Tuesday, August 30, 2005 Remember your last important day of your life? Your O's , your last presentation.. Graduation.. Anything.. Remember how important it was? Remember how special you felt that day? How much confidence you had? Well, i'm going to have my next important day tomorrow.. I can still remember the days during Boys' Brigade.. Everytime i had a performance, it would be a very special day.. Whether it was the National Day Parade or the Annual Speech Day, it would always be a day that i would be fully prepared for.. Having a good rest, or doing what's necessary.. I can still imagine how disciplined i would be before every performance.. Trying the marching at home and how the sequence of command goes.. Well, tomorrow would be a big day for me.. I hope that this would be the last time that i am taking my Napha.. Maybe i failed then cause i didn't blogged about it? Heh.. I really hope that i can pass this time.. Joe, or JjOoEe as he likes to be called, would probably be cursing me.. Hoping that i fail my Napha.. Hmm.. It's no wonder, considering the fact that i am supposed to be in the same company as him.. Haha.. I wonder how things would be like if i pass my Napha.. So many things left undone.. Haiz.. This entry is also dedicated to *yOu, for being such a wonderful girl these months.. It's been more than 9 months with you.. More to come eh? Pray for my Napha.. -prays- Mac posted at 8/30/2005 11:49:00 PM | Comment ? Monday, July 18, 2005 All right.. Another enraged name on MSN about the NKF Saga.. That's all that it takes to make me write this entry.. It's about time someone defended the NKF.. But before that.. Happy 8 Months Anniversary with *yOu~!! Hee.. It's great that *yOu came over to take care of me when i'm sick.. =) Anyway, back to the topic.. Why should you stop calling NKF? They DO need the money.. 1) They may have about $200+ millions in their reserves, but that doesn't mean that they can last for more than 30 years~!! Only fools would be faked into believing so.. And who could fool everyone? A Big Bad Lawyer i suppose.. A 'someone' said that they only needed to spend about 7 million on dialysis each year.. Yes they do, after you take away the amount contributed by the patients.. But what about the other factors? If you have studied accounting, you should understand what i mean.. They have a board of Directors.. They need to pay so many other things.. - Wages - Utilites - R&D - Marketing - Sponsorship - Purchasing of New equipment - Depreciation of Equipment - Maintainence of Machinery and such Even to the minute detail of stationery! Do they only need to pay on dialysis? The answer is NO! If you count that up, they can really survive for only 3 years.. To add to it, these are only factors that me as an outsider can see.. What other costs are there to running that business? Only an employee in NKF would know.. It could easily add up to $60 million.. 2) $25k a month for the CEO.. Is that too much?? Come on!! You work for a company with an annual turnover of about $60 million.. Imagine working for HP as a Marketing Manager for the region.. You could earn about that amount, or maybe less.. Yes, you may say that this is a chraitable organization.. But it is this formula of being a Business/Charity Organization that has made NKF world famous.. It can easily earn much more than the next biggest charity organization in Singapore.. They are paying people to do a serious job, and not having volunteers who are half-hearted about the charity organization.. They are hiring professionals; Marketing professionals (I just love being a Marketing student.. Heh..) These people know what they are doing and how to generate funds for their patients.. Yes, you may want to be a volunteer, but can you advertise your organization that well? Can you get people to donate that well? You do the sums yourself.. You start from the smallest professional in the company.. The accountant? Or the sales person? You define it yourself.. If he or she earns about $2k a month, then wouldn't his or her boss earn about $5k? The manager in charge of the section would earn about $7-$10k right? The GM of the company? $15k.. The CEO, naturally $25k.. The board doesn't increase his salary when he does his job well.. Instead, they give him bonuses.. Fair? You rake in $60mil a year.. They give you 12 months bonus.. Fair? I say yes.. People raking in $30mil a year are earning millions.. For a Man who has changed the lives of Kidney Patients in Singapore...... Haiz.. I'm hungry now.. My darling is coming over to take care of my on our Anniversary.. I feel so bad that i can't take her out for a good meal.. Hmm.. Think we are going to re-celebrate it.. Hee.. Mac posted at 7/18/2005 12:56:00 PM | Comment ? Friday, July 15, 2005 *yOu are the best thing that has happened to me.. =) *yOu came over to take care of me when im sick.. Hee.. =) Mac posted at 7/15/2005 11:15:00 PM | Comment ? Wednesday, July 13, 2005 I want to fulfill all my dreams.. So many things to do, so little time.. Mac posted at 7/13/2005 11:35:00 PM | Comment ? Monday, July 04, 2005 My com just got repaired~!! Heh... Can use MSN again~!! Hmm... *yOu would be having mid sem tests this week.. Poor thing... -sayang- Anyway, i would be going to Malaysia during the week.. Hee... Hope i come back in one piece~!! Mac posted at 7/04/2005 01:08:00 AM | Comment ? Monday, June 27, 2005 It's been quite long since i last blogged... So many things to update... The 3 of them came back from camp already... Went to meet them and watch movie/eat... I hope that i would be able to come out on the second week too... Heh... Initial D is a nice movie... Really got me into the racing mode... Haha... Should be going to the movies with *yOu tomorrow... Hee... I can still remember how that accident felt... The feeling of getting into an accident... You won't know when that person from behind is going to kiss your car's ass... Haiz... Just when i thought that i got over it, my Dad went to bang another car's back... I was in the car at that time too... That moment of impact... I can still visualise how it would be... How the music on the radio would seem so loud, only to be silent the next moment... Although the radio would still be on, the car would be filled with silence... You just can't seem to hear anything... That feeling... I wouldn't want to get into that feeling anymore... Haiz... I'm looking forward to the movie with *yOu tomorrow... Hee... =) Mac posted at 6/27/2005 10:15:00 PM | Comment ? Sunday, June 19, 2005 Hmm... These few days has been good... Went to watch Batman Begins... Nice movie... Would recommend it to anyone who wants to watch a good movie over the weekends... Heh... Glad that some of my friends in army managed to SMS me and even call me... I hope things are going well for them... It would be my turn soon... =) Spent the day at home with *yOu... It's our 7th anniversary~ Hee... Time really flies... 7 passed, and more to come~!! Mac posted at 6/19/2005 01:25:00 AM | Comment ?