Working with a Start-Up Company

To my fans and followers, I am so sorry for not updating this blog. Well, because I was busy with my new work, secondly I had this new hobby that I cannot resist holding on and last but not the least, I really forgot that I have something that I owe it to you guys and that is of telling you what's on my mind and what's up on my personal and career life(char:-)!

Well, well anyways here's my first entry which is obviously in the title. I am like 3 months or so now with my new company and so far so good. I am little bit busy sometimes and sometimes not, my new company is new to Abu-Dhabi , its actually a start up company. But then there is a mother company that is based in US which provided the funds, logistics and the people in order for  my new company to compete and survive here in the middle east. For confidentiality, I will not disclose my company's name because the nature of it is something sensitive.

Let's go to my work and the people - for a few months I really pity myself because I have a bit of loads whilst other don't have than just sit and do face book for the whole 8 hours. Its something unfair but then its their work ethics plus it infuriates me because this kind of employee is really incompetent, he even doesn't know how to operate basic excel that's why he keeps bugging  and ask me how to do this and that. Shame on Him but then he is not really learning even to the point that I tell him straight to his face that I am not your teacher to teach you on how to do that, It is highly expected of you the fact that your getting 5 figures and even higher rate than me. But right now, I am okay and happy in a way because I have other colleague now who in away knows about his job and even can help me how to lessen my work through initiatives and techniques. We are team work in a way. GOD is good all the time!

And to end this entry, I can say that working in a start up company has to sides of the story, its either you lost or you contribute/help. If you have that solid experience and know your job very much, probably you can help the company how to structure the path and the process but if your just a nuisance and just got lucky ending up with this job, you will wait for something to happen because you afraid to share and contribute to the company. Also, I believe in Employee Working Attitude - even if you have a little bit of experience but if you are raring to go and do the extra mile stuff, eventually you perfectly do your job.

New Job, New Challenge

To God be the Glory! After working for about 3 years and 5 months with Halcrow, I finally got a new work and a new company. It really feels good and I am very excited to meet my new boss and my new colleagues. I really hope I can eventually blend/connect with them. Adjustment period is really one thing to consider the fact that we are from different backgrounds and nationalities. But based on my previous job Expats from Europe, UK and Canada are easy to deal with and the same thing that I'm expecting with the people that I will be working soon.

Well, It's really a new adventure and a new challenge but the best thing to deal with is to ride it well and if ever there is bumpy roads along the way then I just have to deal it with accordingly. Good Luck to me anyway:-)

Appreciating Lomography

 

I dunno but I guess most of us loves Photography either plain photography or taking photography as a serious art. Anyways. I just found out recently that there is a synonymous term for Photography, they call it Lomography. Lomography as per its website is a magazine, a shop or a community dedicated to analogue photography. Analogue photography means its a manual photography that needs manual camera not that what u think as DSLR and it needs a real black film back when our cameras are battery operated not digitalized. But these models of camera are enhance to suit the taste of modern times etc. Below is a sample of unique, fierce lomograph camera:

 As per history of Lomography and I quoted that "It began with a fateful encounter in the early 1990s, when two students in Vienna, Austria, stumbled upon the Lomo Kompakt Automat – a small, enigmatic Russian camera. Mindlessly taking shots from the hip, and sometimes looking through the viewfinder, they were astounded with the mindblowing photos that it produced – the colours were vibrant, with deep saturation and vignettes that framed the shot – it was nothing like they had seen before! Upon returning home, friends wanted their own Lomo LC-A, igniting a new style of artistic experimental photography that we now know as Lomography!". Thus, millions of people are taking interest now of this hobby and I one of those over gaga of this hobby.

(Note : Photos courtesy of www.lomography.com)

Revisiting Kuala Lumpur

This article is so delayed, I revisit my photo album in FB today and just realized that I need to blog this. Anyway, I actually plan to go Hongkong but due to time constraint, I was not able to go to HK and so I opt to go here in KL. But then, I will really need to go stop over KL as per my itinerary.

I once visited this city twice before and now after two years, things are just the same here. Well, the city is really develop way back then. Good thing of this trip, I was booked in a hotel where I haven't been so for me its interesting the fact that the area is new to me. I sauntered the whole place and then back to the areas where I am very familiar and its so refreshing remembering the old and good times when I was here way back. Anyway, cheers to the old times and welcome to the new experience of KL.

Playing CityVille

I may run out of article to blog about but the fact that I am really addicted playing this game in Facebook, I need to write this about. For everybody's information,  CityVille is game being developed by Zynga Gaming Software Company who made the famous Farmville, Farmtown etc.

What makes cityville different from the other games is that If you are a visionary or maybe a frustrated urban planner/architect, you can create a city out of your own creativity. In this case your strategic planning etc will be of use here. Cityville makes me de stress from daily work and even after work. I am really hook that even late at night I am still working or planning on on how to expand my city and being creative. This game is not just an ordinary game, You have a goal to follow in order for you to attain certain level or bonus, you need to work out or cooperate with your neighbors by sending them gifts or you make a franchise business with them. In this way your City will become bigger, brighter and prettier.

This game for me will eventually your inspiration if you have the money to build houses or flats or condominiums or even if you become a city mayor in the future. It will test on how you are creative building the city, descongesting and makes it like a real one. I really love playing this game totally. Here's some print scroll of the game.