It’s the mother who throws tantrum…

Posted by Mrs Imran on Mar 2, 2010
Filed Under Photography, Sewing, Usana | 11 comments

Ichiro with “ciur” . It is such a bittersweet moment, eventho it wasn’t for real.

Ok, I’m pretty busy with Ichiro nowadays. Sometimes it need more than a great patience to handle him. Knowing me, I’m lacking in that department. But, I tried my best to control my temper as I kept reminds myself that he’s just a baby and that’s what baby does best —> Yeah testing adult patience.

Since, I’m now in PJ , hence I got to look after my son during day time alone. Normally, my mom will give me an extra hand, but since I’m in PJ and nobody at home except the maid, thus I need to look after Ichiro myself. Which once a while gives me a real goosebumps, as I don’t know what to expect for tomorrow. Will he be cranky? Will he cooperate?

Not yet darling…

But whatever it is, yeah I want him to be always with me. I can opt to leave him with my mom back at my hometown but afraid that I will miss him so badly later. So angkut sekali la

This entry of mine can be deceiving. It sounds like my son is too demanding and cranky until I can’t stand it. Well, the truth is I think, I’m the one who needs to learn to control my temper and patience when dealing with 8 months old baby. Nothing is wrong with Ichiro and to think again he’s not that demanding compare to other baby that I’d met before. Not at all.

Pardon me, am just throwing my tantrum here….

3 generation – grandpa, daddy and baby

Tapi bila I nak naik hangen, tiba-tiba Ichiro cakap “bumm bumm” [his favourite word at the moment], terus tk jadi…aha comel la plak.

Enjoy random pics of Ichiro. Mommy love you so much, please just bear with me ok. Your daddy spoilt me, so blame him on my attitude.

Oh btw, am about to launch new promotion for every purchase of Usana products via me. Will update the details very very soon [hope can get it ready within these few days] and be sure to stay tune to Mr & Mrs Imran as this blog is going to change its skin again [yeah again...] On the biomega contest result, the entry has been drafted and about to be publish, hope I can finish it by this week ok. So sorry for the delay, but yeah the biomega is ready to be ship to the winner. I just bought it last week.

I miss my sewing machine and can’t wait to have my hands on it next week! Am thinking to offer some of sewing project for free to my readers, errr do you guys think you want to wear things that I sew? Well, I make sure it’s pretty la kan. Hohoh. Well, we talk about it later la. I’m not very firm about it yet.

Devil only knows one word….

Posted by Mrs Imran on Mar 1, 2010
Filed Under Millionaire Mind | 4 comments

I would love to share something that is very interesting which I downloaded from Robert G Allen’s website. It is a caricature of devil and devil most favorite word “BUT”… [I wrote about Robert G Allen in one of my entry here]

I am hooked to Robert G Allen’s book which called “Cash In A Flash” . In that book he wrote about the devil voice that lingers in our head [brain, ears or mind] and also give some guide on how to turn off the bad voice volume so that we can ignore it which obviously bring no good to us.

Literally, am going to admit that this inner whiner is true and me myself also experience it every now and then. But fret not, now I think I know [i think lah..] on how to deal with it and always believe on positive thinking, tawakal and dua’. Yup positive vibes as many say. Hence, I will try to be as positive as possible walaupon kadang-kadang la ada lah seperti hangennn mcm haremmm jugak. Hihi

Along my journey in business, I get to know many people. Some of them very energetic, inspiring, strong determination and hardworking. But there are also many quite hesitate before even giving it a try [even though they admitted that they wanted to change their life and be successful]. But I don’t blame them tho, this is nature of human. God created us this way. We do have good and bad thoughts. [myself included].

We are what our mind think about ourselves. No?

After you have finished reading/ viewing attachment below, do let me know how you look at the idea. Do you think that your mind is indeed very powerful to form you as what you are today?

If you watch the “Wake Up Project” video, you will know how “they” actually controlling our mind.

Happy Groggy Monday!!

Usana TOP DISTRIBUTOR OF ASIA PACIFIC

Posted by Mrs Imran on Feb 25, 2010
Filed Under Award, Feature Post, Millionaire Mind, Usana | 18 comments

Well, sorry there’s no really an update today as I slept late last night after chatting with my friend. But, would like to share something, this entry is not for me to brag or boast about my achievement, but it solely just a place for me to record my journey to millionaire, the ups and downs and recognition.

This morning I received one SMS from Usana, it sounds something like this [disebabkan too excited I've mistakenly deleted the message, silly me];

Dear Ainol, we want to confirm your attendance for USANA AP Convention in Hong Kong. You are one of the TOP 25 DISTRIBUTORS OF ASIA PACIFIC. Please kindly call me for further info – Sabrina Khoo

Well, am pretty sure I didn’t read it wrongly. It does says ASIA PACIFIC in the message. I have been underestimate myself all these while. Yeah, I thought to be top in Malaysia is possible but for Asia Pacific level, I might need some times to go that far, but I’ve prove it to myself that I did it in less than 6 months! Wow!

Thanks to Allah and all my downlines. But, to achieve this achievement, it was not that easy. It might appear easy to your eyes, but behind the curtain, I worked so hard promoting the product and train my downlines. I even organized an online school for my downlines to teach them more about the products and guide them so that they could taste the sweetness of success.

The online school that I created for my downlines [active in business only] is a program where I give them an article every week to be read and answer the questions that I’ve prepared based on the article. This is to ensure that they really do their homework, read the article, gain more knowledge about Usana and ace their skills and make sure they know very well things that they sell. Other than that, I also set up a weekly sales and leadership target for them.

Yeah I do this all for free, so that all of us can success and excel together [especially my downlines]. This is one of many example efforts of mine, so yeah it’s not that easy to be acknowledge at Asia Pacific level. But surely worth.

So, to all Wow Now, find the Inner Winner in you and double up your effort [remember i said, there's no easy way to become rich - No]

Alhamdullilah.

p/s: am not going to the convention tho, hahaha sbb nyer i didn’t plan to go at all and flight ticket and ticket event bukan sponsor by Usana ok. Hoho. But cool, tkper kali ni tk sponsor, I make sure next time i boleh pergi and sponsor my downline yg “PALING HEBAT” to join the convention. Ohhh i mmg pampered my downline.

Can’t we just buy the frying pan?

Posted by Mrs Imran on Feb 24, 2010
Filed Under Husband | 20 comments

My husband has a fetish for collecting Giant stickers. You know the one yang u can collect and exchange with frying pan. [roll eyes]

Yeah, husband I tgh aim nk kuali besar. But the largest size pan requires 130 stickers! [he has only about 90++ stickers at the moment..i guess la] Sekarang dia mcm risau2 takut tk dpt nk redeem kuali besar sbb tarikh tutup nk kumpul the stickers sampai end of next month jer kot rasanya.

Here goes a photo of him sticking on the sticker. Bertungkus lumus nampaknya disitu.

I never met a guy who’s really enthusiastic on collecting supermarket stickers other than my very own husband. Whenever after we had done some shopping at Giant, he will quickly took the sticker sheet and start the sticking business as soon as we arrived home. Sangat semangat.

Thing is, it is not only applicable to Giant stickers, tapi Guardian stickers yg boleh tukar dengan plush animal toys tu pon dia nk konker. For example dat day, I went to Guardian and got few stickers [i paid for it so the stickers are mine, no?] I dh banyak kali dapat, but selalu hilang. [biasala..am not really into collecting stickers..huhu] When we were standing on the escalator, I took out the Guardian stickers and made an attempt to stick it on the sticker sheet. I saw Imran face suddenly changed and then he spoke up….

Him: tunggu la sampai rumah baru tampal
Me: apasal pulak?
Him: nanti cicir [he looks damn different than usual when he uttered this]
Me: tkkan la cicir, I pegang la kuat-kuat [melawan seperti biasa, tk lawan tk sah]

I took my time to examine his face tho. But I know my husband more than he knows himself. That’s a fact. While he was still looking at the stickers that I hold in my hand, danggggg I knew it! I should have guessed it much earlier…..

Me: Ala I tahu, U sebenarnya yang nk tampal stickers I ni kan?
Me: U mcm, semua stickers pon U sorang jerrrrr nk tampal…
Me: kannn??
Him: He cracked the weirdest smile I ever seen

….and with that I know that I was indeed right. I rest my case.

To think again..yeah he’s cute in his own way and I love him for being HIM.

Oh off topic sket, this is Izzat’s [my bro in law] cat. Dia lah makhluk yg paling penat masa kenduri aqiqah hari tu. Tido sampai nganga. Over tau. He’s such a spoiled brat and he’s afraid of Ichiro. Ehe.

6 Jars

Posted by Mrs Imran on Feb 23, 2010
Filed Under Millionaire Mind | 10 comments

These are my 6 jars [in burger and donut shape..ehe].

Yang satu tu muka sangat garang, adalah takut kalau tk simpan duit dalam tabung tu.

Rich people mange their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well. ~ Thomas Stanley, author of The Millionaire Next Door

When I was introduced to the 6 jars system somewhere around last year by Naya, I was genuinely interested to the idea. Nevertheless, I neglected it since I was too busy juggling my life and little did I know that the most important tips that being told over and over again by many successful people in the world is…

“act now”
“do not delay in action”
“jangan bertangguh”

Maybe that was one of the reason why I’m not a millionaire [yet]. Hohoho.

6 Jars money management method is based from book by T.Harv Eker “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind”, Read about the book here: http://www.secretsofthemillionairemind.com/a/failfast

Here are some excerpts from the book…
Wealthy people are not any smarter than poor people; they just have different and more supportive money HABITS.

It may not be the most glamorous of topics, but it comes down to this: the single biggest difference between financial success and financial failure is how well you manage your money. It’s simple: to master money, you must manage money.

As for those who use the “I don’t have enough money to manage” rationale, they’re looking through the wrong end of the telescope. Rather than say “when I have plenty of money, I’ll begin to manage it”, the reality is “when I begin to manage it, I’ll have plenty of money.”

Saying “I’ll start managing my money as soon as I get caught up” is like an overweight person saying “I’ll start exercising and dieting as soon as I lose twenty pounds.” It’s putting the cart before the horse, which leads to going nowhere…or even backward! First you start properly handling the money you have, then you’ll have more money to handle.

The six jars are to be labeled as:

• Financial freedom account (FFA): This jar if for your financial freedom. Each month put 10% of your income in this jar. Money you put in this jar can be used to invest, start a business, create a passive income streams, residual income streams [perfect example for residual income = USANA] etc.
• Put 55% of your income in this jar for your necessities. It’s for things like paying bills, food, necessary clothing etc.
• Long term saving for spending (LTSS): Put 10% in this jar. You may have more than one LTSS jar. It’s for things like a plasma TV, your family vacation, contingency fund, your children’s education etc. If you have more than one LTSS, divide the 10% between the jars according to your priority.
• Education (EDU): 10% that goes in this jar if for your own education . It could be used to attend seminars, buy books etc. Basically, it’s for your continual education and learning.
• Allocate 10% of your income for you to have fun guilt-free. Use it to go to a fancy restaurant you’ve been eyeing, or a massage at a spa. Just do something fun. Let your inner child play.
• Giving (GIV): Allocate 5% of your income to give to charity. If you want to allocate 10% for giving, take 5% off your NEC jar.

The percentage attributed to each jars above, represents the percentage amount of money which you must put into the jars every single month. All you need to do every month is to allocate a certain amount of money for the money management jars. And tried to do it without fail every month. Hihi [that the hardest part I think]

But, be positive! I will try this 6 jars method and will update the outcome later. I’m very very very poor at managing my money till Imran had to use his dictator power [hahah] to force me to save my money in Ichiro’s account instead of mine. So, I think I am the perfect person who should try this method. Hihi.

Wish me luck ok! Bismillahirahmannirahimmmmmm…

Source: various source from google.com

Lemon or Oren?

Posted by Mrs Imran on Feb 22, 2010
Filed Under Husband, Old Memories, Photography | 12 comments

Him: U nak fabric starch kan?
Me: Ha’ah
Him: I dekat Giant ni. U nk yg regular or yg lemon?
Me: I nk yg oren
Him: Regular ker lemon?
Me: Oren
Him: I tanya u regular ker lemon apasal u dok asik jawab oren ni? Oren tak der la.

Goshhh…what was I thinking? Hahaha…tu la berangan banyak sangat.

I wanted the fabric starch so urgently till I call up my husband and ask him to buy and post it to me [knowing me I can't wait]. I’m at my parent’s house now and I don’t think kedai amoi yg I selalu pergi ada jual Kiwi Kleen fabric starch / kanji.

Vintage charcoal iron

Speaking about starch. When I was still schooling, my mom used to soak my uniform in homemade starch and iron it with vintage charcoal iron, I swear I think the uniform can almost standing on its own! And the side line was extremely sharp. Siapa terkena baju I boleh terbunuh la I rasa. Haha. How sweet old memories, I missed being a small school girl tho.

I was so happy upon receiving the starch on the next day, but was actually laugh out loud when seeing this.

Yeah, my husband was actually sent the starch together with the bill!! He also called me later of the day and reminded me to pay him the amount including the pos laju fee. Yes he’s serious about it. Dasar ceti! Cesssss.