My sister told me that she just received her year end gift from her boss who took out a magazine subscription for her. According to my sister, these are very popular gifts especially to people whom we know love to read books and magazines.

I decided to check out websites that offer magazine subscriptions online and came upon this site at http://www.magazine-agent.com. There are so many titles available here that there is bound to be just the right magazine for any interest. What actually surprised me was the wide difference between the cover price and the price being offered by Magazine-Agent.com. From what I could see, we are able to save up to 80% off cover price.

If you think that these discount magazines are magazines that nobody wants to read then you should check out the site. They have O: The Oprah Magazine, Men’s Health, Reader’s Digest, Maxim, Sports Illustrated and many more widely read magazine titles, even Spanish language ones.

I have been thinking of a new gift for Christmas and this idea just came in time. In fact, besides giving it as a gift, it would be great to subscribe for myself as well and I get to save so much compared to my current magazine subscriptions!

Happy because my EntreCard is finally on JohnChow.com. I think I waited a week for today. Thanks, John! HHmmm I read that some “big shot” blogger cancels ad approvals at the last minute. That looks like something fishy going on and it’s bad to do that to fellow bloggers.

EntreCard has been one of the most effective traffic generators that I have participated in and I am glad I joined early on. I know I need go drop more cards but it’s not convenient when I have two accounts with them and I can only drop the card of one blog per day because of cookies or something. Besides, EntreCard does not work with IE. And I use Maxthon!

Ok, enough about EntreCard already! This is my third post 😀

Happy because I get to show off my new iPhone. People already booked me for a drink 😀 I think I am the only one who owns an iPhone in my cow town. Thanks, Mr. Gary Lee!

Happy because I just sold another NuffNang ad spot on my blog. I need one more weekly campaign to get December filled, albeit for one spot on one blog only. If it works well this month with that level of traffic, I may install more NuffNang ad codes. I moved the widget higher up on my sidebar for the advertisers. I am dying to cash out, man!

P/S: If you have nothing better to do, why not chat with Santa Claus?

My sister, who lives and works in the United States, make international calls home to the family regularly. She has always used calling cards which she buys over the internet. That is smart of her because making long distance call would cost an arm and a leg if not for these discount phone cards!

My sister told me that since her company started to use the Small Business Long distance call services offered by 3longdistance, she also checked out the rates to call Malaysia and was surprised to learn that she could receive 180 free minutes upon signing up.

Based on the comparison chart, 3longdistance offers the lowest rates to call to Malaysian land line or mobile line. Do you know that making a long distance call from the United States to Malaysia is even cheaper than making a call within Malaysia?? Surprising, isn’t it?

I think my sister is lucky to have found this service just in time for that annual Christmas call home to friends and family!

I forgot to mention that in the battle between the Viewty and iPhone, who won in my opinion???

As you can see in my previous post, I did use it for a little while. In fact, I could take home and use as much as I could but after trying my friend’s unit out, I decided not to take it. Unless it was free lah… cheh

If you say form factor, of course the iPhone win hands down. In fact, I think it’s the sleekest phone in the market right now. Features wise, though, the Viewty wins.

But then it’s not practical to have both touch screen phones. Even though my relationship with the E61i is like a bad marriage, I am very comfortable with its QWERTY keypad. I could type out very long text on it. I don’t think I can do that with touch screen.

Did you know that area rugs make great decorative items for the home or office? I love area rugs because they are inexpensive and come in so many different colors and patterns that it is easy to change them according to my mood or the season.

An online store that that specializes in area rugs that I recently discovered is called Area Rug Outlet. If you are looking for area rugs as well, you should check out this store too. Whether you are in the market for floral area rugs, casual area rugs, animal area rugs or Southwest Area Rugs which you can find by clicking this link, http://www.arearugoutlet.com/southwest-area-rugs.html, Area Rug Outlet will surely have something for every taste.

For people who are on a budget, they will be happy to know that Area Rug Outlet has a section for clearance area rugs. These are sold at an even lower price that the already cheap price that they normally sell their area rugs.

Area rugs are also great as gifts for people who love decorating their homes or offices regularly (me, me, me!!!). Browsing through this website has inspired me to redecorate my rooms for the New Year. I already have in mind a color scheme and design that a couple of rugs here will match perfectly!

Although I love festivities, one thing I am afraid of is thinking up appropriate gifts for my friends and family! I wonder how the others can come up with different gifts year in and year out. They must have put in a lot of thought! I have spent the past month browsing the internet trying to find gifts that are out of the ordinary, that would make the recipient go “OOOOO”, or put a look of surprise on their face.

This morning, after almost giving up, I was told to check out a website that has lots of cool stuff that would make wonderful gifts! Can you imagine giving Plasma Art for Christmas? What about hourglass sand timers?

After going through the whole website and their full range of products, I have to say that my favorite is the Screen Petz. It would be ultra cool if somebody would give me this for Christmas! I love pets, I am sure EVERYONE knows that already!

CoolStuffExpress.com has so many different products that are suitable for people of all ages and competitively priced without breaking our budget. I already have in mind some cool educational toys for the kids in the family!

If you have yet to look for gifts, what are you waiting for? There’s only three weeks to Christmas! Shopping online is the best to beat the Christmas crowd!

I know I was supposed to write a post on my iPhone win and prize like LAST WEEK! Hehehe… I am not procrastinating this time but I had to wait till I could get the iPhone working first and also the photos are not turning up well.

How does one capture a black object with shiny metal that keeps reflecting light? I tried with my E61i for the unboxing ritual but they all did not turn up well enough. Spoilt already!

My friend helped me with his professional Olympus camera, those that you need to mount a flash on, but I am still not happy with the results. I am going to try again later with another Olympus camera and hopefully, I can finally get some decent photos to do up my long awaited post!

Stay tuned! Happy post coming up as soon as I have my photos!