First Love…never let it go

Last week after cleaning our abandon apartment, hubby and I went to check out the cost for another broadband line for our internet cafe. We have 20 computers now and the increased in bandwidth usage, many customers are complaining of slow connection especially when there are a lot of online gamers using.

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Hubby will have to work full day at his shop (10am to 12am) everyday starting September until he found a new assistant. His current assistant found a new job.

This also means I will be busy too and my children might be neglected by me because I will have to release hubby at the shop for him to rest and take a shower.

Bring them to the shop? Not a good idea. They will turn the place upside down!

We are praying for a trustworthy assistant. God please send one pretty soon. Pretty please.

For the love of my husband, I have decided to be his slave as Photostate Girl every Monday coz we have lots of photostating to do on Monday. Last week, I helped but I wasted lots of his A4 paper too. Almost 100 pages! All because I accidentally touched the wrong bottom and it went to the wrong tray and photocopied the wrong way!

Today, I am smarter and opened the other tray so that even if I accidentally touches the wrong button, there won’t be any paper there.

see, the bottom tray is opened.

Unfortunately, as a newbie, I still make mistake but not as many as last week!

Maybe hubby would need the business performance management software to evaluate whether he should keep me in his shop or retrench me!

Hubby just told me that soon his mustache and tailed hair will go. Oh No!!! I love man with mustache, beard and sideburn (too bad hubby has no sideburn). I should marry an Indian/Singh or Mat Saleh, huh?! hehe

He received a few comments that with his beard, mustache and hair style, it does not give the “Boss” image. Looks more like “Boss” to gangster group or ah long! Furthermore with his look now, it makes him look totally Malay which has a disadvantage when you deal with Chinese suppliers; they think you are a Malay, they don’t give you discount the price!
When will his Signature Look be gone, I have no idea. I hope not so soon.

My Signature Look? My acne scarred face.

This is the latest picture of us taken during a wedding dinner last Saturday.

I was requested to write a testimonial about the lady that I worked with; the online company. Now with the new management, I am no longer needed in the company. I am so sad and stress out due to that.

Anyway, she wants my testimonial for 2 reasons; one is to be put up on their bulletin board and another for her to use to apply for a new job. She is not Dan Neumeister who has a long list of achievements so I need to write a very impressive testimonial for her. That gave me some pressure and I sit on it for a few days; thinking and dreaming on what to write!

Finally I sat down and started writing. This is what I wrote:

I praised God that He has given me the opportunity to know and work with this beautiful lady by the name of Kristen R. Never have I come across a person that is so dedicated to her work and very hardworking. If a Japanese employee were to do what Kristen did, that is comprehendable but for an American, this is a Wow! to me. Not only that, she is very efficient too. She is also very down to earth, friendly and you can’t help not to like her. I really regretted that I am not able to work with her anymore but never regret knowing her.

So what do you think? Is that good enough?

It is always more interesting to know others weakness and negative sides. That is our human nature; we love to judge others and have that kind of “I am holier than thou” attitude. Dennis Carey is not spared from all this but let’s take look at his achievements; his strength, not his weakness.

Dennis Carey specializes in the recruitment of CEOs and corporate directors and recently joined Korn/Ferry International as Senior Client Partner.

Do you know that he founded G100? G100 is a private group of CEOs of the world’s most significant companies; top U.S. multinationals where they meet to exchange ideas. Membership is limited to approximately 100 active CEOs and is by invitation only.

That is only one of his achievements. He has authored numerous articles on corporate governance, director recruitment, board compensation, and business strategy related to spin-offs. He also has published three books: CEO Succession, The Human Side of M&A and How to Run a Company.

I believe with his extensive experience, credibility and global network; it will assist Korn/Ferry in capturing even greater market share at the highest levels of executive recruitment.

Nowadays, if I come home to see my laptop on my computer table, that is a blessing! These days, hubby often bring along my laptop to his shop to play his Cabal online game. Then arh, if all the PCs in his shop are occupied and there is still customer wanna use the internet, my laptop will be rented to him/her.

I don’t really like the idea of using my laptop as laptop rentals because there are so many personal stuff in here and most password are “remembered” in this laptop. You wouldn’t know when the user will get nosy and snoop around.

Hubby wanted to get the lcd mount for his internet cafe but I’d rather him spend the money to buy more computers. We heard that they will be a group of student shifting to the nearby apartment. That means we would have more customers. If all the student and the gamers come at the same time, 18 computers is not sufficient. So better invest in items that will bring more income to the business.

We finally went for the Fish Spa. It was a tingling and ticklish experience. They do not have much customer. If we buy their RM300 package for 10 sessions, we are allowed to bring 10 people per session. That would be RM3 per person an hour. And we paid RM40 each for an hour! I wonder whether they will have more customers if they a branch at Wilmington real estate.

We added 2 computers and started offering computer repair and services. Hubby is thinking to buy a Workbench because it is durable and has ample space compared to the normal computer table, they one he is using now. Maybe he will buy it from Formaspace because they offer quality products. Not any type of quality but superior quality. Every penny spend must be counted.;)

Not showing off my macho hubby here. *ahem* but the t-shirt that he is wearing. After a year in business, we finally printed our own t-shirt. Nice or not?

Anyway, hubby bought 6 pieces only; 3 for hubby, 3 for his assistant and none for me.

I think we should print for the whole family eh. One for me and one each for my children. We would wear it when we visit their daddy at the shop.

After a year of contemplating and trying to do things our way and not God’s way, we surrendered and obey. We are closed every Sunday to honor God’s Day.

For the month of January we see God’s blessing like never before. The highest sales so far was in the month of January. Finally hubby have some salary in January.

This month, we are being tested. Not only this is the shortest month of the year, this month is also CNY which we will be closed for at least 3 days. And so far the sales has been very low. If it continues like this, I wonder whether we will have enough to cover cost.

Anyway, we are trusting that God will bless. He did, many times in our life before. We just need to keep on obeying His commands and trust Him.

Please ah, you don’t come to rob me at that time ah. I have a long parang plus a few of hubby’s weapon collection and I know Karate too.

Hubby’s staff took leave from last Saturday till this coming Friday to mind his only son because his wife when back to Indonesia to mourn for her brother that just passed away. So hubby has to be at the shop the WHOLE day.

8am is the time I leave home to work while he is still fast asleep. 1.30am is the time he came home from work while I am fast asleep.

I did go to visit him at the shop after work on Monday but it is very tiring for me to drive all the way there after work. Didn’t go last night coz I need to bake some cookies for CNY.

I’m deprived of his attention.

My love is thinking of making the cybercafe business own shirt. Now, he and his staff would wear collar T-shirt to work. However, some of the shirt bears other companies’ name or have certain wordings and slogans that are not suitable to be worn at work. He said that it is good for the business status and professionalism that it have its own custom made collared T-shirt.

I asked him to look for a Tshirt Printing shop and look at the various T-shirt designs that the shop can offer like . He said that he wants to create his own design. Well, I think he can Design Tshirts Online and create the design that is suitable for his business. As for me, I think the color of the Tshirt must be strikingly bright and portrays something that is exciting and can catch the customer’s attention. It must not be in dull dark colors.

As for the wordings on the Tshirt, he should include the business’ slogan too. The slogan, “Connecting the World” and “Dunia Di Jari Anda”(The World At Your Fingertips) reflects well the internet business. I am sure that with the Tshirt, the business will move to providing better service to the customers. Of course, the Tshirt must also be accompanied with friendly service if it wants to have returning customers. Hmm….maybe I should create one Tshirt design for my own family. Not a bad idea….lol.

We went to McD to celebrate the prosperity that God is going to bless us with. I had my favorite Prosperity Burger.

I am just kidding on the celebrating part. I just wanted to eat the Prosperity Burger.

We are expecting God’s blessing especially in the business.

We are doing what most internet cafe owner wouldn’t do on Sunday. We are closed on Sunday. To honour God.

By closing on Sunday, we are going to “loose” a minimum of RM800 a month and that is a huge amount for us but we are trusting that God will provide. He always does. I know that.

Note: Do you know that mesothelioma is an asbestos-caused cancer?

One of my blogger friends is migrating to US to be with her beloved husband. She used to run a Montessori and now she is selling ALL her books and Montessori’s stuff. Thank God she has a lot of mommy bloggers who are readers and she managed to sell 70% of all her books and educational material in 2 days time.

If not she is thinking of starting an online shop and getting the shopping cart software from Ashop Commerce. For first timer you don’t have to crack your head designing your own online store. Ashop ecommerce software with it’s award winning features allows merchant to set up an online store capable of competing with the webs most powerful sites for a simple, low monthly fee and it is also 100% Search Engine Optimised (SEO). Meaning your online store will be found on of search engines. You don’t have to pay an SEO company to get you noticed.