Freitag, 30. März 2012

How to Choose a Business that will Make You Rich/ Happy

Every Business Starts with a dream, and these dreams come in all shapes and sizes. The sad truth is that your dream ventrue may not be financially viable, unless you can find the business that best suits you! You will only be working happily and enjoy doing a something you love, you 'll have a much better chance of succeeding.

" Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow"


The Secret Ingredient of a Successful and Profitable Business = A business that Best Suits You + A Great Business Idea

There are thousands of business ventures out there. So how do you identify one that's right for you? Choosing the right business takes time, patience and commitment. It is not something you should take lightly, you dont want to make a major commitment of time and money to something you dont love. If you already have an business idea in mind, you should take time to reconsider and give yourself more option and make sure that is the right venture for you.


Choosing the right business idea is the most exciting and potentially rewarding activities that you can engage. You will want to choose a highly profitable, long term business that will please you in many ways.

Look at my Choosing the Right Business For You to continue reading :)

Chris Bosh out at least 2 games

Chris Bosh will miss at least the Miami Heat's next two games after a death in his family.

Bosh did not travel with the team to Portland for Thursday night's game against the Blazers and he will not play Friday night when the Heat play in Utah. The Heat close their road trip with a game Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra did not name a replacement starter. Most likely reserve Udonis Haslem will see increased minutes and veteran backup Juwan Howard will be pressed into service. The team is currently riding an eight-game win streak.

Montag, 26. März 2012

I will reiterate Snappy's good point

Personally, I think it a disservice to the consumer though. You would think they would want to be blocked from inadvertently purchasing from the same seller again, they were once so displeased with, that they felt compelled to slam their stars. (I define SLAMS as the low ratings of one or two.)
Whatever the case, you can determine the date(s) any low stars were received from your seller dashboard. As that information is most relevent to know how long before you can recover your reputation from the hearsay slander.
If you happen to be a low volume seller like me, it takes 12 months for those low ratings to drop off the chart. Get too many of those low ratings, and you can actually get booted from selling on eBay. Nevermind the loss of your TSR status.
This is why it is so important to monitor those scores regularly, by running those reports. It isn't unusual for sellers to pay no attention to those ratings, until they are facing suspension. Usually by then, it is too late to recover.
Don't expect customer service to provide you any real assistance. Study those links I posted above. And spend some time manuevering around your seller dashboard, to let it all sink in.
By the way, I just noticed yesterday, they added a new graph to the seller performance trends report, which more easily shows the dates, and slams taken on specific stars.
Or maybe I had just never seen it before, since I received my first slam dinger this month, since those graph charts were implemented.

Freitag, 23. März 2012

Moshi iVisor Air AG Screen Protector for MacBook Air 13

The Skinny

The Moshi iVisor Air AG Screen Protector for MacBook Air 13 is the next generation in protective engineering and it is fast becoming apparent why this innovation by one of the planet's leading design specialists for electronics is just blowing away the competition. Created with the enhancement and preservation of your Apple MacBook Air in mind, the Moshi iVisor Air for the MacBook Air 13 assists those seeking an effective yet simple option for shielding and showcasing their hardware. Sleek and user-friendly, the Moshi iVisor is the complete and reliable solution to all your protective needs, a fashionable and function-attentive invention that guards and elegantly frames your computer.

Unlike so many other screen protectors on the market, the Moshi iVisor Air AG Screen Protector for MacBook Air 13 tackles the fundamental problems buyers consider when shopping around for screen protectors: those minute annoyances that, when piled up, quickly send a person into fits of anger. At the forefront of these concerns are air bubbles. Why use a screen protector at all if all it does is leave these infuriating bumps on your screen? Thus, rather than employ the trashy single-use adhesive apparatus of its lofty brethren, the Moshi iVisor is equipped with a polymer adhesive border, guaranteeing 100% easy air bubble-free application. No squeegees, no sprays, no more bubbles!

But air bubbles are just the beginning! The Moshi iVisor Air AG Screen Protector for MacBook Air 13, via its multi-layered construction, boasts defences against a variety of other perils. The iVisor is surface treated to minimize scratches, reduce speckling and fingerprint smudging, and significantly decrease glare without sacrificing clarity. Thicker corners prevent dust from building up along the edges.

Installing the Moshi iVisor Air AG Screen Protector for MacBook Air 13 takes mere seconds. With the average screen protector, repeated application, failed attempts to silence air bubbles, and grimy residue are a certainty. Moshi's patented technology ensures the iVisor is the sole screen protector to be completely removable and reusable. Before reapplication, simply remove the iVisor from the MacBook, wash off the iVisor and its adhesive border with water, wipe off any dust and debris, and let it dry adhesive side up. Moshi recommends the iVisor Air AG Screen Protector be cleaned once monthly.

The Technics

To install the Moshi iVisor Air AG Screen Protector for MacBook Air 13:

1) Clean the MacBook screen with microfiber cloth to remove any surface dust.
2) Adjust the MacBook screen to its maximum angle for easier installation.
3) Slowly and carefully peel and remove the Moshi iVisor's backside protective film.
4) Line up the Moshi iVisor with the MacBook screen from top to base, ensuring that the circular opening is lined up with the MacBook's camera slot. Gently press the iVisor into place along the border.

The Verdict

The Moshi iVisor Air AG Screen Protector for MacBook Air 13 has stunned customers with its protective capabilities and dependability. This little number is the top among preferred screen protectors for MacBook Air 13 owners worldwide. Don't miss the opportunity to own this top-of-the-line product for yourself!

How Rich Dad changed my life

Lets just share my real life experience on how rich dad changed my life.

I love cars since I was small, and this lead to my intention to further my studies in mechanical engineering after my high school. Things changed when I came across the book of Rich Dad Poor Dad during the long holiday before going for foundation studies.

I had an uncle who is in business field. He has his own business and he likes to read. He is the one who borrowed me the book of Rich Dad. The ideas inside the book are astonishing and since then, I changed my mind. Instead of enrolling in mechanical engineering, i had chosen to study financial engineering locally. It is all because of the cashflow quadrants.

Under the concept of cashflow quadrants, of all professions, it can be categorised into four quadrants, namely employee (E), self-employed (S), business (B) and investor (I). I am eager to achieve success in my life and money plays a role in it. From the book, it is not impossible to earn big bucks by being self-employed or employee, but that is not what i intended to be. I hope someday in the future, I would have a constant inflow of cash without me physically work for it. This is called passive income in the book of Rich Dad Poor Dad.

In order to have passive income, there are no alternative ways but to be in B or I. During university time, I studied about finance and investments and realized that in order to earn big bucks in investment (at least locally in Malaysia), I need to wait for the opportunities to strike into my life. After the opportunities strike, I need to have the amount of money that I can invest in. After the opportunities strike, and I have enough amount of money, I need to make sound decision when making investment decision. Lacking any of these three components will brings me to losses.

I do understand that all things that we know will come from our experiences, whether they are good or bad. If it is good, yeah, we will feel happy with it. But if it is a bad experience, we need to learn from it. But since I am still young and have no much capital to be invested in property, stocks or any other financial instruments (i am quite interested in futures and options but unfortunately the financial framework and environment in Malaysia is not that updated and catch up with the system in Wall Streets, Singapore, Hong Kong and etc). Hence, I get involves in business with the guidance from my uncle. Even though the accounting, taxation and other paper works are sucks (basically i don't like this kind of tedious works), but I really get to learn something in business. Once I could build up the business model, aka a cashflow system that can run without my physical presence, wooola!!! That is what I wanted to be in life isn't it?

So basically it is the book of Rich Dad Poor Dad changed my perception and lead to the current life that I am in now. Hopefully, it brings the goods to you too ;)

Takstar WPM-100 In Ear Monitor Noise Problems

This is a review of problems I had after purchasing Item 180824673401 a Takstar WPM 100 In Ear Monitor. It was a Receiving Unit and Sending Unit package deal for $61.99. It came with connecting cables, a 220 volt PSU. Ebay Vendor did not mention that ANYWHERE on Ebay sale site. It is a 220 volt, 12volt DC, 300 mamp power supply, and a brief 6 page instructional manual of about 3 pages written in Chinese and 3 pages in English. It arrived from a Chinese Ebay Vendor on March 17 2012 and I tried it out March 18th and 19th. It is operating in the 432 to 434 MHz UHF range and is supposed to work for up to 30 meters range. Receiver operates with 2 AA batteries, has on and off volume switch and knob for fine tuning UHF send/receive between 432 and 434. There is no mono stereo switch but it has a red on light on the send and receive units.

The reason for my review is I could find ZERO reviews on this product. I purchased it and took a chance and lost as the unit I received is completely unusable for music groups, singers, musicians. So I am warning you, since there are no reviews out there yet. The Takstar WPM 100 I received had far too much static, white background noise, signal loss and searching with loud annoying pops, in and out ghost sounds. This unit would not be usable for any kind of performance. I am a bit of a gear nut, I have tried out units from Nady, Sennheiser, Shure, AKG and Carver. They all have their pros and cons, Nady is the one with the most hiss and noise in the past but also the cheapest. I was hoping Takstar would beat Nady with price and sound quality. Yes, it beats Nady by price. Yet it makes Nady look good in terms of sound quality! It made Nady seem quiet in comparison! Takstar was far too noisy and distorted. I mean there is NO WAY you are going to use this unit I purchased on stage...at least not the one I got in the box. It is more like a toy walkie talkie radio in sound quality, and you are not going to like singing or playing with it.

There is the possibility I got a defective unit. To test this theory, I e-mailed five other people on Ebay who purchased this same exact unit within the last month. BTW, I do not blame the vendor for anything except not listing this has a 220 volt power supply. And the Chinese ebay vendor is only repeating the company sales pitch of everyone selling this unit. I got answers from four of the five ebay purchasers within a day. Three of them said their units were very noisy, and that the vendor had told them to try changing cords and try different power supplies, and/or turn up the music louder to drown out any hiss. Only one of four who answered, said his unit worked perfectly and was quiet enough to satisfy him. If 3 out of 4 people say their units are too noisy and unusable, that is a 75 percent fail rate! Sure enough, when I reported the problem to my vendor, they said to change the cords and PSU and turn up the music louder to drown out any hiss. I am afraid that will not work with the unit they sold me. It will create a massive headache and will be intolerable. If you add me to the statistics, that four out of five unusable units in a month.

Wish someone had written a review that I could have read, before I purchased this defective product. So I am writing this for you if you are researching this as a potential great deal. Maybe it's a fluke and I got a bad one, and several others got a bad run from the factory or a vendor. Maybe there is a power supply problem. But I have voltage converters. They should fix that and be up front with us as to PSU. Not selling us a product and then asking us to go buy or try out different PSU.

Until I see and hear a good working one, I can only report my experience has been bad with this unit. I have been to China and Asia three times, and I am not afraid to buy Asian products. But I admit, I have been burned several times with cheap knockoffs that were defective or very subpar in performance. I own voltage converters. I own numerous items purchased on Ebay from China and other parts of the world, and I have nearly 500 purchases with 100 percent positive feedback. I am a nice guy and hate to say anything negative. But I worry that others will be disappointed as I was with this purchase. And it is very very slow and hard to return something to China purchased from a Chinese company. You will have communication problems and it take forever to get a replacement part or your money back. That is if you ever get your money back. If you want to take a chance that you will get one of the good working units, and if you are stubborn and the incredibly low price lures you (as it did me) then here is a review for you to read and reconsider. As for me, today I gave up on the Takstar WPM-100 and ordered the Galaxy AS-9004 unit. That is a 4 receiver unit that gets many excellent reviews on the internet.

Tracking of an international shipment

When you selling on Ebay you usually deal with international buyers.
You have to send item abroad and then, if buyer claims item as not received, you have to prove that
item was send, and received by buyer. In other case, you just loose money.

There's enough of bad experience with Paypal's refunds for not received items. Isn't it?
Yes! Especially from US sellers. Who use to send items with CUSTOMS DECLARATION number
which doesn't tracks on other postal sites.

So, to prove that the item delivered you need to track them at local postal sites, with their local languages
(examples: russian post, Elta (greece), spanish languages postal services etc.)

But there's an international track and trace system, which can help you to track items in 1 place with
translation to english, it is http://www.trackitonline.ru.
If you wish to get automatic updates of your postal item, you just need to register there and add item.

Also, I heard much troubles of US sellers with international buyers, especially from russia.
Russian postal servise is very slow, but their postal system tracks every step of the item starting from
Import to Delivery.

So where's the problem? Problem is that US sellers send items with Customs number, which is not trackable.
If you want to be sure that item delivered please send items to russia with registered option (R*), and you
will be able to track it down to Delivery.

tracking numbers and their options:
L*xxxxxxxxxxUS - /letter/ not trackable outside US (only few countries track it)
R*xxxxxxxxxxUS - /registered item or small packet/ should be trackable in any country, only local events
C*xxxxxxxxxUS - /parcel/ should be trackable in any country, complete events
E*xxxxxxxxxUS - /express mail/ - should be trackable in any country, complete events

Some countries do not track incoming registered items too (Australia, France, Germany and more), but it is possible
to confirm receipt through postal service (email, or call).
So if buyer claim non receipt, do not hesitate to call their local postal service.

Meditation 108 Beads Japa Mala

meditation or sadhana, generally known as “japa/jaap”. It is a tool used to keep your mind on the meditation practice. Malas are generally made from different materials such as tulsi (basil) wood, sandal wood, rudraksh seeds or crystal. Each type of material has certain properties which subtly affect the subconscious mind of the practitioner.
Meditation can be quite a tricky practice because the mind is like a naughty child. By its very nature, the mind tends to wander off during the meditation practice. If ones energy is low at the time of meditation, falling asleep can result. If the energy is too high, fantasy and distraction become the barriers. At such times, the mala provides the much needed anchor.
The mala beads are moved in rhythm with the breath and the mantra, so that both-sleep as well as excessive mental distraction-are prevented by this action upon the beads.

Citrine Meditation Mala Magical Properties

Meditation japa mala is a string of prayer beads used for reciting or chanting a mantra or other forms of spiritual exercise , meditation or sadhana, generally known as "japa/jaap".
Malas are great tools to aid in meditation. They have been used over centuries by beginners as well as experienced practitioners of meditation. They help in creating a proper mindset and mood for meditation. Helps focus the ever wandering mind on one point.The mala beads are moved in rhythm with the breath and the mantra. This practice helps both-sleepy as well as excessively distracted mental frame to be balanced during meditation. The malas when used regularly with a personal mantra, absorbs the vibrations of the practice.

People are drawn to golden Citrine for the courage and self discipline it offers. Getting tasks done, developing self worth and mastering the ego are all achieved through the energies of Citrine.It is a good stone for clearing the aura Citrine can help you manifest your goals. It helps to keep you cheerful. It is a prosperity stone and attracts abundance and personal power.

Magical Properties....

1. enables confidence in any situation..
2. helps digestion and the stomach...
3. is for strength, confidence, and mental clarity..
4. is warming, energizing, and enhances creativity..
5. gets rid of negativity...
6. boosts self-esteem....
7.brings aura into alignment with physical body..
8. is good after stress or depletion of energy..
9. stimulates creative thinking and inspiration..
10. frees the mind of limitations, turns ideas into reality..