I faced a lot of pressure to excel while studying in Singapore for my A levels. The pressure came mainly from my foolish single unmarried aunt who gave me unnecessary stress. Being a successful lawyer, she thinks that people ought to ‘kowtow’ to her and listen to her foolish advise. As I was under some [...]
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Did 3 quotations today
June 25th, 2007 
Diana This morning, I faxed and emailed 3 different quotations for sports courts. They really keep me busy doing calculations and drawing the different sizes using the computer. These are enquiries over the weekend and last week which I was not able to submit as I was in KL. There are many repetitive calculations for different [...]
Going to Kota Bahru, Kelantan in 3 hours time
June 25th, 2007 Diana As I blog here, in three hours time, I will take a domestic flight to Kelantan to see a futsal rubberized floor project that the company has there. All my expenses are paid for including the air flight and hotel accommodation. I still haven’t packed my bag yet. Still wondering what to bring and what [...]
Weekend stay in a town hotel
June 24th, 2007 Diana The recent Saturday and Sunday, I stayed in a town hotel for the weekend. Initially, I wanted to stay in a hotel in Bayan Lepas but both hotels were fully booked due to the Penang Bridge Marathon on Sunday, 24th June 2007. There were 21,000 participants locally and from Thailand, Singapore, USA and Kenya. This [...]
My PayPal account access has been restored
June 24th, 2007 Diana Just a couple of days ago, PayPal emailed me with the following: Dear Diana Tan, Our review is complete and we have restored your account. We appreciate your patience and thank you for your help in making PayPal the safest and most trusted online payment solution. Sincerely, PayPal I am relieved that my account access [...]
What is Colloidal Silver?
June 22nd, 2007 Diana Colloidal silver is a colloid of silver particles in water. It has antimicrobial properties and was, in the past, used on external wounds and burns to prevent infection. Some alternative-health practitioners claim that it is a beneficial nutritional supplement. Others also claim that it is a powerful antibiotic which is relatively safe for human consumption, [...]
Back from KL
June 22nd, 2007 Diana Last night, at around 9:00pm, I came back to Penang and reached home after a long journey from Kuala Lumpur. My colleague was still visiting places, collecting a check, and site inspection even in the evening at 5:00pm. It took around 4 hours driving at 120km per hour with a brief dinner at Kentucky Fried [...]
Preparing to go back to Penang
June 21st, 2007 Diana This is my second day in Kuala Lumpur for business and preparing to go back after lunch today. Not sure if I can make it for Friday’s church cell group in Midland Heights. It is a bungalow house belonging to the church deacon who has some interests in a factory in Bayan Lepas. Yesterday alone, [...]
PayPal – Brief DownTime Tonight
June 18th, 2007 Diana PayPal, which processes PayPerPost’s financial transactions, will have a couple hours of downtime for a scheduled update. This should begin around 11:00 p.m. tonight, EST. All PayPal functions will be unavailable. This should have minimal effect on PPP community, and PayPal expects to be back up around 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. So all pending payments from [...]
Adsensemeter – predict Google AdSense revenue
June 15th, 2007 Diana Adsensemeter is a simple website to predict AdSense revenue of any site based on Alexa ranking and defined CPM. Is it accurate? No, because we do not know the exact CPM of a site and the Alexa traffic ranking is not accurate. Anyway, it is fun and give you a “very†rough idea about how [...]
