IRON MAN!

Will write a review on it after feasting my eyes on it .. lol.

Must get the tickets EAN!


Thanks for your time, do make sure to come back for the review.

God bless, cheers.

Clarification.

Dedicated to "hopeless".

"Wah, opening a restaurant ah? Tough lor.. I tell you first, very hard to succeed one lah.. "

Those were the words from my cousin, whom me and my twin brother and business partner "Gary" brought up the topic about us opening a restaurant to him.

Thing is, those words aren't constructive or helpful in any way, he's just stating something that we already know before we even start venturing into this business.

Sometimes, it's difficult to find individuals with a positive mindset and more importantly, a critical and analytical mindset, imparting wise words with a distinctive motive.

About God, it's actually not too complicated.

A few illustrations to help my readers.

Life itself, covers everything you're in involved in. That includes where you're heading after death, which is obviously inevitable.

Be it marrying a rich life partner, excelling in your academic subjects, being the top athlete in the Olympics, doing missionary work, baking the world's largest cake, ranting and complaining about how difficult life is, attempt to commit suicide, devouring on sand and moss to continue surviving, spending several thousands on pampering your pet .. which of course involves becoming a successful entrepreneur is just the tip of the iceberg of what life truly is.

By mentioning that business and having cancer is 2 separate things, simply well, just don't make sense. Successful entrepreneurs have to keep watch of their health and have a clear mind to focus on their business, which also equates having a good EQ.

Yes it is true, we as Christians, devote our entire life to God. In non-believers terms, we "sold" our soul to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

We choose to confess and admit that we can't control our lives and make it the way we want to be. We can't force nature to bend on our terms and demand more base on our own capabilities. We also can't deny the fact that sin corrupts our soul and ends up hurting everyone else, including ourselves.

Stating that I leave everything plainly to God, it's just hilarious the fact that just a few posts back, I was sharing my struggles and perspectives on the experiences of setting up a stall at my old school. It wasn't easy, serving drinks to your juniors as well as trying to tackle such a saturated market.

I urge my readers once more, I'm grateful the fact that you do stop by and take a look at what I wish to share. However, please take in these philosophies,

a) " Be wise with your words. It reflects who you are. "

b) " Never be too soon to judge. The obvious is just the beginning."

To mr hopeless,

If you can find me another 10 blogs similar to this, i throw you this very challenge, any blogger at the age of 20-21 years old, posting posts like this, then you're right. I'm just an ordinary person, nothing special, just have to go to the office and work from 8am to 5pm on weekdays. Go home, whine and complain that my job sucks, and my boss is picking on me. I'll be "realistic" then, under your definition.


Sorry for the long post people, just needed to do some clarification. Please do stay tune for the next theory on something that does not exist, known as "luck".


Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Entrepreneurship : Exposure Part 2

Entrepreneurs "are people who imagine things as they might be, not as they are, and have the drive to change the world." - Anita Roddick, Financial Times

An Entrepreneur "turns he most trivial condition into an exceptional opportunity. The Entrepreneur is the visionary in us. The dreamer... The imagination that sparks the fire of the future. The catalyst for change." - Michael Gerber, The E-Myth Revisited

quoted from http://www.gobignetwork.com/

So many big dreams, but again and again, it ends up to feasibility.

But then again, feasibility is so subjective. Stories of Bill gates, Lim Goh Tong, Thomas Edison and many other successful entrepreneurs has somehow defy the "logic" of human standards and introducing systems and products like no other.

Well, at least one thing's certain, they did what they loved and they did it for the bigger picture.


I think it's about time to bid farewell to my old timid entrepreneur identity. If I want to start changing the world, it's not going to start off like this.

Stay tuned for more updates. Really appreciate any form of support from my dear readers and circle of contacts.


Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Entrepreneurship : Exposure

At first glance, I almost wanted to think this was a joke. But abiding to my principles, never conclude too soon, even though it seems as if there is all to is already.

He's 13 years old. An entrepreneur in the United States.

In this video, he claims to earn a total revenue of 1 Million dollars by the end of this year, 2008.

And apparently, his mentor.. or some guru, claims that he's going to beat the record as the youngest and most successful entrepreneur ever recorded in history.

I decided to do some investigation and profile reading. My, for his age to come up with such a website for his company, it's truly impressive. A team of 4 and all still schooling, it's really something.

On my personal side however, I'm having a difficult situation. Every mentor/entrepreneur/gurus always have this one same rule - Do something that you're really passionate about.

I like to bake, I mean the joy and fun of the end result is truly captivating. But deep down, I'm not sure if this is really what I want to do for the next decade or so. At the same time, I'm fighting against time, sure is tough to decide.

God, I'm leaving it all to you..!


Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Bleach Mania #01

Aizen Sousuke



Zaraki Kenpachi



Arrancar Encyclopedia. lol



Shinigami Cup.. Golden.



Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Opportunity. Seizing for one?

"But it's a risk worth taking, because business is booming at the 945,000 individual restaurant locations across the nation. Despite a faltering economy and an increase in wholesale food costs, the restaurant industry cooked up record-high sales of $535 billion across all sectors in 2007, according to the National Restaurant Association. That works out to just under $1.5 billion spent every day by hungry consumers--and there's every indication that the industry will continue to thrive."

This is the current scene at the United States but at the local scene?

There aren't any efficient organization in Malaysia to do a thorough research or survey to know the statistics in details but observe around you, compare 10 years ago and today, do people eat at home more often, or outside?

Admit it, do you like doing the dishes? I don't.

Do you like to stress yourself wondering what to cook for the family? And ensure that each and every member doesn't have any problems devouring your food?

"You know I don't like spicy food... "

"I HATE MUSHROOMS!"

These are a few factors, just to name a few. But mainly, the market is becoming more sophisticated by the day.

"If I can afford it, why not?"

After all, we're encouraged to spend, to keep the economy flowing on a healthy basis. Even tipping is slowly becoming a policy here.

"Westlake Village, California restaurateur, who projects revenue of $30 million for 2008, recommends hiring professionals--including a restaurant consultant, who understands industry policies and licensing, food standards, personnel issues and more. She also recommends hiring an accountant who can handle the books, taxes and bills. Use these professionals only for the services you require. Or, if possible, purchase a package of services to keep your startup costs manageable."

I've yet to find a service that provides a company all the necessary services to start up a restaurant so that equates to a lot of independence.

But not independence in terms of doing all the accounting, stock counting, licensing on my own .. I can if I wanted to, but is it worth the time and effort?

I'm referring to searching and filtering for trustworthy individuals who can and will deliver their duty. Individuals who has high potentials of becoming great business partners and shares the same vision and goal.

Pots of gold are lying everywhere. We can see them and we're digging for them. The only difference is - the time factor.

Much has been said, nothing has been heard so far.

I'll still patiently and diligently search for potential individuals. After all, great partners don't come by easy.

Just a tribute to Ray Kroc, the Father of the Fast Food industry.

He was 51 years old when McDonalds first opened their doors to the public. He was a milkshake machine salesman.

He saw the opportunity when the business was beginning to bloom and catching its pace. Problem is, there was only one restaurant in town.

He approached the brothers and propose the idea of franchising. Soon enough in 2 years time, he has his very own McDonald's restaurant.

However, things wasn't easy for him as the brothers kept requesting to filter through his ideas and systems he wanted to implement. Ray Kroc then decided to buy over the entire company to himself. And true enough he did.

Ray Kroc was a genius in terms of creating a system where diners always have the same fantastic dining experience at McDonald's by ensuring all franchises owns the same facilities and implement the same system. All products will be measured and pricing will be the same.

Today, McDonald's is the icon of the fast food industry, all thanks to Ray Kroc, a 51 years old milkshake machine salesman.

If you're not interested in what I'm proposing, what you can do to help out is by looking around you. Do you have an uncle who has been sharing that he's been looking for opportunities to work out with? Wanting to invest into a highly potential business that will earn millions?

It doesn't matter how old that person is, or who that person is. It's the mindset and passion that counts.



Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

MBPJ Licensing

Earlier on we went all the way to Menara MBPJ via public transport which is visible from Taman Jaya LRT station. Wanted to apply a legal license for our stall to avoid any complications when the authorities pay us a visit.

As first timers, we had to ask around for directions to get to the respective department.

After paying RM1 for the form, the officer asked us to read through the "Garis Panduan Permohonan Permit Penjaja Sementara Bermasa."

Allow me to read them to you. (I translated them into English for your convenience.)

1. Introduction

To consider the needs of consumers and bussinessman on the need of purchasing foods and drinks during the morning and evening with the concept of "buy and take home" at the location set by the council.

2. Terms and Conditions for Application of License.

a. Application is opened to citizens of Malaysia and the priority of consideration in applying for license is given to residents of Petaling Jaya in the respective place.
b. Please prepare 2 new photos according to the passport measurement, the filled up application form along with a copy of your Identification Card.
c. Applicant must be 18 and above to qualify for an application.
d. Mr/Ms is not qualified to apply if any of your husband/wife already applied a permit or have an existing stall license from the council.
e. All application must be tagged along with the location's map and photos of the site for the location being applied for.
f. Application is needed to hand in the from which has been filled at the department of stall licensing, 3rd floor at the tower of MBPJ.

Okay.. it goes on and on, we roughly know the ground rules.

Thing is, there's only one rule which we cannot seem to abide,

a. The business hours that are allowed are from 7.00am until 10.00am or 4pm until 7pm. Only ONE businessman is allowed at the stall during the opening hours.

What rationale is that?

I don't supposed you see stall owners obediently packing up their stalls during 10am or 7pm?



Susah, memang susah.


Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Fight Choreography

Watched this movie on my anniversary.

I'm not going to type a full review on this movie, more on the fight choreography. After all, 2 biggest Hollywood martial art celebrities collaborates in this movie along with legendary fight choreographer Wu Ping, it's pretty much anticipated to see some mind blowing fight scenes.



I do admire the effort of the animators behind the scenes, a job well done for such a movie.

On the contrary, the plot is predictable and typical, the last thing you want to do is to watch it a second time.

Speaking of choreography, the chinese martial art always amuses me the most.



It's just a matter of time before directors and producers start hiring these people as hardcore stunt men. Their precision is almost close to perfection and the best part is, there's no strings attached.

Yet, there's always one main issue I always look forward in a fight choreography, which are moves that are impressive to be in "matrix mode". Yet again and again, it never seem to happen. By far, only 2 movies i watched that really made me longing to watch the entire scene again and again.

The Matrix. (This video is rather soft, you'll have to tune up the volume.)



The moves may be rather artificial, yet it's the flow of the choreography along with the concept of "matrix moves" that really blows me off.

300. (Lower your tune back to the normal volume, this video is loud.)



I do understand that those moves are clearly not chinese martial art, but my point here is the concept of the "matrix moves" that emphasizes and enhance the entire fighting scene.

I shall end this post with one last fight scene. Enjoy :)



"Throws rock."

"Bounces off the body."


Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Happy 1st Anniversary dear!

Through many ups and downs, tough times in many ways, thank you dear for persevering everything with me.

Thank you for always believing in me and having faith in what I do.

Always trying your best to live up my expectations. Forgive me for the hard and sorrowful times I've put you through.

I'm glad that I was in the ferris wheel. I've no idea what i'll be doing on this day if I haven't went for the ride.

May we cherish our relationship for all the years to come and may also God bless our relationship.

Love you honey.

Job Employment?

Gracias.

Although exaggerated but just a thought about the video.

The employment rates there can't be that bad... at least not yet.

Oh and it reminds me of having fun with dick and jane too. lol





A video on the humour of interviews.

I wonder what would Jane do if she was on the chair ..


Anyhow, thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Ordeal of Entrepreneurs

A fragrant and sweet taste flows through and yet a bitter stabbing pain through the heart and passion prevails.

That thought went through my mind as I drank our very own float to avoid wastage of the float.

A staggering sales of 36 cups sold in an hour, dropped to 14 cups.

However, we've decided to temporarily postpone the business until our next major step of rebranding has fully taken place.

Much planning has been done, I leave the rest to God.

Revelation

For those who's been wondering the image of our floats stall, located at the front our ex secondary school - your patience shall not be tested any further.

There's nothing to hide, as we've already publicly displayed the stall and hoping for a good response in the market.

Having said that, it is also understood that there wasn't much in depth planning of the design as our budget is really tight.

We did not have any expert consultants or mentor, any graduates in business for the matter.

By having assistance from experts or at least a certain sufficient amount of knowledge on designs and how to creatively tackle the budget problem, I would say the stall would appear to be much more appealing.

I mean, I'm sure by now, you've come across many different types of stalls consisting of burger stalls, nasi lemak stalls, ching nong pao stalls, mata air kucing stalls, jenny hong's stalls, kuih-muih stalls, ice kacang/cendol stalls, bubble tea stalls, pisang goreng stalls, taiwan sausage stalls, rojak stalls, satey stalls . .

But the design of our stall is nothing close to that.

With some mediocre skills of adobe photoshop, some items from home, some products from Ikea, some products from Jaya Jusco and its home centre and some products from Giant, we manage to create a really one of a kind stall.

Without fail, we have anonymous faces giving an awkward stare or sneering away when they noticed the existence of our stall.

My relatives did enquire about what we're up to. And every time we inform them about the stall, somehow i got the feeling the image of the stall is not going to meet up their expectations. Even Gary is not too keen on sharing the news.

Well, one fine day, we'll look back at this and just laugh our heads off. But all of this definitely worth every single sweat and tears.

I guess probably by now, you'll be questioning,

"ENOUGH WITH THE WORDS! PICTURES!?"





Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

Operator, the line is dead.

I'm pretty sure by now your exposure to certain varieties of advertisements consist a dialogue between an operator and a consumer.

Often time, it's a foreign one, specifically the United States.

Recently, I've contacted a few major companies to investigate and do some purchases for my stall. It's vital to get your products at the lowest cost to cut down your budget.

Companies like FNN was decent in terms of their operator service. Just some minor miscommunication which led me to another 2 more calls in order to reach the appropriate department.

After that I contacted Walls ice cream. The operator who answered my call had a decent service too. However, after requesting me to contact their supplier, who was a Digi user (Digi sucks and yes, that's only thing I'm extremely bias about), this was roughly how the dialogue went. (The dialogue is summarized to the important points only)

Me : Hi, ms XX.

XX : Halo.

Me : Is it possible for me to purchase your product directly instead of buying from the hypermarket?

XX : Yes yes, you can.

Me : What is the minimum requirement to make an order?

XX : 10 cartons. That'll be 6 tubs of ice cream.

Me : Okay. How much that'll be?

XX : How much ah.. er.. err...

(10 seconds later)

XX : Can you contact this person? Her number is 016-DIGISUCKS.

After contacting her and investigated the pricing, I did some calculations to do a comparison between buying from them directly and from a hypermarket.

Wa-lla!

The price has no difference or whatsoever.

Instantly, I contacted Ms. XX to find out whether she got the pricing messed up or anything like that.

XX : Ohh.. you see ah, the hypermarket make big orders one. Big order got ..

Me : Discount?

XX : Big order got discount. They order at least 50 cartons ..

I was thinking in my mind, that'll be 300 tubs.. and the fact that certain hypermarkets keep running out of stock begins to cause suspicion.

To my dismay, we had no choice but to resume purchasing from hypermarkets since there's any difference.

Meanwhile, humorous encounters with operators such as kickapoo and MBPJ occurred.

The kickapoo operator was literally whispering on the phone. I had to glue my ears so that I could at least grasp a gist of what she was uttering.

It was until a certain point I had to request to increase her volume.

Me : What..? I, I can't hear you. You're speaking really soft, can you like, speak louder?

Angry Kickapoo Operator : MY BOSS' LINE IS ENGAGED. CAN YOU CALL BACK LATER?

Meanwhile, the MBPJ operator was.. well, rather ..

Operator (Machine, fast paced) : Terima kasih kerana menghubungi MBPJ. Untuk *mutter mutter*, tekan "0". Untuk mengulangi, tekan bintang.

Obviously, the rational choice would be to click the star button.

Operator (Machine, fast paced) : Terima kasih kerana menghubungi MBPJ. Untuk *mutter mutter*, tekan "0". Untuk mengulangi .. (the line got cut off).

I had to redial and was obliged to click the "0" button.

The first line I said to the operator was,

"Do you converse in english?"

"Yes I do."

I didn't mean to offend her but it's not like I had choice of,

"For english, dial 1."

"Untuk Bahasa Melayu, tekan dua."

Just one last experience with operators, our most familiar and often called operator.

McDonald's delivery service.

During peak hours, you usually get 2 replies. One makes you angry and the other really makes you angry.

"Sorry sir, the nearby outlet at your area is busy. Can you wait for another 45 minutes to an hour?"

That reply, makes you angry.

"Sorry sir, we cannot receive anymore orders. We are fully occupied."

Now that, really makes you angry.

Anyhow, it was 9p.m., when I made my order, stomach was growling and I received the first reply.

Fine, I'll wait. Since it's late and I don't want to go out and dine. I'm paying for the delivery service anyways.

1 Hour later.

1300-13-1300.

The same operator picked up my call.

Me : Where's my food? It's already an hour and I don't see it yet.

Operator : Oh, can you wait another 25 minutes?

Me : 25 minutes!? Excuse me, I'm really hungry.

Operator : Hahaha.

HE LAUGHED. Now that really ticks me off. He thinks I'm cracking a joke.

Me : Is there any way, McDonald's can compensate my time and starvation? Because this is one really dissatisfied customer.

He knew I was serious when I mentioned that I'm really hungry. He quickly changed his tone.

Operator : No sir, there's nothing we can do about it.

Hmm, I'm lovin it huh?



Thanks for your time.

God bless, cheers.

The Big Decision

There's lots more than meets the eye.

We shall allow them to meet the eye.

What if you fail?

One of the best asset you can ever have for your company.

Tonnes of crappy people out there to have as partners.

Crappy entrepreneurs = Crappy partners.

Be realistic, what makes you think you're the 1 out of millions?

I wonder what will happen if Bill Gates pasted that phrase on his bedroom wall?

The big boss' supposed to do almost all the work, not his directors.

The Board of Directors look out for each other, not for the profit. Sharing the same vision, the same goal of the company and achieving greater heights together.

If you're so successful, why aren't you as equally as wealthy as the 19 year old teenager who opened his own boutique?

The definition of a successful individual is not by what he/she owns but who he/she is.

Opportunities are lurking everywhere. It's whether we're there to seize them.


Yet, at the end of the day, it's all about the "Calling".

Thanks for your time.


God bless, cheers.

From now on . .

A real search will begin today.

Some say there are those who are born to do "great things". Fact or myth, we can do great things, if we really put ourselves to it.

So coming back to the point, although the chances are slim, I intend to manipulate this medium of communication, to filter through my audience, to find potential partners into ExO(Extraordinaire) Organization.

Forgive me, no images will be seen on this post.

For the past 2 weeks, Gary, me and my gf(Li Her) has finally gained the courage and motivation to step out into the market and being establishing our credibility.

We sold - Floats. Yeah, the one you see at A&W's, but ours are homemade recipes.

Compared to my college mates who are busy at their internship . . my, looking at them expressing themselves at their blogs on how hectic they are and being exhausted.

Thing is, why am I out there, deploying a stall while they are out there working on their internship, the piece of paper that declares that you've accomplished your diploma only interprets main thing - it equates you to an employee.

There's absolutely nothing wrong being an employee. Don't get me wrong.

Employees establishes a company. Good employees establishes a credible company.

I need them.

It's the vision of ExO to be the world's most renowned organization of branding each of our employee. From the dishwasher, all the way to the directors of the organization.

I learn a theory that implies individuals with a distinctive mindset attracts another individual with the similar mindset. I'm counting on that theory.

Question is, how do I pop the conversation with my parents?

Yet, at the end of the day, all my hope and strength, I lay it unto God.

May He decides the path I walk.

Thanks your time.

God bless, cheers.