藍海：願美好永恆

書櫃。2012年7月2日是小喬步入社會第6年。抬頭看，4排佔半面牆書櫃架上，整齊排列商業、數理統計等經濟書籍。小喬腦海中呈現詩人艾略特《東科克》首句與末句的詩詞：“我的起點里有我的終點。我的終點里有我的起點”。而小喬這些年一直不停的探索，希望這一切探索的終點，將會回到她啟程之處，並且不斷地認識新的地方。

2006年9月2日，手中握著“數學與經濟理學士”學位，告別了東馬沙巴大學步入了社會。小喬首選在距離南馬家鄉480公里路程的金馬倫農業銀行貸款部門，接受6個月的金融交易業務實習。然而，結束實習培訓回返家鄉，她卻沒有停下腳步轉換了跑道，轉移至極具挑戰性的市場行銷及媒體行業，成為柔佛北部的新聞記者。

小喬在4年不長不短媒體生涯中，其實一直在匆匆忙忙地趕路，日均工作量佔據了每日逾12個小時，周休時間北上博特拉大學自修經濟學。身為一名記者，為了保持中立，小喬唯有不斷學習媒體專業的知識，任何場合不斷提問，讓自己從單純的5個W（who,when,where,what,why）記述層面當中，能夠在社會背景的坐標上提升到觀察層面，給受眾不同的思考框架。

除了獨立開設了官方、司法及社會各階層的人脈網絡。小喬期間採訪近百名柔州領袖，走在民間地毯式的搜尋民意，最重要的是，因受訪者的互動性，發現採訪“不斷提問”可以幫助自己鍛煉思考模式，提升獨立思辨能力。在接觸思維的不同方式及角度，學習了包容及接受不同觀點及論述。

唯，記者職業因時效性關係，小喬最想專注的經濟及政治板塊，最終只流於表面的文字表達，以及受限在地方新聞的框架。從採訪、工作日24小時的隨機待命、路程至編寫，思考總是匆忙，且因此與所興趣的市場經濟脈動漸行漸遠。

2012年一月小喬選擇離職，藉此停下腳步遠赴南京大學商學院，旁聽學期世界經濟研究課程。與當地碩博學生的交流，除了學習有效的溝通方式，參與企業與市場論壇，淺見業務銷售是競爭市場中，推動企業成長的火車頭。 

回顧自己走過的路，小喬赫然明白自己在繁忙平穩生活中，忘了最初的夢想。因想證明自己而一直來只努力去做，卻未能為自己尋找職業生涯的定位。結束了媒體生涯后，儘管仍無法看到未來的終點。然而在長達155天待業中，小喬不斷閱讀經濟書籍及更新資訊，讓自己貼近當前世界經濟脈動。

如今，當世界不只是市場，而是競爭者。她相信自己能夠把媒體生涯所琢磨的歷練，綜合在經濟知識的基礎，回到市場業務起點，重新奮鬥學習，確保企業獲得利潤及達到業績目標，希望未來能走在國際市場競爭的前端。

小喬與緯樹：

小喬在機緣巧合前輩介紹下，認識緯樹。雖然仍處於“初相識”的階段。她幾日內回到主板消費產品股，網羅了緯樹的資訊。從台資緯樹傢具股份有限公司的使命與願景“我們，渴求成為世界級的系列居家品牌的傢具製造商，且與大自然和諧共存的理念及社會服務並行”。

緯樹一路擴展到越南設立傢具製造廠房，生產系列木製傢具，其中高達99%產品銷售到美國、加拿大、歐洲、非洲、澳洲、紐西蘭、日本及中東等國家。公司核心業務也包括在東南亞國家獲取傢具原料。諸如橡膠木、纖維板、白楊木等。都分別來自馬來西亞、泰國、越南、遼國、緬甸等，另也有來自美國及紐西蘭一帶。

緯樹早前雖面對歐美國家經濟放緩，唯已故公司執行董事林鑫鏗仍堅信傢具產品需求量不受經濟放緩影響。前景保持樂觀，公司且考慮進軍綠色工業領域。綜合分析員及彭博社資料顯示，緯樹在越南的廠房過去每月生產超過3000萬令吉的產品。除了都擁有良好的執行記錄就財務表現，截至2011年12月，淨收入也超過一億令吉，利潤率逾6%。

小喬深信，緯樹是一間值得她用未來生命投資的職業生涯。顯然現階段，對於緯樹市場業務部門，她仍處於懵懂階段，仍有需要加把勁的去學習及規劃。

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自幼沒有因哮喘病而放棄了童年的夢想，16歲那年加入跆拳道，自始一發不可收拾的在疯狂的愛著體育，還記得第一次站在跑道上的小喬，第一次在跆拳道自由搏鬥場上，她都輸在起跑點，頻頻處於挨打的局面。

只是沒有放棄自己，直至高中及大學，田徑、跆拳道、軍訓幾乎佔據了她的學習生涯的大部份時間。后在選拔參賽中，從州級代表學校至國際比賽。2005年，小喬代表沙巴大學及馬來西亞遠赴澳洲達爾文，參與跆拳道國際校園公開賽項目，這是她運動生涯中最大的滿足感。當時巧遇了台北代表楊淑君及朱木炎。返國后，選擇課業而暫停了跆拳道特訓。

2008年，楊淑君的努力讓她踏上北京奧運會舞臺，小喬回到家鄉麻坡成為新聞從業員。跆拳道轉而成為業餘愛好活動。儘管如此，跆拳道運動培养了小喬坚忍不拔、面对困难且吃苦的精神，雖然甫在今年2月的職場道路上選擇了轉換跑道，小喬相信當中有著希望自己不斷進取的信念。

那金光粼粼的南中國海，彼岸曾經有著小喬待飛的夢想，只是她只能徒然在家鄉麻河旁等待，就像不會飛的雏鳥，因自己的力量不夠而感歎。如果有機會去越南成為另一個發展起點，不管會不會因失去的現有而變得更加迷失，小喬已做好準備，再度挑戰自己。 

July 2, 2012.  I was standing in front of my bookshelf and stunned there. Staring at bookshelf, books about economic, behavioural financial and business caught my eye. This will be my sixth year work life at Muar, my hometown, after I graduated from university.

Always something there to remind me is the first sentence and last sentences of the poem of Thomas Stearns Eliot “In my beginning is my end. In my end is my beginning”.

2006 September 2, I am graduated as Bachelor of Science with Honours (Mathematics with Economics) second class with my final year research in the title of “The relationship between exchange rate volatility and Malaysia exports during the current flexible exchange rate”.

Amazingly, after finished training in Agricultural bank, Cameron Highland 2006. My work life has changed channel from financial and marketing field to mass media.  Across the work exploration, I set out to improve myself with continuously in economic knowledge.

During free time, I have attended lecture in University Putra Malaysia, such as Economic, Business Statistics etc. Slowly and steadily, it became a part of me and inherent desire to know it deeper. I wishes all of my exploration will return to beginning, leading me involve in emerging economic market environment, and continue to grow in this field.

If opportunity knocks, I am hoping to get an offer of a position outside country, especially in global traded goods.

Willing to learn and face the challenge.

Getting asthma since childhood yet had given up my childhood’s dream. I have been training in Taekwondo when I was 16 years old, achieved third degree black belt by the time I was 24 years old. During the school time, I spent almost all of my time in sports activities and military training. Finally, I gained a few opportunities to represent state in multiple competitions such as International Taekwondo games, Darwin Australia, and half marathon event around Johor and Sabah.

With my motivate spirit and academic background; I believe that I was  one of the capable and competent people who can work under the pressure, the trait is needed in during my journalist work position for 4 years, I  handled it well while faced tight deadlines each day.

To be specific, my duties and responsibilities are handed to write professionally about the local events, public issues, police statement, court cases, politic and economic trend. I have interviewed more than hundred leaders and people.

During the time, I have to learn strategies of reporting deeply through Mass Media and Communication books as to improve my general knowledge and “Asking” Skill.  Stated in review5 W questions (who, when, where, what, why), I further to coordinate all the issues with social background, and provide different framework thinking to public.

Moreover, I already established network of contacts across government department and organizations, which were served to be a source of information and a pool of resources. In order to makes sure the information is accurate, fair, and truthful and balanced manner. I have to uncover facts and accomplished through research and active in community works. Even though I had to face all obstacles and threaten when reporting a crime case and social issues.

January 2012, end up my journalism life in order to find a position where I could use my education and related experience. As Peter Drucker quotations “Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.”

Latitude Tree and Me

I has met with a predecessor coincidentally and I was realizing that Latitude Tree (Vietnam) Co. Ltd on the lookout for exceptional individuals. I am keen to enhance my career involved in develop marketing campaigns to promote the product, service or idea etc.

As I know, despite the demand slowdown in major markets like US and Europe earlier, former Executive Directors Lin Tzu-Keng steadily and continuously to recognition his positive contributions to keep optimistic outlook. He told to media that, the Group was in consideration involved in Green industry.

Above statement lead me to believe that The Group were united in their Mission: “We aspire to become a world class integrated household furniture manufacturer co-existing in harmony with nature and the society it serves” from its humble beginning in 1988.

Combining with corporate profile and Bloomberg analyst, The Group manufactures and sells indoor wooden furniture using a variety of composition wood as well as solid wood materials such as poplar, pine, oak and rubber wood. Approximately 90% of the products are exported to the United States of America, Canada, Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the Middle East Countries.

Analyst showed The Group production reached 30 million Ringgit monthly. In addition to have a good record of implementation of financial performance as of December 2011, net income also more than one hundred million ringgit, and profit margin of more than 6 percent.

Since the global market has become greatly competitive economies and I have deep interest in market economies and commitment to delve into this helped me to make up my mind towards this as my future works. Finally, I hopes to have some positive contributions to the group in the future.

My Family

There are my mum and 6 siblings in my family.  I have three brothers and two sisters.  I am the fourth of my brothers and sister. My eldest brother is the pillar after my father passed away. Now is 34 years old and working as Civil Engineer in Taiwan. We all are proud of him very much.

Besides my eldest brother, three of my siblings also overseas to Taiwan further their studied. My eldest sister and me who were studied in local university once stay in hometown and take care of the house after graduated. 

Jun 2012, my younger brother has graduated from National Formosa University, Taiwan. He plans to have career development at hometown.  All of us still have to work harder to change our future life.

By Joyce