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Administrative Manager

Successful managers are very self-disciplined, intelligent, responsible and presentable people. You would need to be positive, enthusiastic, have good leadership skills, get on well with people, be firm but just and have the ability and perseverance to try and help the company achieve their goals. If you were able to motivate people and make them feel that they are an important cog in the business wheel, you would be a good example to them. Too many people in top positions do not trouble to become acquainted with their staff or understand their problems. No-one would expect you to solve all the problems but if the employees knew that management was trying their best to make life for everyone in the company as profitable, productive and enjoyable as possible, they would be much more likely to concentrate on doing their best. Every worker in a business is given a specific task or tasks to do by the manager who does the planning, co-ordinating and organising of activities to reach the required goals and you would be the one to give orders and exercise control over the entire process.

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As an Administrative Manager, your tasks would include the following:

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Responsibility for the overall work performance of a company.

Management of office environment.

Gathering, adapting, storing and distributing information within the company.

Using information systems.

Providing specialised support to other departments and managers.

Providing document and telecommunication management.

Planning, organising, providing leadership and controlling all administrative functions.

Managing quality and cost control.

Rendering a service to other functions within the organisation.

Providing training and development for your own staff.

Managing the many fields of work which the employees carry out.

Ensuring that human and material resources are correctly utilised.

Meeting with other members of management and planning for the future.

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p/s: bye! bye! Johnson Pump!

is it about time for me?

buat mereka yang merindui zara and mommy... hhehehe...

Hye all. dah sebulan i tak update. im just plain busy i guess. how are u guys doing? im in the verge of entering a huge change in my life. to be honest, i believe that i have golden handcuffs, but im so stuck with my current job.... so here i found smething useful for me,.. or maybe you... who is also experiencing the same thing as me... it's from about.com.

i petik the whole article.... kindly read :)

article starts........

These are the top ten reason why you might want to quit your current job.... These are difficult, if not impossible, work problems to solve. You need to look out for your best interests. Your job consumes too many hours of too many days of your life for you to stay where you are if you're miserable. No excuses, now. If these problems exist in your current job, make a plan, and quit your job.

1) Your company is experiencing a downward spiral, losing customers, losing money, and rumors of possible closure, bankruptcy and failure prevail.

2) Your relationship with your manager is damaged beyond repair. You have sought help to mend the relationship but you know it is too damaged for recovery. (Perhaps you were untrustworthy, missed work on too many days, or the manager acts like an untrustworthy jerk.) Whatever the reason, the relationship is irrecoverably damaged.

3) Your life situation has changed. Perhaps you have married or had a baby, and the salary and benefits no longer support your life needs. You need to move on to better opportunities to support your family.

4) Your values are at odds with the corporate culture. Perhaps your company is egalitarian and you believe in assigned parking spots for salaried employees. Your company does annual employee satisfaction surveys and you think these are a waste of time. Your company is hierarchical and you want to influence every aspect of your job. No matter where the clash is occurring, a lack of congruence with the corporate culture will destroy your attitude at work.

5) You've stopped having fun and enjoying your job. No matter what changed, when you dread going to work in the morning, it's time to quit your job.

6) Your company is ethically challenged. Perhaps the managers lie to customers about the quality of the products or the day on which the product will ship. You become aware that the company is stealing information from competitors. Whatever the issue, don't stay in an organization where your ethics are out of sync.

7) For whatever reason, you have behaved in ways that are considered improper at work. You've missed too many days of work, slacked off on the job, failed to maintain needed skills, and / or just generally developed the reputation of a loser. That reputation, once earned, is unlikely to change; you might as well quit your job, while you have the opportunity.

8) You've burned your bridges with your coworkers. Your group is not getting along in an environment that requires people to work together well. Again, at some point, the reasons don't matter; start fresh in a new job and resolve to not let this situation happen again.

9) Your stress level is so high at work that it is affecting your physical or mental health and your relationships with your friends and family. Watch for the signs of burnout and if they can't be cured, move on.

10) And the top ten reason to quit your job? You are unchallenged, need more responsibility, and seek opportunities that just don't exist for you in your current organization. You've explored the current and potential options, and they are limited. It's time to quit your job.

....end of article!

see, it says,

"Your job consumes too many hours of too many days of your life for you to stay where you are if you're miserable"

yes, now im so MISERABLE! huhu.

and yeah, more than 3 of above reasons have somethg to do with me n my current job....

okey that was my first time reading through... after reading it again... there are more than 5...

hmmmmm....

it's about time, kan?

First Day at Work!

after 2months enjoying myself like there's no tomorrow.. here comes reality...

well,well, as for the first day, mmg i planned to warm myself up je. haha. buat mcm opis sendiri lak, nk warm up warm up bagai. ye la. dh lame tak masuk ofis, i was so blurr of where n how to start my work.. lalalaaa~ masih teringat wajah zara b4 gerak to ofis dis morning.. ntah kenape she was so happy senyum lebarrrr sgt tau! huu. tak smpt capture her pic, dh lmbt.. bt seriously a bit weird apesal die happy semacam... i went in and out of the house several times... tgk zara....... aaaaaa~ when i said goodbye, bertambah lebar die senyum. as if she was saying, "bye bye mommy, i'll be doing good at home w bibik!" haih! saje je buat mommy rindu! seriously i miss u now! cant wait to go home.. cepat la kul6! i wanna hug u, kiss u, i wanna see ur cute lil face. ok dah dah. control2. huhu. mayb awal2 je kot cmni.... hee

okey back to my work thingy.. as i said, hr ni warm up je. list down my task. n esok br stat keje btul2. this morning i was welcomed w a huge oh-so-now-u-r-a-mom smile from my boss! then at 11 terus ade meeting kononnye celebrating me, tp sbnanye thr's a new task for me. huhu. and a big lunch treated by him. well, mr ralph, im on diet.. u wont waste much! :P actually i was planning to go home during lunch time, bcuz nk jmpe babyzara sgt2... n since ofis to home is juz 20mins.. ape la salahnye blk kn... tp tue la. my boss mcm excited plak, "guys lets hv lunch sumwer to celebrate amalina..." haih, if die tak sebut my name tu, i nk chiow je ckp, i need to go home... tp, tak smpai ati lak... so i called bik neli tanye is evrythng fine.. and die kate okey je.. zara baru pas mandi n minum susu.. n tewus tdo..., then, off we go! i ordered sandwich n fresh orange w no ice n no sugar. n boss sarcastically responded, "are u getting old?"... hahaha. funny!

so dat was it.. and when ralph asked me.. "please answer us honestly, amalina, did u ever missed ur colleague during ur maternity leave?".. errrrr... honestly, honestly? hm. and he answered himself, "nope"... hahahaha... emo la org tua ni. hahaha. sbnanye ade la sket ;p i mean i miss working, bcuz when i'm working, somehow i feel like evrythng is more organized.

hah. okey la. entry kali ni, byk conversation dgn boss plak. adekah saye rindu boss? blueks :P

till then, bye!

10 Days Off

yerp, 10 days off since the office had fire + christmas holiday + awal muharram + new year holiday.... how did we spend our free time?? aha... nothing much really... since both my nieces were at our houz, so those two kids hav to be included in our plans... kalau tak pg mane2, we will just watch tv, n teman the kids swimming in the wading pool,...

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Zoo Negara, Gombak

At first, we planned to go to the Rabbit Farm in Bukit Tinggi... but then, while on our way, lalu Zoo Negara... n secara automatic nye plan tertukar... off we go to the National Zoo.... melihat kpd kondisi zoo negara skrg takde la teruk sgt.. compared to zoo negeri johor yg aku n megat penah pg dahulu kale.. huhu.. dating kt zoo tu.. kahkah.. yg aku tak puas hati tu, tym aku elok2 jln ngn megat, ade lak burung dengki g berak kt atas kepala aku... (ni burung yg terbang bebas bukan hak millik zoo negeri) huwaaaaaaa.... smpai skrg la insiden tu jd bhn ejekan oleh huby... berak papaya plak tu... euww gile okey! nasibaik aku insan bertudung, kalautak.... habess... so pg la basuh tudung kt toilet.. isk isk.. benci benci.. haha. dat is considered as the most embarrassing moment ngn pakwe la dulu2... auww!! hiks~ kt zoo johor ni, harimau die kurus gile2... kesian tgk... mcm tak cukup mkn taw!! seksa je nmpk... poor tiger! haa, Zoo Negara is wayyy better than zoo johor i must say..., hmm.. dgr2 citer zoo ni akn diupgrade lagi for the year 2009. bagus la camtu... kasik lagi cun n menarik... br la worth paying rm15/pax. all in all, i think the kids really had fun.. n both of us were really exhausted melayan kerenah budak2 ini... bt njoyed ourselves as well... ;)

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Sg. Tekala, Semenyih

Ini adalah aktiviti yg sgt last minute... dh nk dekat habis cuti, since dh tak larat to handle those very hyperactiv kids, we sent them home to their mum+dad. sorry kids! letih sgt dh jage korg... tp bile takde, rindu btul!!! so tinggal huby n i n bibik kt umah.. the rest of the family pg holiday kt yogjakarta n celebr8 nu year kt sane... yg dh kawen kene ikut suami ye.. kalau suami kate takmau pg jogja, takleh pg... huhu... my huby is very2 keen of saving money currently... since the baby is popping out this May, insyaAllah... hm.. hm.. the nite b4 br megat ajak g picnic kt air terjun berdekatan... i was like, hm.. okey... n i asked bibik to prepare nasik lemak in the morning... but stil tak decide which sungai.. ade byk gak la sg area2 langat tu... gabai la, congkak la, n etc... hehe.. but i dun really noe all the places n got confused sumtyms... so pg pg tuh, i packed the nasik lemak.. n kami pon kluar umah tanpa mengetahui sg mane yg hendak dituju.. pastu br la megat called his friend, fizi, tanye the nearest sg kt mane... so he said sg. tekala... terus la kami ke tekala... mmg dekat.. juz about 20-30 mins from our houz... tmpt die okey la, not that bad.. cume biase la, tempat2 cani kene pg belah2 atas br syok... so dgn gagahnye ibu mengandung ni trekking dgn huby smpai peak gak kot... yah, we assumed dat was the peak bcuz dh takde org dh kt situ... so kitorg pon carik la port baik, n built our tent up... n trus rase lapar n mkn nasik lemak.... huhuuhu.. mandi kejap, amek gmbr kejap.. pastu makan.. mandi balik, amek gmbr, then mkn lagikkk... rasenye aku bwk nasik lemak utk 10 org.. tapi habis jugak mkn berdua... hoho... such fattiessss!!! hahaa...

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Madonna, The Confessions Tour

Ahaa.. tak tak.. aku tak pg concert madonna... this is Madonna's the Confession Tour DVD i succesfully finished watching during this 10 days off. Mr Ralph lent me this DVD like about 6 months ago... huhu... at last, i managed to return it back to him before new year. huhuhu... such a relief dpt pulangkn bende org yg dh lame sgt kite buat pekasam... iye, ini bukan sbrg org, ini boss aku... huhu... sorry mr. ralph, i enjoyed it so much, i watched it over and over and over and over again... haha.. tipu giler babe~ am not really a fan of Madonna, but since boss was so excited to lend me this dvd, he really did convince me yg dvd ni sgt2 gempaqq.. so, tak smpai hati nk tolak... so i watched, tapi stop2 la.. tak tgk direct, dats y la, smpai 6 bulan dvd ni kt aku... but i hav to admit, she was a tigerrrr.. really went all out in making a super great show.. i bet kt malaysia mmg takde la nk jumpe this kinda performance... tip top... quality at its best! tak rugi la tgk... body madonna tetap mantap eventhou he aged 50, okey. padan la boss suke.. hampeh! pastu boleh plak cabar aku to hav dat kinda body when i am 50 nti... siott.. dh la confidence level aku tgh rendah sbb tgh put on weight skrg.. huhu... well, u can do anythng when u hv the money... sbb tue la Madonna boleh, she's a filthy rich lady, mann!! haha.. but i noe she did workout like crazy to get those abs... bt i pesonally think she'd overdone her body... too muscular.. not my type.. ahuks! i mean, not the kind of body i'm dying to have one... no offense madonna! ;)

Johnson Pump - On Fire!!

Ini hadiah utk Johnson Pump sempena tahun baru 2009.

Great, just great.. thank God only the factory area yg rentung habis..

the office area tkena jelaga jelaga hitam yg annoying...

Check this out..

Everyone was very bz cleaning up, punye kedekut boss, offices bersebelahan sume cuti.. yg kami kene buat aktiviti mengemas.. rase agak serba salah bcuz aku dikecualikn, sbb aku ibu mengandung... bau jelaga mmg kuat n aku tak pon dpt menahan... rase guilty tgk ofismates yg bertungkus lumus jd buruh kasar itu hari.

thnks ppl, u guys r........ so nice =)

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jadi aktiviti aku selama seminggu adalah, berkunjung ke rumah abg aku kt seri kembgn..

visit budak kecik kt atas ni... comeyyy bgt n sooo notty!

culik die bwk g jejln....

bwk die kacau my hubby bkerja... during lunchtym... ;)

hopefully, after all the 'bad lucks' as the ending of 2008, everythng will b jus fine in 2009... i dun actually believe in bad lucks... it was juz d boss saying... i noe dat it is totally a test from Allah so that kite sentiasa mensyukuri nikmatnya... mengajar kita bersabar dan percaya qada' dan qadar ketentuan-Nya.... tp, boss aku org kafir, dats y la... he is not in the mood for anythng, tgk muke die pon cam bosan.. haha.. tahun ni pon nk tknak je die hadiahkn organizer book utk kami semua like he used to do every year... huhu...harap harap, tidak la pulak bonusnya dikurgkn utk tahun 2009.. wpn mcm logik je die nk kurgkn... bcuz of the recession and all.. uhhh... marilah same2 kite berdoa.. sape2 yg terbace ni doakn skali la ye ;)

My December....

here comes December... wah.. it's almost the end of the year... time passes by sooo fast, genap setahun i'm working here, giving my all to Johnson Pump. haha... along this whole one year, only the last few couple of weeks i really felt like quitting... but since i'm pregnant, by hook or by crook, i need to cope with this..hopefully juz for another one year... im planning to quit before december next year.. that is - if thr's a better offer for me.. im longing for a company with better career development i think.. dats my target... i hv nothing to complaint here about the salary, the allowance and all... bt of course im gona ask for moreee after this... hopefuly no one from the office wil b reading this... bcuz dat wil b a total nightmare... hoho... trus kena pecat kot!! so enuf about the ofis stuffs...

so wats out and about? mcm biase evry weekend we wil b goin back to my inlaws' houz in klang. 2 days in a row, i accompanied huby to play futsal. Dh lame tak pg, was my first time during pregnancy. huhu. terasa kepanasannye. dat was on friday n saturday. Sunday? thank God, we've got the time to squeeze in this one movie i've been wanting to watch so much... Twilight! shoot, it has been awhile since we watched a great movie. Pretty satisfying since Quantum of Solace was a bit of disappointment. Casino Royale was wayy better than QOS. At last, edward cullen filled the emptiness inside of me... hehe... the machoest vegetarian vampire ever! ++ a very sweet romantic muvie too! we like!

okey dats all for the weekend, what's up next? nex weeknd wil b a very bz one, dila is getting engaged dis saturday, we wil b baking her cupcakes on friday night... megat will be her unofficial photographer for that special day... hehe... last but not least, while browsing and reading some of my friends blog, i found this lomo kind of picture. This picture was way back when i was still single, i think i juz got back from swimming, n was having lunch at secret recipe,.. i'm pretty sure the photo wasnt this nice originally. Zati did a great job w d editting! thnk you dear.. so i curik! =)

sushi king

for the past couple of weeks... sushi king was my fav meal for lunch... OMG! it was juz like an addiction... i dont noe y... so freaky! but i enjoyed it so much... i think i've had enuff of sushi king, as we went to sushi king again during lunch time!! my mind was telling me, let 2day b d closing of 'the-sushi-king-addiction-fiesta'. it was a nice closing i hafta say, bcuz it was a treat by my boss =) thnx mr. ralph, for d closing ceremony. nice having quite a talk w you....

::boss::

What a lonely lonely Monday morning… natrah is having a meeting in kl, n halem is on leave… weuhuu… weird, weird.. and awkward… they are all Chinese in this office except me, n our boss, the charming Mr. Ralph. Haha.. he’s very kind-hearted and that has made both halem n natrah felt soo guilty to hand in their resignation letter due to a few setbacks… he’s the BEST so far…I must say… yeah, bcuz this is my very first professional job… n I’ve no one to compare to… but I’ve met ‘bosses’ during practical training, n during my part time jobs… what I can say is… Mr. Ralph here is beyonddd comparison… He juz came to me a few hours ago… handed me the weekend journal – the runway report… okey, so what’s w this… smething to do w our project or anything? Haaha. “for the fashion girl…” he said with a huuuge smile on his face… then I laughed… so he thinks im ‘that kind’… hm…

monday blues~

yeah, monday blues~ i juz got back from a meeting w one of my company's biggest client ; Alstom Power. hm, hm, evrythng was good. They introduced us their new upgraded TLA software, and we need to use the new system for all d ongoing n upcoming projects w alstom... i better get familiar w it... weuhuhu... my colleague, joyce said that the previous one is much much easier.. bt then the rep from alstom, mr. jasmin said that this upgraded version is more user friendly.. it juz takes time for us to get used to it... yah, i think so too =) after the meeting, we went out for lunch at this japanese restaurant... a famous one named Rakuzen.. heard of it b4? it was my 2nd time thr... last time i didnt go for raw foods... bt jz now, i did... waaaa... i didnt fancy the food at all... felt like throwing up.. bt i kept my cool as all the big2 ppl were there... njoying d food... bt i luv the japanese tea... good2.. so nw im indulging myself w healthy stuffs... yeah,... ;)

okey, okey, enuff bout work... so what happened during the weeknd..?? hm... my bf's granddad passed away last friday, so he went back to sg. petani.. al-Fatihah... a couple of weeks ago, his grandmum took her last breath in tanah suci mekah... mcm berturut plak... innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiún... semoge mereka termasuk dlm golongan org2 yg beriman... ameen...

kind of dh lame tak berbual w my bf.. due to his downs, so mcm tak sempat lagi 2 really hav a gud chit chat w him... im letting him 2 settle down things first, his emotions n all... n targeting for the nex weeknd 2 meet him up.. to be honest, i miss him soooo bad.. bt i noe, i need 2 b very2 understanding in dis condition... im trying so hard.. u noe, since i started working, we never missed a weeknd date b4... huhu.. dnt wory sayang, i can handle this.. =) so what did i do...?? yahh... yahh... the best thing to do is....2 get spoilt...!!!!! =) went for body massage w mum n nuha... it was mum's treat... thnx mama... was such a relaxing weeknd... thou, still i do missed him a lot... n still missing him now... juz cant wait to see him... okey.. so this is my photo, b4 d massage... ;)

What Does a Sales Engineer Do?

Having searched in many of the wrong places I found an excellent article on Frank Hecker's site, telling the world what a Sales Engineer (SE) does.

Fundamentally, it is the job of the SE to support the sales process, to the point of selling the product, until the customer has paid the money. By that time, a full transition of the account should pass it on to a long-term implementation or support based team, whose job it is to keep the customer happy.

You often hear of customer's complaining that the consultant who got things working disappeared after the customer paid up, but that is basically their job. They are also called Pre sales consultants...


The basic tasks that exist before the sale are:

• Getting technical requirements from customers
• Web and Live Product demonstrations-Advising customers which products they need for a proposed solution
• Writing more formal documents such as proposals, and answering RFIs-Managing the relationship with the customer at a technical level
• including support questions, evaluation requirements, proof of concept, architecture
• Assisting salespeople with sales strategy for an account

But the SE should work themselves out of the process by the time the product is sold. This is facilitated by the Services Manager getting introduced before the sale, and assisting with the final Statement of Work (SOW) for the implementation. This works well if the Services Manager is aware of the product requirements of the customer at an early stage. Of course it is not good if the SE is the Services Manager...


SEs are also in an excellent place to feed back to the company any customer requirements that are not satisfied by the current product, and see if it is possible to find solutions. Often the ability to think outside the box will be of great assistance.

Sales Engineers Rock~