Goooooooooooooooo Emerald!!!!

hhaahhaa....tengok la mak orang yang debab ini main futsal...eheheh...

currently Kerang tengah ade macam inter-wing/floor sports carnival...so saje la join...
boleh berpeluh and excercise at the same time...
as you can see, i'm playing for the green house or EMERALD..thats for all of us in Downstream IT ni...
although kami tak menang dapat no.1 last weekend....(Sedih ni...)...tapi still dapat jugak 3rd placing out of 6 teams...ehhee..not bad for a team with mommies as the players....so obviously the winning team sume yg ade anak-anak dara yg lincah bertenaga...ahaha...takleh nak outrun derang la...
these girls are really fast!!...hahah ....(alasan!)...
all in all, yang penting is, we had fun....bole la masuk lagi next time...Goooo Emerald!!..
*cough*cough* penat menjerit

IT Refresh

We are re-structuring, again!

Sesungguhnya, if u work with a MNC,u have to be mentally prepared for a re-structuring exercise all the time... Similar to everyone else who affected because of the previous economic meltdown, the same also happened to us, despite working with one of the O&G giants....so, tak semestinye, koje company beso ni selamat naaa...

Back in 2009, we had a major restructuring exercise...3000-5000 staff kena cantas globally....leaders not excluded...sume kena...across all functions and businesses....now, this month, another wave jadi...and this time it is specifically to the IT structures... lucky us, this time takde yg losing jobs...cume tuko reporting line, new structure layout and such...katanye to make it more effective ...tahu la how management talk kan...

this morning, i had a quick 121 session with my lead from Houston...and found out that my team will be moved from our current function and masuk under another business function....total revamp of reporting line...teruja? boleh tahan la...that means, we get to have a bigger portfolio...and that also means, i'll have a new boss nanti...takut jugak ni...hopefully boss ok and still flexi and understanding as what we currently have...when will this take place? April 2012...so now, its the transition period for everyone...

so like what they always say here in Kerang...you have to embrace change...darn it....kalo dah slalu sangat change...nak embrace pon dah lali kot...hahaha....so let's wait and see...and hope for the best...

Waduh!

tengok ini calendar ku yg menggila...mahu tak sakit jiwa and raga, kalo every week mcm gini...baru balik maternity leave 3 weeks and I'm back to my same state before cuti dulu...lucky me, at least now, at night takde la hari2 ade call...still have la sometimes...but not so regular...kesian anak-anak kalo tak...haihh...mommies out there...mcm mana la korang cope and manage work life balance....i envy you...*sigh*...

Last Day!

Alhamdulillah... my second most waited day (most waited day harus la D-day next week kan :p) for this month da sampai...ehehe...today is my last day at work...last day masuk office....last day kena attend meeting...last day to dial in to telecon....last day to submit documents in GLL.... last day to send out any emails from office outlook....ekekek...then, its 3 months holiday ya'll... fuhh!!....tak saba tunggu 6pm...weeehooo!!!

for the past few months kerja menggunung bagai nak rak...there were a couple of times that i actually broke down and cried sebab tak tahan with the nightly telecons (dang!! cry baby...akaakk).... tapi the following day, buat jugak lagi...ahaha... that's how resilient we are...yer la, since hidup bergaji ni, terpaksa la kan... so now its my time to rest...amik cuti a couple of days earlier, nak siapkan any last minute items before Baby A pops out next Friday.... and actually I wanted to use these last few days, to have some TLC moments with Princess Nia yg manja tu ha...ekekek...just to give her some extra attention before that attention kena divert kat org baru nanti...ehhehe...

ok lar...back to work...last day to concentrate...tomorrow onwards bole joli katak before the night feeding duty calls...:P...have a good day lovelies!

We've Moved!!!

ehehehe...not us literally....it's our office...All of the Support Services Department are merging in one office centre from many places that we used to have....the move has been planned progressively and this week it was my turn.....so all packed and ready to go on last Friday...semalam (Monday) - was my first day in the new building....it's freakingly hugeeeeeeeeeeeee i tell you!!!....i was lost in the maze of rooms and curves and God knows what else...sampai nak cari surau pon pening...by the time i found the surau, my legs are feeling more than crampy already...grrrr...i don't have any pictures of the new place....nanti will snap some....so after this, it'll be easier for me and hubby since both of us are gonna be based in the same building - thank God we're not on the same floor...ahahaha...kalo tak mmg pagi petang siang malam ler mekkkk tengok muka dia kan...akakkaak....he's team is only moving next week...so i was telling him, get ready to get lost in the office...akakaakak....he still doesn't believe me when i said the place is super huge and it's so easy to get sesat with the so many doors around...okla till then, happy working peeps!!

I'm Going to Vomit Blood

Why?!!

This is why.....check out my calendar for today - Wednesday.....I barely have time to sit and check on my emails...lunch pon tak sempat...lucky sempat makan nasi lemak for breakfast tadi...and ade some karipap leftovers from breakfast that i can munch on...*sigh*....Can't wait to go back home today.... 6pm - please be quick cos I'm about to go bonkers!

:-(

it's been awhile tak post entry....the past 2 weeks have been hectic!...balik holiday pon tak ilang penat lagi....then last Thursday, my grandfather passed away....so all of us had to drive back to Kuala Terengganu....sampai pon dah kol 1 pagi...tapi alhamdulillah, sempat tengok and tolong uruskan jenazah....then on Sunday, we were back in KL.....Tuesday tu pulak my husband's aunty passed away....dah another trip but this time to the South to Muar....day trip to attend the funeral....Nia pon kena tinggal cos dah demam penat travel balik Terengganu.....*phew*....

Today plak rasa stress bagai macam....kerja menimbun suddenly ya rabbi....changes here and there....telecons....and late meetings...huwaaaa....ni nak balik pon tak boleh lagi....although its already 6.45pm....have to wait for Mr Hubs yg tetiba ade High Severity ticket plak....adoiyaiii....dah malam ni ade telecon plak at 9pm.....haruslah mak rushing balik ke rumah kena login balik terus...cian Nia....mummy takde time with her tonite....phewww....breathe in...breathe out.....saba saba....weekend is just 1 day away.....tears in eyes right now....sabo je la ye...sekian....

WFH - Working from Home

This week is going to be my 3rd week working from home. The past 2 weeks memang had to because I need to chair daily teleconference calls with colleagues from UK at 7pm and if I were to drive to the office, harus la tak sempat nak sampai rumah and login by 7pm. And I don't want to reach home late because that is actually Nia's time with me - bukan time kerja lagi dah. However, duty calls, so terpaksa, so I made a deal with my boss and decided to work from home. And this week, although masih lagi ade regression test for year 2011 Jan bundle, I won't be coordinating it dah - cos my colleague is back from leave and I've been slaving for the past 2 weeks and now its her time la pulak kan. But then again, this morning, I felt sangat la malas nak pergi office nun jauh di Cyberjaya sana, so I decided why not work from home saje laa this week. Besides, its just a 4 working days week and my Boss is away in Rome - she will definitely won't be checking in on me - and plus the rest of the team is also in leave - if I were to go to the office pon harus la sangap kan cos takde org.

When my siblings or my aunties come over to the house and bumped into me at home like this, they will always think that I'm on leave. Yer la, datang kol 12pm, I am still in my pyjamas - harus la ingat aku cuti kan. But no, I am indeed working. Sometimes working from home pon ade dia pros and cons. I tend to be in front of the laptop most of the time - so takde la time nak layan Nia sangat pon - more or less sama je macam kat office. Although most of the time I won't mind having her in the library with me. I'll just switch on our personal laptop and let her watch YouTube, or else, angkut all her toys and she will just play on the floor waiting for me to finish work. Most days, I will be in my PJs in front of the laptop replying to emails and checking on defects until lunch time. Then I will take my 1 hr break to have a shower, lunch break and solat.

But yes, I must admit, I LOVEEEEE working from home. For the flexibility. For the time that I get to see Nia. Sometimes tengah2 kerja tu rasa rindu kat Nia, boleh la lari turun bawah tgk dia buat ape. She gets to have more around more often. Be it both of us are sitting in front of laptops pon - the presence counts I think. Ekekeke. And I know, my husband pon sangat jeles that he can't do this. He secretly wishes that he can also works from home so that he gets to play with Nia more. Hahaha. Jangan mare naa.

Of course, this is one of the benefit when you are working with Kerang. They do have this flexibility given that most of us are required to work on GLOBAL TIMING. So that means, although dah balik rumah kol 6pm tu, on normal days, I do sometimes still login at night to attend meetings and such. So in order for Kerang to make sure that people won't simply cabut, they have to la kasi flexibility mcm gini. Kalo tak, takde sapa nak kerja u olsss.

Ok la, I need to go and make the bed and have my shower. (He He). Till then, Toodles and yes, MERRY X'MAS and Happy BOXING DAY (Secretly wishing for that Coach - if only KL pon ade Boxing Day)!

'Commercial Mindset'

Dikir Barat in Kerang??

yesterday, we had Cindy Miller in town for our staff engagament...kebetulan, the bosses wanted to have a learning moment for the 5 behaviours that Peter Vosser announced during his previous webcast...makanya, entah macam mana, i ended up with a team, to perform on 'Commercial Mindset' in the form of dikir barat....

At first, it was pretty funny, because the dikir barat needs to be in English in order to be inclusive for all those Mat Salleh yg tak reti cakap BM ni....so, we had to came out with a new set of lyrics using the Wau Bulan tempo....funny? sangat....

Overall, it was fun - not as what I expected it to be....and I actually enjoyed all the practice sessions very much....helped me to bond with the new friends I made after my move here to CBJ....so, attached are some pictures during our prep and believe it or not....our team was chosen as No.1....weeeehuuuu.....the Mat Salleh definitely likes traditional Malay performance rather than some fancy cartoon animation like what the rest of the other teams did...eheheh...bangga? yeahs....eksyen?...a lil bit...muwahahahah....

During our practice session at the office gym studio - with almost full costume

Discussing the final run of the Dikir Barat before the actual run

Amy presenting the points on Commercial Mindset to the audience before the show starts

Me receiving the MYR50 voucher gift from Cindy Miller

Team picture with the Leadership Team

Earning a Cent to Feed the Family

For those who are close to me, you might have heard me talking about the Single Framework which will mean a slash to the amount of money that I'll be taking home at the end of the month. Alhamdulillah, I must say, that Allah has better plans for us, just before I was served with the formal letter from HR to inform on the change of my T&C, I received a good news informing that I have been offered another role within Kerang, under the Downstream IT wing. *phew*. I must say, keterujaan yg melampau sampai I cannot stop smiling the whole day.

So last Monday, there I was reporting to work for the first time in CBJ office feeling as though it's my first day in Kerang all over again. Siap sakit perut ok nervous.. Ha Ha Ha...

All in all, I think it went pretty well. Yes, the environment is a whole lot different. It's much more quieter here compared to my old place. Women tends to be the minority in the IT world and so I ended up being friends with more guys than ladies. So kena cari gang baru now.. Huwaaaaa!!

Workwise...I've started going thru some KTs, and sitting in a few meetings. Attended townhalls and engagement sessions, a team lunch, and cultural event - all this within the first 4 days of work. Not bad indeed. Still trying to sort out some of my access issues. Lappie is still giving me a problem - last resort is to get GI to re-image the damn machine for me.

Nonetheless, I still miss my crazy-fun-loud team back in WCP. Who wouldn't, after spending 4 years with those lots. He He He. But I do hope that my current job will give me more satisfaction than the previous one - Insya Allah. So I am now, no longer a HR-person but I'm now an IT-geek. Gosh! I can't believe it that I would actually leave HR behind. Ooo well - all in the name of earning a cent for the family!

Free Lunch Paid by Kerang

Yesterday was my farewell lunch with the HRSD System Team.

Somehow I feel like time is moving too fast now. Yes, I am all game to move to a new role. But at the same time, the prospect of doing something totally new and totally alien tends to be a little discomfortin at times. And basically I will start to have all these little second thoughts and questions in my head if I am making the right decision or not to leave HR behind.

But, thinking of the paycut, I must say, move on and chin up. Hehehe.

Nevertheless, it is sad to see the best team in HR Services to drown. Rasa mcm as though I'm abandoning the crew when I know that the ship is going to sink. Hahaha. Ok - that's me being a drama queen again. Yer la, whatever it is, I still love this team which I've been with for the past 4 years - sentimental okay!!

With all the seniors gone, I hope the new team manager will be able to cope and get the best out of the newbies.

As for me, all I can say is, I hope everything is gonna be good at Cyberjaya.All in all, thanks to Kerang for paying my farewell lunch. Good luck to me and good luck to the team too. Muwahs!

A Big Hope

I am officially panicking.

You know how much I've been rambling and complaining about the Single Framework exercise that Kerang is currently doing to us.
All this while I wasn't that particular as I've always thought that it is still a long way to go.
But now that the time will come this October - I must say that my panic button has been triggered - officially.
I seriously need to start looking for jobs.
What Single Framework will mean to me is - PAYCUT - A whole lot of paycut - more or less around MYR2000/monthly.
No doubt a little bit of compensation is given to us in the beginning - but then again, how long can that money lasts?
So, Dear God, if you are listening to me, please please please, open some doors for me.
I really need this going along.
Else, we will have to start tightening our monthly 'belts'
*Sigh*


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opsss!!...before i forget...

For the first time...Nia looked at me last night and shouted "Meeeemmmmy!!!"
Well...boleh laa...it sounded like Mommy too....only with a Mat-Salleh accent!!!

Love you much munchkin!~

masa Oh masa

haihhh....a longggg overdue entry....many things have happened....many pictures have been captured and not uploaded....nak kata busy bagai Minister, takde la kan....but the minutes seems to be ticking faster nowadays that I didn't even have the time to complete one thing before another thing comes up...well, thats what they say, dunia di akhir zaman...kalo 24 hours tukar jadi 48 hours a day pon tak sempat....

.nia.
she's officially 8 months old now...getting cheekier, naughtier and slimmer!!! aahahaah...long gone are her chubby cheeks, chubby legs and buncit tummy....all that is left now, is a much slimmer, trimmer body...well, she still has some of the baby fat here and there....but i must say, i do miss the chubby cheeks that she used to have...
milk feeding bukan main banyak nowadays, can even finish up to 9oz at one go kalau at night....siang, dah start eating solid, since Nia hates all the gooey-mushy-squashy puree/porridge...memang la anak Abah, cos she loves rice, bread and PASTA!!!!! hehehehe....
now that Nia has her walker, she's all over the house...makin lama makin laju and can race with Abang Fawwaz on his bicycle...
and ooo yes, i finally gave in to Wan's pujukan and rayuan and bought Nia her buai since she refused to sleep during the day....asyik nak main je...the buai seems to work for a week, now baru nak masuk second week, seems like the magic of the buai dah hilang since now she realized that everytime we put her in the buai, its nap-time!!! so...drama queen pon take over la...the no-tears crying will start....huhuhu....

.fahmi.
Fahmi's birthday is around the corner....i have yet to decide what to get for him...he's asking for a DSLR...mahal!!!!!! dang!!! so i'm stil thinking...and since I also have yet to get my birthday present, so some slight delay with his presents too....kehkekekehe....
anyway, am planning for a weekend getaway since both of us are on leave this coming monday and tuesday....bawak Nia pergi lepak at one of the hotels la....then, can take her to play at the pool...

.work.
it's the time of the year again - APPRAISALS -
i hate this time of the year...i have 7 people reporting to me...7 types of behaviors to deal with....but only 3 types of employees...the high-performers, the average and the under-performers...what's for sure, i'll be drained out after a session with the under-performers....*sigh*...
we're having a team outing soon next week...so its dinner at tony romas followed by a movie at cinneleisure..fahmi nak tag along....tapi tak boley laaa yang oii.....khikhihki
and...i've rsvp-ed for the Masquarade Dinner next month at Sunway...must start thinking about what to wear...(ha...this one you can follow...:p)

.family.
school leave is about to start soon...so would be expecting the troops to be sleeping over at Wan's place nanti...meriah la sikit rumah...My mom would be happy...but at the same time, stress juga if the kids starts fighting...thats when SuNani would have to step in and shout to them...ahah..Mak Tiri ni...lol
kak lin had to go through an operation yesterday....kena remove her cyst in her stomache if she wants to get pregnant again...alhamdulillah, operation went well - 2 hours je...and most likely she'll be back home tomorrow....and mc for a month!!! ---> Jealous!
all of us will be celebrating raya haji kat kota damansara this year....it's mama's turn...so, not going back to batu pahat or terengganu...
ooh!! Ki is sick....something's not right with his kidney...he's doing some tests with the specialist kat HKT....if the results are not so good, we might be bringing him to KL to see the specialists in Putrajaya - apparently this is the best hospital for specialists based on what the doctors say lah

.friends.
catch-up with maya for breakfast few weeks back...the rest couldn't make it and ida thought it was on sunday...hishh!!!
seems rather difficult to catch up with my own friends nowadays....a bit disappointed here on this note...mmm
most of the time, we hang up with fahmi's friends...we're planning for a picnic and a bbq soon....can't wait!!yay!!!

last but not least....

.myself.
my weight is still the same - no difference there....i still can't fit into my old 577...stress!!
i'm actively searching for the best photography package in town....teringin sangat nak amik garden portraiture with Nia and Fahmi...so far, its either CikiMiki or EyesOfGrace ...seems promising enough!
apart from that, day in and day out, sama je....i wish there's a big difference....but not quite yet....patiently waiting and hoping for a big fat bonus cheque in March 2010 so I can have a nice kitchen for Denai Alam's house nanti...:-)

Single Framework Sucks!

I've been away from the office for almost 2 months now and I'm getting all sorts of news. People are leaving Shell. Why? Simple actually. Mostly it's because of the soon-to-be implemented single framework policy which will have us all moving to a new remuneration package that might involve our salaries being cut down. Reason being? Its to streamline all processes with the global Shell Shared Centres like those in Manila as well as Krakow, Poland. My reaction? Totally absurd!

Why? Employers cannot be so cruel to the staff. We have got monthly financial commitments that needs to be considered. If we are currently enjoying a RM2k monthly basic salary, you can't simply cut it down to RM1.5k/month. People have rents,loans and bills to pay so to speak!

The sad part is, we can't have a union to speak on behalf of us because we fall under the 'Executive' criteria and thus not under the Collective Agreement group. So who is there to speak on behalf of us? Currently its the so-called bosses that we have.

Now, I'm being sarcastic because 'THE BOSSES' that are supposed to speak on our behalf are not affected by this drastic changes in the policy. So they don't understand how we feel. They don't understand the extent of this issue. So now, people are leaving Shell. People are resigning. And people has started to look for other opportunities out there. Padan muka Shell!

As for me, what will I do? Shall I stay at endure the salary cut at Shell, or do I start looking for new jobs out there? Let's just say that rezeki is everywhere. ;-). Be it here in KL, or it could be somewhere else.

To Nadia: Selamat berpindah to Dubai and good luck with your new job there
To Adila: Selamat ber-training with the PTDs and make sure to get a spot at Wisma Putra or the PM's Department