To be or not to be

This is what I told my boss when i had a discussion with him yesterday:

I am trying to be rhetoric, but they'll say "I cakap berkias-kias", when I am direct, they'll say "I cakap lepas".

Rhyme.

The Term = "Throw the ball"

Have you heard of the term "ball in your court" or "throw the ball"? This is the term u will heard not only if you are working in a big organization, also in everyday life.

Vocabulary:
"ball" - responsibilities/job/issue/taik/customer claim

Now, they have a new name for it, TAICHI. Just like the soft & lemah gemalai movement of TAICHI, that's the same way u can throw the problem aside or to other people. Just imagine the hand movement. Wohaaaaaa!

Like what my previous boss often told me "don't let the ball in fell in your court". Or sometimes, "that department throw the ball to other people...don't let them throw it at you". Now we are talking a lot of "balls" here. In simple Bahasa Melayu, the term will be define as, "masalah yang diberi kepada orang lain untuk di selesaikan". Or in more kurang ajar words, "bagi taik kat orang lain". Ceh! Sendiri punye taik, sendiri cuci la. Tapi kalau dah dapat taik tuh, muka korang pun jadi taik gak la. OK, enough with the taik.

For example, if we encounter customer claims or production reject, the normal method will be :

RCA (Ishikawa, 4M, etc) ----> Evaluate -----> Monitor ----> Conclude

But for some people:

RCA ----> give to other department/people ("throw the ball") ----> clean their hands

This is what I normally see in work. The key word here is MENTALITY & sense of responsibility. Sometimes people can amazed u whenever they are in crisis or the way they handle pressure. Some people will not stop sending emails (all work related, none with norman hakim, memey updates whatsoever), while others (this is what I called paranoid android) will not stop calling u (every 5 minutes want update). Itu belum masuk kire yang nangis tepi kantin, pengsan kat dalam production & so on so on. Instead of cooperating & giving thoughtful suggestion, everybody will battle & fought to dead to avoid the countermeasure work. Shit! Then ingat kompeni bayar gaji kau untuk korang gossip2 @ tengok email ke?(peringatan untuk budak2 QA).

Sometimes I wonder & think if I were in their shoes, with their narrow mind of course, why the hell I want to go through all the trouble to elak-elak (avoid) the job? (they can go as far as giving stupid excuses). Are you really that busy everyday? Hahaha. Oh, I know, they don't want to go back late, nanti laki marah. Takpun bini bising balik lambat. Kene jaga anak. and so on........Talk about commitment! Family come first la, job can find another! We have jobstreet, remember! Buat penat si Lina (jobstreet) send us the daily updates. Kahkahkahkhakhak! Aiyooo, this kind of people forget that that we have a set of team to work with. Each member with their own task. TEAM, ingat TEAM, bukan in-TEAM.

Normally this kind of thinking or action will be stop when the chairman, (a wise man with high technical skill & knowledge, provided with his charming smile although sometimes hot headed sebab selalu marah2 budak QA, not to mention his ability to communicate with all level of management...ahahah)....will conclude & assigned every single of PIC to each task. If not, sampai pagi pun korang tak settle2 lagi.

This is the kind of mentality that I think should be avoid or else we end up being well known as Malaysian made 'cap ayam' brand. Poor quality control was among the worst issue that a manufacturer could face. Regardless what brand/company you are working with. Japan company, Continental, American, Brazil etc etc. As long as the product being produced here in Malaysia, it is considered Malaysian made. That's just my 5 cents worth or worthless comment. Sounds patritotic sket. Remember when we comment/condemn about Proton. It's the same way with other product. Malaysian made beb. Ada pahammm....hahahahahah...Look at the bigger picture bro. Few years back manufacturers rush to China because of cost competitiveness, but they also overlook the cost of QUALITY. Don't let our fate succumb like that.

My Hari Raya Gift: Man City vs Liverpool

Just as I arrived from Negeri Sembilan, SMS I received on 5th Oct nite from a well known football pundit.

wak: babat ada satu soalan kepada kau...
me: soalan?...teka-teki ke?
wak: ye....kenapa man city 1- liverpool 0
me: blum warm up
wak: dan javier garrido menjaringkan gol kedua....kata babat
me: ceh Kuyt hampeh ahhh

The 2nd half start & 45 minutes later,

me: dah warm up, berape resultnyer?
wak: bayar ref ke? tackle slow pun kene kad merah, tau la jersey merah...

7th Oct back to office...met up with Wak later at Osman Taman Johor. Our main discussion was about how the mighty Reds chewed up the Eastlander. Haha. Wak Zailan as usual with his prediction & pessimistic comments about the Reds. His so called statistic & analysis about football sometimes bother some people (huh! sapa agaknya tuh? Man Utd fan ke?). But I have to agree some of the points he told me. And he also have to agree that Torres is better than Berbatov.

Negativity?

Oh my...oh my....I receive 1 email from my friend working offshore. He was so concern that I put a lot of negativity thoughts in here. Huh?...negativity? Maybe what he really meant was all the harsh word I use on my posting (was there any different from real life?kehekehekeh).

Aku OK beb!

There are reasons why I posted all the 'negativity' thoughts all together. First, need to give 'brief' description of what I encounter on daily basis. Second, need to give 'brief' description the 'things' I encounter on daily basis. All from 8am-6pm. Bro, it's more humorous than cynical. Third, I seldom talk about my job. Maybe a few insight can give a reality check.

I admit my focus was a bit off this few weeks. But I know, my wife always manage to pull me back to where I belong. Like she always do... :) (see, positive vibe). And also, friends like you that always been so concern.

OK, that's it. Dah, dah pegi makan kuih raya kat laut sana.