Asian Tiger

In supermarkets, while some rush to buy weight gain supplements, moi on the other hand is confined to eating veggies and fruits only.  In the gym that I go to, I see plenty of gymmers mixing and drinking potions that I suppose are protein supplements while I am confined to only plain water.

You see, I recently visited my doctor and he did a quick check on me.  He checked my blood pressure, my blood sugar level, my weight, my height, my BMI (body mass index), my waist size, etc. He said a lot of stuff but to write it all down in this blog will be too lengthy.  The gist of my doctor’s advise “Diet won’t help you.  Starvation will”.  That speak loads about the condition I’m in. heh

It is now my belated new years resolution to lose plenty of weight to get back into shape.

Working Malaysians during this times will be in foul mood.  That’s because it’s tax season and everyone’s got to submit their tax returns by 30th April 2008.  If you are unaware of the submission deadline, again, it’s 30th April 2008.  There, I bolded and underlined it for you.

Each time I do my taxes, I go kelam-kabut looking for all the supporting documents/receipts for tax relief purposes.  But for the last year, I disciplined myself.  I got hold of an old shoebox and dumped every receipt into it as and when I bought time.  This year, no more kelam-kabut for me.  Completed my entire tax submission within 3 hours.

I have also checked with the income tax officer with regards to the sports tax relief.  For year 2008, you can claim for anything you spend on anything sports including sports shoes, racquets, balls, shuttlecocks, etc.  So, make sure you keep your receipts for next year and note that the relief is for a max of RM300.

Though tax season puts it toll on me, I’m glad I did it within a short period of time and the best part is, I overpaid!!

Hate to pour cold water but it’s not me moving to the United States; one of my friends is.  Why Texas you ask. I don’t have the actual reason but I believe it has to do with this friend of mine graduating from University of Dallas.  I suppose he’s quite used to the place after a few years of educating himself there.  He came back to Malaysia for a while, didn’t quite like the city except for the food, missed Dallas terribly, logged on the Internet, got a job from one of many Dallas jobs, applied visa and off he goes.

I wish I was that fortunate.  If I’m in his shoes, I would do the same but use the Dallas job as a stepping stone to get myself elsewhere in the United States.  Places like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle does beckon me.  This is exactly what another of my friends did.  He worked for a multinational company in Kuala Lumpur, applied for regional office in Singapore and worked there.  After a couple of years of good performance, he applied for transfer to Tokyo but got London instead.  After making obscene amount of stirling pounds, he applied for a transfer to New York and got it.  This is like a dream for me.