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Continue reading →: I Got Poisoned By Bing Moto
14 months.25 to 26 countries.Almost 50,000 km.Malaysia all the way to London.Solo one.On a Yamaha Tenere 700. I sat down and listened to Taiwanese rider Bing Moto, share his journey. This one not normal poison.This is adventure biker poison. The type of poison that make you balik rumah, close the…
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Continue reading →: I bought my office mums a Mother’s Day gift. Turns out, I bought it for myself.
Friday 3pm.Audit file half open. Brain half cooked.Then bam. Mother’s Day this Sunday. 😱 Almost forgot. Again. I look around my office. 4 mums.All deserve something nice.But what? Flower? Wilt by Monday.Chocolate? Goes straight into the stomach.Hamper? Too corporate.Voucher? Cheapskate boss vibe.Spa? 4 mothers, 4 schedules. Impossible. 🤯 Think thin…
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Continue reading →: 13 Years Ago, KLSC Marathon Gave Me A Second Life
I found this old Kuala Lumpur Standard Chartered Marathon medal today.Bib E-09973. Stained, faded, kept for 13 years. This was where my running life started.At 44, I started running. Now 57 old🧖🏻♂️ Before that, 20 years of smoking. My only “sport” was golf. Maybe midlife crisis.Maybe fear.Maybe the body finally…
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Continue reading →: Two weeks ago on Friday, I tried something new with my back-end support team.
No CPE.No external trainer. Just a handphone with each teammate, a 3-minute video on emotional intelligence in the meeting room Cost: RM0.Time: 60 minutes. Process :We watched the video,We talked on the spot, andWe posted public reflections on LinkedIn the following week. Let me share why this matters for SMP…
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Continue reading →: Your Auditor Is Annoying You. That’s A Good Sign.
You think your auditor is being a pain.Asking for your passport copy. Again.Asking where the RM800K capital injection came from.Asking who is the real beneficial owner behind your “trusted friend” nominee.Asking why a supplier from a country you cannot locate on the map suddenly wires you RM1,000,000.Asking, asking, asking. You…
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Continue reading →: (TAX UPDATE) Taxpayer spent RM200,000 renovating his office. Then expect FULL tax deduction.
Last week a client called me.“Mr Koh, I just finished renovating my office. RM200,000 spent.Can I claim tax deduction or not?”New partitions, new flooring, pantry, meeting room. I told him: “Can. But must do it correctly. Otherwise no tax deduction.” He went quiet for a moment.“Why so UNFAIR one?” This…
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Continue reading →: “Mr Koh, you got LHDN lubang?”
A new prospect walked into my office.Didn’t sit down.Didn’t shake hand.Didn’t even say “good morning.”First sentence,straight to my face:“Mr Koh, you got lubang with LHDN one right?Everything also can kautim one right?” I smiled.Not because funny.I smiled because after doing this line for 30 over years,this kind of question still…
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Continue reading →: (TAX UPDATE) Boss, Why Your Engagement Letter Got Stamp One?”
Last week, one client called me. Not because of tax.Not because of audit.Not because of e-Invoice. He called me because of one small chop.Our letter of engagement was duly stamped. He asked: “Boss, why your engagement letter got stamp one? Last time no stamp also can.” I laughed.Because this one…
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Continue reading →: Cook The Book … I Signed The Resignation Letter.
Last week, I signed a resignation letter.From a newly appointed client. Our associate had done their accounts before we came in for audit and tax compliance.Something felt fishy.I called my associate. She said:“Bro, the client wants to cook the book lah.”“Loss-making to profit-making.”“For bank loan.” I asked her: “You can…
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Continue reading →: My Running Prime Is Over
I went to run Iskandar City half marathon with the training plan of a lazy uncle yesterday. Once upon a time, I was actually quite a decent runner. Not elite. But by uncle standard, not bad already. Half marathon PB: 2:01.Half Ironman run? 2:15 for 21km, after 1.8km swim and…

