Merry Christmas everyone! Received lots of season greetings through smses yesterday nite till morning. Really wanted to do that myself too but I've been sending far too many smses this month liao. Anyway, I'm under this self-improvement therapy: 7 habits of highly effective people. I'm still uneffective now but... I will in time to come.
Based on the rule of effective pple, I should be sending greeting cards for christmas cos this is a good reason to reinforce contacts with friends and endeavours. Why? Think deeply, its good for the future. Anyway, I shall be sending cards for Chinese new year, my second chance.
Well, 2007 is a few days away, what are my new year resolutions?
Firstly, I hope Ben and Keen is the key to unlocking success. Since its incorporation, I've learnt and progressed. With more commitment, I know it will happen.
Secondly, I hope the year of the Oink! Boar brings good luck and prosperity to everyone of us. Be it academics, relationships or business, it will be the good year!
Finally, this is for myself, my weight has been soaring new heights recently. I need some kind of desire to lose weight or be more committed to my healthy lifestyle regime. That 'desire' I've just seen it in my friend. He lost alot of weight since getting a gf. Should I? Worth it? Can I nail it? Am I committed to it? err... goodness gracious me... why ask myself this when the answers are given already.
Goodness gracious me... Merry Christmas everyone! Goodness gracious me... Happy new year too! Goodness gracious me... What am I doing???
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Sunday, December 24, 2006
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
An apology message
Hi,
seems like you are getting more active on this blog nowadays. Improvement. Haha. Just Joking. Anyway you didn't read the title wrongly. I wish to make an apology here. Last few days maybe i was a bit harsh on my words. You are right! We should maintian a positive and lively tone of communicating throughout our whole partnership. Pardon me for my impatient and the ugly words. I have put too much blame on the laptop for the failure of last meeting. I should have shift the focus onto myself instead and perhaps reflect on what i can actually do to prevent such things from occuring again instead of complaining. Your mistake is not totally your mistake, we shared the mistake cause we are one partnership. Your failure is my failure. Only if we take sole responsibility of the failure and improve on our individual strength then can we compensate on other shortness and thus taking charge of the end result and eventually in control of the success.
Now lets us forget the past and chiong forward. January is coming. Hope we have a good start for a good year. Thanks for everything!
Chia Keen
seems like you are getting more active on this blog nowadays. Improvement. Haha. Just Joking. Anyway you didn't read the title wrongly. I wish to make an apology here. Last few days maybe i was a bit harsh on my words. You are right! We should maintian a positive and lively tone of communicating throughout our whole partnership. Pardon me for my impatient and the ugly words. I have put too much blame on the laptop for the failure of last meeting. I should have shift the focus onto myself instead and perhaps reflect on what i can actually do to prevent such things from occuring again instead of complaining. Your mistake is not totally your mistake, we shared the mistake cause we are one partnership. Your failure is my failure. Only if we take sole responsibility of the failure and improve on our individual strength then can we compensate on other shortness and thus taking charge of the end result and eventually in control of the success.
Now lets us forget the past and chiong forward. January is coming. Hope we have a good start for a good year. Thanks for everything!
Chia Keen
Belated quote.
"In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman."
- David M. Ogilvy
We are and we must stay in line with this principle in our business.
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
- Warren Buffett
Getting feedbacks and solidify foundations is nature's way of growing up as a creature on earth. In business, its the same. Nature created business.
We have progress thus far, at least we learnt and progressed while others are still "suckling nipples." We must not let our efforts to waste by distractions.
regards
Ben
P.S. I'm waiting for some replies from you.
- David M. Ogilvy
We are and we must stay in line with this principle in our business.
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
- Warren Buffett
Getting feedbacks and solidify foundations is nature's way of growing up as a creature on earth. In business, its the same. Nature created business.
We have progress thus far, at least we learnt and progressed while others are still "suckling nipples." We must not let our efforts to waste by distractions.
regards
Ben
P.S. I'm waiting for some replies from you.
Monday, December 11, 2006
Take note
As part of my education and actual work experience in organisation behaviour, I suggest we do not use 'negative emotions' in work. I reckon it always exist in any organisation for its benefit and also disavantage. Try keep it to a minimal and I work well w/o it.
On the flipside, 'positive emotions' is encouraged and SOP.
Your lifestyle: though its personal, I think you should balance it and take a more healthy direction(more sleep) cos your flu last week passed to me you know. - This is an example of constructive, not negative.
"Your hard work is recognised. But don't keep blaming me on the laptop ah, at least I brought it... if not tonight soccer you see how many goals I score against you ah!!!" - this is an example of soothing the tension if it ever did work.
For the record, get an msn messenger k, better for comm, and I have all our classmates contacts in msn.
Let's set another rule so to improve communication: Let's put an asterick(*) at the end of the paragraphs that you need comments on. Do it when its important and not abuse it.
yours absolutely,
Ben
On the flipside, 'positive emotions' is encouraged and SOP.
Your lifestyle: though its personal, I think you should balance it and take a more healthy direction(more sleep) cos your flu last week passed to me you know. - This is an example of constructive, not negative.
"Your hard work is recognised. But don't keep blaming me on the laptop ah, at least I brought it... if not tonight soccer you see how many goals I score against you ah!!!" - this is an example of soothing the tension if it ever did work.
For the record, get an msn messenger k, better for comm, and I have all our classmates contacts in msn.
Let's set another rule so to improve communication: Let's put an asterick(*) at the end of the paragraphs that you need comments on. Do it when its important and not abuse it.
yours absolutely,
Ben
Send me the gist via email
Your hard work is recognised. But don't keep blaming me on the laptop ah, at least I brought it... if not tonight soccer you see how many goals I score against you ah!!!
As for viewing the blog, I merely glanced through, I think the site meter reflected that. Anyway, at this point of time, I did read thoroughly what you wrote and commented on it. I have changed.
Are you still frustrated? I hope I have resolved any misunderstanding here. Don't forget, just before I went to Phuket, I spent alot of time planning keentutors and wanted to meet you but you were not free and busy on other commitments. I am very serious in fact and do not accuse me of anything negative(lazy) because I just came back and have lots of stupid laundry and cleaning to do.
Setting good working culture: Setting a monthly flexi-meeting-time-table to meet agenda requirements. Let's work on this.
I want confirmation on whether you have understood any of my points on my 2 previous posts. (see*)
As for viewing the blog, I merely glanced through, I think the site meter reflected that. Anyway, at this point of time, I did read thoroughly what you wrote and commented on it. I have changed.
Are you still frustrated? I hope I have resolved any misunderstanding here. Don't forget, just before I went to Phuket, I spent alot of time planning keentutors and wanted to meet you but you were not free and busy on other commitments. I am very serious in fact and do not accuse me of anything negative(lazy) because I just came back and have lots of stupid laundry and cleaning to do.
Setting good working culture: Setting a monthly flexi-meeting-time-table to meet agenda requirements. Let's work on this.
I want confirmation on whether you have understood any of my points on my 2 previous posts. (see*)
Continue from last post...
I knew both of us know that the working culture in an organisation is very impt that influences our work subsequently. I hope we will set it right from the start.
Last meeting has been full of frustration along the way. You know it well it all rooted out from the laptop. Before i met u on last meeting, i set the picture that it was rather quite an important meeting. Both our schedule are tight thus this is a good time to update on the progress after you are away for some time. I expect a serious meeting with all resources ready. But was immediately disappointed when called you in the afternoon and, " haR! still must bring laptop ar."a reluctant reply from you to bring your lappie. I believe in any meeting we should be well equipped with any tools essential . We should set the environment right for work. If you are lazy to bring, it's ok, just tell me, i could go down to Bukit Timah, my sis's house, and get it. And your laptop come without power cable. Haiz.. I believe all this of lack of essential tools is the main cause of the frustration. In fact all the gist i have already summarized in sequence to facilitate me from conveying my points to you easier and it's all stored in the thumb drive.
I have answered the first part of your statement,
"However, next time at least summarise what you want to present on paper and let me have a easier time digesting the gist. I shall do my part on my presentation also cos yesterday I din prepare anything to be honest."
On the second statement, do you know i used 6 hrs and slept at 4am the day before to prepare for the last meeting. And the most angried part is that you obviously never read my posts before the meeting. Am i right? It's very easy to tell. Got a site meter down below the page. It tells how long one stays in this blog and how many times a person view this blog. You can click below to try. Actually, i dun even wish to present to you after knowing the desktop had no batt that instant. I knew it only cause a lot frustration on the process of delivering not just 1 or two points but 10 over major points over across to you of my work i have done when you are overseas. This include the need of the web to illustrate ,tables i have generated from excel And not simple point that can be jolted down on the paper and show me.
Quotes of the day:
" what you want to do, do it the best, or else don't do it"
"Impossible is nothing, make the impossible possible"
~Chia Keen
Perseverance: "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it"
~Margaret Thatcher
Life: " The art of life if to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much"
~William Hazlitt
I knew both of us know that the working culture in an organisation is very impt that influences our work subsequently. I hope we will set it right from the start.
Last meeting has been full of frustration along the way. You know it well it all rooted out from the laptop. Before i met u on last meeting, i set the picture that it was rather quite an important meeting. Both our schedule are tight thus this is a good time to update on the progress after you are away for some time. I expect a serious meeting with all resources ready. But was immediately disappointed when called you in the afternoon and, " haR! still must bring laptop ar."a reluctant reply from you to bring your lappie. I believe in any meeting we should be well equipped with any tools essential . We should set the environment right for work. If you are lazy to bring, it's ok, just tell me, i could go down to Bukit Timah, my sis's house, and get it. And your laptop come without power cable. Haiz.. I believe all this of lack of essential tools is the main cause of the frustration. In fact all the gist i have already summarized in sequence to facilitate me from conveying my points to you easier and it's all stored in the thumb drive.
I have answered the first part of your statement,
"However, next time at least summarise what you want to present on paper and let me have a easier time digesting the gist. I shall do my part on my presentation also cos yesterday I din prepare anything to be honest."
On the second statement, do you know i used 6 hrs and slept at 4am the day before to prepare for the last meeting. And the most angried part is that you obviously never read my posts before the meeting. Am i right? It's very easy to tell. Got a site meter down below the page. It tells how long one stays in this blog and how many times a person view this blog. You can click below to try. Actually, i dun even wish to present to you after knowing the desktop had no batt that instant. I knew it only cause a lot frustration on the process of delivering not just 1 or two points but 10 over major points over across to you of my work i have done when you are overseas. This include the need of the web to illustrate ,tables i have generated from excel And not simple point that can be jolted down on the paper and show me.
Quotes of the day:
" what you want to do, do it the best, or else don't do it"
"Impossible is nothing, make the impossible possible"
~Chia Keen
Perseverance: "You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it"
~Margaret Thatcher
Life: " The art of life if to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much"
~William Hazlitt
I listened to you... now you must: "I'm talking details now."
"Listen me out. First you mention that you do not condone the degration of ourselves offering $800 to companies to do for us. For this i beg to differ. There are not self degration in ourselves."
I was being harsh/sarcastic you know, just to bring the msg across. I agree cost should be as low as possible but not compromising quality and also to get as much out of the $800 we paid for.
"When any companies starts up, money is always the most important resources. Every successful start-up entreprenuers will try the best to save as much as possible by finding the cheapest alternative resources around by putting their heads low and try to bargin, please or even beg the supplier to offer the cheapest price to reduce their start-up cost."
Err... you know I'm mature enough to know that already, assume I know it ok. Let's think of me this way, I can get the best deals from the IT market; cheap and high quality. I am demostrating my experience in dealing with them, dont doubt me, give me the confidence overdued.(*) Anyway, I have planned the website system, cost efficient, effective and yet simple. Show you on tuesday.
My point is we plan this website as flawless as possible and making sure IT programmers understand them before they start building it. In this case, cost and time wasting is reduced. You see if the plan is flawed or the the programmer does sth else other than what we told them to do due to miscommunication, we're going to suffer heavily when we ask them to edit the website. They will charge extra, or give up, delay, or do another shit-job, or lose motivation to perfect the website construction. I'm sure you understand this point.
In web construction, I'm trying to be accurate in our instructions to programmers, perfection is not in context yet. (*) ( In response to this: beautiful storefront/website misunderstanding.)
Ok, let's say now that we already planned properly, getting the cheapest deals out of so many IT companies in SG is STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. You should not be working with me if I fail to understand this logic.
"So that the rest of the money saved by doing so can be put into other use, such as into more marketing and advertising that drives the sale." - Save your breath for this.
"That's why some big companies have employ purchaser.Harvard Business Review,"The activities of successful corporations"Break-even pointBig company: Often at a high level of sales Small business/ entrepreneurial start-up: Need to be kept as low as possibleSpending 'small' sums of moneyBig company: $1,000, $2,000 or even 10k Small business/ entrepreneurial start-up: Spend nothing, if possible; if not spend littlePrestige and appearancesBig Company:Big offices and cars and any necessary stuffs to boost credibility Small business/ entrepreneurial: Get nothing that is not considered deem necessaryFrom here we can see that start-up cost must be keep as low as possible. High start-up cost only draw closer to failure. Entrepruneurs always think that credibility and a very beautiful storefront/website is the key to suceeding in business."
- Yeap agreed totally we need to start up as low as possible.
For the rest, I tell you what I mean: "Essential business credibility is required." We cannot do without it, without it, there is no trust. No trust, no business. What I mean is incorporating a company with the gov, getting basic name cards, logo and maintain professionalist ethics. I have done my part on this. To talk about getting a beautiful storefront/website is out of context. (OUT OF POINT) I mean we have to be accurate in our instructions to the programmers; be sure of what we want and whether its workable. Acting big-shot in my context is demanding them to change this change that when they did all the hard work programming the way they understood already. (*)
What I need from you right now: Understand what I put forth in the constructive and right way just like what I did in commenting your points. I agree with all you have said in your context. Now digest my points in my context and reduce any misunderstanding. I give you all the confidence and support in your ideas, now give me mine. (*)
Ben
PS: I reckon we act big-shot the "right way" or rather, we are already big-shots doing the "right thing."
I was being harsh/sarcastic you know, just to bring the msg across. I agree cost should be as low as possible but not compromising quality and also to get as much out of the $800 we paid for.
"When any companies starts up, money is always the most important resources. Every successful start-up entreprenuers will try the best to save as much as possible by finding the cheapest alternative resources around by putting their heads low and try to bargin, please or even beg the supplier to offer the cheapest price to reduce their start-up cost."
Err... you know I'm mature enough to know that already, assume I know it ok. Let's think of me this way, I can get the best deals from the IT market; cheap and high quality. I am demostrating my experience in dealing with them, dont doubt me, give me the confidence overdued.(*) Anyway, I have planned the website system, cost efficient, effective and yet simple. Show you on tuesday.
My point is we plan this website as flawless as possible and making sure IT programmers understand them before they start building it. In this case, cost and time wasting is reduced. You see if the plan is flawed or the the programmer does sth else other than what we told them to do due to miscommunication, we're going to suffer heavily when we ask them to edit the website. They will charge extra, or give up, delay, or do another shit-job, or lose motivation to perfect the website construction. I'm sure you understand this point.
In web construction, I'm trying to be accurate in our instructions to programmers, perfection is not in context yet. (*) ( In response to this: beautiful storefront/website misunderstanding.)
Ok, let's say now that we already planned properly, getting the cheapest deals out of so many IT companies in SG is STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. You should not be working with me if I fail to understand this logic.
"So that the rest of the money saved by doing so can be put into other use, such as into more marketing and advertising that drives the sale." - Save your breath for this.
"That's why some big companies have employ purchaser.Harvard Business Review,"The activities of successful corporations"Break-even pointBig company: Often at a high level of sales Small business/ entrepreneurial start-up: Need to be kept as low as possibleSpending 'small' sums of moneyBig company: $1,000, $2,000 or even 10k Small business/ entrepreneurial start-up: Spend nothing, if possible; if not spend littlePrestige and appearancesBig Company:Big offices and cars and any necessary stuffs to boost credibility Small business/ entrepreneurial: Get nothing that is not considered deem necessaryFrom here we can see that start-up cost must be keep as low as possible. High start-up cost only draw closer to failure. Entrepruneurs always think that credibility and a very beautiful storefront/website is the key to suceeding in business."
- Yeap agreed totally we need to start up as low as possible.
For the rest, I tell you what I mean: "Essential business credibility is required." We cannot do without it, without it, there is no trust. No trust, no business. What I mean is incorporating a company with the gov, getting basic name cards, logo and maintain professionalist ethics. I have done my part on this. To talk about getting a beautiful storefront/website is out of context. (OUT OF POINT) I mean we have to be accurate in our instructions to the programmers; be sure of what we want and whether its workable. Acting big-shot in my context is demanding them to change this change that when they did all the hard work programming the way they understood already. (*)
What I need from you right now: Understand what I put forth in the constructive and right way just like what I did in commenting your points. I agree with all you have said in your context. Now digest my points in my context and reduce any misunderstanding. I give you all the confidence and support in your ideas, now give me mine. (*)
Ben
PS: I reckon we act big-shot the "right way" or rather, we are already big-shots doing the "right thing."
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