My Oyster 123

Yesterday afternoon, my partner and I checked into Hotel Paradise along Tanjung Bungah using the voucher for a free night stay. We invited my parents and youngest sister along using the pay for 3 adults, free for 2 voucher which cost RM 79.50 each adult. Hence after considering the free meals, it cost around RM 46 per adult for 5 persons with buffet dinner. There were plenty of flower crabs in thick gravy that was sumptuous plus a host of other dishes, desserts, drinks, ice kacang, salads, soups, etc.

The views were also good; we had seaview and hill view. I also took photos of the tennis court that we completed for the website in ture and for updating it. My youngest sis went alone to Quayside to swim and do the laundry for me as well. She's a nice girl and responsible. Now I hope the factories in Penang won't close due to Trump's policies or other matters that linger such as the political landscape.

I had my interview cancelled this afternoon as my Skype microphone driver was apparently muted which I don't know how to make it work. From advice, I bought a headset cum microphone with a single 3.5 jack for $55 downstairs at Times Square and discovered that you can buy the converter from a single jack to double jack - one for speaker (pink coded), the other for microphone (green coded) and vice versa. The converter cost is between $10 to $20. If it still does not work, then I might have to summon the technician to come up to my unit and troubleshoot the problem as this has been a nagging problem for a long time.

Above is a photo taken at Da:Men shopping mall in Subang Jaya. Da:Men is managed by a high end mall operator and this helped to propped up the price of the condo units starting at RM 500k before the mall was set up to RM 900k now at market rate. The decorations were well prepared that served as eye candy to shoppers and patrons. The God of Prosperity stands right in the center with large coin and flowers embellishments. It was very attractive and even though Chinese New Year may officially be over, the expensive decorations remain.


Chap Goh Meh is the Chinese version of Valentine's Day where single women will throw mandarin oranges into the sea in the hopes of finding a suitor on a sampan to catch the fruits. Above were plastic roses sold at Da:men and it is not so big an affair compared to the one in Penang where fresh roses in bouquets are sold exorbitantly and yet many sales are made specially on this day.

I woke up at 5:30am this morning, fire up the laptop to learn new stuffs online but I am still feeling drowsy. I know I had to do something about it and pick up new skills online via video trainings of Get Response with many features like autoresponder, newsletters, webinars, etc. Milking the internet cash cow is possible but you also must not be lazy and work smart. 20% of the results is due to 80% of the work from the 80/20 rule. Sometimes I beg to differ, as I could also be meeting the right people who could mentor you and fast track your income exponentially with success stories like Patrick Chan, his student Gerald Soh, etc. With internet marketing platforms like Facebook, Google Adwords, LinkedIn, etc, reaching the masses in a short number of time is now possible.

My regular client just cancelled my paypal subscription and wants me to create a new one with lower price as he will advertise on my PR 2 site with only 2 links instead of 3. The old Paypal was more user friendly with more features on one's account. Now with the new Paypal, I have to search around with no results. I did a search on internet how to create a paypal subscription for monthly pay but it was the old system that was shown on Youtube. So, I had no choice but to send an email to request for the steps to Paypal via their helpdesk. This client has been with me for the last 2+ years and every month, I get passive income, albeit 2 hundred ringgit just for the advertisement links on my niche site of website designing.

I have to wake up at 5:15am tomorrow in order to leave the place by 6:00am to catch a flight with boarding time at 7:35am to Kuala Lumpur. My partner has an interview with an architect and on Saturday, we will head off to Mandarin Oriental Hotel to stay using the last 50% Elite Club Voucher that expires in February 2017. My spouse has already renewed the Elite Club membership for $888 for another year. After checking out, we will head to my small condo in Rhythm Avenue to rest before catching a plane back to Penang in the evening. I just pray for journey mercies and that the interview would be successful.

Secret Recipe is a fusion restaurant serving local Malaysian delights and Western food. Above is Caribbean Fish Fillet of Dory fish, grilled and topped with a generous dollop helping of mint butter sauce for a gastronomic taste to the senses. It is paired with vegetables on the side consisting of julienne purple cabbage, cherry tomatoes, Romaine lettuce and a slice of lime to go with the seafood. Fried French fries are added for carbohydrate to complement the meal for a fuller feeling on the stomach.


Here is a phletora of potted colourful orchids as eye candy along the aisle of Gurney Plaza Mall prior to Chinese New Year to draw in the crowds and tourists who can be big spenders during this festive season, with Christmas being recently over and the dawn of the year of the fire rooster. One can never go wrong with lots of flowers to pull in the crowds and customers' money. The green leaves are easy and relaxing on the tired eyes after a big round of shopping to hunt for bargains. But being a premier shopping mall in Penang, Gurney Plaza is not the place for bargaining and most of the prices displayed are fixed already.


Above is a photo of myself with my spouse taken yesterday at the premier shopping mall after our dinner at Secret Recipe Restaurant which has a promotion of a free slice of cake and a cuppa of coffee for meals over $50 using any of the UOB credit cards. It is valid until end of April 2017. There was a full page advertisement on The Star newspaper yesterday on UOB credit card promotion at Secret Recipe and I took the opportunity to dine here having owned the credit card myself. You can pay the outstanding bills online and check via their website on the amount owed and due date for all the UOB credit cards that you may have.