How does Kuching, which means Cat come about?

Yesterday, I told you that I am in the beautiful town of Kuching in East Malaysia. Kuching is the capital city of Sarawak. The people here are kind and friendly. Kuching means cat in the local language. I have been here many times and I don’t see many cats around. I am determined to find out how the name came about.

I finished giving a talk to about 100 people who were looking to learn how to start an online business and make money online. I asked some of them to go to http://www.skyquestcom.com and http://www.preenroller.com to look at an example of a proven business system.

The last few days has been hectic for me. Today, my flight to Sibu is in the afternoon. For the first time, I have a few hours to myself. I took a walk along the Kuching River front. I am surprised by the beauty of the green environment. This river separating the north and the south called the "Sarawak River". I could see a spectacular view of a gorgeous mountainous background. There was an elderly gentleman sitting on the bench resting. He must have finished his morning exercise. I walked over to ask him how “Kuching” the name is originated.

He said that Kuching originated from the Chinese word "Gu Chin" which means harbour. Hmmmm .. that made sense since I am standing at the river front. This should be it. I smiled and was excited that I found the answer. If there is a will, there is a way, I said to myself.

I walked back to the hotel. The hotel bell boy cheerfully greeted me “good morning, Mr. Richard Tan” and he opened the glass door for me. I responded back“Gooooood morning Andrew” “By the way, do you know how the name Kuching was originated?” I took the opportunity to ask him. He said “Kuching is named after a lychee like fruit called Mata Kuching (Cat's eye).” “A fruit??, What about the Chinese word which means harbour”, I replied. “Never heard that nonsense before” He shook his head.

Back to square one.

Maybe I better go ask my MD, Yang Po, she seemed to know everything.

I have got to go check out the hotel room now.

Intellectual Property - almost stolen but all is well now

It was 9.15pm and I was in the Hyatt Hotel about 30 min, when Andy (my project leader for Clemen’s option trading) called me. He said Dr Clemen had stopped his seminar abruptly.

The reason was that there were 2 “competitors” in the room. These people also teach option trading and charge at very small fee. He did not want to carry on because he did not want them to “steal” his materials.

I knew Dr Clemen Chiang several years ago when he attended the Anthony Robbins seminar which was organised by Success Resources. He then went on to develop his interest in option trading and he became the leading authority in share and option trading in this part of the world, and regularly featured in newspaper, TV, radio and leading magazines. His passion went on to earn him a doctorate degree in financial strategy.

Last year he organized the world's first option trading championship and it was supported by the Chicago Exchange, New York exchange etc. What impresses me about Clemen is his drive, enthusiasm, energy and his passion. When you see him speak on the stage, you will feel the energy electrify the room. He is very disciplined and focused which is the key success factor for all financial traders.

"Stealing" of Intellectual Property is very common in Indonesia and China. It is also common in other developed countries as well whereby someone goes to attend a seminar by a world class speaker and then goes back to start teaching the material without acknowledgment or permission. They charge a much discounted fee and teach diluted content usually missing the key essence. What the world class speakers took years to develop was stolen and sold cheap. Many of the public will be cheated.

The current situation affected Clemen so much that he was emotionally not able to give his best. That is why he dismissed the class 2 hours early. He felt that he has the inclination to withhold his knowledge from the real participants with these “stealers” in the room. I could understand how he felt. I called the two “competitors” aside and requested that they take their money back and not turn up any more. There was no drama. One of them in fact is willing to sign a non disclosure and undertaking letter. The other is begging me to let him in the class too. They were really nice but I declined.

Clemen was happy. I am sure he will give his best tomorrow. My day ended at 1 am in the morning. I got to get up early the next day for a conference call with Jay Abraham.

Oh, before I go to bed, let me check the SkyQuestCom sales report from the PreEnroller system.

Wow .. a 300% increase in sales. Fantastic. Awesome .. You should check out the SkyQuestCom Product and the Preenroller. Now I go ZzzzZzzzz.

http://www.SkyQuestCom.com
http://www.PreEnroller.com

Presentation on 12 Mar at Ciputra Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia

Hello all of you at the Ciputra Hotel,

There are 500 of you all together. I mentioned to you right at the beginning that even if you do not remember what I have shared with you today, if you just walk out of this room being more open minded, it will be worth the while to be here. I hope the session has opened up your mind. The powerpoint can be downloaded at www.globalinternetsummit.com

I am going to launch a very powerful internet marketing tool called the PreEnroller in Indonesia soon. This is a powerful system that allows you to see the potential of the opportunity even before you decide to be involved. You can go to www.preenroller.com to take a look. If you are interested to know more, do leave me a post.

Thanks, Richard

Surabaya, Indonesia - Majaphit Hotel

I just finished talking to 300 people in hotel Majaphit,

Surabaya, Indonesia. The energy in the room was low in the beginning. I think it is because I just arrived from the airport. It is a 45 min drive and I took a nap. When I went up the stage, I was still half asleep. The energy picked up half way though. This is a fun group of nice people. Majaphit hotel is one of the best classic hotels here. I have lots of content to cover and with the translation, I have to speed up. Many could not copy the notes fast enough. This is the link to download my powerpoint www.globalinternetsummit.com . You should be able to click on it and get into the page that looks like the above. If not, you can just type the address to your browser.

I usually have to rush off to the airport as soon as the program has ended. This time the Surabuya team was able to catch me to take a group picture.

They have put in lots of work to build the market in Surabaya.

Last week, I did a launch on the Pre Enroller in Tokyo. It is a automatic marketing system that enables you to see the potential of the business before you decide to get involved. I will check the sales tomorrow and announce the result from the system. Watch out for it.

"Richard, I have $100,000, what do I do with it ?"

It is now 11.38pm on Saturday night. I will be on the 7.30am flight to Surabaya tomorrow morning. Mas ( my Indonesian domestic help) will start knocking on my door at 4.30 am. I will usually only respond after she comes knocking the second time. She seems to find joy dragging me off my comfortable bed because her knock on the door becomes louder than before.

This afternoon, I did a speech at the Sheraton Hotel. In total there were 80 people. After the program, a middle aged man came to me and asked me a question. "Richard, I have $100,000, what do I do with it ?" I am happy for him because most people do not have any spare money at all. I told him that he should first get that cash in a safe place and earning interest and not go around telling everyone about his $100,000, especially the girls he meet in karaoke. I then asked him if he has any credit card debt, which he does. I told him to pay off his credit card because it is very expensive but most people do not work out the math to realise it. There are many options with $100,000.

The bottom line: Do the math for all the options. Work out the numbers for all scenarios. There is a lot to think about, so the first move is to put that money in a Savings Account and start earning money while he works on the plan!

I have a lot on my mind to think about too. I like to start planning my week early. Currently I do my planning on Monday morning. I want to start planning my week on Sunday night instead. Grace, my daughter will start her first day of work this coming Monday too. She graduated 3 months ago and I am happy that she has started to earn some money.

Last week I launched the powerful business system called PreEnroller in Japan. It will be a money making machine for the distributors. I will check on the outcome tomorrow.

Ok, I am going to bed now. ZzZZzzzzzzz