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Jumbo Wing wishes you a happy and prosperous Chinese Lunar New Year!

Jumbo Wing
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How to manage and create wealth comfortably? Something you need to discover...

I have attended two seminars with John yesterday in KMDC Damansara. For the first seminar,Carol Yip was the host and she shared the topic of Making Your Money Work, for the second seminar, it was hosted by Sen Ze, the topic was Create Wealth Via The Internet. All the seminars were conducted in small classrooms. I enjoyed myself so much and find the interactive part with the participants was fun.

Topic of the seminars were surrounded by the ways of managing and creating money! Indeed, money is part of our life and it is important to manage it well to ensure our financial goals are being achieved. For majority people, managing money could be very challenging and many people find it very hard to practice it. So, what has gone wrong? Well, managing money could be easy if you have the " right ingredients"! Keep on learning new skills is one of the "secret recipes" to achieve the desire results.

Carol Yip and I in KMDC Damansara Uptown 5.

Carol has shared many good and practical ideas with the participants, really benefited from her coaching! She encouraged us to have frugal living rather than just simply spend the money without proper management. Totally agree with her! However, it is hard to practice it since many temptations around.

In the seminar, Carol split us into groups, I was joining the group which all the members are still carrying the "single" status. We discussed the topic of retirement, and one group member of mine has caught my attention. He called Adrian Ng. He is the youngest in my group, around 20 years of age. He is a positive guy and I noticed that he has the passion to "discover" for more financial related knowledge! He is different in the sense that not many youngsters like him have such an attitude. To be honest, many of my friends who around 30s don't have such mindset of managing wealth, many of them still struggling with their financial position. Worth to mention him here! Wish him all the best!

We continued for the second seminar after a short lunch break. The second seminar was all about creating wealth through internet business. If you are thinking to start an Internet Business, I guess Sen Ze's Google Magic System is able to help you to create a bundle of wealth in this area. The seminar was interesting, Sen Ze has shared many techniques with us about how to become top search in Google when people looking for information. Sen Ze is going to organize a boot camp in April and he is going to share more information with those people who got serious about Internet Business. It roughly cost RM3900/pax. I am planning to attend it since internet is an up and coming new way of doing business!

Source: KMDC Web page.

What a fruitful day! I believe learning is a life long business. Through seminars, it provides me valuable chances to share information with people and it also allow me to learn new things by talking to the participants. I am loving it!

Jumbo Wing
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Truly an Unforgettable Sunday!

Is been a while! I didn't meet up with my old friends since long time ago! Sunday was truly an unforgettable day! I met up with two different groups of friends for lunch and dinner.

In the afternoon, I went out with Ester, my ex-colleague from ORIX. She updated me with some latest developments in my ex-company. The stories were interesting and some even shocked me. Anyway, it is good to be updated! After lunch in a mamak stall, we decided to have a light chat in a cafe where located in Damansara Uptown, the cafe called Wonder Milk.

Wonder Milk is specializing in making cupcakes. The designs of the cupcakes are attractive and the cakes are very colourful. Esther and I tried two different types of cupcakes. To me, the cupcakes were just taste normal, just like an ordinary sponge cake with icing on top! Nothing special! And I also find the cakes are pricey!

Environment of the cafe is just okay, it separated into two areas, smoking area and non-smoking area! The shop is a little bit small and squeezy, not much privacy when having chat with friends! I still prefer Starbucks Coffee!

After the tea time session with Esther, I went straight to Centerpoint in Bandar Utama to meet up with my old friends for dinner! We settled down in a Thai food restaurant called Black Canyon! I feel so glad and excited to meet my friends' new born baby, he called Louis Tan! A very cute baby and he looks very adorable!

We really enjoyed our time there! Hope to have more gathering like this in the near future! ^^

Jumbo Wing
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Happy New Year ~2010~ ! 新年快乐!

Happy New Year to all of you! Wish you all the best and have a wonderful new year!

Jumbo Wing

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Christmas Wish? 圣诞节的愿望?

My Christmas wish? Emm...I wish I could get a magic lamp like Aladdin's one! What? Magic lamp? Yeah...is magic lamp! Not a joke, but...I know this will never happen! Lols...this will only happen in the movie, right?

Yesterday, I visited Mid Valley City (MVC) with one of my close friends, really enjoyed my stay there! MVC is like a magic lamp, I guess, you could get almost everything you wish to get in the mall. The place is decorated with a Christmas theme, many mini stalls have been set up in the center court which selling Christmas related products like candies, greetings cards, and many more.

We took some pictures there and she has requested me to post up the photos here in my blog! Yeah sure...let me share our joy here!

Center Court of MVC!

Santa Clauses! ^^

We are planning to invite some of our close friends to have a party during Christmas eve. She is the organizer this round. Hope to receive her plan soon! Expecting to have an unforgettable X'mas this year! ^^

Jumbo Wing
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Let's share our love with the "little" ones!

Do you love to keep a pet? Keeping a dog or a cat is an enjoyable experience. Dogs have been known as man's best friend for long. Cats are adorable which always make people feel like keeping an "art" piece at home. Anyway, raising a pet is like having a kid, need a lot of attentions and commitments. When one decided to keep a pet, there are whole lots more to consider. Keeping a pet is a big responsibility and can be even costly when factor in the cost of food, trips to the vet, medical expenses, and grooming materials. For the hardship, it is a well worth experience, for the love, loyalty, trust, and companionship of a pet who love you unconditionally. 

"Animals are such agreeable friends,

- they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms."

~ George Elliot ~

If keeping a pet is such a "priceless" experience, why many "victims" have abandoned? Is pet a "live" toy? Or purely for entertainment purpose for some cruel pet keepers?  Last year, my friends and I visited a non-profit organisation in Ampang Jaya, and I must mention this organisation here as I think they are doing a very good job in protecting animal welfare. This organisation called SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Their contributions and efforts are definitely make Kuala Lumpur a better place. 

A SPCA signboard sponsored by ALPO.

SPCA founded in 1958. It is an animal welfare organisation. The aim of the SPCA is to protect defenseless animals and to alleviate their suffering. According to information given in SPCA's website, they receive more than 700 unwanted, homeless or abused animals every month. They provide an adoption program, investigation of cruelty reports, humane education, assistance to community animal caregivers and run a dedicated, low-cost spay/ neuter clinic. Over the years, the organisation has gained tremendous goodwill, recognition and support from animal lovers all over Malaysia.  

An injured dog was resting in the cage.

There are many ways to support SPCA to operate under a smooth environment, it can be either through donation and/or become a volunteer at the animal shelter. If you love to keep a pet, you may adopt one from SPCA. However, there are few questions to be answered before any adoption take place, and procedures need to be followed. People are welcome to visit the animal shelter and the place is easy to reach where just located nearby the KL city center. 

Ready for adoption!

My friend, Nor was playing with a cat in SPCA!

From left: Ray, Alice, Nor, and I (taking picture) were visiting the cat center.

Let's share our love with the "little" ones! Together, we can make KL and our country a better place. Now, new year is approaching us and SPCA is selling the 2010 new year calendar through its website. As a kind of donation, I have purchased a few pieces of it. I am going to giveaway one here. It is very easy to get the calendar for FREE! What you need to do is just cast me a vote if you like my article by clicking on the BLOG4FT link above and the second thing you need to do is to share an idea of your thoughts of taking good care of animals in my blog or my Facebook Note! I will send the calendar to the winner by post wherever you are in the World! Hope you will participate. I will announce the winner on the closing date of the 5th December 2009.


*Jumbo Wing*
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Re-discover Kuala Lumpur.

Kualu Lumpur (KL) is a fabulous city and there are many things to explore! From shopping, extreme sports, clubbing, concerts, to visit heritage sites, KL has it all to offer in one city! KL is the capital city of Malaysia and definitely the economic and financial center of the country. For many people, KL is a "goldmine"! Like businessmen, people who employed here, or international fund managers who want to raise fund for big projects, this city is the best place for them to "dig" gold.

Majority people come here mainly for business and job opportunities, thats common! Many people who stay near by KL, from the neighbor cities and towns,  they moved here just because of this reason. I have discovered something interesting which was many people who migrated here for long and called KL as their home did not know much about KL's background, surprisingly, they only recognized a few great architectures in the city - shopping malls! They are barely know about the history of KL and its establishment, even for the locals (those who born and grew up in KL city), many of them just like the "new immigrants".

Yap Ah Loy. Source: Wikipedia

Let us re-discover the development of KL with a brief history here. Back to year 1857, KL is founded by tin miners and became a staging point for the trading of tin. Many Chinese labourers were hired to open new tin miners. KL had faced many challenges at that time, including the Selangor Civil War. Around year 1868, Yap Ah Loy was the Kapitan Cina (Chinese Captain) and is considered the founder of KL. He contributed significantly to the development of the city.

In 1882, Frank Swettenham is appointed as Resident of Selangor. In 1896, KL is declared capital of the Federated Malay States by the British. Along the way, KL has gone through many developments. In 31st August of 1957, Malaysia becomes an independent nation and KL is made the capital of Malaysia. KL is accorded city status in 1972.

With great efforts contribute by the people, KL has transformed from merely a muddy field to what it is today! KL is a unique city and definitely can't find its uniqueness elsewhere. Most of the people here are able to speak at least two languages and some even speak more than two languages (we are talented, right?). Some say KL is like a "mini" Asia, variety of food is endless, choose from Malay, Chinese, Indian, Nonya, and Vietnamese food, as well as international cuisines, can find almost everything in this vibrant city .

                                 KL-Skyline Night. Source: Wikipedia

The well built infrastructures like Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), the railway system in the city (LRT & monorail), and the bus connections have make KL becomes one of the best cities for business, work, and leisure in the Southeast Asia region (some say the transportation system is not good enough, yeah, nothing is perfect but it definitely helps us to connect with each other in the city well). KL is a good place for education too, from primary schools to the world standard universities are all here in the city!

KL is a lovely place for everything. A hub for all the people who come from different places to exchange ideas.

*Jumbo Wing*

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