Sunday, September 30, 2007

This is it!!!

This is it people!!! Its 1 Oct and the challenge has begun!!!!!its 9am now and for those not in the know well i'm with hitz.fm now so i guess you'll be hearing more of me ; ) i haven't made picks yet but i'm deff gonna diversify into diff sectors...till my next post!!! all the best ppl!!!

Pursue the Investment Race!

Whaddup to my fellow Bursa bloggers, Bursa players and all that is Bursa related!

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…my opinions and thoughts on this investment game will be posted a couple of times in a week, for the next 10 weeks, helpful or not, it will be at your disposal. I’m not even a rookie, I’m a stranger to the Bursa world with absolutely no knowledge or experience in how to invest in anything. My budgeting skills are a joke and needless to say I rarely have money in both my savings and current accounts. Now, I’m taking this opportunity to develop certain skills and I will hopefully transform, be inspired, tackle my expenses and funnel it into something that is lucrative and will make me super duper wealthy and sustainable someday! To me playing this game will have some long-term benefits, and who knows I might become an investor in the real stock exchange sooner rather than later. For a lot of us, not even the salary from our day job is sufficient and so why not scurry on to an unknown path and dabble in the stock market world and see how we can make some extra cash!

Well, the first thing I did was browse through the bursapursuit site. It is informative to a certain extent, but I also looked up other sites online about investing and stumbled upon this one site that I found a little bit more extensive with financial topics and insights. So whoever is interested should check out www.investopedia.com. It might be helpful!

Ok so the investment adventure has begun. I wish each and every one of you the best of luck!

I hope you guys know what you're doing...cos I sure as heck don't.

Aloha x

AAAAhhhhh.... we're only hours away!!

.... and as usual i've left my research to the last minute... better get myself onto the site and start reading up... It's been such a hectic weekend.. managed to slip in a promo performance of a song called STARLIGHT from my album at Velvet and I got a fantastic response. It's important for me to test the market and see the response of the public to my material. Very positive indeed!



Enough blogging for now.... time to STUDY!

All the best for tmrw peeps!

Melissa x

Thursday, September 27, 2007

(IN)vesting

Good Morning Malaysia,

Here i am sitting in front of the computer trying to look at some graphs, statistics and the up and downs of markets. I think this is a lil heavy for me right now especially its a friday morning so i decided i'm not getting into it today...yet...

so now i'm gonna write you a lil' something something on how i got here into writing a blog....

first of all, Im Blink. :) I entertain people, well i hope so..hehe, design graphics and i also run a creative community called blinkville (www.blinkville.com) where my personal blog resides....

Frankly i've been dreaming of being one of the top 4 richest man in malaysia well who hasn't... so im gonna need to start somewhere....I think my first step would be investment. For the past two years ive been scratching my head on how to get myself into it whether it be bonds, the market, properties or etc...Im not really good at tables, numbers and lastly research! Just can't do it.....Well i guess i have to now if i am thinking of a go at the RM100,000. So hopefully you'll see my name in that top 50 highest paying director in this 15 years....btw my name is Lau Hoe Yin.


Wednesday, September 26, 2007

I just joined the Bursa Pursuit Challenge Group on FACEBOOK

Hey there you all....

I'm literally counting down the days to when trading begins... GAME ON!

My take on this - You get given RM250k VIRTUAL money to trade in stocks.... and there are loads of cash prizes to be won!!! If trading on the stock market has ever been a 'scary' concept to you like it has been to me, here's your chance to try it out... the bonus being if you do well, you stand a chance at winning some REAL money :)

Apart from finally getting to understand what the stock market is all about (so that my brain doesn't zone out and my eyes don't glaze over whenever my siblings and parents discuss it!), it's the REAL money prizes that particularly interest me.

I've just got the mastered version of my self-penned album back from Sydney, Australia... This 'baby' project of mine is self funded so I could do with some mullah in my bank account which is looking rather pathetic at the moment! I got to perform some of the songs at the PC event at Maison a few weeks back and that was FUN! I managed to get some of the crowd to dance and even had one very keen gentleman dance one to one with me for an entire song! If you're the man and you're reading this, THANK YOU AGAIN *kiss* Everyone there was very supportive and energised by their excitement and enthusiasm for the challenge *said smiling like a chesire cat*. And BTW... my album ECLECTICISM will be out in the next few weeks... :)

Finally, if any of you are on facebook, I started a group called 'I JUST JOINED THE BURSA PURSUIT CHALLENGE' where updates, tips, leagues as well as any other updates will be posted by new traders like me (forgive me for being so unimaginative with the name!). I've already have 137 members so please do join!

My studio's calling me so I gotta bounce now... only a few more days to go!

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The Intro


What it do! I go by the name of DJ Fuzz and you can hear and see me doing my thang in the clubs and on Hitz.FM. Since this is my first post I don't have much to comment, I just wanna say that I am really lookin forward to playing this game! I look at this game as a way to prepare myself for the real life situation. Like Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad Poor Dad) said "u can use the Monopoly game to practice real estate business", so Bursa Pursuit is kinda the "Monopoly" for stock trading. The thing that is making it interesting is u are basically trading using "fake money" over Actual market activities. So like I said it's good practice for me and my peoples like Moots, Blink, Arafah etc to prepare for the real transaction, should we consider stock trading as an investment option in tha future . I also heard that we can win actual money in this game, wait till u hear the prize amount! This contradicts the traditional theory of "High Risk , High return" policy, hehehehe. Bursa Pursuit is "No Risk, High Return" fo sho!!!

Thursday, September 6, 2007

What if… My economics lecturer wore a tutu?

Arafah Edruce, since she was 17, Spunky little “Miss Hip Hop She Don’t Stop” has collaborated with Too Phat, Ella, Sasi the Don, Camelia and Ahli Fiqir among others.

I’m at the studio…
*Ring*…
It’s mummy dearest…
“I’ve put a black top and a leather jacket on your bed. Wear them with a pair of jeans and accessorize”

Ok, that’s when I know I have an hour to get home (through traffic!!!), shower, doll up with what mum picked out for me (yes, there’s no saying no to what mum tells me to wear. Mind you, she’s an excellent stylist) and meet her at an event she has conveniently RSVP-ed for me.. D.R.A.G….!!!!!!!
*A normal scenario that happens every other week.

Don’t get me wrong, I LLOOVVVEE meeting lots of new people (the networking is awesome), I enjoy the beautiful clothes I get to see (and wear. Hehe!), I enjoy watching great singers/performers who inspire me, and oh, did I mention the free “happy juice” they serve you? But I’ve always thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be nice to see something new? Something fresh? Something I haven’t seen last week? Something no else would show me?”

And the Bursa Pursuit Launch did just that.
It gave me a different experience altogether. It hit the spot… WOOT WOOT!

Got there about 45 minutes before the event started… Surprised? Uh huh.. Us young’ns are more punctual than you think!
Decided to take a walk inside and they actually managed to turn Maison into a “Bursa Mansion”. Not bad… not bad at all I thought.

The event itself was short and sweet but I noticed the affect it had on everyone.
The place was just buuuzzzziiinnnn!!!... Everyone was talking about it after a quick 10 minute introduction of what the “Investment Challenge” was all about.
It got us pumped up!
I mean, finally, an excuse to learn about investing. Something I’ve been looking for…
And did I tell you you get free (virtual) money to kick start with? Is it great or is it fabulous?
To me, it’s just SICK!

So, you guys out there who are contemplating on joining, stop. Just go ahead and register (it only takes 1min 08secs. Yup, I tried), because I dare guarantee you, you’ll have no regrets! Just more guts and $ in the bank yo! Hehe!

Uh oh… I have to show you this photo from the launch…
Look what we found… *bling* look closely *bling* the real deal.. 50 sen on ma chain!!!!!!
That’s right, Pharrel ain’t got nuthin on us!
Malaysia Boleh!!!

Mad Lovin,
Arafah xoxo

Diving Right In!

"Well this is it! The bursa challenge and i'm all ready to dive right in...I think what bursa is undertaking with this game is amazing cos there is definitely a lack of awareness amongst the young adult population regarding portfolio investment...well
for me i've always wanted to but never really had the finances nor the courage to get into it but with this game i'm given the chance to dabble in it without really losing any money...ahah...and if i do well there just might be a wad of cash coming my way...hehehe

Firstly, i ain't planning to speculate nor listen to hearsay...my strategy is to diversify into good solid investments with companies in sectors with strong growth potential and keep abreast with daily business news and read up some company prospectuses online to see if i have confidence before dumpng my "bursa"
money into them...as for now....lets find out what the budget holds for us today!"

Moots is one of the founding members of Pop Shuvit, a highly successful Hip Hop/Rock band that has performed in over 200 shows locally and internationally. This rockstar also holds a day job at Bank Negara.