Motor Shows

I'm not much for crowded places except for concerts, book fairs and the annual mega sales. Shopping - so typical of ladies though I'd make sure I pay ahead of closing time to avoid the mile-long queues.

So far, I've been to a PC fair only once and it was not a pleasant experience, neither was the travel fair. I've only been to motor shows twice. Didn't quite enjoy them. Still don't. I think motor shows are more for guys which begs the question: Do guys really go to motor shows for the cars? What do you think?

Gold to Hit USD1500 An Ounce!

If you have been collecting or investing in gold jewelry or gold coins, your collection is now worth a tidy sum as the price of gold is currently hovering around USD1000.

Precious metal experts are predicting it will go up to USD1500. (More people might be heading Mersing way to pan for gold?)

I have no idea whether pawnshops here are doing a brisk business but in the US, pawnshops are seeing a rush of gold sellers - office workers, retirees and many others bringing their jewelry in jewelry boxes, even safe deposit boxes to cash in on the high price of gold.

There is good reason now to get rid of pieces of jewelry they find outdated, broken, or simply will not be worn again. Coins and other hand-me-down pieces also find their way to the pawnshops. There are even gold parties, where people gather to sell their jewelry.

Cashing in may be due to the need for cash resulting from the softening of the economy. Gas price being at $3.60 per gallon may be a big factor in people converting from jewelry to cash to fill their gas tanks. Some seniors pawn their gold items in order to make it through until their next Social Security checks arrive.

The price of silver has also gone up - from $6 per troy ounce two years ago to more than $20 now.

Amazon's New Service, TextBuyIt

When it comes to books, Amazon comes to mind. Shopping in a physical bookstore may be nice where you are able to browse through the shelves and even flip the pages to read a little. However, sometimes the titles you are looking for aren't available or you need to spend time looking for it. With Amazon, even though you may only get to see a virtual copy of the book, at least you'll be able to find it, most times at least.

Online shoppers of Amazon will be happy to note that Amazon has recently launched a new service to better serve their shoppers.

Amazon's new service, TextBuyIt, launched Tuesday, lets shoppers compare prices and buy things with a few quick taps on their cell phones.

If a searched item has a match, the service returns two results in which you can immediately buy one by texting back either "1" ot "2". If you need more information is needed, you can just enter the letter "M".

If you are a new customer, you will be prompted to enter the email address associated with your existing Amazon account and a shipping zip code. Confirmation of purchase is also by text message and e-mail and you can check order status on the Amazon website.

By the way, for Malaysians, with the government providing a tax-deductible amount of up to MYR1000 a year on books and other reading material, wouldn't it make sense to give gifts of books and reading material? This tip came along with other Income Tax tips which I will share in a separate post. In the meantime, happy shopping for books and others!

Friday Frolics - Are you Disturbingly Profound or Profoundly Disturbing?

Once in a while we do things that freak people out - at least I do. It's not because I'm weird or anything. It's because people around me can't imagine me capable of the unthinkable, sometimes. I think it's true of all of us. We all have some latent force or some rebelliousness that slips out every now and again. hehe...

Okay, find out for yourself whether you are disturbingly profound or profoundly disturbing.

I Am Disturbingly Profound

You're contemplative, thoughtful, and very intense. Taking time to figure out the meaning of life is a priority for you. Because you're so introspective, you often react in ways that surprise people. No one can really understand how you are on the inside... and that disturbs them.

Are You Disturbingly Profound or Profoundly Disturbing?

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A Loving Couple

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Things are not always what they seem to be.

Good Morning!

Boosting Site Traffic

It's always interesting to see what kind of searches hit your blog. Going through the analytics yesterday brought a surprise or a shock, rather. What is supposed to be a good clean post about the Bible, seems to attract something not so 'clean' (no offence to anyone). The post attracted a search for "KL wives looking for sex partner". Egad! KL wives need help! Perhaps this post has made a convert or two?



Still on analytics, the post on 25 Most Stylish Couples last week, gave me a pleasant surprise.



When I noticed a spike in traffic during the day, I wasn't sure what was happening. As a long shot, I googled the post-title and found it placed at #2. People must have been googling this item after they watched the show on Channel E! the night before.

Traffic is good. The spike in traffic yeilded extra Adsense earnings on the blog.
I'm not complaining. Now that the hype has died down, the ranking has since dropped a couple of notches and traffic is back to normal.

For anyone hoping to make money online, it is important to note that traffic is important. I noticed that whenever there's more traffic from the US, the Adsense earnings go north. Perhaps it's because people in the US do more shopping online and need to check out ads. Whatever the reason, it's not a bad thing. Did I mention that I received my first Adsense cheque?

A Book Report

Let's take five for a laugh.

A child was asked to write a book report on the entire Bible - the following is what he wrote.

In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, 'The Lord thy God is one, but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, 'Give me a light!' and someone did. Then God made the world.

He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.

Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.

One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.

After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.

Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the IsraelLights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti.

Then he gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbor's stuff. Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.

One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.

After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me.

After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed upon the shore.

There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.

After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of the New Testament.
He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn, too, because my mom is always saying to me, 'Close the door! Were you born in a barn?' It would be nice to say, 'As a matter of fact, I was.')
During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Republicans. Jesus also had twelve opossums The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.

Jesus was a great man He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount.

But the Republicans and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.

Anyway's, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again.
He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.

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