Earning Money Online

Sometimes, it's good to meet a lot of people. This is because we can meet different people with different background, experience and skills.

I met my secondary school mate last night. He was doing good at his study and career. He revealed that he was involving in earning money online via the so-called affiliate program. Honestly, I do the same as well. For example, Google AdSense on the right and the Rakuten.com on the above. However, when he told me that how much he made really astonished me.

What he made in one month was far higher than what I earned since 4 to 5 years ago. Frankly speaking, in my account, my accumulated earnings were not even 25% of his one month earning. Bizarre, isn't it! He shared with me his way of doing it and I really appreciated it a lot. 

Even if it was not much, imagine, how about an extra of US$100 every month? Don't you want to grab it? Now I only know how to make money online. Of course, it won't be my main way to generate income, at least, not now but I do hope to do it in the near future. Who doesn't want extra income, don't you?

It was a nice two-hour conversation after all. Thanks for sharing with me and I look forward for next appointment.



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New Chapter

Well, well, well, it was the end of my audit life on Thursday. Frankly speaking, I did miss the office, the environment and my fellow colleagues that day. Hence, I stayed until 6:45 p.m. before I left the office. 

Now, it's a new chapter in my life and I will take this seriously to strive for my dream. It's not an easy decision to make and I struggled for quite some time. Well, everything's fixed now and life has to move on. I've my own plan starting from next week and I hope that I can accomplish them one by one. 

I do set small targets for myself which will eventually lead me to my ultimate dream. Actually, things are pretty easy to do, however phobia is the main issue. Hopefully I can annihilate it as soon as possible. Let's see whether I can do it in seven-month time. 

I made the decision since I didn't want to keep complaining anymore. Hence, I need a change. It's absolutely a breakthrough for me. If it can be accompanied with some success, then it would be great for me, my family and anyone around me. 

Let's not to think too much and be positive. I ought to be persistent and fight until the end. First of all, self-discipline is a must now. I must have the discipline and foster a good habit which can lead me to success. Luckily I have a few good 'schools' where I can perfect myself here. It's a serious challenge now and I won't take it lightly anymore. It's a destiny changing process and I want to be the winner.

Let's hope for the best and let the bygone be the bygone.



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Objective Setting

Initially, last Friday was my last day in BDO. However, my manager hoped that I could stay until finishing my files. Since there are quite a number of colleagues taking study leave, hence I agreed but I told myself that I would stay at most one more week.

Ergo, I need to set objective now. I had discussed with my manager yesterday and he gave me a suggestion. A suggestion that can help me to be promoted into Unit Sales Manager in one and a half year time. It sounds  attractive but I know the challenge is there. We have some ways to achieve it. Now, just let the bygone be the bygone. I will contribute my effort and I hope God see it.

This afternoon, we attended an activity at Chai Leng Park. I knew some new friends over there. They were more than willing to share with me their experience, knowledge and skills. I asked them a few questions, including but not limited to how they start their career, how to maintain the consistency and so on. Since there were many people succeed and thus I believed that I would be the next one. 

It was quite fun to see my old colleagues were there lending their helping hands all voluntarily. For your information, they even organised a blood donation campaign yesterday which I did take a bit of parts. I was very happy that I could help some people. Frankly speaking, I did sms to quite a number of people, asking them to join this campaign but I just received a reply from my BFF, the rest were disappeared. Well, it was okay. Let's be honest, I didn't donate my blood too. Since the response was quite good, hence they planned to organised it quarterly. Maybe I'll donate my blood that time but let's find more people to accompany me.

Well, I have my goal in mind and I have my way to achieve it now. Nevertheless, there are always obstacles along the road to success. Hopefully I can overcome them with the support from my manager and the Group. Let's hope for the best!



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Blackout

As all of you may know, Barisan Nasional (BN) won the Malaysia Thirteenth General Election last week. I didn't stay with the updated news in front of the television since I was too tired. 

Hence, I received bad news on the next day, which was BN won the election on federal level. Nonetheless, what was so irritating was that the blackout incidents in a few areas. Ergo, many people felt unfair and expressed their voices on Facebook. It was very funny to see some of them asking help from Barack Obama, Australia government and etc.. Some of them even mortified our Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Najib bin Razak by tagging him on the Facebook. 

He became the best magician in the world in just one night! As usual, I don't concern too much in politics but I do care about the fairness. Equality is what I'm looking and fighting for! We want a government which is accountable to the public! Please step down when the time comes, don't anger the public again. It's no point to own the position by unethical means because the world is looking at you. If you're so eager to serve the public, then just do your best when you're in the service tenure. Do you understand what I mean?

Yesterday, I was having a blackout. It proves again, we can't judge a book from its cover. It doesn't necessary mean the same from its appearance. After all, human beings are the most complicated animals in the world. Whatever it is, I'm okay now. Whenever I recover from something, I grow stronger. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger!


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Malaysia General Election 13

Today is the day for Malaysia General Election 13. As a first time voter, I did do my part. I went to the venue, after I finished my tuition class. 

It was sad that I went there at 11a.m., but I was back at 2p.m.. Three hours time, I didn't understand what they did. How could they drag our time so long? This really pissed me off. Frankly speaking, I did think of giving up but I changed my mind at last. 

I completed the whole process within 2 minutes because I didn't really look at the name of the candidates. Instead, I voted according to the logo of the candidates. This was because we supported the superior and policy of the party but not the candidates.

Now, the news is on air. I'm glad that Penang is safe. Penang is still under Pakatan Rakyat. Hopefully, we can have a new government soon. Actually, it's not bad to change our government since they had governed our country for 55 years but look at what they did in the past! It's okay to have a new government, if they don't do well, then we can change again. It's okay to tolerate for another 5 years instead of another 55 years.

There were quite a number of songs regarding the politics in past few weeks. I was fed up with the advertisements on the radio, television and newspapers. The Barisan Nasional (BN) dared to attack the opposition directly instead of saying what they could do for us or how could they mitigate their weaknesses.

One of the statements that disgusted me so much was the one advertised in Kwong Wah Yit Poh. The BN said, "Penang people or 'Penangites' are having April Fool everyday"! What did they mean? Are we a fool? If we keep trusting you, then we're really a damn fool!

Since then, no matter what statements they came out, I felt that they were threatening us! I felt really unsafe! Ergo, it's time to change. UBAH!



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人必自侮，然后人侮之

上个星期一，我的老板(Partner)在我下班回office时召见了我。我很淡定，因为我早有心理准备！

跟我的Principal所说的一样，他第一个问题就是为什么我要辞职？可是，不管我怎样解释，他都不接受，仿佛Audit就是我的生命一样！有鉴于此，我也开始懒得解释了，因为他根本没有站在我的立场想。

他开始用我是经过他朋友介绍才进去工作这一点来攻击我。或许，我该说是心理战，这是我之前所未预测到的。不过，没关系啦，即时我的情绪有些变化，那就是生气，但是我克制得很好，并没有表现出来，同时我丝毫没有改变我的想法。

其中几句就是：“你是人介绍进来的，你这么快就走，不会觉得什么吗？”、“你这么快就走，那改次他介绍来的，我还敢用吗？”等。听好，这只是其中两句，其余的一律免提。虽然他说的每一句，我都有应付的话术，但是我还是尊敬他，没有当面顶他。但是，当我忍无可忍时，我说：“对，我是人介绍进来的，但是我的resume有send给你看啊。如果你觉得我不qualify，你也不会叫我来interview，对吗？”

你们知道他的反应是什么吗？“你这样说，我没有话说了咯！”，这就是他的反应。接下来又是一轮看不起我的对话。没关系，我只是回他一句：“我相信他（介绍我来的人）也会respect我的decision。” 猜猜看，他又如何回应我？“哇，你才几岁，这样说话的咩？”，这便是他招架我的回答。

整个过程里，都充满着他的瞧不起、冷言冷语。。。。。。而我只是回了他两句他比较大反应的话，而且我的笑容是挂着的，语气也很和善，语调也很低。他简直就是要跟我撕破脸！为什么不能尊重我的决定？为什么不能好好讲呢？我都低声下气了，而且我想跟你好聚好散！为何你就不领情？

心理战，对我可是行不通的！算了，我也有了我的结论，那就是他身为一个Partner，说话竟然比我差！那么没水准！我更加不会内疚、遗憾！反之，我更欣赏我的Principal。这个世界上，并没有说你是长辈、Partner、老板，就高高在上，而我们就只有接受你攻击的份儿！正所谓“人必自侮，然后人侮之”。

那天，我半夜三点才回家，因为我在赶我的review point和APT。第二天一早，当我的老豆知道我回家的时间及被老板的训话之后。很意外的，他支持我。他还告诉我，既然都打算不要做了，那就不必留情，该出口的时候出口，好让他知道我们并不好欺负，同时给他一个教训，这个世上并不是人人都得听命于他的！

他还告诉我，这世上的雇主与员工之间是没有我所谓的好聚好散，即使是亲戚也一样。他就给了我一个例子。其实，我可以不要加班的，反正我还剩三个星期，而且我加班并没有得claim的。但是，我不想成为一个不负责任的人。我不想让其他同事收拾我留下的烂摊子。我尽力啦，因为我现在手头上还有两个files，还有即将来临的review points。

跟我的Partner“交流”之后，更使我motivated。我一定要成功给他看！就好像我跟我的同事开的玩笑--三年后，我便驾着Mercedes Benz来撞他的Toyota Camry。



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Priority

I tendered my resignation letter last Friday. Finally, I made it!

I tried to do it last Thursday but I failed to do so as my Partner left the office without pausing to a halt. The same thing happened on last Friday as well but I handed in my resignation letter to my Principal, K.T.J..

My Principal is a serious guy. He looks so fierce when he doesn't smile. However, I talked to him before and I know that he is not the kind of person as what we judge from his appearance. He smiled when he received my resignation notice. He followed by asking me "Why? Cannot stand the pressure?" I smiled and replied "No, my difficult time had over. I only felt pressure when I held two files in Tambun." 

"Then why you want to resign?" he asked. "I think it's time to change a new environment," I answered. He asked me whether I had a job on hand already but actually I didn't want to tell him that I want to involve in different line. On the other hand, I didn't intend to lie him as I really respected him a lot.

I told him that I would switch to another field, that was sales. When he knew that I had completed my ACCA, he was so shocked that I decided to leave, instead of working there for three years in order to get my ACCA membership. I told him that I wanted to try something new when I was still young. He told me the other story. He said I should have set getting ACCA membership as my priority since I was just twenty-three. I can easily switch to other lines after getting the membership. 

He followed by telling me that by the time he got his ACCA membership, he was already thirties. In fact, I was far better than most of my colleagues, who were still struggling for their papers. Furthermore, my English was better than most of my colleagues as well. He tried his best to convince me to stay. He even induced me by telling me that after three years time, I might be promoted to SA2 or even SA1. "Imagine, how much you can learn in three years time," he said.

I challenged him by asking him how far could I be in audit line. He told me how far could I be was depending on myself. I could be a partner in 20 years time or I could be a director. He further revealed that at least half of the Board members were accountants and the rest were engineers, from sales department, marketing department and etc..

I further asked him what were the requirements to be a Partner. He answered, "Perform. As a Partner, you have to know many things. When issues arise, you have to solve them. If you want to be promoted faster, you should go to Kuala Lumpur. In Penang regional office, you won't get that chance. Besides, since the business in Penang is relatively smaller, we can't afford to have too many partners. Frankly speaking, I could have earned more if I decided to work in K.L.. But I share the same goal with my wife, who is also in Audit line. Our priority is our family. Hence, we stay here. Last time, I was from PwC. " He stressed again, "What is your priority? Of course, you'll have different goal or priority at different stage but I guess, your priority is to get the ACCA membership."

He told me that I should stay at Audit in order to know more people since I was going to do sales. I had the opportunity to do so in Audit but not otherwise. People won't let someone entering their company or factory if he/she isn't their auditor. He shared his friend's story with me, who was accountant once, then joint sales, the so-called financial planner. He supported his friend due to the right timing. He force himself to commit a long term saving plans that time. 

He hoped I could change my mind. He wanted me to think again during the weekends and give him a call on Monday before helping me to send my resignation letter to the Partner.

Before that, I tried to fight for my colleagues' benefits as well. I told him, "Yes, no doubts that they're struggling for their papers. I always teach them some exam skills whenever they ask me. However, given their workload, it's almost impossible for them find their time to study. I always see some of them working during the weekends." "Yes, I know this but they still have to find their time to study," he replied. "Why can't our firm hire more people since our workload is so heavy?" I challenged again. 

"Yes, we're hiring people now but the applicants are not up to the standard," he answered, "actually you're good and you shouldn't go anywhere before getting your membership. Don't you feel that it's a waste?" I didn't challenge him anymore as I respected him and he wouldn't understand what I thought. 

I don't want to waste this opportunity to leave. I want to try something when my commitment is still low. Imagine, in three years time, how much commitment will I have? Can I leave that time? Why don't I try it now? If I'm successful, then the membership is nothing to me. On the other hand, if I fail, then my ACCA certificate won't expire. I still can fight for my membership. 

Ergo, my priority now is to try something new when my commitment is still low, otherwise I definitely will blame myself or even others in the future. If I'm destined to fail, at least, I tried before.



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It's Decision-Making Time

Yo, it's time to make a wise decision! 

I almost submitted my 'R' letter last Thursday. I had printed out the letter and signed on it, however it couldn't reach my boss's hand because he went back when I was scanning my documents. Things won't go easily for me as this is my life as usual. 

Whenever I decided to do something, there sure be obstacles that hinder my progress. The obstacles are the ones that cause me to doubt myself. At this moment in time, I just need to find some confidence. I know that once I find and master the confidence and clue, I'll be unstoppable and that's what I'm looking for. 

Even though I failed to tender my 'R' letter, I feel that whole firm knows it well. Some of them even asked me in a tricky way. Well, my answer is 'yes', I won't deny it. Nevertheless, the reason for my resignation is not what you all think, I still can adapt myself to the audit life but that's not what I want in the end. Ergo, I want a change. 

Even if I can't guarantee myself that I'll be successful for sure but at least I give it a try and I won't be regret. I want to try something when I'm young and while my commitment is still low. Of course, I need support to achieve all these. Where can I find the support? I'll figure this out with my manager. 

My first enemy is phobia. This is the top one enemy to me and I need to annihilate it as soon as possible. The second thing is the skills. Once I master them, then the rest will follow all the way.

Hopefully I can do it soon. Let's hope for the best.

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Self-doubt 2

It's my second time to write on this topic. Meaning that, I'm having self-doubt now.

I was having a good planning since last few weeks. I had a clear vision, the path for success and my own future plans. I was thrilled and eager to do it whenever I thought of that. Nonetheless, a commitment arose few days ago and it halted my joy and plans. Even though I had a buffer to maintain for at least one year but I was totally not confident about it due to my inconsistency. 

I understand that the commitment is a 'must' or duty but can you give me another year to try before I fully commit myself to it? As always, I lack of support all the way. However, this won't be an obstacle as I have made up my mind to try it for another half a year, at least. This time, it will be an 'all-out'.

Nevertheless, the commitment does affect my motivation. As what I mentioned in the first post, when self-doubt arises, we need to stop thinking about it, instead be part of the solution. Secondly, we have to know ourselves regarding our ability. Lastly, find some encouragements in order to be in good fighting status. 

My motivation is there but my psychology's part is not strong enough to strive for success. Ergo, my dream is so close but yet so far. I like to help people, whenever I see people in need, I usually will lend my hand to them. Hopefully people will see it and give me a chance to serve them. 



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991

I called 991 this Thursday. It was the first time in my life to call this number.

I was riding my motorcycle to my office. It was around 8:25p.m.. When I was at Lebuhraya Codrington, the junction of Penang Island Hospital, I heard a scream that followed by a cry. I slowed down my motorcycle.

I saw somebody was lying on the road and the body was bleeding. I called it body here because I couldn't recognise whether the body is a male or female. I stopped my motorcycle by the road side and called 991 at once. 

The call was diverted to emergency unit. After I had told them the location and some other details, they passed me to the ambulance. I was fed up that time because they should have passed me to the ambulance when I said the body was bleeding. Due to this, I had to tell the ambulance the exact location again! It was just wasting our time.

Then, I walked over to have a look at the victim. She was an Indian woman but the girl crying was a Malay, so I guessed she was her daughter. Many people rolled their sleeves up to give a helping hand. Some of them moved her motorcycle to the road side while others were assisting the victim. She couldn't move, I believed there were injuries on her limbs and head. 

I didn't wait there any longer since I was still rushing to my office. I hoped she would get well soon.



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