Reminisce Year 2007

2007 will come to an end sooner than I thought.

I must say this year I am very lucky to have a good chance to savour success and handsome reward better than my previous years in this company. I surely hope lady luck will still be here to see me through the rest of the years to come. I am truly blessed with great luck, great work, and great company of friends and family by my side. The only gratitude I could think of is "Thank you"!

I have been travelling to Langkawi for the shopping haven, Perhentian (twice this year for diving and relaxation), Cambodia Siem Reap, and Korea. Along the way, I met wonderful friends from different background to share my joy of the new found world. I would be glad to host your visits if you are stopping by to Malaysia soon. It was an experience that I will never forget as I have been enjoying myself very very much!

Commencing second quarter this year, I have started to embark on a life-long learning journey to revisit school part-time -- taking a course in MBA at HELP. Till now, I have covered half of the module and hopefully will be able to complete my studies in a year's time.

Towards the end of the year, making money has been the priority on my to-do list. Working hard is another, but making my hard-earned money works harder is another. But I am truly blessed to have make some returns on my investments in mutual funds and some stocks. Hopefully my investments would pay off sooner than I have expected. Keep the money rolling~

It has been a good year. And I hope the good luck star shines brighter as my life journey goes along.

Happy New Year~

《金枝慾孽》觀後感

不久前和朋友借了《金枝慾孽》開始追看。雖然是拖延一時，不過總算看過了，好開心。原來這部TVB年度重頭戲是這麽有吸引力，讓我愛不釋手，窮追不捨。

女角色：爾淳（佘詩曼飾演），如妃 （鄧萃雯飾演），安茜（張可巸飾演），玉瑩（黎姿飾演)；還有男角色：孫白颺（林保怡飾演）和孔武（陳豪飾演）。是個講述宮廷裏是非糾紛還有種種孽遇， 還有借用主角們以顯出的各個的愛情觀和遭遇的故事。

故事情節非常吸引且緊張刺激，勾心鬥角，加上嘆爲觀止的宏偉紫禁城，還有貴妃們的華麗穿著，一一盡在眼簾。最令我感慨的是故事的情節反映了我們實際生活的遭遇，所以讓我過目難忘。
好難得的製作。

每一位主角的愛情故事有著不一樣的過程和結果：玉瑩和孫白颺焚燒自盡，有情人最後在一起，圓了他們相愛而不能愛的心願。孔武和安茜，女主角死在男主角的懷裏。如妃喜歡上孔武但是懂得放下。唯獨爾淳最可憐，他所關心的人（福雅，徐滿田，柳大娘，孫白颺）一一離他而去。

宮廷乃是是非之地。這又何嘗不是我們一般人的環境寫照。有人的地方必定是非也多。這是我從此劇所學習到啓事。

4 Essential Cues To Indicate Punctuality

When someone tells you "I am on my way", it means that the person is still at home.

When someone tells you "I am almost there", it means the person is on the way.

When someone tells you "I am here", it means the person has arrived near the place of appointment searching.

When someone askes you "Where are you?", it means you are late!

Cooking Dinner at My Place: 14 December 2007

I have organized a cosy dinner with my friends from my training programme. There were 12 guests at my place, i.e. June, Andrew, Fedelia, John, Eng Teng & partner, Mickey, Toh and Victor, Han and Foong Wan, and of course the little cute boy (Han's nephew). and I was really glad to have them at my place for dinner.

I have made some delicious pork ribs with dark sauce served in claypot, mixed vege with large prawns, and chee cheong fun wraps served with fresh home-made chilli sauce, and I bought USA sweet grapes too for dessert. Han brought satay, Eng Teng brought GF and KFC, Toh and Mickey brought lovely chocolate cake, June brought salad, and Drew brought watermelon and beers. The dinner was lovely and delicious, until I have forgotten to include any picture of the dishes for Stephen's and Chee Hooi's reference (sorry guys!). Anyhow, thank you for your contributions guys!

The funny part is that Eng Teng, as usual, 迷路 (lost his way), while on his way to my place despite a detailed map given, so does Victor. The best navigators are Han, Fedelia, John, Drew and June (I know I can't get enough of Treasure Hunts). But it was pure fun to highlight some quick bits of you guys.

After all the sumptious dinner, we had a LONG LONG game of Pictionary. When I mean long is that Drew and his team (Toh and Victor) was dominating the game, while, Eng Teng and team have to wait for ages for their turns. Our team got a bit lucky as we were stucked in the middle. Anyhow, to improvise on our next game in the future, better to have two teams. Speedy and more fun!

And, they bought me lovely housewarming present - a thermo pot. Thank you very much. And I showed them around at my messy cosy little shack for a tour.

To wrap up the dinner, I gave them each a lovely angel snowman for Christmas. I hope they like it because it is very cute.

I would love to have you guys back soon (if it's not too far for you). Perhaps after Chinese, we can have Western or Japanese next time?

Thank you for coming! And I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

八卦與是非

人，天生就是八卦的。不信？你應該觀察一下周圍的是是非非人物還有他們談笑的話題你就知道這不是虛報。所以，總結是人是三八的，而且也不是限制在婦女而已哦。

可能這些煲水八卦新聞讓人覺得興奮。或者是人性本來就是存有莫名的好奇，不斷地去探索新的嘗試，所以這種人性的本能，不能避免的吧。

就好像我的工作夥伴們的戀愛點點滴滴都是大家加以猜測，有沒有根據我就不知道了。不過，如果大家你說一句我答一話，算是關心的一種吧！要不然，真的無人問津的話，當事人也會覺得很無趣，有時還會生氣的呢。

你説，是非是禍還是福。我也摸不清楚了。

Social Unrest

Recently there are many social unrest in Malaysia. At first it was the Bersih, then come the Hindraf. What had a peaceful Malaysia become?

I guess everyone speculates that election is around the corner. However, looking at the current circumstances, it was a false alarm.

Let there be peace, though I know everyone loves the drama. I only hope that the government could do some changes, and everyone is happily making money and get on with their lives.

Though said, everyone knows the inequality in a multi-racial complex society, as Malaysia, is eminent. Now, with lots of freedom compared to the previous PM's time, I perceived that more dramatic series of unrest would be coming.

Let just hope it doesn't get out of hand.

讓血汗錢增值

最近看到我的工作夥伴很努力地把所賺的錢拿去投資開店做老闆，心中有點羡慕。可是想想自己的資深還不足，加上金錢有限，暫且把這個美好的計劃擱置一邊。可是心中的納悶也不是滋味。不過，小有小賺，大有大的找。我開始投資自己能力範圍以内的小投資 -- 信托基金，黃金基金，還有少許股票。分量不多，量力而為。

說起來，生活費越來越貴，不想法子讓我所賺來的血汗錢拼命可不行。油價飆升，唯獨工錢沒變，加上通貨膨脹，生活也沒比以前過得更好，反而要更加努力。不把勤勞的代價所換來的金錢升值，真得有點對不起自己。

然而，每一個月看見我的好朋友們，雖然不是賺很多錢，老是投訴錢不夠用，但是還可以花在價格非凡的物質上。有時我在想，是錢難賺，還是我不會運用我的金錢去掏利？這種很愚昧的想法也不是沒有他的真實，只不過覺得不可思議。

不久前遇見我好久不見的顧客。問他生意如何，他說難做。可是又有錢買房子買地產。令我懷疑事實到底是哪一個？但是，我絕對相信買產業一定會升值，只是一定要選對地點。可是房子雖然可以生息，可是便宜房子的時代大勢已去，買房子一事也逐漸變得昂貴，不合資買也不行。然而馬來西亞的房地產是全球算是很低的了，要是這麽比較當然他的回本可沒有迪拜這麽高和快。

無論如何，看見大家這麽積極尋找出路，我自己也像熱鍋上的螞蟻開始焦急起來了。得快些找到讓血汗錢增值的機會。要是你有的話，不妨轉告與我哦。小妹感激不盡。

Datuk, Datin?

As a working professional in my field, I came across many people from different walks of life. That's where I found out that you can simply throw a stone and hit a Datuk or Datin that drive fancy cars with crisply ironed clothes.

I don't remember where I have heard it from, maybe it's from the net, that Everyone is eligible for datukship, easily. How? "Kopi money la" rumoured people. I am not sure the authenticity of this, but with the rampant increase of datukship appears in the newspapers and some too "glaring" datins with their BIG diamond rings and designer bags, it seems that the current Malaysian business is about getting a datukship -- a pathway to success in Malaysian business.

Please don't quote me that the issue has been amass for the longest period I have known. How I wish that people who come in contact with me in the office I am working in are just ordinary people like Ahmand, Ah Lim or Raj, with just MR. or EN.

Well, someone's coming, hope it's not a datuk or datin by chance.

Hahahaha.

Beautiful Gate Charity Treasure Hunt: 1 December 2007

Having Pizza Hut meal after the hunt @ Puchong

Yesterday, Chang, Han, my brother and I went to join a charity treasure hunt around USJ Subang and Puchong. It was a hunt organised by Beautiful Gate Foundation, which is a charity foundation to help our disabled friends.

The motor hunt took us around 4 hours, and frankly, we didn't manage to complete all the questions needed. Plus, there were some challenging questions which were not spotted by us. I must say, the treasure questions are tough. I guess that's because we didn't really know what the questions wanted.

It was real fun and exciting. And, because it's a timed treasure hunt, we were lucky to submit our answers on time. And guess what, we got ourselves 7th placing in the game. Not bad for a tough hunt like this.

Anyhow, it's for a charitable cause.