Back from Kuching, Sarawak

I came back by Air Asia from Kuching 3 days ago and was contemplating of putting up photos here, but I shall keep it personal. No point boasting too much and besides, I am too lazy to process the photos. Suffice to say that we each saved RM139 by renting a car instead of taking guided tours. We went to Serikin border town market near Indonesia, Gua Angin (Wind Caves) and Semengoh Wildlife Park to see orang utans feeding on the second day. On the first day, we visited cultural village with cultural show included and then headed to Boa for seafood at our own expenses.

On the third day, we rented a motor boat to Bako Wildlife Park, the very place where The Asian Amazing Race was held. The boat trip was enjoyable. Never go in December during the monsoon season because the waves can be as high as 4 metres and over turn the small motor boat. That's why life jackets are a must during the trip. On our fourth day, we went to Chinese Museum and drove around Kuching near the waterfront. We also went to The Springs Mall, the biggest in Kuching and read some books at MPH.

The trip to Kuching was very enjoyable with my 2 younger sisters and perhaps we might have another tour together in 2 years time in Europe.

Articles on Muscles

Yesterday, I have completed writing 10 articles of 300 words each on muscles. It pays the normal rate of USD3 per 500 words. That works out to be a total of 3,000 words for USD18. I am still looking for better paying assignments online and will post my experience here on how to earn money online. Who says earning money online is easy? Well, it requires lots of luck to get handsome paying assignments and diligence to stick to the deadlines. Otherwise, don't bother to write at all if you find this too challenging. No job is easy and no company is doing charity throwing away money just like that. I also happen to come across a blog that is making about USD9,000+ on freelance writing.

It is an inspiration to read about others who are making tons of money on freelance writing alone and is pushes me to do just as well. Now you can start pondering if you like to start to freelance part time while moonlighting. All that is required is a computer with internet connection and you are on your way to start earning US dollars.

My computer is forever at the technician's

I am getting impatient because the technician does not bother to phone me to inform that my desktop is ready for collection. I had to call in after 2 weeks at their place after it was infected with computer virus. The Indian guy who was formerly doing sales became a computer technician probably because the boss is trying to cut cost from hiring real people with computer repair knowledge. And when I went to collect my computer, what the heck! It still has nagging problems of booting up and when I took it back home, I could not start my computer at all. This Indian guy came to my house to collect the desktop again and told me that it will take another week before it is ready for collection. Blardy hell. I cannot get my work done.

Writing Articles

I just got a job offer to write in Bankruptcy in USA which I have to turn down as I don't have any legal background on this topic. My writer needs 5 articles of 600 words each. I feel honored that he thinks I can write it but it is too profound for my liking. Since I earn a comfortable income from my present employment since the last 4 years, I am not too hard up for extra work. It will be more pocket money, that's all. But it is nice to receive an email for job order now and then especially when I am free to write.

Bought a new Laptop

My desktop is still at the technician's and boy they are taking a long time to solve the problem. Anyway, I have bought a new laptop, Acer Aspire 4920 at RM2834.00 with Windows Vista. This model is a bestseller and the most affordable one. I don't even have to install my printer driver as it comes with it. A lot of things are made easier with Windows Vista though initially there were a lot of glitches in using Windows Vista when it was first launched. For a start, I am using Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile processor of 2GHz. I also have 2GB of DDR RAM and 160GB hard disk drive. The price justifies the components that I am using. It makes my work run smoother and I am able to take up more paid work online.

Computer Infected with Virus

My computer was infected with virus recently because it keeps booting up on its own very frequently. So it was sent to the technician for about more than 1 week before it was ok and that bugger installed a trial copy of Anti Virus XP 2008. This is a spam software because it lead me to a site to pay for the full version costing RM150 which I decided to use my credit to pay. Upon payment, I realized that I was charged RM350 instead of RM150 as stated by the so call anti virus web site. After that I got the password to key in for full execution of the software which maliciously installed anti spam guard which keeps prompting up for me to pay further for the full installation. This is spamming my computer with unnecessary messages and I just cannot removed it from my PC. Moral of the story is never trust your technician to know everything and don't pay to install anti virus software.

Just Came back from KL

I was back yesterday evening from Kuala Lumpur after staying 1 night there. I am feeling in a very relaxed mood and don't have the urge to write articles part time at the moment. I guess I need to rest from the long journey back to Penang. We stopped by in Tapah for Baskin Robbins ice-cream, which was our dinner. We had planned to stop in Ipoh but it was rather late, so we drove pass through it. This month, I have earned about RM250 so far from writing articles while last month, I got RM850. I will still continue to write articles to supplement my income in view of the increasing prices of fuel, rice and other raw materials.