Holidays Are Here Again But It Is Time to Study!

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It is the end of November. Schools are closed for the year and those sitting for their major exams like the SPM and STPM are of course hard at work. Some of my friends who have children sitting for these exams are going through some tough times. They are more anxious than their kids about the exams.

Parents are so keen for their children to do well in school that there are now programs available to prepare them for the coming year. Is it really necessary for the kids to start preparations now or do we allow them to have a good break and just enjoy the holidays?

Purple Star Award

According to Megan Casey, editor in chief of Squidoo, Purple Stars are awarded to any lensmaster who creates a stellar lens. They can be lenses with incredible content, trying out of new ideas, for running conversations on your lenses or just plain standing out from the crowd.

"Purple Stars are fairy dust. They're magic. They're surprises. You'll never know when or where they'll arrive."

In order to receive a Purple Star you have to be nominated by a fellow lensmaster. This would then have to be scrutinized by Squidoo HQ to see if it really was worth a Purple Star. Well you can guess my excitement when I received my first Purple Star for my lens, Unique Dragon Gifts. Just a few weeks later I received another Purple Star. This time it was for Top 10 Places To Visit In Kuala Lumpur

Making new friends on Myspace

Myspace is a good social networking site to meet new people which you normally may not meet. It is good to write up a bit on yourself so that people browsing through your profile can know a bit about you and your interests. You can write as much or as little as you can.


Adding some photos of yourself is good so that they can see what you look like. I always like to include some photos of my family as well since they are very much part of who I am.


Myspace has a browse button where you can view profiles of other Myspace members. Click to add them as friend and if they approve then you would have added a new friend.


I usually try to avoid adding any male friends as I am not looking for any serious man/woman relationship. I like to keep things simple and uncomplicated. 

My mobile phone boo-boos

I don't know about you but I need time to send a text message. My fingers are not so agile to speed text. I actually thought I was quite good until my son asked my why I was taking so long. Well I don't like to use too much short forms as I am afraid the other person may not understand what I am saying. When I first used my mobile I couldn't understand half of the messages I received. I have now worked out the phonetics way of text messages. All those intentional mis-spellings! No wonder people these days can't write proper English! They are so used to using text words.

Do you know what these words mean?
btw, omg, dun wan, ( adding more to this list!)

I finally learned why my mobile won't allow me to type certain words no matter how many times I try in various contexts. It was very frustrating when it keeps deleting the word you want to use.The dictionary was on and it had no such word in its vocabulary! Well I have now switched it off though they tell me that with the dictionary on it is way faster to type a text message.

Me and my mobile phone!

When the mobile phone was still quite new I didn't see what the fuss was all about. I even commented that people were so crazy about talking to their friends all the time on their mobile.I was quite vehement that I would never be using one.

Well I have to eat my words now because I have joined the thousands, no millions of mobile users. Not for me the iPhone or Blackberry. Just a simple Nokia phone will do.

Why I love my mobile so much is that it allows me to be in contact with my family and friends even when I am out of the house. Gone are the days when you are not contactable once you were out. The few public phones that were available were often out of order or there were just none around. Now there is no need to worry about where I am as long as I have my mobile with me.

I love the text messaging since you can still communicate with someone even though they are not able to make or take a phone call. My children can let me know they are not back for dinner. I can text a message to those working in the office knowing it will not create an interruption with the ringing of the phone. The mobile is great for emergencies when the car breaks down somewhere and I can call the AAM. Life is certainly so much better with having a mobile phone.

Earning money on Squidoo

When I first started on Squidoo I never thought I would earn money from it. So I never bothered with registering a Paypal account. Since I am a Malaysian the procedure seemed a bit tedious. To my surprise in my first month I earned an incredible US 20 cents!

I finally decided to register for a Paypal account. You will need to register a credit card with the account. Paypal have recently allowed Malaysians to have their payment to be deposited into their local bank account which is fantastic.

My first shopping lens was on Unique Pill Boxes As Gifts as a project for the Rocket Moms. There I highlighted several unusual pill boxes from Amazon and to my surprise people have bought some of these items. Each time a purchase is made I will earn a commission from it.

Van Gogh Pill Box For The Artist 

Van Gogh states: Crazy things happen when you forget to take your meds!

Van Gogh Crazy Things Happen If You Forget Your Meds Pill Box

Amazon Price: $11.75 (as of 03/22/2010)

A fine chrome box to keep your meds safely inside. Comes with 3 internal compartments.

I was so excited by that! So if you are thinking of trying your hand at Squidoo, Sign up for a Paypal acoount.

Making online friends

They say you can never have too many friends. How very true. It is indeed a small world these days with everyone connected by the internet. Social networking sites have made it easy for anyone to make friends online.It is not just for the young to be part of the online community.

I join Myspace and also Facebook, two very popular social networking sites. Of course as with everything there are those who use it for unsavory purposes. So I am always cautious not to reveal direct contact information. I have come to meet many new friends from all over the world which otherwise I would never have the chance to do so.

My motto is "Be friendly and you will make friends".