2 Weeks Ago Over The Telephone…
Dad: Son, pack your bags! We are going for a family holiday again. This time to Macau.
Me: What?!? Dad… we just went to Sydney and I can’t go again. I have a dotcom to run! 
Dad: You run an internet company, whatever work you need to do you can do it online. We’re going to Macau not to Siberia. There is internet in Macau.
Me: I don’t want to go away again lar! I have things to do here! The company needs me!
Dad: We are going over the weekend, at most you’ll only miss one and a half working days. That’s it!
And you have a partner who is just as capable as you to take care of things while you’re away. 
Me: No I don’t want to go! I have work to do lar!
Dad: Son, if your company can’t survive without you being physically there for a few days, then something is really wrong with your company.
Me: Fine… work aside. I don’t want to go traveling again! It is very stressful for me.
I would rather go end of the year with a girl friend or something.
Dad: Son.. I thought I brought you up to be a smarter man than this.
If you go with daddy, you will be staying in the 6 Star Venetian hotel that costs about RM3,000 a night.
Now tell me son, if you go with a girlfriend of yours on your own, can you afford to stay in the Venetian or will you be staying in Motel Seng Seng that costs RM50 a night and have a man dressed in a singlet named Ah Long as your receptionist?
2 Weeks Later (Present Day)…
So apparently I’m in The Venetian Macau now.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space