasures. The questions were tricky, but when you see the answer, you will wonder why you can't figure it out.

Something very common like Gotham's friend having a pal here, we were wonder who is Gotham? Surprisingly to us, he is a character in Batman. Haha, we only remember Batman, but never remember their names. Co-incidentally, Batman show on TV3 that night!!

(Team Name : TC 50 - Serena, Jazz, Hung and Lucy)

Some of the correct answers

In the Swiss Garden Hotel

祝你天天快乐

爱人是路，朋友是猪。人生只有一条路，一条路上多头猪。有钱时候莫忘路，缺钱时候别卖猪。幸福时候别迷路，休息时候喂喂猪。祝我的猪天天快乐！

(康)

Jazz's Birthday

Tomorrow is Jazz's birthday, we were celebrating for her at Secret Recipe, Sunway Pyramid. Wish her happy birthday abd all the best for every future undertaking.

Believe in people

When you believe in people, they do the impossible.

(Nancy Doman)

Give people your heart

Give people not only your care, but also your heart.

(Mother Teresa)

Friendship

Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.

(M.K. Gandhi)

幸福的一群

我们是幸福的一群，请不要再埋怨，因为世界某个角落有人在乞讨。我们的困难，只是暂时的烦恼，请咬紧牙根好好的活下去，因为世界某个角落，有人不能保证自己能活过下一秒！

(Alexandra)

Only seeds

A woman dreamt she walked into a brand new shop in the market place and, to her surprise, found God behind the counter. "What do you sell here?" she asked. "Everything your heart desires," said God

Hardly daring to believe what she was hearing, the woman decided to asked for the best things a human being could wish for. "I want peace of mind and love and happiness and wisdom and freedom from fear." she said. Then as an after thought, she added "Not just for me, for everyone on earth."

God smiled, "I think you've got me wrong, my dear," He said. "We don't sell fruits here. Only seeds."

(Kenneth)

Forget and forgive

One can not forget, but can forgive

(屏)

Mistake

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

(Theodore Roosevelt)

Gone yourself

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

(Gene Mauch)

Example

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

(Albert Schweitzer)

Heroic makes heroes

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe the heroic makes heroes.

(Benjamin Disraeli)

Self-confidence

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

(Samuel Johnson)

Make your circumstances

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if, if they can't find them, make them.

(George Bernard Shaw)

Perseverance

Perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races, one after another.

(Walter Elliott)

Locomotive at PJ Hilton

I went to PJ Hilton to meet up with World Vision ambassador, Jerry Yan, and also MY FM DJ, Phoebe. On my way back, I saw this mock up and found it very interesting.

Club 99

Once upon a time, there lived a King who, despite his luxurious lifestyle, was neither happy nor content.

One day, the King came upon a servant who was singing happily while he worked. This fascinated the King; why was he, the Supreme Ruler of the Land, unhappy and gloomy, while a lowly servant had so much joy?

The King asked the servant, "Why are you so happy?" The man replied, "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but my family and I don't need too much - just a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummies."

The king was not satisfied with that reply. Later in the day, he sought the advice of his most trusted advisor. After hearing the King's woes and the servant's story, the advisor said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made a part of Club 99."

"Club 99? And what exactly is that?" the King inquired. The advisor replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what Club 99 is, place 99 gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep."

When the servant saw the bag, he took it into his house. When he opened the bag, he let out a great shout of joy! So many gold coins! He began to count them. After several counts, he was at last convinced that there were 99 coins.

He wondered, "What could've happened to that last gold coin? Surely, no one would leave 99 coins!" He looked everywhere he could, but that final coin was elusive. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to earn that gold coin and complete his collection.

From that day, the servant's life was changed. He was overworked, horribly grumpy, and castigated his family for not helping him make that 100 th gold coin. He stopped singing while he worked.

Witnessing this drastic transformation, the King was puzzled. When he sought his advisor's help, the advisor said, "Your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined Club 99."

He continued, "Club 99 is a name given to those people who have enough to be happy but are never contented, because they're always yearning and striving for that extra 1 telling themselves, "Let me get that one final thing and then I will be happy for life ."

We can be happy, even with very little in our lives, but the minute we're given something bigger and better, we want even more! We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us; all these as a price for our growing needs and desires. That's what joining Club 99 is all about."

Give life the best shot and the best will come to you!!!

2526 Wow Party (Port Dickson)

Unity Hunt

Seaside Leisure

Water Fun

Philips Chen 's Wedding Dinner

Finally, witnessed one of my close friend, Philip Chen's wedding. When I first see the "e-card", the venue is held at Maya Hotel, just wonder where this hotel is until I gotta know it was previously Park Plaza Hotel.

I just came back from Port Dickson trip. Though a bit tired, I was happy to see most of the ex-colleagues there.

生命中的每一天

我对佛许愿：愿你永远快乐，佛说不行，只能四天。我说春天、夏天、秋天、冬天。佛愣：两天。我笑:黑田、白天。佛惊：一天！我笑：生命中的每一天！

(康)

加油！

平静的海洋锻炼不出真正的水手。相同的，人生的路途必然不会都是顺境。生活中的困苦和一次又一次的挣扎，那层层的波浪，正是体悟与进取的机会。加油！

(超人)

贫贱之辈

国君骄傲则失去他的封国，国务官骄傲则失去他的家族。失国的人，再没有国；失家的人，再没有家。像我们这些贫贱之辈，建言不被采纳，行为不和主人的要求，那可简单了，穿上鞋子就走，反正走到哪里都是一样贫贱。

(田子方·战国)

赶路的人

这时，我像车上许多长途跋涉的赶路人一样，疲惫地依靠座位，不过身心的倦怠却抵不住翻绞的思想。眼睛一闭，我让思潮如脱缰的野马奔驰在一些遥远的时光里。

(屏)

心中的郁郁情伤

古今往来的文人雅士，总是有许多无酒不欢的。酒能激发他们的文思雅趣，酒能抒发他们的百转愁肠，他们借诗高歌传唱，唱出深藏于心中的郁郁情伤。

(屏)

承诺

太多的承诺，让人觉得不切实际而失去信心。承诺，必须付诸行动实践，而不是信口开河。机会使自己争取的，当你取得机会，切记你对别人的承诺。

(屏)

知足常乐

我每天告诉我自己，我很幸运，因为我可以完成我的学业，有一份薪金不错的工作，有一个快乐的家庭，有很多朋友。我每天都很知足，所以我可以很快乐！

(屏)

忙与盲

每当听见这首歌，心情就会非常纳闷。我们是否“盲目”地“盲从”一些现实生活中的规律，而变得很“忙”，却忘记了其实身边有一些很美好的事情，待我们去发掘？

(屏)

Backpack

我身边有一位很勇敢的朋友，一个人孤身到中国，柬埔寨和越南去“backpack”。本想跟他一起去，但却做不到，因为我还要工作。终于，我还是向现实低头了！

(屏)

前途？钱途？

工作、工作！工作是为了“前途”？还是为了“钱途”？为了“钱”，就得放弃“前”？

(屏)

人生蒙太奇

人的一生有太多的选择，有时难免会有点不知所措；然而，事情并不会两全其美，有得必有失。寻寻觅觅，到底，我是否应该追求最初的梦想，还是为现实生活而低头？人生蒙太奇！

(屏)

It does matters

Failure is nothing more than a few errors in judgement repeated everyday. Why do we do that? It's because we don't think it matters. A minor oversight, an hour wasted, a poor decision usually don't result in an instant and measurable impact. But it DOES MATTERS.

(Kenneth)

Level of deserve

Life is not designed to give rewards in proportion to our level of need, it gives us in proportion to our level of deserve.

(Kenneth)

快乐是一种心情

“快乐”是一种心情，它不在天涯、不在海角，无序追寻；它就在我们的心中：是一种心灵上的满促和快乐。愿你能在每天繁忙的生活中，拥有它！

(超人)

Cheerful children in the home

This is the second visit to the Stepping Stones Home, we spent a little bit time to chat with the Pastor and played with the children.

After the Christmas celebration, the home will be busy with the preparation for the children to go to school in the next semester.

The Pastor wish that people will bring some joy to the children, spending time with them and bring some outing activities for them.

世界并不完美

世界并不完美，但这并非是一种理由，允许自己的心变得丑陋。

(屏)

是非黑白

有谁辨得清这世上所有的是非黑白？一切皆被眼前的景物与主观的思想所蒙蔽。

(屏)

问心无愧

人只要凭着坚强的毅力，尽力去做好每一件事，那么不论得与失都随遇而安，问心无愧了！

(屏)

是否应该被原谅？

人，总有软弱的时候。当人因为软弱而受不住七情六欲的诱惑，是否应该被原谅？

(屏)

自己

你不属于任何人﹐ 你是你自己! 一切都掌握在你自己手中!

(超人)

價值觀 + 時間 = 精彩

人生中的每一分每一秒都是属于自己的﹐ 每一件事都有不同的價值觀﹐ 只要把時間放在我們認為有價值的地方或事情上﹐那麼人生就會活得精彩!

(超人)

Tien Hou Gong

It was a greatful day. Jazz, Lai and I went to KL for breakfast, and we landed at Tien Hou Gong (chinese temple at Seputeh area).

三个瓶子

送你三个瓶子，把祝福放在第一个，希望你永远幸福；把快乐放在第二个，希望你永远快乐；第三个我什么也不放，希望你在不快乐时，自己放下烦恼！

(叶)

人生的目的

人生七十古来稀，前十年幼，后十年老，中间只有五十年。在五十年里头，有十五年的光阴是在追求学业，十年的光阴在追求事业，几年的光阴在追求爱情，十多二十年的光阴在栽培孩子，或者还有几年的光阴在回馈父母。想想看，到底有几年的时间是真正属于你？

人生的目的到底是什么？昨天是学业、事业；今天是爱情、孩子、父母；明天呢？寻寻觅觅，你找到你要的明天了吗？假如你找到了你的明天，但是你舍得为了明天而放弃昨天和今天吗？这个问题，有些人永远回答不到。

(屏)

一生最爱

宁愿一生都不说话，都不想说假话欺骗你。

(麟)

Arielle Wang Xue Ern

New born baby - Arielle Wang Xue Ern, 25th October 2006 at 2:26am, 3.2kg.

She can cry very loud! Looks like Eunice at this point in time. Praise the Lord for safety of both mum and child :>

心之全蚀

像我这样的人，生命是痛的，痛得让我知道自己是活着。对生命，没有人敢“以身试法”，麻木地活着是最安全的。死亡靠得太近，生命是场瘟疫，一定要浴火，我才能重生。

(屏)

友情像细沙

友情是握在手中的细沙，只要稍不留神也许就从指缝中溜走，当在抓起另一把沙时，感觉已不如从前。好好地维系这份友情，总比失去时觉得遗憾来的有意义。

(超人)

Live the present fully

Do not worry about the future, you might not even live to reach it, live the present fully, live now.

(Kenneth)

这一秒钟我们还在一起

让我们忘记时间，忘记生老病死的存在，就算下一秒钟是世界末日，只要这一秒没来到，就不算是事实，事实只有一个，就是这一秒钟我们还在一起。

(超人)

Stupid Love

Love means exposing urself to the pain of being hurt, deeply hurt by someone you trust

(超人)

邪魔

人总是把劣根性发挥得淋漓尽致，而所谓的真善美却隐藏在心深处，让它永不见天日。为什么邪魔总是战胜人的灵魂，让它做出违背良心的事？纵使天使向你说不，而我依然向他怒吼。

(屏)

永远记得你

海龟无论游了多久，终会回到自己的沙滩产卵。海龟和沙滩就像我们的友谊，不论离得多远，心总是系在一起，不用天天见面，我还是会永远记得你！

(超人)

把握现在

人生就如一张有去无回的单程车票，它没有彩排，每一刻都是现场直播！把握每一次的演出，便是最好的珍惜，活得精彩！

(超人)

咫尺天涯

我们就像隔着一层玻璃，看得见却触不及，虽然我离你几毫米，你却不知道我的心里有多着急，无心的坐视不理，让我只能在尴尬的沉默里，默默地流泪哭泣。

(超人)

我以为我已经忘了远方的他

我以为我已经忘了远方的他，却不知道没见到他，只是让我暂时忘记他，却没发现其实他还躲在我心深处的一个角落。再次见到他，掀起我心中的涟漪，让我加倍地想念他。

(超人)

友情

人与人之间的距离越拉越远，彼此之间的信任程度越降越低，失去了协调感，人生存在慌恐的框框。

人生就像为友情两个字上刀山下油锅，所不同的是，以前为朋友上刀山，现在常被朋友退下油锅。

友情，为何物？总叫我伤心失望。当我对你开始接纳，你却狠狠地背弃我，我的心为你而碎。你让我糊涂，世上是否有真情，坚韧不渝的友情，却不堪那小小的考验。

(屏)

生命的力量

心灵上有所寄托，再大的困难都能克服，再大的问题都能解决，再脆弱的人都会坚强，就是这么一股莫名的力量。

然，失去这股力量，生命将失去灵魂的支柱，天空一片黑暗，地上一片死寂，一般的行尸走肉，人，活着还有什么意思？

空虚的心灵，被憎恨、邪魔侵蚀，人性的善良将泯灭，失去了藏在心深处的爱，天空依然一片黑暗，地上仍然一片死寂。

(屏)

一种伤害

人生将会面对许多问题，而这些问题是没有标准的答案。有时候虽然无奈，有时候虽然罪孽，然，为什么不选择积极的，而选择失去人性的手段？一旦被邪魔占据心灵，人也变得可增，表面善良，出发点是为了爱，然而内心的丑陋，却是一种伤害。

(屏)

思念，已经成为生命的一部分

思念，已经成为生命的一部分。见不到你，就像花儿见不到她的太阳；思念着你，就像马儿失去了奔驰的力量；生命从此，就像鱼儿失去了她的海洋。

偷偷得躲起来，找一个角度看天空，只为想你而不哭。

(超人)

我的守护神

最懂你的人，总是会一直在你身边，守护你，不让你有一丝委屈。真正爱你的人，不会说爱你的话，但会做很多爱你的事。如果你身边有这样的人，请好好珍惜！

(屏)

First visit to Stepping Stone Home

First visit by Sunflower-Frenzy, Stepping Stone Home, located at Seputeh area, whereby not many people will notice it as it has no sign board at all. Many people will think it is just another illegal house.

This house accomodate 105 children, most of them are abandoned by their parents due to living difficulties. However, the passionate Pastor Johnson, has not give up on them. He believe that God's love is endless, and he continue to support the children with the help of public.

等你的电话

在想你的宁静夜空里，我快要被这一股宁静的味道窒息了，等待着你的一通电话铃声来打破这个沉寂的空间，救救我吧！

(超人)

依然记得你

命中注定认识你，缘份我们要珍惜，虽然我们难相聚，我心依然想念你，无论距离千万里，我心依然记得你。

(叶)

蛇

看看现代人的生活：吃得比猪少，做得比牛多，睡得比狗睌，起得比鸡早。唉…真是连禽兽都不如啊！如你觉得对的话，明天回去上班就做蛇吧！哈

(康)

Alam Tam's Concert

Alan Tam, he is the greatest singer that I ever met. He is always a cheerful, humor, creative and interesting man.

I went to his concert at Bukit Jalil Putra Stadium together with Chau, and met two of his friends. I was almost whole day there as I was also attending another seminar at the indoor stadium.

爱你的理由

不要问我因为什么理由会爱上你，因为我找不到一个不爱你的理由。

(超人)

剩下的生命

如果上帝告诉我，还有五十年的生命，我会照原来一样过日子。如果上帝告诉我，还有十五年的生命，我会加紧努力，完成自己的理想。如果上帝说我还有五年的生命，我会及时行乐。

如果上帝说我还有五个月的生命，我会好好安排身后的事。如果上帝说我还剩五个小时的生命，我会赶紧写下遗属，见亲人最后一面。

如果上帝说我只剩下五分钟的生命，我会立刻拿起电话，打给最爱的亲人，说一声“我爱你！”

(屏)

唐人街团契

你是否注意到，在茨厂街(Petaling Street)附近的谐街(Jalan Tun H.S.Lee)有一个让露宿者栖身的唐人街团契？他们可以在这里冲凉、休息，可以说是一间休闲中心，提供一些康乐活动，如：报纸、杂志、电视、粤曲、诗歌、影片、象棋，也备有茗差和茶点招待。另外，这里也设有辅导询问柜台，特别给有问题的青少年和吸毒者，提供关怀服务，一律免费。

(屏)

I Love You

I choose you is my choice, you choose her is your choice, you might change your choice, but I won't change mine... you are my only choice. I Love you!

(Superman)

你这只小猪

打你的小猪头，要你天天念着我；打你的小猪手，要你有空打给我；打你的小猪脚，要你永远不忘我；打你的小猪嘴，要你天天说想我！嘻嘻……

(超人)

总是想你

曾经和你相逢，没有找过任何理由，而是想找个愿意拿心来换的一个你。在我心中总是留下你的影子，不论走到天涯海角，心中想的还是你！

(超人)

DUMC Carnival

Invited by Calvin, we were at Taman Paramount for the Church annual carnival. Together with me were Jazz, Voon Hing and Kok Wai.

情人

其实两人在一起，除了，也需要一些很“友情”的成分。“友情”让我联想到的，就是没有利害关系的、没有企图的、单纯的一种情谊、一种信任、一种支持。

我们对朋友，都会很以大量，什么都可宽恕，什么都没关系。可是同样的事情，对自己的情人，就变得小气起来，甚至就为了这一点而吵架，或者冷战。其实这很不应该，如果是对你爱的人，你更应该比对朋友来的更宽容地对他。

(屏)

微风

如果你能骑上夜里的微风来找我，我愿意把我无限的爱送给你！微风能骑吗？不能，所以我的爱不能给你。

(超人)

成功与失败

成功的人只谈目标不谈问题，失败的人只谈问题不谈目标。加油，你一定会成功！

(叶)