Year 2009 calender is coming to an end. Next year will be the last year of the 21st century. Many business are closing their financial by year end. It 's time for them to evaluate and review the annual performance especially financially. Simply because finance is the pillar of every business. Finance is like a blood in the body for business to survive and grow.
If taht is crucial to business and business owner, how about we ourself? We should be prudent in planning and forcast our own financial. In academic, this is term as Personal Financial Management. Have we started to review our own financial performance and achievement at this moment of the year.? Thing like;
how much we earn,
how much we spend,
is our asset grow,
or our liability booming instead,
Whatever it is we need to look back at what we've achieved, learn a lesson from the past, may it be good or bad and plan for the coming year.
Not to forget wishing everybody HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010. MAY THE COMING YEAR BE MORE PROSPEROUS.
Dec 29, 2009
Dec 15, 2009
HOME SWEET HOME
This is the road leading to my village (kampong). About an hour drive from Kuching city, the state capital of Sarawak. Recently few development took place. 24 hour electricity supply, tarred seal road and even a communication tower was built to provide the ICT facility are few example. In the past, i went to school on foot, kerosene lamp to light up the night, hardly watch TV (remember the black and white TV powered by battery). Anyway life is enjoyable at that time. My childhood life is full of fun. After school, most of the time we will play football on the muddy pitch, play combat and during fruit season, go to the jungle to look for durian and other fruits. Combat is a TV movie, a war between British and German. Rick Jason and Vick Morrow was a hero of the film.
This coming week i will spent my holiday in kampong for Christmas. I don't have any photo related to Christmas yet. Anyway let share something else.
Tropical forest plant. It bear fruit which has a sweet sour taste.
A young durian tree.
This is a mountainous area. To me i really enjoy the green scenery of the area. Hopefully no body will open up plantation nearby that will destroy the nature beauty.
Dec 12, 2009
Weekend chore... Search and destroy.
Dengue is on the rise.
Destroy their breeding place before they do harm to us.
Knowing the signs and symptoms, prevention measure and ensure prompt treatment is important in preventing the disease.
Dec 4, 2009
Mangosteen the "Queen of Fruits".
The fruit usually described as sweet and tangy, Citrusy with peach flavour and texture.
Mangosteen is among one of my favourite the local fruits. When I was young, I always joined a group of friends climbing the mangosteen tree. It not only the marvelous taste of the fruit we enjoy but what matter most us was the joy and trill of leaping between branches. It is quite safe as the branches are tough and won't break easily. It is also the training ground for us to enhanced our tree climbing skill. I never know that the mangosteen has such a great medicinal value until I intended to post this entry and do some search.
The Purple Mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana), colloquially known simply as "the mangosteen", is a tropical evergreen tree, believed to have originated in the Sunda Islands and the Moluccas of Indonesia. The latin name for the mangosteen is Garcinia mangostana L. and the genus Garcinia is an honor bestowed upon Laurent Garcin by Linnaeus for his work as a botanist and naturalist in the 18th century(http://en.wikipedia.org/). Other source (http://www.mangosteenfruitinfo.com)/ stated that Laurentiers Garcin (1673-1751)is a French priest and explorer. The tree grows from 7 to 25 m (20–80 ft) tall. The mangosteen is composed of the rind (exocarp), pulp(fruit) and seeds.
It is believed that the Queen of England was so delighted by the mangosteen's unique taste and exquisite flavour that she named it "Queen of Fruits".
This fruits are gaining popularity in the local market. We can easily found it in Pasar Tamu or sentral market(Sibu).
This fruits are gaining popularity in the local market. We can easily found it in Pasar Tamu or sentral market(Sibu).
A basket full of mangosteen fruit.
Recently I have the opportunity to climb and pluck the mangosteen fruit. It won't take me long to fill up this basket. (our tradition basket made from rattan and has been exist for centuries).
Mangosteen tree.This is a young mangosteen tree, starting bear fruit for the past few years only. The life span for the mangosteen could easily reach 100 years. Probably my third generation wil still be able to eat the fruit from this tree unless somehow someone chop it down for some unknown reason.
This is the branches of the mangosteen tree. It protrude horizontally from the tree trunk. Thus it position itself vertically with the ground.
There are numerous scientific research has been conducted on the mangosteen with the majority of it focus on the biological ingredients, the xanthones. Xanthones are active and natural substances rerely found in fruits and vegetables and are extremely powerful antioxidants. Scientists have identified 200 diferent variety of xanthones and remarkable, 40 is found in mangosteen.
Mangosteen is typically advertised and marketed as part of an emerging category of novel functional foods sometimes called "superfruits" presumed to have a combination of 1) appealing subjective characteristics, such as taste, fragrance and visual qualities, 2) nutrient richness, 3) antioxidant strength and 4) potential impact for lowering risk of human diseases.
Potential benefit of mangosteen; -Anti bacterial, -Anti Fungal, -Anti Inflamatory, -Anti Lipidemia (lowering of blood cholesterol), -Anti-oxidant, -Anti tumout/cancer and Anti viral.
Sources;
http://www.mangosteenhealthtree.com/
http://www.mangosteenfruitinfo.com/
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Nov 26, 2009
Link to photo flickr.
In a very good mood today. Public Holiday and Weekend is coming. Plus next week I will having my vacation. Out from hectic daily job. But the utmost reason for me to be happy today is because by accident I am able to link my photo flickr to my web. I have been looking high and low how to do this since I start blogging. It my sincere intention to share those photo. SELAMAT HARI RAYA QURBAN/AIDIL ADHA TO ALL MUSLIM FRIENDS.
Program Subsidi Beras untuk Rakyat (SUBUR)
Let me speak in my national language, bahasa Melayu. I am sorry for not having translator widget yet in my blog.
Program Subsidi Beras untuk Rakyat (SUBUR) dengan penggunaan sistem baucar untuk menggantikan Program Subsidi kepada Pengilang untuk mengeluarkan beras ST 15%, Program Subsidi kepada Pengilang untuk mengeluarkan beras tempatan untuk Sabah dan Sarawak dan Program Beras Subsidi Kerajaan (GSR) di Sabah dan Sarawak. Ini bermakna tiada lagi beras ST 15% (Beras Nasional) di pasaran. Untuk mendapatkannya kita mesti mendapatkan baucer dengan mengisikan borang yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Pertanian & Industri Asas Tani. Borang ini mestilah lengkap diisi termasuklah no kad pengenalan dan nombor talifon.
Banyak persoalan yang bermain di pemikiran saya bila program ini dilancarkan. Antaranya ialah masalah kos pengangkutan yang terlalu tinggi, ketiadaan mykad, ketiadaan liputan talifon dan lain-lain bagi penduduk yang tinggal di pendalaman Sarawak. Persoalan ini mendorongkan saya mengajukan soalan kepada YAB kementerian berkenaan pada Nov, 17 2009.(http//:blogmoa.moa.gov.my)
Untuk masalah bagi mereka yang ketiadaan mykad, klik sini Over 35,000 left out of food aid scheme due to IC
Program Subsidi Beras untuk Rakyat (SUBUR) dengan penggunaan sistem baucar untuk menggantikan Program Subsidi kepada Pengilang untuk mengeluarkan beras ST 15%, Program Subsidi kepada Pengilang untuk mengeluarkan beras tempatan untuk Sabah dan Sarawak dan Program Beras Subsidi Kerajaan (GSR) di Sabah dan Sarawak. Ini bermakna tiada lagi beras ST 15% (Beras Nasional) di pasaran. Untuk mendapatkannya kita mesti mendapatkan baucer dengan mengisikan borang yang dikeluarkan oleh Kementerian Pertanian & Industri Asas Tani. Borang ini mestilah lengkap diisi termasuklah no kad pengenalan dan nombor talifon.
Banyak persoalan yang bermain di pemikiran saya bila program ini dilancarkan. Antaranya ialah masalah kos pengangkutan yang terlalu tinggi, ketiadaan mykad, ketiadaan liputan talifon dan lain-lain bagi penduduk yang tinggal di pendalaman Sarawak. Persoalan ini mendorongkan saya mengajukan soalan kepada YAB kementerian berkenaan pada Nov, 17 2009.(http//:blogmoa.moa.gov.my)
Untuk masalah bagi mereka yang ketiadaan mykad, klik sini Over 35,000 left out of food aid scheme due to IC
Nov 25, 2009
Invest in Gold (Part 2)
I don't plan to write this article. While reading The Star newspaper, this topic strike my mind. So I just scrible on a piece of paper and start joting some points. I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago. At that time I don't make any price forcasting. But today, after a couple of week, the price is still on an uptrend. It surged to a historical high of USS1,174 an ounce on monday.
According to Bank of America Merill Lynch as quoted by Bloomberg, gold would likely advance to USS1,500 an ounce within the next 18 months.
Higher gold prices meant that consumer would get a smaller piece of jewellery for the same amount of money. But then if the forcasted is accurate, consumer would make a profit by buying at the present price and sell later at a forcasted price.
For detail reading, go to the link;
Price of gold eases
According to Bank of America Merill Lynch as quoted by Bloomberg, gold would likely advance to USS1,500 an ounce within the next 18 months.
Higher gold prices meant that consumer would get a smaller piece of jewellery for the same amount of money. But then if the forcasted is accurate, consumer would make a profit by buying at the present price and sell later at a forcasted price.
For detail reading, go to the link;
Price of gold eases
Nov 24, 2009
Directive words.
Every monday I attending weekly performance review meeting. It objective is to review our activity and the performance for the past one week as well as to do planning for the week. Every head of unit have the share to present. Every presentator will have a hard time to explain the data especially if there are any weakness and failure. They must come out with concrete explaination and supporting data. In short they must be prepare for the "Wh" question fron the chairman (Head of our organisation).
What I want to share here is regarding the duty of a chairman in the meeting. One most important role is to give instruction and order. To make sure everything is done not only according to schedule but most important is done according to standard procedure and meeting it objective.
This are some of his most popular words.
Mr A, can you look into this. The reporting system should be standard.
Mr B, you better monitor.....
Mr C, you must go to the ground and make sure....
Mr D, I want the report....
Mr E, make sure that all...
and many more.
All this directive words lingering for the whole morning.
If you are chairing the meeting, make sure you use the conducive intruction words. If you intend to be one of them, be prepare for those words in your mind.
What is your experience in presenting your performance? I am sure you have a lot to share.
What I want to share here is regarding the duty of a chairman in the meeting. One most important role is to give instruction and order. To make sure everything is done not only according to schedule but most important is done according to standard procedure and meeting it objective.
This are some of his most popular words.
Mr A, can you look into this. The reporting system should be standard.
Mr B, you better monitor.....
Mr C, you must go to the ground and make sure....
Mr D, I want the report....
Mr E, make sure that all...
and many more.
All this directive words lingering for the whole morning.
If you are chairing the meeting, make sure you use the conducive intruction words. If you intend to be one of them, be prepare for those words in your mind.
What is your experience in presenting your performance? I am sure you have a lot to share.
Nov 21, 2009
"Repairing and Fixing" my blog.
As i was all alone in my big house as all of my housemate are away balik kampong, i took this sweet time bloging. Repairing and fixing what has gone wrong. While doing so, i do blog walking looking for widgets to get it fix into my blog.
Thanks to onggon for reminding me about the comment box.
Then i follow blogger widgets blog. Many tips are available here. I am interested to add Thumbnails widget but it seem to be very completed, many codes to be edited. So i just forgo it for the timebeing.
For those who likes food, cooking should visit this blog, Sarawakiana@2. Go and visit her new Manna cafe in krokop miri. Dapur ku berasap lagi should try this.
To break the silent, i search youtube. This song touch me, Ready to fly by Amy Pearson duet with Rio Febrian. After everything is done I will fly.
To Hardy, Photographer next door blog - fly higher depan di RH Hotel di sibu.
Thanks to onggon for reminding me about the comment box.
Then i follow blogger widgets blog. Many tips are available here. I am interested to add Thumbnails widget but it seem to be very completed, many codes to be edited. So i just forgo it for the timebeing.
For those who likes food, cooking should visit this blog, Sarawakiana@2. Go and visit her new Manna cafe in krokop miri. Dapur ku berasap lagi should try this.
To break the silent, i search youtube. This song touch me, Ready to fly by Amy Pearson duet with Rio Febrian. After everything is done I will fly.
To Hardy, Photographer next door blog - fly higher depan di RH Hotel di sibu.
Nov 20, 2009
Unexpected disaster.
While doing some renovation work to my blog, great unexpected disaster occured. Simple error bring huge disaster. All the widgets are gone. Need to do the fixing all over again.
Anyway it a good lesson to learn from.
So, here it is a new "facelift".
Anyway it a good lesson to learn from.
So, here it is a new "facelift".
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