Outstanding Summonses - Traffic cops to make house calls soon

No worries, just access the JPJ.MYEG.COM.MY website to check whether you have any outstanding summon.

Please copy the below URL:

http://jpj.myeg.com.my/PDRM/summons_enq_eng_New.jsp


All you need to do is to query the summonses using your vehicle and I/C numbers and click submit. Very easy.

Arrggghhhhh!!!!!

Damn busy for the past few weeks with the group restructuring, plan and forecast (does not shows a good numbers T___T). Now, got to start with the October month-end works already. And yet, it's still a long way to go to finish up the system setup on the restructuring things. Bloody hell!!!


With all the stuffs on my hands, not sure how I am going to clear my annual leaves by 30th Nov. I still have a balance of 9 days. Ada lagi, need to start packing up my things as well as my department is going to move up to another floor by either end of Nov or early Dec... T___T


I received an email from our corporate office that the group is freezing headcounts (worldwide) i.e. no new recruitments are allowed unless with the approval from the Regional boss. Some more, must give a strong reason for hiring. The sad part is that the current headcounts would be frozen until end 2009, wtf!!! Now, here is the worst part - no replacement as well if existing staff leave the company unless some one is going to jump out from the window (thanks to the economy crisis). My department has one vacancy to be filled but I could not find any suitable candidate since Feb'08 (now I understand the pains to go through the hiring process).


Must be challenging for new graduates to find a job in the current economy?


My bonus for this year is rather.... like the Chinese saying... 'cooler than water'. T____T

MYTH: Broccoli juice helps patient beat bladder cancer

From a forwarded email:


This is interesting and well there's no harm in trying. Broccoli is good for health anyway.

A cancer patient credits his morning glass of broccoli juice with halting the disease.
Ray Wiseman's claim has prompted more research into the vegetable's healing powers.

Doctors told Mr Wiseman they did not expect him to survive, when they diagnosed him five years ago.


Green magic: Ray Wiseman with his wife Joan

But scans show that his cancer has stopped spreading - vastly improving his chances of a recovery.

The grandfather, 79, puts his health down to the tumbler of broccoli juice that his wife prepares for him each day.

Mr Wiseman, who lives in Braunstone, Leicestershire, said: 'I take this juice every day. I know it's done me good.

'I suppose it would be the same for everybody.'

His wife Joan, 72, started giving him the juice after a friend told her about the healing benefits of green vegetables.

For each half-tumbler dose she combines a head of broccoli with some apples and carrots to improve the taste.

She said: 'We believe my husband's incredible luck is down to broccoli. I hope our experience can help other cancer sufferers.

'The juice is a mess to make but it's something we have been happy to clear up. He now just takes it as second nature.

'If anybody else's husband is suffering from cancer and they are not getting on too well, it could help them.'

Scientists from Cancer Research UK have asked her for the recipe, to further study the vegetable's benefits.

Recent medical studies have highlighted the possible cancer-beating powers of broccoli. British scientists at the Institute of Food Research found that men who ate one daily portion had altered patterns of gene activity in their prostates, suggesting that the chemicals in the vegetable might be able to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.

According to a report published in the British Journal of Cancer in 2006, natural chemicals found in certain vegetables, such as broccoli-cauliflower and cabbage, can enhance DNA repair in cells, which could help stop them becoming cancerous.

A spokesman for Cancer Research UK said: 'There's a lot of research that's focused on broccoli and the healing properties that the vegetable contains. 'If taken, broccoli needs to be with a healthy diet that is high in all fruit and vegetables. This can also reduce the chances of developing cancer..'

Around 10,000 are diagnosed with bladder cancer every year in the UK . It is the fifth most common form of the disease and affects more men than women.

A member of the cabbage family, broccoli is rich in vitamin C and has properties that boost the human immune systems that fight viruses, bacteria and cancer. Studies have found that boiling broccoli can reduce its anti-cancer compounds, but steaming and microwaving do not.

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Dr Veronica TAY
Assistant Director/Associate Consultant < Student Health Centre, 3 Second Hospital Avenue , Level 3. Singapore 168937.
Health Promotion Board |( (65) 6435 3703 | 6 (65) 6438 7166| Visit us at http://www.hpb.gov.sg

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Career Dilemmas

Dilemma 1: You find out a colleague makes more money than you do.

Worst case, you realize that person makes more than you, even though he/she has the same job like you.


What would you do?
1. Immediately march into your boss's office to demand an explanation and a raise, or

2. Examine your own pay and value in the employment market to get an idea of what others in your area and with your skills and experience are paid. With that information, approach your manager and back up your request with relevant information that's not sensitive in nature.





Dilemma 2: You are offered a new job by a friend, but you're happy with your current one.

Decision! Decision! Decision!



What would you do?
1. Continue to work in your present Company, or

2. To write in to apply for the job to find out more about the ins and outs of the position, the advancement opportunity, the remuneration package and the corporate culture. If the interview goes well, you may want to seriously consider this new opportunity.

To Remain Sane in an Insane Economy

Food for thought

"The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun." -Napolean Hill





Now is the time to enjoy simple pleasures - "I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free." -George Strait





Now is the time to be creative - "Children or parents don't need your presents. They need your presence." -Anonymous





Now is the time to strengthen your mind - "I have not and never did have any motive of poetry but to achieve clarity." -George Oppen





"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances - to choose one's own way." - Victor Frankl

An Accountant and A frog

An accountant was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess". He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.




The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week". The accountant took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.




The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want." Again the accountant took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.




Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"






The accountant said, "Look I'm an accountant. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that's cool."

Chinaman vs Malay man

Two old friends - a Chinaman and a Malay were having a conversation recently


Apek: Lu potong zaka ada bagut ka?

Ali: Manyak bagus. Bila lu potong haa, lu punya barang manyak bersih loo...


Apek: ?!! Err ... saya kawan ala cakap, potong zaka aaahh....manyak ploblem..

Ali: Apa problem?


Apek: Manyak buang lui, lagi aahh ... dia punya performance tadak bagut... manyak cinang semputloh ...

Ali: Cehh... apek, lu apa cerita... saya suda lama potong, tada apa problem... bini saya manyak puas woo...


Apek: Lu mini puas sama itu potong zaka ka?

Ali: Ya laa. Bila lu potong aahh... lagi sedap main woo.. lu lagi lambat pancut..


Apek: ???!!! Err... lu punya 1.3 atau 1.5??

Ali: ??!! Woi apek cakap baik2 sikit ha .. saya punya 6 inci laa..



Apek: ??! Tiu nia ma... lu jangan main2 haa... mana ada potong zaka 6 inci..

Ali: Cilaka apek ni...nah tengok (opens his trousers)



Apek: Chee sin punya olang.....gua tanya baik2 .. lu tunjuk lu punya lanchiau..

Ali: Abis... lu tada percaya..saya tunjuk la..


Apek: Saya tadak tanya sam a lu punya lanchiau... Saya tanya lu pasal itu nasional car... potong zaka.. bolo punya olang..

Ali: Aiya... apek... lain kali lu sebut betul2 la.... kasi susa saja... Bukan potong zaka la.... PROTON SAGA!!