A fat bonus from Nible2

My my... it indeed has been a good year for Nible2... the best bonus payout yet since my 3 years with Nible2. We all got about 4 this year, as a bonus payout. We thought it would be 3 only, but no, the COO came along this morning and handed out another. I do envy some lucky buggers who got more than 4.

In any case, I will enjoy my 4 mandarin oranges. Oh, who said anything about money?

The COO has been busy beating around the bush - budgets have not been finalized, no news on annual appraisal, no updates on bonus. Heck, he does remind me of a George Bush. One quarter is almost over and no, no clue of budget for 2008... just spend as long as there is still money in the bank, grab any order that comes along the way.

I am sure PHBs are all wondering, why aren't the workers working any harder. Hehehe... Then again, they are the PHBs, enjoying their fat paychecks.

Fever - Elections

By the sounds of it, the elections are near. I will definately go to the polls with the following in mind:

The not so good, in random order:

• The on-going Lingam episode.
• Town councils - Klang assemblyman who got away with it.
• MPSJ - what a mess. Taipan does not have enough parking, and they have authorized two new buildings by Top Speed. Hmmm...
• More padangs lost to development, and they wonder why national sports, in particular the football, has seen better days.
• Chua Sok Lek case - no, not because of his 'miss'adventures, but hey, that guy had the balls ( no pun intended ) to admit it, yet he was more or less asked to go. Bozos who 'cannnot remember', 'looks like me', 'overlook by architect' are still around. Mr. Chua should have been asked to stay on. At least he is honest and he acted like a man. (once again, no pun intended).
• The year is 2008 : Soon, it will be to years after 1998, ah yes, the long forgotten '98 Commonwealth Games. The statement of accounts is yet to be made public. Some transparency.
• The kris waving incident, and other speaches.
• Member of parliarment with 'leaky' comments on fellow female MPs. They should be voted out - this is a no-brainer.
• This brings to memory of all the leaky government buildings. Do not recall anyone being held responsible.

The good stuff:

• New Pantai Expressway Highway has been completed.
• Smart Tunnel is completed.
• Virtually free education for all.
• Chicken flu threat well handled.
• Reduction of petrol subsidy - sure, this hurts a bit but overall, it is great for the country and global environment.
• Roads, in general, are very well maintained - compared to some of our neighbours.
• Has been an increase of police force, but insufficient is done.
• Immigrations Department - huge improvements - passport within hours now at HQ in Damansara. They deserve an award.
• I am a little skeptical about this one - Tamil and Chinese schools given a lot of promises lately. I sure hope they will materialize.
• Major plans to improve on public transport in KL - RapidKL has been working well so far.
• An on-going enquiry on the Lingam case. So far, I think the enquiry has been fairly transparent.
• Introduction of National Service.

My conclusion is simple. The ruling party has been doing fairly well but it needs to be alot more accountable and responsible. Things are transparent now, but hey, there's no responsibility - the blame game goes on. I would say that we should keep the present government but definately without an absolute majority.