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Zombie apocalypse? Man took out his own intestines

2012-05-30T22:08:00.000-07:00

Man cuts his own intestines and threw them at police!

Hi Guys,

Ok. I am a big fan of the series "Supernatural". Well of course like the rest of you, I expect what happened in television stays there and it's not real. But after 2 incidents in the US lately, is Supernatural becoming a reality?

Just last week in Miami, a man was caught eating another man's face and then, Wayne Carter, 43 year old dude from New Jersey, disgustingly cuts out his own intestines and threw them at police. OUCH!!!! YUCKS!!! Yes.. he did it. It's gross, it's painful and yet he did it!

Hey Officer! Take this! Splatttt...

Why? Why would a normal man do that? Beats the hell out of me. Is he possessed by the devil or something? I mean we've seen those things happened in Supernatural whereby a woman bath herself with gasoline and then light up a fire, a man walked out on the street and get knocked down by a bus and so on.

Zombie coming my friend!

But it's only on TV! This is reality and it's scary. So if zombie apocalypse is real, what do we do? Buy lots of salt? Wear some crosses? Will that be enough? Or we prepare ourselves and just accept the fact that we are all going to be Kentucky Fried Chicken for the zombies?

I dont know about you. I ain't gonna wash my ass if the zombie is coming. At least when they smell my ass, they will think twice about eating me. LOL. :)

XoXo.
Dilly

Zhang Ziyi Was Allegedly Paid Millions For Sex

2012-05-29T20:16:00.001-07:00

Indecent Proposal?

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is under investigation for allegedly sleeping with Chinese big shots for millions of Chinese Yuan and is now currently barred from leaving the country. Reports say the actress slept with one, Bo Xilai for more than 10 times between 2007 to 2011. LUCKY BASTARD!

Looks like her immense wealth came from years of prostitution but our bad girl did not pay her taxes. Makes you wonder. What the hell is wrong with her? Pay your tax, honey. Just register a Dummy Corporation in China and then register another Dummy corporation in tax free country, do your double entry and file for profit every month. It's a no brainer. :)

Zhang's first english interview. Watch the video.

Did you watch the video? She is such a doll, isn't she? No wonder these horny bastards are paying her millions for a "One night in Beijing" stroll. Who can resist such beauty when she make herself available for auction? No?

If you ask me, 1 hour of fun (maybe more :P), million dollar transaction in the process and rock yourself into a potential scandal, I would say that is quite dumb. It's like buying a Gucci handbag but overpaying it 1000 times. Bad business but what the hell. These people are rich and powerful hence money is nothing to them.

Makes me wonder why I was not born a pretty girl? How much would I be worth? LOL :)

XoXO.

Dilly

Interesting - Time Breastfeeding Cover Drawing Flak

2012-05-11T01:48:00.002-07:00

Yummy yummy?

Interestingly, Time Magazine is proving to the world how controversy can creates cash. Just one controversial cover gets the whole world talking about it. Google is trending, celebrities are tweeting and news sources from Guardian down to bloggers everywhere are publishing about it. This is the image of a 26 year old mother breastfeeding her 3 year old son. Does it make sense to you?

Why would a 3 year old need breastfeeding anyway? Kinky!

According to the mother, Jamie Lynne Grumet, she's not shy about publicly boobfeeding her baby and from her description, she confirmed that flashing her boobies and feeding her baby in public is a comfortable thing. WOW! Who needs Playboy magazine these days? Just a stroll in the park you can see all the sexy hot mamas flashing some boobies. No?

She added: ""The more people see it, the more it'll become normal in our culture. That's what I'm hoping. I want people to see it."

No kidding! She even got on the Time Magazine to prove it. Goodness. I'm hoping my future wife wont show her boobies in the public even if the society make it as a norm. Big No No!

Dilly

He said: "It's BULLSHIT! I dont believe in GHOSTS. If they exist, let me see them."

2012-03-07T05:43:00.001-08:00

It didn't happen right away. It didn't happen over a day or so. In fact, it took 2 months for an incident to happen. But our friend got what he deserved!

Hey guys,

When I was a kid, my mother always advised me, "Never ever play with fire". In short, don't look for trouble.

Mama: If you offend a woman, she might end up marrying your boss and you're dead. If you offend the ghosts, they may bother you forever and you're equally dead.
Me: That means ghosts and women have similarities, isn't it?
Mama: What do you mean?
Me: They are both very revengeful!
Mama: Just mark my words. Dont play with fire. Dont challenge the ghosts or say something stupid that you may regret.

It's something that I will remember for the rest of my life. It's natural for me to accept it easily simply because I have seen ghosts with my naked eyes, so many times before in my life. As I previously mentioned, I was like the kid in 6th Sense. It is something that I constantly share with my friends who are curious.

Rich: Are you serious? How do they look like?
Me: Scary. I think they copy someone else's or some statue's appearance. Some are like human that you cannot immediately notice that they are ghost until of course when they disappeared into the wall. Some look exactly like the statue or a drawing. The little girl that I saw was dress in red shirt and black blouse. She has a weird cartoon face.
Rich: How you know she was a ghost?
Me: Dude, she was floating. She was looking at me while she was floating away. I was so freaked out that I couldn't move for 5 minutes. Even as I'm telling you right now, I am shaking.
Rich: That is scary shit, dude.

Often, people will choose to listen because they are curious. More than often, people choose to accept it as reality just to avoid seeing one! After all, it is a scary thing that you would want to avoid at all costs. It is not something to be "Macho" about. It is perfectly alright to be scared. However, this doesn't apply to this ego-maniac friend of mine.

Cal: It's bullshit! I dont believe in crap like that. I don't believe in ghosts. If they exist, let me see them. Tell them to come and visit me tonight. I'll be waiting.
Me: Stop! Are you nuts? It's not something to be excited about. I need you to take back your words right now. I am serious.
Cal: I am fucking serious too! If they exist, why cant I see them? I am not afraid because I know shits like that dont exist. It's just a "tell-tale"
Me: That means you're trying to say that I'm a liar
Cal: Well, if you're not, then pray that I will be proven wrong
Me: You're making a big mistake my friend. Big mistake.
Cal: Whatever. Let's talk about where to hangout, dude. This ghost subject is driving me nuts.

The conversation about ghosts ended there. Everyone happily moved on with their lives. For almost 2 months, nothing happened (Not that I pray something will happen to my ego friend). Then one day, when Cal was alone at home, the ghost came and pay him an overdue visit. It was a sight that will not be forgotten for the rest of his life I guess.

He was walking down the stairs when he suddenly noticed a black cloud with a human body shape that resembles a woman but without a face was walking up. He was stunned. The ghost just walked past him and went into the room and disappeared. Now that is what I would call a close encounter. Even though I have seen many, I witnessed them from a distance. His experience was just side by side. Perhaps the ghost was afraid that he couldn't see it clearly and thus made an attempt to be so near to our friend so that he wont deny their existence anymore. Cal went to the kitchen, clearly stunned; poured a glass of water and sat down on a chair emotionless. He didnt dare to go up to his room. He waited for everyone else to come home to tell them about his freaky encounter. Later that night, he called me.

Cal: I saw it! I saw it! The ghost.
Me: What? Where?
Cal: At home. The thing walked past me. It's so scary my friend. I now finally believe in ghost.
Me: Thought I told you so. Never ever challenge those thing anymore.
Cal: My friend, even if you pay me a million dollar, I wont repeat what I said before.

Since then, we've never talked about ghost encounters anymore as our friend couldn't handle it. He doesnt want to be reminded of that freaky encounter anymore.

The conclusion is:
Dont try to be a macho man just to look good in front of your friends and simply say any shit you like. You may end up paying for it. For Cal, his life is forever tainted. Tainted with a scary encounter that will affect him for a long long time. Just like me, people who have witnessed it with their own eyes will have a deep memory of it forever. It's not a blessing. It's a curse. I can assure you.

XOXO.

Dillon

Life after death

2012-02-22T09:29:00.001-08:00

Note: This post contained information about ghosts and spirits. If you are super sensitive, in other words, scare, then please don't read on.

Hi Guys,

So what is life after death? Are we gonna be vanished forever? Or are we going to have a life after we die? I often believe the latter is closest to the truth. After all, I've seen ghosts and spirits. So it makes me more determine to analyse this further.

Where do they come from? Why are they here? Why the hell I can see them? Are they scary? Hell, of course. Things that are unexpected are often scary. For example, you dont expect a guest in your house unless you know about it.

If there is a life after death, our knowledge, our experience and our memory, we can bring it all with us. Can we? Perhaps.

As a kid, I have witnessed a person being possessed by a spirit. The spirit was the mother. She died with unfinished business hence possessing the body of her daughter to complete her task. She had wanted to fulfil her duty to God.

Mrs Wong (a friend of my mum) in a conversation with the spirit in front of nearly 30 people including me.

Mrs. Wong: Why are you here, Aunty?
The Spirit: I have unfinished business here.
Mrs. Wong: Of what sort do you speak of?
The Spirit: Of my duty to God. I have not been a filial believer. I want to fulfil my duty now by praying here tonight.
Mrs. Wong: Ok but how long do you plan to possess your daughter's body?
The Spirit (annoyed): For as long as I am doing my duty.
Mrs. Wong: Your daughter loves you. Don't you think it's not good for you to do this to her? You're making her suffer. Do you know that?

The Spirit: It is nothing. I am just using her body for a while. Absolutely nothing to fuss about.

The spirit then kneel down and pray. During that process, she keep kicking her slippers away. I wonder why. Probably she was uncomfortable. After a short while, something strange happened.

The Spirit: Stop cursing me, whoever you are. I mean no harm to my daughter, ok?
Mrs. Wong: To whom you are referring to?
The Spirit: To your son. In his prayer, he was cursing me.
Mrs. Wong: How do you know?
The Spirit: Well, I know. So tell him to stop.

The 13 or 14 years old boy was obviously shocked! But from his expression, you can see the truth. He was really cursing the spirit in his prayer. On the other hand, the spirit continues to pray quietly. There was dead silence within the crowd. Obviously shocked at the turn of events. It took about 20 minutes or so for the spirit to complete her prayer. Then she suddenly rise up.

The Spirit: I can see the Goddess Kuan Yin! I can see God. They are everywhere! They are all here. They are all here!

Mrs. Wong: They are here? Where?
The Spirit: Everywhere. I think I have to go already. Tell my family, I love them.

Within a minute, the spirit was gone. Her daughter fainted on the floor and woke up after 2 or 3 minutes. It was that dramatic and it's an event I will not forget for the rest of my life. This is no bollywood tamil movie act. It's real and it's right in front of my naked eyes!

I was just a kid and without question, I was terrified to the max.

The wife that came back after dying for 15 minutes
A Chinese daily had once published a story about a wife who died either in an accident or something along that line. Her hubby hugged the lifeless body of his wife and begged for her to come back never knowing his melancholic act will yield a miracle. He was hopeful. After 15 minutes, the wife opened her eyes. She looked lost but she was completely alright. She confessed to her husband that she is not the wife. She is another spirit that has entered the body. Her hubby doesn't care. He still accepts her. How weird is that?

Together, they did an interview with a reporter from the Chinese daily.

Reporter: So you claim that you are a spirit that has entered the body of this lady?
Wife: Yes. I can tell you that I have gotten permission to do so. I am granted to use her body to live as a human for 2 years. Thanks to the begging of the lady's husband, who is currently my husband. I am to take care of him until he can face the lost of his wife.
Reporter: You were granted to use the body for 2 years by whom?
Wife: By the highest authority in hell.
Reporter: They gave you the right to do so?
Wife: Yes.
Reporter: So you are telling me that you came from hell?
Wife: Yes, absolutely. Do not be alarmed. I find that, you people has the wrong perception of hell. Hell is not as bad as you think it is.
Reporter: Can you elaborate further on that?
Wife: Ok. For a start, hell is almost similar to life on earth. We have our studies and we have our work. I am currently in my 2nd year of higher education learning. We have the rich and the poor as well. The big difference between here and hell is the fact that, the poor do not suck up to the rich. It is not like life on earth whereby the poor are often slaves to the rich people. There is no such thing there. You practically live your own life happily. We have offenders as well, hence there is law and protection. Offenders will be dealt with punishment, just like here.
Reporter: Are there any truth about the 7th month of the Chinese calender, whereby it is known as the Ghost Month?
Wife: Absolutely true. The hell's gate will be opened and spirits who are granted the rights can come and visit their loved ones for a short period. Do not be alarmed. These are non-harmful spirits. Humans can never see them anyway.
Reporter: So you will be here for 2 years and then what will happen to you?
Wife: I will die. I will have to go back to where I came from. That was what agreed between me and the higher authority of hell.
Reporter: And your husband? Does he knows about this?
Wife: To him is more like "As long as I can have you for 2 more years". I am going to get him to start getting used to it.
Reporter: So when we die, we will be having a life there?
Wife: Yes. If you are not serving your duty in hell, you will be serving your duty in heaven.
Reporter: So it is not done for us when this life is over?
Wife: This life is supposed to be temporary. The after life is the permanent one.
Reporter: So I will still need to work?
Wife (laughs): Yes, if you want to survive, you obviously need to work.

Exactly after 2 years, she passed away. How weird is that? Coincidence? Did it on purpose just to put up a show? I doubt it! It's not like she's going to get an Oscar or something.

One day before my Grandpapa passed away

I missed my Grandpapa. I remember when he was still around, we would cheer for Liverpool FC together with my dad like mad.

Mum: Grandpapa said that he saw his mother, father and aunty. He told Grandma. He said the aunty was very quiet and keep observing him only.
Me: Serious? So it's true. Moments before we die, our loved ones who have passed away will come and visit us.
Mum: Yes. I think so. He knows when he will be going away.
Me: So is Grandpapa gonna die?
Mum: Yes. He has suffered. It's best for him to go rather than struggling on. Plus, when these things come and visit, you will know that time is up.
Me: Oh my God. So if I am about to die of old age one day, you and papa will come and visit me?
Mum: Sheesh.. don't talk nonsense.
Me: No. I am serious.
Mum: Yes. I think that's the way it works.

A few years later, I read the book "Five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom. The author said the same about this experience. He stated that moments before his uncle passed away, he saw his relatives coming by and visit him.

After life
So is there a life after we die? Yes! Can we blog in the after life? Well, how in the hell would I know? I dont even know whether there is internet. Perhaps they are using a different technology altogether. Something that's far more advanced. Haha.

And the bonus we get after dying? Well, you get to start your life all over again! Work and study ---- ewww.... I know, I know! How about networking, socialising and clubbing? --- Freaking cool, isnt it? Dating as well, perhaps? I don't know. After I die, I will know.

So it's goodbye for now!

XOXO,
Dillon Yong

How to commit suicide - A disturbing trend in Google Search

2012-02-16T10:03:00.000-08:00

* Back after a short hiatus. Just started my new job in Singapore.

Hey Guys,

This is the second installment of my analysis into suicide cases after my previous post on famous korean female celebrities suicide. I'm gonna share something that is going to be really disturbing with everyone. So if you are depressed or weak, it's best not to read.

368,000. Yes, that's the big number in 2012. No, that's not the number of suicide cases in the world. It's the number of searches per month, to look for the solution to commit suicide. It's an alarming rate! Do a simple maths calculation and that is 4.4 million searches a year! It makes you wonder why. Is the world getting more and more depressed?

How to commit suicide - 368,000 searches globally per month

You may think that I am being paranoid and that this figure reflects nothing but simply the work of stupid but curious people surfing the net and they don't really mean to take any action on it. HELL NO! In 2011, the suicide rates have increased 7 times more than 2010. (source: 1011now).

Ok. So what's the number 1 "Killing yourself" reason? It's a no brainer. It's depression! You have seen it. You have heard about it. You read about it somewhere. You thought that it wouldn't happen to Tom, Dick, Joe and Mary. But hell, when they are gone, you start to reflect. What causes depression?

Off my mind, I can instantly think of the top 3 reasons:

1) Relationship trouble
Famous among teenagers or youngsters. It almost seems like when a relationship ended, it is the end of the world. The world seems smaller and more meaningless. The dark cloud covers the daily life and going on seems to be a pain. One of the most famous suicide cases was a Malaysian young chap, the 22 year-old Alviss Kong.

Alviss Kong and his ex girlfriend

Alviss made a shocking announcement to the world on facebook prior to taking his life and his friends thought that he was pulling a prank for some sicko attention seeking reasons. Well, he garnered over hundreds of comments and guess what..... 204 likes! What kind of person will do that? SOMEONE is counting down to his death and you click "like"? Bleeding Christ.

Alviss was a good looking and healthy chap but the sign of endangering himself is clear. It was there. But nobody took it seriously. 45 minutes is a long time. Long enough to reach out and save someone's life. But no. No one took any action and a life ended just like that.

2) Pressure of chasing success

IS PROSPERITY a killer? Yes, it could be. In a developed nation like Singapore, kids are having early childhood education pressure. These days, most children spent their time attending tuition classes right after school. Swimming, tennis, music and ballet lessons happen during the weekends. Home work and additional reading is a daily routine. Such was the hectic life of a children in a developed nation. Competition is tight. You are either one of the bests or you will suffer like the rest. Parents forcing and threatening children to study hard are a norm. In June 2011, Krystal Aki Mizoguchi, an 18-year-old girl fell to her death in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore.

Krystal Aki Mizoguchi

In her last blog post "Crash and Burn", she spoke of her broken dreams after poor A-Level exam results. Rumor has it that, relationship trouble was also a cause to her demise. Let's face it. There are billions of people living in this world but there are hardly enough jobs for everyone. Hell, there are hardly enough food for some people living in poor countries. In a dog-eat-dog world, only the fittest survive. In short, my friend, we are no different from baby crocodiles.

Over in South Korea, an 18 year old boy has committed suicide in the city of Daejeon - just hours before he was due to take a university entrance exam.

Suicide before exam

3) Financial difficulty
It is no surprise that the fall of the economy always causes suicide cases to rise. It's a case of "you can no longer afford to live". Bills are coming, debts are mounting and the endless desire that needs fulfilling. Often is the case that being poor is a major embarrassment to many people in this world.

An out-of-work money manager in California loses a fortune and wipes out his family in a murder-suicide. A 90-year-old Ohio widow shoots herself in the chest as authorities arrive to evict her from the modest house she called home for 38 years. In Massachusetts, a housewife who had hidden her family's mounting financial crisis from her husband sends a note to the mortgage company warning: "By the time you foreclose on my house, I'll be dead." (source: Huffingtonpost)

Texas Mayor, Jayne Peters also found herself in such desperate situation that she decided to take her daughter's and her own life with gunshots.

Jayne and Corrine Peters

Some famous suicides

1) Leslie Cheung

He is arguably one of the most famous celebs of Asia. I was a fan of Leslie. His movies like "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Once a thief" and "He's a woman, She's a man" are unforgettable. A man with such an illustrious career suddenly found himself at the end of the road when he leap from the 24th floor of Mandarin Oriental on 1 April 2003. He was 46. Depression has been cited as the main reason for his suicide that shock the world.

Leslie Cheung

2) Roh Moo-Hyun, ex-President of South Korea

As the President of South Korea, Mr. Roh was seen as the person who will root out corruption, by his ardent supporters. Ironically, it was corruption cases against him that brought him to his end. Roh and his family has been accused of using borrowed funds for personal use. Overwhelmed by shame and the pressure of corruption scandal surrounding his family, Roh took his life on 23 May 2009 by jumping from a 45-meter cliff. He left his final words before departing. Personally, I really feel sorry for the ex-President. His last words were:

"I am in debt to so many people. I have caused too great a burden to be placed upon them. I can't begin to fathom the countless agonies down the road. The rest of my life would only be a burden for others. I am unable to do anything because of poor health. Do not be too sad. Isn't life and death all a part of nature? Do not be sorry. Do not feel resentment toward anyone. It is fate. Cremate me. And leave only a small tombstone near home. I've thought on this for a long time."

Mr Roh's Funeral

3) Lee Yoon-Hyung, daughter of former Samsung chairman

A classic story of "Poor little rich girl". Young, beautiful, clever and bless with fortune of billions, Lee subsequently hanged herself in her Manhattan home. Her death has been a mystery and there were only mild rumors of her failed relationship with a Korean boyfriend due to the pressure from the family because of the guy's lowly status, has been circulating around. I really don't comprehend rich people. What is more important than the happiness and health of your children?

Lee Yoon-Hyung

My view on life and suicide

I figured that, life has too much of a value. Perhaps to some people, it has over-exaggerated its value to the extent that they believe the after-life is a better place. Nevertheless, my view is that, God sent us here for a reason. Perhaps to learn. Hence, it will be disappointing to book an early ticket home.

So what is life after suicide? It's a scary journey. Very scary. My assumption is that, people who are not supposed to die will never get to leave this world until the time is up. They will wander as a lost soul. Living in a world that they cannot touch or feel. Ever heard of people seeing ghost? How do you explain that? If you read my 2nd blog posts (which was many years ago), you would know that I had experienced of seeing them and it's no bullshit.

So the conclusion is, Alviss, Krystal Aki, Leslie Cheung, Mr. Roh, Corinne Peters, Lee Yoon-Hyung and many others may still be around in this world (unless their time is up). And they are now wandering as lost souls, waiting for their time to go. I don't know about you. I think that kind of life is even more depressing!

May those who has left us, rest in peace.

XOXO,
Dillon

SEO results - Page Number 1 in Google Search

2011-12-20T21:47:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys,

Positive news to share!

As promised in my previous post Keyword Competition Analysis, I will share with you the proper strategy of backlinking to be in the first page of Google Search. After waiting for a few weeks to observe the strategy, here are the result.

Key in "Keyword Competition Analysis" in Google search and you will find Dillonyong.com in spot number 13 (take note that the positioning may change from time to time, but all you really need is to build a small number of useful backlinks to it and you will be back to top spot)

Ok, as you can see from the chart above, the post is on number 13 which means page 2. Not quite page 1 yet but it will be if I continue building some backlinks to it and wait. Here's what happened during the last 3 weeks:

1) Week 1 - the post was on number 72 (page 8)
2) Week 2 - the post was on number 30 (page 4)
3) Week 3 - the post is now on number 13 (page 2)

From this chart above, you can see the dramatic rise in organic traffic which means that most visits come from Google search itself. This is no joke. Before this, I have like hardly 8% traffic that comes from Google but now it is almost 80% of the traffic comes from Google.

Now if I keep doing proper research of keywords before naming the title of my blogpost, I will ensure that this blog will continue to gain more organic traffic. Will the blog be popular in time to come? Well, of course. At least I hope so :P.

Ok. Enough of BS! Let's go straight to the point of what I did.

1) Research (refer to my previous post on keyword competition analysis)

2) Register a free SocialMonkee account and build backlinks to your post. It's free. You will get a standard 25 social bookmarking backlinks per day which is perfectly alright (dont worry about the blackhat BS which people keep telling you. Bookmarking is fine.)

3) Use Bulkping,com to submit your URL (the url of the post) and also submit RSS feed of your page to their RSS directories (Not only Bulkping provides fast indexing/pinging service, they also provide some free backlinks to you. Pinging is a way to tell Google to visit your page as there have been an update while Indexing is a way to tell you that Google recognised your page has a recent update and published it in search result. I hope my explanation suffice. LOL)

4) More free backlinks from 247backlinks that you can use. Frankly, I like this service. It's easy and fast and definitely play an important part in improving your search ranking.

5) Key in "Angela Backlinks" in Google Search and follow what Angela tells you to do. This method require abit of work but it's really worthwhile. I must confess that I was quite lazy for I had only build 6 backlinks from Angela's strategy. LOL. (But her method is the one that accelerate your page in Google Search, so it is important to follow what Angela says)

6) Use Growsocials.com and Traffup.net to get some Google Plus One and Retweets to your page. I do not know how important is this but then some experts as I observed in their blogs said that Google is now paying important attention to social media ratings. In short, if you have more people voting for your page with Google Plus One, you will rank better. As for retweets, you can use Traffup which is brilliant in bringing in traffic from twitter.

Alright people. That's about it. All the above can be done within a day. And then, all you really need to do is to wait and check your result via Mike's Marketing Site.

Now if you like this post, remember to do me a favor. Press +1 on your left. That's all for now.

XOXO,
Dillon

Keyword competition analysis

2011-11-30T21:36:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys,

I got something new for you. This is something that I just learned and would like to share with you. It's very useful. It will make sure you get organic traffic to your blog by doing a clever and simple research before posting your article.

How do I rank well in Search Engine with my blog post?
So you have a brilliant piece of article that you want to post in your blog. You were wondering:

1) Will people read my post?
2) Hell, where can they even find my post or my blog?
3) What kind of words they will key in Google to find out about information related to the article that I've just written?

The solution is simple. Use GOOGLE KEYWORD TOOL and do keyword competition analysis.

This is the step by step guide of what you should do

Let's just you are writing about "How to cure dandruff"

1) Download SEOQuake and Mozilla Firefox. It is a must so that you can check which website is in the first page with the keyword "how to cure dandruff" and how do they rank

Notice that the page show you more info? You can see the "PR Rank" and "Google Index". In the picture above we can see that www.ridiculouslyextraordinary.com has PR 2 and Google Indexes of 303

2) Login to GOOGLE KEYWORD TOOL.

3) Key in "How to cure dandruff". Then select "Only show ideas closely related" and also select "Exact" Phrase Match

4) You will see the result showing "1300" in global monthly search and the competition is low which is very good. If your keyword global monthly search is below 500, well it's best to search for alternative words to your topic. Use the words that has over 500 searches at least. Click on the keyword to see the results in Firefox.

5) You will see that most are PR2 and above and they have massive number of Google Indexes. That means to kick them off their top spots may take a long time.

6) Then as you scroll down further, you may notice that there are 2 websites ranking only PR0 (treatdandruff.net) to PR1 (cure-for.info/dandruff). What's more the google indexes is not much. Only 227!

7) So you have a higher chances of knocking those 2 fellas off their perch. What to do next? Select this as your topic. Your title and keyword and labels ---> "How to cure dandruff". Your picture name ----> howtocuredandruff.jpg / howtocuredandruff2.jpg

8) Post your blog post and then build backlinks to it. (In case if you do not know what is backlink, this is the explanation. Backlink is your url link posted in other people's website)

So how to build backlinks automatically or manually? I shall share this in my next post. Come back for more tips. :)

XOXO,
Dillon

This site is now Google Rank 1 - Thanks to the strategies in the previous post

2011-11-17T11:29:00.000-08:00

Hi Guys,

Sorry for not updating more often as I am as usual, busy studying more online strategies prior to sharing all with you guys. As a result, you will get to enjoy only successful strategies because I am testing everything. Strategies that are less effective or I think it's a waste of time will not be shared here.

Did you managed to change your blogger site according to my previous post? Well, you better do. My blog is now ranked in Google, and it is down to the previous strategy that I shared with you. Here's the result:

Just a short post and it's goodbye for now.

XOXO,
Dillon

How to get higher page ranking if you are using blogger.com

2011-10-31T01:46:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys,

Lately, I've been busy studying online marketing strategies everywhere which includes affiliate marketing and I've been developing my other blog and forum, www.freebooksfor.com, which gives out free e-books.

How did I manage to get so many e-books? Well, I sort of bumped myself into many sites lately and utilizing lots of resources everywhere and got hold of about 100,000 articles. Serious? Yes. Serious. In fact it could be more. I lost the count. Anyway, I'm so proud that I managed to setup my 1st forum in www.freebooksfor.com/forum. Check it out.

Ok back to the quick tips. So you must be wondering why I choose the domain name as freebooksfor.com. Use Google Keywords and you will see that the words "Free Books For" has about 5,000,000 searches monthly. Yes.... 5 freaking million searches! And another beauty is, the competition for this keyword is low. That means you dont have 20000 Ali, Abu, Craig and Salma fighting tooth and nail with you to be on top of the search list in Google. Sounds good!

When it comes to SEO optimisation, there will always be another expert who is better than you or me. If you build 1 backlink, they can build 10, if you write a quality content, they will write 20. If you play with tagging, meta and all sort of stuff, they will still do better than you. So is buying traffic and spending lots of money the only way to beat them? Not necessarily. One way you can beat them is to buy keywords built-in domain name.

That's why I got freebooksfor.com which doesnt make sense to many people but it does make sense with Google. That's the important thing.

Domain names are like your online real estate. It's low in value when you just bought it. It can potentially make you thousands and millions. Just like how real properties can be. Google gives preference to domain and post title with high relevance to the words that you key in the search button. Hence this is something you can exploit. Do you need to register a domain? Preferably. It's gonna have much more credibility than a cincaibocai.blogspot.com. It's only USD7.49 anyway. Well worth it.

Another tip will be the title header. This is only for blogger.com users. Blogger has a major weakness although it belongs to Google, it was not really SEO friendly. Sounds strange isnt it? The problem is that Blogger captures your domain as the title header first and then only your subject title. Example:

NisaCurihoney.blogspot.com - The 101 celebrities meltdown in 2011

This will massively affect your ranking in Google. People dont search for "Nisacurihoney". They will search for "celebrities meltdown 2011". This means that the blog will never be in Google's first page. How to solve this? Just do the following:

TIPS FROM EBLOGTEMPLATES.COM

Step #1

In your Blogger dashboard, go to “Layout” => “Edit HTML”.

NOTE: BLOGGER DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO PASTE THE CODE HERE. THIS IS SHOWN IN PICTURE.

You can copy the actual code here in http://www.eblogtemplates.com/improve-your-google-rankings-in-one-easy-step/

Step #4

Save your template and go back to your blog. Click into any individual post and look at the page title.

All your blogger posts are now much better optimized to rank higher in Google. I’m not going to promise you a night and day difference but you’ve taken a step in the right direction. Now just go post unique high quality content so people searching Google will find your blog first!

-eBlogtemplates

And there you go. Now you shall see this;

The 101 celebrities meltdown in 2011 ~NisaCurihoney.blogspot.com

Last tip would be utilizing social networking sites. There are hundreds of social networking sites like Facebook, tumblr and so forth. Each brings quality linkback to your site. So make use of them.

Best of luck.

XOXO.
Dillon

Online Marketing: How to increase your followers in Twitter and Facebook Page in the fastest way

2011-10-18T03:55:00.000-07:00

There may hundreds of articles stressing the importance of social media channels in online marketing hence I am going to be direct in this article. There is no denying the fact that the growth of social media is so rapid that we are looking at an estimation of over 800 million users in Facebook currently according to the article by bufferapps.com.

Most people are no longer depending on mainstream channels such as newspaper and television to get the most updated news and happenings. One of the main reasons will be the fact that social media channels spread the news faster.

So naturally, the big question will be how to get your share of the cake? Having a strong base of followers naturally gives you the advantage as your words will be seen by thousands of followers. So let’s get straight to the point of how to increase followers in your social media channels in the fastest way.

1) Twitter

I will begin with twitter which is currently growing 7 times faster than facebook in the last 5 years as according to bufferapps.com. You may have read many articles online which give very little indication of guaranteed growth. I have been there. I have been frustrated in reading every piece of articles carefully, following the steps as closely as I can; and yet the growth was slow. After all the hard work, I have about 8 followers. I have been following users in twitter but to no avail as they don’t normally follow back. I am impatient. I do not intend to make a 5-year plan of making my social media channels successful. If slow and steady is not your style, you can consider the following:

a) Redesign your twitter page to make it look interesting.

All you really need is to search for twitter background design in Google and you will have plenty of free templates to download.

b) Sign up an account with social network growth channels like Twiends.com.

The website offers points to your account as you follow others in twitter. You can set your targeted audience carefully by adjusting your topics of interest. For instance, you can select internet marketing as your topic. People who are interested in internet marketing specifically will be displayed as an option for you to follow them and of course for them to follow you. You can select up to 5 topics of interest. It even has a feature of allowing only twitter users from your country to follow you. The users will be more than happy to add you because they will be rewarded with points. This is the easiest way to promote your twitter account. You can also sign up the packages to be featured users and be rewarded with points with a small amount of investment.

c) Insert a twitter widget in your website or blog.

Unique twitter widget design of xiaxue.blogspot.com

And my very own customed-made twitter widget

If you do not know how to do this, just search in Google and there will be plenty of articles guiding you. It’s just a few simple steps. I even took the effort to custom make my widget in order to make it look interesting to increase the chances of getting more followers.

In only a matter of 1 month, I have amassed over 8000 followers by following 3 simple steps above. Now I have natural followers who are not from twiends.com adding me daily. With that number of followers, I am driving them to my blog and facebook page to increase the numbers as well.

2) Facebook Page

You may have heard of people offering candies or lollipops to their fans just to get more followers on their Facebook page. I’m not going to dispute on that. It may just work wonders or it may not. Before that can even happen, you will need to have a least a small base of followers to help you spread the messages across to others. How to have guaranteed Facebook likes?

a) Upload a landing page with interesting design to your Facebook page. Again, the template can be found online via Google search. Make it look as interesting as possible.

b) Sign up an account with another social network growth channel like Willyoulikemy.com. It is almost the same system like twiends.com and it has a feature to promote your Facebook page. Again, users will earn points just by liking your page.

c) Keep updating your status in Twitter to your followers to encourage them to follow your Facebook page. You may now consider giving some incentives to them if you have a considerable number of followers in Twitter.

"The first 50 that like our facebook will be promoted in twitter with the following text to our followers: Follow @ryanseacrest @giulianarancic @example.com"

d) Insert a Facebook box widget to display your followers and the option to like your page.

Now that you have guaranteed followers, make sure you have the strategies in place to keep them.

They may share about you with their followers or friends which will most likely lead to more users becoming your followers. These channels need to be active daily or people will naturally drop out hence wasting your efforts in building them in the first place.

Some useful links

Social Media Marketing Magic

Social Media Training - Social Media Marketing

Social Media Management For Celebrities

Easy Blogging Guide

Blog Training & Mentoring By The Blog Success Academy

Dillon Yong

Liv Vs MU: Post match reaction from both side of fans and the top 5 alleged divers of BPL

2011-10-16T04:07:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys,

The match has ended in 1-1 draw, but it was nothing short of controversies. The Anfield side has been accused of 2 things. Diving and racist slur. While the Manchester side were accused of playing negative tactic by leaving out Rooney and Nani and got away with a point.

The Racist Allegation

Suarez: Feel like going for a pizza after the match, mate?

Evra: Dont touch me, ok?

note: Pizza is a racist word in Planet Jupiter :P

Was it because Evra's English is really bad or perhaps Suarez, because he was just learning the language? Past stories about racist allegations

Evra was previously the subject of a later unfounded racism probe against Steve Finnan following a clash between Liverpool and United in a game at Old Trafford in February 2006.

He was banned for four matches for his part in fracas with Chelsea groundsman Sam Bethell at Stamford Bridge in March 2008, after which another dismissed racism claim was made.

TWICE! Twice this buggar tried to make racist allegation against opponents and now this is the 3rd time. WE MUST FIND MR. EVRA AN ENGLISH TUTOR AS A MATTER OF URGENCY. He's definitely speaking Frenlish at the moment. Example of words that can confuse Evra:

Papi = A handsome man Puppy = Dog

The Diving Accusation

Gerrard: So did you touched Adam or was he diving?

Ferdinand: No No No! I did touched him abit but I still think he was diving.

Gerrard: Ok Rio. Define diving.

Ferdinand: Damn it! Let me get my dictionary.

As usual, heated exchange of words has ensued with fans of both sides after an exciting match like this. Here are their views.

A friendly start at first......

"I really impressed with this Suarez guy, one-man show pawning 4 MU defenders"

ProbMan

"so far this is the greatest liverpool football for me this season... but de gea so super godlike today..."
Alan_kong84

With even praises for the Man Utd goalkeeper David De Gea from Liverpool Supporters

David De Gea

"Their goalkeeper had a very good game; that says a lot about our performance.."

weichieh007

"So many chances...damn it that de gea is BEYOND GODLIKE!"
SomaCruz89

"Props to De Gea though. Excellent saves."
bitebug

And I even throw in a joke at the Liverpool owners

John Henry - Liverpool Owner

"It's not De Gea's heroic. It's FSG! They came, they saw, they jinx and we draw. Hehe. John Henry and Tom Werner, please stay at your hotel and watch the game next time, Sir. Please Sir. You are costing us the points. hehehehe."
dillonyong

Then this comment flares everything up

"LOL.seems like the jinx didnt go away.The hypocritical fans on the other side are accusing us of diving when they have an academy which produces divers and cry babies."
Rotuham

My reply

"It's normal. The sourgrape MU fans who instead should focus on their alarming negative tactic. They got away with the handball (Evans), they asked for a penalty when Nani raised his boot, they got away with a 2nd yellow card for Ferdinand, their captain Evra is the most unsporting footballer by moaning here and there and finally gotten himself a yellow card, that just sums up what United is all about. A team of cheaters. If Man City win the Premier League instead of us, I would be disappointed but I would still applause. If Chelsea win, i will still applause. If United win, I would spit to the very ground and feel disgusted."
dillonyong

And it became ugly (Partly I was responsible for it. For my comment of course)

"enrique oso got handball
lucas oso fouled ashley young once when on yellow
and as if luis suarez nvr complain here n there
i wonder u did not see that or u just choose to not see that"
tzxsean

"Why u even bother to look at our post?
I don't know what's your point to invade other's planet, but to sum it out, FXXX OFF."
LukeMJSTC

And became uglier

"average?which teams?our teams?average means half table teams"
Shamsul_LP

"Let's put things in perspective shall we? First off, we didn't claim to be the "real reds", it's you mancs that do. Like I pointed out in a post yesterday however, we first wore red in 1892 while you lot only did in 1902, duh!
Secondly, I agree with redshaun on the comment about there being many retards. Now, I'll gladly put my hand up if we had lost, I have always done so but last night we came out guns blazing in the 2nd half. There is no argument who played better but fairplay, you don't always win although you played the better game. Sometimes you need to grind out a result. If the situation were reversed, only a dumb f*** manc would agree that they didn't play better,"
Duke Red

AND BEHOLD - THE SUPER DUPER UGLY COMMENTS

"Man U Fans - Hating Liverpool more than They love Their Club...
MikeShashimi

"Same to Liverpool fans also hate united more then Supporting their club, else why call united scums ? Sports only, people kill ur family till you wanna call them scum ? Don't be hypocrite ... U all not deserve to be called best supporters ..."
clsiluf

"look at their ex-captain ...rio ferdinand and ryan giggs..one failed in drug test and one get caught for cheating his own brother ..yea yea , I am expecting someone to said our captain involved in bar punching someone"
leaF

FINALLY - Take it out for real?

Liverpool VS Man Utd Fans Wrestling Match. :)

"Oohhh someone insulted me on a personal level did he? Like to see him come out from behind the keyboard and do it face-to-face as any real man would. It's expected though. When you can't put up a decent argument, one usually resorts to insults out of desperation."
Duke Red

I burst out into laughter after reading all those. Anyway, don't worry. It's normal because THAT'S FOOTBALL. If both sides don't have disagreements, it will be so boring. I might as well watch birds flying in the sky than a football match.

Now, let's look at top 5 alleged divers in BPL

1) Luis Suarez (Liverpool)

The striker has been accused of making too much of challenges. Suarez, however, insists there is nothing sinister about his reaction to tackles.

2) Ashley Young (Manchester United)

Winger Ashley Young has revealed his hurt at being accused of being a "diver''. Young admits he has had that accusation thrown at him "on numerous occasions''.

3) Didier Drogba (Chelsea)

When prompted by the interviewer regarding allegations about his tendency to dive, he said: "Sometimes I dive, sometimes I stand," before immediately retracting his comment: "I don't dive, I play my game"

4) The Manchester City European Players

Bolton striker Kevin Davies slammed Manchester City's 'European' players for play-acting. "When there is not much contact and they go down screaming, it is embarrassing from a man's point of view," Davies told the Manchester Evening News.

5) Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

Arsenal player Theo Walcott admits to diving in a candid interview. He quipped “I’m not happy with myself for doing that"

Past famous divers
Who can forget the famous Mr. Ronaldo

and of course Mr. Robben

Look at that. Almost every team have been accused of having players that dive. And mind you, those are top class players. It depends on who you support, opinions can differ. I really like Drogba's picture :).

So are they smart or are they cheaters? Your verdict.....

The Mancunians’ Nightmare: My Top 3 Finest Moments of Liverpool VS Manchester United

2011-10-14T07:50:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys (Man Utd supporters, look away. Read something else :P ),

As a lifelong supporter of The Reds, nothing satisfied me more than watching a game that Liverpool dominated and subsequently walloped, bullied and outsmart their fiercest rival, Manchester United. Don't get me wrong. I have lots of respect for Man Utd and this is not a post to insult them. This is a post to relive the moment where the boys from Liverpool worked their socks off to get good results against one of the best teams in the world. This is to recap the magic moment and I sincerely hope that the boys will pull off such an excellent performance once again this Saturday.

Luis "The headline grabber" Suarez tormented the Devils
Liverpool 3 Manchester United 1 (2011)

Liverpool were a struggling team for half the season due to turmoil off the field with the change of owner and poor results on the pitch but with the return of King Kenny and the signing of Luis Suarez, fortune quickly favored The Reds as the Uruguayan Suarez subsequently tormented United's defense and became the star of the show.

My reaction: I jumped, screamed and shouted and clapped in enjoyment throughout the match.

Ferdinand's Spanish Nightmare
Liverpool 2 Manchester United 0 (2009)

Torres had a quiet game until 65th minute when Rio Ferdinand decided to take a nap. The Spaniard raced towards the goal and scored with a powerful shot. David Ngog wrapped up the game with a second Liverpool goal in the dying minutes of the game.

My reaction: I was biting my teeth throughout the whole game. I was so afraid that Man Utd will score a late equaliser and so when David Ngog finished them off, I screamed "YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The Devil Shocker
Manchester United 1 Liverpool 4 (2009)

Football fans of both sides watched the game in disbelieve as Liverpool absolutely outclassed the eventual champion Manchester United. Torres, Gerrard, Aurelio and Dossena each scored beautiful individual goals in this game.

My reaction: My mouth was wide open. I couldnt believe it! When United scored, to lead at 1-0, I was thinking "Ah...it's just gonna be one of those days". Even when we were leading 3-1, I was skeptical. I was holding both my hand and hoping United wont score a 2nd goal. So when Dossena scores the last goal for Liverpool, I finally accepts that we are going to win. We are gonna get the big scoreline. And naturally, I jumped and screamed!

My ideal team formation for this Saturday's match

I strongly feel that Manchester United is getting stronger andPublish Post stronger with Ashley Young as their new acquisition, they have speed and power. Imagine Nani, Rooney and Young combining together, what is the outcome of that so far? 24 goals in 7 matches. Disturbing, no? With the slow legs of Jamie Carragher, we may be in for a rough time if things at the back are not taken care of. So I think 5-4-1 is the best formation and it is exactly the same formation when we thrashed them 3-1 in March. I hope the King will pull this off and give me an entertaining match. It's up to him now. Good luck!

It's goodbye for now.

XOXO,
Dilly Menaly

Top 5 Korean female celebrities that have committed suicide

2011-10-08T12:33:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys,

It's no question that I am absolutely obsessed with the Korean entertainment world. While surfing Wikipedia for some Korean dramas, I discovered that some of the Korean Celebs are dead. Shocking? Yes, very shocking! Most of them are suicide cases.

I went on further to read all about suicide in Korea. Even more SHOCKING! Korea is number 1 in the world in terms of suicide cases. At least 14,000 people commit suicide every year in Korea. Huge number, no? That's like the whole population of Buckingham in England just suddenly died. What makes these people to think they have no other way in life? Very sad.

Anyway, back to the celebs. Here are those 5 who will be missed dearly.

1) Korean Pop Singer - U;Nee (1981 - 2007)

Remember Altantuya the Mongolian who was murdered? The press made a mistake in publishing U;Nee's picture instead of the real Altantuya. Perhaps it's rather an unfortunate coincident. Few months later, U;Nee decided to take her life citing depression and the pressure of fame. The beautiful and popular singer was only 25.

Video of U;Nee

2) Fashion Model - Daul Kim (1989 - 2009)

One of Korea's most famous model. She has appeared in the cover of some of the top magazines like Vogue. Prior to her death in 2009, she had once attempted suicide in 2007 citing loneliness and her struggle in being herself. She then quipped that she was just kidding with her fans. But event that took place in 2009 was no joke. She took her life and she was just only 20.

Video of Daul Kim

3) Korean Actress - Jang Ja Yeon (1980 - 2009)

Perhaps her death surprise me the most. After watching "Boys over Flowers" the famous Korean drama, I went and search Wikipedia just for fun but only to discover that Ja-Yeon is dead. :(

Her death created a big time national scandal in the Korean entertainment biz. Ja-Yeon claimed that her agent Kim Sung-hoon had regularly beaten her and forced her to have sex with a string of VIPs which Mr. Kim vehemently denied. She had been suffering from clinical depression and at the time of her death, she was only 29.

Video of Jang Ja-Yeon

4) Korean Actress - Jeong Da-Bin (1980 - 2007)

Famous for playing high school girls in most of her roles, she noted in her blog that she was suffering from depression. Jeong's last diary entry read:
“Everything is so complicated. I get angry for no reason and I feel like I’m going crazy. It hurts so much that I feel like I’m getting sea sick. My head hurts so much that I start to tear. I was becoming a slave of my temper. I thought that I was losing myself, losing my identity… Then at that moment, as if I was getting an electric shock, I found peace. God came to me with love. He made me realize my importance and gave me courage. He lifted me up and he said it’s going to be okay. I’m okay.”

She was found hanging in the bathroom by her boyfriend. At the time of her death, she was only 26.

Video of Jeong Da-Bin

5) Korean Actress - Choi Jin-Shil (1968 - 2009)

She was considered one of the best actresses in South Korea, nicknamed "The Nation's Actress". Since her debut two decades ago, she played a leading role in 18 movies, 20 television dramas and 140 commercials. Trouble marriage and abusive husband are part of her misery in her life. Dubbed as the "Julia Roberts of Korea", the cinematic sweetheart had trouble dealing with the pressure of being single, divorced, working mum as it is consider pariah in Korea and also online gossips were largely blamed for her demise. She was found hanged at her home and at the time of her death, she was only 39. Her brother Choi Jin Young also committed suicide a year later.

Video of Choi Jin-Sil

Rest in peace. Ahn Young.

Sad right? I know. The price of fame is sometimes too much to bear. In come all pressure of being famous and being a role model. I think being a comedian is better. At least it's more relax and when people laugh at your jokes, you feel good.

Top reason for dying? Depression. It's killing more people than AIDS! The world needs to pay serious attention to this. Care for your friend who is in pain. You can never know what could happen to him or her. Dont wait till it's too late!

PS - By the way, it's 3.28am now. You think it's too spooky to write this kind of things at this kind of time right? Well, I have to confront my fear to be a good writer. And so I did it :)

It's goodbye for now.Publish Post

XOXO,
Dilly Menaly

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Wedding Photos

2011-10-07T00:46:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys,

Some of the wedding photos.

Me and my bride

Hahaha~ I wish, Min Jung would marry me. No... this was some lame photoshop editing. Anyway, let's get down to some serious business. No joking... lol. Photos from Jerret's wedding.

According to the Chinese tradition, the bridegroom must have a chicken drumstick early in the morning prior to hitting off to the bride's house. I wonder what is that for? Anyway, Chinese are always full of BS.. you know what I mean. If do this and do that, it will be good.. there will be good fortune..and yaa daa yaa daa crap. If so, I might as well marry few hundred times and eat a few hundred chicken drumsticks and I will be the next Bill Gates. Bollocks!

The guys are getting ready early in the morning. I had wake up at 6.40am and head over to Jerret's house at 7.30am. And I didnt even sleep well prior to that. Gosh!

Getting ready to pick his beautiful wife

The married men of MY. They said they couldn't be bothered with their looks. Rightly so, married men always make the same kind of mistake!

A little surprise snapshot

Bridegroom and his best man, Jeff

As we reach, the eagerly waiting brother in law is there to greet him. Well, it's all about Angpow, eh?

Yup. It is about Angpow. He even opened it up and negotiate a better deal. What the hell? This is a marriage or a business deal?

The greedy girls of the house. Eagerly awaiting to rip us off! I hate Chinese tradition :) hehe.

There you go.. yaa daa yaa daa ding dong ding dong. Finally agreed on a price that is enough to buy a Versace gown. Happy? duh....

Is it all over? Not yet...most unfortunately. We were made to play games.

Answered wrongly? Well, there's the punishment.

Lipstick Jungle Season 5!

More punishments! Actually the friends suffered more. That's why Chinese weddings are all about guys being a day of slave and girls get all the enjoyment. Nevermind. I had told Jerret to follow European style wedding but he disagree. He deserved it! hehe.

Round 3 over...all done? no... round 4.

Round 4 is all about further humiliation. Sigh. Pity the boys.

No! I retract back my statement. These boys, they love it. LOL

The mean and greedy girls had enough and decided to finally hand over the keys.

Even this is not easy. He got the wrong key and had to pay another Angpow just to get the right key. See? Girls are greedy.

After going through the wall of china kind of challenges, he finally get his wife. Yeah!!! It's tougher than winning American Idol.

I'm sure he was thinking, "Darling, you will get it tonight. Nicely get it! Now take the flowers, take it!" Hahahaha.

Beautiful couple

Becareful of the make-up!

Wait! Didnt they just got married? That was fast. Already had the first baby? Hehehe.

My God. They even had a daughter! haha

Heading home, fellas?

Ahh.. finally all the ordeals are over!

It's party time. Opss i mean wedding dinner time.

Getting ready. She told me she was freaking nervous. Not like you gotta sing on stage. Stay calm, Temmie.

He claimed that with this look, he's better looking than the boys from Farenheit (Taiwanese pop group). Come on! Wake up!

Eh? Even the married couple need to give Angpow? No no,... mistake! hehe.

The bunch of suckers!

The brother in law and younger brother

The accidental couple. No..they are not~. :)

Sweet memory :)

The idiots at my table! hehe

As usual, typical group photos. Smile guys, at least try!

Ok good job for the night! Cheers fellas! Dont drink and drive!

Hope you enjoy the pictures. It's goodbye for now.

XOXO,

Dilly Menaly

Is there something wrong with me? People keep saying I am becoming more feminine

2011-10-02T23:53:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!
It's rather disturbing to hear comments after comments about me becoming more feminine till the fact that people thought that I'm gay.

At my best friend's wedding yesterday

LOL. I know it's not something to be proud of as a man but I cant help it. People would laugh and make fun of me alot more these days although it's nothing new. I got the same kind of shit since 15 years ago but it wasn't that serious back then. It's a little hard to swallow but I am taking it well so far. So let's review those comments.

Cecilia Lee (my cousin): For the longest time, I thought you were gay. I always think that the mystery behind you being single and not married till now is because you are gay.
Me: So if I'm gay, do you think I'm the girl or the guy?
Cecilia: Girl of course. You are a softie...
Me: DAMN IT!

Nicole Chong: I know you are not gay only because we've been friends for many years since college days. But if I'm not your friend, I would think that you are gay.
Me: Why?
Nicole: Dude, the way you brag about things, the way you speak softly, the way you gesture, there's just nothing manly about you.
Me: Seriously?
Nicole: Even this tone right now sounds like a girl

Grace: I seriously thought you were gay many years ago.
Me: Typical. Most people said that.
Grace: Dont you think it's wrong?
Me: It was wrong when God decided to have differences between men and women

Jenny: Your looks. You're very fair. Do you put make-up?
Me: I use concealer to cover the dark circles of my eyes. Blow me?
Jenny: HAHA. No...it's okay.
Me: So you think I'm gay?
Jenny: The way you care so much about your look, yes. I would think you're gay if I do not know you. But it's okay. I know you are not.
Me: How you know? I may just compete with you and take your boyboy away
Jenny: Now you sound like a gay. Boyboy, my God! HAHA.
Me: Jenny...uhhhh
Jenny: Stop it. You're getting there.
Me: @#$%&#*

Margaret: Have you ever consider being one?
Me: Why would I do that?
Margaret: I mean I have many gay friends that I can introduce to you. You know, just in case if you have switched. Let me know.
Me: To hell with you and your gay friends. Hehe
Margaret: You have potential
Me: Potential to be what? BACKSIDE player?
Margaret: HAhaHA...yeah...HAhahha
Me: Yeah..my ass! Arghhh....

My best friend's wedding
I attended Jerret's wedding yesterday. It was wonderful to see the couple happily married finally. The night wasn't colorful and it was pretty dull at first. That was until I bumped into the bride's aunt. So what do you think all the aunties said about me? Well, they thought I like man. Even their daughters think so. Even the girls as young as 13 thinks so. BITCHES! hehe. Okay, I still love them. No worries.

Aunty: So seriously, do you like man or woman?
Me: Man! (I accidentally said it wrongly in Chinese. I hate myself. arggghhh).
The crowd: Ohhhh.....ohhh... there you go.
Me: No no.. I mean woman.
Aunty: When you are drinking and you said it hastily, that means it is your real feeling. You like man!
Me: No Aunty, I accidentally said it wrongly.
Aunty: It's okay. It's okay. I know already
Me: DUHHHH..................
Aunty: I asked again, you like man or woman?
Me: Man. (I said it wrongly once again. Even I cant believe myself. How can I make the same blunder twice in a matter of minutes. Gosh)
Aunty and the nosy crowd: Ohhh.....you just confirmed it.
Me: No no....shit... I mean woman. I keep saying it wrongly.
The crowd: It's okay. We know you are gay.
Me: %$#%%@

Jerret laughing as I moaned about the comments I received from people

Seriously. Even the photographer thinks that I am gay. He's quite dead certain and were not impressed with my explanation. How disturbing. LOL.

The Hallyu factor

My addiction to Korean fashion doesn't help either. I mean just check out the picture below and you can see why. That hair, that lip covered with lip bum and he obviously use concealer to cover his dark circles.

My idol Kim Hyun Joong. Now he looks like a girl ok!

Most guys wont like this kind of look but I do. Is it illegal to adore this in Malaysia? Unless they come out with Fashion Act 2011 in Malaysia, I wont bother giving up my adoration. When you look like this, you arouse attention of both sexes and it could be dangerous. Most men would avoid this. But I'm a risk taker. I want to look like this. Blow me?

My secret liking of dominant female

For the longest time, it was my dark secret. I loathe sharing this with people but now I guess I don't give a jack shit. Perhaps it's sick but I like dominant and fierce woman like she's ready to teach me some lessons about being obedient. WHY? Listen, if I know the answer to this, I can cure cancer. You may be thinking, perhaps now it starts to make sense as to why I am more feminine huh? 2 strong characters can never be a pair. Well, perhaps!

I started thinking back about the past as it suddenly occurred to me that I wasn't a compromising man back then. No way a softie. I would yell and moan at my girlfriend. Totally a jerk! Since then, I hated myself being such a lousy guy to women. I changed. I learned to respect women. I became soft and much much more tender. Unfortunately it is now sending a wrong message and it backfired. LOL.

Unlike my more manly friends, I am on the softer side. I dont like to pretend that I can suddenly become Gladiator like kind of macho behavior and starts yelling "Who's the man!!!" LOL. I am who I am. It's either you like me and hate me. It doesn't really matter. I'm not interested in aiming at your lousy butt. Haha.

So am I confused?
No I'm not confused. I like girls. I really do. Look at the picture below.

Well you get the idea now! :)

It's goodbye for now!

XOXO,
Dillon - The "Ah Girl" who is not a gay

For my new design, twitter box

Everton 0 - Liverpool 2 - Controversy marred Liverpool's victory against neighbor Everton

2011-10-01T10:43:00.000-07:00

A win is still a win but I felt for Everton as they were hard done by the referee's decision. In my previous post, I had mentioned that I hoped the referee will be fair to Liverpool and yes he did. Unfortunately he was mean to Everton. So sorry for the Blue lads for they were absolutely up for the game and have been matching Liverpool's multi-million assembled team minute to minute until the sending off of Jack Rodwell. It was rather unfortunate that the incident had spoiled the entire game. 10 against 11 men is obviously an uphill task for Everton and I thought they contented Liverpool's pressing game really well. I rarely respect the opposition team because obviously it's none of my business. I support Liverpool and will be delighted with the result but not the team's performance as a whole.

Unlucky Jack of Blues

It was a disastrous game for Stewart Downing and Charlie Adam as they lacked the passion in handling a derby match. Everton looked more determined and they were working their socks off. Up until the substitution and the introduction of Steven Gerrard and Craig Bellamy, Liverpool doesn't look like a team that will go on the scoreboard. In fact, they were struggling against 10 men Everton.

Without saying, I was relieved that King Kenny took Adam and Downing out of the game. I think Gerrard and Bellamy changed the game entirely. From the minute they stepped in, it was entirely a different Liverpool team. The crosses and passing have been superb and sublime. Their pace and passing caused chaos to the Everton's defense.

Congrats to Andy Caroll for his first league goal of the season and Luis Suarez for the 2nd goal although both strikers have been largely ineffective due to the superb defending of Jagielka and Distin. Overall it wasn't a comfortable game for Liverpool and I hope the King learns a lot from this. We absolutely cannot afford the same kind of naivety with Manchester United in 2 weeks time. The marking is still poor by the way. Rooney and co is no easy meat.

My hero Luis Suarez

As I said, it's still a win and I'll take it. If we have the same kind of luck against MU, I wouldn't mind but it's best to be good than lucky. Congrats!

It's goodbye for now.

XOXO,
Dilly Menaly - Liverpool number 12

My LFC story and My Liverpool Starting 11 Vs Everton today

2011-10-01T00:14:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Back in KL for now and I want to talk about my favorite team, Liverpool FC ahead of the weekend derby match with Everton. I've been obsessed with this team ever since I was 7 following my old man's preference. When you support Liverpool FC, it's just a special feeling that is not explainable. For better or worse, LFC fans stick together like a family. The theme song said it all. "You'll never walk alone". We sing in victories, we even sing in defeats. That's how LFC is. Special.

I remember I almost cried in joy watching Liverpool's comeback win against AC Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul 2005 on television. It was unbelievable. From 3-0 down, they came back and won the match. I jumped and jumped and jumped and then woke my dad up who cant seemed to believe me.

"Pa, you wont believe this. Liverpool won the Champions League. Liverpool won the Champions League!!" I shouted in joy

"Impossible. They were rubbish. They were 2-0 down even before the first half ended" he replied

"It's REAL! They really won. They came back and won the match!"

He went to sleep when Liverpool were 2-0 down. He was jumping in joy when it was confirmed that Liverpool had won the match. Now my old man rarely do that. It was special. Really really special. That's what football can do to you. A usually calm person can just unleash all the deep affection for the team he supports!

My mum was typical. She shouted at me for waking dad up and cheering madly as if I had struck a lottery.

"It's just a bloody football match for God's sake. 22 idiots chasing after a ball. Seems like a useless activity nevermind a competition. And you are jumping like a monkey as if you had won the match instead"

THAT IS WHY WOMEN CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND US! DUH.......

You can run a poll and ask the men to select which of the following they would rather give up:

1) Wife

2) Supporting their Football Club

And you would probably find that most men would rather give up their wives! HAHAHA! Kidding.

Anyway, back to the topic. The previous game against Wolves was a scrappy affair. Liverpool were in control in the 1st half and then just lost their way in 2nd half for quite abit. A CHANGE IS NEEDED in formation and I hope KING KENNY will listen to everyone's plea. Drop Jordan Henderson for God's sake.

My starting 11 as follow

Fast and pacy attacking formation. Finish them off in 30 minutes and kill the game. Remember Arsene Wenger's 10 minute football policy in 2002? Dont let us suffer watching a scrappy game that could go either way. I'm gonna have heart attack!

Luis Suarez has been amazing so far this season and I got to admit that I am really looking forward to Gerrard coming back and feeding him and Caroll with more opportunities to score. As for Stewart Downing, he needs to up his game for this one. We know what Downing is capable of.

Good luck lads! AND I hope the referee will manage the game fairly. They have been sub-standard in most of Liverpool's matches so far. Never send English referees to World Cup. They are just catastrophe in waiting.

Okay I'm done! Well, it's goodbye for now.

XOXO,

Dilly Menaly - Liverpool number 12 :)))

I am just so positive today

2011-09-05T09:05:00.000-07:00

And i know not why... perhaps the beer helps.

I guess spending some time reading, logging on to FB and updating blog helps alot. AND that is exactly the kind of mood I want to bring to all my interviews next week onward. Let me close all the deals!!! :)

BTW, I'm planning a vacation soon. Short trip, getaway. Just what I needed. Alone possibly...coming back in pairs or groups probably... LOL. who knows? Nah...

Tell you more if I do get to go...till then it's goodbye for now.

XOXO,
Dillon

The job that was never meant to be

2011-09-04T08:16:00.000-07:00

1 week. Just 1 more week. 5 days to be precised is all it takes. Then I walk away from the place I once adored. I took great pride in coming here with fiery ambition to be successful but it was a job that was never meant to be for me. It's been half a year and we are still clueless about our direction, still messy, still implementing changes after changes and above all, struggling to find our identity. If 2 years into the business and you still cant find your identity, there is a big chance you never will. So I decided to walk away from Doorstep, the company I'm working in.

WHY? What's with the sudden decision?

I really believed that in every organisation I have joined, it brought me great improvement. "The experience is second to none. I learnt a great deal." AND that is supposed to be what I gotta say now but NO!

In fact, after joining this company, I have massively taken a step back in my career progression. I'm lacking confidence in making decisions, I can't write as good as I know I'm capable of, I lost my momentum, I couldn't present well and massively lacking creativity which are all my strong points in the past.

SO WHAT CAUSES ALL THESE MISHAPS? That is for me to know and for you not to find out because I don't wanna get sued!

SO WHAT'S NEXT FOR ME?

I've been considering this for a while now. I've rejected the idea for the past 15 years. But after witnessing how successful my elder sister and brother were, I've got to succumb to it even if it meant hardship and no more freedom. I was talking about working in Singapore and staying in JB.

What can the 2.46 exchange rate do to your life?

First of all, you can have this. In fact you can own a few of this after a few years of working. Well, at least in JB.

AND you can easily own this. Easily.

HOW? Consider the fact that SGD4000 is almost equivalent to RM10000. Let's evaluate further.

SGD4000 = executive, senior executive, assistant manager
RM10,000 = Director, Senior Director, General Manager, AVP, VP

WONDERFUL. Isn't it? Now's let's evaluate the tough part.

The disturbing scene at checkpoint that I will face every working day.

The daily sleepy face... as I got to wake up as early as 5.30am.

"MOST PEOPLE CANT TAKE IT!" says Jerret. But I'm not most people. I'm gonna do it!

What's with the sudden determination?
I'm earning a reasonable pay. Really reasonable. But what I do realised is, inflation is catching up faster than my increment. By the time I reach my target, things changes. Sick of it. It's been 10 years of working life and achieving very little compare to my siblings who are all working in Singapore. So wish me luck in getting a job and adios to KL and PJ Party Life. Hopefully this time is for real.

On a lighter side...

To kill my boredom these few days while waiting for my notice period to be over, I've been playing with my webcam. LOL. They said blogger need to have lots of pictures and videos so I gotta accustomed myself to get used to it. Cant get the hang of this thing though. I took a few pictures and recorded a video but couldn't fix the sound. Sucks!

Anyway, here's my first video.. Taaa Daaaa. Guess what I was trying to say...

And a few ugly photos. Who cares!

Who knows maybe blogging itself may bring me fortunes which will make my elder all get jealous big time. Hehe... but for now... I'm still clueless as to how people like Kenny Sia or Xia Xue can earn so much money. I know the former is all about being funny in a stupid way and the latter is all about bitching here and there. That's their identity. So I guess I gotta find my identity. What can I be? I'm not funny and I'm not good at bitching either. So I'm screwed!

Or I go for something that's super daring such as unveiling scandals.. maybe interview with ghosts and spirits... well something that's out of the ordinary. Something that people rarely do... but first I gotta find my balls.

Till then, it's goodbye for now.

XOXO,
Dillon

To be number 1 in Malaysia

2011-04-17T07:51:00.000-07:00

Taking a break from my Life stories in ME just to share with you what I've been up to lately. I've been focusing on building my way to be No.1 in Malaysia.

No. 1 in what? You must be thinking.

Number 1 in exploring ways to communicate with ghosts?

NO! Geez... NO!

Or is it Number 1 in discovering ways to cure AIDS?

I wish!

Or is it to be the number 1 transsexual celebrity in malaysia?

NO WAY! heHe.

I want to build my way to be number 1 most twitter followers in Malaysia. It is still achievable although it takes a bit of time. 1 year? Not possible. 2 years, maybe.

So who's number 1 now? Let's take a look.

There you go. Some Aaron dude is number 1 and our Prime Minister is at number 2.

What about me? Where am I now? Let's review.

I have 2,648 followers and where does that stand?

Number 66 in Malaysia! I am not so far behind eh?

NOT TOO FAR FROM BEING ONE OF THE KINGS OF SOCIAL MEDIA.

Here's my certification

AND THEN.....I get to hangout with top celebrities like Carmen Soo..

I get to hangout with top bloggers like Hanis Zalikha..

AND .... top politicians will be kissing my ass to campaign for them...

Big dream right???? The journey begins now.... hehehe

XOXO!

Chapter Ten - Life in ME

2011-04-09T05:53:00.000-07:00

Apologies as my other commitments have taken time out of me lately. I am spending a lot of time with my parents shopping for stuff to keep filling our new home. Plus, I do not love writing without inspiration. I need that momentum and sometimes I require a short break to regain it.

*note: This post is solely based on my life experience at ME and my opinion and in no way meant to offend anyone still associated with ME.

Beginning the journey of a Design Manager in ME

Till these days, I am still very thankful to Jacqui, Neil and Jason for what they did for me. They had made something positive happened to my life from out of nowhere. God knows how long I have to endure with nothing.

It was a long wait for morning. I hardly had any sleep. If any, it was just 1 or 2 hours maximum of rest. I cant sleep well when I am overexcited. It is from this point onwards that I started to suffer from insomnia. I travelled to work as usual but I reached the office at 7.15am. So freaking early? Yes. So I took my time slowly and went for breakfast alone, killing some time off. My promotion to Design Manager was not yet a closed deal. I am still waiting for the memo from Jacqui. And the first thing that greeted me in the morning as I step into the office was Bern’s congratulation wish.

“Congrats, Dillon. I am so happy for you” said Berny

“Ah! She sent it. She sent the email to everyone to announce this. How efficient” I thought to myself

So with absolute confident, I replied “Thanks, Bern. Yours will be coming”

Obviously I couldn’t wait to turn on the computer and open up my inbox. It was there. 1 memo for my reference and 1 announcement to the public. Finally, a huge step forward in my career. My inbox was swamped with messages of congratulations and I took time to reply one by one.

Then I printed out the memo and signed it and passed it over to Jacqui who greeted me with a warm smile. She was obviously delighted with my decision to stay. All this excitement caused me to forget my friend Jason who was anxiously waiting for me to sign the letter of offer. So he finally called and I was expecting hell. I was thinking of how angry he will be and the image below instantly came into my mind.

“My friend, what’s happening? I am still waiting for you to sign the letter” enquired Jason

“I am going to say something that is going to let you down” I replied

“huh.. let me guess. So they counter offered?”

“Yes they did. It was a really good offer”

I explained in detail to Jason about the offer ME made for me. Every word I uttered out was constructed carefully as I fear losing him as a friend. This kind of thing can be really sensitive. What I do not know is how wonderful this friend of mine turns out to be.

“Think of it from a good friend’s perspective. Which one would you advise me to go for?” I asked

“Stay with your company, my friend. Stay. It’s a good offer, of course. Go for what’s best for you” replied Jason

How selfless that was. No emotional outburst. He was in fact happy for me. Now do you understand what a good friend he is to me? He may be a Mean Monster to many others who do not like his character, but to me, his friendship meant a lot. You don’t find that kind of friend who don’t turn on you when things are not going their way that often.

Next chapter: The price of going up

Back after a long break from writing

2011-04-09T05:33:00.000-07:00

My bad. I know. It's been long overdue. SO WHAT? :)

At least it is back with a new look now. Ok ok. Back to business.

Next: My Story: Life at ME - Part Ten - Beginning the journey of a Design Manager in ME

My Story: Life at ME - Part Nine

2010-10-18T06:02:00.000-07:00

My apology readers as I have been busy shifting to my new home hence the delay in Chapter Nine which promises to be a really long one. Am very happy with where I am staying and the swimming pool and gym will definitely help me to keep in shape for many years to come. :)

*note: This post is solely based on my life experience at ME and my opinion and in no way meant to offend anyone still associated with ME.

The ABF offer and my dramatic U-turn

For the longest time, no one, I mean absolutely no one except Jason Teoh, my family, Shwu Yan and Jerret knew about what came to me that brought me into a big dilemma. Nobody knows. Not Jacqui, not John, not Neil.

After some frustrating time I had with ME with little progress, an offer came my way which I am extremely delighted to receive. This was an offer from a friend, a really good friend who wish nothing but to help me to grow in my career. Like an elder brother taking care of a younger brother.

I received a call when I was driving home on one fine evening. This is a call that changed my life.

“I want you to consider joining me in ABF” said Jason, who was the head of production at that time

“But I am not qualified. I don’t have experience in production and hell, I’m only just a diploma grad (As you know, back then, I am only a diploma grad till I further my studies part time and earned my degree in business)”

“I don’t care so much about paper qualification and experience. It’s the quality of the person I am looking for. You are coming in as a junior and I can definitely help you to develop further in this line. Think about it”

“Well then, I cannot be more delighted. Thank you for considering me my friend. What’s the arrangement now?” I enquired happily

“You’ll get a reasonable pay and commission as you already know how’s the structure like in production. It will all be stated in the offer letter that I will send over to you tomorrow”

“Oh my God. You brighten up my day which was so gloomy till you call. I now can’t wait to join you in ABF”

“No problem. I’m counting on you as well. Treat this as a chance to help me to help you”

“I will”

My boring, gloomy and uneventful day was suddenly full of joy. I cant wait to go home and share this with my parents and Shwu Yan. I drove impatiently and out of joy almost knock down a bike. 

This may be nothing to many people in the world but to me the job offer was like Jessica Alba telling me she loves me kind of happiness. Just my way of describing how sweet it was. As I reached home, I tried to calm myself down before I die of heart attack because of overjoyed.

“Ma, Pa, guess what. I got an offer from a company. They offer me to go to production. Something that I had always been interested in”

“Which company?” my parents asked eagerly

“ABF. Just like ME, a conference company. My friend is working there and he hook me up. What do you think?”

“Well, it’s a no brainer. Take it, son. Not like you have any progress in ME. Years without review and no appreciation. It’s great that you have an option now to leave” said Dad

“Yeah, I know. I’m gonna call Shwu Yan and tell her. She’ll be delighted”

I called and informed Shwu Yan about the offer and of course she couldn’t be happier to hear this and encouraged me to go ahead with it.

“So you’ll hand in your resignation tomorrow?” said Shwu Yan

“Yes, babe, on the morrow. When I receive the offer, I will hand in my resignation letter to Neil”

It was “Sleepless at Seattle”, ooppss I mean Ampang that night. I feel that every cell in my body is banging against my skin just to celebrate. I know some people don’t appreciate the job of being a producer but for me it was a change and more importantly a dramatic increment of salary. Again, don’t forget about my peanut paycheck at ME.

The next day came so slowly that I couldn’t wait. I got to office hastily and turn on my computer. Will he send it to me like yesterday? So I opened up my email. Fat hope! He told me today. So I just have to wait.

Lunch time came, still no email and no letter of offer. Perhaps it takes time to prepare one. So I happily waited but almost every hour, I will refresh my Gmail inbox.

At 3.30pm, I called Shwu Yan.

“It’s not here yet babe. Maybe he changed his mind?”

“It will come, alright. Just wait. Don’t be so impatient” said Shwu Yan

“How long does it take to type one miserable letter? I can type it in within 15 minutes and scan my signature and attach it in 1 minute”

“He won’t be calling you and having this serious conversation with you just to pull an April fool joke on you alright. Just calm down”

“Ok… call you later when I receive it”

4.30pm and still no sign. I was getting really impatient. Concentrating on work? FORGET IT!

If I do a count, I think I refreshed my Gmail inbox few hundred times that day. Hehe. At 5pm, still no email. ARGH! I’m screwed. My head is spinning with uncertainties. Did he bloody changed his mind and forget about me?

I decided that I should not wait any longer. So I called Jason.

“My friend, are you supposed to send the offer letter to me today or did I hear it wrongly?”

“What are you talking about? I sent it like 2 hours ago” replied Jason

“Uh? I did not receive it. Where did you send it to?” I asked impatiently

“To your Yahoo email”

“DAMN. I didn’t check that email. I was checking my Gmail all the time”

“Well then get on to it and download the attachment”

“Ok ok!”

For all my agony of waiting, it was sent to my Yahoo account 2 bloody freaking hours ago without me realising it. How dumb of me. Since we always communicated through Gmail, I naturally assumed he will send to my Gmail account instead. So I learned a lesson. Never assume. Never put an ASS infront of U and ME. If I had called earlier, I wont have to go through that agony. It doesn’t matter. For all my anxiety stress, it was worth it. It was finally here. The big “Dear Dillon” letter is here!

I am finally holding an Ace in a poker game and I can now resign from my post in ME peacefully. So the next thing to do is to plot a plan. A peaceful exit plan without arousing suspicion. I know how fierce the rivalry of ME and ABF are and I feel sorry for ME but I had no choice because I wasn’t getting any opportunity to grow and I need to start thinking about myself after 2 years ++ of selflessness.

“Tell them you’re going back to study” suggested Dad

“That’s the lamest excuse you can ever think of. Even I can’t believe it myself. People who usually use that reason are openly lying but in a stupid way”

“Then? You have a better idea?”

“A rather brilliant one. I’m gonna tell them I am going back to my ex-employer, APN. I’m gonna bull and tell them I got a fantastic offer that I can’t afford to turn down. Since APN is a web design company and poses no harm to ME, they’re gonna let me go peacefully”

“Good. Sounds like a good exit plan”

When the next day came, I couldn’t wait to prepare my letter of resignation. No, I was not that artistic so I decided to just go to i-resign.com and copy the template there. Simple, straight forward and easy “Dear Neil” letter.

I talked to Neil who was calm and handed him the letter. The man didn’t say much and smile. He told me that he will hold on to this letter first. He insisted that I talk to Jacqui first claiming that she will be badly affected. But prior to that, I talked to Margaret, the new designer, who was shocked.

“It’s very sudden” said Margaret

“I know. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you earlier because I shouldn’t”

“What’s gonna happen to the Design team?”

“Don’t worry. You’ll be just fine. Just continue doing what you’re doing. You are good”

Minutes later, I walked out of the room and head straight to Jacqui’s room. One must know one golden rule about Jacqui. When she closed her office door, that means “DO NOT DISTURB”. When it’s open that means “Feel free to make your way in”. On this occasion, it was closed. “I couldn’t give a jackshit. I’m just gonna barge in, tell her swiftly and then go off” I thought.

I knocked and went in to see a surprised or rather annoyed Jacqui.

“Can you come back later?” said Jacqui

“It’s urgent. I need to talk. I’m quitting my job. I just hand my resignation letter to Neil but he wants me to inform you first”

“Neil did the right thing then. Come on in and close the door” Jacqui was shocked on hearing my resignation intention and her emotion swiftly changes and became rather attentive to me

I sat down and listen carefully to what she has to say.

“So you got an offer from elsewhere?” asked Jacqui

“Yes. From my ex-employer” I lied

“Have you signed the letter of offer?”

“Not yet. I had wanted to hand in my resignation letter first and make sure everything is handed over properly before signing the letter of offer. Don’t worry. I will serve my 1 month notice”

“That’s great. You can still reconsider. We can’t afford to lose you. It will be crazy”

“But I received a really good offer that ME can’t offer me the same”

“Oh come on! We can definitely offer you a better package. Let me get back to you on this. In the meantime, please do not sign the offer letter yet”

To be honest, I was shocked at hearing this. I always thought they will ask me to “Piss Off and Go Away”. I know not how to deal with such surprises. I always thought nobody wants me but now all of a sudden, a company wants me and my own company wants me to stay. How delightful. Whether the counter-offer was a good one or not, it doesn’t matter. At least, they really recognised my work and all my hard sweat effort. I walked back to the Design, CRM and Marketing room still stunned at the event that took place. Now our room is shared with the CRM and Endorsement Marketing team which means we are sitting with 3 girls, Katrina the CRM Manager, Bernardine and Pheng Pheng, the 2 former protégé of evil Winie.

Just barely 30 minutes later, Jacqui came knocking at our door and called for me. I was asked to go to the CFO’s room where Jacques greeted me with a warm smile as he always does.

“Let us talk plainly and straight to the point. I heard everything from Jacqui and frankly speaking we do not want you to go” said Jacques

“We were not aware of your situation and your unhappiness and it was a mistake on our side. I hope you can bear with us. Ok, we will offer you XX amount, promote you to Design Manager and in addition you shall receive a RM500 design bonus every month as long as the design load is dealt with and Jacqui is happy with it. She will approve your claim every month. On the other hand, you will be in charge of recruiting more designers as we look forward to build the design team to support production. On top of that, there will be yearly review” as Jacques continued explaining the offer to me.

I was in seventh heaven. From a nothing situation to an offer from ABF to a counter offer by ME to a promotion to manager. What has inspired all this madness? Is this even real?

I couldn’t be more delighted but only one thing that I was not satisfied with in this offer.

“I want the opportunity to go into Production and be able produce events in the future. I wanna be involved in something that generates revenue for the company. Will that be possible?”

“Well, of course. Yes it is possible” said Jacqui

“It will all be in the memo?” I enquired happily

“Yes. In written black and white. And if every 6 months you are not happy about something, come and talk to me” replied Jacques cheekily

“Great. Give me a day to think this over”

Brilliant! Two days ago, I got a really good news, now I got an even more excellent news. And you can imagine how I felt driving back home.

“Ma, Pa, ME counter-offered me and asked me to stay. It’s really good money and career advancement as well. They will promote me to Manager. They also promised to let me be involved in production one day. What do you think?”

My mum and dad smile.

“Ah. Finally they show their appreciation, ha. It was quite a wait but a worthwhile one” said Mum

“Yes, Ma. They gave me 100% increment. How does that sound?”

“Good of course. But what about your friend’s offer?” asked Dad

“I don’t know. I haven’t even thought about it. Let me speak to Shwu Yan”

Shwu Yan instantly advised me to stay with ME as it was really a good offer. So does my sister and brother.

“But Pa, why did they wait till last minute to offer me this kind of deal? Why cant they do it earlier if they are sincere” I asked Dad

“Take it this way. They wouldn’t even consider offering you anything if you are not worth it. They have overlooked on this matter, yes. But to make an effort in a such a quick manner to get you to stay, that means a lot”

“Yeah, true. Alright I’ll sign the memo tomorrow”

My only worry now is that my dramatic U-turn will cause uneasiness on my friendship with Jason.

Next chapter: Beginning the journey of a Design Manager in ME

To be continued….

My Story: Life at ME (2003 - 2009) - Part Eight

2010-10-05T08:21:00.000-07:00

*note: This post is solely based on my life experience at ME and my opinion and in no way meant to offend anyone still associated with ME.

A new dawn or a dead end?

It was a really strange day and I was shopping for something inside a complex named Low Yat Plaza. I was taking the escalator up and saw the usual anti-virus advertisements and so forth. I passed by the mobile stores and was making an effort to go up further as I was probably interested to check out some laptops or so.

It was shocking! Really really shocking. No matter how many times I try to go to the computer floor, I can never reach there. I keep seeing the same mobile stores again and again as I moved up. Keep passing by the same vendors who were standing there to greet me to come to their stores to check out the phones.

“WHY? What the hell just happened?” I thought

I made another effort. Yet again, it was in vain. It was really frustrating. The frustrating part is, I am stuck. What should I do? Is this for real? Fortunately it was a dream. Just a scary little dream that bears a meaning to me. It was there to remind me of how my life was stuck in ME. How little progress I have made all these while and still patiently waiting for my chance.

After 2 years plus of service, there was no increment, no promotion, no review, no appreciation and before Neil came, no direct reporting line as well. I was a poor little orphan without even realising it.

Don’t forget readers, I was still getting a very miserable pay. A pay package that goes along the line of office junior admin or front desk executive. Yet, I was patient. Yet I believe the time will come when better things will happen to me because ME is an international corporation. Yet, I was a DREAMER! Just a dreamer who was never awake. For in ME, nothing will ever happen until you make it happen.

Joyce once told me a famous quote in ME which is “Ask and you shall get, seek and you shall find”. That is so horrendously true. At this time, Afida has already left us citing no future in the company and wanting to seek greener pasture elsewhere. She found a job and moved on. The company has by this time hired 2 new designers, Margaret and the other girl who addressed herself as Dell (You know, name like that wont get out of my sight without getting a tease. I called her Compaq.).

Then came a heart to heart talk with Neil which will forever alter my life.

“You know what’s your problem, Dillon?” said Neil

I shook my head.

“You just go quietly contributing to the company without making an effort to make it known that you are contributing a lot. In short, people can’t seem to understand what you do in your small little corner. I bet some people don’t even see why we need a person like you. They perceived your role as just a “copy and paste” person”

“That is crazy. It may be a standard design following templates but imagine taking care of Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, India, Roadshow, Congress, Regional, Korea and at times we have to cover for Australia as well when Ron goes on leave. Not to mention the design we have to do for Ops and Marketing like buntings, web banners, event advertisements, job advertisements, table cards, updating sponsors and partners logos and also designing event catalogue for congresses” I replied hastily

“Wow! Truly astonishing. But do they know? I mean them. The bosses, the directors, the managers and the people that you work closely with. Do they know how much you have to do? The production, the operations and the marketing. How much do they know?” asked Neil

“Not much”

“Exactly my point! When they do not know of your importance, why would the company thinks that you deserve anything?”

“Perhaps, I’m humble”

Neil laughed and replied “Then stop being humble mate. Being humble will get you nowhere. Do something about it. What will make people realise that you are covering a lot of things in this company?”

“Not a clue unless they take interest in asking me”

“The work load listing mate. Make it public. Make it online in fact. Make them see how much you are doing. Use the excuse that they need to queue up and if they are interested to see where their queue number is, they should access the schedule sheet. Do it. Let Jacqui and Christine see it”

I followed his advice thoroughly. As I said before, he’s a wise man and he is pointing me to the right direction. The queuing system was being discussed with Jacqui and being made into practice. The idea was not to make life difficult for production, marketing or ops but rather to see to it that everybody realise just how busy design can be. The idea works out in an almost magical way with instant effect.

Producers, marketing execs and ops execs soon found out just about how sickening the queuing system can be. Firstly it takes an effort to make a booking and then to realise that you are at number 29 is no joke with only 3 designers doing the job. Catherine from Sydney suffered the most I guess. She was always very demanding and always jumps the queue in most occasions but now that the queuing system has been implemented, she has no other alternative but to follow.

“Will you be able to do mine first? It’s just a very simple amendment. Please…” said Catherine

“I can’t. There’s a system being implemented that I am expected to follow. By doing you favour, I’ll be condemning myself and this I will not do”

“Ok. What should I do to get priority? This is very urgent”

“Send a quick email to Jacqui and get her to approve it if you want your request to be priority”

Sending emails to Jacqui and demanding nonsense requests can have severe repercussion. It’s the reality that most producers realised instantly and hence dare not abuse the priority request unless it is extremely urgent like there’s no tomorrow. In the past, there was no system in place but now I am going to make a difference. Let’s be fair, fast and efficient. That’s my aim.

It doesn’t take long for the bosses to realise just how tough life can be at Design. Copy and paste job, my friend? Get out of here…!

“Jesus Christ, Dillon. I didn’t know you guys can have such massive loads everyday. I just learned that my queue is 23” said Jacqui

I gave her a smile and replied “Is yours urgent? Do you want me get on with your request first?

“Nah! Just wondering how you cope with such crazy loads everyday”

“I’m a survivor”

“Is there anything we can do to cut down the load?” she asked

“There is a way but it will require your help. You need to instruct the producers to gather more updates before coming to us instead of updating small little details every now and then.”

“Great. I’ll shoot them a quick email. Let’s cut the load down and let me know if it’s working”

“Ok, Jacqui”

You can see how Neil’s clever little idea is working out. Soon everyone pitied us. Prakash even came to me and said if I needed him to sign a proposal of supporting increment or extra incentives to Design, he will do it. I do not know how true it is but at least the objective is met. He knows how busy we are. Neil’s objective was pretty simple. He wants me to aim at people that will be directly affected and that was what I did.

Next chapter: The ABF offer and my dramatic U-turn

To be continued…