MS Project 2007 Training dan Cita-citaku

Smalam saya menghadiri internal training on Microsoft Project 2007 for R&D Executives. Instructor training ni cuma R&D exec dr company kitorg yg baru jer attend MS Project Training last month. Honestly sy rasa agak boring jugak la training ni.. walaupun instructor2 nya adalah org2 yg sy kenal. Basically training yg sy pegi smalam cuma untuk ajar user guna software MS Project 2007. Pada sy the software is just a tool that assist us to develop a gantt chart dgn more detail. All this while kitorang buat gantt chart pakai Microsoft Excel jer. Pada pendapat sy apa yg lebih penting ialah how to plan and manage your project. Kalo tak tahu nak plan project, our gantt chart sama jer no mater buat guna Excel of MS Project. Knowledge on project management perlu ada. It will definitely help us to fully utilize the MS Project software. Otherwise byk juga bende yg kita tak tahu /tak faham nape perlu set itu dan ini.

Sy juga agak kecewa dgn training ni. Material x teratur.. notes pun x de.. mcm x properly plan. Instructor pun adakalanya x dpt nak terangkan dgn jelas apa yg ditanya. Tp x de la sy nak salahkan diorg sgt.. sbb diorg pun baru belajar guna software tu. Dan diorg pun bukan cikgu/trainer. Tp sy rasa kalo diorg lebih bersedia.. mungkin penyampaian ilmu tu lebih berkesan.

Hmm.. rasa rindu pulak zaman masa jd tutor dulu. Sy suka mengajar. Sy suka berkongsi ilmu. Sy rasa puas bila dpt ajar org lain bende yg sy faham. Dan sy sanggup belajar bende baru demi nak ajar org lain. Mmg cita2 sy nak jd lecturer.. tp bila mengenangkan nak kena sambung belajar.. rasa cam jauh n lambat jer lg cita2 sy tu nak tercapai. Sy suka buat research.. tp sy x suka buat thesis.. so how?? Camne nak buat Master n PhD kalo camtu? Bila dah berkeluarga ni bertambah2 la cabaran nak sambung belajar. Kalo la determination sy betul2 kuat.. Insya-Allah sy bleh buat. Tp.. kuat ker determination sy ni? :P

Car Accident

Just now I read one of my friend's blog. She told about how she accidently slip at staircase and had minor injury. Luckly it was not a serious injury. Reading her story made me want to share mine. Few months back (on 14th August 2008 to be exact), I had an accident. I was on my way to the office after sending my son to the babysitter's house. The accident happened about 2-3km from the house. I was driving my little Kancil up a hilly road (the roads at that area is quite hilly), when i suddenly crashed faced to faced with another kancil coming from the opposite direction (in front of me). I really did not notice the car. I didnt even realize when I hit the car. The driver, who was a young lady (I assume around 22-24) said I was in her lane. As I didnt really remember and realize what actually happened, I just took whatever she said as true. Maybe I did got into her lane. Maklum jer lah, jalan kampung memang sempit. Nak berselisih pun susah. Somehow mesti termasuk lane org.. kan.


My little kancil
Some villagers and people passed by stopped to help. I was a bit stuck but still be able to get out of my car. It seemed to me that the young lady did not injured herself, as she could easily get out of her car and walked. Alhamdulillah I did not had any serious injury. Luckly I weared my seat belt that day. It saved me from any serious head injury. I got a cut in my mouth, between the nose and mouth, which was due to knocked at the steering. It caused me difficulty to speak and smile for almost 1 week. I suffered chest pain due to the impact of accident, during the first two weeks. I also suffered from knee injury. I still feel the pain until today when I do certain movement. And now when my body's weight increases due to pregnancy, the load on my knee also increases. Its painful especially during praying.


The other kancil I hit
Apa2 pun, Sy bersyukur sgt2 sbb masa accident Adam was not with me. Cant imagine if he was inside the car. Org2 kampung ckp kat situ mmg selalu org accident. Org kata tempat tu 'keras'.. wallahualam. Sy jugak bersyukur sbb tak mengalami kecederaan yg serius, sungguhpun kecederaan kereta boleh dikatakan agak serius. Nilai kerosakan berjumlah RM6850. Oleh kerana insured value kereta kancil saya rendah, insuran cuma membayar RM4000 sahaja, manakala selebihnya perlu ditanggung oleh saya. It took more than 4 months to settle everything.. insurance n fixing the car. Baru2 ni dah dapat balik kancil tu. But the condition is no longer the same as before. Bunyi enjin kasar jer. Bawak pun tak brape best. Tp boleh la pakai kalo nak drive dekat2. My hubby doesnt encourage me to travel to work everyday using that kancil, especially masa tgh mengandung ni. Tapi sebenarnya sy lagi suka naik kancil tu, minyak jimat. Dah la distance from home to office 50km. Dengan keadaan jalan yg byk lori dan batu2, sayang nak drive nissan tu.


Moral of the story.. sentiasa lah berhati2 ketika memandu. Always be prepared.. anytime.. anywher.. coz anything could happen to you. Some people asked whether I became phobia to drive after the accident. Alhamdulillah, Im not. I can still drive. Did I cry after the accident? No I did not cry immedietly after the accident. But I cried 2-3 hours after that...huhuhu.. Lambat skit impact dia. Tambahan pulak nangis sebab sakit sgt lutut yg cedera tu.

Trip ke India

Fuh!!!! Lega rasanya. Pagi ni PA boss besar sy call bagitau yg sy tak perlu ke India. Alhamdulillah... Sy pasti ade hikmahnya. 2 hari lepas sy diberitahu bahawa sy dan beberapa chief scientist yg lain akan mengikut boss besar ke India akhir bulan ni. Terkejut sy. Dah la dlm group tu sy sorg pompuan.. yg paling muda lak tu... junior scientist la katakan. Pelik jugak sy nape nama sy pulak yg naik. Diorg kata sbb sy incharge biodiesel research. Dan rombongan ke India tu nak visit Jatropha plantation dan biofuel research centre kat sana. Mungkin ade kaitannya.. tp sy rasa ade org lain yg lebih layak dan patut pergi berbanding sy. Oleh kerana masalah passport sy tak settle lg.. smalam sy bergegas menyelesaikan urusan passport di immigresen Shah Alam. Alhamdulillah passport dpt disiapkan by tghari. Dan smalam juga sy dah sign borang visa India di pejabat boss besar.

Namun pg ni.. bila PA boss besar call untuk inform yg sy tak perlu menyertai rombongan tu, sy rasa sgt2 lega. Tak perlu la sy runsing nak meninggalkan anak dan suami lagi. Lepas diberitahu 2 hr lepas.. kepala ni dok asyik terkenang camne la nanti Adam tido dgn papa dia. Dah la Adam tu manja dgn sy. Meninggalkan Adam adalah perkara paling susah utk dilakukan. Selain dr tu.. sy rasa lega jugak sbb tak perlu risau mengenai kesihatan dan ke'larat'an sy nanti. Sebenarnya sy pn tak yakin sy akan larat nak berjalan2 masa visit tu nanti. Sedangkan skang ni pun sy slalu sakit2 pinggang dan cepat penat. Skang ni baru 6 bulan. By the time pegi India nanti, kandungan sy dah nak masuk 7 bulan. Tp.. sy dah tak perlu risau psl sumer tu lg... sbb sy tak perlu pergi India :)

Namunbegitu.. dlm masa yg sama sy turut ada rasa sedikit kecewa dan terkilan. 1 - sbb sy dah susah2 pegi buat passport dan kluarkan RM300 smalam. Tak tau la bleh claim ker tak saya buat passport tu. Kalo ikutkan buat passport untuk urusan kerja boleh claim. Tp ni dah tak jadi pergi.. bleh claim ker eh?. 2 - terlepas peluang ke India.. negara yg belum sy jejaki. Ntah bila lg dpt peluang ke oversea ditanggung oleh company. hehehe.. nak pegi guna duit sendiri.. lama lg nampak gayanya. 3 - terlepas peluang belajar sesuatu yg baru. Org kata jauh berjalan luas pandangan. Ade sesetengah perkara tak boleh dipelajari dr buku jer. Peluang ke oversea ni pun penting utk career ladder sy dlm company ni. Apa2 pun.. bukan rezeki sy kali ni. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Mengetahui apa yg terbaik untuk hambaNya.

Oleh kerana sy tak jadi ke India, maka boleh la kami sekeluarga menyertai our Family Day di Ayer Tawar 24hb nanti. Yey!!! Seronok dapat berkumpul ramai2.. jumpa ahli keluarga yg lain. Dah lama tak jumpa diorg.. ramai juga yg blum tau sy mengandung.. huhuhuhu

Bengang dan Geram!!

Aduh.. geramnya!!! Sejak 2-3 minggu lepas company sy telah mem'block' kebanyakan website yang sering sy kunjungi (bukan sy saja.. ramai lg yg lain masuk website2 tu). Antara yg telah di'block' termasuk lah yahoomail, hotmail, gmail, facebook, friendster, youtube, etc. Walaubagaimanapun sesetengah website lain (spt blogspot, fotopages, photobucket) masih boleh dikunjungi. Download lagu pun dah tak boleh skang ni.

Saya tak kisah kalo IT Dept nak block website2 yang lain. Sy akui sesetengah org leka sgt melayari website sampai tak buat keje. Yang buat saya sgt2 geram ialah kenapa perlu diorang block public email tu, especially yahoomail, gmail dan hotmail. Kebanyakan kami lebih prefer menggunakan email luar berbanding email company (xxx@simedarby.com) terutamanya untuk attachment, walaupun untuk urusan kerja. Ini kerana email company SANGAT SLOW.. SELALU HANG.. dan kadang2 email yang dihantar TAK SAMPAI. Lawak kan.. dah jadi macam snail mail pulak.. surat hilang tgh jalan. Ada yang beri alasan server jadi SLOW kerana ramai yang melayari website2 tu. Mungkin ada kebenarannya. Tapi perlu ker sampai block email??

Saya tak kisah sgt kalo IT Dept nak block email luar. Tp biar la email system SIME DARBY ni cukup efficient. Ni nak bukak email pun slow.. apatah lagi nak reply/forward/attach. IT Dept tak dpt nak terima ker hakikat sistem diorang belum cukup bagus? Ini la yang dikatakan 'marahkan nyamuk, bakar kelambu'. Skang ni kalo nak access juga yahoomail, perlu dapatkan kebenaran dari IT Manager. Org tu org besar dalam Sime Darby.. agak2nya dia nak layan ker approval utk masuk yahoomail ni? Eeeeiiii.. geram betul saya!! Setiap kali nak bukak email company mesti rasa stress. Apatah lagi bila nak email. Dari tadi sy dok cuba nak email asyik hang jer. Geraammmmmm!!!! (Ya Allah.. kurniakan lah kesabaran buat hambaMu ini) :