Survey of Malaysian's view towards goverment implicant and governance

Why Nobody Cares About Your Business

1. In the digital world, the cost of building your website has gone down to next to nothing.
2. If you have an idea, that you believe will make a difference in people's lives, that you can connect with them anywhere in the world and they will pay you to solve their problems. That is the good news. The bad news is there's never been a harder time in history to get people to care. Nobody cares about your business. e.g. You have traffic, but no one's buying. It's so demoralizing. 

All these things are important. We need website, Facebook page, landing page, emails, youtube ads, youtube page, twitter account, Instagram and it all needs to work together. But really none of that stuff matters, unless you get one thing right - "Story".

A definition of sales is taking someone from a place that they are right now, whether it's a place of extreme pain, or trying to avoid pain, or maybe they're in a good place but they wanna get to a much better place and sales is a process of convincing someone to invest in a better future.

People buy on emotion and justify with logic.

If you feel like them, you can interact with them because you understand why he is doing what and so you can help him in much better way.

Emphathy, once you are inside their head, you need to really understand what is the story that they're telling themselves in their life. Everyone is walking around based on their pain points and their emotions and what's happening to them and telling themselves a story.

Anthony Robin says everyone's got a story they're telling themselves. If you can figure out to change your story, you change your life.

Learning exactly how to talk their language and how to tell them what they want, to get out of our product or our business or service or whatever, then you identify with those words. You put them in real words that they resonate with them, and, therefore you connect with them.

People don't really care about their story because they are inside their own head. Think about the movie Star Wars. Everyone's walking around and they wanna be Luke Skywalker in their own story. They don't want you to be Luke Skywalker. They don't want you to impress them and dazzle them. and your job is to be Yoda. As a brand, as a product, you are playing a very small part in their lives, the story that they are telling themselves but it's important because Yoda, everyone likes Yoda, it's important. And you just have to be there providing those little nudges so that they can do and accomplish, even if you are helping a lot, they can accomplish what they are on a journey to do. That's the goal of your products or service.

Free offer to interrupt people in the story they are living and show them there is a different path -> start to gain confident ->  once you get them to follow you a little bit on the new story you are helping them tell themselves, they are starting to get some confidence, then you can actually gain some knowledge from them, they know, like and trust you-> they are gonna invest -> that's gonna help them live that brighter future.

People are walking around not waiting for your product or service. If they even know about you, they are not waiting for you to come and get into their lives. They are busy.

The last part of success in online digital marketing is digital storytelling. You really have to take people where they are because you know who your ideal client is. You have to meet them there and to get them to follow you on your journey. The copy of speaking, the video is talking right to them and their pain points and their emotions as to offering them a better future.

Once they sign up for your free marketing series, then they're getting in there, they are getting an emails, that's continuing to lead them down this journey and it's all link together.

Any channel that they might be in, they need to see the next part of the story. Most people will not go through your story all in one shot, they are gonna have to go through it's multiple times and they're gonna stop and they are gonna start.And that's is the magic of the digital story.

Think about how to start a conversation with our possible customer
How to get in touch first time
How to keep the conversation alive - by email, by facebook by videos
by some free content we can deliver value
I started becoming more creative and understanding better. What it was that I wanted to actually sell because I understood what they wanted to buy.

Understand 3 things - Empathy, really understanding your ideal client, story.

What is the story that your customer is telling themselves in the head and how do you rewrite that story And then finally, once you have written that story, how do I map that story methodically onto a digital story telling map through the journey they need to take to know that I can trust you to invest in your services.

Construct around story matters
- How to really emphatize with your clients & what that really means

- How does the hero's journey works. How do you really retell someone's story.
Show them they can tell a new story

- Finally, What's the journey that people need to go through online.
How do you map them out so that they can really get that future what they want.

Design Poster for Conference 2017

This is another artwork designed by me.

Convocation Briefing

These videos were captured by my colleague. I am giving convocation briefing to graduands during convocation rehearsal day on March 2017.

语录

1. 九十五巴仙所想的事情通常都不会发生.
2. 健康第一,如果找到一位女友,但是担心多过安心的话,对自己的身体不太好,不值得
3. 做你想要的事
4. 如果生命能用巴仙计算,如果能活到75岁,你的生命只剩下50.6. 一半!!!

Workshop - My first Photography Workshop in UTAR

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20171111T0830&p0=3534&msg=Photography%2520Workshop&font=cursive

Things to cover in my workshop

Preamble

The Department of Soft Skills Competency (DSSC) plans to organize a 1/2 day Workshop on Photography Workshop. Participants will learn how camera works and techniques to take pictures.

Course Objective

To understand how camera works
To teach students the basic techniques of taking pictures

Learning Outcome

Upon completion of this program, participants would be able to:

Describe the basic function and working of camera
Demonstrate techniques of taking pictures

Key topics

This program covers the following topics:

Camera's basic settings and other equipment of photography
Basic of photography composition and technique

Preparation:

• Read 50 - 100 articles and come out 1 or 2 articles per week. 
• Now 29/8/17 (Tue) - 4/11/17 and I have in total 10 weeks - Write 2 articles per week. Total 20 articles.
• Biodata
• Share my artwork - video UTAR campus, timelapse
• Introduction
• Content (include some jokes/funny video clips)
• Auto Mode, Manual Mode & P Mode
• ISO, Shuttle Speed & Aperture
• Introduce the camera accessories
• Light & Shadow
• Composition e.g. Rule of Third - break the rules
• Techniques of taking pictures
• Learn from expert & think of the trend
• Q&A
• Lessons
• Criticism
• Ending - share my sifu/guru's sound recording for their reference, introduce my Youtube teaching channel, blog and a list of favorites, free to comments. 
• How to make sure they will come back again?
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瑞业创作歌曲评语2006

直銷有那麼好賺？鑽石級直銷是美夢還是噩夢？

毕业 23%毕业生至今仍待业

I pledge to go as one

Network Idea

In order to increase the number of friends, I highly recommend to introduction yourself in online video streaming conversation. Which mean that you can use any sort of network tool to communicate with someone.

At first, you can start doing business talk to students then followed by working adults.

Besides you can learn how to speak in english / madarine to become a well-known online speaker.

# Ecommerce - Statistic in Malaysia

1. According to Khairul Azwan Harun, in Malaysia, even with high penetration surpassing 70% of the Malaysian population, it is estimated that only 5% of Malaysian SMEs are venturing into e-commerce.

Asean alone has a population of over 600 million, a market that is 20 times bigger than Malaysia. Malaysian SMEs must take advantage of the Digital Free Trade Zone to access this huge market.

To acheive the goal of being a high income nation, we must break the business and traditional trading barriers and e-commerce is the key.

Reference - TheStar newspaper 14/8/17

聆听

聆听不是要对对方做出价值判断，你必须怀着纯粹的好奇心和诚意，以纯粹可爱的态度不断提出问题，决不能变成审问。

一定要带着微笑，一礼貌的语气妥善引导对方并持续发问，否则，可能变成[有点犯人的家伙]

问问题时，给予善意与尊重.

深入挖掘的重点，除了要维持客气有礼貌的态度之外，即使对方觉得有点麻烦，你仍要勇敢的持续提出疑问。要是觉得不好意思，有所顾忌，就无法有任何进展。但希望各位一定要努力试试看

Reference: Speed

成熟的人都知道：少說這三種話，多做這三件事

不逃避,不退缩,不抱怨

1. 少說抱怨的話。

2. 少說評論人的話。

3. 少說氣話。

一個成熟的人，不但少說以上三種話，還要多做以下三件事。

1. 多讀書。

2. 多逼自己。

3. 多謙讓。

Reference: http://aboutfighter.com/docdlVBZ1l6TmJRUTg9/page2

Meeting Taiwan's TOP YOUTUBERS!

就业保险：蚂蚁养米虫

Get a behind-the-scenes look at WWE

以后网上卖东西，不能再和客户PM来PM去了!

寻找专业的摄影师

最近网上有很多人在讨论关于拍摄婚礼的事件。最近一件事是发生在槟城。

读者可以到以下网页去查看。

http://malaysiable.news/docYjMrOVZSR045UEk9/3195

我觉得摄影师在还没帮情侣拍摄前所要注意的事项如下:-

1. 在还没有拍摄之前，必须要和对方讨论细节。这非常重要。比如，那些moment是必须有拍到的，哪些是不应该出现在照片上的。

2. 不能够在拍摄当天还要补钱。必须在成交之前把所有的问题，价格细节解析清楚。

3. 有时候拍摄时有哪方面是不能做的事，如有违反道德,礼节上。不同的宗教，有不同的仪式。要多了解。

4. 对方家人亲戚要有礼貌，态度要专业，细心。

5. 服务方面也要专业。一身人一次结婚，如果多花一点时间帮对方构思一下整天的故事大纲，捕抓肯定会加分的。

6. 摆设东西方面要创意，但也要注意逻辑性，大众能不能接受。

7. 站在对方的角度想

8. 网络的散播谣言是非常恐怖的，当不愉快的事情发生时，双方如果能够出面解决，而不是为了在网路发泄，这也许能帮助到双方。

9. 有哪方面顾客是愿意或不愿意做的事项。你的观察力和随机应变能力要够强。

Multilife - 多元人生

人生的宽度来自于［体会］，深度来自于［回馈］ - 刘宜欣

为了体会，工作与生活都不能放；由于回馈，才能不断从计划于实做中找出更好的多元生活安排之道

https://itop.world.tmall.com/

不再轻易接受第一个NO，世界也就打开了

[心描]效应 - 一旦敢想目标，就去监视现实和目标之间的差距，自己还缺什么，还要学会什么，还得做哪些事。所以敢不敢想，决定你的人生是眼前的一条线，还是有多元组合的可能。

以终为始，提前２个月做年度计划

［绩效］是她目前工作上冲刺的首要事项，以［３年进入国寿业务员高峰会］为目标。新手业务，需要开发客户，经营人脉，知识养成都需要大量时间。

要做好业务，不可能这个月才来做下个月的，明确推导出１２个月的执行计划，才能按部就班走在迈向超业的轨道上

要达到绩效目标，只靠一个人是不足的，［团队］是她第二目标。这里也同样利用推法规划团队组成的预演，唯有提前准备，才能在要做时不会慌乱。

而要达成绩效与团队目标，就得不断累积金融专业知识，所以［进修］成为第三个目标。
公司规划一系列相关进修课程，搭配不同的证照考试时间，就能帮自己设定学习地图。

最后[活动］则是［理解客户需求］的方式。- 不管是公司尾牙，还是客户活动，从担任工作人员，主持人到总召，每场活动前，他一定会问自己三个问题，为什么要做？为什么非做不可？为什么非我不可？透过分析，才能从对方的角度看见别人的需求，才能正式自己优势与不足的地方。透过PDCA循环，从做中学，从学中不断自我检讨与改进。

问自己：什么是你决不放弃的？

［旅行］－特殊时间公式，把日期定下来，并计算要达这个目标，需要多少预算，要做好多少业绩。

[公益］ -那种从陌生到被信任，是世界最美好的感受。

［演讲］

［家人］

所有目标都采取预约制，把想做，要做，该做都提早排进行事厉中，是否做错与作对了什么，重新修正计划拟定执行的SOP.

敢想，才能看见生活多元的可能；调整，才能让多元生活成真。这是一个不断进化的过程。［最怕，就是你不敢想，又不敢试，守着原本，人生就僵化了。］－刘宜欣

Reference : 30 杂志

Balance 平衡人生

想要的越多，越要学 [放手] 找平衡

多元生活不是什么都做，而是均衡，只看你能不能舍，愿不愿意舍，以及怎能找到对的人，把事情交付给对方。

[花时间做好这些关于时间与工作安排的思考，而不是拼命想把每件事都做完，你才能够真正享受你想要的多元生活]

1.) 抓大放小，其余一律授权

把大致上的时间放在决定方向上，而不是在执行上

重要是画出蓝图，制定计划，该做也非做不可的工作，是决策。先画出蓝图，制定计划。现画出whole picture,然后确认资源和相关窗口。就交给团队执行，自己只确认进度。

独立自主训练 - 提企划书前，先研究其它人的作品，想办法

2.) 别花时间在讨论问题，要求开会前将解决方案准备好，只听重点，马上下判断。

报告超过3分钟，打断对方，讲重点

完全信任对方，不多干涉团队执行，不再帮部署收尾，才能训练独当一面。


3.)逼自己明确分配时间，绝不妥协

家庭和工作的比重，该怎么选。现阶段家庭时间绝对不可能取代的

如何计划每一天的时间取决于每天睡觉前要计划一下下一天的时间表

e.g. 谢凯婷-美味生活HowLiving 矽谷美味人妻

https://www.facebook.com/kthu1031
http://shop.how-living.com/v2/official

5AM - 拟定重大决策 Decision Making
8AM - 8.45AM 和亲子亲密时光
8.45AM - 3PM - 留给自己，工作+运动
3PM- 5PM- 关机自我充电，
5PM-6PM - 亲子讲通时间，晚餐选择电锅，铁锅，烤箱料理
6PM- 10PM - 禁止打扰的全家相处时光
10PM- 三分钟决策，高效越洋会议
原本的时间规划，当应付不来时，重新检视自己的行程，到底哪部分自己多做，抓出来丢给别人做，只做重要的重点



Reference: 30 杂志

珍惜眼前人
1.有哥哥姐姐的帮忙。当需要授权或交给亲人负责时，可以交给他们。

#2 Online Marketing Idea

Ideas that usually happened during our life and audience opts for this, short video, fast post processing, attract all gender. You want to see the great outcome that can motivate you to do another Youtube channel.



1. Food Receipt - Hack Foods for students

Pros: Short video clip, take shorter time to edit, more audience will look into this

Ideas that seldom happened during our life but audience opts for this

1. Local travel tips and packages

Pros: collaborate with external parties, get sponsors.

Ideas that you like to do but it could take longer time to complete

1. Photography Tutorial/Workshop
2. MV songs
3. Scenes - Local
4. Interview
5. Board Gaming
6. Clubs & Societies promotion
7. Event

The Making Of 【Ali AhKao Dan Muthu】 Happy 60 th Merdeka!

RED PEOPLE Company Profile

努力

以为我的努力，要把这世界变得不一样

引领未来音乐的趋势， 拥有我自己的音乐时代

梦想不是你，拼了命就一定能够能实现，但是梦想它其实在哪里，引领我，指引我，让我一直在这条道路上，一直努力，不会走偏。

A portrait session with a twist

22K

人的一生算计薪水不多，但是人总是忘了计算自己还剩下多少天。

如果我能活到75岁，我的人生还剩下38年x365天= 13,870 days.

要成为高品质的勤奋者

1。保持自己深度思考的能力

- 目标是什么，怎么去完成，用什么方法去完成，目前状况是什么，我需要什么？有时候你工作的态度，就是你对待人生的态度。

2。为自己选择有效的时间管理的方法

 - 最厉害的人，就是工作时候工作，睡觉时候睡觉，看书就看书，玩耍就玩耍。每天为自己做个to-do-list,按照时间[四象]法

4。为自己建立合适的目标

- 思考自己的优势是什么，内心的需求是什么，内心深处渴望自己成为什么样的人

5。一定要学以致用

－学以致用才是最好的学习，才是勤奋最便捷的方式

高品质的勤奋者把自己的时间花的恰到好处，时间在他们手上创造出高价值

低水平的勤奋者，只是花费时间来掩盖了自己思想上的懒惰，同时间进行了一场低水平的表演

The benefit of staying in the campus

1. Can find businesses partner. e.g. passive income, Youtuber, workshop
2. Big Data e.g. library, searching personal info
3. Social network - young people 18 - 25,different age including international student
4. Time is under my control e.g. reading
5. Find a group of students to become my working team member who can assist me in terms of facebook, marketing, videography, photography shooting, journalism reporter.
6. Seek advice from lecturer/guru
7. future expert/professional come from all the groups of graduates

The benefit of changing place

1. Stay away from both tensions/negative energy
2. Don't want to see their face
3. Don't want to see him picking one's nose
4. New place new environment new working lifestyle
5. I can use the board behind me.
6. Let them feel the pain
7. Stay away from stink smell
8. Won't hear the noise of yawning

Creative Font

http://justcreative.com/2016/06/08/the-most-popular-fonts-in-the-world-right-now-for-98-off/

Result of MBTI test

My MBTI is INFJ

My wishes from ex-colleagues

补肾调肾有秘方 补肾精益求精

Which comes first?

1. Photography and Videography Service

2. Dropshipping
- Camera Accessories + Bags
- Gifts + Customised Product + Board Games

3. YouTuber

#1 Online Marketing idea

Online marketing is a trend, future growth for e-commerce. Grab the opportunity and chance to learn all this



Product
E-commerce
- Camera accessories + bag + computer accessories
- Gift + customised products + anime + board games

Service
- Photography + Videography Service + wedding props + photo booth
- Join Lokalocal as a photographer

• Separate into few websites
• The money that we earn for the first 3 years will be used for purchasing/marketing/improve customer service.
• All are integrated together as partnership
• Marketing Channel: Support with Blog, Youtube and Instagram, payment gateway

How to keep connecting with them
1. Write Articles,
2. Quotes
3. Actively join, record club and societies event
4. Preview camera accessories

Youtube
- Speak Foreign Language
- Introduce Local Place
- The Beauty of Campus
- 网路红人 - 利用他们的力量。
- Interview Celebrity/Old Shop/Students - use the university platform to interview those celebrities who came for any club & societies events or interview any fairs in Malaysia - online/offline
- Record my songs.
- Photography Tutorials - drawing/photoshop
- Sharing - motivational/health issues

Grown from a small social media page to a very popular alternative media organisation with a strong online community presence.

With your continued support we look forward to educating, inspiring and changing the world for the betterment of all people.

#2 Portrait2u.com - Benefits

Customer Services and Product Quality

You will get to find the trendy products and hot selling products from Korea/Japan/China

We help you to find the products that is in low price.

We will suggest all the combination you can made for your photo booth

You can buy in bulk

Write Articles - Current trendy accessories

How students wear nowadays, what is their current wearing trend

Get to find youtuber who recommended the products and also share the link to the online

Write an article about what the youtuber said about the products

Comparison

Social network

Branding

Online marketing & strategies

Test and comment/preview

Online Tracking from China

http://www.17track.net/en

https://m.kuaidi100.com

China invest e-commerce in Malaysia Market

Seriously look into this ACCOST, 0018 爱索电商

世界电子贸易平台 (eWTP) - 马云打造大马第一个世界贸易平台

The Wedding Costs in Malaysia

Till debt do us part

BY BOO SU-LYN
DECEMBER 24, 2013

Reference: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/print/malaysia/till-debt-do-us-part

According to a wedding planner, the average Malay wedding costs between RM50,000 and RM80,000 if it is held at a convention centre or a tent, but the cost shoots up to RM300,000, or even a million ringgit if it is held at a five-star hotel.KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 ― Dr Farah’s wedding celebration last year comprised three receptions costing a whopping RM95,000 that forced her to take a RM15,000 loan even after getting financial help from her family.

The 30-year-old doctor, who asked to speak using a pseudonym, said that her father had sponsored RM15,000 for the reception at his home state in Kelantan, while her husband’s family spent RM15,000 for their wedding dinner in Putrajaya.

“My mum’s a doctor, my dad’s a doctor and three of us siblings are doctors. If we do a very simple wedding, people will wonder why we are doing a very simple wedding when we’re doctors,” Dr Farah told The Malay Mail Online in a recent interview.

“That was my mum’s thinking. My mum’s function was very grand. There were dancers, ‘silat’ (Malay martial arts) performers, an MC who was hired,” she said, adding that the third reception, which was for her mother’s side of the family in Selayang, cost RM30,000. There were separate receptions for her parents as they are divorced.

Dr Farah said that she and her 29-year-old husband spent another RM35,000 on items like dowry, a jazz band at one of the receptions, silat performers, accommodation for her in-laws who are from Johor, invitation cards, decorations, clothes, wedding rings and make-up.

Some Malay couples buy luxury goods like shoes, bags or watches as 'wang hantaran' or dowry.Despite the exorbitant cost of the wedding, however, Dr Farah said that she and her husband managed to buy a condominium unit in Putrajaya.

Seasoned wedding planners say that the cost of an average wedding, across all races, has soared to above RM50,000, causing some couples to take out personal loans to pay for their nuptials if they are unable to get much financial support from their parents.

“To beat the ‘competition’, to ensure that their wedding is unique, special and better than a friend’s wedding before theirs,” Leticia Hsu, president and co-founder of the Association of Wedding Professionals (AWP), told The Malay Mail Online in a recent email interview, when asked why some couples spend more than they can afford.

“Back in 2008, wedding vendors were about 10 per cent lower in cost than they are now and even food costs were lower. Generally, a five-star hotel charged RM1,200++ per table. Now, that same hotel charges RM2,200++ per table,” added the director of honour of Elysium Weddings Sdn Bhd.

Prices quoted “++” denote that an additional service charge ranging from 10 to 15 per cent and government tax of 6 per cent that is yet to be tacked on.

Hsu, who has been in the business for almost 13 years, said that couples who get into debt to tie the knot usually borrow between RM30,000 and RM50,000.

A Chinese couple in their late 20s that did not want to be named, told The Malay Mail Online that they took out a staggering RM100,000 loan to finance their RM170,000 nuptials last June.

The wedding reception of the 27-year-old woman and 29-year-old man, an online business owner and marketing manager respectively, was held at a five-star hotel.

When asked why they got into such debt for their big day instead of having a smaller wedding, they simply said, “Parents issues”, without elaborating further.

Hsu said that the wedding reception (which comprises the venue, food, drinks and wedding cake) takes the biggest share of expenditure at 42 per cent, while other expenses include flowers and decoration, entertainment, the ceremony, invitation cards, bride and groom’s attire, accessories, hair and make-up, photography, videography, and other expenses.

“Generally, Chinese would spend more on the food, making sure the food is top quality. Malays and Indians spend more on decoration and invitations, making sure that they wow their guests at the reception and at the first impression,” said Hsu.

Angpows generally cannot cover the entire cost of a Chinese wedding, according to a wedding planner. — Pictures by Saw Siow FengA typical menu for an eight-course Chinese wedding dinner includes dishes like appetisers, abalone soup, roast duck, steamed red grouper, sautéed tiger prawns, baby kai lan vegetables, steamed glutinous rice, and chilled sweetened sea coconut. Wine, hard liquor or beer is also usually served.

At Malay and Indian weddings, food domes, food stations and buffets are common, said Hsu.

According to wedding planners, the dowry given by the groom’s family to the bride’s side among the Chinese ranges from a few hundred to tens of thousands of ringgit.

For the Malay community, the dowry, or “wang hantaran” gifted by the groom to the bride’s family is between RM10,000 and RM18,000 for low to medium-range weddings, and RM50,000 for high-end weddings. Indian Malaysians, on the other hand, generally do not practise the dowry custom.

Hsu observed that the wedding industry is booming in Malaysia, but said she did not have specific figures.

“These days, almost everyone is a wedding planner,” she said.

Wedding planners are increasingly popular because of time constraints resulting from both partners holding down full-time jobs, according to Hsu.

“If you ask me to give you an educated guess, five out of 10 couples would get a wedding planner,” she said, but added that she did not have statistics on the number of couples hiring wedding planners.

Hsu, who mostly organises Chinese weddings, said that her fees start at RM10,000, adding that other wedding planners usually charge a minimum of RM4,500.

Another wedding planner, Nasrul Nasaruddin, said that the average Malay wedding costs between RM50,000 and RM80,000 if it is held at a convention centre or a tent. But the cost shoots up to RM300,000, or even a million ringgit if it is held at a five-star hotel.

“For five-star hotels, the standard rate is RM200 per pax, depending on the package,” Nasrul told The Malay Mail Online at a recent interview.

The founder of Nas Great Idea added that guests usually give RM200 “angpows” (envelopes containing cash gifts) at Malay weddings held at five-star hotels, breaking away from the tradition of giving gifts. If the wedding reception is held at a tent, both gifts and angpows are generally given.

Nasrul says that inviting 1,000 guests to a Malay wedding reception is not unusual.Nasrul, who started his business 12 years ago, said that the Malay wedding reception is typically sponsored by the bride’s family. But if both partners live in different states, the groom’s family may also organise their own dinner. Inviting 1,000 guests to a Malay wedding reception is not unusual.

“For high-end weddings, they will have a ceremony at the bride’s, groom’s, for the media, VIPs. So, in total, three to five receptions. For politicians, they have receptions at their home state where they invite lots of people, up to 15,000,” he said.

Nasrul said that decoration is key for Malay weddings and described previous weddings he has organised, such as creating a glass floor with flowers underneath at the stage area where the “pelamin”, or the traditional wedding dais that represents the bridal couple as the king and queen sitting in state, is located.

“For high-end weddings, the decoration costs between RM100,000 and RM500,000,” he said.

“The trend now is for massive pelamin decoration that catches your eye. Five years ago, it was stiff pelamin decor ― flowers and pillars. Now, they transform the whole ballroom, like turning it into a garden of flowers, a Japanese garden with bonsai trees, Oriental with cherry blossoms, European with Roman pillars, or Minangkabau style, Javanese style, Acheh style, or Moroccan style with a dome and stained glass,” he added.

Nasrul, who mostly plans Malay weddings and some high-end Chinese or Indian ones, said recently that he is organising a “Chengdu style” wedding for a Chinese tycoon next year, with the ballroom lined with a structure resembling the Great Wall of China and transformed into a garden with pagodas.

The lavish wedding of celebrity couple Rozita Che Wan and Zain Saidin on December 11, dubbed the wedding of the year, was reported by Malay-language daily Harian Metro last month to have received a sponsorship of RM13 million.

The newspaper also reported that the actress would receive RM23,200 in “wang hantaran” and a wedding ring estimated to cost RM93,000.

“Wang hantaran” for the average Malay couple can be equally expensive, Dr Farah noted, saying that some of her friends had splurged on luxury watches and handbags that cost tens of thousands, despite not being able to afford them, as the “wang hantaran” is displayed prominently at the reception or ceremony.

“My friend bought a Maurice Lacroix watch, which cost RM20,000, even though he has only been working for two years,” said Dr Farah. “We live in a materialistic world.”

Excessive spending on weddings has also strained newlyweds’ relationships, with Dr Farah observing that some of her friends have even gotten divorced after splurging on their big day because of financial concerns over starting a family, or even buying a car.

Nasrul said that local weddings typically have a huge number of guests, unlike more intimate Western nuptials, because Malaysians fear offending others.

“Malaysians are very sensitive. If you hear that your friend is getting married, you will feel that there is something wrong if you’re not invited. That’s why they invite all,” he said.

He added that he charges clients between RM20,000 and RM30,000 on average to organise the decorations for their weddings, though his fees start at RM5,000.

According to Nasrul, honeymoons for Malaysian newlyweds, which are not included in the wedding expenditure, cost at least RM5,000 for local or South-east Asian spots, and above RM50,000 for trips to Europe, where the popular destinations are Paris and Rome.

Rajes offers loan services of above RM35,000 for couples who want to have their dream wedding.Rajes Sivagamy, founder of Femina Bridal and Wedding Gallery, said that Indian weddings on average cost RM70,000 if the reception is held at a hotel, noting that costs can skyrocket up to RM200,000.

“A wedding is a big event. We can have 800 to 1,000 pax, 1,500 pax, or even 2,000 to 2,500 pax,” Rajes said.

“The trend now is to have the reception at the hotel,” she added.

Rajes, who has 15 years’ experience in wedding planning, said that unlike in India, Malaysian Indian brides do not adorn themselves heavily with gold jewellery because of the rising crime rate in the city.

“Now, 90 per cent is costume jewellery. They’ll wear family gold like a chain or a gold bangle, usually just one or two pieces. In March, robbers ambushed a bride’s house in KL and stole 80 pounds of gold,” she recounted.

“For Indians, gold is very important. But because of the situation, there’s no choice but to do away with it,” said Rajes, adding that gold at Indian weddings symbolises wealth.

As tying the knot becomes increasingly expensive, Femina offers personal loans, in co-operation with AmBank, at a minimum of RM35,000 to help cash-strapped couples have their dream wedding.

“We just started this in June. So far, we have 12 customers,” said Rajes, referring to clients who took up the loans.

When asked why couples did not opt for smaller weddings instead, Rajes said that they want to have an event as lavish as their friends’, or something a little more impressive.

“When a friend has done a wedding, it’s already bench-marked,” she said, adding that Femina charges clients 40 per cent of the total wedding cost.

Decoration is key at Malay weddings, according to a wedding planner.A senior officer with a non-bank financial institution, who wished to remain anonymous, said that couples who get into debt to finance their wedding usually take out personal loans of between RM10,000 and RM50,000, noting that the practice cuts across race.

“If they want a bombastic wedding, they’ll borrow a lot,” he said.

A survey by The Malay Mail Online on wedding packages offered by hotels, convention centres and restaurants in the Klang Valley showed that prices range from RM600++ per table of 10 diners at the four-star Crystal Crown Hotel in Petaling Jaya, to almost RM3,000++ at the five-star Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. Prices vary for Malay, Chinese, Indian and Western wedding packages. Mandarin Oriental also has a minimum requirement of either 25 or 30 tables, depending on the package.

The Oversea Restaurant’s Chinese wedding packages range from RM668 to RM1,398 per table.

A five-star hotel in PJ charges RM1,500 per table for a Chinese wedding package with a minimum of 25 tables. Wine costs RM180++ per bottle, champagne at RM250++ per bottle and beer at RM1,500++ per barrel, or 30 litres, while corkage for beer is RM500++ per barrel opened, wine or champagne at RM50++ per bottle opened, and hard liquor at RM80++ per bottle opened.

The Sime Darby Convention Centre in KL charges between RM989++ and RM1,388++ per table, depending on the type of cuisine, for a minimum of 50 tables.

Corina Chooi, 35, said that she spent between RM150,000 and RM200,000 to tie the knot in 2008, but added that she did not take out a loan for the wedding reception held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) that hosted 700 guests.

The homemaker, whose husband is a businessman, said that having a large wedding was unavoidable as her husband has a big family.

Chooi’s husband paid for a large portion of the wedding and received some financial help from his mother and Chooi’s family. Chooi and her husband live with her in-laws, as they require their sons and family to stay together with them.

She also said that it was unwise to start married life in debt, pointing out that buying a marital home and starting a family would incur even more expenses.

“You don’t need to have a big wedding to have a memorable wedding,” said Chooi.

E-commerce industry in Malaysia 2017

The top 5 keys to Malaysia's eCommerce industry in 2017

Key takeaways from a new survey of Malaysian shoppers from all 14 states.

According to a new survey of shoppers from all 14 Malaysian states, there are five key leading trends for the coming year. 
 
Through its recent nationwide survey from 15 to 21 November, in which 3,507 respondents participated, online marketplace 11street said it has overall confidence in the country's online retail sector for 2017.

Hoseok Kim, chief executive officer of 11street, said: "Based on the findings of our survey, we can conclude that the online shopping sphere in Malaysia is thriving, fuelled by a strong potentials for it to mature further and grow."

"The survey revealed the psyche of Malaysian consumers who shop online, and provided us with the information to form our predictions for Malaysian eCommerce in 2017," he said. 
 
More than 80 percent of the respondents said they shop online and 59 percent said they shop online at least once a month or more frequently, said Hoseok.

Photo - (From left) Hoseok Kim, CEO of 11street; and Wong Siew Lai, Vice President of Marketing Communication of 11street.

"However, despite the availability of a myriad of product categories, Malaysian consumers are still only 'somewhat experimental' in their purchasing behaviour and largely stick to lifestyle and fast-moving products such as electronics, fashion and beauty, and sports and hobbies," he said. 

Smart devices lead, apt infrastructure 
 
Smartphones continue to lead as the device of choice for Malaysians consumers to shop online, according to 80 percent of the respondents, said Kim. 

This underpins 11street's belief that Malaysia is now equipped with an apt IT infrastructure to pave the way for the e-commerce ecosystem to grow in the country, he added. 
 
In addition, 95 percent of the respondents rated a '5' and above when asked about their satisfaction level with online shopping, and said they "are more than happy with their online shopping experience."

Shoppers also said savings often realised through online shopping allowed them to offset the rising costs of living. Cost savings when shopping online remains a strong driver for eCommerce's continuing growth. 
 
2017: Five keys for Malaysian eCommerce

1. Online Shopping is the way forward
11street predicts that existing online shoppers will continue to buy more frequently, and non-online shoppers will start to explore eCommerce in the next 12 months. 
This is based on the results of the survey, in which out of the 17 percent of respondents said they had not shopped online before, while 85 percent showed interest in seeking out online shopping within the next year. 

Their interest is likely encouraged by the satisfaction of existing online shoppers, as well as the good prices they can find online. 

2. Payment Methods will continue to mushroom
While cash is king, 11street foresees that Malaysian consumers will be open to the idea of exploring non-cash payment methods such as online transfer, and through credit and debit cards, led by 90 percent  of the survey respondents who pay cash-on-delivery being willing to try other non-cash payment methods in the next 12 months.

3. Exploration into new product categories
In addition, survey respondents said they will consider home décor and furniture, household and groceries and health and supplements "as top priority categories in 2017."

As consumers become more familiar with online shopping, 11street expects consumers to shop online more for daily essentials, fresh produce and personal items. 

4. Express delivery will gain traction
In general, 90 percent of the survey respondents said that they would be willing to wait up to one week for the delivery of their purchases. Yet while they was asked about express delivery, more than 60 percent of them said that they are willing to pay extra up to RM10 for express delivery. 11street sees this as setting the trend for express delivery moving forward, in which consumers expect faster delivery at more affordable price. 

5. It goes beyond price
While consumers are used to cost-saving benefits from online shopping online, sellers must now go the "extra mile to deliver better services" by using analytics such as the processes of managing growing sales volume, rising expectations on logistics, and delivering impeccable customer service. 

The survey comments included the prioritisation by respondents of 'timely delivery' and 'positive customer review,' among others, as their key considerations when it comes to online shopping.

As eCommerce continued to become more integral to the lives of Malaysian consumers, the barriers between eCommerce and traditional brick-and-mortar retail will be levelled, said Kim 

Looking ahead, he said: "In 2017, we expect to see a substantial shift in the marketing plans of many businesses, whereby they will transcend from being device-focussed to more people-focussed. After all, consumers these days are not only on the look-out for the best deals, but also other factors that meet their needs and cater to their demands. On top of online deals, good customer service and excellent logistics will set the path for online businesses moving forward."

A version of this article was first published on Computerworld Malaysia 20 December 2016.

#1 - Portrait2u My Starting Plan

10AM - 10.40AM

I start to plan for my first e-commerce website today.

I found an e-commerce platform which I think it is suitable for me to do drop-shipping business.

Since I have no inventory and extra money, I think this plan works for me.

After checking the Shopify.com, it actually can be integrated with AliExpress.com. China market is huge and I think this is good news for us because we can find variety of products there and target on a certain group of people that I want. Besides, I think it can definitely attract customers to visit the website. I want to give it a try.

In order to do so, I need to plan and learn from the scratch first.

By reading on their tutorial, it has 14-days free trial for user to test their features before selling.

I also need to come out with my objectives first.

I called my e-commerce as portrait2u.com

1. My Target group is 20 - 45 years old. Some expert says it is too broad. However, one of the successful entrepreneur said that it is okay to have varieties product, but you need to have a niche products that attract them to come your page.

2. Niche market - Wedding Dress and Party Items.

3. What is my next plan?
- Get to understand how Obelo works.
- Test the features, refer to the local example https://meekco.asia/shopify/
- Products - Try not to take on too much at once Focus in what I am capable now. e.g. Photography, videography, customize gifts, photo album before moving into other product/services.


Mistakes that we always make
- It is not easy income, you need to put a lot of hard work, time and effort.
- to differentiate yourself from your competitor, you design your own product photo
- invest some money on it
- Learn how to use online marketing & strategy to target on local market first, before moving to Asian and worldwide.
- Brand your product
- join drop shipper community to learn how they work
- To have a good relationship with supplier, or test their products before hand.
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Our objective is to provide a good service and quality product to our customer.

Product categories -

• Dress - Wedding/Couple/Family/Event/Commercial, 
• Gifts/souvenir/props - Birthday/Party/Wedding/Event e.g. ball night
• Games (board games)
• Photo Album & Photos

Services -

• Photography
• Videography
• Photobooth
• Design Service such as business card, photo album, t-shirt etc..

Future Plan

Looking for business partner - Designer, Marketing, Photographer, MUA

Type of event/ceremony - Wedding, Party, Birthday, Dating, Farewell

Main Target customer - Couple & Photographer, Event Planner, Photo booth vendor

4. Marketing Strategy

i) Share photos in facebook page
ii) Writing blog describing what do we offer
iii) create video - try to involve in many events like ball night types

5. Looking for model for photo-shooting
i) Look for someone who are doing small business online & co-operate with them e.g. people who are selling tshirt

别想不开

1. 你曾几何时有想过会有人看看你的网站,直到有人向你说它是从我们的网站看见那些规矩才有今天你不必烦这些向他们解释

2. 朝着你的方向前进, 只有自己推动,相信自己的方向, 你就会到达你的目的

3. 冷静了一下, 向人解释, 让他了解后,事情就迎刃而解

Mr. Chin Yoon Khen - Localocal.com

- Taking a different path than what is intended for him after graduation, Yoon Khen founded CANUX in 2011 and embarks on his journey as a documentary photographer and website developer, diversifying his experience in multiple arenas and eventually leaving the cubicle nation as a fancy Project Program Management Advisor in Dell and Chief Operating Officer in Mystartr. 

- Through this exploration, he discovers a passion for travel while deepening his love for photography, as he walks along the shaded five-foot ways and narrow alleys alone, documenting the manufacturing process for more than 60 traditional trades of Penang, with focus on traditional trades that are associated with diversified local communities. 

- Khen got his big break in February 2015, when Think City funded his first book publication, called the "Traditional Trades of Penang." When he's not busy leading Lokalocal, he can be seen at various events, engaging in TEDx Petaling Street 2014 speaker, being a columnist and sometimes, radio guest. He is currently a founder of LokaLocal. 




It is so good to hear that a local founder that has an ambitious to promote local tourist places. This is really meet my objective and I shall learn from him. He became passionate about documenting and highlighting the people, processes, and products associated with the Traditional trades of Penang.

Tea Meeting with President

I was one of the speaker giving a speech regarding convocation  and services to students.

Reference: https://www.utar.edu.my/alumni/AlumniNewsArchiveContent2.jsp?fcatid=17&fcontentid=28451&YearArchive=2015

Alumni Interview - Cik Nurul Izwazi Binti Mohd Nor

I would like to share this with you about my colleague's interview session which I "accidentally" found in UTAR youtube. I am quite surprised that she was the writer of two books and this definitely impressed me and lead me to further understanding of her personal traits. I believed she will be very successful and helpful in her unit by contributing more student services ideas and commitment to UTAR.

拍“婚纱照”是否浪费钱

看一看大马人如何评论拍婚纱照的看法足以参考而已

大马行情价格

Year 1998

RM28++

Indoor & Outdoor

Make up

5 to 6 Dress code

1 pieces big photo

4 pieces middle photo

2 albums

Year 2000

RM2888

Year 2001

RM6000

Year 2002

RM2700 include all

Year 2004

RM5000 ++ 1 big album and 1 small album

Year 2006

RM1599

- Normal Photo Studio

Year 2007

RM15++

Year 2007

RM1100, 2 sets wedding bridal dress, 1 night dress, 1 album, 1 big photo and 1 small photo

Year 2007

RM2399

60 printed photos (60 poses)

two big size photo books

1200 pieces soft copy

8 gowns pre shoot

3 gowns actual day

total 11, 4 outdoor locations, KL only, 

100 4R sister photos (10 poses), 

portrait one wall wide with 3 pose, 

2 12" printed for parents diff pose, free gifts. I negotiate one

Year 2010

RM1388

- indoor 1 set of wedding gown and 1 set dinner gown only

- 1 big Album

- outdoor shooting (casual wear)

- 4r to all guest as memory (normally prefer studio photo)

Year 2011

RM800 for ROM and Tea Ceremony only

- only provide softcopy

Year 2015

- below RM2k, 80% outdoor, 

Year 2015

RM4288 original price - offer RM3000

1.出门婚纱，因为我自己买了

2. 摆在酒楼的poster 我也不要

3. 装饰品音乐盒，我也不要

4. 克牌有结婚照

5. 酒楼签名簿

Year 2016

16x18一本相册（50张照片=20页），

12x18 娘家照片 

2张，20x30 大相1张

10x12 照片一张

50张thank you card(2个款）四个照型化妆全包。

还有包括结婚当天白纱和两套晚装和两次化妆

Year 2017

RM1088 - Indoor and Outdoor, 3 set dress, 21 photo and 1 small album

Year 2017 - Current KL market

RM4k +-

Year 2017

5 sets dress, 10x12 album, 8x10 album, 120 sister photos, 12x18 Bride family x 2 pieces and 20x30 x 1 pieces

--------------------------------------------------

RM1688 include 2 big photos, 2 albums, indoor and outdoor

Rm1088

3 sets dress, 21 photos, and 1 small album

旅行时让他们派一些旅行照当结婚照，省开销，意思和自然。memorable and special

rm4888

pre wedding photo last month at KK

2 outdoor

2 leather photo book

1 big 1 small

2 canvas frame

4 vip dress for bride and 2 coat for groom for photo shooting. 

Addition 3 gown for bride and 2 coat for groom on actual day

RM2699的配套 - 全外景

wedding planner 有免费拍, 我们当时只用了１个小时就拍完(indoor)，

我2014年再没有做足功课就签了去台湾拍的婚纱配套4988，为了避免gst😂可是到最后却在本地拍为了要和自己的爱犬～重选的话我会选择自己外面请认识的摄影师，因为摄影师最重要的是沟通，拍我的这个摄影师很没有耐性

上网买到88底片配套（在怡保拍）+另一间500抽奖配套

去拍了加上其他费用才大概1200.00还有给两张中型的照片

上网买两件婚纱大概500.00

花车自买自绑150.00

I told my wife my budget is 5k. Anything left she can keep it herself. Ended up she took 1.8k package

RM3500 - Taiwan - 包吃包住包服裝

游览香港讨论区

http://verywed.com/newforum/forum/expexch

日出茶太风波‧“我还有1千个员工…”‧吕伟立：我不能倒

日出茶太风波‧“我还有1千个员工…”‧吕伟立：我不能倒