Saturday, 18 August 2018

18/8/18 Let's have another dozen

What do you think Juice shall I spin some songs from Y2K?  Another memorable year?

Naah... not that memorable.  The songs are not great either.  I say we do 2003, the year I trained for my marathon.  Not that impacting.

I know, we listen to the 70s.  Always makes me feel like dancing:

























There... the 70s.  Pretty simple life then,  The thing I remember most about the 70s is the morning is pretty cold.  When I cycled to school there was dew in the grass field.  When I blow my breath, I can produce water vapor.

The weather is not going to get any better.  So is the quality of life.  I ate a RM20 Nasi Lemak last week and still its not the same Nasi Lemak 40 years ago.  The coconut milk is no longer creamy and fragrant.  So it is not Nasi LEMAK (direct meaning fatty rice).

In the middle of nights like this, the memory of smoking lingers.  If not for the danger of the carcinogens, I say cigarettes are damn good company.  Why can't I get that by chewing the gum?  Maybe having a close encounter with death is the lure.  I need the poisons to feel alive.  I don't know Juice.  I'm just rambling here.

Hey Juice.  you think we make it through to the end?  After all this is year one.  Will you get tired of me eventually?  I feel like writing a book, but I don't want to promote it.  In a way this blog is a book on its own.  All I do is make it public and I will have readers reading it.  But this is not a legacy I want other's to read.

I want something I can publish as a hard copy.  I can self publish but I *[will] be responsible for the marketing and promotion.

* It's not small money my darling.  Let me check the cost:
  • SD 1,299 - Amethyst
  • SD 2,599 - Topaz
  • SD 4,799 - Diamond
  • SD 7,199 - Gold
  • SD 10,199 - Platinum
Gold is RM30 k.  That is the most recommended.  The service is from Partridge Self-Publishing Singapore.  I don't mind taking the Topaz but Lizzie made a firm stand for me not to spend anymore money on business ventures.

I want to write a book based on Winning!!! slides but I can't find the right publisher here in Malaysia.  The one I know, True Wealth had stopped their publications for the year due to the slowdown of book purchases.

If you notice, all his publications are going on pretty cheap:   http://www.bookplanet.com.my/TrueWealth

What I can do is I start writing my second book without having to worry about publishing it.  Once I finish writing then only I contact the publisher.

Writing is a mammoth task.  First you got to read, then only you write.  Come to think of it I don't feel like reading other than the marathon books and writing in this blog.

When I wrote Lose Fat Stay Fit, it was a compulsion.  As if I have to write it no matter what.  I don't have that drive right now.  My mind is on the 3 goals.

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