New ray of hope ?

At the normal rate of Govt implementation, this might not happen in
my career-life-time, whatever year left for me now, but it might
happen for the next generation of Malaysian woman workforce.
But then again, the Govt might have learn from us to fast-track
implementation the "MyEmployer" Way. Imagine ... P4k L4h said to Naj1b ...
implement in one month time !
I never be "happier" to hear the one-month instruction.

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http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=276949

KUALA LUMPUR, August 2 (Bernama) -- Women should be given flexibility in employment so that they can focus their attention on their families, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Thursday.

The deputy prime minister said the public and private sectors should look into providing flexibility for their women employees to stop working temporarily to fulfil their family responsibilities.

"Flexibility should be given for women employees to leave their service temporarily, for example, when they have just delivered their babies, and when the babies are older, they can re-join the service and continue with their careers.

"I find that many women want to quit their job temporarily to take care of their families but at the same time they don't want to totally leave their jobs either in the government or private sector," he told reporters after opening the Women's Summit 2007 here.

Najib said that giving them such flexibility would prevent an exodus of female workers from the employment sector to fulfil their family obligations.

He said the Public Service Department (PSD) would be asked to study the proposal before it is submitted to the Cabinet.

"I am not saying this as a decision ... but something which has to be studied in-depth and will be considered when the time comes," he added.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, who was also president, when asked for comment, said all parties should view the matter seriously if they do not want to lose their workforce.

"I urge all companies to look at the issue more seriously because it is not only a women issue but a business issue...work, life balance is a business issue," she added.

She said companies which already had family-friendly policies had balance and studies showed that their productivity and profits were higher.

Shahrizat said it had become a world trend to have a policy which provide such flexibility to ensure optimum use of the workforce.

"So in Malaysia, we have no choice. As I said, both the government and the private sector must make preparations, its very important," she said adding that almost 36 per cent of the country's workforce were women.

The 2007 Women Summit, organised by the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, is the fifth to be held. This year's theme is "Putting Women at the Heart of Development".

More than 2,000 participants attended the summit, which among others, seeks to find a balance between career and family towards formulating a public policy that is conducive and supports the paradigm shift on issues relating to women at work.

-- BERNAMA

Laporan Kaji Cuaca - Angin Lintang

Sepulangnya saya dari percutian sempena cuti sekolah ini, saya mendengar laporan kaji cuaca persekitaran tempat mencari rezeki. Menurut laporan kaji cuaca terkini, kemungkinan akan ada angin lintang bertiup ke kawasan tingkat 2. Kelajuan dan arah Angin lintang itu belum dapat dipastikan untuk masa ini.

Apa-apa hal pun, sebagai rakyat jelata yang melata, saya berharap kehadiran angin lintang itu akan dapat membawa bersama keberkatan dan kesejahteraan untuk semua.

Dari itu, setiap pihak di nasihatkan untuk berjaga-jaga dan memelihara keterusan operasi sehingga angin lintang yang di jangka tiba bila-bila masa itu melintas ruang udara tingkat 2.

Jika benar teori saya selama ini, di mana sekalipun kita bekerja mencari rezeki, ketepatan "gosip dan cakap-cakap hallway" tidak dapat dipertikaikan ... selalu within Sick Sigma.

pray for the best and be prepared for the worst :)


gambar fail , tiada kaitan dengan tajuk di atas

High Day - Tomorrow

Monday, Jan 15th, after picking up the kids at school, we quickly have lunch and prayer.
Pakcik H*s*in, our family cabby, arrived promptly at 4pm. Me, #2, #3 and #4 left for Midvalley. We went to MV to make the Misc payment, which amounted to beribu-ribu juga.
By 445pm we arrived at the Midvalley and walk around to find the office. After 2 false directions, we found the place.
Handover the money and was asked to wait for a while. Within 10min, the clerk returned with the official appointment letter.
430pm - 19th Jan 2007.

So tomorrow will be the appointment day . The High Day.

High because we're excited !
High because we're going to go quite high ... 13th floor !



Gayat laaa ...

FOC - Where to go ?

Mr Boss asked why he hasn’t sign my FOC application. Apparently I am the only few who have not submitted the forms.
It didn’t trigger me that my yearly FOC which I earned in 2005 will expire Dec 15th 2006 … in 4 weeks time !!!

Here are my problems :
a) It is difficult to book flight seats at this time of the year, what not with the holiday season.
b) The "ongkos" factor. 2 Eids+school start in a span of 2.5 months ... and no hope of Bonus announcement from Mr MD.
c) The Ayahanda's still-not-finalized plan is yet another major dependency.

I can’t imagine me traveling with the 4 little Wans without another adult. The last air travel (more than 2 hr) was to Melbourne visiting the Doc-sis's family and we had a difficult time trying to keep Uqbah on his seat. Uqbah is a very restless kid plus a bit claustrophobic. He can’t stand being in a confined space for more than 10 minutes. At 2 yrs of age, he's too young to appreciate the Inflight Entertainment. The paracetamol has minimum impact on him. He slept for 1 hour and the balance of the time, he “tawaf-ed” in the plane so many times and we were afraid the food trolley will knock him.

Padan muka sendiri. Plan last minute ni memang memfeninkan kefala, siapa susah ... sendiri juga.

As Mr Tan Sri's bebelan ... "Kan I dah cakap, book 2 3 months ahead, macam I ni ha. Dah settle, November 23rd dah fly ... bye to you" . Ye le Mr Tan Sri, aku yang bersalah .

Last resort is to apply to HR for an extension ... ayooo kena pergi "menghadap". I will leave this for the very very very last option ... just because I don't like to have to "menghadap".

Where would you go if you have FOC air tickets for the whole family on a limited budget and short time like ... 3 or 4 days the most ?



This country do look interesting, isn't it ? No ... that's not Mongolia !
Now who can help me on the "ongkos" part ?

Merdeka 2007 ... God Willing

If fate agrees with plan ... we will celebrate Merdeka 2007 watching KLCC fireworks.

If Ayah agrees to get the furniture, S*r* M*y* inside peek will look like in the picture below ..., else it will be a bare living area just like BJ living area for the last 6 years.




If God's blessing continue to shower our family, we will be a Seri Mayan family, "tukar angin jadi orang KeyEll" ... else we will be contended staying put as "orang Shah Alam - bandaraya roundabout".




BTW ---- Sri Maya has launched buyer-get-buyer programme - get 1% cash/rebate on successful introduction of buyer . So DO DO DO contact me if you are interested to be my neighbour .

p/s1: The Plan(version July05) was to upgrade from BJ-Teja to BJ-Tropika but it has gone through several revision (version BJ-Lag3nda, version SA-S3ct7Kr1st4lK*nd*, version SA-Sect7rumah_teres_sebelah_asrama_tahfiz_azfar, version BJ-T3j*K*b*h_sambung_dapur) until we finalized with The Plan (version Dec05) and we sign up for S*r* M*y*. Dah tutup, habis cerita untuk sekarang.
p/s2: The Apt/Condo plan must have been influenced by mama2beas apartment blog entry.