Did AK smoke and drink his way to greater wealth?

I must absolutely share this exchange I had with P on Facebook. Remember P, a reader who asked for my bio? We have become fast chatting buddies and this was a revelation:

For those of you who have heard me either in the podcast or in person or both, did I sound like a smoker and a drinker? I didn't know that I sounded like one.

If you have not heard the podcast yet, there is a link to the interview in related post number 1. Let me know what you think.

I am curious as to whether there is a general consensus that I sounded like a smoker and a drinker. Humour me, please.

Finally, always avoid wealth destruction. Smoking and drinking destroy wealth now and in the future. Do you believe this?

Related posts:
1. Listen to AK and create your own Dividend Machines.
2. Who is AK? Really, who is he?

AK was bullied and deprived of his mee pok dry.

Just now, for dinner, I decided to go get my favourite mee pok dry from a nearby kopitiam. 

There were two car parking lots left when I got there. 

A big BMW was before me and reversed into one of the lots.

So lucky to have one lot left for me, I thought.






When the BMW came to a stop, I saw that it was encroaching on the empty lot. 

As the well-dressed driver got out of the car with his equally well-dressed lady friend, I lowered my window and asked if they could center their car so that I could park in the neighbouring lot.

What happened next stumped me.






The woman looked at my car and said in a voice loud enough for me to hear, 

"His car so small. I am sure can fit. We no need to shift."

Then, they turned their backs on me and walked away.

OMG! 

They didn't even bother to talk to me!






I was speechless. 

I realised I was just bullied and didn't know how to respond.

Anyway, I was upset enough that I lost my appetite and decided to come home without satisfying my craving for mee pok dry.

Just now, I felt hungry and I cooked this for a late dinner:

Should I get a bigger car so that something like this does not happen again?

New material from my FB wall (11AM, 16 March 2015):

Latest update on my FB wall (4.20pm, 16 March 2015):

No problem with parking this time but this?

This is depressing.




Unrelated post:
Forced selling due to financial hardship.
(Why am I sharing this post? I have no idea.)

A letter: One year after following AK's "recommendations".

There are lessons to be learnt in this email to AK. What are they?

Dear Mr. AK,

I am 41 years old and I am new to investing in stocks. I started last year only.

There is a lot to learn but I really want to put my savings to work. The interest from the banks is too little. I am not greedy. I only want more than what the banks give. So, a colleague told me to read your blog. He said you make a lot of money from stocks.

Maybe, I am lucky. I read an article you wrote about investing money for your father. You listed 5 stocks. So, I took some of my savings and just bought those 5 stocks you recommended. 

It is now almost one year and I am very happy I followed you. I have 10 lots of Sabana Reit, 15 lots of Neratel, 10 lots of Croesus, 3 lots of SPH and 30 lots of Hock Lian Seng. I received $3,427 so far in dividends and I know there will be more very soon. I put in about $51K in total and in one year, I got 6.7% back!

Sabana and Neratel prices have dropped. I know you don't like Sabana now. I think I want to buy more Neratel. SPH price no change. Croesus price up. Hock Lian Seng price up a lot! In total, my investments value up 4.1%. I am happy about this too.

Thank you for helping me start. Although you might not know it, you are helping many beginners like me. I will tell more people about your blog. So, please keep blogging.

Sincerely,
AH

Dear AH,

Welcome to my blog. :)

Thank you very much for letting me know. However, I want to say that all the credit is yours and yours alone. You made the decision to buy and in the proportions that you did. More importantly, you made the decision to invest for income and not to leave all your money in a savings account. 

I didn't do anything and I definitely did not recommend anything. I was just talking to myself.

I hope you will learn much more on your journey as an investor and, as you do, please feel free to share with us your findings. I definitely do not know everything there is to know and look forward to hearing from you again in future.

Best wishes,
AK

Related posts:
1. Helping our parents invest their money.
2. Listen to AK and create Dividend Machines.