A Financial Blog, Maybe?

I am THAT bored in Perth. So many things have happened in the past couple of months, it would be great if I could take my mind of them. I love the world of economics and finance, so I figured why not just get myself a financial blog.

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What IF

What if I reactivate this blog? Huh..

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i just might

for my parents, i just might consider forfeiting the new york dream and stay in malaysia.. haven't decided, i'll leave it to my parents, if they'd follow me there, i'll not hesitate to go there, if not, i shall stay..

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Mum, Dad, everything i told u guys about, i wasn't joking

Was talking with my folks on skype, i remembered mentioning something about not going back to Msia after my degree, that's where everything started. Every one of close friends and family are aware that 'Move to New York City' is on the top of my to-do-list since forever. Judging fr0m the tone of my parents while talking to me (although the exact words not spoken) on that issue, i was pretty sure that they weren't convinced that i have set my course straight to moving to the big apple, and even if they do, they weren't showing their full support (and i don't mean financially). Dad actually questioned my decision and asked why do i not want to settle down in M'sia.

Truth to be told, i'm not at all happy the way that country is handled, racial issues are still in the country's way even after decades of debate (at least those in the US are better at handling their racial issues), this place is definitely least of where i want my children to grow up in. MYR, the other reason why i would not like to settle down in Msia, it makes traveling to other parts of the world 3 times more expensive as compared to tourist from the US and Aus and unless you own a very large pile of stocks in large corporations (which is also hardly to be seen in Msia), you'll be literally living your whole life within M'sia, and with those crappy 4k/month salary, the furthest you'll be able to afford is Hatyai. The conservative asian culture is also crap and till this day, its the culture that i blame for my low self confident. Why choose to be in a developing nation with crappy conservative culture when your children have the chance of moving to the much better, already developed, and the most advance nation in the world with an advantage of being able to stand out of the crowd for not fearing to voice out their opinions as to not being influenced by the generally conservative and shy asian culture.

Believe it or not, i have spent countless hours thinking on how to work this out, i have thought of ways to get the green card, how to raise money to pay for rent/mortgage for the first few months in the state before actually getting a job there, and ultimately, how to support my parents there. I do realize that it is a very big decision im trying to make here (thx for reminding), having to leave my family and friends for however long period to achieve something that i really want.

My parents might never look through this blog (or anyone else) since it has been inactive since probably the stone age. Here, i'd like to lay out my plans to move to the empire state:

Plan 1:
Finish my degree, work in Aus or elsewhere for some time before applying for a postgraduate degree in a university in US, hence easing the application of the US green card, finish the masters degree, obtain the green card and settle down there, bring my parents over when income has stabilized.

Plan 2:
Finish my degree, apply for an internship in the US (which i highly doubt that it will work as im a freaking ASIAN), apply for a work permit visa, bring my parents over when income has stabilized.

Plan 3:
Get an absolutely good grade, get a scholarship to a postgraduate program in the States.

Plan 4:
The US diversity green card draw, won't count too much on that, only 50,000 people will be chosen per year.

Plan 5:
Investors visa.. the riskiest and as the last resort after all above plan has failed. I'd have to get enough fund to actually acquire a company in USA to gain control for me to even be entitled for this visa.

p/s: i do also mean it when i said that i totally lose interest in asian girls. I'm pretty aware that im also an asian (which i am definitely not proud of) and that my chances are pretty slim, but what the heck, i'd rather be single than dating a normal asian girl. NO OFFENSE.

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Blue Eyes Blue Eyes

Blue eyes, yes, all my princesses shall have blue eyes =D They are just so beautiful, adorable and eye-cathing!!!


Photo courtesy Lisa Barnes Photography, they have the cutest babies there, seriously..

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I'm Awesome

I see the awesomeness in me

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'10 Autumn Wishlist

I know, its spring in Aus, Aus's season is kinda opposite to the rest of the world, actually, everything here is opposite from the others, who lives such a boring life? so i based mine on the westerns..

It will be exactly 3 months since i first lay my ass here in another 2 days.. which means that i have been complaining that Perth is a boring and sucky place for the past 3 months, and i don't plan to stop any time soon.. Ok, i'll stop that crap.. here's the wishlist..

4. Shades
or
Yeah, the old RayBan or the newer Oakley.. DOESN'T MATTER =D Sun is kinda bright and chicks are kinda hot, so shades help *wink*

3. Contacts
Hate to wear specs the whole time, and shades are on my 4th wish list. Contacts are the temporary solution to a laser eye surgery I'm so gonna get later..

2. HTC HD2
I'm so sick of those iPhones and BlackBerries these days.. EVERYONE is using them!! in some way BB, which i considered the best phone previously, is such a common now, their uniqueness kinda smeared.. HD2 in the other hand, has not been seen anywhere in this piece of land, its cool, classy, big-screened, and most important of all BLACK.. but.. there is 1 prob, keypads are no where to be seen.. kinda dislike full touch screen cells.. =/

1. iPad
Thanks Mr. Jobs for holding.. =D My parents know this best, have been nagging for like ages.. how cool to have 1!!!

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OMG!!!

This is so gonna be my future house's view from the bedroom!!! WAY COOL!!! there ain't words in the world to describe this spectacular view and how much i wanted it!!

WAY TO GO NYC!!!

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Ace The Exam? SO WHAT!?!!?

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Reminiscence

I liked the tuition class back in high school, not that the teaching was fun, but u were there and it was there i was closest to you.

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I Need Cash!!

A month ago i arrived, a month later, impretty mush still in square 1 - unemployed.. i seriously wonder how am i going to earn the bucks to fly back during the holidays; i can hardly buy myself a bus ticket now!! funnily, some guy from curtin sarawak campus told me that perth has many part-time jobs and the competition ain't fierce.. BULLSHIT!! =.= i think i just gave away like.. 5 resumes with no replies?

Well, life had changed a little since i first got here, can't expect much from such a slow-paced area huh? maybe i should be happy to have at least something to do here!! unlike my uncle, the only thing he does is to watch tv, and to throw his money on the betting table.. lifeless much.. guess i should start saving up for to rent a house in the future, just got to know he mortgaged his own house just to gamble, poor aunty who has to pay for it.. =[ well, he made me realize something though, casinos are really cash generators, like SERIOUS CASH GENERATORS!! he lost almost a million to them @.@ now i know how uncle Lim got his billions.. fyi, Burswood casino and hotel were formally owned by him.. good place to invest in the future..

I have to be in the uni for 9hours tomorrow and with only a single 2hour break in the middle, it will be like, 5hours straight of classes, 2hours of break and the last 2hours in class again... just realize i have only 7hours left to sleep.. don't feel like sleeping at all now.. miss home a lot now.. miss those cheap food, miss my bed, miss my super computer, miss my dumbbells, miss the swimming pool, miss the car (not really the car, just miss having a car, so i don't have to take a bus everywhere), miss to not have to worry for job, and most of all, i miss being to seeing my family the whole time.. i can still see my parents everyday now, but through a not-too-clear webbie.. not the webbie's fault actually (in fact dad just bought a 250bucks webbie so that i can see them clearer), it was the sucky malaysian internet's fault >.<

Now i realize that i must seriously find ways to get cash, the legal way i mean.. i'm too lazy to work!! perhaps selling stuffs online? i'd seen news reports saying that there were people who earned thousands per week just by selling collectibles on the net.. and you'll wonder, just go get some collectibles and sell'em.. U THOUGHT SO EASY MEH??? seriously, i'll do so if i can find the sources of those collectibles, provided they are in a bargained price.. some days, i thought of gaining some cash through the stock market, well, i could use that as a practice 'coz i once heard that we'll be given an assignment in the future whereby a hundred will be allocated for us to invest and if we get earn more than some amount after some time, we'll be considered pass (those hundred grand would better be real).. but after a second thought, i don't really have the guts to invest in growth stocks.. there are only two outcomes from investing in those stocks, its either u earn a fortune or u go bust together with the company.. its too risky, i have my tuition fee at stake, better not try to commit a financial suicide.. i may only invest in blue chip companies as they provide steady profits (unless they get themselves into trouble), but there's a catch, those steady profits ain't significant (you might wana laugh your ass out even if there's only a 20% return of your investment after a year).. let's see, 20% of a 1000bucks is.. 200bucks.. so you are gonna earn only 200bucks after a year.. it is only worthwhile to invest in blue chips stocks if you have large sum of capital, oya, and that's how Mr. Buffett got his 'third richest man in the world' title..

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MEGAN FOX IS INSIDE!!!!

song was alrite, but MEGAN IS INSIDE, so a massive mark added to that..

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WHY?????

Why i love this song so much? had been letting this song to replay itself so many times on my phone that i even lost count of it =.=

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OZ My God!! Get Me Outta Here!!!

The very last time i posted an update, i was 4,443.91km away from where i am now... yes perth, the peaceful city (when i say peaceful, i don't really mean to like it) i won't say that i like being in a dangerous place where bombs were dropped everywhere, mafias ruling over the police, its just that perth.. its a nice place for retirement, not quite a good place to put a teenage boy that likes to go out every time.. (guess friends and family i'm gonna come out with this complaint in my blog)

It's cold now, expecting a 5degree Celcius night, 11.37pm now and i should be in bed for my 1st class tomorrow.. i can't believe its only a couple of weeks ago since my parents left me here, alone, it was like AGES ago.. seriously, time passed by damn slow here.. i did expect a lifestyle similar to this, but, its way worst than what i imagined..

I was told by my cousin that my face got rounder (didn't see that coming).. haha, but i can't expect much, i ate a lot, i mean A WHOLE DAMN LOT!!! i did jog, but still, it ain't enough to burn off the calories i gained.. so.. guess i'll be fatter and rounder if i don't do it at all.. and i'm so in need of a set of dumbbells which is soooo much expensive here..

Talking about prices.. i mean if u don't convert it to Malaysian Ringgit (as in dollar per dollar) the food are DAMN EXPENSIVE!!! cheapest meal in the campus that will half fill your tummy? a 6Aud burger.. i would have to walk for 15minutes to get to a cheaper alternative, a 4.5Aud chicken rice (don't forget the 15minutes walk back to campus).. there are no cheap food here, guess that chicken rice is the best value for money in the whole W.A... coffee is cheap though, 4~5bucks for a large cup of coffee.. besides coffee, other drinks aren't quite a recommendation if u are trying to save some bucks.. 1 thing real funny here, a 2L coke is cheaper than a 625ml coke.. its the same coke, same flavor, same packaging, just different in volume.. makes no sense =.=

Kinda late now, will continue my complaint in twitter or in the next post.. please excuse me for for any grammatical error, seriously, it wasn't intended, i type what i have in head and i have no more energy to go through it once more for any grammatical errors.. ain't a good move, don't try this at home.. night pals..

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Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today.

"Yesterday is history; Tomorrow is a mystery; Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present - Shifu, Kung Fu Panda"

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Be Directed To My Photoblog

Click HERE to view the world through my camera's lens..

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So Gonna Miss This View

Picture taken from the balcony.. Won't be able to see this view that often later..

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Boatie..

Taken somewhere in Balik Pulau.. forgotten the exact location, was very far deep..

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My 1st HDR!!!!

A picture taken from the balcony of my house!! yea, ignore the noise.. kinda frustrating, but hey, not bad for my 1st ever HDR =DD

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Penang Road

Taken during a photo-shooting session with Fang Chi..

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