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Thursday, November 05, 2009


Nov 5 2009 --- This is stupid can ...


There was a time when I was disciplined and made myself abide to the principle that colleagues shouldnt be part of social circle ... until i resign ... i kept that true during friendster era and finally broke it during facebook era ... till now ... all i can say is that i quite regret it ...

i gotta say some pple are juz darn kpo and bo liao ... i mean ... if i dun put something on official medium ... it means i dun intend for it to be official ... isnt it just that darn simple thinking ???

i have this previous comment on facebook pondering why would a person want to check for go-ahead from IA on issues which i clearly stated that it doesnt comply to audit ...

and some time after that ... TODAY ... i got a nice email from the asker explaining why they had done so ... and the asker is not on my GOD DARN frenlist ... apparently someone in my list had been nice to notify the asker ...

the email goes ...

Hi Yong Hau, I am referring to the invoice with two split payment dues from TIACA.

Was having lunch with XXX from IA yesterday and understand from him that there could be some misunderstanding. Hence thought perhaps i should share with you my side of the story, at least to explain why we approach IA despite your advice.

When you tried to explain to us why Finance is unable to process the invoice with two payment dues, you highlighted that that could be an audit finding for some inconsistencies. We appreciate your guidance as we do not wish to get in trouble with IA either. However as you understand, the payment were late. As such, i thought if we can have the blessing from IA, seek their clearance, not only we will be able to process the invoice with no further delay, at least it will ensure neither AI or Finance will have any audit finding because of this issue.

In general, we appreciate that you took some time off to explain to us the financial procedures. Please be assured that we trust every word you mentioned, just that we thought to make a last ditch attempt to make things move, with the support of IA colleagues.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Thanks alot for your attention to this mail.



ok ... i arent exactly touched that they actually believed my words although they asked IA ... the fact is i m so ok with it but not the part on receiving a reply from the asker ... i thought long and hard and decided that i shall not be mean and juz be diplomatic and even assure the asker that he did nothing wrong in going to IA ...

my reply goes ....

Hi YYY,

Given we are just colleagues, I guess rule of thumb would be to be diplomatic.

Despite my initial line of thoughts that going to IA is redundant since I would have expected IA to share the same stand as Finance for such cases with almost no ambiguity, there is nothing wrong with Division opting to seek IA's opinion. That is probably why IA is there for, to regulate internal controls and opinionate compliance to procedures.

Anyway, what XXX may have shared with you is probably meant to be just casual lunch talk between you and him so I guess you dont owe me any official explanation. Your Division did nothing wrong by going to IA.


cc XXX, appreciate your efforts to clear up the misunderstanding, if any.


and in the end ... the XXX replied back ... saying i owe him a lunch for that ... i mean ... is it me or is he juz bloody stupid ?? did my email really sound THAT gratifying ?? i couldnt held it any longer and dropped XXX a line ...

"huh ... ur mention of my comment on an unofficial medium resulted in a colleague trying to give me an official explanation thru an official medium is DISTURBING enuff ... and i have to give u a treat ... =.="

and well ... guess the reply .... "hmmm ... not even a drink?" ... faintz .... NABEI CHEEBYE LAH ...............


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