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Assalammualaikum, good evening all.

It seems like it was just yesterday that I joined this company and today, is already my last day. 

When I first joined [my department] as part of the Engineering Associate programme, [my department] was such a small team. We were working a lot with the Domestic Team and I remember having to run up and down the stairs between Level 8 & 9 to get information from different people. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for all their assistance in helping this newbie at that time; specifically the Planning, Engineering, QA QC Department. You know who you are.

Just like everyone else in [my department] at that time, I was assisting the team wherever possible; from updating the MDR, the project’s organization chart, updating staff’s CV for client’s submission, managing [my company's] booth during conferences & events and then moved on to becoming a Planning Engineer and then finally Cost Engineer about 2 years back. Through all these, I also got to know many others in this company who some have turned up to be dear friends of mine; be it Domestic or International Department; I have learnt and gained so much from these past 5 years here in [my company's] , thanks to all the guidance and assistance given by colleagues, seniors and bosses.

During this time, we may also have misunderstandings here and there but let’s be professional and move on. Forgive and forget :)

[my department] has grown much bigger now with so many new faces. I wish the team the very best in all the upcoming projects; May they all be successful.

Work hard, smile harder. Have faith. Stay grounded. Perform your very best in all that you do and always keep the positivity going. Don’t skip meals ya! 

I may bid farewell to you as colleagues but certainly not as friends. Do add me up on Facebook and let’s keep in touch there! ;)
















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This is what I wrote on last Monday morning when I opened up my office computer. I figured out a way of my becoming a better employee and print it out and stick on my cubicle. Might be useful to some others who seeks for aspirations towards becoming a better employee.


13 Rules of becoming a better employee.

1.      Put away facebook/ twitter during working hours 
2.      Minimize internet surfing
3.      Less emailing unnecessarily
4.      Spend less time talking on the phone unless if required so
5.      Less mingling/ gossiping with colleagues
6.      Stop smoking
7.      Plan the work accordingly
8.      Strategies the work. The best defense is to attack. Get ready for people to ask questions.
9.      Emulate someone who is good at work. Try to be better than he is
10.    Wear nice clothes to work. Nice clothes will lead to confidence
11.    Do product/ market research regularly
12.    Have own file for easy reference
13.    Minimize spending time with vendors – strictly business. RESPECT is to be earned.





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Just this morning, I attended a meeting with the project team to discuss on the mobilization plan for the vessel and barges. Throughout the meeting, attendees threw out comments like “We’re not sure if this other vessel will arrive on time,” or “What if the weather goes bad and we cannot depart on schedule?” and then we were discussing on what ifs and what ifs and what ifs. Then out of nowhere, an American member of the project team, voiced out clearly and loudly:

“Everybody in this room DOUBTS, but no one is daring enough to make a DECISION. No one wants to hold the responsibility to do so. Make a decision, commit and we tackle the problems as they come. We need to change the way we think here. We need to change our mindset and stop this mentality,”

And then everyone just kept quiet and nodded, agreeing to what he just said.

All you need is just an outsider, a different race, a different nationality, to come up with a different opinion on the whole situation.

The mat-sallehs aren’t the best in everything, but when it comes to their ‘out-of-the-box’ thinking and their attitude, their values, I give them thumbs up. It was some of the things that I learnt during my 4 years studying in Sydney.

But what happened? I’ve learnt a lot from them. Have I not applied them in my everyday life? Or have I been too absorbed with culture of the majorities here? It has only been two years since I came back.

That particular incident had me thinking.

If I were to work in an international company, there will be a variety of people right? It will be good to learn from them and to absorb their culture, especially at the start of our career years. Imagine what I can learn from a Japanese! You know what they say. Your surroundings shape you!

It also makes me sad that Malaysians have quite a long way to go when it comes to the right mentality, the right attitude in life.

But we really can’t be depending so much on the surroundings right? This is home after all. Malaysia. What I can do instead, is to reflect, on myself, on the surroundings, and BE that different outstanding person that sees things in a different manner.

Why expect a change in the society when you cannot even change yourself?

“If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make that CHANGE,” Man in the Mirror by Micheal Jackson


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I realized one thing today. Back in Sydney, people are generally very generous with smiles and greetings.

"Hello"

"Hi"

"How's your day been?"

or sometimes just a simple smile.

Be it the taxi driver or your boss or the tea lady or the toilet cleaner or your lecturer. You call them by their names. You don't have 'sir' or 'boss' or 'Mr.' or 'Miss' or even 'Prof'. You treat them equally. You can sit with them and talk like friends and still keep the respect.

I've been working here in Malaysia for almost 7 months now, and I realized that here, there's always that hierarchy of treatment. You call your supervisors or anyone higher than you 'Boss' and you obey to his every rule and contributing ideas/criticism is not highly encouraged. Eating with your boss during lunch is a very big deal. When passing by superiors not from your department, you pretend like you don't recognize him/her and just walk pass by. Why the complexity? 'Eh boss boss!' Why can't we just greet everyone equally and be more pleasant?

Malaysians are good with the elderly. We have the highest respect to the elderly. In my office, we treat tea ladies will respect because they're old. I like that about us. But i think this whole complexity when socializing with those more in power should stop. Hmm..maybe, the bosses put that impression towards their staffs, that they prefer to be treated special, which is why we bow to that. 
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