Ohh..What A Day..."Misti tahan tukul ba..."

I woke up quite early this morning (3.30 a.m.) - my routine of getting off the bed would be at 5 a.m. (Normally I'll be sleeping on the couch in the living room - an old bad habit of mine during my teen days - watching Tv or being watched). Then, I went off straight to my lap top to browse my e-mail.

Surprisingly...my result has been sent over via e-mail by my best buddy far off in KK. Well..guess what..I thought I would not be able to proceed for my final semester of my "second paper" (being so much preoccupied by the culture of "paper chasing")...to my surprise again, the detailed sheet of the result has been attached as well. As expected, I got this lousy grade from my extremely "mean" lecturer - who has just been promoted to a full professorship recently ( A perfectionist lady of course...)

The worst was that, I've been informed by few of my buddies, that she would be our Mdm lecturer again for our coming "killing paper" - I felt so dizzy (as if I was falling apart..he..he..) to hear such a bad news. Anyway...life goes on...as many of my buddies typically say whenever they feel down..."aii.. misti tahan tukul ba..."

Another lousy story...My top superior's behaviour was at its frantically "mad" level this morning - as he went around looking for someone to screw off, and a bad omen unexpectedly cursed me as I was at a wrong spot when he passed through and saw me - the only offering was that of his deadly frowning..he...he.."misti tahan tukul ba.."

P/s long..long time ago..several friends of mine who were really into politics said,"Kalau mau jadi pemimpin, misti tahan tukul ba..."

A Long Way To Go

“The people who turn out to be the best leaders are those who have previously been the best followers.”
—Alexander Haslam

Hello everyone... I haven't been in the "blog" for the past couple of days. I have just received an invitation from Sanguru @ Cikgu Anrod welcoming me to join a newly established blog by the name of Suara Anak Malaysia (@ marudubloggers.blogspot.com) - I feel so honoured of being chosen to be part of this group of sharp and scholastic bloggers - I'm not actually a good and prolific writer in a sense that my mind is sometimes in "on" and "off" state - which means, there will be times that I could not really think inquisitively of anything - being thwarted by the lack of awareness of what is happening around; and there will be times, where my mind would suddenly be filled with many ideas - motivated by provocation.

Thank you Sanguru. I'll try my best. This gonna be a long and formative way for me...

Typical Scenario - "Cari Nasip"

Yesterday evening when I was about to go for groceries at one of the mini markets in Tambunan town; I noticed that the usual place being heavily thronged would be the STC (It happened to be the only one existing "niche" for luck seekers here besides the so-called "Galap-galap" vendors".

I've been thinking of the benefit that would be yielded from the tickects they have bought - of course, those who (by luck / "puluk sut"...as they usually say..) managed to strike a big bonanza would be sleeping on a bed full of roses for days...

Besides, they might probably - unconsciously, being trained to sharpen their mathematical skills and to be a meticulous / selective and "wise consumer"...he...he...and hopefully would be able to train them to be meticulous and wise electorates as well...gia boh...

Are They The Ones Who Create The "Mess"???

I'm not really aware what is happening in the Middle East lately - until fairly recently then my focus of attention was being dragged towards the chaotic situation in that said place. Arguably, the characters shown in the editorial cartoon (which I secured while browsing the net) above might probably provide the hints...( I wonder if the qualities of those characters embeded within our "aspirants" and the existing political figures... the merrier it is the competitive it's gonna be... or the "messy" it's gonna be...Really???)

Office Politics - "Gossiping"

Gossiping is another type of very common office politics - and has long been associated with one of the political / campaigning "weapons" or devices, that is "propaganda"; and of cause another kind of organizational culture - typically in our mainstream / conventional community.

Frankly, I hate gossiping. I've been an innocent victim in a number of circumtances before. I guess I'm a kind of "straight to the point" plus "outspoken" guy. I would go straight to the details of the matters that I resented of / most - and normally I would confront the persons who uttered the words and demand for their justification - this is very-very harmful and stressful (the next day while you were sober....he..he..) if you do this especially while you were "intoxicated"...he...he...everything would burst off...

Some said, you would not be an updated and informed person if your are not enganging with gossiping - ohhh..Really? Even last night when I was having a casual conversation with a few of my new buddies (having known them almost a year now...), there were few agendas talked which I assumed as much more like gossiping - I just quieted myself...only in a few pauses of our engagement I would give simple replies and simply giving favourable answers - if I were not doing so, definitely I would be the next agenda of their gossip... Ha..ha..okay got to go now...my half Caucasian half Dusun (Eurasian) buddy is calling me down to the town for a few cups of Saturday coffee..he..he..

Oh, it's good to hear from my relative, Justina @ Nong of Kg. Salimandut, Tandek -Okay I'll try to find the remnants of the documented details of Aki Tumunda from my old man. I heard Cikgu Charles Kuminding @ Prof, and Sanguru @ Cikgu Anrod are also doing the similiar research..Okay until then, bye.

Office Politics - Sequel

The whole day today went off peacefully - everything seemed to be okay at my workplace - I reckoned the situation was much more favourable due to the absence of our "General" - as our immediate superior / boss is away on leave till next week.

I guess the "office politics" has relatively subsided for the time being as everyone of my colleague did not demonstrate any competitive behaviour - apparently everyone was busy to mind their own business. None of them were "kogutan" - neither me..he..he..still adhering with the resolution...

I've come across with one of Tompipiris's (Illie) pieces posted on his blog discussing a subject matter on how to impress our superior - it is given the title of "20 ways on how to impress your boss". Well..it does worth it if you guys could spend sometime browsing through his blog.

As for me, I'll give it a try soonest possible...bukan mangampu boss ni ahh...he..he..he..See whether it's applicable or otherwise - okay guys...mo tidur dulu...tau la klu sudah mo tua2 nie..capat butul panat...until then...

Office Politics and Politics

I’m not really good at penning any issues related to politics; neither discussing them critically. Below are the two useful definitions describing the distinction of the two terms which originally derived from the word of “Politics”:

Office politics "is the use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority. Those advantages may include access to tangible assets, or intangible benefits such as status or pseudo-authority that influences the behavior of others. Both individuals and groups may engage in Office Politics."
Office politics also refers to the way co-workers act among each other. It can be either positive or negative.

Whereas Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behavior within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religous institutions. It consists of "social relations involving authority or power" and refers to the regulation of a political unit and to the methods and tactics used to formulate and apply policy.

Political science (also political studies) is the study of political behavior, and examines the acquisition and application of power. Related areas of study include political philosophy, which seeks a rationale for politics and an ethic of public behavior, and public administration, which examines the practices of governance.

My hypothesis is that, both the concepts of “politics” are actually interrelated with one another – as both are being employed by means of obtaining the ultimate aim – that is “profit”.
And of cause, literally, “profit” itself could be defined into several terms – the most typical are that of the “monetary and material profit” which are tangible, and “profit” which are intangible – those could not be seen by our very vision – they could be in the forms of “verbal recognition”, “legitimate empowered authority”, etc.

Basically, within the organization, politics itself is the process where the system and policy are being fomulated and implemented – while, office politics on the other hand, is the “game” played within the political system and policy of the organization. As mentioned in the precedent paragraph – the consequences could be favourable and unfavourable.

(Sources are extracted from Dressler G., 2005: Human Resource Management - Tenth Edition)