Today is the 61st Anniversary of Burma Union Day.
Post it here just for the rememberance, no, cos’ I like the poster.

Recently I’ve been following “The Trump Blog” after I read about it from “A Guide to Billionaire Bloggers” on ReadWriteWeb. I’m sure most of us from Fiji are familiar about him from “The Apprentice” show on FijiOne hence need no introduction.

Anyways, just now I was browsing my feeds and this post, “Japanese Firm Offers Heartache Leave“, from Mr Trump really cracked me up. Well it’s not funny but somewhat makes me laugh, and think for sometimes.

I wasn’t surprised when I found out that all the employees at this company are women. I don’t mean to be sexist, but I don’t know many men who would call in sick to work because they broke up with their girlfriend.

Are you sure about that? What do you, guys, think? Don’t give me those man’s pride excuses and bluff about it.

But then I don’t know many women who would do it either. If you’re serious about your job, you don’t let heartbreak or store bargains keep you from doing your work.

I wonder our lives only exist around our jobs. He must be talking about those workaholics who got no life of their own and think only about work. It’s understandable since the billionaire such as Mr. Trump, who always think of how to increase his enterprise and who can get(or ditch) any women anytime without much effort would think work more important than other matters.

For me, I think if I ever get a serious heartbreak (I wish not), I wouldn’t want to do anything for sometimes. But then that’s all depends on individuality and how serious you take your relationships as. But I bet most Asian tends to take relationships matter more serious than those of the westenners. I’m just speaking in general but then hey what do I know; so may be not.

But I must say, that Japanese company is very considerate about their staffs well being. I’m sure the staffs appreciate about it and would boost their motivation to work harder for the company.

It’s a nice read for my morning tea break. Makes me think.

This is what I mean by I.T being cool yet sux, or exciting yet pain in the god knows where! We cannot survive in I.T profession if we don’t update yourself, ie. like…forever … and ever.

Professional-series certifications (MCITP and MCPD) require an update every three years from the date that you earned the certification, or your certification will lapse.

More info: New Generation Certification Lifecycle Policies

So like, I recently done 5 exams and become MCPD – Enterprise Application Developer or whatever. I still haven’t receive the certificates yet, must have been lost along with the Cyclone Gene. I entered my home address for mailing; should have use P.O.Box or work address.

Anyhow, according to that certification lifecycle policies, those papers prove their worth for 3years; after that you can throw them away and start pursuing new set of papers. So mine will last till 2011, then what – I don’t know.

PS: The Second Shot offer extended till June 30, 2008 so you might as well take that chance and finish as much as you can.