Thank you for the heads up.
It's balik kampung season. Happy, happy Deepavali, and Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all of you. I'll be away the entire week, but will log on occasionally to say hello. Have fun!
Most of you would have found out at about TNB's agreement to sponsor LensaMalaysia, a photography enthusiast's online organization founded by blogger Jeff Ooi over a year ago. Because of this commitment from TNB to be the corporate sponsor of LensaMalaysia's project for the entire 2006/07 financial year, I have been working very closely with Jeff to ensure that his projects see through and they get the due publicity they need.
LensaPic by Frank Lim… Preparing the presentation for the TNB-LensaMalaysia PhotoGallery on 30 September 2006.
So Shadowfox is right, I am working for one of the biggest GLCs in the company, and I enjoy my work quite a lot. I've blogged about the workload from time to time, and of course I rave about it occasionally. It's a huge leap from where and what I used to work as.
In fact, I like the fact that this job allows me to work directly with decision makers, and it gives me my chance to make a difference where I can. Rather paying lip service by talking all the time and commenting on issues through coffee-tinted glasses, working with this government-owned agency allows me to fulfill that inherent need in me to do my part for this country. Not everyone gets this opportunity and invitation to get into the big picture directly.
This is FAR FAR better than sitting behind computer monitors and kutuk for the heck of kutuking. You see, professing to be a critic by bashing the government all the time ONLY makes me look shallow and immature. I'm not saying I'm fully qualified and mature to make the right decisions, but working where I am now allows me the experiences I need to learn how to make difficult decisions. And as all difficult decisions go, they will never please the whole world.
So Shadowfox, I just want to thank you for your expose on me. While you think this is an achievement on your part of 'investigative journalism', I can assure you everyone I've met up since the job acceptance KNOW where I'm working. And they all understand that for me, I've been trying to decide whether to come open on this position on this blog for a long long time. Now you've done me the honours, I'm glad to be of service to the nation.
The rest of you who prefer the lifestyle blogger minishorts, please rest easy that minishorts.net will ALWAYS be a lifestyle blog, and it will ALWAYS focus on my inner emotions and opinions about life in particular. And also remember this is a rant-blog mostly, so as rants go, it will still be as shallow as I want it to be.
Other than that, don't you think it's amazing that a GLC can actually employ a blogger to be a part of its communications strategy? It means that despite some silly people who give a bad name to blogging, companies actually take us seriously. It means that if some of you want to be inspired, you'll get down to blogging, stop doing all those cutting and pasting, and start to learn how to write, and how to write well.
I rest my case. If you're going to bash me up just because I work for TNB, aiyah… I'll just say this. If everyone chooses to deny the government, then who is going to be the government?
October 20th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
A genuine doubt,
Does you compay permits you to blog, during office time, using office PC?
As long as I complete my deadlines and am able to manage my other responsibilities. But the job is also the reason why for the past few weeks I’ve been slower in submitting posts.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
What’s a GLC? The government are really rich. Ask them for some freebies, like energy saving light bulbs, energy munchie bars, etc.
October 20th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
hire me!
October 20th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
It’s great to see you doing so well, Chooki — your mom must be beaming with pride. Now all you need to do is get hitched before 30 and squeeze out a couple of kids and BAM: Mission Accomplished.
Eh wait first. My mission of earning over RM5k a month before I reach 30 isn’t even halfway completed yet. but i like the ’speculation’ on something as private as my voting choices and of course my salary. it shows people are interested in me, despite me having told the world i’m happily attached. that get hitched thing not in mission right now. this time next year, maybe lah.
and get me something from china when you get back!
October 20th, 2006 at 7:33 pm
GL & do the best you can as always
October 20th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
Every time I see somone with an IBM lappy I think “Now there is someone who used his/her brains while buying their notebook”
October 20th, 2006 at 11:05 pm
I notice that a lot of companies into writing are paying more and more attention to bloggers tehse days, whether they actually influence the public’s opinions or not. Some job interviews I’ve went to have asked me towards the end; do you keep a blog?
Makes you wonder whether it’s really safe to do so. Blogging at work, I mean.
October 20th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
silly pat, my boss just found out my blog few days back. And yeah, bloggin at work is definitely a NO NO in my coy. (-.-’)
October 21st, 2006 at 9:43 am
viceice: “aye” to that! lol.
October 21st, 2006 at 2:31 pm
any risk of a conflict of interest? afterall as a comms manager your charter is to make sure the company has a positive image in the eyes of the customers.
October 21st, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Ouch Alvin.
I don’t mean blogging at work though; I mean blogging at all.
October 22nd, 2006 at 4:06 pm
shouldn’t u give up blogging? your job is more important, who cares about having a blog. think of the consequences if some of the idiots on the net make a compaint to tnb,and there’s a big fuss about it and pressure from you bosses
October 26th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
oh didnt realize it was u in the orange shirt helping Jeff out that day