What to do?

Sometimes I just don't know what to do. The problem that comes is somewhat beyond my problem solving ability. Especially when it comes to dilemma predicament.

customer A is having a lot of delayed shipment from port congestion in USA. The cargo has been delyed twice and we are not sure if it even left the port from what we can see from the schedule. Weird. What is happening in the USA port?

Customer B don't intend to change product because they need to maintain product appearance but the factory is no longer making the material anymore and has requested them to test the new grade but customer is not evaluating it. Now they are down to one roll. How to help now?

I can only leave it in God's hand because this things are beyond my ability to solve.

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Meeting was over. The business is over. Customer B has decided to find their own source. There is not much I can do. If I do look for other source the material must have similar appearance. Not so easy to find. And if I do find, what's my company policy to support current supplier even if it doesn't match to customer requirement, if so, the game is over.

Wordpress installation

Wordpress installation is one of the easiest to do. But it can a little tedious sometimes. So what I usually do is to use the provided installed scripts by th webhosting company. For Bluehost they have Fantastico and Simple Scripts of which the latter is far more superior. For Exabytes which uses the same cPanel interface only provides Fantastico. While IPServerOne which is quite a nice budget webhosting provides the Installaron auto installs.

Of course when choosing a web hosting do try to find one which has auto install scripts. Those scripts sometimes provide interesting software that you would otherwise not be aware of. Like say a forum software instead of using the overly popular phpBB which by the way has a lot of security issues and poor spam buster you might discover other little gems like BBpress and PunBB.

Anyway I needed to reinstall a Wordpress installation for a friend and using the Installaron software provided by IPserverOne makes for a speedy Wordpress installation. Configuration took a little longer but that's a different issue altogether.

Traffic jam for no reason

The morning rush hour is rather stressful for me. Probably same for a lot of people too as we need to arrive office before work commence or boss will be cross! No leeway about it. No Malaysian rubber time so to speak as per most appointments in Malaysia.

But what I couldn't comprehend is why does the traffic slows down at a specific point on the road so much that it causes a massive traffic snarl? When I pass by that point on the road I'm scratching my head as I didn't see any accident nor any broken parts strewn on the road to indicate as such and yet there is a strange anomaly in the locality that all cars will slow down to a crawl for no apparent reason. It took me double the time required to clear that stretch and lots of frustration at the stop and go traffic flow.

I just can't believe there stretches of road that are jinx. You can't see anything there and yet the traffic will just slow down to a crawl? I know there are traffic scientist out there using algorhthm to determine the elasticity of traffic flow and what's not coz I read about it in some magazine. This would be an intriguing mystery to solve, yes?

Tiring day trip to Ipoh

it was a tiring day trip to Ipoh. one that was necessary as the visitors needed to understand the dire circumstances of the clay factory. The mostly accounting discussion of several hours really bore me to death! I think the driving was less tiring then the meeting. I was glad when it was all over and made our long journey back to Kuala Lumpur.

Interesting point about the discussion was about the Malaysian mining authorities who think that minerals like clay would provide a good royalty value. Do the authorities know that it is such a fine line to keep the mining operation going? They have just took back the competitors land and has started collecting royalty from them thereby increasing the mining and production cost. I wonder how long before their grubby hands will lay on this mining facility that is already in the red. Apart from royalty the mining company also need to pay taxes. That's really extracting their pound of flesh if I might say so.

Anyway this is not so much my concern as my duty was to ferry them around and listen in on their discussion.

Baby Loft in Desa Park City

Some more last minute shopping this time in shop called baby loft in Desa Park City. Looking for some small items here and there. I guess Lena is really enjoying all this baby shopping spree. I would have thought we have sufficient baby stuffs by now. We got most of the main gears already. Any other miscellaneous items we can get along the way when needed, right? Hmmm...

Desa Park City in Sri Damansara is a nice upmarket location with an interesting shops to serve the community here. Guess I would just have to hold in one of the cafes here while my wife hunt down some baby things.

Fortune comes to those who dares

I got this wallpaper that says, "Fortune comes to those who dares."

Having learned some hard lessons at trying some various business venture on my own with limited success I have come to appreciate this maxim.

Although it is difficult to venture out on your there is a reward when you achieved some measure of success. It also requires a certain amount of ingenuity as you think up ideas and plans to make your venture work.

So when you have a superior who fears the possibility of a bad paymaster eventhough there is a chance to start a new products sales does really sigh with exasperation.

In one hand he wants to expand the company sales and on the other hand not willing to take simple risk. Then how will the company grow?

Sure boss calls the shots but my efforts are just wasted. Well I could think out of the box and take the business elsewhere. I've been thinking out of the box for a long while, it is not easy but as they said, "Fortune comes to those who dares."

Countdown to delivery

Just visited doctor for routine weekly check up for the final third trimester. It seems the baby's head is engaged and the doctor gave an estimate of 14 days. soon a bundle of joy will come into this brave new world and the journey of life will begin outside the comfort of the womb.