I'm lucky i'm heading the economics and international division (BEA). I consider this division is the heart of treasury. Though the division doesn't deal with public or handle so-called glamorous stuff like contracts, privatisation, budgeting or loans but it deals with crucial stuff like the formulating of national budget speech, the economic report, monitoring of the economy, international negotiations and meetings. It sort of pull together what the other divisions are doing. I told my officers if they have served in BEA then they can survive anywhere in the civil service and even in the private sector companies. The officers are dedicated and often work late hours. English is the main language in the division both for communication and paper works.
I said I lucky earlier because i have officers who are knowledgeable, hard working, high caliber, with team spirit and helpful. i'm not saying this because my officers read my blog but it is from my sincere feelings from the bottom of my heart. Its difficult to have this kind of high quality officers. Some of them i call "world class officers" because if you put them anywhere in the world they can work and survive.
Thanks for all of your support and without which i won't be where I am now. Mind you one day those of you who have contributed to my success and BEA excellence will be rewarded.
You don't have to proof, put ice or jack me. Sincerity and your hard work will automatically reward you.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Presentations by KEs and PEs
Every year we in economics and international division (BEA) organize presentations by Principal assistant secretaries (KEs) and assistant secretaries ((PEs.) The topics covers a wide range usually pertaining to current economic development in the country. The presentations are tailored to the issues to be addressed in the upcoming budget.
This year's presentations ( the third one since it started in 2008) showed great improvements. especially in terms of confidence level and communication ability. of course, the new officers were a bit nervous and some old ones still didnt show any improvement.
I would like to suggest that BEA officers should communicate in english. ENGLISH should be the language of comunication in BEA.
This year's presentations ( the third one since it started in 2008) showed great improvements. especially in terms of confidence level and communication ability. of course, the new officers were a bit nervous and some old ones still didnt show any improvement.
I would like to suggest that BEA officers should communicate in english. ENGLISH should be the language of comunication in BEA.
so touched
When I broke the news that i was not going to MOE and stay put in MOF. There was a big clap by most of BEA officers instantaneously. The sincerity really touched my heart. Thank my fellow officers. I wont be where I am today without all of your support and ideas.
I love all of you
I love all of you
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Disheartening and irritating incident
Being quite sometime i didn't write in my blog. Last Saturday was a bad day. Went out with my wife at about 5pm. Nobody was in the house. Did some shopping and came back home at 8.30 pm. Upon opening the front door, my wife spotted that the chairs were not in their position...moved a bit. She asked me i said i didn't pushed anything.I called my daughter she said she didn't come home from that morning. My wife rushed upstairs, she shouted we have been robbed. i rushed to the kitchen and found the window grill being damaged and back door forced open.
in my master bed room everything is in a mess like being striked by a hurricane. All the cabinets and drawers opened. Clothes,shirts, pants, underwears are pulled from the cabinte and thrown all over. all the jewellery were gone including wedding and engagement rings which was kept intact for the past 25 years.
apart from the jewellery worth more than RM70k, camcorder, laptops, external harddisk and thumb drive were all taken. Total lost aabout RM80k.
Its a disheartening incident. i pity my wife. all her lifetime savings in the form of jewelery were gone.
We always say it happens to others not us. When it happens to you, you will feel the trauma and disappointment. When my officers like Loy and Nirmal were telling their own house and apartment being broken in, i felt sad for them but i didn't experience the real feelings. But when happened to me, i can feel how they felt then.
Its been sleepless night for my wife for at least three days. Any noises heard down stairs she will ask me to go and check. She kept a long pointed knife under the bed. I hope she wont stab me mistakenly. She even asked me to get license to own a gun.
The point i'm driving is that how break-in incident can affect peoples life.
in my master bed room everything is in a mess like being striked by a hurricane. All the cabinets and drawers opened. Clothes,shirts, pants, underwears are pulled from the cabinte and thrown all over. all the jewellery were gone including wedding and engagement rings which was kept intact for the past 25 years.
apart from the jewellery worth more than RM70k, camcorder, laptops, external harddisk and thumb drive were all taken. Total lost aabout RM80k.
Its a disheartening incident. i pity my wife. all her lifetime savings in the form of jewelery were gone.
We always say it happens to others not us. When it happens to you, you will feel the trauma and disappointment. When my officers like Loy and Nirmal were telling their own house and apartment being broken in, i felt sad for them but i didn't experience the real feelings. But when happened to me, i can feel how they felt then.
Its been sleepless night for my wife for at least three days. Any noises heard down stairs she will ask me to go and check. She kept a long pointed knife under the bed. I hope she wont stab me mistakenly. She even asked me to get license to own a gun.
The point i'm driving is that how break-in incident can affect peoples life.
Monday, November 16, 2009
The MCA Tusssle - Who is right? Who is wrong?
In politics frens can become enemies and enemies can become frens. We have seen in UMNO and MIC; now its happening in MCA. Tee Keat, the MCA president was all out against Chua Soi Lek. When Soi Lek wanna make a comeback, Tee Kiat even said how can a person who had commited immoral activities be accepted into the party. On the other hand the one of vice presdent, Ng Yen Yen supported Soi Lek. Even then Tee Kiat was not willing to support Soi Lek and other leaders stood by him including Tiong Lai.
When money politics were linked to MCA top leader Tee Kiat by MP for Bintulu, the MCA drama becomes more interesting. Chua Soi Lek demanding Tee Kiat to step down, and tee kiat demanding Soi Lek to let go the deputy president post. Situation become worst when in MCA EGM Tee Kiat was given vote of no confidence and Soi lek didnt win the majority for deputy president. The third group under Tiong Lai emerged demsnding for second MCA EGM. Where as, realising the emergence of a third group, Tee Kiat imediately patched-up things with Soi lek and announced a unity plan. The unity plan, however, is opposed by Tiong Lai and followers.
In politics anything can happen. Those who manage to grab the right chance at the right moment will win but not for long, since there will emerge another person.
The same goes to our daily life.
We never know person whom we love the most for now..
Can be the person we hate the most in the future...
This is what we call LIFE
When money politics were linked to MCA top leader Tee Kiat by MP for Bintulu, the MCA drama becomes more interesting. Chua Soi Lek demanding Tee Kiat to step down, and tee kiat demanding Soi Lek to let go the deputy president post. Situation become worst when in MCA EGM Tee Kiat was given vote of no confidence and Soi lek didnt win the majority for deputy president. The third group under Tiong Lai emerged demsnding for second MCA EGM. Where as, realising the emergence of a third group, Tee Kiat imediately patched-up things with Soi lek and announced a unity plan. The unity plan, however, is opposed by Tiong Lai and followers.
In politics anything can happen. Those who manage to grab the right chance at the right moment will win but not for long, since there will emerge another person.
The same goes to our daily life.
We never know person whom we love the most for now..
Can be the person we hate the most in the future...
This is what we call LIFE
Malaysia Cup Final - Kelantan
I went to see the Malaysia Cup Final where Kelantan played against Negeri Sembilan (NS)on 7th November 2009. I asked my driver to buy the tickets. As tickets were sold out, he bought the tickets from black market at higher prices. I thought it would be worthwile since Kelantan havent won the cup in 40 years and NS in 61 years. The stadium was fully packed. Three quarter are Kelantanese and NS supporters only filled a quarter of the stadium. I wore red color t-shirt and with a headband written Kelantan. The stadium was so full on the kelantan supporters side that most of us have to stand an watch the whole game. The game started off very well the Kelantanese players attacked but only up to the D area and no threatening attacks.
The NS players and managed put a goal. After the second half, immediately another goal was striked. A penalty was given and the third goal for NS. That's the end of Kelantan.
I remembered I told my frens before the game that Kelantan will surely win atleast 2-1 margin. It turned out I was wrong. The match I saw in the semi-final between Kelantan and Perlis was different. Kelantan palyed attacking game and won. However, in this game, the Kelantan players are like being hipnotized. The ball they kicked went outside never reached the targets. The passing were very poor. The players are under tremendous pressure I guess. At times they so nervous and played a poor game. No strategies in attacking compared to NS who had a good strategy and deserved to win the game.
Of course, the Kelantan fans were very dissapointed with thier team and took the anger elsewhere. Firecrackers were bursting and fireworks on display. Chairs were burnt and banners pulled down. They threw plastic water bottles on the pitch and throwing on FRU guards on patrol. Well they deserved to be fined RM50,000 and some hooligans will be brought to court.
Sports are games for you to go and enjoy. They say you win some, you lose some. Be gentlemen to accept loses. The samething goes in real life, not everything u want, you will get. You must come to terms to accept reality.
The NS players and managed put a goal. After the second half, immediately another goal was striked. A penalty was given and the third goal for NS. That's the end of Kelantan.
I remembered I told my frens before the game that Kelantan will surely win atleast 2-1 margin. It turned out I was wrong. The match I saw in the semi-final between Kelantan and Perlis was different. Kelantan palyed attacking game and won. However, in this game, the Kelantan players are like being hipnotized. The ball they kicked went outside never reached the targets. The passing were very poor. The players are under tremendous pressure I guess. At times they so nervous and played a poor game. No strategies in attacking compared to NS who had a good strategy and deserved to win the game.
Of course, the Kelantan fans were very dissapointed with thier team and took the anger elsewhere. Firecrackers were bursting and fireworks on display. Chairs were burnt and banners pulled down. They threw plastic water bottles on the pitch and throwing on FRU guards on patrol. Well they deserved to be fined RM50,000 and some hooligans will be brought to court.
Sports are games for you to go and enjoy. They say you win some, you lose some. Be gentlemen to accept loses. The samething goes in real life, not everything u want, you will get. You must come to terms to accept reality.
One Malaysia - One Nation - One People
Not many really understand the one Malaysia concept put forward by PM Najib. Many thot its just working in a team and different races live in peace and harmony. Its more than that. The whole Malaysia everyone come together and work together with one aim - for the prosper and development of the nation. Everybody are treated equally. Departments and agencies work in unison not competing each other. They dont work in silo or agency specific but together in a coordinated manner. Wastage minimized and resources are utilized optimally. No communication barrier and agencies talk the same language in the same rythm.
Pity, as usual policies when announced looks beautiful on paper. However, when comes to implementation all goes haywire. The spirit of one Malaysia is not there. The different races are talking about thier respective races. There are people being left behind.
When can we really be - one in everything?
Pity, as usual policies when announced looks beautiful on paper. However, when comes to implementation all goes haywire. The spirit of one Malaysia is not there. The different races are talking about thier respective races. There are people being left behind.
When can we really be - one in everything?
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