My tusheez

This blog was started once upon a time when a young girl at school didnt know better but thought otherwise. So the way earlier entries can be crass and words inappropriate so please don't judge. As now the person has evolved into someone older and wiser (hopefully) ..:.... But some of the entries were classic and hilarious so I don't have the heart to delete them :@ Well we were all young (read:wild) once, right?

Friday, March 20, 2009

Taichung. Got anything there?

Enough deep and complex write-ups.. let's have some brainless banter again.
This time, about our Walton's company trip to Taiwan.


First stop was Tai Chung..

Hmm.. Best view in TaiChung??
























is seeing my husband's blur face for breakfast. Heh heh heh..

No, I am just joking.

One of the good things was a freaking private SPA in your own hotel room!!!


























Overlooking.. err.. dried grass and shrubs.. but trust me, at night, it was beautiful though!
























See.. the night view better... This was a hot spring hotel in TaiChung.. Freshfields.. up up in the hill.. some say the best hotel in TaiChung!!! Ah.. my boss really spoils us all the time..
















It has gorgeous view of TaiChung at night..though we all know we're not in TaiChung for the scenery right?





















This is my favourite babe Yan Ying. She is a heroine in my heart. One of the loveliest colleague around! Love her..




















Daylight view.. ehemm... ok lah.. like Singapore lorr..






















At night, it's a bit like HongKong..

BUTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

There's something else we can't find anywhere else in the world!!!

Little huts with oh-biang lights..


and totally underdressed, pubescent girls!!!





PIN LANG MEI!





















Ahaa!!!!





Let's call her up to the coach!

























See how swah-ku Singaporeans are? I bet she felt like some monkey in a zoo.. all cameras were whipped out.. and whohooo..

I really wonder if she's freezing..

And after all that effort,, we only bought one box.. coz seriously.. we all bought pin lang for the girls.. right??? the pin lang itself sucks.. I think beer plus ciggarette and if you're in Amsterdam some exotic leaves... sorted..

But tooo bad no such thing as cigarette girls wearing bikinis..





















Everywhere we go... we only spot PIN LANG Mei..

And seriously, I can't remember anything else I saw on TaiChung roads...



Ok fine..

Another attractice architecture, other than the pin lang huts..

was the five cents restaurant.
























Very famous for its cave-like structures, stalactites and stalacmites.. stones.. water feature romantic lightings....ya di da.



























The building totally blew us away..It was amazing..

But too bad.. the food there.. totally blew it ...

and we started wishing we were in an ugly hawker centre wit the best char kway teow with chilli..

Taiwan Cze Char.. SUCKS BIG TIME!



Another wonderful thing happened in TaiChung..

I got to meet up with old friends.. well more like old boyfriend's family and close friends.

But they were still people I practically grew up with and saw me through my hardest days back in Oxford.

They were the boys I shared house with and the boys I pushed supermarket carts loaded with luggage, TV, etc everytime we were kicked out of a rented home..

Also the boys I got drunk with for the first few times..

Also the boys whose guts I used to diss at a lot.

Also the boys who made me who I am today..

Great to see them all grown up now and all matured....


Steve Wu has moved back to Taiwan, bringing his pet dog..

who's all grown up too!!!


Check it out!


























Bear VS pug???

Yeee..IT's a bear!!!!



No no...

























Actually, it'a Perrier mountain dog. His name is Dollar..





yes... I saw that eye brow raising, stop it!


It's the hugestmongoustest doggie I have ever seen in the whole world..

Trust me I was flabbergasted too.


On the contrary, Dollar is painfully shy and very jovial. He doesn't bark and he is scared of the pug, who's called Lai Fu.

Dollar and Lai Fu... so you get the gist...

Steve used to have a dog called MONEY.


So, yeah.. I thought all Taiwanese like funky names... but he has gone totally material girl.

ANYWAY..


Ok lah.. more stories coming..

Oh you know I am starting my bakmie stall for my mom soon. Very tiring you know the start-ups.

You've heard of bakmie?? It's not wantan mee, it's not bak chor mee..

It's actually Indonesian noodle.. recipe straight from my lovely mommy.. it's home made too. unlike other noodles which are OEM.



Please visit: http://www.makanbakmie.blogspot.com/

If it intrigues you, do come and give bakmie a try. If you like it, tell your friends =)



Thanks guys!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Does Money Disappear?

We all know that the world is undergoing changes and new challenges.
A friend of ours insisted that money has disappeared and people have all become poorer.

I beg to differ.

Money, like energy does not disappear. It just flows elsewhere.

During recession, money changes hands and one man's loss is another man's win.

For example. Mr X lost money in stock market, he bought Cosco stock at $5 and now it's less that $1. $4 is gone kaput into thin air.

Did it really?


The $5 physically has gone to the person who bought it from him, Mr Y, The money didn't go kaput, it flowed.

Values disappearing is different from actually physical dollars disappearing.

Dollars possibly disappear, only if say, you burn them in the incinerator or flush it down the toilet.

If Mr Y took the $5 to the casino and lost it. Oh well, $5 has gone to the casino.
If casino use $5 to pay tax, then it went back to govt.

If govt used it to buy citi share at $5, then $5 has gone to Mr Z who cold it to him, regardless of the fact that the shares have gone down to $1.

If Mr Z used $5 to buy a house and the house has gone down to being worth $3, well..the $5 has to Mr A who sold him the house. Regardless of current valuation.

The $5 is still intact. It's under Mr A's pillow now.

So, anyway.. what I am saying is, that money is still there, in fact more because they are printing new ones as time goes by.

Question is if we can spot where it flows to.

For example, billions of dollars stayed out of stock market since last year, well this bulk has now gone somewhere. maybe kept in cash, maybe to buy a house, maybe to pay for holidays. maybe to invest in alternative assets. .. Who knows?
But definitely not kaput.

For example, stock trading volumes are low these days, but fixed Deposits are fat.

Interestingly, it is also business as usual where I work at Walton International.
Have you seen our Celebratory Notice last Sunday?

Walton may not provide investment options with the fastest, most exciting or highest returns, I personally still trade stocks and get stuck, but the key point is DIVERSIFY. Many people have a dire need to see the need for this. I feel I've spotted opportunity.

But anyway, that's besides the point. I am not writing this to be about where I work.

But about the people I work with.

They are some of the most positive, driven people with the highest energy and awesome attitudes. Amazing.
It's contagious and I really want to share this with as many people as possible.

Success in everything is 70% mindset and 30% skillset. And I think everyone out there, wherever you are working, should apply the same attitude.

Opportunity is abound and abundant! Wake up and smell the coffee!

I feel that those with positive attitudes towards everything will have a much higher chance of making it this year.

2009 is not an easy year. But it's a defining year, It's the year of golden opportunity!
Those who can spot opportunities will win. Those who don't will not. Whatever it is, jobs, businesses or investments.


So, cheer up, if you're not cheered. As long as your mind is positive, positive things will come to you.


I wish everyone a really great year in 2009! I refuse to believe that all are sour.

BECAUSE THAT IS NOT TRUE!

I dislike the newspaper for always painting the worst of everything.

For example: they only talk about how US has the highest amount of debt in the world.
They forgot to mention that US also has the highest GDP revenue in the world! 3 times the second biggest GDP. And if you calculate the Debt VS GDP ratio, US has the lowest ratio among all the other G7 countries at 35%, Japan has the highest with 170%

Oh, well... but then again, bad news sell the papers..

I met someone recently who claimed to be very religious and avid reader of famous faith books... but the only words coming out of her mouth are complaints about the government, ERP raising. inflation... blah blah.. I told her, that if she's not happy, why not move to Zimbabwe !! GOT NO ERP there wat!!! Alternatively, she can move to Jakarta, no ERP but got consistent MASSIVE JAM! Which one she wants? And please, bloody hell, dont want pay ERP, take the freaking MRT lah. In jakarta, you won't even have that option. It's time she wakes up and appreciates what blessing she has. What's the point of reading so much theory and yet don't know how to apply to real life?

Coming back to the newspaper.. Geezz...I do read it everyday, but lucky I can sit on the fence all the time. Many many more over-sensationalised news which only bring fears and negativities to the public. Fears of retrenchments, fear of losing this, losing that. Luckily these days, they started sporting success stories of successful people too. Stories which are inspiring and motivating. Please do more!

And now more than ever, WE NEED POSITIVE PEOPLE with POSITIVE mindsets and POSITIVE attitudes. it's TEAM WORK people! Or else we are going backwards.

If you are already POSITIVE, this is a calling. Please inspire others to be POSITIVE just like you!

In fact, this is the best year to earn as much as you can because govt is giving more tax rebates!!

And if you can afford it, this is probably the best year to buy a new car and go travelling too..

I see even more opportunities. See??

I hope you guys do too!

ALL THE BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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