Sat 7 Mar
9:30 a.m.
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12:15 p.m.
I had breakfast. I ate some chocolate eclairs from Cafe on the 5th or Tasty Caterers. They're pretty good. I just always remember the Jayamaha murdering that pretty girl Yvonne. I had a few flashbacks of████████████████breaking my elbow and choking me. ███████████████████ But I'll try avoid. I'm just not like him.
1:30 p.m.
It's just flashbacks. ████████████████did something wrong. ████████████████████████████████████ █████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ I'm hungry. I need lunch. I had a business discussion with Chinthaka.
4:00 p.m.
I was rehearsing things to say to people. I often work on my charisma. I practise on the mirror looking at myself. I learned it playing a Sims game on my Nintendo DS or Gameboy, which I borrowed and stole from Udesh Dharmadasa, where the main character practises in front of a mirror to gain "charisma".
It seems a bit crazy, but I practice to get my tone and body language correct. I think my words are really good, I just really need to keep rehearsing over and over again to get my "tone" and body language correct. Even in Freemasonry, you must rehearse and memorize. I have to act as the Inner Guard for a third degree ritual on 19th March.
I practise to say, "we just need 5 things in Sri Lanka:
(1) a rule of law;
(2) ease of doing business;
(3) attract MNCs/ FDI;
(4) benchmarking; and
(5) survival mentality."
Obviously, all 5 are related. I think they're the reason Singapore succeeded. I think with a rule of law, there won't be any problems. With an ease of doing business, business gets done quickly as we get a good culture. With (1) and (2), we get MNCs and FDI, and so, we get tech, human capital, know how, etc. With benchmarking, we compete. With a survival mentality, our attitude is right.
4:15 p.m.
F*** me. I was hoping to avoid any ritual ceremonies. I don't like to do things. I'm a perfectionist and I hate it when I f*** up. Now, I'm scared I'll screw up my third degree ritual lines. I f*** up because of the pressure. I need to get my words right. Stephen Labrooy doesn't ever say or do any of the lines. I wanted to be just like him.
4:45 p.m.
My brother Milan is playing poker with his friends. I found the poker chip set for him. His friends didn't want me playing Poker with them because it would be weird as I don't know them lol. Whatever. It's cool. Sad face. I think I can practise my Freemasonry lines or do some research instead.
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5:45 p.m.
I didn't really enjoy Phil Ivy and Daniel Negreanu's MasterClass on poker. I think Poker is mostly down to luck. No matter how skilled, it's just a gamble. That's why I'm always the house, I try to always be the house. I play ultra competitively. I only play to lose for fun.
I was thinking, I have to pay Rs 25,000 LKR for my Freemasonry as a joining member and also for my 2020 subscription fee. However, I mean, that's just Rs 2,000 per month. I think every event, I get about 2 glasses of red wine and i also get a meal. A glass of wine is $9 to $14 bucks. Or about Rs 500 for a 500ml beer, and I think Rs 1,500 for 750ml bottle. 2 x 75ml = Rs 300. It's worth the investment.
I think I can easily go with RWBro Ferhad Jamshed Nilgiriya to all the meetings possible. I absolutely love Freemasonry. I think at a minimum 2 meetings per month. So, if there's 12 Irish, English and Scottish constitution lodges, I can go to a lot of meetings every month. I can learn my lines by heart by then. I can also build my business as I network.
6:00 p.m.
I think that usually, every meeting at Wyggeston Lodge No. 3448, I got a pint of free beer every month. I loved it. I had I think a bloody Mary too. I had inside access to the city. I had power and contacts. I just paid for the meal because I anyway got a free £900/ month I struggled to spend because the cost of living is so low, at around £300 every month..
But here in Sri Lanka, everything is free. The booze is free, the food is free, everything. I love it. I hoard booze. I think I can sell a few cases of my GOLF-PAPA-WHISKEY project to the lodges and then recommend everyone drink up. That's a good idea. I buy my MOQ of 12 cases of 6x75cl bottles at €75 x 12 MOQ cases = €900 bucks. Of course, I'll sell at €82, so, x12 = €984. €84 for my leadership and trouble.
I need to figure out a place to store my bottles. That's the issue for me. It's a slow moving product as well. If DCSL can do it for me, it's worth my hassle. I can just mark it up to €150 per case x 12 cases = €1,800. I then pay €900 for registration, transport, storage and customs, excise duties, fees and taxes.
I'm sure, if a few people help sell, everyone will drink at every lodge meeting. If 10 people all drink 75ml, that's a 750ml bottle of 10YOGPW. If it's 12 lodges, x 1 bottle per month = 12 bottles per year per lodge and x all 12 lodges = 144 bottles per year. I think that meets my requirements.
I guess, that maybe perhaps people will drink more than a bottle. Maybe 2 or 3 perhaps. I think if I really introduce it as a custom, that all the diners must drink my wine, then, obviously, I can meet the MOQ and get a competitive advantage or a head start in my liquor business.
6:30 p.m.
Even though, I get Rs 20mn profit so far (early March), I think that I'm hesitant to pay Rs 50mn for a liquor import permit/ FL3. I think it's better for me to get Thilanga uncle to pay for that. ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ That's why I prefer it.
I'm also unhappy to use my own money. I'm like JFK, my wallet's always empty. (Fun fact, JFK's dad does liquor, I think bootlegging, if you watch Boardwalk Empire). ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ I don't know, I think it's just a character thing. I can't help myself. I was always this way. I want to use my Rs 20mn to multiply my Rs 20mn.
I mean, a 10YO bottle of GPW is like 100% marked up by me. So, why don't I just use a 20YO bottle of GPW? I'll just mark up by 50%. I only need 6 cases instead of 12 cases. It's easy for me to store it as well. I wouldn't want to smuggle it. I'm actually completely against breaking the law. I follow the law. ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
Anyway, I wouldn't ever want to smuggle. I think liquor can be a great career for me as well. I can sell my other products as well. I can sell other products. I can easily clear Rs 50mn per month in revenue with standard distribution channels.
