yan yan SB

I am now a financial life planner with Great Eastern. Many must have been very surprised with this path that I chosen. Not just because they think that this isn’t a job for a fresh grad but… “Huh?? Insurance agent?”- was the most common response I got. Haha. Of course they were also many who were really cool with it and others who approached me for financial advice.

It was quite an obstacle for me to eventually decide on this path as I myself have a stigma towards insurance agents. I believe in insurance protection. Since young, I have been rather aquatinted with the idea of sound financial planning and life protection due to Mum’s influence and also due to personal reasons which I would love to share..

I am sure all of you would have thought of your own goals and aspirations before you decided to do something..Choosing this path, I wish to increase the awareness of financial planning, to educate (hopefully), to create relationships with people and hopefully be a positive impact to people around me. I don’t know how long I will take to fulfill this goal. All of you shall be my judge(:

Financial planning includes things like life planning for education, retirement, etc, savings and endowments, investments, life insurance, health insurance, risk management, business succession planning, financial related advisory and so much more. The team that I have joined is really an inspirational one(got lots to share too!(:) We focus on needs-based service which is helping people to review what they need before following up with recommendations!

Feel free to just ask me about anything and everything. I will gladly offer my help (:

yanyan strawberry

JC Basketball Finals
It was IJC upped against the formidable HCI at Jurong East sports hall ytd. The IJ boys have been fighting very hard to earn a spot in the finals against HC. Even though I do not know the boys personally, I wanted them to win so badly because I saw a great improvement in their game play, teamwork, as compared to last year. More importantly, they showed drive and passion for the game they were playing. After half time, it was clear the HC would win the match but the IJ boys defended well and gave a very good fight. In my heart, they are already champions, coming a very long way from being only top 8 last year to being the securing the runner up position for this year's Bball nationals. Well done boys!

Looking at the boys fight on the court reminded me of the once familiar display of rivalry, angst and arrogance.It reminded me of me. Of how I always fought to win. Of how I always wanted to do everything and anything so as to give nothing less than my best. These memories will be something of the past that I will always treasure and never forget. But above of that, I was also reminded of the tears shed, the joy shared and the friendship forged on the track. Something that will never be only memories of the past but will be held onto so tightly for the rest of my lifetime.

A confusing story to tell
I recommended a friend to have dinner at Nanbantei and I warned him that the husband and wife running the eatery are grumpy and rude and that if we were to make a second order, we would be charged an extra 20% of the total bill. When I went into Nanbantei 2 days ago, I didn't see the grumpy couple. Neither were we scolded for ordering our second, third and fourth helping. I thought to myself that maybe the review on the Internet (about the eatery) was already outdated.

Today, I went to Wasabi tei (also on the 5th floor of far east plaza) for dinner. And I realised that I made a (right) wrong recommendation to my friend. Wrong, because I was supposed to recommend my friend to go to Wasabi tei instead of Nanbantei. Right, because the food at Nanbantei is ichiban and we would have almost miss out on a great opportunity to dine there. confused?

xoxo