Saturday, May 05, 2007

MY OWN BOOKSTORE-OFFICIALLY OPENED!

Tak dpt aku gmbarkan rasa hati bila at last i manage to open up my own book store - to be exact,bookstore that sells used books,dlm BM dsebut majalah lama or majalah trpakai. Zaman ekonomi yg no money skg ni brg2 recycle mmg berharga, like baju bundle, kasut bundle,baju dlam bundle (heheheh..joking onli) and so forth...industri ni mostly dikuasai oleh non-bumi, so i'm taking the opportunity utk mmperkembangkan industri ni di negeri tanah tumpah ku. As far as i'm concerned, d KL & Penang mmg dah ada kdai yg jual buku2 trpakai, mcm di Chowrasta (Penang) & Payless Books di KL (www.paylessbooks.com.my). Paylessbooks is the bigget used book store chain in Malaysia (and their number of outlet is growing),so sblm this heavyweight bukak branch kat sblah utara, might as well i take the opportunity 1st,rite?

Mcmana aku bleh trbabit dlm bdang ni?A brief history on how i jumped into this business...aku dipekenalkan kpd pasangan suami/istri , Abg Bad & Kak Yan oleh my ex-officemate back in August 2006. To cut short, aku pon join lah dgn depa ni buat bisnes jual buku2 lama...aku bermula di pasar Ramadhan, & sale hari pertama cuma RM30 jer...sedey kan? but that was the old days,time tu stok buku aku pon x bnyk, & aku maseh baru, xleh nk recognize buku mana & buku apa yg laku, which is saleable & which is not...stok atas meja time tu cuma rm200++ jer yg aku bwk mniaga, skg stok aku dalam RM500-RM600,& aku maseh mniaga di pasar hari & pasar mlm...ramai yg memandang rendah tgk aku mniaga mcm tuh, mayb pd tanggapan mrk mniaga di pasar2 mlm ni low class...bila org tanya'hang keja apa la ni?" aku jwb "mniaga pasar mlm",the reaction was like "ouh..." ,sort of like dalm sanubari depa pndang rendah kat kaum pniaga kecil mcm aku,tp bg aku, as long as u know want in ur life,ttapkan matlamat n just go for it...pedulikan kritikan & perkara2 negatif dat might distract u...besides, pasar mlm is one of the best place to sell or promote ur merchandise, a place where u can see ppl frm all walks of life engaged in trading.

So on the 26th of April yg lpas, secara rasminya KEDAI BUKU NURY dibuka...hasil penat lelah & bgolok bgadai kami bertiga, akhirnya impian ini direalisasikan. I have given 24/7 in turning this into reality. Aku nmpak bisnes ni ada potensi, trend org zaman skrang like I mentioned earlier, org makin nk bjimat due to current economic situation.

Thanks to all frens & relatives yg bnyk bg sokongan moral & financial, jasa kalian x kan ku lupa slagi hayat di kandung bdn insyaAllah.Setelah aku trjun dalam bdang pniagaan, berbekalkan zero experience dan maseh lg dengan mentaliti 'makan gaji', baru aku tahu btapa payah & susahnya mniaga, bak kata sorang India yang mai buat wayering kat kedai aku..."u mau dapat limapuloh satu hari arr,u kena kerja dua ratuih wooo..."

I manage to snap a few pics of whats inside the store.

home improvement/ID section

woman's section

another section for women



URTV/media hiburan/mangga/galaxy & sewaktu dengannya


mastika/variasari/pesona/wawancara/RD


english novels

pride & prejudice cetakan 1952

rare collection of sarina & mastika


For the time being, kami maseh menunggu signboard untuk disiapkan (as far as i know, ada org nk sponsor signboard), so banner ni sbg signboard sementara lah.

Prancangan akan datang, untuk support & tmbah income kdai, akan diwujudkan satu seksyen cybercafe, novel untuk sewa (rent & read), uku2 agama,stationeries & fotocopy machine insyaAllah..dgn limited capital, so gotta work hard frm now onwards & tawakkal.Doa2 kan...

1 comment:

:+:CikPayung:+: said...

congratulations..hope it's not too late to wish u tahniah... am so proud of u.. =) semoga tabah mengerjakan bisnes baru.. semoga perjalanan dipermudahkan..mwah