An Interview with skorcareer.com

The full URL for skorcareer is www.skorcareer.com, a site that adresses major issues in the hunt for that perfect job you always dreamed of. It’s also a valuble resource for headhunters.

Get a complete job search guide: free resume sample, cover letter and popular interview questions, also available in downloadable format. You can also get our complete job search tools to enhance your job seeking strategy and elevate your career to the next level. 

There are many articles & useful info that you might want to have a look at.

And of course, here is the transcript of my online interview :

http://www.skorcareer.com/malaysia-eng/blog/dr-naz/2006/09/27/

Cars : Honda Accord from Jeddah

Well, this was the title of the email. It interests me to post this as some of you came here looking for modifications on Honda Accords. So, look & behold !

www.flickr.com/photos/drnaz 

C2210 serviced by engineers at Fujitsu Malaysia

No, it’s not a motorcycle license plate! It the model of my notebook which is now undergoing a major transplant for the LCD panel housing.

Since I had the hinges replaced earlier this year (close to where the crack on the LCD housing panel occured), Fujitsu agreed to waive the regular RM120 service charge. Thank goodness !

So,  thats why I’ve been offline for quite a while. The notebook will only be ready tomorrow but I do recommend Fujitsu. Yes its expensive but eventhough I’m using an obsolete model (3 years now), they don’t need 2 weeks to source out the spare parts like some other manufacturers (ehm ehm..)

Question : “If Fujitsu is so damn good, how can the LCD panel possibly crack?”

my Answer : I’m a hardcore user. 3 years is 365 x3 = 1,195 days.

On average, I open the LCD panel 3 times a day, so that comes to 3,585 times opening & closing the panel over a 3 year period. Not a bad life cycle I’d say…

My First Web Design

The address is at www.educ.upm.edu.my/~yahya

It belongs to Dr. Hj. Yahya bin Othman. You can find his personal details & academic contributions from the link above but allow me to introduce the Dr. Yahya I know.

This Senior Lecturer from the Faculty of Educational Studies, UPM specialized in ‘Pengajian Bahasa Melayu Sebagai Bahasa Pertama’ for his 1st degree & holds a PhD in metacognition – what actually happens in one’s mind during the process of reading.

Starting out from humble beginnings as a Maths teacher back in the late 1970’s from the small town of Gemencheh, Negeri Sembilan, Dr. Yahya is not only a close realtive but has also been a friend who has achieved many goals in life that he himself did not envision more than 3 decades ago.

Being brought up in a family of 10 siblings in a FELDA settlement has taught him that life is tough and there were certain sacrifices that had to be made to ensure that he & his younger siblings received a decent education. One of his hobbies used to be playing the guitar but that had never deterred him from being the pious muslim that I’ve know him to be all my life.

A strict but jovial father of 5 & the author of 3 books, Dr. Yahya is known by his students as the lecturer who keeps his words (especially when it comes to rules & regulations in the lecture hall) & rewards students based on merit & their ability to perform in his classes. Among his collegues, he is known as a serious team player whose ideas & thoughts are based on a wide spectrum of the latest reading materials.

To date, Dr. Yahya has participated in numerous seminars & presented working papers at the university, national & international level. He also has experiece as being the coordinator for distance learning in the past several years. Contributing academic articles for journals & magazies published by DBP has become his second nature.

I believe that one day in the near future, he might even be awarded a professorship but we leave that for time & his personal efforts to tell.

I wish him, his students & his collegues the best of luck in persuing the new frontiers in their chosen field. May all their findings & contributions play a mojor role in the development of our future generation.

You can personally email Dr. Yahya at yahya@educ.upm.edu.my

For the record, the current visitors to his web at time of publishing is 1,676. 

RM 50,000,000 to promote reading habits

 

With reference to the an article titiled “TPM kecewa rakyat kurang membaca” in today’s Utusan Malaysia, it proves what I wrote previously a few months back regarding reading habits among Malaysians.

Again, in this article, it states that on average, Malaysians read 2 books a year. This was based on a study conducted last year. What is a bit depressing is the fact that many of us prefer to light reading such as magazines, novels, newspapers but leave out the more serious issues.

In RMK-9, the government has allocated RM 50 million to encourage & upgrade the public’s level of reading. My guess is that one main concern for heavy readers is whether or there might be a reduction in book prices or not. That remains to be seen but this price reduction issue was also highlighted by the Negeri Sembilan MB in his statement through the Star today.

For the full articles, please refer to the links below :

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2006&dt=0914&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Dalam_Negeri&pg=dn_03.htm

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/9/14/central/15402677&sec=central

Busy busy busy…

I just read the stats report this morning.

I am amazed that although I have not added new articles, many of you still continue to drop by this page. Thank you so much to all of you for your support.

Talking about writing, I’m sure all of us have a thing or two to say about current hot issues related to economics, politics, local artists etc. But since so many issues are just too sensitive, I prefer say less on the matter.

What’ve I been up to?

Well, currently on my to do list are :

• 4 hospitalization claims
• 5 motor insurance renewals
• 2 medical card applications
• some policy loan replayment issues
• proposals due for clients to be
• some banking errands

But as usual, I’m sure we all hate hearing excuses of busyness. No matter how busy it gets, surely we could find 10 mins or so to do the more important things that matter.

Cars : What the … ?

Another attachment in one of my emails today.

Sheeesh! The owner must really have money flowing from his ears to come up with this color scheme. The title of the pic? “How to ruin a Ferarri”.

But of course, art is very very subjective thus what is totally unacceptable to us might be a genuine masterpiece for others.

Anyone want to bid for this Testarossa? hehehe…

Satay Kajang : True or False?

 

I received a questionable forwarded email from a friend today.

It was a story about how this guy & his whole family went to have satay at one of Hj Samuri’s branches & after filling up their tummies, one of the family members saw injustice being done at the back of the outlet. Namely one of them saw the workers recycling the lidis & the kuah satay or gravy.

Oh come on man! With over 20 branches & being a national icon, how could this possibly happen? Yes its not impossible to be true but then again, if it was, I’m sure this chain of satay outlets would be closed by now. Not only that, I think if this was normal practice, the company would not have expanded from 5 to 500+ employess which they have now. Its not ‘just another food business’, but its worth millions! For a local startup, that is a real achievement.

So, I’m sure everyone gets this type of email everyday – full of slander, insult, malice, defamation & even sometimes character assasination. I remember unproven stories about KFC, Cofee Bean and many other food/outlets that made a lot of people confused and doubtful.

What do these irresponsible people want? What do they get from creating a bad name for others or is it just out of plain envy or jelousy?

If only the satay story was supported with a live video, then maybe we’d have some true facts to start doubts. But until that really happens, I’m confident that this business & many others are abiding to the rules & regulations of the local food/culinary industry.

Cheers!

For non Highblooders

I was in Sabak Bernam last Saturday to visit my aunt. So, as usual, there would also be the usual visit to the market.

What’s special in Sabak Bernam? Well, the seafood is cheaper compared to KL & so is the cost of living. Not only are the fish here cheap but they are also fresh from the sea as well. Even nasi lemak only costs RM 1, its at least double that for the same amount & quality in KL.

I didn’t bring a camera with me to the market but I did have my ’sexy’ V3 in my pocket. So, here’s some snapshots of the variety of ikan masin & belacan that were on sale at pasar Sabak Bernam (above pic). I did bring some back home but all this belacan & ikan masin is a big no no for all you highblooders out there!

No wonder Paklang & Maklang are both on medication… 

Budget 2007 Summary & Comments

http://www.mgi-aljeffri.com/index.htm

Please refer to the above address. The summary was done by the AlJeffri Group – specialists in the field of Audit, Accounting & Taxation.

It’s 95 pages in PDF format & might be of good use since all the major points from the budget speech have been extracted & given comments.