Limyuanwei MTV

Thanks to Tay for making such a nice MTV.
I present the Limyuanwei song.



Enjoy!

Investment Management

I have IM (investment management) tomorrow at 10am. I feel I am ok for it, but I think I'm being abit too complacent. I keep thinking that I know everything already, but the truth is I have been revising that for so long, that everything feels old to me, but when the exam comes, I won't remember.

I also have an interview tomorrow after my exam. Its not a full time post though, its a 6 months internship. I don't know if I should take it up. I'm worried that I will lose out to someone who just go straight to full time. I'm going to go there tomorrow and ask various questions pertaining to the internship and see if it suits me, or suit a student better.

I'm hoping that the internship suits me and I take it up, as I don't have much confidence in getting a good full time job now. Every job available is related to sales, and I don't want to go into that industry.

Wish me luck :)

Dota

So long never play Dota already. Think its about 1 year!
Quite gian to play after reading Mac's blog on it. Read it here.

He is setting up some clan and the name of it is King Clan, so my nick in game has to be something King.

I was thinking of some nicks which has king inside and this is the list that I have come up with.
1. Fuc King
2. Fcu King
3. Doom King
4. Gloomy King
5. Coo King

Any other ideas?

Side Note: Today's paper FI was quite ok. I did all questions and wrote quite a bit. However, there was 1 question which I feel was not done well, and I also forgot some small parts. Hopefully, can get 60.

Bad News

Yesterday was my first paper. MSM.

This paper is supposed to be the easiest. But I screw it up.

There was a 19marks question and I thought it was super easy and did it, yaya papaya style.
But at the end, I realised I had it got it all wrong! It was a silly silly mistake.

So 19 marks poof disappeared.

I'm so sad now. Maybe I can't even get my 2nd Upper!
I just have to pray that I get the other questions correct and I won't make the same mistake in the other 3 of my papers.

Mother Lover

Remember I posted this video call "Dick in a box" by Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg? They have released a new video called "Mother Lover". Its damn funny, although a bit disgusting!



Its about they forgot to buy their mothers a present, so they decided to improvise and let each other sleep with each other mother.
Its damn funny!

FM09 Top players to buy *Updated!*

Since there are alot of people from various parts of the world coming to my blog to see my FM post on my list of Top 5 players to buy in FM, i thought I will do an update on that since the latest patch is now 9.03.

As the database has now been updated, many players have their stats changed. You won't find Mascio anymore. Such a pity as he was immense for me.

As I love playing the the club I support, which is Derby in case you don't know, most of this players are suitable for a club around Derby status. All money is in pounds and every player cost less than 5 million.

In no order of importance,

1. Frazier Campbell, SC - Man Utd
This guy is on loan with Tottenham in the first season, but in the 2nd season you can pick him up for as low as 2.5million! He is young, fast and able to finish well. Although he won't become a super star, he is good enough for mid-table clubs.

2. Frederico Laurito, SC - Udinese
This Argentinian is the complete striker. He has good pace, acceleration, jumping and strength. You have to buy him in the first season at a cheap price of 1.5million, but you won't be able to use him until the 2nd season as he is on loan. In the 2nd season, he will return to his parent club (Udinese) and they will sell him at 5 million+. So, get him while he is cheap.

3. Mauro Zarate, AM/FRC - Al-Sadd
This Argentinian is quite famous already, so no need to talk much about him. He is on loan at Lazio for the first season, so you can only get him in the 2nd season. In the first patch, Lazio will always exercise the first option clause, so you can't get him. However, in patch 9.03, they won't. You have to act fast though as many clubs are interested in him. Once he goes back to Al-Sadd, bid for him for 3.5million. He is very quick and able to score spetacular goals!

4. Joe Mattock, DL - Leicester City
In my previous guide, there wasn't any defenders, so this time I will add 2. Joe Mattock is only 17 years old, so if you buy him in the first season, he can become home-grown in 3 years time. A solid leftback that you can get for only 2.5 million first season.

5. Mark Beevers, DC - Sheffield Wednesday
This defender has good marking, heading and tackling ability. The bad thing about him is his pace and his determination. Both are around 11. If you can get someone with a high Determination stat to tutor him, he can be very good. Liverpool made a bid of 20 million for him in my game! He only cost 1.5million in season 2.

Have fun playing!

Employment issues

This is a long post with no pics, so be ready.

Last night, I had a nightmare. I dreamt that I went for an interview for a world class job at a world class company.
They asked me if I could explain to them the debacle regarding Lehman Brothers and why did they file for bankruptcy. I knew that it was somehow linked to the sub-prime mortgage issue and they having too much toxic debts on their balance sheet that caused them to fail. But I didn't know how were these issues linked.

I woke up and went to google it and read up on it.

I have been drafting my resume recently, but no one has called me up yet. I thought about what are the jobs that I want and came up with this list.
1) Underwriting
2) Risk Analysis
3) Investment Management
I feel these 3 are top of my list. Risk Analysis and Investment Management can be in an insurance firm or a bank, no difference to me.

I also contemplate going into sales. I really don't have a good impression on sales as the probability of you being successful in sales depends on luck. Yes, determination and good sales pitch etc plays a part, but this job needs luck to meet the potential buyer. Without luck, you won't succeed no matter how hardworking you are.

However, I recently notice that HSBC was offering the Personal Banker Associate Programme. I was very pessimistic at first, as the job title sounds more like Salesman.
But, I read the job description and notice that it is more of a programme, where you start in sales and you can fast track your career to be a branch manager. I don't mind this programme as long as I won't remain in sales for the rest of my career. I can go in the programme, finish it and use the experience to apply for other jobs.
The disadvantage would definitely be you can be stereotype as a salesman, and it will be hard for you to switch career paths. I saw this first hand with one HSBC Insurance staff. She applied as a customer service officer, and now is finding it hard to switch careers.
Nevertheless, I applied for it. I figure I can use the interview as a chance to train up my interview skills. Additionally, it gives me the chance to speak with the interviewers on more information about the job scope.
It also gives me the chance for professionals to review my CV. If my CV is impressive enough, they will call me up. If not, they won't call me and I know there is something wrong about my CV.

Deep down inside me, I am hoping they do call, as if they don't, I don't think I will be able to take that kind of rejection.

Wish me luck!

I have also been dreaming on what I will do with my salary if I get hired. Here is a top ten list of things I want to do with my salary.
In no order of importance,
1. Repay my debt to my brother. He paid for my holiday and my exam fees.

2. Bring Limin's parents out for dinner. They treat me dinner on numerous occasions and I think it would be polite and nice for me to do the same.

3. Buy Limin something she deserves. I didn't have much money during my 3 years in SIM, and couldn't treat her eat or buy her fancy stuff. I know she doesn't hanker after branded goods, but I still want to do it.

4. Buy a new computer. My current computer, which I got in 2007 has broken down at least once in every year. Worst computer ever.

5. Buy for myself new clothes/bags/shoes. Again, I didn't have much money so I really need new clothes. Majority of my clothes were bought during my army and SIM Year 1 days.

6. Give my maid money to buy groceries. My maid always complain to me that my mother doesn't give her enough money to buy groceries. So she always have to make do and improvise. I'm going to change that by giving her enough money to buy me Coke.

7. Manage my own investments. My insurance is paid for by my mother. I intend to review the insurance and change it to something that I need. Additionally, I have some money in some blue chips. I intend to manage and invest in that area as well.

8. Remove my dark eyebags. This issue is a big problem. I don't mind plastic sugery as it won't alter my looks drastically, but it definitely will stop others staring at me or making panda jokes.

9. Go on a holiday with Limin. As we stay so far apart from each other, we tend to spend less time together than the average couple do. I want her all for myself for awhile. I believe it is something I deserve for still being in the r/s despite so many obstacles!

10. Save. I have a bigger plan for my investments, and in order for it to succeed, I need funds. No better way of accumulating funds than saving. So I will try to make it a point to save.

I need a job first though :(