More than just an accountant

After months of consideration, I finally parted with a few hundred ringgit for this gadget, claimed to be the top 10 digital camera .  I made the decision to purchase this camera only after reading this review despite being fed with advertisements claiming the wonder of Canon Powershot digicams as well as seeing promoters demonstrating their products in roadshows. But, always a freak when it comes to high-tech gadgets like this, using it (and not just keeping it) hands-on will definitely be easier as time goes.  Gotta get back to familiarizing myself with this handy wonder sleek cuboid.

It's a dream come true for me. Before 2009 for more than one and a half decades, I had always wished to have long breakfast without the need to hurry to work after that.  Breakfast used to be in a hurry, keeping tab of time so as not to be late to the office, while hurriedly savouring whatever delicious breakfast on the table.  Seldom taking more than 30 minutes, breakfast outside was and still is a must before the day begins. Breakfast used to be a meal while at the same time thinking about what's going to be in store for me as I stepped into my office.  Now, breakfast is more relaxed.  Stress is still indispensable from my life but of a different type.  I don't have to worry anymore about inquisitive stares from colleagues if I walked into the office late, whether I had delivered what I promised the other day,  from subordinates whether I would give them a good appraisal since they had worked hard, from bosses whether I could meet the reporting deadlin...

This was the third time I entered a bank to pay my car mortgage after two unsuccessful attempts and I could only do it at night, a few minutes before my mortage is considered 'late'. Thankfully, there are two cash deposit machines, and this one pictured was apparently 'rosak' or 'spoilt'.  What if there was only one cash deposit machine and it was spoilt?  Or both machines were not functioning? I would definitely be late for my mortgage payment and would this bank be responsible for my latepayment? I didn't ask for the bank to be having downtime for a few hours on that day.  And, I had to frequent the bank two times to be able to carry out a basic but urgent transaction. Sigh...such a hassle just to pay my monthly commitment.

This sign stands tall at one of the busiest junction at Ampang.  It caught my attention when an irony happened. Just next to the sign was this sight. Notice the bags of rubbish near the TNB control panel? We have a pronouncement of being clean but the surrounding speaks of the reverse. So, what is the standard of 'clean'? 

We used to write down our ambitions on school cards we needed to submit at the end of the year.  I can remember vividly my early dream was to be a Hotel Administrator or a Hotel Manager.  Being quite a perfectionist (I realise my perfectionism is only in certain aspects of my life), I chose to write Manageress instead of Manager. At one point, I even aspire to be an urban planner. How ambitious was I! I wanted to 'rule' then. I wanted to decide what should there be in a city, how to manage the city. But, my dream was shortlived. I couldn't recall what was the reasons for giving this up. The following year, I kept to my real profession 'Accountant' as my ambition. Being a secretary and a teacher were my last two choices.  For the former, it was due to the influence of my sisters who were all in this field. A teacher, not something that I was very proud of as I know that a teacher doesn't earn a lot of money.  However, I do know that it's a noble p...

Just because the system is down doesn't mean customers should be disallowed to enter the bank.  This doesn't just happen once to me, today was the third time I encountered this 'system down' thing at Ambank.  Being a prompt paymaster, I had to drive over to another branch to settle my car loan.  Fine, I still got to pay my loan on time. Not today though.  After driving to another branch which is about 5 kms away, another 'SYSTEM DOWN' sign greeted me at the entrance of the bank. Worse still, an unfriendly security officer denied me entry into the bank.  When I insisted, he told me 'system down'. I persisted and said I wanted to make an enquiry. Still, he didn't barge. Firm as always, I said I want to make enquiry about my car loan. Having no choice, he allowed me in.  This is customer service? At the counter, the staff was pleasant enough to explain that there was a nationwide system breakdown for Ambank.  I proceeded to ask her how am I going to...

Help!! I want to do a scrap book but do not know how.  I've seen websites which teach us how to make our own scrap book but I find it hard to get myself to learn digital scrapping. Perhaps, age is really catching up for me to learn something new?? I still prefer the traditional way but yet I find them cumbersome.  If it's the traditional type, there will be a lot of cutting, pasting and also finding (among my clutter of stuff) for the right pictures and stuff which can relate to the stories I want to tell. I will post pictures of the scrap book I made umpteenth years ago.