Monday, September 26, 2011

Property Project A: Mayang Mall Office

This is kinda backdated entry as well. Oh God, so many things to update in so lil' time. This is one of the projects that I'm still bz with, helping a foreign friend setup a new office in Penang. To cut the story short, after 3 months, we're at the stage of signing off the Tenancy Agreement with PDC. Hopefully, I'm able to close the deal by end of this month. Anyway, my job will not end there yet, still hv to look into the facility and utility setup. New things that I learned fr the commercial tenancy; Personal Guarantee, Business Guarantee. Landlord may require either PG or BG for tenants' financial stability assurance. In some cases, additional rental deposits may be sufficient.


Personal guarantee is a promise made by an entrepreneur to personally repay the company debts in the event of default by the business. Personal guarantees are a way for banks to protect themselves, and their depositors, against unscrupulous business owners. It tells the bank that the business owner is serious about their business and about repaying their debts. One of the downsides to personal guarantees is that even if a business owner is extremely careful in paying their business debts, unforseen events can still prevent a business from making a loan payment. When the owner is unable to cover the debts personally, the bank will start to seize personal assets.
In order to avoid a personal guarantee, it is important to show banks that your business can stand on its own. Having excellent business credit is a great way to avoid having to sign a personal guarantee. If the bank sees your business is growing in size and revenue, they might be willing to waive the personal gurantee as well.
Bank Guarantee is a guarantee from a lending institution ensuring that the liabilities of a debtor will be met. In other words, if the debtor fails to settle a debt, the bank will cover it. Read more on how it works.

Some photos from the project:
 




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Backdated entry: Biskut Raya

Has been a while since I last posted, Syawal pun dah sampai ke hujungnya. Anyway, nak jugak letak biskut2 raya yang sempat dijual, at least boleh refer untuk raya thn depan. Sempat jugak ambik order dari kawan-kawan dan jiran2. Resipi2 tu ambik kat internet, ada yang ikut bulat2, dan ada yang di'alter' esp. kuantiti gula. Antara biskut-biskut yang sempat ambik gambar;

* biskut suji brunei (resipi CMG). Thanks to CMG atas resepi2 yg sedap. Mmg selalu mengintai blog CMG bila ketandusan idea. This is one of my favourite recipes.

* biskut chocolate chips (resipi ambik dari website rima. She's indeed a good baker. Kerja2nya memang cantik dan halus.
 
















* Biskut choc melody and tart nenas (tart resipi hanieliza - memang sedap dan tahan lama). Lupa nak snap gambar satu2, so tayang ajelah the ones yang dah packed untuk my cousin, kak June.



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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Biskut Raya

Coming to 2nd week of Ramadhan, sana sini bz ngan biskut raya. Kat Tesco Jelutong, ada new booth jual biskut raya and baju melayu/kurung. Cantik jugak banyak melayu, harga pun boleh tahan. Kueh raya pun nampak sedap-sedap. Ada tu yang harganya hmm mahal jugak tapi maybe bhn2 yg digunakan pun yang berkualiti.

Tahun ni nak cuba jugak ambik order biskut raya. Tahun2 sebelum ni buat untuk sendiri dan kaum keluarga aje. Alhamdulillah start getting orders from sahabat2 di surau Bayswater. Almaklum, depa dah tau the taste of my cooking and baking and of course I gave them samples, too. InsyaAllah, kalau ada rezeki, nak letak kat kedai kawan di Bayan Baru. Maybe letak 3-4 jenis; biskut suji brunei, cornflakes crunchy,  chocolate chips (ala famous amos), biskut jagung rangup. Lain-lain biskut just for personal orders from friends and relatives. Kalau ada yg terbaca dan berminat nak order, you can contact me. Jenguklah kat facebook and website for my contact# / email addr. Boleh beli baju raya anak sekali.. tak gitu?

Moga Allah memberkati usahaku ini.. aaamiiiiinnn.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Plan my work and work my plan!

3rd day of Ramadhan. Alhamdulillah terasa kenikmatannnya.

Hmm.. this week am gonna be bz w few projects in real estate and clothing biz; office setup - site visit and reno plan, house reno plan, tenants in and out, finalized dress materials for customers. What about cookies? Oh ya! just started buying the containers, still contemplating on the type of containers. Well, this time round is for biz, so need some considerations on this and that.

Oppss!! Friday the 5th will be my hubby's bday. Should I bake a cake or pulut and rendang, then boleh bawa ke surau for makan2 after terawih. Hope, I hv time to think and make it happen!

Walau camanapun bz, pastinya Ramadhan ini kita mempunyai priority yang tersendiri.. Moga rahmat Allah sentiasa bersamaku.. aaamiiinnnn.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

How to take care of cotton dresses?

Some basic tips on taking care of cotton dresses (or, any type of materials). Most of us know, but do we care?? Let's make your purchase worthwhile by taking a good care of them. Here, you go..
1. It's recommended to pre-treat any stains prior to washing with proper detergent or stain remover
2. For non-colorfast materials, you can either was same colors together, or wash separately
3. It would be best to hand-wash or dry clean your dresses, especially if they have embroidery and accessories on them
4. For embroidered dresses, turn inside out when washing to preserve the embroidery
5. Avoid tumble dry, else it comes out all wrinkled and lacklustre
6. To get rid of the wrinkles, it's better to iron the dresses when they are slightly damp, or use starch spray for cotton dress
7. Avoid bleaching. Oh no! You got bleach on your lovely dress? Quickly rinse the spot with cold water and blot it with a paper towel.
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