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Friday, October 23rd, 2009 |
According to Choi Tuck Wo in his London Log published in The Star on 22nd October 2009, money may not necessarily be evil but the craving for it certainly seems so.
What we see around us is the power of money – it drives the world.
It is a double-edged sword: can be used to achieve good or bad.
Choi wrote that many street vagrants in London, given a choice, would accept money rather than food.
But money does not buy happiness, for Britons in London at least. The city has everything money can buy but the country is far behind fellow Europeans France and Spain when it comes to quality of life.
Annually, Londoners earn more than GBP10,000 more than the average European.
True happiness comes from within and depends on one’s perception: there are many depressed rich people.
Rich people who need to lose weight can afford to purchase all the weight loss products they need, but once they reach that ideal weight, it does not guarantee them a true and lasting happiness.
The old adage still holds true: true happiness is being in the company of one’s loved ones: friends and family. That can be interpreted as: money’s only worth it if it can be shared in a meaningful way with someone special.
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008 |
A good advice: Don’t overindulge your “feeling poor” state of mind. Things like flipping through shopping catalogs and going to the shopping mall will definitely make you feel like wanting to buy things. Even if you can afford them, remember that the point is this: most of it is beyond your reach. Why not, instead, do things that offer a sense of well-being eg, invite friends over to your place, or take a walk at the park.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 |
The top advice should always be: pay off all balance on your credit cards every month. Never go beyond the interest-free 30-day grace period. Hence, you get to use the credit card’s money without paying them anything for the privilege. Do this, and you will save thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of dollars in needless interest payments.
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Friday, December 7th, 2007 |
Jalan Ramayah, Penampang, by the roadside:
aluminium cans: RM5.30 per kg
Next to KK-Tuaran highway and UiTM intersection traffic light:
used car batteries: almost RM2 per kg.
If you have any more tips, pls put in the comments. Thanks!
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 |
Used car battery lead is the new gold, and is the new target for dumpster divers and thieves alike.
Most of us throw away our used car batteries or simply leave them at the mechanics’ or battery dealers’ premises.
In May 2006 I bought my batteries for RM140. Earlier this month, buying from the same shop, it cost me RM210. The guy said if I came in a little later and the new stock comes in, I would have to cough up RM250.
There has been an increase in the prices of lead on the international market, and used car batteries have lead inside them.
According to The Star’s newsreport:
A senior officer of a car battery factory said the price of lead on the London Metal Exchange had shot up from US$1,600 (RM5,325.82) a metric tonne early this year to US$3,600 (RM11,983) this month.
He said one could sell a used battery from a car at between RM30 and RM40 while the price for a used lorry battery was between RM150 and RM200.
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Monday, August 6th, 2007 |
As reported by The Star on 26th Nov 2006:
Malays make up 14% of Singapore’s population (4.2 million)
8.6% of them have poly/university education, compared to 27% for Chinese and 31% for Indians.
Average income for Malays is S$3,400 (RM8,000), compared to the Chinese at S$5,600 (RM13,000) and the Indians at S$5,200 (RM11,000). (more…)
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 |
Paris Hilton’s belongings stored in a 6,000 square feet storage room displayed online. Price to view: USD40. It went online 24th January. In 2 days the site allegedly already had 1.2 million viewers, and the owner of the site became a millionaire literally overnight. 6 days later, Paris sued to bring it down. Her lawsuit alleges defendants Nabil and Nabila Haniss paid USD2,775 for the contents of the storage unit and later sold the items for a whopping USD10 million to entrepreneur Bardia Persa, who created the site.
But this one guy posted at Usenet’s alt.gossip.celebrities on 28th Jan: “Why pay USD40 for the site membership, you can get all the content for free at www.parisexposed.org” That site turned out to be some kind of Made For Adsense (MFA) site. That domain probably cost him USD2 and he used domain redirection to point to either a free webspace or his existing webspace. (more…)
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 |
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Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 |
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2006 |
According to them, Metacafe’s Producer Rewards program rewards you for creating and submitting great videos.
- How it works
If your video has what it takes to entertain people, we want to license it and pay you for every view. Every time someone watches your video on Metacafe, you earn money.
- How you make money
Metacafe will pay you $5 for every thousand views your video gets on our site. Payment starts when your video reaches 20,000 views and has a rating of 3.00 or higher – which tells us that the viewers like the video. On top of that, the license to Metacafe is a non-exclusive deal – you retain ownership of your video. Metacafe helps build your brand by marketing your content and making you money. (more…)
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