My Oyster 123

Yesterday, I received several writing opportunities from a client for USD 5 per article. Not to put a feather to my cap, but I make a humble USD 35 in one day which could be equivalent to half the amount of Google Adsense revenue for some lucky bloggers who make USD 60 - USD 70 daily, or even more. Unlike Google Adsense, I had to work hard at it and the money will not be credited immediately but takes months before you see it in your Paypal account. I started typing out the articles from morning till evening with some rests in between. That is how hard I work at it. But each day, money will surely trickle in slowly but surely. At the moment, my blogs do not have such high traffic to bring in monthly income of USD 100, but I am getting there some day.

You need to work like the ant, always storing food up for winter. Don't be like the grasshopper which sings all day along enjoying life for the moment but goes hungry when winter comes! We should emulate the little wise ant, always working and will never go hungry. In the Bible, we should work until the day we die so that our minds will remain active and alert in our golden years. This will help prevent Alzheimer's Disease - a debilitating sickness that eats away the brain and leads to eventual death. You will lose your mobility, cognitive actions, recognition of familiar faces, etc. Basically you will become a vegetable, depending on your caregivers for basic daily life.

I just toured Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen in China early this month. It was a trip well spent and to rejuvenate from all the work every day - day in day out. I must say that Hong Kong is quite crowded, being a hilly terrain in a small area. I also came back from Kuala Lumpur last week and brought along my laptops to work with and to check emails from the several enquiries.

Kuala Lumpur is like second home to me now - I go there almost every week. And I love the food outlets in Taipan, a happening place that is full of activity with many banks, bakeries, eateries and commercial lots. Taipan is very near to the rented apartment in USJ. Whenever I have the opportunity, I will make it a point to travel to at least one foreign country per year and get to experience the many sights, cultures and people.

Afterall, it is not often that you get to travel when you are old - so might as well make the best use of the opportunities while you are young and mobile. Life is going on well for me - never having to struggle again to work in another organization and fear whether you will be confirmed or not. My current boss is generous and understanding. And the best part is that I work alone at home with a laptop and internet connectivity. This has been going on for the last 7 plus years and we are a small but dynamic company.

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Today is my birthday and I am going to celebrate it by treating my family to a sumptuous dinner at Fong Wei Chinese Restaurant tonight. I received $100 angpow from my parents, $50 each this morning. And tomorrow I will be flying off to Macau, Shenzhen and Hong Kong for 5 days and 4 nights tour with my 2 younger sisters. This is a treat to myself and to celebrate the big 40s age group. I hope I will enjoy the trip and not be too bogged down from walking too much.

Unless you are Timothy Tiah, the boss of Nuffnang, most of us are not making good money online. But some of the select blogger with very high traffic are making stable income online - thanks to the sponsored posts from Nuffnang to Red Mummy, 5 x m o m (who by the way, got someone reported her to the police about her seditious tweet recently and for being too obnoxious and big-headed). You can read about it in The Straits Times page 10 on yesterday's issue. Making money online was quite a lucrative business for me in 2007s but not anymore! And I am not the only one affected. Most of the highly paid bloggers also got the cold shoulder.

So now we have to rely on other means to make money online like pay per click, pay per view, or pay per email read, etc. But these are very time consuming and pay very little like 0.5 cent to 1 cent each. Money goes out each month like turning on a tap and let the water run out. But making money is not easy as we have all known, unless of course you are Timothy Tiah, able to conceptualize a brilliant idea and make it work so well not only in Malaysia but other countries as well.

I love to work at home without all the unnecessary distractions like office politics, jealous colleagues reporting your faults to the boss or creating false accusations that are even worse, back-stabbing, etc. I can work with a peace of mind and I work independantly. By being segregated from the rest of the workers, I can produce productive work and it justifies for me to continue to work at home. The company is small but dynamic with people like me working hard quietly in front of our computers. My boss is very active and healthy despite his age - still able to run around and helm the company to greater heights.

It is good to be able to moonlight on the internet. I get SOCSO and EPF benefits working for a full time job at a home office and part time income by moonlighting through the internet. Therefore, I have a few sources of income and mainly from my government bonds which give the highest return at 5% per annum. I like to make my money work for me and not the other way around. Making money on the internet is possible if you know how. But like all the other people, I have to search for it and find out by myself. No one is going to teach you how and you should not be wailing like a kid expecting to be spoon fed when you are hungry!