如何有效的理财方式

今天看了艾尔文的频道， 关于有效理财的方法，他讲的方法，自己也很了解， 但是就不去做。今天我把它记录，再次提醒自己。要达到好的理财能力，首先要累计足够的资产。 要有足够的资产就表示有所牺牲。 以下有五种方法：

1. 用记账来掌握现金流的方向。 别放过任何一块钱的流向。大海是如何形成的呢？都是小雨点变成河流，河流汇聚百川而流进大海。集少成多而成的。财富也一样，现金流就像河流一样，所以我们需要掌握每一块钱的流向。

2. 建立自动化存钱系统。 目的是更专心放在累计资产上。自动化存款可以帮助我们不知不觉把钱存起来。

3. 开始学习预算。 尽量量入而为， 不可用超过你赚的钱。把钱分配好，跟着分配好的用途来消费。 建议以下分配模式：
50% 生活消费
10% 投资理财
10% 学习成长
20% 长期支出
10% 娱乐消费

4. 摆脱身上的贷款， 理财之前现理债。 务必要用最快的方式来还清债务，把要支付的利息留在口袋里。


5. 改变收入的结构， 开起多重收入来源。我们不能保证单一收入可以养活自已到退休。我们需要拥有两个以上的收入来源。依赖性收入是依赖公司的生存能力不是我们的工作能力。此时就要警惕了。

虽然我也接近退休年龄，我觉得还可以用在我身上。我也希望我的儿子也可以学习这种理财方式。

如何快乐？

看了艾尔文影片， 感觉很正面。他与我们分享什么为快乐？

我发觉只有听，学习不到， 所以我把它记录起来。今天所要探讨什么样叫快乐？如何取得快乐？ 以及如何提升自己的快乐？

取得快乐容易吗？ 幸福感容易取得吗？我们生活中有许多压力，导致生活不快乐，但是我相信可以改变的。我们来看看艾尔文如何教导我们。艾尔文的分享可以分为三部分：
1） 什么是快乐 (What)
2） 什么是快乐的公式 (Happy Formula)
3） 什么是有效的提升快乐感 (How)

1) 什么是快乐？
快乐可以分为两种， 一种是内在和外在的快乐，一种是短暂性和长期性的快乐。外在和短暂性的有如我们吃了很好吃的巧克力，看了一场好电影， 或许公司加薪等等， 我们会感觉快乐，可惜不长久， 这是一种外在和短暂的快乐。我们要的是长期性和内在的快乐，是连续的， 但是如何提升我们的长期快乐呢？

三种办法可以给自己长期快乐：
1）提升人际关系
2)  找到做事的成就感
3）拥有正向/面的情绪

2） 快乐的公式 是 H=S+C+V
H = 快乐连续长度
S = 快乐的范围 - 指可以影响我们快乐的东西，它有高低， 比如吃很好吃的pizza， 开始吃时， 第一片可能带给你很快乐，但吃的多时，久而久之快乐慢慢消失， 因为它的影响力会越来越少。对一件快乐事情的习惯， 快乐就慢慢减少。
C = 现在的环境 - 环境可以改变但是不容易。
V = 自己控制因素 - 这是我们可以控制的，可以分为三种： 过去式，未来式 和 现在式。

3） 如何提高快乐感？
三方面：
A) 过去式 - 你是否对过去的事情耿耿于怀， 不能够释怀吗？ 我们不要被过去绑架。
B) 过去式- 要对未来抱持乐观， 我们的大脑对未来都是报以怀疑跟恐惧，因为它要爱护我们。 我们要改变看事情的角度， 可以分为四种：
   i）永久性
   ii）暂时性
   iii） 普遍性
   iv）特定性
很多不好的事情是暂时性的， 也不只是我一个人遇到。
C) 现在式 - 对现况感到满足， 要对现在的生活满意。 感恩的角度看待事情， 更有动力来生活， 更有信心去面对挑战。

The Day is My Birthday

When I reached 50 years old, I felt time flies and getting older. Sometimes, I keep reflecting memories of my past years, I was trying hard to recall memories when I was young. those incidents when I was in primary school, secondary school, college life, and even things that happen after I started working. I think about some decision that I wrongly made, I imagined if time can go back, what will be changed in my current life. Time past never comes back, those hours and hours that I have wasted will not return back to me. 

My body started to feel "old" already, certain body parts started showing inflexibility, my strength deteriorated, certain part of nerves/joints feeling stiffness and pain. After 50 years old, body aging is something that I can feel and it is real to me. Looking at the mirror, wondering where is the handsome man that I know go?

Today is my 54th year birthday, I did not expect much celebration, as usual, the whole family will go out for dinner, usually will pick a better restaurant. This year, my son Andrew started his work, and he is gracious enough to buy his dad a Korean BBQ dinner. I do enjoy the meal bought by my son. The baby of the yesteryears has become a grown man now. I wish he does well in his career.

Recently, I discovered an inspirational YouTube channel, the Youtuber is called Alvin (艾尔文），in his channel, you may find a lot of motivation and inspiration video clips, I so enjoy his sharing. I was benefited by listening to his sharing. I feel more positive and energetic. No doubt many hours of life wasted but is still not too late for a change. Life is unpredictable, we don't know how many years to live, the control lies in the hand of God. But one thing that we can do is continue to live positively, do something good and inspiration to others, and at the age of 54 years old, I believe I still can do a lot more thing and live a life that I want.

Today is my birthday and a new leaf of life. I wanted to do something in next12 months from now, i.e., from September 2019 to August 2020. Below is the listing that I wanted to achieve:

1) To learn Hang Yu Pin Yin method, I will write something (when I learned from Alvin 艾尔文 or other similar areas) in Chinese.

2) Challenge myself to do something that I dare not do, i.e., I want to start my channel on YouTube !!!!!

3) To do exercise daily before sleep

4) To learn something new via online learning platform/youtube or read a book.

5) To achieve 2 devotions in a week

In order to start a channel in YouTuber, I need to learn how to do that. I have no idea how to begin. I have tried a few recording on myself sharing a book and the result is so horrible. I dare not post it on my Youtube. I need practice, practice, and practice. 

Lately, I came across the Skillshare app. It is an online platform that allows people to share their knowledge, skills, know-how. This is a paid site, costing either usd100 per year or USD15 per month, I signed up this app because they offer two-month free usage, I can decide whether I want to continue or not later. I told myself to have fun learning.

Blogging or Vlog now ?

Nowadays fewer people are doing blogging, more and more people are doing vlog, that is using video capturing life moments and share in the youtube. 

Vlog had changed the landscaping of the entertainment world. Previously, Television program is the main entertainment sauce for every household. But lately, lesser people are watching TV, with Netflix comes on board, lesser people are watching TV, just a smartphone with you, you have all the entertainment in the world.  

That is why the watching rate for Youtube has been keep increasing, the number of viewers can reach million of million. More commercial advertisers are more willing to place their ads because million of subscribers to view their ads. That is a new form of career had been created, i.e. The YouTubers.

Not only celebrities move into YouTube to establish their popularity but even normal people also move into YouTubes, they share their lives, thoughts, willing to teach some of the skill like cooking, excel etc, create content especially jokes related program. The whole idea is to create viewers of their videos. 

Many become famous Youtubers, some have became their full-time career and even earning a very good living. They will be paid depending on the number of their subscribers, and the number of advertising play in their youtube videos. 

This is amazing. 

It is not easy walking around and talk to a camera in front of the public. I think I will feel embarrassing for doing so, people surrounding us may give me a strange stare thinking I am crazy. This required a very tick skin to do so. 

Lately, more and more Youtubers coming out and it has become a norm for a person holding a camera talking by himself while walking on the street. I think people on the street has lesser surprises since the action of a Youtuber no longer awkward to many people. After all, a successful YouTubers will not care about all these, their skins are tick and unpenetrable. 

Hahaha ...

Check this out, I found the Fu Love Family is worth watching.

Come to think about, I always feel itchiness to start up my vlog. Ops ... can I take this challenge!!?

I scare people laugh die me ( literary translation saying in Cantonese).

Wait and see ... will I accept this challenge ?

Siew Yuk, my favorite food

Siew Yuk, Chinese name for roast pork.

A good siew yuk is crispy at the skin and tender in meat.

I have learned how to make siew yuk from the youtube, thanks to all these recipes contribitors, I have learned a few tips to make a nice delicious crispy siew yuk.

Here is the link, if you wish to learn ...

Ice cream

I received an ice cream from a staff a moment ago and I asked why....

She said she just want to share without any special purpose.

Well, thank you. Just a small gesture of you. You have made my day.

:)

Emptiness... life is more than just working

Just realised my life is so empty except work work work... On daily basis, from about 7.45 am leaving house and returning home at about 8 or 9 pm. Working more than 12 hours a day... Sometimes reach home abt 10 or 11 pm if has deadline to meet.

I don't mind working late but the problem is whatever i do and try my best, i am not getting the right recognition. Life sometime is taugh but whatever is it, it has to go on.

Lunch at The Kitchen Table

A friend's friend open a cafe that serve western fusion food, The Kitchen Table. The place is located at Damansara Kim. The environment  is clean and organised. The open window brighten up the place, is a good place for chatting with friends.   The only problem it needs stronger air con to keep cold.

The food is unique  and quality.

I have tried the pull pork with bbq sauce with sour dough, it tastes delicious.  On top of it, i ordered the charred eggplant with miso butter, green onion with bonito flakes. The eggplant is good without oily texture. Yum yum.

The famous fried chicken with thai basil leaf was awesome, it serves hot and crispy.  The meat is still maintain the juiciness.

Go try... the food is nice.

http://www.thekitchentable.com.my/

终于要飛了

今天28号，终于去曼谷的日子到了。這是今年的 Family trip. 時间过得很快，赶到踏上年终列車旅行去啰！

現在klia2机㘯，人山人海，想check-in 行李也很困难，幸好大家行李可以手提入机艙，不用跟其他人擠。原本大家但心行李里的液体可能不过检查. 但我们custom 都很放心放行，看来保安对我们"真好"。

哈哈，

三个多小時，曼谷见！

P.S 剛剛講完，当到樓下等待庁，又有一关， 保安就比第一关嚴，我兒子就损失一支新買的hair spray。不知高兴还是不高兴？

2015年终于要結束了

歲月不留人啊！

2015年又快这样走了，还有几天就新年，但手上的工作好像做不完， 蛮大压力的。

寫了3天的中文blog, 又好像懒了回去。

十二月份，其實也蛮多事情可以寫：

1。 老婆表妹结婚，在 5☆ 级的 Ipoh Banjaran Resort 山洞里举行级宴，蛮特别的。

2. 上个星期周末，因为孩子们都参加camp, 就跟老婆过下2人世界，特跑到 Bukit Tinggi 的 the chateau organics wellness spa resort. 地方美丽高贵，服务態度一流，是一座古堡式的度假村，又有spa and massage treatment. 雖然价钱贵了一点，但也物有所値。最主要跟老婆感情也好了。

3. 在月尾，还有一个family tip. 這一次带家人去泰国曼谷遊玩几天。希望是一个美好的旅行。

回想，忙碌中不可忘与家人spend quality time.... 他们不只是我每天动力来原，也是扺抗厭力最有效的方法。

十二月，是忙和玩的日子，喜啊！悲啊！

游泳天

我太久没游泳了。忽然间很想感受那浸在冷冷水中的感觉，在炎熱天气中是一种享受。

上中学時，記得每个星期五就与同学搭巴士到精武体育館游泳。這样我就学了一身水上功夫。哈！自我爽!

所以今天跑去 Kelana Jaya 那大型的游泳池，原本炎热的天气，敢敢到了時天公下雨。不过还好，池水还蛮温暖。这泳池的长度应该是奥林匹克的標格，所以对我酱久没游泳的干鸭子，蛮大挑战的。果然到第五轮我已吃不消。

雖然少少五轮，不过对一个很少運动的我，也是一种突破，希望我可以保持這熱度，多做運动。

加油！

如果你也是如我醬懶，起身吧，我们来做運动。。。1234。。2234。。3234。。

以下是我小兒小時游泳的照片，现在，叫他跟你去游泳，他都不采你啰 ！

旅行愿望

每天都在忙碌，常不知不觉想起应該帶家人去旅行時，当拿起日记薄，望着已经安排满满的公司会议，天天如些，真的不好受，奈何为五斗米而折腰。。。如果book久一点的日子，又怕到時拿不到假，又可能与一些die die must attend meeting 冲突.

人生。奈行。。

不过难是难，。但是只要有心人，还是事在人为。所不管3421, 我 book 了！

所以我跟家人去Bangkok的日子越来越近。是時候安旅行的行程表了。

突然间，在忙碌烦人的日子中，有了期代了。

寫中文blog

中文部落格来啰！

我這个blog 寫了几年，越来赿死，已经没有当初刚寫部落那种熱誠，不知要寫什么，加上英文文法不强，越寫赿没feel, 所以就尝試用中文来寫，自己的母語嘛，应該可以的。

加油！

My Home Chef - Making of Fruit Tart

I never blog about my home chef before ... i.e., my elder son, Andrew.

Andrew decided to venture into culinary word, since young he loves cooking, it will be good for him to venture into this areas. I believe when a person is passionate with what he is doing, the chances of success will be higher when he takes it as a career.

Since he joined the diploma course in culinary school at KDU, I can see the passion of his cooking growing leap and bound. Almost everyday he will be cooking something in the kitchen. Especially, when exam is approaching, he will cook repeatedly with many attempts until meet his satisfaction.

This round, I heard the exam is relating to pastry ... so recently, I notice him working very hard to make pantry stuff ... such as fruits tart, quiche, pie, sweet roll etc ...

Wow,  Look like I have so much opportunities to try his pastries ... hehehe, although it may fulfill my craving for sweet stuff but I hope it doesn't increase my sugar level. I got to control myself, don't simply eat !!

Yesterday night, it was very late, and it already passed midnight at 2.15 am, I woke up and still see Andrew working hard to finish his fruits tart, I am very proud of him that he possess such a passion and determination to cook every pastry that he think it might come out from the exam. He will continue trying to do until it reaches his expectation. Almost every night, he will make one or two pastry desserts ... I am glad that he has such a passion. 

Just like to share some of the deserts he had made. they looked awesome, isn't it  ... 

 These tarts are not only look beautifully but yummy too ... I am proud of you, Andrew.

3 good things in life

While on my way home, I heard a radio program. The DJ was interviewing a guest (I really don't know whose that guy was) but his sharing caught my attention. He said in order to become a positive person, one need do have the heart of gratitude for everything in life, he suggested we should list down 3 good things that happen to us on daily basis before go to sleep. Then, slowly, the heart of gratitude will slowly change us to become a better and positive person.

So, let me take this blog to start my journaling to record 3 good things of today:

1. I think God has blessed me with good staff, as now two days from Hari Raya, many staff especially the Malay staff have started going on leave or in holiday moods already. But yet I have one Malay lady staff who is willing to stay back late to finish my work.

During fasting period, Malay staff can go off from work earlier at 5 pm every day, but this staff of mine, she willingly to stay back untl 7 pm to make sure I get the report. I thank God for having such good and delegated staff to help me.

2. Yes, summon is bad thing. If you broke the undang-undang on the road,  you will get fine. Over the years, I notice I have 3 summons haven't settled, one is caught talking on mobile phone while driving, one caught in speeding and one is traffic light offend. I estimated about RM750, so I procrastinate as it involves big sum.

Well, I am gratitude that now I am working with car rental company that has good rapport with PDRM, so I managed to get a good discounts. Thanks God I just need to pay RM210 for the 3 offends. So I settled today !

3. The last but not least, good things that happen to me is everyday when I come home, dinner is ready for me. I feel blessed because my wife doing it everyday without fail. It is not easy to do it everyday to cook for the whole family but yes ... I am graceful of my wife who is willing to do it.

Thanks God for the 3 good things today!!

Walaueh ... I see spider web

Ahyoi. I am seeing spider web in my blog ...

I even have the problem to recall what blog name of my own blog ... "Scary!!!"

I need to go back to blogger.com to find where my blog is ...

Finally I decided to use back my name ... despite I am changing blog name after another, I don't see it right and remember it. It just doesn't give me the sense of belonging.

Nevertheless, I still can't get back my previous blog name tzeemeng as someone had used the name, so, I have no choice but to use my full name. 

Well .. take it easy.. let start blogging again ...

What is effective people ?

I have been working as senior manager in an organization many years, I expect my staff to work efficiently and effectively. 

Well, am I doing the same ? Haha .. to be honest, I some how not live up to the expectation :)

What are the differences between efficiency and effectiveness ?

Efficiency - As an efficient person do thing fast and they are task achiever and get thing done quickly. They can complete project on time and generally they are organised and competent. 

Effectiveness - As an effective person, they do right task and project. Even though they are slower but they do the right things. 

Many a time, we are rushing to complete a task without looking into the subject matter in detail. In many of my experiences, due to the deadline and work pressure from bosses, we are rushing to get thing done with checking in detail, and ultimately the result is unfavorable or full of errors.

Same happen when we see a problem arising, without checking on the root cause of the problem, we come out with "Solution" that we think it works, but at the end, the result is unsatisfied and end up need to redo or more problem arising from the rush job.

Therefore, being efficiency is insufficient, we must also do think effectively.

I read a articles sharing what is an effectiveness personality :

1) Effective person has goal and they know the reason behind the job.
2) Effective person know how to plan and create a system on how to acheive the goal.
3) Effective person has strong believe system and they believe they can conquer all sort of difficuties.
4) Effective person do not waste time to worry about not successful but they focus in control.
5) Effective person willing to help others.

Finally, Effective person always focus in doing the RIGHT THING. They will pause and recheck their goal / action to ensure their path is moving forward to the right direction.

Where to stay in Taiwan?

A friend shared a link in facebook on some recommended accommodation in Taiwan. Being kiasu and afraid I would lost the link (As you know facebook posts keep replacing with the new one, you couldn't find it after a while), I decided to place the link in my blog so that I can refer to it easily in the future. 

Well, it is not a bad choice if you wish to keep some links to avoid missing. Hahaha!!

http://tw.gigacircle.com/1305271-1

Love the design ... at least my whole family can stay in together :)

By the way, if you come across my post here, you may check out this website where to get decent and affordable accommodation in Taiwan. I am not sure how good are they but do write to me if you find anything nice.

Cheer!!

Cheese Souffle Recipie ... feel craving for it now!!

Suddenly I felt like having a cheese souffle ...

... and what better to get the right recipes from YouTube, you will find many cooking video clips in YouTube. All you need to do is to find one that you feel comfortable, then follow and do it yourself.

 INGREDIENTS IN THIS DISH:

4 Large Eggs (Separated, at room temperature)
1/2 Cup of Dry Breadcrumbs (Store Bought)
30g of Butter (plus extra, melted, for brushing)
1/4 Cup of Plain Flour
1 1/4 Cups of Milk
2 Cups of Grated Cheddar Cheese
2 Teaspoons of Dijon Mustard
Pinch of Cayenne Pepper
Salt and Pepper

Preparation Time: About 20 minutes
Cooking Time: About 10 minutes

I have seen a few videos, but I like this one most because it is not sweet and is kind of savory taste, that is what I like most.

 



 

Thank to OnePotChefShow ... 

Can't wait to try .. hahahaha

A 37-Years Seperation

What is 37-years mean to you? It is indeed a very long duration for most people. Generally, human live about 70 years old averagely, and 37 years are more than half.

After 37 years, I finally reunion with some of my old classmates during my primary school time. I knew them since standard one, about 43 years ago, ever since our graduated from primary school in 1977,  I never see them at all. 

Time sometime is very strange, while everyone is staying around KL, especially a few stayed near my area,  but we never notice and meet up, not a single time. Except just one friend who is still in touch, however, suddenly, through this friend that I knew, I have been invited to a WeChat group...

Woow!! This is awesome, in the chat group, I meet back all my long lost touched classmates again, there are 18 of them being added into the group and the number is increasing. My friends are trying very hard to trace back all those long lost touched classmates. In the group, most of us are meeting up first time ever since we were graduated. I couldn't recall some of their names ... 

Time is like a wash detergent, it washed away many things, good or bad. Many of my childhood memories had watched away and leave with minor memories in broken pieces, but after chatting for a while, more and more pieces of my memories flashed back in my mind.

The WeChat's room has becoming my favorite place to hang around, I enjoy reading conversations between classmates. Mostly still communicate in mandarin, but I try my best to use my "half pass six" mandarin to communicate with them too. I felt close and warms again for using back my mother tongue to communicate. Since started working life, I seldom using Mandarin. But a after a while, I feel my Mandarin improved a lot.

In the group, there are a few outspoken ones, very talented and great command of mandarin. Excellent writing skill and do create many funny and entertaining conversations, love it !!.. 

Some are very touching and emotional too.

I just enjoy each other company, sometime friendship does not necessary disappeared over period of time, if time is right, it is like wine, it becoming more smooth over period of time. I guess our friendships are like that loh.

Thank to 慧丽, 长发，彬龙, 建昌 等等

You guys are awesome. They have taken efforts to scan this memorable photos in high resolution and take efforts to put our names and reconnect us back ....

 

Next, I am looking forward for an old classmate get-together, I can't wait to see them in person.Hahaha!!Yeah!!