"kerusi merah gelegakkan darah,
kerusi biru bangkitkan rindu."

translated, the two lines read:
red chair boils my blood,
blue chair makes me aroused.

wooo hooo!

A Tribute to the Company

14 years even. that's how long i've been working for this company. i'll be in my fifteenth year tomorrow, god willing.

my objectives of working are to have fun, to learn, and to make money, in that order.

there's a lot of fun working here. for me fun comes in the form of surmounting challenges. the company is fast growing and making its mark globally. with rapid expansion comes confusion. i thrive in sorting out organisational confusion.

as it ventures into new businesses, penetrates new markets, and develops new technology for the nation, it brings in opportunities to acquire new knowledge. i've learned a lot from it. and there's a lot more to be learned here.

and as for the money, we know it's never enough. but what i earn is enough to put me in the lower-tier of middle-income bracket. i live comfortably.

it's been a good 14 years, with all the ups and downs, scars and stars. i still enjoy working here. for how much longer? god willing, until the fun ends, until learning gets boring, and until money is a concern, in that order.

let's see what's the next decade of service with this company turn me into ;-)

wooo hooo

age is a number that tells how long we have lived, not how wise we are.

it's been a long, exhausting, but fulfilling day. checking out now. hope to see the sun rise tomorrow morning. till then.

This morning my ex-boss (who has resigned from the company I'm working for) contacted me to offer a job. It's an IT position.

As he is also a friend of mine I did not want to disappoint him and I told him we could discuss.

At this moment my interest is no longer in IT. After spending 12 years in IT in enduser company, no more do I have the stamina and interest to develop applications from scratch; nor the patience to manage system integration projects and all the challenges; nor the design of a grand long term IT plan for a company. Been there, done that.

Now I see IT as only a part of the solution for an organisation. I know how it is relevant in an organisation as an enabler. That's all I care about IT. Get someone else to implement it.

I am more interested in the organisational improvement as a whole -- the clarity of vision and mission; long term business objectives and strategies; right people with right skills; systems and processes that move the organisation; management style; and how the organisation is structured. My job now involves all of these. For now I am still passionate about my job.

IT is only a part of the big picture. Let someone else work on the details. If I were to be offered an IT position I would accept it only if I were to head the IT outfit. Otherwise it won't be worth it.