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Nov 22nd
I have a confession – I’ve been unfaithful. Not only I have neglected you but I have also been involved in other relationships for the past few months. I’m sorry I never really made time for you. Truthfully, I’ve been unfair as I have been more involved into books, plant designs and badminton rather than spending any time with you. All I did was dropping by once in a blue moon, hoping that you wouldn’t think that I’ve forgotten you. Really, I have not, is just that I was too preoccupied. I have an excuse and I don’t know whether it will work but heck, I’m going to try anyway. You see, I don’t want to treat you like another assignment such as the book review about Malaysia that I had to do or like designing an ethylene oxide plant as if it would really cost PETRONAS millions of dollars if I didn’t. They ain’t fun to do but they’re required of me. I wanted to be free from all these nuisance, so that I can spend quality time with you. That’s why I have only come back to you now, bloggie. Hope you understand. I’m going to make it up to you by filling you with many many things. For starters, here’s one where we went hiking in a not so high-land. Better ones are yet to come.
6.00 am. We departed very early in the morning as if we were going reach the peak of the everest by noon.
Let’s move it. It was almost pitch black but fortunately we had two moons that morning. One was of course the natural satellite, the other was Chung Ginn the Gandalf. I almost believed that werewolves would jumped on us – first they would eat up Kelvin as he’s most illuminated and probably those who could camouflage well in the dark would live to tell his legacy – on how he found the werewolves’ hair beautiful, and how wonderful a breakfast he would be to them and wished them an excellent meal before taking his final breath.
Yeay~ we survived! Too bad, Kelvin’s positive attitude was not tested as we all reached safely.
So we began to take pictures as proof that we’re conquered a very dangerous mountaineous track in Menglembu.
Oh yea, on the way, we picked up a squirrel aka “tupai” and named her Stephanie.
She showed us how to nibble using the front tooth.
She kinda grew on some of us and soon became our lovely mascot on the next episode. So stay tuned~
Her friends, the monkeys, showed us some pretty good tricks too.
Aiyo~ I’m so shy. hehehe~
Oh dear roomate, luckily you weren’t eated by werewolves. Otherwise who would cut hair for me.
It’s time to jump off the cliff. Bye bye.
We landed safely on our feet. Let’s eat!
We occupied 5 tables!
Good business for auntie that day…
What a fantastic time we had! We got to enjoy the nature, we got to sweat, we got to see sunrise, we got to eat and best of all, we came back with a dwarf-sized squirrel.
Here In My Batch
Aug 15th
In the spirit of FRIENDSHIP, I would like to preface this particular blog to congratulate China for throwing the most spectacular Olympics opening ever. Well done Beijing, China!
In the spirit of FRIENDSHIP also, that my lovely batch of July 04 had come together to BBQ, to play, to have fun, to share, to talk (crap), and to sing the unity song – Lovely!
WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, GREAT are the three words, habitually used by Kelvin Goh, fit to describe our recent batch outing in Teluk Batik.
J04 in Teluk Batik
July 04 yo!
here in my batch
i tell you what is all about
there’s just one hope, here in my heart
one love undivided
that’s what is all about
please won’t you fall in one by one by one with me
Barcamp,KL 2008
Aug 2nd
Some snippets from the recent Barcamp in KL.
Official Opening part I
Official Opening part II
Entrepreneurs Going Global part I
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Strategise execution
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Take action fast
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Market your product before it is finalised (eg: 70% complete). Microsoft was never perfect. The important point is to improve when you have the market
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Marketing, Networking & Execution – 80% resources
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Technical – 20% resources
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Perfect partnerships are rare or non-existence. Focus on diversity and strengths instead
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Doesn’t always need a partner / equity. Employ 3rd party service
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Okay to target small goals. Don’t have to be world-changing (at least not at start-up)
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Create your business model. Improvise and change accordingly from time to time
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Find a good mentor who has been there, done that, to guide you through
Entrepreneurs Going Global part II
IVF (invest, value, fund)
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Your idea must be sustainable, novel, profitable
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Understanding customer / market is essential
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Do marketing and networking and enhancement of products
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Support open source, make use of social networking services (eg: facebook – one of the spots where headhunters filter candidates)
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Understanding of technology and application. Don’t be left out, keep up with tech!
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What generally VCs look for – Seed (or pre-seed), Growth, Pre-IPO (history of business or cashflow) & team work (experience of your team)
Entrepreneurs + Developers, Co-working, Co-habitat part I
SIX hit combo
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Posture (I’m the king / I’m the boss). Be definite. Be concise.
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Be firm. Be clear of objective(s). Get paid for what you do.
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Discipline. Define fimeframe. Commitment (of yourself and others)
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Say NO, when you cannot do in time / lack resources.
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Brand yourself. Be in groups. Find your strengths (group dynamism). Your identity.
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Market yourself & your brand. Co-working, Co-habitat.
Entrepreneurs + Developers, Co-working, Co-habitat part II
Effects of Globalisation, Media and Information
TWO things about OBJECTS / SUBJECTS in photography
- Focus main object(s) on the grid intersections rather than on the center.
- Your subject(s) should be placed diagonally across the view.
Wireless hacking
- Wireless connections are very much more vulnerable to hacking compared to wired connections.
- Do to wireless hacking, wireless networking card need. Look into chipset information rather than noting the type (eg: a,b,g,n etc).
- For credit card users – BEWARE. A story was told that a person somewhere in US (if I remember correctly) built a simple satellite out of a can (shiny), placed it in his bag and walked around a supermarket. Within minutes, he got hold of thousands of credit card information.
NOW! to PROTECT your CREDIT CARD – wrap it with aluminium foil. This will create a protection called the Faraday shield that wireless can’t access into. Nobody is doing that now in Malaysia (I hope), but I won’t be surprise the next time wallets / purses come with silver coatings.
Charity: Rural Service: Back to Village Jul08
Jul 23rd
Weee… it’s nice to go back once a while to visit our little brothers and sisters, and of course even better when it happens to fall on the ‘durian’ season. I’m not going to tell long story this time but all in all, we had a more laid back, 2-day trip, helping to uplift the school’s library, enjoying playing basketball with the kids and eat free durian!
Kindergarten
Assembly
Recess
Basketball
Kha Loon, Ching Shearn, Melvin, Teck Guan, Boon Tat & I went to Mei Le’s house. Naively, she let 6 guys into her house when no one else was around. When we were safely in her house, we coerced her to perform for our amusement and pleasure. At first she was shy, but in the end, she was the one who could not stop! We enjoyed it very much, and Mei Le was proud to be able to show off her skill. We were all very amazed by her brief concerto! BRAVO Mei Le. jui mei se ni la!
