Learning the Hard Way - SendMoreInfo a Scam...

I have been a member of sendmoreinfo.com since year 2000. It was only last year 2011 that I was able to meet the $10 minimum payout. The site is now owned or managed by Midten Media, Inc. I was hoping that I will be paid but after 2 months of waiting, I still have not received the check. The wait time is supposed to be a month only. I also could not contact them by phone. The only way is through their website. They do not respond at all. I should have not wasted my time on this. It is unfortunate that I had to learn the hard way...

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Make Your Jeans Last Longer

I just read a a post by Andrea Karr on Shine from Yahoo entitled Quick Tip: Freeze Your Jeans. Apparently we can make our blue jeans last longer by freezing it.

I must admit, I do not want to wash my jeans after every wear for the reason that it wastes water and electricity. And since I do not roll on the floor like my kid does, my jeans look clean even after 2 uses.

Having read that article, I will try and freeze my jeans and see if I can extend the use to 4 or five times more as well as confirm if it will really preserve color and remove the odor.

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Halloween 2011

Kyle received a Bumblebee Plasma Cannon as a gift from his Godmother Faye about 2 Christmases ago. We also got him a Bumble bee helmet that matches it. Both items does not fit him very well that time so I guess he was not very interested about it. Kyle is now almost 6 and the Cannon and helmet now fits him perfectly. When he saw the Bumblebee costume at Walmart, he did not stop until I finally gave in and bought him one. It is a good thing that it went on sale the week before Halloween.

My youngest son Lex got his Optimus Prime costume from his Godmother Wei. I guess both Kyle and Lex liked their costumes because they have been wearing them since Friday. They only take it off when they go to the washroom hahahaha!

It was a good thing my eldest son Aloysius has a creative mind. He did not ask us to buy him a costume. He said he had something in mind and all he needed was an eye patch and a face paint or makeup. He said he will go trick or treating as his evil twin. I guess he regards himself as a very good boy and of course, the alter ego is his evil twin.

Here are some photos of the boys

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Be Thankful For What You Have!

When I left the church yesterday, I felt really blessed. I have a different outlook in life. And I will do my best to stay that way. The message that was imparted to us was "be greatful to what you have". No matter how small things are, we should always thank the Lord. If we thank the Lord for even the minute things that we have, He would surely entrust us or bless us with larger things.

We should even thank the Lord for the failures that we have. We might think that this puts us down. But we never know what the Lord's intention for putting us in that situation. For all we know this things could have happened to make us stronger.

So instead of hoping or wishing for more, be contented in what has been given to you...

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Fried Rice With Turmeric Powder

I have cooked fried rice with bits of meat and mixed vegetables. However, I have not tried one that is color yellow. While I was attending an orientation, I happen to sit along a lady that was eating fried rice that was coloured yellow. I told her that it looked very attractive to eat and if I could learn how to make it, maybe my kids will like to eat it too.

I was given the instruction on how to prepare it and I was told that I only needed turmeric powder to make the yellowish appearance. I went to the grocery store and got a container of turmeric powder.

I woke up early one Saturday morning and prepared breakfast for my wife and 3 kids. I did not think they all liked it very much though. But eating small servings of what I served is enough to make me feel they appreciated my effort.

Following is a photo of my version of the fried rice.

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Things For Sale - Slightly Used 2nd Generation Kindle Leather Case

I received this as a gift from my wife. However, It does not fit the 3rd generation kindle that I have. With her consent I am selling this to anyone who wants it.

Asking for $25.00

Item is located at Etobicoke, ON

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BlogAdvertisingStore and myLot

I migrated to Canada a couple of years ago and did not work for maybe 3 months. During this free time of mine I was lured to the idea of earning money by using the internet. There were a lot of web sites that offered these easy to earn schemes. There was “Pay Per Click”, “Pay Per Post”, “Paid to Youtube”, ‘Paid Blogs” and a lot more. I must have joined a lot of them because of the promise of earning cash easily as well as the encouraging comments and testimonies that the members have posted. To my dismay, some these web sites just disappear from thin air. Some of them have made earning so hard that you have to do a lot of things just to earn 5 cents.

I do not want to generalize. However, some people would just do anything to cheat other individuals to gain. This made some of us doubtful if these things would last because it is really too good to be true.

Now that I am employed, although I seldom go online, I still log-on and check some of the favourite sites of mine that really pays you for the work that you have done. BlogAdvertisingStore and myLot in my opinion are the real sites that are legitimate. After so many years their web sites are still operational and are continuing to reward loyal users/followers/Supporters. myLot is a compensated social web site offering discussions, news, blogs and games. You can also make new friends from around the world all while earning money. BlogAdvertisingStore on the other hand is a website where bloggers help companies find their ad through their blogs. Through the bloggers recommendations, write-ups or reviews, readers are encouraged to check out the product that is being promoted in the blog.

I sincerely hope that advertisers would discover BlogAdvertisingStore and myLot and support them as they continue to help other people earn as well.

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