tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262184102024-03-14T00:18:50.158+08:00WONDER.FOOSimple Blog of My LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-47661718972043114042015-04-10T10:35:00.002+08:002015-04-10T10:35:23.236+08:00Email to Team <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Was digging through my mailbox and I found this. Repost it here for good old memory sake...<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">In practice, <b>leaders who are detached from the messy process
of managing fail.</b> They don't know what's going on in their organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Stanford University Professor Emeritus James G. March has said
"<b>Leadership involves plumbing as well as poetry</b>." And I
couldn’t agree more having experienced this throughout my career. <b>The devil
is in the details</b>. Great leaders fail without good management.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">What distinguishes today’s successful enterprise is <b>knowledge</b>--such
as knowledge of the customer, the suppliers, and new business ideas that could
emerge from anywhere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The challenge for leaders is managing such extended enterprises
which requires breaking many of the management rules we grew up with. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Rather than top-down hierarchical processes and approaches, they
need to manage and govern cross-collaboratively</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3006868/youre-only-strong-your-weakest-manager">http://www.fastcompany.com/3006868/youre-only-strong-your-weakest-manager</a></div>
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My comment: as a leader or future leader, you would
need to get your hands dirty in order to do a great job. There’s a difference
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-32391692512789242982013-03-28T20:07:00.002+08:002013-03-29T09:27:43.310+08:00Company Culture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We understand the importance of having a positive company culture. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The right culture translates to a situation where we can have the right people, doing the right thing, and heading towards the right direction collectively.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, most often than not, most company culture are merely a motto, a statement, or even just something the management wants, but hardly anything that reflects the reality.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This creates a divergence of culture, where instead of a cohesive one, now you have two type of cultures, i.e., the <i><u>perceived </u>culture</i> and the <i><u>real </u>culture</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People's behavior in an organization defines and forms its culture. This behavior is heavily influenced by the heritage of the firm, the management's direction and working style, the operating procedure, the interaction among co-workers and the working relationships between superiors and subordinates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the organization is small in size, most often than not, the congruence of culture can be maintained, as the boss' behaviors will largely influence the formation of company's culture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the complexity increases when the organizational size got bigger. The understanding of what their culture actually is could be blurry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Management would think that his or her company is "dynamic", " we never give up", "always go the extra miles", "focus on quality" etc...They can verbally communicate or put in writing of what they believe is the "right" culture, but most often than not, effort was not spent in convincing their staff entirely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Setting the right culture from the top is not enough. The job is not done yet if you do not make your people buy in to the ideas.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"We want to be the best" conveys a message that the company wants to be no. 1 in some areas. The "what" has been defined, the "how" has been planned out but the people might not buy in fully on the "why".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just because the management has set the "what" and "how", management would think that things would fall into place automatically, and people should deliver. After all, they are being paid to do what was told.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some would say that if the employee does what was told, then a culture can be formed. Yes, this is true, but it might not be the "right" culture. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the direction is to be "no. 1", how could you expect that the employees would have the belief that "I can be / I am no. 1" if they are just a follower of instructions?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Culture cannot be forced down from the top. Management's role is to provide the strategic direction and a platform to support that. With the right infrastructure, and the right people doing the right role, a positive culture can be formed from bottom up.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If the employees perceive that what they have or what being provided is not sufficient to achieve what was instructed, this is where the culture misalignment happens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The employees might choose to say no to management, where I guess most employees would not do so for obvious reason (after all, it is not a pleasant nor advisable move to tell your boss that he or she is wrong - career suicidal moves), so they might opt for the easier route - "Do <i>lor</i>, what else can I do?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The employees do not own the company so ultimately if the culture does not fit, they can always choose to leave and join others. Because of the "do <i>lor</i>" mentality, management might have the impression that their employees are incompetent as they cannot deliver what was expected. So people got reshuffled, disgruntlement and confusion might follow, people leave, people come and here goes the vicious cycle again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the end, the perceived culture is still a perceived one, where the real culture leads the employee to an impression that "management is clueless", "they don't know what we want", "this is not the place i want to stay" etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A right culture can only be formed if management do what they preach, walk the walk, talk the talk, and stick to the same mantra through thick and thin. People need to buy in the mantra and it should not be something too fictitious or ambitious. A small step at a time would be much more rewarding and believable for the employees, and it might help to drive them to do the right things all the time.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-20998476476207681202013-03-13T09:00:00.001+08:002013-03-13T09:00:11.629+08:00Management: Leadership<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read a good article on fastcompany today and would like to share it here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">http://www.fastcompany.com/3006868/youre-only-strong-your-weakest-manager</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In practice, <b>leaders who
are detached from the messy process of managing fail.</b> They don't know
what's going on in their organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Stanford University Professor Emeritus James G. March has said
"<b>Leadership involves plumbing as
well as poetry</b>." And I couldn’t agree more having experienced this
throughout my career. <b>The devil is in
the details</b>. G</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">reat leaders fail without good management.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">What distinguishes today’s successful enterprise is <b>knowledge</b>--such as knowledge of the
customer, the sup</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">pliers, and new business ideas that could emerge from
anywhere. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The challenge for leaders is managing such extended enterprises
which requires breaking many of the management rules we grew up with. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Rather
than top-down hierarchical processes and approaches, they need to manage and
govern cross-collaboratively</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-4036381596533751072013-03-11T10:56:00.000+08:002013-03-11T10:56:06.728+08:00What it takes to excel as Sales<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There are many books out there which touch on "what it takes to excel" "how to be a successful salesman" "101 ways to be a successful sales man" etc.<br />
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Based on my short stint leading the International Sales team, what i can gather is:<br />
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<u><b>Rule 1: Passion</b></u><br />
Good academic results or relationships or records can land you the job, but hey, you would need to have the passion to drive you forward, to pick you up when you're bashed down to the ground. You would need to believe in yourself, and use the passion as fuel to drive you to greater height.<br />
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A passionate sales man will be able to handle rejection with ease, because, they would understand that all the obstacles, especially rejection, is part of the daily job to "make a dent in the universe".<br />
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<b><u>Rule 2: Brain</u></b><br />
You can be as gungho or passionate as you can be, but if it doesn't come with any strategic thinking or brain power to back it up, then it is not a complete package. Whether it is to con or to convince, which is a huge part of a sales man's daily job, you would need to be able to think and react fast to changes. After all, change is the only constant here.<br />
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<b><u>Rule 3: Balls of Steel</u></b><br />
Ok, you're equipped with passion and brain, but hey, you must have the guts and balls of steel to get it executed. It is not easy to approach a total stranger and tell him or her how good you or your product is. It is easy to sell, but it is never easy to say No to customer. Most often than not, there will be times where you would need to place company's interests above those of customers, like further price discount. You must have the ball to say "sorry, this is the lowest i can go" and take the risk of the customer walking away. Nonetheless, the risks can be largely mitigated if you understand your customers' threshold well enough before hand. Always do your homework beforehand, as there's a thin fine line between being a cowboy or a brave sales man.<br />
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<b><u>Rule 4: Charisma</u></b><br />
This is not something which can be taught of. Some just born with better looks than the others, but that's not the key point here. Charisma does not mean that you would need to be the most good looking person on earth, but you must be pleasant enough for customers to like you. Play your game right, some time sex sells, but most of the time, charisma comes in different format. A trusted look is more important than a pretty face in sales.<br />
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This might not be an exhaustive list of what it takes to excel, but so far i think these 4 key elements are important to differentiate a good sales man from a darn blardy good one.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-87809181466469310772013-03-11T10:41:00.001+08:002013-03-11T10:41:16.313+08:00Good Morning!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On my way to work today, and yes, it could have been a dreadful Monday as always, but everything changes when i was greeted by this beautiful sunrise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That totally change my day. Good Morning peeps!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-3212230061398207982012-09-30T17:21:00.000+08:002012-09-30T17:21:05.957+08:00Something Bigger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>We always wanted to achieve something bigger in life. Let the motivation be wealthier, gain better status, recognition and fame, or pure desire to have a better quality of life. We always have the desire to be someone or achieve something bigger.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>We are all dreamers, especially when we were younger. Though the courage to dream fades exponentially as we grew older, we are all dreamers, at least at one stage of our lives.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Throughout the years in seeking for the answers on what it takes to bring me to another level, it came to my realization that in order to achieve something bigger, one should understand the real meaning of life.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>You see, you can say I want to be a ceo. Great vision indeed. But you must be able to answer, what is the point of doing so?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Why do you want to be a ceo? Is it driven by the desire for Power? Money? Status? Or all of the above?</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>Well, these are all valid reasons and it shall not be judged whether they are right or wrong, because these are all bits and pieces of life which has driven human being in our route to success for years.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>In my humble opinion, perhaps we should ask ourselves, what difference would I make, if I haven't done the thing which I want to achieve.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>I always believe that "Things happen for a reason", and without knowing what's the reason that drives you, you will not go very far.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: Helvetica;"><span>That's another philosophical entry of the year...</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-35955203067422332522012-09-20T16:54:00.000+08:002012-09-20T16:54:21.310+08:002012 - The Story Continues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
2012 hasn't been great, but hasn't been that bad either.<br />
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After entering the "Big 30" club, it's like I am forced to grow up overnight. Now into the 2nd year of this phase of my life, i think i am starting to get used to it.<br />
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With the depreciation in the value of money while the property prices keep on rising, it is indeed a huge pressure for us to keep up. For now, we are still thankful that we have a small hut to live in, but if you think through it, things would be very challenging for our next generation.<br />
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The property prices in our regional countries (big cities at least) are way more expensive than what we have in KL. Let it be Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta or Ho Chi Minh, KL's property is surprisingly at an "Affordable Level".<br />
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In Malaysia, it is apparent that Wealth Gap is widening at an alarming pace. Well, the increase in social issue + crime rate is positively link to the widening of Wealth Gap. We used to have a fat layer of Middle Income group but now, this group is dividing into 2 groups, one leaning towards the "Rich", and one leaning towards the "Poor".<br />
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For a lot of my peers, they are continuously and proactively looking for investment opportunities. This is a positive thing for the country, but of course this is because they are also looking for a Social Class Upgrade. Some, they chose to be more passive and believe that savings, rather than investment, is the way to go.<br />
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Both school of thoughts have their own merits, however, we shouldn't work in silo and believe that everything else will be <i>ceteris paribus</i> (Latin terms used in Economics to describe "All Else Remains Unchanged"). When we are moving, the society, economy and the globe are moving as well.<br />
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The key here is, if you are looking for a social class upgrade, you would need to Outpace everyone else.<br />
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You see, if the country's social welfare & education system is good, we do not need to fight for survival by outpacing everyone else. However, we do know that in Bad Times, we will have no one to rely on but ourselves.<br />
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Official stats or numbers on cost of living shows that Malaysia is among the lowest. Indeed it is. But every household's earnings must be sufficient to cover the daily expenses + indulgence, while a huge portion of the income will need to go to a Rainy Day Fund. We would need to save up for insurance premium, emergency funds for medical bills, maintenance bills and other miscellaneous, kids' education fund etc. If you add all this together, that's a totally different story and the cost of living in Malaysia is extremely high for all of us.<br />
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Recent President Barack Obama's speech particularly moved me. He mentioned about the importance of education and medical welfare for the people, which I am totally in agreement with him. This is what we are lacking in Malaysia, a sense of Security where our present + future will be protected.<br />
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As a matter of fact, it would be tough to rely on the government to make any drastic change, and in avoidance to drop further in the Social Class Rank, i think it's time for us to work hard, invest & divest and save for the future. It ain't gonna be any easier if you don't do anything, now.<br />
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It's action time.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-78022730707157625092012-04-16T14:00:00.002+08:002012-04-16T14:00:25.735+08:00Infernal Affairs Parody Video<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In March 2012, we shot this parody version of infernal affairs. It was good fun and hope you guys like this video.<br />
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In 1999, my ex-housemate's Italian friend came over for holiday. We brought her out for a visit around town. She was very amazed at KLCC Twin Towers (and KLIA) and kept on praising how great Malaysia is.</div>
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We were in awed. To us, Twin Towers sounded like a total waste of money, but then, without a doubt, it did become a key landmark for Malaysia, and enable us to stamp our footprint in the global stage.</div>
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There was time when it's hard to illustrate where Malaysia is, and there was time where we don't even feel good about ourselves when we were in overseas.</div>
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There is without a doubt that Malaysians love English Premier League more than our local football league. After all, it is undoubtedly the most entertaining & exciting football league in the world. </div>
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It is a dream for a lot of Malaysians to watch an English Premier League (EPL) game live at the stadium, especially for the Big 4 teams. For most people, to experience the atmosphere, the passions and the excitement at the stadium is a once in a lifetime experience.</div>
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Our most prolific entrepreneur, Tony Fernandes, bought over London's EPL club Queens Park Rangers.</div>
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Heard of <a href="http://www.mister-potato.com/">Mister Potato</a>? Mister Potato is now the Global Snack Partner of Manchester United Football Club. Not bad for a Malaysian brand.</div>
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Going to watch an EPL game live is no longer a dream. With the launch of "The Ultimate Man Utd Experience" Campaign, the winner of this campaign will stand a chance to watch an EPL game live at Old Trafford, Manchester, with total VIP treatment! Also, there will be stadium & museum tour added on to the package too.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-69968194356480681272011-09-04T17:15:00.003+08:002011-09-04T17:15:59.444+08:00Nobody says it's easy...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
things are never meant to be easy, and it is even harder to stay focus in getting ONE thing done.<br />
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doing too many things at one time might end up getting nothing done.<br />
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so, just stay focus for now. Will reach there someday, somehow.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-90064830207283984322011-05-26T10:14:00.003+08:002011-05-26T10:25:43.716+08:00ShanghaiMet some interesting people during my recent work trip to Shanghai.<div><br /></div><div>One of them includes my hometown friends, whom are now working & living in Shanghai for about a year now. They are pursuing the China Dreams, and they are definitely happier and feel excited about the future vs. where they were before. It's always good to catch up and together we went to one of the nicest place in shanghai, where west meets east. It was a lovely place, and it makes me fond of Shanghai even more.</div><div><br /></div><div>Met some local chinese guys too. They were like " it's interesting to see that China has developed alot in recent years, but the reality in China is 国富民穷, i.e. The Country is Rich, but the People is Poor."</div><div><br /></div><div>Sounds like an oxymoron or counter-intuitive, but the reality is the taxes in China are hefty, thus most hard-earned cash made by the people are all being paid as taxes. Though the government uses them to build trains, bridges, top class roads etc, but in reality there's not much of money left in China's average joe's pocket. Which is their top concerns anyway. </div><div><br /></div><div>That makes living extremely difficult.</div><div> </div><div>One guy was saying that "I wish i could leave the country and live in somewhere else"</div><div><br /></div><div>I said, "Well, the grass is always greener on the other side". He agreed.</div><div><br /></div><div>He then said, "If you want to make money, you do that in China. If you want to have a better living, China is not quite the place to be at..."</div><div><br /></div><div>When you put things into context, that kinda makes Malaysia a nice place to be at...</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-52434233278800811782011-05-03T15:20:00.001+08:002011-05-03T15:20:24.020+08:00记<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">你还记得</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">当年毕业典礼那一天</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">你开开心心</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">满怀希望及憧憬的那一天</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">那一天</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">天下不大</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">那一天</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">你觉得没有什么是不可能的</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">那一天</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">是你人生另一个里程碑的开始</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">若干年后</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">你可曾被现实打败?</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">你现在</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">可沉溺在生活的洪流当中?</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">当年的青春无悔</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">义无反顾可还在?</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">你那梦想被捏碎了吗?还是仍藏在心底深处</span>?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">还是</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">你已忘了当初的一切?</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">或许一切已不再重要</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">或许一切仍未太迟</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">有梦就去追吧</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">多年以后</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">你</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">还是你</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">路</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">就在前方</span><span lang="ZH-CN"> </span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">转左转右还是向前冲</span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">就看你了</span><o:p></o:p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-58077491284507230272011-01-03T18:07:00.001+08:002011-01-03T18:09:54.955+08:00the year 2010it has been a while since i last post a blog. <div><br /></div><div>So i have decided to post a short blog on the first working day in 2011 to bid 2010 goodbye and welcome 2011.</div><div><br /></div><div>2010 was a fantastic year for me. moved back from hong kong, changed industry altogether, met up and hang out with good old buddies, doing the thing i always wanted to do... not to mention travelling like mad for the whole year. Beside Laos and Brunei, i am proud to say that i have been to all ASEAN countries!</div><div><br /></div><div>So, thanks and goodbye 2010. Hello 2011!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-48453200380611162822010-10-28T18:12:00.002+08:002010-10-28T18:19:30.891+08:00用人之道<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">在管理学上,往往教人最为頭痛的莫過于“控制”二字。</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br /><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">为上者,有時為了下属常常自作主张而忧心,<wbr>唯恐那日会因不受控制而闯出個大禍来。</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">若下属是属能干者型,那就叫人更為忧心了。那怕他有日会自起炉灶,<wbr>当起对手來。</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br /><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">为下者,卻常因为老板处处拑制,而無所有用武之地而感到灰心。<wbr>若不信我,又何用我之?</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">另有例者,老板對下属過于放纵,过多的自由导致懶散,<wbr>然后開始迷迷糊糊过日子,迷失方向。</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br /><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">曹操有言道,</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">疑人不用,用人不疑</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">”</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">。對我而言,<wbr>這是用人之上策,也是用人之道的第一招。</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:black"><br /><br /></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">首先,若對自己的将领有疑,而不能尽信,<wbr>那則肯定兵敗無疑</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-bidi-font-family:SimSun;color:black">。</span>当然,</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">为上者,必须拥有阅人的眼光。若你能像伯乐般能分辨好马与孬马,那当然是最好,但起码,我觉得,你也必须拥有刘备之阅人之能力,从而能人用之。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">常言道,将在外,君命不受。相信自己的眼光,该放手时,就放手让他好好地干吧。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">在三国里,英雄与好领袖如云。但我觉得,若要谈用人之道,则非谈曹操与刘备不可。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">众人皆知,曹操是奸雄。那一句“宁我负天下人,莫叫天下人负我”已充分地表现出其性格。但,野心满满的奸雄曹操却是手下将领如云,也没多少人背叛曹操另奔他营。这是为何?</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">曹操做事果断,也来的残忍。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">徐州</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">大</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black">屠</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">城一事就是最好的例子。但这也是其成功的地方。我觉得,许多人肯为他出生入死除了是他魅力过人及有着一统天下的能力与野心,也因为他非常爱才。人说曹操惜才如命是没错。你可说是识英雄,重英雄,但你也可说是曹操知道,若要成大业,明主得须很多英才辅助才能成事。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">曹操的成功告诉我们,为上者,若要成功,你得必须拥有成大业之决心。然后,你得将之付诸于行动,随之人们才会肯追随你。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br /></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">其二,你得有阅人之能力及相信自己的眼光。若你觅得人才,但却对之有所顾虑或怀疑,那么,他们是不会在你手下干的长久,也不会对你忠心耿耿。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">你得先相信别人,别人才会对你回于信任。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">说到忠心,就会想到刘关张三兄弟深厚的感情。关羽及张飞对刘备的信任及忠诚,简直是深厚的连曹操也妒忌及羡慕。那,刘备到底有何过人之处能让如此厉害的强人在他旗下做事呢?</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">无可否认,魅力及其为人之原则是刘备最大的本钱。他贯彻性地对汉室忠诚,使得他就算是掠人城池,取人性命也来得振振有词。除此,我觉得,在刘备旗下做事,感觉上会比在曹操营中轻松。因为,相比之下,刘备似乎比较容易相处。但,若你问我,要成大事的话,我宁可放手一搏,追随曹操。为何</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">在刘备旗下,你知道纵使你再强,刘备最亲的,仍是关羽及张飞。所幸的是,关张二人乃属能人,要不然刘军早就散了。但在曹营,只要你是有能力者,天下就是你的。这是很重要的分别。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">现实中,你得让你的下属知道,只要他肯努力及好好表现,那他就能爬的多高,走的多远。你得让他知道在你未来的宏图计划中有他的存在,然后也得与其分享取得天下之后,他会有什么样的回报。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">更重要的是,你得让他知道到底何时会得到回报。为何?在这日新月异的年代,没人会肯为你痴痴地等,痴痴地干。为上者,也总喜欢能拖得一时就拖吧,那可省下点工钱,也别让年轻人得意的太早。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">你我皆非草木。我们每天都需要去打拼的原动力。为上者或为下者皆一样,免不了都会被钱</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">•</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">名</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">•</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">利所动。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:SimSun;mso-ascii-font-family: Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:SimSun;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black">用人之道之要诀,往往都是一个“信”字。但也别忘了“利”也甚重要。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-56832797239902849142010-10-15T16:40:00.005+08:002010-10-15T17:27:20.103+08:00Marketing Strategy: Presence and Reason<div>one thing i learn from marketing is, the success of a brand building campaign does not solely depend on <i>how loud you shout</i>, but on <i>the way you shout</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>imagine, when you walk into a shop, and you see a big-ass display of product in front of you, under normal circumstances, people will either be attracted to it ("wah! new product, let's check it out!'), or merely just acknowledging its existence. ("oh, new product huh. ok...but the display is ugly lah, let's go grab my chips instead")</div><div><br /></div><div>you can have bright yellow or pink or green backdrop or funky packaging, coupled with a big banner on top saying "Buy 1 free 10" or something. These might catch the attention from some people, especially those that are on limited budget, but it might not work for some. This is because to inform the shopper about something is easier than to convince them to buy one. Why?</div><div><br /></div><div>When you talk about soda drinks, there's always a brand that will pop up in your mind immediately. Coke? Pepsi? Dr. Pepper? </div><div><br /></div><div>ok, let's think of diapers. Which brand pops up?</div><div><br /></div><div>how about, beer, which brand is it?</div><div><br /></div><div>how about instant noodle, which brand pops up first?</div><div><br /></div><div>the funny thing about human mind is, image normally comes up first, then your brain will send the signals to the other parts of your body, then, for some reasons, you can almost certainly taste or smell the product you want to buy (not diaper of course, but you might be able to recall how soft/hard/expensive it is). </div><div><br /></div><div>i.e. we normally store images & experiences in our creative-part of the brain, whereas the rational & logical side of brain will store info like "is it healthy? how expensive is it comparing to the others? will my friend think that i'm a loser if i drink this soda instead of the others?" etc.</div><div><br /></div><div>so it's like a left brain vs right brain war. And normally the war is quite intense when you go shopping.</div><div><br /></div><div>how about convenience store? think about it, what drives you to go to a convenience store? to buy a cigarettes? grab a drink? buy newspaper? ATM? grab a pain killer?</div><div><br /></div><div>The subconscious motive of going to a hypermarket vs convenience store is inherently very different for shoppers. When you plan for your trip to hypermarket with family, you know you want to do grocery shopping, maybe will buy some food...but not sure what yet. In fact, most of the time, we are hoping that the hypermarket can surprise us with good deals or value buys.</div><div><br /></div><div>However, before you step into a convenience store, most often than not, you already know that one item or two that you want to buy.</div><div><br /></div><div>it's essential to understand the motives of shoppers before you can plan for anything in the world of FMCG marketing. You can bang table, shout all you can about how great is your brand, but, if this is not what the shoppers want, their reaction will just be merely "acknowledging" your presence, and will not convert into sales.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's not wrong to have a marketing campaign just to create "Presence". Especially for new brands, you need to have presence then only people know there's a new kid on the block.</div><div><br /></div><div>But, there are times, you need a marketing campaign to tell the consumers "the Reason" to buy. If this is successful, you will see sales growing healthily across time. </div><div><br /></div><div>Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that Reason is more important than Presence, nor the other way around. It's just merely using different strategy for different phase of the product marketing cycle. But i must say that creating a "Reason" marketing strategy is harder than a "Presence" one.</div><div><br /></div><div>if you have enough marketing budget, then you just need to buy some block displays at high traffic outlets, do some TV ads, competition, or maybe celebrity endorsement then consumers will know about your product. Knowing is one thing, but to make it the first brand that pops up in your mind when you think of that category is another.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes to create a deeper impression, the product will have a very funny or funky TV ads. You had a good laugh, and you share it on Facebook, but, can you recall the brand after 2-3 months? You might, maybe, but will you rush to the shop right away to buy the product? Or will you purposely look for the product when you are in shop the next time?</div><div><br /></div><div>Reason-type of marketing will be different. It could be the power of association (i.e. when people see me with this product, then they will think that i am cool) or words of mouth (if you want to drink soda, buy coke), or it could be influenced by the product positioning strategy (if you're thirsty, think of coke or drink coke with hot pot, shiok ah!)</div><div><br /></div><div>so next time around when you're thirsty or eating hot pot, you will be like "hey, i feel like having a bottle of coke". Isn't it fattening? But you do have a reason to have coke at that moment.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Because, [i was told that] coke is the perfect match for hot weather!"</div><div><br /></div><div>there you go. Reason-type marketing is largely based on the Product Positioning marketing strategy. Once you position your product to be of certain price or quality range, then you will need to crack your head to think of the reason for consumer to choose you. Some says it's actually differentiation strategy. I say no. Differentiation is just being different from the others, but it does not convert consumer from A to B. </div><div><br /></div><div>So if you have this concept at the back of your mind, then you can easily identify which campaign does not fit your marketing strategy. If i want you to buy my potato chips, i will tell you that our product is healthier, tastier, cheaper blah blah blah, and all i need to do is to feed you with info and make sure that you will be convinced. Sometime, being different is just not good enough.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you have a good "Give me a Reason to Buy" marketing strategy, then, it is almost like having a top insurance agent selling to the consumers on a 24/7 basis.</div><div><br /></div><div>some food for thoughts.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-73536248170249595722010-10-11T09:42:00.002+08:002010-10-11T09:51:35.763+08:00Edison is Back!I have always been a big fans of <a href="http://clotinc.com/edc/">Edison Chen</a>, of his talents and entrepreneurial spirits. Check out his label / company <a href="http://clotinc.com/">here. CLOT Inc.</a> That's the name. <div><br /></div><div>Here's his latest song, "Mr. Sandman"<br /><div> <object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/KrmcwLxC_K8/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KrmcwLxC_K8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KrmcwLxC_K8?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Personally i think this lyric is quite cool. check it out</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">他不想当宅男, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">要当就当豪宅男"</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">Lyrics :<br />歌词<br /><br />他每天上班 下班 加班<br /><br />吃不下饭<br /><br />穿衬衫 打领带<br /><br />黑皮鞋 黑眼袋<br /><br />黑棉猜<br /><br />太阳好大 好碍眼<br /><br />晒得他好邋遢<br /><br />他看着101<br /><br />幻想着有天他也会发达<br /><br />就算是一辈子<br /><br />也买不起栋房子<br /><br />就算买了也会累死<br /><br />他到底干嘛要这样子<br /><br />他不想当宅男<br /><br />要当就当豪宅男<br /><br />这种梦比登天还难<br /><br />他到底应该要怎么办<br /><br />mr sandman<br /><br />Bring me a dream<br /><br />make it the cutest that i've ever seen<br /><br />give him the tips<br /><br />like roses in clover<br /><br />then tell hom that his lone some nights are over<br /><br />mr sandman<br /><br />i'm so alone<br /><br />don't have nobody to call my own<br /><br />please turn on<br /><br />your magic beams<br /><br />mr sandman bring me a dream<br /><br />她是個Young lady 會被老闆吃吃豆腐<br /><br />牵牵手<br /><br />摸摸屁股<br /><br />点头论足她穿的衣服 oh<br /><br />他討厭他的BOSS<br /><br />有苦难言<br /><br />她很O<br /><br />虚伪的面具到处都有<br /><br />乾脆辞职说了就GO<br /><br />她是要去哪咧 她到底搞清楚了没<br /><br />她觉得未来的路是黑 为何她不顾是非<br /><br />需要点勇气<br /><br />需要多点lucky<br /><br />或许爱她的Honey<br /><br />或许多一点money<br /><br />他自己也搞不清<br /><br />Oh mr<br /><br />sandman<br /><br />请给他一个梦想<br /><br />Oh mr sandman<br /><br />请给我一个梦想<br /><br />Oh mr sandman<br /><br />mr<br /><br />sandman<br /><br />我叫做陈冠希<br /><br />和你一样<br /><br />我有痛苦和压力<br /><br />也想过要放弃<br /><br />没私人飞机<br /><br />过海关也会被哔哔<br /><br />我假装笑嘻嘻<br /><br />假装日子一样<br /><br />bling bling<br /><br />我的生活<br /><br />像是一场马戏团的show<br /><br />跳来跳去下一关<br /><br />我想试试Super Mario<br /><br />oh<br /><br />no<br /><br />我的父母告诉我<br /><br />这世界属于我<br /><br />当时我怀疑<br /><br />这到底是对还是错<br /><br />醉生梦死<br /><br />多少次<br /><br />对着镜子问着<br /><br />why me<br /><br />mr sandman please<br /><br />请你帮我把梦快递<br /><br />和你一样<br /><br />其实我和你一样<br /><br />mr sandman<br /><br />请你带给我们一个希望<br /><br />mr sandman<br /><br />bring me a dream<br /><br />make it the cutest that i've ever seen<br /><br />give hm the tips like roses in clover<br /><br />then tell him that<br /><br />his lone some nights are over<br /><br />mr sandman<br /><br />i am so alone<br /><br />don't have nobody<br /><br />to call my own<br /><br />please turn on your magic beams<br /><br />mr sandman bring me a dream</span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-43324716969655330252010-10-08T14:24:00.003+08:002010-10-08T14:31:58.469+08:00Eulogy by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew to his beloved wifeMrs. Lee Kuan Yew, Mdm Kwa Geok Choo passed away recently.<div><br /></div><div>At the funeral service at Mandai Crematorium, Singapore Minister Mentor Mr. Lee delivered his eulogy entitled "The Last Farewell to My Wife", as below: <div><br /></div><div><i>Source: Channel News Asia</i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/annex/EulogyKGC.pdf">http://www.channelnewsasia.com/annex/EulogyKGC.pdf</a></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><p>Ancient peoples developed and ritualised mourning practices to express the shared grief of family and friends, and together show not fear or distaste for death, but respect for the dead one; and to give comfort to the living who will miss the deceased.</p><p>I recall the ritual mourning when my maternal grandmother died some 75 years ago. For five nights the family would gather to sing her praises and wail and mourn at her departure, led by a practiced professional mourner.</p><p>Such rituals are no longer observed. My family’s sorrow is to be expressed in personal tributes to the matriarch of our family.</p><p>In October 2003 when she had her first stroke, we had a strong intimation of our mortality.</p><p>My wife and I have been together since 1947 for more than three quarters of our lives. My grief at her passing cannot be expressed in words. But today, when recounting our lives together, I would like to celebrate her life.</p><p>In our quiet moments, we would revisit our lives and times together. We had been most fortunate. At critical turning points in our lives, fortune favoured us.</p><p>As a young man with an interrupted education at Raffles College, and no steady job or profession, her parents did not look upon me as a desirable son-in-law. But she had faith in me.</p><p>We had committed ourselves to each other. I decided to leave for England in September 1946 to read law, leaving her to return to Raffles College to try to win one of the two Queen’s Scholarships awarded yearly. We knew that only one Singaporean would be awarded. I had the resources, and sailed for England, and hoped that she would join me after winning the Queen’s Scholarship.</p><p>If she did not win it, she would have to wait for me for three years.</p><p>In June the next year, 1947, she did win it. But the British colonial office could not get her a place in Cambridge.</p><p>Through Chief Clerk of Fitzwilliam, I discovered that my Censor at Fitzwilliam, W S Thatcher, was a good friend of the Mistress of Girton, Miss Butler.</p><p>He gave me a letter of introduction to the Mistress. She received me and I assured her that Choo would most likely take a “First”, because she was the better student when we both were at Raffles College.</p><p>I had come up late by one</p><p>term to Cambridge, yet passed my first year qualifying examination with a class 1. She studied Choo’s academic record and decided to admit her in October that same year, 1947.</p><p>We have kept each other company ever since. We married privately in December 1947 at Stratford-upon-Avon. At Cambridge, we both put in our best efforts. She took a first in two years in Law Tripos II. I took a double first, and a starred first for the finals, but in three years.</p><p>We did not disappoint our tutors. Our Cambridge Firsts gave us a good start in life. Returning to Singapore, we both were taken on as legal assistants in Laycock & Ong, a</p><p>thriving law firm in Malacca Street. Then we married officially a second time that September 1950 to please our parents and friends. She practised conveyancing and draftsmanship, I did litigation.</p><p>In February 1952, our first son Hsien Loong was born. She took maternity leave for a year.</p><p>That February, I was asked by John Laycock, the Senior Partner, to take up the case of the Postal and Telecommunications Uniformed Staff Union, the postmen’s union.</p><p>They were negotiating with the government for better terms and conditions of service. Negotiations were deadlocked and they decided to go on strike. It was a battle for public support. I was able to put across the reasonableness of their case through the press and radio. After a fortnight, they won concessions from the government. Choo, who was at home on maternity leave, pencilled through my draft statements, making them simple and clear.</p><p>Over the years, she influenced my writing style. Now I write in short sentences, in the active voice. We gradually influenced each other’s ways and habits as we adjusted and accommodated each other.</p><p>We knew that we could not stay starry-eyed lovers all our lives; that life was an on-going challenge with new problems to resolve and manage.</p><p>We had two more children, Wei Ling in 1955 and Hsien Yang in 1957. She brought them up to be well-behaved, polite, considerate and never to throw their weight as the prime minister’s children.</p><p>As a lawyer, she earned enough, to free me from worries about the future of our children.</p><p>She saw the price I paid for not having mastered Mandarin when I was young. We decided to send all three children to Chinese kindergarten and schools.</p><p>She made sure they learned English and Malay well at home. Her nurturing has equipped them for life in a multi-lingual region.</p><p>We never argued over the upbringing of our children, nor over financial matters. Our earnings and assets were jointly held. We were each other’s confidant.</p><p>She had simple pleasures. We would walk around the Istana gardens in the evening, and I hit golf balls to relax.</p><p>Later, when we had grandchildren, she would take them to feed the fish and the swans in the Istana ponds. Then we would swim. She was interested in her surroundings, for instance, that many bird varieties were pushed out by mynahs and crows eating</p><p>up the insects and vegetation.</p><p>She discovered the curator of the gardens had cleared wild grasses and swing fogged for mosquitoes, killing off insects they fed on. She stopped this and the bird varieties returned. She surrounded the swimming pool with free flowering scented flowers and derived great pleasure smelling them as she swam.</p><p>She knew each flower by its popular and botanical names. She had an enormous capacity for words.</p><p>She had majored in English literature at Raffles College and was a voracious reader, from Jane Austen to JRR Tolkien, from Thucydides’ The Peloponnesian Wars to Virgil’s Aeneid, to The Oxford Companion to Food, and Seafood of Southeast Asia, to Roadside Trees of Malaya, and Birds of Singapore.</p><p>She helped me draft the Constitution of the PAP. For the inaugural meeting at Victoria Memorial Hall on 4 November 1954, she gathered the wives of the founder members to sew rosettes for those who were going on stage.</p><p>In my first election for Tanjong Pagar, our home in Oxley Road, became the HQ to assign cars provided by my supporters to ferry voters to the polling booth.</p><p>She warned me that I could not trust my new found associates, the leftwing trade unionists led by Lim Chin Siong. She was furious that he never sent their high school student helpers to canvass for me in Tanjong Pagar, yet demanded the use of cars provided by my supporters to ferry my Tanjong Pagar voters.</p><p>She had an uncanny ability to read the character of a person. She would sometimes warn me to be careful of certain persons; often, she turned out to be right.</p><p>When we were about to join Malaysia, she told me that we would not succeed because the UMNO Malay leaders had such different lifestyles and because their politics were communally-based, on race and religion.</p><p>I replied that we had to make it work as there was no better choice. But she was right.</p><p>We were asked to leave Malaysia before two years.</p><p>When separation was imminent, Eddie Barker, as Law Minister, drew up the draft legislation for the separation. But he did not include an undertaking by the Federation Government to guarantee the observance of the two water agreements between the PUB and the Johor state government. I asked Choo to include this. She drafted the undertaking as part of the constitutional amendment of the Federation of Malaysia Constitution itself.</p><p>She was precise and meticulous in her choice of words. The amendment statute was annexed to the Separation Agreement, which we then registered with the United Nations.</p><p>The then Commonwealth Secretary Arthur Bottomley said that if other federations were to separate, he hoped they would do it as professionally as Singapore and Malaysia.</p><p>It was a compliment to Eddie’s and Choo’s professional skills. Each time Malaysian Malay leaders threatened to cut off our water supply, I was reassured that this clear and solemn international undertaking by the Malaysian government in its Constitution will get us a ruling by the UNSC (United Nations Security Council).</p><p>After her first stroke, she lost her left field of vision. This slowed down her reading. She learned to cope, reading with the help of a ruler. She swam every evening and kept fit. She continued to travel with me, and stayed active despite the stroke. She stayed in touch with her family and old friends.</p><p>She listened to her collection of CDs, mostly classical, plus some golden oldies. She jocularly divided her life into “before stroke” and “after stroke”, like BC and AD.</p><p>She was friendly and considerate to all associated with her. She would banter with her WSOs (woman security officers) and correct their English grammar and pronunciation in a friendly and cheerful way. Her former WSOs visited her when she was at NNI. I thank them all.</p><p>Her second stroke on 12 May 2008 was more disabling. I encouraged and cheered her on, helped by a magnificent team of doctors, surgeons, therapists and nurses.</p><p>Her nurses, WSOs and maids all grew fond of her because she was warm and considerate. When she coughed, she would take her small pillow to cover her mouth because she worried for them and did not want to infect them.</p><p>Her mind remained clear but her voice became weaker. When I kissed her on her cheek, she told me not to come too close to her in case I caught her pneumonia.</p><p>I assured her that the doctors did not think that was likely because I was active.</p><p>When given some peaches in hospital, she asked the maid to take one home for my lunch. I was at the centre of her life.</p><p>On 24 June 2008, a CT scan revealed another bleed again on the right side of her brain. There was not much more that medicine or surgery could do except to keep her comfortable.</p><p>I brought her home on 3 July 2008. The doctors expected her to last a few weeks. She lived till 2nd October, 2 years and 3 months.</p><p>She remained lucid. They gave time for me and my children to come to terms with the inevitable. In the final few months, her faculties declined. She could not speak but her cognition remained.</p><p>She looked forward to have me talk to her every evening.</p><p>Her last wish she shared with me was to enjoin our children to have our ashes placed together, as we were in life.</p><p>The last two years of her life were the most difficult. She was bedridden after small successive strokes; she could not speak but she was still cognisant.</p><p>Every night she would wait for me to sit by her to tell her of my day’s activities and to read her favourite poems. Then she would sleep.</p><p>I have precious memories of our 63 years together. Without her, I would be a different man, with a different life. She devoted herself to me and our children.</p><p>She was always there when I needed her. She has lived a life full of warmth and meaning.</p><p>I should find solace at her 89 years of her life well lived. But at this moment of the final parting, my heart is heavy with sorrow and grief.</p></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-15762928322267932962010-09-29T14:00:00.005+08:002010-09-29T14:18:56.575+08:00Mixed Rice, or some called it Economical RiceNot long ago, Mixed Rice, or more commonly referred to as Chap Fan in Malaysia was my staple meal for lunch. Especially during those college days where budget is always a constraint. (Note the usage of "is" in the previous sentence, as budget constraint remains a problem till nowadays :( )<div><br /></div><div>Then as you grew older, and people starting to learn how to enjoy life, we will switch to lunch at air-conditioned venues with better quality food. In turns, your cost-for-lunch increases tremendously with the increasing level of comfort.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gotta blame it on inflation that food prices are more expensive these days. Well, will not go into that topic any further as it will involve at least 2,000,000+ blog entries in arguing which economic policy works best for the country. Chap Fan, used to cost about RM2.00 - 3.00 (with fried chicken drumsticks somemore) to a minimum of RM3.50 in today's economy. Guess the high selling price forced the Chap Fan sellers to re-named their business from "economical rice" to "mixed rice", simply because, it's not economical anymore.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nonetheless, it is still one of the few most affordable lunch options available. If you want to go cheaper than Chap Fan, guess you either have to starve or to rely / hope for free lunch.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, this is like KL Tower-style blog entry. Super fat layer on the intro, and broom stick skinny content to follow. Sometimes we like to take things for granted, and if it's not "the time of the month" again (p.s. not PMS if you're thinking down that route. No!), i.e. the days between "Pay Day" and "I have used up my savings and i have sheeeet-loads of credit card debt day", we wouldn't have thought of our beloved Chap Fan, as opposed to air-conditioned overpriced outlets like PapaRich, Oldtown, KFC, McD etc etc...</div><div><br /></div><div>Though it's not as comfortable vs. the abovementioned outlets, but when you get to eat a cheap yet nice meal for lunch, you just feel so good about yourself. One dollar saved is one dollar earned after all.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe, in order to feel rich going forward, perhaps, we need to eat chap fan for lunch on a daily basis from now on... Maybe.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-33592766052006977902010-09-21T14:23:00.002+08:002010-09-21T14:36:49.215+08:00AutobiographyI was tossing the idea of drafting an autobiography of myself and my family. well, of course i do agree that i'm a nobody (at least for now, ha!), but i think recording what's happening right now, my plan for the future and my growing stories would be interesting for my descendants. (i hope...)<div><br /></div><div>The idea first sprung up when i was asking my dad about my family tree. My dad was telling me interesting stories like <a href="http://kahseong.blogspot.com/2010/08/this-is-story-about.html">this </a>but nothing really concrete about the whole family thingy. I mean, he said "i think one of your ancestor was a government official during Ching Dynasty day" but no name was mentioned. Good thing is we still have record of our ancestors' home in Guangdong province, China. But, that is. nothing more, nothing less.</div><div><br /></div><div>i went on google about my ancestors, my surname, the location of our ancestors' home in Guangdong but nothing really meaningful came up. Thus, i think, the Foo family deserves to know more about the legacy of Foo family members.</div><div><br /></div><div>There's an episode in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Color_Yellow">"The Simpson" season 21</a> where poor Lisa Simpson was looking up and down for her proud ancestor story (of course is for her aim to get a good grade in school project). interestingly (of course, it's a cartoon for crying out loud), the record of the Simpsons are widely available (a diary in their house's attic, public library, untold story from Grandpa...). She was told that one of her ancestor, Eliza Simpson once freed a black slave, and she's super proud of it, of course, The Simpson ain't a simple cartoon and you have to watch the episode to find out the turn of events.</div><div><br /></div><div>My point is, History, though labeled as boring for some, but it's nonetheless an very important element in our life. There are lessons to be learnt, and there are moments to be proud of. It isn't the case where we can only learn from successful stories (like the autobiographies sold out there), but there are times where we can learn from small stories in our daily life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Start collecting stories around you and who knows, one day, our story could be as famous as this <a href="http://shitmydadsays.com/">bloke's</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Time to start drafting!</div><div> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-85300888677178797712010-09-15T16:05:00.002+08:002010-09-15T16:06:50.459+08:00Interesting Article on Mamee-Double DeckerRead this piece on Mamee-Double Decker from a <a href="http://www.nanyang.com/sidelines/sidelines_articleDetail.asp?type=D&ID=182708&sID=9&cID=33">Nanyang </a>article. Interesting ;) He's definitely a huge fan of Mamee Monster!<div><br /></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; ">道股论金: 资产表健康·现金流充沛 妈咪大宝达蓄势待发</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="date" style="font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">2010/09/13 3:34:16 PM</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; "><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="blueEditor" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span >●南洋商报李佳讯</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="blueEditor" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span ><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 1px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: medium; "><span class="blueEditor" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><span ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; ">如果笔者说零食已经成为大部分年轻人的喜爱,而快熟面也成为现代人生活的一部分,我相信大家应该不会反对。但是,你身为股市投资者,是否能从这些现代人的习惯中看到投资机会?<br /><br />着名基金经理彼得林奇(Peter Lynch)在“One Up On Wall Street”写过,“零售和批发商、制造商、销售人员、清洁工,或者分析员都会碰到无数选择股票的好机会”,很奇怪的是,现实市场上,许多投资者都不知道要投资什么股票?”<br /><br />今天,笔者要讨论一家大部分人都接触过,但可能不知道是一家上市公司的公司,那就是妈咪大宝达(Mamee,5282,主板消费产品股)。<br /><br />妈咪大宝达过去是一家非常低调的公司,不过,妈咪大宝达管理层今年开始注重和投资者的关系,同时也委任了一家投资者关系公司,四月时第一次业绩汇报。<br /><br />我们可以从表1看到,过去5年来,妈咪大宝达营业额平均成长了8%,净盈利则成长了31%,管理层也定下5年内营业额超越10亿的目标。<br /><br />假设营业额未来5年真能到达10亿(假设基本面没变)、净盈利10%,这里我保守以8%计算,等于8000万的净盈利,相等于每股盈利52.98仙,如果是这样,根据8-9-2010的收市价,本益比是6.3倍。<br /><br />如果,根据目前的进度,从2009年算起,假设妈咪大宝达能够每年成长8%,那么5年后营业额仅约6亿令吉,如果管理层要实现10亿目标,除了要开发新产品,也需要更积极在零售门市争取更多销售管道。<br /><br />妈咪大宝达的竞争对手众多,以薯片市场为例,Mister Potato暂时领先Pringles和Jacker这两个品牌。<br /><br />结束中国业务<br /><br />快熟面和杯面市场,主要竞争来自Maggie(Nestle 4707)、Cintan(YHS 4642)和Super(新加玻上市)等;如果你想知道谁的品牌比较受欢迎,去霸级市场购物时不妨留意一下,顾客购买快熟面时选择什么品牌。<br /><br />至于饮料和冷冻奶制品,Cheers都无法和Coca Cola(F&N,3689),Pepsi (CI HLDG,2828)强大的品牌对抗,而冷冻奶制品nutrigen也面对来自Dutch Lady和Nestle的竞争,所以,这两方面盈利贡献并不很大。<br /><br />因此,妈咪大宝达主要还是注重在零食和快熟面市场,原本拥有的糖果生产线,因为无法获利,今年4月结束。<br /><br />然后,管理层也结束在中国的业务,把资源集中在本地和东南亚市场(6亿人口)也是良策之一。<br /><br />RM3.30可买进<br /><br />从技术分析来看,自7月22日创下新高3.78令吉后,妈咪大宝达就往下调整,形成了两个底部,3.40令吉和3.26令吉,如果要保持涨势,那么,就必须突破3.70令吉这个顶。<br /><br />从基本分析来看,在3.70令吉的价位,根据年化每股盈利本益比是11.98倍,按照公司50%的股息派发政策,相等于4.2%的周息率。<br /><br />从周线图来看支持点是2.80令吉,如果跌破,我们可能会看见更低的成交价。<br /><br />单单从基本面来看,如果真的下跌到2.80令吉,假设基本面没改变本益比是9.06倍,周息率是5.5%。<br /><br />妈咪大宝达拥有健康资产表和强劲的现金流,笔者看法是,可以在低于3.30令吉价位买进做长期投资。<br /><br />进·军·印·尼·种·植<br /><br />目前,妈咪大宝达上半年推出2个新产品,“米片”Rice Chip,之前Mister Potato使用马铃薯,从投资简报资料显示,马铃薯的开销比去年增加了40%,如果使用米来制造“米片”,基于成本更低,而其它品牌并没有“米片”,这是Mister Potato的优势。<br /><br />另外一个产品是Mie Goreng快熟面(印尼劳工市场),Mie Goreng根据印尼人口味设计。妈咪大宝达下半年准备2500万做为新产品的广告和销售开支。<br /><br />妈咪大宝达也拨出2000万的资本开销,进军种植油棕的业务,地点是加里曼丹,首期发展2000公顷(今年开始),这是一项联营计划,而妈咪大宝达占60%权益,剩下的权益是印尼一家有经验的种植公司。<br /><br />1万公顷柚棕园<br /><br />这项计划分成三个阶段进行,整个计划是种植1万公顷油棕。<br /><br />新的产品需要更多的销售开支,这是无法避免的,至于种植棕油计划,种植新棕油树一般上必须至少3年才能收割(如果一切顺利),目前,这项计划2010开始,预计2013-2014 才有收获,剩下8000公顷将会等到首期的棕油成熟之后才陆续种植。<br /><br />妈咪大宝达是否有能支撑2014之后的资本开销?<br /><br />根据去年的现金流,妈咪大宝达拥有4100万净现金,虽然管理层承诺50%股息政策(假设15仙股息派发需约2265万),扣除股息派发,公司依然拥有足够的现金支撑未来资本开销。<br /><br />最重要的是,目前妈咪大宝达并没任何负债;2年前,已完成工厂资本开销,同时也还清2007年的债务。<br /><br />冯氏家族主要股东<br /><br />妈咪大宝达主要股东是冯氏家族,他们大约持有70%股权,而值得一提的是,目前为止(6-4-2010年报)显示,只有约3%外资机构和3%本地基金持股,这说明了什么?股票流动量约22%。<br /><br />彼得林奇曾经说过,“如果你找到一只几乎不曾被机构投资者问津的股票,你可能已找到一家可能赚钱的股票 ”。<br /><br />也许你会疑惑为什么我这样说?如果你有发现,最近国库控股不断脱售手中持股,而被脱售的股票股价不断上涨,你就会明白为什么我这样说!<br /><br />道理很简单,如果你买进一家稀少基金问津的公司,假设有一天基金经理突然发现这家公司而进场买进,自然的就会推高股价,而你就可能因此得利。<br /><br /><br /><br />公司背景<br /><br />妈咪大宝达是一家食品制造公司,1971年成立,主要业务是零食(Mister Potato、Double Decker、Mamee)、快熟面和杯面(Mamee)、饮料(Cheers)、冷冻奶制品(Nutrigen),产品种类达50多种。<br /><br />公司在马来西亚和缅甸有5间工厂,其中四间在马来西亚,分布在马六甲,雪兰莪和彭亨,缅甸的工厂则负责制造快熟面和只供缅甸内消。<br /><br />妈咪大宝达拥有运输队伍,可以直接供应各大零售门市需求,同时也委任了150间合格批发商帮助增扩大售管道。年报资料显示,目前,妈咪大宝达营业额70%来自本地,其余来自国外。<br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-63191508985383906362010-09-09T09:54:00.003+08:002010-09-09T10:02:13.724+08:00Travelling Madness Continues...Don't get me wrong here. I love my job. After years of working i can finally say this loud and proud.<div><br /></div><div>The hostage incident in Manila was a madness. The bus was literally not more than 50 steps away from my hotel... nonetheless, the delicious pork and mangoes in Philippines totally compensated us for the traumatic events.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then i thought perhaps it's time to chill for a bit after Manila. Nope, Bangkok i went. It was a very good trip though, compact and impactful i would say. Then boss told me this</div><div><br /></div><div>"Dude, we're going to Beijing next week."</div><div><br /></div><div>What? Cool! but i will be going to Singapore that weekend itself!</div><div><br /></div><div>So it's a whole week of travelling? i think by then i wouldn't have recognised the route back to my office anymore! </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm always very excited about going to Beijing. Been there once for holiday and totally in love with the city (not the air, not the traffic though). Especially after 2008 olympics, the city is now much cleaner and neater i would say.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then, something unexpected popped up.</div><div><br /></div><div>Totally unexpected. I fell sick. High fever.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's the odd! oh well, gotta forego the beijing trip. That's the downside. Upside is? Got a bit of time to rest before travelling madness resumes, and found abit of time, to write this blog entry.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for reading another gibberish blog entry of mine.</div><div><br /></div><div>cheers </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-55392694549440547012010-08-25T21:49:00.004+08:002010-08-25T21:51:55.696+08:00That was close ... Part 2!Just came back from Manila. It was a very pleasant, yet eventful trip.<div><br /></div><div>Remember i blogged about how close it was to the <a href="http://kahseong.blogspot.com/2010/07/that-was-close.html">bombing incident in Bangkok</a> a while ago? This time, it got closer!</div><div><br /></div><div>The infamous hostage incident on August 23th happened, right in front of my hotel! Will blog more later. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was a very sad incident though. Aiks... rest in peace, for those who lost their lives in that rainy day...</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-8328532803709133842010-08-20T22:07:00.000+08:002010-08-20T22:09:02.001+08:00My Testimony for a Training<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Dear Sir,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">The idea of Wheel of Life has a profound impact on me after my 5 weeks training. This is the first training course which I have attended that emphasizes on the need to work on every aspect in life, instead of just money or relationships alone.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">I did Finance in both my undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Just like most of the young finance graduates, I have always wanted to be an investment banker. I was so fascinated by the sophistication of the job, the glamorous lifestyles and, of course, the handsome monetary compensation too. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">To me back then, the definition of Success was the number of zeros you have in your bank account, the title of your job and the bank you are working at. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Lucky enough, I had the chance to work in a Swiss investment bank in Hong Kong a couple years later. I was literally working 7 days a week, an average of 90 hours a week. It was a very rewarding experience nonetheless and till today, I am still benefiting from the hours of hard work which I have put in. However, despite the increasing level of wealth, I realized that I do not feel happy at all. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Despite having a great career and being financially healthy, I realized that I do not have the balance in life – I did not exercise as much as I should be; nor did I spend enough time with my wife or my friends;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>worst of all, being miles apart from my parents, I did not spend enough time with them too. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Due to the fact that we are so busy with work, we often take the most important things in life for granted. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">I was very grateful that I was presented with a wonderful opportunity to return to Malaysia, doing a job which gives me great sense of accomplishment. Furthermore, it enables me to live a more balance life now. I must admit that it was not an easy decision to be made, but with a clear vision of what I want in mind, I made the choice.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">All these while, I always have the concept of “balance in life” but it was not very clear to me. I was very lazy when it comes to “sit down and write down your goals” because I thought, I know what I want in life, and they can be easily pulled out from my mind whenever I want to. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">However, after attending the course, I was told to list down my 7-day goals, my master dream list, goal planning sheets and others, I suddenly realize, and appreciate the power of writing them down.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">What I want in life and how I would like to achieve them are much clearer to me now. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">“Personal leadership is the self-confident ability to crystallize your thinking and establish an exact direction for your own life, to commit yourself to moving in that direction, and then to take determined action to acquire, accomplish, or become whatever you identify as the ultimate goal for your life”</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Writing what I want to achieve in life down on a paper enables me to crystallize my thinking, and guides me to the right direction. I believe, as long as I persevere, and determined enough, I will be Successful in life too. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Today, I can proudly say that, finally, I understand the true meaning of <u>Success</u> – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">It is the progressive realization of worthwhile predetermined personal goals</i>, and they are my goals to make me a more complete and balanced human being.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph">Thank you</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yours Sincerely,</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26218410.post-30828715013071855402010-08-13T01:00:00.001+08:002010-08-13T01:00:03.265+08:00Some Brilliant Quotes<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 59, 18); font-family:'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><ol id="timeline" class="statuses" style="margin-top: 6px; 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line-height: 16px; zoom: 1; "><span class="status-body" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; min-height: 0px; width: 425px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; "><span class="status-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><span class="actions" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px; top: 8px; line-height: 1.25em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; position: absolute; right: 10px; top: 8px; line-height: 1.25em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a id="status_star_19233743300" class="fav-action non-fav" title="favorite this tweet" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(31, 152, 199); background-image: url(http://s.twimg.com/a/1279831293/images/sprite-icons.png); width: 15px; height: 15px; display: block; cursor: pointer; visibility: hidden; background-position: -32px 0px; "></a></div></span><span class="entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">You are allowed to make mistake, but not the same mistake twice</span></span><span class="meta entry-meta" data="{}" style="margin-top: 2px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); height: auto; font-size:11px;"><a class="entry-date" rel="bookmark" href="http://twitter.com/kahseong/status/19233743300" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); "><span class="published timestamp" data="{time:'Thu Jul 22 06:14:01 +0000 2010'}" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">2:14 PM Jul 22nd</span></a> <span style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">via <a href="http://ubertwitter.com/" rel="nofollow" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); ">UberTwitter</a></span></span><ul class="actions-hover" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; position: absolute; bottom: 8px; right: 0px; overflow-x: visible; overflow-y: visible; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); float: right; visibility: hidden; height: auto; font-size:11px;"><li style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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In today's society, especially in Malaysia, it is quite a common scene to see everyone (nearly) drives to work. But yet, there are still a lot of "Car-Less" people out there. </div><div><br /></div><div>It's nothing unusual to not own a car of your own in other parts of the world, but in our country, a place with poor public transportation system, it is quite a pain in the a$$ to rely on it on a daily basis.</div><div><br /></div><div>Fresh grads these days could hardly earn enough to save or to live, let alone to finance their own vehicles. To make things worse, cars in Malaysia are rather expensive. Low pay, overpriced cars, overpriced property and high cost of living will only lead to one result. Instability.</div><div><br /></div><div>We have imbalance here. Unfortunately, we don't live in a Perfect World as generally assumed by Economists. This imbalance does not revert to norm at all. When you have low income but high expenditure, you will see huge outflow of talents (well-known case for Malaysia), and for those who stay behind, you hear dissatisfaction day-in day-out.</div><div><br /></div><div>Either way, it will do the country no good. So, as you can see, the problem of budget deficit or one government could be better than the other does not really solve the problem, if the root issues are not being addressed properly.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I first graduated from Uni, I called for a family meeting. I told my dad that despite with my qualification, i will be doing a donkey job and earning peanut pay for the 1st few years. What that means is, though your son has great potential to achieve great things, he won't be able to bring back much money to support the family and buy his own property or car in the initial years of working life.</div><div><br /></div><div>So i suggested to my old folks. You helped me with a car and a property to begin with, that, will help me to focus on making money and saving them up.</div><div><br /></div><div>as you can see, though i am not from a well to do family, it's simple maths. With their years of savings, naturally the car they can afford would be better than what my peanut pay can afford. Similarly, they can afford to buy a nicer property with huge potential for appreciation, versus what i can do with my peanuts. </div><div><br /></div><div>Think about it in long term: They have buffer now but i don't. Without the need to divert my savings into houses and cars, I can roll my savings into investments or businesses which can help my wealth accumulation. 10 years later, i should be able to build up my buffer, whilst they will be more or less use up theirs. So then, with a house and a car in hand (financed by Family Fund), i can use the money saved to take good care of them. So in the end, the whole family benefits.</div><div><br /></div><div>But what if i do what most Gen Y do? At the start, parents' funds will most likely sitting in Fixed Deposits generating peanut interest. I as a freshie, making peanuts and have to save about 5 years before i can put down the down payment for my car or house (with a 30 year loan somemore). Then after another 5 year later, my cash flow remains super tight, as i don't have investment (all spent on financing the cars and house), nor i have much flexibility (because salary does not rise in tandem with inflation), whilst parents are using up their savings bits by bits (it will escalate to "chunks by chunks" if they don't have insurance plan and there's health issues). After 10 years, in scenario 2, the whole family will suffer. </div><div><br /></div><div>With the way the economy is going, we know one thing for sure. Young people is going to suffer. And with them going down, i don't think the older generation can last any longer too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Wants. Needs. Money. It's hard to juggle at times... but before you can talk about Wants and Needs, you will need to sort out the financial blueprint for your family first.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11228181546259888372noreply@blogger.com0