Crocs =D

another tick on my unbelievable-long shopping checklist.
and trust me, it's the most expensive sandal I had ever bought!

btw,Thanks, MOE!

Rich Dad P2

Here I am, unharmed.

However, I actually attended the "cashflow 101" workshop, not to learn more about the pyramid scam,but to try out the board game with human players.
That's a rather fun game as it sorta simulates the 40 years of our future life.
as quoted from Wikipedia
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Cashflow 101 is an educational tool in board game format designed by Robert Kiyosaki (author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad), which aims to teach the players concepts of investing by having their money work for them in a risk free setting (play money) while simultaneously increasing their financial literacy and stressing the imperative nature of accountability.

There are two stages to the game. In the first, "the rat race", the player aims to raise his or her character's passive income level to where it exceeds the character's expenses. The winner is determined in the second stage, "the fast track". To win, a player must get his or her character to buy their "dream" or accumulate an additional $50,000 in monthly cash flow.

In place of “score cards”, there are financial statements. The game requires the players to fill out their own financial statements so that they can see more clearly what is happening with their money. It generally shows how assets generate income and demonstrates that liabilities and 'doodads' are expenses.
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In the end, I didn't get out of the rat race, in fact, all of us were still stuck in the rat race.
I had definitely learned a lot from this game, especially from the part where I get to fill up the financial statements, which I think a lot of working people in real life fail to do so.
besides, I am also quite amazed by the concept of generating enough passive income to make up our daily expenses. Isn't it everyone's dream to have money working for us?

Still, those are just useless concepts if you don't apply them in real life.
but the real question remains unanswered : Is it really applicable?

THE END

Rich Dad P1

I met with these two people in Vivo City.They introduced me to this Robert Kiyosaki 's Rich Dad, Poor Dad follow by some brief description about the book.Subsequently, they asked me to do a survey on topics related to personal financial planning. and those questions were intentionally set, i would say, to mislead me.
for eg. would you like to retire before 45??Answer: Yes or No.
That's like asking me, would you like to be a millionaire or even billionaire before 45? my answer is Hell Yeah, but the question is how?
Here comes the tricky part, the last question : would like to join a Cashflow 101 workshop organized by this this Entrepreneurship Center which I have never even heard before.
I thought for a while, and think this may be a good chance for me to learn this interesting board game..

Actually I sort of regret after revealing my contact.no to them.

After that, I have been approached by one of them, asking me out for a meeting so that I can get the ticket and watch some "educational videos". in the video, Robert Kiyosaki is giving a speech on the different mindset of rich and poor people that will directly change their course of life.
and this time, He started to chat with me about my family background, a little bit disturbing to me thou. of course, he couldn't stress more about how I, as a young man, should start to plan financially to achieve my dream life. his solution was so not exciting, to start up my own business or in another words, to be an entrepreneur. However, when he continued to share his thoughts, I started to sense some awkwardness in this situation: there cant possibly be such a kind person who come out from no where, yet,is so keen to offer me a solution to be a rich man @.@

I got back to my room after that meeting, with lots of question marks in my mind.

So, I tried to google for other information about this mysterious workshop.
and this is what I got : link1 , It's not something unexpected, but seriously, I was shocked to find out that I nearly fall prey to this pyramid scam...

the story continues...

Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.

As I read an article on work-life balance a few days ago, I came across with this profound statement made by The legendary actor James Dean.
I have been thinking about its meaning over and over again and ,at the same time, trying to relate it to my situation.
Its kinda boring to study, study and study for almost every hour of my life without knowing what I am actually heading. Besides, this is not exactly the type of life style that I would like to have for the rest of my 4 years here.

Life is too short to be a slave
to the daily grind.

this short sentence has deeply reflected the need to spare some time to do things that we had often missed out when we are too caught up with our work and day-to -day stuff. As a chinese proverb goes, "休息是为了走更长的路".By having some leisure time amid of our busy schedule, it allows us to recharge ourselves, hence giving us the source of energy to lead a happy and ,definitely,a more meaningful life.

Lastly,

"Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today!"

p/s : btw, I had just found myself plenty of reasons to watch dramas and play games ! Hurray!

Atlee is famous!!!

finally, my hard work has been paid off!

It was quite surprising that the movie I had just recently starred flies high at Singapore's box office. and that's sorta a great achievement for me as I am the male lead actor =D

This is one of the memorable scenes in the movie "Come here, Nobody knows".

and now my portrait can be seen anywhere in the street, whether on magazines.
or even on billboards =D

A boring lecture

hahahaha, is today's lecture really that boring??
or is it just that we always got tired after going through hours of lecture?