LIFE IS A PROJECT

LIAP #17: Making a Photobook is a Project I got my first digital camera, the Olympus 750UZ, in late 2002. Before that, I wasn’t actively involved in photography. My earlier photos came from a film camera, and the process was straightforward but limited—I had to develop the film and manually insert the printed photographs into plastic photo albums. Those albums were the main way I preserved my memories. With the arrival of digital cameras, everything changed. I stopped printing photos as often because I could now view them instantly on my PC—and later, on my smartphone. Over time, especially through my cycling adventures and overseas travels, I accumulated more than 100,000 digital images, most of which I store and organize on Flickr. Occasionally, I still printed some of these digital images and arranged them in physical photo albums, much like the old days. The process was simple: select the best photos, get them printed at a local kedai gambar, and slide them into clear plastic sleev...

In 2018, I wan invited to give a two-day lecture for INCIEF Master Students. THe objective is to give basic knowledge of Project Management and how to use it in their jobs.I was told to use Learning By Doing methodology. To prepare and come out with a two-day on project management for students in finance is itself a project. To deliver the course is an operation because I repeat the same course for each group of students. This is no easy task. I need to know the requirement of the stakeholders-the university and the students and at the same time I need todig up from past experience to share my tacit knowledge to share and guide the students. The key thing is not limited to knowing the subject matter. It is more how , where and what to apply the knowledge. Herewith I share a draft of the contents. The real one is not for public disclosure. Project Management for Financial and Business Projects: A 2-Day Intensive 🧭 OVERALL COURSE GOALS:    •   Introduce project manage...

  About 25 years ago, my company was awarded a government project to replace six small bridges along JKR road. It is a small contract costing less than RM10m. As a project manager, you will undertake the planning of the construction by a normal process according PMBOK.  For me as the business owner of the company, my first priority how to maximise my project profit and finance the project. Both plannings are important-first the technical aspect and second the commercial aspect of the project. It is the two sides of one coin. How do I maximise my profit? First I do a work breakdown Structure(WBS) of the scope of work.  List all work packages according to margin of profits. Anything above 10% , do it yourself and sub-contact the rest to others. The major cost components are concrete beams and piles.  I took over the supplies and let my subcontractors do the installation work. About 60% goes to me and 40% to them. All minor works like access roads and temporary bridges ...

 27.05.2021 At KLCC on 25/12/2005 By the time we graduated from university, we must have taken at least five major examinations. Each is a project. We need to learn, prepare and sit for the examination. In my case, it began with Standard 6, LCE, MCE, HSC and Final Year Civil Engineering degree. How about to become a professional engineer? I got mine in 1984 and I retired in 2024- a 40 years period. To be admitted and registered as a professional engineer, I must have a degree, work for at least five years and passed an interview. I graduated in June 1976 and got my P. Eng in 1984. Phewww. My interest in radio began when I was young man in Sheffield doing my civil engineering degree in 1973-76.  I could not afford to buy a turntable and LPs to listen to music,so I bought a radio. In England, I was never short of radio stations to tunde in-listening to music,news and interviews. Way back in 2010, I met with a few friends who are amateur radio operartors. They are hams as a hobby...