Do you make money or do you spend money

Are you still making money? Or are you rather spending money like there is no tomorrow? Which is which? It is so much easier to spend money than earning it as we all have a tendency to buy that extra something that we love. When we make a purchase, there is a feel good feeling that we can finally afford it and be one of the Joneses. Well, stop it. If you cannot afford it, then don't buy to impress the people that we don't like. Don't kid yourself. In the end, you have to pay for all this unnecessary stuffs that clutter up your home.

Sold 5 T-Shirts on eBay

I am quite happy doing this drop shipping where I get orders and inform my drop shipper to send and deliver the t-shirts on my behalf. This is known as drop shipping where all the packing of ordered items to handling and shipping are handled by my drop shipper in another country. I can only sell to the US market. With the given template, all that is needed is just copy and paste the information in my eBay seller's web site and bingo, it is all set up for online purchase life via my Paypal. For each sale of the genuine La Coste t-shirt, either in black or white, I will get USD 6 for my efforts to email my drop shipper. This translates to RM 18 in my local currency. On average, I sell 1 t-shirt per day and in the last 5 days, made 5 sales.

Translated an Article

This morning, I researched, wrote and translated a medical article into Malay for a medical specialist requiring virtual assistance for her fertility treatment service. I promptly emailed her a quotation for a blog setup and monthly maintenance with charges for images and translation into Bahasa. Apparently she wants to target Malay customers who make up the majority of the citizens here in Malaysia. Knowing, this might be long term work, my charges are reasonable and affordable. Just cross my fingers for the best outcome. I think she is still new to acquiring virtual assistance service and not very familiar with internet banking for payment.

Be Significant

Mother Theresa and people like her are all significant. They made a difference to the lives of those around them. It is great to earn a lot of money, but it is more significant to made a difference to the people around you and make their lives better with your presence here on this earth. Steve Jobs make a difference to our lives by creating the iPhone, iPod, etc. and made our lives better with technology and smart phones. Bill Gates created Windows operating system and Microsoft Office applications that make businesses run seamlessly. We need to be grateful for such contributions from these people who made a significant difference to our lives. Let's hope Hillary Clinton become successful in becoming Madam President of the United States in the next presidential election and make a significant difference to the lives of women.

Making Money on My Own

I have a full time employment to work in a home office. At the same time, whenever I am free, I will scout around for work to earn a little extra from the internet. This is like milking the internet which has been my cash cow since years ago. Just the other day, I got an offer for USD 30 to place a link on my other web site for a year and it is quite lucrative since I don't have to write anything but just link to the pre-written article on the web site. It is possible to make money from the internet but you have to be diligent to look around for opportunities daily. I try to earn both linear income and passive income.

Linear income is you work for 1 hour and get paid once for the hour's work while passive income is you work once but get paid repeatedly and hence rich people have multiple streams of passive income. Property rental, fixed deposit interests, dividend stocks, etc are all passive income that you should consider. They are not difficult to earn and you can make a lot of money by diversifying your sources of income. Make hay while the sun shines.

Uncle passed away

My aunt's hubby, or 'ah tiau' has passed away on Monday night. He's in his late seventies and this shouldn't have happened had the doctors at the General Hospital been more reactive and attended to his illness immediately. On Sunday night, he complained of pain in his right chest and every 2 to 3 months, he has blood test done and everything was normal. But on that day, they discovered that he has anemia and low blood pressure. Well, due to the incompetency of the doctors at GH, he could not be saved on time and passed on. My aunt, naturally was very disheartened that a simple symptom like this could cause death due to delay. Had they been rich or have insurance covered, they would have gone to a private hospital where care is more personalized and professional. I remember the good times we spent together when I was young and my uncle was the one who arranged with his nephew pilot to have me seated in the cock pit en route to Singapore for my junior college scholarship studies. I could not attend the funeral tomorrow but I wish him divine mercy and grace.

Making Money is Fun

I am still gainfully employed with the same company for the last 9 years. Making money is certainly fun with this employer where I get a chance to work from home. Plus the fact that I am most productive when working all alone in a home office with no disturbance from office colleagues. This is the ideal job for me. It is also my longest employment that I will never seek greener pastures elsewhere. I love this job as it is easy to accomplish albeit with many work at times. The employer is also my good friend and we get along just fine. I can also take power naps in between work when I am tired. I could not ask for more and will try my utmost best to work for as long as possible so that the company is profitable at all times or 90% of the time. God has indeed blessed me with a dream job to work in a home office that is equipped with multi-functional printer, scanner, copier, fax machine and a digital camera.