Earth Hour 2009

Oh man, no another Earth Hour post from a different blog, you might say. Hahahaha!

Anyway, with all this Earth Hour thing going on, here's my say regarding about this "event".

For me, i think Earth Hour is just nothing big. I firstly saw Earth Hour, probably last year at some of my friends blog, back then i didnt really bother to do it, and same goes to this year. I was talking to my friend few nights ago, and he told me, how he's going to switch off his lights and everything, and be proud of it. Most of the points he got, is either from the papers, or radio.

My points are, firstly the world is polluted! NO such thing 1 hour "light-offing" would reduce the global warming, as much as they claim (5%). IF even it can be reduced, you hardly even know the differentslah. You see, global warming is not entirely caused by light bulbs or energy consumption. Green house effects, CFC and logging (if that is what they call pembalakan in English), are some of the sources which causes global warming.

To cut my story short, i dont think one hour (bear in mind, not one DAY) would do anything difference. Also, i think some people do it, because they want to be IN "it". Probably they don't even know what is Earth Hour all about. Worst of all, some people might even be hoping after they switched off their lights, and the next afternoon when they head out to somewhere, they wont feel a thing, because the "warming" has been reduced. Some blogs which i read, the blogger mentioned it as gimmick, but i wouldnt want to put it as gimmick, because i do know they are sincere, but i would say that this thing wont work, and it's just hopeless.

Have you ever went to big companies and see how they on their lights and computers, when at night when no one is using? How companies will use A4 sizes papers like crazy for fax and printing, and when it's finish, they open up a new pack and refill it again, instead of turning the old papers back and print on them. Last time, during the petrol price was RM2.70, people said they WONT be using their cars, yet they still use their cars, and look at the jam they caused. Some car company came out with the so called enviromently friendly car, but it's not so wallet friendly. People around the world (and also the people who's staying next to my house), who burns rubbish openly next to my house (did i mentioned, they threw the rubbish at a place you're not supposed to throw). With so many cars on the road, so is many car waste, black oil. Where do you think they throw away the black oil? When you enter a restaurant, while you're eating, the people around you smokes their ciggarate, and and the smoke pierces through your nose. You want to change your place, but you wont, am i right? You'll still sit there, and just continue to inhale all those smokes.

Me-lvin

P.S. Anyway, the world is going to be doomed, so why bother. . .

My Work

Hey guys, sorry for not updating this blog for a long time. I'm seriously busy these days, it seems like i dont have time to do anything at all.

Anyway, for those who might not know i have started work for about 1 month plus already. I started on the 5th of February with City-Link Express.

Now, City-Link Express is not a bus company, like what many of my friends thought of. It's actually a courier company. City-Link provides documents, parcels, forwarding, warehousing, air, land and sea frieght. My company (chehwah! my company!!!), is located in Glenmarie, Shah Alam. It's not that near to my place, but yea i still can drive there.

My job is basiclly, Customer Service Assitant. Whereby, i answer calls from customers who wants to know the status of the shipment. The problem is that, sometimes when there are some customers whose shipments is taking way too long either more than a day, or more than 2 days. So this is where the hard part comes, when i have to take up this case and hand it over to my person-in-charge of the region involving the caselah. Then my person-in-charge will contact with the branch to find out what's the status of this document or parcel and then will contact back the customer to inform to them the status. The normal working hours are from 8:35AM to 5:45PM.
Mostly, i wont be getting much calls from 8:35-9:15AM. On the begining of the month, my working time was changed, from 10AM to 7PM. In the whole Frontliner team (the ones who answers the calls), there will be 1 person who works from 10AM to 7PM, because to answer the calls after 5:45PM. Before my time was changed, another guy begins his work with that time, now he has left, so the boss gave me the chance to work at that time.

I'm quite thankful because, it's easier for me in many ways, i can have more sleep (7 hours), i can beat jam (but it will still happen if it rains) and i dont have to rush to work. But of course, the downpart is that, when 5:45PM comes, everybody will leave the office, leaving me with my boss only, so there's no one to talk to. Also, when the time i go to work and leave from work, i'm all alone. Speaking of alone, during my lunch time, i eat alone as well, because no one's lunch time is actually 2PM-3PM! But i do enjoy it at times, because i can choose where to go to for lunch. Another problem would be is parking, since we dont have our own parking, normally we would park outside the building, so by the time i reached my company about 9:40 something, there isn't any parking, so i'll to park somewhere far away, either at Yakult, NTN Bearing or at DHL!
Below are pictures of my workspace taken with my lousy Nokia 6680 camera.

My workplace. Can be considered one of the best place around, because it comes with the MODERN phone, instead of the others who's having the old Callmaster III which looks like a 3 telephone directory/yellow pages stacked up, laser mouse instead of the old ball mouse (yea some of them having that), a Samsung keyboard which is SAME as the one i'm using right now at home, so it's totally comfortable and it doesnt feel ackward when i hit the button.

An artistic shot of my workplace!

The side of my workplace, as you can see inside my file is the RBS '09's Graduation Testimony book, yea i read just so i can't fall asleep, it was inspiring. On the bottom left, is the headset, which i put it on my head, it works like a telephone receiver, where i dont need to pick up the receiver when the custome calls, it just beep once and i 'll have to say the magic line "Thank you for calling City-Link Customer Service, this is Melvin speaking. . . "

Our jadual waktu for the whole month. . .

Extensions Directory. You know sometimes it's real pain, when someone wants to speak to someone, and then they just wont tell you the directory or which department? So i'll have to search through this directory for that person's name, but not all gets their own directory, some will share lines, so that will make the job harder to find for the people the customer looking for.


Basicly, that's some descripiton of my job, so now you might understand what i'm doing now. Anyway i belive customer service is one good job, because they are the only ones who actually interacts and connects the customer with the company, without them then people would have problem when they want to check on something or complain about something.

Anyway, i need to go now, i was supposed to take bath 30 minutes ago, and here i am sitting and blogging. Hope i'll be able to update on somethinglah, instead of keeping this blog blank.

Me-lvin

P.S. I'm so mad right now, internet connection not good, if i on my pc, my brother cannot use, if he on his laptop, my pc cannot use, besides that my screen has penyakit kuning!! Grr!!!

Happy 21st Birthday To Rachel Tan!

Yesterday after woik, i went have satay dinner with Rachel and her friends, because it was her 21st Birthday! It was a good time, meeting up new people and learning medical terms. Just a little info, on how i knew her. We used to be in the same school, from Form 1 till early Form 6. I think, we became friends when we're in the Probation Prefects. I know, myself a prefect super nerd, right? Hahahaha! Anyway, i think the only moment we actually talk was during Form 6 and probably this year is the time, when i actually did talk to her.

She's a girl after God, and she always pleases Him. May her walk with Him continue to grow, and that He will bless her according to His will.

Me-lvin

p.s. The balance satays you could eat for today's breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper :P