Well, folks, first thing tomorrow morning I will be flying to Singapore for a short holiday. I will be running the half marathon on Sunday morning. Mia will be running her first ever half marathon too.
This year the event has attracted 50,000 runners. If I am not wrong it is the biggest marathon in this region. Except for the pain on my right ankle, I'm feeling great. I'm still going to try to complete the 21km in under 2 hours, but I have the feeling that this won't be the time I'm going to achieve it.
Will only be back on Tuesday next week; and then I have a tight schedule—going to Keningau on Wednesday; back to KK on Thursday and Friday. And then off to KL on Saturday for the Mensa Hunt on Sunday. Will be flying home on Sunday evening.
So next week is gonna be a very exhausting week for me! There will be lots to tell I'm sure!
6 comments:
Congrats to you & your wife for completing the Singapore Marathon 2008. Saw the results from the web. 2:03 is just 3mins off your target. Have a great rest....
OH~why Koh seems very free ...i thought valuer should be very busy? Why don't you share some experience of your career....
You have a very great healthy life....admire^^
teo,
Thanks, but actually I'm very disappointed in myself. That's the tragedy of aiming too high - when you fail, the disappointment is quite unbearable.
I'm beginning to think that I will never be able to break the 2-hour barrier, but I will keep trying. I don't give up so easily!
Fairylord,
All of us have 24 hours in a day. Busy or free depends on how you manage those hours. And it has a lot to do with your priorities in life too.
I have quite a number of those creatures in my office who're apparently valuation graduates. They too have 24 hours per day each. If they want to, they can spend 24 months logging their practical experience; then followed by preparing 2 practical tasks papers and then attend the professional interview. They can all be registered valuers within 3 years if they really want to.
But of course they don't have the time to log their practical experience - let alone prepare the practical tasks and attend the professional interview. For every year they delay their registration, it would mean a lost of potential income of about RM30,000 more than what they're earning now. And it can be even more than that. They want that RM30,000 extra income per annum, but they just don't have the time to pursue registration, you see.
What do you expect, they're in their twenties; ripe age for courting with the aim to settle down. This is the time to enjoy!... when they're old, even if they have money, they won't really enjoy... it's not the same somehow. So to them it's OK to delay registration for the next 10 years. And then of course they never will get themselves registered in the end.
I took a different approach. Spent a few years pursuing the registration. Then now I spend the time to do what I like doing. As for the routine works, I have the graduates to help me out. I go through their drafts and amend accordingly. When dealing with bigger and complicated cases, I may have to do almost the whole thing myself, because most graduates these days can't do anything more than cut and paste. I say most, because some of them are very good! It is quite a straightforward and logical approach, don't you agree?
The main bulk of our clients are the banks; and most of the valuations we do are mortgage valuations. However, there are also times when our reports are required for other purposes such as compulsory acquisition cases, property disputes, rental valuations etc.
Once you're registered as a Valuer, you will automatically get the licence for Estate Agent and Property Management too. But as I said, most people don't have the time to get themselves registered. Therefore, after 5 decades of independence, we have only about 700 registered valuers in Malaysia today. And that includes the retired ones and non-practising valuers too.
Well, that's my career in a nutshell. I'm afraid it's not very impressive. I would love to say that I make millions by going running and treasure hunting all the time. Unfortunately, I still have to work to pay the bills.
Thanks Cornelius, i think i see what you try to understand me..
I appreciate your view.
Fairylord
Undergraduate student from same field
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