Long term vs short term

Sorry for being away for so long. Q4 is a crazy period for sales people as we are trying to close a few projects and prepare for next year's forecast.

There's also all the paperwork to deal with to get the working visa. Yeah, I'm gonna stuck here for quite some time. It was a tricky decision because after conversion, the take-home-pay is less even though there's an increment and the currency is 3 times higher.

This is because the rents and tax here is crazy while the EPF is less. Rents are going like AUD1800/mth for a 1 bed room apartment. Well, in a way my living standards is increased because I don't have to share an apartment anymore.

I pay quite a bit of tax to Malaysia gov but its nothing compared to the >20% tax that Australian gov is asking for.

So why did I do it when my take-home-pay is less? To build my profile before going to somewhere else.

Weather Forecast

I used to think what's the point of knowing the temperature of the day. Malaysia is hot throughout the whole year. It's only when I'm in NZ and AU that I realize whether can change so fast. It can change from one sunny day to chilly windy gloomy weather the next day and we have to dress accordingly.

I also notice girls have amazing ability where they can sometimes wear so little or so much (ie. tall boots) regardless of the weather. Respect.

Boss

After signing the contract, the MD here changed his attitude towards us. There was once when I wanted to update him about the project, he mentioned, "What do you want to say? Always the same thing. I don't want to listen".

The other day during mooncake festival party, he came to me and asked whether I've been transferred to local staff already or not. I guess bosses needs to keep the pressure on and reward according to the situation.

There was once also when I told the team that I've asked some budget from him to throw a party since we don't get Raya break, everyone wouldn't believe. We were given AUD500 to party!