Now in KL August 19, 2016 bizadmin I went to 3 places yesterday in KL having set out at 6:30am for the project interview in the morning and then headed to 2 other places before calling it home. Had dinner at Da Men which is managed by Pavilion for its shopping mall. Later on, after lunch, will head to Ipoh to see a project and then go back to Penang. So effectively, I stayed for 1 night in KL in my small condo. A depressed young businessman recently committed suicide on the 5th level carpark of the condo, probably due to family relationship problems. I can only pray that may perpetual light shine upon his departed soul. Such a young man at his prime age of 34 passed on prematurely due to stress and pressure!
I am now in Kuala Lumpur August 2, 2016 bizadmin I was in Kuala Lumpur since 2 days ago and will return to Penang tomorrow after a project interview with my colleague and having visited another place in KL. I am staying in Rhythm Avenue Condominium in USJ 19 where there is the new Indonesian HQ supermarket called Matahari on the ground floor that is always packed with people for its affordable goods. Rhythm Avenue is now buzzing with lots of activities with a ‘nasi kandar’ cafe and PapaRich Restaurant plus 2 other Chinese restaurants. Being a business partner, I travel frequently to KL from Penang for business and work. It is enjoyable mostly as we get to chill out at Starbucks nearby in Taipan and read newspapers and magazines on Entrepreneurship, etc.
Now in KL June 17, 2016 bizadmin I am now in KL for work and to meet up with clients. Yesterday, went to 3 places with the help of GPS with the first one to collect a cheque and I promptly banked in thereafter. Then went to a condo and another place of an existing client. The day was done and completed with a visit to Sunway Pyramid Mall where we had dinner at the ground floor food court in Sunway Pyramid hotel. Window shopped around at Marks & Spencer and did not find anything interesting to purchase, so I saved money in the end. Before that I aslo went to an open air shopping mall on the way to Subang Airport, located midway though. Had hot tea at Mac Donalds and read newspapers.
Was in Melaka April 29, 2016 bizadmin I set out for Melaka by car early this morning, waking up at 5am and set out by 5:30am. We stopped by a few rest and relax stopovers for breaks and small meals before the meeting today. Now I am back in USJ 19, Rhythm Avenue after having dinner of corn salad and mushroom soup with Earl Grey tea at Main Place. I discovered that there are only 2 flights to Melaka direct from Penang via Malindo airlines with only 2 flights per day. Since Air Asia, Firefly and Malindo’s flight schedules are not suitable for our meeting today, my partner decided to drive down instead and stay overnight until next week for another meeting to negotiate pricing with the boss flying down from India.
Flying to KL Tomorrow April 24, 2016 bizadmin I shall be flying to KL early tomorrow morning by Air Asia, arriving at KLIA at 8:00am. We will go for a site visit to a factory and then head over to Melaka by rented car to hand over the tender documents. This will take about 2 hours on the road just one way trip down to Melaka from KL. I booked and paid for the boarding passes online and web check in to print out the boarding passes for easier checking into the air port lounge. By the way, Air Asia may be cheaper but it has frequent delays, sometimes up to an hour to 4 or more. There are pros and cons of flying with Air Asia and with Firefly. Yesterday, we were busy preparing the tender documents for submission soon next week.
My Video of Disney on Ice: Under the Sea April 10, 2016 bizadmin Above is a snippet of Disney on Ice showcasing Under the Sea theme held recently at Penang’s very own SPICE. I uploaded the video to Youtube before meal and just came back from lunch and voila, it was 100% uploaded. Later on, have to input for GST after getting all the letters of tax invoices, etc. My spouse just attended All Souls Day with his relatives, cleaned up the graves of the departed, offered fruits, flowers, prayed, etc. The show lasted about 2 hours with 15 minutes intervals for rest room time. I bought a bag of pop corn for $35 that comes with a small cute blue Disney carrier bag that was put somewhere in the house. My spouse had just gone out again to meet up with a local potential client in a hotel.
Plane Take Off from Penang International Airport April 7, 2016 bizadmin Above is my video capture using my iPhone 6 of Firefly taking off from Penang International Airport. When the engines started to fire, it zoomed past very fast for some time before lift off. I have more videos to show but apparently the upload to computer from my iPhone is very slow due to limited storage on both my iPhone and the computer. On Friday, I will travel by car to Ipoh to meet up with a potential business client taking 2 hours on the road or less. Just the other day, I received a Singapore cheque for only a mere S$1.54 for royalty on my book and the charge for the transaction for the cheque to clear is RM 30 without including the postage. So, I might as well, don’t bank in and keep it.
Went to KL 5 Times Last Month April 3, 2016 bizadmin Last month, I went to KL 5 times; once per week or so. The first time was by car. The next 4 times by Firefly and back on the same day at night. The first 3 visits by air was to attend an interview by the same company while the last visit to KL was to another company. The air fares are not cheap, ranging from RM 700+ to over RM 1k return for 2 pax. The good thing flying with Firefly is that we get to enter premium lounge for free if you purchase MAB tickets where Firefly is a subsidiary of MAB, formerly more well known as MAS. This month in April, it is still too early whether I will go down to KL that frequent or not, depending on the situation.