Bmw Pens

Since my mom works in BMW she always gets me those BMW and mini freebies.
And i always take those i use only.
Lately mom gave me this BMW Pen... and i use it to work.
First pen i got i used it in the office for 3 days...
And i walk away to the ladies and suddenly
*poof*
The pen goes missing.
Two BMW Pens and the one that goes missing is the nicer one.
Sigh..

Then later on mom gave me the exact same pen again Then this morning i just HAD to use it for work.. One of the big managers walked passed and noticed my pen. and asked.. "hey ju, where you get that pen from?" then i replied, "er..my mom works for bmw so she gave it to me" He then said "Nice also hor..." So i felt bad then gave it to him telling him i had more. But the actual truth is i didn't.,. ARghh ah ju sometimes u ah... really Soh hai they say

Salary

............is out!!!

And already i have to spend so much I'm to be broke before next week.
Sigh.

NEVER EVER use credit cards i tell you. They are evil!

10 counter-intuitive career tips

This was forwarded to me by a 3M-er in the office.
Just wanted to share it with everyone.. quite interesting

1. Don’t be the hardest worker.
No one can work 70-hour weeks forever without losing their mind – or at least their perspective. You need to pace yourself. Besides, at this kind of pace, you may not always the best worker, but you’ll surely look like the most desperate.

2. Hire people you wouldn’t want as friends.
Diverse business teams are more successful than homogenous teams. Creating diversity doesn’t mean hiring one guy from each fraternity. It means hiring people who scare you, disagree with you and think in totally different ways than you.

3. Don’t fear failure.
Most people who have wild success have wild failure first. Have your failure early and significantly so that you’re primed for success.

4. Learn to write direct mail.
A resume is a piece of direct mail. At best, it will get a 10-second scan from a hiring manager trying to decide whether to interview you. Know how to control what happens in those 10 seconds. Hint: You don’t want the person to spend that time reading “References available upon request.”

5. Bake cookies for your team.
Surprise people with your caring and kindness. They will view you – and your mistakes — much more generously. Also, showing your soft side at the office is risky. Cookies are softness without the risk that you’re revealing too much.

6. Give the brand of you a rest.
You cannot get to the top alone, so stop looking at yourself like you’re a one-man show. Education is the No. 1 factor in determining who will be successful. The caliber of your stable of mentors is the No. 2 factor. So start looking outside yourself. You need help.

7. Blend in.
Do not stand out for how your dress. Stand out for your intelligence and creativity. If you dress in a way that makes people look at your clothes, then you say “look at me for my clothes”. If you dress in a way where no one notices what you are wearing then you force people to look at you for your brains. Remember, though, that boring, frumpy fashion stands out as much as flashy, funky fashion.

8. Toss the business books: Read fiction.
Your career is as dependent on your people skills as it is on your professional skills, so read books and magazines that help you to understand people. Read novels your co-workers recommend, and you’ll have reliable repartee for weeks. Besides, most non-fiction tells you about peoples’ mistakes, but fiction describes what’s achievable.

9. Say no frequently.
Be choosy about how you spend your time so that each project you work on becomes a great bulleted item on your resume. Don’t work on projects that don’t matter, will get killed or are clearly mismanaged. When your boss asks you to do something you don’t have time for, remind her of her priorities and say you want to work on what’s most important to her. This is a professional way of saying no to unimportant assignments.

10. Ignore the urgent stuff.
Most urgent items on your to-do list are not big-picture items. But it’s the big-picture tasks that will make a significant difference in your career. So block off time each day to work solely on big-picture aspects of your to-do list. You don’t have to be a visionary at work. But if you aren’t a visionary for your life, who will be?

Sex and the city

I think I've been watching too much of sex and the city.
Here i am, Single in the city of Kuala Lumpur
But.. everything seems to be more boring than being in my little home island.
Expecting my life to be thrilled and adventurous like the chicks on HBO,
I am still greatly disappointed. I wasn't even close to being Miranda..
and to think i wanted to be Samantha!!!

Maybe I'm not as cut out as i thought i am...
Maybe my body is not as cut out..
Maybe it's Kuala Lumpur and not New York City..
Or maybe i really can't get over him.

Sometimes i wonder why do i even want to try and be someone else?
Trust me.. many are the same. Somehow we never seem to be satisfied with our ownself..
Why is that so?

I'm glad i stopped watching the L word at season 2. Else god knows who i want to follow?

Juliana

So there is this 1 girl in 3M. I found out we both had the same name.. Juliana.
And the company calls her nickname Juls...
but.. but...that's exactly what my friends call me.

Juls!!!

Weird thing is.. many people say we look the same, act the same...
Both Juliana's in 3M. Both outgoing, crazy and out of this world.
So the older colleagues made a pack..
"If we have daugthers, we are never going to name them Juliana"
So i asked them..."Why la?"
They all replied ... "Hard to control lar..headache only!"
Muahaha...

Anyways here is a pic of me and her..

Rest in Peace Uncle Loga

My deepest condolences goes to Aunty, Vig and Dasha.
He was a super duper great guy always filled with lots of love and happiness.
His days in this lifetime will never be forgotten.

I recieved a sms today from James today saying Uncle Loga was in critical conditon at 9.58 am.
So i decided to call at 10.57 am to see if he was okay and if everyone else was okay.
Vig didn't pick up the phone but instead Dasha did.
She was crying and i could hear the background everyone crying.
...shit!...Then and there i knew i called at the wrong time.
Dasha told me about Uncle Loga..
Suddenly i felt like time just paused...
I felt so weird.. I didnt know what to do..or what to say.
Only thing that went thru my mind was...
"I am going back penang tonight!"
So i walked into my superior's office and requested a half day leave.
Elaine, Sheena and ian also agreed to go back with me.
SO.......
The schedule for this would be.
Leave work 5 sharp..
Go home straight wait for Elaine and Ian+sheena.
Start driving to Penang.. Visit Vigs house directly
go back sleep.. wake up 7am.. start moving back to KL
Work at 1pm.
:S major orders coming in tmrw. ARGHHH!!!

Sms

So yesterday, while i was watching Shrek 3 in Summit.
I felt a vibration from my handbag.
I took out my phone to see "1 new message"
So i click..."read"
It was a message from Andre in Thailand.
Gosh you can't imagine how happy i was to receive it.
He told me he and Bruno were extending their stay for another 2 months in Koh Tao and asked if i was going to visit them.
Sigh.. i couldn't... work started :( Oh how i wish i could go there and get my diving license done .
Today the sms i received was sad..
*no more details for now*
Sms-es can bring a smile to a person but also bring a sigh...or tears.

Pet Hotel

Walao man. Nowadays people think of the craziest things.
In the older days (during my grandparents time),
A dogs purpose was to keep guard of the house.
Then later on they became men's best friends.

Nowadays, in realisation of how "girls" love to pamper thier mini pups and doggies,
Pet hotels are created. I recon it started with people having to travel and having no one to take care of their loved ones,
Throwing them in the vet is just too plain evil.

imagine lar... pet also have hotels..
Grooming centre also got.

Expenses are raising.. Mom actually sent Gucci (aka cookie) to the hotel last weekend.
Miki called me yesterday asking where is the Per Hotel.. I told her after figuring out where it was.
The next thing i know...

Juls: Oi u sent leong fun to the hotel dee ah?
Miki : no i sent her to the motel instead.
Juls : WAH... got budget lifestyle for dogs also wan ah... keat..
Miki : Ai chai lar...

oh my...

i even heard somewhere in KL they actually have a 5 star Per hotel.
Imagine doggies swimming together and getting a SPA.
Damnit i have a weird imagination.

Sleepy

Not used to sleeping early.

Not used to waking up early.
This is hard.
Instead of my 5-6am go to bed routine, It has flipped 180 degrees.
Now I have to wake up 5-6am and sleep as soon as i can sleep.
Have been sleeping late and waking up early these few days now.
DAmnit at the office being sleepy ain't fun.

I MISS PENANG!

Working life in 3M

So at last I've settled down in 3M. Tropicanna.... Petaling Jaya
Sigh..
First day hit Kl only miss Penang dee..
Being broke here isn't as fun as it used to be for me in Penang.
But it feels so challenging here. Its like.. You DO or you DIE..
I found out managing 2 global accounts isn't as easy as i thought it would be.Apparenly Jaya Jusco was a fussy buyer..And Tesco is too.Well guess nothing comes easy in life.

Adios...

Depressed!

Okay so most of you know I've been very down and depressed lately.
Been lost and have been losing touch with close friends like Jovin lately also.
I don't know what's happening to me. And what's happening with my life.
Too much problems i can't handle.
I think it's time for a major change....

For those who don't know, I've just decided 2 days ago I'm moving to KL to work in 3M.
It will be very scary for me since i have to start all fresh there and i don't know the roads.
But My mom thinks i need to learn how to be independant and 3M is giving me quite a good prospect.
BUt.... the salary ain't gonna make me survive in a very nice and comfortable life in KL.
I'm going to try though!

Me and the bf aren't doing so well and if you ask me if im attach or single now..
I can't give you an answer. AS friendster like to put it..."It's complicated"
I think i will survive. OR won't I. I still don't know.
Caring thinks it will impact me hard in these few days to come...
I hope not else i might break down and go crazy.
All in all, I wanna thank those who really took care of me tonight.
Thank you all for being there.

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I've notice my site meter does show that there are averagely 15-16 people visitng my site daily.
But i don't get much comments.
Please please share your thoughts. I'd really appreciate it. :)

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Filler

PART 1 : ON THE OUTSIDE

Name : Juliana Tan aka Ah Ju aka Juls

Date of birth : 11 March 1983

Current status : Attached with problems. Bf in Denmark

Eye color : Black but grey contacts mostly

Hair color : Black

Right or left handed : Right handed

Zodiac : 2 fishes the pieces / water pig


PART 2 : ON THE INSIDE

My heritage : 75% Chinese 25% Thai .. i think.(Dad is half thai)

My fear : Geckos and Losing a loved one

My weakness : Love

My perfect pizza : Anything with no veggie on it.


]PART 3 : YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

Your first thought waking up : Sigh so much F*cking problems.Ooo breakfast with ben

Tomorrow : Get my clothes to ah Ma's for laundry

Your bedtime : around 5-6am...like i said problems

Most missed memory : Being with the boyfriend in Langkawi

PART 4 : YOUR PICK

Pepsi or Coke : Coke..

McD or Burger King : BURGER KING.

Single or group dates : Single.Group dates?!?!? That's just being too low self esteem

Adidas or Nike : Either

Lipton Tea or Nestea : None. Peppermint Tea :D

Chocolate or vanilla : Chocolate

Cappuccino or coffee : Kopi-O-Peng


PART 5 : DO YOU...?

Smoke : Trying not to

Curse : Yes


PART 6 : IN THE PAST MONTH, HAVE YOU...?

Drank alcohol : Duh! yea

Gone to the mall : Yum char sessions there

Been on stage : Yea! Glo :S dancing

Eaten sushi : I miss sushi.Havent had it since before Denmark


PART 7 : WHAT WERE YOU DOING...?

1 minute ago : Reading kok mengs entry and found out i got tagged

1 hour ago : Yum Char at Dome with Michelle

4 1/2 hours ago : At Andy's shop learning how to dribble with foosball :S

1 month ago : Koh Samui!

1 year ago : Working for 3M Penang


PART 8 : FINISH THE SENTENCE

I love : my family

I feel : like having a smoke

I hate : to leave Penang to go KL

I hide : my *ahem* special dvd collections

I miss : college days.

I need : a hug and my boyfriend



I'm tagging Dawn and Maria.
Meng tagged me. Blame him.
Maria u dont know him but just do it :P

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OMG!!!

Watching this makes me want to lose weight now! Look at my stomach la!
Guess i was the laughing stock of the night...
Sigh.

My humps?

I was just browsing thru You Tube and i just HAD to bump into one of those lame funny videoclips.

So have fun laughing!

Unlucky or Lucky?

So, today i went to Glo for the finals which i was so not sure i was to join or not.
At the end, yes i joined the finals for the sexy dance competition.
I didn't know i would win but at the end i did..
After numerous pours of water on yours truly and ice and etc..

I thought the winning money was RM 8000 BUT to my dismay it was only RM 1000.
Better than nothing i thought.
I came off the stage after having some aching feet and wet body.
Everyone came to congratulate me so the guilty consious just popped out.
I opened a bottle. Thinking one bottle won't do much damage to the money i won.

Then one after another came up to me asking for tips, makan money, etc...
Even one of the contestant was bitchy enough to ask RM 100 off me.
I'm not going to mention names here cuz then i might ruin many people's reputation.

At the end of the night, not only i lost all the RM 1000 but i even took out an extra RM 50 for one of the bouchers.
Fucking lost my mood already.
When we moved to SS, Caring managed to get a bottle of Hennessy free from ******.
Hmmm,... lucky we were.

AFter that, i was sending everyone i was suppose to send home leaving me and joanne.
When we were at the traffic lights at Gurney, The stupid red light just wouldn't turn green.
C'mon it was 5am so we both thought.. "Just go la...so late already anyways"
Upon moving the car, blue lights behind us started blinking and we were stopped by the cops.
As usual...."Encik boleh settle..." routine and i ended up paying another RM 50.

What a day huh? Won RM 1000 and spent RM 1100.

Should i call this Lucky or Unlucky? Sighs...

Pic of KL

Most of the time, i was at meetings, Trainings but when i had my free time,
I rush to meet up with Caring, Felicia, Poh Li and Zack for Clubbin sessions.

Oops lets start the story from driving there...

The suspects :-

Zack,The Papa,The Driver,The Victim

Myself,The Busy,The Talkative

Caring,PohLi(Sharing),Felicia(Loving) lol

Day 1
We were suppose to leave Penang by 4.30pm and estimated to reach at 7.30-8pm latest.
The jam had Zack stuck in Alor Setar and by the time he got to me and the others,
We left at around 5.30pm
We thought, Hmmm slight delay won't hurt our journey and estimated 9pm to arrive.
The rain was bad everything had to slow down, accidents and all.
Reached there only at 11.30pm.
We were so trashed and hungry and i had to cancel appointment 1 and 2.
Some of my friends got pissed at me for cancelling clubing with them due to business appointments.
(PS: SO sorry and do forgive me! you know who u are)

Anyways Day 1 wasn't a good day for me.Tiring and meeting ended at 4am
let's move on to day 2.

Day 2
Whole day was gone to Training, Good Training too.
Then went to meet the others and went to Cynna Bar @ Heritage Row
Very nice place it was. We took loads of pictures but here are some.






Then they sent me back to my brothers place

Day 3
Day 3 after meeting my last appointment (which is after dinner)
I was packed and went to meet the others
we went to Skybar..then Aloha (which was too tukau for us)
Then moved to The Loft to meet my other friends











didnt manage to take pics of my KL friends cuz too lazy to take when in the club :P

Going KL

Waiting for my transport to come pick me up.
Going to KL

hope to see my friends.

Makan!

Not guys yea. I mean't real food.
Never let Caring order food for you.
You'll end up with this...



Well me, Joanne and her manage to almost finish all the food.

The menu was...

1. Curry Mee
2. Laksa
3. Leng Ngau Th'ng (lotus root soup)
4. Uncle Bob's Taiwanese fried chicken x2
5. Shark meat with curry and ladies finger
6. Ikan panggang (Grilled fish)
7. Belachan fried rice
8. Ais Kacang
9. Lor Bak
10. 3 mineral water, 1 sugar cane and 1 teh ais


sigh... and i didnt order anything but the mineral water and sugar cane.