Hello

Just started my multiply account at askbriony.multiply.com. Coolness!

Shrug

I'M BORED.

So very bored with selling insurance. It's been a year already since I've been in this line. Already, I've encountered an overdose of motivational talks and insurance super-stars dishing out their stories on how they have succeeded in this very 'unselfish line of helping pple save money'.

While the others excite over the possibilities of unimagined riches, I've been scrambling for other ideas to earn my keep (Will probably implement my ideas in the very near future). Surely there are better ways to a big paycheck right? I have a hard time believing insurance is the best investment idea but not selling ILPs and endowment policies is the surest way to an empty pocket.

Royston says I think too much.

But I believe in medical insurance (very convicted of the importance of it). Everybody should have medical insurance. Medical inflation was at 14% in the year 2007 so don't go risk your bank account without a proper insurance cover.

I'm being really honest with myself right now. No more pretending this is so fun and that life is just perfect. Shoot. It isn't.

And yes. I have a weakness.

I've got ants in my pants and cursed with the shortest attention span.

okay need to do something else now.

See?

About the name of my Blog

It's true. I'm going to be a millionaire. I can feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes.

"Wow Briony, you're cocky"

Sure.

A few very worthy points to note:
1) I'm Not very educated.
I don't have a degree nor do I intend to take up any course to earn me some certificate that says 'Bachelors in bla bla'.
I believe in pursuing professional certification rather than setting yourself back by 3-4 years to obtain something you wouldn't use. Unless you wanna specialize in auditing, data analysis, plastic surgery etc. then go get that degree you very well require!

And speaking of which, I have a few graduate friends who work 74 hours a week for a salary of $2200 - $3500. I'm talking about the business graduates who work in huge MNCs. So don't play play. And if you take their salaries and divide the amount by the number of hours they work, they are paid only $7.30 to $15 per hour. What? Working your ass off to make someone rich? Wow. I can't wait to employ.

The employment world is screwed up and most pple have minute expectations of life.

Well okay, there's the prospect of being promoted and paid thousands of dollars. Now that is cool. But damn if I fast forwarded my life and realised that no management role is gonna land on my lap. Actually, how many managers manage to earn $10,000 a month? Not many I must say. And of course there are the elites who take home $50K-$100K a month excluding their year end bonus. But let's not talk about 1% of the employed world.

My point is, no use being a degree holder (Or maybe I'm just jealous I couldn't pass maths)

I'm happy with my fashion design diploma which I haven't collected from Lasalle for over a year already. Couldn't be bothered. At least I know I passed. HEE!


2) I don't have much money now to begin with.
You just wait and see ah. $50,000 will fall from heaven onto my lap so I can start my little business.

3) I'm a girl.
Nah that's not really a problem in today's world.

Flickz Photoshoot

More pictures over here. Shots done by Jesslyn, a student from NTU's Art Design and Management faculty. Jimmy, Royston's business partner decided I should be the model because of my pan-asian appearance. I had complained that I was not skinny enough to be any sort of model.

Anw, Jimmy received feedback that clients thought flickz was an American brand after browsing the website. Interesting.













Heh. Alex can look forward to being involved soon! Hopefully.

Pictures to scatter Along Memory Lane

On Friday (23/05/08), I attended the Achievers' Night. Agents from GE participated in a talent time contest.
I've concluded that agents should stick to selling Insurance. That's what they do best.

There was this group of Indian Girls whose idea of putting up a talent show was to walk down the aisle parading in their Sari.

Wow it takes GREAT talent to walk.

Nevertheless, their dazzling Saris were desirable. If the parade was to showcase the Saris as designed by these girls, I would have given a standing ovation. But there was no mention of these girls as fashion designers.

A picture of me. I love me.


3 at a go.


The group with me


That's it. My blog is so much more pictorial as compared to my previous one. Don't feel like typing stuff. I'm getting boring. Eek.

I like my makeup

 

Learning to be a good wife

Royston and I had another cooking session. Actually he usually does the cooking as I slack in front of the television, waiting for him to finish. Today I decided that I would try out some new recipe for a change. I took the recipe from videojug.com. (Awesome site)

I made Butter Chicken, an Indian dish.
Not too bad. It actually tasted quite good! Yay, I think I'm ready to feed my kids.















Yeah I know, this picture makes it look like shit. I really couldn't be bothered to make it picture-worthy.

Royston cooked the following:
Pasta with tomato sauce. The tomato sauce had chunks of diced tomatoes in it. Plenty of vitamins, antioxidants and more fibre than any other spaghetti. My kids are gonna grow up strong and healthy!
















Grilled Vegetables. Not exactly the greatest salad in the world but we finished it.
















Royston frying the base of the Portebello mushrooms. He then baked it. It was the yummiest vegetable dish ever.
















So he made 3 dishes in all. I made 1. He works harder than me in the kitchen and even washes most of the dishes. Well I did help him wash a spoon.

I'm such a princess.

We experimented with a chocolate bar - wanted to make for ourselves a chocolate drink.

















Melting the chocolate















Stirring in the fresh milk.
















Chocolate drink! Too thick for my liking though.