what a day...

story about yesterday...arrived my office around 8.30am...quickly reviewed my presentation slides for the CAPs meeting...arrived the meeting room 5 minutes before time (9.30am)...but wasted almost an hour waiting for the chairman to arrive...meeting finally started around 10.30am...which continued until 3pm...but had to exit the meeting earlier around 1.45pm to rush back for another meeting at 2pm which I have to chair (missed my lunch again hu3)...have a quick zohor prayer...chaired the meeting...wrapped up the meeting around 5.30pm...performed asar prayer before heading to the driving range for a quick golf practice (or release my tension)...drove back home around 6.30pm...have a quick dinner with family around 7pm...sent my daugther to tuition at 8pm...then headed to Bustani Hotel for College strategic meeting...which lasted around 11.30pm...my children and wife were having their sweet dreams when i arrived home by 12am...sorry guys...then fell asleep after a brief reflection of the day...hmmm what a day...and there are many days like yesterday...

mobile phone oh mobile phone...

...other than internet, mobile phone is probably the best invention ever created by human...here is the story...i attended global business forum organized by IMD in Kuala Lumpur few months ago...the special guest speaker was Tun Mahathir... in his speech he jokingly said...when he was the prime minister he thought about putting people talking with their mobile phones while walking into jail because they look just like crazy people...talking and laughing to themselves with hands and sometimes feets moving around...but he said he later changed his mind because there were just too many crazy people (people with mobile phones) and they won't fit all jails in Malaysia...that's funny but thinking about it...i guess he may be right because some people (including me...shhh...i said that in a whisper) just sort of over use it...sometimes...we eat with phone, we walk with phone, we pee or even poo with phone, we also drive with phone and worse we text while riding a motorcycle...and that's suicidal...crazy...this morning i attended a meeting...the chairman's phone rung while he's talking...but instead of switching off his phone, he decided to answer the phone (with microphone on so we can hear his conversation)...so we have to wait until he finished talking....then another member who was giving her presentation suddenly stopped her presentation and ran out of the meeting room to answer her phone...so we have to wait again...funny or simply crazy...ha3

the truth hurts...

...does anyone ever feel like telling people what they want to hear and not the truth?...kinda like be kind than right thingy...if you do then you're actually telling lies ha3...hmm but i guess its ok to lie sometimes right?...it depends...but most of the times we say what we have to say...not just what the person wants to hear...this is my story...one of my PhD students came to seek my advice today...he asked me few questions which actually guided me to agree with what he did...but instead of giving him definite answers, i took my turn to ask him questions that were related to his questions...that's my job as a supervisor i guess...i believe asking questions is sometimes better than giving answers...that would lead us to understand better the problems we faced...which sometimes prove that one's idea is wrong...i can see frustration in his eyes...after all his preparations, he has to go back and redo things...but as a supervisor i have to tell the truth...and the truth often hurts...hope he won't give up...best wishes

way forward...

What + Where + Who + When + Why + How = H + E + A + D +A + C + H + E



lost battle...

manchester united...my favorite team lost its battle against barcelona last night...it was the second time in 3 years... it proves that sheer will/determination alone isn't enough...they need better quality players too...the same goes to strategy...even the best strategy/plan or whatever you want to call it won't work without committed and quality staff...that is reality...and reality hurts