An Equivalent Trade

                        Everyday when we did made a decision to do something, we'll never know what are the consequences. You would never expected it to happen to you so fast. Either way, you would still have to pay the price once you've made the decision from your past. Because everything you did will eventually lead to an outcome you would not expect.

                         For example, yesterday was awesome. Today was horrible... But because of my decision to make my life awesome yesterday, it affected my life today turning into a stressful day.

                          It all started when I wanted to eat Mc Donald's yesterday around 1.30pm, just as I was about to make my exit from the house. I decided to take one last look on my facebook page through my smartphone. Little did I know, I saw an update on the latest anime convention for this January 2015 (the UCC cosplay ball). And it was happening right under my nose at One City Mall in USJ 21. Since I saw some of my friends were there, I might as well drop by and take some pictures while I'm at it. When reaching there, it was amazing that it wasn't as cramp as Comic Fiesta 2015 or C2 Age. But I was really hungry and Mc Donald was nowhere to be found, so I just randomly buy a sandwich complemented with an "Oishi" green tea and that settles my late lunch.

                            After that, I enjoyed myself with all the events they held there and took tons of picture.

                                            

                 TCG, cosplays, anime merchandises, mini concerts, you name it, all there. Had a great time and even won myself a free playmat and at one point, I even started singing Haruka Kanata from the 2nd opening of Naruto with a bunch of friends (mostly shouting cuz that's what most of the lyrics is about lol). It was awesome and met an old friend from SMKSJ.

                     The following day (today), I slept late and woke up around 1.50pm (I dun go to school so you know). And by the time I got myself cleaned up, I was feeling hungry since i miss breakfast. So I decided to go out for Mc Donald since I was planning to eat it yesterday but missed it. Got into my car and started driving and right when I reached SS15 near the junction beside a football field. I was about to turn right and make an exit to the direction of the Shell station (Drive through MCD). All of a sudden while in the process of turning mid-way, a speedy car just suddenly showed up crash into my side bumper. I had no idea where did it came from. After looking left and right, I was about to make my exit and suddenly a car appear right beside me causing an accident. Since she (it was a girl) was the one who crashed into my car, I assume she was driving way over the speed limit (30 km/h) around near 50km/h (it was really fast, at best around 38km/h no matter how you look at it).

                     So with that, I just wanted to settle the case quickly and stop any irrelevant arguments from happening. Unfortunately, she was driving on the main road and I was making my exit out from the junction (small road). And according to the traffic law, The one's driving on main road are always correct. So that kind of leaves me at fault no matter how I look at it. Even though she was driving over the speed limit, the law that I have offended was much bigger than hers'. So a police report was filed (definitely) and I have to pay a restitution of RM300. In addition, I received 8 demerits in my driver's license (15 demerits and I can never drive ever again). That means, another one of this kind of accident were to occur again before August 2016, I will have to retake my driver's test all over from scratch again...

                    But now that I think about it, if I had made my trip to Mc Donalds yesterday. That means I wouldn't be thinking about eating Mc Donalds today. That would leave me the option to just go eat some simple local food near my house and I could have avoided the accident that just happened today. But if I have chosen to go eat Mc Donald's yesterday, I would have missed all the anime events going on at the UCC cosplay ball (it only happens once a year, so yeah I would have chosen to go there rather than going to Mc Donald's since it's not going to disappear or anything). But because I choose something awesome yesterday, I paid a great cost for the decisions I have made today.

                    In other words, it was an equivalent trade no matter how you look at it. Nothing is free in this world. You will never know what are the decisions you've made until you've seen the result. Even now as you are reading this blog, you are actually choosing the decision to read it rather than ignore it. Either ways, you will have to face the results of your decisions soon. You just won't know when. My advice to you, choose wisely on the path you've made in your life.

Getting Ready for Something New!

                         Where should I start...? Oh right, I got enrolled into Taylor's college through my forecast SPM results. And now, I'm just waiting for March 3rd to hit the calendar for me to check my real SPM results online. Finding a part-time job seems to get me bored everyday, even though I was accepted into vacancies from some shops. Still, I feel bored just to wake up every morning doing the same thing over and over again. Right now, I'm returning to ranking up my League of Legends division before college starts. Hopefully if I can also spared some time playing Dragon Nest again.

                           In other news, I just watched the Seventh Son last Sunday with some friends in MBO cinemas at Subang Parade. It was a great movie and while that has been happening, my facebook page just reached 500 LIKES!!!!! WOHOO. Now aiming for 1000 likes before 2015 ends. For those who hasn't heard of it, your likes and share are well appreciated here: www.facebook.com/cardfightvanguardstuff . Coming this far was not easy and I've also been thinking about creating a facebook group dedicated to funny stuff on League of Legends. If anyone is interested to be an admin for that group, don't hesitate to message me through facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/tyler.chow.90 . The only requirements you need is to know how to play the game (that's all).

                            A few days ago, I just completed the campaign on Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm. Awesome game, recommended for all PC-Gamers who loves spamming and producing armies in a matter of seconds (even though they're weak ones) and you can conquer anything on the map in numbers. Currently, I'm really looking forward to Legacy of the Void (the last expansion for the Starcraft 2 trilogy) and all it's new units are already looking frosty. Beta testers are welcome to try new maps on the current game. There are rumors about Legacy of the Void allowing players to play the campaign with a cooperative style in the 2-player mode where one player will handle the micro-tactics, while the other one will have to handle the macro-tactics. If this feature were to be true, then it's time for me to find a partner worthy to fight by my side as the Protoss to the very end XD.

                              With most of my goals that I've never expected to be accomplished gotten done in these past few days, I certainly will have to make room for new goals in life. Until then, here's a toast to our innocence of youth. "TO THE INNOCENCE OF YOUTH, HAZAAMMMMM!!!"

                           

Was it Tragic???

                         I've always wondered what will happen after I pass away. What would my family felt and what will everyone do after I die. There are a lot of theories suggesting that one would either go to heaven or hell after death, while some suggest it would either become nothingness or be reincarnated. This always baffles me when I've achieved something in life. Because every time when I accomplished something, I felt like I just moved forward, as if like something is dragging me towards the inevitable end. And I ignored it every time when it bugs me and just continue towards my next goal in life. All the way until now, I realized that there is no escaping the final destination. It took me this long to finally get it through my head that everyone will eventually die, some just really need a little help.
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                         A recent tragic has occur in the Chow's family, the passing of my father's father (my grandfather) has died on the 14th of January 2015, last Wednesday. It was a shocked when I heard the news from my father. Apparently it was during my first day enrollment into Taylor's college. After receiving the letter of acceptance into the school, I was so excited for a brief moment until when the news arrived, it crushed my happiness soul and turned it into something sorrowful...

                          I had to return to Pahang and attend the funeral of course. I was expecting a sad environment when I arrive, but for some reason it was nothing. When the moment I entered the house, everyone was chatting and not a single ounce of tears were seen by anyone. All the way until the memorial ceremony, only a few shed of tears were spared in my view. I'm not sure whether am I in a funeral or not after exposing myself to that surrounding.

                          Everyone had a good meal for dinner and the next day we were preparing ourselves to go to the crematorium by bus. It was a long journey around an hour and a half and when we reached there, we continue to pray and say our final words before sending him off into the crematory. Burning him would take some time, so the whole family decided to have a feast for lunch. (Again, no tears were seen). Some even share some laughter and everything seemed to be normal.

                           And just when we went back to collect it's ashes and bones, everyone started praying again and his six children (including my father) each had to choose a piece of its' bones and put it into a jar. And with that, everything was settle when we took the bus back home with another hour and a half journey. We arrived at a temple where we have to pray...... again... After some briefing it would seemed that the funeral is finally over.

                           I feel awkward when attending this funeral where no sadness is seen much. I'm not sure whether this always happen to all types of funeral or did I just watched too much movies where people cried when someone died. Either way, on my way back to KL it got me thinking. Will this happen to me as well when I died??? I'm not sure whether people are not suppose to share sadness when someone pass away, but I don't like it. I don't know why, but I just don't feel like I was in a funeral. All I know was that I was thankful for everything my grandfather has did for me and sad for what I could not repay the debt that I've owed to him. I kept thinking what if........... what if I was able to repay the things that I have owed him. What if I had spent more time talking to him... (I mean I lived so close to him for 2 years).

                            I don't want to regret the decisions that I've made, but sometimes I felt that I should at least repay the debt I owned to someone before it's too late. More or less, this is just a suggestion that I would like to share.

Your Troubles in Life will be Compensated.

                           Today was an unlucky day for me as well as a satisfying... I woke up and do my house chores as usual until around the afternoon, I decided to go out and eat my lunch. When I went out, I won't received any notifications on my phone since there's no wifi or mobile data in my phone.

                            Everything shocked me once I've arrived at Mc Donald's since we all know that it's one of the places with wifi. When I turned on my phone, I received a message from my boss terminating my job as a sales agent due to sufficient workers and that I am just not suitable to continue working in their company. Well, there goes my paycheck... They did state that I will be receiving my salary for the amount of time I've worked for them which in my calculations (definitely not above a thousand) quite little.

                            I don't know what am I suppose to do with my life after hearing that since I am currently jobless and god knows whether will I be able to enroll into college since my SPM examination results are still in the mist.

                           And after lunch, I was about to go drive around SS15 to check out some PSVita prices (planning to buy one with the money I've earned). and then suddenly BOOM, some indian bastard  hit the back of my car bumper while I was about to turn. Apparently he was using his phone while driving and just when he realized that some guy's (me) car has stopped in front of him, he decided not to compensate it and just drove away as like nothing happened. I guess he has been learning and mastering the skills of "Get the f**k out of there" situations for many years. If my back bumper dropped, I would have chased him to the ends of the earth. Too bad it didn't -_- (Really wanted to chase him though...)

                           So with me getting fired and a bastard hit my car, just as I was about to snap. I've arrived at Heavy Arm (awesome game shop, highly recommend to those who wants to buy their gaming equipment for a reasonable price. Check it out at https://www.facebook.com/Heavyarm412/timeline ). Anyhow, when I entered in and asked for their cheapest PSVita, they showed me an awesome bundle sales where you get A LOT of stuff just for buying a the PSVita bundle for only RM799. If you've seen the bundle set, you would not believe how cheap it is. And so, I've decided to make a reservation on it and buy it on February.

                            Just as I was about to leave, I saw the Blizzard games section where Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm was being sold for ONLY RM79!!! 0.0 Without hesitation, I immediately bought it and get a free 2015 calendar XD.

                                               
                               With this, my Starcraft 2 collection is complete (still waiting for Legacy of the Void lol). But with what I've seen for the PSVita price and what I've paid for getting Heart of the Swarm, I'm really happy that at least I did get what I've always wanted even though a lot of bad things ruined my life today.

                                 I guess you can say no matter what happens in life, good or bad. You'll always be compensated for the services you've provided in life. Now I'm off to destroy every Terrans with the power of the Swarm. Hope you guys (Malaysian students) enjoyed your first day of school XD and have fun.

What does 'business' mean to me?

               Recently, I've been busy with my part-time job working as a sales retailer on Samsung devices at Sunway Piramid. My company's name is VIVID/VIVO (whichever you prefer). And I have to do this for 10 hours every week with a day-off on each week. It's pretty tiring, but the pay is worth it plus commission as well.

                My job is basically memorizing all the product and its' original listing price and set my own price to the customer to earn a profit out of it. And when there's no customer, I'll just play my pokemon emulator on my smartphone the whole day. I wouldn't say that I have been wasting time all day long. From this job, I've gained a little more experience on how business really works in our world.
             
                To be honest, this may sound like we're the bad guys but believe it or not. Every business men/women are actually the bad guys whom in reality, improved our economical system. The term "high-baller" are mostly used in youth these days when they're trading/buying or selling their belongings. If they wanted to make a profit out of their second-handed merchandise, they'll try to sell it higher from it's original price and cover any origins on how they really got it in the first place. In other words, people who really want to gain a profit from their sales are basically called a "high-baller". But that's how these people survive. Their skill is actually the type that gains benefit from promoting the original object. That is something that I've always wanted to learn about it, and if getting called a "high-baller" is something that I've to live with, then so be it.

                  I don't give a damn about what other people thinks when I'm performing my skills. If they want to insult me on the price I've provided, then they might as well don't ask me in the first place.

                  Last week, some retarded stranger wanted to buy a card from my album. He asked for my price and I gave it to him straight, guess what he called me after that. A "high baller" yup, the same shit that everyone calls when your price of the product you're selling is way too high. You can't find the product, that's why I'm selling it high so that you can get it faster. The way I see it, you can either A: Buy my product without waiting so long with just a little extra top-up from the original price. or B: Get the hell out of my sight and keep on waiting for god knows how long the product will have stock again. It's pretty simple for customers to understand. This isn't a negotiation, this isn't a trade, this isn't me helping you to get what you desired the most, this isn't me begging you to buy my product. This is me telling you that my products are awesome, and if you think it's not awesome, then shut up and go away.

                   So back to topic, after this retarded bastard calls me a "high-baller" he just ran away and I just continue on chatting with my friend on how his cards can be sold (helping him to sell his cards). When I showed him some cards that has worthy value to gain profit out of it. This retarded asshole comes back again and asked the same shit on how much I had sell it. I am trying to be a professional at my talent so I kept my cool and just give him my price. Same shit happens again, I got called a "high-baller" by him again. He even asked his friends for the price which they all support him under his price because that's what friends are for, except they are his and I just tell him to stop calling me a "high-baller" if you already know that I am one. And that if he doesn't want to buy anything, then get out of my face. After cursing me that I'll never have any buyer ever again (I just sold a set of cards earning a profit of RM27 from the original price value right before blogging it here, so I guess your cursing sucks and didn't work asshole.)
   
                   So after that bastard left to mind his own business (which I doubt he has any.) I continue to help my friend in his clearance sale and told him that trigger points has a high value if sold at the right location ("trigger points" are like lucky draw tickets when opening a booster pack, it's hard to get them, but if by luck you do managed to open one. You can sell it on a high price on buyers who are desperate for it.) They're something like this:
     

                     I showed him my collection on the trigger points that I've gathered and told him where to go sell them. And that's when the retarded loser comes in again and asked the same shit on the price. Instead of giving him my price, I asked him how much he would offer. Scared like a crying loser, he decided to asked his friends on the price that way it won't seemed like it was his given price. And they all supported him by giving RM5 each... For what I've know, I've sold this ticket point for RM15 before and they try to deduct it into RM5.... wow, so that means they're basically called "low-ballers" since they can't even give the original price value for this ticket point. After calling a "high-baller" (again) and selfish (well you low-balled my into one). They just left and that's when I realized that any person who is trying to learn about business is basically a "high-baller".

                      It doesn't matter in what field you're in. Our country is just that poor and wouldn't live up to the reputation of our economic system. If you're the "high-baller" then they're the "low-ballers". That's literally the truth. And if you do meet them, try not to waste so much time on them and just pass them to other sellers and see what their feed backs are like.

                      So to all people who are interested in learning business in the future, here's a real advice on how business really works.
1. Don't waste so much time on "low-ballers"
2. You're already a "high-baller", get used to it"
3. If you really want to be helpful towards "low-ballers", passed them to other sellers and observe how their dealing works. You can gain experience in the process.
4. The power of facebook can help you A LOT in business, give it a shot.
5. NEVER EVER MAKE DEALS WITH DEALERS WHO FFK'S (fong fei kei). That means people who says they wanted to buy your product but by the end of the day, they just trolled you saying they don't want it anymore due to some stupid excuse. etc: no time to do bank deposit for the payment. And a lot more other excuses.

                       With all that, I hope the decisions you've made on choosing to do business is really worthwhile. Do not regret on the sales you've made. And with that, I bid you all farewell and appreciate it for taking your time to read this. Thank you.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2015!!!

             I am literally typing this exactly at 12 midnight for 2015. 2014 has ended and it would seemed that a lot will happen at 2015. These past few weeks have been quite busy for me. Comic Fiesta 2014 was AWESOME!!! and I got a lot of anime stuff out of it. And so far my part-time job has been going great as well.
 
             But enough about the things I did for 2014. Now with the arrived of 2015, I will need to list out my new year's resolution for the upcoming awesomeness of being the new me.

 1. Make an official company out of www.facebook.com/cardfightvanguardstuff
 2. Collect more anime stuff.
 3. Get into college
 4. Get a girl friend
 5. Make new friends
 6. Be more awesome than before
 7. Get a good result for SPM
 8. Learn about japanese culture

                And that pretty much sums up my 2015 resolution, without any other things in mind i really hope that I can do more than did before for 2014. I'm not sure that the decisions in life that I've made are the correct ones, but I really hoped that I do not regret them. Up to this point, I have been expecting 2015 to be my legacy moment and I have no idea how do I start it off. For now, all I know is that whether things in life get sucky or worthy. I know that it's going to be awesome than before. So to everyone that has lived up to this point in their lives, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Getting ready to End December 2014

                    Christmas is just around the corner and I've been preparing for Comic Fiesta 2014 instead of the season festivities. My Cosplay costume (Ken Kaneki) is near to completion and I've been collecting even more anime stuff than before.
                           

                   I've also been getting ready to work on my part-time job starting this Wednesday. Right now, I am just enjoying my life continuing playing more PC games and my Starcraft 2 was just recently installed in my new laptop. But I definitely need to get myself ready when my work starts, not to mention that I also still have a few more props to prepare for my Cosplay on Comic Fiesta 2014.

                    Last few days was a great blast for me. Justin came to sleepover in my house and we had lots of fun playing LOL and SC2. I also went to watch 'The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Kingdoms'. It was a great movie with a merchandise being earned when entering the movie marathon.

                                          
                                                          The sword "Sting" used by Bilbo.

                        It's awesome with an epic ending of course. I've also been able to drive around my hometown with my car and slowly getting used to the routes. Soon, I'll be on my way exploring the roads in KL. In the meantime, I'll still be taking public transportation to KLCC. Everything is going to change when 2015 starts. I will be more busy than before, but I guess that I've already had my fun during my December holidays. The only thing that I am looking forward to now is Cosplaying at Comic Fiesta 2014 and promoting my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/cardfightvanguardstuff
through business cards.

                          So without any delays, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, see you in 2015 XD