Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Simplicity from home

(My Mom's herbal garden)


(Simple homemade Meringue with Passion fruit & Yogurt. Yeap my mom makes meringue. Personally I would prefer if she roasted a whole leg of lamb as I am not really a dessert kind of guy. :) )

On another side note, just got my medical checkup results today. Seems that I am perfectly health other than a fucked up cholesterol level and urine acid. Basically eating too much meat and not enough exercise. There goes my roasted leg of lamb.... or not.

Signing off from Changi Airport and dreading the bloody crazy flight ahead,
Jan

Monday, May 28, 2012

Kegetaran

Do you guys sometimes come to a total blank when you a dealing with a certain someone?

Sometime I draw such a blank that I start to getar getar and even stutter which kinda sucks.

There goes all my sales skills.

I had a friend during my uni days who had stutterin problem. How he sometimes overcome it is by thinking and taking the person he is dealing with as a totally worthless person. Sounds fucked up but I guess this sorts of allow him to speak somewhat normally.

Another friend of mine advises that try to imagine the person your are dealing with another person that you are comfortable with.

Well, I guess this is a a confidence issue. But you know, even going in to a meeting which has been scheduled later, your sort of have a the time do to what we sales people refer to as a "Sales Call Plan". Sales Call Plan is basically preparing your self for a meeting by writing down scripts of what your conversation will be like. This is a common practise where I work. It allows someone to be prepared. Everyone somewhat has done a sales call plan in thier life. Basically imagining scripts that will happen before a meeting.

But you know, up to a certain extend, even when preparing a sales call plan I can sometime come to a blank. They say when you do not plan, you plan to fail. But when I try to plan and come out blank, its like planning to fails as well.

Not to say that this happens to me very often. I just hope it doesnt happen in the near future. Or better yet, dont happen ever again. :)

Signing Off,
Jan


Friday, May 18, 2012

Yum Wun Sen - Thailand

If you guys are ever in Thailand, you gotta order this


Something simple, cheap and nice.

Cheers

Signing Off,
Jan

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Hoy From Manila

Had a short trip in Philippines last month. I don't really travel to that region quite often but I do like Philippines. Entertainment life is top class. Bimboness Level 15

But then we have to be careful as its not really a safe place. For both foreigners and locals.

(I forgot the name of this noodles... ahahahahahah. But its really something different. Don't really know how to describe it)

(My driver told me its part of Laguna Lake. I am not sure though)

(Lotus. Its full of these plants. Too bad it was not flowering)

(My driver is also something like part of the FBI (Philippines one, not US). He let me hold his gun :) )

(Don't play with guns kids)

I wanted to plan to go to a shooting range when i was there. But just couldn't find the time. My next trip, I will have try more local food as well. This trip too many commercial food :(

Cheers

Signing Off,
Jan




Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Sandakan again ...

I don't know should I blog or stop blogging ...

All I have to say is , I don't have a bimbo thing to share .

I hold a low level degree , work like low class site worker , live my life like a servant...

I travel to parlia places, company provide me a 2 stars hotel ? Or motel I'm not sure ... Work at the site like other foreign workers ... Everyone seeing me like useless one .. They called me si tao zai (son of the boss ,), said I'm here to travel ar? So easy la ur job .. I work , I sweat ... How people judged me like bai Kar jai ...

I'm depressed .. Of my life ... My life is purely sux ... Tonight , I'm drinking alone .. At this so called bimbo place .. Finally I have something to share ..

Whiner... Pathetic ...

Saturday, May 05, 2012

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

As-Salamu Alaykum from Jordan, Amman

Jordan.. One of the safest country in middle east. And bloody expensive place as well.


But its quite an interesting place as the landscape is totally different our part of the world. Also its full of religions history. Haven't got the chance to head to Petra ( BBC's one of "the 40 places you have to see before you die). Maybe my next trip there. :)


(A view of a small portion of the city from my hotel)


I had the chance to encounter something quite interesting. Since I had some time left with my taxi driver, he offered to take me to buy some Middle East Sweets. Which was something very different from what I expected.


(The shop selling the sweets. Its a cafe as well)


(The variety of sweets. I wonder why they call them sweets? I had like an impression of sugary sweets we get back home)


(A close up shot)


And at night, time for dinner. :)


Just had dinner in the hotel as I was already kind tired.


Since I was in this part of the world, I had to try something very middle east!


(SHISHA!!! While waiting for my food to come :). Lemon Mint flavour as recommended by the waiter. But seriously, the service for Shisha here is great. They really pay attention to your charcoal)




(The chef's work station for Barbeque meat)


(Appetizers, Hummus. A very middle eastern food)


(Waiter just told me that this is middle east bread. LOL.)


(The main course. Mixed grilled meat. Chicken, beef and lamb I think. :) )


(Finished my meal with tea. Again, they just told me middle east tea. I am starting to feel that they trying to play with me. But it is a little bit different as they add mint into their tea.)


That's all I've got for Jordan. 

Signing Off
Jan

P/S I realize what big difference between a good camera man and someone like me. May I should start to pick up some photography skills to take better picture....... on second thought... FUCK IT. :)