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Digital Nomadism – The business end of the journey

January 31, 2012 in Digital Nomadism, Malaysia

After six months on the road it is now time to test some international business concepts. I explore setting up an offshore company on Labuan Island, Malaysia and will explore Geo-Arbitrage in the Philippines. Setting up a company on Labuan will reduce my tax bill to 3% fro any income earned outside Australia. Using Geo-Arbitrage in the Philippines will involve using my $AUD income to employ Filipino video editors at a cheaper rate than in Australia.

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Kota Kinabalu, Seri Selera, Sabah’s Largest Seafood Complex

January 31, 2012 in Malaysia

My last night in Borneo and I splurge on some fresh seafood, flower crabs and tiger prawns. Total cost of an amazing seafood feast including drinks – less than $25 AUD ( which is around the same in $USD)

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Labuan Island, Malaysia – A drinkers paradise

January 28, 2012 in Malaysia

Labuan Island, Malaysia is a free trade zone which means alcohol, chocolate etc are all extremely cheap. When one travels they have many opportunities to drink and I feel I’ve reached the stage where I’m now bored with ‘hitting the juice’. To quote my favourite comedian, Billy Connolly, “if you are still seeking that buzz from too much booze once your over 40, it’s a little bit pathetic”

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Labuan Island, Malaysia. Setting up an International Company

January 26, 2012 in Digital Nomadism, Malaysia

I speak with Peter Searle from http://www.ectrustco.com about why Labuan Island, Malaysia is one of the best places in the world to set up an international company.
Labuan Island is an International Business and Financial Centre. It has numerous double tax agreements with countries such as Australia and provides benefits to international business including ’3% tax on net audited results or a flat rate of Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 20,000 to trading companies; low operational costs; liberal exchange controls; and a host of other advantages including readily available, experienced and professional service providers.’

For more information related to Australian International Business, including musicians, writers and filmmakers -http://www.ectrustco.com/site/documents/Articles/whitepapers/WHY-LABUAN-Aust-Pe­rspective-20090929.pdf

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Bushwalking with the Overlander

January 16, 2012 in Malaysia

Experiments in style and form. Can a man talk for 13 minutes on a bush walk, and still maintain an audience?

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seven deadly sins, kuching

January 14, 2012 in Malaysia

performing a local ritual, putting evil into an object and throwing it away. the pops in the audio are from the electricity of the surrounding tropical thunderstorm

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Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo, Travel Guide and Accommodation

January 10, 2012 in Malaysia

Kuching is one of my favourite Asian Capitals. I think it is a very easy place to travel for Westerners and is a great base to explore the Borneo Interior.

I also review the backpackers accommodation I am staying at, The B and B Inn. I’ve been here for a few weeks and feel they do a number of things right with regard to tourist accommodation.

The B and B Inn is the first registered inn catering for backpackers in Kuching. A lot of backpacker’s accommodation in Kuching are not registered and can lead to problems with travel insurance if things go wrong, e.g. fire

To prebook accommodation at the B & B Inn
Phone: +60 82 237 366
email: phanlily@hotmail.com
Address: 30-1 Jalan Tubuan, Kuching, Sarawak, Borneo

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Business Profile Videos – Emailing Business

December 24, 2011 in 2minprofile, business profiles, Malaysia, marketing

In this video, part of a series looking at how to produce a business profile video, we discuss how to put together an email that will impress marketing managers.

http://2minprofile.com/

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The Borneo Files – The Javanese Shaman

November 30, 2011 in Malaysia

I meet up with a Javanese Shaman of Muslim background, who speaks with spirits. People visit her to ask questions about their life. On special occasions the shaman also levitates.

I ask the Shaman why I feel unmotivated in my business and she suggests this feeling is only because my personal life is causing me stress. I inferred this to relate to a recent failed ‘holiday romance’ that has left me unfocused. But it was me who added this snippet of information to the conversation. So was the shaman just answering with generalised answers that I added to?

Anyone interested in translating both Malay and English from this interview please send me an email via youtube.

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The Wild Man of Borneo, The Overlander gets Jungle Fever

November 28, 2011 in Malaysia, Youtube

The Overlander goes deep into the Borneo Jungle and comes out all Charlie Sheen like after chatting with the spirit of Hunter S Thompson.

I actually started editing another video, then started playing around with my webcam and this came out. Me just letting off steam creatively, knowing I must change my whole modus operandi to keep sailing the seven seas.

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