It’s been a VERY hectic month for me and I haven’t had time to blog. I have so much to tell and so little time. So I’ll try to cramp 3 happy occassions that happened recently into one blog post. I have never in my life posted such a long blog post.

The Wedding

Recently, on the 24th of November, I attended one of my internet marketing friends wedding at the Damansara Palace Restaurant. It was the wedding of Ng Khai Siung to his beautiful and wonderful wife, Yuenn. They got married on the stage, witness by a pastor and followed by lunch. The event started at around 2pm and ended at around 4pm. I really had a great time there. Loved the food and the great company of friends and strangers. I was very impressed with Khai’s singing to his wife. It was quite a suprise to hear him sing for the first time and it’s was really good. It was also great fun having lotsa IMers there too to celebrate and share with Khai and Yuenn their happy occassion. PLR prince Edmund Loh was Khai’s best man. Foreign IM guest Ladan Lashkari, Dee Ferdinand, Francis Jimenez, Semmy and Cornelius also came to celebrate with them. This is one wedding I will remember. Thanks for inviting and…CONGRATS TO KHAI & YUENN!!! May you be blessed with everylasting love, happiness, health and wealth!

Yuen and Khai - Never seen them smile so much before.

More than 300 family and friends attended the ceremony.

Internet Markerters toasting to the newly weds. Yaaaaam Seeeng!

* More pictures at http://www.alexmoi.net/blog/?p=30

4 Foreign Internet Marketing Friends

On the 20th of November, 4 internet marketers from Indonesia came to Malaysia to attend Khai’s wedding. They were Dian Ferdinand (Dee), Francis Jimenes (From Philippines but now living in Indonesia), Cornelius and Semmy (the PPC guys) . Being a friendly lot that we are, Melvin Ng, Edmund Loh and I offered them to stay in our respective houses instead of wasting money staying in a hotel. The first 2 days they stayed over at Melvin’s house, cause’ he is living closer to the airport and he could pick them up and bunk into his place first.. Melvin took them out for a heavy "makan"(eating in malay language) spree for the whole two days. I think they put on 2kgs after staying with Melvin! LOL!

When I heard that Melvin was such a great host in pampering them, I decided to outdo him by being more hospitable when it was my turn to play host on the 22nd till 24th November. I did the exact same thing by taking them out to eat, until dee told me…"errr Matt, I think we take a rest first. We are still full, man. No more eating. Let do some other things". hehehe… So we went on to do some go-karting, karaoke, cyber gaming, meeting up with other IMers such as Richard Quek, Daniel Quek(I hope I got the spelling right), Peng Joon, Ben Chin and etc.

We did not do much of sight seeing as time was a factor. I was supposed to take them to Petaling Street - our local Chinatown where one can purchase *ahem* "branded" goods, but we did not as there were roadblocks all over town(some protest). So we decided to stay put in Petaling Jaya and hung out at the Curve Shopping Mall and Ikea.

Later, on the 25th, they went on to stay over at Edmund Loh’s place until the 26th. They had a great time with him too but i shall not elaborate here. I’ll let Edmund tell you his story in his personal blog. On the last day of their stay, I went over to Edmund’s house to bid them goodbye. It was kinda sad seeing them leave, like I felt that something was missing. I really enjoyed having them here. Too bad it was short . But nevertheless it was great hanging out with the "Indonesian treasures" and I hope we can do it again in the near future. Dee, Francis, Cornelious and Semmy…may god bless you and for being such wonderful company. Francis, make sure you allocate a bodyguard for me when I come down to Jakarta or Philippines.

Below are the photos of their fun stay here in M’sia (Most of the photos were taken by Dee):

Dee and Melvin Ng having delicious Banana Leaf Rice.

Cornelius, Francis and Semmy. These guys were actually thinner before they met Melvin

L-R: Edmund Loh, Khai, Yuenn, Melvin, Francis, Cornelius and Semmy
"More Eating… Geezzz Melvin, most of the pix taken are of you taking the guys out eating."

L-R (Back): Semmy, Me, Francis, Cornelius, Richard Quek
L-R (Front): Steven Wong, Melvin Ng, Dian Ferdinand (Dee)
"More Eating Again! This time in a Vietnamese Restaurant. Thank You, Richard for the lovely lunch.

L-R: Dian, Cornelius, Richard, Semmy, Me, Melvin
"Finally, no more eating pix. We had an IM GoKart Challenge in Subang Jaya!"
We were supposed to have more participants but the rest could not make it. I had a shock when all of them except Francis told me that they have never go-karted before. Nevertheless, after the 10 min of practice run, the guys were driving like madmen pros on the second round of 10 min race. Everyone was daring enough to go fast and skided taking corners.

L-R: Dee, Semmy, Melvin
"Battle of the fastest internet marketer on go karts"

"They also met my extended family (2 Sugar Gliders) - Ally and Chippy"

The Birthday Bash

It was Edmund Loh’s Birthday on the 24th November. Later that night after Khai’s and Yuenn’s wedding, I organised a get together to celebrate his 21st birthday at Red Box karaoke. Everyone that Edmund invited came. Thanks for the support to those who came.

Those who attended was: Alfred Ko, Ben Chin, Cornelius Sugeng, Dennis Sim, Dee Ferdinand, Francis Jiminez, Gobala Krishnan, John Ng, Jessica, Jessny, Kenny Tan, Khai, Ladan Lashkari, Melvin Ng, Peng Joon, Sunny Tan, Sheila, Steven Wong, Semmy, Sherman Yap, Yuenn and Vince Tan

At first I asked Edmund what he wanted to do on his birthday. I presented him with a few options and he decided that Karaoke was the best choice as everyone can network, drink, sing and have a good time in one private room. So we went on to book the biggest karaoke room where we can party comfortabaly. The package we took includes buffet dinner, beers, whiskey, fruit patters, soft drinks, cakes, snacks and sparkling wine. I had already plan with some guys to get Edmund drunk that night but he seems to be a very smart fella…everytime we asked him to drink, he just takes a small sip and talks his way out of it by changing subject of him drinking to something else. Grrr…

Those who came early around 9pm had buffet dinner and started singing already. And I thought I will have a hard time convincing them to sing. LOL! I forgotten who started singiing the first song but if I’m not mistaken, it’s either Sunny or was it Jessica? Nevertheless, after they started singing, almost everyone selected a song to sing too. Even the quiet ones like Kenny Tan and Steven Wong started singing also. It started with some ballads and later it went on to some screaming and shouting match more vocally challenged selections of songs Everyone had a good time networking and partying. The best drinker for that night was Francis J…maaan, can he really drink!

Update (Dec 7th): I found out it was Khai that started singing first…

Cornelius and Khai: "To all the girls I loved before…."
Yuenn (3rd from left): Thinking…"hmmm, which girl you love before, hah?! Too many ppl here, better just smile first. Wait till we get home!!!"

Matt: "Eerr..Ed, the mic is for singing and not for chewing "
Francis (behind Ed): "LOL, he is drunk, don’t tell him lah."
Sunny (next to Ed): Aiyaaar, It’s his birthday. If he wants to eat it, let him be lah."
Ladan (far right): hehehe, I’m so recording this and selling it online. I should make a nice profit from "Edmund Loh Gone Nuts."

Will the real Alan Tam please stand up?
Both Steven Wong and Kenny Tan trying to outdo each other with their rendition of an Alan Tam song.

Khai: "Aaaannnd…I….did it my waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.!"
Yeunn: "Aiyooor, enough already! Very loud lah. Can someone please take the microphone off him?!."

This is a sad day for opera fans around the world and for me as well(as a fan since the 80’s). I just found out that opera great Luciano Pavarotti has just passed away on Thursday night at his villa near the northern city of Modena, Italy. His death was announced by his manager, Terri Robson and the cause of Pavarotti’s death was pancreatic cancer. Nothing much to blog about and don’t really feel like it at the moment. Just wanted you to know about this sad news whether you are a fan or not…

To find out more, please visit:

http://www.ytlcommunity.com/commnews/shownews.asp?newsid=31996

and

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/9/7/nation/18807601&sec=nation

Tags: luciano pavarotti, opera

To all Mothers,

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

Mothers day is always special to me and most of the time I’ll take my mom out for a nice dinner every year. But this year, I won’t be spending Mother’s Day with her as I’ll be out of town for work.

I love my mom so much that she really been there for me ALL the time, even thought I was wrong at times and also screw up at times too.  I remember when I was about 10 to 13 years old, I used to give her self made presents like paper origami, claypots, some wood containers, scrapbook and etc( did not have much money to buy her presents then). She then would take me out for a nice dinner. She even asked what I would love to eat even though it’s mothers day. Till today she calls me and ask me where I would love to eat on Mothers Day and she will buy, but i would not let her. I’ve gotten smarter now days, I’ll always call her one day before the actual day to wish her and ask her where would she like to go or eat on Mothers Day. LOL

Mom, I’m sorry for being a pain most of the time, always giving you headaches when I did not call when I wasn’t coming home and for waiting up for me when I was late coming home. For the pain I caused you when I ran away from home (yup, I was a runaway kid…long story). For disappointing you that I took a different career path and you have supported me no matter what. I’m sorry that I haven’t been calling to chat nowdays.

Thank you for not rubbing salt into my mistakes and gave me emotional and financial support when I was down even though you were tight on money . Thank you for showering your unconditional and unselfish love to me. THANK YOU for being my one and only wonderful Mom. Words cannot express how much I love you.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, MOMMY! I LOVE YOU and For being my only super mom!

Who is The Coolest Guy On The Planet?. When you search for the keyword, "the coolest guy on the planet" on Google, you will find about 1,070,000 results. On Yahoo, about 1,160,000 results and on MSN, about 215,085 results (as of 10 March 2007).

Why are there so many result pages on that particular keyword? Well, from what I know it’s an SEO contest(started in July 2006), to find out who is the best at optimizing the keyword "the coolest guy on the planet" to be #1 on Google search. At the moment the top ranking position is being held by Brad Fallon for quite some time now.

I was thinking to myself maybe I will give it a try and see if I could be on the first page of Google search as I find that this is quite an interesting challenge. It doesn’t hurt ,right?! Even if I don’t get to be on the top, I know at least I’ll be the coolest guy on the planet in Malaysia to have tried.

I don’t really know who started this "who is the coolest guy on the planet-seo contest", but I know that it provides tips and tricks for newbies and internet marketers to learn and experiment with SEO (search engine optimisation). If you know the answer on who started this, please do let me know.

Donate RM100 to the Children Cancer Fund and Get to Learn from 8 Success Gurus, including Bob Proctor, and Fione Tan.

This one day charity conference is organised by MasteryAsia, to raise funds for the Malaysian Paediatric Association - Children Cancer Funds at www.mpaeds.org.my

Here is an opportunity for you to give back to the society. By donating RM100, you can make a difference to a kid’s life plus you can attend a full day conference with 8 well-known achievers, including the world famous US success guru Bob Proctor, author of "You Were Born Rich", and World’s top Internet marketing coach, Fione Tan.

Date: 11 March, 2007 (Sunday)
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Securities Commission, Conference II, Ground Floor, No.3, Persiaran Kiara, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.
Fee: RM100 per ticket

Every single dollar of ticket sales will go to the charity. MasteryAsia will bear\n the full costs for hosting this event.

eOneNet.com is fully supporting this charity event and have purchased 20 tickets upfront to reserve for its members and customers.