Less than one hour, I will older a year again. Oh gosh, it seemed like yesterday, the last time I wish myself 'Happy Birthday". Time passed so fast that I don’t even realize that one year had passed again.

 

During the same time last year, I still remember that I wished

þ     obtain my First Class Honour for my degree – and well I did. Although I did not obtain the best student or best project but at least I feel glad that I didn’t waste my 3 years ++ efforts.

þ     I wished to get a good job and the job able to let me learn more about the working world as well as get to know myself better. Of course a longer term wish is that I wish that I am able to have my own thoughts and develops my skills and knowledge as well get the relevant experiences aligned to my interests.

þ     Have gatherings with friends – I think I did and I got lot more friends now. And I have lot more activities till I broke: P just kidding.

 

And, well the same time this year, I think I should start considering what my new year plan :P

 

Lastly, Happy Birthday to myself

 

"Happy birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to Amy,
Happy Birthday to me...!!!!

TheSpoke starting to make me feel like a total idiot.

I aware that my English is not that good especially with my grammer. But, this started to annoy me when i just want to subsribe to my friend blog like the old version whereby i can just click their name and read their latest blog. But, i try and try and try 101 times, i still did not appear on my subsribers list.

I just want to subscribe and not receiving the blogs entries / comments entry. I just don't want this SPAM in my email.

It's just making me so annoyed !!

 

Every fresh graduate or people that would like to change job have to go through a process called "job hunting".

 

When I first read articles on various guides on job hunting, I came across an article entitled "Job hunting can be fun or can be stressful”.

 

It certainly true that job hunting can be fun or can be stressed. It’s depends on us how we take it. In the process of job hunting especially for the first career after graduation from college, is really stressed at the beginning. Due to various causes such as family pushes or concerns of the family members, friends’ influences whereby they are likely not as smart as you but found a good job and friends having good and high salary job. All this can contribute to a stressful environment around us.

 

Speaking about my own experience, I would like to share my first interview experience. I was full with confident and very confident that I will get the job. But, reality hit me some days later when I called the company and they told me that I am not selected. It was early in the morning before I go to my next interview. I felt like whole world is falling on me and I almost cried. That moment, I felt very bad because I aware that I am not what I think I am. I am confident but I don't have something that the industry need. A lot of negative thought come to my mind.

 

At that moment, I almost give up my next interview session. Sitting in front of my computer and told few of my friends that concerned about me, I told that I am really depressed, disappointed and I felt like crying. But my friends really patient, they advised me back the same things hat once I told him. At that moment, I almost give up but thanks for my concerned friends, I go to the interview no matter in the end telling myself that I have lost an opportunity that given by my friends; I would not want to let another opportunity that given flown away. Hence, I make up my mind and I went to the interview.

 

During my whole journey, I never think anything or make mind preparation etc; I just drive all the way to my destination and follow the flow. Well, I certainly don't want to trap in the traffic jams hence I arrive about 30 minutes earlier. And I read back all the tips and guidance my friends gave me. And the rest is I go through the form filling, interviews and went home.

 

At night, I talked to another friends of mine, telling him the whole situation. He is really a very concern and patient friends, he patiently listen to all the details and make necessary comments. However, he told me that he felt bad cause before he left Malaysia I am still cheerful and happy, what have happened to me once that full of confident and he thought that he have made a bad suggestion.

 

In the end, I realized few important things in my life that is I have a group of friend that is very concern about me and my life. I never knew or even often said that I have lot friends but no one really cared about me. But, today I have known that I owned lot more than what I ever thought of. For my friends or my readers that read this, please review back and look around you, "did you ever missed out something?” If yes, please does something before you regret it?

 

Beside that, I realized that job hunting can be really interesting and fun. Many of us might have gone through at least 5 interviews at 5 different organizations. Imagine how much money they have put into your pockets in telling us the different environment that we will be in. Imagine how many different types of people we have met. Moreover, job hunting can be a learning process as we have moved beyond information driven economy, knowledge and experience is more valuable than physical assets.

 

Rewind back to the days when you first join your colleges / universities, is what had been your dream, has it came true? How much you have evolved through time?

 

For my friends that still looking for job somewhere out there, I wish to tell you that "do not ever give up in yourself" because if you give up on yourself, no one can help you. Remember to be confident in yourself because you are unique, valuable and you have what it got to give. If ever, the employer didn't employee you or accept you, don't ever blame yourself nor blame others, instead find the causes of this situation.

 

I will stand firm on my say that "job hunting is a learning process". It taught me more things that I never know. Though this job hunting period, I have learned to examine and look at the good side of myself. I have learnt to think positively and maturely.

 

I not certain that I can stand the stress and negative impact in the career environment but I know I had made a decision today. Right here, right now, I wish to tell my friends that everything we faced can be a challenge, what the result will rest on you. However, if you had made a decision today, go ahead, you do not have to look back because every decision we made, have brought us a new set of challenges, people, skills and knowledge.

 

My final advice will be please read more articles on job hunting tips, research on the organization that we wish to join, be confident, and NEVER ever feel depressed or desperate to get a job. There's always tomorrow. If you unsure of what want to be, reveal yourself, ask family or peers or give it a try and never give up. It worth it after all.

 

Quote for you, "Go as far as you see, when you reach, you can see farther

            and

"If you know what you know is strength,

If you know what you don't know is an opportunity,

If you don't know what you don't know is a weakness,

But if you don't know, what you don't know is a threat",

 

Think carefully, my friends!

 

p/s Thank you to all my friends that always be there for me !

 

 

I'm back ...!

Wow , i guess i have been missing in action for some time now. What i have been doing lately? Supposely enjoying myself, due to the bad weather a month ago and lack of financial support, i lazying at home gaming and resting.

Beside that, i attended few events including COMPEX at USM , Penang. You never know that the students there is so so so friendly. I hoope i can upload some picture soon. Not forgetting the awesome variety fooods in Penang. Can eat till i drop...Lucky enough that i never gain weight. Phew ~~ Hope i can upload ssome picture soon.

Following week, i attended TechNet / MSDN Briefing at Sunway Convention Centre. Hehe, there i so excited cause i won the Camera ... haha .. now i can take more pictures..!! Then have a great day talking to different type of people and meeting some old friends there.

And now this week attending the E-Secure events in PWTC. Hope it will be a great events...!!

 

Well today i online thought wan to get used to theSpoke v2 ...

Here i am, logged on to theSpoke.

Navigating around and i realise i can "subscribe" to my own blog and guess what now Amy Tang is subscriber to her oen blog.

Is it a bug ?

As advancement of technology, people only focus on Information Technology (IT) or Information System (IS) to perform tasks. Most organizations use IT to automate their tasks etc and take IT as a improvement tool for their business process reengineering. The question is – Is people or IT more important?

 

Some saying stated that “Success is not about getting people to work for IT, but about helping people to work with other people”.

 

In Business Process Reengineering (BPR), the important elements are People, Process and Technology. Most people stated that technology is the most crucial element in organization, while BPR practitioners support business processes and improvement of business processes are the most important to achieve dramatic improvements. Increasing awareness on the important of people and their knowledge can be seen.

 

For myself, I do think that people are the most important element and IT factors to complete the picture. Many organizations thought that IT or IS can replace human or their workforce, hence they left out their employees. We should aware that an organization grown does not solely depend on technology as a critical factor for success.

 

People are the living ones that act as the pillar for the organization. Why ? Imagine an organization with just machine, can they survive? Although technology play an important role in this knowledge-driven markets, but lack of human touch do loses customers interests.

 

If an organization that just focuses on the IT/IS for automation or computerization their tasks or radical redesign their processes, they might bound to fail because people play an important role in here too. People are the workforce and are the person who actually carried out the tasks.

 

Once my supervisor told me that, in an implementation 20% rely on technology while 80% rely on the people. Because people are the one that have the capability to analyze, evaluate and act appropriate. Human have the skills and knowledge to do so. With the help from technology, it eases the human’s tasks.

 

As expressed by Bryan Gladstone, “In most industries, yesterday’s know how is not history, and we can be fairly confident that today’s will soon be just as out-of-date. It is not the end of know-how, but it is the end of thinking of it enough to support the survival of the business. In the knowledge era, the particular things are still the golden eggs of our knowledge processes.

 

People or IT more important?

6th August 2005, Saturday
First Saturday each month, i went to MIND Gathering alone wishing that I can meet my friends there and get in touch with some friends at least once a month.

 

Today it’s a bit different because I have friends (Justin and Justin) visiting me from Singapore. Well firstly I am so glad and counting the days till they reach KL. I think at least half a year I never see them already.

 

Time passes so fast, I guess I have known them about 1 year now. Communicating though IM have built our friendships.

 

Well please don't say i am heartless cause i have no idea where to bring them to. Maybe i am “No Life” girl. Been thinking day and night where to bring them as I totally no idea any interesting place that I can bring them to. I thought that someone will decide but in the end, everything is on my hand arh..scary !

 

Finally, they give me a call when they reachess here. When I see them I felt so happy like meeting long lost friends but we actually meet only once before and this is just the second time we meet.

 

So, after MIND Gathering, we went to eat at Fatty Crab Mines around my area as I totally no idea where is Fatty Crab of Seksyen 14. Well had our dinner till 10 pm and we head to my house as my house is nearby and they can surf internet from my house.

 

7^th August 2005, Sunday

I wake up earlier and buy them breakfast , dim sum . Well no idea why but I think I do like to eat dim sum too . Beside that I have no idea where have nice DIM SUM. So I just buy for them from some where else.

 

Later on, I meet them at their hotel and bring them to Petaling Street and Central Market. (I think that is one of the location that most tourists go). But too bad because the environment is very bad with the haze , smoke , etc around don’t make us feel good. Therefore, we left and meet Serena at Midvalley Megamall.

 

As usual, Midvalley Megamall is terribly jams and pack with cars and people. It so “freaking hard”  to find a car park , even getting into the building car park is a problem. Haiz… Finally finally after 2 rounds Midvalley Megamall and 3 rounds around the carpark I found a place. Yes..!

 

Have our lunch there and chat with Serena till about 5 pm, we left and I send them back to their hotel.

 

Time passes so fast.

I felt like just an hour passed but actually a day passed. This is so true that time passes so fast especially happy time. Walking around with them kind of fun cause they make me think so often about Malaysia, the place where I born. At the same time making comparison with their country and the way they live, I wonder can I survive there if I am in Singapore or I will survive better.

 

What so good with Malaysia? They tell me that food here better. I wonder why but mostly I see people don’t appreciate Malaysian food. They like Hong Kong food, Korean, Japanese, Vietnam etc more than Malaysian food and mostly people have Western style food. Nonetheless, I still happy that I see my friends appreciate all kind of foods.

 

Other than that, haiz I felt that lot lot room for improvement in Malaysia. I wonder should I leave Malaysia for sometime to gain experience while I am young or is it too early?

 

Experience with Justin and Justin

I seriously and publicly dare to say that they both are extremely nice friend because I never see such a nice and close guys friends together. I wonder what experience and things that both had together or had before this. But I am so jealous cause i don’t have such a good friend like both of them.

 

I never awarethat I have such a nice friend. They are so friendly and nice. Although the time is short but I do learn few things from them. One thing I am sure is that they are so pure deep from the heart that it is as clean as a piece of untouched silk.

 

I think I am jealous of them. Hence, I kept teasing both of them. I kept what I said to them because if I say it here, they will kill me. (Just joking, Justin vs Justin very nice one !)

When the time to bid farewell to them , felt like they taking my heart away. (LOL I guess i long time never have a day out with friends. Everyday working on projects etc) A little bit feeling unwilling as felt that they are really nice friends. LOL. Beside that they always make me laugh non stop. Not because they telling joke but they are teasing me (Sob..sob..)

I really have a fun time with them. Wish that Triplez (Justin) have a safe journey to Canada and hope that his wish come true (he become what he intended to). While for Jieke (Justin) all the best in everything that you do ya..!

Meanwhile, Serena have posted some picture of them. You can view it here.

 

--amytang--

 

Wow ! Finally my examination is over now. I'm really glad because finally i finished all my papers. So here the ending chapter of my college life. Been years in college, too used to the environment that i don't really know what is my next step. Maybe i need a guide or talk , "How ... successful...career ?"

LOL ... well few friends of mine started writing resume , updating their resume, writing application lettter , looking at JobStreet , here and there but what about me ?

Seriously speaking when i reach the end of this chapter , it seemed like a dream that we used to have when we are young with our childish mind . When people asked what your aims or goals or what you want when u growth up, I still remember i said , "I just wish to finish my studies , then enter college / university", and now when i reach this time frame , my question to myself is "then what ? what am i going to do next ?"

It's feel like wow, i felt like i just enter college yesterday and now i am almost leaving my college.

What am i going to do next ? So what ? Am i really care ?

Well i have no idea what the answer for the question ... LOL ... Maybe time passed too fast or am i just slowing down.

All i know is tomorrow will be a better day.... beginning the next chapter of my life..

Uhoh..

Exam coming already in less than 2 days...

How much i prepared ?
-- not much prepared ... just wrote note only for 2 module..
    2 more module to go.. arh...

Well wish all my friends good luck

--amytang--

Yesterday night again i realise my house have a visitor which is "butterfly". The size is as big as my my palm. It quite huge compared to what we used to see flyng around the flowers.

Well, considering that this is the 3rd time i saw the butter fly it not a strange thing, but what make me thinking is why the butterfly in my house. 1st time was way long long long time ago. i have no idea when, but the second time should be 2 - 3 years ago. I really wondering it is any meaning of the butterfly visit.

Well thought of taking the picture of the butterfly, however considering maybe it has some special meaning for the appearance, i just didn't do anything. Beside that, well we do need rest, so does this special butterfly that visit my house late at nite about 1 am something till this morning 4 something is still at the same place , however when i awake at 8 , i realise it not there anymore

Weird,  strange but true ... Do butterfly visit any meaning to you ??

Today watched the movie "War and Beauty" the whole Saturday and Sunday nite. I thought it should be a nice movie  but too bad it too scary.

All girls and guys so so so so scary and never peace. To get wealth , power , status. they will do anything they wan to achieve their goals.

It scare me ... is this wat it is in the working environment... it scare me lot lot ..

I have learned to be myself and kept silent. I shall prevent fighting with others and i shall pretend i see anything and know anything.