Uselessness

Suffering...

... is knowing that you might - or might not - have hurt your loved one and yet, powerless in getting the problem resolved. :'(

-sigh-

How to speak fluent Japanese without saying a word

I recently watched this series of YouTube clips by Ken Tanaka - assisted by RemiFebruary - which I find to be pretty hilarious and worth sharing.

He made a lot of videos with the intent of discovering his biological parents though I can't vouch on how true his claim is. Nevertheless, the How To Speak Fluent Japanese Without Saying A Word series has 3 clips at the moment so do enjoy them!

Part 1:


Part 2:


Part 3:

Answer: The Monty Hall Problem

What a lousy number of participation I had for this simple quiz of mine. I guess my blog readers just hate to think too much or too complex.

-sigh-

I'll make this entry brief and short since it did not attract much in the first place.

The answer is, you should SWITCH. Not must, but should - unless you are the type that enjoys going against the law of probability.

My previous entry gave you two choices on three doors, which might not reflect much but if the host was to increase those doors to around 100, I believe that you should be able to see a much clearer picture now.

When you select the first door, you have undoubtedly a probability of 1/100 to strike it right.

Then, the host starts to open up 98 doors, one by one which revealed nothing but 98 goats behind them. Only two doors remain, one which you had initially selected while the other one which the host has mysteriously left closed.

Compare your first choice against the outcome that stands in front of you now. 1/100 versus 1/2. Do you still think that your first guess will bring you any closer to a brand new car?

For those who only understand mathematics equation, below are your tables with the first one calculating the odds if you had stayed:

Door A	Door B	Door C	Result
Car	Goat	Goat	Win
Goat	Car	Goat	Lose
Goat	Goat	Car	Lose

As you can see, you'll only have 1/3 probability in getting the car if you advocated to stay. Let us see what is the result if you switched:

Door A	Door B	Door C	Result
Car	Goat	Goat	Lose
Goat	Car	Goat	Win
Goat	Goat	Car	Win

The second table above is never required but in case that you are sceptical, here is you car key, Einstein.

VSS (Very Suey Siao)

So by now everyone would have read that Dell is offering VSS (Voluntary Separation Scheme) package to its employees in all 3 plants in Malaysia. I find it amusing how the HR classified this news as confidential during the mass meeting held last Wednesday and yet, all major newspapers managed to catch wind of it and print it out by Thursday morning.

矛盾!

No thanks to that, I have barrage of calls to answer with everyone giving me their piece of mind about the VSS offer. Common logic says that I should reject it right away especially in the current state of world economy that we are in where vacancy is scarce and money is hard to come by. Unfortunately life, like a game of chess, requires us to think a few steps ahead and this changes the whole picture upside down.

Boss declared that our department is doing good financially so there is no need for us to worry. In fact, he prohibited us from applying the VSS, proclaiming that he will reject it on the spot.

Hmm... good boss or bad boss? From the outlook, he is defending his subordinates' well-being but we never know if his agenda was to prevent his team from being understaffed since he will have a hard time replacing outgoing underlings.

The usual path a company will take during a crisis of this proportion would be:

• VSS
• Eliminates OT
• Cuts salary
• Retrenchment

What my colleagues fear is that in the event that we stayed but the condition did not show any sign of improvement, we might have to go through another round of VSS, with this time being forced to apply instead. The offer might not be good by then as compared to the current formula that they proposed 2 days ago which will land me with 6 months worth of salary:

VSS = (years * 1.5 months) + 1 month + notice period (default = 2)

-sigh-

Truly indecisive indeed.

On the other hand, a lady employee was rumoured to be molested by an interviewee outside our cafeteria yesterday morning. I was not there to witness it first hand hence I am not able to validate this but the whole floor was talking about it so I guess there should be a speckle of truth in that rumour. It was unlucky for the perpetrator as well since the boyfriend of the lady whose breasts he fondled was watching her from his car after dropping her off about 10 meters away. A chase ensued before the guy was caught and subsequently, apprehended to the police.

What has this world comes to? =.="

I guess everyone in Dell is undergoing VSS after all.

Very suey siao.