Finally got a 10 minutes free time to UPDATE!

Wow, my last update was like months ago. Now, i took out bit of office time to put up a new post. Thanks to my friend Daniel for asking me to update my blog, so he knows hows my life in Malaysia. Dude, thanks for your concerns. As for myself here in Kuching, i am doing well. Indeed very tiring but BUT rewarding! Why? For the past few months, i have been buried myself with works at day times, then go home mentally and physically tiring. Once i see my baby, growing healthily and happily everyday, me and my wife are so HAPPY too. Felt that all our hard work got rewarded with Chloe’s smiles and giggles. We love her so much. You can see hows Chloe’s progress from my Wife’s blog. greenapplegreen.wordpress.com, do click on the videos, Chloe is just adorable.
I give thanks everyday. Day in day out. Thanking God for giving me a great happy family. A busy but rewarding job. Everything just reminds me of unfailing love and grace from God. Thank you GOD. Tomorrow is my erm.. 2009-1981 = 28 th Birthday! oh, Thank God for keeping me safely and healthily around for 28 years! This year is my FIRST birthday celebrating with my Chloe! However, Helen’s will always win me by one time more celebrating with Chloe because Chloe was given birth on 24 oct 2008, then Helen’s first birthday celebration with her on the 10 Dec 09! Mine on 8 Sep 09 is before Chloe’s! Ha ha.. I try not to complaint on busy life, nasty people, unfortunate events (all usual things that people keep complaining), i only count my “presents” from God. Counting how many good things that God has given to me. This make my life Happy and FULL. Dont you think SO?

I will be BALD soon.

But bald for a good reason. FUND raising for Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society( SCCS). So, if you guys have extra money to sponsor me, please do! Contact me before this sunday. Then you will see me bald! Check out my friend’s HEAD. Kennysia.com

Happy Anniversary to my lovely WIFE!

Wow, its been 2 years since marriage! He he, tell all of ya, marriage is not the “end” of the relationship. Its another new stage! I love my wife more everyday. Now i got another person to love and being loved – Chloe, my cute daughter. Thanks to my wife, we have a cute baby:) Tonight we are going to have a great dinner! CheerS!

How many people out there actually enjoying playing BADMINTON?

Do you play badminton? Do go to sport recreation center for that? Or just played like i did when i was a kid. PLaying badminton over the gate of my house! Or put up a temporary netting over the trees and play? I did that both. Ha ha, you must be thinking that i am a hot badminton fan, but i am not. I love basketball! Ha ha, but still… sometimes i still play badminton. So, what’s your favourite hobby? Past time sport? Where is the best place to play? Share bit!

Merry Christmas!

From Sheer Unique and staffs.

OH we wish you a Merry Christmas!

My first Christmas Tree in the house!

Actually i always wanted to have a christmas tree in the my house since YOUNG. I always dream to have presents under the tree, that is one for me and others for my family. If not mistaken, i still remember that my dad bought one in for my old house that was about 20 years or more ago. I remember putting up the decoration with mum. So, to be precise, this shouldnt be the first tree i have. But at least, its the first tree in our new HOUSE. I let the lights on for days. Its really giving us a great christmas mood!

New tree in da House

A day to Christmas!

So my wife said” i want something different for this year’s christmas.” So she suggested to get a Christmas tree. Then i went to Spring to get one 6 feet tall tree with full of decorations put on. I carried it out from the car, dragged in to the living room. Shifted around for the best spot, then finally settle at al most the middle of the living room. So, guys next time you come visit me, you will see a big tree in the living room. You guys got any plans for christmas? Merry Christmas!

Nokia N96 is going cheap NOW!

We were selling it at RM3399, then after 2-3 months dropped to RM2888!!!! Gosh! Grab from us while stocks are really LIMITED!! This is how the KING OF PHONES look like.

 

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Another Busy WEEK

Busy life. But worth it. This is what i have been doing everyday. Wake up early, get prepared and kiss my wife and baby then go to work. Morning visit sites, sometimes drenched in the rain but most of the time is having sun bathed. After 2-3 hours site visitation, will go back to office to sign documents and meetings. Then have lunch at the cafe below my office for 1-1.5 hours then back to work. Sometimes will go sites again. Otherwise will stay in office for meetings and information gathering. Then packing up at 5:30pm and heading home. On the way home, some times will have late traffic jam (normally around 5pm then start jam) Then reach home around 6pm, will do some dogs feeding. Then get bathed, finally come to hug and kiss my both ladies (wife and baby). Then Dinner at 7pm, do washing sometimes then watch Astro and do some more research online for properties opportunity or just chatting casually and of coz child monitoring while my wife sleep early at 9pm. Then i will be awake till 1am after my baby wake up for milk time. My wife will take care after mid night. Then i Snooze off…… the next day will repeat itself. Tired but knowing i am man of family now, taking care my child and wife. ITS WORTH IT. I AM THE MAN. IRO

Malaysians are RICH!

Undeniable that Malaysian are RICH dont you think so? We are all RICH, just that some are RICHER, some are “MORE” RICHER! Why i say so? I will tell you why. Straight to the point. For an average Malaysian’s monthly earning is RM1500 – RM2000. For that range is consider “average” and lots of them complaint “NOT ENOUGH TO USE LO”. I truly agree with that. We have 4 necessities to fulfill (clothing衣 , food食 , shelter住 , transport行). Malaysian can spend alot in some ways.

I will take RM1500 income as example.

Clothing, food wont be much problem for RM1500 income. But shelter and transport are something to worry us about. But RM1500-2000 actually can buy lots of things! More.

Shelter:

Nowadays everything has increased in cost and price. Everything gone up but only salary is stagnant. How are we going to buy a house? Then you to look for bank to help. So banks are so generous to offer their help. With flexible home loans, almost everyone can pay and own a house! DOWNSIDE is you will pay a very long long time to actually own the house. The loan will be refinanced and continue to be settled by son then grandson and great grand son… when there is an imbalance of the income and cost of living. Then it will be a cycle of life. You work and pay loans. We cant just blame government, we cant blame why boss cant give us higher salary because Malaysia is not as productive as other countries. Nearest example, Singapore. They dont have resources as we have, but they can outperformed us HELL lot! Why? I will explain later.

Transportation:

Most of the average income Malaysian will own a Produa or Proton as their first car. The reason is they are cheap! Cheap? Did you mention cheap? Yes its cheaper than imported cars, but its still very expensive! For RM1.5k income you have to pay 350-450 ringgit per month to get a Kancil that cost around RM23,000.00. 

In Australia, AUD1,500 is a salary that pay to someone to wash dishes. Who works 5 days a weeks, 8 hours per day and AUD10.00 an hour (i heard that employee can sue the employer for paying anything below than that on normal cases). With AUD 23,000.00 you can actually buy a brand new CIVIC.

HONDA CIVIC

 But normally with AUD1500, people will get a car around AUD12-15000. Nissan Micra at AUD14,999 in Malaysia it cost more than RM90,000 for a recon car (refurbished imported 2nd hand car).

 

Nissan Micra

So you see the big difference? We earn same “value” of money, but spend TWICE as much as them. Arent we “rich”? Even buying our national brand is already so expensive. Why all these happen?  AP and duty TAX is why. Why we need AP for cars? If there is AP then why Duty Tax so high? So, i was told that mostly AP which is Approved Permit to import cars. One AP one car. So many of our local friend (Malays) has the AP. They sit there doing nothing and sell APs to chinese who wanna do business. Each AP is RM35,000 to RM45,000.00. So your car will be extra RM35000 more expensive excluding the TAX! Wow… why some get so much AP and chinese get little or NONE? This one you find out yourself. I dont want to get disappear for days.

 

Corruption:

We maintain the standard! We are better than Vietnam and Indonesia! (being very sarcastic) 

 

Corruption Ranking

I got this from Local paper. Also available more here.

Corruption definitely will kill a county. If your country is number is corruption, meaning “including table” instead of “under table” corruption then you can see how weak the currency and economy is. If our country is like Sweden or Singapore that CLEAN, with the rich resources we have, we can do much better than any countries in Asia. We can be better than Hong Kong. So corruption act as a black hole. All our hard earn money paid to tax then SUCKED into black hole when the minister of Government department involve in corruption. For example, building a fly over or Airport or Highway, one might cost RM400 million (actual) then the minister award it to contractor (the “brother” AKA kawan) RM1billion then share together of the profit. Then our Tax all goes there. So we have no money to upgrade other facilities and develop other states in Malaysia. This is just one of the example. If you want to know more, you can always Google it yourself. I am not a politic blogger and will not be one, just wanna share why our country after so many years still like a” toddler” in economy. In newspaper everyday, our ministers still “lie” here and there, say you lousy, i clever. Then say our own national car suck, yet duty tax and AP so high till not everyone can buy imported cars. Then say who who “chicken rape” who who, then doctor found out something, then disappeared. Police found drugs and pirated dvds then disappeared when going to court. Fire fighting engines never serviced and not working well when needed. Where are our rights? Our money? We pay so much tax and yet the road condition SUCK. Even a place where teaches new generation of education and morales also got corruption!

 

Hope i dont get myself into any trouble of pointing out these facts.