Charity

Bloggers For Hope

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As a blogger, I know how empowering it is to be able to earn from blogging. A friend of mine commented that $5 per post is a small amount of money BUT I tell him that it all adds up at the end of the month.

Just now, I got to know of this program called Bloggers For Hope. I do not know if there are other similar charities but what this program does is to help underprivileged young people earn money from blogging.

According to the website, these young people will be provided with training and internet access and taught how to blog so that they would be sponsored to blog and point their posts to their sponsors.

It is actually a win-win situation where these bloggers will be paid and these sponsors will receive links pointing to their sites, which is important to Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) and advertising. This is a very good program for companies to run their advertising campaigns. They get to help underprivileged young people from poorer countries and empower them through blogging!


Computing & Internet

Web Business Proposal

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My blogger friend, Fatty, just gave me a proposal and asked me if I would like to join his web project. Well, it is kind of hard for me to agree to participate in his project mainly because it is web building and you know that I do not have any time for any other thing besides my blogs, my ecommerce, my work. Gosh, I don’t even have time to brush my hair.

And firstly, this project shall be community based and we all know where that Robert Chai went. Community based projects are very difficult to take off unless we have a core group of people pushing it every single chance we have. That’s why I never encourage people to start forums when they sought my advice.

Anyway, I really don’t want to dampen his spirits. For one, I wonder who will be the programmer?? It’s web building and designing, something which I do not know how to do!

And like all founders, there will be no monetary rewards at first. Perhaps for the first or second year. That is if the project doesn’t go down the drain first.

General

Where To Buy Discount Medical Supplies

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A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to help my neighbor get some home medical supplies. You may remember me mentioning that his wife suddenly fell ill. She is already 80 years old, by the way, and he is even older and it is inconvenient for him to go to town for these supplies. That’s why we help them whenever we could.

Being as busy as I am, I thought that I would just shop online. I remember about an online retailer of home medical supplies called Allegro Medical and the discounts that they offer making them one of the most sought after online store when it comes to shopping for medical supplies.

I may not have bought from them before but I trust that it will be a pleasant experience. After all, Allegro Medical has been online since 1996.

Blogging

Some Bloggers Banned

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One of the paid to blog marketplaces issued a notice a couple of days ago that they have banned some greedy bloggers who used bots to catch offers. It became so bad that it caused their server to crash.

We all know how difficult it is to reserve some offers, what with the time difference, the unpredictable times that these offers are released on to the marketplace and the slow server each time offers are released.

Still, we all take what we could get but it is unfair that there are some people who think it is worthwhile to resort to bots to grab these offers. No matter how many they managed to grab, they would still have to submit them within 48 hours. Where do they find the time?

This issue reminds me of the time where people were accusing other members of using scripts to grab opportunities. Well, now we have plenty of measures in place to counter that and frankly, it is still as difficult to land a good opportunity.

Finances

A Credit Card to Suit Our Lifestyle

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My cousin, Jasmine, may live in London but she likes to compare the differences in credit cards with me. Although I have a few credit cards, I have to say that since I have no plans to get another, I am no longer checking out the new cards that are flooding the market.

However, my cousin recently showed me a credit card comparison table with the various credit cards and their rewards and asked me which she should get.

I don’t know how she plans to use her credit card nor what kind of rewards would interest her but I asked her to evaluate the different rewards herself and see which card would be most beneficial to her.

Some cards would be giving bonus points that we could redeem travel offers. Now, most people would love this but it would not be practical for me because I am tied down to my work and can’t get away even for a short break. Jasmine, though, may find this is exactly what would suit her lifestyle. Well, the decision is entirely hers to make!

Computing & Internet

WTF’s Wrong With Streamyx Again??

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Should I blame Streamyx and not the server of these PTB marketplaces? For heaven’s sake, they need to upgrade their servers already. You know, I have been sitting here since 5.30am and I saw all the opportunities but I never got a chance at them at all. They were all gone before I could even LOAD my page. Eight hours have gone by and I am still sitting here in front of the computer with NOTHING to show. You say frustrating or not?

Actually, I already noticed the slow loading since last evening which means it has been going on for like, what, more than 12 hours. F@rk it lah. Really, there are just so, so many challenges that I wonder if it’s still worth it and if I should just give up. All these are just blasting years off my life. GGGrrrrrrr

General

Where To Find Reliable Movers

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A friend told me that he is moving to Singapore at the end of the year. And I said that there is plenty of time to find a reliable moving company, right? He said that no, he would have to spend time asking around and surfing the internet to get the best quotations from the best movers.

In the United States, there is a Service Network where movers have joined to provide reliable moving services to customers. These movers have already been checked to ensure that they are able to offer what they claim they could. This high standard ensures that all the movers in this Service Network are quality movers with high integrity in their service.

If there is such a network over here, then we do not even have to worry about getting fleeced by a mover, like what my friend is feeling right now. What we need is a body to help us check these companies and only offer services from these companies to clients.

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