Archive for August, 2007
Proton Persona : Like it or Love it?
Posted by Irwan in Daily Blog on August 18, 2007
I’ve heard many people congratulating Proton for finally listen to its customers. And here is my congratulation post for Proton for finally being able to produce a car that I’m proud of.
I just had my experience with the car in flesh at Perkampungan Hadhari in Kota Bharu yesterday. I really like the new refreshing color of Ribenaberries (Blueberry Tea). I’m glad that they chose that color for the exhibition. The fact that the color is being offered just to the top of the line models adds to its exclusiveness.
What is Your Move?
Posted by Irwan in Anatomy of Investment on August 18, 2007
If you has been following our market trend lately, you would notice that our stock market was plummeting down. With just several days, our Composite Index has come down to 1191.55 point from almost touching 1400 point. And with it, almost all of mutual fund were losing value too.
Here we come again to the point of making decision. Are you going to cut loss and retreat from stock market/sell your mutual funds? Or you just take it as one of the dismissible volatility and stick to you buy and hold strategy? Whatever you choice , just don’t panic.
Do We Need Medical Insurance?
Posted by Irwan in 7 Days To Better Retirement on August 17, 2007
Like road accidence, we unconsciously believe that bad things would never happen to us. That’s why we feel reluctant to opt for medical insurance or takaful. We are lucky that transportation insurance is mandatory. If not, I wonder how many of us will buy such insurance. Here I found a nice reading about medical insurance. It may sound biased as the blog is about insurance but just take it as an insight of what we have not carefully thought about.
First of all, do you know that a medical and health insurance policy is generally designed to help you cover the cost of private medical treatment such as cost of hospitalisation and healthcare services, if you are diagnosed with covered illnesses or have had an accident.
Just imagine the cost of not having any health insurance. If you are involved in an accident, or contract a serious illness, you have to pay the hospital bills from your own pocket. Prior to admitting to certain private hospitals, you would also have to pay a deposit. If your family members, i.e. your spouse or children, get seriously ill or hurt, the medical costs can lead to a total depletion of your savings. In some cases, it may even cause bankruptcy!
Submitted Content for #3 day
Posted by Irwan in 7 Days To Better Retirement on August 15, 2007
Here is a short visitor submitted content for today.
1. A Brief History of Retirement
ChampDog explains how human civilization comes to the term of retirement and what happen before people do retire. It’s an interesting story and I’m sure you will like this brief history of retirement.
Learn why health is more important than wealth in preparing yourself for retirement.
No Scholarship, No Problem
It’s such an opportunity to study under government scholarship. Being one of the few students who were offered JPA’s scholarship really gives me some sort of motivation to strive in abroad.
If you don’t get the scholarship, that doesn’t have to mean the world’s end. You don’t even have to drop your dream to get a good education. Besides PTPN, there are lot more third party lenders who are happy to lend you money with low interest.
Who Needs Starbucks when KFC has it too?
Posted by Irwan in Daily Blog on August 14, 2007
Now you can get Wi-Fi Internet access to go along with your scrumptious meals at KFC. What more, on weekdays from 2pm to 6pm, it is free! The list is longer compared to several months ago.
There are two outlets in Kota Bharu alone. If you hate crowded places, just buy a barrel and headed to Kampung Sireh. My yellow house has free Wi-Fi too, provided that you bring an extra meal for me. 
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