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TRAIN TO LIPIS 🚂💨🇲🇾 轟隆隆隆隆... 火車來啦! 《東海岸篇》的拍攝之旅終於來到尾聲了。除了有影片看,我還會努力為《東海岸篇》添多兩個地點(16頁)讓大家了解多兩個東海岸的自然物語。 文長慎入,我只是按部就班做事,重點在最後一段
你不是應該專注在出書這方面嗎?為什麼搞這麼多花樣?就不能好好做書嗎?年輕人,不要浪費時間了,趕緊把《東海岸篇》及《南馬篇》出版啦! 首先,我需要大家清楚知道製作一本書不簡單。MJBB 這系列的書並不是照片結合文字這麼簡單,我還要畫地圖、更新最新的巴士路線、再三確認書裡所提及的「自然」與「物語」。第二篇的東海岸之旅,我也想加一些新元素或加多一兩篇文章,給大家不同的新鮮感。可是這一切都需要時間。《北馬篇》英文版的第一輪宣傳後我已經開始處理《東海岸篇》了,我不曾停下來,一直都在想如何快點出版。 我的製作圖隊,他們各有自己的崗位。他們都是在放工後幫我,很多時候我們週末還在工作,努力把所有事情一一做好。我很清楚自己在做什麼,從來沒有拖慢出版的速度。我一直以兵來將擋的方式處理大小事務,因為一個人的力量有限,我還在拼命想辦法組織一個屬於 MJBB 的團隊。 無論是出版 MJBB系列的書籍,還是推出一系列的周邊產品,我早已想好一切。可是在這個花花世界裡,一本書的出版要得到好的回應,光是靠書本身是不可以的。更何況,我是無名之輩、自費出版、在陌生領域裡扛起了一個挑戰。我的生活可以樸素,但就不能每餐都吃麵包喝白開水!周邊產品雖沒有帶來很多盈利,但至少它們幫補到一些經費,同時也豐富 MJBB。 我腦子裡還有很多想法,只是資金及個人能力有限,不然大家會看到更多。我看東西看很遠,可是有時候我也會忽略了身邊的細節及人事物(如果我有忽略了你的感受,請讓我知道,我沒惡意的)。我個性積極,一直都在爭取,從不埋怨。從事出版及推廣巴士,我接受從零開始做起的挑戰,碰碰撞撞地向所有相關單位解釋自己的理念。得不到他人幫助,我會加倍努力咬緊牙關讓自己的產品一個個面世。我在想,或許上天要我靜下來一個人思考,學習如何把每件事做得妥當,發揮其作用。 有些所謂的好人,前面說會不顧一切幫我,背後則要我做出一些我不想做的事。其實,我明白什麼是妥協,為了配合各方面,我一直都在調整自己的資源和能力。但身為 MJBB 創始人,我必須要有底線,知道什麼該做什麼不該做。很多時候我寧願自己辛苦,也不違背良心,更不讓自己日後一直耿耿於懷為何當初會做出那些事。 你說我牛,那你呢?不夠圓滑?那只是為了圓滿你的要求吧?!不配合?你知道配合是雙方、雙向的嗎?不明白我這麼牛竟然可以走到今天?我沒怕過。我一直以行動來證明。我拿得起,放得下。萬一這次失敗了,我會繼續唸博士課程,轉換跑道跟大學生們分享,讓他們把我的理念融合新概念傳達出去。須知,終點有很多途徑可到達的喔! 一個人是憑著怎樣的態度做事,看看他的成品,你會知道他是否用心,甚至用了多少誠意去把事情做出來。 致所有認為我進展度很慢的人,我希望你們明白「有錢能使鬼推磨」這個道理。真的,有錢好辦事!所以來臨的《東海岸篇》預購或售賣,如果可以,希望大家會購買兩本書,一本給自己,一本(當施捨給我作為東海岸篇的活動經費)做慈善捐給大學、中小學、孤兒院、社區圖書館或非營利機構。給予社會多一點正面的鼓勵,同時也慢慢領悟「施比受更有福」的道理,讓自己成為一個能夠隨時付出的人。 謝謝。 What can RM 50 buy in Malaysia?
ー Part 1 ー “What’re ya gonna do with these postcards?” “Throw away or send to recycle centre.” “Can I have them all instead?” “Erm, I already reprinted you 600pcs with no mistake ones though...” I published the Chinese version two years ago. During my first exhibition at Commune Space @Velocity Mall, seriosly I felt sorry for those who couldn’t understand Chinese. Once decided to do another exhibition at Hin Bus Depot, quickly I continued my plan to launch the postcards so the same group of people could at least get postcards first before the English version out. I thought it might be a good marketing strategy as well. Leave with hopes instead of disappointments. Within couple of months, Shin managed to get the postcards nicely done. Immediately, I rearranged the layout with Sean before sending to printer. I was exciting to see my very first merchandise, but I noticed “Join The Dots” postcards (almost 500pcs) had a significant red dot each. The printer reprinted 600pcs to show their sincere apologies for the unnecessarily printing error. To me these misprinted postcards are all still nice, well they are my babies no matter what! I didn’t want them to be in the dustbin or recycle centre. Suddenly, I thought the postcards could possibly be a colouring session for the kids, because the first exhibition, especially the parents couldn’t enjoy because of their kids. I was thinking, erm, letting the kids colour these postcards so that the parents could focus and enjoy the exhibition, and yeah eventually they may all get the books. Genius FuFu! “Boss, can I buy them from you?” “Sure, how much you wanna pay” “RM 30. Two KFC happy meals, ok?” “Erm, RM 50 can?” I’m not good at bargaining. Since it could be one extra activity for the exhibition, I paid and brought these misprinted postcards to George Town. Colouring itself not attractive enough, thus I decided to cover the postage cost, as long as there’s address written at the postcards, I would deliver, be it local or overseas. Guess what? The colouring session was popular! Not only the kids loved it, but the adult enjoyed, some even spent 30-60mins slowly decorating the postcards for their parents, friends, colleagues, teachers or themselves. “It’s been ages since the last time I colour!”, “I would never thought of having a chance to colour again at this age!”, “Finally, we (four of us) can sit down together colouring and enjoying this unique family time.” The scenes of kids and parents, grandpa and grandma, family members and group of friends enjoying the colouring session always brought me different smiley faces. ー Stay tuned for Part 2 ー My Journey By Bus x Touch N Go Card
Will you buy and use? Or any card collector here? 🙋🏽♂️🙋🏽♀️👌✌️👍👋 Next project. Coming soooooon. 🚌💨🇲🇾 #MJBBxTNGC |
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