TIGblogs - Roul's TIGBlog http://Odie.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us Scenes from Penang http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/702083 As promised, here are some of the scenes from Penang. If you wanna see more of this, go on to my album on Facebook. Of course, u have to add me first. Here's the link to my Facebook, MY FACEBOOK.








]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:06:00 EDT http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/702083 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Journey for wisdom resumes... http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/683717 USM- The APEX University

Will be off to Penang, this Monday (June 1st - 8th) for the study induction and orientation. Yes, people, I'm back to school! Going to further study on Political Science. I can't give up my career but yet I would like to expand the wisdom in me, so I took USM's Distance Education Programme.

Don't worry, you'll be seeing me religiously here in KL, because the study centre is just nearby... So, I can juggle between work, study and play! Huh!

In the meantime, I would like to thank my boss, Mr. Zainul Arifin Mohammed Isa for letting me pursuing the study while working. Your advice and support is very much appreciated. Anyway, congratulations on the new post. Mr. Zainul will be the next NSTP Group Editor in Chief!

So, do motivate me, people! Really need you guys to be my inspiration! I think, that's all for now, pics of Penang will be uploaded after the hectic week! See you guys soon!
]]> Sat, 30 May 2009 05:05:00 EDT http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/683717 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Finally my own DSLR http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/666229 If you guys still remember that I used to ramble around of having my own DSLR camera way back, I think around December or January, if I'm not mistaken. And yet, I managed to get my own DSLR last Sunday.

I bought an Olympus E-420, followed my own instinct despite of heavily arguments and forces from people asking me to buy either Nikon or Canon.

But still, I like Olympus the most because of it compact size of DSLR and cool live view feature (even though, knowing that I'm so not gonna use that feature)!

Anyway, below is the sample of the pixs taken! Yeah, I know that I need to polish up my skill, but then tunjur ajarku SIFU!! Chewie.. chewie...

Huh! Siapa ni?
]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 08:05:00 EDT http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/666229 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 I'm a year wiser... http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/643651 Not more than 3 hours from now.... I'll be 24. Yes, a year wiser. Yet, so much to be achieved. One of it, to further my study on political science. Will do just that this June when the class will started. Anyway, I don't want to sound so pathetic as if I'm looking for people to wish me (you may want to wish it, have the pleasure..). So, Happy 24th birthday to me.

]]> Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:04:00 EDT http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/643651 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 "The little imperfections that make them perfect" http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/642293
A short film by Yasmin Ahmad.


"The little imperfections that make them perfect..... for you...."


]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:04:00 EDT http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/642293 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Career Aptitude test by MAPP Assesment http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/639729 INTEREST IN JOB CONTENT
(Those tasks you want to perform)

Preferences for Shahrul fully support being perceptually, subconsciously, and consciously aware of fantasy, symbols, symbolic relationships, abstract ideas, options, and choice of options as they relate to creative or innovative activities. Perception triggers ideas in Shahrul 's mind, a process that just happens - a process often called intuition. It is not a conscious effort to logically "come up with" creative ideas; instead, the process is best identified with the statement that "a thought struck me." A quote by Carl Jung probably makes complete sense to Shahrul : "Art is innate in the artist, like an instinct that seizes and makes a tool out of the human being. The thing in the final analysis that wills something in him is not he, the personal man, but the aim of the art."

INTEREST IN JOB CONTENT
(Those tasks you want to perform)

Preferences for Shahrul fully support being perceptually, subconsciously, and consciously aware of fantasy, symbols, symbolic relationships, abstract ideas, options, and choice of options as they relate to creative or innovative activities. Perception triggers ideas in Shahrul 's mind, a process that just happens - a process often called intuition. It is not a conscious effort to logically "come up with" creative ideas; instead, the process is best identified with the statement that "a thought struck me." A quote by Carl Jung probably makes complete sense to Shahrul : "Art is innate in the artist, like an instinct that seizes and makes a tool out of the human being. The thing in the final analysis that wills something in him is not he, the personal man, but the aim of the art."


TEMPERAMENT FOR THE JOB
(How you prefer to perform tasks)

Shahrul prefers and needs change and variety. Change is motivating, stimulating, and energizing. Shahrul looks for new options, challenges, assignments, acquaintances, relationships, and even new careers in new places. Shahrul tires of sameness, repetition, and routine even in activities that were interesting at the start. Once things become routine for Shahrul , this becomes a motivation to move on to more interesting things.


APTITUDE FOR THE JOB
(Expression of performing tasks)

Shahrul 's preferences fully support holistic, conceptual perception, and thinking relative to the basic nature, utility, potential, or strategic possibility of what is being observed or considered. This includes intuition, insight, creativity, curiosity, experimentation, and innovation in various degrees. Ideas are at the heart of this talent. The basic orientation is perceptual and mental seeing.


PEOPLE
(How you relate to people, in priority order)

Philosophical, literary, scientific, managerial and/or persuasive traits may be involved in Shahrul 's motivation and drive to educate, train, or influence others. The main preference is to share knowledge and information that will be useful. So, conveying information to others assumes that educating self precedes educating others. Shahrul is motivated by learning, seeing the big picture, recognizing how pieces fit the picture, and prefers passing information on to others. Because so many traits might be involved in instructing activities, it is important to scan the other traits to see which traits are important.


THINGS
(How you relate to things, in priority order)

Shahrul is motivated toward activities involving mechanical engineering, including: 1) mechanical awareness of assembly, fabrication, operation, leverage, motion, force, and power, 2) design and/or draw technical plans, 3) technical, statistical, and numerical analysis, and 4) layout and installation. This highly motivated engineering orientation probably means professional dedication to a major engineering vocation.


DATA
(How you relate to data, in priority order)

"Synthesize: putting two or more things together to form a whole; the combination of separate elements of thought into a whole; the operation by which divided parts are united" (Webster). Shahrul is motivated by seeing the big picture so much so that (s)he, attempts to see all parts of the picture in that larger context, then sees all parts relative to each other, but still within that larger context. Perception and thinking are therefore holistic and conceptual. Philosophical and intuitive processes are involved. Scientific, managerial, and/or literary preferences may also be involved. Other mental factors in this section are subordinate, secondary, or complementary to this primary motivational attribute. This is an overview and scanning activity that includes ideas, concepts, theory, fiction, hypothesis and assessment. (Note that words in the last sentence are unrelated to logic that Webster defines as "the science of the operations of the understanding subservient to the estimation of evidence.") For Shahrul , preferences for this sort of synthesis will allow it to get no further toward logic than estimating.


REASONING
(How you relate to reasoning, in priority order)

Shahrul is strongly motivated to apply thinking to the big picture through holistic ideas, concepts, options, and strategies. This does not mean, suggest, or imply that thinking is kept only in a holistic context but it does mean that the first and constant priority or preference for consideration and focus are on the big picture. (Example: Shahrul more likely prefers to be an executive rather than a manager, and more inclined to be a manager rather than a supervisor.) Considering how pieces of the picture are brought in to the big picture stimulates motivation for the activity.


MATHEMATICAL CAPACITY
(How you relate to the applied usage of math)

Shahrul is motivated to work with a wide variety of theoretical math concepts; make original application of those concepts; apply knowledge of advanced mathematical or statistical techniques to new areas of challenge, interest, or opportunity. Motivation is derived from conceptual, analytical, curious, and exploratory thinking. Research and theoretical logic probably appeal greatly to Shahrul 's mind.


LANGUAGE CAPACITY
(How you relate to the usage of language)

Shahrul is highly motivated to consider creative writing and communicating at professional levels. Preferences are holistic, conceptual, imaginative, and creative. "Ideas trigger more ideas" can probably be said about Shahrul . High motivational levels for this worker trait indicate an interactive combination of literary and philosophical traits. As Dean W. R. Inge said, "Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art." That probably makes a great deal of sense to Shahrul . Motivation at this level indicate preferences that probably include writing fiction, poetry, scripts for movies or television, advertising copy, marketing copy, teaching creative writing, etc.

Take your own career aptitude test here
]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:04:00 EDT http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/639729 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 How sweet...... http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/636917 The latest addition to the family.......

Atiyyah Kamilah bte. Arshad - Welcome to the family!


]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:04:00 EDT http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/636917 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 UOX Play Electro Dance @ Zouk! http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/596425
It's tonite! We do have Arabyrd, Ladytron from UK, The Diet Pills of Thailand, and local brad; John Fishdot! See you guys there!

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:02:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/596425 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Get Loud tonight at UOX Play Electric @ Zouk! http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/571219 Let's get loud tonite at UOX Play Electric @Zouk! Bunch of cool acts will rock us all-nite-long!

Komplot


Goodnight Electric

The Otherside Orchestra

Lapsap

Twilight Action Girl

Experience sensational Video Projections by

  • Fairuz Sulaiman aka Perez
  • Motiofixio
  • Efozy
Door opens at 7.30pm. Make sure you are a member of UOX/Xpax to be at this cool event! Not a member? Don't worry! A minimum charge of RM35 will let u in! So, see you guys there!

]]> Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:01:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/571219 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Stay by Estrella http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/561361
Sound straight from the twilight
Has me up all night
I can't fall asleep 'cause I keep thinking of you
And I..saw a shadow outside my window and it's you.

All my sorrows flew away
Hush, keep quiet, hear me say
I don't ever want you to go
Please stay

With the moonlight dancing free
And there's no one but you and me
There's no reason to go astray
Please stay.

Making up a story
It's the way you're looking at me
If you think that this is funny, it's just you.

Try and think about it,
If you're heart is closed don't lock it,
Keep your keys back in your pocket,
Think this through.

All my sorrows flew away
Hush, keep quiet, hear me say
I don't ever want you to go
Please stay

With the moonlight dancing free
And there's no one but you and me
There's no reason to go astray
Please stay.

Please stay with me
Just stay with me
and I will take you to Foreverland
Just stay


]]> Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:01:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/561361 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Win an iPod nano! http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/557419 ]]> Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:12:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/557419 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Riz Khan interviews Dr. Anwar Ibrahim - Dec 8 http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/552085 On this Riz Khan show we continue our special coverage of Malaysia and ask Anwar Ibrahim "How long can the ruling party of Malaysia keep its half-century of hold on power?"



Source: Al-Jazeera English]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/552085 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Riz Khan interviews Dr. Mahathir Mohamad - Dec 4 http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/552087 In this edition of the Riz Khan show we ask former Malaysian prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, how he views the future of his nation and its relations with the West.



Source: Al-Jazeera English]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:12:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/552087 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Riz Khan interviews Najib Razak - 1st Dec 2008 http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/544477
The Riz Khan show talks to Malaysia's deputy prime minister about the ethnic and political challenges facing the country today, the controversies surrounding him and the economic downturn.




News wired by Al-Jazeera]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:12:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/544477 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Obama names Clinton US secretary of state http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/544479


News wired by Al-Jazeera

Hillary Clinton, the former democratic US presidential candidate, has called Barack Obama's views on foreign policy irresponsible and even naive, but now she is getting ready to join him at the White House.

Al Jazeera's Rosiland Jordan takes a look at how the soon to be named secretary of state has come to be the top diplomat in the Obama administration.

]]> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:12:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/544479 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 A sour start up for Obama http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/539427
It's a sour start up for US President-Elect, Barack Obama, right before he occupy the White House. The number one biggest critics of America, Hugo Chavez, the premier of Venezuela condemning Bush's successor and gave a bad bad signal that Obama doesn't really show his respect to Iran. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran sent him a letter of congratulations. But he did replied with not a very good respond to Teheran.

Obama still couldn't make his mind up on the matter regarding to Teheran. Chavez added that Obama sounds like George W. Bush and this is a bad signal after all. Obama on his first press conference right after the 4th November's victory, told that the decision of Teheran to proceed with it's nuclear program is highly unacceptable and he will take immediate action towards the letter of congratulations from Ahmadinejad.

Chavez and Washington are not really a good bed companion even though Venezuela is the premium oil supplier to America. Venezuela has once expelled US ambassador to Caracas on last September and Washington also took the same action against Venezuela.

In his words, Chavez told that, America is a country that had tendency of bombing and killing others. If Obama could do something about it and change it into a beneficial to the world, we can see a whole lot of hopes there.

Also in a statement by Chavez, the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq will be the biggest indicator to which side does Obama stands. ]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/539427 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 If only i can smile.... http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/537061
The one who has not had a taste of love Is but a piece of wood or stone to God.
Love extracts water from stones;
Love removes rust from mirrors.
infidelity seeks war, faith peace;
Love sets fire to war and peace alike.
Love opens its mouth in the sea of the heart;
It devours the two worlds like a whale.
Like a lion, love knows no ruse;
It does not change from a lion to a fox.

-Mowlana Jalaludin Rumi-


]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/537061 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Currently listening to.... http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/538195

Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone
Lose out in the desert
Ou are lost out in the desert

But to stand with you in a ring of fire
Ill forget the days gone by
Ill protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight

Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
Ill be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold

Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
Ill be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara

If thats the only place where you can leave your doubts
Ill hold you up and be your way out
And if we burn away, Ill pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the sahara


]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/538195 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 In his own words http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/537115
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.



It’s the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.
It’s the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled – Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.



It’s the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.



It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.





I know you didn’t do this just to win an election and I know you didn’t do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime – two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor’s bills, or save enough for college.



The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America – I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you – we as a people will get there.



There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we knowthat government can’t solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it’s been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years – block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.



Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.



As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, “We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection.” And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.



And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.



And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.



America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children should live to see the next century, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?



This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.



-Barack Hussein Obama - US President-elect

excerpts from Victory Speech - Chicago Nov. 04 2008



]]> Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/537115 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Upcoming Solo Project http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/531797 Yeah...

Upcoming solo project by me... my own portfolio. Here's the glance of it. Review and comment will be much appreciated.

]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/531797 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 "If Tomorrow Never Comes" http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/531177
"If Tomorrow Never Comes"

Sometimes late at night
I lie awake and watch her sleeping
She's lost in peaceful dreams
So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark
And the thought crosses my mind
If I never wake up in the morning
Would she ever doubt the way I feel
About her in my heart

If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes

'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life
Who never knew how much I loved them
Now I live with the regret
That my true feelings for them never were revealed
So I made a promise to myself
To say each day how much she means to me
And avoid that circumstance
Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel

If tomorrow never comes
Will she know how much I loved her
Did I try in every way to show her every day
That she's my only one
And if my time on earth were through
And she must face the world without me
Is the love I gave her in the past
Gonna be enough to last
If tomorrow never comes

So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes


]]> Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/531177 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 A wisdom which reminds me of how human we are! http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/530119

I said, 'Thou art harsh, like such a one.'

'Know,' he replied,

'That I am harsh for good, not from rancor and spite.

Whoever enters saying, "This I," I smite him on the brow;

For this is the shrine of Love, o fool! it is not a sheep cote!

Rub thine eyes, and behold the image of the heart.'


Make yourself free from self at one stroke!

Like a sword be without trace of soft iron;

Like a steel mirror, scour off all rust with contrition.


-Mowlana Jalaludin Rumi-

]]> Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/530119 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 To be expected... http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/522237 Accomplished:

1. Packaging for news - Intros and lower third
2. Ideas brainstorming for content

To be expected:

1. WebTV new design
2. Content Positioning
3. Solid Marketing Campaign for Content
4. Proposals, proposal and proposals!

Mati aku!!!

]]> Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/522237 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Coming Soon in Theater 2009 http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/521639

Flashbacks of a fool


Bride Wars


Valkyrie


Last Chance Harvey


Bolt

]]> Sat, 08 Nov 2008 09:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/521639 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7 Which one should I go for? http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/520467 Any DSLR expert out there... please do help me... Wanna buy my own DSLR and has narrowed down my choice between Olympus E-410 and Nikon D40. Which one should i go for?

Olympus E-410?

or Nikon D40?
]]> Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:11:00 EST http://Odie.tigblog.org/post/520467 3.1666667 101.73.1666667101.7