New Life?
Filed in: Life Log — August 15th, 2005
I am quite quiet recently. I was trying to make a decision which may change the rest of my life. Serious huh? Anyway, I think I have the decision already. Will confirm in this week, hopefully.
Last week my dad asked me when he fetched me to office.
Dad: “Are you able to expand your Internet revenue?”
Me: “Sure.”
Dad: “How about open a company?”
Me: (huh?! Open a company?!) “I am still working?!”
Dad: “You can register a company and hire someone to assist you. Then you don’t need to work until so late every night.”
He got the point. I can register a company and work at home. Maybe hire someone to help me, preferable a pretty girl. 
This week is my birthday week. I am 25 year old. I think it is time for some changes in my life. I am not well prepared. Sometimes, it is the surrounding environment pushing you forward.
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August 15th, 2005 at 4:18 am
good suggestion. Open a company and most of the work can be done from home.
August 15th, 2005 at 4:22 am
Actually wat u work as, programmer or ?
August 15th, 2005 at 4:54 am
What kind of company are you opening anyways?
August 15th, 2005 at 4:54 am
Definitelly a great idea.
Just can’t figure out how a pretty girl would help you in doing all the programming stuff :-)))
August 15th, 2005 at 7:50 am
work as blogger
August 15th, 2005 at 8:27 am
I wish my mom is a little bit like your dad…
August 15th, 2005 at 10:31 am
Opening a company is really a good idea. Those computer company might well send u their product for review liew. Remember when open ask me to join , i can do it
August 15th, 2005 at 10:32 am
ya good idea… esp. when you have the support of your dad. it was he who suggested it in the first place. what a wonderful dad!
go for it, lcf… and if you need any help/support from your readers, i’m sure we would do our best.
August 15th, 2005 at 11:44 am
hi liew
opening up a business is very good financially
it will most probably will bring in more money BUT also more headaches and late nights and lots of hard work in the early years.
anyway - if you want to register an enterprise or Sdn Bhd company - you can contact me for a special price.
August 15th, 2005 at 12:08 pm
If you set it up alone, this situation won’t change, i think.
Anyway, I would suggest open as sole proprietorship first to avoid heavy tax and do not really have report filing. Good luck.
August 15th, 2005 at 12:22 pm
Remember:
Don’t put all eggs in one basket. Diversify. If your revenue is only on Adsense, try to diversify. Join other affiliate program and promote.
August 15th, 2005 at 12:25 pm
Im not a pretty girl but can i join your company lol
Everyone also need a change…but everyone also have the same problem which is fear of change, dunno the outcome…i just wish you all the luck!
August 15th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
good luck liew
good luck on looking for a pretty girl as ur assistant too haha.
are u still gonna continue ur current day job? hiring an assistant might, and might not help. it depends pretty much on how much are u paying her (i use ‘her’ since ur hoping it’s a pretty girl lol), and how efficient she is. be wise on this subject, u don’t wanna end up earning a lot less than u do now
August 15th, 2005 at 12:34 pm
btw just an off topic note:
your content column’s width is less than 468px (for some reason u set it to 450px ?), hence not enough to show the full ads of any ads with that width…
August 15th, 2005 at 12:40 pm
Pretty girls are usually not nerds. And nerds are usually not pretty, like me.
But hey you are only 25. Don’t you think its too early to venture on your own? (eventhough you’re not the first) have you gotten enough contacts and business alliances? maybe you should start your freelance company WHILE clinging onto your daytime job, and only jump ship when your company is stable.
August 15th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
good luck and happy birthday!
probably freelancing for some projects can help……
August 15th, 2005 at 1:37 pm
maybe what u need is, afterall, a sexytary!
August 15th, 2005 at 2:20 pm
Hey Liew! Wishing you all the best in advance, shall you make a turning point to venture the business world. With your popularity in blogsphere and various online farums, I’m sure you’ll be able to make a high profile kick start
August 15th, 2005 at 2:27 pm
Just some tips from me, U definitely need few good contacts (eg. like somebody in the publishing, tech, consumer industries) and loads of cash in bank… say thinking of advertising it offline (on prints) will have a far-greater reach out to other tech-savvy/sexy-blog readers to flock to your site. Cause even if U have a strong passion on blogging full time, it definitely need some boost from external help. Well, I definitely missing those two features. With less than six months of working experience and money, I lacked those 2 above and in some ways I think I’ve failed my 1st phase.
Anyway, good luck on your new adventure (and with the sexy recruit) and happy 25th!
* PS: I’m interested to participate if U really do open a blogging company.
August 15th, 2005 at 2:45 pm
Good luck, but uh… remember the dot com bust. Churning money from the www no longer guarantees profit nowadays with competition from all sorts of wannabes out there.
August 15th, 2005 at 3:14 pm
I wish I had decided on the self-employed route at age 25. It has its ups and downs but since I decided to be self-employed around fifteen years ago life has been richer, (but not necessarily materially), more varied, more exciting, more surprising and generally more rewarding.
Hell I now live on a beach in paradise, what could be more rewarding than that?
Pretty girl as an assistant ~ probably a no-no ~ the pheromones always ignite unnecessary complications and life becomes like ‘Hollywood Wives’. Better to get some mature and sensible assistant like ‘Janet’ played by Lily Tomlin in the Disney film ‘The Kid’.
Anyway, good luck with the new company,
Stephen
August 15th, 2005 at 3:58 pm
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August 16th, 2005 at 10:07 am
Did anybody see this disabled Penang boy’s work?
http://www.sayleng.com
Inspiration to me as I’m thinking do I want to be self employed or continue my full time job. He has less choice than we do but he is making it work. Got this story from last week’s In Tech.
August 16th, 2005 at 11:36 am
Liew, don’t steal Sayleng’s ricebowl.
August 16th, 2005 at 12:05 pm
[...] At the same time, LiewCF, from Johor have decided to blog full-time. This geeky dude will be the very first Malaysian problogger, earning an income just by blogging the whole day. Will he succeed? He’s only 25 this year so there is still plenty of time for him to explore before hitting 30, the age when men usually start worrying about life. But I doubt that he’s able to survive without any other side income. Whatever you do, Liew, make sure you don’t steal SayLeng’s ricebowl, okay? [...]
August 16th, 2005 at 12:12 pm
aiseh… what “steal” leh? He has his own business, I have mine. Two different case wat.
August 16th, 2005 at 12:29 pm
A big decision to make and a big step towards better future…all the best.
August 16th, 2005 at 12:35 pm
Ya lor.. not stealing la… Say Leng is not a blogger. More of a web designer.
Besides I think Say Leng is just surviving on what he makes and cannot even compare to LiewCF in terms of income.
Then again two different business even though both are business based on the Internet.
I’m more of a web programmer and that is another niche for online business too. Trying to get into ‘blogging’ culture to pick up additional skills before I quit my job.
August 16th, 2005 at 1:06 pm
Great choice. Try it out. If it doesnt work-out. Look for another job lo.
ps. not true that nerds are not pretty.
All the nerd/programmers in my office a totally pretty.
August 17th, 2005 at 9:13 pm
[...] So, LiewCF is considering to have a new life and work as a full time blogger… [...]
November 16th, 2005 at 3:44 pm
hihi, nice to meet you all.
i go to yahoo search, then i see my name here… so i come in.
just leave some word for you. hope i can come again later.
see you!
November 16th, 2005 at 10:21 pm
welcome, Say Leng.