Election in the Air....

Well it has been at least 2 years that the people of Malaysia been talking about the elections.  Though what disturbs me is that there are people out there that keeps harping on the fact that the current prime minister, Najib, does not have a mandate from the people to become the Prime Minister because he did not lead the last election when the current political government won.  

My questions are on that statement is that our constitution does not provide the provision to elect our prime minister's directly.  It only allows the people to elect the party that forms the Political Government, and naturally the leader of that particular party becomes the Prime Minister.  SO with that in mind, there is no question about Najib's mandate from the people because his mandate is based upon the political party's mandate that was given to them by the people of Malaysia.  

I think we all have to be a little more matured in our deliberations of our political scene here in Malaysia.  Though in other countries, citizens are given the opportunity to elect the ultimate Leader of the country, in Malaysia it is different because our constitution and laws does not allow for us to be a participant of that process.  If we are to voice our concerns, then we should ask for a change to our constituion and not question the legitamacy of Najib's position within the Goverment.  Questions with regards to having or not having a mandate shouldn't really be addressed and entertained.  

Again, this is all my personal feelings.

CNY Holidays and Other Thoughts

As I am writing this, people are already in the Chinese New Year Holidays mode.  That is what's great about living in a country that has a definite diverse population, these holidays are really more meaningful as the whole country gets into it.  The beginnings of the mass exodus has started along all major highways as everyone returns to their "kampungs" for the visits and eats that is usually associated with these holidays. 

For people like me where "kampung" is just down the road it allows us to experience KL without the constant traffic congestion.  So that is cool.  

The planning for my daughter's birthday is coming along.  Had given the appropriate deposits today to confirm the venue and the RSVP's are streaming in.  I am very happy to hear that there are lots of friends willing to be there to celebrate this once in a lifetime experience for my daughter.  Though I doubt she really knows what is happening so the video would be the most important memory for her.  

Again, had lunch with my wife and daughter at our regular place (actually it has become our daily place) and it was uneventful.  We talked about the birthday and other issues, but as parents most of our conversation was centered around the children and their various activities.  We are merely pawns, maids and drivers for these children.  How lucky they are !!!!

pos laju

i am now awaiting to pick up a package at poslaju and there is a crowd of humanity. wow everybody seems to be sending their package.

Summary for 7.2.2013

The real good news was that we made the tender drop off with 10 minutes to spare.  Hopefully we had done enough on the pricing that we would be able to receive positive news on this tender. 

WE are also awaiting a Purchase Order from a state government department, upon receipt of this particular PO then it would be the first time that we are doing business with the state.  Hopefully it will be here soon. 

After the submission, I had lunch with my wife and youngest daughter.  I told my wife that I feel so lucky that even though I have to work, I am still able to see them on a daily basis for lunch.  I actually fed my daughter her lunch today.  It was great.  I could see other fathers that wished that they would be able to do what I was doing.  

During the lunch my wife had told me that drinking and eating fresh coconut would act as a natural laxative.  I didn't believe it at first, but after today, I believe this.  I think I need to think of setting up a laxative based diet program centering around drinking coconuts.  Just a thought.  

Tomorrow we have to tackle the training requests from a customer.  They would like to go away for training which means it is more of a vacation.  So we shall see after this discussion. 

I was finally able to figure out how to make the time and date correct in my posts.  Such a basic requirement yet it took me so long to figure it out.  But as my business professor once said "a win is always a win irregardless how long it took and more importantly how small the win was".  

So with that in mind, YEAH I won. 

excitement and wrong price

after sending out the tender we realized that we were 135,000 short. had to recall the team. hopefully they will make it.

because of all the work that needs to be done, my ashtray looks pretty bare.

Had to come in early in the morning to ensure that our pricing for the tender was ok.  In our cross checking, we had found detrimental mistakes on my numbers that we were lucky to had been able to catch and rectify before submission.  Now the rest of the team is preparing the required documentation to send out to the customer.  Hopefully our luck will continue and we will take this project to do. 

This is why it is important for more than 1 set of eyes to go through numbers.  After looking at spreadsheets all night long, I find that my eyes starts to get blurred and I have a tendency to punch in the wrong number.  In this case, the maintenance cost was placed instead of the marked up price.  In all the other sections of our submission the price was the marked up one.  What a mistake.  

It was lucky that we were able to catch it.  Great job team.  

Now since it is about 10:50am, and the rush and adrenaline of tender preparation is done, I have to move on to the next items on my list.  

What needs to be done today??? 

I am sure there would be things that will be added to the list as the days go by. 

Next big item this month, is my daughter's 1st birthday.  That is going to be a planning nightmare also.  But well worth it, since it will be her 1st birthday.