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Thursday, 3 May 2012
Tuesday, 1 May 2012
BANDUNG – DAY 2 DVD & PASAR BARU..AGAIN!!!
Bangun pagi,gosok gigi ,mandi dan kami terus pergi
breakfast.Memang makanan yang disediakan tak banyak piliha.Berbaloi la denga
harga bilik yang dibayarkan.Yang disediakan hanyalah Nasi Goreng,bubur dan meehoon
goreng,air kopi dan teh'o.Bagi aku ianya sudah memadai.
Agenda untuk hari ini adalah untuk ke Pasar Kembang untuk
mencari DVD lanun.Mahu nangis ya melihat harganya.Dari hotel kami berjalan
keluar untuk mendapatkan teksi.Kami terus menuju ke Pasar Kembang.Pasar Kembang ini bersebelahan sahaja
dengan Pasar Alun-alun.
Apabila sampai disini,kami terus mencari DVD yang
dikehendaki.Sekeping DVD berharga IDR5,000 bersamaan RM1.70!!!Apa lagi,kesemua
cerita korea yang belum dibeli di KL dibeli disini.Agak lama juga kami disini
kerana memcari DVD yang dipesan orang.Banyak jugak la duit yang ditabur dekat
sini.
Selepas selesai membeli DVD,kitorang mengambil peluang untuk
berjalan-jalan dikawasan sekeliling.Pada waktu ni aku dah surrender.Member aku
jer yang pergi membeli-belah.Setelah penat berjalan dan hari juga agak panas
terik,aku pun pergi la ke kaunter MC D untuk membeli MC Flurry.Terkejut beruk
aku harga MC Flurry nya selepas di convert hanya beharga RM 1.70 !!!!! OMG.
First aku beli untuk aku jer,lepas tu aku beli lagi
sekali,tapi kali ni aku beli untuk kawan aku sekali.
Dari sini kami berjalan menyusuri kaki lima untuk sampai ke
Pasar Baru.Tidak jauh pun.Target ke Pasar baru lagi kerana semalam kami tidak
sempat mendapatkan kain batik untuk souvenir untuk ahli keluarga.Tanpa banyak
fikir,aku terus pergi ke toko batik dan membeli 3 kodi kain batik. Setiap 1
kodi berharga IDR135,000 dan mempunyai 5 helai kain batik.Pada waktu ni barulah terfikir samaada jumlah prebook luggage mencukupi atau tidak.Semasa menunggu
taxi,sempat lagi kami membeli buat salak.Rasanya sangat manis compare dengan
buah salak di KL.Selesai pembelian,kami balik semula ke hotel untuk menghantar
barangan.
Setelah berbincang,kami decide untuk menambah jumlah prebook
luggage disebabkan barangan yang dibeli makin bertambah.Kami terpaksa mecari
cafe yang mempunyai WIFI malangnya tidak
berjumpa.Akhirnya kami pergi ker Paris Van Java Mall untuk melihat samaada
terdapat cafe internet ataupun tidak.Nasib kami menang tidak baik.Tak jumpa
langsung cyber cafe ya!!!Terpaksa la aku meminta bantuan dari kawan kat KL
untuk membuat upgrade luggage.Dan Alhamdulillah ianya berjaya.
Sepatutunya pada malam tersebut kami dinner di Tokyo
Station,disebabkan kami sudah pun berada di PVJ Mall dan ternampak pulak Man U
cafe,,maka tempat pilihan untuk dinner pada malam tersebut adalah di Manchester
United Cafe and Bar.Yum..makanan yang lazat dan murah ya.Tokyo Station kena
postponed untuk malam berikutnya la nampaknya.Selepas habis makan,kitorang
jalan-jalan dalam mall,camwhore sana sini,makan desert di J.Co samapai kena
tapau sebab kekenyangan dan terus balik ke hotel.Pada waktu ni hujan dah start
turun,terpaksa la kami menunggu taxi dalam hujan.
Sampai dihotel,selepas membuka pintu bilik,kami agak
terkejut melihat 1 plastik besar berisi plastik bag shopping pada hari
sebelumnya telah dilipat dengan kemas oleh pekerja hotel.WOW plastik nya bukan sedikit ya,sangat banyak yer.Bersihkan
diri,relax ,kemaskan luggage dan Zzzzz
LANGKAWI LA PULAK...
Ni trip aku yang ke 6 rasenyer.Walaupun ke6,aku rasa ralat sangat sebab banyak gambar-gambar sebelum ni dah entah kemana.Aku rasa dalam hard disk cpu yg lama.Tapi cpu tu pun dah takder kat rumah aku dah.Kat Langkawi aku penah merasa duduk kat Awano Porto Malai,Aseania 2x,Mali Perdana,Nadias Inn.
Tempat perlancongan pun dah banyak gak yang dah dicover. Antaranya Pulau Payar,Tasik Dayang Bunting,Underworld,Crocodile Farm,Gunung Mat Cincang,Cable Car,7 Wells,Snake Farm,Mahsuri,Batik Factory.Camner boleh beki tiket ni??Alkisahnyer aku duk survey web AA semalam.Ditambah pulak member2 tempat kerja nak pergi ke langkawi pada penghujung bulan October ni. So aku pun sajer jer la pergi menjengok..last-last aku terjumpa ngan tiket ke Langkawi dengan harga return RM118.
Aku pun apa lagi,contact la kengkawan yang ada.Nasib aku baik.Adalah seorang hamba Allah yang baik ni ni nak follow aku sekali.Balik dari kerja semalam,aku terus proceed ngan booking dan Allhamdullillah tiket aku berjaya beli jugak.Pasal tempat penginapan aku tak pikir lagi,sekarang ni aku banyak duk fikir cam ne nak beli DSLR dulu.hehhehe
Monday, 9 April 2012
BANDUNG – DAY 1
psst psst kalu nak tau cam ner aku belli tiket murah, klik BANDUNG – TIKET
Disebabkan perjalanan aku dari rumah bermula pada jam
3am,maka entri ni pun akan bermula dari awal pagi hingga kemalam. Aper yang aku
nak kasi tau ialah,entri ni sangat panjang.Terima Kasih.
Aku mulakan entri ni dengan lagu ni dulu ya..layan..
Mengapa kau pergi,Mengapa kau pergi
Di saat aku mulai mencintaimu,Berharap engkau jadi kekasih hatiku
Malah kau pergi jauh dari hidupku
Menyendiri lagi,Menyendiri lagi
Di saat kau tinggalkan diriku pergi,Tak pernah ada yang menghiasi hariku
Di saat aku terbangun dari tidurku
Aku inginkan dirimu,Datang dan temui aku,Kan ku katakan padamu
Aku sangat mencintai dirimu,Aku inginkan dirimu,Datang dan temui aku
Kan ku katakan padamu,Aku sangat mencinta
Menyendiri lagi,Menyendiri lagi
Di saat kau tinggalkan diriku pergi,Tak pernah ada yang menghiasi hariku
Di saat aku terbangun dari tidurku
Semoga engkau kan mengerti,Tentang perasaan ini
Maaf ku telah terbuai,Akan indahnya cinta
Maaf sungguh ku tak bisa,Untuk kembali padamu
Maaf ku telah terbuai,Akan indahnya cinta
Ok,aku bukannya fans untuk lagu ni ,tapi adalah kejadian kat
Pasar Baru yang membuatkan aku boleh minat kat lagu ni.Nanti aku share.
Seawal 3am aku dah kuar dari rumah aku untuk ke Kampung Baru
untuk pick up member aku.Aku cuak juga pada mulanya sebab,walaupun tempat yang
aku tinggal ni bersebelahan dengan jalan utama,tetapi aku tak nampak 1 bijik
teksi pun.Aku dah nervous ni.Belek contact nombor dalam BB aku,boleh tak der 1
pun nombor taxi.Setelah hampir 10 minit tunggu, baru la aku berjaya menahan
taxi.Aku terpaksa pergi ke Kg Baru dulu sebab member aku ni tak biasa naik taxi
memalam buta.Dia ni penakut sikit,jadi terpaksa la aku pick dia kat Kampung
Baru. Dari Kampung Baru,kami menuju ke KL Sentral untuk mengambil SkyBus untuk
pergi ke LCCT.
Dalam jam 4.45am gitu kami dah arrive kt LCCT.Walaupun
4.45am,tapi manusia yang ada kat dalam LCCT ni buat macam tak terasa awal pagi.Ramai giler manusia.Kitorang terus
pergi kaunter untuk drop bag.Untuk trip ke Bandung ni,aku ngan kawan aku bawak
2 bag seorang. 1 beg Deuter dan 1 lagi luggage.Lepas dah settle semua barula
kami mencari tempat untuk breakfast.Selepas puas memusing,kitorang decide untuk
pergi makan kat Marrybrown kerana itu jer tempat makan yang lengang sedikit
dari manusia.
Selepas makan terus bergerak ke boarding gate.Masuk jer ker
boarding gate,manusia semua dah beratur.Flight awal rupanya. Kami pun terus jer
la berbaris.Tak sempat nak bergambar kat area tu.
Dari bandara,kami membeli kupon taxi untuk sampai ke Progo
Hotel.Harga kupon ini adalah IDR40,000.Perjalanan dari bendara ke Hotel hanya
memakan masa selama 15minit.Dan jalannya tidak berapa sibuk pada ketika
itu.Ketika sampai dihotel,aku hanya buat pengesahan bilik dan meletakan segala
bag yang dan terus keluar dari hotel untuk pergi mencari breakfast.
Jalan menuju ke hotel..
Dekat FO ni la kami menikmati breakfast untuk hari
pertama.Kami memilih makanan western.Harganya berserta air masih di bawah RM10.
Dari FO Stamp ini kitorang mengambil taxi untuk pergi ke
Pasar Baru.Dan aktiviti menghabiskan duit pun bermula.Disebabkam masih awal,so
kitorang berjalan-jalan diluar dahulu.
Dan kami pun terbeli gelang ni..
Kat kedai gelang ni kami disapa dengan pemuzik jalanan.Yang
pertama tu aku memang tak layan pun,nyanyi lagu yang tak glamer dan tak sedap
pun suaranya.Tapi pemuzik yang kedua tu memang best. Suaranya,lagunyer,petikan
gitarnyer,pendek kata memang best la dia bawak lagu ni.Tapi bila aku ngan
member aku toleh belakang,Ya Rabbi,macam tongkang pecah orangnyer!!
Disebabkan dia menyanyi dengan baik sekali aku pun tak der
rasa ralat la nak kasi IDR2000 kat mamat ni.Lagu apa dia nyayi??Of course la
lagu diatas ni..hihihihih.
Seterusnyer,baru la kami masuk kedalam Pasar Baru.Ambil
perhatian ya,dalam pasar baru ni banyak sangat pencopek dan penjual air
/souvenir yang sangat annyoying.So,jangan la korang nak bertanya harga pada
dorang ni semua,dah la meletakkan harga yang tinggi,once korang tak beli mereka
akan cari korang sampai korang beli. Ala-ala macam Petaling Street gitu.
Kedai pertama yang aku singgah adalah kedai Toko Laris.
Sangat glamour yer toko ni di didalam Forum Cari.Tapi aku tak berminat nak beli
banyak kat toko ni.Bagi aku,harganya mahal.Kat sini aku belikan 2 telekung yang
kawan aku kirimkan.Setiap 1 berharga IDR150,000.Jalan punya jalan,punya jalan
kat dalam pasar Baru ni,kami berhenti kat 1 toko yang menjual kain pasang.Di
kedai nilah member aku terjebak dengan kata-kata manis si penjual kain.Banyak
giler kain yang member aku borong.Time ni aku tak terlintas pun nak membeli
kain kat toko ni.
Aku pun tergerak hati nak pergi ke toko dihadapan aku,kedai
ni menjual telekung yang sebijik sama macam yang aku belikan untuk kawan aku
tadi dan harganya hanyalah IDR100.000. Harga pecah telor katanya. Tapi aku
lebih berkenan dengan telukung yang bersulam bunga rosella.Harga kat KL adalah
RM250. Tapi kat kedai tu harganya IDR100,000!!! Tanpa pikir panjang terus jer
aku membeli kat telekung kat kedai ni.Disini jugalah saya membeli telekung
pesanan dari rakan-rakan yang lain.
Setelah habis membuat pembelian disini,aku bergerak menuju
ke tingkat atas untuk membeli simcard yang baru.Disini,aku gunakan simcard
XL.Dan disini jugalah aku membeli bedak Pixy dengan harga RM5.60(refil)
sekotak.Tak der maknernyer nak beli sekotak jer kan.Maka berkotak-kotak la aku
membeli.Agak lama juga kami di Pasar Baru ini.Sampai skip lunch lagi.Tidak
terasa jam sudah menunjukkan 3.30pm.Pada waktu ini barulah kami beredar untuk
menghantar hasil belian ke hotel.Nasib baik ada pekerja yang boleh tolong
menghantar barangan ini sampai ke teksi.
Selepas penat bertarung di Pasar Baru,akhirnya kami sampai
juga di Progo Hotel.Selesai urusan check in,kami terus dibawa kebilik.Bilik ni
memang aku request nak duduk kat bahagian bawah sekali.Terbaca banyak review
pasal hotel ni.Kateryer air presure sangat low,bilik tak bersih, dan tidak di
sediakan lift.Kitorang tak pulak mengalami peristiwa macam ni semua.Bab lift
jangan risau ya,proses memasukan lift sedang giat dijalankan.
Kitorang hanya relax dalam bilik sebelum bersiap-siap semula
hendak keluar untuk berjalan dikawasan sekitar dan menikmati makan
malam.Destinasi pertama adalah Heritage.Heritage ni bersambung dengan
Cascade.Jadi kitorang spend masa yang agak lama ketika disini.Dan disini juga
la kami menikmati makan malam diaatas bumbung.
Selesai makan malam kitorang berjalan kaki untuk balik ker
hotel.Sampai hotel,relax jap,baring jap,barula member aku perasan yang dia
tertinggal baju kat Cascade.Keluarla kami semula untuk pergi ker sana.Nasib
baik walking distance jer.Kalau tak memang aku tak keluar la.Sampai
disana,nasib baik bajunya masih disimpan.
Sewaktu balik kali ni baru aku perasan ada satu restoran
namanya TOKYO STATION.Waktu siangnya sangat sunyi,tetapi pada waktu malam
sangat ramai orang mengunjungi restoran ini.Restoran ini terletak berhadapan
dengan hotel sahaja.Time tu jugak kitorang decide untuk menikmati makan malam
disini pada keesokkannya.Hmm tengokla nanti ya
Balik hotel,rest mandi ,rebah badan atas katil,sakit
kaki,senang hati,tak banyak cerita dah terus Zzzzz ...
BANDUNG – HOTEL
Hotel budget yang menjadi pilihan kami adalah Hotel
Progo.Klik SINI untuk info
lanjut.Disebabkan aku dah pernah ada contact nombor pekerja hotel ini iaitu Pak
Henry,jadi aku hanya emailkan kepada dia mengenai kekosongan bilik.Dan nasib
menyelebahi aku apabila memang ada bilik kosong pada tarikh tersebut.
Harga bagi harga bilik deluxe untuk 3 malam adalah RM300 / 2
pax = RM150.Ya..RM150 seorang sahaja untuk bilik ini.Review mengenai bilik ni
akan aku kongsikan dalam entri Bandung yang seterusnya ya.
Hotel ni terletak di Riau ya.Kawasan yang agak happenning
pada waktu malam. Terdapat banyak juga FO yang hanya walking distance dari hotel
progo ni.Antara FO terkenal yang terdapat dikawasan ini adalah
Heritge,Cascade,Stamp,Oasis,Terminal Tas,Summit, dan macam-macal lagi
la.Terdapat juga kedai photo iaitu Jonas Photo yang menjual pelbagai jenis
photo frame.
BANDUNG – TIKET
Cerita ni ,cerita lama.La ni baru ada kesempatan nak menulis.
Patutnya aku pergi Universal Studio untuk sambut tahun baru
bersama seorang lagi rakan office. Tetapi apabila dicatu,timbang ,kilo,kati,
akhirnya aku dan opis mate membuat pertukaran lokasi.Ini disebabkan tukaran
matawang yang tinggi dan tidak berbaloi.Selepas membelek-belek web AirAsia ,aku
terjumpa tiket nak ke Bandung yang pada aku harganya sangat murah dan padan
dengan style travel budget aku.
Walaupun perjalanan terpaksa ditunda sehingga
ke bulan February,bagi aku,ianya masih berbaloi.Harga perjalanan dari KL-BDG
adalah sebanyak RM135 tetapi tiket balik pula adalah sangat mahal iaitu
RM255.Time ni aku sangat kecewa dan tension.
JAKARTA TRIP - LAGI LA LAMBAT DER...
Tiket ni aku dah beli lama dah. Masa ni AA tengah buat
promosi awal tahun.Banyak gak tempat yang aku survey, tapi yang kena ngan
tarikh aku nak travel hanya Jakarta jer. Disebabkan aku akan travel
sensorang,tiket yang murah dan dari aku tak grab tiket langsung akhirnya aku
beli gak tiket Jakarta ni.Return tiket hanyalah RM106 sahaja.
Aku akan pergi untuk 4 hari dan bilik untuk trip ni masih
belum difikirkan lagi. Rasanya mungkin akan tinggal disekitar manga dua jer kut.Apa
pun aku akan mintak pertolongan dari Mr Google nanti.
Ni bukan trip yang pertama aku ke Jakarta, yang ini yang ke
6 tak silap aku.Banyak juga tempat yang aku dah lawati,tapi time tu passion
untuk mengambil gambar belum ada.Jadi tak banyakla gambar yang aku ada.
Bezanya sebelum ini aku tak perlu pening fikir pasal bilik
kerana ada kawan yang bekerja disana tapi sekarang dia dah tak bekerja
disana.Bab pengankutan disana,aku tak risau sangat sebab midah dan murah. Yang
pastinya aku akan cari Teksi Bluebird sepanjang sana. Hanya teksi ini yang
boleh dipercayai oleh orang tempatan dan mengunakan argo.
Next entry aku cerita lak pasal hotel disana dan tempat2
yang aku nak lawati.
Sunday, 8 April 2012
CHERATING
OKAY.. ini adalah percutian pembuka 2012.Percutian yang tak dirancang..last minit punyer plan.Nasib baik dapat hotel walau pun hotel nyer cam hodooo jer.Hotel berstatus 4 star tapi keadaan didalm macam 2 star.
Perjalanan dari KL bermula pada jam 11am.Plan awal nak gerak lagi awal,Tapi disebaabkan banyak urusan
pada pagi tersebut,maka perjalanpun dimulakan pada jam 11am.dari KL trus ke Cherating.memang tak der stop untuk lunch la.Lunch dihotel sementara nak tunggu bilik nya ready
Pada mulanya nak booking hotel holiday villa,tapi disebabkan hotelnyer dah penuh,tak dapt la nak merasa.Akhirnya dapt juga book hotel disebelah holiday villa iaitu The Legend. Hotelnyer sangat tua yaaa.Cukupla sekali.
Gambar ...
Gambar lagi..
Perjalanan dari KL bermula pada jam 11am.Plan awal nak gerak lagi awal,Tapi disebaabkan banyak urusan
pada pagi tersebut,maka perjalanpun dimulakan pada jam 11am.dari KL trus ke Cherating.memang tak der stop untuk lunch la.Lunch dihotel sementara nak tunggu bilik nya ready
Pada mulanya nak booking hotel holiday villa,tapi disebabkan hotelnyer dah penuh,tak dapt la nak merasa.Akhirnya dapt juga book hotel disebelah holiday villa iaitu The Legend. Hotelnyer sangat tua yaaa.Cukupla sekali.
Gambar ...
BALI - TRAVEL SOLO KER???
CHRONOLOGY
psst psst ... 1.Tiket kapal terbang dah settle BALI - LAMBAT LAGI DER..
psst psst ... 2. Hotel pun dah settle BALI - HOTEL
2 benda penting sebelum nak travel sudah pun disettlekan. Kan senang kalu 2 benda ni dah disettlekan awal-awal.Tak yah nak pening2 dah lepas ni.Yang pastinyer kedua-duanye pun dah settle dibayar.Tak perlu pikir pasal duit ni dah.Tapi ader berita kurang menarik lak pasal travel ni. Dalam entri B ALI - LAMBAT LAGI DER.. kan ada kasi tau yang ader lagi 2 orang lagi member yang akan follow dan perbelanjaan disana akan lebih murah kerana akan dikongsi bersama.hehehe.Itula motif bercuti ramai-ramai sebenarnyer.
Tetapi mungkin dah xder rezeki agaknyer nak travel sesama.Dorang berdua tak jadi nak follow bersama.Sebabnyer,time nak beli tiket tu,harga tiketnyer dah jadi mahal.Beza kat RM 100 gak la dari harga yang aku dapat. Sooo dorang tak nak join lagi trip ke Bali ni,tapi if ader lagi promo bulan depan dan harganya murah,baru dorang nak grap.
Bila dah jadi cam ni ,aku tak kisah sangat.Mental untuk travel solo masih lagi kuat.Jadi,sekiranya,takder org nak follow aku pun,aku tak kisah.aku cuma kena prepare duit untuk travel disana dan perbelanjaan makan disana.Sebab aku sudah tentu aku akan cari western food.
Transport juga sedang diuruskan. Bab transport aku akan kasi tau pada entri yang seterusnya.
psst psst ... 1.Tiket kapal terbang dah settle BALI - LAMBAT LAGI DER..
psst psst ... 2. Hotel pun dah settle BALI - HOTEL
2 benda penting sebelum nak travel sudah pun disettlekan. Kan senang kalu 2 benda ni dah disettlekan awal-awal.Tak yah nak pening2 dah lepas ni.Yang pastinyer kedua-duanye pun dah settle dibayar.Tak perlu pikir pasal duit ni dah.Tapi ader berita kurang menarik lak pasal travel ni. Dalam entri B ALI - LAMBAT LAGI DER.. kan ada kasi tau yang ader lagi 2 orang lagi member yang akan follow dan perbelanjaan disana akan lebih murah kerana akan dikongsi bersama.hehehe.Itula motif bercuti ramai-ramai sebenarnyer.
Tetapi mungkin dah xder rezeki agaknyer nak travel sesama.Dorang berdua tak jadi nak follow bersama.Sebabnyer,time nak beli tiket tu,harga tiketnyer dah jadi mahal.Beza kat RM 100 gak la dari harga yang aku dapat. Sooo dorang tak nak join lagi trip ke Bali ni,tapi if ader lagi promo bulan depan dan harganya murah,baru dorang nak grap.
Bila dah jadi cam ni ,aku tak kisah sangat.Mental untuk travel solo masih lagi kuat.Jadi,sekiranya,takder org nak follow aku pun,aku tak kisah.aku cuma kena prepare duit untuk travel disana dan perbelanjaan makan disana.Sebab aku sudah tentu aku akan cari western food.
Transport juga sedang diuruskan. Bab transport aku akan kasi tau pada entri yang seterusnya.
KELANTAN TRIP
Cerita lama tapi baru nak post.Trip tni terjadi disebabkan anak saudara berkahwin. Kalu tak memang tak menjadi la trip ni.Kedatang ahli keluarga untuk majlis 100%. Terima kasih.Sangat bersemangat kan korang nak attend majlis ni. Tema majlis ni adalah PINK dan BIRU. PINK???? bior betik!!ya ianya adalah pink dan aku tak der langsung baju kaler pink..jadi terpaksa la aku membelinye.Harganya agak mahal tapi aku dah plan,disebabkan bajunyer agak mahak,maka ianya akan menjadi baju raya aku untuk taun ni.
Aku bersama adik dan ibu bapa sampai awak disini.Pada jumaat pagi,kami sekeluarga telah bertolak ker kelantan.adik beradij yang lain sampai pada awal pagi keesokkannya.Sepanjang kat kelantan ni ,kami adik beradik semua tinggan di rumah penginaapn murah.Walaupun tempat ni murah,tapi ianya sangat selesa dan berbaloi. Hanya basic sahaja yang disediakan.Kalau setakat nak breakfast tu,ianya bukanlah masalah yang besar la.Dihadapan rumah penginapan ini terdapat kedai makan yang enak dan sangat murah.
Kat sini kami menyewa 5 bilik.1 bilik bujang @RM50,2 bilik double @RM75 dan 2 bilik triple @100.Harga ni adalah untuk 1 malam yer.Dari rumah abang long untuk kesini hanya mengambil masa kurang dari 10minit.
Sewaktu kani sampai kesini,pelamin yang diletakkan didalam rumah rumah telah pun disiapkan.Temanya pasti la PINK dan BIRU. macam paddle pop pun ader..hehehe.kombanisasi warna yang sangat menarik.
Dibahagian luar pula temanya adalah Kuning...Layan gambar jer
BALI - HOTEL
psst psst ... 1.Tiket kapal terbang - SETTLE
Sekarang masuk ke langkah seterusnyer iaitu mencari hotel tg marbeles,bersih,xder star pun tak per,dekat dengan kawasan tarikan tourist tapiiiii mesti MURAH....kalu tak murah tak menjadi la trip ni nanti kan.Sebagai traveller kelas nak masuk pertengahan,hotel bidget menjadi pilihan.
Dalam dok surf online mencari bilik yang murah tu terjumpa la dengan Tune Hotels. Bilik hotel nyer memanglah bersih dan murah,tapiiiiii semua benda nak kena add-in. Kalu korang semua jenis yang backpack habiss,tak perlu la add-in aircond,towel,tv dan yg lain2 tu..Buat habiskan duit jer.Sebabnyer korang akan spend masa yang banyak dengan activiti diluar,jadi,sila jimatkan duit anda ya.
Proses membeli bilik pun bermula.Salah aku gak tak membaca betul2 arahan yg diberikan. aku pun procees la ngan booking.time ni harga bilik baru IDR489,000 bersamaan RM164 untuk 5hari 4malam termasuk toiletries dan aircond.YAAAA 5HARI 4 MALAM YAAAA.Kenapa?tak percaya???ni baru betul-budget budget.
Time ni dah excited nk perabihkan prosese booking ni..last-last skali,time nak bayar..rupanya kena bayar ngan kad gores dan bayar kemudian,,huwwaaaaaa. Aku maner ada kad gores dan bayar ni.aku dah bertahun band kad gores ni.
Terpaksa la aku cari alternatif lain untuk beli gak bili ni.Terpaksa la aku mintak tolong kat kawan aku sorang ni untuk belikan bilik dengan menggunakan koad gores dia.Nasib baik dia boleh tolong, tapi belah malam jer la.Aku dah tak kisah.asalkan aku dapat bilik tu.Banyak dugaan time nak beli bilik ni,tak boleh nak ubah nama pembayar la,kena register la,salah account dan macam-macam la.Last-last 2am baru tiket berjaya dibeli.Tapi agak sedih gak sebab pricenyer dah naik.Jadi harga tiket bilik di Tune Hotels Kuta adalah RM185.00.
DISEKELILING..
Kat maner ni??ni la kt batu 2 jalan cheras.Ni la keadaan sekeliling rumah..dikelilingi bengkel kerajaan.Time waktu pejabat sangat bising ya dengan bunyi ketuknyer,anginnyer,enjinnyer..memang tak boleh tido punye.Tutupla segala lubang yang ada..bunyinya masih masuk sampi kedalam rumah.
2 keping gambar pada masa yang berbeza..panoramanyer sangat menarik..tp nak mencari view yang menarik sangat ler susah..
2 keping gambar pada masa yang berbeza..panoramanyer sangat menarik..tp nak mencari view yang menarik sangat ler susah..
Thursday, 29 March 2012
HOLIDAY TIPS
Love the holidays, but hate those family gatherings? Do you find yourself praying for a "new" family member just so your family might be on best behavior that day? (You know it won't last, but you can dream.) Are there family members that always seem to want to start a fight, or can't let that embarrassing moment from 1971 go?
Typically, it is the same thing year after year. Most families have a couple of topics that are almost as predictable as "pass the turkey and dressing". So why do we go into the Holidays expecting anything different? Short of family counseling know that family dynamics rarely change without a conscious effort to do so. Take a few minutes and plan your response ahead of time, so you are less likely to react. We are very good at rehearsing what we want to say, not so good at writing a new script and planning what we should say. Remember, this planning includes how you say it too. People remember how we make them feel long after they remember what we said.
Seven Nonverbal Strategies for a Stress-less Holiday
Strategy 1: No response can be the best response.
A smile and a change of subject or your location might be all that is needed.
A smile and a change of subject or your location might be all that is needed.
Strategy 2: Have a great memory already selected, what I call "go to your happy place" ready.
When that stressor moment begins, think of the happiest memories you have. (Hey, you really can only partially listen, you already know the story...) Some of my happiest memories are the births of my sons, each time I think of those, I smile automatically and begin to relax. Holding those happy thoughts changes your body language and the thoughts around the current situation. Yes, we really can "head-fake" ourselves out of a negative reaction.
When that stressor moment begins, think of the happiest memories you have. (Hey, you really can only partially listen, you already know the story...) Some of my happiest memories are the births of my sons, each time I think of those, I smile automatically and begin to relax. Holding those happy thoughts changes your body language and the thoughts around the current situation. Yes, we really can "head-fake" ourselves out of a negative reaction.
Strategy 3: Have a buddy.
Let your buddy know how to intervene when "that family member starts..." Have them intervene by asking a question or having a task for you.
Let your buddy know how to intervene when "that family member starts..." Have them intervene by asking a question or having a task for you.
Strategy 4: Use positive gestures of relationship to set the tone.
Using an open, upward facing palm, gesture with your forearm and hand to the person most likely to start the negative situation. While you slowly gesture - remember palm up and open - comment on how wonderful the decorations are this year. As you get to the word wonderful be sure to have your fingers of the open palm gesture pointing directly at the likely offender. You have just nonverbally called them wonderful. Continue the day assigning all the positive words you say, you'll be amazed how it can reset the tone.
Using an open, upward facing palm, gesture with your forearm and hand to the person most likely to start the negative situation. While you slowly gesture - remember palm up and open - comment on how wonderful the decorations are this year. As you get to the word wonderful be sure to have your fingers of the open palm gesture pointing directly at the likely offender. You have just nonverbally called them wonderful. Continue the day assigning all the positive words you say, you'll be amazed how it can reset the tone.
Strategy 4.5: The opposite is true, you want to "aim" negativity AWAY from the person you're talking to--no matter what you're talking about.
You can hurt feelings with your gestures and not even know it. For example, right after Thanksgiving a coaching client was telling me about how he hurt his aunt's feelings. He was speaking about an event at work. "What a jerk!" he said, while widely gesturing about "That jerk!" Before long, his auntie wasn't listening. He said to me, "She looked like she had been insulted." She had--he had just called his aunt a jerk, nonverbally.
You can hurt feelings with your gestures and not even know it. For example, right after Thanksgiving a coaching client was telling me about how he hurt his aunt's feelings. He was speaking about an event at work. "What a jerk!" he said, while widely gesturing about "That jerk!" Before long, his auntie wasn't listening. He said to me, "She looked like she had been insulted." She had--he had just called his aunt a jerk, nonverbally.
Strategy 5: Many situations can be diffused (or inflamed) by intentionally using your voice.Besides the words you choose, the emphasis, tone, volume, speed play a crucial role in how someone listens, interprets and reacts to what we say. (Remember, "the happy place," it can change your voice pattern too.)
Strategy 6: Your facial expressions tell the world what you are feeling.
Monitor those reaction facial expressions such as the ever so easy and favorite eye roll or pouty frown Research with botox patients has shown that blocking a frown can really change how you think and feel. No botox needed--try this little experiment, look up, throw your arms up to the sky and try and frown--your body movements are tied to your emotions and your emotions are tied to your movements.
Monitor those reaction facial expressions such as the ever so easy and favorite eye roll or pouty frown Research with botox patients has shown that blocking a frown can really change how you think and feel. No botox needed--try this little experiment, look up, throw your arms up to the sky and try and frown--your body movements are tied to your emotions and your emotions are tied to your movements.
Strategy 7: My favorite and the most powerful -- your breathing.
Train yourself to maintain low, abdominal (natural) breathing. The more you experience the calming effect that low, abdominal breathing has on your body, brain and voice, the easier it is to do in all situations. The goal is to maintain balanced breathing even while others around you are not. Our breath supports all our non-verbals; most importantly, our voice. It is our breathing to which people react when they hear our voice patterns. How you are breathing at the time determines how you will be perceived. When you and the listener are breathing low and comfortably you are in rapport. If either of you are breathing shallow or rapid, there has been a break in rapport, a distraction or threat. If you remind yourself to breath comfortably the situation will diffuse even quicker.
Train yourself to maintain low, abdominal (natural) breathing. The more you experience the calming effect that low, abdominal breathing has on your body, brain and voice, the easier it is to do in all situations. The goal is to maintain balanced breathing even while others around you are not. Our breath supports all our non-verbals; most importantly, our voice. It is our breathing to which people react when they hear our voice patterns. How you are breathing at the time determines how you will be perceived. When you and the listener are breathing low and comfortably you are in rapport. If either of you are breathing shallow or rapid, there has been a break in rapport, a distraction or threat. If you remind yourself to breath comfortably the situation will diffuse even quicker.
People really do pay more attention to what your body says than what your mouth does. That's why it's so important to be intentional and plan your strategies before the gathering begins.
BALI - LAMBAT LAGI DER..
Yeayyy..setelah penat memerah otak mengenai tarikh percutian akhir tahun,akhirnya dapat membuat keputasan muktamad juga.Setelah beremail berkali-kali,talIpon pun berkali-kali, maka hli majlis sebulat suara memilih tarikh 12hb Nov 2012 - 16hb Nov bagi percutian.Motif percutian?? nak perabihkan cuti yang ador.Kenapa pilih tarikh ni?sebab 13hb dan 15hb adalah public holiday..jadi kuranglah AL yang perlu diapply.Percutian ni akan disertai oleh 2 org lagi rakan yang datangnyer dari kompany yang samer tapi department yg berlainan dengan harapan cuti senag diapprove.hihih
lama jugaklan nak pilih tarikh ni..akhirnya dpt jugak tiket yg murah banget. tak pikir lamer,,terus tekan butang proceed..hehehe,,dan akhirnya..tadaaaa.
member yg 2 org lagi lom tahu lagi aper citer dorang.Petang karang baru nk contact2 dorang tgk mcm mana..
bagi aku,harga tiketnya sangat reasonable dan murah.Tapi ni belom masuk cost luggage n meal ya. seat aku tak risau coz awal2 dah buat boarding,so seat tepi tingkap sure punyer la.
Sekarang nak kena pikir pasal transport dan itinerary pulak. Dengan adanya Mr Google diharap semunya akan berjalan lancar.AMIN.
lama jugaklan nak pilih tarikh ni..akhirnya dpt jugak tiket yg murah banget. tak pikir lamer,,terus tekan butang proceed..hehehe,,dan akhirnya..tadaaaa.
member yg 2 org lagi lom tahu lagi aper citer dorang.Petang karang baru nk contact2 dorang tgk mcm mana..
bagi aku,harga tiketnya sangat reasonable dan murah.Tapi ni belom masuk cost luggage n meal ya. seat aku tak risau coz awal2 dah buat boarding,so seat tepi tingkap sure punyer la.
Sekarang nak kena pikir pasal transport dan itinerary pulak. Dengan adanya Mr Google diharap semunya akan berjalan lancar.AMIN.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
BERSUKARIA-RIA DI SUNWAY LAGOON
Saper tak pernah pergi Sunway Lagoon angkat tangan????
Pada hari Sabtu yg lepas,iaitu 23rd july 2011.aku n geng opis yg lain telah pegi ke Sunway Lagoon untuk mandi manda..PEMBETULAN YA..aku x mandi pun.Puas dorang dok pukuk aku termasuklah boss aku..tp aku tetap ngan pendirian au x mo mandi..akhirnya aku berjaya gak kah..kah..kah..sebenornyer ni bkn first time aku sampi sini..dh 3 kali..tu yang aku malas nak mandi bagai,nak menyalin baju lagi dah sekian hal nak menunggu
First - ngan kakak aku n family dia
2nd - gi tengok Pussycat Dolls
3rd - yang kali ni la..
Bayaran sebanyak RM 65. tetapi dpt diskaun 20%.tolak campur bahagi jadi la RM 48 + RM 10 deposit tuk waist watch.Barang2 kt dlm ni x yah ckap la mahal mcm maner..a
Pengunjung kt SL pada hari tu kebanyakkannyer adalah pak arab n korean jer..Malaysian termasuklah aku dlm 20% jer..rase cam kat negara dorang lair mineral pn smpi RM 3 hinggit.Aku main 1 benda jer kt dry park ni..coz lepas tu kepala aku buhal..SHIP..SUMPAH..x mau main dah menatang nie lepas nie..
Gayat bangat ,cam dunia nk terbalik jer..lepas tu dorang sumua gi main canyon river lak..time ni kepala aku dh penin tahan gaban..so aku pn blik..dlm kul 2 gak la aku grak dari sini..
nak blik pun 1 hal lagi..1j30min bru aku sampi rumah..punyala jauh bas tu bawak aku pergi merewang..dr SL ker old klang road,mid vallley,brickfield...last skali baru kl sentral..
Dari kl sentral naik lak taxi,kena lak RM 16,,kpala pening penin punyer pasal..tutup mater jer la..huhuhu
WISH LIST 2012 - 2. CANON DSLR
Memula aku berkenan yang ini.....
Ini adalah wish list no 1 untuk 2012..sepatutnya 2011 saya dah dapat membelinya,,tetapi disebabakan terdapat masalah duit yang terpaksa digunakan untuk barangan lain jadi saya plan untuk beli camera ni taun depan yakni 2012.Nak harapkan org kasi present??? jgn harapla ader org nk kasi..kena cari kwn2 yang kaya kut bru leh dapat ni..
Harga - RM 1700 - RM 1900
Target - End Dec or end Jan 2012..AMIN
Color - 4 color tp x tau lagi color aper nk bli..lebih kepada black then baru red..
TAPI........
Selera model Canonku dan berubah..dari 1100D ,aku dah berkenan dengan 600D la pulak
Kerja survey harga telah pun dijalankan.So far yg paling berbaloi yang telah dijumpai ialah di kedai Foto Edar yang terletak di Bukit Bintang.
Harga yang ditawarkan untuk 1100D adalah RM1650 berserta aksesori,4g memori kad dan tripod.
Bagi 600D lak RM2499 berserta aksesori,8g memori kad dan tripod
Banyak lagi event yang akan berlangsung sepanjang tahun 2012 ni.Yang dah terlepas
1. Trip to Cherating
2. Trip to Bandung
3. Trip to Kelantan
4. Annual Dinner Company
Coming soon event
1. Kenduri Kesyukuran sambut puasa
2. Hari Raya
3. Hari Raya Haji
4. Trip to Langkawi
5. Team Building
6. Trip to Bali
5. Trip to Jaakrta
TAPI........
Selera model Canonku dan berubah..dari 1100D ,aku dah berkenan dengan 600D la pulak
Kerja survey harga telah pun dijalankan.So far yg paling berbaloi yang telah dijumpai ialah di kedai Foto Edar yang terletak di Bukit Bintang.
Harga yang ditawarkan untuk 1100D adalah RM1650 berserta aksesori,4g memori kad dan tripod.
Bagi 600D lak RM2499 berserta aksesori,8g memori kad dan tripod
Banyak lagi event yang akan berlangsung sepanjang tahun 2012 ni.Yang dah terlepas
1. Trip to Cherating
2. Trip to Bandung
3. Trip to Kelantan
4. Annual Dinner Company
Coming soon event
1. Kenduri Kesyukuran sambut puasa
2. Hari Raya
3. Hari Raya Haji
4. Trip to Langkawi
5. Team Building
6. Trip to Bali
5. Trip to Jaakrta
Celebrating 30th birthday...
Tadaaaa..this is the answer..
Yeahhhh..malam tadi ader makan malam di Chili's Mid Valley.. I go there with one of my BFF. Surprisingly, he sing Happy Birthday Song to me..yeayyyy wink wink wink
Will post the picture later..
Last year i had lunch at Nando's with co workers and dinner at Victoria Station Taipan.This year low profile even on birthday eve I eat instant noodle for dinner at home and ALONE.
Hopping I will alive for next 100 years.
Top 10 Korean drama favourite aku...
10. Brilliant Legacy
9. Play full kiss
8. Personal Taste
7. Coffee Prince
6. You Are Beautiful
5. My Girlfriends is Gumiho
4. Protect The Boss
3. 49 Days
2. Secret Garden
1. Boys Over Flowers
9. Play full kiss
8. Personal Taste
7. Coffee Prince
6. You Are Beautiful
5. My Girlfriends is Gumiho
4. Protect The Boss
3. 49 Days
2. Secret Garden
1. Boys Over Flowers
10 Common Leadership and Management Mistakes
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. - Oscar Wilde It's often said that mistakes provide great learning opportunities. However, it's much better not to make mistakes in the first place! In this article, we're looking at 10 of the most common leadership and management errors, and highlighting what you can do to avoid them. If you can learn about these here, rather than through experience, you'll save yourself a lot of trouble! |
1. Lack of Feedback
Sarah is a talented sales representative, but she has a habit of answering the phone in an unprofessional manner. Her boss is aware of this, but he's waiting for her performance review to tell her where she's going wrong. Unfortunately, until she's been alerted to the problem, she'll continue putting off potential customers.
According to 1,400 executives polled by The Ken Blanchard Companies, failing to provide feedback is the most common mistake that leaders make. When you don't provide prompt feedback to your people, you're depriving them of the opportunity to improve their performance.
To avoid this mistake, learn how to provide regular feedback (member-only article) to your team. (You can use our Bite-Sized Training session on Giving Feedback (members only) to gain an in-depth understanding of feedback, and to learn how to provide it effectively.)
2. Not Making Time for Your Team
When you're a manager or leader, it's easy to get so wrapped up in your own workload that you don't make yourself available to your team.
Yes, you have projects that you need to deliver. But your people must come first - without you being available when they need you, your people won't know what to do, and they won't have the support and guidance that they need to meet their objectives.
Avoid this mistake by blocking out time in your schedule specifically for your people, and by learning how to listen actively to your team. Develop your emotional intelligence so that you can be more aware of your team and their needs, and have a regular time when "your door is always open," so that your people know when they can get your help. You can also use Management By Walking Around, which is an effective way to stay in touch with your team.
3. Being Too "Hands-Off"
One of your team has just completed an important project. The problem is that he misunderstood the project's specification, and you didn't stay in touch with him as he was working on it. Now, he's completed the project in the wrong way, and you're faced with explaining this to an angry client.
Many leaders want to avoid micromanagement. But going to the opposite extreme (with a hand-offs management style) isn't a good idea either - you need to get the balance right.
Our article, Laissez Faire versus Micromanagement (member-only article) will help you find the right balance for your own situation.
4. Being Too Friendly
Most of us want to be seen as friendly and approachable to people in our team. After all, people are happier working for a manager that they get on with. However, you'll sometimes have to make tough decisions regarding people in your team, and some people will be tempted to take advantage of your relationship if you're too friendly with them.
This doesn't mean that you can't socialize with your people. But, you do need to get the balance right between being a friend and being the boss.
Learn how to do avoid this mistake with our article, Now You're the Boss. Also, make sure that you set clear boundaries (both member-only articles), so that team members aren't tempted to take advantage of you.
5. Failing to Define Goals
When your people don't have clear goals, they muddle through their day. They can't be productive if they have no idea what they're working for, or what their work means. They also can't prioritize their workload effectively, meaning that projects and tasks get completed in the wrong order.
Avoid this mistake by learning how to set SMART goals for your team. Use a Team Charter to specify where your team is going, and detail the resources it can draw upon. Also, use principles from Management by Objectives to align your team's goals to the mission of the organization.
6. Misunderstanding Motivation
Do you know what truly motivates your team? Here's a hint: chances are, it's not just money!
Many leaders make the mistake of assuming that their team is only working for monetary reward. However, it's unlikely that this will be the only thing that motivates them.
For example, people seeking a greater work/life balance might be motivated by telecommuting days or flexible working. Others will be motivated by factors such as achievement, extra responsibility, praise, or a sense of camaraderie.
To find out what truly drives your people, read our articles on McClelland's Human Motivation Theory and Theory X and Theory Y. Then take our test How Good Are Your Motivation Skills? to learn how to be a great motivator of people.
7. Hurrying Recruitment
When your team has a large workload, it's important to have a full team. But filling a vacant role too quickly can be a disastrous mistake.
Hurrying recruitment can lead to recruiting the wrong people for your team: people who are uncooperative, ineffective or unproductive. With the wrong person, you'll have wasted valuable time and resources when they eventually leave. What's worse, other team members will be stressed and frustrated by having to "carry" the under-performer.
You can avoid this mistake by learning how to recruit effectively (member-only article), and by being particularly picky about the people you bring into your team.
8. Not "Walking the Walk"
If you make personal telephone calls during work time, or speak negatively about your CEO, can you expect people on your team not to do this too? Probably not!
As a leader, you need to be a role model for your team. This means that if they need to stay late, you should also stay late to help them. Or, if your organization has a rule that no one eats at their desk, then set the example and head to the break room every day for lunch. So remember, your team is watching you all the time. If you want to shape their behavior, start with your own. They'll follow suit.
9. Not Delegating
Some managers don't delegate, because they feel that no-one apart from themselves can do key jobs properly. This can cause huge problems as work bottlenecks around them, and as they become stressed and burned out.
Delegation does take a lot of effort up-front, and it can be hard to trust your team to do the work correctly. But unless you delegate tasks, you're never going to have time to focus on the "broader-view" that most leaders and managers are responsible for. What's more, you'll fail to develop your people so that they can take the pressure off you.
To find out if this is a problem for you, take our interactive quiz, How Well Do You Delegate? If you need to improve your skills, you can then learn key strategies with our articles, Successful Delegation, and The Delegation Dilemma (member-only article).
10. Misunderstanding Your Role
Once you become a leader or manager, your responsibilities are very different from those you had before.
However, it's easy to forget that your job has changed, and that you now have to use a different set of skills to be effective. This leads to you not doing what you've been hired to do - to lead and to manage.
Our articles Now You're The Boss (member-only article) and From Technical Expert to Managerprovide more information on the additional skills that you need to develop to be an effective manager. Make sure that you learn these skills - you'll fail if you try to rely on technical skills alone, however good they are!
Key Points:
We all make mistakes, and there are some mistakes that leaders and managers make in particular. These include, not giving good feedback, being too "hands-off," not delegating effectively, and misunderstanding your role.
It's true that making a mistake can be a learning opportunity. But, taking the time to learn how to recognize and avoid common mistakes can help you become productive and successful, and earn the respect of your team.
Surprise One: You Can't Run Everything, in Detail
Surprise One: You Can't Run Everything, in Detail
As a new manager, you first need to realize that you can't be directly involved in every detail of every project that your team is working on. Otherwise, work will bottleneck around you, you'll become exceptionally stressed, and your team's effectiveness will plummet.
So your perspective has to shift from getting things done yourself to getting things done through other people. (This sounds obvious - but many new managers struggle with this!)
To avoid the problems associated with this surprise:
- Learn how to delegate effectively.
- Only attend meetings that you really need to attend.
- Question whether you need to participate in tasks, or simply be informed of their outcomes.
- Be careful not to make too many decisions for people; when people come to you with a question, ask them what they recommend.
- Give people the guidance and resources that they need to do their jobs themselves. This frees you to do the job of managing and leading your team.
Surprise Two: Giving Orders is Costly
As a manager, you need to work towards a situation where you don't need to tell people what to do, and can, instead, trust them to make the right decisions.
Some people may doubt their ability to make decisions. When this happens, they're likely to come to you for approval of everything. This creates "manager dependency," and can make you a decision-making bottleneck, potentially stalling your team's progress.
In a similar way, overruling decisions or making last minute changes can waste a great deal of time and resource; and it can also undermine your people's confidence.
To avoid the problems associated with this surprise:
- Communicate your organization's vision and values, keep people informed, and train them so that they have the confidence to make decisions, based on what's best for the organization.
- Create systems and structures so that your people understand what needs to be done.
- Endorse robust decision making tools, and teach people how to use them.
- Let people know that mistakes are part of the development process, and that you'd rather they take some risks than be indecisive. (Clearly, this may not be suitable in all types of work, so use your best judgment.)
- Recognize how placing trust in people can improve your team's performance.
Surprise Three: It's Hard to Know What's Really Going On
No one wants to give his or her boss bad news. So, the reality is that by the time you get information, it won't necessarily be reliable.
However, you need accurate information to manage effectively, so you'll have to gather information from as many sources as possible.
To avoid the problems associated with this surprise:
- Use Management By Wandering Around. This keeps you in contact with your people, and allows you to see and hear what's going on first-hand.
- Talk to customers and suppliers on a regular basis, and build strong relationships with these people.
- Analyze all of your stakeholders, and communicate with them often to ensure that you know what they're thinking.
Surprise Four: You're Always Sending a Message
As a manager, your words and your actions hold a lot of weight. People may speculate about why you said or did something; and they'll try to interpret whether your words or actions contained any hidden messages. Your mood will also affect your team, and everything that you say will be analyzed.
Managers lead by example, whether they want to or not. You need to be careful about the example that you're setting, and be fully aware of the messages you're sending - deliberate or not.
To avoid the problems associated with this surprise:
- Use simple, clear language when you communicate with people.
- Double check that people understand your message, and don't assume that people have grasped the real meaning of what you're communicating.
- Think about your body language, and learn how to use it to convey the right message.
- Use storytelling to communicate the messages that you want people to hear.
- Be a good role model for your people, and lead by example.
Surprise Five: You Aren't Always the Boss
While you might be the boss of your team, you aren't the ultimate boss. (Even a business owner is accountable to his or her customers.) There will always be someone that you need to report to, so you can't allow yourself to get caught up in your own importance.
As a manager, you should know who you need to keep informed, and you should work hard to gain the support of people around you. You will also need to manage upward, and be aware of how you stand with the people you report to.
You also can't let the flow of information stop with you, just because you're the manager.
To avoid the problems associated with this surprise:
- Learn how to develop effective relationships with powerful people in your organization.
- Find ways to collaborate with people that you report to, and to gain their trust.
- Remember to share information and resources on a regular basis - both with your team, and with others.
Surprise Six: Pleasing Shareholders is not Always the Goal
Shareholders typically have a short-term perspective, and may be profit or performance oriented.
However, there are other longer-term considerations that can be more important than the goals of shareholders, and you need to be aware of these.
For instance, should company profits outweigh safety concerns? Should you push your team to finish a project unfeasibly early, because your boss is putting pressure on you? If an executive is behaving inappropriately with one of your people, when should you decide that enough is enough?
Making this type of decision requires knowing who you are ultimately accountable to.
To avoid the problems associated with this surprise:
- Take some time to understand your personal values, and how they fit with company values.
- Understand the vision of the company and what it stands for. Make decisions based on that vision and those values. Reward team behavior that promotes these values.
- Develop a clear strategy for your team, and ensure that it's aligned with corporate strategy.
- Attract and recruit people in your team who fit the vision and values of your organization.
- Understand Value-Based Management - the idea that you should be chasing the best long-term value of your business, not sacrificing the future just to boost this quarter's earnings.
Surprise Seven: You're Still Only Human
As a manager you must remember that your position doesn't make you better or more capable than anyone else. You'll continue to make mistakes, and people around you will still have opinions that are different from yours.
However, being a manager does make you more responsible, and you need to demonstrate this responsibility.
To avoid the problems associated with this surprise:
- Be humble and thankful, and reward the people around you who make you and your team look good.
- Be accountable to yourself.
- Use your emotional intelligence to remain connected with colleagues, family, and friends.
- Create your Wheel of Life, and remind yourself to find the balance you need to be the best you can be.
Key Points
The seven surprises for new CEOs were first identified by Michael Porter, Jay Lorsch, and Nitin Nohria. This article looks at how these apply to managers more generally, highlighting seven misconceptions that people have when they start out in a management or leadership role.
The seven surprises are:
- You can't run everything, in detail.
- Giving orders is costly.
- It's hard to know what's really going on.
- You're always sending a message.
- You aren't the boss.
- Pleasing shareholders is not always the goal.
- You're still only human.
The transition to manager can be a challenge. But by being aware of these common misconceptions and the issues associated with them, you'll increase your chances of being successful.
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