PTD Story Year 8

Helooooooo Malaysiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ...

When I woke up this morning I knew something was special about today. Usually I dreaded to get out from my bed but today, pukul 4 pagi rasa semangat nak turun kerja (hehehe actually I went to bed early and slept for 10 hours). Still, I didn't continue my slumber but instead check my messages on my Blackberry Messenger.

Then on my way to work, the road was less jammed than yesterday. But best of all, Hitz.fm was doing K-pop .... Thanks Ian and JJ .... akak sukeeeeeee sangat! (malay version of I likeeeee). Even they taught some basic Korean like Anyeong Haseo and Kamsa Hamidaaaaa. Ohhh... I felt uplifted ... especially listening to Beast and Wondergirls.

Sampai office terus buka PC and check FB. Wah rupa-rupanya today is the 8th anniversary of PTD batch 1/2003! 8 tahun rupanya akak menghambakan diri akak kepada "perentah" (bak kata orang Sarawak referring to the Government") sebagai Pegawai Tarak Duit (PTD)! Rasa bangga pulak (sedangkan minggu lepas dah berangan nak pencen).

Anyway, Princess Di (aka Princess Director) menyambut ulangtahun ke-8 perkhidmatannya dengan me"rating" 2 hotels yang bak kata pepatah "birds of a feather flock together". Pada masa yang sama, testing kehebatan Camera Digital Canon Powershot G12 yang akak order khas for the office. Mula-mula tu ramai heran why beli kamera baru .... nah, start semalam my staffs ada yang siap ambik gambar diri sendiri lagi kerana takjub "a compact with a DSLR quality." Itu lah, bila Princess Di suruh beli jangan banyak soal. Nanti ada yang kena sumpahan 7 keturunan.

The camera (ini bukan iklan promosi for Canon ya) memang deliver what it says. This top of the line point and shoot camera was introduced to me by Thomas last year, but his was G11. For years, professional photographers around the world must have one Canon G series ni as a backup lah. Well actually this digicam is the closest you can get to a basic DSLR - with all the functions and manual settings. So sekarang kalau nak buat inspections or product updates .... my office dah ada good camera to capture the pics.

Ni akak demonstrate a few photos yang telah diambil menggunakan camera ni bagi kegunaan pejabat (dan maybe peribadi hehehe). Tema gambar-gambar ini adalah "My Job is My Paid Hobby".

For identifying potential tourism sites.

For food tasting (yang ni i likeeeee).


For enforcement (mengumpul bahan bukti and eksibit).

But on a more serious note, 2010 was the year where I learned and experimented with my new working environment, colleagues, subordinates as well as stakeholders. Building trust, identifying allies and foes and planning strategies. It was also a year where I had to make myself my new best friend forever (who wants to be seen with boss right).

So this year, I hope I could share with you the outcomes through my blog postings ... Ciao!