Friday, May 30, 2008

The Power Of Love.

We all know what love is I presume,so I don't think there is a need to explain or elaborate about it.Most personal blogs are about love.Love for the family,love for the one you love,love your hubby,your wife..hmm..I seldom see a a blog where a guy write about his love for his wife :-),love for sports,love for games,love for your pets,love this,love that..love..love..love.I really like it when people wrote about the things or person that they love,because writing about things or person you love,is not hard and actually the best thing to write is about things or person that you love..because we always hear people saying..I just can't stop talking about him/her/it because I just love him/her/it so much!When we write about something we love,all the things just come pouring out of our heart.

Most of the time we read or hear stories of great relationship or bonding between mother and daughter..I agree..but still,I want to share my love,and my beautiful relation with my mom..I know,Mother's Day has past and I know my mom won't be able to read this,even if she can,I don't think she could understand what I'm writing about,and I actually don't want her to know,especially not from me.I'm writing this to share with all of you my love for my mom,and maybe make us realized how special,how wonderful,how meaningful our life is to have a mom.

I'm the youngest in my family,but that is not the reason why I'm closed to my mom.We're like friends,even sometimes we're like boyfriend and girlfriend..I went shopping with my mom,when I was small,during my teenage years and even now..I love shopping with my mom,she will ask me,is this nice?do you like that dress?And normally she will buy what I choose for her..love her when she do that,makes me proud you know.Even if we go out as a family,I will be the one walking with my mother,following her everywhere she goes,even now..sounds funny isn't it,well it maybe but that is my simple way of showing my mom I love her,that I don't mind spending time with her,because she never complained when she have to wake up in the middle of the night when I cried because I'm hungry,or I'm wet.

Once I have to move south because of work commitment,not that I'm not used to being away from my mom,but after about 6 month there,my eldest sister called saying my mom is not feeling well,so I take a leave,went back with my brother.My mother was lying in bed,my sister says she has been like that for 1 week now because her back hurt,but even after referring her to a specialist,the cause is not known.So I sit next to her,rubbing her back slowly,gently and whisper in her ears,I want to have dinner with her at the dinning table..she asked me if I can help her up,which I did,and we have our dinner together.My sister just laughed and said,"Should have inform you earlier,so we can save on the specialist bills"!She falls sick because she miss me.I wanted to come back to see her,but because being in a new place,there is so much to do,I only called..that is why I've decided to move back here,to be closer to her.I wanted her to live with me,but I'm not in the best position right now,hopefully life will be better,so I can bring her here,or maybe find a better house so she can live with me.

I can write thousand pages about my mom,but I think by reading this you've already know how close me and my mom is and I really value and will always treasure my relationship with her.If I did something wrong,I will hug her,kiss her cheek and ask for forgiveness,I never wait because we never know what will happen.I think what will be my greatest regret is not being able to ask forgiveness from my mom.When I visit my mom,I always hug her,kiss both cheek and forehead,because most mom would do this to their babies,so I think it is just fair to return back the favour.

Bad traits that I have,is because of what I choose to follow or habits I picked up for mixing with the wrong people,the wrong friends..but the good traits,it is what my mom taught me while bringing me up.Blame me for the bad things I do,give credit to my mom for all the nice thing I've done,I couldn't have done all those good deeds if she never taught me to and show me the way.

I Love You Mom!


Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Small People,Great People.

While I'm still in school,I like this quote so much that I wrote it down nicely,as beautiful as I can even though I lack an artistic skills,and put it almost everywhere so I can see it everyday and I want others to see and read it too.I can't remember where I found it actually,and today I suddenly remember that quote again.

Small People Talk About Other People,
Average People Talk About Things,
Great People Talk About Ideas.

I know now why I remember that quote again,I read in Daily Blog Tips about the Top 25 Celebrity Blogs and how this blogs become famous,simply because people love gossips.Who can deny that..people just love gossips,and gossips can spread very fast,because being the first to talk about the latest gossips sure make that person some kind of a celebrity figure,and that is why celebrity blogs is among the more popular blog.I think I'm more of a small people,because I sometimes talk about other people,especially in my blog,but sometimes I think I'm an average people,because I also like to talk about things,how I like to do something,not that I want to make this world a better place,but maybe make a difference.I have to be a great people if I want to make this world a better place,I do have some ideas though,but then,I'm just a small people who in some way tries to be an average people so someday I can be a great people.If we look at the popularity of celebrity blogs,can we say that most people are small people?They do like to talk about other people,that is what gossips is all about,isn't it?

My blog is almost in its second week of life on the blogosphere,I have lots of people coming to read it,and I really want to thank all of you for supporting my blog,I even have some subscribers and I feel honoured,thank you very much.I have people commenting on some of my post,thank you again.I get mixed reviews too,most of it are very encouraging,some I just don't understand and I want to ignore,but it does hurt you know,considering the time I spent to start this blog,to make a post to it,to expose it and some people can just write a few lines,pass remarks and give you some lousy score..but I never retaliate by writing back bad things..if I find the site not worth to be reviewed,I don't,if the site is OK..I'll give it a good review,and because of that,today I've been rewarded with an A rating for the reviews I wrote.Even though you will feel hurt because of what some people do to you,try not to retaliate,and try to be nice,to them and to others,because someday,somehow you will get your reward.

Nobody's Perfect..I totally agree and because of that,I share with you another one of my favourite quote..

If Nobody's Perfect..Then I Must Be Nobody!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Being The True You.

I get request for link exchange from other bloggers,but most of the time I just turn it down,very politely.Two reason for this..
  • The first ever link exchange offer I got was from a forum member,PM me and so I reply,put his link on my blog,but mine never appear on his,so I just delete his,he never PM me again,he's still around in the forum,yet not as active as before.
  • My second exchange,received an email,this time he does put my link on his blog,but his request made me canceled the whole thing.He wants me to click his ad everyday,and he will do the same..I need a way to get some cash,but I'm not that desperate!
There are other bloggers link on my blog as you can see,but that is because I wanted to put it there,because I like their blog.I never ask them to put mine on theirs,I prefer to do things my way,odd..but still it is my way and I like it.My mother always say that I rather help other people when I'm suppose to help myself first,and I certainly agree,but that is just me,this is who I am.I will do whatever I can to help others,but to ask for help,I'll wait until I really need it,if not,I will try to do with what ever that I have.

When I live in my hometown,before I move here 6 month ago,we have a tradition,when there is a wedding,all the village folks will do their bit in helping out.Some will help with food preparation,attending to guest,washing dishes,setting up tents and whatever you can to help make the wedding goes as well as possible.I normally like to help with preparing the food,and on the wedding day,helping washing dirty dishes.The last wedding there is in August,I move here in November last year.I enjoy life there,but it seems that there are people who doesn't like me because of who I am..not because I'm bad or what,but because people love me,care for me..I live in a house that was once a school,the village folks clean it up,fix it and even painted it so that I can live there and for food,my neighbour will cook for me everyday..but I always knew that there will be people who won't like it..so I make my plan to move back here,closer to my family.

What makes me sad is,the person who started making stories is actually my close friend..and he told almost everybody that I'm a bad person,I'm not who they think I am..just because I'm getting more popular than him,I'm not after popularity or publicity,I am who I am,and I do things my way,not because I want everybody to like me,but because that is how I was raised,what my parents taught me.If you're nice,humble,honest,people will like you but there are people who will hate you too..this is life.

So here I am,leaving all that behind me,living alone in my rented apartment,sitting in front of this faithful PC for almost 14 hours everyday,browsing the Internet,posting to my blogs and looking for ways to earn decent money.I miss some of my friends,my neighbour,folks that are good to me there..but I leave that place knowing that I have done so much for most of the folks there,and I have a good life,yet when people make stories about you,the same folks that you have helped,are the first one to believe it and spread it to others..that makes me really sad.

Life must go on..my life is much harder here,yet I'm happy,I'm closed to all the people that I love and that really care for me,I live alone without anyone disturbing me,I have all the privacy I need,but sometimes it does get lonely..

I might be putting some AdSense ads on my blog,not that I wanted to make it as an income,and I doubt that I will be making much from it,but I certainly can do with a few dollars I get from it,and I really hope that all you folks don't mind.If you feel that I should not put up those ads,let me know,and I will respect your opinion.I see some blogs or website have donation buttons on it,but I think I will never do that here,like I say,I do need money,but I will do it,and find it my way.

Before I sign off,always be who you are,don't pretend because sooner or later,people will know.Just be yourself,some people will like you for it and some will not,we can never ever please everybody,but being good,being kind,being honest all have their rewards.I'm not rich,but I don't have to be one to help others.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Basic Instinct.

We all need money.We need it daily,for rent,bills,foods,clothes,school,tuition,medical and lots of other things.We will certainly try to look for opportunities that can help supplement what we already have,to have a better life,to have something extra in case of emergency,or maybe go for a vacation,but the point is we always look for making money opportunity.Who doesn't.

I think about 10 years ago,there was a craze here,about an easy way to make money.It is a Pyramid Scheme,you join,get as many downline,you earn money,lots of money.It is kind of a viral marketing,because words about it spread very fast,and lots of people started to join.In the end,most people ended up poorer than when they started,losing lots of money,some even lose money that they save for education,or to buy a new house.How sad.

Then in the last 3 or 4 years ago,even until now,a new scheme surface,this time it is Scratch N Win.You scratch a ticket,won a luxury car,but to get it you have to pay certain amount of cash,get some lousy electrical product that worth only 1/4 of what you paid,or less,wait forever to get your car,went to check,the office is closed.The best thing to do is lodge a police report,but will you get your money back?To make thing worst,the police told you you're not the first one.

I just wonder what similarity this story has with all those OPPORTUNITY you see everywhere on the Internet.Are they for real?OK..they have testimonials,screen shot of payment received,and it does show a large amount of cash,those sports cars,even luxury boats!If people can fake a photo,very easily with all this latest technology,is it possible all that is fake to?I just wonder.

I always trust my instinct,and when I see one of this site,I always have this feeling that it is all scam,so it never manage to attract my attention,or make me feel intrigue or whatever.I'm in quite a difficult position now,and I do need some cash,but even so,this sort of thing just never make sense to me,but some people do believe,and sadly,they lose their hard earned money just because they wanted to make some extra cash.I'm not saying all there is out there is scam,maybe there are some genuine one,it is up to you to choose,if you choose the right one,good for you,if not..

Believing there is a way to earn money without doing nothing is I think the most ridiculous thing ever.If there is such possibility,I think people won't be wasting time writing blogs,setting up websites to make business,even bother to go to work,because we can all just stay at home,watch TV,and doing nothing.No complains about fuel price,hey we can even help save earth,because nobody needs to drive to go to work anymore.Then again..this is only my opinion.

You have to trust your instinct.Other than trusting my instinct to keep away from this easy money thing,I always trust my instinct even about blogging,if I feel something is not right,I won't do it,even though it is the most popular thing among bloggers,or even recommended by top and seasoned bloggers.I may sound stupid,but that is just me,that is how I do things and believe me,my instinct have help me a lot and the most important thing is,I believe instinct is God's way of showing the right path.

All this making money opportunity is created by people who takes advantage of people dreams to be rich.They created the hype,when people start to believe,they created something saying it is the most powerful product to help make your dream come true.They don't have anything to sell,don't have any product,they are only selling dreams and promises,promise to make you rich.You are actually helping them make more money,helping them get rich.Like a pyramid scheme,who benefit the most from it?The people who started it.

Listen to your heart..follow your hear heart.Mind can easily be manipulated in lots of way.Don't always believe in what you see,what you hear,it isn't always the truth.

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Doing Things My Way.

For every blogger,the main thing that they want after publishing their first post is certainly to get people to their blog and of course read it.Having started a blog but with only a handful or sometimes no visitors can be very frustrating.You have done all there is that you know and that you've learn on how to get traffic to your blog,but still didn't get as many as you wish you can.You look at other blogs,yours have a better and much,much nicer template,design.Your content is good,so are theirs but some you think just don't have very quality content..but why do they have a lot of visitors,but yours don't?Why they have page rank but yours don't?

Why put pressure on yourself?You wanted to blog or do you want to enter a contest?Bloggers get so obsessed with numbers,statistic that they forget the main reason they started blogging is because they wanted to write something and share it with others.Yes..without people coming to your blog how can you share?What do you expect to achieve if your blog is only 1 month old,1000++ unique visitors/day?You have done all the necessary thing to introduce your blog to the Internet community,be patient,it will be discovered,you have to have faith and believe in yourself.

We always like to compare what others have,instead of being thankful of what we already have.Your blog is new give it some time to grow,in the mean time,it is better to keep feeding it to make it grow stronger,and the best thing to do is to keep on posting something good,and updating it regularly.Instead of comparing other blogs,just concentrate on yours.There are lots of path you can follow for success,but the best is to create your own path,and if you succeed,others will follow your path.I always believe in myself,and I do things in my own way,sometimes I don't even do what others might do,or follow the path of successful bloggers,yet I believe I can succeed.We can only try to do the best we can,but in the end,it is not up to us whether we succeed or fail.If you believe in God,you will know what I mean.

Always be thankful for what we have and don't look at what we don't have and feeling bad about it.There are others who are not as fortunate in this world.There are people who don't even have a place to call home,no bed to sleep on,no food to eat..There are places that have been struck by disaster,many lives are lost in a very short time,yet here we are,sitting cosily in our own home and regretting about things that we don't have and we wish we could have.If we care to learn about those disaster,we know that we can lose whatever we have just like that,even our own lives.Be thankful,be grateful that we are still alive,because life is God greatest gift to us..

If you're a blogger,be thankful you can still make a post to your blog,even if only 2 people read it today,you never know what will happen tomorrow,will you still be around to make a post or maybe tomorrow you will have 500 people reading your blog..Value what you have ..Value life.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Care For Some Interesting Facts?

Fact No.1

Google tops the place for search among Internet users for April 2008.Results of comScore April shows that share of searches for the top 5 search engines are :
  1. Google Sites - 61.6%
  2. Yahoo! Sites - 20.4%
  3. Microsoft Sites - 9.1%
  4. AOL - 4.6%
  5. Ask Network - 4.3%
Even if Microsoft do manage to buy Yahoo! the combined search results for both is still less than Google.

Fact No.2

A study by Pew Internet & American Life reveals that people are not using the Internet as we assumed they would.By taking the results of music purchases for example:
  • 83% still discovered new music by way of radio broadcast.
  • 64% discovered new music through conversation with friends/family/co-worker.
  • 56% found it by going to various online tools like artist website and listening to it on streams.
And we thought Internet is the way of life for most people.

Fact No.3

17 years old Alex Phillips a.k.a The MySpace Kid faces charges of child pornography as well as defamation and sexual exploitation of a child.

The Reason - His girlfriend broke up with him,he was hurt,really hurt and because of feeling hurt and angry,he posted nude pictures of his ex to his MySpace gallery and if that is not enough,he added captions to the pictures like "Yo!U see how big her hole is!Its from me!"

Police give him a chance to take down those pictures,but according to investigators,his response was "F*** that!I am keeping them up".

A few things that we can learn.
  • Girls,don't ever let your boyfriend take your picture or videos in the nude or while having sex.
  • People do lots of stupid thing in anger.
  • People do lots of stupid thing when in love.
  • When you're given a chance to undo your mistake,take it.
When you're in love,everything is beautiful,but when it ends,it can turn out to be a disaster!Love is beautiful,it cannot be forced and confusing sex for love is a big mistake.Sex is sex,people can have sex even with people they don't love,it is lust.Love is to appreciate,to be kind,to be gentle,to be caring,to be responsible.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Manchester United - European Champion.


Manchester United became European Champions for the third time yesterday after beating Chelsea in the first ever all English club final through penalty shoot out after both team can only manage a 1-1 draw after extra time.The first time United won the European Cup was in 1968 under the guidance of the legendary Sir Matt Busby,the second time was in 1999 by beating Bayern Munich 2-1 in the final in which that year United also won the Premier League and The FA Cup,a unique treble for the club.The match was played in Moscow,the home soil for Chelsea owner,Roman Abramovich who will certainly feel frustrated with his team defeat.Chelsea certainly could win the game even during normal time but had hit the woodwork at least on three occasion,and during the shoot out after Cristiano Ronaldo saw his effort parried away by Petr Cech,John Terry could have won it for Chelsea,but with Edwin Van der Sar beaten,he sent his shot just wide.Sir Alex Ferguson hails his team of champions and said luck was certainly on their side.It is a fitting win for United because this year marked the 50Th anniversary of the Munich tragedy,where Sir Matt Busby lost more than half of his best players at that time after the plane they was on skidded on a snowy runaway and crashed.Sir Bobby Charlton,one of the club Director now,was one of the survivor and he led the United team in receiving their winners medal.Credit must be given to United senior players like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes for guiding their younger team mates to prepare for such a big game as this.Scholes manage to bury the ghost of missing the 99 Finals through suspension by giving an outstanding performance,and it was his exchange of pass with Wes Brown that led to Brown crossing the ball for Ronaldo to give United the lead.Ryan Giggs mark his excellent career with United,by becoming the most capped player,beating even Sir Bobby to it,capturing his 759 club appearance when he was introduced to replace Scholes.He has won 2 European Champions Medal and 10 Premier League title with United,a great achievement for such a great player.There are rumors that Ronaldo will be leaving for Real Madrid next season,even if that is true,United still have great players in Rooney and Tevez to lead their attack and will be well supported by Giggs,Scholes,Carrick,Hargreaves,Anderson,Ji Sung Park and Nani in midfield.Sir Alex will certainly have a few players line up to buy for next season and he is known to be good in bringing quality players to United,just the way he brought Ronaldo to United.A great season for United and will certainly look forward to next season.They've beaten Chelsea here,and just pip them to the Premier League title on the last day,so next season will certainly be interesting to see them slug it out again,with Arsenal and Liverpool providing a fight,and who knows,maybe Newcastle,Spurs and Everton can spring some surprises.All the best to all the lads of double champions..Manchester United.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

A Variety Of Blog.

I just love visiting other blogs,especially personal blogs.There are all sorts of personal blogs.There are blogs about daily life,personal experience,work experience,personal view on current issues.I personally like blogs about personal experience because sometimes we can relate our own experience to the one of the writer.I like this kind of blogs because it is real,things that really had happened and how the writer find the strength to make it through and sometimes finding great meaning to life and making it worth living.

The other kind of blogs I like is about people voicing their views on current issues.Some really have a point to make and the point make sense too,but most of them just vent their frustration at the system or at someone within the system.There are lots of thing that we think can be done better or sometimes shouldn't be done at all,but even so,we sometimes forget to look at the bigger picture.Most of the things that we complaint about or criticized are done by human,and as human,we certainly make mistakes and we cannot please everybody.

We love to write remark about the leaders,about somebody that can easily grab attention from the media,because through the media we get to know this people,how they look like and what they say,but do we know them personally?Can we pass remark at someone because of what we see and hear from the media?I read this one blog by a high school student in US who says he like to write about the candidate of the ongoing Presidential Campaign because there are easy target and about sports personality because they talk like they have the mind of a 5Th grader!How easy to pass a judgement on somebody else.It is easy to criticized,just find some fault and write about it and finding somebody else fault is so easy.

If someone you don't even know suddenly walk up to you and say something bad about you,would you just smile and accept it?

Let Me Make This Clear.

First of all,this is my personal blog,so I will write whatever I want to write,whatever I think I want to write,whatever I find interesting to write,whatever I feel are related to me in whatever way it might possibly be..but..I try not to offend anybody,anyone.If you by chance find my blog and feels that it is not what it is suppose to be..well..I'm sorry,there are all sorts of personal blog out there and you can't expect each one of it to be the same,writing about your family,your separation,how you got dumped or whatever.The meaning personal is what the writer think is personal to him/her,things happening in his/her life,things that interest him/her.In my personal blog I will write about myself(Maybe sometimes later you will know about me),about my interest and that includes blogging,Man Utd,Ferrari and my observation of all sorts of people in this World Wide Web.

I have two other blogs,one where I share my view on what Internet Marketing and Making Money is all about(Most of it are scams if you asked me)and the other one where I share tips and interesting fact about blogging.I can't write what I feel personally on both blog,it won't be nice and certainly unprofessional,that is why I started this blog,where I can write what ever I want,what ever opinion that I have regarding those two topics and other things that interest me.I don't think it is wrong because this is my blog.I won't be sharing tips or that sorts of thing though,just maybe sometimes writing about my dissatisfaction about something or my thoughts about some issue.

I feel really glad that I manage to let that off my chest..so I hope there will be no further misunderstanding on what this blog is about.There will certainly be a variety of posting here in this blog because of the variety of interest that I have but I certainly don't want this blog to be too much of everything,it won't be good,covering whatever topic that you think will be your readers interest.I will write about things that I feel will give some insight about who I am,and something that we all can relate to,probably to make our life better,or just so that we could be someone better.

I'm only human,and as a human I tend to make mistake.I try not to keep on making the same mistake,try to be nice to everyone close to me,or someone I don't even know.I love to help others and I always remember what someone once asked me..When is the best time to help others?I simply answer,when we can afford to because I thought that seems to be the obvious answer.He said no..the best time to help others is when you are having difficulties of your own.I always think about the truth to his answer,and after living the most difficult part of my life for the past 4 years until now,I know it is true.I manage to help a lot of people in some way or the other,and by doing that,somebody else help me in ways that I never thought of.

I will tell my story and I'm sure you'll be surprise when you get to read my whole story,how I live by doing nothing for 4 years..yes..4 years.Till then..take care.Hope you enjoy reading my post and will continue to read my blog.To all those who feels that my blog is nothing but a random blog,I apologize for wasting your time.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I'm Doing What I Want To Do.

I actually wanted to write my post about 4 hours ago,after having my dinner.I was positioning myself in front of my quite old but faithful PC(I bought this Celeron 1.7GHz PC in 2003..I know,it is old considering the lifetime of a PC,but without it,I certainly can't do what I'm doing now and I am really thankful for it)when suddenly I feel everything moving..the monitor is shaking,the cpu is also shaking and I'm also shaking!I was really shocked because I really felt everything was moving and shaking,especially so because I live on the 4th floor of a 5 stories apartment,and on a hill..even though it only lasted for about three seconds,but I felt really shocked,really scared.After about 20 minutes,I felt another one,but not as strong as the first.I'm sure there must be an earthquake somewhere and I pray not in China again.I still feel a bit dizzy up until now.After the second time I felt it,I switch off my PC and go down hoping I will meet somebody who also felt it,but everyone else seems to be doing their business like nothing happen!So I just wait down there for a while before going back to my apartment again.

I actually want to wrote about using free blogging platform.I read somewhere(I intentionally won't mention where)about someone(Again intentionally not mentioning names) who wrote about 5 reason why nobody like your blog in which one of the reason is using free blogging platforms.I know,all of the seasoned bloggers says that you have to have your own domain,your own hosting because it looks professional,it shows that you are serious about blogging,and because you don't even have to pay thousands of dollars to have it.OK..what if you are serious about blogging,you have good writing skills,you choose a niche that you know,and you know it very well,but you don't have the money to have all those domain and hosting thing,so you opt to use the free platform,Bloggers maybe.Are you not going to be popular?This guy says it as though he is the authority figure in the world of blogging!Is there any certain rules about blogging?Is there anyone with the authority to decide anything,and if there is so,who give him the authority?I agree that having your own domain,your own hosting can do you a great deal of good,but what if you are broke,but you want to blog,not because you will be getting money for it or using it to get some kind of immediate income,but you wanted to build your blog,build your reputation so maybe someday you can make some money too.I am one such person..I've seen people using websites to scam people,is that professional?I've even seen one website,being setup just because the webmaster wants people to make donations so he can become the first person in the world to earn $1 million doing nothing!I really like the old saying..Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover.I personally don't care whether it is a website or a blog,a free or a paid one,I look at its content,what good can it bring,what value can it give to others.

Talking about donation,I came across this post in one of the forums I joined.It is about this forum member who is asking for donation to help care for his younger brother who have been paralyzed because of an accident.He would give away an ebook that he wrote to anybody who wants to make a donation.I simply can't afford to donate any amount of cash at this moment because of the situation that I'm in,but I can certainly help by spreading this message through my blog,and anyone who read this,who can spare some extra cash for a good cause please do so.You can check it out for yourself by visiting the website I provide below.If this turn out to be some kind of scam whatsoever,I certainly have no part in it,because I'm doing this out of the feeling of needing to help a fellow blogger.

Franklin Bishop Website - http://themakemoneyebook.com/blog.html.
His Brother My Space page - http://www.myspace.com/fundjordan.

Please visit the websites for more details.


Monday, May 19, 2008

Problems?

I love to go out sometimes,just to take my mind away from blogging,looking at things happening around me.I like to hang out in malls,not to buy anything,just looking around,watching people.While doing this I always like to remind myself how lucky I'm to be able to live,especially in my beloved country when in places not very far from here many lives have been lost just in a matter of seconds,minutes and days.I'm deeply sad for the people of Myanmar and China.

I don't own a car,nor any kind of transportation whatsoever,so I depend on public transport to take me to places I want to be.The reason I choose to rent an apartment here is because its cheap,there are lots of shops nearby and it is easy to get a bus,easy meaning I don't have to walk very far to wait for it,but that doesn't necessarily mean convenient.I sometimes waited for 30-50 minutes for the bus,even though the company said the interval is 15 minutes during peak hours,and 35 during non-peak hours.Waiting for the bus to go somewhere from my apartment is the easy part,going back is another story.

I normally wait for the bus at the bus station,meaning the bus will start its journey from that point.Since the bus schedule is irregular,not punctual,every time the a bus came,people will have to rush to get on board.This led to them being an easy target of pickpockets!With no policeman around,even the bus company didn't bother to assign their staff to make sure the passenger board the bus in orderly manner.

Actually if the bus is right on schedule,this thing can be avoided.If the bus arrive every 15 minutes,the crowd wanting to board it won't be that big.If all passenger queue to board the bus,instead of pushing their way,the pickpockets won't have a chance to do anything,and by stationing 3 or 4 police officers there will certainly drove this nuisance away.

This is some of the things that I have to face living in this country,especially in a metropolitan city like Kuala Lumpur.I love living here,but sometimes I just wish I could return to my hometown,where everything is slow paced,I can even just walk to town!Every places has its good and bad part,and so are people,but learning to accept it for what its worth is the best thing to do.

We all faces problems of some sort.Don't let it bring you down,instead use it to motivate yourself to be a better person for your self and to all the people that need and care for you.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Doing Things The Right Way.

We can certainly achieve lots of thing if we do it the right way,setting our mind towards it,and giving our best in achieving it.Not only in business,in education,in love..it is applicable to our whole life and things we do to make life better and more comfortable.

I join Link Referral in April this year..I submitted my 1st blog because I want to expose it,generating traffic to it.I don't actually remember how I know about LR,maybe I saw its ad or button on one of the sites that I browse.After checking it out,I decided to join,but as a free member,I know..most of you might probably thinking,I seems to like all things free,who doesn't but I have my own reason,and by following my blog,one day you will surely understand why.

I like LR concept of doing your daily 30/5/1/1 daily routine for free members to increase your ranking in the directory list which will certainly boost traffic to your site if you have high rank.30 visits to other members site,5 reviews,1 forum post and 1 favourite site.It is not a hard thing to do because there are thousand of members here,in different categories and it doesn't take a very long time to do it.I found this a fun thing to do because other than doing it to increase your ranking,you will see lots of other sites,blogs with all different style and some of it you will find to be useful.

This blog is the latest one that I add to LR,and I have been receiving good traffic and reviews.Thanks to all LR members for your support.What I wanted to say here is about the other side of LR members.I notice that there are this certain members who love doing their daily task,participated in forums discussions and giving great feedback,know how to do reviews and supporting other members,but there are also certain members who does the opposite.Most of them maybe are newbies like me,but being new,means to learn,and to learn you must spend time on the things you want to learn.

The best place to learn is by joining discussions in forums.You can get very great input there,but this certain members from the dark side of LR prefer to use forums to spam,i.e unnecessary promoting!Don't they know people hate spam?Or they start a forum discussions that have been already been discussed at length sometimes on many occasion..the most common one I keep on seeing is..TRAFFIC.I can see question about getting traffic everywhere in the forums!Some with simple title like TRAFFIC,some use other disguise like IS MY SITE REALLY THAT BAD or HOW DO I GET TRAFFIC TO MY SITE?If they spend time looking at past forums discussion,I think they can find the answer and find there is no such need to ask that question again,but maybe some posted the question just to fill their daily quota of 1 forum post!A selfish act.

Not knowing how to give reviews is another thing,and this has been discussed in forums with most members showing their disgust at how some members who just doesn't seem to know to do reviews.What is your reaction when you find someone review your site by saying..Good site,good information but give you 4 for content,3 for navigation,3 for speed and 4 for relevance?Isn't it more appropriate to give all 5's if you find the site is good and informative?If you want to give such review,wouldn't it be nice if you mention that the content is good,but a bit outdated,it takes some time when you want to open other pages,meaning not easy to navigate and takes some time to load which relate to speed and your site is suppose to be in other category referring to relevance,which bring us to other type of members,the one who can't accept comments,and they retaliate by giving you bad reviews if you do so!Not to mention members who use reviews to promote their site..very pathetic!Members who doesn't even know what to review,but still wanted to do it,and in the end just saying great site but give you 2-3-4-5,or 1-2-3-4 or 3-3-3-3!

Don't they know how they do review is monitored and will have an effect on their ranking?If you don't know how to do it,look at other reviews,see how other members do it,sometimes the site owner have a question for you,so give reviews based on that.But I think no matter how you try to educate this kind of people,it won't be to any effect.These people are joining simply to have traffic coming to their site,never bother to do the daily task,but wanted high volume of traffic,started a blog or website to earn fast money,that is why they wanted an immediate flow of thousand of traffic to it.If you come across this kind of people,look at their site and see what it is about,you will find some truth in what I'm saying here.

They want to achieve something,but not doing it the right way.They want it all to happen in as easy way as possible,and wanted to be successful in a short period of time.Do you think it is possible?Maybe in movies,yes..but this is the real world.Work hard,work smart and you will achieve what you want,but if want it easy,I wish you luck in finding it.If you find joining LR doesn't give you your desired results,than go somewhere else,nobody is stopping you,but don't be such a baby..what do you expect to get when you don't work for it?Maybe your site is just not good enough,have you ever think about it that way?

If you do good,it will always come back to you,and the same goes if you do bad.Don't say anything if you don't really have anything to say.Simple yet true.

Friday, May 16, 2008

Do You Know What I Hate Most?

I received a review from a LR member saying my blog was the most random blog he had ever seen..I guess it was some sort of a compliment because yes,my blog is about whatever that comes to my mind and whatever I will write when I feel I have the need to.No..these is certainly not the thing that I hate.I'm glad my blog is being reviewed,and for a very new blog,what else can make you happy other than people visiting it and then giving you their opinion about it.My blog have been up for only 6 hours you know.

There are 2 things that really upset me and I think it's fair if I said I really hate it.
  1. People who misuse blogs - I know,blogs are free,anybody can have their own blog or maybe two or three or even ten!I have three blogs including this.If you start a blog,spend time updating it with if not good content,but at least some decent content,I don't mind,but to come across a blog that was started last year,the latest post is last year,and the content says..If you want to earn some fast cash,click on this link!I think the blog owner must be a millionaire right now that he/she decides to abandoned the blog..or..he/she just give up because after starting a blog,doing all what they have learn to earn fast and easy money,nothing materialized..tired of waiting,they return to their daily job,slug it out and earning decent pay for what they do.The blog?Well I think even they don't want another look at it anymore.People who say their blog is about their personal life,quest,interest or whatever that suppose to be personal..instead when you look at their blog,the only personal thing is their picture and their posting..(heck even sometimes the posting is not their personal possession),the rest..ads from Google,Bidvertiser,Adbrite..an any other advertising they can get their hands on..It is nice if you kindly introduce your blog as..Hi..this is my blog about whatever interest me,and the reason I started it is because someone told me you can make money using blogs by putting as many ad as you can like the one you will see on my blog..p/s:Don't forget to click on the ads while you are here.lol.
  2. People who doesn't know how to use forums.I join forums to expose my blog,so does all the other forum members.Nowadays I see more people using threads in forums not to introduce their blogs,but to promote it immediately!Then there are members who use every single thread there is in the forum to keep on telling people to go to his blog,whether they start the thread or thread started by others.How would you feel when someone start a thread..I'm new to blogging,please check my blog and give your comment,and right after that is not someone giving his thought,but someone who wrote..Yeah..while you're at it,check mine too...I will check the first blog,but certainly not the second!Then there is this kind of person,who is new,but wanted to be an established member as fast as possible.How do you do it?Easy..leave your comment/answer to all the possible thread that you can find..even if your post just say..Yes,I agree or Great blog!You can easily post to 20 thread per visit,that means 200 in 10 days!When people look at your profile..Wah!this person must be somebody,he has over 200 posts already,lets check his blog.When you do check the blog..it is a blog promoting affiliate programs..no wonder!You need a big mailing lists,a lot of referrals to succeed..One last thing..people keep on bumping threads to make it as long as possible,but the only people participating..the one who starts it,and 3 or 4 others who are really desperate in getting their page rank getting higher!Yes..participating in forums from a good page rank site,with your site URL in it will help boost your page rank too..
I always wonder,people are concern about not getting enough traffic,not getting higher page rank,not getting enough sale,not getting enough readers..did they ever,even for only a minute,look at their website or blogs,look at what they are selling and what they wrote and think..will people look at this,or even consider buying this,reading this?Is this the best that I can do,I can offer?If you think it is..then look around..do you still seriously think yours is the best there is?Don't simply blame Google,Yahoo,MSN,Alexa or whatever that you can blame for not getting what you want.If you have done what it is that needed to be done,and keep on doing it regularly,then you will certainly get what is due to you.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

I Just Love Man U.

I just simply love Man U you know.I think I have been a fan since the 80's.The most interesting time was watching Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister manning their defence..they both were just great.It seems nobody or nothing can get past them..then comes Captain Marvel era..Bryan Robson,the midfield maestro that is ever so cool,and no surprise he become captain of the team because he certainly can lead.Eric Cantona..who doesn't remember him..no..not for the Kung Fu kick but his brilliance on the field,his genius keep on winning games for Man U.After he depart,many wonder,with all this new players from the Man U academy,will they shine?DavidBeckham,Gary Neville,Phil Neville,Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs are product of this academy and they enter the first team at almost the same time after graduating.The one that get the most attention is Beckham,he's more good looking than he is a good footballer some say..but can any not good footballer notice an opportunity and score an incredible goal from just inches in your own half?He did against Wimbeldon and I never saw any other world class player doing it.He practise a lot to improve his passes and freekicks,his signature freekicks.He lacks in style and dribbling,but give him the ball,and he sure can pass it right to your feet or head or whatever.

Their last greatest achievement was in 1999 when they won the treble..the league,FA cup and European Cup..this season they already miss on the FA Cup after losing to Portsmouth in the quarterfinal,but they already won the Barclay's Premier League,winning on the last day,beating Chelsea to it,yet this two team will meet again in Moscow this coming 21st May to decide the winner of the Champions League.If Man U win,they will do the double this season and Sir Alex Ferguson will go one up against Sir Matt Busby,the legendary Man U manager who won the European Cup in 1968.If Chelsea win,it will be their first,and what a present it will be for their owner,Roman Abramovich to win in his native soil of Russia.

Both team have been great this season,Chelsea did well after the early season departure of The Special One..Jose Maurinho,but his replacement,Avram Grant certainly did well to guide Chelsea.Lets hope it will be an interesting final and may the best team on that night win.To Man U..good luck guys..

Bloggers Unite For Human Rights.

Yes..today is Bloggers Unite For Human Rights Day..organized by Blog Catalog.Why today?Because this is the date one Chinese journalist was detained by the Chinese Government.People lambasted at what China did to this journalist,to people in Tibet,the Dalai Lama especially to the extend it can jeopardize 2008 Beijing Olympic.

What is Human Right?The right for all human to live as free as possible in this World.But most country have rules,have law?We have to abide to this law,this rules,even though it was created by other human,like us.Law was created to upheld stability,if there is no law,there would be chaos.We always look at things happening in a far away country,to people we don't even know.What about things in our own country?

China is being condemned for having the worst case of human rights issue.Is this true?In what sense of human rights are we looking at here?Human with rights..all human must certainly have rights..What about the rights of the people of Iraq to run their country,not by American army..who gave them the right in the first place to attack Iraq?Aren't this violating human rights?What about their soldiers who are against going to Iraq?Do they have their right not to participate being violated?Torturing prisoners,against human rights.Detainees in Guantanamo Bay..what about their rights?

People of Palestine..what about their rights?living in refugee camps..why?They have their own country,how can someone else just take it away from them?What would you do if this happen to you.Discrimination against Muslims since the 9/11 incident..and lots of other things.

We want to champion human rights..but only do it when it coincide with major event,so more people can relate to it,it has become some kind of promotion agenda..Everybody wants to champion the jailed journalist,the Tibetan people,the Dalai Lama..because now is the best time..all eyes is on China because of the coming Olympic..I think all this is disgraceful..taking opportunity of this big event to make China look bad..some even have boycotted it..We open our eyes to petty things like this,and closed it towards much larger and major issues.Iraq,Darfur,Myanmar,Palestine..there are bigger human rights issue here.

Are we actually doing the right thing?Or just taking part in someone carefully initiated agenda?

I certainly will fight for the rights of my Brothers and Sisters in Islam!It will be more meaningful and more righteous for me being a Muslim.