New Post...17 Oct 2008

Well.. i was promoted on the 17 of October 2008. Its really a challenging and tough job taking care of the whole division. There are many kind of characters but i think i can manage them. Most of them are good and I should say knowledgeable in their respective fields.

Just when i took over, its global financial crisis due to the contagion effect of US subprime mortgage problems. Now it had turn into a world economic crisis. Most countries are experiencing difficulties and on or two had even approached the IMF for assistance. Luckily (touch wood) malaysian economy is still slightly affected but if the global slowdown persist longer then Malaysia too will be badly affected. In view of this, my team has been closely monitoring the situation and was tasked to prepare the strategic measures to strengthen the country's resilience against the challenging global economic environment.
Thank you guys and gals who stayed late nights to help me - esa, lim, azlan and others

I dont have much time to write in this blog so see u later in an another entry!!!!

Happy Deepavaly to Vicky, Nirmal, Sundaran, Giva and other indian colleagues

Trip to Hong Kong

I went to Hong Kong (hk) from 3 to 7 October with my family. Really enjoyed the trip. The transportation system is superb. You can use taxis, subway trains or buses.The cheapest mode is buses and they are efficient. The buses arrive on time as per schedule and no traffic jams. The MRT were superb too. There are no motorcycles on the road except for the high cc bikes like Harley Davidson.
The city is safe place to walk midnight and do our shopping or sight seeing activities. Every one hundred metres or so there are closed-circuit cameras on the side of the road and police men are present in all places.
Though some Chinese do speak little english, generally in most shopping malls and travel spots the staff speak reasonably good english.
My wife, daughter and son really enjoyed the trip visiting beautiful tourists spots including the stanley market, temple street (same as KL's Petaling street), disney land, victoria peak and lots of other places. They enjoyed the most - guess what? Shopping of course, cos they have the banker with them. They bought handbags, t-shirts, shoes, souvenir and bla..bla... yeah forgot perfumes too. I didnt buy anything on this trip. I told them dont worry about me. I travel alot and i can buy in other countries when i do travel later.

I think that's for now...