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Wow.. I’d just won a NOW watch over at http://www.alexshalman.com/blog !! Thank you Saif for updating me on it! It sure made my day! I was just about to go into a sob fest about how exhausted I am from having to do everything at home and at work. But I’ll spare you the details. I can’t bear to infect my readers with undesirable vibes. I just have to shift my mindset and the email about my winning from Saif sure did the trick! Thanks for the gorgeous NOW watch Alex! I can’t wait to receive it!!

I’m back to my positive self! I must say, I’ve achieved alot this week. Many unexpected turn of events has led to my prayers being answered. Thank you Allah.. I’ve cried many tears of gratefulness this week. I’ve finally found the answers to getting through to the very special people in life. I’ve rekindled the love in my marriage and in my family. And it’s all happened God-willing. If I told you what happened that led to this happiness you’d probably be shocked. It’s an incident that I’m glad we came out alive. But I’m grateful for it as it has led to the bliss of the present moment.

And I just found out that I am a ‘water element’ - explains why I’m so easily moved. A colleague of mine attended a one-week course on ‘Organisational Behaviour’ and they were taught how to read people’s personality using knowledge in the field of metaphysics. It’s basically using birth dates and adding up numbers to form a group of numbers which create a pattern that you can analyze and reveal ones personality.

I found out that I’m actually good at financial management and that I am a family person. I am also someone who cannot sit still ( I always have to be doing something). Hmmm..very true.. But after watching Derren Brown analysing personalities of his subjects, it has led me to become abit skeptical. How can Derren Brown use the same script to describe the personalities of more than 30 different people? Meaning that it would depict that the 30 people have the same personalities?! He did it by simply selecting common personality traits among people world wide and putting it on down on an analysis script. He sure fooled many.

But it feels great to think that I am naturally good at financial management. It’s one area I’m striving to improve and excell at. So far it looks pretty promising. I still have to figure how to get hold of my current dream home by June this year. I’m sure the ideas will spring into my head pretty soon.

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I’ve never heard of Derren Brown and his clever tricks until Saif over at Saif Improvement put up one You Tube video on him. My brother who had read Saif’s post decided to look for more videos on Derren. Just thought I’d share with you his favourite (hint: my bro is a chess player):

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Here is Joe Vitale’s definition of marketing = “sharing what you love in a passionate, enthusiastic and sincere way to the people who would be most interested to know about it.”

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Prior to joining Success University, I knew absolutely nothing about internet marketing. I didn’t even know the term existed! I had been blogging for a while then but it was just for the sake of having an online diary where I could pour out my thoughts on to. Like I mentioned, Success University opened the doors to the world of internet marketing for me. For this, I have my mentor, Zamri Nanyan to thank for. As my SU upline he has provided me with the right tools to discover the IM world while still allowing me to be independent to do my own exploring. I guess it also helps that there are many fantastic IM blogs around by seasoned pros. You can check out my links under ‘Internet Gurus’ on the right hand panel to visit some.

As I discovered new ways/tools to assist me in internet marketing, I’m starting to find IM even more fascinating. Let me see..ever since joining SU in November last year, I’ve learned to market/promote SU through article directories, forums, banners (ones provided by SU and ones done through team co-op where we pool our money to advertise on highly targeted sites), email marketing and the use of autoresponders plus recently creating my very own ebook (still yet to be taken action on).

On my own, I’ve discovered the joys of using mybloglog, link exchanges, entrecard, stumbleupon, entering contests held by other blogs and just recently using one buck wiki pages. It may not sound very much for those seasoned IM pros out there. But to me, this is a personal accomplishment I am rather proud of. They are baby steps, I know. But it’s definitely taking me somewhere I want to be!

I am grateful for having discovered internet marketing and being able to update my knowledge on it consistently.

Tags: Internet Finds, Internet Marketing by Me Rina
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It was my youngest brother who introduced me to Yuna. We weren’t formally introduced. He just played me her videos on YouTube. I don’t know much about Yuna. But from the videos I’ve watched, I can tell she’s one talented musician - she writes, composes and sings her own songs. She also plays the guitar and piano beautifully.

And did I tell you that she’s Malaysian? She’s also a muslim who covers her head (tudung wearing). Err.. good role model? Regardless of that, I am truly impressed with her song writing, singing and piano/guitar skills. Her passion shines through her music. It is in music that she has talents, passion and has put in effort. Thus making her successful and popular fast!

I don’t actually like to encourage idolising musicians. But I am just so impressed by her, I’m letting it pass. So here’s Yuna, Malaysia’s version of Marie Digby (I hope I don’t offend anyone - just my take) :

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 It was quite some time ago that I won 100 One Buck Wiki pages. I didn’t realise how lucky I was then. Now that I’ve found out how these wiki pages work I feel ever so grateful to Max for coming up with this amazing idea. Those pages have since increased in price and now cost a whopping USD20 each. And for every 1000 pages being sold, page value will increase by another USD10. That’s abit like buying real estates!

 The buying real estate part was actually described by author of EarnMoneyToBlog. He’s done a fantastic job linking his blog to a wiki page that he’s invested in. As he describes, having a OneBuckWiki page is great because it helps drive more traffic to your blogs. Even dotcom Mogul John Chow gives a nod to it.

I’ve done the same by linking my blog to one of my pages using the keyword: success-journal. I’m having fun coming up with keywords/names for the pages. So far I have about 10 keywords lined up. So I have 90 more keywords to think of for the 90 more pages that I still have! Imagine that (coming up with contents of the wiki takes some effort by the way)!! I have 100 pages each that are of USD20 value. So go figure the total value of my portfolio! Fantastic stuff right?! I am so grateful for these wiki pages.. I am!

By the way here’s my page!!

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Good news for those who would like to transfer their blog from blogger to wordpress and get free 2 years hosting in your own domain name. Rocky John of Blogger Mix is offering just this! He’ll guide you through the whole process too! But ofcourse you’d have to win it first by means of entering his contest. It’s not too late yet. Contest ends 31 March 2008 (Monday) at 2:00PM Beijing time. For more details regarding this generous prize, be sure to visit Blogger Mix right away. He’s also recently added more prizes from other sponsors. So all the more reason to take part.

Newbies and pros alike will find Blogger Mix a delightful site. The author’s philosophy is that successful blogging consists of 3 elements that is content, connection and continuity. Thus the name BloggingMix which emerged from a mixture of these 3 elements. I’ve subscribed to his feed so that I’d be kept up-to-date with the on-goings in the blogsphere. You should too ;)!

Tags: Blogging, Gifts/Competitions by Me Rina
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Have you ever realised how forgiving children can be? Especially those below the age of 3. They always find it easy to forgive and forget. Adults should learn from these traits and not hold on to grudges. It’ll sure make the world a more peaceful and harmonius place. I am grateful for being able to forgive others easily.

I scolded my son yesterday for getting up to some mischief (which I shan’t elaborate on) that only 20 month olds can get into. But remembering my vow to be a more patient mother, I quickly apologised while putting him to bed. I told him I’m sorry and that he’s actually a very good boy. He just has to listen more to what mommy says for his own good (now I was starting to sound like my own mother).

The next morning, he’d start off the day cheerfully and gave me a hug and smile that melted my heart. Children are special in the way they can always wake up on the right side of bed. Eversince I’ve practiced waking up feeling grateful, my days have been like a child’s - knowing that there are many new things to learn in the day and all being fun and an adventure!

Love your children and those yet to come… Embrace them and give them your love and undivided attention.. Never be afraid to get in touch with the child in you through your own children. For you shall be cured of all adult ignorance.

Tags: Parenting by Me Rina
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I shall be getting a new chief boss at my place of work this week. I’ll also be losing my immediate boss. Today’s his last day here yet he’s still hard at work. He reminds me so much of my own father. One who gives his job/career full comitment and is forever trying to lighten the burden of others.

I hope things will stay ok even after he’s gone. He’s been promoted to a better position at a different place. Somewhere closer to his home. At a place where he’ll gain new and more joyful experiences. Perhaps an opportunity to travel more.. and definitely more money in his pockets.

He may not be reading this. I doubt many people I know read my blog anyway (I’d rather keep it that way - For some reasons, offline friends get awkward online - hope the same doesn’t apply the other way round.). Regardless of that, I would still like to congratulate him here (have done so offline) and wish him the very best. May he have success always. I’ve never found a boss better than him. Then again, I haven’t been in this service for very long. I only had one other boss but he is by far the best.

We’re all gonna miss him for sure. And the bosses remaining will have to buckle up and get ready to do more work once he’s gone. For, for as long as he was here, alot of work were being piled up on him because he is seen as one who delivers. It really isn’t that fair on him since it’s not like he gets paid for doing the extra work. But God is fair. And now he’s handsomely rewarded. Alhamdulillah..

 I hope our new chief boss is super nice. His son is one rising star.. We’re all (the whole office) is giving him (the father) a warm welcome.

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I found out about a great new site called Feed Flare through Jason Boom’s site. Author Collin’s goal for Feed Flare is to become a site dedicated to sharing his knowledge on blogging and driving traffic to your blogs. I know I could use some advice on that! I’ve subscribed to his Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed!!

For his grand opening, Collin has launched a Big Contest with USD500 as it’s grand prize!! But many more cool prizes up for grabs as listed below:

1. Mini Unix web hosting package free for 1 year - Donated by BlurFur web hosting services (value - $70.00) - random draw - prize already given away.
2. Advertising voucher with Bidvertiser worth $200.00 in free clicks (value - $200.00) - random draw
3. Blog branding package which includes (Favico, header, logo, 125×125 button) design package donated by Graphic Identity (value - $200.00) - random draw - prize already given away too.
4. Free advertising for one month in the form of a 125×125 button on Blogging Cents. (value - $35.00) - random draw
5. Win a free advertising spot on the “You Can Learn Series” blog in the form of a 125×125 ad button (value per spot - $5.00) - random draw
6. Exclusive Theme donated by Unique Blog Designs (value - $99.00) there is around 10 different themes you can chose from if you win - random draw
7. Win one of 2 copies of the “Written Promptly Everyday” E-Book donated by The Prompt Writer (value per book -$5.00) random draw
8. Win a copy of “How to launch a profitable free lancing business for under $50.00? donated by the “Self Made Chick” (value - $12.00) random draw
9. Custom banner design and the size will be of your choice donated by Dat Money dot com (value - $50.00) random draw
10. One month free 125×125 advertising on Jason Boom dot com. (value - $20.00) random draw
11. Grand Prise - 25,000 Entrecard credits (one lump some, the largest amount to be given away in a contest to date) draw date is March 31st (value - not really sure but some where around $250.00 I think)
12. Bonus gifts - we have 200 pages on the “One Buck Wiki” to give away - the first two hundred contest enterer’s will be each given one page as a bonus gift just for entering our grand opening contest.You will still be able to win any of the other prizes we have as well. The current selling price for a page on the “One Buck Wiki” is $20.00 making this our largest prize package worth over $4000.00 in cash value.
13. Featured Grand Prise = $500.00 cash payable via PayPal with the draw date being March 31st. You can thank my nice income tax return for this prize!!!

Total prize packages are worth just over $5200.00 (cash value) plus the 25,000 Entrecard credits.

Wow!! Talk about mega hot prizes!!

I’m in!! I just entered by putting up this post (it’s that easy as with previous contests I’ve entered - puts your advert writing skills to test eh.. though you’re not judged on it:p).

 Details on how to enter are as below:

1. You must subscribe to our RSS feed by E-Mail using the link provided below!
   Subscribe to Feed Flare by Email
2. Write a small post on your blog talking about the contest and what we are all giving away over the next month. Use as many words as you like and please feel free to copy and paste any information you want to use from this site or this post, “meaning” you do not have to spend all day writing a post just to enter.
3. Include the following links in your post using what is listed below.

• link #1- Really Simple Syndication
• link #2 - Feed Flare

After having done all that, you must leave a comment on his contest post to confirm entry.

This contest has been going on for a while and to date, Collin has given away two prizes. Until contest ends on 31 March 2008, there’s still opportunities of winning. So enter just for the fun of it! And also to network with new people with other fab sites!

Take care now=)!!

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