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Professor Geert Hofstede, a well-known Dutch social psychologist, has devoted most of his life in a very comprehensive study of worldwide cultural differences and how the culture will influence the values in the workplace. He analysed a large database of employee values scores collected by IBM, between...
The official 2018 national and state public holidays in Malaysia has been announced by Cabinet, Constitution and Inter-Government Relation Division (BKPP), Prime Minister Department. There are 14 days of national holiday (12 national holidays, whereby Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa have 2 days of...
If you have a Microsoft Word document with a table that ended until last line of of the page, and so happen that it is the last page of your document, you will find a blank empty page below which cannot be deleted. This is because any table in Microsoft Word document must end with a paragraph mark,...
Every now and then, we make decisions. Some are just small decision with minimal future effect, while some are significant and will change the history. While we are aware that make the right decision is important, all of us cannot escape from having numerous occasions of making decisions which we regret...
Few days ago, the Alpha Smart 18EP instant shower water heater in one of my bathroom failed its start-up test. All its LEDs were blinking in red colour. This water heater has different warranty period for different parts as follow: Heating element: 5 years Brushless DC motor: 5 years Brushed AC motor: 1...
Renewing Malaysian passport at the immigration office has been a time consuming process that can easily cost you half a day to even a full day. The good news is: now Malaysian can renew their passport using the online service provided by the MyONLINE*PASPORT website. With this service, you can...
5G is the next generation mobile network coming after the current 4G LTE-Advanced. It is still under research and development, but we can expect it to hit the market in near future. What can we expect from 5G enhancement from the current 4G technology? Up to 1000 times increase in bandwidth per unit area...
If you have a television at your home in Malaysia and you are watching the free analog TV programmes (TV1, TV2, TV3, NTV7, 8TV, 9TV, ...) without subscribing to Astro satelite TV or HyppTV broadband TV, you must be aware that there will be no more analog signal broadcasting to your television from 2018...
Here are the Malaysia schools' festival holidays in 2017 for Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Deepavali, as announced by Ministry of Education (a.k.a. Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, KPM). Note that individual school can apply for additional off days during these festival holidays period,...
Many couples plan for their wedding more than 1 year ahead in order to have sufficient preparation time. Here is the list of auspicious dates for wedding/marriage in year 2018 (year of Dog), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge) Bear in mind that although...
Here is the list of auspicious dates in 2017 for organizing and hosting meet-up with friends and/or relatives (会友), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. The dates are applicable for housewarming, open house, home party, gathering, potluck, and any other similar functions to meet up...
Here is the list of auspicious dates in year 2017 for signing contract, signing offer letter, register for marriage, receiving religious baptism, and other similar agreement-related activities. It is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation...
Here is the list of auspicious dates in 2017 (year of Rooster) for getting a baby (求嗣), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. The dates have good element(s) to embro/faetus. Traditionally, the dates are referred for conception planning (making love and expecting a baby to the...
Before becoming the life partner, marriage is proposed by lover and engagement is made. Here is the list of auspicious dates for marriage proposal or engagement in year 2017 (year of Rooster), which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge) Bear in mind that...
For employees, especially those in leading/managing position, here is a list of auspicious dates in 2017 for starting new job/post/assignment, including joining new company or joining new team in existing company. It is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. It can be applied to first day...
Here is the list of auspicious dates for home or office renovation in year 2017, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. (Click the image to enlarge) Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a compilation of Chinese astrology and calendaring studies gathering wisdom of thousands of...
Here is the list of auspicious dates for opening business in year 2017, which is produced based on the Chinese almanac Tong Shu. It can be applied to new business opening, or reopening of business after a break/holiday. (Click the image to enlarge) Bear in mind that although the Tong Shu is a...
The Edge Malaysia has just announced the Top 10 winners in their Property Excellence Awards 2016, which are: SP Setia Bhd IJM Land Bhd Sunway Bhd Sime Darby Property Bhd Mah Sing Group Bhd Eco World Development Group Bhd UOA Development Bhd Gamuda Bhd - Property Division IGB Corp Bhd UEM Sunrise Bhd ...
The official 2017 national and state public holidays in Malaysia has been announced by Cabinet, Constitution and Inter-Government Relation Division (BKPP), Prime Minister Department. There are 14 days of national holiday, and 2 of them fall on Friday, 4 fall on Saturday, 2 fall on Sunday, and another 3...
The Johari Window is a model developed back in 1955 by 2 psychologists Joseph Luft (Joe) and Harrington Ingham (Harry), named after their combined first names. It is a heuristic method originally used for self awareness, to examine your characters that you are aware of, and those that others are...
