Addiction

A man ones promised his mother that he will quit alcohol. He substituted it with Coca Cola and now, he's an addict, for more than 40 years. Pero Ajtman, from Croation says " "She made me promise never to drink again and Coca-Cola was the only thing that tasted as good as wine so I started drinking that. Now I have a glass in the morning, before and after lunch, with my dinner and then before I go to bed. I never drink anything else."

What are you addicted too? Here are some of the top Malaysian Addictions.

1. Addiction to Lawsuits : In Malaysia, the only law that Malaysian MPs make is lawsuit. Touch a bit, I will sue you for assault. Say a bit, I will sue you for defamation. Write a bit, I will sue you for malicious claims. I don't like you, I sue you. No wonder our courts could not clear all their cases.

2. Addiction to Facebook : Everybody in Malaysia(those who have access to Internet) is in Facebook. Malaysia has 800k active members in Facebook. No wonder MCA wants to recruit through Facebook.

3. Addiction to Conspiracy Theory : Everyday you hear different theories of who killed the late Altantuya, or theories of how Eli's picture ended up with the press. The best theory I have heard so far is PR and BN will emerged post March and become one BPRN or "Best Politician Re-Elected by Najib.

4. Addiction to Being Nosy : We always like to know what the neighbour is cooking for dinner, what does our colleague's partner work as, or how we search high and low for 'voyeuristic pictures of others in private, and also wanting to know where the Gwailo tourist we see on the street is going or where are they from. Because of this addiction, we are coined as "Friendly and Caring".

5. Addiction to I Have A Coke... : Well actually not really. There are only a handful of active readers. But this blog started of with the inspiring words of Martin Lurther King , I Have A Dream...

Valentines.. The After Story

I trust that all of you had a great Valentines, one way or another. I promised that I would do 7 things in my last post. I am happy to say, I accomplished all those.

1. Cook a Valentine meal for my gf : The menu consists of 'champagne' , Coconut Water , Tuna Cracker Salad as appetizer, 'home cooked' spiced up, meat-up, vegeed-up Indomie as main meal and Strawberry with Nata De-Coco Jelly with Cornetto for dessert. A satisfying meal, cooked 100 % by myself from my heart.

2.Wish Happy Valentines to my family : I sent out an sms to my family, with returned messages from them. My sister said that for Valentines, don't need to wish, benefit Maxis only.

3.Buy a gift for my furkid : Ginger got a RM 4.50 soft toy in the shape of a pink eye ball.

4. Send a special valentine note to a fellow blogger, who is having a tough time in her life : I did post a note to her and hopefully she had and will continue to have love in her life.

5.Make a donation to church, for their onwards contribution to the needy (although I am tying this to another reason) : I went to another church on Sunday. But I have already put a side RM 400 for the Church of Holy Redeemer, Klang.

6.Buy new plants for my garden : Well I cheated in a way. It's plants but more of indoor.

7.And lastly, smile to everyone and try and wish them Happy Valentine’s Day : To everybody that I have met, and even strangers

Happy Valentines Day , Hope you 'Had a Refreshing Time', the Coca Cola way.

Let there be love...

It has been 44 days into the year, and I looked back in these days, I see lesser of love in our world today. From the conflict in Gaza and Sri Lanka, to the weird politics of Malaysia; the inhumanity of people towards animals to the ill-treatment of migrants and suspects. Has love reached a stage of extinction?

Many would argue, there is love amongst them. You see lovers exchanging gifts during Valentines and millions of forwarded SMSes to family and friends, but really, is love only for these group of people? Have we express our love , in various form and ways , to our colleagues, the public servants , our maids, the foreign workers , your neighbors, GOD, your office pantry lady, your pets, to Mother Nature , to the orphans, less fortunate, homeless and most importantly also, to YOURSELF

Many say, why do we express love only during Valentines? Shouldn’t love be an everyday affair? Yes, I agree, but to those who said that, ask yourself again, do you practice love to the above every day? If not, why not start on Valentines 2009. Express your love, in any way, to at least one of the above.

For me, I will do the following :
1. Cook a Valentine meal for my gf.
2.Wish Happy Valentines to my family.
3.Buy a gift for my furkid.
4. Send a special valentine note to a fellow blogger, who is having a tough time in her life.
5.Make a donation to church, for their onwards contribution to the needy (although I am tying this to another reason)
6.Buy new plants for my garden
7.And lastly, smile to everyone and try and wish them Happy Valentine’s Day

Let there be more love….. Love that Coke

Curiosity of Beginning.

I started my new job in one of the largest dairy company in the world. To me every beginning is end of one. In other words, without the previous beginning we will not have this new one. We must learn from history and excel from it. I bring with me much greatness and I left buried many, trials and failures.

Like Coca Cola, it has a colorful beginning and ends. Here are some highlights

May 1886 : Beginning of Coca Cola. Average daily sales was 6
1917 – Average daily sales 3 million
1985 – Coca Cola changed formula and lost market share. They did a re-called of the old formula to meet drinkers demand.
1993 – 10 billion cases sold worldwide
Today – Largest Brand Name with USD 50 billion turnover.

I was like a curious cat as I joined the new company, although the curiosity has not killed me yet. I found the company to be exciting, with many platforms for learning. My colleagues were great, ones who cherish in many ways life, and yet committed to the company. The industry is a healthy as it claims.

All is good and will be good. Wish me luck as I help the company take the RM 9.00 for a pack of cigarette and make the consumer drink more milk

Jubilation of Leaving

From my previous post, Frustration of Happenings, you would have known I left my previous company , a tobacco manufacturer. Resigning is not a bad word or thing. Although your ex-bosses will make it seem as though it’s a cardinal sin, its actually not.

I won’t say there was huge celebration when I left. I guess in many ways, its good that I have left. I opened up opportunity to other to sit at my high level job, the company is determined to grow faster without my pessimism, my (ex) colleagues (those who are frustrated with me) can progress better through their inefficiencies and in-competencies, my dog is happier cause I go home earlier to play with her. My banker is happier cause I have more deposits, I contributed to the economy by buying another made-in-malaysia car. I get to learn more work experience and contribute more to society.

Don’t get me wrong, I left the company in good terms. It was a jubilant leaving. I am glad (as I discovered) that I have touched many people’s heart during my 5 ½ years there. I have learned much from the company too. My ex-company gave me many opportunities to grow. But like I told my Sales Director, I left not because of the company, I left because I have lost faith in the organization. Its hard to continue without faith, its like life without religion.

Coca Cola ex-CEO, Dauglas Ivester, left the company with a farewell package of USD 17.8 mil , I left with a cake on my last day, and thousand of memories. But memories will be testament to how , if one is hardworking, the future will be a great beginning for more memories.

Frustration of Happenings

For many of you who have read my postings, I have been ranting a lot on my previous company, our politic(ian) and my beloved country. I guess like all normal human beings, I have been exposed to frustration, either being frustrated, an object of frustration or being the person, people are frustrated with.

Coca Cola company, being a global company, has its many shares of being frustrated or a frustee. From frustrated coca cola drinker, who complains about rewards points to Malaysia Politician calling for people to ban Coca Cola in their fridges during the recent frustration of the war in Gaza.

Well over the last 3-4 months, I had my share of frustration. Being frustrated with the way my (ex) company is operating, my more ambitious (ex) colleagues being frustrated with me cause I am always right , all my (ex) colleagues, venting their frustration to me over lunch and me being frustrated with my (ex) bosses.

I then discovered that, being a subject of frustration is not healthy at all. I have then learned to channel my colleagues and my energy else where. For instance, a group of us bought PSPs and have a few games everyday after work. I have also advised another colleague to start blogging to take her frustration away. I ask another to take yoga. Another colleague nearly committed ‘suicide’. He did not die, but he’s ‘brain’ dead. These are people who I can help. For myself. I RESIGNED.