The Trending Business You Should Venture in Tough Times!

Home Based Business

Because of its low cost  to operate a business from your house, it is estimated that 6 million home-based entrepreneurs who provide more than half of their total household income in US today. It is expected to be a long-term trend over the next decades with the support of technology advancement & raising concerns on employment rate despite signs of economy recovery.

Health & Wellness

In most developed countries, health science has play such an important role in keeping human in their best state-of-health & longevity. According to a best-selling book by a Nobel Prize winner & economist, Paul Zane Pilzer, predicted that health & wellness industry is going to explode in this century with a turnover of more than trillion-dollars!

Without a doubt, health & wellness industry is the ever-lasting trend that will weather through tough times and good times of economy. While some people are clueless how to go about this business, you might want to do a bit of homework how to get ahead of the trend with just extremely low start-up capital.

Internet Marketing & Social Media

It is no strange to see business owners these days promoting their products & services over in Facebook & Twitter webpage while they are still in their pajamas.

Most people choose to google places to shop & dine before making any trip. While checking comments from customers who made the purchases, they can even ‘like’ over the company’s fan page if they are satisfied upon receiving the products in perfect condition. Putting up (tweet-ing) an updates about your new products or menu in your restaurant is ideal to attract new customers and most likely, they will stay loyal with you.

So, if you think that you are computer illiterate, then it is time you should pick up some new discipline about the internet.

Are you looking for a place called ‘Home’?

“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live”. – Martin Luther King
I’m sure you agree with me that everyone born with an equal ground of opportunity and be a WINNER. But what lies in the heart of a WINNER is none other than the undying spirit to fight for their dreams and rights to live!

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first”. – Mark Twain
That sounds familiar isn’t it? Here’s the good news, the world has a fertilized soil for you to sow your seeds and grow your harvest. It is a matter of  your willingness to nourish and protect those dreams you set forth.

So be fearless and start realizing dreams with massive preparation and action. As a saying goes "a man with a dream will not be denied".

The footballer of the year goes to ... Steven Gerrard.

The season is finally over with Liverpool coming so close to the Premiership Title. It's also a record-breaking league points since the 1980's having to finish 2nd in the league. At least we all know, The Reds with mostly young bloods are well-prepared for the next season. With rising stars such as Benayoun, Dosenna, Skrtel working alongside with duo, Stevie G & Torres is going to be the best attacking formation & strategy of 4-5-1.

And how we could ever forget with the recent FWA (Football Writer's Association) for picking Steven Gerrard as the player of the year for 2009. Despite his discouraging fitness level and dealing with injury problem for the past few weeks, he managed to return with his undeniable magnificent performance & goal spree both in Champions League and EPL. So, I would say he deserved more than any players for this award.

From the official website:

“I’m delighted but I’m a little bit surprised.

“When you look at the quality of the players there are in this league, it’s a great privilege to win this kind of award.

“It’s made even more special for me because I am following in the footsteps of Liverpool players like John Barnes, Steve Nicol and Kenny Dalglish who were heroes of mine.

“Then further back players like Ian Callaghan and Terry McDermott who were heroes to my dad and so many other Liverpool fans.

“It’s not just the Manchester United players - when you look at the players the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal and other teams have got, they all have fantastic players throughout their squads now.

“The quality is getting better and better each year so to win this award is a great achievement for myself.

“But I’ve had fantastic help along the way from everyone at this football club.

“My family and friends come every time I play and everything I achieve in football they are a very big part of that because they are there for me 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“But the biggest thank yous have to go to the manager, the coaching staff and my team-mates.

“Individual awards are great but you don’t win them without great help from those people.

“I got a phone call from Ian and was debating whether or not to take the call because I thought I might have been in the papers for the wrong reasons!

“But when I did take the call and he delivered the good news it was a great feeling for me.”

Congrats to Steven Gerrard and it's been a great year for him! 

Yet another close call but far from over!

It's been an interesting Champions League this season to watch 4 clubs representing the English side advancing through to the quarter final. The game between The Kop and The Blues was a nail-biting experience that I've came across, with a close call for each other during their recent clashes in quarter final. I can see that Fernando Torres was struggling throughout the match and found it difficult to regain his pace without his team's captain, Stevie G's appearances for this game. It's no surprise if they can't recall the miracle in Istanbul 3 years ago against AC Milan.

The remaining question is, how far can both The Blues and The Devils go? Having the top notch players in the world and advanced strategies, Barcelona FC is almost the unbeatable team I can think of to claim this year's title. My personal call for this is because of Lionel Messi and Thiery Henry who consistently perform at their best for their football fanatics.


For the true supporters of The Kop out there, if The Devils ever try to say that they already won the Premiership Title, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE forgive them cuz they might have great disappointment in their next 5 games which they have almost forgotten. On the other hand, the good news is Stevie is set to return for the game against Newcastle Utd. Anything could happened until the finishing line and who knows that The Reds might lift the Premiership Cup to Anfield this year.

OSS Founders Club

(From left) myself posing miserably, Kay, Jared & Afdzal

Couple of weeks ago just after my day of tight schedule, I had a chance to meet a group of dedicated people on this very special evening for dinner @ IKEA, Mutiara Damansara. These are the people who are committed for one common dream despite their busyness with their daily routines.

We had a great laugh over our dinner. Jared has always been the typical joker of the night and of course, Afdzal sharing his single life status day-in day-out and his hunger for 'The-Most-Eligible-Bachelor' nomination in local magazine (don't worry we will nominate you sooner). Myself, well, having hard time finishing my lemon herbs chicken, all thanks to Jared. On the sideline, is none other than Kay, watching joyfully while laughing on our silly acts (as soon as we noticed towards the end of session, she wasn't passive but suggesting her ultimatum for OSS).

We're a group of people who comes from a various background gathered in unison, making towards a sustainable planet Earth. We call ourselves the OSS Founders Club who make a bold statement of survival. I'm fortunate enough to work with them who are highly regarded as the 'Messengers of Mother Nature'.