What do I want to do if I have one more day to live?

What Do I want to do If I  Have One More Day to Live?

I am not talking about investment today. One end stage renal failure patient asked me " Do you feel my pain Dr Goh? " Yes, we are too busy sometimes and tend to forget what people think most relevant to them in life!

I am a nephrologist, what I hope to achieve is to prolong end stage renal failure patients' lives. I start them on dialysis because I know that will be the best way to prolong thier lives. But occasionally I forget to ask what actually patients want when they are old and frail.

One of my patients told me, he didn't want dialysis, he was old enough ( he was 76 years old) to make a informed decision. What he wanted was to spend the rest of his life with his children and grandchildren. He didn't want to waste the precious remaining time he had to do fistula or even finding a dialysis centre.

" Dr Goh HK, I spent half of life making money, but when you know you have an illness, I think money is nothing. What I want to do is just spending time with my family."

I am not sure about whether it is worthwhile sacrificing your time ( =life?) making tones of money. Maybe one day you would ask yourself, " What do I want to do if I have one more day to live?"

Penang Turf Club- Prime Land in Penang

Penang Turf Club- Prime Land in Penang

After vanishing for almost 20 years from Penang Property Scene, Tan Sri Vincent Tan of Berjaya Group is finally back again in Penang.

Penang Turf Club

Vincent Tan has bought a 57-acre prime land near Penang Turf Club for RM459 million  which translate to about RM185 per square feet. However, it is almost not possible for you to fully utilize all the land for buidling houses, therefore the 'real' cost for this piece of land is ceratinly above RM300 per square feet.

I think Vincent Tan is planning big again in Penang and certainly if he is only building low rise condominium, Bungalow, Semi D together with low medium cost housing according to The Edge, he has no choice but to sell the future high cost houses for at least RM600-700 per square feet!!

So I think houses near Medan Lumba Kuda will appreciate soon to about RM300-500 per square feet and once the final plan of Berjaya Land is finalised, they might go even higher to RM600-700 per square feet!!

Market Plunge- What's Next??

Market Plunge- What's Next??

US Market Plunge- Global Panic??

I think the past few days was the most difficult period for a lot of investors out there. Most of my friends have many sleepless nights after the recent US market plunge.

However, I sleep pretty well although I have some US stocks which dropped almost 15% one 2 days. I always believe that when there is a crisis, there is always an opportunity. For you to sleep well at night even you hold stocks in US, Malaysia or Singapore, remember these 4 golden rules,

1) Don't buy stocks using bank margin- Use your own money and NEVER borrow to buy stocks!!
2) Don't panic, when stocks go down, they will go up eventually as long as you ARE BUYING GOOD STOCKS! Hold on and wait a while, your stocks will go up soon!
3) Diversify- buy some stocks, properties, REIT, gold/silver, when one comes down another investment will go up certainly!
4) Earn and invest and never invest to live. If you do not have a fixed income and retired, put at least 80% of money in bonds/hedge fund or else you will lose all your money if you put everything in stocks when the market is bad!

No worry when the market plunges because it provides you golden oppurtunity to hunt for cheap and valuable stocks!!

Homestay Business in Penang

Homestay Business in Penang

Georgetown, Penang

Yes, homestay business seems to be growing rapidly in Penang especially in Georgetown. Due to UNESCO status and recent influx of tourists to Penang, I forsee that hospitality business to be the next 'big money' business in Penang.

I did a bit of research on the net and I was quite shocked that even a tiny small apartment in Penang is charging RM150-RM200 per day even the location is not so good.

Yes, I am venturing into this business and I have an extra condominium unit at Batu Uban that I have converted into a small B+B with full facilities. If you drop by in Penang one day, come and visit my unit at Batu Uban.

Visit my site at http://www.eparkpenang.blogspot.com/

How to Create A Product Online?

How to Create A Product Online??

Some readers ask me the way to create a product online and how to market the product to international market. I think first of all, you must try to concentrate on niche market rather than market that has fierce competition.



Sell your first product online TODAY!!

 When I created PassPACES.com 6 years ago, there was no website for MRCP PACES candidates, initially there were a lot of visitors to my site but the numbers droped significantly after a few years. When I started writing my PACES ebook, there was no similar product in the market, therefore before creating a product, think of the following,

1) Who will be your customers? The bigger the customer base, you anticipate to enter a more competative market, therefore I suggest you to find a smaller and more concentrated market.

2) What will be your product? I think ebook is the easiest, you can email your customers, save your money, time and postal delivery but the only drawback, your customers may share this product with others!!

3) How to promote your product?? There are so many ways- forum, Google Adwords, articles submission etc etc. Can be either on-site or off-site promotion.

4) How to get your payment? I think the easiet way is Paypal unless you have big volume, then you may want to set up your own credit cards payment system or else, just use PayPal!!

My First Check in Paypal (II)

My First Check in Paypal (II)

As I told you before in my previous post. I finally got my paycheck from Paypal after venturing into internet business in 2005. I started PassPACES.com in 2005 after passing my postgraduate medical degree. After reading a lot of books and posts in the internet, I strongly believe that Google Adsense is the best way to get my first dollar from internet. Frankly speaking, it was quite true because I still remember I made US35 dollars first month after running Google Adsense in my website.

Write you own ebook if possible!!

I was very very excited and worked very hard trying to get at least US100 dollars every month but I was unable to do this consistently and I must say that Goolge Adsense revenue is pathetic!!

After that I tried other methods to earn money- Ebay,Amazon, Clickbank etc etc but it is easier said than done. Besides making about 70 pounds from Amazon UK after 2 years, I got almost nothing from other methods mentioned above.

Finally, I wrote an ebook in my website. Yes! You are right! It is a tiny ebook that I sell for about RM150 per piece and I made about RM30k in 2 years ( I made RM4K during the first month after launching of the ebook). I think it is not bad because I spent only 2 weeks writing the book and I still make about RM800 to RM1000 per month until NOW!!

Yes, I think the best way to make money online is to sell your own product if your website traffic is not so heavy. Just creat a special product and hope it can sell likes crazy and hopefully YOU TOO can make some side income online too!

Vietnam- Next Powerhouse in Southeast Asia?

Vietnam- Next Powerhouse in Southeast Asia??

I recently attended a meeting in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Totally suprised with the cleaniness of the city and was rather impressed with the developement in Vietnam.



Balcony view from my hotel room

 Nha Trang is 1, 280 km from Hanoi, 448 km from Ho Chi Minh City, 630 km from Hue, 105 km from Phan Rang, 260 km from Phan Thiet, and 620 km from Can Tho.


Nha Trang is home to many famous beautiful spots and landscapes and is a major tourist center in the country. I saw a lot tourists during my stay in Nha Trang and I think that the city is very well managed by the local council there!

I think Vietnam has a great potential to grow in near future as China and India. They have huge market for local people as compared to Singapore and Malaysia. However, I am not very sure how to invest in Vietnam and certainly will be interested to buy a piece of property in future if I have extra cash!!