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This is to wish all my Muslim readers a Happy Hari Raya Adil Fitri tomorrow and thereafter. For my non-muslim readers, Happy Holidays to you too. I am in a holiday mood already looking at the photos and in a mood for some satay or ketupat. Incidentally, I have been invited by one of the [...]

With The Love Guru, you can tell Meyers is trying to create another success along the lines of Austin Powers, but failing miserably. The thing about Austin Powers was despite being a dumb comedy, the movie had a likable, fun protagonist. In Meyer’s latest outing, we get the Guru Pitka, a Charles Manson look-alike who [...]

To receive payment from a USA company for writing articles, I need to apply for a Tax Identification Number (TIN) from the USA. I cannot apply for SSN or social security number as I am not a US resident. As a foreigner, I can only apply for TIN and I have emailed my US company [...]

As a freelance web designer, getting jobs for web designing is not easy. You have to actively post in forums, chat with potential clients and do email marketing to look for prospects. I have worked as a freelance web designer since 2002 doing only front end designing. I leave the backend database configuration to my [...]

My 3 wordpress blogs from the same hosting company were down recently and since then, I could not publish a single post. This explains the lag of time taking several days. When my hosting company checked my sites, they were able to publish a test post in KL. So there was nothing wrong with my [...]

USA was in recession some time ago recently and now Japan may face recession. With prices of oil skyrocketting high and cost of loving increasing, many people are finding it hard to cope. The middle class and lower middle class are tightening their belts and trying to save whatever they can. They eat out less [...]

When I left Singapore to come back to Penang due to work pressure, I rested for about one and a half years. Then it was time for me to work and my second sister bought a personal domain name for me to host my web designing services for a start. I had to begin from [...]

My father’s church friend got kidnapped in the car park of her apartment and was blind folded for 2 days. She was driven to the ATM to withdraw her money, at a maximum of RM5,000 per day. Therefore, never keep too much money in the bank that can be withdrawn. And yesterday, she called my [...]

Above is a shot taken in Grand Canyon, one of the 7 wonders of the world, during my trip to USA. I visited USA in 1998 on my own expenses during in between jobs. I went to the West Coast of USA visiting Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and San Francisco. It was a trip well [...]