My Stupid Boss

This book is hilarious!
Semakin dibaca, semakin terkenang sama boss pertama dulu yang tingkahnya juga ajaib amit-amit, yang pelitnya seujung langit, yang kalo ngasih kerjaan ga mikir dulu bisa dikerjakan apa enggak sama pegawainya.
loh, kok jadi curhat?

Buku ini sangat menghibur. Apalagi peribahasanya yang sangat cocok:

Bersakit-sakit di gue,
Bersenang-senang di elo!

Anyway, buku pertamanya laris manis, jadi aku belum baca. Tapi udah beli buku 2-4, hahaha....
Yah, lumayan, cerita yang cukup menghibur di saat-saat seperti ini :)

Will I recommend this book?
Definitely YES! :) :)
Ps:
Penulis punya blog, silakan kunjungi di sini.

White Vengeance

Intermezzo:
I watched this movie with my parents and brother in the night of CNY eve. What a movie to welcome CNY. Hahaha....


This movie tells a story of two sworn brothers, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu. Somehow, perhaps to make it more dramatic, both of them fell in love with the same woman, Yu Ji.

Xiang Yu and Liu Bang are close friends who both serve King Huai of Chu. King Huai uses a plot, saying that whoever can subvert the Qin kingdom in Guanzhong would be the Lord Qin, in order to benefit from the competition between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang.

Here comes the conflict, both of them would like to be the Lord Qin. Because Liu Bang had a chance to invade Guanzhong first when most of Qin army is outside fighting against Xiang Yu's army, Xiang Yu is furious & felt betrayed when he found out. So they arranged a Banquet, to have a direct confrontation.

In the end of this movie, Liu Bang told his ex-advisor, Zhang Liang, that he had lost trust to everyone. He is scared that everyone is trying to kill him and take away his throne one day, because he had betrayed the ones who trusted him.

Sad movie, really.

Courageous

Courageous is a Christian movie.
They talk about the Lord, about praying, about God, and about promise.

Courageous is a family movie.

...but as for me and my house, we will serve THE LORD.
(Joshua 24:15)

This movie talks about the lives of four men, as police officers.
About what they encounter each day, about their job, about their responsibilities, and about the reality today.

This movie has moved me.
Because these four men (actually five at the end), had shown their courage in their daily lives, working place and family setting - their role as fathers, as the man in the family, and as a husband.

After watching this movie, I texted some of my friends, saying:

"Courageous is a GREAT movie!!"

Hahaha....

Again, highly recommended to watch!! :) :) :)

5 Languages of Appreciation at Work

Do you know about 5 Love Languages?
Well, this book is actually talking about our love language, in workplace setting.

There are basically 5 languages of appreciation: 1) Quality Time; 2) Words of Affirmation; 3) Act of Service; 4) Tangible Gifts; and 5) Physical Touch.

In a workplace setting, Quality Time means that the person likes to have a sharing session. People who spend their time just to listen to him/her.

While Words of Affirmation means that the person wants to be appreciated in words. People who spend time to talk to him/her, to give the feedback and compliment.

Act of Service means that the person wants other to help him/her do the job.

Tangible gifts means the person like to get an award, a little appreciation gift, such as coupon, ticket, etc.

Last but not least, physical touch could mean a little high five, pats on the back, firm shake hand....

The author gave such a good example about this language of appreciation:

If you are thirsty, and someone offers you a place to sit, it's nice and thoughtful, but it doesn't satisfy your needs.

The research shows most of the people resign from their job because they do not feel appreciated.

Care to find what's yours? :)

For those who wants to find out more, please visit the website here :)

We not Naughty

If you ever watched "I not stupid", this movie is from the same director, Jack Neo.

For those who are not familiar with Singapore life style... I would suggest you to watch this movie. Highly recommended if you want to know the "ugly" parts of this country.

This movie shows us, that there are problems in each family.
The focus in this movie is the life of the teenagers nowadays.

One particular family experiences many types of problems, such as: gambling, gang related, internet abuse, and spousal abuse.

In my current job, those are the problems of the families that I encounter almost every single day.
Honestly, it's like watching a movie about my cases' families.
*It doesn't surprise me much.

One of my boys made a remark, "This is like a movie about us! It's like everybody is from our place!"
Hahaha....

What I like from this movie, it has a lot of good values and teachings that tries to imply to us, the audience.

The values of friendship, trust, relationship with family member, and of course, to THINK POSITIVE :)

Since it's a Gala Premier, many peoples came to watch this movie.
The actors and actresses are addressing the audience, thanked us for attending the gala premier, hope we would enjoy watching the movie, and sharing about their experience working with such wonderful people.

I think they did a great job :)

Chicken Soup for the Soul (True Love)

I have just finished reading this book.
After many years did not read Chicken Soup, I am thankful that I bought this book :)

Just like the cover describes, it is all about love stories :)

Have you ever find a True Love before?

If you read this book, you will surely want to find one :)
They have many many inspiring stories about how the couples met one another, stayed during the hardship of their relationship, funny things that they did, and how they survived when one of the spouse passed away....

Love is not about finding a perfect person,
but to see the imperfect person perfectly :)
-Sam Keen
This book has opened my eyes about finding a true love,
not to give up on love (which I currently do),
and to have faith in God.
For whatever He does is for my best :)

I guess when you fall in love with someone,
you'll know it :)

We bought a Zoo

What will you do if you bought a zoo? :)

Interesting, I suppose, to live in an actual zoo :)

I have always loved to go to a zoo and see the animals.
Even though most of the time, the animals will be sleeping, or doing nothing,
but still, I like to visit a zoo :)

This movie is actually based on a true story by Benjamin Mee.
The family moved to a new place, to start a new life.

I guess there is always pros and cons when you start a new life in a new place.
It reminds me of my own life, which is quite nomadic.
But I enjoyed to have new friends in different places :)
Got to learn new languages, getting to know different cultures and their living style :)

If you are interested to find out more, please visit their website here :)