Sunday, September 06, 2015

Gold~Investment

A couple of weeks ago, Mas told me that she bought a gold bar & dinar from her brother. So I did take gold~investment into consideration. Furthermore, due to the unstable economy nowadays, maybe it's a wise move.

However, after a brief research, I guess by being optimistic that our country won't join Greece into bankruptcy, a saving in Tabung Haji or PNB is a safer, non-risky move & more profitable on annual basis. Gold~investment is more suitable for long term like 10 years due to the unstable price itself & depreciation in the selling value. At least that's what I can conclude from my brief un-thorough research.

So for a normal middle-income person like me which hardly has extra money to venture on a long term investment, I guess it's better buying gold  jewellery to be wear. Still sort of like a saving in time of desperation instead of focus on the investment.

Ok, I have desired to buy a gold bracelet quite sometimes actually. I want to buy a bracelet with spring or box hook instead of the common S hook. But I kept postponing it cos I'm not actually a fan of jewellery. It causes discomfort to me. The last time I bought 916 gold was before my wedding & it was for batal air sembahyang. That was 10 years ago. I did buy a white gold bracelet in 2010 as a reward for myself for getting a master degree. So after 5 years, I guess it's time to buy another one if I could find the design that I like.

Coincidentally, on Thursday the day Iman was confirmed infected with chicken pox, I had some times to survey gold shops at Alamanda since Iman refused to go home & I had nothing better to do. I didn't find the design that I really like & even if I did the workmanship costed RM400++ which turned me off.

Well, I guess it was my rezeki after all. A week after, on Thursday the last day I'd be on leave due to Iman's condition, I decided to go to Mak's house. Before that, I drove to Bangi Sentral & planned will only stop by if I got a parking place. It happened that I got to park my car nearby a gold jewellery store which was still near to Sugar.scarf, Bella~Ammara & so on.




So, I did find the design that I really like with spring hook. The price of the material & workmanship was cheaper compare to my survey at Alamanda. I'd highly recommend this shop. It's a muslim gold shop. It just that, it doesn't offer debit/credit card service for payment (yet). So make sure you bring lots of cash.

As for me, cos I had fell in love with the design, I chose to walk & carry Iman to the nearest bank to withdraw the cash.  A small to medium size bracelet with either spring or box hook, has a very limited design you know.

So yes, now I have a favourite gold store even though maybe the next time I buy another gold jewellery is another next 5 years.



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Friday, September 04, 2015

27/8 - 4/9/2015

Feeling like writing something. So I'll jot down summary of my life for these past couple of weeks.

» Thursday, August 27 - Iman was confirmed down with chicken pox. Noticed the blisters on the night before. She remained active cos no high fever.

» After giving so much thoughts, I decided to buy Noxxa~pressure cooker from a friend. I got member price. Paid on Tuesday Sept 1, only later to receive news that maybe I'll get the cooker by end of the month. So my plan to utilize it on Raya Haji to cook lamb mandy rice was flushed away. I proceed with the purchase anyway.

» Went to a clinic on Wednesday, Sept 2 to get doctor's opinion on Iman's condition. Iman had showed a lot of progress. Didn't get doctor's consent though to send Iman to the daycare on Thursday. Fortunately, I got MC for Thursday.

» JD bought a new bicycle for Honey after picking up Honey from the daycare. A real one, with a pair of small wheels to balance the bicycle. Of course Honey was one happy kid that night while Iman was one unsatisfied kid since no new bicycle for her.

» On Thursday after picking up Honey from kindy & sent her to daycare, went to Bangi Sentral with Iman. Ended up bought a gold bracelet. Love it so much that I carried Iman & walked to the ATM nearby to withdraw some cash cos the jewellery shop didn't accept debit/credit card yet.

» Today, Friday the 4th, went to work. Iman was taken care by JD at home. Actually Iman can be sent to the daycare today but we decided to postpone it to next Monday since weekend is just around the corner.

» In the morning, there was 2nd session of practical students' presentation. Today is the last day of internship for most of the students. One of my students called Fatin is included. Got 3 students under me for this batch.

» Had a lunch treat after the presentation session. It was a treat from us that just being confirmed on promotion. We got the letter in the middle of the year & the start date for confirmation was backdated to end of last year. But our payslip still shows no difference.

» Got a present from my practical students - a printed two-faced instant shawl. I like it so much. I don't expect anything from my practical student but a present certainly will make my day.

Ok, that's all.


©2015 Posted from my Galaxy Note 8.0

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Happiness

I'd like to start writing again. I will.

On the way back from a conference, we talked about happiness. It started with a conversation on how ambitious some people are. It's ok for being ambitious but not to the point of being unethical or pain-in-the-ass.

Inner happiness. I think that's what people nowadays lack off. It's a social media era where people need other people to acknowledge their happiness. Or in a positive tone, people need to share their happiness with others. Meanwhile, in other words, people needs the world to know that they are happy & what makes them happy.

They are so many reasons to be happy. Oh I just being promoted. My kid got straight As in exam. My husband is very loving & romantic. Hey, we have a great holiday. We just move to a new house. I'm driving a new car. See what I have for lunch/dinner. The list goes on & it goes straight to our friends' timeline. Outer happiness - when we feel dissatisfied or not really content or feeling incomplete with the happiness unless other people know about it.

I'm not judging. I'm sincerely happy for my friends hence I like the updates. I guess by not sharing it doesn't make them less happier. I hope so. Or else, it's time to find the inner happiness. This is just a reminder for myself to be happy & just be happy. That's it. With or without others acknowledgement. Period.

Some people make the world more special just by being in it... Aren't they?? ;-)