I have been paid about USD250 for November’s work in writing articles for a US company. It pays about 1.4 cents per word for a 4 star rating and 1 cent per word for a 3 star rating. However, my rating has dropped from 4 star to 3 star this month. But the money comes in handy for Christmas and I intend to save it up for rainy days. No more lavish spending or impromptu buyings on impulse while window shopping. Need to save up for hard times as the economy is not so good with global recession looming in 2009. I just have to tell myself to work hard for such times. But it is nice to take a break now and then from work and remember the carefree days as a student without worries about savings and expenditure.

Some bloggers are still earning money from PPP in their secret blogs though they claim not to do any more paid blogging. As for me, PPP is a thing in the past now. I no longer earn from the lucrative paid blogging work. When one window is shut, another door is open. Currently, I am now earning US dollars writing articles on a freelance basis for a client from India and another from Nigeria. They are good paymasters and I get paid after each assignment. If you are like me, you might want to venture into writing articles to earn US dollars. Research can be done easily through the internet for substance and material, in case you need them.

During the recent trip to KL, while on the way there, I withdrew RM1,050 from Bank Bumiputera Commerce or CIMB bank as it is now known. It was done in a jiffy. All it takes was to withdraw from my PayPal account to my Virtual Money Inc (VMI) account in USA. After 5 days, the money is inside my other bank account in VMI. I don’t have to depend on money laundering services that takes a cut for commission on the payment and the services. And I still get to use my VMI account with no glitches at all as claimed by some skeptics in their blogs.