Thursday, July 12, 2007

Sales and Me

I was born to talk.. I talk a lot... well when I was young, my teacher, Mrs Cheong used to call me a "lawyer buruk" - a lousy lawyer who talked endlessly. When I finished my A-levels which didn't go too well my parents said try for the external law degree. I did ok , should have done better in my finals but was too distracted. Decided to go into banking. Yes besides talking a lot, I did like my maths and loved figures. Mum drilled it into all of us that till today, more than 23 years after my O-levels I still remember a bit about my trigonometry. I am no genius but I found maths and banking went well for me. however while I was having my stint as a banking officer , I realized that I could sell money. and I actually liked it. My boss, Mr Ang , whom I hold the highest respect for, was truly amazing. He was tough but fair. He told me at the start that I was wasting his time. How could a law graduate , work as a banker!!! However perseverance and a strong will to disprove his theory , that drive really got me going. Mr Ang, in all fairness, thought me so much and always showed me how to improve myself. He challenged me and I am so grateful to him. Mr Ang Wee Hiong - thank you so much!
That was more than 14years ago. I have not looked back. I went into Sales (Credit and Marketing), then sold teco services for Maxis and ended up in UPS. Everything, with zero knowledge start up to some point of success. I will talk more ...

Friday, July 6, 2007

Revathi's plight

What can we say, ignorance among some muslims in malaysia, makes it very difficult. they hide behind the veil of islam, when islam actually promotes love and understanding. to those poor souls who live in their biggotry, the more you force, the more you repel. forcing people will only force people to do things they DONT want to do. there will be no passion and true belief. if people want to fast, let them fast, if people want to pray let them pray, if they want to leave the religion, let them leave. I salute Revathi , for having the courage and passion to stand up to these biggots.. as well as Lina Joy!!!!