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What’s On Your Mind?

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As a blogger who is exposed to public, all bloggers are, anyway, sometimes it is just scary that there are people coming to read your blog and leaving without leaving a comment. Well, I have gotten used to that.

Another scary thing is that there will be someone who search your name or handle on the search engines and come upon your blog. This happens from time to time and I know that there are loyal readers who do this because they do not want to Bookmark my blog or subscribe to my RSS Feed.

But the scariest of all are the people who come to your blog from don’t-know-where and start reading the latest post and going back to the very first post! It’s fine if these people leave me a comment or something but no, they leave as silently as they arrived and they sometimes even show other people links to my post.

EYERRR!! Who are you? What do you want? What’s on your mind? What intentions do you have???

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Have You Filed Your Taxes Already?

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My sister tells me that 15th April is a huge day in the United States. It’s like the world has come to a halt because every one is busy filing their taxes. I thought only Malaysians do things at the last minute!

My friend, who is a tax audit lawyer in the United States, told me that April is the busiest time of the year for him and it is the same story every year!

For Malaysians, the last day to file tax is 30th April, 2008. It’s always 30th April yearly. Did you know that there are still many working people who are unaware of the deadline even though they have been filing their tax returns for years? I think they are so lucky to have good tax audit lawyers taking care of everything for them!

But for the majority of us, from now until the last day of April, we will all be busy with our tax forms and auditors! This is one stress-filled season, I tell you!

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What IS Web 2.0?

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A little while ago, I was at my old forum haunt. Boy, it has been a long while since I went there. There was a thread where the thread starter asked what is Web 2.0. Well, I am sure everyone has heard of Web 2.0 but how do you explain it?

Show me a couple of web applications and I will let you know if they qualify to be Web 2.0 Applications! But to ask me to explain it in a coherent sentence, I am afraid I am not able to do it without copying from Wikipedia!

Now I remember why I have not been to the forum for such a long time. It irritates me that members would just open a thread and post a question, just about whatever question that pops into their head, without checking if the answer is already on the web!

Personally, I will just search for the answer online. Why post a thread and wait for others to reply?

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Link Exchange Email Solicitation

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A couple of days ago, I received an email from a lady who sought to exchange links with me. Well, I have no problem with exchanging links for mutual benefit as long as the site is relevant to my own niche. The problem was that the URL that she wanted to place her link on is not my website!

One would have thought that she would be more careful when seeking to exchange links with another website or blog. I know that she sends out numerous emails like this to other webmasters but what a blunder she made! Shame! Shame! I never even bother to reply her or check out what her website is all about. Forget about it, lah!

But actually, I am not keen on exchanging links because once you have verified that you link is on their website, soon after, they will remove it. Cheh… who has the time to keep checking if the link is in place?

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Are You On The Market For Anything?

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If you are, perhaps you should check out Discount-Search.com. I just discovered this site myself but I wish I had known about it earlier when I was shopping for a laptop. I spent a considerable amount of time going through various websites, using the search engines and then comparing prices from the different online retailers that popped up on the search results.

By shopping through Discount-Search.com, you basically just narrow down your search by clicking on the appropriate category and a list of merchants who are offering products at competitive prices are featured. With a handful of merchants and online retailers to browse through instead of going down the list of merchants in search results, it will save you time, and of course, money! This is what all we hardcore online shoppers want, don’t you agree?

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Survey Profiling

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Recently, I logged into a Survey website that I have been a member of for a long while but have totally forgot about it. In fact, I even tried to register myself but found out soon that the email address that I used has already been registered. Thankfully I used the same email address or I would end up with two accounts with them.

Anyway, since I was there, I decided to update my survey profiles. The reason that I forgot about registering with them a few years ago was because I never received even a single survey from them and yet I hear about people earning good side income from them.

The funny thing about this site, supposedly a market leader, was that despite putting Malaysia as my country of residence, I still have to fill up my profile with questions like this:

Q: Which is your mobile provider?
A: AT & T, Cingular, Verizon, etc…

instead of: Maxis, Celcom, DiGi

Well, this is just an example and almost every other question in the survey profiling was based on lifestyle in the United States. I mean, come on, they are supposed to be open to worldwide residents and they should have set the profiling based on where we are from, don’t you think so? No wonder I never received any survey at all. Bah!

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Coming Clean

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Kicking a bad habit could be bad enough but when it comes to kicking an abuse, be it alcohol, nicotine or drug abuse, it could proof to be a huge challenge that many people could not handle.

However, for some people, a mere change of environment would do wonders. Maybe by going to another place to seek drug abuse treatment, he or she is staying away from the usual crowd, a crowd that may also be involved in drugs.

For other people, they need the best drug treatment center in a new city AND personal attention from coaches and trainers. Well, for people like these, perhaps they should check out DrugTreatmentCenterNewYork.com, a luxurious drug treatment center in Malibu, California.

If you check out the pictures on the website, you will notice how breathtaking the environment is. Imagine curing yourself from the nasty drug abuse overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The serene environment will help you put life into perspective and help you to turn over a new leaf. You would wonder why you put yourself through drug abuse when the world is so beautiful out there waiting for you to explore.

But it’s not too late if you are willing to kick the bad habit. Many people have told me that it is easier said than done about kicking a drug habit and that once you have it; it’s like your lifetime companion but it’s not true. Really, when there’s a will, there’s a way.

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