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??? How Do you past time after Retirement

November 29th, 2009

 

 

I have stepped into the first month of my retirement. I visited or called many of my friends told them about my retirement and some of them looked at me like could not believed I am retired.

Some curious friends asked me how I pass my time after retirement? I could understand why they asked because I have spend 38 years working 9 – 5 with daily routine of traffic jam…   go to office. … work work work,…  meeting…..meeting… etc  Now for a certain, no need to do the routine 9 – 5 anymore.

To be honest, for the first couple of days, I woke up about the same time I did when I was working 9 – 5 and almost drove my car out and realised I do not have to go to office.  huh..huh..

I spend most of my November days clearing all my incomplete administrative stuff like clear hp bills  and did nothing serious about work. I just want to relax and take a break from all these work hectic and most  of  the time adjusting myself to this abnormal routine.  No more traffic jam for me as I go out of my house only during off peak hours…

Then I began to do some serious thinking about my post retirement lifestyle. Of course, I like to stay with on my pre-retirement lifestyle but the reality is I am now a retiree with no more long term employment. I go a couple of offer for a 1 – 2 years employment but to be posted in China, Thailand or Singapore. I declined the offer as I just wanted to take a break from routine 9 – 5

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Wishing Thanksgiving 2009

November 26th, 2009

Dear friends,

I take this opportunity to wish all my friends and visitors a happy thanksgiving 2009

Wishing all of us happiness and good health in the years ahead

Best regards

Dr. L M Foong

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I am learning Internet Marketing

November 23rd, 2009

Internet Marketing is a hot topic today claimed to be an alternative to conventional marketing. What are the key differences? I research into Internet Marketing last 2 weeks as my post-retirement activities and I have discovered the following key benefits of Internet Marketing.

  1. There are several distinct websites or blogs to differentiate themselves.
  2. Common websites or blogs are categories into content and review websites
  3. Content websites or blogs  provide information about a unique or a mixed of topics
  4. Review  websites or blogs are those provide personal opinion about a product or service after an review is made

Then I realized whichever category of website or blog, all of them tried to get into high google page ranking i.e. on google page #1. The objective is to get noticed whenever someone do a google search and your website or blog appeared on google page #1. And I learn that there are many ways to drive traffic to your website or blog, some are paid while the others are free.

For me, I work on free traffic such as Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ), Search Engine Marketing ( SEM ), Social Networking, Article Marketing etc. This morning, I discovered a traffic system which offer FREE Google Traffic MP3 for immediate download

To get high and free traffic, search engine such as google.com seems to be the focal point. That is why I picked FREE Google Traffic MP3.  You too can get the free download FREE Google Traffic MP3

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Post Retirement Morning Golf

November 19th, 2009

On Wednesday, 18th November 2009, I woke up at 6.30 am and get ready for my first morning golf on post-retirement. I left my house at about 7.25 am, the traffic iin front of Summit Complex at USJ 2 was quite easy given a working day. I managed to passed the traffic light junction within 5 minutes and drove toward KESAS Highway and head on to Kinara where I had my “tosai” and “telur mata lembu” and a cup of “teh ‘O’ limau panas for breakfast. By the time I finished my breakfast, it was almost 7.50am. I proceed to Bukit Jalil golf Club about 10 minutes away and registered myself for the morning golf.

For part of my post-retirement activities, Wednesday morning golf is in my plan as a form of networking as well as exercise. It is an exercise because it iwll be a 2 hours plus walking through the 9-hole golf game.

The style of playing was very relaxing, taking it easy with no rush. I guess it is the life style of morning golfer who take things free and easy. After all, there is no rush for these morning golfers who are most retirees. Among us, there was an ex-army official, Mr. Lim who is 65 years but he look tough physically. The other was Mr. Chuah who is also a retiree who own a trading business but left it to his son. Later there was this Mr. Teo who join our flight. He is about my age at 57. He spend much of his time talking to the phone, His Mandarin with Chinese’s essence.  His has business in China.

So much my attempt to get to know my flight mate in the golf course.  All four of us are about the same standard at around handicap of 20. But none of us got a par for any of the 9 holes. For Mr Lim and Mr. Chuah who are Wednesday and Friday morning golfers, seems to take the course real easy. For me, I follow their pace. The fairway was wet in most of the 9 holes which is expected with this course. The green was really in bad shape which had a layer of sand. I felt strong this way especially I had several rounds of golf game at Nexus Golf Resort, Karambunai which one of the best golf course in Malaysia.

Despite the condition of the golf course, I had a good round not for the golf game but the work out I experienced with 2.5 hours working around the golf course. Though I felt a little tire physically, my mind was very alert. I guess this is the benefit of having some form of workout.

My post retirement plan – STAY HEALTHY WITH YOUR FAVORITE SPOT

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Thank You for your well Wishes

November 14th, 2009

Thank You for your phone calls and sms on 13-Nov-09.  I knew some of you called me and sms today but I apologize for not able to pick the call because I was involved in project improvement training for a SME until 8 pm. By the time I called back, your office were closed.

Some of you asked email me why am I not take life easy for my retirement? Why am I still want to pursue my Total Quality Management ?  I have a ex-colleague called to offer me a job to set up 6-sigma style improvement section in her bank, another ex-colleague asked me to help her to set up a community blog, another ex-colleague asked me whether I want to join him in China etc  Wow !  So nice of you. I am so touch that you still consider a retired person with such a challenging job. I am so pleased because I could see my true friends who tried to offer me something of value to me as well as to the their organization.

I believe all these well wishes are a result of my KNOWLEDGE.  Now I begin to appreciate one saying which I heard many years ago. It says:-

" Man can get old and die, but KNOWLEDGE remains"

I could not appreciate this saying then as I could not understand how KNOWLEDGE remains when a man is no longer in this world? But now I think hard about it, KNOWLEDGE will remain in this world if you store and keep it soon enough.

Before the Internet millennium, knowledge are stored in the form of books, leaflets, etc and get accessible in the library, own home. But now, you can store in the cyber space and accessible to anyone one via internet. How wonderful can it be when your piece of knowledge are now widely spread around the cyper space.

swot analysis template Yes, I am so pleased this morning that when I did a google search on keyword "swot analysis template", I noted my swot blog appeared on position #3 just  after a popular website. With this high ranking position on google, I received more than 9,500 unique visitors to my blog in the last 30 days as opposed to 909 in May 2009.

With this little achievement, I know I am on the right track with the right tactics to move my blog into top 10 on google search. My next challenge is to maintain it on position top 10 so that more people benefit from my knowledge in SWOT Analysis as well as other Total Quality Management knowledge. Wow ! Is that my Legacy ?

Friends, there is nothing more satisfied in life than you could see your dream come true. I guess with the right goal and determination, anything is possible !!!

Once again, I thank all of you for your well wishes and blessing and I wish you a healthy and happiness !

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