Waddafak!

brainless, dazed, deficient, dense, dim, doltish, dopey*, dull, dumb, dummy*, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked*, half-witted*, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser*, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless

Can we be mad at stupidity?

Who shall be blamed if somebody is stupid?

How can we choose somebody that we can rely and trust on (definitely the person who is NOT STUPID!)?

Can human complexity adapt to the exigencies of these morons?



Being stupid is different. Playing stupid is another. Being stupid is not a crime, playing stupid is. Being stupid but blind enough to see your own weaknesses is worst still. Being stupid and been taken advantage of is worst still.

But, ..(toot).. you for being stupid and blind, and not willing to learn, snobbish and bragging of your stupidity.



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Can we be mad at the act of deficiencies?

Who shall be blamed if somebody is nonsensical?

How can we choose somebody that we can rely and trust on (definitely the person who is SENSIBLE!)?

Can human complexity adapt the exigencies of these harebrains?



Being inane is different. Playing obtuse is another. Being inane is not a crime, playing obtuse is. Being inane but blind enough to see your own weaknesses is worst still. Being inane and been taken advantage of is worst still.

But, ..(toot).. you for being obtuse and blind, and not willing to learn, snobbish and bragging of your self foolish stupefaction.


SHAME ON YOU!

Living Tough; being in a self-destructing, self vandalizing society

Many would agree on this.. It's a tough life we are living out here.

One of the reason would be; Why in h*ll, they are so "c.*.b.*.*"!!!

A self-destructing society will get worse if some would reward bad behavior, while a self-vandalizing society would do things that against moral (even they know it's ethically wrong").


The two terms I've mentioned are totally different from each other. Somehow, I have a theory that it's a common scenario for any country that have the history being under occupation. Look at the Philippines, African countries, India, Iraq, ex-Soviet countries.... Same happens!


Our society is a wreck!


Any vacancies available? Preferably it comes with a 5 figure income + benefits package!

Malaysians Love "Trashses"?

I can't understand it....

1. Cheap things, price exorbitant = Malaysians buy (the government buys it too!! hahahaha..).
2. Really, really lousy things, cheap price = Malaysians buy.
3. Lousy things, good marketing = Malaysians buy
4. Lousy, low quality films = Malaysians watch.
5. Cheap telemovies, media buy = Malaysians glue eyes on tv.
6. Lousy policy makers = the Sultans keep them.
7. Lousy politicians = Malaysians "pangkah".
8. Lousy politicians in power = Malaysians keep them.
9. Lousy life hood, politicians blame the people itself = Malaysian still keep them.
10. Lousy economic/nation governance = Malaysian still keep lousy politicians.
11. Lousy artists, media gossip = Malaysians buy
12. Lousy singings, made albums, miming on stage = Malaysian invite for performance.
13. Imitation reality shows, lousy presentation, lousy comments = Malaysians spend for SMSes
14. Ugly and stupid chicks, big boobs = Malaysian men like
15. Cheater bomohs = Datins like
16. Ugly but rich Dato' = Stupid but pretty girls like
17. Cute guys, dumb blokes = Datins like
18. Lousy bloggers, "kutuk" politicians, "kutuk" MU, = Malaysians like
19. Porn sites, porn emails = Malaysian men like
20. High tax, lousy governance = Malaysian like (never complains!)
21. Being played around by politicians, being fooled = Malaysians keep THAT politician, even, he was chosen to be a minister!
22. Lousy footbal = Malaysian like?
23. ......
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I am tired making this list. Korang sambung sendiri...


p/s: Caza and Ney, aku tau korang ada banyak idea.. Hahahaha!

Revisiting at our As we have collected.. Does it bring any good to us?

Recently, I went to my high school alumni dinner. Lots of VIPs, and even VVIPs. Last years dinner, the Sultan of Selangor even mencemar duli, came for dinner.

Having such opportunity to study at that particular school somehow made me proud. But, not anymore when somebody spoils all the fun by bragging and showing off stuffs, while at the same time, choosing associates. Keji!

What is great about of having a RM0.5M house at the age of 28 and brag to everyone about it? Whats in that Ferrari the you bought, together with a Porsche Cheyenne, and a Beemer X6 that can make you look down on other people?

Resam padi, makin berisi, makin tunduk!

I left the party with a battered ego, together with mixed emotions of hatred, frustration, pissed and surprisingly thrilled (its one helluva reunion, btw! catching up activities, some info exchange and GOSSIPS!).

That feeling lingered for several days, until God himself shows his warm love and kind attention to me. He send his signal.

This morning, as I was on my way to work, I saw that same old but poor lady living a hard life. The same ol'lady who shed for years under the flyover in Wangsa Melawati...

I saw her just finished doing her laundry. I saw her torn and old clothes hanging on the parking rail. I saw her hungry face.. I feel sad for her.. and I can feel her loneliness. I never saw if she had a husband or kids.

It also remind me of that Bandung kid during my trip there a year ago. He about 8-10 (at most) when he already experienced the bitterness in life. Barefooted, he carrying a couple of "lesung batu" on his shoulder. Earlier, I saw several boys selling "lesung batu" at traffic lights at 8am. I remembered, it was almost 10pm, raining, when he was stopped by a parking guard. Shivering, drenched, tired, hungry and bad luck, he was "pau-ed" his hard earned money by that cold hearted bastard.


If you think your life is hard, they suffered worst.
If you think that you are so damn-hell-better than others, take a good look around you.



Astaghfirullah... Alhamdullilah.

An Entry About Corporate Debt..

Geez! Another boring entry... I am sorry!!! But i can't help it. Having a recent, good "silence mode" really push my ideas into galaxies and beyond.

** silence mode is when I churned my experience, digesting my all theories and learnings. Assimilating it in mind. Often happen after several readings, or after big events that lead into it.


One book I have read recently is about corporate debt collection. From the book; they say that 1/3 of people pay because its the right thing to do. The next 1/3 pays only if they know that somebody is watching them. The other 1/3 pays because if they know that they will end up in lots of trouble by not paying. Hell, I don't know where the figure where people don't even bother of paying, or purposely don't care a shit about paying their debt.

However, the book advises;

1. Not to take good paymaster for granted.

Rewarding good behavior is the key. Therefore, a mutual win-win situation is created and kept for life.

2. Provide a clear and prompt billing process.

Often SMEs enterprises are not good at this, whilst others are juggling with this matter. Due to constraints (management, trainings and financial isues normally), many are destroyed by slow, misunderstanding and inaccurate billing process. Inaccuracy and confusing bills and statements will only hinder or creating delayed payments. In other words, QUALITY SERVICES!. Often, good customers turn into bad due to a bad billing error, or product dispute.
Avoid chain reactions that will hurt your organisation. Resolve any disputes quickly. Never ruin the relationship that your business partners are having with you.

3. Make it easy to pay.

How many of us grunted for a bad service? Same applies to your organization. Providing multiple payment options, or providing an easy access for payments will enable customers to be loyal, and creating more good paymasters.



Notably, many retailers are enjoying good cash flow as there are; only one payment terms = pay and leave, and multiple payment method = cash or credit card.

Hands On Tips for Small Businesses..

I stumbled this entry from my aunt's blog. Interesting, thou... Either way, there must be something that could be learnt, kan?

MOHD NASIR MUTALIP menulis kepada Tuan SAIFUDDIN AWANG pemilik kedai buku Pustaka Munirah di Kemaman:

Asalamualaikum. Saya Mohd Nasir yang tinggal di Perak. Saya ada membaca tentang kehebatan Pustaka Munirah dalam blog Universiti PTS sehingga tersenarai "Pelanggan Emas" PTS. Sebenarnya saya ada merancang untuk membuka sebuah kedai buku dan alat tulis didaerah tempat saya tinggal. Saya ingin meminta sedikit tips-tips dari tuan bagi memberi motivasi pada saya.

(a) Berapa modal yang diperlu untuk membuka sebuah kedai buku
(b) Dimanakah boleh saya mendapat bekalan buku-buku terutama buku sekolah
(c) Tentang mesin fotostat. Dimanakah boleh saya mendapatkannya terutama dengan harga murah.

Semoga saya mendapat tips dari saudara dan kita berkerjasama. Sekian. Terima kasih

Mohd Nasir bin Mutalip

Tuan SAIFUDDIN AWANG menjawab:

Waalaikumussalam. Terima kasih di atas minat dan pertanyaan saudara. Untuk kali ini, saya hanya menjawab secara ringkas kerana kesuntukan masa. Sebenarnya saya baru pulang dari fardu haji seminggu yang lalu, jadi banyak urusan kedai termasuk penempahan stok yang habis dan penghantaran barang yang mesti diselesaikan. Maklumlah awal tahun, banyak pejabat yang memerlukan "barangan baru". Saudara boleh email saya semula selepas ini.

(a) Saya memulakan perniagaan saya pada bulan Julai 2005 dengan modal sebanyak RM100,000 dengan menggunakan duit simpanan sendiri (saya dan isteri). Ini termasuklah peralatan kedai seperti rak, mesin fotostat, deposit sewa kedai dan sebagainya. Bagi saya, jumlah ini adalah memadai untuk sebuah kedai yang 'sederhana'. Kedai besar seperti Popular, MPH mungkin memerlukan modal sekitar RM 500,000. Bagi kedai kecil, mungkin sekitar RM50,000.

Apabila kedai kita berkembang baik dan akaun kita "cantik molek", bank mungkin mempertimbangkan untuk memberi kita sedikit facility. Alhamdulillah, sekarang Maybank Islamic ada memberi saya sedikit "Islamic cash facilities" (overdraf)... tetapi ambil masa juga untuk mendapatnya dan isteri saya yang bekerja sebagai pegawai kerajaan terpaksa menjadi penjaminnya. Tetapi OKlah... bolehlah guna jika terdesak.

(b) Saya tidak menjual buku-buku sekolah kerana persaingan yang sengit di sini terutamanya dari "salesman" dari Kuantan. Jadi kedai saya hanya memfokuskan buku-buku umum terbitan PTS, Alaf 21, Al Hidayah, Telaga Biru, Anbakri, Buku Prima dan beberapa syarikat kecil lagi. PTS dan Alaf21 adalah 'gergasi buku' di Malaysia. Apabila kita mempunyai akaun dengan mereka (dan yang penting, membayar hutang-hutang mereka dengan baik!!), kita seolah-olah sudah mempunyai buku-buku yang terbaik di Malaysia. Ini juga merupakan alat pemasaran (marketing tool) kita. Kita boleh dengan bangganya memberitahu pelanggan kita, "Tuan mahu order buku PTS? Boleh... sebab kita wakil pengedar PTS di sini...".

Selain dari itu, kedai saya juga menjual alat-alat tulis dan khidmat percetakan digital. Khidmat percetakan memerlukan pengalaman. Kebetulan saya ada pengalaman dalam bidang ini kerana saya pernah bekerja di syarikat percetakan sebelum ini selama 15 tahun.

Untuk mendapat bekalan buku sekolah, saya rasa saudara perlu menelefon mereka sendiri. Cari nombor telefon pada buku-buku terbitan mereka. Ini pun kena banyak 'berdoa' sebab kadang-kadang mereka tidak layan. Saya sendiri sebenarnya mengambil masa juga untuk mendapat kepercayaan penerbit.

Alaf 21 - saya dapat akaun dan kredit selepas menelefon mereka dan salesman mereka datang sendiri 'menjenguk' kedai saya.
PTS - saya dapat akaun dan kredit selepas setahun membeli secara 'cash'; maknanya tempah buku, bayar kemudian barulah mereka hantar buku.
Al Hidayah/ArRisalah - mereka datang ke kedai saya setelah mereka dicadangkan (recommend) oleh Badan Cemerlang Johor Bahru. Saya biasa "berbual-bual" dengan salah seorang pengurus Badan Cemerlang ketika saya bekerja di Johor Bahru dulu.

Ada juga beberapa pembekal alat tulis yang datang ke kedai saya setelah dicadangkan oleh rakan-rakan salesman mereka yang lain. Yang penting, kita jaga nama baik kita. Dan kita akan dianggap "pelanggan emas" apabila semua hutang dan bil dibayar mengikut jadual. Kalau ada masalah duit, jangan segan untuk telefon mereka dan berbincang dengan cara baik. Paling penting, jangan lari dari hutang dan kita mesti selalu sematkan dalam kepala bahawa hutang wajib dibayar.

(c) Mesin fotostat mesti dibeli dari syarikat yang berhampirang dengan kedai saudara kerana ia memerlukan servis. Jika beli dari KL walaupun harganya murah, siapa akan buat servis jika mesin rosak? Jadi mesti berhati-hati sebelum membeli mesin ini.

Sekianlah untuk kali ini. Harap ia memberi sedikit idea untuk saudara.

Saifuddin.
012-7822384
http://pustakamunirah.wordpress.com

Lets Learn Something Different... Today!

Life is fun..

Life is interesting..

Life has it's ups and downs..

That's whyI consider myself not older.. but very well marinated.



... hahahaha ...



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Word of the day is... ventromedial prefrontal cortex

The ventromedial prefrontal cortex is a part of the prefrontal cortex in the human brain. Its function has not been fully determined, but experiments suggest that it may have a role in the processing of risk and fear, and in decision making.

* source from wikipedia

Hahahaha! Aku dah cakap... I am too absorbed with "Grey's Anatomy"!!!...
(biology was my favorite subject back then.. still now!)

Midnight Ramblings

I have many ideas and theories on leadership... In fact, too many that puts me in a position I don't know where, how to start and what to write.


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I noticed many bloggers wrote about Obama. Obama here... Obama there... Obama this... Obama that... If one would notice, there are two main topics on Obama. Either he is such an inspiration to one, or about his powerful speeches.

Alas! One of the stated in the Theory of Public Choice (which is based on economic principles) is that it is assumed that everyone is primarily motivated by self-interest. Self interest that may reflect on a certain executed behavior.

Why is Obama being accepted by many? Why is he seemed so aspiring? Why is he having large support worldwide? What consequences (short/medium/long period) will it do to the society, economy, and cultural in U.S?

People are putting such high hopes and trust on him.


I wish him luck!



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Having the opportunity to travel gave me such an advantage. A privilege that I enjoyed and intend to keep. I had seen the best colors of life. But there are so much more to do. A lot more can be perfected and improvised.

But in a way a better could be served, one should remember... A rose can't be picked without having fingers pricked.


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Why are there so many violence?
Why are there so many poverty?
Why are they greedy?

Who can you rely in making the world a better place? Your government? Your neighbours? or YOURSELF?

How long will you be good to yourself/others? One hour? Two hours? Four hours?
How long will you be a role model to others? One hour? Three hours? Five hours?
How long would you want to be as an aspiration to others? 4 years? 20 years? Forever?

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A Quickie Sambil Shopping..

Haaa...

Apa korang fikir?...


Pasal inilah entri ni ditulis...:

"They're not going to shoot us; it's not Iraq. We might have to pay fine and serve a little time in jail" Ted Stevens, Alaskan Senator, caught red-handed on tape.

What was that all about?

Aku tak salahkan warna kulit, kenegaraan, dialek yang digunakan, atau agama apa yang dia anut. Aku salahkan sifat buruk dia... dan dirinya sahaja...

But, that life. Aku pernah berjalan-jalan (tanpa shopping... sungguh!) di OU that other day. A simple survey;


Bahan ujikaji: Makhluk berkaki dua, dan berakal = Homo Sapiens

Scenario: Korang jalan dan berselisih dgn orang yang dari arah bertentangan.

Test: Cuba kira;

1. Jumlah besar berapa kali korang berselisih,
2. Berapa ramai yang sama-sama memberi laluan/mengiring.
3. Berapa ramai yang secara penuh bangga dengan nilai ke-snobbish-an mereka berjalan terus macam korang tak wujud. W-T-F!


Now, tanpa prejudis, ambil kira warna kulit dan keturunan. Kenapa? Racist-pig?

Tak... bukan macam itu. Secara umum kita tahu yang setiap individu ada institusi kekeluargaan masing-masing, dan dkt Malaysia sendiri ada beberapa sekolah yang diasing-asing mengikut kaum (Ya! sistem pendidikan kita juga RACIST!). Jadi secara umum, kita tahu sistem kekeluargaan/pembelajaran yang mana (secara gambaran kasar) adalah tak efektif.

Tapi, kerosakan moral tak tertakluk pada kaum. Senario dalam LRT, macam yang biasa jadi. A) scene masa rush hour, b) scene LRT penuh, tak ada tempat duduk untuk makcik tua yang kendong cucu...

But, mana tempatnya dysfunctioned areas/loopholes yang tepat yang boleh diambil tindakan pembetulan?. Is it a chicken n egg situation? Can we really ( I mean.. REALLY!) rely on our policy makers? (yg mana mereka ni juga politicians, they will do anything for their periuk nasi.. termasuk menjadi hipokrit yang korup).

To me, morality adalah prinsip hidup, with a little common sense dan keazaman untuk execute. It's not about kindness. It's MORAL!.

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Kan?..

Quick Post: Lama dah tak update..

don't bother... it's merely just ramblings n imaginations.

My friends are thinking that I am too busy,
In fact they are too afraid to "disturb" me.

My parents are doing everything themselves,
They said: "you're a grown up already, dear. Take care of yourself."

I don't have time for soul searching anymore,
I haven't lie my back on grass, under the stars for quite some time.

My mobile phone kept ringing... even during weekends, dinner time, night time, and poo poo time.
They assumed I should be available 24/7?.

Holidays is never a privillege,
As for others, BAD NEWS!.

Hot chicks don't flock me anymore,
Am I turning into a walking wikipedia?

Who says Hussein Bolt is the greatest athlete?
Guess who had to run in office to get THAT extra second? 9-5 anyone?


Workaholism?
Buruh paksa-ism.

I adore Louis V. Gerstner!
He sack politicians!


I think I've lost a life I should have deserved...

"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."

-Shakespeare-

pssstt: ada ciri-ciri pemenang Bookers award, tak? Hahahaha.

Singaporean di atas itu tiada kena mengena!