Well, due to the incident reported by the Vamp about the power surges in the JB Head Office, we at the R&D Center have some important thing to do.. like this.

So, while Vamp is sorting the mess up and the boss is resting off, we will be taking our sweet time to clear up some technical mess made by those irresponsible enough by not letting us enjoy our holidays.

So, be warned if you see something screw up. it ain’t us!

Network Services

It will be a VERY long holiday next weekend, since some of our staff up north will be going for the Elections, and then Friday is a normal standard off day up north, where lazy fat rat will try to get a long paid holiday. In view of the National Day on Sunday, and Monday is the replacement day, that the Tuesday is the replacement Holiday for the Start of Ramadhan and Wednesday for North Region, the lazy R & D rats will switch off for the WHOLE OF NEXT WEEK and THE WEEK AFTER.

So, apart from that, they will be back servicing the network after 10th Sept. Also, that the Lazy Rat is busy redesigning the Chocolate Sites and the other things that are still in use.

Vamp Rat will be on call. Scratch her day off even when she is dead with Chingunya Virus.

Happy National Day Malaysia
Lazy Rat @ GizmoNET Intraweb.NU PLC
Azrin.Net / Azrin.cn

PS:Singapore customers who wish to collect the chocolates, please tell the factory know 5 days before hand!!

How do one survive in this ever rising living cost world? We the K-Poh team went around the office and interviewed some of our friends. While some gave good advice and some gave ridiculous ones, we have listed the best of the crop.

1) Do not spend on items that are not a necessity.
– Yes my dears, as much as we love to spend even on the little bit of items, sometimes we tend to buy items that are not even used by us, thus wasting our hard earned money. No matter how cute or techy the item looks, think. Do you really need to buy it? What are the frequency of you using it every month? If the answer is no and 2% frequency usage, then you might as well ditch the idea and save your money for something else.

2) Use public transport to work.
– No doubt we hate to share our personal space with strangers, public transport is the best way to cut cost on your transport expenses. When we say public transport, we meant the buses. No taxis. Look at it this way, you only spend RM2.50 max on your tranport fee single trip to work instead of RM15 worth of petrol. You no need to worry about traffic jam cuz there is a driver to take care of that problem, unless you are running late for work.

You just have to wake up a bit earlier for work, walk further (good for losing extra weight ladies) and bring a foldable umbrella with you at all times. It’s easy and very save cost. Why do you think Le Vamp and Ninja Turtle manage to have a better bank account standing than any of us…

Or you can try to organise a car pool with your colleagues if you still insist on not taking the public transport.

3) Pack food from home. Forget ego and questioning looks cast at you when you walk into the cafeteria with a Ta-Pao food in your hand. They are just jealous not thinking about the idea sooner. Packing food from home not only save you large amount of money but it also tells your wife how much you love her cooking.

4) Use fan at home instead of air-con no matter how much tempting it looks. A fan only takes up a little of your electricity bill compared to air-con. Turn off all those unecessary lights and appliances when not in use.

That seems to be the only logical ideas that graced our minds right now. However should we find any more good ideas, we will be sure to update this category.

With the ever rising fuel price especially since the government has increased the price of fuel since they couldn’t afford anymore outrageous fuel subsidy in fear of draining the government coffers, workers have been scouring high and low for part time jobs and opting for more OT jobs. Can’t blame since with the fuel hike, all the items even the groceries have increased their selling cost to cover their increasing expenses.

While most of the workers in Ra Tree have been seen burning their evening and late-nights pouring out on their jobs just to get their OT and extra income, others have been sharing their experience in making some sideline cash via online. Le Vamp is partly to be blamed since she has been in this industry for donkey years and when word was out that she has been making money out of her hobby which most of us thought as her normal work routine, Le Vamp became an instant celebrity.

Poor Le Vamp finally admitted to her extra income to her starving and intimidating colleagues. Most of them can be seen having question marks in their eyes as she told them about how blogging can make money. How could anyone make any dollars from just yapping and gossiping their nonsense on a website?

Well surprisingly the system works almost like writing an article for a publisher. The only difference is that while writers get paid hundreds for an article, bloggers get paid a small amount per article depending on the PR of the website or blog. And instead of seeing the paycheck, bloggers are paid via PayPal and electronic online payment system that connects directly to your mastercard or visa card account to either debit or credit amounts from/ to the account.

While it make sense to some of her colleagues, most were still left clueless of the information given. It’s not surprising since Le Vamp has always interacted with technical terms instead of the usual human language. Poor greedy souls…

Anyway colleagues, please take note that whatever sideline jobs you are undertaking, as long as it doesn’t affect the company and your working output, you can continue. We don’t want to lose anyone of you due to your greed. Cheers!

We were reading our daily news today, during our free and no work hours (it’s Saturday and we love our privileges granted by the big boss) and we thought to share with everyone in the office this particular little gossip.

In LA Times, a court has judged that it is NOT OK to read employees emails and text messages (SMS) without the consent of the employee. So we the employees knows that it’s the company that is paying for the bill. We totally appreciate it. But there are times when personal respect and privacy over-rules the ownership of the bills paying and therefore we would love it if our boss do not open up our emails or sms and read them.

Thankfully our big boss has been so considerate that we have never faced that problem before. Imagine all those weird and EHEM messages sent to our friends and our spouses and unknowingly, our boss has been snooping behind our back.. *shudders*

Scary thought… Very scary thought!

Perhaps we should plan another one of those whacked out birthday bash for him this year. Hehehe…

Psst!! Psst!!

Heard that Le Vamp nearly tore her head off. She was busy working on the latest designs of the prototype of the Portable Toilets when everything went kapoot on her.

Her bellows could be heard all the way from the other end of the office. Pity the people who had to be logged near her office. Perhaps the boss should have made a padded sound proof room for her. She’s scary enough to scare the ghost off their graves.

Too bad we couldn’t capture her scary stomps and put it online. The look is enough to give anyone a nightmare. After all, she is the company’s vampire.

Credits to this article goes to Nur Asyikin, a writer from Helium.com, who has diligently put up some tips on how to make the office more Eco Friendly. After all, everyone must play a part to help save the earth since we were the culprit that took Gaia for granted and chuck all the rubbish at her literally.

Anyone who is interested in her articles, you may find it in Helium.com or reach her at her website.

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As the world ages, top eco activists scrambles for ways to save the dying Gaia. Schools, institutes, homemakers and even companies are doing their part in trying to save the boiling earth. And you may be surprised that a simplest thing such as recycling can not only saves the earth, but also save lessen your financial burden. Below are some ideas to get you through.

Reduce, reuse and recycle. That is the biggest tip any eco-friendly person would advice you on.

If you run your business in the office, the best way you can do your part is to reduce the waste paper. There are times when printed one sided papers became unusable, therefore you can always reuse these piles into waste paper for jotting down notes or even rough sketch workings. Always use double sided when printing, it saves paper and it saves you from forking out more money. Once all the waste paper has been fully used, set it aside for the recycling company to pick it up.

Go Techie. Use email for documents which does not need the importance of printing. Excess printings can increase the paper usage, thus causing more trees to be cut down.

Turn off the lights, air-conditioner and any appliances when not in use. Turning off these fixtures when not in use not only saves you the utilities bills but it also reduces the amount of energy usage produce by power plants. In order to produce electricity, some power plants have to rely on natural resources such as coal, crude oil and even nuclear power to produce enough electricity to support the growing economy. As the world ages, these natural resources will be left exhausted and the waste that is released from these power plants are also hazardous.

Bring you own coffee mug and ditch the Styrofoam cups. These plastics take up to a minimum of one thousand years to decompose. This act can also help reduce the plastic productions and wastes.

Forget the expensive air-purifier and go for the natural one. Bring in the potted plants to the office. Not only do they do well for your landscaping, it also produces oxygen when they photosynthesize.

Used tea bags in your office pantry can become great compost fertilizers for your office potted plants. Although you’d better bury the tea powder in the plant soil to stop the smell that usually will take place when you do compost fertilizing.

Stock up your pantry with local farmer’s produce. Even though not everyone may like vegetables as part of their diet, but it is far healthier than the processed tin foods.

Do your part in saving the earth. Reuse, Reduce and Recycle.

Yes. It is true. I will be leaving RA Tree Intra Holding for another subsidiary of theirs which I am not inclined to comment on yet as the incorporation documents are not ready yet. So it will be a surprise to you all.

Offside. Network Services will still be as normal. I will try to maintain it, but it is the full time job of Zackire Corp. My current blog is moving into a new phase by adding the chinese domain to it, means AZRIN.CN ..no holds barred since I got FORBES as my Core Advertiser.

So that is it. This would be my 60 day notice as per required.

Best Regards

R Azrin
Business Development Director

The Network and Media Services offices will be shut while system upgrades are being done by the every lazy Geek. Wouldn’t blame em as it’s alot of data to move on and move off.

Still available :
Domain Registrations
WEBSHOP Instant Setup
DNS

Others… I’m not sure. This affects only Northern Development Offices. *(Lazy buggers!)

Please take note that Ra Tree Intra Services and Ra Tree Intra Holdings and all of its subsidiaries will be taking a well deserved rest in lieu of the Chinese New Year Holidays. It will be effective from 4th Feb  2008 to 10th Feb 2008.

We will continue and get back on our lazy bums on the 11th Feb 2008 and work will be as per normal. Should there need any emergency enquiries, kindly contact your respective Ra Tree Intra Holdings representative.

Many good wishes and prosperity New Year to all Chinese around the world.

Reported by: Le Vamp