My attempt to pitch for Pre Seed Fund from MDeC failed. Well, I wouldn't say it was failed completely. It's just that our idea wasn't conveyed convincingly to the evaluation committee. Although I clearly noticed that the team was clueless about what we were presenting to them, I think that's a good educational experience for me to notice on how I do my presentation. Some room for improvement.

One question though - how are we gonna realistically guess the number of subscriber given that the project isn't in placed yet? Something for the evaluation committee to think about. Hahahaha..

Anyway, my property agent in Kuala Pilah found 4 acres of land for me to use. Good enough la kan.So Young Agronomics place an order of 2,400 small banana trees. So, tentatively they are ready to be planted in middle of June. One thing that I was a bit pissed off was because the miscommunication which they had on me. Previously I ordered 3000 trees and promised to pay the downpayment when I secured the money for that, which was about 2 weeks ago. They promised to have the trees ready by end of May. Unfortunately, this gentleman didn't remember to include his boss's email address so that I could email the confirmation note. On my part, I thought the transaction was complete when I replied the email and agreed on the terms and conditions produced by them.

So now the trees will only be ready in mid June. I was like, "fuck it!".

Another bad news I got through my friend is that MARA has a long que for loan application. The que to get the loan could be as long as 1 year long. And I was like, "fuck it, again!". Agaknya aku kena apply Skim Pembiayaan Ekonomi Desa under KKLW laaa pulakkk untuk projek tembikai nih. Banyak betul halangannya nak berniaga.

My mom is finally at home after she was hospitalized for almost a month. That's a good news. The bad news is my mom isn't like my mom before she went to the hospital a month ago. She is bed ridden now and she has some challenges with her memory and her cognitive ability. Sometimes her personality changed. One issue which we need to resolve as family is to figure out how to take care of my mom when everyone is working.

Aku pikir untuk hire orang gaji untuk bantu mak aku kat rumah. At least maybe dua orang gaji. And how exactly to pay for these two maids? Well, I've got an idea. But that needs an attention from my dad and I am willing to fork out the money for this idea. I am sure, if this idea flies, it will generate income to cover for mummy's homecare nursing expenses.

Whatever it is, kita buat satu-satu lah. Make sure projek kebun pisang ni menjadi. Make sure projek IT training for OKU pun menjadi. And make sure kitorang leh dapat financing support from KKLW ni menjadi. Mudah-mudahan dapatlah kami jadi orang-orang yang senang dalam tempoh 5 tahun akan datang. Ameen.

p/s: Iqbal raised an interesting point of view about having a 'scandal' and having an 'awek'. I'll write about it later.