What Participants Say
In Their Own Words
These are experiences shared by adults who have attended Larkfield courses. They are written as people actually speak, not as we would wish them to.
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Participants since opening
4.7
Average satisfaction rating (out of 5)
6+
Years running courses in Johor Bahru
94%
Say materials remain in use 6 months later
Participant Reviews
Experiences Shared
Lim Hwee Ling
Johor Bahru · March 2025
"I had been meaning to sort out my household documents for years. The first session alone gave me a structure I could actually follow. By the end of the five weeks I had a binder my husband could navigate on his own, which was the whole point. The facilitator was clear and patient — she did not assume we knew things we didn't."
Quiet Household Records
Ahmad Muzaffar
Pasir Gudang · February 2025
"The estate folder course took longer than I expected to complete — the ten modules are genuinely thorough. But I left with a folder that actually covers what needs to be covered under both civil law and Shariah. The hibah and wasiat sections were particularly useful; I had not considered how these work alongside a civil will."
The Estate Document Folder
Tan Poh Geok
Skudai · March 2025
"I hold some shares through a unit trust and a small amount directly on Bursa. I joined the Financial Statements course because I wanted to understand what I was actually looking at when I read a company's results. After six sessions I can read a balance sheet and understand why the cash flow matters more than the headline profit figure. That alone was worth the fee."
Reading Financial Statements
Siti Rahayu
Johor Bahru · January 2025
"My husband and I attended the Household Records course together. The session on digital records and passwords was something I hadn't considered properly before — what happens when everything is locked behind an account only one person knows. The course was practical rather than theoretical, which suited us."
Quiet Household Records
Chong Kai Wei
Kulai · February 2025
"I work in engineering and have no accounting background at all. I joined the Financial Statements course mainly because my employer has a share scheme and I wanted to understand what I was holding. The facilitator's approach was methodical — he explained the same concepts several ways until they made sense, and the annotated workbook is something I still refer to."
Reading Financial Statements
Norzilah Ibrahim
Johor Bahru · April 2025
"The closing review session at the end of the estate folder course was something I didn't expect to find as valuable as I did. Having the facilitator go through the completed folder with me — just to check that nothing had been missed or misunderstood — made a genuine difference. I came away feeling that the folder was actually finished."
The Estate Document Folder
Case Studies
Three Participants, Three Journeys
Case Study 01 · Household Records
A Retired Couple in Johor Bahru
The Situation
Mr and Mrs Tan, both in their early sixties, had accumulated thirty years of financial documents in a mixture of physical folders, old email accounts, and a shared drive that neither managed consistently. Neither could say with confidence where all their insurance policies were, or what the current EPF nomination stated.
What Changed
Over five weeks, they worked through the Household Records course together. They discarded documents more than ten years old that served no purpose, consolidated digital files under a single structure, and assembled a household binder covering their properties, accounts, insurance policies, and digital access records.
The Outcome
At the end of the course they had a single binder, indexed and up to date, that their children could navigate independently if needed. Mrs Tan described the feeling of having it complete as "a weight set down quietly." They have updated it once since, after a change to their insurance arrangements.
"We should have done this ten years ago. The templates made the structure obvious — we just had to fill them in."
Case Study 02 · Financial Statements
A Business Owner Following His Own Company's Sector
The Situation
Mr Hafiz, 47, runs a logistics subcontracting firm. He held shares in two listed logistics companies partly as a way of tracking developments in his own sector, but found himself unable to interpret the quarterly results announcements with any confidence. He described reading them as "looking at numbers in a foreign language."
What Changed
Through six sessions, Mr Hafiz worked through the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow for two Malaysian-listed companies. The facilitator's use of actual Bursa filings meant that examples were recognisable. By the final session he was able to identify the difference between a company reporting accounting profit and one generating actual cash.
The Outcome
Mr Hafiz now reads results announcements for the companies he tracks without relying on commentary. He has not changed his holdings based on the course — he was clear that no recommendation was given — but he reports that the information is now useful to him in a way it was not before.
"I didn't need to become an accountant. I just needed to stop feeling lost when the results came out."
Case Study 03 · Estate Document Folder
A Widow Updating Her Affairs After Bereavement
The Situation
Puan Rosidah, 58, attended the Estate Document Folder course two years after the death of her husband. In settling his estate she had encountered the consequences of a will that was outdated, EPF nominations that hadn't been reviewed in fifteen years, and insurance beneficiaries that no longer reflected her family's circumstances. She joined specifically to ensure the same would not apply to her own affairs.
What Changed
Over ten modules, Puan Rosidah worked through each component of her estate — reviewing existing nominations, drafting a wasiat, considering a lasting power of attorney, and compiling a personal letter to accompany the folder. The estate facilitator guided her through the Shariah-relevant instruments with care and without any pressure to make particular choices.
The Outcome
Puan Rosidah completed her folder at the end of the course. The closing review confirmed that nominations and documents were consistent with her stated intentions. She describes the completed folder as "a kindness to my children." She has already passed the name of the course to two friends of similar age.
"After what my family went through when my husband passed, getting this in order was important to me. The course gave me a structure to do it properly."
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