Ringgit Oh Ringgit is pleased to be one of the official media partners for Cakna Kewangan Summit 2020, the Malay-language personal finance event which will run for 3 days, from 13-15 June 2020.
Some sponsors/partners you might be familiar with include PTPTN, Bursa Malaysia, UOB KayHan, INSKEN (Institut Keusahawanan Negara), MFPC (Malaysia Financial Planning Association) and (for some reason) Kelantan state government.
Let me give you two good reasons to attend Cakna Kewangan Summit 2020.
Are you bored out of your mind this MCO and looking for entertainment but don’t want to feel like you’re wasting time? Get the latest Money Stories book series, the personal finance in edutainment format! #productivepeopleproblems
Money Stories from Malaysians: Volume 2 contains 11 personal finance-themed short stories, including one from myself, and Cerita Duit Orang Malaysia: Jilid 1 is the Malay translation of Money Stories from Malaysians: Volume 1, with 2 additional new stories š
Money Stories from Malaysians: Volume 2 features writers: Sukhbir Cheema, Nina Osman, Raja Ummi Nadrah, Afiq Abruzzi, Kong Ing Hong, Junnie Lee, Stuart Danker, Azraei Muhamad, Catalina Rembuyan, Myra Mitha and Suraya Zainudin
Cerita Duit Orang Malaysia: Jilid 1 features writers: Jouhari Ali, N.T.Cloever, Sarah Anne, Eu Leon, Sumi S, Aina Izzah, Juntaki, Jonathan Kam, Chan Ai Sin, Azizul Amiludin, M21 and Suraya Zainudin
One of my favourite quotes is: change what you can, accept what you can’t.
That quote is more important than ever nowadays. It’s hard AF, but I want to choose to change my attitude to this whole coronavirus pandemic. I refuse to play the ‘woe is me, everything sucks’ game.
Don’t get me wrong. I am miserable. MCO sucks. Living alone and being away from loved ones right now sucks. Cancelled plans suck. Feeling helpless sucks. Not knowing when this will end sucks.
But I still want to try andĀ live. Find the positives wherever and however I can. It’s the only way I – we – can cope with this without going mental. I’m already seeing predictions from pandemic specialists on how months of MCO may be necessary. How am I supposed to be productive and creative (and earn money during the recession) if I’ve lost it at this early stage?
The thing about feeling negative is it makes it hard for you to think positively. So I turned to the RoR audience for help.
And omg, did you DELIVER. What amazing perspectives you had. Thank you so much. I love it so much, I’ve decided to compile them here, so everyone else can also see the silver linings that you saw.
Restricted Movement Order just started, but I admit I’m already restless.
But… I refuse to complain about it. Whatever I’m facing is minor – so minor – compared to what the frontliners are facing. Staying home is the least I can do.
In this article, I compiled some things we can all do during the Restricted Movement Order.
As you know, the Restricted Movement Order demands people who are not part of essential sectors to just stay home and do their work from home. We just have to assume we ourselves are infected and limit our exposure to other people so we don’t infect them.
Easier said than done though. I was already working from home before this, and the transition is minimal, if any, and I still find myself unable to focus on the work.
I don’t know how people get any work done. Am constantly anxious and distracted and glued to my phone
ā Suraya Zainudin (@surayaror) March 20, 2020
But hey, like aka work goes on. That’s why I published this article anyway.
I enrolled myself in the PERKESO Self-Employment Social Security Scheme!!!
(By the way: PERKESO = Pertubuhan Keselamatan Social = Social Security Organisation = SOCSO)
This is so exciting. PERKESO Self-Employment Social Security Scheme was previously only available for the Passenger Transportation Sector (ie e-Hailing drivers), but as of January 2020 have since been extended to cover 19 more informal sectors. Scroll further down to see the sectors and types of professions eligible for enrollment.
Welcome to the What’s In My Bag: Malaysia Personal Finance Content Creators Edition!
For International Women’s Day on 8 March 2020, I thought it would be fun to play around with the theme, #EachforEqual, and ask my fellow personal finance content creators about something that enables their personal and work lives: the contents of their bags.
To put simply, what do we carry around with us to get. shit. done?
Some time ago I wrote about how I got bored one day and decided to check out (and write about) the Bank Negara Malaysia website.
I got bored again, so here’s an article about me clicking around Securities Commission Malaysia website pulak.
(Huh, this can be an ongoing series. I can write about other financial institutions’ websites, why not)
Similar disclaimer here. None of the screenshot-ed images below are mine, they’re taken from the website. Securities Commissions Malaysia team reading this, please don’t sue me *laughs nervously*
Good employers exist. Before we even start this article, I just want to tell you that despite all the workplace-related horror stories you read on social media, good and caring employers exist. They just get overshadowed by all the bad ones.
And here’s the thing – they *want* to attract you, a talented professional, to work with them.
This article serves two purposes:
The idea behind investing in the stock market is easy – buy shares from companies you like, wait for it to grow, and earn a profit through dividends and/or increase in value.
(You can also make money if the share price goes down – thatās called shorting, but thatās not halal and more suitable for more advanced traders so letās not go there).
But if the idea is so easy, then why do I find it intimidating?
Bursa Malaysia knows that many people have the same feeling. Part of their mandate is to attract more investors to the Malaysian stock market, so they come up with various initiatives, including educational ones, to help us overcome that fear.
The latest initiative – Bursa Marketplaceās Mirror, Learn & Trade Platform or MLT Platform for short – may be the coolest one yet. I tried it out. Hereās what I thought of it.
Welcome back to the Ringgit Oh Ringgit Xmas Giveaway! It’s the season to give, give and give!
Here are prizes available from all sponsors. You can enter one or ALL of them, up to you. Prizes:
Note: Interested to be a sponsor? Contact me š The service is FREE for purchasers of Money Stories for Malaysians: Volume 1 – Platinum package and for fellow personal finance bloggers/ content creators. A fee is charged for everyone else – all donated to charity.
