Best GPA Ever*

M.M., Innovation in Managament, Mahidol University

Semester 2/ 2006

Course CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	GRADE
BASE001	English	0	S
BASE002	Accounting	0	S
MGMG501	Principles of Management	3	A
MGMG505	Management Information Systems	3	A
MGMG507	Financial Planning and Control	3	A

Semester 3/ 2006

Course CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	GRADE
MGMG506	Thai Economy in Global Context	3	A
MGMG508	Strategic Marketing Management	3	B+
MGMG510	Enterprise Resource Management	3	A

Semester 1/ 2007

Course CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	GRADE
MGMG523	Decision Skills	3	A
MGMG605	Project Management	3	A
MGMG651	Customer Relationship Management	3	A

Semester 2/ 2007

Course CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	GRADE
MGMG619	Supply Chain Management	3	A
MGMG652	Knowledge Management	3	B+
MGMG694	Consulting Practice: Data to Intelligence	1.5	S
MGMG694	Consulting Practice: Reorganizing for Competitiveness	1.5	S

Semester 3/ 2007

Course CODE	COURSE NAME	CREDIT	GRADE
MGMG649	Information Exploitation	3	A
MGMG652	Process Engineering	3	A
MGMG694	Consulting Practice: Retail to eTail	1.5	S*
MGMG694	Consulting Practice: Employee Selection	1.5	S*

CA 45

CP 45

CG 39

GP 153

GPA 3.92

CA = CREDIT ATTEMPT
CP = CREDIT PASS
CG = CREDIT FOR GPA CALCULATION
GP = GRADE POINT ( FOR GPA CALCULATION )
GPA = GRADE POINT AVERAGE ( = GP / CG )
( T ) = TRANSFER GRADE

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Didn’t hurt much when I knew I got B+ for Marketing since I was really blurred and unsure about what I had written on the paper exam (LOL), but kinda hurt and upset when I got the same for Knowledge Management although I knew I had done something wrong once I left the exam room. T_T

For Finance, amazingly, I got 93/ 100 for the final exam (top of the classes in that term) though I did not get the top score for mid-tem exam. This reminds me that I actually like maths and I should not have missed choosing to study it when I was in high school.

Unfortunately, I got only 2 S*. I needed to get 3 S* to get a Distinction.

Anyways, this GPA is the best ever, 3.92/ 4. I believe my mum would be proud of me, at least, a bit. I got 3.46 and 3.47 from my B.A. (Translation) at KU, and M.A. (English for Careers) at TU.

Worse in High School, though.

Time on IM*

After reading The 7 deadly sins of instant messaging from 43 Folders, I found that some of time has been partly spent on IM. Thus, I decided to turn off my MSN and Skype right away.

I still have Gtalk online because I send tweets through Gtalk sometimes.

Although IM does not normally consume much of my time, I reckon that having it offline would help me be more concentrated on what I am doing.

Next step I would try is that to limit my time on all websites, Facebook, WordPress, Blogger, Bloglines, etc, I like surfing around.

The activites on the mentioned sites consume my time more than IM actually.

Anyway, without MSN/ Skype on, I feel that I do not have to worry, wonder, and keep looking at the chat programmes whether my friends or those I expect are online.

Why do I have to expect someone to online? I do not know :p

 

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An hour after I sent this post, I found out that my MSN and Skype were online without showing themselves in my system tray (so I did not see them). I realised this when a friend from MSN said hello..

Hahaa.. OK.

I changed the settings of both MSN and Skype not to be automatically logged in, so that they are under my control.. Hehee.

A Memory*

Nice evening I had today :)

[17:39] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: waddee krap
[17:39] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: so tired
[17:39] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: 2 exams tomorrow but havnt hv time to study
[17:40] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: bought a restaurant near home last monday
[17:40] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: been caught in the middle between work and study since then
[17:40] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: how are you anyway? i may have gone to bed when you get this but that’s ok
[17:41] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ma bon hai fung laew ja pai non la
[17:41] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: c ya
[17:41] Mook®: arai waaaaaaaaa
[17:41] Mook®: talk to me first..
[17:41] Mook®: T_T”
[17:41] Mook®: thought you were on holiday.. why having exam la?
[17:42] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: arai la ther
[17:42] Mook®: aow.. just want to talk some time si.. we haven’t talked a lot so far
[17:42] Mook®: just miss our conversations
[17:43] Mook®: anyway.. you bought a thai restaurant? so your mum would cook?
[17:43] Mook®: oh.. sorry, you are having exam ni na..
[17:43] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[17:43] Mook®: aow.. offline pai loei..
[17:44] Mook®: hahaaa.. ok, ok..
[17:45] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[17:45] Mook®: so you’re online or offline nia’
[17:45] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: err..
[17:45] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: happy birthday na ther
[17:45] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: sorry na, a bit late
[17:45] Mook®: 4 days late T_T”
[17:46] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: mai koi dai online a’…
[17:46] Mook®: you’re the one that i expected to get a msg on the day cos i didn’t think you would forget.. its easy to remember..
[17:46] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: back home kor straight to bed most days
[17:46] Mook®: mobile is broken or what?
[17:46] Mook®: duh..
[17:46] Mook®: anyway.. thanks
[17:46] Mook®: at least you say something
[17:47] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: yeah… haven’t have it for a week
[17:47] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: batt searm..
[17:47] Mook®: huh?
[17:47] Mook®: oh.. broken jing jing
[17:47] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: wanna buy a new one but still looking
[17:47] Mook®: hahaa….
[17:47] Mook®: what model you’re using now?
[17:47] Mook®: bough iPhone si
[17:47] Mook®: hahaa
[17:47] Mook®: bought*
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: looked at it but dont like
[17:48] Mook®: its sold in NZ?
[17:48] Mook®: legally?
[17:48] Mook®: thais mainly use the illegal ones
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: too big for my pocket
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: plus iphone dont have pen 555
[17:48] Mook®: your current phone has a pen?
[17:48] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: yeah
[17:49] Mook®: really? hi-soo
[17:49] Mook®: what model is it?
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: htc touch
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: batt isn’t very good
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: but functions and features plus look is good
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: laew tum rai yoo a’ near
[17:50] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: i’ll be going to bed soon na ther
[17:50] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[17:51] Mook®: oh.. my friend has that htc.. looks nice, but i like iphone more
[17:51] Mook®: type type type and offline eek la
[17:51] Mook®: at work..
[17:51] Mook®: leaving office at 6pm to uni
[17:51] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[17:51] Mook®: what time is it there? 5 hours ahead?
[17:51] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: hi soo yoo laew jmuirg
[17:51] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: how’s mum?
[17:51] Mook®: jmuirg <<< what? an emoticon?
[17:52] Mook®: she’s fine…
[17:55] Mook®: just looked at your mum’s and jim’s pic in the last two nights eng.. hahaa
[17:57] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[17:58] Mook®: real offline this time??
[18:00] Mook®: ok jaaa… take care and good night.. good luck in your exam
[18:03] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[18:04] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: they still old and grumpy lol
[18:04] Mook®: aow..
[18:04] Mook®: back laew rer..
[18:04] Mook®: your internet connection sucks??? ))
[18:05] Mook®: so, who will cook for the restaurant you bought la?
[18:05] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ja
[18:05] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: pai shave ma
[18:05] Mook®: shave before going to bed nia na ther
[18:06] Mook®: what’s the exam about tomorrow?
[18:07] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline
[18:07] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is online
[18:07] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ther
[18:07] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: pai non la na
[18:07] Mook®: a’na..
[18:07] Mook®: ok ok
[18:07] Mook®: good luck in your exam
[18:08] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: all the best for this year na.. sorry, no present again.. will be around when it comes next year ok
[18:08] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: g’nite krap
[18:08] Mook®: nite jaa
[18:08] Mook®: you say it na..
[18:08] Mook®: for next year
[18:09] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: ps: i love uni life coz it makes me feel young but i hate assessments
[18:09] ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~: nite nite
[18:09] Mook®: hahaa..
[18:09] Mook®: sleep tight
[18:09] Mook®: nice talking to you tonight
[18:11] Meebo Message: ~(L)so tired.. exam 2moro with no study~ is offline

 

Although it hurts some time when thinking of the past, it is still refreshing when talking to those in the past again.

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The Great Whale Trail*

WHALES
2 November 2007

Dear Greenpeace’s Supporters,

Name the whale – a lifetime chance to name a humpback whale.

A once in a lifetime experience – your chance to name a humpback whale.

As part of the Great Whale Trail project, which is tracking whales via satellite, we have some humpback whales that need names. Not just any names, but some great names for some great whales.

We haven’t yet cracked the code of whale language so we don’t know what the whales call themselves but we are pretty confident they don’t call themselves, ‘33001, or 37232′, which are some of the names they have now.

Click here to go to The Great Whale Trail project

Click here to see the Whale Profiles

Click here to name the whale

Thanks,
The Whale ‘Tag Team’.

Common New Zealand Slang*

By chance, I found the link to some NZ slangs provided by a university’s website (SIT). Think it is interesting to keep here for memory. And this is the start of the catagory, ‘New Zealand*’ and ‘Language*.’

:)

The following is a list of some New Zealand slang and their meanings. Warning – care should be taken with the use of these words, we will not be teaching them in the classroom though you may hear them when in New Zealand.

Awesome
= Fine, excellent

Bach
= A holiday home (also known as a crib in the South Island)

Barbie
= Barbecue (also written as BBQ) – food cooked outside over a charcoal or gas fire

Beaut, beauty
= Something good or outstanding. Often used ironically to mean the opposite

Bro
= Term of address for a male friend or relative

Bright as a button
= Looking fresh, alert

Bright spark
= Intelligent, alert, attentive, awake

Bring a plate
= Everyone brings food to share. Don’t bring an empty plate.

Bush
= New Zealand’s native forest

Bushed, had it
= Exhausted

BYO
= Bring Your Own. A BYO restaurant is a restaurant that allows customers to bring their own wine to drink with their meal.

Chocka
= Full

Choice
= Fine, excellent

Clean as a whistle
= Sparkling clean

Clown
= Term of abuse, idiot

Crook
= To be ill or unwell. Also means a thief

Cuz
= Term of address for friend or relative

Dag
= An amusing person, a character

Dork
= An idiot or a physically uncoordinated person

Dough
= Money

Drive around the bend
= Annoy so much you lose your temper

Drongo
= A term of abuse, idiot

Dude
= A cool or good looking male

Feed
= A meal

Flat tack
= At top speed

Foxy, fox
= Used to describe a cool or good looking person of either sex

Fully
= I agree

G’dday
= Greeting meaning hello

Got the blues
= Used to describe a sad state of mind

Greenie
= A conservationist

Gumboots
= Waterproof rubber boots (called Wellingtons in Britain)

Grog
= Alcohol

Grouse
= Fine, excellent, often used to express delight

Hard case
= A tough but likeable person, an eccentric person

Hard graft
= Hard work

Head over heels
= Usually describing somebody who is very very happy

Heart of gold
= Describing a person who is very kind

Hook up
= Meet up or join in

Hoon
= A noisy person, a lout

In a spin
= Usually when too many things happen all at one time or too many choices

Jandals
= Rubber sandals or thongs (called flip flops in Britain)

Joker
= A man

Kiwi
= New Zealand native bird symbol. New Zealander

Lolly
= The usual word for a confection or sweet

Mate
= A friend, also a term of address

Mission
= An adventure

Mongrel
= A term of abuse or contempt for a person

Munted
= To be broken or distorted

Narley
= Cool, good

Nerd
= A boring person

Nifty
= Good (applied to a thing)

No worries
= Common phrase of agreement

On to it
= Efficient or intelligent

On a high
= A good feeling that can come from success

Once in a blue moon
= Very rarely, seldom, almost never

Paddock
= A field, also a sports pitch

Paint the town red
= To go out and have a good time

Piker
= Someone who opts out of an activity

Pop on over/ pop in
= Come and visit me at my house

Potluck dinner
= Everyone brings prepared food to share with all the guests

Pressie
= A present (gift)

Pub
= A bar where alcoholic drinks are served over the counter

Rapt
= Very pleased

Rellie
= A relation or relative

Rough ride
= A difficult experience

She’ll be right
= Everything is going to be OK

Shocking
= Very bad

Shout
= To treat your friends to something such as a drink or a meal

Skite
= To boast. A boaster or showoff

Smoko
= Coffee or tea break

Snowed under
= Usually has too much work or responsibility

Spuds
= Potatoes

Sticks
= Remote or rural district, the countryside

Stinge/Stingy
= Not generous with your money

Stoked
= Very excited

Sweet as
= Great

Swot
= Study hard, especially before an exam

Ta
= Thanks

To take for a ride
= To deceive or trick someone

Togs
= Swimming costume

Tucker
= Food

Turn to custard
= Collapse of ideas, schemes, plans

Unc/Unco
= An uncoordinated person, often used as an insult or taunt

Under the weather
= Feeling off colour, unwell, tired

Uni
= University

Varsity
= University

Veggies
= Vegetables

Wicked
= Fine, excellent

Wop-wops
= Remote or rural district, the countryside

Source: SIT

Gratitude to Whatever*

Feeling ralaxed now. It seems I have called it a day already. Right, that is because today is Friday.

The atmosphere, somehow, in this company is always like this in every Friday, no matter where we are, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Australia…. And when everybody feels like so, it is very quiet and peaceful. People are thinking about their happy and relaxing weekends!

1. Good to have 5 weekdays and 2 weekends in one week. It is then more relaxing on Fridays because people would feel like they have been working a lot for the whole week(day), and their weekends are coming up.
2. Thanks that I speak less, so I listen more.
3. Thanks that people talk more, so I listen and know more.
4. I type more, and speak less.
5. Uni is going to start again. More excitement, friends’ chit-chats, and some challenges are coming!

TGIF!
(Thanks God It’s Friday)

Stressed*

I just had my exam on Project Management (PM) course tonight. So far, this is the only final exam that made me feel blank and upset as much as this.

Out of the 3 courses I studied this trimester, PM was the one I thought I was the most skillful and expertise in, compared to Decision Skills (DS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM).

That resulted differently during the exam!

With CRM, perhaps because the instructor provided the case before the exam day; otherwise, we could not finish the exam in time after spending time reading the 10-page case study, I found that CRM was acceptably fine for me (and also fine for others either).

Although I like studying CRM, I found it difficult because it was more related with marketing (and I got only B+ for Marketing course last trimester), which I am not expertise in.

On the contrary, with PM, apart from liking the course and content, I also believed that I was good at it because I got quite good scores from quizes and workshop.

What happened to me while I was taking the PM exam was as follows.

• I spent too much time on producing Gantt Chart;
• I did not read through the details given well enough, so I missed some information; while other friends did not;
• I did not manage my time well, so I did not other parts well either; and
• I spent my last 15 minutes answering 22-point questions, while I did not even know how many scores I would get for 2-hour Gantt Chart.

S i g h . .. . .. . .. . … . . .. ..

I complaint about the exam a lot after leaving the exam room.

• I did not think the time given was enough for the content in the exam.
• I blamed on the exam style.
• I blamed the unorganisation of the information provided, which consumed a lot of time reading and re-reading.

Thinking about that, I now realised that it was something to challenge me whether I could manage my time or not. And I just could not.

I could not manage time, and felt even more stressed when I faced the time pressure. I forgot many points and I seemed to make all wrong.

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So now, I am really stressed. I will not get A for sure!! B+? B? or C?

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An Encouragement*

Hardly believe that I could come up with this post while I was working on a boring job, i.e. printing CV’s from my e-mail inbox.

I just realise, optimistically thinking, that my working in this position and having a chance to go through some curriculum vitae may HELP ENCOURAGE me and allow me to learn a little things from those CV’s.

How?

Today, after having received dozens of CV’s for a vacancy, I kept printing them out for a review and FEELING JADED. During the time, I somehow decided to scan through a few CV’s and I found it interesting reading other experiences.

I have got an idea that a small encouragement can be brought up from them.

Besides, a little confidence can also be grown up although a few arrogance can also be built.

Why?

I read other experiences and how they have grown in their careers by considering their educations, work experiences, hobbies, skills, etc.

I compare those qualifications with mine, and leverage myself to focus on my goals and dreams.

I consider those higher qualifications as my next-step goals where I can reach for the time being.

I consider those lower qualifications as my lessons and my encouragement telling me that I should keep walking to be apart from the lower position.

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So and so..

However, where there is the good, there is the bad.

I can gain more encouragement and confidence from comparison and contrast; therefore, I should not be too confident that I am the best. That can lead me to be too irrationally arrogant.

A person can be the best in some aspects, but not all. I do not believe that there is anyone who is the best in everything. NO WAY!

On the contrary, while I am reading those CV’s, I might feel that I am worse than others. And then I may lose my confidence.

D O N ‘ T   B E ! !

I should keep reminding myself ‘Don’t be discouraged.’ Use those better qualifications as my further goals. I can be like them one day. And I will!

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Sometimes, perhaps, a competition is not so bad.

That urges me to concentrate and be a little more earnest about my life, work, study, and dreams.

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Maybe..

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Long Live His Majesty*

 

Wish I could be in the group in the pic. Anyway, I wore a yellow t-shirt yesterday (and so did my mum), like other citizen in Thailand.

That we were in yellow because the King was born on Monday and yellow is his colour (our Queen was born on Friday and yes blue is her colour).

Watching news about the celebrations marking the King’s 60th-anniversary on the throne (LONGEST EVER IN THE WORLD), I heard people cheering, prasing and blessing our beloved King, ‘Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty.’

Then my tears began flowing throughout both eyes with impressiveness. No matter how many rounds I have seen the news, when the same scene showed up, I shed my tears with delightful feeling again and again.

I, as a citizen of Thailand, still am delightful and impressed with this. Can you imagine how our King would feel?

I L O V E M Y K I N G .

‘LONG LIVE HIS MAJESTY.’

BBC News
CNN News
Bangkok Post (Thailand)
The Nation (Thailand)
King of Hearts by The Nation Multimedia

P. S. Thank you for all comments regarding the ‘Impatience.’ I will try to balance my ‘input/ output’

Friends are always here when I need some recommendations, advice and encouragement.

Thank you from my faithful heart.

Just Leave It Here As a Record*

This one is interesting. I got this from a forwarded e-mail.

‘On the 4th of May (next month), at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 A.M. in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06

‘That won’t ever happen again in your lifetime.

‘In fact it will be approx. 400 generations before it happens again.’

Wow.. something like this can happen again but it will not start with 1, but 2..

At 2hours 3 minutes and 4 secods on 5th June 2007

02:03:04 o5/06/07