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Powerpuff Girls vs Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi
2007-06-07 16:00:00
This is my blog's new design and I shouldn't be making any big changes to the design in the near future. Anyway, I will be packing up for a vacation to Hong Kong these few days, getting ready to fly on Sunday. This blog won't have any updates for a period of time, so I'm posting something cool. It's a short video I recorded during the event, 'PowerPuff y Palooza Battle of the Bands ?Live? Show cum Meet & Greet'. The stars featured are powerpuff girls and Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi. They are pretty adorable and entertaining, but too bad the video is taken with my handphone, so it doesn't have very good quality. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy it. :)
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Asking For Professional Reviews
2007-06-03 09:40:00
I’m pretty lost as to how I can further improve my blog. I know the colors seem a bit dull, but I tried changing colors and it just seems to look even worse each time. Being so lost, I decided to try to solicit for comments. The first thing I tried was to ask for ...
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Blog Redesign In Progress
2007-05-31 18:54:00
This blog is currently being redesigned by me and might be quite unstable for a period of time. The blog layout is more or less settled, but the colors and tiny touchups are still not decided yet. Please help to leave your comments on how I can make this blog look and feel better too. I ...
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World Internet Summit - Photos
2007-05-29 19:11:00
Here are some photos I snapped at World Intern et Summit . I managed to get another copy of the photograph I took with Mark Joyner, which has much better quality. I got this photograph from Alvin Phang, who runs a blog, GatherSuccess. He’s doing quite a bit of interesting things at the moment and his blog ...
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Mark Joyner And Me!
2007-05-27 19:59:00
Hey guys, if you don’t like any of my posts, you got to at least check this out! Check out how wide my smile is while taking a photo with the Internet Mark eter I respect most currently. I only respected two Internet Marketers to such degree of excitement, but the other one is, for the ...
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Favoritism In The Workplace
2007-05-24 13:54:00
This post is not going to be about favoritism on a personal level, based on whether the boss likes your character or not. Instead, I intend to focus on a general tendency for employers to show favoritism towards sales and marketing staff. The reason is obvious, since Salesmen and Marketers are tasked with the honorable ...
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The Future of Marketing - Chameleon Marketing
2007-05-23 20:15:00
I was reading through tons of Internet Marketing materials and went into a dream state with a powerful paraliminal. In my dream, I came up with this concept of Chameleon Marketing and I believe that the top marketers of the future will adopt the characteristics of a chameleon. Butterfly Marketing has taken the internet by storm and it’s about ...
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Areas of Profitability
2007-05-15 15:32:00
I saw a survey on an exclusive membership website that basically asked its members what activities have been the most profitable to them. I thought that the results might be of some interest, especially to those people who are thinking of venturing into Internet Marketing. While it does provide a general overview of what’s profitable for these Internet Marketers, I would just like to add that whatever the activity, there are people profiting from it. It’s not a good idea to just jump onto an opportunity because the most number of people are making money from it. We are all made different and might excel in different areas or fields. Anyway, here’s the results: Number 1: Product Selling Basically, this is pretty straight forward, meaning you sell your own product. It’s not surprising that this ranks the most profitable, since you have your own product and will be able to form joint ventures and stuff like that. Additionally, most people who venture into Produc...
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The Internet Gold Mine Story
2007-05-10 13:44:00
I’m suddenly in the mood to write a story and all stories should end with a moral of the story. Stor ies make words come alive, so this post should logically draw more interest than the rest of my posts. However, humans are seldom logical beings, which is why we are particularly interested in stories, which triggers emotions. While this story will not trigger much emotion, it serves to sum up my opinions of the internet, few years ago and now. Let’s move on to the Internet story. In the year ADxxxx (only Mensa members know when Internet came into our lives), computers were networked together and hooked up to form the Internet. Little was known about this new land, except that it promised widespread communication. It was an age where technogeeks rule this land; they spoke a language that few understood and tackled problems that would cause heart attacks for the faint-hearted. We call them geeks, but deep inside, they were highly respected beings and charged high prices t...
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Saving Habits For Better Finances
2007-05-04 23:53:00
To begin with, let’s start with a quote from someone that I forgot: “When unmanaged, expenses always rise to income levels”. I think it’s a very meaningful quote, because it’s quite common to see rich executives spending lavishly, even to the extent that their savings can’t sustain their living expenses for a month. Coming to this, I read a definition of wealth from somewhere that says it’s a measure of how long you can continue your way of life if you stop having income or lose your job. While it’s not the traditional definition in the pure English sense, I do like the way the writer had put the concept of wealth into perspective. I acknowledge that someone more highly paid can afford more material goods, but I feel that sometimes these material goods turn out to be a liability. Instead of supposingly fulfilling our needs and wants in a society that demands higher standards of living, it seems like the regular upkeep for these go...
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Two Internet Marketers I Respect
2007-05-02 19:29:00
As promised in my last post, I will be blogging about the two Intern et Mark eters that I respect most. I don’t respect them more because they make more money than all the other gurus, but rather a combination of several factors make me see them in a different light. Of course, I will be detailing exactly why I respect these two specific Internet Marketers more than the rest. I do not attempt to convince anyone that they are the best in the field, since the contents of this post is just a reflection of my thoughts. If you think someone else deserves to be respected as well, feel free to voice it out. I think it’s always a good thing to acknowledge the efforts of others in making this world a better place. First Internet Marketer I Respect : Corey Rudl This name has gone into obsolescence for some time now, since it was very unfortunate that he met with an accident at a young age that cause his demise. He was previously known as the Godfather of Internet Marketing and he ...

Post Examinations Reflections
2007-04-30 20:11:00
My Exam inations finished last Friday, but I was sick and delayed blogging until today. Anyway, for my examinations… I did so badly in my Statistics and Economics examinations that my friends did not even believe me when I told them honestly that I’m going to flunk my examinations real badly. Although I was sick when taking the examinations, I have never thought for a moment that being sick was the reason that I did so badly. In fact, I believe that my body came up with this secondary gain of having something to blame on when I do badly in the two Examination s. For someone new to this concept of Secondary gain, it basically means that our body tends to give us a pain if there is a resulting gain for the pain, like falling sick so that you don’t have to go to school. I don’t really like to look back and reflect, since it’s obvious that I should have spent my time studying, instead of going out or watching drama series and anime. I have to admit that I...
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2 Exam Papers Over
2007-04-21 15:41:00
I have finished 2 exam papers and have 2 other papers left, which are the ones that I think is most difficult. I had originally planned to spend more time on Statistics and Economics, but laziness got over me. The moment I reached home on Friday, I slept till close midnight and slacked in front of the television until 4 AM. I planned to start studying for statistics today, but instead I went shopping and just reached home. I have wasted another day of my life, like how I have wasted my days for the past week, completing a full 35 episodes drama series and 2 series of 26 episodes anime. At this moment, I still maintain quite a positive attitude towards my examinations, but I’m certain that I need to spend more effort on Economics and Statistics. Competition is going to be real tough for these two modules, but I still want to do well, especially in Statistics. I can’t afford to waste anymore days, so I’ll definitely do all the tutorials for Statistics that I mi...
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Downgrading Wordpress Is a Chore
2007-04-15 12:29:00
Somehow, I suddenly decided to upgrade my Wordpress to the 2.1 series today and it was the first wrong move I made. I thought at that time how long can it take, since Wordpress had always made things very easy to upgrade. Therefore, I downloaded and plan to spend 30minutes to set up Wordpress 2.1 on my blog before starting to study. Since Wordpress had always made things so easy, I didn’t think of making any backups and this was my second wrong move. One thing led to another and I managed to install Wordpress 2.1 quite easily. As promised, it’s just a few clicks and viola, it’s up. The longest time spent is on uploading the files to the server. However, the trouble started from this point on, when I find the later version slower. Although it was stated that the new version had combed through their databases and made it more efficient, I found the new version quite significantly slower. Additionally, their functionality of dictionary checker isn’t really wor...
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I Passed My Statistics Quiz
2007-04-12 10:52:00
Yesterday, I blogged and said that I failed my first quiz since my polytechnic days, but I was wrong. I managed to just pass my quiz and I’m incredibly happy. Although I scoredway lower than the class average, I was indeed quite happy that I didn’t perform as badly as I thought I would. This brought me back confidence for this coming examinations and I believe I still have a chance to get A for the module, provided I work extremely hard to make up for the bad coursework grades. I foresee that I will be spending70% ofthe time that I allocate for studying onStat istics alone, 20% on economics, 5% on Organisational Behaviour and 5% for Marketing. It’s not gonna be easy to rise from the depths of a well back to the surface, but I believe there is still a chance. If I just spend three days focusing on statistics, I’m sure I will make up for lost time and become proficient at the module. My worst enemy so far is still myself, being lazy and unfocused when it comes t...
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Finances In April 2007
2007-04-10 19:23:00
It’s been some time since I last reported on my finances, how my funds are doing and how much income I’m getting. Well… my mutual funds have pretty much gone back to the pre-correction levels, so it’s pretty good that I’m still having a little bit of profits, somewhere within the region of 3-4%. It’s quite troublesome to give off the exact figures, but I’m still holding onto the same funds and here’s the list. Fidelity Latin America USD Henderson European Property Securities HSBC AM Chinese Growth UOBAM United Asian Growth Opportunities DBS Shenton Thrift Aberdeen Thailand Equity Fidelity Korea USD It’s very likely that I won’t be making any changes to the funds that I chose, because I think that all funds are about the same. By that, I mean that if you picked funds that target the same geographic region, it’s likely that their performance will be around the same, with maybe a few percentage points in difference. I&r...
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Comfort Zones Limit Achievements
2007-04-04 20:24:00
Few months ago,Ireflected on myselfand thinkthat I tend to be easily contented and that seems to be stopping my achievements. When I look at it, I don’t think I’m the only person in the world that limits achievement by staying in a comfort zone. It’s not that I’m super rich or anything, but rather the fact that there is no immediate need that I am reaching out for. It seems like I’m comfortable with what I have… well, I just need a computer and food to survive and have fun. I’m just too easily satisfied and it seems pretty ironically for a person living in Singapore, where we’re famous for being involved in the rat race, for saying that. Anyway, identifyingthis character, I started this blog to get out of my comfort zone and to make becoming a millionaire a need. Recently, I have been thinking of quitting my job and quitting school to make this need stronger. Well… quitting school is unlikely, but tentatively, I’ll be sto...
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Last Presentation on More Fruits and Vegetables
2007-03-31 12:59:00
This marks the last of my presentations for my Communication Management Fundamentals module. After having three presentations in this module, Ithink that I present very differently, as compared to other modules. First difference: I think I’m more nervous for this module, since I’m always just throwing crap, instead of really knowing the topic well. Last minute and sloppy work contributes to this anxiety. Second Difference: I think that I’m more assertivefor other presentations, as compared to this module, where I’m usually smiling and having fun. Think the difference is attributed to the fact that this module is more like a play-play module and there’s a camera in front of me, so I gotta smile more. Of course, there’s nothing for me to compare to, since the other presentations are not recorded. Maybe next time I should ask my friends to record my presentations in other modules, that might be fun. For now, you might want to watch this video, no...
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Approving Comment Spam To Get Traffic?
2007-03-30 05:20:00
Recently, my blog has been getting a lot of comment spam, averaging more than 20 everyday. I noticed a change in the type of comment spam nowadays. It used to be full of those wonder pills advertisements, but the general trend is more towards adult-themed sites nowadays. Additionally, they are all pointing to different sites, so there must be a lot of such content available online. Although we hate to admit it, such content attracts quite a lot of attention, maybe especially among hot-blooded males. Normally, I will just blindly mark all comments as spam in my control panel, then scroll through to see if there are any real comments and unmark those. However, today a thought flashed past me. I suddenly wondered if there were bloggers who would intentionally allow such comment spam, just so that they could increase their traffic. After all, having links to those contentcould significantly boost readership and they can simply claim that they were victims of comment spam. Of course, the...
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Intelligence is a Result of Past Diligence
2007-03-26 19:26:00
Everytime I get real busy, I will somehow have a lot of thoughts stirring in my mind. I will think about life and ask myself questions like’why did something turn out this way’. Although these thoughts aren’t new and most people have thought of it at least once, I still think that I should blog about it. There’s a simple reason for blogging about it: Sometimes we humans are just so oblivious to the most obvious. Anyway, I think the topic of whether some people are born smarter than others is an interesting one. When it comes to my thoughts on this, I stand pretty firmly with the notion that, apart from the mentally-impaired, anyone can become more ‘intelligent’ than others. It’s all a matter of diligence. I’m probably going to get shot and criticized for even thinking about this, but it’s sincerely what I believe. Think about it, have you ever seen anyone who is smart but have never been diligent in any point of his/her life? If ...
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