Archive for July, 2007

Me at a conference

They say, blogging should be anonymous, (Who’s them? I don’t know.. I just make it up). Anyway, I believe it depends on the actual purpose of your blogging, if you want to blog about sensitive things, you might as well keep your identity hidden. As for me, my main reason to blog is to share my thoughts and find new friends in the process. And as we know, friends should know each other, at least at some basic level. So this entry is dedicated to introduce myself to all of you. And if there is any further questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Why banji?
My name is Mohamad Zaki. Banji is actually what my family and friends been calling me. Apparently when I started talking I seemed to refer to myself with that name. It started with Bang Ji and later shorten to banji.

Fact and Figures?
Born on chrismas 1977 in Kedah, I am the eldest of three. My younger brothers are introduced previously by the blognick pocket and filantera. Married to a wonderful woman on August 2006. That should cover the facts. About figure… I have no figure hehe, the weight is steadily increasing though

How about education?
Well, it started off quite beautifully with me going to religious school i.e. Maktab Mahmud in Alor Setar and KISAS in Klang. But since I’m more inclined to engineering, I decided to take my A Level in PPP UiTM (Shah Alam). However due to the recession, they can’t send us oversea. I was however offered a place in UTP in Tronoh. It was there I graduated in Chemical Engineering. Even though I’ doing engineering, I am still passionate on learning other subjects, psychology, Islam, culture and thus this blog.

Career Wise?
A lot of part time job, which I’m not going into detail. Currently I am working in a palm oil mill in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan. This is my second posting. Previously I was in Kluang Johor. As you may already know, the mill will extract oil and kernel from the fruit, So my main job is actually to optimize the efficiency of the process among other things such as maintenance and administration.

If any of you would want to know better, feel free to drop by. I will gladly give you a grand tour.

Interest?
Hm I define interest as things we would do gladly anytime of the day. So my primary interest would be on internet. I can spend hours stuck like a glue surfing new sites, reading through blogs. It may sound so cliche but I really like to learn new stuff over the internet. I did learn HTML and Javascript totally from the net, quite proud of it also huhu.

My secondary interest would be martial art. I’m fascinated by them and currently I’m planning to enroll in this newly found training here in Bahau. These days, martial arts are more towards the maintenance of health both physically and mentally. Still, I believe people who learn how to self defence had better chance of surviving an attack be it robbery or harassment.

/end

Okay, now that’s about it. Now that we’re properly introduced… there should be no reason, we can’t be friend, right? :)

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Summary - A Japanese culture we need to follow

My brother once studied in Japan. And he told me interesting stories about the culture there. Believe me that not all of them is good. But one culture does fascinate me.

“When ever a Japanese eat at a street stall, and if he like the food, he will go meet the chef after he had finished his dinner and say “Your food is so delicious” (Of course in Japanese). The chef will obviously feel happier.”

This is one noble culture we should start practising ourselves. Don’t be shy to give appreciation if the person deserve it. Do we lose anything when we do that? No, in fact we gain a lot of things; new friends, better services next time and of course a smile.

Our culture however is very different.

“Since we are paying for the service, they were the one who must treat us like king. The chef must come and greet us. If the food is good, maybe we’ll come again. But if the food was not good, you just wait!!!”

————— Personal Note ————————–
I actually did apply this once in a while. Usually I will go to the cashier and say “the food is delicious I will definitely come back”. The cashier was so surprised she don’t know how to respond.Now aren’t we Malay were supposed to be famous for our courtesy (budi bahasa), Why was she so shocked?

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Source - Forwarded email

Caller : Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?

Operator : Yes, you can speak to me.

Caller : No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!

Operator : You are talking to someone! Who is this?

Caller : I’m Sam Wan. And I need to talk to Annie Wan! It’s urgent.

Operator : I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what’s this urgent matter about?

Caller : Well… just tell my sister Annie Wan that our brother Noel Wan has involved in an accident. Noel Wan got injured and now Noel Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.

Operator : Look if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn’t an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don’t have time for this!

Caller : You are so rude! Who are you?

Operator : I’m Saw Lee.

Caller : Yes! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!

/end

Just some joke, I received. Actually My wife received it and read it to me. figuratively speaking, I roll on the floor laughing.

It strucked me then, misunderstanding is a very common things when it comes to communication. People have it all the time, So will us. So hopefully if I misunderstood any comments or remarks you make while presenting additional ideas to the entries, please excuse me ye… and maybe patiently explained them for the benefit of us all.

Hmm better yet, let us all give each other a break if misunderstanding occur.

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Summary - Two great love quotes, Which one you choose?

Trying to start a fight with your loved ones to get her attention is just so sweet. Good luck Filantera. (For those who have no idea, please refer to previous post’s comment) We would do anything for our better half now wont we?

One thing has been puzzling me on this love matter, maybe you guys can give your own opinion on this.

You see, there are two love quotes that I “accidentally” (I can be hopelessly romantic sometime) memorize. The two contradict each other but I love them both.

Love quote #1 - If you want to hate somebody, leave 1% of your heart for love because who knows, the one you hate may someday be the one you will love the most.If you want to love somebody, leave 1% of your heart for hate because who knows, the one you love may someday be the one you will hate the most

  • This may be true at one point. When the person you love the most hurt you, somehow the pain is multiplied thousands times. And when suddenly an event happen that make you hate him such as cheated, used etc, the pain will be so extreme it is impossible to endure.
  • It’s better to have that 1% of hate so that maybe it will not hurt so much then

Love quote #2 - Love ! deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely (Corrected by filantera)

  • This also make sense. If you love someone with all you heart and it turns out she’s not the one and she dump you, you’ll be hurt like dying but with time you will get over it and move on.
  • But what if you did find the one person destined for you, the most perfect companion for you and you throw her aside because of the fear of getting hurt, and she’s gone. Would you forgive yourself? Ever?

So do you see my dilemma? I believe both are true to some extent. And that they are most perfect when complementing each other. What do you guys think? Personally, which would you choose and believe?

————— Personal Note ————————–
I was just been told that tomorrow 19/7 is actually a public holiday for us in Negeri Sembilan. Wow.. either I’m just that ignorance or I’m such that good a worker. By the way, as always I will be going to KL this evening and visit my dear mother there. She is now 50 years old (born alongside Malaysia) but still she won’t give up her job. I guess she’s just that independent and tough. Anyway, as always I will be seeing you via email. So please come and say hi… it will be the high of my day.As for my mother, there’s no question that I love her 100% and I would die for her (seriously)

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Summary - Another attempt to change our mindset and argue effectively

Presented are two sketch of how people argue. A husband, Habi and his wife, Waifi are arguing on who will take their son, Sani to the dentist.

Scenario 1

Habi - Who should bring our son to the dentist tomorrow?
Waifi - Why are you looking at me?
Habi - I’m just trying to discuss this, who will bring Sani to the dentist tomorrow (with a raised voice)
Waifi - why don’t you just volunteer doing it. Be a gentleman la
Habi - So when it comes to this, it must be always me. You were sometime so selfish you know (hoping his wife dont hear that)
Waifi - I heard that, you called me selfish? how dare you. It’s not that I didn’t do anything for him. And when it comes to this you didn’t even offer to take him.
Habi - And you think I am just a “tunggul”? didn’t do anything for Sani? Well whatever.
Waifi - Whatever
Habi - Fine!!
Waifi - Fine!!

Scenario 2

Habi - Who should bring our son to the dentist tomorrow?
Waifi - (sigh) Do we really need to?
Habi - Hm I guess.. So how?
Waifi - Ok let’s focus here. Are you busy tomorrow?
Habi - Apparently yes, I have a meeting with my boss regarding the estimate preparation for next year. You?
Waifi - Same here, there’s a work I’m way behind schedule and I need to finish it ASAP. So maybe the day after?
Habi - hm I’ll try to change the appointment. How about weekend? both of us can go. And you can be the calming mother while I laugh at his pain Muahahaha
Waifi - You are evil… Weekend’s good for me,
Habi - Now where were we? hehe

/end scenario

Believe it or not, almost all argument happened in our life fall under scenario 1. This is another mindset we need to change.

When arguing/discussing, don’t attack the person, but attack the topic argued/discussed.

Old news? hehe yes you might think so, but please see for yourself, when there’s an argument or discussion. You can see clearly that when A is presenting an idea, and B is calling it rubbish, and A who knows that B might be right, will DEFENSIVELY react. He will take that critics personally even though B meant it for the benefit of all.

However, it is almost always B is the one who first attack A personally so if :

  • you are A - take a deep breath, see if there is any truth in B’s critics, acknowledge it and take what you can use
  • you are B - Good manner while giving negative comments is always appreciated, make it constructive and unless you have better idea to offer, it is always better to remain silent

————— Personal Note ————————–
Even though I know all this, there will always a stir in the my feeling when somebody attack me personally. A few months back, I was in the meeting and I came up with some ideas to basically improve the efficiency of the mill. The “a bit more senior” colleague of mine then said that I’m still new to the mill (I was just transfered here 1 year ++ ago) and that he knew best. (Sigh) The fact that I’m still new is irrelevant as long as the ideas are concerned. I however proceed with my renovation and Alhamdulillah, I had reduced the stone content of kernel produced by about 1.5% which is a lot. Yey!

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