After all the hardworks done by the newsletter’s committee, Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club has finally published their second club’s newsletter. This issue includes an Interview Session with the club advisor, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) Francis Ng as well as an article from the club’s chartered president, Haji Naburi Idin on how the club was started way back in the year 2002.

The newsletter can be downloaded for your reading pleasure. Just click on the below box of PDF file link and you will be directed to open the newsletter PDF file automatically.  The file size of this newsletter PDF file is about 1MB. If you have a slow Internet connection, please wait until it is fully downloaded then only you can view it. You can also save the file in PDF format in your local computer or print it out to your printer. Please feel free to share this newsletter to your friends.

If you have any suggestion, comments or improvement to be made on the newsletter, please feel free to let us know. You can email your recommendations to any one of the newsletter committee with the contact details available at the last page of the newsletter or you can email to me at victor@victorwan.com. You can also give comments at this post here below.

The next issue of the newsletter will be available in July 2010. If you have not done so yet, you can sign up here below so that you can be informed when the next issue published and we will send you the details of the next newsletters’ availability immediately.

NOW, please click on the link below to open the newsletter. If you have any problem and difficulty when opening the PDF file, please email to me immediately at victor@victorwan.com.

If you want to get the previous newsletter, please click here Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club’s Newsletter Issue no. 1.

Have a great reading pleasure.

Thank you.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

Mother’s Day is one of the days that we pay tribute to our mother. This year (2010), Mother’s Day will be celebrated on 9th May. I wish everyone will take this day to get together with their mothers and spend more time with them.

Some mothers like to smoke. The reason that their mothers like to smoke may due to the environment, the enjoyment they are getting from smoking, the pressure they are having that lead to them to smoke, the addiction or whatever reasons they have.

However, smoking may not be good to them. Personally, I do not like mother to smoke. In long term, smoking may jeopardize their health and may lead to lung cancer or any other sickness. That’s why, I recommend that smokers, whether is a mother or anyone, should reduce smoking or quit smoking at all. However, if you cannot quit, maybe try to smoke in a different way. A different way to smoke which will lead to healthy lifestyles and healthy environment is to take Green Smoke.

Green Smoke offers a different type of quality cigarette which is the Electronic cigarette with disposable cartridges. It comes with variety of flavors and nicotine levels and has been independently tested for safety. It tastes and feels just like tobacco cigarettes but is completely smoke free and tar free. It is good for smokers to change from an unhealthy style of smoking to a more healthy style of smoking and is the best alternative to tobacco. It is just like a real cigarette but without all the adverse side effects for smokers as well as creating a better environment for the people around the smokers.

If your mother smokes, why not ask her to smoke differently which will be better for her health and also other people’s health. For this Mother’s Day, why not get her a better gift for her. Get her a “Green Smoke” Mother’s Day Kit.

Please click on the link of the picture below for the promotion of “Green Smoke” Mother’s Day Kit. She will experience a difference of smoking lifestyle with a happy feeling that creates a better bonding to the family.

Happy Mother’s Day.

Thanks.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

Microsoft Windows 7 has been available since October 2009 and I have found that it is getting stable and better compare with the previous version which is the Windows Vista.
If you have already using Windows 7, please response to the survey below. I want to know which Windows 7 Edition are mostly used? Is it Home Premium Edition, Professional Edition, Ultimate Edition or Enterprise Edition? Are you using 32-bit version or 64-bit version?

Here are the survey questions.

In case that you want to purchase a Windows 7 software now, you can click below the version that you want and select upgrade or full version and in boxes or directly download from Microsoft Store (recommended with high speed connections).

Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Ultimate

However, Windows 7 Enterprise Edition is not available to purchase for individual use. It is mainly for organization or enterprise users. If you really need a Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, please contact your local Microsoft reseller.

Thank you for your survey.

Victor Wan
www.VictorWan.com

This article was written by myself and was published in the newsletter of Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club issue number 1. I republished this article here and welcome your feedback. I appreciate if you could give some valueable feedback or comments or any suggestions that related to this article so that everyone will have benefit of getting more ideas on public speaking. Thank you.

Public speaking has always been a challenge for me. I still remember… at the tender age of 10, I took part in my primary school’s speech contest. As I stood in front of my teachers and fellow students in the school hall, I experienced my first stage fright… I felt extremely nervous, my palms were sweaty and my hands shook like in an earthquake. I wish the stage would swallow me up.

Ironically, despite my fearful childhood experience, I became a trainer. I am also sometimes engaged to be master of ceremony, speaker introducer and facilitator. I have to confess… in spite of my profession and the advantage of speaking in front of people, whenever I am in front of an audience, I still shake, get butterflies in my stomach, heart pumps faster and sometimes my mind goes blank.

Luckily, over the years, with practice, I look confident and comfortable enough training in front of any new audience. I count my lucky stars when I joined Toastmasters because I finally learned proven methods to conquer my fears. I started my Toastmasters journey with the first project speech, “The Ice Breaker”. Then, during evaluation, my speech evaluator gave me valuable feedback and ideas on how to improve and that is when I knew, my Toastmasters training would help me become an even better trainer. We can overcome our fears with action.

Life is an adventure… every one of us will definitely have moments where we need to speak in public. When you want to do something, there will always have a risk. After all, if you never take risks, you will never experience change and growth. In fact, everything in life involves some form of risk. When you learn to ride a bicycle, drive a car or swim, you could fall, crash or drown. Though you should not take every risk, you should take the risk that will reward you in some way.

Carolyn Kerner Stein, author of the book “Delivering Powerful Speeches”, recommends the following 3 questions to help you check if the risk you wish to take is worth taking:

1. Will I regret not trying?
2. Win or lose, succeed or fail, will I be proud of myself for trying?
3. What is the worst thing that can happen if I try?

For example, for me to take the risk to take part in our club’s International Speech contest, I did check:
Q: Will I regret not trying?
A: Yes, I will regret if I did not take part in the speech contest. I will miss the chance to perform and better my speaking skills. This way, I get a chance to compete with other talented members to improve further.

Q: Win or lose, succeed or fail, will I be proud of myself for trying?
A: Yes, I am proud of myself to take part in the contest. Win or lose, at least I tried my best to get rid of the fear to do it.

Q: What is the worst thing that can happen if I try?
A: I may still get nervous, hands will shake and make a fool of myself in front of the audience but at least I try and even if I did not win the contest, I will never give up. I will keep on contesting because one day, I will win.

Another confession… I do not enjoy taking risks, but I learned that things will happen and when we take action to deal with them, we still come out standing tall.

So, remember to ask yourself these 3 questions whenever you endeavor to take risks. You will never know, once you practice answering these 3 questions every time, you will have no fear to do the things that you have never done before. So, take the risk, break the ice and break the barriers. Instead of letting fear conquer you, conquer your fears.

As Roscoe Drummond says, “The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minute you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public”.

Thank you for reading. If you want to get a copy of Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club’s newsletter, click the link here: http://www.victorwan.com/248/money-mastery-kl-toastmasters-clubs-newsletter-issue-no-1/.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

ATTENTION !!! Please TAKE NOTE this:

World Cup 2010 in South Africa has already started.

The World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters are already OUT OF STOCKS!!! I will not accepting anymore request for this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

THANK YOU for those who submitted their names and make the payment for getting this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

I hope you enjoy this World Cup 2010 and may your favourite country WINS the World Cup 2010.

Thank you for your attention!!!

FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa IS HERE and RUNNING NOW.

To celebrate this great world event, I am giving out more than 100 copies of the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster with match schedules for your references.

This World Cup 2010 wall chart poster measures at 39” x 27” (100cm x 70cm). See below pictures.

World Cup 2010 wall chart poster

World Cup 2010 wall chart poster up to the FINAL match

The wall chart also comes together with stickers for you to stick into the wall chart. There are two types of stickers available. The stickers with COUNTRY NAMES are used to stick on the area of Group Winners & Runners-up and also in the area of the play-off matches from Second Round onwards up to the FINAL match. The stickers with NUMBERS are used to stick on the score boxes to indicate the scores of all the matches played. See below picture.

World Cup 2010 wall chart poster with Stickers

Here are the terms and conditions to get this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster.

1. Only 1 person is allowed to receive 1 World Cup 2010 wall chart poster. The tracking is based on email address that you entered to get the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster.
2. You will need to pay a small sum of US$10 only for processing fees which include “Postage & Package” for the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster to send to your mailing address through air-mail.
3. This World Cup 2010 wall chart poster is giving out based on first come first serve of who have made the US$10 payment for the processing fees.
4. Please state clearly your NAME and your MAILING ADDRESS so that the postmen will be able to see clearly to deliver the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster to you. I will not be responsible for any undelivered due to unclear MAILING ADDRESS.
5. This World Cup 2010 wall chart poster will only giving out while stock last and will be stop giving out when the World Cup 2010 started unless as requested.

To get this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster, all you need to do is to key in your NAME and your EMAIL address in the boxes below and click the button “Let me Have it”.

After that, you will receive an email to seek your response of confirmation for this request. Read that email and click on the link inside the email to confirm your request before we send you another email on how to get the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster.

After your confirmation, you will receive another email which tells you how to make the payment of US$10 for the processing fees. After payment confirmed, the World Cup 2010 wall chart poster will be send to you immediately. Again, please state your NAME and MAILING ADDRESS clearly.

That’s it……..easy as 1, 2, and 3.

ATTENTION !!! Please TAKE NOTE this:

World Cup 2010 in South Africa has already started.

The World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters are already OUT OF STOCKS!!! I will not accepting anymore request for this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

THANK YOU for those who submitted their names and make the payment for getting this World Cup 2010 Wall Chart Posters.

I hope you enjoy this World Cup 2010 and may your favourite country WINS the World Cup 2010.

Thank you for your attention!!!

So, to get this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster, type your NAME and your EMAIL address below and wait for email to send to you.

If you have any problem getting this World Cup 2010 wall chart poster, please write to me to victor@victorwan.com.

Thanks and enjoy your World Cup 2010 and wish your best team wins.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

As a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), I have always needed to upgrade my IT knowledge to follow the IT trend. I have already trained Windows XP and Windows Vista courses and now it is time to move forward to the latest Microsoft Windows products, Windows 7.

1. I have already been a Windows Vista user for more than 2 years and now I have upgraded to use Windows 7. Even though there are a lot of similarities between Windows Vista and Windows 7, but there are new features available and enhancement that makes it better to use Windows 7.

2. To start exploring into Windows 7, the first thing we need to look at, are our machines able to install and run Windows 7? Basically, for those machines already running Windows Vista, it should have no issue to run on Windows 7. However, to those older machines that are running on Windows XP and earlier version of Windows Operating Systems, it is recommended to run some testing to check if the machines can be installing and run on Windows 7. One important aspect that you need to look at is the peripherals’ drivers. Are the drivers Windows 7’s compatible? If your computer is still attached to old outdated printer, scanner or fax, those existing drivers might work fine in XP, but will it able to operate with Windows 7?

3. There is no need to waste time referring to system requirement on those peripheral manufacturers’ websites. The easiest solution is to run a simple software tool that can be download from Microsoft’s website since Windows 7 is a Microsoft product. This software tool is known as Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and it is designed to analyze the system and scans to look for weaknesses and problems with incompatibility with your hardware, devices and installed programs as well as give warning about any potential issues and recommend what to do before you decide to purchase Windows 7.

4. Therefore, before you start thinking about buying a Windows 7 license package, I advise you to run this Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor first to ensure your machine can run and compatible to Windows 7. You can get this free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor at this link here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15&displaylang=en

5. After you have downloaded this small software, follow the instructions to install it into your computer. After installation, it should be available inside the Windows Menu when you click on the Start button in Windows Vista, or in Start->Program Files if you are using Windows XP or earlier Windows version.

6. One recommendation is that before you start to run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, it is advisable to plug in all of the peripherals that you use on a regular basis in the computer that you are assessing. This is to allow the software tool to look at and assess all of the accessories that you have in that computer besides assessing the computer’s internal components so as to check whether they will work or not. The peripherals that I am referring here are printers, scanners, external hard disks, digital cameras, mobile phones, MP3 players and so on.

7. Once you hooked up everything, run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor software and then click on the “Start Check” button. It may takes a few minutes depending on how old your computer is and how many accessories you have attached to it. Just let it run until it finish.

8. After the analysis completed, it will show you the screen that tell you all about your PC’s ability to run Windows 7. It will tell you if you can upgrade directly or not from your current Windows operating system installation. Else, it may tell you with an alert advising that you must backup all your programs, data and documents and perform a custom installation or a clean installation to install Windows 7 from scratch.

9. Apart from telling you whether you can upgrade or perform a clean installation, Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor will also warn you that some of the features that you are currently running may not be available once you have installed or upgraded to Windows 7. One of them is the Windows Mail email application in Windows Vista or the Outlook Express in Windows XP. These applications are no longer included in this new operating system. However, if you still need to use email application and of course most of us need to use it, you can download the new “Windows Live Mail” from Microsoft website. This Windows Live Mail is a new powerful offline mail application with the Calendar feature and built-in Anti-Phishing tools. I will write more about this Windows Live Mail in the future post.

10. Lastly, at the bottom of the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor evaluations, there will be a summary of technical requirements to tell you if you have enough hard disk space, memory RAM, appropriate processor that can run Windows 7 and also let you know if your computer can run Aero effects such as the transparent windows. If also advise you on what software for your hardware may need updating and what application programs are not fully compatible to run in Windows 7.

There you go. Don’t just simply buy a Windows 7 and install into your computer. Check it out first if your computer can really upgrade or run Windows 7. Use this Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor.

I will write more about Windows 7 in my blog here for your learning knowledge. Please feel free to give any comment here or email me at victor@victorwan.com

Thank you for reading.

In case that you want to purchase a Windows 7 software now, you can click below the version that you want and select upgrade or full version and in boxes or directly download from Microsoft Store (recommended with high speed connections).

Windows 7 Home Premium

Windows 7 Professional

Windows 7 Ultimate

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club has published it first club’s newsletter. The newsletters will be quarterly published starting January 2010. It contains great information about Money Mastery-KL Toastmasters Club, the club’s meeting time and venue, members’ achievements, club’s achievements, great articles about public speaking skills, members’ magical transformation, jokes, club’s events and lots of photos.

The newsletter can be downloaded for your reading pleasure. Just click on the below box of PDF file link and you will be directed to open the newsletter PDF file automatically.  The file size of this newsletter PDF file is about 2MB. If you have a slow Internet connection, please wait until it is fully downloaded then only you can view it. You can save the file in PDF format in your local computer or print it out to your printer. Please feel free to share this newsletter to your friends.

If you have any suggestion, comments or improvement to be made on the newsletter, please feel free to let us know. You can email your recommendations to any one of the newsletter committee with the contact details available at the last page of the newsletter or you can email to me at victor@victorwan.com. You can also give comments at this post here below.

The next issue of the newsletter will be available on April 2010. If you want to be informed when the next issue published, you can sign up here in below and we will send you the details of the newsletters’ availability immediately.

Please fill up your details below to sign up for the next newsletter alert to send to you.

Please click on the link below to open the newsletter. If you have any problem and difficulty when opening the PDF file, please email to me immediately at victor@victorwan.com.

Have a great reading pleasure.

Thank you.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

Hi Friends, there has been awhile since my last post on 1^st of January 2010. A lot of things have been happening to me since the New Year turned from 2009.

1. First, my house caught fire. The fire started from the main switch board inside my house. The fire started suddenly just like that. Fortunately, my family members noticed the fire and they immediately alerted my neighbors for help to put off the fire. Thanks to them for helping. The fire was not serious but it created some damages that made us inconvenience to stay there for few days. Since the main switch board was burnt, there is no electricity supply to my house and we have to stay in the nearby hotel. I need to get the electrician to change to a new main switch board and rewired some of the affected wiring, then only we got the power supply back and moved back in. However, the smoke from the fire made the whole house darken. The ceiling and some part of the wall were darken and dusty. No choice, we have to repaint the whole house including the up stair rooms. Now, everything back to normal and I am glad that everyone in my family was not hurt in the fire.
2. Second, after we recovered from the fire, I was sick for a few days. Suddenly got flu, body weak, cough and has been bedridden for few days.
3. Third, after I recovered from the virus, my car got problem. The gear box of my car was having problem that cannot made my car move at all even I shifted to “Drive” gear. Therefore, I have to spend few thousand ringgits to repair it.

After all these unfortunate incidents, I hope the rest of the days for this year will be better and better. Well, not only this year but every year at all.

Here, in this 2010 Tiger year, I wish everyone a happy and prosperous Chinese new year. May everyone be healthy, wealthy with happiness always.

Gong Xi Fa Cai.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

大悲咒

The Great Compassion Mantra is a religious chanting song related to Buddhist teaching. While listening to this song, it helps to keep us into a very peaceful mood and makes us forget all the troubles, problems and all the exciting things happening to us. It also can help to remove all the dirty stains and sickness in our mind and soul.

Click the play button on the MP3 player BELOW to play this song.

Adjust the volume on your computer while listening to suit your listening pleasure.

There is also a MP3 player at the sidebar on the right side of this website. If you click the above play button, it only play the “Great Compassion Mantra” song. If you click the play button on the sidebar’s MP3 player, it will play all the Mantra songs one by one. I recommend you only click on one of the play button. If not, then there will be mixed sound coming out from your speaker.

I hope you will enjoy it.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com

To all my freinds and readers, I wish you all a Happy New Year towards the year 2010.

So fast a year has passing by and now we are heading to another new year, 2010.

Plan what you will be doing in the new year and make sure you will achieve it and do not just write it down. Action is very important and once you have achieved it, reward yourselves with anything that you like so that it can motivate you more towards other things that you wanted to do.

For now, my plan is to wish you all a Happy New Year with healthy and prosperous year ahead. And my action is to make these wishes here in my blog. Thank you for coming back to visit my website.

Happy New Year 2010.

Victor Wan

www.VictorWan.com