November 27th, 2022 at Sky Hotel, Kota Kinabalu. Once again, I’ve been invited to be a judge at the State finals of the Pitch Borneo program. Pitch Borneo is a wholly Sabah created and organised business idea pitching contest. In the 12 years since it started, 1300 business ideas have been pitched and 102 winners have been funded. Tonight will see another 10 ideas receive funding. However before that happens, it’s...
November 23, 2022 Hanaa hands over the reigns of the Commonwealth Association of Leadership Malaysia to Yap Li Ling. All in all, a good handover as the associations constitution had set a 2 consecutive term limit on the President. By having groomed and guided younger leaders like Li Ling, Hanaa managed to handover the reins of the association within the set limit. Not an easy feat, considering that CALM is still...
Had my regular follow-up with Dr. Rowland at KPJ today. Been having bouts of shortness of breath and difficulty in upping my cardio. So I was a bit worried going into this follow-up. As usual, it started the night before when I had to fast for the morning blood test. Went to give my blood and urine sample in the morning and then waited for my appointment with Dr. Rowland at...
I turn 57 today. How have I chosen to spend my day today? Quietly and without fanfare. I had a lunch yesterday with my family and eldest sister, Maureen, but have nothing planned for today. Treating it just like any other day. I would like to say this though. A few days ago, this article was talked about by some netizens. You can read the article here https://worldofbuzz.com/poor-dad-criticised-for-cheap-birthday-with-son-netizens-dish-out-cruel-comments/ The comments reminded...
After my post on the 11th about my experience at an unnamed restaurant, I was so touched by all of your concerns. Some suggested that I had been scammed, some asked what happened after that and some even asked if I was still waiting. Well here is an update of what happened after I made that post. Apparently, the cashier saw my post and came up to me and said I...
I was in a restaurant the other day and ordered steak. The waiter strongly suggested I try the fish instead. He said that the fish would come with 5 additional side dishes for a total of 6 dishes. Being my first time there, I followed his suggestion and went for the fish. Then the waiter said I had to pay first and that my first side dish would be ready in...
Was recommended to watch this movie and did not have any idea what it was about except for what the title entailed. It turned out to be an evening well worth it. A feel-good movie where a hard-working domestic cleaner dreams of wearing a Christian Dior dress and achieves her dreams and more. I guess one of the biggest differences in this “feel-good, achieved my dreams” movie compared to the usual...
What did I just watch? A highly entertaining saga of brotherhood, struggle and tons of action in between. My son, Jan, recommended that I watch the movie. He sold it as “…better than a Marvel superhero movie.” And what I watched was a highly entertaining, fast paced, visually pleasing movie. It might also be a timely movie as India regains its status as a leading nation in the world with its...
“Mum, Dad, I am tired of living with roommates. I’ve been doing that since I was a student. I am a grown-ass woman now and want to live like a career woman and not a student. Mikey and I are planning to move in together and rent a place that we can afford on our salaries.” Said our daughter who is now living and working in Vancouver, BC. Then we uttered...
If you’ve lived on this earth long enough, one thing is for sure. You will be approached by friends who mean well, with an investment opportunity that sounds too good to be true. All of us will have a different perspective of what sounds like a scammy opportunity. It might come in the form of a Multi-Level Marketing scheme that later turns out to be a Ponzi scheme. It could be...