It’s my first TV appearance. Saving it here for the record.

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...

I did not manage to meet the KPI I had set for myself to post an entry at least once a week. The truth is I got into an accident and my mind was set on recovering from it. In between I was tied up with the usual busyness of work and being Ruzain’s daddy. Superhero: Accident Prone Man Alhamdulillah I’ve more or less recovered and at least 85% look like myself – just left some scars that would need time to heal itself. But in the past few weeks, I tried a new project with Ruzain to do some vegetable...

When Alina shared the link via WhatsApp, I didn’t get it at first but because it was her who shared, I immediately went on clicking on it anyway.To my pleasant surprise, and I was definitely surprise and super happy to see the financial literacy program that started from a random discussion between 3 people: Alina, Intan and me at San Francisco Coffee, Menara Shell on 8 August 2019 has made it this far.  Fun(d) For Life featured in Ringgit 01/021 From a random idea, ending up at a pilot 3 days camp up north, which then became a dream to...

I was telling myself I would try and post more frequently in this space this year – maybe every other day. Then life told me – “you don’t have enough time.” So, maybe I’ll try not to be over ambitious – I guess once a week would already be a huge achievement. In my earlier post, I’ve shared a bit about my journey into inclusive takaful last year. It has been an exciting one and hopefully it continues to remain exciting this year. And I mentioned too that besides rolling out a product for the lower income segment, we managed to...