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After 30 seconds of work required in setting my Home Security alarm system I head to the car for a trip downtown to the famous town movie theater. It is famous because it shows classic films, specializing in a different actor or actress every week. This week is a treat. Steve McQueen is featured.

I had to choose between 2 of his many great films to see. It was a tough decision. I decided on The Cincinnati Kid with Edward G. Robinson. Love him as a card shark and it was a relaxing time. The second feature I was able to view was Nevada Smith. As westerns go, only John Wayne is comparable. This was a fine film that I sat through twice.

Classic films can be seen at home, but for a change of pace it is essential to get out of the home once in a while. Only recently I got into the habit of watching the old films. With less technology involved, the acting had to be better and I believe it was. I am already planning my next 2 choices of films once I determine who is the star actor or actress featured.

Owning a credit card can be a boon or a bane, depending on how you use it. If you are careful and prudent with your spending then having secured credit cards may prove to be an advantage and blessing. You don’t have to carry wads of cash in your wallet to purchase big items. Students who are overseas can use their student credit cards to pay for their school fees and to buy the daily essentials like food to cook. As they have limited cash to spend, they should even be more cautious with their purchases.

You can check out the various credit card offers for the best deal. It was reported recently in the press that many bankrupts here are due to overspending using credit cards amongst young working adults in the ages of 24 to 35. As these yuppies are fashionable and tend to follow the Joneses, they will not hesitate to buy expensive gadgets like iPhones, or the latest smart phones to catch up with their peers.

Hence, parents should teach their young how to manage their finances from small and to save more than they spend. Their kids should have a piggy bank each to put their savings in every month and learn the habit of saving. This will eventually produce financially responsible adults later on and not bankrupts!

This blog has reasonably good traffic and if you like to advertise here, the prices are below:

Just a link – USD8 per month
125 x 125 button – USD10 per month
200 x 200 small square – USD12 per month
250 x 250 square – USD15 per month

Since I am also a web designer, I am able to design the static button/small square/square banner for you if you don’t have any for free if you intend to advertise here. To contact me, email Diana.Tan(AT)gmail.com for more information and I shall be happy to oblige you.

This blog is updated at least once a week on most Sundays. With submission to Innit, traffic will improve further. If you have any suggestions, feel free to email me and we can discuss further.

For a business to suceed, you need to spend some money on advertisement with an advertising agency. After all, advertisement is the life blook fo all businesses, be they online or even offline. You need to spread the word around about your business and the only fast way is via an advertising agency which will do the promotion for you. You also need to check out the prices of the various companies offering this services for the best deal.

Advertisements can be in the form of distributing flyers or pamphlets such as those commonly seen in Gurney Plaza near the escalators, or in the form of banners that are put up near the shop lots. Hence it only makes sense for online businesses to turn to online advertisement companies to do the promotion via the internet. Technologies that are already put in place like Adwords will promote your web site or blogs to thousands of viewers around the world when they click on the link based on key word search on the eponymous search engine like Google. There is also Yahoo Publisher Network or abbreviated as YPN for Americans to publish on their web sites the advertisers’ links and get paid a certain commision.

Advertisements are a form of business investments and you need to put aside some money once in a while for this purpose. There are people with extra cash to spend and advertise regularly with the various platforms and advertising companies. With all the hard work and money spend, eventually, you will reap the profits and see results. So, this is a win-win basis for both the publisher and advertiser.

Tomorrow my colleague will be going to Sg. Petani to meet up with a client and then will decide when to go to KL for business again sometime this week. I have travelled down to KL umpteen times and thank God, no accidents or bad things happen to us while travelling on the North-South Highway. There were a few instances where we could have met an accident, but God has been protecting us and the business. That’s why I need to pray constantly as I can never take my safety and protection for granted. Luckily, my colleague is a Christian and realizes the importance of prayer for journey mercies and business success.

I know HTML but not XML which is a generated file. Since I received some errors in the XML file, I have to get help soon and immediately while I still remember the steps. So, went to a freelancer site and was shocked to find that the system has changed and my USD30 for work done in the past was gone together with the old site. But my profile still remains. This company cheated me of USD30 that is rightfully mine for work done in the past and I could not withdraw it until I hit USD50. So, don’t ever go to getafreelancer.com which charges a whopping USD19.95 just to list a project and then deducts a minimal amount for its charges. This is a scam! Had I waited for my hosting company to solve the problem, I would have saved USD60 in a day!

If you don’t have enough money to invest in gold bars, then you might want to consider opening a gold investment savings account (GSA) with your bank if they provide such services in the first place. Gold is a good hedge against inflation and the price keeps increasing for the last 10 years from statistics. From a price of $20 a gram in the 1970s, the price has shot up to $130 a gram now. That is why I invested some cash to open a GSA account early this year and the profits can only be withdrawn at least 1 year later. Right now, I have a gold coin of half ounce, some gold jewellery like bangle, necklace, earrings, ring and pendant and they are my prized possesion since I first owned them.

Blogging Tips for Beginners

Scrubs are basically medical or dental uniforms that doctors and surgeons wear before attending to a patient or before surgery. There is a site that sells scrubs of various designs and prints like hot pink scrubs, women’s scrub hats and also earrings collection. Printed scrubs is in fashion and top notch hospitals will invest and order in bulk for their medical professionals. Nurses may also dorn such scrubs when they assist the surgeons in any surgeries.

They make eye candy and look pleasing beside being innovative in their various styles. From plain single color designs to printed designs, scrubs make a great attire for surgeries. Patients who see their doctors wearing them will inadvertent like it and place more trusts in their medical professionals. For myself, I would love seeing my doctor taking the bother to wear printed scrubs before attending to me and these small things certainly speaks volumes on the efforts put in by the medical centres or hospitals.

This is just like bringing in fashion to the medical wards where both the patients and surgeons interact prior to a surgery. Children will certainly love to see the printed designs of many colors and be attracted to the eye-catching scrubs. This is one of the ways to bring in repeat customers and to ensure a happy patient.

It has been discovered that Oregano Oil may protect against drug-resistant bacteria. With so much abuse of using anti-biotics, the result is more drug-resistant bacteria that have mutated and we need stronger doses of drugs to counteract them. According to statistics, one billion people in the world are currently Vitamin D deficient and they might need Bio D-Mulsion to replace the deficiency.

As for now, I am relying on taking multi-vitamins, spirulina, gingko biloba, vitamin C and Omega-3 fatty acids to maintain a good health. Since I don’t exercise, I have to be more disciplined in my diet to maintain a healthy BMI. At the moment, I am a bit overweight due to good food every day. Hence, now I am trying to eat less and trim down the slight port belly. You can never take your good health for granted.

Since I hate exercise, I burn the calories by working with the computer in my home office. This takes up much of my time doing work and needs concentration to type out articles and blogging plus working for my boss in his sports building business in Penang. Sometimes, I need to scan documents and bank TT payments to email to our suppliers to expedite the export to us. This results in bringing continuous work for our workers who are paid by daily wages for work done to install sports courts all over Malaysia.

DEMAND has been strong for Sime Darby Property Bhd’s RM1 billion Oasis Square project, the central business district of the Ara Damansara township in Selangor.

It has three 12-storey corporate office towers; five blocks of 10- to 12-storey retail outlets and office suites, called The Capital; two 10-storey serviced apartments, named Oasis Serviced Suites; and double-storey food and beverage kiosks with 15 outlets.

Managing director Datuk Tunku Putra Badlishah Tunku Annuar said the project has recorded impressive take-up rates since the launch of phases 1, 2 and 3 last year.

All the 288 shop-offices in Blocks A and B under phase one of The Capital development are sold. The take-up for Blocks C and D under phase three is 86 per cent and 93 per cent respectively.

Block E, which has some 88 units, is targeted to be launched in the last quarter of this year.

“The need for office space in prime locations is evident from the swift take-up of the business units,” Tunku Putra Badlishah said.

The serviced apartment blocks with 326 units are 99 per cent sold at between RM440 and RM503 per sq ft. They were snapped up less than a year after its launch in April and May last year.

The one-bedroom studios, two- and 2+1 bedroom units range between 572 sq ft and 1,108 sq ft.

Upcoming launches include the Oasis Corporate Park, a mixed commercial development comprising office towers, retail space, serviced apartments, a hotel and a convention centre which is still in the planning stage.

Key products in the 306ha Ara Damansara project, launched in 1999, include the 400 resort condominium units under Ara Hill, the Seri Pilmoor semi-detached houses and bungalows, and the Ara Damansara Linear City.

Sime Darby Property has sold some 3,123 mixed development units, including double-storey link-houses, double-story semi-detached houses, bungalows, low- to medium-cost apartments and high-end condominiums.

This guest post from Efren Gill

As far as I’m concerned, grocery shopping is a necessary evil that’s almost worth hiring a personal assistant – but the econo-budget we started back in April doesn’t allow for that.

So, tired of shopping alone, I’m turning some of the less-than-thrilling aspects of groceries into a lesson in teamwork for the kids. Making a list has turned into an handwriting exercise for my eight-year-old, Adam, while my daughters, Ada, 6 and Adelaide, 4, have a coupon-cutting art project extravaganza. Bonus points: how cute is it to hand the cashiers a heart-shaped 40 cents off toilet paper, or a 75 cents off cookies flower?

After cleaning up lots of paper scraps, we suited up today, grabbed the list, and headed out to the garage. I buckled the excitable trio into the car, set the security choice alarm system, and off we headed to the land of lunchmeat and perishables.

Each of the kids got a job – Adam reads the list, while Adelaide is in charge of scouting out the items while we walk down the aisles. Ada has the all-important duty of organizing the cart (she’s her mother’s daughter – careful not to put anything on top of the bread!), while I veto overtly-sugary products that loom from every corner. It’s become quite the team-building exercise, and is now something we all look forward to.

I was watching Miss Universe on Astro yesterday together with my family. It was held in Las Vegas where I have been in 1998 at my own expense after quiting my job. Miss Mexico, dressed in studding red evening gown finally clinched the coveted title from last year’s Miss Universe from Venezuela. As usual, Donald Trump, the property magnate was there – and being the head honcho of the programme. Now I am busy but very happy! I just got paid to write an article for 500 words for a local client who is a eBayer and now in the process of writing the third article. All payments are via Paypal and it is easy peasy. I am happy I took up Computer Technology in Singapore albeit the difficult years but now it pays off.