May 15

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I’m still suffering from diarrhoea and headache…. Don’t think i can produce a proper comic these few days. Sorry people. I think i really need to rest and control my food. Hopefully i won’t need to get another day of MC.

In case you want to hope i can get better…..don’t. Save it and hope for the best for the victims of the earthquake in China.

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May 15

And if you don’t maintain it, the plant will wither and die. Same goes for friendship or any relationship with other people. If you don’t keep in touch with the people you care (ok, there ARE some people who you just don’t bother at all), sooner or later they will start to feel more like a stranger to you than a friend.

I’m often frustrated by some of my busy friends and their attitudes - some of them are people who i once considered as very close friends.

There were few times when I kinda offended by their words. Imagine you doing this….

There’s this ex-colleague of yours who used to be very close with you before you left the company. Then 1 day, someone said something about you that you don’t like them to know (example, your next company, your new salary package, etc)….and this ex-colleague accused you of being “fake” and too secretive for not informing him personally. =_= And since then, he didn’t even bother to keep in touch with you. Never mind, being a nice person you are *ahem*, you decided to MSN him 2 or 3 months after the “incident”. The only reply you got was “Huh? you’re very free huh? So nice of you, company hired you to do nothing but to disturb people?”

And since then, i didn’t even bother to mention his name.

Today, another close friend of mine did something which I wasn’t entirely happy about. And she’s really a good friend of mine for many years. Most of the time, I was the one who bother to message her and see how she’s doing etc…. and nearly everytime, she will quit without even telling me. Imagine you talking halfway to someone you care about…and then she’s gone…and you’re still waiting. You’re not even sure if she’s coming back online or not. So i told her this today and i hit the jackpot - she’s on a very very bad mood today due to some problems she’s facing. Well, i do have my own share of problems……though i prefer to treat them as challenges than problems (more positive). And she said she is not in the mood to talk, and gone. :| My heart was broken into few pieces (easier to glue back than say…. a million pieces).
Have you ever experienced something like this? There are times when you care for some people so much but that “some people” just wouldn’t bother. Friendship or any human relationship, is just like a pot of plant…it needs nurturing…needs maintenance. Without water n sunlight, it’ll wither….and fade….
People come and go in our lives…but there are few that we really want to keep…. Just that sometimes, we cannot control them from going away from us.

You cannot clap with just one hand…

p/s….for that close friend of mine….donno why, but i’ve always forgiven her no matter what. Maybe because she’s a friend that i cannot afford to lose, a friend that i really treasure.

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May 14

Greetings,

I’m Alvin’s private secretary. He is on MC today - diarrhoea, nausea, headache, giddy, talking nonsense, etc. He will not be able to produce any comics today due to his current condition. He will be back once he feels he is OK (which i think should be quite soon). He would like to apologize to all the people who are waiting for the comic.

If there’s anything urgent, please feel free to contact me here.

Yours truly,

Anonymous (my master yet to give me a name. He couldn’t think properly due to his giddiness)

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May 12

This entry will not have any comic because I’m not feeling well right now. Having mild food poisoning. I was having fever before I went to the clinic. Anyway, here’s the story…

I went to this ING panel clinic in Damansara Perdana (there are only 2 panel clinics there) and the doctor made me waited for 40 minutes. There wasn’t any other patient. 40 minutes later….the nurse came out again and took my “form” (a.k.a. medical record) and passed it to the doctor inside. At that time, another lady came out and sat near the “nurse area”. A very pretty lady and looks like a model. =_=

Then i went in and realized…… the nurse forgot about me and they were chatting inside for the whole 40 minutes!!

Never mind….here’s the conversation between me and the Bollywood doctor (i think she should be quite a pretty lady many years ago)

Doc: Any allergy to any medicines? (it was my first visit)

Me: Nope.

Doc: What’s the problem?

Me: Slight fever and stomach not feeling well.

Doc: You have sore throat or flu or cough?

Me: Nope.

Doc: Then shouldn’t be.

I was like…har?????

Me: Could it be food poisoning?

Doc: Did you have diarrhea or vomitting?

Me: Nope. Just stomach discomfort.

Doc: Then it’s not food poisoning.

Again, i went …harrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?????????????

Doc: Let me check if you have the slight fever you claimed.

After checking………….

Doc: Nope. You’re fine.

Me: Could it be because i took 2 panadols just now? I was feeling quite bad then.

Doc: Then what’s the point of coming? I cannot check if you took 2 panadols.

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Me: Could it be because of lack of rest?

Doc: Yesterday was Sunday right? And then Saturday before that. You’re not working right? Then should be more than enough rest.

I was thinking……who made her think Saturday and Sunday must stay at home do nothing but rest?!?

Doc: Never mind, I’ll give you some panadols.

And she charged me RM 25……….for few panadols………… luckily I was using ING card. What kind of hopeless doctor is this? I didn’t even mention anything about MC and I went to the clinic at 5.30pm (i left office 30 minutes earlier).

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May 12

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I’ve never experienced this before. Just feel it’ll be funny if your first day in a new company is something like this.

Sorry for the slightly imbalance drawing and not-so-nice colour tones. Was watching Manchester United’s match. Hahaha.

By the way……..We won we won~~~~~ muahahahah

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May 08

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May 06

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Many of us like to know our actual value in the job market, myself included. And how can we do that? By going for interviews. I used to do that too but now, I realized that it’s not really a good thing because you’ll be wasting your own time and also the interviewer’s. Attend an interview ONLY if you are interested in the job. You can also go for the interview if you want to know more about the prospect of working for the company….but certainly not just to know your own value at the sake of other people’s time.

At least, that’s my opinion. :)

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May 05

Ok, face it, we have a lot of stupid policies in our world. All these stupid policies are created by ….smart people who chose not to use their brain properly (you can’t say they’re stupid because they are “up there” for a reason…..as to what is the “reason”…it’s up to you to imagine). Ok, maybe i sound a little bitttt too harsh. :P

After 911 incident, the airport security has become very strict…which is a good thing. BUT, it is strict in a weird way. I’ve always questioned about their safety policies….but after reading Seth Godin’s article on something similar……it kinda confirmed my doubts over the “safety” policies. It’s quite funny when the security officers banned all nailcutter….pen knives….etc because these things are considered dangerous but not ball pens, pencils, etc.

And then we have the shoe thingy. You need to take off your shoes for the scanning….to avoid having shoe bombs. It’s a good security policy actually……..but it somehow slows down the entire immigration process by a lot (maybe they can do something about this especially in a busy airport like Heathrow? Oh…and why our Kuala Lumpur International Airport did not have this kind of security check?)……. and then some security officers will open up one lane and let people through. This happened in London Heathrow, right in front of me. =_= so much for security check. Why bother to have it when they don’t really want to implement it 100%?

What about company policies? I’m sure there are a lot of funny policies out there, created by the top management people. But i shall not say anything here since the only policies i know are from my current company and my previous companies. Hahhaa.

The worst thing is……… NO, you cannot change them no matter how stupid such policies are. You can complain all you want…voice out all you want……..but if the top people don’t want to change (or even hear you for that matter), all your pleas will go down the drain. In the end, people got tired voicing out….so they just follow whatever policies they have to follow.

But now….the question is…stupid policies are made by stupid people…but what about those people who follow the stupid policies? Does that make us equally stupid?

Well, maybe I’m not that smart after all. :D

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May 04

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Haha, just feel like drawing this out on Sunday night. Doubt this has any motivational value :P

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May 03

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These 2 questions, I am sure, are 2 of the most common questions asked by people in their 20s and 30s…including myself. I believe it is easy to find what you are good at - whatever you like to do (during your childhood), which actually attracted a lot of compliments from your family and other adults. That, can be considered your talent(s).

But all these talents and interests are not that useful when it comes to our ever-materialistic world. With the ever-increasing inflation rate and the ever-consistent salary/bonuses (well…it can be BETTER or WORSE….and since a recession is coming….i think it’ll be the latter)…things are not going to be easy when it comes to $$$. Let me give you an example of a conversation between me and a friend.

Miss L : Alvin, I’m losing interest in my job…it’s so boring…

Alvin : What do you think you’re good at?

Miss L : I don’t know. But is watching HK drama considered a skill? I doubt right. I don’t think I can earn a living by doing that!

Alvin : Well, you can always start a web site doing reviews for HK drama…and once it is GOOD enough, you can think of directing people where to rent or buy cheap HK drama. You might be able to earn some comission from there. But it’s not going to be easy since there are already something similar out there.

Miss L : So what am I going to do?

Alvin : Be more specialized? Like …HK drama on crime and investigation? I believe if you really want to do it, there are plenty of case studies for you to look at. But are you actually willing to let go of your $ 5000 a month salary you have now?

Miss L : That’s a bit difficult. I doubt I can survive without the $ 5000.

Alvin : Then do it as a part time. Go full-time once you are able to get a steady income out of it. I know it sounds easy but it’s not THAT easy. Well, at least I guess you should try it out the things that you think you’re good at. If it doesn’t work, just throw it away and find another one. But bear in mind that it might not bring you as much money as your $ 5000 a month job.

You see, I believe there are more money making opportunities out there than the number of people attempting to grab such opportunities. But there are few questions which you need to ask before taking up these opportunities….. Are you willing to take a risk? Do you think you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur…and be your own boss? and the most important…Is this business opportunity really really meant for you? No point going for something which will help u earn money….but you’re not interested in it…and you might end up giving up halfway.

By giving up halfway…you might lose more money than you could possibly imagined. So, try for something which might not earn you a lot of $$…but something you are willing to put your heart and soul into it. Make it a part of you…. I think it’ll bring you happiness and satisfaction that money might not be able to buy.

At least, that’s what I think. :)

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