4th Years Plan Series : Part 20 - Conclusion

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4th Years Plan Series : Part 19 - Expedition

On the 2nd weekend of my training expedition in Holland, my colleagues and I have decided to go The Hague aka Dan Haag. This destination was 10 minutes away from when I stayed. This was also the first time, I was using the train ticketing machine. These machines only accept chipcard and coins. Luckily, the return ticket was only 3.50 EURO. The reason why I wanterd to mention this was because buying ticket from the counter would cost me 0.50 EURO extra. Guess that was one way to encourage people to use the machine instead. The queue for the machine was not as long as those back in Malaysia. Unfortunately, since it only accepting coins..you gotta prepared your small change;-) Imagine someone have to fork out 20 EURO just to get a return ticket to Amsterdam. For your information, the highest coin denomination is 2 EURO. So guys better do not complain for paying your parking tickets in shopping complexes anymore. What I like the best about this place was their chipcard was widely used. Even my company's cafeteria is accepting it too. How I wish Malaysia will exercise such system too. If only our citizens are more educated and open to the cashless transaction.

The first stop was Den Haag Central station. We were actually heading to Madurodam. Just to brief you a bit, it was a place where miniature buildings all over Hollands are displayed in an open space. To get there, we took a tram which cost us 2.30 EURO (return ticket). Very convinience as the stop was just outside the station. Just look for plat no: 9. The journey from the station to Madurodam only took us 10 minutes and the place is filled with tourists. The ticket for an adult was a bit steep at 13 EURO. But....I think we were so lucky that one lady came to us and offerred us a discount coupons. We were stunned at first as we not sure why she was handling it to us. May be we got do our charity once a while and now we got some blessing from it..hahaha...I appreaciated the act and I regretted because I did not thank her for the good deed as she was hurried away. With that, we were paying 2.50 EURO lesser..yahoooooooo

Upon entering the building, we were amazed with the overall buildings and architectures which were nicely set on a open space. You could actually spend 30 minutes to walk around the path and enjoyed the miniatures that were a replication of great buildings in Holland. But if you were to pose for pictures and enjoying the mechanical movement of the objects displayed, it took us roughly 2 hours to complete the tour. This could be a MUST destination to stop by if you ever touched you feet in the Netherlands. I could say that there are not much attractions in Hollands other than the TULIPS, WINDMILLS, BUILDINGS, MADORUDAM and of course the R.L.D...;-)....nothing much I could elaborate, so just wait for me to upload those lovely pictures and you could see it yourself.

After this, we actually went back to the central station for lunch. We had Burger King and thre was a point of ponderfor those who planned to visit EUROPE. If you were thos money cautious type of people, be prepared to pay extra 0.35 - 0.40 EURO if you ever ask for sauces from the cashier. I could say that they do not provide really nice sauce in the fast food outlets but they normally ask their customers whether they preferred any sauce or not. If you say yes, make sure you really want it or get really to be CHARGED for something you feel un-necessary. This is something I wanted to share which might not be so IMPORTANT to the majority of the readers. Anyway, if you ever travel to the western side...just grab some packet chilli sauce and they may come in handy.

It was a short trip this Zaterdag and I finally got back to Delft on time before the flea market closed. You could get a chance to see juicy fruits, lovely flowers, sweets candies and ancient antiques for sale. And they are only open on Zaterdag. As the sun was about to come down, my group received an invitation to attend a MAKAN BUKA PUASA. Wow...isn't it wonderful...I never had such things back in Malaysia and it was memorable to have it here in Delft. It was like a feast as there are some Malays friends who came along with their specialities. We had traditional cakes, steamboats, nasi ayam and my favourite AYAM MASAK SAMBAL CILI. This meal was totally great and thank you guys for the food.......

As I retired for the day, I picked up one of the books that I brought here from Malaysia. Since I have finished "The Secret" by Rhonda Bryne so I moved on to another one. This one was co-related to "The Secret", hence I bought both of them before I came over. This book entitled "The Secret Revealed" by some Christian's writers. T.S.R is actually revealing the secret behind the secret. Hmmm.....there are truth mentioned in the book which counter attack "The Secret". Both books got their points to highlight and it seems like it is a mind game after all. After I have been reading on self-improvement books for the past 6 months, I realized that these books are just telling things that we as reader wanted to hear. If the point in the book touches our daily life or agree with our thoughts, then we would accept them as a GREAT book. Hence, I said everything is in the mind and we are the decision maker of what to accept / reject (mind-control was mentioned earlier in my write-up some time ago). Anyway, if you people have time and MONEY ....just grab those 2 books and check it out yourself. Make sure you completed "The Secret" before going into the "Revealed.." version. Tell me what you think.

If I ever finished the "Revealed.." version, I am planning to grab another one with the title "Law of Attraction". I think this book is also co-related with the other two. I hope that my target to read 100 books before 2011 will be achieved soonest possible. He he...Till then....

Quote of the Day :
"No one know you the best, other than YOURSELF"

4th Years Plan Series : Part 18 - Exploration

Wow...a long week indeed. I have started my countdown on when I should return to my home country. The past one week was a total fun and excitement but now the product training has finally started. Guess what, my exam is tomorrow and I am doing my blog update..;-)The trainer has been trying her best to make the course really interesting. I am glad she did that since I am having fun with her interactive training course. In this part of my write-up, I just like to share a bit of my mini-tour around Holland.

Last weekend, I managed to spend my time in 2 big cities in the Netherlands. And they are Rotterdam and Amsterdam. At first, I was wondering why both the names ended with "DAM"..it is not a fowl language..but based on the definition in the Oxford Dictionary, it means : "a barrier to obstruct the flow of water"
The truth is that they are really surrrounded by water...and guess the word really fit the city name. Seems like Holland is a DAM itself..;-)

The first city I landed in was Rotterdam. Since I am staying in Delft(a small city in Holland), it only took me 15 minutes train ride to my destination. Does it sound familiar to anyone of you? If you have actually watched the movie "Who Am I", I am sure you got what I meant. That is where Jackie Chan filmed the movie. I was searching for the building where he did the fantastic stunt. And I did find it and took a couple of pictures for my collections. It was a really really tall building. See it to belive it. Well, back to the history...this is a new city developed after it was destroyed during the World Wall II. After all the rebuilding and restructuring, it was now the 2nd biggest city in the Netherlands. In Rotterdam, I could see the CUBE HOUSES too. This is one of the attraction there. Too bad, I need to pay for the entrance fee, so I took photos instead of going in..;-P....After all the walking, the weather was a bit no so good as it drizzled. Hence, I stopped by a "koffie" house to have a cup of cappucino. It costed me 2EURO. I guessed I better have it back in Coffee Bean or Starbuck...haha..To tell you another Patrick's Believe It or Not....the Dutch had 15-20 cups of coffee a day. And the offices are always equip with very advanced coffee machines. May be the convinience making them to cultivate the coffee-addiction.

The next day, I explored futher to the North where Amsterdam is located. It was an hour ride using their Sneltrain. As it is the BIGGEST city in Holland, I could see crowds and cars everywhere. Frankly speaking, I do not like it very much but it is worth a visit. Compared to KL, I still think KL is better. The first thing I did here was going for a boat ride. An hour tour around the city was great, at least you do not need to walk..haha. I saw all the bridges and of course they are well-known for the leaning building. Not forgetting too, these buildings can go up to millions of EURO and many have moved out from here. Leaning buildings are very common here so do not be surprised when you bumped into one. You do not need to go Italy to see the Pisa tower, just hop into Holland and you could see tonnes of them. The highlight of the tour was ..of course..the Red Light District. If you do not know what it really meant, just do a search in YouTube and you can get a preview of it. Having seeing it LIVE here in Holland, it was a real EYE OPENER. The tag goes "Good to see..but NOT good to touch..once taken...considered SOLD". Still do not get what i meant...GO GO GO ...search YouTube for Red Light District.

After much walking, I have decided to call it a day. Going around these places really gave me all the insight of the western world. A good exploration indeed and my OOOOhhh...WOOOOWWW....have gone whenever I came back to Malaysia. This could me my once in a life time experience. For those who are yet to explore, better think again what you could see beyond the WALL in front of you. Till then....DAAG

^Daag (Dutch) = Bye

Quote of the Day:
"What you ASSUME might not be the same with what you SEE"

4th Years Plan Series : Part 17 - Law of Attraction

Oh yeah..third day of my training programme. The first week is supposed to be an introductory to the company, something like our orientation back in our college days. The difference is that it lasted much longer compared to the latter. Besides having the option to learn more about the company, i got a chance to meet new Earthlings too. Some people might think that people from the West are tall and arrogant people. Well, think again. During my 3 days visit here in Holland, I have met 2 interesting groups of Earthlings.

Firstly, on the first day here, I bumped into a Malaysian. And guess what, he is doing Master here. I was surprised to find out that small city like Delft has 2 universities. They are well-known for aerospace and irrigation engineering. Something very new to me. No wonder they have the best irrigation in Netherland. Since we are from the same country, I was invited to his house in Delft which was a few block away from my hotel.

Actually, this student I met just moved to a new house. I could not imagine that he paid 775 EURO just for this 800sq ft of covered building block. I was served with fresh apples, teh-tarik and keropok. I would really love to thank them for their hospitality. Just for your info, they are Bumiputera. I believe that the law of attraction brought us togehter. I am sure when we were in foreign country, it is much more closer when we meet someone from the same nation. Don't you think so? That is wat I called the sense of belonging as we came from the same land. Too bad that this does not apply back in Malaysia. The reason why I love travelling is because I could see things from a different point of view. Not only the weather and scenery but the people and culture. Since the election is coming soon, I am hoping that harmony should presered. A democratic country like Malaysia gives us the option to vote. So do vote for the party we trust who can preserved harmony. Just do not tarnish our country's name with critics and with songs like "N..ku ku". Just come back and start voting. Or if those people can do better, come out and get people vote for you.

The next group was colleagues who are coming from different countries all over the world. Though majority is the Dutch, we have Hongkies, German, Austria and even Moroccan. Some stayed in the same hotel and we walked to work daily. It is amazing to share views with these people. They are friendly and open-minded too. Those Dutch people are really nice and I am surprised one of them does know the Asian culture very well. I found this training as a way for me to explore even deeper instead of just fr work purposes. There was this night where we were lead to a old factory. Guess what, we cooked there. Each of us are group together and in charge of a dishes. Of course there are professionals guiding us. I was doing the soup and very satisfied with it and so does the crowd.

After all the hard work, we gathered around the round table or the long table. All of us trying out the dishes we MADE ourselves. As usual, law of attraction brought us together. We have fun and enjoyed it so much. Well, the atmosphere was amazing. If only I could have such gathering once more.

Quote of the Day :
"Attraction is the first step, relation is the next"

4th Years Plan Series : Part 16 - Transformation

After weeks of anticipation, I have finally reached the day where my Journey to the West starts. Just to make sure everything that I have mentioned in my Part 14 are completed, let me recapped. First of all, the 2 proposals/agreement were submitted to my partners. So far they were happy with the contents. Now they will proceed to work something out from there. Besides that, the Japanese exam which I was worried previously has ended beyond my expectation. Ganbate desune to myself. Last but not least, my preparation to Holland has reached its dateline too.

As usual, after much tips or reminder from fellows friends + colleagues, I have made it too.Lately, I have been getting new reader in my blog which I am very happy with. Unfortunately, I realised that many have not visited the blog. Is it because it is getting a bit too boring or they are just too busy. In just a blink of an eye, it is already a month since I released the first part of my 4 years series. Response was a bit satisfatory for new beginner like me with an average if 15 visitors per week. Anyway, I am hoping to reach at least 50 readers per week. At least to ensure that it is still worth for me to keep writing.

Well...this week I am gonna touch a bit of something I encountered during my flight from Malaysia to Holland. It is something co-related to my write-ups too. Just to let you know, I have finally watched Spiderman 3 on plane!! Shame on me for taking so long to see such a blockbluster movie. There are 10 senarios which I have learnt from there.
Here you go....

1. The ring
- When you WANT it, you WILL WORK HARD to get it
2. Peter Parker's aunt acceptance
- Forgiving is important to continue the focus in life
3. The romance between Peter Parker and Mary Jane
- The 4 season of love :
4. Kissing between Peter Parker and Gwen
- Fame might lead you to arrogance, so beware
5. The emergence of Dark Spidy
- Once you hold the power, letting it go takes great courage
6. The battle between Peter Parker and Henry Osbourn
- Conflict can break relationship when both just think about their own needs
7. Confession of Sandman
- Asking forgiveness is easy, forgiving is difficult
8. The alliance of Peter Parker and Henry Osbourn
- Surprises come to us, just believe them
9. The death of Eddie Brook
- Addiction to power leads to disaster
10. The death of Henry Osbourn
- Good things do not last, so appreciate them