Speaker: Derek Sivers

I took 2 days off to attend a conference that was very much related to my part time job and passion. It’s all about The New Media 2011. There were about 30 overs speakers from different backgrounds and experiences. I went there with an open mind and absorb as much as I can. 

Some of the things that was shared by the speakers was really refreshing and motivating too. It does helped me to think differently for my next step in my career life. I have been constantly asking myself the same questions. It's been 5 years and do I still want to be here? What will be my next move? Where is it going to be? 

After listening to so many speakers, I learned the most from this particular speaker as the things he shared was very much practical and doable too. He is Derek Sivers. He was sharing about his company, CD Baby, how he grew the company and then sold for 22 millions. What really opened my eyes was, he was the only person so far that said 22 million was just too much! He gave that to a charity unit trust funds to help to fund other musicians. Some of key things I learned from his sharing was; Start with something different, simple or common sense. If people don’t like it, stop it and don’t persist. Always stick with what you know and understand. 

If you wish to know more about his sharing during the The New Media 2011 Conference, you can get the details from Yet Another Studio's Blog Post. For more info, visit his website or follow him on twitter. 

Screen shot taken from Derek's website. 

For the other speakers, the slides are available at here.

My Birthday

On New Year Eve, I stayed at home and had some ice wine. It was nice and a fall asleep pretty fast as I was very excited over the next day event... To KL!





It was my birthday last Sunday and I just turn 3! :-P Didn't do much but followed my cousin to KL. The six of us jump into the car and we took off as early as 7am and head straight to Mid Valley. We booked at Boulevard Hotel for a night.

When we touched down to Mid Valley, it was pretty early @10am. Some of the shops are still closed but people are coming in already. I was very happy that the Christmas decoration was still around and I managed to snap a few and this is my favorite! Teddy!






Throughout out that 2 days one night, we went from Mid Valley to The Gardens, Pavillion and the new mall - Farenheit. It was a nice shopping trip for me. Got myself a few things for the Chinese New Year and snap a few pictures along the way. Some was taken within KL and some was on the way back to Penang. Of course some cam whoring too.....

This is Julie (my cousin's fiancee). They gave me my first Paul Frank t-shirt as my birthday present! I am now an official proud owner of Paul Frank! :-P Oh.. Did I mention that I was born in the year of Monkey?

The traffic back to Penang was smooth flowing but the opposite direction was not. It was crawling and there were five to six accidents along the highway.

It was one of my best Birthday I ever had! Having my family and relatives with me the entire time..... Thanks everyone!

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Food: The Loaf @ Pavilion, KL

The aroma of the bread was just unavoidable. Besides that, Kelvin recommended that we should try. It's on the costly side but worth the testing.

Go check it out yourself when you are there. The main entrance and turn right.... :-D

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Meetup in KL

Last weekend, I was in KL with mum. It's a long weekend because of the Raya celebration holiday. During this trip, I managed to catch up with a few people. Some of them, I managed to capture their random pictures and some I don't. Some of them, it's my first time meeting them such as Princess Jo Ling, Ms Chew Mei Ling and Daniel Tan.

At the same time, I managed to meet up with my long lost childhood friend, Melissa which is Pam's best friend! I haven't seen her for more than 6 years already if I got my numbers correctly.

Just amazing meeting up with all these wonderful people.

Princess Jo Ling, Ms Chew Mei Ling and Jason

Pam and Uncle Botak

This is Melissa! :-)

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Weekend in KL

I was away for 3days in KL. Why am I there? Oh well, was there for retail therapy and it was good!! Didn't have the mood to take pictures. I walked so much until my back hurts like crazy..... but thank God for DJP!! :)

I went to Pavilion, The Curve and KLCC..... And all of them were packed including Monday! Somehow... When I am depressed or stress, retail therapy play a small healing part! Now I am back to work to path up that hole I made when I was in KL.....

This amaze me... So I took a picture of it. Suria KLCC centre court. :)

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Meeting with ULA

It was a very last minute decision to drop by at KL for 2 days 1 night. The main purpose down is to visit Lulu, Isse and Ula before they return back to Male. The decision was made on a Friday morning and I had to call the hotel I prefer to stay in for a confirmed booking and rush to the bus station to buy my favourite bus ticket - NICE.  I was very excited to see them again after the last visit to Male, about a week to 1 year. 

Everyone, let's say hi to Baby Ula!