Archive for January, 2007

This meme is started by Pablo Pabla. I was one of the first few he tagged for the first time in his blogging life (according to him) for the Top 5 movies tag but then I donch watch movies so I didn’t do the meme. (Sorry har)

Very fast following his first tagging, he has now started his own meme pulak! This feller is really fast. Well, he didn’t tag me for this one (I not your favourite ah? hehe) so I thick skinned asked 5xMom to tag me loh. So here it is. My 5 favourite Malaysian Bloggers.

1. 5xMom – We started blogging around the same time. She was the one who passed this incurable blogging virus to me. In this 2  years of blogging she has grown tremendously as a blogger. Simply incredible. I love her sense of humour, her wit, and the way she does not mince her words. (You better not step on her tail or else…..) However don’t be fooled by her tough words, she is really very nice and extremely helpful. This blog on my own domain came about all because of her being an inspiration and taking time to help me out when I email her for help) Reading her blogs (and she has more than I can keep track with) always puts a smile on my face and sometimes makes me laugh aloud till my girl will ask me “Mummy, why you so happy?”

2. Overseasmom or Fatty Poh - Because she is my personal friend so I am biased but seriously even if she were not I would enjoy reading her blog and I am sure you would too. She just started her blog not long ago but she already has more readers than me. So jeles! Hahaha. We go back a long way, Fatty Poh and I. *Counting fingers* errrr not enough fingers. Thats how long we have known each other and I am so happy that she is now a blogger and we can continue to stay in touch through our blogs.

3. Maria previously blogging on Double Happiness now still blogging on in her Chinese Blog. – Another blogger who started blogging around the same time with me. I still remember feeling so thrilled when I received hers and Lilian’s (5xmom) comments on my blog because they were the very first visitors on my blog back then. I love the analogy she used to describe life and other mundane things and felt very sad when she stopped blogging in English on her Double Happiness blog because I can’t read Chinese! Serves me right for climbing trees instead when the Chinese cikgu came to teach us during the primary school Chinese lessons.

4. Loopy Meals – I enjoy reading James’ blog about his Mae and Jesse. (James, Mae and Jesse sounds like something out of a cowboy movie don’t you think. Hehe.) He is a drama king but he says his wife Mae is the drama queen. Hah! He really has a way with words and I think he should write a book because he writes so well. Glad to know that Mae has now started a blog too.

5. Mr B who blogs under the pseudonym Buaya69 and Belachans to house his split personality. His Buaya blog is an eye opener for me on how da buaya’s think. LOL! His sizling buaya tales used to have a big following but these days I think he is too busy to blog. But da buaya is really a loving husband and father on his family blog. Mrs B is also very sweet and sent me an encouraging email once when I needed it very much. Thank you Mr and Mrs B for your support.

I have many more favourite blogs but Mr Pablo Pabla said 5 oni wor so now I’m going to pass the baton on to these 5 others:

1. Fatty Poh
2. Shopping Mum
3. Judy Leese
4. Samm
5. Sasha (Take your time girl and do this only when you feel better)

Eighty-three percent of people like to receive flowers unexpectedly. I’m definitely one of those. I love flowers. They’re absolutely beautiful and very romantic. I’m a hopeless romantic. Unfortunately the husband is not a romantic. He is Mr Practical. He has given me flowers only once in all our 12 going on 13 years together.

I think he does not like to send flowers because he feels awkward at a flower shop. He doesn’t know what to choose. I think he only knows what a rose is and not any other flowers.  Lol!

Well, sending flowers just got easier for the guys. Now you can send flowers online. Online florists like flowershop.com (which delivers throughout US and Canada) has made things easier. They’ve even got a blog to give you tips on what to send and some gift message ideas plus a free reminder service for the forgetful.

 

Yesterday when I checked, I discovered that this blog now has a google page rank of 4 and its not even 3 months old yet. Yippee!! *doing happy dance, happy dance* Woohoo!

The page rank is important to me because it means I can take up or write more paying posts since some advertisers require a higher page rank blogger. (money, money, money, thats all I talk about these days).  When this blog reaches 3 months old, I’m going to submit it for approval and bombard my poor readers with more sponsored posts.

Do bear with me. As far as I’m concerned, paid posts aren’t really all that bad and I don’t understand the negative press on it. Readers have a choice to read or to skip the posts. The sponsored posts are not strictly blantant advertisements. They’re press releases and sometimes I even come across interesting sites and links when I write.

So now I have 2 sites with a google page rank of 5 (my Parenting Times and Mothering Times both have a google page rank of 5) and one more with a google page rank of 4. (this blog). I’ve got one more blog (Quotes Station) which I love but don’t have time to update so that stays at 0. Not a bad achievement at all for a dependant housewife. Yee har! *more happy dance* 

Now if everyone will excuse the self praise party, I really should be off now to start doing some real work, around the house that is, instead of around the blog before my old man comes after me! 

 

Once upon a time I was a carefree single girl with a house, car and job (translates to money) of her own. Now, I’m a dependant housewife with no car, job or house to call her own. I go everywhere with the hubby because I depend on him for transport. He pays for my bills and gives me pocket money.

Hmmm…. so whats the dilemma? Well, the hubby’s birthday is coming and there is no more element of surprise. What do you get someone who is with you all the time and who gives you the money you spent and pays for your bills? How do you plan to give him a suprise gift? When to buy (when you’re together all the time and he knows how much and what you spend on?) and what to buy? Thats a tough one.

Well, writing paid posts and being paid by paypal just solved my dilemma. Hehe. I just ordered some marvel comics (the big boy’s favourite kinda books) from ebay using my paypal money. Its supposed to be a surprise but I couldn’t afford to pay for the shipping which is very expensive so I have opted for economy mail. That means I can’t get it to him on time for his birthday nor will it get here on time for Valentines.

Awww shucks! Never mind lah. Its the thought that counts right? It’ll be belated but still a surprise. I hope he likes it and doesn’t “scold” me for being frivolous and spending my hard earned money paying for 3.5 times the exchange rate plus shipping! Hehehe. This is my first time shopping online and its scary, the ease of it!

I find that I have very little time for blog hopping and leaving comments on my favourite blogs now that I’m doing some sponsored posts. Theres only that many hours in a day. Oh, I still read my favourite blogs especially those on my sidebar which I have subscribed to with my Bloglines feedreader but I usually just read them from Bloglines itself without visiting the actual pages. This saves me time.

That makes me a little sad since I have less interaction with my fellow bloggers this way but hey! A housewife has got to do what a housewife has got to do…… to earn a little extra to supplement her one income family.

Writing paid posts is a dream job for housewives like me. It gives me the opportunity to earn some income and still be right here at home to look after my kids. It gives me the opportunity to make money in my pyjamas! Normally I would try to write one or two sponsored posts before the kids awake. It feels really nice to have earned some cash before they get up for the day and require my attention.

However its not really easy to earn that money. It requires a lot of writing! Most companies which pays you to write require that you have one or two of your own original posts on your blog in between the paid posts. So that means I would be writing several blog posts in a day to fulfill that requirement. I try to write quality posts that go with the theme of each of my blogs and not just filler posts.

Oh, I have no problems writing because I love to write. Its only time I have a problem with. I wish I had more of the resource called TIME! Now the time I used to have for visiting blogs have been eaten up by the time I need to write blog posts. I really wish I had more time!

If you are a housewife like me, interested to earn a legitimate income, why not check out PayPerPost for a start?