Conversation with Mum and Dad

My mum asked me to buy property in Malaysia. All in a sudden, after looking for properties with for so long. Finally I got some response from her.

In the midst of preparing for my wedding stuff, I am not sure if I should be happy with her suggestion. I doubt I could juggle between property acquisition and also my wedding reception in Tanjung Aru.

I indirectly asked her to focus on the wedding stuff and also acquisition of my dad's partner share as that will severely affect our family's relationship.

Dad is planning to invite Akzo Nobel MD and also Mr Wong to my wedding reception in KK this coming March. What is his concerns is that it will make the environment more business-like. And people will probably be more tensed. However, I encouraged him to invite them as his good friend Mr Wong had asked him personally about the date already.

I told dad that his concerns about doing a ROM in Malaysia is viable. I just need to obtain a certificate of approval or something like that in KL. My mum is suggesting us to do a garden ceremony prior to our reception.

Anyway, I have delegated the entertainment part to my dad. He will arrange the emcee for me and also the entertainer if necessary for me.

I will have to confirm with Darlene and I believe i will be able to add int he package later.

My Mum has been taking in a lot of stress recently regarding my wedding preparation.

I will further discuss with her for all the problems that she had facing and stuff that I could help.

She also told me about some of the issue between my dad and also my younger brother. They seems to have some conflict especially when it comes to work.

Lunch with secondary school mates in Crystal Jade Palace Takashimaya

Woke up at about 12 o clock today, had lunch in Crystal Jade Palace with a bunch of secondary school mates in Takashimaya.

Majority of us were rather punctual, we all reached around 1330 except for Kaiting, who is slightly late. 

Generally our topics for this month were about Shannon’s wedding in Penang, How I slimmed down and Charles two months topic. My wedding preparation was also part of the conversation too, although I didn’t go into detail.

I gave an introduction about my slimming program. Putting an identity to a new me isn't easy task. Especially throwing a pitch to everyone on the table.Maybe I should do that more often and practice more with big tables. I suggest toastmaster will be very helpful. Looking forward for my next session. 

Crystal Jade Palace gave me the VIP room this time which is the same one when we did Shannon's farewell. 

10 of us joined the lunch; Aik Pin, Teo, Lun, Wei yang, Amelia, Charles, Aikpin, Alvin, Kally, Charles and Kai ting. Kai Ting was late for the meal.  Teo, Aik Pin, and Lun are singles there.

Aik Pin asked me about how I slimmed down and the effect was rather obvious. I explained to everyone that I got a personal trainer and also a consultant taking care of my diet. I saw Alvin is particularly interested with the fat loss program. I overheard that he is keen to contact a consultant to help him to conduct weight loss. 

Aik Pin told me that she has got an offer of GBP 38k per annum as a chartered surveyor in UK. Now she is waiting for her visa to be approved. And before her visa could be approved, she will need to get the sponsor to be ready first.All the best to her! I guess her last day will be around end of October so she will have to apply the visa earlier, the processing time for the visa will be two weeks. As during the application, she will not be holding her passport and will have to stay in Singapore for that time being. I always admire a person that is brave enough to take massive actions. Because Aik Pin is leaving Singapore, Chee Kiong now will be looking for a housemate for the depot road.

Charles mentioned about how he was mistreated by Joann previously in Depot road.Although he said it in a jokingly manner but still the entire atmosphere is rather weird. Especially when Kai Ting is there too.

Kai ting is thinking to move to Singapore to join us. She is looking for legal opportunity within corporate or real estate industry. She didn't say much except until the part when we were talking about their Europe trip this coming November as she will be the one planning for the trip.I offered to send her some itineraries from Serene to aid her planning. 

I said hello to Amelia, but we didn’t connect much throughout as she is sitting opposite me. I saw that she is particularly interested with my weight loss program. I also overheard that she went to Europe for a month too previously. 

Lun didn’t speak much that day apart from the kui hua kao. he likes the delicacy. We ordered additional 3 sets as dessert at the end of our meal. 

Teo was very hilarious although He seems to have problems with sinuses though. He told me one weird rules in their company is that they are all required to take one blocked leave every year so other people will be able to take over their account. Although he sat next to me but I just couldn’t speak much with him. Even things about our last meet up in Laopasat. We didn’t mention anything from then.

Teo and I also discussed about our Penang trip and stuff. 

One thing to note is that Shannon emphasized that we shall not wear black for his wedding. 

Wei Yang will now have to travel to Philippines once every fortnight. Each time will have to travel for about week.

Kally told us about their experience in maldives, they spent about 3k for two for about 6 nights. Alvin mentioned that the changes with the regulations there for their accommodation had bring down the price of the stay.

Alvin is planning to rent a car in Penang so that they can drive around in the city area to look for food. Charles jokingly said there is only Kally you can eat. Can't really look for any other food. 

We also argued about how smart casual should looked like. Definition by top man is formal clothing pieces are mixed and matched

I also announced to everyone that our next meal will be Aik pin’s farewell in October. She will be going to London soon.  It seems Aik Pin is not very group to the others except Alvin and Kelly there.

Generally I would say a great social event started in a awkwardly way, but ended up with loads of laughter. One good weekend spent with secondary school mates. 

We paid about 33 per person for today’s meal. . 

To do list in Kota Kinabalu September 2015

1. Meet Darlene- the Tanjung Aru 
2. Guest list
3. Photographer (Michael Lee) 
4. Videographer 
5. Meet MUA
6. Florist (decoration)
7. Check with Darlene about backdrop decoration
8. Family tea ceremony
9. Registration of Marriage in Malaysia. 
10. Meet Emcee
11. Driving license
12. Transport for jenny parents
13. Accommodation for jenny parents
14. Live band
15. Check Malaysia loan
16. Spend quality time with family. 
17. Update my maybank ac
18. Update my mykad
19. Check with popular for available packages for hong konger
20. Bring parents to do anti oxidant test
21. Meet LYT
22. Meet Jon and Larry
23. Meet up with xiao yun gang. 

I am so looking forward already. 

1st week of September 2015

So I have ended my Weight Management program lasted for 90 days and  lost about 10kg in total. From 86kg to 76.8 kg now. Grateful with program and now is my time to keep the weight until my wedding next year at least

Went to my first training with my new trainer, rubbish trainer, he was late for half an hour for the first session with him. I have checked with the lady

I have been working for the past 24 hours and is still in front of the computer writing this blog to pen down my thoughts for these few weeks.

It has been a down week for me. Market crashed, work load at work is getting more, venue for my wedding reception in Malaysia is not confirmed, Jenny is not happy with what I am doing now.

Felt really tired with this hectic pace that I need to keep up

We went to choose our wedding photos at aisle bridal on 31/8/2015.

Jenny brought me to Angus Steak House in Takashimaya and it was good. It has been a while already sinceI last enjoy a fine dining.

Jenny will be in Shanghai until 13/9/15. Then she will fly to Taiwan and also Hong Kong for the ROM submission.

I will be flying back to KK to sort out my MAKE UP Artist, Emcee, Photographer, Videographer and Venue.

I will be catching up with all my new/old friends in KK. Keep pushing my comfort zone.

Went for a gathering with the Hong Kong group in David's place in Bukit Timah. The neighbourhood is very posh.

Went to Toastmaster with Jenny after being invited by Julia Au, Kelvin Au's wife. Met a few new friends in dhoby ghaut toastmaster. In the toastmaster, I particularly liked Nicole speech, what makes us take action. What differentiate between the action takers and also not action takers. She presented in a very confident manners.


The flow sums the current state of life that I am in. Everything seems to be not organised. I guess due tot he wedding planning at the moment. So many decisions need to be made, and we need to stay firm with our decisions.

I have also met my new mentor recently, he invested in Australia properties, stocks, day trading, played golf, work in the same projects as me and etc. I felt that i will shorten my learning curve if I could learn a few tricks from him. making the right choice is a lot more important than hardworking.