C'est LA viE

I actually only learnt this new term after back in Malaysia, frankly speaking I hate how other people judging my work performance with this term.

Especially comment that when we did nothing wrong, conclude the new comers with this term if one of us dissapointed the management.

Based on the characteristic on picture above, I do admit I fit well in all 6 defined characters

Indeed, we think differently from the Gen X (1960-1980s) but, we are much more better than Gen Z (1990s)!

I do think due to the changes of the society as time flies, more people in workforce now is highly educated, the view of job roles definitely would be different like old days.

Work smart is our principal (we tends to find the effective way to get job done), while for Gen X, they think we, as younger, should work hard, pay more effort in work, try every solution even know it might not work bcz they think can learn from the hard way.

Indeed I also disagree with the Gen X view because the way they suggested, is working like a slave, or in better description - worker holic.

But, if compared with Gen Z, I think I paid more effort and heart on my job.

Recently, there's a new comer in my team, a "boy" born in 1993 joining our department.

Sincerely, I think he did not have the heart and effort on the job, maybe because he still new, maybe he is struggling, maybe he is stressed....

But from the first day, he asked: is the job load very heavy?, then after assigned for only 2 tasks, he told me : "very busy ah"

Seriously, I am worried he could not stand for the job.

As our workload are getting heavier due to the incapable newly joined boss (even after 3 mths, and likely she had been confirmed), we had to do extra work. 

Now with a new comer, seems like we perhaps would be saved, but too bad our new boss is too much, and the gen z is still young.

Indeed with his young and energertic character, our department had lots of fun, but still he gave me an impression he could not take a hard job like what we are currently doing.

As a gen Y, I do want flexible hours in terms of work life balance, I want career progression and personal development, I do like training just because it add value to my resume.

For immediate feedback, we live in an efficient generation, of cause I would appreciate immediate feedback. 

Let's see the conclusion from above photo: Gen Y workers have a higher desire than previous generations to contribute creatively to their company

So instead of criticizing on Gen Y, why not taking initiative to appreciate for our goodness?

FInally got to meet up with Cheryl today, after almost a year plus!

She back for good almost the same time as me, and our last conversation was about she still hunting a job while I am in the middle changing to a new job

time flies, we were saying about meeting each other all time, but action never been taken =P

So great that both of us made an effort today, for the first time, I drive all by myself to Damansara (One U), perhaps for Malaysian who used to drive, that's mean nothing.

But to me, it mean a lot, because so far I only have a year + driving experience, and afraid to drive out of my comfort zone

Therefore, to drive to that far was one of my target (as I easily give up on driving that fast and rely on my parents), so it felt like an achievement.

Then, not to mention I also had come across another milestones yesterday as I continuous run for 2/3 jogging track of the park near my house (note: the park is quite large). 

I thought I could not make it for the routine jogging on every weekend yesterday because I unconsciously hurt my leg past few days ago.

But, surprisingly I run even further and longer =)

Back to the catch up with Cheryl today, it was a good time.

I arrived around 11am which was 1 hr earlier than our meeting time, but got chances to walk around one U

the last time I arrived was exactly the last time I met up her, lol, she also shocked I never come here.

Oh well, I found one U have no much difference than other shopping mall, but good to know they have some special shop like Typo, Nana Green Tea, Franco etc.

Cheryl suggested we can try the spagetti in L.Table (part of Lavender cafe, but only in One U) as frens around her commenting was not too bad, I was a little hesitate at first because Lavender bakeries in Klang are awful and pricy. 

However, we finally decided to get a try, as open rice also recommend it. 

To start, I ordered the coconut mild red bean jelly shake, but it was not really nice, red bean is not good fren with coconut. 

The cafe have a rather "high class" ambience, as in the decoration and people dining here seems come from high society

A few tables were served with red wine, and the diner were dressed in good outfit.

Or I should say One U indeed part of KL, and ppl here are well dressed up? 

Actually their brunch menu is kinda fascinating, with range of different breakfast like breakfast cupcakes, avocado; egg and sausage tortilla wrap etc.

However both us turned down and picked the safest menu - pasta.

I ordered this Pappardelle with Duck Stroganoff as I find the name unique, and I just wanna try different variety of pasta.

Now I learnt a new dish =) Stroganoff is more like meat (ie duck, beef, goose) cooked with sour cream, while pappardelle is one of the kind of pasta.

To be honest, I think the dish is not too bad, just slightly salty. 

I always preferred wide broad flat noodles/pasta over the thin and skinny noodles/pasta, then this pappardelle is even wider than fettuccine which is perfect for me =)

The pappardelle is well cooked, and with chewy but smooth texture (as it is large, it might be overcooked or undercooked), it matched well with the stroganoff, just a little too salty.

The duck is very tender and not too dry, and portion is good enough.

Cheryl get herself crabmeat linguine with garlic and basil, but her comment was the food was normal as she had better pasta.

Indeed I do feel the same, I had much better pasta in NZ, oh well, but actually is kinda not too bad in Malaysia.

Later, we gone to Nana Green Tea for dessert, it was the first time for Cheryl, but second attempt for me.

Nana Green Tea in One U is larger, and have more seats, which save us from lining up.

I guess food is always nice for the first attempt, because this time the parfait I had did not really blew me away like last time.

Perhaps I ordered the wrong parfait, The matcha and rice flour dumpling parfait have larger proportion of vanilla instead of green tea, i found it too sweet in the end.

But I remembered the matcha fresh chocolate parfait I had last time was not that sweet (maybe also was first attempt). 

However, I do think their matcha is very good, and dont mind to visit again in future. 

I do have a good chat with Cheryl, good to know she is doing good with her new job (hope she get confirmed soon), and has a good boyfren (a little bit jealous >< =P), and owns a car, move to a new flat (though with bad owner living under same roof)

As for myside, still busy and struggling if shall stay with job, single, still driving mum's car, and live with parents. 

Bright side is, my job is way interesting than hers, I am not bound with anyone and have more freedom (but I still looking for someone), should have a car very soon (hopefully) and seeing family everyday and not need to pay for rent =)

Everyone's life is different, there's no need of comparison or jealousy because we all chose our own path, and I believe destiny will lead us to the way we wish for.

P/s: let's meet up more often cheryl!

My colleagues and I were having this topic of what type of food they dont really eat during lunch yesterday, and I discovered my new colleague (the new fresh grad boy) disliked banana and papaya because of their mushy texture.

Then, another colleague dislike cucumber, capsicum, green pea, papaya etc (apparently she still have more food which she never eat)

The most weird hate relationship with food is my new boss, she doesnt eat durian, papaya, banana, cherries, grapes and strawberry!! (and I think there are more ==).

I found this amusing, because I to me all the food they dislike are so good, and I never expect ppl hate them 

This inspired me to write this post, to discover what type of food I really love and hate, and I also found out I actually eat almost everything!

I actually wanna categorized into 2 groups: 1. Food I don't eat (even you point a gun on my head) 2. Food I dislike (well, I still eat them if no choice)

Group 1:

i) Coffee: yes, I am not a coffee drinker which is very unusual for a foodie, but who conclude foodie have to be coffee lover? Reason not drinking coffee, simply because I am allergic to coffee. 

ii) Potato (chunky): ok I still eat fries, chips and mashed potato, I just dont eat the chunky potato which is usually cooked with curry, or the whole baked potato. Reason: too much carbs~

iii) Rabbit, kangaroo meat or other exotic meat: I am not eating rabbit because I am a rabbit (chinese zodiac), and kangaroo are so cute (so cruel to eat them, see my post playing with Kangaroo here), then for other exotic meat such as snake meat, insects....they are just too much for me to consider as food. 

Group 2:

i) Soft drink: high sugar, and I want to diet =)

ii) Fast food: I've enough for work!

iii) Soy milk: dont ask me why, I just simply dont like it

iv) Vegetarian meal: Ok, I have to explain here, what I mean for vegetarian meal are those food made by soy or bean curd to pretend as "meat" which is very nasty to me. This category have very high potential to level up into group 1.

So above are what I think of for food that I dislike, let's see the 10 most polarizing foods I found on website:

1. Cilantro: well I dont mind this food to be used as an ingredient, but yes I dont eat it either

2. Celery: I actually like celery!

3. Licorice: No, I also said no to it.

4. Green pepper: I love pepper no matter what color!

5. Marzipan: hmmm, I wouldnt think of eating it

6. Mayonnaise: I am fine with it.

7. Blue cheese: I dont like its smell, and would be reluctant to consume it, but I tried eating baked blue cheese as topping on pizza, it was goood!

8. Vegemite/marmite: never eat them! I dont understand why they are so popular in Aussie/NZ

9. Coconut: of cause love coconut! I dont think any south east asian would hate it

10. Liver: I would skip it =)

Since I have categorized food I dislike, I wanna highlight the food that I would eat no matter how many times I being served with:

1. Egg: yes I wouldnt say no to egg, the love relationship among me and egg is irreplacable! (I think except raw egg, and those exotic eggs such as the disgusting pelut, I eat almost every type of egg).

2. Durian: omg, I cannot stop when it comes to durian, that's why I couldnt believe there are ppl (I mean Malaysian) dislike this king of the fruit world (my weird new boss and my brother). However, I only love the "real" durian, as in I dont like durian puff, dodol, or other dessert using durian.

3. Cherries: same as durian, I never say no to cherries. I remember I was having stomach ache at a time and I was so pissed because my parents was tempting to finish all the cherries. This is how much I into cherries. Ohh, I really miss the day having endless cherries during summer in NZ.

4. Sushi: even I have them yesterday, I still eat them today. It is one of the food I really love too.

5. Green tea dessert: yes another dessert which I totally in love with, but I discovered that there are ppl dislike them (and coincidentally they are a group of fren of mine).

6. Macaron: regardless how ppl find them sweet, I still love macaron =)

To conclude, I do think I actually almost eat everything! 

終于把這部劇看完了，之所以拖了整整3個月之久不是因爲劇情悶騷，相反地我覺得這部劇其實比我想象還來得好看

就只是太忙了，然後因爲基本上我看完一部日劇都會想分享的習慣，所以就一直在等比較有空時才看完最後一集再來寫這篇文章=）

（注：其實這段時間也看了相葉醬的《歡迎來我家》，但就覺得一般般。。沒有想寫的感覺，對不起我的相葉！）

其實一開始是抱著看看第一集會怎樣的感覺，畢竟山下智久的劇一向都挺偶像愛情劇路綫的，但是看過一集后就欲罷不能了

我幾乎是同步在追看的，直到最近工作忙坏了，最後幾集才就比較拖著看。

好，回到這部劇，我覺得山下的演技好象進步了，至少有共鳴，就少了耍帥的成分

劇情敍述山下飾演的白鳥咲人是一名智商只有兒童水平的成年人，被母親抛棄，疼愛的爸爸也不幸離世，於是就被爸爸的故友收留，幫忙經營一家名為dream flower的花店幫忙

花店老闆-聖人的卻人如其名，專收留曾進入監獄或有其他問題的社會邊緣青少年，給與他們工作和住宿，扶助他們找尋人生的目標

而咲人在其中就是一個特別的存在，由於他的智商水平，他擁有像小孩一樣天真的想法，純潔的心靈

因爲他的天真，所以他能帶來歡笑，化解花店裏脾氣暴躁的夥伴們有時緊張的情緒，他相信像剪刀石頭布那樣“打平了哦”解決一切煩惱

因爲他的純潔，他比所有‘聰明’的成年人付出更加真摯的用心對待朋友，一句‘因爲是朋友’讓人感到羞愧，因爲我們都無法做到如此

當然偶爾會被身邊也在花店的同伴們欺負和嘲弄，甚至被利用而擺上臺，（畢竟都是一群徘徊在社會邊緣的人）但是他都一笑而過，或許是因爲他根本就沒有那種對同伴猜疑的想法，把大家都當成好人，夥伴，所以他不在乎，或說他不覺得自己是被利用

所以在第2集當窪田正孝飾演的龍一道出咲人不是他的朋友因爲他們不對等時，咲人受到很大的刺激

他不是覺得自己被鄙視，相對的他覺得自己因爲不夠聰明所以沒法幫助受傷的龍一，沒有辦法說出有用的話去安慰龍一

所以他從一開始就有想要變聰明的夢想，因爲他想變得更好

因爲他認爲有了智慧，抛棄自己的媽媽就會重新把他擁入懷裏，自己就可以和身邊的人對等，自己就可以幫助身邊的每一個人

於是他輕易的成爲了繼阿爾吉農白老鼠后，蜂須賀教授的真人白老鼠，接受了提高智力的腦部手術

但是腦部手術后，咲人並沒馬上變聰明，原來激發那個所謂阿爾吉農的藥物的效用是‘注入感情’，

於是蜂須賀教授就利用了咲人對栗山千名飾演的望月的感情，也算是辜負了望月對自己的情感，去刺激阿爾吉農的藥效，於是我們的山下帥氣的轉身了！（不得不說，山下變聰明后真的帥很多！）

只是變聰明后的咲人不只長了智慧，甚至也開始理解更加複雜的情感，開始明白了男女之間的愛情，也質疑了曾經的夥伴們，甚至是恩師聖人對自己的感情

他用如天才般的智慧去判斷和分析身邊的人事物，過於理性的思想去理解和批判大家過往對於自己的態度

或許他說的是對的，但是我堅信大家並沒有因爲他曾經因爲還是兒童的智商而嫌棄他，或許大家只是沒有想的如此深入，很多事情像交朋友那樣，一開始我們並沒有去想說，去分析說他是我的好友還是深交還是普通點頭之交，因爲在不知不覺中我們就發現他已經是我們的知己，或只是點頭之交了

當然不能怪聰明后的咲人會有這種想法，因爲他突然擁有智慧，開始會將事情複雜化，加上被蜂須賀教授洗腦，所以才會在變聰明的同時，也讓身邊的人感到如此陌生

漸漸的他就沒有了朋友，難怪大家都說天才是最孤獨的

這麽一說大智若愚的説法就能套在這裡了，有了智慧后反而失去應該有的人性，那顆純真真摯對待身邊人們的心也漸漸消逝

那樣，一開始還未擁有高升智商，無憂無慮，天真爛漫的咲人才實屬難得，其實這種純真的心才是比智慧更大的財富吧，所以大家其實都更加喜歡原來的咲人

慶幸的是，望月的用心感動了咲人，他們之間的感情發展也是讓我有點喜出望外，就沒有想過他們之間會有感情發展

只是可惜/或者其實也是一件好事，阿爾吉農並沒有如此神奇，最後藥物還是失效了，我們呆呆的山下還是回來了，回到那個一開始那個懵懂想變聰明的咲人

不過這段短短變聰明的過程中他體會了愛，領悟了愛才是最大的智慧，因爲愛，大家才能得到救贖，連這份真摯的情感也感動了蜂須賀教授，改變了蜂須賀教授認知的夢想（不是大家都擁有智慧后世界會和平，而是儅大家都用愛待人時世界才會和平）

其實這種道理大家都知道，但是又有多少人真的能夠無私的付出愛，大家都害怕受傷害，但其實沒有付出有何來收穫，真正的愛本來就是不計較成效的

至少除了體會愛，梨央也被拯救了，所以才會應驗咲人所說的至少他的聰明是有意義的。

還有就是咲人也見到媽媽了，雖然我也覺得媽媽以前太無情了，但其實後來也領悟了她比任何人更加討厭自己，大家都無法感受她的心情，自己生下的小孩竟然是個智障兒，以後他要怎麽成長，他的人生應該怎麽辦，如果一開始沒有生下他是不是更好。

所以他選擇逃避，但是抛棄兒子后的20幾年他並沒有好過，他天天都在慚愧，甚至見到咲人他很恐懼，因爲他覺得他做的很錯，兒子來追究責任了。。。

還好最後他們還是化解了所有誤解，咲人總算得到了媽媽的愛了。

不過也因爲咲人本身真摯的情感，在病發前他寫下承諾，不再見媽媽，不再見教授，不再見望月，然後在阿爾吉農老鼠的墓邊等待對等的朋友

然後這個對等的朋友一起的畫面真好！

這部劇最後也算是美好的結束，雖然望月無法和咲人繼續發展，但是劇情有交待望月選擇了第三的選擇，就是等到心理準備好后就再次回到咲人身邊

蜂須賀教授得力的助手們也依然回到他的身邊，繼續幫助他建立夢想，而且我原以爲會是個反派的教授其實也只是因爲失去了兒子后才會變得如此極端，還好最後他也是被咲人感動而總算恢復了‘人性’

雖然因爲身份的懸殊，梨央和檜山也沒能一起，就如他們所說的童話書蓋上了，要回到現實

可能舞和龍一也是這樣的關係無法繼續，一切就像回到劇集最初那樣，大家本來都互無關係，咲人還是如此天真爛漫

不過相信大家都不會忘記這段特別的回憶，就像一顆花束那樣（即使咲人可能無法想起），花謝了后一切回到原點，但現在的他其實才是最美好的。

這部劇給我的啓發：學習咲人這樣純真未嘗不是一件壞事（雖説社會現實，人性險惡），但是這份真摯的待人處事其實不止為大家帶來愛與歡樂，也是感動自己的快樂泉源。

Finally is weekend again!! This week had been a tiring week for me (almost every week was tiring ==), ADHOC presentation was requested and we had to finalized all new ideation menu within 3 days!

Though I back home almost 9pm in the past 3 days, but I really enjoyed what I've been doing in these 3 days.

Once again, I confirmed my passion towards new product development as I thought somehow I am losing my passion after working for one year on my current position.

Well, I guess was the task differences made me felt that way.

I had been thinking a new build of burger/wrap/salads for a menu roadshow to be presented to customer.

Besides, we also need to play with sauce, and personally myself also discovered some interesting recipe online and imagine some new flavor of patties. =)

I kept recalling what i've been eating in NZ, and thanks to the multi-fusion and crossed cultural food I encountered, I had many creative new ideas!

Of cause, it is always easy to say rather than hands on working on it, but I do have the confidence to do them up =) 

Still, I dislike the "other JD" stated for my position, especially following up on sample delivery up to arrival at distributors side, checking if every department cooperating with our trial/sample loading/documentation.....

To me, I am doing other ppl job as well, and it consumed so much of time. 

What even worst was my "new" boss thought these was easy, and had unreasonable demands, and leading confusion among suppliers/customers and putting blame on us!(mentioning she want alignment LOL)

Frankly speaking, I am dissastified with her, and I did not see her as a boss because she just simply is not capable for this title.

I am annoyed with her high tone, endless speech, and I am not interested how her experience lead her so far. 

I am not assume, but I do believe she is just doing good in speaking, and this made her to be chosen for this position.

This proven that ppl who is good on bullshitting wins over interview and get job easily, but not necassarily performing well on the job!!

Screw whatever the rules she started with, ignore what she mentioned she is getting to be more strict, I dont care!

Dont mess with me! I am not your dog and wouldnt even respect you if you continue act like this way!

Summary: I will stand still and just do what I think is right, and would not tolerate with unreasonable demands or action!