Thursday, January 15, 2009

Hurted! Disappointed! Sadden!

When I entered my apartment this evening after a long day of works and about an hour plus hospital visitation, I told myself, 'finally I can rest tonight'. I didn't care about almost everything even taking shower and cooking my dinner. I just sat on the sofa, switched on the tv to make the whole apartment feels better... I was that lonely... this evening....! I didn't even wanna bother about what sms came in, what phone call came in unless it is from my parents or my cousin just in case bad news will be heard anytime now. I saw by the tv for a long long while... and then I went to get something to cook while I went to take my shower. Came out, I was pushed to dealth with something silly... and hurting, disappointing and saddening.
I wanted so much for a good rest tonight after a week of 'fighting'... but at 12:01am now, I only remember the stupid, silly hurting, disappointing and saddening incident that makes my eyes and cheeks filled with eye drops... just because of this, I was reminded of an incident happen about 15 years ago ... how much I was hurted, disappointed and sadden tonight... I guess, I am being repaid for what I did then... the wonderful thing is that, the other party that I hurted, disappointed and sadden 15 years ago, confronted with me, made me realise what friend is ... but today, I was being told, that concept was totally wrong.
I once asked almost everyone I know when I was young, the need of a friend. To me, friends is useless because the more friends I have, the more hurts, disappointment and sad moment I will get and everyone is somehow treating friends as a vessal, a tool... to get what they want. That was what I thought about friend about 15 to 20 years ago. Somehow, some really good friends, had changed my perception about friend...
But tonight, I once again think... my previous perception about friend is somehow correct. I guess, I never learn. I shall know in the first place since I arrive KK that I shouldn't be close to anyone at all. Stupid me... Silly me...
Well, stupid me for trusting that God somehow created friend... nope. I still don't think He did. He only created husband and wife. At least, there's nothing call a close friend may be. haha... stupid me... silly me...
- hurted! Disappointed! Sadden! -

Pre-Chinese New Year!

What happen on Pre-Chinese New Year?
1. Work piled up and everyone want their matters to settled before Chinese New Year. Hence, the question of when can it be done? Can we come and sign today? How about tomorrow morning? As if we have the superpower to finish work that needs 2 days in one hour time. Well, they don't really care...
2. I am sick and still, I have no time to go to see the doctor. Not only that. I have no time to even see my father and brother who are in town to attend a 4 days meeting. Still, I have no time to pay my grandaunt a visit since she admitted to hospital after a minor stroke 2 days ago.
3. It's suprising how much payment I am receiving this month, all are overdue payment (I should have charged them interest of 14% per annum for late payment according to the Advocates Ordinance) and I believe, it's because of Chinese New Year.
4. Traffic jam is everywhere. Come in to the shopping complex and you will find the car park is full, even at 6th floor at Center Point Sabah. I don't know what it's mean when someone told me the economic is bad...
5. I am seriously exhausted by works ...
- Pre-chinese new year! -

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Little Blue! + Customer first?

If you are wondering what is Little Blue, it is my beloved car.... well, when it turns 5 years old, I realise, it has lots of 'sickness'. First, the petrol meter didn't point to its exact point.. and not only that, the pointer is like roller coaster.... going up sometimes and coming down another time... I took it to the service center last saturday for service and told them about it. I ended up sent it in at 8:30am and only collected it at 4pm. They took the whole tank down and did a lot of testing and found that, it's the meter itself that's faulty. I am not going to change a new one now.. not until it is completely malfunction. On the same day, I was told Little Blue need to change it timing belt BUT.... the service center has no stock of it now, since December 2008. So, Little Blue will have to wait... then the wiper at the back of Little Blue is also not functioning very well and I requested it to be changed... again... service center has no stock. This morning, after I came out from a Bank, I realise, one of its wheelcap is no longer there.... I called the service center, of course you can guess the answer... service center has no stock... so, basically, the service center is not being a good service enter and secondly, Little Blue is still "sick". I really have the thought of changing the current wheets to a proper rim.... but then... I have no money now... so, hai... the feeling is like, your child is sick and you have a choice to send him to private hospital or government hospital... and guess... in Little Blue's situation, it has to be sent to the government hospital...
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I went to this Bank thinking that they are of international standard, as they always claimed that they are the world's local bank, well.... I have no problem withdrawing cash from the machine... but I was waited to speak to the asssitant manager of customer service for at least 15 minutes as he was speaking to a couple about transferring money from the Bank to another bank outside of Sabah. Not entirely his fault of course as it could be the limitation of understanding of the customer. But at least, this would to be avoided by asking another personnel to help the couple? I don't know. Well, when it was my turn, I asked him if it is possible for me to change new notes and he answer yes and he asked me whether I am holding a saving books or a statement account. I receive none basically hence I have no idea what he was asking for. He simply pressed a button with a number came out and only then I told him, I am holding a powervantage account actually and only then he apologise. I know I don't look like someone who holds such an account in this Bank.... fine... but looking down on people, especially your customer, it is very impolite. I went upstairs, saw my number being called, I went to the counter and this lady saw me, gave me a proud look and asked "do you have an account with us?" I answered her yes and then she asked "You are? Show me your ATM card please?" Then I told her, but I am not withdrawing money from this Bank. Can I give you cash instead? Then she said, "give me your ATM card first". I gave her then she gave me a look and she starts doing her job. I asked her later if there's any red packet for customer and she asked me to go downstairs to get it from the customer service centre and so I did... I went downstairs, saw a customer service personnel, stating, Assistant Manager... wow... and I asked her, she gave me a look and she went in... I waited 10 minutes ... and she came out with 1 packet contains of 10 red packets and gave it to me. I asked her if I can have more and she said, one customer only can have more. For goodness sake.... I am sure EVERYBODY knows... the staffs took all themselves... giving to themselves, their mother, their aunties, their brothers and sisters, their mother in law, their aunties in law, their brothers and sisters in law... customer? every customer only entitle for one packet? What non-sense is this? Just because I don't have a right on my finger and I can't get it? Come on.... customer first? International standard kind of bank? I tell you, if I go down later to our local bank and manage to get more than 1 packet from them, I am going to close my account with them for sure. After all my brother is coming back and he will be able to be my introducer to open the account there in that bank.
Terrible service at this so called, self claimed the world's local bank...
- little blue + customer first? -