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Alhamdulillah... Finally After Almost 3 Years!

Remember my story that we got awarded with a grant to develop an iBook? The one that we submitted the proposal about 3 years ago? The one we had to revise from being a web-based game to an iBook because after 1 year, we only got a respond and by then the game was already not-so-brilliant anymore? The one that we presented and pitched last year in April? And the one that we got letter informing we got the grant after the elections this year? Yup, we finally got the first cheque last Friday. Crazy! Three years! But I am not complaining lah. Alhamdulillah...

Allah knows best kan... Amru, our partner doing the animation and video, has come back from his Hajj. So, timing is just right. Suddenly rasa macam banyak sangat benda nak buat. Memang banyak pun! In between working on the shop, now I have to start executing all the plans for the iBook. And funny that both projects going on concurrently are called "mysa".

I came up with the name "mysa" for the children's web-based game 3 years ago. Why? Because it has a good meaning, it is easy to pronounce, it is catchy and most importantly, it is named after my beloved daughter Aliyah Maisarah who inspired us to develop the idea.

About the new venture - Hubby is an MTB enthusiast. So am I. (Hah!) Even though I don't cycle that often. And these past 2 years, he has learned (by experience, by trial and error, by learning from some mechanics at bike shops and from the "trusted" YouTube) on how to service and repair MTBs. Imagine - he's a TESL graduate but give him a bike frame and parts and pieces and he can build a complete bike. He's not a certified Specialized mechanic but he has assembled a few Specialized bikes and is the sought-after mechanic around this area. If you look at our living room now, there are our 3 bikes, another 3 bikes waiting to be serviced and 1 Orbea frame (which I so tertarik sebab very "handsome" but couldn't afford - ehem, RM5k just the frame!). Back to the new venture - we finally decided we needed to have another branch of business and logically the business is to open a bike shop. And since we love the name "mysa" so much, we name the shop "mysa bikes". Our partner contributed the word "hub", so it's "mysa bike hub".

Two "mysa" projects running at the same time! It's going to be real busy...

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