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I will be doing some system migration update for the 2.5 Wordpress Release.
As such, I will be taking down my old site with the old posts prior to 2008 moved to another site / subdomain.

This is a must as I have exceeded my limit of 1000 posts within the past few months, and these are kind of heavy load to my site, especially with the SQL Servers. So, if you complain my theme look shitty, yes, I’m doing a Make Over. Just like Restaurant Makeover, this is Blog Make Over 2008.

It’s a lot more work than what you think, but it will be seamless changes.The DNS Swap will be a snap anyway, since the servers are still here, just the SQL Swap and some propagation thingy, plus you guys been complaining my site has been sluggish.

Likewise, be prepared for me being very colorful!inn

I really have been kept busy for the past 3 weeks or so because of financial matters, electoral issues and company matters basically. What is basically, I lost my current job because they found me trying to develop something that is not within the specifications of the project, and basically the boss was not happy I was proposing that project and many more. Enough of me and my R&D Genius Ideas, so I got the sack. It’s not impressive for me, as a research and business development director, businesses and their models change over time and so do applications to the business model. Just like Pak Lah and his biggest mistake in his political career of forgetting or small minding the New Media of the Internet. Cyber warfare as they call it.

Anyway, if you have noticed I’ve got a few advertising spots taken up by Nuffnang with respect to the Digi Leaderboard, Nokia with their life (which reminds me that their landing page does not exist anymore…error ?) and Royal Flush Asia Singapore but that alone does not even pay for my hosting, let alone expenses, so despite all these advertising from Nuffnang, I’m taking up inventory from Aductions with Cost Per Day and CPC,CPM and CPV methodologies. Basically, it’s all about money and with them taking up a budget of over $1.2 Million worth of advertising placements from the region that they are so serious and setup their office just off Centerpoint Bandar Utama, which is a stone’s throw away from One Utama. More of their move details in their Press Release today which makes the advertising strategy in the region more stiff as they have representatives in UK, Europe, UAE, China and Singapore.

It’s little Google coming to setup shop in Malaysia and like in any initial start up, they opened up many slots for their Beta Stage Registration and their get a big chunk of the advertising revenue from many sources, not just in Malaysia but also from the mainland US or Europe. With their Cost Per Day and Cost Per 100 Unique Visitors schemas, nobody is willing to set to that level in the advertising industry other than Text Link Ads. And with known success of many advertising companies in the US, Aductions Inc is a self service platform, which gives you ALA CARTE Advertising Campaigns without much of a hassle. Think of them like PayPerPost , Text-Link-Ads, Adbrite , Google Adsense all into one, except that they don’t do Paid Blogging as a method, but it’s a start.

Like I said, with Google lynching websites with link baiting and more, I was surprised that LiewCF signed up on the network. With a small fee of $7 per day for a small budget sized button. It’s far cheaper than paying $7000 a week on TV3 network.That is what I can tell you so far, but if you want to get advertising slots and placements on your inventory, you can set it as such:

$0.35 / day on Cost Per Day
$0.10 for Cost Per Click
$0.15 for Cost Per 100 Visitors CPV
$0.20 for Cost Per 1000 Impressions.

These are great rates for personal blogs who fetch about 50 or so visitors a day. Which is great money as they are in US Dollars, and the higher the traffic, the more money you can command. One way to get more publicity is to install the MyBlogLog widget, and by joining other people’s network , you can get more people to visit yours, and as more things you talk about, the more you are featured on Google Search Engines.

Anyway, this is a tip off for you, just in case you want more money for your traffic.Well, check Aductions out if you want more money. And if you got time, drop by their office just next door to Centerpoint Bandar Utama and have some coffee.

It’s been a grueling week for me, with so much work and commuting between KL-Damansara-Port Klang and KULIM KEDAH all month and well, based from the work I do, it’s hard to make a decent living.Especially when your employer works with the government.

Right now, the UMNO General Election is due in August but what I heard is that it may be pushed forward ahead to as early as May to assess and defray any further erosion to the Economic Stability of the Country. So what gives I wondered and had an exclusive interview with one of their head honchos over the weekend while fishing on a jetty at Port Klang. Yes, they do that to defray any Paparazzi following or covering their actions.

The Anatomy of the Post Mortem basically reads to the cause of deceit and greed among the Malay Community in UMNO since their landslide win over the states in the 2004 General Election and all are running over because and for top job posts, forgetting their grassroots and causing mayhem to the public.

Among Issues Addressed were, the RUDE and CRUDE behaviour of the Members of Parliament during the Dewan Rakyat Sitting, calling names to their comrades and opponents which caused a huge public outcry locally and internationally.

Of which, the recent issues of the blatant disrespect towards the sovereign and the Sultans by the State Assembly and the Chief Minister was a big issue among the palace officials.Ultimate greed , arrogance and the error of judgment by the former Perlis Chief Minister had him in hot soup with the Sultan whom refused to have him as a Chief Minister. Word on the street heard by the Sultan that the former minister alleged to demand at least 40% equity in any foreign investment setup in the state caused many to shy away from the smallest state in Malaysia, which is about 50KM end to end. Even locals are shying away from registering their motor vehicles using the Perlis plates prefixed “R” as the resale or even second hand value drops over as much as RM10,000 as the bureaucracy within the state is horrendous. Even parking permits cost more than in Kedah by over 40%.

As for the issue in Terengganu, we decline to comment on the issue, but it’s a matter of misuse of funds by the previous administration. From being disobedient to the King who is now the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong to over priced projects funding their own pockets, the Palace had enough of this hanky panky. I was told that they are more angry at the last administration than of the Opposition Controlled Period during 2000 General Elections. The King now listens to the people just as how Kelantan is right now and since the King listened and the Administration heeded, everything is cool, and clear cut in Kelantan. As for Terengganu, it still stays the second poorest state despite having oil.

Pak Lah needs a new batch of people to get rid of the problems at the root. It’s like cancer and for the past 50 years people don’t mind much as long they are cared for, their religion and Sovereign respected but during the last 4 years it’s been downhill. Even neighbour cum Natural Enemy Singapore respected the Sovereign despite he being just a puppet. Any mention of the President (it’s Yang Di-Pertuan Negara before 1985, but still the same) will cause someone get the immediate penalty of death, heck, that we even have to stop and salute to him if we see him jogging in East Coast Park every saturday morning.

So, what else can be done? Get rid of these power crazy goons and well, we may have a better chance to survive this new era.

Firstly, it’s been a hectic week.

Nice surprises waited for me when I reached home yesterday after a grueling week meeting friends, colleagues and other governmental issues and had a nice time meeting the Aductions Inc team at their new office in Damansara, Centerpoint Bandar Utama.

One is a small award from Helium about my work on Apple iTunes, think it was $5. Well, it’s for fun anyway, I was working towards the Reward-a-thon

Second, Petronas sent me a letter telling me I won RM400. Well, it’s something not right I was saying…anyway, I’m too tired to think of now.

OPEN TENDER

Well, it is a simple thing. Ali Baba is like a robin hood, but then ALIBABA China has made themselves PUBLIC LISTED.

Whatever it is, I want a similar script to it, as there is a need for the new agenda set by my board. They want ALI BABA and the CLONE, lock stock and barrel.

So, the interface must be simple with a functionality to cross translate it into another language on the fly, CHINESE or ARABIC SCRIPT.
It must also have it’s own Load balancing system, and database throttling.
System should be able to take 10,000 hits a minute.

Tenders, please trackback this post with details.

thanks.

I’m just publicizing this for an associated company that they wanted to give some placements for Interns aka Job Training Placements / On the Job Training for a few people with these skills.

Contracts will be awarded with possibility of long term employment with the Group of Companies with good pay. Any queries should be directed to employment at iexploreasiagroup dot com.

WEB DESIGNERS / Graphic Designers X 3
Must have good sense of photography , graphic design and CSS. Some sort of prior portfolio is required. Skills needed : Photoshop and some kind of creative works. Work assigned will be with the Graphics Design team to produce some Rich Media projects. Flash and Macromedia skills are preferred but will be provided.

PHP Programmer. X 5
Some sort of PHP and SQL Skills are needed. Knowledge of coding and modification of php software is needed. IONCUBE knowledge is preferred. Prodigies must work as a team and work under pressure. Successful candidates will be rewarded with a rewarding career.

Administration
Candidates should be able to have basic communication skills. Knowledge of accounting is preferred.

For all the above posts, Conversant in English is a requirement.

How to apply?

Create a blog post on your own site to this post (trackback) and send an email to employment at iexploreasiagroup dot com with your plain text resume stating your name, email address,contact details and such. We have a few other positions for our Singapore Office. These placements will be held in our office at Damansara area. Rates will depend on your skill and work load. Overtime will be given for out of hours.

No Agencies Please

Yes. I thought it was a fluke…but I am hoping that it’s going to stay.

I lost my page rank and alexa ranking last year because the good people at PayPerPost aka IZEA aka MINDCOMET thought it was a good joke to place WORST BLOGGER OF ALL TIME award to hit out at people like me, Perez Hilton and ObNoxious Blogger like some people, but hardly, I don’t care much then, until Google Smacked Me…means my Adsense are dead ..along with my other advertisers shying away from us.

Anyway, I battled it out, and seems I won. I am still getting you to read my posts, and articles which are paying about $15 a pop on Helium (it’s NOT PAID POSTS, but rather Independent Contributions) which… I love to contribute the proceeds to Charity, like Teachers Without Borders.

All I am asking is to be blessed with all these, and wish you to link me, in exchange.. I will