Merry x mas to all...
Nowadays, more and more companies implement CSR initiatives and one of them is my wife BPO company (wife dont want me to mention the Co name)
My wife works there as one of the 'key' and most VIP women there... (hehe over proud husband).
Every festive season a bunch of them will go visit some orphans, etc to spend time with them and give them presents... oh yeah its part of their KPIs... sheesh!
Well the thought that counts:)
This x mas they went to one of the homes in Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya that provide CARE to the elderly, physically challenged people and under priviledge kids.
My wife, Miss Renuka Shanmugam and her colleagues went as early as 8.30am to the centre and spend half a day chatting and just being with 'them' in the spirit of x mas.. (and maybe even for the KPIs)...
But ofcoz after a few hours spending time there Renuka and some of her friends cant stand and keep on crying after the officers there shared some of the 'stories' of the humans who have been staying there either by force or by 'chance'!
Renu cried expecially she saw a cute baby that was given away to the centre... the mother was a foreigner and had an affair with another foreigner and both 'parents' do not want the child for reasons of their own selfish thinking! Renu keep on sharing with me her 'experience' at the centre and i cant help thinking how much my 'baby' have matured and now CARE about 'strangers'! Im so very proud of her spending almost a whole day with 'them' instead of 24 7 worrying about her datelines in her projects at the Company...
But one of the thing that she told me is that the centre did not receive any support financially from the government except for some so called 'moral support' or what ever that means!
I still dont understand WHY the government not supporting them!
I told my wife that i will go there next week and 'interview' the centre manager for more inputs and i will find out more details and help them get somethings from the gov. InsyAllah..
merry x mas:)
Friday, December 25, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
GTP and the Driver's (PEMANDU) Driver!
The 1Malaysia Government Transformation Programme (GTP) Roadmap will be launched at the end of next month.
Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) will 'release' the roadmap on Pemandu's website after getting feedback from the public on new ideas or conditions that the government was not aware of.... or 'blur' with!
Over 7,000 nationwide activities along with over 2,000 projects and 100 programmes identified for the six National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) are being showcased to the public at the GTP Open Day at the Sunway Convention Centre. The 1st day was dedicated ONLY to 'invited' NGOs and guest and the 2nd day for Rakyat!
I went for the 1st day as a 'gate crasher' and the 2nd day as an 'observer'.
First of all i dont undertand why the driver's driver or the CEO of PEMANDU descriminate the Rakyat by having the 'special' invitation NGOs and guest on the first day and the 'normal' public on the second day! i mean here we are on the spirit of 1 Malaysia and opennes bla bla bla and the first thing u do is to seperate the days by the invited guest and the tom dick and harry of malaysia!
There was a lot of public walk-ins anyways as there was no restrictions to enter the hall! so whats the point of having 2 seperate invitations where they should have simply a 2 Open day event for rakyat!
Back to the 1st day:
I was 'wearing two hats' that day... one: activist mindset for the elderly and the physically challenge community (Malaysian gov like to labeled them as OKU).... two:activist mindset to combat crime!
After a big launch done by a few VIPs (including ofcourse the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Chairman of pemandu, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon; Chief Executive Officer of the Pemandu Board, Datuk Seri Idris Jala, and former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) i met the CEO and express my dissapointments to what have been missed by the think tank of the GTP.... there is no main agenda to make this country a dissabled friendly nation. ie the transportation masterplan did not include for malaysian public transport to be dissabled friendly and yet more 'so call smart card system' is being proposed, etc..
Of coz the think tank of GTP will defend by saying that the plan today may have certain imperfections which will need amendments.... BUT my point is that to CARE for the elderly and the physically challenge community is not a rocket science for it not to be included and displayed on the first place!
2nd day:
I saw lots of bloggers, media and general public were there and nice of the CEO to give unexpected impromtu speech. I might say it was good and full of sincerity in his face!
But one thing for sure ... sincerity and good intention alone without a good master plan and a good implementation process is just simply an empty hope!
So lets work together to make Malaysia the best country for our own sake!
Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) will 'release' the roadmap on Pemandu's website after getting feedback from the public on new ideas or conditions that the government was not aware of.... or 'blur' with!
Over 7,000 nationwide activities along with over 2,000 projects and 100 programmes identified for the six National Key Result Areas (NKRAs) are being showcased to the public at the GTP Open Day at the Sunway Convention Centre. The 1st day was dedicated ONLY to 'invited' NGOs and guest and the 2nd day for Rakyat!
I went for the 1st day as a 'gate crasher' and the 2nd day as an 'observer'.
First of all i dont undertand why the driver's driver or the CEO of PEMANDU descriminate the Rakyat by having the 'special' invitation NGOs and guest on the first day and the 'normal' public on the second day! i mean here we are on the spirit of 1 Malaysia and opennes bla bla bla and the first thing u do is to seperate the days by the invited guest and the tom dick and harry of malaysia!
There was a lot of public walk-ins anyways as there was no restrictions to enter the hall! so whats the point of having 2 seperate invitations where they should have simply a 2 Open day event for rakyat!
Back to the 1st day:
I was 'wearing two hats' that day... one: activist mindset for the elderly and the physically challenge community (Malaysian gov like to labeled them as OKU).... two:activist mindset to combat crime!
After a big launch done by a few VIPs (including ofcourse the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department and Chairman of pemandu, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon; Chief Executive Officer of the Pemandu Board, Datuk Seri Idris Jala, and former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi) i met the CEO and express my dissapointments to what have been missed by the think tank of the GTP.... there is no main agenda to make this country a dissabled friendly nation. ie the transportation masterplan did not include for malaysian public transport to be dissabled friendly and yet more 'so call smart card system' is being proposed, etc..
Of coz the think tank of GTP will defend by saying that the plan today may have certain imperfections which will need amendments.... BUT my point is that to CARE for the elderly and the physically challenge community is not a rocket science for it not to be included and displayed on the first place!
2nd day:
I saw lots of bloggers, media and general public were there and nice of the CEO to give unexpected impromtu speech. I might say it was good and full of sincerity in his face!
But one thing for sure ... sincerity and good intention alone without a good master plan and a good implementation process is just simply an empty hope!
So lets work together to make Malaysia the best country for our own sake!
MSAF
The Malaysian Sports Aviation Federation official website is up
www.msaf.org.my
MSAF promised more quality international sports aviation initiatives in Malaysia.
Gd luck MSAF!
www.msaf.org.my
MSAF promised more quality international sports aviation initiatives in Malaysia.
Gd luck MSAF!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Malaysia Government Best Practices Version 2.0
"The Government is willing to be evaluated" the Prime Minister said.
The six NKRAs — reducing crime, fighting corruption, widening access to affordable and quality education, raising the living standards of the poor, and improving infrastructure and public transportation — were announced in July -09.
(more stories do go to http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/14/nation/5299146&sec=nation)
To gets things done is frankly as simple as repairing roads, etc..
Below are simple solutions for the 6 major elements of CHANGE:
No.1 Reducing Crimes:
a. patrol police officers to be on alert for robbers and snatchers instead of 'traffic offenders'!
b. more pondok police with police officers in it and not just empty pondok!
c. snathers/robbers to be lock up and not able for easy release by the police stations
Note: is personal now as my wife was rob at a traffic light near one utama! the robbers smash her passesnger car window and took the handbag and tried to get in but my wife accelerated and hit a car infront coz the robber to panic and fled)
anyway..
No.2 Fighting Corruption:
yeah rite! nice try
No.3 Widening access to affordable and quality education:
gov have done good by no more fees and text books is free now...
on the quality of our education systems... a serious study need to be done to develop a ONE unique and yet best education system for malaysian young to be ready for globalisation!
No.4 Raising the living standards of the poor:
For goodness sake we have wasted enough of tax payers money by doing stupid things ie spending hundred of millions on sporting events, etc
Its time to set up a Social Resposible UNIT in all government link companies and start implementing good programms for the less fortunate...
teaching on survival independence is always better than just giving money and rice!
No.5 Improving infrastructure:
maintain ... maintain!
No.6 Improving Public transportation:
PLEASE CARE FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED HUMAN BEINGS (malaysian gov like to label as OKU)
so now ... what more waiting...start doing something and stop being consultants with good slides only!
The six NKRAs — reducing crime, fighting corruption, widening access to affordable and quality education, raising the living standards of the poor, and improving infrastructure and public transportation — were announced in July -09.
(more stories do go to http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/12/14/nation/5299146&sec=nation)
To gets things done is frankly as simple as repairing roads, etc..
Below are simple solutions for the 6 major elements of CHANGE:
No.1 Reducing Crimes:
a. patrol police officers to be on alert for robbers and snatchers instead of 'traffic offenders'!
b. more pondok police with police officers in it and not just empty pondok!
c. snathers/robbers to be lock up and not able for easy release by the police stations
Note: is personal now as my wife was rob at a traffic light near one utama! the robbers smash her passesnger car window and took the handbag and tried to get in but my wife accelerated and hit a car infront coz the robber to panic and fled)
anyway..
No.2 Fighting Corruption:
yeah rite! nice try
No.3 Widening access to affordable and quality education:
gov have done good by no more fees and text books is free now...
on the quality of our education systems... a serious study need to be done to develop a ONE unique and yet best education system for malaysian young to be ready for globalisation!
No.4 Raising the living standards of the poor:
For goodness sake we have wasted enough of tax payers money by doing stupid things ie spending hundred of millions on sporting events, etc
Its time to set up a Social Resposible UNIT in all government link companies and start implementing good programms for the less fortunate...
teaching on survival independence is always better than just giving money and rice!
No.5 Improving infrastructure:
maintain ... maintain!
No.6 Improving Public transportation:
PLEASE CARE FOR THE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED HUMAN BEINGS (malaysian gov like to label as OKU)
so now ... what more waiting...start doing something and stop being consultants with good slides only!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The 'Untouchable'
You might be thinking that I am writing about the movie or some corporate or even political society... nothing close!
I was in bahrain last few weeks ago and was watching the National Geographic in my hotel room and the documentary on them and program was titled The ‘untouchables’.
They are the poorest the low caste society in India and they are labeled, the ‘untouchables’... they work as labourer either in the construction site, mines or at the padi fields.
National Geographic interviewed one of them, Mr. Krishnan.
Krishnan is a 56 years old man and a family man. He live in a small old hut with his wife and his 4 kids. His job is at the padi field as a rat hunter!
The sad part of his job is that he have been a rat hunter for all his life (since he was 5 years old). All of them been eating rat to survive as they only get so little money for the job for a living. In fact few of his neighbour who also shares the same fate as him also eat rat as they is no way for them to buy chicken, etc in the market.
They will catch the rat and burn them and once the fur easy to be taken out then they will cut it like a chicken and cooked it with curry and eat with rice that been donated to them.
Even his 4 yrs old gdaughter eating it happily as she might think that that’s the only thing (meat) available in this world.
I felt very sad helplessly in my hotel room to see all this unbalanced world as we have human being who live like this and we have humans who lives in richness and fame...
But one thing that i dont understand is that why cant anyone help this people by teaching them on how to plant some vegetables and give them small piece of land near their huts so that they can eat that as its better than eating rats!
I remembered watching one program in TV3 (i think its called bersama mu or something) where there is one family in one of the states in malaysia eating snails for a living coz of their poor living conditions. I mean we are talking about Malaysia here! But ofcourse the 'bersama mu' team give them food and money.. BUT they should have teach them on how to plant vegetables instead of giving rice and money that will not last!
This is one of the thing that make me think that why cant all of us bring some balance so that the big rich and famous human beings realize that there is no balance and theres is suffereings all around us!
Hopefully one by one will start to share some of their wealth and give directly to this people some good alternative way of surviving by giving them basic training on how to farm with a small piece of land near their huts to start with! or even
work by giving some livestock or something as I believe if there is a will theres always a way do it!
For more story on the untouchable, google them or please visit:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0306/feature1/
equalwrites.blogspot.com/2009/09/untouchable.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JkfYcxiQ8
http://jmk2b.multiply.com/journal/item/30
I was in bahrain last few weeks ago and was watching the National Geographic in my hotel room and the documentary on them and program was titled The ‘untouchables’.
They are the poorest the low caste society in India and they are labeled, the ‘untouchables’... they work as labourer either in the construction site, mines or at the padi fields.
National Geographic interviewed one of them, Mr. Krishnan.
Krishnan is a 56 years old man and a family man. He live in a small old hut with his wife and his 4 kids. His job is at the padi field as a rat hunter!
The sad part of his job is that he have been a rat hunter for all his life (since he was 5 years old). All of them been eating rat to survive as they only get so little money for the job for a living. In fact few of his neighbour who also shares the same fate as him also eat rat as they is no way for them to buy chicken, etc in the market.
They will catch the rat and burn them and once the fur easy to be taken out then they will cut it like a chicken and cooked it with curry and eat with rice that been donated to them.
Even his 4 yrs old gdaughter eating it happily as she might think that that’s the only thing (meat) available in this world.
I felt very sad helplessly in my hotel room to see all this unbalanced world as we have human being who live like this and we have humans who lives in richness and fame...
But one thing that i dont understand is that why cant anyone help this people by teaching them on how to plant some vegetables and give them small piece of land near their huts so that they can eat that as its better than eating rats!
I remembered watching one program in TV3 (i think its called bersama mu or something) where there is one family in one of the states in malaysia eating snails for a living coz of their poor living conditions. I mean we are talking about Malaysia here! But ofcourse the 'bersama mu' team give them food and money.. BUT they should have teach them on how to plant vegetables instead of giving rice and money that will not last!
This is one of the thing that make me think that why cant all of us bring some balance so that the big rich and famous human beings realize that there is no balance and theres is suffereings all around us!
Hopefully one by one will start to share some of their wealth and give directly to this people some good alternative way of surviving by giving them basic training on how to farm with a small piece of land near their huts to start with! or even
work by giving some livestock or something as I believe if there is a will theres always a way do it!
For more story on the untouchable, google them or please visit:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0306/feature1/
equalwrites.blogspot.com/2009/09/untouchable.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5JkfYcxiQ8
http://jmk2b.multiply.com/journal/item/30
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
BUN the Malaysian HERO in Games Industry
Im in Dubai now doing some 're branding' project for Study in Malaysia and incharge of Malaysia Pavillion at GETEX autum 2009 at the dubai world trade centre from 27-29 October 2009.(doing same thing at Bahrain and Jordon, back-to-back)
Next to the exhibition hall was dubai world game expo.
When i walk in I was so supprise to see the exhibitors... nothing like what i saw in Malaysia or even korea fairs as they focus too much on selling games, etc and sexy games characters (not that im complaining). The fairs is so much on CONTENT!
But one major booth that make me feel proud (not as malaysian but as human living in developing county) is that there s an IRAN Paviliion and hosted by IRAN NATIONAL FOUNDATION OF COMPUTER GAMES!!!
www.ircg.ir
I mean we talking bout iran here! to compare with Malaysia who started the most proud MSC and where we are now?!
I took the liberty to go to the booth and look for the person behind this sincere initiative to help building this 'future business' in a country such as IRAN for the youth and future leaders. Waited for 30min for him as he went for prayers but its all worth it...
His name is Behrouz Minaei PhD and he is the MD for eGame National Foundation of Iran
He shared with me his vision, story and journey for him to convince the Government togethr with his team and made it happen. When i ask him what drives him to do all this, and to my supprise he says " i remember few years ago i attended a talk by yr previous PM, Mahathir Mohamad and in his speech he says 'if you have the will, you can do it...Malaysia Boleh! and since then i told my self that i 'boleh' (i can) and IRAN boleh... the rest is history my brother", he explained while still looking whether am i a reporter from Malaysia or not!
I congratulate him and his team again for a job well done!
A good friend and a bro of mine is into this games business for more than 15 yrs, same time as me when i started my conference business. But this guy is the PIONEER in the games industry in Malaysia... and his name is BUN (real name too boring:))
BUN is a nice humble yet firm chap!
BUN have been thru a tough journey in his life to make 'them' understand how current and important the games industry to the country...
I called him and straight told him bout my 'discovery' and told him that when i get back to Malaysia in 2 weeks time... i will do my very best to help him on his quest to develop the games industry in malaysia so that Malaysia can be the hub for the asian countries and soon a leader in games development industry! Insyaallah!
BUN lets do this and form THE MALAYSIAN FOUNDATION OF COMPUTER GAMES and make Malaysia as one of the world leader in computer games industry!
Next to the exhibition hall was dubai world game expo.
When i walk in I was so supprise to see the exhibitors... nothing like what i saw in Malaysia or even korea fairs as they focus too much on selling games, etc and sexy games characters (not that im complaining). The fairs is so much on CONTENT!
But one major booth that make me feel proud (not as malaysian but as human living in developing county) is that there s an IRAN Paviliion and hosted by IRAN NATIONAL FOUNDATION OF COMPUTER GAMES!!!
www.ircg.ir
I mean we talking bout iran here! to compare with Malaysia who started the most proud MSC and where we are now?!
I took the liberty to go to the booth and look for the person behind this sincere initiative to help building this 'future business' in a country such as IRAN for the youth and future leaders. Waited for 30min for him as he went for prayers but its all worth it...
His name is Behrouz Minaei PhD and he is the MD for eGame National Foundation of Iran
He shared with me his vision, story and journey for him to convince the Government togethr with his team and made it happen. When i ask him what drives him to do all this, and to my supprise he says " i remember few years ago i attended a talk by yr previous PM, Mahathir Mohamad and in his speech he says 'if you have the will, you can do it...Malaysia Boleh! and since then i told my self that i 'boleh' (i can) and IRAN boleh... the rest is history my brother", he explained while still looking whether am i a reporter from Malaysia or not!
I congratulate him and his team again for a job well done!
A good friend and a bro of mine is into this games business for more than 15 yrs, same time as me when i started my conference business. But this guy is the PIONEER in the games industry in Malaysia... and his name is BUN (real name too boring:))
BUN is a nice humble yet firm chap!
BUN have been thru a tough journey in his life to make 'them' understand how current and important the games industry to the country...
I called him and straight told him bout my 'discovery' and told him that when i get back to Malaysia in 2 weeks time... i will do my very best to help him on his quest to develop the games industry in malaysia so that Malaysia can be the hub for the asian countries and soon a leader in games development industry! Insyaallah!
BUN lets do this and form THE MALAYSIAN FOUNDATION OF COMPUTER GAMES and make Malaysia as one of the world leader in computer games industry!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Sad Story, Good Story and 'The Awakening' Stories
It has been a long time since i last blog...
Other than me being busy with work, etc... lots of things been hapening for this past 2 months...
Sad Story:
My father in law has been hospitalised since May in 4 dif hopitals. Please read my
past blog for details... he passed away on the after being 2 months in a koma. He did open his eyes and trying to talk on his last days...
He passed away calmly and without no more sufferings ... he is in a better place now and will be take care by the Creator.
He is a wonderful man with the most pure heart!
My prayers for him forever...
Good Story:
My business is picking up but concentrating internationally
I guess the CREATOR has appoint my father in-law to be my family guardian angel
:)
The 'Awakening' Stories:
Story 1:
My coz bro was 'kidnapped' last few weeks ago!
Cut long story short he was trying to help a gal chased by 3 man with parangs and got beaten up and kidnapped and dunno what else happen.... the mom received a very shocking and scary sms at the later day... our whole big family was just stunned with the incident...
With all the prayers he was 'sent' back and warned...
I really hope it ends there!
Story 2:
A friend was chased by 4 parang men in kelana jaya recently...thank god she manage to scream and woke the neighbours that lead to the men ran back to their car...
Story 3:
I was driving nearby the KL Sentral and suddenly a car infront of me bang a 'kapchai' (standard cheap bike) and then 4 guys came out from the car and beat the hell out of the motorist...
there are so many stories just this 2 months but there are just too many of them...
Malaysia is becoming doom?! (tun dm also mentioned in his blog last month)
Not enought with economy crisis ... the criminal cases also have increased!
Malaysia is doomed.... help god...pls help us!
Other than me being busy with work, etc... lots of things been hapening for this past 2 months...
Sad Story:
My father in law has been hospitalised since May in 4 dif hopitals. Please read my
past blog for details... he passed away on the after being 2 months in a koma. He did open his eyes and trying to talk on his last days...
He passed away calmly and without no more sufferings ... he is in a better place now and will be take care by the Creator.
He is a wonderful man with the most pure heart!
My prayers for him forever...
Good Story:
My business is picking up but concentrating internationally
I guess the CREATOR has appoint my father in-law to be my family guardian angel
:)
The 'Awakening' Stories:
Story 1:
My coz bro was 'kidnapped' last few weeks ago!
Cut long story short he was trying to help a gal chased by 3 man with parangs and got beaten up and kidnapped and dunno what else happen.... the mom received a very shocking and scary sms at the later day... our whole big family was just stunned with the incident...
With all the prayers he was 'sent' back and warned...
I really hope it ends there!
Story 2:
A friend was chased by 4 parang men in kelana jaya recently...thank god she manage to scream and woke the neighbours that lead to the men ran back to their car...
Story 3:
I was driving nearby the KL Sentral and suddenly a car infront of me bang a 'kapchai' (standard cheap bike) and then 4 guys came out from the car and beat the hell out of the motorist...
there are so many stories just this 2 months but there are just too many of them...
Malaysia is becoming doom?! (tun dm also mentioned in his blog last month)
Not enought with economy crisis ... the criminal cases also have increased!
Malaysia is doomed.... help god...pls help us!
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