First of all, I would like to again congratulate Datuk Ong Tee Keat for being promoted to the position of Transport Minister of Malaysia by the PM!
The last week was really hectic, running here and there like a mad person plus the erratic weather. I really dunno whats happening to the climate nowadays, it never rained so much before, especially this time of the year. Now it practically rains everyday!
Besides the deadlines of my Human Resource Management and Challenges to Management assignments drawing nearer and nearer, I have recently found something new to stir my interest in making money (although I don't have any to start with.) and for once, it doesn't involve Insurance policies, Unit trusts, Multi-level marketing, Stocks and bonds, talking to strangers, cold-calling, bugging my family members to buy worthless things from me or God. (Thank goodness it doesn't involve the last 2!)
But like I said, if someone were to pre-qualify people to join in this program to make huge bucks, then I will be the first one that person will DIS-qualify as a prospect. This is because it involves an initial capital outlay of about RM30,000 and above. The whole week this term has been revolving in my head "Rich man getting richer game".
You'd think you finally 'cracked the code' and found the secret of how the rich becomes richer and the poor (that includes me for now) becomes poorer and poorer and how we wish a guy in a green suit with a feather on his cap riding a white horse would come along and drop sacks of gold coins on our front porch. Lo and behold! Lesson learnt: The rich became richer by using money. Period. After cracking my brain for many hours, weeks, days, months and years, I still can't think of any other way besides, well, robbing a bank (too risky), marrying into money (too sleazy) or conning rich old ladies (too cheap).
For the rest of you who do have money, you might want to check out this neat little investment strategy called 'Land Banking'. While driving home after dinner with my dearest in Pudu, I heard an ad on LiteFM on UK Land and the tagline was really catchy. "...consistently outperform every other investment instruments..." Wouldn't you think they would have at least some data to support what they blurt out on national radio?
In land banking you may find terms like Capital Preservation (Protection?), Capital growth (14.4% compounded and 22% simple interest) and things like 'land in the path of development' and seeking to double your investment in 4-6 years. For those who have attended introductory seminars in Land Banking, will find it very familiar and much so for those who have actually invested in Land Banking products, will find it very familiar plus highly rewarding and enjoyable! What it means in idiot terms (for people like me) is, 100-200% ROI in a couple of years! Impossible? I doubt so.
I'm a critic, but I'm also an optimist and an opportunist. When something good or bad comes along, I always like to play Horatio Cane and snap on my rubber glove and pretend I'm in a shoot of CSI: Miami although my head not always senget like his. We have to question whether good really is good and bad really is bad or good really is bad or bad really is good, right? There is a seminar on Land Banking coming up at Walton International (one of the major Land Banking players in Malaysia) at their 8th floor Wisma Genting office in KL on Sat 29th March 2008. If you're reading this and curious to find out more, do drop me an email at davegeh@gmail.com . We could make arrangements to meet up and go listen to what they have to say.
