I am currently writing this while chatting my friend currently in Singapore....Mr. Ti. You can locate him at http://tmnet.blogspot.com/. His name is unique. I claim that he was descended from that remarkable fella, Shih Huang Ti, who used to rule China some 2200 years ago.
He is an interesting guy, no matter but he is not the topic of my blog today. If you want to see a pic of him please go to the above address. This blog has no space for his pic....Hahaha.... :D
Its been an eventful week...It was raining from Monday to Friday, cats and dogs, frogs and no hail...
But among others, i am not sure what the heck is happening to some people nowadays...
Back when i was an engineer, i would take whatever project or job my boss gave me, no matter whether it was great or it was sh**ty...Nowadays, when you want to give the job to someone, one gets the reply, "No boss, this dun suit me..." or "Sorry boss, not interested...." With this kind of attitude, it won't win much praise and understanding from the boss.....Oh yeah, if i had forgotten to mention, i am a manager actually..... :P People are getting picky and starting to hijack the department. I had this same experience when i first became manager, but now that i have been on the job 15 months, there are other ways around it.....And its going to be different...
Moving on, there's gonna be an audit in the department by some Russians...Yup, the Vladimirs, Ilyas, Olgas, Mikhails, Olegs, Yuris from the North are descending!...We had a meeting with our company's Russian engineers yesterday, and for the sake of heavens to the seas, I could not understand a single word...Not ONE word....except for the part where the speaker went..."In general, in general!..." I think she must have had some training in the Russian army some time back....Hahahah.... :D
I am going to have 2 engineers leaving the department. One moving to another department and one moving to another pasture.....The grass is always greener on the other side, but my experiences have been that they quickly dry up and become a big Sahara after a while. So i like to stay where i am thank you! But talking about this, i remembered a few things from the book, Good to Great, by Jim Collins.....
#1. People are not your most important assets, the RIGHT people are.
#2. First who, then where....Make sure you have the right people on your team, then only start the bus engine going. So that while you are on your way and the going gets tough, the tough can get going. Hopefully not abandoning the bus, but pushing it.
#3. If there were someone leaving, you can gauge if he/she was a favourable employee through these 2 questions:
a. When the resignation letter was handed to you, did you feel an impending doom that you would find it difficult to replace the person, or were you secretly relieved wondering only why it took so long for the person to do the resignation?
b. Would you hire the person again if he/she came back for an interview?
Today's blog is pretty long, but it covers the week. Here is a pic to share....Its called the 5 Patricks....Because there is one real human Patrick clothed in red, with 4 toy doggies call Patrick and they are all in red....Hahaha....Was there fun getting this done! :P And you can see some folks in the background enjoying the moment too.
Overall things are pretty ok. There's something brewing at work but i will take care of that next week.
I will be off work on Monday & Tuesday, so probably there will be a short entry on the weekday. I am looking forward to my working rest....
I am taking this rest to strategize and re-organize the department. Wonder what will turn up. But anyhow, that's more or less what i wanted to blog....A few things noteworthy happened too this week from the news....1. Hu Jintao remains President of China. Wen Jiabao is still the Premier. Nothing earth shattering. Its business as usual in the People's Republic of China.
2. The Malaysian billionaire, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, who built an empire from $2 to $20,000,000,000 over the course of 70 years, died at 90. I can just see the $2 at the end.....It should be $20,000,000,002.00. Remarkable! This man is truly an entreprenuer, businessman, philantrophist etc. RIP.
3. John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia, is on his way out. Out of office, out of Parliament and will soon be out of job. Afterall Australia has been employing him for some 11 years. So perhaps new & fresh ideas are required.....
Now, i need a haircut and i couldn't contact my hairstylist. I juz hope she has not changed her mobile number or quit the profession....I will need to look for a new one then...Haizz...*sigh*..
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