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倒数

梁正在国外公干,可他的倒数都比我少两天,每次他告诉我他的倒数天数时,我就会这样告诉他:“你是倒数见到飞机的日子,而我是倒数见到你的日子,我没想到你会这么兴奋见到飞机,而不是见到我 :-P”

饭局

说来奇怪,我这个星期还蛮多饭局的,从周日到周末加起来有四个:第一个在星期二是每个team lunch,第二个在星期三约了以前的teammate叙旧,第三个在星期五约了保险的要了解宝宝保单,第四个在星期六约了好久好久不见的小学同学叙旧。 其中,我最期待的饭局当然是星期六的,说到这小学同学还真要感谢facebook,最近她在facebook加了我,又刚好她这星期生日,我就在她的facebook留言。留言之前,我还在想这是谁了(因为她用了英文名,而以前认识她时是中文名),所以我就到她的相本翻了翻,结果看见与她小学时相似的脸,我还认得她,还看到一张有她全名的照片,所以我更肯定是她了。 我这小学同学现在住在星加玻,而刚好这周末会来槟城,所以就约了我出来见面,我也不多想就答应了,还提议到Queensbay Mall去。谁知,跟梁说起之后,他却反对我独自去Queensbay Mall,因为他担心他不在的时候,我一个人到那广场会不方便,他也担心会有什么事发生。 就这样,我与梁拗了两天,最后决定向我的小学同学提出换饭局地点,也许是她也怀过孕吧,所以也了解孕妇在第三孕期的不便,很爽快的答应换地点到我家附近,这样梁应该会比较放心了吧。 好开心哦,这还是这么多年来第一次能于失散多年的小学同学见面,算一算现在的岁数,也相隔至少二十年了吧,不知见面之后会尴尬吗,好期待。

令人惊喜的五周年

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九月二十七日,是梁和我结婚周年纪念,今年已经是第五年了,虽然不长但也不短。今年的纪念日早在两个星期前庆祝了,因为梁正日的那天因为工作之须将不在我身边。 原本以为两个星期前的那一餐就算是庆祝了,可没想到今天还有惊喜。 大约四点半的时候,我接到一通不知名的电话,对话如下: 对方:你是住xx的吗?现在有人在家吗? 我:是的,现在有人在家。(但我不在) 对方:那么你可以大约五分钟后下来 guardhouse 吗? 我(有点一头雾水):你是 poslaju 的吗?(因为我在等 poslaju 送的包裹,只是没想到 poslaju 还请到会讲华语的人送邮件了) 对方:不是,我是花店的。 我:(有点惊讶)花店??? 对方:(可以听得出我的惊讶)是的,有人送花给你。 我:(有点傻了)哦。。。 于是,我马上打电话回家请我家翁帮忙,当时心情有点兴奋,我知道是梁送的花,为了我们的周年纪念。于是,我也马上驾车回家了,要看看是怎样的花。 心想,难怪他今早还问我什么时候回家,暗喜。

"good" service from Penang Skynet

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Actually this is my second bad experience with Skynet, but I think this is the worst ever experience that I ever had with a courier service. I made an online order before Raya and the seller delivered it after Raya holidays through Skynet, at the meanwhile I got another ordered which the seller sent it through poslaju. Well, I understood that will be a lot of parcel after long holidays, therefore I know both courier services might take sometime to deliver my parcel. On the first week, I had received my poslaju parcel but my skynet parcel is still on the way after I was waiting for three long days. According to my previous experience, Penang Skynet officer will never pick up their phone which supposed provided for customer service. Anyways, I still tried my luck to make some calls but the so-called customer service phone always told me “the line is engaged at the moment”. Fine, I am a patient person and I still can wait. However, something surprised me when I checked on tracking d...

槟城国际华文书展

槟城国际华文书展在前两个星期举行了,刚好是开斋节的长假期为开端,这次因为怀孕所以没有什么旅游计划,所以书展的第一天我和梁就去光顾了。 这一年的书展,我们都带着不同的心情去找书,以前的我总喜欢找些特殊的书,如奇门盾甲还是医学的书,今年我却不太爱那些书了,而且一眼都没有去看,也不晓得本次书展是否有那类型的书。 这回,我们带着准爸妈的身份在书海里寻找着可以买给我们未来宝宝的书,在我的眼里就只看见小孩书,看有什么故事书还是学习卡片可以买给 BB,结果这一次买的都是小孩的书和有关如何促进亲子关系的书。 本次书展有一个让我觉得不错的方面是他们设有了二手英文书的摊位,而且种类还蛮多样化的,希望以后还能够看到这摊位。 其实,我们不算太会买书的人,这一次也没有消费过百,可能是我觉得书的价钱还是有点高吧,与我在网上购书的价格还是有些差距,不过还是很开心可以见到这么多的书。

七年之痒

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今年的七月十九日,是梁和我在一起的纪念日,今年已经是第七年了,梁还常说是该痒了,我知道他在开玩笑的,也喜欢假装的打了他几下。 七年了,我们也在今年快有了我两的爱情结晶,今年算是我两的一个突破吧,孩子出世以后我们的爱情也将升华到另一阶段了,希望我们能够适应为人父母的身份。 今年的七周年庆,我们没有多大的庆祝,只到了Tanjung Tokong 的Daorea 吃餐好的,毕竟老了而且我怀孕也有点懒惰走了。 进入餐厅之前,看见一对夫妻带着他们的一对孩子,而且妻子还很苗条,脚也瘦瘦的,根本看不出是两个孩子的妈,梁就叫我放心生了以后的事,因为我最近为了身材走样而烦恼。 在 Daorea,点了我最喜欢的韩国豆腐汤,然后梁说怀孕要多吃肉,所以我们点了两份烤肉,根据往常经验,Daorea 会送 pancake 和沙拉,所以我们不敢点太多食物。这天,除了送pancake 和沙拉,他们还送了海带汤,其实已经算很丰盛的一餐了,即使是怀孕大胃口的我也吃得饱饱的,很满足。 看到隔壁桌的一对情侣,点了好多吃的,有两份烤肉、一大锅的面、一盘不知是什么的食物,还有店里送的一大堆的,我们看了都觉得很难吃完,结果他们真的没吃完,剩了满多食物的,梁就说他们应该是第一次来韩国餐厅吃,所以不晓得自己点太多了,还记得我们第一次来的时候,也点了很多(但还是不够他们多:P),吃得非常的饱。 当我们离开餐厅的时候,老板还送了我们个礼物,我们不知道是什么,我随口告诉梁说可能是洗碗的海绵,可是这样美丽的心型,用来洗碗有点浪费,所以我最后拿来做杯垫了。 今年的庆祝不奢华,但是我已经很开心了,两个人在一起久了也不再渴望那种轰轰烈烈的爱情了,只要过得开心就足够了。   爱吃 Daorea 的我 我们点的食物    

Gurney Paragon

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那天,到了最近新开张的 Gurney Paragon 去走走,它的泊车费只四小时 RM2,相对比 Gurney Plaza 便宜了些。 当梁如厕时,我坐在一处等他时,我看到两个老人在那附近拍照,我还想这两个老人好追风,马上就到新开张的广场游玩。怎知当他们拍完照之后,只听见其中一老对另一老说:“想当年这里是 hockey pitch 的,而那里是足球场,现在却变成这样了,可惜啊。”当下,我才知道他们在缅怀过去才来这地方看看这时代的大变迁。 看完了这两老缅怀往事的片段,我也不禁感慨文明真的让这世界改变了很多,绿色的森林、山区和美丽的海域都被拿来建屋子了,这意味着城市的繁荣也意味着大自然的逐渐毁灭,我不知道这是好还是不好。 之后,我们在 Gurney Paragon 走走,其实还有很多店还没开幕,所以走得没什么过瘾,而且梁说很多地方都闻到刚装修的味道(漆味或家私味),其实不太适合孕妇嗅到,怕对肚子里的宝宝不好,所以我们没有留在 Gurney Paragon 太久,就走去它附近的 Gurney Plaza 了。 整体来说,我还是会比较喜欢 Gurney Plaza,因为那里的商店已经差不多开完了,而且又有两间书店,Gurney Paragon 可能还需要一段时间观察了。 Gurney Paragon Gurney Paragon 的跑车展

揭盅

最近这几个月我都很少在这部落格添加新文章,其实原因有二:一、这几个月我时常都觉得很累,所以就很少在这写文章;二、这几个月里,我所想写的东西都是还不能让大家知道的事,而且我有另一个暂时隐藏的部落格是用来记录这几个月的点点滴滴,所以就不需要在这里写了。 算一算时间,现在也差不多是时间揭盅了。 从我上一次月经期算起到现在也该有十五个星期了,现在算是过了我怀孕的第一孕期了,宝宝应该算是稳定了,所以我选在梁回到我身边的这一天向大家正式宣布:“我们怀孕了”。 这是一段温馨又幸福也充满期待的旅程,我会珍惜这每一刻的,我非常期待宝宝的降临,希望他健康、快乐、平安的抵达这世界,我们会好好的爱他。

惊喜

今天,有两个朋友跟我说她们要给她们的老公一个惊喜,一个买手表还有一个买 phonepad,让我也在想要不要也给老公个惊喜呢。 结婚也要五年了,生活变平常了,惊喜也越来越少了,但对彼此的爱还是满满的。 想了想,手表他没带,phonepad 应该不合他胃口,想来想去,就是没一样东西。 我想,他应该会告诉我,只要我在他不在的这两个星期里平安无事,已经算是给他一个很大的惊喜了吧。

long weekend alone

When you are alone, the most difficult part is to spend the long weekend alone, the first weekend without SL along is a long weekend, I don't even know how I should plan the week. I am thinking of taking a day out for wandering in Queensbay, but I got a flu now that I am not sure if my body feel comfortable in the air conditioner area. If I spent the whole three days by just staying home, then I think I would freak out, I don't want to have all my meals just staying at home and cooking myself. Having a person along is really nice, you won't even feel lonely for just staying at home.

单身两周

最后,梁还是出外公干了,这一去就两周,虽然不长,但还是有依依不舍的感觉,今晚就开始一个人的生活了,希望能慢慢适应这样的日子吧。

大选 vs 股市

往常,每当宣布大选的时候,大马股市就会下跌,可今年似乎不一样,大马股市不跌反升了,还升到超过1700点,有点反常,不知是不是人民开始学习投资了,还是有强大的资金流入来救市。 那么,就等等看吧,看大选之后的股市是怎么的变化。

首投族

其实,我已在十多年前注册为选民了,但今年只是我第一次投票,我算是个可笑的首投族吧。 在我注册为选民之后,有过了两次大选,我都没有投到票,第一次是因为投票系统太烂了,而第二次是想到第一次的经验而放弃,让我来分享我第一次的烂经验。 那算是有十年前的事了,当时网系网络不发达,所以我们无法通过上网来查到我们投票的地区,而第一次投票的我也不知自己该到哪一个投票站去,就跟妈妈到了她的投票站看,可是我的名字没有在那投票站,我也不了解为什么同一个地址,却不在同一个地方投票。 之后,有个叔叔载我到了另一个投票站查查,可是还是找不到我的名字,让我有点气馁了,当那位叔叔说要再带我到另一个投票站时,我马上拒绝了,我决定不投了,因为不知道我要去多少个站才能看到我的名字。 现在,科技发达了,所有的人能够通过上网来得知自己的投票地点,少走了很多冤枉路,有了这一层的方便,所有的人应该没有借口对投票说不了吧,投票是每个公民的义务,国家的未来都是掌握我们每一个人手上的这一票,我们应该慎选明君,为国家挑出最好的领导层,这样我们的国家才能够成长。 这次,我不再投废票了。 SPR 网站:  http://daftarj.spr.gov.my/semakpru13.aspx

When is general election?

8 March 2013 has past, but our PM still hasn't announced our general election date and all people of this nation are waiting for the date announced, now I found that I got a strange habit recently as I like to search for "Malaysia general election" keyword in Google webpage, I did it almost a few times a day since two weeks ago, but no result still. Today when I search the same keyword, I found that a news that Google launches Malaysia election page to include all related topics on our general election, this sound like actually a lot more people are like me searched for news on GE13 everyday, that's why Google is so nice to create this site for poeple to read for news. Time passing fast and we are closed to April soon, will our PM announced date of GE13 on April Fool? Google page for GE13: http://www.google.com.my/elections/ed/my News source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/google-launches-malaysian-election-page-as-ge13-resource Google ...

retirement

Long time ago, a friend told me that she need to own at least two properties before retire, one is landed and another one is condominium, and she said that she will stay in landed house when she is young and rent out the condominium. After she retire, she will sold her landed property and move in to condominium, because after she retire her landed property will appreciate that can be her retirement fund and she is old then that she needs to move to smaller size property. After listened to her speech, I quite agree then, but I wonder if I bought my condominium at 30 years old and I retire at 60 years old, my condominium will be quite old that time as well, I am not sure how my condominium will look like that time or will it still exist? Anyways, this is still a good plan for people who want to plan for the future retirement, at least everyone need to think further for a comfortable retire live.

参观新居

等了好久,终于等到拿新居锁匙的时候了,先见客服人员,她为我们讲解新居的细节和保证期的事,也给了我们新居入伙要用的文件,一切看起来很有程序,这是很不错的客服和系统。 之后,就到我们的新居看我们的新居,加验收,负责人使用了每一个电路和水源,确保他们是能用的,之后陪我们绕了一圈,讲解些我们需要知道的事物,然后我们找了些缺失,需要他们帮忙改进的,其实这也只是在短时间里找到的,我们之后还需要再仔细的看看。 虽说有缺失,但我们还蛮满意的,发展商使用了还蛮不错的材料与还算不错的手工(至少比我们的第一间家好了),我还蛮喜欢它的浴室,那是我最满意的产品。 另外,我本来认为在大热天验收屋子会非常闷热的,但当所有的门窗打开时却不会觉得太热,或许他们有不错的通风设计吧。 其实,我们有在前个周末去参观了我们的新居外观,由于有保安看守,所以由旁边的路跨了进去看看,当时还觉得好像谁都能进入的感觉,然而今天在读重游,发现发展商已经装上了围篱,人们必须要有帖子才能进入,突然觉得安全指数升高了。 整体来说,其实还蛮满意的,缺失每个发展商都会有,所以我们也不能太过挑剔,只有尽量找出缺失提出补救,但是要有素质的建材和不错的服务却是难能可贵的。

The company you bought

I read an article about investment recently, it said before you make a decision to purchase a stock from stock market, you need to know the company well because this will decide whether you can earn money from stock market or not. Purchase a share means that you will become a shareholder of that company, you will success if the company earn money, else you will lose money on that. Therefore, it is really important if you study well on the specific company you bought. After reading the article, I tried to find some companies' annual report for understanding, they are really boring documents and hard to finish them. However, what you earn depends on what you study, therefore I really need to spend sometime for that. This morning, I made my mind up and search for listed companies in Malaysia for my first step of learning, wish I can spend my spare time to study them and hopefully I won't end up with giving this up.

我的第一份股息

今天收到了我人生中的第一份股息了,只有 RM17.50,因为我也只买进一点点,虽然不多,但却满意,原来能够赚一些外快的感觉还蛮不错的。 今年,算是受到一位朋友的影响,一直说人要学会钱赚钱才能,因为我们的加薪是永远追不上通货膨胀的,所以应该为自己找出一条理财之路。看了些文章,说致富有三种,一是自己做生意,但我又没有资金,也不知道自己喜欢做什么生意,所以就不选这条;二是投资有潜能的房产,但现在的房价高起,有点感觉投资恨晚,所以也不太感选这条;三是投资有潜能的股票,虽然去年股票已起了一轮,但市场还是有很多选择,所以我就开始阅读相关的质料,希望能够恶补这些年所浪费的机会。 最近,读了篇冷眼的文章,说投资股票的三大原则,保本、成长和股息,我的心态也是这样,最主要是保本,而成长和股息之间,又要视情况而论了,如果我能够预知这只股成长迅速的话,我当然选择成长,但有时真的很难预知,而我又是打算长期持有的,所以我会优先选择股息。 那天,我还和梁争论,是把钱放在房屋贷款好,还是放在投资股票好,如果所投资的股票是能够保本,又有比贷款多一巴先的股息,其实投资股票是比较好的。但是,投资股票是高风险的,如果不小心的话,我们也有可能会血本无归呢,一切要小心为妙。 很多人都在等待大选的来临,因为据说那是进场的时机,我也不晓得是真是假,那就只有拭目以待了。在投资股票这一块,我还有很多要观察的。

有意义的team building

今早,我们的team到The Cerebral Palsy (Spastic) Children’s Association of Penang去team building,帮他们翻土种菜,之后负责人还让我们看了有关他们的中心的短片,看他们如何帮助痉挛儿童,让他们学会如何适应和尽量克服自身的障碍,看完了短片,开始觉得我们所付出的很有意义。负责人说他们需要义工来adopt the farm,帮他们定期的照顾菜园,我的manager看样子有点兴趣(原来他也蛮有爱心的)。 在帮忙处理菜园时,有一位儿童还蛮喜欢靠近我的,不时就来牵我的手,我当然知道他并无恶意,所以也不介意,尽量给于配合,或许他在我身上感觉到母爱吧:P 其实这算是缘分,只是我觉得我没有处理得太好,我当时是蛮拘谨的,不知该如何应付,只是一味配合他的需要。如果下次还有机会遇到类似的事情,我应该多给予交流的机会(虽然我不知道该如何开始交流)。其实,儿童们也只是希望能得到人们的关爱,我并不介意为此而付出一些。 也许是年纪大了,也开始觉得有时该为社会付出一些。 Website of The Cerebral Palsy (Spastic) Children’s Association of Penang: http://www.spasticpenang.org.my/index.php

投資IQ小試題

最近,在网上(其实是源自于星洲的新春版),就好奇的来试试,看自己是否适合股票投资,结果得了28分(错了6和14)。或许最近开始对这方面有点求知欲,所以必较关注股市和经济这一快,也开始阅读相关书籍,所以对这也有点的认知了。即使得了高分,但是股市投资还是需要精审小心的。 大家也不妨试一试。 農曆新年期間,不必絞盡腦汁翻閱長篇大論又複雜難懂的股經文章,卻又能瞭解自己的投資智商,也算是一種新春收獲吧? 《新春投資》精心準備了一些集財經常識、邏輯及概念於一身的《投資IQ小試題》,讓各位開心過年之餘,還能趁空閒時測測自己的投資智商與知識,算算自己在蛇年“風生水起"的幾率有多高。 別膽怯,純粹遊戲而已,快來試試吧!(真有膽量的話,可以挑戰自己在20分鐘內做完所有試題。) 投資IQ小試題: 1.)馬股單日狂跌100點,你會…… a.馬股不行了,立刻退場! b.趁低扯購,有多少買多少 c.先查暴跌緣由再做決定 d.寫信投訴政府基金 2.)馬幣看漲,應該… a.避開從事出口業務的股票 b.避開從事進口業務的股票 c.避開銀行股 d.避開產業股 3.)電費漲價,哪個領域首當其衝? a.電力業 b.服務業 c.鋼鐵業 d.運輸業 4.)“蛇年投資大計劃!我們的專家團隊保證每年替您賺取至少88%固定回酬!!名額有限,填滿為止。(有提供合約為憑)。" a.快拿養老金來投資 b.介紹親友投資 c.仔細考慮數天 d.決不投資! 5.)“我擁有的財富已足夠養老,未來不願意再冒任何投資風險,能保住資金價值就行了。你能否建議我該把資金存放哪兒呢?" a.抗跌型股票 b.房地產 c.定期存款 d.保險箱 6.)“XX股即將宣佈私有化,獻購價比現有市價高出20%,要賺錢就快進場!" a.快進場,衝啊! b.堅決不進場 c.撥電給相關公司確認消息真偽 d.查看基本面、估值和過往股價走勢才決定 7.)請選出風險最高的投資項目 a.藍籌股 b.期貨 c.炒股 d.回購憑單 8.)當年以1令吉成本買進的股票,如今跌剩20仙,該怎麼辦? a.先找出股價大跌原因,才決定下步行動 b.加碼買進、拉低投資成本的時機到了 c.丟了它吧,否則可能連20仙都輸掉 .虧了80%,說甚麼都不能賣,繼續守住 9.)原棕油供過於求,導致棕油庫...

我们的新居

昨天收到了发展商的信,说我们的新居已获得了 OC,在银行汇入了最后一笔款项之后就能拿锁匙了,当时其实是悲喜交加,喜的当然是我们的新居终于建好了,一悲的是我有点不舍得现在的家,二悲是想到要出一笔装修费和之后的房债。唉... 有些事真的别想太多吧,就走一步看一步吧。   等银行将最后的款项汇出,就有得忙了,要安排拿锁匙,之后要花好长的时间验收房子,再来是装修和搬家了。   几年前,朋友分享了一个有关 从购房到装修的质料,至今还留着,现在是时候派上用场了,其中房屋验收室我们第一步要做的事。   房屋验收 新房的验收 在拿到房子之后,很多人都不知道如何验收,也有一些人认为质检站都已经验收了,业主再验收有多此一举之嫌。其实,在很多情况下,你验不验收,房子你都得要下的了。只是在签字前发现问题,你会比较方便追究发展商的责任。 作为外行人,如何验收房子呢?当然,这里面所列的项目,对于验收任何类型的房子都是起作用的,包括验收商用办公室。 1、 看墙壁 。 不知道从什么时候开始,看墙壁竟然成为房屋验收的首要问题。其实即使是在20世纪80年代建的房子都没有现在的房子那么弱不禁风。我看过最严重的一栋房子,窗户在雨天发现有渗水现象,一问,才知道整栋楼的所有窗户下面的墙壁都渗水。遇上台风来临之时,更是令人提心吊胆,而更使人惊诧的是,这栋还是一个区的国土局建的,真可怕。所以,验收这个,最好是在房子交楼前,下过大雨的第二天前往视察一下。这时候墙壁如果有问题,几乎是无可遁形的。 墙壁除了渗水外,还有一个问题,就是墙壁是否裂纹。有一个朋友曾反映过他的家有一个门形的裂缝,后来追问发展商,才知道原来是施工时留下的升降梯运货口,后来封补时,马虎处理以致留后患。 2、 验水电 。 首先是验一下房屋的水电是否通了。当然,对于一些高级装修来说,多数的水电后期都要更换的了,所以有时候这些内容倒不是关键的了,但如果你不打算更换水电的话,那么这些东西就必须认真验收了。 验电线,除了看看是否通了电外,主要是看是不是电线是否符合国标质量。再就是电线的截面面积是否符合要求。一般来说,家里的电线不应低于2.5平方,空调线更应达到4平方,否则使用空调时,容易过热变软。当然,这是一种理想的配置,多数土建的电线会差一个等级。 3、 验防水 。 这里所说的防水,指的是...

分久必合,合久必分

小时候看<蜀山奇侠>,忘了故事的大纲,但一直记得他剧里的一句话,分久必合,合久必分。其实,这句话是出自于《三国演义》第一回:“话说天下大势,分久必合,合久必分。周末七国分争,并入于秦。及秦灭之后,楚、汉分争,又并入于汉。汉朝自高祖斩白蛇而起义,一统天下,后来光武中兴,传至献帝,遂分为三国。” 工作了几年,看了公司改组了好多次,这个换那个、那个又换回这个,刚开始的时候会担心,当时老板也说国着句话,分久必合,合久必分,当然我也相信这一点,只是不知何时会发生。 今早用餐时,听说来自某 team 的某人因为改组,那 team 的人将加入我现在的 team,某 team 的前生是我之前的 team,而某人也是我之前的 teammate,那个 team 里比较 senior 的成员我都大致认识,所以我会稍微关注并向老板确认,才知道消息是真的。 当初会加入现在的这个 team,是因为梁去 relo,必须换 team我两才能夫唱妇随,其实我是有给于选择 relo回国之后是否要重新加入之前的 team的,但是考量了 career path 之后,决定不要换 team。 现在回想,不论当时是如何,最后或许还是会加入现在的 team,这只是迟早的问题。那么当时选择留下,也是一件对的选择,而且我也蛮喜欢现在的 team,因为可以尝试很多不同的工作性质,学了蛮多的东西也交了不少可以谈天说地的朋友(很多时间是她们说我听:P)。 下一个 project 我将参与我在前一个 team 做过的东西,还真的是够奇妙的。

财务自由

http://www.oomoney.com/money/the_millionaire_next_door/financial_freedom/ 某天,读到关于财务自由的文章,谈到何为财务自由,如果你符合了以下的方程式,那你现阶段就算达到财务自由的状况了。 应有净值 = ( 年龄 X 年收入 ) / 10 比方说,如果你的年龄是30岁,已工作了十年,而你现有的年收入为RM60,000,那么你应该要至少拥有RM180,000,如果你拥有少于RM180,000,那么你就没达到财务自由的阶段,你就必须反省并加强自己的储蓄。 读了这篇文章之后,我才开始为自己的财务有所反省,也开始会挪些时间来为自己的财务做规划,开始考虑该如何计划自己的未来才能够让自己达到财务自由的一天。 * 据文章,这方程式只适用于工作超过十年的人身上。

credit card

Credit card is a tool that for my payment convenient and I can keep track on my purchase and spending, well we really need to always track that in case of over spending, so far I still manage to control it. Due to Government Tax is charged RM50 yearly on each Credit Card hold, I think people are aware on this and reduce the card under their name, this somehow is good because to reduce problem with credit card. Credit card provider also comes out with a lot of offers to attract their customer, like Cash Rebate, point redemption, travel bonus, travel priviledge and so on. To me, I prefer on cash rebate because this is more reality to me. Among so many banks which provide cash rebate offer, I think OCBC Titanum Card and Maybankard 2 are the best, however there are some pro and con between them. OCBC Titatum Card ( http://www.ocbccards.com.my/Titanium_Master_Card.aspx ) provides cash back up to 5% and RM50 cap, but this offer only applicable on petrol, dining, groceries and utility...

charges besides brokage fee

Chines New Year that day I back to my hometown and met with my family, we discussed something about buying stock, then he told me there will be some extra charges besides brokage fee, this curious me and I searching online and found that we also need to pay clearing fee and stamp duty upon we buy and sell the stock. Well, those charges wasn't too high but it is good to know that for people who new in stock investment, else they might forget to consider this cost when selling they stock. Below are how those charges get calculated. Of course, brokage fee is depending on which agent you signed up to help you on stock transaction. Clearing Fees a. On-Market 0.03% of transaction value (payable by both buyer and seller) with a maximum of RM200.00 per contract. No minimum. b. Direct Business 0.03% of transaction value (payable by both buyer and seller), with a maximum of RM200.00 and a minimum of RM10.00. Stamp duty The stamp duty chargeable on transactions on the stock marke...

a free course

SL takes up a course, which offer by USM recently, it is sponsored course and doesn't cost him a single money, he likes free things and he said that he wants to spend his time meaningful this year. The course is about to write application with Android programming, quite an interesting course but it needs an eight months commitment for a weekday and Saturday weekly. Anyways, I think it is a good thing and encourage him to attend, he can pick up some new skill without paying any penny, why not? So far, he attended two classes and today is his first lab section, the first two classes were quite basic but it was still interesting, he would report me about his learning after his class and I also found quite informative, somehow regret that I didn't take the course as well. However, I wished he could meet more people by attending class, therefore he might not able to make new friends if I am going with him. On the first day of class, there was introduction among students and SL t...

股票,赚钱?不赚钱?

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最近,开了个投资户口还没用,也许还是害怕风险吧。最近,看了很多有关理财的文章,虽说心里是窃窃欲试,但还是有点的担心。 这些日子,看了很多股票如何赚钱的文章,为了保险起见,我也选读了些反对以股票赚钱的书籍,《千万不要再买股票》,以警戒自己。 除此之外,每当看投资前辈的文章时,当他们分析如何赚钱的时候,我又会反面的想投资是否会亏钱呢?比如最近,看了一篇8k的文章,他分析了1991年的前十五名主板股票在2000年时的差距(如图1),其实就只有其中五只股是赚钱的(YTL除外,因为当时它不列前15),而其余的是亏钱或已停牌的,由此可见,股票投资是带着高风险的。 与此同时,也阅读了8k在 Megan亏钱的故事,以 EPS 和 ROE来计算,Megan是肯定赚钱的股,但是它的股价却与盈利成反比,一跌又跌,但8k的故事却没有给个结论。出于好奇,我就搜索了下有关 Megan 这只股,可是它却不存在于现今的股票市场,再加搜索才发现它已经停牌了,还发现了8k 和好多跟 8k 一起买这只股的人都亏了很多钱,他们所看的数据原来是 Megan 做假账而制造出来的,这也是投资股票的风险,毕竟不是你自己成立的公司,被骗了也很难察觉。 其实,股票赚钱还是不赚钱,还是要看个人如何做功课,如何选股,我想还要靠一点的运气,所以,在选定购买一只股之前真的要做很多的研究与功课,不是单单以抽签或跟风就可以的了。 看来,我还是有很多东西要学的。 图1 资料来源: http://www.oomoney.com/klse_8k_series/klse8k-stock_investment/9_years_ytl/

some happy things

Since few months ago, I signed up a new task on my job, which is totally different with what I am doing now and before, but I didn't see any progress for quite a long time, honestly I was quite disappointed because I always thought I could solve a lot of things. Did you ever face something that you are not able to make progress for long time? If so, then you will know what I felt and I nearly demotivated on this job, started thinking if I am suitable with this job and sometime I even felt lost of my confident. However, something happy today because I finally make progress on it, all confident that I lost are back to me, I suddenly feel motivated and I am really happy today. Even though this is only a small step, at least I got some move and not only standing at the same place. After experience failure for such a long time and finally seeing some success, this will bring back people's confident and interest, this will make people feel different and my today emotion is nice...

理财

最近,朋友分享了个网站是有关理财的,我对此也有兴趣,所以就有陆续的阅读此网站,其实还蛮有用的。这网站拥有太多的咨询了,所以至今都还没有读完,要再接再励。 有些文章告诉了我们很多有关理财的观念,让我们知道我们所赚的金钱是永远无法赶上通货膨胀的,所以自己应该有正确的理财观念,认清自己需要的和想要的东西,再做取舍。 其中,有满多文章是有关如何投资,以达到钱赚钱的阶段。只是我还是初学者,所以我还不能以自己的观点来诠释,但这些都算是蛮有用的咨询,我也还在学习当中,希望我们总有一天能够达到笔者的阶段。 理财网站: http://www.oomoney.com

Investment

Finally, we went to open an investment account this Friday, this is one of our new year resolution for 2013, we want to plan for some investment for the coming year because we learn that our salary increment can never catch up with inflation rate, therefore we need to have some smart financial planning for our future life. Hopefully, this will not be too late. Actually, we are quite conservative on investment, because we believe where there is possibility of money gain, there will be risk as well, therefore we waited so long and only decided to put our money on risk Anyways, we need to study more and be careful when invest our money. People mind would change when their friends are interested on investment as well, yes, there is a friend who really know how to invest her money smartly, which change my thought about stock market and property market. She told me that she wished to retire at 35, I first thought this is only a dream, a day dream of her, but seeing her financial stableli...

Lonely soon

Monday morning, I woke up alone without SL by my side, because he woke up at 3am and drove south to KL for his US visa interview, I suddenly felt some sort of loneliness as I was too used to have SL by my side. After last separation, we told each other that we want to be together for the rest of our life because we hated to be separate. However, we always don't have choice when there is a need for business trip, especially there is nobody wants to spend their Chinese New Year alone in another country. Finally, company able to arrange resource for SL only needs to travel before Chinese New Year and another teammate to travel after the Chinese New Year, while the boss needs to sacrifice his family and travel the whole period. Until yesterday, I still didn't feel sad on leaving of SL because he still has to go through his visa interview and SL who a worst case analyzer assumed his visa would be rejected and we can stay together without separation. The first sadness was thi...

T. Harv Eker’s JARS Money Management System

A friend shared me a good article today about money management, so forward it for my future reference. Forwarded from a friend's sharing. T. Harv Eker’s JARS Money Management System During the 1st Millionaire Mind Intensive seminar in Singapore, Harv Eker introduced to people from all over Asia about the world’s simplest, easiest and most effective money management system. Harv suggested that everyone can use the JARS system to better manage one’s money. The key between rich and poor or middle class people is their ability to manage their money. Rich people are excellent money managers and poor or middle class people are less-savvy when it comes to managing their money. And of course, there are many other distinctions that set the rich, poor and middle class people apart. I will go into that on my later blog post as I intend to discuss more about the JARS money management system in this post. The most important part of money managing is ...