Financial Literacy Month 2021

I went on NIAGA Awani again at super short notice – just got to know yesterday later afternoon. This time I spoke about financial literacy month and the stuff we do at FWD Takaful – Fun(d) For Life that we run with Arus Academy and our newly launched online mobile game – “Komuniti Kita” NIAGA Awani, 19 October 2021 Never got the questions upfront – hopefully I answered it well. Also super happy our game got out – we spent a lot of time and effort putting it together. Hopefully people will enjoy it as much as we do and...

I went on TV again – this time national TV

It’s been forever since I wrote. Hopefully can come back soon and start writing again. Posting it here for the record, appeared on TV for second time – this time on RTM, Malaysia’s national TV station. I just found out that RTM now has a sports channel after the introduction of Myfreeview digital channels just before COVID-19 – Channel Sukan RTM, 111. Demi Malaysia Mentari Tokyo, 2 July 2021, 10pm Missed the actual premier on TV though – it was aired at the episode on Friday, 2 July 2021, 10pm. But we were informed it would be aired on Saturday,...

Hari ini dalam sejarah

Alhamdulillah, Allah telah berikan saya peluang untuk menerima dos pertama vaksin pada hari ini. Harapnya seperti yang lain, tiada kesan sampingan yang serius selain pembentukkan antibodi untuk melawan COVID-19. Dos pertama AZ @ 10.18 pagi, 29 Mei 2021 Tatkala saya mendaftar secara sukarela dahulu, saya juga berfikir banyak kali, hingga ke pagi saya membaca artikel berkenaan vaksin AZ. Saya juga ada perasaan takut – kita semua takut yang tidak pasti, kita manusia biasa. Tetapi saya tekad ambil juga, sebagai tanggungjawab kerana ramai yang takut pada ketika itu. “It has to start somewhere” saya memujuk diri saya sambil melihat wajah anak...

How I ended up here

My late dad spent more than half his career in the insurance industry. Started off in London where he spent 7 years before coming back and joining the local insurance company Talasco Insurance, running the life insurance division. I grew up knowing this but didn’t really know what insurance actually meant. What I remembered from his time in Talasco was his staff (which is more of his friends) and sports. I had the chance for to meet many national legendary footballers and hockey players including the late Mokhtar Dahari (who used to be branding manager) and Karim Pin (who also married...