September 18, 2012

On the Way to ACCAdom-Hitting the Books!

Dry Comprehension
Well, for everything there will be  phases.

A time to sow and a time to harvest. A time to study and a time to rejoice..if you succeed, that is.

For my son, today is Day 1 at Sunway University--Management Accounting with Mr Tan. So my son was in  class whether he likes it; or disdains the opening upshot of a grueling 3 hour drone of a lecture!

Could be tough handling comprehension of academic English and the desert-sand dry subject at one go.

Anyway, it would be a challenge to him. Challenges toughen a person.

Yesterday, he was already poring over the notes to ready himself for this morning's lecture.

So, I quipped, " New vacuum cleaner, sweeps clean, doesn't it?"

May not be so technologically appropriate but the message hums true as well, I believe so.

And I also had one philosophical advice for him-Don't lose the forest for the trees!

Anyway ,will ask him in the afternoon, how the lecture went.

YTL-Power Warrants Finally Comes on Stream

Power Builder
It has been a long wait. Really long one.

I thought we were waiting for Godot, Francis?

So, let us recap.

The Station at Paka
For every 15 shares you have in YTL Corp on 18 June 2012, you will be entitled to get one free warrant at 20 sen.

So, a shareholder having 1000 shares will be allotted 66 warrants.

A friend of mine was allotted 811 warrants.

As per warrant is offered at 20 sen instead of the current 51 sen, he has to cough out RM162.20 and he will have to add the bank draft charges of RM5 plus pay RM10 stamp duty. All in all, he will have to set aside RM177.20.

However, he has a choice of rounding it to 1000 units in which the company may just give him the remaining excess of 189 units at RM37.80. In this scenario, he will pay out RM215.00

As the current price of YTL-Power Warrant is trading at 51.5 sen per unit, it pays for a shareholder to go for excess shares.(Rounded down to 51 sen)

For instance, a person can buy excess units worth 20,000. All he needs to pay is 20,000 x 0.20 = RM4,000

Assuming he gets what he subscribed, he will stand to gain 51-20=31 sen x 20,000= RM6,200. After deducting RM60.00 for overheads; he will have a net gain of RM6,140.

Strangely, you will also have those people with odd lots.

Some even have two units offered to them.

Let us assume, they buy to top up to 100 units, 1000 units and 10,000 units

Pasir Gudang

If they only buy up to 100 units, they will have to pay RM20. Overhead charges will come to RM20, making a total commitment of RM40. This will not be a good proposition as in the situation where he has to sell, he will again have to foot RM30 overhead. Losses will be 51-70 = RM19.00. In all silliness,no one then will go for 100 units.

Going forward, let us say, he buys into 1000 units. His cost will then be RM200+20=220. In this situation, he will make some gains. Assuming he has to sell, it will work out this way. RM510-220= RM290.00 gross. After deducting for overheads of RM30.00, he will take home RM260.00.

Power Seraya Singapore
Now, let us scale up. He buys excess to 10,000 units. So his outlay now will be RM2,000+20 =RM2,020. If he sells, he will make 5,100-2020=RM3,080. Deducting brokerage of RM30.00, he will take home RM3,050.

To make it his while, his best bet will be to go for 10,000 units. His return will be 152%; while for the 1000 units bid, his returns will be 118%.

Let us look at the important dates for subscription.

Title / Description
Renounceable offer for sale of up to 733,079,172 existing warrants 2008/2018 in YTL Power International Berhad (“Offer Warrants”) by YTL Corporation Berhad (“YTL Corp”) to the entitled shareholders of YTL Corp at an offer price of RM0.20 for each Offer Warrant, payable in full upon acceptance, on the basis of 1 Offer Warrant for every 15 existing ordinary shares of RM0.10 each held in YTL Corp at 5.00 p.m. on 2 October 2012 ( There is an error here)
Despatch Date
04/10/2012
Date for commencement of trading of the rights
03/10/2012
Date for despatch of abridged prospectus and subscription forms
04/10/2012
Date for cessation of trading of the rights
10/10/2012
Date for announcement of final subscription result and basis of allotment of excess Rights Securities
24/10/2012
Listing date of the Rights Securities
31/10/2012


Last date and time for
Date
Time
Sale of provisional allotment of rights
09/10/2012
at
05:00:00 PM
Transfer of provisional allotment of rights
12/10/2012
at
04:00:00 PM
Acceptance and payment
17/10/2012
at
05:00:00 PM
Excess share application and payment
17/10/2012
at
05:00:00 PM

September 16, 2012

Another Great find-Carmen Ejogo

Captivating
Every once in a long while, we chanced upon a character that is effusively beautiful.

If looks could kill, then she must be Carmen Ejogo.

Carmen Sparkles!
Of Scottish-Nigerian descent, her looks were used to the max in the movie, " Sparkle".


The Sparkling Jordin Sparks

Clear Winner All the Way!

The effervescence Jordin Sparks unleashed!

Here we see her in both her  fantastic vocal and acting element.

She sang a tribute for Whitney Houston - the classic " I'll Always love You" and act along side Whitney in Sparkle!





Enchante!

Elder Brother's 64th Birthday Do

A Milestone Event emblem

Today, my brother's family celebrated his 64th birthday.

I went down with Jon to join the celebrations at one of the well-known Chinese restaurant at Terminal 2, Seremban.

Too bad, there were two wedding dinners going on at the same time. The din was horrendous.

Food was okay.

We took off for my brother's abode. Had the birthday singing and cake cutting.

The children all contributed in buying him a Samsung Galaxy II. So, he can dispose of his entry model now.

Not me, I am still having my old faithful Nokia.

Joey has grown up prettily and K Jin is now showing his early character by wailing if he does not want a stranger holding him up!

Left for home at about 8.30 pm.

Good drive home.

Robert will be going to The Hague in a forth-night  for a one-year stint with Shell.

Wish him all the best.

September 15, 2012

Nadia Heng-Closer to the Hainanese Community

Mixed Hainanese Descent

Beauty Product Modelling
Nadia Heng-that's beauty and brains for you.

Clinching the  Miss Malaysia 2010 Title

Come hither...teasy style...

Bordering on cheekiness

And mind you, even though she has Scottish blood (mum, that is), she is Hainanese and her English is oh-so impeccable in spite of being from a Chinese school.

Gorgeous 

Kitty...cat...kitty...cat!
Hitchhiking?
It shows how much a self-driven person can push the envelope to move into emceeing, fashion modelling and as in Nadia's case, clinch a beauty title for Malaysia.

Playing the field





Here are some shots of her and a You-tube interview.

Enjoy.




ACCA at Sunway University

My son's watering hole for the next 33 months

Well, truth be told, when someone's grades were not good in the past, he enrolls for a professional qualification  and had a better professional life compared to his friends who did well at HSC,went to university and ended up as mostly mediocre pen pushers.

So today(14 September), a milestone date for the family, I enrolled my son at Sunway University to pursue a 2 year and 9 months course to take on the much feared ACCA.

Do or Die, Sudden Death Exam

After I have paid close to RM5K for this first 9 months of the course, my son will now have to take on the challenge of getting that qualification. Beginning 18 September, it will be one grueling 8 to 6.30 lecture room cum tutorial thread-mill regime for him.

That is risk-taking on a do or die mission, sudden death being the price to pay for failure.

His sister was here and did it in record time.

Could he benchmark the sister's performance or even better that?

Let us see how the journey starts for him.

Will he sustained the pace?