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Vibrating.condom.reengineered

Posted in its just a jot with tags , , , on November 18, 2011 by abanglong

We designed, fabricate and supply one unit of flexi cable incircuit tester.
Basically it would check electronic circuit and functions and would display the results on a lcd display
Fully automatic and very fast
The customer was happy
Though we had many sleepless nights to ensure the machine works as dreamed
They made a repeat order
With some minor modifications
As their actual products will run under certain harsh environments
They requested to add vibrating functions
To vibrate the part
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Duhhh
Penin aku camana nak design
Camana nak modify
As the vibrating motor tu nak as small as posible
Quick check with the net reveals a few oversea suppliers
With the cheapest is about 15 Usd each
But moq – minimum order quantity was 250 unit. Watper.… aku nak 7 jer
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Luckyly
The little mcgyver in me springs into action
Modify existing products
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Ngeh ngeh ngeh

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Hermmm
Dont tell my client ehhhh
Rm22 solution
Rewired the vibrating motor from the condom
Add some resistors and diods
Reprogram the micon
Viola
It vibrates
Muahahaha
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They order 7 unit of the machine altogether

Tunggu. 3700. Saat

Posted in its just a jot with tags , on November 16, 2011 by abanglong

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Irene schedulwd a 230 pm meeting
Takut traffic jam aku keluar awal
Kol 125 dah sampai
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Tunggu loh!
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Hermmm
Hotel like lobby!

Klung.klang.klong

Posted in its just a jot with tags , , , on November 15, 2011 by abanglong

The day started with a cheerful meeting with a client
Though was tak berapa sihat but manage to cover line from them
Alhamdulillah
Both parties happy
Wait and see
Doakan moga ada rezeki!
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Afternoon
Another client
In bangi
Kejar payment
A usual alasan
Cek dah prepare but boss not yet sign
Said the account clerk
Duhhhhh
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Hermmmm
Akupun should employ female account clerk
Nak marah pun tak jadi !!!
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Sampai office dh tengahari
Staff all gone makan
Do this do that sambil chat with puan wifey who oso bit batuk batuk
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One call that makes me smile
From a procrument officer
Of a prominent multinational co
That ada branch all over the world
Mr adi
We got your number from bla bla bla
One of our engineer also had met you during engineering expo bla bla bla
We had some inquiry
Can u do this that this
Bla bla bla
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Aku sengih
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I’ll email you the drawings and please prepare the quotation by thursday morning said irene. Nama sebenar officer itu
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Aku kena siapkan quotation utk kilang jarum. Ada satu bundle lom prepare quotation seh
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11 28 malam
Check email
Ada 11 sets of drawings
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Said to me
Alhamdulillah
Dapat tak dapat tu soal kedua
Diberi peluang utk cuba tu puuuun dh rahmat dah tu
Doakan yer 🙂
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Lepas donlod files
Aku bukak drawings
Pakai software pirate aku
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Aku ngangaaaa
All the notes, descriptions, explainations
Almost all lah
Was written in bahasa vietnam !!!
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Arghhhhhhh
Help help help
Google transalate tidak berapa bekerjasama
Arghhhhh

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business.boss.staff

Posted in kerja with tags , , , , , , on November 10, 2011 by abanglong

1909 101111

still in the office. some of the staff were sent to install something in clienst place in shah alam, they use my car thus i cant balik yet.

also today, after many years managing this small company, i was tested

kesabaran, ketabahan, kasih sayang, setia kawan dan semangat juang.

i love all my staffs

i do

they were more like a family to me

the adik adik who were cling to their big abanglong

as shield of hope,faith and life.

so; was very very rare they kena marah

i never remember raising my voice to any of them.. not once.

the mistakes normally were neutralised with discussion and small meetings

naik lemak though, sometimes.

as the business is tougher and tougher

the overhead is bigger and bigger

costing is higher

yet the pricing or the quotations remains the same as zaman kaset dan floppy discs

i put the trust to two new engineers

one female and one male.

being with us for almost a year already.

both employed as a project engineer

assingned to do things a project engineer should do.

well..basically; everything they must do one

🙂

we, as in me and my partner

waited passionately for them to grew with us

have the same spirit, speak the same language, breath the same air.

but

unfortunately

ladyluck wasnt on our side

i dont really know what was wrong

kat mana silap kat mana salah

it seems that they sort of tak ada semangat

just kerja for the sake of makan gaji

ada kerja aku buat, ada kerja ada gaji kind of thinking

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suruh design – failed – alasan, baru kerja… dah setahun dah wei

suruh buat marketing – failed – tak reti nak cakap – whattttt!!!!!!!

masuk kerja – patut 830 but almost 900 am baru sengih sengih clock in

suruh follow up clients – sekali bising sekali buat

suruh buat daily report – sekali tanya sekali hantar… tak tanya tak buat

information – most of the time they kept to themself… bila client call me about the progress, aku nganga tatau apa

suruh survey new market – hampehhhh…. none !

ajak makan – laju pulak !!!

suruh penetrate new departments dekat the same customer – till now tadek results….

dalam resume says can do this can do that – time kerja kenot do this kenot do that; bila ungkit, u ada mentioned dalam resume; owhhh itu saja tulis encik… was their answer.

 

duhhhh

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tak dinafi also

they kerja okeh

sanggup stay back till four in the morning time kerja banyak

sanggup day trip to jb to meet a client

sanggup kesana kesini to settle problems

sanggup and boleh menerima any arahan etc

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but project engineers need to do project engineers stuffs whaaaaat

salary – good

transportation allowance

minyak allowance

toll allowance

phone allowance

paid overtimes

personal insurance paid

hensem bosses …muahahahaha. ini selingan.

apasal kenot deliver as the company expected ?

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until today

i called both of them to the room

short sharp serious talk

asked them whats the problems ?

they said nothing

then

said me

this meeting is the final meeting

if there is any next meeting about the same situation/problem

it gonna be an ugly conversation…

i give u two orders

one – follow all the company rules. all of the rules. period

two – i need results on sales and new business. i gave them target…

please ubah sikap

kalau tak boleh ubah… then it means that we can no longer work together.

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hermmm

once my former boss in japanese firm said to me

there are three rules adi-san

rule number one – boss always right

rule number two – follow rules number one

rule number three – boss always right.

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period.

 

 

 

Gajus.kereta hitam.budu

Posted in its just a jot with tags , , , on November 3, 2011 by abanglong

I took a short detour from work
Too many things to handle at one time. Processor overload
Gua musang – pit stop for lunch

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Had a very satisfying marbelesssss lunch
Akak tu cakap rm4.5 drink included
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Tadi
On d way back to kl
Stop at the same row of shops
Park the car at the empty spot depan kedai
Akak itu sengih
Hermmm PR skill top notch!
Takkan dia cam aku kot
Took the same lauk. Almost the same lah
Drink the same teh o ice
Had the same orgasmic lunch
Akak tu datang kira
RM 7.00!!
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Dari gua musang sampai raub aku still takleh compute why harga beza

Satu.Dua.Lekuk

Posted in its just a jot with tags , , on October 20, 2011 by abanglong

Was given three project to study and make design proposal tu client
Few weeks ago
Makanya dgn gigih aku buat proposal
Dan alhamdulillah client terima semua proposal bersama quotation aku
Tunggu PO kata mereka masa shake hand
Tapi itu engineer cakap.…kami nak guna the machine early nov. So better u start dulu. Tunggu PO takut lambat
Pretty standard procedure
Most of my clients pun; kami proceed without po dulu.
Last project yg harga empat altis pun aku main buat dulu tanpa po
Tunggu po gurenti projek tak siap on time
Aku gak kena marah ngan cilent. !
Makanya aku proceed dgn full design
Dua design engineer aku dh full capacity makanya aku sendiri kena buat.
So mendesignlah akuuuuu.
Puan isteri sengih aku bukak leptop jam satu pagi lepas projek
Dan dia gelak esok pagi tengok aku tertidur kat lantai – leptop yg tengok aku haha
Many many night aku tido tiga empat pagi
Dan siaplah satu design- yang paling senang between those three things
Aku heppy

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Tiba tiba tadi dapat PO
Dua project jer on
Yang aku dok design siang malam tu kensel sbb they decide to change manufacturing concept
So takyah pkai that machine
Demmm
Aku tutup leptop
Sandar kusi
Pejam mata
Istighfar banyak banyak
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Call client- dia cakap takpalaaa kau belum beli barang lagikaaaan. Kau concentrate laa yang lagi dua tuuuu
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Moral of business – client always right !!

– chow – nak tidur – nak mimpi angelina juling –

Jarum.LED.karpet

Posted in its just a jot with tags , , , , , on October 19, 2011 by abanglong

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Entry dari dlm kereta hitam
Morning rush
Stop for a dos of teh tarik
Semalam bekfes roti canai. No lunch no dinner.
Tertidur dlm kelaparan hih
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Today acara miting
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0842 hrs dah sampai depan office client
Subang bestari
For a meeting with the kilang jarum
Scheduled at 0900 hrs
Nak buat sealer mould
Dan aku kena masuk bilik bulan nanti
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Then shah alam
New LED tv
Called smart tv
All in
3D
Internet
Wifi
And bla bla
Rega about 15k utk 55 inch
On sale jan 12
Confirm aku tak mampu beli huhu
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Then balakong
Kilang karpet
Which produce carpet for keta
Sapa pakai protons perodua honda and toyota
Kalau karpet nak tukar
Boleh email – special harga hoh!
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Then will be in nilai
Meet the engineer
Of a kilang that produce stuffs
For another kilang
That rolled out your myvis and alzas
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Arini boss tak ulau kan !
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Doakan kesejahteraan kami kawan kawan
Luv u all
And i mean it

Burst. Unsangkarable. Alhamdulillah

Posted in its just a jot with tags , , , on October 14, 2011 by abanglong

This happened many weeks ago. During a biz trip to southern region. Day trip with a fellow partner
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Was cruising at 120-130 kmh when suddenly a loud burst from behind
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Giler scary tukar tayar tepi hiway
Terbayang cerita ondscene
Kena langgar time tukar tayar tepi jalan
Putus kepala!
Dahler gelap !
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Standard tire. Standard alloys
Perfect pressure
Few months old car with just about 30k km on the odometer
Tapi boleh meletup just like that
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Moral of story
-make sure u have torchlight in the car :- which we dont have during that moment
-safety triangle really helps in those darkness – try get those battery operated with blinking LED
-tukar standard jack that comes with the car. Use the hidraullic type. Ringan kerja
And finally – make sure the spare is angin cukup’ed and boleh guna.
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