I survived The Great Toilet Paper Crisis

One more week before the end of the year.. what have you done for most of the year, other than duduk diam diam di rumah? 

This year is a full ups and downs for me, I mean, like everybody else.. In fact, perhaps I was harder hit than most of you.. 

Still recovering from job loss, I have been out of income since the MCO, so don't come and pass judgements on me when I dug through every hole possible to get as much cold hard cash as I can from the government, including my own EPF money, to fund my survival.. 

Many of you are doing well throughout 2020, with little or no pay cut whatsoever and still have a job.. I had it all, from pay cut and job loss and all that.. So count yourself lucky ya.. 

My parents kept asking me to return to Penang and take over the family business alongside my cousins.. I am still reluctant even though I am a director there, which being a third-generation heir, I automatically have the right to inherit my parents' positions as my siblings have stated they are not keen.. But this is not something I am keen to do now.. I also don't know what I want to do if I do join the family business.. 

I have just started several companies with several others, and my responsibilities lies deep within these companies, being a shareholder as well as a director.. And since we have not had any revenue yet, the financials are tight and hence, the top managements forgo salaries, but we are still paying our staff their full time salaries and in full accordance to the law.. these are viable businesses, we just do not have enough salesforce to penetrate the market as fast as we envisioned.. 

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Well, hopefully 2021 will be a better year.

With that, I shall end my 2020 here, with something for all you to ponder...

It's back to the gym!

Oh how I missed the gym. 

It's time to get back to the gym.. it's really been overdue for 6 months, and I'd like to pick up from where I last stopped.. 

If I could manage the weights I was handling prior, it'll be awesome, but I doubt it. 

I was also diving in Tioman last month, logging a total of 10 dives in one trip.. lots of videos were already up in my IG and FB.. but of course, it's tad too slow for me to blog about all the dives I've had! Stay tuned!

6 months of not gyming...

So this is me, 6 months in of not gymming ever since Malaysia went into lockdown middle of March.. When the lockdown was partially lifted in June, I continue to freeze my membership - partly due to the fact that I don't have a full time job, which in turns makes the monthly membership payment a thing to consider..

When the pools reopened, I have been diligently swimming every day that it is not raining.. In one way I still get my workout done, and at the same time tone up my things and shoulders quite well.. 

But I still miss gym.. I hope to be able to get back into the gym next month, if not next year when things are more settled.. I still don't have a full time job, but I can still survive on whatever I have.. 

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Post Covid-19

So much has happened in the last 3-4 months..

First off, how has Covid-19 affected you, wherever you are? Leave a comment so that I know you're doing fine, and I certainly hoped so!

During the lockdown, I managed to sneak out as well, go out for a drive around town.. and I've only encountered only 1 roadblock which I passed through without hassle, since I had packed food in the car with me and its noon time, so that was my excuse.. 

I've had my fair share of rushing to the supermarket only to find empty shelves to the point I stalked the lorry transporting bread just to get a loaf of bread and got it fresh from the lorry before it even hit the shelves.. 

I've had my fair share too of queuing up for an hour just to enter the supermarket for my grocery runs.. being the only person at home makes things easier, and tougher at the same time.. 

Then I became unemployed, verbally.. There was no black-and-white, and one day I was told that I was no longer on their employment but because of the projects I've started and proposed, the company was eager to see them through to fruition and agree that I work on them till I finish.. 

But I did not sit at home through the lockdown doing nothing.. I mean, for the first 2 weeks I was like, fuck it, chill and then gather what I planned to do.. 

I planned to do many things, and I wanted to do many things.. but first thing first, I sat down and have a in-depth look at my finances.. taking into accounts my commitments and bills and all, I figured I can survive around 6 months waiting out this pandemic.. 

In a way, I am very, very thankful that my housing loan application submitted end of February for a new condo unit priced at half a million did not go through, or else I would be in really deep shit as I have applied for just 35% loan and since land have been cleared, the progressive payments would have start to hit by now.. 

Then I started to fine tune my resume, and sent out hundreds from across all sites and to connections.. just like in sales, for every 10 there would be a 1.. so I'm fortunate enough to land myself interviews on weekly basis, first on Zoom and Google Meets at the height of the lockdown, and then followed by the usual meet up.. The interviews are still on going, but during this time, I have met a lot of people and a lot of people have heard about me.. 

I still have interviews to attend, something has to work out.. 

But that wasn't enough.. I wasn't about to sit and do nthing still..

So together with my former superior (he left the company as well at the height of the lockdown) and a few others, we set out and set up start-up companies.. 

The first startup is now ready for operations and commercialisation.. I can't say how much time, effort and energy, countless nights have been spent putting this together.. I am not a staff in this startup so I do not command a salary here, I am just a partner in making this dream team work but with a promising future, it's going to be fine and it will be.. 

We are now in hiring mode - we need sales executives, sales managers, customer service executives and a finance executive to join the team.. More info at www.revsure.my/career.

At the same time, I am not resting on my laurels, we're planning on second startup and its operations.. the groundwork and blueprint is ready.. We're going international with this one, so a lot more planning has to be put in place first.. 

On a personal side, I am now seeing someone exclusively.. He's an Indonesian but has been in Malaysia for 10 years now.. what drawn me is his soft side for me.. There's me in everything he do, and that is enough for me.. The best part is that he's coming diving with me! 

So, Covid-19, is this all you have for me? 

I wanted to be negative, but I can't because there's so many good things that came out of a pandemic.. I get to see true colours of people I used to work with.. I get to see the difference between a boss and a leader, and I get to see those who say they like me actually prove so.. 

The second half of 2020 is here, and as we are easing out of a lockdown, things are slowly getting back to normal, and hopefully, brighter.. 

Thank you for staying with me and reading this long post.. You are the reason why I am still writing after 17 years.. 

Cheers guys, and stay safe! 

NSFW/NSFH: Tiktok is NOT just for 20s

Let's put it to rest - Tiktok is not just for millennials and 20s..

There's a lot of QUALITY content, much of those I like to watch are dance (most genre except Kesana Kesini Kesana Kesini), pilot landings and cloud shots, some bitchy gay guy's posts, cute boys, hot boys, muscle gymfit Asian men (ie workout posts), among others..

Those that I find a waste of time are useless shits (a few seconds long enough to trick you into looping it so that they can get Tiktok algorithm to count it as a view), meaningless things (I can roll my eyes sometimes), some "motivational stuffs" which I think are do-for-the-sake-of-posting, or just doesn't make sense and uninteresting and not funny, .. Sorry - if your Tiktok has no substance, I'll skip..

I'll also mostly skip those obviously Chinese but speaking in Malay posts - like what are you trying to achieve here? Show off your comprehension of Malay? Really? Which is broken Malay to even begin with..

Before the ads starts bombarding Tiktok, I'm just enjoying the content whenever I am free.. And I have also done my own Tiktok dance... I know, I am not a dancer by nurture, by virtue of being gay, by birth, bywhatever...  I can't dance but don't judge me - I'm just having fun..

Full screen in my Tiktok

And this version, which I did not post to Tiktok boz this is only exclusive to blog (not even on my Twitter yo!)... so enjoy!