problematic vs simplicity

Posted on May 26, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Weblogs.

1) When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn’t work at zero gravity (Ink won’t flow down to the writing surface). In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did Russians do?? The Russians used a Pencil!!!

2)One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem.

Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so.

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as

each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral of the story: KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) i.e. always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problem :-) So, learn to focus on solutions not on problems.

"If you look at what you do not have in life, you don’t have anything."

"If you look at what you have in life, you have everything."

better be

Posted on May 23, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Your Comments.

i find myself more willing to commit myself into sth which was given as a task to b completed rather than having exams… tho… both might seems the same… but it’s definitely 2 different things… i kinda find myself… when given a task… where the due date is near.. or no matter how bulky it is.. i would still be able to do… with lesser tension n stress than i m facing now… i m more committed to completing a task rather than to sit for hours n studying for the coming exams! as for a task… any kinda task… a presentation, a project, a research… well, i wouldnt mind, how long will it take.. how much hassles would b needed… i wouldn’t mind sitting there for hours to complete it… but study… OMG!!!! it is not my kinda thingy!!!!!!!!

in conclusion, i hate exams to the max!!!! sth which i had never hated so much in my life b4… never for my SPM, nor my STPM… it’s all happy go lucky…. exams to me back then…. haiz.. but now… it’s no longer that way!! now it feels more like……… haiz… committing suicide.. maybe….?

but then again, maybe time will prove me wrong… ^,^

defining “life”

Posted on May 19, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Your Comments.

perhaps it isnt as complicated as i tot… since there r things in life which we cant afford… we cant possibly.. outta our control to change… well, the only way to have a good definition of "life" maybe is to make sure every min, every hour, every day… juz live happy…

it’s not easy… yet.. not tht difficult after all.. its all about myself to determine it.. anyways…

well, everything happens for a reason.. since i believe in fate… n there’s nothing much we can change wat is meant to be… y not juz let it flow… juz sit back n relax… pray hard to God for better days… tts all we can do.. tts all we gotta do…

but the most important is tht.. dont hope for sth so impossible.. yet.. i would still sth contradicting to this… nothing is impossible!

when u hope for the best.. u gotta do ur best.. when u had this mindset… it makes ur life much more miserable.. thts when u wonder how to define "life"! so.. to me.. i would say.. be calm, be cool, relax… stay calm all the time.. be discipline! everything will then be in order… never give up til the very last min! God will only help u, if u do ur part to help urself..

wat changes my mindset in juz less than 24hours?? hmmm.. perhaps.. hormonal imbalance… LOL… well, at times, ur mind might b blurred off by all the stupid nonsense… might be shut down! might be influenced by all the surrounding circumstances.. mind is so-called "polluted"

i went out with my another buddy today.. she came to lunch n have a drink after tht with me.. as we had been going thru really really tough times rite now…. but for her.. those days had passed.. though there might still be some going on… but im still going thru it these days.. i believe it will never end so soon….as always… wat can i do?? well, since i cant really control it.. i’ve tried.. not tht i never try… so all i can do.. possibly is to relax when time permits me to do so.. sing some songs.. listen to musics… n looking at things we like.. things tht makes us feel happy…

today i saw sth really really really cute.. im was so excited… my buddy n i went into a pet shop after having a drink n camwhoring in the Starbucks… well, i was damn terified looking at hamsters…. sooo geliiiiii… ewww…. im juz sooooo afraid of hamsters, mouse.. all this related families… I DID STH REALLY SORRY TO THEM…. once in my life… n now… im juz so damn terrified of them….. eiiyerr… later i saw.. sth tht really makes me feel so happy… i saw doggies… pups!! there r sooooooooooooooo cute! aiyo… got one.. full of fur… i was looking for quite awhile at it… wondering where’s the face?? suddenly tht doggy moves.. ahahaha… its head was actually facing me… it has been looking at me all the while i was looking at "it"… aiyo.. damn bodoh!.. as always…

then i saw "chow chow" yerrr… so so so so so cute.. like bear bear… i was so damn tempted.. like i cant control myself.. i feel like kissing "it" i dunno if it’s a male or female.. doesnt matter.. he’s juz soo cute.. there’s oso another one… i forgotten the name.. but it’s mixed.. some poodle mixed100_2582 with matenese.. i dunno la.. how to spell… anyways.. he was damn cute! damn damn damn damn damn cute! i wan! i wan! hmm.. but i think rearing this doggies.. will make me even faster go broke… thy need air cond 24 hrs.. especially chow chow… aiyo.. it’s a lazy species.. very stubborn.. i kinda noe y m i so interested in chow chow… cos i kinda see myself in it… LOL.. in terms of size.. n behaviour… hmm.. n look as well… LOL….

wat is "life"?

juz live as happy as v could… live simple… not to pressure ourselves… be cool, be calm!

define “life”

Posted on May 18, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Your Comments.

i used to define "life" in a very postive n optimistic sense.. but today.. i fine it very impracticable.. i find it.. so unreal.. this is so not confined to our reality life.. which is full of cruelty… i kinda doubt the very definition of "life" in my dictionary… in a sudden im so lost.. i really dunno wat is "life"… i wonder wat is the actual definition!

i dunno wat m i living for in particular… not being pessimistic… but as the day gone by.. age increases… realizing tht im no longer a kid.. i gotta one day bear all the kinda burden tht i c my parents bearing them… which seems to be so scary… it’s such a bulk to be bore!! im so worry..

i dunno wat is "life" now.. i wonder do i live for myself.. or ?? well, definitely i live for myself.. but how do i define "life"… i kinda forget how i used to define it…

to me, right now.. "life" seems to be… a life is to be real, it’s all about reality.. it isnt really going to be the way u define it.. we gotta be real..!

wake up!!!! this is no fantasyno dreamland!!

life is full of cruelty.. the more u run away from it.. the more u hide it.. the more its chasing after u… as time goes by… the worries, the cruelty, the problems will become into more n more… tht u feel so suffocated as if u can free urself from it…

"life"… to me, seems to be so meaningless… y is it tht we work so hard? y is tht we fight for so hard?? i dont get it… u go thru all the hassles for???? a better life?? nonsense! u can never have a better life if there’s always hassles n obstacles blocking!

but…

i think i get it… u fight for it.. u go thru all the hassles n obstacles… for a better life… rite? when tht day comes.. u will feel satisfied after all tht u’ve done all this while… true??

but.. will u feel worth it?????

perhaps.. i dunno…

haiz… life… wat is life… when will my life find its real n actual "definition"?

Happy Teachers Day

Posted on May 16, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Your Comments.

HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY!!!!!!!

last year i forgotten to wish my dearest teachers Happy Teacher’s Day.. well, this year i make sure i remember! i asked my buddy to recofirm the actual date.. 6th May or 16th May?? hmm.. well from the 15th may.. i oredy drafted a msg in my phone saved it.. cos i cant send out midnite! or early in the morning 430am!!!! gila!!

hmm.. to both of my dearest teacher.. Cik Noorzila n Mr Moorthy… well, Mr Moorthy is sounds the same as before on the sms.. short n simple reply.. short n simple questions! back then he was our Mr COOL! juz like ARNOLD Scwhzaneger… wow! hehehehe… he is still now.. after getting the first reply.. it kinda took me few minutes figuring out.. wat shd i reply n how shd i reply.. ps: he used to be my MUET teacher.. n i guessed i screwed up the exam!!!! damn!! well, doesnt matter.. all tht matter was tht he’d used to be a really supportive MUET teacher to me! i cant forget that… :)

hmm.. stil no reply yet from Cik Noorzila.. my really little cute teacher.. very funny… very frenly, very smart!!! she’s good in MATHS n acCount… dont try to tipu her money k!

well, on the other hand.. i dunwan this day to come! 16th may! i juz hate it!! very very badly… every tick of the clock KILLS ME SOFTLY..y?? exam is getting near… ARGH!!!!!! sooooo many things i tot i know but i cant seem to remember.. like as if… i had never learn it before! DAMN IT!!!!

when the nite comes! it feels worse than as if it’s end of the world!!! everytime i close my eyes n sleep… i tends to think of the exams! the types of questions might come out! the amount of things i have read…. yor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wat to do????? less than a month!!!!!!

i really really hate exams!!!!!! i told myself.. this would be the last time i study (i mean until degree level) not any further… every exams really shortens my life!! it’s so stressed out.. especially thinking about paying the fees………. unless it’s free.. perhaps lesser stress!

HELP ME PLEASE, GOD!!

finally

Posted on May 8, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Your Comments.

it’s been months since the last time i fall sick.. well, i tot this time gonna be the longest time i ever fall sick.. well well well, i was wrong.. hmm.. sick cat..!

after having "nite syndrome depression" for a few days or maybe for the past few weeks, finally, fall sick! yes!! ~gila~

because of this i missed 2 classes… aiyo… perhaps balasan.. cos earlier i missed 1 slot class cause i wanna watch tv… ~project superstar 2~ final on tv.. n guess wat.. damn bodoh! as i always am… i was waiting for my dad to come pick me up from the college, then this lecturer saw me, he asked, "u going back??" guessed wat i answered??????? damn it! i m juz no good in lying! i said "yea.. emm, there’s this nice show on tv tonite…" wat the crap????? this is soooo ridiculous.. he then gave me this weird stare.. he turned away.. then he stared again… LOL

well, it is a nice show i mean, i wanna watch it live..! i noe, nothing is more important than going for classes cos the exams ain’t that far away.. but i still need a break… hmm…maybe

well, at least i didn’t go to that place watch it live.. hahahaha.. if not worse still! well, i prefer watching it on tv rather than going there to the stadium cramp up with bunch of ppl… aiyo… i’ve got to offers… both vip passes… one is to support the gal, Orange, another is to support, Henley… hmm.. i was having doubts the moment my frens asked me about it… i totally utterly doubt if i wanna go support Orange.. haha.. cos i gotta wear orange colour shirt.. aiyo.. i don have la…………~anywayz, he lost in actions after telling me he got tickets.. hmm ~no big deal~ better still, 3 days before the show, my fren called me up.. she said she’s got 5 to 6 VIPs ticket… to support Henley.. i was thinking.. hmm… not bad.. at least better.. no need to wear Orange… lol.. well, still in the end, i decided not to go.. it’s juz too far… by the time the show end.. it’s gonna be late when i reached home.. moreover the next day i’ve got class.. hahaha.. but end up didn’t go… ~flu~

but then again, i still prefer watching at home.. comfortably sitting under my shell, covered with the comfortable blanket… no disturbance… being neutral.. not supporting any side… lol.. n oh, trying to feel better by having some notes in my hand while watching.. ~tho never even flip it!~ it’s always better to watch it on tv! unless i’m the one running the show!!!!! hahahaha.. i mean i’m the one who’s singing!!!!

oooh, but pity my dear buddy.. hehehe.. she wanted to go badly.. but because of me, she didn’t get to go… hehehe.. =P

*cough*cough*…….

aiyo.. i hate having flu… for sure the next day gonna get cough.. n when i cough, i start to lose my voice.. yerr!!!!  the worse is that i cant sing!! damn it! but perhaps this is act of God! only then i will find nothing else better to do.. then, finally open up the books n start reading!

haizzz…. damn! that is where n when i start freaking out!!! exam is juz less than a month.. GOd!!! i’m so worried… i’m so worried that i still dunno a thing!!! i looked at the exam questions… OMG! i dunno wat the shit is it talking about… it’s like… so tough! i cant even c wat’s topic is it… summore my english language is so limited.. at times those words i dun get it… then i will screw up the whole question! aiyo~~

summore now sick.. it’s like i cant even get a thing in!!!!!!!!! wat do i do????? this is the time i feel like it’s end of the world! i’m screwing up!!!!

GLOBAL WARMING: Final warning… Will Malaysia be arid like Africa?

Posted on May 3, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Current Affairs.

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As global warming looms, many scientists are sounding the alarm. Some are predicting doom. How will it affect Malaysians? Are we prepared for it? MINDERJEET KAUR wades through the gloom to find out

KUALA LUMPUR: Heatwaves, floods, costlier food, water shortages and more diseases.

Malaysians must prepare for these over the next 20 years.

Global warming could even turn Malaysia into an arid state akin to Africa’s parched states, according to a weather expert.

And no less a person than Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid says 1,200 sq km of coastline will be under water if no measures are taken to tackle global warming.
The journal Environment and Urbanization, in its latest issue, quoted a recent study which showed that more than two-thirds of the world’s large cities were in areas vulnerable to global warming and rising sea levels. Some 600 million people could be affected.

Malaysians are already feeling the effects of freak weather patterns and now experts warn that by 2025, higher temperatures will cause prolonged droughts and intense floods.

The impact is likely to reduce food supply, causing the prices of vegetables, rice, seafood, fruits and meat to rise.

And families, instead of enjoying mother nature, will either ensconced themselves in air-conditioned homes or in shopping malls.

Parents are likely to restrict their children from playing outdoors.

Climatologist and physical oceanography Professor Dr Fredolian Tanggang said the weather was expected to increase by 1° Celsius in the next 20 years.

"The last 100 years saw an increase of 0.7° Celcius but because of rapid development, the temperature is expected to increase further in a shorter span of time.

"In just 20 years, our temperature would have risen five times more than it did in the last 100 years."

He said cities were getting warmer and more droughts and floods would occur.

"There will be stronger winds, something like typhoons."

He added that the recent Johor floods were tell-tale signs of global warming.

"It should not have happened. It was unexpected. But if temperatures continue to rise, we can expect more such floods."

A Meteorological Department spokesman agreed, saying temperatures were rising.

He said: "We are monitoring the weather patterns. That’s all our department can do."

Drainage and Irrigation Department director-general Datuk Dr Keizrul Abdullah said more floods could be expected as the climate worsened.

Tanggang said: "The climate change will affect everyone. Farmers will suffer and agricultural yield is likely to be reduced.

"If we want to see how we will live in a hundred years from now, take a look at Africa — famine, droughts and people fighting for food."

To escape the heat, he said, almost every home would have air-conditioning.

The demand for power would go up and more carbon dioxide would be emitted.

He lamented that people were not taking climate change seriously and not enough energy- saving devices were being used.

Tanggang said rising sea levels would cause erosion and submerged shores.

"We need to take measures to avoid this.

"Malaysia has not done enough of its own research and most of our facts are based on foreign research."

Source: www.nst.com.my

patience has got limit!

Posted on May 1, 2007 by ashleyjo.
Categories: Your Comments.

I can not be patient to small tiny little thing.. but i can be very patient over big huge thing! but there’s a limit!

i have no idea what’s n where’s the limit..

i dunno wat drives me so impatient today.. i juz burst out slamming to the b*tches n someone i love! i have no idea where i got those courage from.. cos all the time i told myself.. cool cool, let her be.. let her speak watever she wishes.. moreover, i believe in karma.. therefore he mouth is "senget"… to this extent.. i believe that God does exist! n She juz saw everything that is happening.. thank God!

well, i juz slammer "her" nicely la.. hello~~ mind ur words la.. though the word u speaking isn’t vulgar nor anything.. but i damn f*cked up with her all these while.. perhaps i shall say, from the day she got into my life.. from the moment she took away everything from me!

perhaps today is Wesak Day, God is assisting.. God realized that she is being too much, n it’s the right time to act!

previously, not too long ago.. my temper was damn bad… i scold everybody at anytime n anyhow.. like nobody’s biz.. but i realized that it so uncivilised.. so brainless… well, if u r wondering.. well, yes, i’m overpampered! i used to be a brat once upon a time.. but as time goes by, as i’m growing older.. i learned how to shut up.. n wat do i care?? y m i scolding others on behalf of others? y m i being so concern with their so-called welfare when they themselves dont give a damn about their own thing?? i find a better way.. which i’ve been utilising.. all these while.. switch on the radio as loud as i can n shout n scream to all the songs on the radio…

one thing, don’t step in my territory.. or i’ll bite! (though pretty rarely) i’m always smiling away like one stupid foolish idiot, that doesn’t mean i don’t have temper.. PATIENCE HAS IT’S LIMIT!!!

i really really salute myself, for being who i am today! i really really do.. perhaps too long i never slam "her" that’s y her mouth starts bitching more n more… summore yday, she was complaining sth to me, indirectly about me.. though small matter. but because she likes bitching around.. so small matter but she made it sound big.. ~God pls help! Pls get rid of her (outta my life)~ well, she was talking n complaining.. (hello, stop it la.. i would never say SORRY! sorry it’s the hardest word to me la.. pls la! even if not a hard word, i wouldn’t wanna say it to anyway! u shd be on ur knees saying that to me!) n all i did was i looking up n down, here n there.. playing with my phone, looked at her n smiled at her.. very witchy smile, i would say… i dunno if she finished or not.. then i juz walked away.. even my dad oso din complain, neither will he do like tht to me.. have some respect la.. old lady! well, her problem has always been there….

juz tht i m being patient all these days.. but serve her la… at this time.. trying to test my patient.. there u go, happy with it??? wanna try more?? wanna get more from me..?? feel free, this is really the time i need to release some tension… n i suppose this is potential releasing tension’s object!