My friend and Ike, we grew up (and sideways) with McDonald’s. #truestory

From Big Mac to Double Fillet-o-fish to MegaMac…, whatever Golden Arches have offered in Malaysia, chances are Ike and I would’ve eaten them. So this post comes as a heartbreak to me personally. I am writing to share with fellow McDonald’s enthusiasts (other than the fact that I’m a tad annoyed by this whole experience. So here goes…

Dear Golden Arches, I refer to your recent prosperity burger offerings for the looming Chinese New Year festivities.

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I had this interesting conversation with an acquaintance of mine the other day. He noticed that when it comes to places to eat, restaurants which seem more posh have a tendency to go bust not long after opening, while as Mamak stalls or restaurants seem to last forever. This begs the question, what makes a mamak restaurant so successful? Read More

Recently I have been busy with a video presentation project for an organization in PJ. This is my first time managing this type of project and I must tell you the learning curve is quite steep.However, I don’t want to talk about the video project per se, but rather I would like to share about the process of voice recording for the 12 minute video. Read More

Do you have an awesome business proposal but don’t have the money to fund it? Well search no longer because MyEG is bringing you a new reality show called “Make the Pitch”. Read More

Not too long ago I met this aspiring entrepreneur who wanted to set up a website where you can download discount coupons. It all didn’t make sense at that time until companies such as Groupsmore (now Groupon) came into the picture.

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Yesterday, I had my intern present his first month’s internship report to the entire team in the office. One of his intention for his attachment with my company is to improve his presentation skills.

So I had him do monthly presentations to the entire team. After the feedback session, I showed him an example of a presentation for him to use as a reference for his next presentation.

It was mine. I did that presentation before going into my current role with the Sales & Marketing team. And my intern asked me, “Sir, how do you expand the market share?”

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I have always envy people doing what they love as a living, or in other words rather being paid to play. One such “occupation” is being a professional gamer. Read More

The other day, a friend and I struck an interesting conversation while waiting for a football match (in which Man U won). It was a conversation about being the reality of being a salary man in Malaysia.

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Ken’s note: I’d like to officially announce Jimi’s article defloration on CekikDarah.com

He’s been working tirelessly behind the scenes for the last 3 years since our site came online in December 2007. Mind you that he just recently sold his maiden project (Alexa traffic ranking in the top 25,000 sites globally) and therefore now have more time to dedicate for our beloved CekikDarah! (Yea!)

Do you know that one of the hottest commodities on the Internet is the domain name? Read More

People usually avoid getting into businesses that are extraordinary.

They usually take up businesses that are proven doable and profitable. That is understandable.

But what if you are a dreamer and have an idea of a business that is extraordinary and not what the usual Joe would think of?

For sure banks will reject your idea because it’s not proven and waiting for Nescafe Kickstart is just not worth it.

This is where Kickstarter comes into the picture. Read More