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.

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

No More Room In Tokyo - Full house

It is now 1 pm, I have been looking forward to sharing with the people this afternoon except that I do not know what exactly I want to share. I asked Yang Po what was advertised and she told me that the people are expecting to learn more on business strategies to grow their current business. As I crystalised my thoughts in the taxi, Yang Po and Maiko were briefing me on the profile of this afternoon's participants. It just took only 20 min from the office in Hiroo to go to Shinjuku. I turned on my computer and gave a final touch to the powerpoint. I am excited and ready.

We arrived at the Park Hyatt Hotel. I was told that this hotel become famous because this hotel was featured in the movie "Lost in Translation", starring Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray.

Tom's sister and her team greeted us at the hotel conference room. Everyone seem to be anxious. I overheard that we have more than 300 participants and the conference room has only 200 seats. 100 people are expected to be turned away. I am not too worried because if it is like in other countries, not everyone will turn up. However in Tokyo, they are disciplined and very prompt. To accomodate 200 people, the room have to be packed with chairs and not even a single square foot of space is spared.

It is 2 pm, Maiko signaled to let the people in. Some have waited since the morning. The crowd strolled in orderly. In just a minutes, all the seats were taken but the people were still flowing in filling both the sides and then the back. No more seats. I felt a little sorry for those standing as I will be speaking for 2 hours. Then come to think of it, I will be standing for 2 hours too .. so it is ok lah.

I started by sharing Jay Abraham's 3 ways to grow your business and the lessons he taught in his US$25,000 program. I shared on Robert Kiyosaki's system and the velocity and speed of making money. Then I shared on how I used the above to create the SkyQuestcom Business. I demonstrated the PreEnroller where someone can see the potential of the business before they invest in it. I passionately believe that with this tool, you can now reach a global market in a blink of your eyes.

You can download the powerpoint that I presented from here later. I will give you the link.

The event ended at about 5 pm.

I am glad to see so many familiar faces coming to talk to me, especially Muratsu Tamaki, Mimura and many others.