If one of your main online income from blogging is to do paid posts, then you will know how miserable the level of income has become. I mean, some of the advertisers are offering $5 for a 300 word post or even a 500 word post. That is beyond ridiculous. That is a total waste of time and waste of link juice too.

Although there are some paid post programmes that Google can’t really detect, still, we all know how Google absolutely detest paid posts. Because it means, you are selling links from your blog. And if Google ever find out that you are actually selling links, your blog will be penalised and your PR will be gone. Shelved. Sandboxed. Worse than zero. And it will take awhile before they reinstate your PR.

So, why risk having your blog penalised for a few bucks? And it is a real waste of time to write 500 word pieces for a mere pittance. Sure, $5 converted into RM may seem a lot but it is not really all that much if you take into account the time you spent writing that piece and the links you are giving that advertiser. Remember, the links will be there for a long, long time (until you removed them).

If doing paid posts to earn an income is not a good idea, so what is? Well, there is the Google Adsense income you can aim for and to do that you need to be able to target high-earning keywords AND get clicks or else whatever you earn is a mere pittance.

Then there is affiliate marketing. That is probably the next best thing to earn income from blogging. You join affiliate programmes and then you sell the products and earn income. Much like being a salesman, except you are doing it through your blog. It is not frowned upon by Google and it does not involve giving out of free links. Instead, the links you have are to for blog readers to click on and buy the product. However, it is also not all that easy to do.  Not many readers land on your blog wanting to buy a product or to buy anything at all. In fact, many are just here to get free information before they move on to other places.

So, how do you convince them to buy?

You may need to do a review of the product and be really convincing that it is really a great product that your readers can’t live without. You need to do some hard selling. Really really hard selling. And you need to keep pushing it to make a sale. Also, you need to target the keywords so that visitors searching for that product will land on your page and make a purchase.

Another way of earning online income is to do paid reviews. Sometimes you may get approached by some company to do a review of their product on your blog and they will pay you for it. This only happens if your blog is a high profile one with loads of traffic and the keywords for your blog suits their product. Again, this is not easy to get.

Whatever your way of earning online income,  it is always best to diversify and do some of this and that here and there. This way, you can combine all of the income which could amount to quite a lot.  If you only depend on one thing, it is likely that in the end, you will not earn enough for it to make much difference.

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Although the time is very, very near, within this week or so or even a few hours from now, I have not delivered yet. Which does not really explain the long silence in this blog. Why have I not been blogging? Hmmmm…I would like to blame it on lack of time, etc but really, it’s just that I am busy.

Really.

Okay, so, I’ve been busy ’socialising’ on FB. heheheh… the social network is darn addictive, especially the mini games in it.

Anyway, I am now awaiting the time to meet our new addition to our family. So, am I ready?

Hopefully.

Now, after a break of three years plus, I have quite forgotten what labour pains are like. It was all fuzzy to me. Amazing isn’t it? Labor is probably one of the most painful moments for women and yet it is the most easy to forget. Strange but true. That’s why women continue to have babies or else we will all be heading to extinction!

Anyway, since I don’t quite remember what it’s like, I’ve gathered some ‘reminders’ from helpful friends…so, if you are pregnant and in your third trimester, here are the signs to watch out for to know if you are in labour or not:

1. You will feel a cramp-like pain in your belly and somehow, it’s like connected to your back. So, it’s like a combination of front and back pain inside. Sorta like a mega period pain.

2. It is false contractions if you only feel the pain once or twice and then it goes away. But if the pain is regular, like every hour or every 10 minutes, then you are in labour.

3. Count your contractions. If it is an hour apart, you still have time. No need to rush (unless you stay hours away from the hospital). The best time to go in is when the contractions is about 5 minutes apart but if you are worried about traffic conditions, etc, then go in early but be prepared to be confined to the labor room for hours which is a real bore.

4. If you feel a gush of water down below and can’t control it, then you are not leaking urine but your water bag just broke. If your water bag broke, it is advisable to go to the hospital as soon as possible. Also, note that if the water is clear or stained. If it is brownish, its possible that the baby may have poo-ed inside and you have to inform your doctor about it as they will have to hasten your delivery to ensure the baby did not swallow its own poo.

5. If you are spotting (as in bleeding a bit), wait for the contractions. No need to panic. But if you are like gushing blood, then better go to the hospital immediately.

So there. I am all ready to check for any of the signs above. Oh yeah, don’t get all stressed up over the labor / delivery. Remember, every mother in this world has gone through this before so you are not alone! Me? I just can’t wait to get it over with!

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They say when you have the will, there’s a way but they forgot to mention that with a will and no time, then very difficult to find a way! I have been meaning to blog about so many topics but didn’t have the time to do so that this poor blog gets way neglected.

Well, I have been busy with my earn money blogging project for one thing and then I have to get ready for the new baby. Besides that, having a huge protruding belly is not all that conducive for me to sit in front of a computer for hours on end. Bad enough that I had to do that at work (and end up with really bad backache) but to do that at home…well, lets just say my back refused to cooperate…

So, instead of blogging in length about what’s been on my mind of late, here are snippets of it ala-FB-style (or twitter-style).

1. They are wasting BILLIONS of OUR money on government projects (obviously in somebody’s pocket) and the people are only getting peanuts from the Budget. There is seriously something wrong with that.

2. It’s always great to have a husband who cooks, cleans and brings home the ‘bacon’ too…thanks for helping around the house!

3. How nice if I can go on a long vacation from my bloated body, crazy work and monthly bills.

4. I used to look forward to my mail when in school because I’d get postcards from my mom, letters from friends, cards from relatives but now, I dreaded opening the mailbox because it would mean it’s a letter from my long-list of ’secret admirers’ with abbreviated names like CIMB, HSBC…

5. Baby, baby please don’t be too early. I am still NOT ready to have you tearing out of me because the baby cot’s not ready, the baby clothes are still waiting to be washed, my self-preparation not ready and I want to spend more time with my boy before he officially becomes a ‘big brother’.

6. Stem cell banking is all the rage but after much research, I discovered that it is not all that useful because if the baby do develop leukemia or whatever cancer later, her stem cells would already have it and not be useful anymore. So, what’s the point? However, if there is a public stem cell bank here, I’d donate her stem cells because like blood, it can be used to save others who may need it.

7. It is not so easy to try to churn out 100 posts to generate an online income especially with an aching back and extreme fatigue each and every day. And those posts are supposed to be 500-word that make sense and are based on facts.

8. Shouting does not work but taking away his toys or TV privilege sure do help in disciplining a rebellious toddler.

9. My son never fail to be amazed and would giggle non-stop whenever he place his hand on my belly and felt the baby kicking / moving. He also talks to her all the time.

10. It makes my skin crawl coupled with a need to kick his balls when I heard that a friend’s husband went looking around for hookers because the wife is out of commission for now(she just had a baby). That’s not the worst of it, he has TWO wives. And he still need to look for hookers? WTF. Hope his little pecker shrivel up, rot and then fall off.

11. Dammit, don’t even dream that I’d let you (this refers to a certain someone I’d rather not mention here)babysit my baby when I go back to work ok? Over my  STILL, DEAD, ROTTING BODY!

12. Getting addicted to FB (that’s Facebook to all you non-FB-ers out there) is pretty easy and it sure do waste a lot of your time.

13.  The last time I picked up a book, it’s my son’s book to read to him before bedtime. Damn, time to buy a stock full of books to read. But then when will I ever have time to read the books?

14. Politics exist everywhere, amongst teachers, amongst RAs committee members, amongst office workers…as long as there’s power to be seized, money to be gained and more power to be taken, there is politics. Pshaww..that’s humans with nothing better to do but to feel the so-called glory of ‘power’. They forgot, you can’t take it all with you if you happen to collapse and die on the spot.

15. When on my deathbed, I do not want to regret things I have not done BUT not as much as I don’t want to regret not spending enough time with my family and close friends.

16. Being rich, staying in a big huge bungalow, driving fancy luxurious cars are SO over-rated because 1. you can’t bring it with you when you die; 2. you become the target of robberies, burglars and kidnappers; 3. you will never know if your friends like you or your money; 4. your children will end up fighting each other for your estate when you die

17. Believing in God does not mean one has to be religious and having faith in God does not mean one is religious either. Beliefs and faith is highly personal so why question other’s belief at any point?

18. I just can’t get enough of them Winchester brothers (of Supernatural series). Dammit, can my ‘official series downloader’ hurry up and get Season 5?!?!?!?

19. I have been wondering how great is the Amazon Kindle and is glad that it is not available here and can’t be used here or else there goes more $$$ for the gadget n more $$$ for ebooks that I won’t have time to read!

20. When will I ever get to leave this highly ‘exciting’ but deadbeat job I am in? sigh….

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Whenever someone talk about pregnancy in blogs or books or whatever situations, it is often about how wonderful it is, how miraculous it is, how life-changing and all that crap. Well, let me tell you, it is not all that wonderful and rosy and sunny skies and all that sweet and fun, okay?

There are pregnancy ’side-effects’ and conditions that most people tend not to talk about simply because, well, their excuses are usually ‘it is all worth it for a baby so I won’t complain’. Whateverrrr. Worth it or not, there are still some not-so-fun and downright inconvenient sides to pregnancy. Why hide what’s actually happening? Here they are:

1. You pee when you sneeze or laugh too hard or cough – it is a time to brush up on your kegels!

2. You fart loudly at the most inopportune time and usually in crowded places – gas is a constant problem and yes, it is difficult to keep it in too!

3. You burp loudly after mealtimes – even when you tried not to!

4. You need to pee every 10 minutes – going anywhere without a toilet nearby is disastrous because trust me, it is not easy to hold it in for a while more.

5. You cry easily – keep away from soap operas and sad, touching movies and funerals

6. You also get angry easily – keep away from sharp objects in case you murder anyone in rage

7. You develop a network of angry, red patterns on your belly/ waist/ parts of your body normally known as stretchmarks that will NEVER, EVER go away but fade  textured silvery lacy patterns.

8. You risk developing diabetes and hypertension

9. You walk like a penguin at the final trimester because of the extra weight

10. You often do not ‘glow’ but have oily skin and feels extra warm all the time so you sweat a lot – ‘glowing’ is a nicer word for sweaty & oily.

And all those who feel the need to tell me that pregnancy is a miracle and all that rosy crap, forget it. I’ve read it, heard it a gadzillion million times and I don’t feel the need to repeat it in my blog.

You want to read something pleasant about how glowing and beautiful and perfect pregnancies are, blardy effing go to some official pregnancy site or some gushing new mother’s blog. This is no gushing, lovey-dovey, oh-joy-is-me blog.

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And by the word ‘job’, I meant the ‘dirty work’ I had to do to earn a monthly salary from some company. And by dirty work, I don’t mean, menial work involving sh!t and dirt and crap. The ‘dirty’ work I meant means having to deal with jackasses, a$$holes and idiots on a daily basis.

If that’s not enough, some more have to put up with people who thinks just because I do what I do, they have the right to ask for favours for this and that. These people are even more irritating than those idiots. At least dealing with idiots, I can rightly ignore their idiocy and forget them.

It’s those people, supposedly ‘friends’, who ask for favours that I absolutely abhor.

I mean, crap, do I look like I care about whatever cause you are fighting for? I have my own causes to fight for but I don’t go around bothering people to ask for favours to do this or that.

Damn. If the favour involved helping a sick, dying person, fine, I don’t mind.

But if it involve having to pull my professional work-strings just so that it ‘may help’ in your cause, then please. My job is to do what I am paid to do, not to use my position in work to help you. Geddit?

It’s bad enough that I have to deal with people who hate me for doing my job and then there are those who expect me to work miracles because of what I do and also my employers’ expectations,then I also have to deal with people who thinks they have the right to ask me to do this or that for them because they think I should?

WTF.

You don’t pay my salary. I don’t effing care about your blardy project / cause/ event/ whatever. I do not have any obligations to help you in your cause because it is none of my blardy business.

One more person ask me for a favour….BEWARE.

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It is so VERY, VERY annoying when….

People reach out and rub your belly as if they have all the right in the world to do just that ALL BECAUSE you have a baby inside it.

Well, excuse me. Since when does a pregnant belly makes it okay for you to touch it? Let’s see. Under normal circumstances, would you reach out and touch someone’s stomach for no reason and start rubbing it?

Nope.

So, why is it that when you come across a heavily pregnant woman whom you barely know, or even someone you know quite well, and you decide that it is just alright to reach out and start rubbing her belly?

Why? Was there a sign that said ‘rub my belly now’ stuck on her stomach?

Why is it that a pregnant belly almost always become ‘public property’ and many people, especially women, felt that it is just peachy keen and absolutely normal for them to rub the pregnant woman’s stomach?

WTF.

Now that I am waddling more than walking because of the huge big blimp and extra weight all around me, all I DON’T need is a bevy of women reaching out to rub my belly. And no, you won’t be able to touch the baby by doing this because the baby is INSIDE my belly, INSIDE my womb and INSIDE a layer of placenta. Geddit?

Even if you stick your hand inside my vagina, you won’t be able to touch the baby!

WTF. What’s so nice about rubbing some pregnant woman’s belly? It’s one thing if I invited you to touch my belly (which I will NEVER, EVER do unless you are my husband or son), but quite another when you do it while talking to me. Please, keep your hands to yourself.

How’d you feel if I suddenly reach out and start rubbing your stomach and commenting on how big it is,how round it is, how flabby it is, how soft it is, etc?

Damn. I seem to have mellowed quite a bit too in this pregnancy. I remember snapping at anyone who dared come near me in my previous pregnancy but this one, I just ignore and tolerate the pats, the rubbing, the irritating ‘when are you due’ question which I get on a daily basis.

Blardy hell. Just because I am pregnant does not mean you have to ask me about my pregnancy. You can always talk about other things. Like the weather. Or how the stupid government sucks. Or how the lousy Streamyx sucks. Or how everything sucks. Whatever.

So, for the uninitiated, here are some topics you can discuss with a pregnant woman without needing to ask her about her due date, the sex of her baby, her sex life, her big belly, etc.

1. Looks like rainy weather is here again… Lame, but at least better than ‘when are you due?’

2. The damn government cheated us again on….everyone loves putting down the government, even pregnant women

3. I heard the economic situation has improved but I think….you don’t have to be an economist to know about the prices of things and whether your second cousin twice removed lost his job due to retrenchment or not

4. Wah-lau, that *insert the policitian in bad light of the day* is really….political talk seemed to be an in thing and it is so darn fun putting down some lousy politician or other anyway.

5. Do you know, I heard that….gossip about someone you both know is also another favourite topic amongst women, pregnant or not.

6. My damn internet connection is so slow, Streamyx is getting from bad to worse…EVERYONE suffers from the inferior Streamyx internet connection.

7. My inlaws are so darn…almost all married people can’t stand their inlaws and what better way to release these frustrations than to complain and share about their irritating behaviors with others?

8. I reached level XX on my Facebook minigame, do you….before you go into this, make sure the pregnant woman in question even have a Facebook account, though most people are on Facebook now, not everyone has an account or knows how to use it.

9. I just heard that there’s a sale over at…which woman doesn’t like to hear about a sale, eh?

10. My job sucks, my boss is so….complaining about your job is STILL better than focusing on the pregnant woman’s belly.

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In answer to that question, I will do it the Mastercard way:

Cost of breast milk: RM0

Time spent to breastfeed each feeding: 30 minutes (or less, depending on the baby)

Health benefits of breast milk: Natural, organic, full of antibodies, contains natural DHA, AHA, whatever A and free from contamination.

Closer bonding between mother and baby from breastfeeding: PRICELESS

So, why is it that some mothers refuse or do not want to breastfeed?

I came across an article by some writer in the US who even calculated the ‘costs’ of breastfeeding based on the time spend expressing the milk for storage (because she’s a working mom) and the time spent breastfeeding her child. That’s not the worse of it. She has four children and used to fully breastfeed all her three children until she decided that she does not want to fully breastfeed her fourth child because, get this, it is time-consuming. It is taking too much of her time from her social life, from her work, from whatever. And the time taken is probably costing her $$$ in work hours.

Then, she did a whole bunch of ‘research’ and went on to say that no studies have conclusively proven that breastmilk is better than formula milk.  What I really don’t understand is that why did she even bother having children if she thinks it is a waste of time and money?

Breastfeeding may take up more time than feeding the baby with formula milk but the benefits far outweigh anything else. Even if there are no conclusive studies to show that breastmilk is more superior, what about the time a mother spent nursing her baby, crooning to the baby, talking to the baby and interacting with the baby? That is so much more priceless compared to just letting anyone on hand to stuck a bottle to the baby and feed.

Somehow, breastfeeding do bring the child closer to the mother. I know because till now, my son is very much attached to me. Not only that, formula milk are mostly made from chemicals formulated in the labs. Don’t we have enough chemicals already without subjecting our newborn babies to chemicals right from the start? We all know the DHA, AHA or whatever A they have in the formula milk are derived synthetically. These are not natural.

Also, if we want to calculate the time ‘lost’ and $$ lost because we spent time breastfeeding, then we might as well calculate the hours lost caring for the baby and then conclude that having children is a total waste of $$ and time. Why bother having children at all?

I am a working mother and I also ‘lost’ a lot of time expressing milk for storage and breastfeeding my son but I don’t regret a single minute of those precious moments. I’d rather spend time for the benefit of my son than to give a bunch of excuses and then use money to buy some chemical laden formula milk for my son.

Then, of course, there are those who think breastfeeding may cause their breasts to sag, shrivel, etc. Well, you don’t have to breastfeed for this to happen. Time and gravity does it very well so whether you breastfeed or not, in time your breasts will sag and shrivel and yes, you will also develop wrinkles.

Breastfeeding is the most natural thing in the world. Ever seen a cow feed its calf goat milk? Or a goat feeding its kid cow milk? So, why when we can give our own HUMAN MILK to our young, we decide to give animal milk? Reminds me of a forwarded email I received years ago:

From birth, our babies are fed cow’s milk

They are cared for by Indonesian maids when young

Then when they are older, they are sent to tuitions and all sorts of classes / lessons

And we complain why our children are not close to us. How can they be when they are given cow’s milk at birth, spend more time with the maid than the parents when growing up and then spend more time in tuitions and classes than at home with the parents during their schooling years?

So, if you think those expensive formula milk is good for your baby. Go ahead. You are only missing the one opportunity in your life to experience something so natural and wonderful and miraculous in your life that not only give your child a stronger immune system but better health foundation and a closer bond to you.

And if you give excuses that you can’t breastfeed because…..this means you are only looking for ways not to do it instead of looking for ways to do it. I have been through the toughest challenges in breastfeeding and I still overcame it. I only believe in one thing, you can do it if you put your mind to it but if you come up with a slew of excuses, then obviously you do not want to breastfeed at all.

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If your answer is sharks then you are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

Do you know that because of the so-called delicacy, shark’s fin soup, about 70 million sharks are killed each year? And how many humans were killed by sharks in a year? Barely enough to make any statistics.  There were only 921 shark attacks on humans between the year 1580 and 2008 in the US where shark attacks are more ‘common’. That’s like an average of 2 humans per year. Now, compare that with how many sharks we humans kill per year. You still think sharks are more dangerous?

Although finning (the process of cutting off the shark’s fins and then throwing the sharks back into the sea to drown) is banned, it is still being done illegally because of the high demand for shark’s fin to make the delicacy.

That is why I have personally banned eating shark’s fin. It is cruel. And besides, there is no health benefits to eating shark’s fin soup. Due to the pollution in the sea, sharks contain high mercury and consuming shark meat means you are poisoning yourself with the mercury found in shark meat / fins. Why poison ourselves while condoning finning and the extinction of sharks?

Do you know about 20 species of sharks are on the verge of extinction due to finning and pollution (all caused by humans)? And are humans going extinct? Nope (although I wouldn’t mind some types of humans to go extinct).

However, it seems that a lot of people seem to think that sharks are dangerous, just because of the movie ‘Jaws’. It is amazing how a fictional movie can influence people into thinking that sharks kill humans. Don’t forget, the shark attacks are mostly accidental because they thought the humans are seals (especially surfers). They don’t do it intentionally but humans intentionally catch sharks, chop off their fins and then throw them back into the sea. It is just like someone catching humans, chop off their arms and then throw them into the sea to drown.

I am not going to write more about this and let this video clip do all the ‘talking’ about how dangerous we humans are to sharks and not the other way around.

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There are plenty of ways to earn money online but there are also plenty of earn money online scams around, if you know what I mean. You see, almost everyone who has the intention to earn some side income or main income from the internet has this thought that it’s easy, simple and once you got it right, you will become an instant millionaire. Or that you will suddenly be getting thousands a month without doing anything much.

HAH.

If it’s that easy, almost any blogger will be an instant millionaire. And the worst of it is that there are thousands of make money online scams that countless people have fallen for. A lot of people were duped by the convincing sales talk and emails that they willingly part with some money in hopes of becoming an instant millionaire without any hard work.

Well, I have come across many of these scams and honestly, I had fallen for quite a few of them (in the early years when I started finding ways to earn money online)! Luckily I didn’t lose a lot of money, just my pride. How could I have fallen for the sweet sales talk when I knew there are scams abound? Stupid, right? Well, all I can say is that I was too naive to believe all those emails that the scammers sent to me all those years ago. Now, I am not so eager to believe any of these sales talk. If fact, I view every single ‘golden opportunity to earn money online’ with suspicion.

So, how do you differentiate between a scam and a real bona fide earn money online or work at home scheme? Here are some tips to help you differentiate between a scam and a real work at home / earn money online deal.

1. If it is titled as a ‘work at home opportunity’, ALWAYS remember that you DO NOT need to pay to work at home. If they require you to pay $39.90 or something like that to receive a whole package that will launch you on your ‘work at home’ opportunity and help you earn thousands just by ‘filling forms’ or ‘completing surveys’  or with just 15 minutes of online work a day, then it is likely a scam. Nobody should ever need to pay to work at home.

2. Earn $100 daily with just 15 minutes work each day: Again, this is another tempting line to draw you in and then scam you into paying them to earn the $100 daily. Usually they will be selling some ebook or some programme or other and they will promise that once you buy that product, you will be on your way to earning $100 per day or more.

3. A convincing testimony by some guy/ woman who claimed to be earning thousands each week from this secret formula they found and that just a year ago, they were struggling to pay their debts and was living in a squalid rented room. They will use all tactics to convince you that you simply must buy their secret formula ebook / program so that you can become like them too. Like I’ve said countless times before, it is NEVER that easy to earn thousands online. Anyone claiming to be able to do so with hardly any work done and using a secret formula is probably doing it by scamming you into giving them the money!

4. Testimonies by a lot of people claiming to have benefited from a special earn money online program and that the best part is that it is free. All you need to do is to register and they will send the ebook to you immediately. So, this does not involve you paying them so it can’t be a scam right? Wrong. Scammers are smarter now. They know many people are not so easily duped anymore so they devise another way to rope you in. First they send you some basic ebook with very scant information. Then they rope you in by asking you to join their program for only $9.99 per month (or some other amount) and soon you will be earning thousands. See? Nothing is free.

5. Not exactly scams but e-MLM is also another scheme on the rise and there are many out there that you can’t really trust. Some require you to pay hundreds or even thousands to join as a member and promises that once you join they will give you a free website page to recruit other new members and once you get more new members, you will be earning back the hundreds/ thousands you paid to join in a few days’ time. Some of these MLM schemes don’t even have any real products and seem to exist only to get new members. Be very careful. As for those with real products, check it out to make sure these are legit products. Also check the company before joining. If you do join, just know that it is never all that easy to earn commissions for getting new members.

6. Black hat tactics  that will make you rich instantly – black hat tactics are illegal ways to cheat and earn money using ways that Google frowned upon. These may seem fine and fast and a great way to become rich fast but beware. Your websites using these tactics may be banned and your google adsense account may be banned permanently once they caught you. Also, this is not long term. It may work in the beginning but it won’t last.

7. ‘Become a copywriter and earn big bucks fast even if you can’t write’ – this is another scam that will get you to buy their ebook/program to become a ‘copywriter’ and start earning thousands writing copies for people. Like I said earlier, you should not be paying to get work. If you want to earn money online by writing, then check out the paid post sites or even go to freelance sites where real people are looking for freelance writers.

8. Double and triple your affiliate sales with this program – this is another scam to get you to pay them to give you some crappy useless program / ebook that will not double or triple your affiliate sales but will definitely fatten their pockets.

9. Just pay $20 for this ‘Become an instant internet millionaire’ ebook and you get a sales page exactly like this and you will be able to sell this ebook for $20 and the whole sum goes to you – in other words, it means ‘I am scamming people of $20 to become rich so now it’s your turn to do the same’. The worst of this is that the ebook is most likely full of crap and you will find that you can’t get anyone to buy the ebook from your ’sales page’.

10.  ’This is not a scam. I only want to help you because I know what it’s like.’ – a phrase like that is enough to make me run a mile. Nobody wants to ‘help’ without earning something from you especially if the ’sales page’ is full of sales talk of how the ebook/ program has made them richer, better, etc.

Okay, some of those scenarios above may even describe real bona fide earn money online sites. So, how do we know if these sites are for real? That’s the hardest part. You will really need to check out the site and see for yourself if what they are offering makes sense. If it’s a program that helps you in your online work but does not promise you millions or thousands, then it is worth checking out. Also, you should do a search and check out what others are saying about the program.

If it’s a membership site, you have to be extra careful because it means you have to pay them a sum each month. Do check out their site first and then do the same thing, check for reviews and other things that other bloggers are saying about them. If you can’t find anything, send them an email asking them about their refund policy, etc. If there’s no immediate reply, be extra careful. Or if the reply is a generic email, be more careful. You want to deal with a real person, not some auto-generated emails. More often than not a lot of these sites offer free tours of the site so do check out the sites to ensure that it is what you are looking for.

Meanwhile, why not just stick to the more trusted ways of earning money online through paid posts, adsense income or even affiliate sales. At least you are not paying someone your hard earned money for no reason.

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Time and again the government, or some politician, will make a statement about trying to get overseas Malaysians to come back and contribute to the country’s economy and development. They talk about incentives and nationalism and all that crap. As if those are really great inducement for Malaysians overseas to come back.

Puh-lez. If I am overseas, I also don’t want to come back. Why? And if you mention 1Malaysia, I will kick you.

Here are the simple reasons why most overseas Malaysians, especially the non-Bumis, do not want to come back:

1. Many of them were sent overseas to study using their parents’ hard-earned money and bank loans, not using any ’special benefits’ from the govt so why should they come back to ’serve’ the country when they don’t owe the country anything?

2.  They get higher salary and were offered high positions based on merits and their abilities and if they build a big huge empire of companies, don’t have to worry about being forced to hand the profits over to other people just because of some racist policy, nepotism and cronyism.

3. The cost of living there is so much more reasonable than here. Average salary of an executive can be $4,000 to $5,000 and only pay $10,000 to $15,000 for a local car and about $80,000 for a house. Here, average salary of an executive can be RM2,000 to RM3,000 but pay RM50,000 for a local car and more than RM100,000 for a tiny flat.

4. Racism is everywhere but only in Malaysia, it is sanctioned and is a policy.

5.Higher education opportunities are only for those who can afford it or those in a certain group while the rest will have to hope they make it in or else, find ways to get bank loans to further their studies since public scholarships are also reserved for certain groups only. While overseas, higher education coupled with good scholarships are available for those who deserve it, not only for a certain group of people.

6. If they have foreign spouses, the spouses will NEVER be given citizenship because they are of the ‘wrong race’  and the spouse will have to be subjected to renewing their social visit pass every year while there are those who can easily get PR because they are of a certain group.

7. If they do well here based on their own abilities and hard work, they are accused of ‘robbing’ a certain group of their privileges but overseas, they can do well based on their own abilities and hard work and nobody will accuse them of anything.

8.  They know their tax money is going to the welfare of the people in various schemes and projects there but here, we all know the tax money only end up in some politicians’ pockets.

9. The grass is always greener on the other side, LITERALLY.

10. All the so-called incentives offered for them to come back are a nothing but short-term promises which will not materialise so they are not so stupid to fall for empty words.

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