More than just an accountant

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.

I wish ...I know how to play the piano so that I can play it whenever I feel down. Who knows I may probably write a tune or two (stop dreaming! how many Beethoven are there?). ...I can ride a bicycle at least I can ride it with my husband or my son whenever we go for outing and not just wait and see by the side. ...I am a good chef so that I can cook a dish or two during pot luck for family gatherings' and not having to buy outside food ...I can sew so that I can mend a skirt or a blouse or even sew a zip for my kids' school pants without having to send to tailors ...I know how to write Chinese so that I am not handicapped when I pick up the Chinese newspaper or reading signages especially Chinese menus ...I can afford to have more kids so that I am not alone when I am old. I can have child No.1 visit me on Monday, child No. 2 visit me on Tuesday and so forth Actually I can just go on and on.  Aren't humans greedy and always ask for more?

This picture explains all.... Is this carelessness or plain ignorance? Would you be convinced that your child would be properly educated in English?  Whatever it is, a blatant error has been made and it will probably cost the centre its reputation.