Life In An Antique Shop

    Been pretty much busy lately as some of you might have known by now that I’ve registered a new company on the 20th June 2008 for 328tech.com. But it has to be name to T.T.E. Tech due to the fact that I couldn’t use numbers. So basically that was pretty much about it. Anyway, by right I am able to legally do business on that day, but my license will only come up by the end of this week. So what happened was that, I’ve received two clients in developing their website. Pretty cool for a start. So had to rush both of it to complete last week because they really wanted it ASAP.. But it’s all good. Some more with the charity project that was over yesterday. I ‘d say it was pretty much a good week for me :) Continue reading »

written by Alex \\ tags: dreams, living through dreams

Psalm 23

    The funny thing about God is that sometimes He can pretty much remind you about a lot of things and you don’t need to worry too much with the world around you. While I was doing my usual morning walks around waterfront, I was pretty much troubled with the fuel price increase which could result to a lot of things. Which really mean have to cut down on unnecessary expenses, so I could sort of kiss my Tamron SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro good bye. Lol. Which isn’t really a problem actually, because I know there are people who are in much more worst condition than I am. Continue reading »

written by Alex \\ tags: Lord You Are Good, Psalm 23

    Everything is practically going up. I guess yesterday seems to be a history making event whereby the fuel price got jacked up from RM1.91 to RM2.70 per liter. Fuel going up, food also going up, not long electricity also going up. Everything is going up, is there anything going down? Well, the prices for my items here are going down, Kek Lapis (Layered Cake) going down whereby they used to sell about RM15-RM20 per loaf. Now it’s pretty much RM10 - RM15, and if you get 5 one time they can sell it to you at RM45. Apart from that, I’m not even sure what else is going down. Anyway, for the past 5 days I’ve been attending this Mortgage Reduction Camp which actually took 5 days to complete. So what in the world did I do there? Continue reading »

written by Alex \\ tags: loan, mortgage reduction, pay less, reducing loan

    Unfortunately, there are times when customers comes in and of course they brought along their bundle of joy with them. Nothing wrong with that, just that it would be nice if they were to keep their hands where it belong and don’t simply go and make a wreck of the place. -_-” But probably we can’t put the blame on them because their parents don’t seem to bother what they do. Haiz how I wish I have a pet crocodile like this one to prolly scare the children if they dare to mess up the place. Messing up the place is still acceptable, but once they break something. They quickly put back the item as if nothing happened, if not their parents would say our items are useless. So easily to get broken. Continue reading »

written by Alex \\ tags: Kids

    After our visit to the gyne, Deluxe and myself went over to Eastmore cafe and had our breakfast there. Eastmore Cafe have been one of our regular place to eat for breakfast normally after church. So what we normally order was from this guy on the left, who is famous for his Fried Kueh Tiaw with Clams. Anyway, apparently his son is currently helping him to bring the food to the customers and collecting money. Well, this is may be considered child labor in certain country. But I guess it’s not a problem here in Malaysia. Considering the fact that we were thought to help out with our parents when we are able such us during school holidays or weekend when we are not schooling. What I’m amaze about this boy is that he has what you call the perfect service. In terms of good communication with the customers, and good work ethics. And he doesn’t seem to complain eating from his own father shop, whereby there might be some children may like to eat something different. When we were about to leave as well, while he was eating he did acknowledge and thanking us for purchasing from him.
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written by Alex \\ tags: food, penang iron plate kueh tiaw

While I was on the way to tapao lunch, I heard a sudden loud crackling sound. When I looked up, the sound actually came from the electrical cabling got a sudden burst of electricity. Without hesitation I quickly got the hell out from there, and watch a bit of fire works. Fortunately no one was hurt. Pretty much the major event for today :P

The very reason why I love to get up in the morning and start the day

    Unlike yesterday, apparently today everyone had done their surveying. So it was pretty much good considering the fact that business was better compared to yesterday. But like my father in law would always say “Something is always better than nothing”. Apart from a slow start, it suddenly change towards the evening….
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written by Alex \\ tags: business, goal, sales

The Quiet Street of Main Bazaar

    The school holidays are here.. So we’re expected to see a lot of people coming in and out from the shop. Especially when Gawai holidays are here as well. So might see people coming. As for today, business been a little bit slow as of late. Whereby buyers now are pretty difficult to deal with, considering the fact they actually go to each and every shop to compare prices.

Probably he’s pretty upset due to the price hike lately

written by Alex \\ tags: quiet day

Ok. I don’t think I ever really made a proper introduction on my work place, as I just finally realized that I could actually blog about my shop :P This idea struck me while I was blogging about Poppies on my personal site. Plus whereby on this site seems a little bit stagnant. Hehehe. But it’s all good. Anyway, enough said.. On to business.

You would be first greeted by the Foo Dogs (they’re for sale too :D)

    Situated at the heart of Main Bazaar, we are located just opposite the waterfront near to the police station. Here you would be able to find all sorts of Sarawak souvenirs from beaded items, textile, shells, wooden items, baskets and small items. We do sell Chinese Antiques dated all the way from the Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. Continue reading »

written by Alex \\ tags: Antiques, buying, Kuching, Sarawak, Souvenirs

I’m giving out RM10 for the 1st 30 person to sign up for my new Light & Easy Course. Here are the terms and conditions :-

1. Your eBay ID must not be 2 months old.
2. You did not sell anything with that account.
3. Must sell on either eBay US, UK or AU sites.
4. Must have a Verified PayPal Account.

Before I go on, please take note. By selling on eBay International site you are required to place your credit card details with eBay as well as PayPal. This is a form of verification. Plus your information will be safe, and would not be sold off to any 3rd party company. If you are unsure about this, feel free to contact me and I will brief you more about it.

In order for you to sign up for this.

1. Go to Light & Easy Course Sign Up.
2. Fill up your particulars (don’t worry it will not be sold or given to any 3rd party company)
3. Under the Reference code, please put in GIVEME10 so that I know you guys are participating in this program.
4. Complete the following steps such as Creating eBay account, PayPal account, linking them together, and creating a seller’s account while we wait for our appointment to be done.

The consultation date is from Monday to Saturday. 9AM to 5PM. If you would like to do these session at night, it can be arranged.

What actually happens when you sign up with this course :-
1. I will be calling you up to first make an appointment.
2. During our appointment you must be connected to the Internet and I will be guiding you a step by step on how to sell on eBay.
3. Once I have your item number, I will have a look at your item and give you recommendation on how you should improve on your listing.
4. After I verify that you are the owner of the account, as well with the listing number. I will then bank in the RM10 into your account. Preferably Maybank :)

F.A.Q
1. Who can sign up for this course?
Anyone who has interest on planning to sell on eBay. Or you just want the RM10 will be fine also.

2. Can I sign up for this course as many times as I want?
You can only sign up for 1 time only. As this would be fair to give chance for others.

3. What are the minimum fees that I am required to pay?
If you plan to sell on eBay.com, the minimum fees you are required to pay is USD0.15, which is equivalent to RM0.50. If your item doesn’t sell, no charge. If your item does sell there would be a commission to be taken from eBay. But I will guide you on how to cover these fees in our session.

4. I’m from Singapore can I participate in this program?
Sorry, this is only applicable for Malaysian sign ups only.

5. I have an eBay account as well as a verified PayPal account. Can I still join this?
If your eBay account is within the 2 months range, and have not done any selling activity yet. You can join. But if your account is older than 2 months or you have been selling, you can create a new account for participate this new course.

6. If I’m the No.31 person who signed up for this course, will I still get paid?
This depend on how the response from this project. If the response is good, I would be getting sponsors to contribute to this project.

Please take note that this is not a sponsor post. :) Have a nice day!

written by Alex \\ tags: features

Ok. First time I post about Advertlets after so long joining them.. Let me see if I can get this correctly.. You can actually join them here. Ok.. On to the questions….

1. Advertlets has a new ad campaign for a new client that will run in multiple countries. Guess how many countries will it be running in?
8 (Saw this in one of the Advertlets ads. Lol.. Recruit.net)

2. February 14 is a significant date. As I am single this year, what will me and the Advertlets team most likely be spending the next few late nights working on, and announcing/launching on Feb 14? Hint: Most relationships are based on one person and how many parties?
Most likely their first anniversary meet on the 9th of March. And of course, singles are most highly recommended to come.. And hopefully get hitched by then. Hehehe..

3. When was Advertlets founded, and what will we most likely launch on our first anniversary?
Adverlets could be founded at 3rd January 2007 (due to the their site creation). But most likely will launch their first anniversary on the the 9th of March 2008. As they held their first blogger meet back in 9th March 2007.. So that’s basically my best guess.. :)

Fingers crossed :P

written by Alex \\ tags: Advertlets