Yes, I am a Malacca boy, had my primary & secondary education here before I further my studies in Rahman College, Kuala Lumpur.
Looking back, how Malacca had changed. Since my parents are residing in Malacca, I make it a point to come back as often as I can to be with them. This weekend is my second trip back this month and it's always a pleasure to stay away from the hustle & bustle of city life to rejuvenate myself in my hometown.
Woke up at half past 9 this morning, mom prepared home-cooked food. I then sent my car for major repair (burning my pocket again) before following my younger brother & his wife to Dataran Pahlawan (the latest mall in Melaka). While they went off for movie, I decided to stuck my fat ass in Big Apple Donuts & Coffee, surfing, facebooking & blogging.
Thanks for messages, comments & calls after the previous post. Blogging & writing are the best medium to express myself.I just felt the age 30 felt like a crossroad, at times you miss your school mates, at times you will miss you college mates and for single like me, on particular time I miss the girls I am involved with. One of my ex MSNed and encouraged me to pursue the girl I mentioned in my previous post once again.
At this point of time, I still feel the time is not right yet. I had better learn to love myself more before I learn to love others.
Happy weekend and I am taking this opportunity to wish one of my favorite girl a very happy birthday & may all your wishes come true. Happy birthday Nikki! Muacks!!!
And just a teaser, I am getting a new tattoo soon! :)
It is suppose to be a happy day for me today. The moment I opened my outlook in the office this morning, saw the letter of award for a project, a multi-million project. It's an achievement but why am I feeling blue?
I apologized to my mates whom I met up with just a little while ago at Jaya One for dinner. I can't hide my feelings, I admit I have a very poor EQ, I am blue. I am not neither sad nor upset but just this weird feeling of blue.
My mood fluctuated. A moment I can be as chirpy as a bird but I can be also really down on another. The moment "she" conquered my mind, I felt that way. It happened just like that. I seem to be in auto-cruise in my own world.
It had been 2 years, 2 months & 17 days. I felt lousy, I felt weak, I felt defeated. Many of times, best buddies around me who see me this way, I made them felt lousy and many of times they try to wake me up by putting knife after knife into my mentality but thus far, no one had really manage to mend the wound I am nursing. Guys, sorry I disappointed you but you are not me, you would not understand the feeling, really. I do appreciate your advices but my ears only chose what I want to hear and eliminate those I do not want to.
(Taking a deep sigh) I felt that I am being haunted, I saw someone that actually look like her, again like I said I am in my own world. Who understands this nonsensical feeling that I am enduring now? Who had been through this? Yes, again & again I hear words like, "Dude, it's not the end of the world!" Yeah, I do know that! That's why I have not even ended my own life foolishly after so long. But it is just that feeling that is haunting me. The wrongdoing of mine, the regrets & the pain. I apologize my dear, really I do.
Let me drown in my own world. Good night & enjoy this beautiful song that best describes me now.
Look at this face I know the years are showin’ Look at this life I still don’t know where it’s goin’
I don't know much But I know I love you And that may be All I need to know
Look at these eyes They never seen what mattered Look at these dreams So beaten and so battered, hoo…ooh…
I don't know much But I know I love you And that may be All I need to know
So many questions Still left unanswered So much I’ve never broken through
And when I feel you near me Sometimes I see so clearly The only truth I’ve ever known Is me and you
Look at this man So blessed with inspiration Look at this soul Still searching for salvation
I don't know much But I know I love you And that may be All I need to know
I don't know much But I know I love you That may be All I need to know
I don't know much But I know I love you That may be All there is to know, whoa…oh…oh…oh…ah…
It felt just like yesterday, this year I am entering my 4th year blogging at this site. I am still an idiot to be frank on some jargons, whatever SEO or search optimization, blah blah blah... Even this decent design of my blog was done by fellow blogger Splashmilk. I just write when I am inspired to regardless how many unique or visitors actually read my blog.
I think (not sure) my readers are mainly comprising of my friends, family members, relatives, people close at my heart, colleagues, my bosses & even my clients. Perhaps this blog is the other side of me which they find interesting. Perhaps so, I am not sure.
I blogged about everything under the sun, politics, love, my trips, food I ate, my relationships, etc. 4 years ago, there was no Nuffnang. But I did played a minor role in my day job shortlisting "big bloggers" to review some of the products that my company carries such as mobile phones. There was a blogger who charged my company as high as RM4000/post but his traffic was high back then. Most of the big bloggers charge averagely about RM2000/post. Good money huh?
I know I shouldn't have share this piece of info but then let this piece of info inspire those who really have passion for blogging to seriously think of this as a profesion. There are not many big bloggers, just handful of them and people who read blogs will definitely bump into their blogs before.
Then come Nuffnang, earnings not much but no complain isn't it? Our main agenda as blogger is still writing quality piece. Best thing about Nuffnang is every blogger can register it, whether you are big or small and of cos if you are as big as the coconut, your purse will definitely be thicker than small fry just like me. Though small, thanks to Nuffnang, I do have a few hundreds in my account, no complain. Give it a shot for a start.
And on Google Adsense, this is something I could not be bother to even analyze it. You must be good in some search engine optimization and high page rank which I do not what the hell was that.
And this year, besides maintaining my own journal here, I am looking forward to managing another virgin blog from a MNC and some of its online campaigns. I never expect to be selected but when the call come and in view of the dollar & cent, I grabbed the opportunity. It is still under progress and will share once it's in the execution stage.
So bloggers there, you might not be big but opportunities are everywhere. With the additional portfolio, I hope I can still blog as much as I can here but I assure you people I am gonna bring more love & peace to my readers during this sorry state of recession.
Thousand apologies for my MIA for the past one week or so. I had been busy with...
My work: I had just secured a really huge project. Really huge for the time of recession, I am talking about RM10 million sales so a super close follow up needed and it occupies most of my time now.
My online activities: I will also soon be writing & moderating a blog site soon, will announce when it commences.
My iPod Touch: Just been recently adding this to my big boy toys list, been using up my free time after work to do housekeeping on the MP3s, photos & applications in this gadget
Last but not least - MY WEDDING
A short post though, with so little time to spare, I need assistance from the readers of my blog to help me choose my wedding ring. So here it goes...
I had been missing from blogging action for the whole week thanks to
Lou Sang and
Lou Sang and
Lou Sang & Yam Sengggggggggggggg....
OK, back to the topic above. Now I know arranging a marriage is not an easy task until you really experience it. I will arrange mine in a very simple way and perhaps can share some tips with those of you who plan to get marry soon.
First, the ring or wedding band. As the trend nowadays is towards platinum with diamond, I would advice to purchase both material separately. Meaning to say, firstly, get the platinum ring and then followed by the diamond, then send both material to the shop to make one, the cost will be cheaper 20%-30% from the market.
After the ring, then come the wedding pictures or wedding album. Many of times I heard from my friends who got married on the cost of this ranging from RM2k to RM8k. I will arrange mine in Taiwan though for a cost of less than RM4k excluding the air tickets & ground arrangement. Perhaps to some it is not worthwhile but to me it is a holiday-cum-photo shooting, plus I had always been wanting to visit Taiwan so it will be considered like a pre-honeymoon with a total cost of less than RM10k.
And on the dinner reception, food to me is secondary. Primarily, the overall environment will be the most important. I realized that most Chinese wedding dinner starts at 7PM and by the time all guests reach, the dinner will start around 9PM. So to minimize the late comers, I will arrange mine at 6PM, guests will be served with cocktail and a mini garden party. Dinner will commence at around 8PM. It's a ballroom dinner so I will set a certain dress code. I will also invite Vanessa Tan, local jazz singer to perform that night. So those who giving ang pow, study the market rate ya :)
Phew... I had arranged so much but now I am missing something....
Apology for the no-show for the past few days. I am still in Melaka and will only be back this coming Sunday. How's my Chinese New Year like back in my hometown and what I did...
1. Lots of junk food, drinks & loh sang...
2. My house is the only house in my taman that is not affected by the recession. I am not boasting, the neighborhood been pretty quiet this year. The pictures are the evidence :)
3. Drink, drink & drink. I am talking about alcoholic drinks here. Although the fridge are filled up with beers, stouts & wines, plus I have like 3 dozens of Hennessy, I rarely drink at home, we prefer to go somewhere happening like this new club, Arena. Or sometimes we drink at Sports Bar. After drinking then we would have lepak at the mamak till bout 4-5am.
4. Gamble - blackjack, chor tai dee, gin rummy, ngau. You name it, we have it. This year been pretty bad start for me though. I stopped at RM800 deficit this year. Eight lucky number mar.
5. Visiting. I got to admit I hate visiting, especially relatives houses. I am not close to all my relatives, be it my dad or my mom's side. Mostly are pretenders and meeting up normally will be like a battle of comparing their sons & daughters achievement. So I rather stay home and I know many of my relatives branded me as anti-social, I do not care and proudly accept those special title for me. The only person that I will visit is my grandparents. I had been close to them since my childhood time. Everytime, grandma will asked bout my girlfriend, where is my ex-gf now, etc. When grandma sees me, I can always see tears of joy in her face which touches me as well. Grandpa this year been weaker, I hope everything goes well. I really do...
Okie, quick & short post. Hope you guys do not mind.
Happy Chinese New Year. And to the Hokkiens, Happy Pai Thee Khong ya!
Hypocrite is one who hides his intentions & true personality. It can be applied on both an individual or a company. In this post, I will talk about both.
Many MNCs are appointing marketing agency to manage their marketing activities both 'above the line' (ATL) & 'below the line'. So many times we can see a lot of ignorant young birds holding the position of Brand or Product Managers fail to achieve its KPI or define the ROI for a marketing campaign.
Online marketing campaigns which once an alien to a lot of MNCs are now on the most sought after marketing tool to boost branding & sales. However, many marketeers fail to live up to its expectation especially targeting bloggers campaign. In this scenario for example, I am putting a print screen of a real big FMCG company in Malaysia which run a campaign for bloggers to put up a post and in return is rewarding bloggers their self-claimed prizes that won't let you down.
Car drifting? Water rafting? Hiking?
To be fair, some bloggers are being paid as much as RM100 by just embedding the youtube video in a post.
I can now understand why not many bloggers are keen on this and a famous blogger campaigning for this company wrote an advertorial on this while he is touring Vietnam. Is this an all paid trip? Or even considering this is not a paid trip, this blogger charges between RM2k to RM3k per post. Now I know why this smells like victory!
With all this pictures, it does not take a genius to figure out who am I talking about isn't it?
p/s: I will still send my this posting for the contest theme "If I had an absolute extreme life" but I doubt the nuffnang team will forward this posting to the company itself. If this post wins, prizes will be donated to the charity. In between, let me show you the example of a good online marketing campaign and talking about the prizes attractiveness. Check out this site here. At least they do not care whether you have unique visitors of 20 or 20k per day.
Despite the unpleasant start, things were alright for the past few first weeks of 2009. Although everyone is discussing about the recession and the economic crisis, it perhaps had affected the retailing industry but as far as ongoing project is concern, I had been busy submitting tenders & quotations. Just crossing fingers that everything will turns out well. There are many competitors in the market now, price is no longer the only tool to win bid & project, but those who can create value to the business which is important.
Talking about creating value, I am pretty upset with one FMCG company who has been a hypocrite in a way. I shall blog about it soon and hope the brand or product manager of this company will be more sensitive when running competition for bloggers. Another day for this.
And what's new in 2009 for me? I picked up golf, it had been a week since I played. Just cannot get enough of it. Thanks to a buddy who kind enough to give me a few Irons and I had invested on a glove, shoes & a weekend bag. Been playing almost everyday and hope to lose some weight this year. My doctor sounded not too happy when he examined me early this year. I gained about 10KG for the past 2 years. So, this year I decide to have quality & healthy lifestyle - reduce drinking, more golfing, get off from office earlier & perhaps swimming. Swimming will be possible once I conclude my condominium deal.
Now counting down to Chinese New Year (CNY), I had done a bit of clothing shopping during my trip to HK and adding to that, I had quick shopping in One Utama yesterday. Got tops & slacks for myself and Polo Tee for both mom & dad and my youngest brother. Am looking forward to the long one week holidays where I will spend with my family in Malacca and going for a quick breakaways to Indonesia.
That's the quick update for now. An early Gong Xi Fa Cai to all. See you peeps soon.
Good news on a Thursday, with a match in hand and a win this morning against the Wigan, the Devils climbed to second spot and this Sunday, we should see a new leader in the English Premier League.
However, we might be missing Rooney out because of injury against Wigan. With limited choice on the strikers, I do hope Ronaldo can again shine like he did last year which recently earned him the World Best Player award.
For the past few days, I had been missing from the blogosphere.
Reason - I picked up golf. I never like this sport when I was younger and I swallowed my words and I am now somehow addicted to it.
Tips for beginner in golf.
1. Get a good glove - I bought myself a Nikepro for only RM45 in RGT Kelana Jaya.
2. Get a club - for beginners, go for Wedges or Iron 7. Do not go for a full golf set if you just wanna try it out. Loan it from your friends who are golfing. If you love the sport, then get a second hand iron set complete with wedges, putter & driver.
3. Golfing location - golf is no longer regarded as the sport for the rich. In Klang Valley itself, there are dozens of driving range clubs. Driving range in Bandar Utama (BU), Tropicana & Sri Damansara are some of my favorite spots. You go to driving range before go down to the green. Get your swing & mood right, be positive. And believe me when I said it is an affordable sport, driving range cost you averagely RM10 for every 100 balls.
4. Shoes - Beginner who play in driving range, a proper running/jogging sneakers will do. No slippers, sandals or flip-flops.
5. Warm Up - warm up and stretch yourself before swinging.
6. Hand & body position & swinging style - watch this video below
