A New Dawn Starts

Congratulations to Pakatan Harapan, helmed by Dr. Mahathir as the Prime Minister. No party is perfect, but PH is more people centered than self-centered in the previous administration under Najib. Both he and his wife Rosmah had been blacklisted from travelling. There was a private jet from Indonesia that tried to help them to escape from their many sins. I don't want to be judgemental, but you reap what you sow. You cause racial tensions and your dad caused racial riots on May 13,1969 will come back to haunt you. Even Altantuya case remains unsolved, but apparently her dad was paid off to keep his silence. This was the ex-regime that was oppressive, tax the people heavily in order to live lavishly with matching shoes, handbags and clothes of each colour daily. All paid by taxpayers' money.

My Clients' Products are on the Way

This month, I got 2 orders from clients without any advertisements on my Shopify store at TheLovelyShop123.com. I ordered via Oberlo app that is linked to Aliexpress, a branch of Alibaba which is the behemoth e-commerce site of Jack Ma. The ordered items were promptly paid via Paypal and after about 5 days, I got the tracking number from ePacket China Post, which was highly recommended, even though it takes 3 - 4 weeks for arrival of items. One item was ordered from a client in the U.S. while for the other, I ordered myself for a close friend online. It was a huge learning curve for me as to how Oberlo works on Chrome browser with the extension installed. Well, I am happy to say, I am doing dropshipping on a part-time basis and it really works!

To Claim Insurance

I am going to claim insurance from Prudential that I have paid since 2006 till today. I got tendinitis on my right arm and it has been diagnosed by the orthopedic surgeon in a local hospital. I am not sure if I shall get the full compensation amounting to slightly more than a thousand ringgit that I wish to claim for my expenses. I also did MRI in another hospital and am thankful it is healing slowly without further physiotherapy. Looking at dad's medical condition, I am grateful for a good health to move around and the ability to earn an income from the comfort of home. This is God's divine blessings for me with a very understanding but sometimes hot-tempered boss on rare occasions nowadays.

Bank Loans

I received $60k loan from UOB, $20k loan from Standard Chartered Bank at 3.88% per annum and $27k loan from Maybank at 7.7% per annum. Several banks called me to loan money but I have to put a stop to this before debt comes spiraling. I guess, I might want to return the $27k from Maybank unless I use the money to buy blue chip shares at higher returns. But then again the stock market is so volatile. A piece of advice in The News Straits Times can cause the market to come tumbling down drastically! It is the UMNO controlled newspaper that always highlight bad news and cause the market to become a bear market for some time!! Why can NST highlight positive news and avoid giving false news on the stock to cause massive panic?

Alkaline Water

Most mineral water is alkaline water which is good for health. But for older people, they may have to check their intake as it requires more body processes to absorb the water. Evian water is slightly alkaline at pH 7.2. Distilled water is pH 7 which is neutral and below that number is acidic. So far, my boss has joined venture with a friend in a college to sell bottled mineral alkaline water and his son is doing pretty well in KL so far, for an early twenties guy. As he could not study and graduate with minimal pay, he got into business at a young age with the financial support of boss and his dad.

Comfort in Baskin Robbins

I find comfort in savouring Baskin Robbins at Tapah Rest & Relax area along the North-South Highway in Malaysia. Little brother now has to finish my court booking system as a ready client keeps asking for the services. I also need to familiarize myself with the new admin with so many Wordpress functions that one can get overwhelmed if not used to blogging, adding plugins, etc. He's very well paid and promises free maintenance for as long as it is needed. By the way, Baskin Robbins ice cream offers 31% discount every 31st of the month, probably to get rid of old stock while allowing patrons to enjoy at a fraction of the price.

Working Hard for Retirement

I am working hard to save up for retirement. But apparently dad's medical expenses are pretty exorbitant, coating over RM 50k after 40 days in the private hospital and follow up sessions after stay in a second nursing home. I hope he gets well pretty soon and do the things he loves like attending church, talk to his friends, watch Astro and the like. Dad suffered 3 heart attacks in 6 months and I just hope he will have quality life in his golden years. I may not be the favourite child, but then again, he did take care of me and paid for many sessions of tuition and fetching me back and forth. Yes, he has done his part as a father, and now it is my turn to care for him in his golden years. The Bible says, Honour your parents and your life will be prolonged.

May Fly to JB this Friday

Well, there are plans to fly down to Johor Bahru this Friday, but the tickets are yet to be bought online and booked. Hence the boarding passes have yet to be printed. I am enjoying the current employment now that I get to travel and at the same time visit places of interests if time permits. We will rent Hertz rental car for 1 day and fly back at night, most probably. Just pray that we can secure the big project and convince the committee members to use our products. I guess, everything depends on God's timing and grace.