LIFE : HITTING TARGET MATTER

I hit my target this month. Unofficially I hit 101% when I checked with Azizah at the office around 4.30 pm. Actual percentage will be out and sale will be closed at 4.30 pm tomorrow. OAJ told us to hit our own target first to get this month incentive but the incentive will be less because ASO is not going to hit this month. As I told earlier RHTO sale wasn't coming in due to slow and lower sale in Supermarket included IKA's. Consumers aren't really spending their money like those days. They are spending their money wisely and just buying according to their needs. Nestle's company is working toward off take organisation, from input to truput.

Some of the reps were saying market was full but OAJ threw a challenge to anyone who dare to take him for market work. He told us it's better he works with us rather than BM because he also not dare to challenge BM to walk the market with him. He knew that there always a gap in term of distribution. Don't let us end up in the hot soup or let people to sotong you. Just do the right thing. Distribution, distribution distribution............

I am taking three days leave and going back to Tampin tomorrow to visit my elder sister at Kuala Pilah Hospital. She met an accident and was admitted this morning. My niece called me and told that her mom had lost her two toes. Just hope nothing serious and pray to the Mighty God so that she will recover soon.

LIFE : KATAK OH KATAK.........

Sale are slow, Sale are not coming in, No orders from the retailers, complaint about trowing price from hypermarket and bla,bla,bla,..........etc. These are the phrases that I listen every morning in the office. Only two days to go to close the sale. Supermarket's Rep almost give up and TT's Reps are struggling to meet the numbers. This morning during my field work, one of my customer was complaining about no sign of economy to be improved. His sale had dropped almost 20 to 30% and didn't willing to order or to keep stock due to cash flow. He only ordered just enough to fill up his home shelf. He had to create something that could generate his sales. Slashing the price but still couldn't match with the Hypermarket price. Are we so desperate to get sale? Since hypermarkets have grown like a mushroom in Malaysia, we are fighting among our own brands in the market. Never ask about, Milo 2kg, M2mn, Nescafe and Milo 3 in 1 because you are asking for trouble. We had complaint to our management but do you know what are they saying?

"Do you distribute our product accordingly base on channel and do you really follow the company instruction? They always a gap in the distribution and OOS. We are paid to do the job so don't ask. Your key task to sell, if no off take it's not your problem. It's marketing problem but when market returns are alarming that is your problem. Don't talk about IKAs, they will be there forever and sell something that IKAs are not offer. We have more than 200 products and SKUs. Don't tell me that you can't sell one product out of 200 products! " Back to square again. Are we living in the world's of song Katak oh katak................

LIFE : MILO FOOSBALL FRENZY CHALLENGE

Milo Foosball Frenzy was held at the Pasaraya Jimat on the 24 May 2009.

LIFE : CREATIVE IDEA

Yesterday I sent my car for servicing at the Bagan Ajam Petronas. After that I went to the near by Tyre shop for my Tyre balancing and alignment. An old shop without a proper an alignment computer. Did it manually by hand. The shop's owner is very friendly. While waiting for my car to be aligned by his workers, the shop's owner proudly showed me his creative idea. Breeding an ornament fishes inside the drain in front of his shop. It was first time in my life saw a such creative idea. What I called it 2 in 1. The biological ways to fight against mosquito. The shop's owner told me that his idea was praised by MPSP. I asked him " Don't you worry that your fish will be stolen by somebody? " he said" no" in fact some of his customers took it to put inside their aquarium at home. People are free to take it, if they are interested to breed it. Actually it's not for sale. Praise should be given to the owner for his creativity.

LIFE : MAGGI DUMPLING CONTEST PACIFIC PRAI HYPERMARKET.

LIFE : FROM OUR BRANCH MANAGER

Yesterday meeting was ended at 7.20pm. As usual Branch Manager closed the meeting with long list of advice to us. Same thing was repeated again and again just to remind us our main responsibility toward company. Among the long list of advice, the only thing that I could remembered were

"As we sail throught life, don't avoid storm and rough water. Let it pass.
Just sail. A calm water won't make a good sailor."

" do the right things and doing things right"

LIFE : LAUNCHING OF M2MN MIDI

LIFE : THE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN

Tomorrow there will be a combined thruput meeting at Sunway Convention centre at Seberang Jaya. The meeting will be started at 2.00 pm together with launching of new Maggi product from Brand Manager. I think everybody aren't in the good mood to attend for the meeting because thruput in a bad shape. Anyway I received a sms from OAJ telling us that Branch Manager want us to achieve this month target. No if no but. All area have to give their sale prognosis in the meeting tomorrow. The Branch manager will be asking all ABM to commit for 100%. If you in their position, are you dare to say " I am not going to achieve this month" ? Those days the manager always said to us " Do you see the door, The door is always open". I hope you know what it mean.

LIFE: MARKET WORK WITH OAJ

I worked with OAJ for market work today. We visited three wet markets and found that most of the wet market not been fully covered by our sale rep since Mr chea left the company. The purpose of the market work was to check our product distribution according to our Nestle distribution sku base on channel. OAJ told me that " This will be part of your new assignment as a Task Force team next month to make sure that market up to our Nestle's distribution standard". Next month onward I and Teo will be assigned to lead a Dealer's sale rep to assist them in sale and distribution. My sale target is base on total target that we have set to our Dealer's sale rep. In other word we have to work hand to hand as a one team to achieve our ASO target. Nestle's company want us to more focus on the new products and to develop it for future market. Then we proceed to Penaga to visit Sultan Alauddin's Mini market. OAJ told me Penaga had changed a lots compared to thirteen years ago when he covered this area as a coffee shop sale rep. He asked me whether Ice kacang's stall near the riverside was still there or not? I told him" yes " and then we end up our market work ate Ice Kacang at Permatang Bendahari Penaga near the Sungai Kuala Muda.

LIFE : CAMERON HIGHLAND 2 [VIDEO]

LIFE : CAMERON HIGHLAND 1[ VIDEO]

LIFE : FUTSAL NESTLE'S AND GIANT'S STAFF FUTSAL TRAINING

Just watching Nestle's and Giant's staff playing Futsal. They are practicing for the next coming Nestle Milo Futsal Tournament. The Tournament will be held at Safira Planet Sport Club on 30 May 2009. Nestle's staff that will plays for the match are, William Neoh, Md. Yusri, John Lim, Isparan, Siva, Ismail , merchandiser and CHHK store man.

LIFE : DON'T COMPLAINT

Each time I eats a good food either home cook or eat outside with my family always remind me to my father's quote. He always told us that " Eat less if the food is delicious and eat more if the food is tasted bad." When I was a child I didn't really understood what it mean until I grew up. After attended a group discussion at religious class then only I knew what it mean. Actually it was our Prophet Muhammad Saw taught us to respect to a person whose cooked for us. It could be our mother, sister, neighbour or anyone that served us some food to eat. Our Prophet taught us not to complaint when food was served in front of us. Take it if you like and just leave it if you don't like the food. We should praise to a person if she or he cooks a good food.

Let we analyzes my father's quote " Eat less if the food is delicious" it mean that if you really like the food so much please remember to share the food with the others. So that everybody will get to taste the food together. " Eat more if the food taste bad" It mean that show your respect to a person who prepares the food by telling him or her that you like the food but the food tastes can be improved.By doing this, nobody feeling will get hurt.

So next time whatever your wife cooks for you just eat it and don't complaint.

LIFE : BLACK AND HAPPY DAY

Some people are saying that Monday is a black day and Friday is a happy day. How true it is, totally depend on your own interpretation. To me it is depended on how much you love your job? Some of them are willing to sacrifice their time , energy, love even family just to devote to their job. Some of them just do it because of they have a responsible toward families in other word no choice. Some of them doing their job because to earn some money and stop doing it once they have money. Which categories are you?

When I was in Teluk Intan for two years, Monday was an exhausted day because I had to wake up as early as 5am to drive from Parit Buntar. Reached Bota at 7.30 am, had a briefing with my boss and then drove to TI to do sale. By the time I reached TI, I totally felt tired and exhausted. So only managed to visit few customers and cover the rest on the following day. In my condition I might said that Monday was really a black day.

When Friday came I called it happy day because it was a time for me to go home. Sent my dirty shirts and pants to laundry and drove back to Bota to settle my things with my dealer. Said bye bye to dealer clerk and met them again on the next Black Monday. That was my cycle of life when I had been posted to Teluk Intan for two years.

LIFE : FROM MY DAUGHTER TO HER MOM

My daughter bought a rose for her mom to celebrate Mother's day.

She wrote on the piece of hand made postcard.

I love my mom

She is so helpful and kindly mom.

She is a housewife.
I love my mom so much.

Fatimah Azzaharrah Zainal
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

LIFE : TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED

OAJ called me last Friday about 10 pm. He really needs my help to send his Penang's map that he lefts in the office. Its so urgent because he needs it for his meeting on Monday at Nestle Northern Office. So both of us made an arrangement to meet at some where in Penang Island. So I sent it yesterday at Gurney Plaza. I drove my car to the multi storey parking lots for my convenient at the Plaza and lucky enough to get a parking space just near to the main entrance of the shopping mall. While waiting for his call I did some window shopping at the Plaza. My favourite place was a book store to find some book about English Grammar to correct my English usage. I went to enrichment home shelf and I saw a row of English Grammar's book. I checked it one by one and tried to get something that I could afforded to buy. Of course those were imported books were expensive. I checked the price but most of the books were above fifty Ringgit. At last I found a book that published by a local writer. I bought two books under title " Understanding Basic English Grammar" and " Correct English Grammar" its cost me only fourteen Ringgit and eighty cent. Suddenly my hand phone rang and it was OAJ waiting me at the front of Plaza to collect his map. I rushed to the parking payment machine and I had to pay three ringgit for a parking space that less than an hour, no wander, most of the visitors were parking the cars along the main road but they have to face a risk to be fine by a Traffic Police. I think Penangties are getting used of paying fine and may be they are rich people whose can afford to pay for it but to me why should I face a risk by paying fine just to save a few ringgit. In other word may be they are not bother or take things for granted.

LIFE : HAPPY MOTHER DAY

"I love you,"




I sit here quietly

Watching them while they sleep

I wonder

And my heart is torn

How my love for them

Grew so strong

That I feel breathless

It sometimes even hurts

Yet I am never tired

Of watching their little faces

As they sleep.I can see

That they are runningIn their dreams

Their legs moveBack and forth...Are they on a beach?

Or in green grass fields?

So what if when I am tired

They ruin the room again

Are they not the reasons

Which makes me forget every pain

Oh Lord! Tell me

How possibly could I live?

Before I was a motherI never knew this bliss.


WROTE BY CARL SANDBURG

LIFE : I LOVE YOU PAPA

A family can only be complete and happy with both parents working together to make the bonds of their family stronger. While fathers work to fulfill the financial needs, mothers tend to be the ones who take care of the home and children. However, children need support and love from both parents in order to grow up in a good, healthy environment. Fathers are needed to ensure that children learn respect for both parents, and the difference between good and bad.

Fathers who are always present in their children’s life would be respected and loved as much as children love their mothers. If fathers are always present in their children’s life then they will always be a part of their children’s happiness and sadness. Their opinion will be counted and will have a great influence on the children if they solve a problem for them. A single mother can also raise her child in a successful way but the presence of father will always be missed. Some children are unfortunate because they do not have fathers who will talk to them everyday and discuss their problems and the communication is through phone only.

Children are very sensitive and get the feeling of being ignored. These kids will end up having more respect and love for their mothers than fathers as they have never been with them so they would not know how to respect their fathers. They may even end up resenting their father and the lack of communication between them. Fathers can stop their children from getting involved in bad things like drugs and alcohol. It ultimately depends of how much a father is involved in his kid’s life and how the kid looks up to his father for love. If a father is involved fully in his child’s life then he can stop his child from doing bad things and probably explain him the pros and cons of these things from the beginning with patience of mind and calm attitude.

Children often tend to do as they see their parents doing, and a father’s influence goes a long way in helping children make decisions on right and wrong. If a child is unfortunate enough to not have that kind of love and influence, he or she would probably make the wrong decisions in life. Children need love and support from both parents equally in order to live a successful life. They can only get that atmosphere if their fathers assume as much responsibility as mothers do. Fathers play an important role in shaping their children’s life by making sure that they respect both parents equally and know the difference between good and bad things easily.

Wrote by Shah Mira

LIFE : NO ENDING STORY

Start to work after a long holiday. As usual morning briefing by OAJ to congrats everybody for last month achievement but he told us that last month already a history so we have to achieve for this month. May target a bit lower than last month so no excuse for not hitting the target. Anyway there will be a dinner at Tambun Prawn Village Seafood Restaurant to celebrate hitting target last month and this month. What we call 2 in 1 or Dinner in advance for hitting target for May. I think it is OAJ strategic but it works." Work hard play hard" as our former Sale Director Mr. Ganesan said. So I need to plan my sale and an action plan to hit the number. Work smart not work hard. At the end of the day only numbers are counted. Working today for tomorrow and yesterday already a history. Move forward and no turning back. Don't pull your hand brake once you achieve your target. Do you think this is a new type of corruption or appreciation of hitting target in advance? Nobody care...... different people with different style of management.

LIFE : STILL HANGING AND UNTOUCHED

My late mother's house came alive again after my elder sister decided to stay at the Rumah pusaka. She decided to move in with her family from Sik Kedah and set up car wash and warung just in front of the house. The house had been abandon so many years and we decided to restore the house again to bring back our sweet memories. The most happier person was my father and my brothers. When they heard the news that my elder sister had came back and stayed to take care of the rumah pusaka. As part of our culture in Adat Perpatih, the elder sister shall inherits the property and she shall replace as a mother to our families since my mother already passed away. Now we have a place for family gathering again at least once a year specially on the big day such as Hari Raya. So we decide to have a Kenduri kesyukuran and arwah on this coming school holiday to welcome her home with her family. The best part of the house was, when I saw a hand Craft work from someone special that still hanging and untouched on the wall and this had brought me to sweet memories during my student era in ITM Shah Alam. At least I know how to appreciate even though we were not mean to be together. Let it be there hanging on the wall until...................?

LIFE : TYPICAL MALAY KAMPONG HOUSE

LIFE : HITTING TARGET CUM BIRTHDAY PARTY

LIFE : TRAFFIC JAM

Reached home at 3.am, caught in the massive traffic jam between Pedas toll and Senawang toll due to three days weekend holiday. Normally it's took about 20 to 30 minute to reach Seremban but it's took me almost 2 hours and stuck in the middle of highway. The traffic became smooth after Senawang toll and along the way to Juru toll Butterworth. Even though it was a very tiring driving but atleast I got 10% discount on toll ticket after 12.00 midnight. I only stopped at three places one in the Damansara Petronas to buy some food at Mc. Donald, Simpang Pulai Petronas for prayer and Sungai Perak Petronas to refill my car petrol. Anyway it took about 8 hours to reach Kepala Batas from my hometown Johol Negeri Sembilan. Normal standard hour of driving only take 5 t0 6 hours. Anyway thank to Almighty God that I safely arrived home even though felt so sleepy while driving along the highway.