2011

I had a very busy day last few days/ weeks ago. I didn't go anywhere for New Year celebration. I was too tired to go to crowded places. All I hope was a good night sleep on Jan 1 and 2, to recharge back my energy. Up till now, I have been coughing for 2 months, due to hectic, non stop task to clear.

The greatest hurdle for me in 2010 was actually to understand on the logics, ever since taking over the tasks. It's actually a nightmare for developers to understand what is not origin from his own writings. There were lots of testing way not written down to assist in the development life cycle. Due to time constraints, lots of the essential testing documentations were not written. Thus, it prohibits any knowledge transfer if there is any. Without that, it will consume many hours trying to figure out what's the logic behind. I need to clear all my backlog and start writing testing documentations in case, there is a handover in the future. I just need more time for that.

I just hope that I won't collapse under this enormous knowledge barrier. Everything needs to be done fast. There's not much time for me to think. So, I need to think of a way to minimize the risk in codes and testing. Nearly 70% of the time is consumed in investigating things that we don't know sometime. I still have many things to learn around.

I have 2 deadly task on hand, and both can be lethal if they come to me at the same time. Which one shall I settle first? I just need more time to teach the new person as well. As a student, I understand the feeling of how it takes time to adapt to the new environment and logics. As a tutor, I understand the student's feeling in learning new things/ logics. Hope that I can get the backup from the new people.

I shall plan my previous annual leaves too, tomorrow. I plan to take 9 days for my Lasik treatment in April. and 4 days separately in March and May. At the same time, I will have to seek the doctor's treatment tomorrow for my cough. Hope it's not something serious.

Rubber Stocks

With a few of the good rubber companies in Malaysia, if I have enough bullet, I will wait for the next round of investing in it. Rubber stocks have been facing some knocks lately due to latex soaring prices. With that, the nett profits drop and affected the companies revenue. Everyone is looking at properties bubble, but will there be commodities bubble? Every commodities has been soaring to new high. It'll take a toll on the companies that rely on the commodities. The effect will then be passed to the consumers.

I aim for at least 3 rubber stocks. I have one in mind at this moment, and if it does hit my entry price, I will grab that for sure as my investment. I have telecommunications, petrochemicals, alcohols and REIT as my portfolio. I do hope that I can make some from the rubber stocks. I am just waiting for it to drop, as now it is still dropping.

At the same time, I dropped the idea of iPhone 4. Too many procedures to apply or get one in Singapore. Maybe getting a camera would be more realistic. Would 2011 be a fine run where everyone is predicting a super bull run? Will that last when everything is hitting new high?

I will be changing my SG phone number in 2011 to lessen the cost of it, since prepaid would be more viable for me as I am using less to call out.

Non Stop Wedding Dinner

Finally, final wedding dinner finished. It was a great time meeting friends around. Got good and bad. My newly 6 month's Phone, W995 died all of a sudden. It has to pave way for my iPhone 4, though it's under warranty. I wished not to change SIM card all the time.

It seems that everyone starts to buy house for own stay. I wish to buy 1 too but not at this moment due to high commitment in stocks. Owning Petronas Chemical, Carlsberg, Maxis and SunREIT do give me some liquid appreciation. I wish to invest more before purchasing a property. I wish I can invest another Rm60k into the REIT plays for dividend to support my property purchase in the future. Let the money generate the money for me in REIT play.

It's true that if I borrow 300k loan from the bank for 30 years, I will end up giving the bank 1 free house. So in order to achieve financial stability, I intend to borrow only 60% if there is a way to do that. One of the way is to generate more liquids by stock investments. I just want to settle my house loan in 5 years if there is 100% share appreciation, but that will remains as a goal.

I am positive with Carlsberg share appreciation. It's share price is not just RM6+, but RM8+. With it's Carlsberg Singapore generating more income, I believe there is more room for growth it purchases other brands as well to fight against it's competitors. The only bad side would be the sin tax impose on it is very high. Hope that the Malaysian government do think of the consequences by raising the alcohol sin tax.

In 2011, I will have iPhone 4, Nikon D7000 (end of January), Jay Chou concert (March) and Lasik (April), as the short term gratitude. I wish that I can finish learning all the work related stuff. There are lots more to learn. Learning just never finish. I downloaded a few books that's worth few hundreds. I need to strengthen myself with knowledges. After that, I plan for a vacation in September, October or November. Taiwan, HK, Korea or Japan or maybe any other countries that I want to visit for the 1st time.

As for properties, just wait and see how is my liquidity goes. I intend to up my assets instead of liabilities. I need to generate passive incomes to finance the properties too, that is my REIT.

Investment 2010

So far, all the investments in 2010 yield positive results. It's an amazing year. I had been following Warren Buffet's idea at this moment. If I have all the bullets around, I will yield more than 50% ROI. I just bought in Petronas Chemical and with the possible news that will bring the company to greater heights. I expect that the price will reach RM10 within 2-3 years, to be in line with the other subsidiaries.

I am now on the lookout for more possible companies that can give me investments return. 2011 is coming and will there be a super bull run?

End of November

November will end soon. My 'toudai' Christine got married and I attended the wedding dinner. Glad that she liked the necklace that I bought for her wedding. Price is not a matter because it's her big day anyway. She is just like a small Sister to me. Wish her and her husband be in healthy and prosperous forever.

I am so tired in November. Having to rush the job task and investigations, I had fever because of that. I still coughed until now. I need to cure my cough now. Maybe a doctor visit tomorrow will help that. I wonder where did I put my medicine.

I invested Petronas Chemical yesterday. I believed that this company has the cream to be the top performer to reach RM10 in a year. Unfortunately, Korea War intimidation happened at the wrong time that caused a major sell down in Asia. Well, I personally don't believe that the war will happen. South Korea has too many foreign investments. US will protect its interest in the country, though China will back North Korea for sure. Let's pray that the war won't happen. I will focus in REIT play for the next few months for more dividend play. I am buying the company values instead of gambling.

Today, I just bought 2 concert tickets: Jay Chou. It's songs bring me to another level, curing my every sadness in life, bringing me to the brighter side of the world. It livens up my chess life to "Never Give Up" state.

I decided to do my Lasik in April 2011 by taking 2 weeks leave for recovery purpose. I hope that my boss will approve my leave for that. Well, I surely need to finish a task beforehand so that I can go for my Lasik, or else, I won't be feeling good leaving the unfinished task tested. That's the responsibility that I have to carry on.

On 11th December, I will attend Bill's wedding in JB, thus I will go to visit a specialist in JB for Nostril surgery consultation. Hope that I can fix a date for that surgery in mid January. It's better to fix up my health state to top condition. There're many things to do in 2011. I have a dream, a dream that either me or everyone on Earth would dream of "Retirement". I wish to retire in 15 years time if God gives me the chance. It's always a Dream that I want to play chess everyday. It's just a dream until it becomes a Goal.

Another Country in DEBT

I read through Bloomberg and after Greece's financial turmoil, now it's Ireland turn. Is this a sign that the economy is still in a stalemate. With the America's own bail out, is that a correct choice? Ever since the Sub-prime mortgage issues loomed in the US, things actually moved too fast. Pumping cash to bail out those dying companies, that may impact on the worldwide - employment and GDP.

Most of the people saw it worked at first in rescuing it's own market, but will that stop others too? I believe money is always moving around. There will always be a winner and a loser. Else, how would one earn money from stocks or commodities.

It's still my concern as to whether should I invest heavily. The ISM charts is still in a quite stable state. That means demand is still there. But, those would be from the US's own cash injection into the economy. Unemployment rate is still high up there at 10%. Even our own KLSE rises till 1500 since March 2010. It's just too fast as compared to the previous years. What will happen when it stagnant?

I would be glad if the whole market collapses. From there, I can accumulate all the good yield shares.

October 2010

This month comes to an end soon. I will go to Seremban tomorrow to attend a wedding dinner. It has been a long time since I went to Seremban. Hoping to have the delicious food there. I would like to thank Eve for giving me the tips to load on to Hartalega and made some fortune out of it. I must give her a dinner for that. Hopefully I can make 30% gain from the investments by the end of 2010 through dividends, profits or paper gain.

I am now aiming for another top blue chip that will be listing next month. I expect that it will rise to the occasion as it has all the backings in the Government. I shall go back to KL on Nov 13-17 just because of that. I am expecting 100% return from that investment.

This month, I went to have a beer session with my colleague. There we met a few new friends. A Japanese girl, 2 Londoner friends and 2 locals. It's nothing much, just chit chat and get to know since we were sitting at the same table. I got to sharpen back my Japanese language then. Maybe I will join them for some beer session in the future. They are going to have Halloween Party tomorrow, but too bad, I can't join.

Therefore, I had an exciting paintball with my colleagues. It was fun shooting around. The bosses were great. Some of them were in the NS before. Even a commando played like Rambo. It's quite tiring after that. Then we proceed to have lunch at Upper Thompson. The prata and the mutton curry was very nice. Wish to go to play paintball again if I can find some paintball 'kaki'.