Full Circle 3 Pointed Star

FINALLY!!













After 2 years, the old jalopy's engine is up & running perfectly!





No more issues..no more heartache...no more being stranded....


Perseverance is the key........


watch this space!

Time..

Aaahhh....some free time..

Of late, times seems to be always running out of me.
Daily grind at work,commuting to and fro,the much needed rest,family matters and the cars took up whatever left of my time.

And I vowed, from now on, to re-surrect the space by hook or by crook at least once a week!!

End of old,start of new

Today is the last day of the 2009 adventure....

A record year of sorts for myself...Overall,a mixed fortune....

Let's see....

On the work front :

Hospitalised twice..
MC maxed...
Annual Leave almost maxed...
Warning Letter once...

Despite the above, I still go on...and on...
Heck...if I can survive the 12 years, this year is no exception...
Same ol same ol.....



Cars :

Managed to do what is necessary to the Malaysian jalopy...
Sort out lots of issue...many of it pending coz simply paying too much attention to the old German dame...

The old German jalopy....basically everything is new...
..except the carpets,the B & C pillars and the body........
Expect this jalopy to serve me another 10 years,15 years,20years maybe.....???



All in all, this year has been a roller coaster ride for me....ups and downs,tight corners and winding curves,slow mo and hi speed...in short,it is never plain and boring.....

As per any new year, resolutions are made...seldom kept...hahaha...
Mine are :

To do up the old jalopy slowly with my own hands...(since I've learnt a lot already)

To join up the gym ...fitness will be my main priority..(hopefully and if I could find time!!)

To look for better prospect and sell my experience and skills elsewhere...



Well.....that are the main ones....the micro ones will be thought only after midnight today.....


Much I hate to be so common in wishing Happy New Year, I am still wishing to the world :


......HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010......

Rest....

After 3 years of not doing operations work and being on the floor...and not to mentioned working till late night.....today and next Monday will be somewhat a breath of change, albeit a brief one....

Much that I had enough of those days (which I truly relished), this is a welcomed rest for me.

And today it is a bit different as I 'll be a part of a new team of expats (all 1st timers here in Malaysia)....not much of a supervisory role,but as a reference in terms of their work here......

These expats, 6 of them, are experienced enough..which makes my job easier, but the language barrier is another thing.

Although the general lingua franca is English, it is the slang and grammar and the way we speak that makes the confusion...

One thing I have to take my hat off to the expats is that the sacrifice they have to do - their families & friends back home,the comfortable homes,the familiarity of surroundings and all, just to come to work here..be it for the money,for the experience or for the adventure.....

And they really have to start fresh in a new surroundings,new people,new culture,new rat-race.........and above all..a new hope....


in short, my bros....Welcome to Malaysia...........

My 1st Hate SMS....

Last night at 2am, myself received an SMS ...a bitter SMS...a hateful one..

This individual, whom I have no issues, except for his snobbish attitude (in which I couldn't care less..),wants to have a table-talk or so to speak with myself.And this was two (2) days ago...

Admittedly,I was late as I'm amongst another set of friends 35km away...
Then came a call, a friend, telling me to come a bit later or wait for his signal...
Why??
Becoz the individual was ranting about and apparently showing his dipleasure of me towards my friends there...the individual even roped in 2 friends from the circle to gang up on my friends...

When I reached there,the 1st person I approached was the individual...hands shake...and enquire about the displeasure the individual harboured towards me...

As normal,1st thing 1st, asked what seems to be the problem...
The individual rants about my statement and what I meant by it....
To me,it is a general statement I made...not aimed at anyone...and certainly no hidden agenda...to me (and to most of my friends) it is likened to 'siapa makan cili,dia terasa pedas.....

With these, the individual shuts down...even the honchos shuts too...

Then I raised my concern regarding the individual's action of late...which brings disrepute amongst friends....ask asked for the individual's good judgement to reconsider...again met with silence...


Then 2 days later...the SMS came...at 2am...voicing the individual's unhappiness of my approach..and insults were thrown to add some spice..

..hmmm...last I checked, I'm being subtle and factual when the table-talk happened...
Even other friends there thought I'm gonna lose it because this individual was quite aggresive before this and in nature....

...hmmmm again...am I supposed to have a SOP when dealing with this particular individual?

and hmmm...am I supposed to sugar coat my words to his taste bud?

and yes, hmmmm....am I supposed to not tell the individual the actual facts...


And I chose to ignore the SMS ....because:

1) I do not want to worsen what it is now...
2) I want to have a clear conscience
3) Not worth my time
4) Not worth dwelling
5) and most importantly...WHO IS HE???




With these, I've to concur with the opinion of the rest regarding this individual attitude (although I hate to generalising people)....


hmmm...what to do...??

A revelation weekend

Last week's long weekend is certainly indeed a long weekend...

I do not need any recognitions or hailed as a hero, but certainly I don't need the back-stabbing from some close quarters I called friends.

A friend in particular, a friend whom I encounter 2-3 years ago when :

1)he was alone by himself
2)he was an unknown in sharing the same passion in our marque
3)he was just making enough dough
4)he knows zilch in our marque
5)and above all,he was humble........

Now,just look at this 'monster' I've found and introduced to my friends and new friends alike....

Now he is :

1)he is amongst 'friends'
2)he is well known in the circle
3)he profited from the circle
4)he learns from the circle
5)and above all, he back-stabs the person who help him to become what he is now.....

And the best part is..I'm the last to know what has he turned into.......from friends feedback and from my reflective observation....


This certainly taught me the oldest trick a teacher/mentor has up their sleeves....

Never ever teach to anyone 100 percent of what you know or who you know....
90 percent is ideal...
Coz the rest of the 10 percent is to safeguard yourself when such things hit ya in yer face....


This revelation certainly makes me to ponder on human behaviour and the social relationships in a community.


..and this certainly left a bitter taste of disgust.....

Politics and Power

When a group of people share the same interest, in this case, cars, we are bound to cross paths with all sorts of characters and personalities.It is the common interest that held the bond, not who u are,how much u earn,how influential u are and etcetra etcetra...

When someone wants to show his clout, then trouble is around the corner...busy doing politics amongst friends, slur campaigns and all the shenanigans.....all because of the power of authoritativeness..

Come on laa...this is a car club in an internet forum ..not a bloody political party, u idiot son of a gun old twat!!