Friday, November 28, 2008

5-Minute Management Course

Good Jokes. Enjoy~ =)

Lesson 1

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.
The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.
When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbour.

Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.'

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob, after a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.

When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?'
'It was Bob the next door neighbour,' she replies.
'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?'

Morale of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.


Lesson 2:

A priest offered a Nun a lift.
She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident.
After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again .


The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'
The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Morale of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.


Lesson 3:

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.

They rub it and a Genie comes out.
The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'
'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in the
Bahamas , driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.'
Puff! She's gone.

'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii ,
relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.'
Puff! He's gone.

'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.'


Morale of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.


Lesson 4

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.

A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?' The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.


Morale of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.


Lesson 5

A turkey was chatting with a bull.

'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the
turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'


'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull.They're packed with nutrients.'

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.

The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Morale of the story:
Bull Shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there..

Lesson 6

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.

While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to
realize how warm he was.

The dung was actually thawing him out!
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.

Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morale of the story:
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

THUS ENDS THE 5-MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE

一篇很感人的故事

~ From email...

和另一女人約會?




"結婚了廿一年後,我發現了一種別出心裁的方法,
可以讓愛的火花永保新鮮。

不久以前 ,我和另一位女士約會,其實那還是我妻子的主意。

有一天她說:「我知道妳很愛她。」我很驚訝,立刻爭辯說:
「但我愛的是妳呀!」
「我知道,但你也愛她呀!」

我妻子要我去看的女士是我的母親。

她已經寡居了十九年,然而我忙碌的工作和身為二 個孩子父親的責任,令我分身乏術,以致很少有時間和她相聚。

那晚,我打電話給她,邀約她第二天和我一起吃晚餐和看電影。

「怎麼了,你還好嗎?」她問道。

母親是那種會認為晚上那麼晚打電話,又突然邀約她 ,一定不會有什麼好事的人。

「我想如果有機會和妳單獨約會,一定很有意思。」 我回答。

她想了一會兒,然後說:「我非常樂意。」

那個星期五下班以後,我開車去接她時,心裡有一點緊張,
因為從未嚐試過這樣的約會。

當我到達她家時,我看她對這樣的約會,似乎也有一點緊張。
她在門內等著,身上穿著大衣, 裡面那件禮服
還是最後一次慶祝結婚紀念日所穿的呢!

她的頭髮還特意捲了一下,臉上 的微笑像天使一般。

上了車後,她得意洋洋地說:「我告訴我的朋友,我要和我的兒子外出約會,他們都好 羨慕,迫不及待要聽聽我們約會的情形。」

我們去一家雖不豪華,但十分雅致,溫暖舒適的餐廳。
我母親挽住我的臂彎,好像第一 夫人一般。

入座以後,我必須幫她看菜單點菜,
因為她的眼睛現在只有大的字才看得見。
用餐一半時,我抬起頭來,看到母親正在凝視我,
嘴角帶著懷舊的笑容說:「記得當你小時候,總是我為你看菜單的。」「那現在妳正好可以休息,輪到我來為妳服務了。」我回答。

一面享用晚餐,我們一面聊天,聊得很愉快,
談了許多最近幾年來,各自生命中的一些事。
我們聊得太久了,所以趕不上電影。當我送她回到家門口,

她說「我要再和你一起外出 ,但下次讓我作東好嗎?」我答應了。

回家後,妻子問我:「你的晚餐約會如何?」

「非常有意思,比我想像的好多了!」 我回答。

幾天以後,母親因心臟病猝發而去世。這事發生得太突然了, 讓我完全措手不及。

不久以後,我收到一封信,裡面是上次我和母親約會的那家餐館的一張收據,上面有一張字條寫著:「我已先付了賬,因為我確定自己不可能再有機會去了,但我還是付了兩人份的賬──你和你的妻子。
你絕對想不到那一晚的約會對我有多大的意義,我愛你。」

從那一刻起,我深深體會,一定要及時說: 「我愛你」,
並且要常常撥出時間給我們所愛的人。

世上沒有任何事比自然如來因緣和你的家庭更重要,
多花時間和他們在一起,因為這事絕不能拖延到「以後有時間再說...」。

「樹欲靜而風不止,子欲養而親不待」 是人生一大憾事。"

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Self reflection after the competition...

The competition has finally over. This competition has made this semester to be the most hectic semester that I have ever had in my university life. Stayed in school overnight just to get our model done, had supper together in the middle of the night and squatted in that pathetically small room and slept without my comfy bed had indeed made these few weeks the toughest for me. But the outcome has made all our hard works worthwhile. Our group has won the best group prize for THE BEST CONCEPT PLAN! I am so proud to be in this group, with the group mates that are so clique together after working together from the past few projects. One of my groupmate is even better. He has won another BEST INDIVIDUAL prize! He is always the friend that I am proud to have. He always has a clear mind on what has to be done and he is the one that set the direction for our project to progress. He is also the one that able to use the minimal amount of time and get the maximum things done. His presentation was really an eye-opener as he is able to convince people with his outstanding presentation skills. He really deserves the prize. I wish I could be like him too. I didn’t work hard enough for my presentation. I wasn’t motivated enough to convince myself that I want to strive for the best individual prize and go to Paris for Defi Challenge. Going for Defi Challenge has been a dream that is too far for me and I thought that I wasn’t prepared for that. But after seeing those winners have got a chance to go, I was regret of myself. I couldn’t blame anyone but only to myself that I didn’t work hard enough. I felt that my presentation was too bad and I could have screwed the team up. I was so happy and felt kind of relieved that we won the BEST CONCEPT PLAN! =) I would blame myself forever if our group lost just because of me.

After all, I have learned a lot from this competition. Also, I know what my weaknesses are and I have to overcome that. It was a great learning process and it has changed the way I think. CS made me realized that I must have clearer direction on what I want before I start doing anything. Thanks CS for your comment. He is the one that makes me realized the importance of self-reflection in order for people to grow, for a better one. I know what I have to improve, for my projects in future, as well as for my career in future. Now, I am clear of what I want for my future. Having a good result is the important thing for me now in order to get into the company that I want. This company is just too good to work in. It will be my current motivator for my next exam to come, in about 2 weeks time. I haven’t been studying much for the past few weeks because of the competition. So I have to start now! Not much time to waste! Concentrate and Ganbatte to myself! ^_^ Motivation! Motivation!