Keeping it real

Dear Loyal Sense and Cents Readers, Since Mr Jack has gotten the ball rolling with cleaning out closets...I guess I'd have a chat post too... haha...

Well, Mr Jack forgot to intro about what we do!

Mr Jack is an entrepreneurial( I can never get the spelling of the word right!) and enterprising businessman dealing with financial services in Singapore and future economist! Always full of ideas and creativity regarding money and many other things... Always setting the bar higher and making me work harder!( Now I'm obliged to come up with two posts a week too! TT)

And well me, I just graduated with a degree in Commerce(Finance) and have just started work this week at some financial institution in Malaysia =D My business role models/heroes would be Sir Richard Branson and Anthony Robbins, because of soooooooooo many reasons, but mainly because besides being successful financially, they are also successful in other aspects of life and believe in giving back to the community.

Well well, so this site came to fruition about 5 weeks ago because
-research about and souping up my resume and going for interviews was boring and tedious
-I've always had a passion for teaching and sharing my experience
-we wanted people to see the importance of financial planning and create financial awareness and hopefully "savvy-ness".
-we wanted to do this in a fun and interesting way that people could relate
-Mr Jack writes posts that are both engaging and easy to relate to

So yes, Mr Jack and I have been quietly building up this corner of the Blogosphere to achieve a certain quality and quantity of posts in the hopes that it'd be well accepted and gain a loyal following!

Unlike Mr Jack, I don't like following a set formula! haha... oh well.. We'll probably have a chat on that... Creating posts on Sense & Cents has become a part of my life, and I'd always be on the look out for things to put in here with a fun finance perspective!

So... I have quite a many topics coming your way from 'the power of compounding', 'the power of networking'(very Anthony Robbins inspired), my experiences at work, more newspaper cuttings, how i got around the option to ride problem, and of course a post about the hot air balloon for Mr Jack's fan, which I hope will turn he/she into my fan too! So keep in tune and tell your friends about us!

Oh yea... I have high hopes in making this blog a huge success, but I believe in taking things a small step at a time! But hopefully, it'll become as succesful as Bransons' and garner advertising revenue for charities! Big dreams, little baby steps.

" A journey of a thousand steps starts with one"

Okay... This post is getting a bit too big.. but i still have so much to ramble on about... haha.... Well all in all, running this blog with Mr Jack has been a wonderful experience thus far, I've learnt alot about blogging/work/finance, how to get people to contribute posts, learn how to see things from newer perspectives and how to coordinate with people who are not on the same continent with you.

So yes, We're definitely here for the long haul, and we always welcome contributors, in whatever way! Just like how Ms Mabel, Ms Arumugum and Ms Sarah Lim have helped out! And of course, a big thank you to our loyal readers thus far! We've reached 1300 page views without any hardsell and seeing the site visit stats every Sunday makes me feel its worth it! =D

Well, so, please stay with us as we gain more insight and experience in finance/business/economics and sharing our many many ideas and grow with us!

Cheers,
Tau

Credit goes to Ms Sarah Lim for the above banner too! She created a whole series to choose from!