Most enjoyable outing with mum ever..

Went to Pavillion with mum since she has never been to this place.. we went there in the afternoon after mum have settled all her works at home.. mum allows me to drive her car today..quite excited.. while there.. I and mum just browse around and enjoy looking at those watches, apparels, bags and etc that both of us cannot afford to buy..just by looking at them makes us feel happy.. We had our lunch at the food court since I know mum doesn't fancy fast food or western food.. and the chinese restaurants there are very expensive, mum sure "mm se tak" let me treat her 1.. I'm quite happy that mum found what she love to eat at the food court and at the same time i dun need to burn a hole in my pocket..hehe.. we went there for about 3 hours only coz mum is tired before even browsing the whole mall.. however, i treated mum Baskin Robin's ice cream before heading home.. i know mum loves ice cream.. I'm quite surprised when mum consented that i treat her Baskin Robin's ice cream coz she is a very thrifty lady and won't let me treat her expensive stuffs even if she really likes it.. I'm happy coz today i really feel that I'm able to make her happy..maybe its because i'm graduating on next year and will start to earn money.. mum is more willing to spend my hard saved pocket money that she gave me.. mum told me that after i graduated and start working.. she will buy a LV bag for herself since she doesn't need to worry about me financially.. i'm really happy to hear that, coz mum never buy any fancy or expensive stuffs for herself all these years.. she only spend on me.. i promised her i will buy her a LV bag too when i am promoted to a managerial post in an engineering firm.. i will work extremely hard to achieve my dream of getting the post and buying the bag which mum fancy of having for so long..

Different kind of thinking..

After reading some articles related to investment, i started to fully understand the difference between an investor and a speculator.. as an example, my point of view is that most of the ordinary investors nowadays are speculators.. Most people buy stocks in the market depending on their intuition or blindly following what other major investors are saying.. they don't really think logically or at least do some research on that particular company before investing in it..the consequences are: 1)winning lots of money because they are lucky in guessing the right stock to buy or 2) losing lots of money due to their insanity..fair enough.. i'm a person who doesn't expect to get something when i din really put effort in doing it.. i strongly believe that everything that we deserve to get will eventually come to us if we have put effort and persevere..however, in investment..when u have not enough of cash, its quite hard to persevere..anyway, investment is my only choice of making money other than getting my monthly paycheck when i start to work..i really dun think my monthly salary will be sufficient for me to buy a decent house and form a family..especially when the cost of living is so high nowadays..

The old lady..

There is an old lady selling fruits at her small stall located in the same row as my mum's shop.. One day, long long ago.. i and mum passed by the fruit stall and saw the old lady..she is about 70 something if i have not mistaken.. mum told me the story of this old lady.. this old lady has 2 sons whom are both mentally unstable..she earns her living by just selling fruits..i mean, she need to earn for living for her sons as well.. at times, i really feel sad for her..she is already so old but she still need to take care of her sons..sometimes i would think wouldn't it be much better if she could get rid of them.. however, i know this is impossible.. i can't 100% understand a mum's thinking..but i do know that no matter how useless is her sons..she still loves them and care for them as long as she could live..

Its gonna cost alot..

Its the end of the 1st week of the new semester..cny is just around the corner which mean lots of so called reunion dinner excluding the reunion dinner with family members.. next wed will be goin to ampang to have steamboat with my coursemates to have our so called 'reunion dinner' there..this will cost me rm 50 (cause i'm paying for i myself and my gf)..then, on the 8th of feb..going to mont kiara to have japanese buffet with another gang of coursemates.. this will cost me rm 100 (cost paying for myself and for mum, treating her since her birthday is on the 11th).. and then, as usual..14th of feb, dun dare to estimate..in conclusion, lots of money will be spent on this particular 2 months..difficult to safe money..tolong~~~~ i need to save money edi..getting older edi..need money for my retirement..hehe.. And very sadly too..the notice of the news bout the parking sticker thing haven't out yet.. everyday also very gan jiong..dun know what is the meeting's outcome..and if they really 1 us to queue again, when will it be..i hate uncertainties.. fast fast settle, i can start studying with a peace mind without needing to worry about other things other than studies..

So.... boring..

This is the 2nd day of the new semester.. already very boring.. lazy to talk bout studies for the time being.. just one day before the new semester starts(sunday), UTAR's management staffs gave me and many students a "great" suprise.. We were told earlier that the application forms of the parking sticker will be distributed to the 1st 150 students and will only start to distribute it after 12am in the midnight..however, it seems that the person in-charge started to distrbute it at 3 pm.. and when i get to know it at 5 something after being informed by my friend, the forms are all distributed.. of course, I'm quite disappointed with it and I'm not the only 1.. many students and parents who came later made lots of complaints to the management.. all of them inclusive of i myself waited there til about 12am in the morning just to make sure whether the management will make any changes to the earlier plan..however, the management staff says that a decision will only be made after they hold a meeting with the top management on tomorrow morning..and the day after that, the staffs told us to wait til friday until they make the final decision on what to do..haiz.. I think most probably I will need to queue again on the next Monday.. for the sake of the parking sticker which is super important to me, I'm willing to sacrifice my sleeping time.. Hoping for the best outcome..

The 2nd National Youth Entrepeneur Convention 2009!!!

Went to the convention sponsored by HSBC at the PWTC. I went with my gf as my gf is my partner for the HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards.. we didn't manage to enter the 2nd round of the competition. However, this is our first time and we have time constraint as well as both of us was busy with our job during the competition period.. Although we didn't make it to the 2nd round, we were happy to get 2 complimentary passes given to us by HSBC as a token of appreciation of our participation in the competition.. During the convention, we listened to speeches by few of the successful youth entrepeneur(30 year old and below) from different sectors namely technopreneurs, media entrepeneurs and lifestyle entrepeneurs..we were briefed on the quality that we need to have in order to be successful entrepreneurs..The registration starts at 8.30am and the convention starts sharp at 9.30am..during the registration, we were given a big goodies bag that contains some note pad, pen, newspaper, a magazine that introduces the background of the speakers(entrepeneurs) and etc.. We were provided with some light food for 2 separate tea breaks and were also provided with lunch at the Riverside restaurant.. Other than that, we were given free yogurt drinks sponsored by Dutch Lady..The convention ends at 6.30pm.. its a long convention though.. but i think it worth it.. at least we have saved rm240 because the coplimentary passes cost rm 120 each... Anyway, I don't really have the interest of becoming an entrepreneur..just trying to get more exposure to different things.. As for the yogurt, I find it too sweet although it states that its 0% fat..

Still not too late..i think..

Was reading investment books recently as I started gaining interest in investing a few months ago.. I find that investing my money is far better than just keeping it in my bank account..especially when the interest rate is so low nowadays.. I wonder how long do I need to save my money in the bank account to get a bigger return. Although there are risks in investing.. but no pain no gain.. I rather take some risk and enjoy the returns if I managed to invest in the right thing at the right time.. Actually I regretted for not saving my money early for investment.. i spend almost all my savings on buying stuffs that I wish to have when I'm still quite immature.. but mum says its not too late, she started investing when she was 30 something by the way..so I guess I'm still getting started at an early age..at least earlier than mum did.. I bought 2 books related to investment at Bukit Mertajam while I'm goin through my Industrial Training.. which are "Finding The Next Starbucks" and "The Essential Buffett".. I've almost finish reading the 1st book.. while the 2nd book is still with mum..she reads super slow.. "Finding The Next Starbucks" was written by Michael Moe who was the first research analysts to identify Starbucks as a huge opportunity following its IPO in 1992. Whereas, "The Essential Buffett" was written by Robert G. Hagstrom who also wrote "The Warren Buffett Way".. I'm not a pro now..

but at least I'm getting some exposure of what is the through meaning of investment. Its a long way to go as I'm lack of experience and lack of money as well.. Will start with some small investment as soon as possible..

the most gentle hand in the world

Went shopping with mum on last sunday, we hold hands as usual. Although there were alot of 'sakai' out there who constantly look at me and my mum while we passed by them, I feel comfortable with it. I'm used to holding mums hands when we are going out, anywhere and anytime.. and only recently that i realized the way my mum holds my hands is different with how my gf holds my hands. My mum constantly hold my hands tightly whereas my gf doesn't hold my hands as tight as mum did. I'm not saying that my gf doesn't love me.. i'm just trying to say that mum's love is always the greatest. She will never give up on me however bad i did in anything in life..and while i'm realizing this, i can feel that mum is getting older..and i'm kinda scared at times coz i rely on her most of the time.. I tends to think how am i gonna lead my life when she is gone.. although she is not very old..but I tends to worry about it all the time.. In 2010, I'm gonna start working. And i might be working at a place very far from home.. which means i will not get to see mum as often as before..