“If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in the world is a reserve of knowledge, experience & ability.”

Henry Ford

I have this small conversation with my chattybox 5-year-old Little J as I drive him home from his kindergarden today. 

Little J : Mommy, I want to have 100 mommies!

Me : Why would you want 100 mommies, darling? Isn’t one mommy good enough for you?

Little J : That’s because if I have 100 mommies, I will have 100 people who can cook delicious food like Ratatouille, and everyone who comes to our house (I think he means restaurant) will pay to eat the Ratatouille. Then, I can make enough money to buy my Ultraman’s aeroplane.. So I am going to look for 100 mommies to make money for me….

Me : Huh?

2007 has been like a roller-coaster to me.. I had enjoyed every moment though, be it good or bad because the gift of life is life itself.

Let’s reflect back some of moves I made.. bold, stupid, good..hmmm.. 

I moved on from being a salaried employee to become my own boss after realising that I have wasted 13 of my professional years building the dreams of my employer instead of my own dreams! It was a bold move that caused frowns among my peers and family members. Can’t blame them, who in the right mind would forego a high flying career with 6-figure annual income that comes with a senior position at a giant multi-national? Yup, I am very much sane, having the “right” mind to build my very own dreams. I have never look back since. Right now, I am having weekly pay check banked in directly to my bank account while I stay at home.  Now, isn’t that the best of both worlds..

I refurnished our long-overdued home-sweet-home and ended up paying more than RM50K for a job which finishing looks like loads of crap, so said my well-meaning friends who visit my home.. A hard lesson learnt…never let a person whom you know personally do your house renovation because you will never have the heart to rant, scream or yell at her for a job not well-done!

I changed the under-powered, over fuel consumption Kia Spectra to a 10-year-old 3 Series BMW and vowed never, ever to buy a Korean car again!

I enrolled Jerard into a Chinese school and ended up learning Mandarin together with him. For a person whose age gonna hit the Big 4 next year, I am struggling like nobody’s business, but it is all worthwhile as I see Jerard’s Mandarin advances each day..

2008 is gonna be another exciting year for me. For the first time in my professional life, I’ll be executing a Business Plan not for that giant multinational but for my ownself. Ha… that gives me a million reason to push harder to achieve my 2008 BP..

Have a fruitful year ahead, folks!

Yes, it’s me Yeknee aka BuzzLife. I have been hibernating in the dark for more than a year and a drop of golden sun woke me up with a loud buzz.. Thanks to the wake up call, I am now back with a vengeance.