just an inspiring story to keep this blog updated

A true story by Vic Gundotra: 

One Sunday morning, January 6th, 2008 I was attending religious services when my cell phone vibrated. As discreetly as possible, I checked the phone and noticed that my phone said "Caller ID unknown". I choose to ignore.

After services, as I was walking to my car with my family, I checked my cell phone messages. The message left was from Steve Jobs. "Vic, can you call me at home? I have something urgent to discuss" it said.

Before I even reached my car, I called Steve Jobs back. I was responsible for all mobile applications at Google, and in that role, had regular dealings with Steve. It was one of the perks of the job.

"Hey Steve - this is Vic", I said. "I'm sorry I didn't answer your call earlier. I was in religious services, and the caller ID said unknown, so I didn't pick up".

Steve laughed. He said, "Vic, unless the Caller ID said 'GOD', you should never pick up during services".

I laughed nervously. After all, while it was customary for Steve to call during the week upset about something, it was unusual for him to call me on Sunday and ask me to call his home. I wondered what was so important?

"So Vic, we have an urgent issue, one that I need addressed right away. I've already assigned someone from my team to help you, and I hope you can fix this tomorrow" said Steve.

"I've been looking at the Google logo on the iPhone and I'm not happy with the icon. The second O in Google doesn't have the right yellow gradient. It's just wrong and I'm going to have Greg fix it tomorrow. Is that okay with you?"

Of course this was okay with me. A few minutes later on that Sunday I received an email from Steve with the subject "Icon Ambulance". The email directed me to work with Greg Christie to fix the icon.

Since I was 11 years old and fell in love with an Apple II, I have dozens of stories to tell about Apple products. They have been a part of my life for decades. Even when I worked for 15 years for Bill Gates at Microsoft, I had a huge admiration for Steve and what Apple had produced.

But in the end, when I think about leadership, passion and attention to detail, I think back to the call I received from Steve Jobs on a Sunday morning in January. It was a lesson I'll never forget. CEOs should care about details. Even shades of yellow. On a Sunday.

To one of the greatest leaders I've ever met, my prayers and hopes are with you Steve.

positive

two tests

resulting with double line

equals to positive

a meet up with the doctor

a test

also equals to positive

so, positive it is!

hopefully, perjalanan ini diberkati dan dipermudahkan oleh-Nya

Amin~

ps: perlu tonton korean drama hari-hari la macamni (especially the one with a cute actor-la kan)^^

city hunter

a new korean drama.

just recently aired in korea.

the hero, lee min-ho (sila drools!).

the heroin, park min-young (she's that cutie from sungkyunkwan scandal).

the setup, it's about revenge thrillers

quote from dramabeans, 'a straight-up, you-killed-my-father-now-prepare-to-die action-vengeance series'.

up to this 4th episode, it doesn't fail me.

load each episode at 8pm at night, so i get to fully watch it by 11pm without any disturbance (yes, from the baby, hubby, or tv series :p)

so, watch it online here!

pftt it'll take a zillion years to watch it on air in malaysia and to make it worst, the spoken language will be change to mandarin!

 

+awesome-ness+

+triple awesome-hot-ness+

images credit to dramabeans

one of ThirtyFour

yes, i want one of the thirtyfour.skin collection
especially the statement cuffs!

images credit to thirtyfour and fashionvalet

Marryan

after the very much hardwork and effort, together with all the time and money spent, she's making her debuts on 23 May 2011. yeay!

the shop

mother, daughter, and the cucu

to mama and uncle, we are so proud of you guys and again, a heartful CONGRATS!
so here's a little something-something words of encouragement

"When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow--
You may succeed with another blow,
Success is failure turned inside out--
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit."

~ Unknown

 

feeling the blues

he went away again this weekend
tak best!

image credit to google