A New Week

I've arrived safely in KL last Sunday. Journey was quite fun and good as two friends of mine (Frankie & Clarice) were together with me. We spent a night together before both of them left to Penang. Before that, we managed to meet up for a light drink with Bran, Guz & family, and Alex.

Eventhough tired, but I was happy because I did not feel alone travelling from Penang to KL. I used to drive alone for many times.... And I tell you, It was really tiring to have to drive alone all by yourself. So, my gratitude goes to them! (Jan melebi minta puji ahh.. kasi makan kamu taie...kakaka)

For the first 2 days here, I felt lonely [Instead of horny :)]... I cant explained what I had missed behind. Of course I forgot a few things which is my vacuum cleaner, my engine oil which I purposely left behind and only came to realize that I should bring it back here. (Mahal bah tuh barang .. hehe)... But i felt lonely. Was it because of my friends leaving me? Was it because of the new evnironment again? or was it due to my free time? I dont really know.

I used to think that everything will be easy for me. I used to think that I belonged to be here and has made a right choice. But, during last 2 days, many things crossed over my mind. I realized that I was so attached to my daily routine in Penang. Jogging after work, cooking for dinner, more privacy, out with frens every friday nights etc.... With all these things flashed back into my mind.... the thought of me, making a wrong decision haunting me back.

Anyhow, I knew and I am very sure deep inside me that I was all right. My decision is the best for now and for my future. I just need to adapt again. I just need to adjust myself being away from the comfort thingy, which I guess I will no longer enjoyed like when I was in Penang. Some more, my decision was not solely on my own jurisdiction. I prayed, I pray hard for guidance and I have faith on the path that I have chosen to go.

Now, I have no idea of what is waiting for me in my new employment. I dont know what to expect. But as I always do, expect the least and just go for it and survive. Being observant and make the right move is always the key.

Now, I am back. Sitting in the room I used to sit, looking away the very same view from my window. Even though evrything remain the same, but I am not the same person  who used sit here a year ago. I am expecting a lot more things in life. And I am not running away from it.

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The Terminkor

Today, I officially declared myself into a recession. God saves me. I need to make a comprehensive plan about my cash flow, and follow my budget allocation strictly. I managed to understand one thing about this economy downturn….. All the stimulus packages is only meant to soften the crash, anyway it will still going to happen. The equation is like this;

Stimulus = Parachute

With parachute, you may land safely and probably with minor injury. Recovery will be faster too.

I had a weird dream this afternoon. It’s about flood. I saw a lot of car moving on a road which is used to be a river (I don’t know when). But in a sudden, the disaster started. Water in a middle of nowhere starts to rise.

It caused a massive jam as it stops the car from moving. I watch everything from the bridge, and the bridge started to shake. I asked my twins to run with me, going somewhere to the hill. It started to rain heavily, and I need to call my family out of my uncle’s house. My twin doesn’t want to go with me.

At the same time, I am not sure whether they are in that house…. I just felt that they were all there. That’s it. Its end there before I wake up and realize that there is scratches on my leg. I don’t know where I get it as I didn’t knock on any object or bushes or whatever can cause such thing.

Anyhow, today is a bright day. I managed to run about 4.2 km…. and this is a pic which I took using my new Sony Ericsson W980i.
(And to the VIP, the Crystal Crown Hotel can be seen through my room window)

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The Multiple

The Dinner
I was invited by Bran to his new house to join them BBQing last Sunday. Well, I was thinking, why not? Since I was all alone without anything to do beside my stupid compressor presentation. So, like I always did, after attended the sunset mass, I went to his new house. Quite difficult to find if you do not use GPS… hehe

I joined him BBQing, and straightaway help myself to enjoy his cooking. After that, I had a couple of beer before, and also some wine afterwards. We were playing some silly games, but very entertaining and interesting in my point of view.

I wasn’t that drunk during my way back home. But after arrived, I felt really terrible…. It was like I had consumed 10 cans of beers. The dizziness was killing me. I didn’t have any option than throwing out whatever I ate before, and went to sleep. I was told by Mr Bran, it was due to the mixing between beer and wine. Is that true? I don’t know…..

The Dream
That night, I was dreaming. A kind of bug bites me and went through my skin (arm). It moves around and tried get up to my neck. I can see it moves beneath my skin, and it really hurts. I tried to block its way to my neck, but it moves very fast and went to other way around when blocked.

I was a bit panicked, I finally decided to kill it by pressing it hardly, and I don’t know how possibly it was for me as I tear out my own skin to have it removed. And after removing that bug, I was surprised, that actually it was not a bug. It was a kind of black scorpion (not exactly the same, but I do not know what on earth that species is called)

The Shopping
After that, within the same day I went for a shopping. A light shopping I guess as I only want to buy one pack of water, vitamin C and a facial cleaner. I bought my Vit C and that facial cleaner which amounting to RM 86.++, then I went to Carrefour to get a drinking water. After finished, I pushed my trolley to the parking area, and loaded everything, and drove my way back home.

After that, I continued my presentation. Then I came to realize that while carrying my plastic bag, it was very light. I asked myself why?. It was a flash back. I rushed to check it only to know that my Vit. C and face cleaner was not inside. I was terrified. I left it inside my trolley…. It was like I just throw my money for nothing during this difficult time?

I was hesitate to go back, as I am quite sure it already gone. Anyway, I am not satisfied and thinking of any luck I might have. This is the most stupid trait I have and I cannot control it until now. I went back, knowing the chance of finding it back was very less. And I am not amazed at all. It had gone. Blessed be those who took it. I felt disappointed. And to counter back this disappointment, I bought another one which cost me exactly the same money. Fair enough. Lesson to learn…. Don’t trust luck!!!
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My Dream

If you have a chance to open a business on your own, what kind of business do you have in mind? As for me, I would like to start a small business first. The one does not need big capital and less people to run. There are a lot out there. But all this while, I had been thinking about setting up a laundry service shop. It’s just a dream anyway. I don’t even know whether I will ever have the opportunity to realize it, but hopefully soon, when the time is right maybe.

Well, I have been looking for information about this idea from the internet and asking questions from friend who have done it before. Actually, most and foremost, I have to think about where can I get a capital to get it start. And actually there are some organizations out there that are willing to help people who wish to start their own business by providing financial assistance.

But again, I need to prepare a business plan/model proposal, which should well explain the criteria below:

The Executive Summary should talk about the business opportunity, technology, product, market and management; the proposed financing amount and use of the funds; and contain a five-year income statement and capital requirement summary.

The Business Opportunity section should describe the product and technology, and talk about why a customer wants it and how well will it performs.
The section on Business Strategy and Key Milestones should list down business strategies including financial strategy, technology strategy, and product development.

The Marketing Plan should address customer needs, market segmentation, distribution channels, sales strategy and plans, competition and positioning.
The Operations Plan should include engineering and manufacturing plans, facilities and administration plans.

The section on Management and Key members of the Personnel, should give detailed resumes of key personnel, organisation charts, the staffing plan and headcount projections, and information on incentive & compensation programmes, if any.

The Financial Projections should include five-year pro forma forecasts - including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow statements; together with financial assumptions.

Your proposal will be evaluated then, and if everything seems good, then the first ladder is completed. There are many more ladders to go anyway.

This is just a guideline. There are many ways to go about doing it. So those of you who interested, please prepare your proposal and get your Trading Licence ready.

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