Please learn how to eat sushi the PROPER way, one of my pet peeves is seeing people mix the wasabi with the shoyu. Don't be lazy and learn the REAL way!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Free Ebook - How To Make Money on The Net
What is the truth ?
Well a very small minority (less than 1%) might do well while 99% are floundering. Moreover the latter are losing money by falling for get rich quick schemes, hype and scams.
I must warn you, if anyone says you can quickly earn a fortune then ignore them.
So how do you find a genuine opportunity ?
My suggestion is to follow a respected Internet marketing guru.
How do you choose ?
Well how about one who is not going to extort money from you, who gives away useful information for FREE and has a high credibility rating.
Sounds a sensible approach doesn't it ?
The name I have in mind is Harvey Segal - who is known all over the Net as Mr SuperTips.
Check him out at these sites which contain profiles of the top marketers
-Gurus Portal
-GuruDAQ
And take a look at those other top names, many of them have provided testimonials to Harvey's work as you can see at this testimonial page
So you can't go wrong with his ebook 'The Ultimate SuperTip'.
It's free and you read more about it here http://www.supertips.com/u
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Monday, December 07, 2009
Friday, December 04, 2009
Check Flight
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Ultimate Super Tip

There's a new Ebook I have just come across which I predict will become very popular.
It presents a strategy for selling any type of product using methods which will never become obsolete. Plus an ingenious twist which will send your traffic rocketing.
The Ultimate SuperTip, written by Harvey Segal (Mr SuperTips) is neatly set out, easy to follow, written without hype and not littered with annoying links.
And the cost of this book ?
It's free !
And it ends with an amazing idea for making you money from the book itself.
I'd rush to get this book now if I were you at http://www.supertips.com/ultimate/x/?id=4335
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Olympus PEN E-P1 12.3MP

Monday, November 16, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
reBlog from Shashank Nigam: Singapore Airlines – Time for re-branding?
I found this fascinating quote today:
Great brands have emerged amidst doom and gloom of economic recessions. Is this time for Singapore Airlines (SIA) to reinvent itself?Shashank Nigam, Singapore Airlines – Time for re-branding?, Oct 2009
You should read the whole article.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time to change Car batt
Using Your Car: Your car should charge the battery whenever it is running. Every car has an alternator that produces electricity whenever the car is running because a belt connects a pulley on the alternator to a pulley on the flywheel. If your car battery dies while you are driving down the road, the alternator may not be producing electricity to charge the battery. If you have a car with a manual transmission, you may be able to push start the car to get it running. Driving around for about 30 minutes should charge the battery enough to bring it back to life. In order to conserve electricity, try to turn off any electrical equipment that you do not need, such as radios and lights. This will help direct as much electricity into the battery as possible.
Jump Start: If you have an automatic transmission, a good option may be to jump start your car. (Caution: A charging battery produces hydrogen gas. Hydrogen gas is explosive, so allow proper ventilation and take all necessary steps to reduce the chance of sparks.) Here's how:
Park a running car close enough to the car with a dead battery to attach the jumper cables. Turn off all unnecessary electronics, and turn off the ignition on both cars. Be careful that the two cars are not touching.
- Clamp the "+" (red) clamp to the + terminal of the dead vehicle.
- Clamp the "+" (red) clamp to the + terminal of the working car.
- Clamp the "-" (black) clamp to the - terminal of the working car.
- Clamp the "-" (black) clamp to an unpainted metal surface of the dead car to provide a solid ground connection. Do not clamp it to the "-" terminal of the dead car. Make sure that the cables will not be in the way of any moving parts.
Once the dead car starts, remove the jumper cables in the opposite order from when you put them on.
Try to let it run for a while before turning the engine off. The battery needs time to charge from the alternator if you want to be able to start the car again later on.
Battery Charger: Battery chargers plug into a normal 110 volt household outlet, and they charge your car battery while it is not connected to your car. Battery chargers can perform a quick charge, a slow charge, or a trickle charge, and they can be the most efficient method for charging your battery. Sometimes, a battery charger can revive an old battery that couldn't quite charge using the car's alternator.
Solar Car Battery Charger: If you're going to leave your car unattended for an extended time, it may be helpful to purchase a small solar powered charger to maintain your battery while you're gone.
A Helpful Hint: Sometimes a white buildup will form on the terminal due to corrosion. If this buildup gets between the battery terminal and the clamp, it prevents the electricity from transferring between the two, and the car acts like the battery is dead. To remove the corrosion, try scraping the terminal with a wire brush if you have one, or you can use steel wool. Otherwise, any acidic liquid (even soft drinks) can remove the buildup.
If you keep needing to charge your car battery, it may be time to check out car battery prices. Car battery prices range, and you can find the best car battery for you so you don't have to spend so much time dealing with your car battery problems.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Wingsuit flying
wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.
Wingsuit flying (birdman suit or squirrel suit) is the sport of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit, called a wingsuit, that shapes the human body into an airfoil which can create lift. The wingsuit creates the airfoil with fabric between the legs and under the arms.
A wingsuit flight ends with a parachute opening, so a wingsuit can be flown from any point that provides sufficient altitude to glidethrough the air, such as skydiving aircraft or BASE jumping exit points, and to allow a parachute to deploy.
The wingsuit flier wears parachute equipment designed for skydiving or BASE jumping. The flier deploys the parachute at a planned altitude and unzips the arm wings, if necessary, so they can reach up to the control toggles and fly to a normal parachute landing.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Using Twitter Effectively
Using Twitter is pretty straightforward, apart from posting tweets then you just need to try and get out there and get more followers, those are pretty much the only two things you can do apart from pimp up your page and profile! But let’s look at posting here, then in the next chapter we’ll get you a loyal crowd of fans.
Posting
There is an art to marketing with your posts, we’ll discuss that in a future chapter, but for now then there are just a few functional things we need to discuss:
- Replies, you can easily reply to other peoples tweets by either hovering over their tweet and you’ll see an arrow – just click that and enter your reply, or you can type the @ sign before their name in a tweet and type in your text.
- Favorites, the other icon you’ll get when you hover over a tweet is a star, that will save the tweet into your favorites so you can find it again, great for keeping good links people give out.
- Hashtags, the hash symbol is this one # and that allows people to find groups of associated messages. So say there is a seminar going on in LA on marketing, someone can allocate a hashtag to that seminar, like #LAseminar (not original but it works) and then when people speak about it they use that in their tweet at least once.
Now when that shows up in as a message people can click the hashtag and get all the latest messages with that in it – it helps you keep on top of that topic/event. There is more you can do with them but there are special commands to learn so let’s keep this simple to avoid confusion.
To make a new tag then go to www.hashtags.org to check if the one you want is available – if it is then follow @hashtags and send them a tweet with your hashtag in to grab it.
Being active
You want to set aside 30 minutes in the evening and 30 minutes in the morning to reply to people who have sent you messages/replied to your tweets and also to reply to other people’s tweets, not forgetting a fresh tweet of your own of course!.
There is a balance between being active – so you get more followers and build a relationship with your current followers – and wasting time. You have to limit your activity so it does not eat up more time than is necessary as I know how easy it is to get sucked into conversations and rants about things which then kills an hour or so of valuable work time!
You can also use plug-ins to help you stay active – I mean if you have a blog that you need to keep up to date then you don’t want to have to also keep Twitter up to date – why not combine the two? You can grab the Twitter tools plug-in from here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-tools/
Which allows you to pull tweets into your blog as micro-posts and also post tweets straight to Twitter from your blog posts!
You can also use this website here:
Twuffer.com – http://twuffer.com/
to schedule future tweets. So you can put in all your tweets for the next few days if you are going to be out a lot, then just logon at the end of the day to reply to people so you don’t look antisocial!
Ok so that one is harder to find a use for, but how about this site:
Where you can post simultaneously to the following sites:
Bebo
Blogger
Brightkite
Delicious
Diigo
Facebook
FriendFeed
Friendster
GTalk Status
hi5
Identi.ca
imeem
Jaiku
Koornk
kwippy
Laconi.ca
LinkedIn
LiveJournal
Mashable Multiply
MySpace
Plaxo Pulse
Plurk
Present.ly
Rejaw
Tumblr
Twitter
TypePad
Utterli
Vox
WordPress.com
Xanga Yahoo 360
Yammer
YouAre
How is that for some updating power??
And what about the power to sort through all your messages so you don’t miss things? Introducing:
Tweet Deck – http://www.tweetdeck.com/beta/
A beautiful desktop application that can sit on your screen and sort through all the tweets coming into your account for you. It can separate out your replies & direct messages into different columns on the same screen so you don’t have to hunt for them, but more importantly then it can sort your main tweet messages by topic and/or by groups of your followers.
So say you have a specific group of people you are corresponding with about a project etc, then you can set them up as a group with their own column, and when a message comes in from them it goes straight into that column so you can read it! Think of it as a tweet filtering system so you can make sure you keep up with important (or just fun!) stuff.
Ok – onto how to build up your own loyal followers.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Tips to sell your car
The process of selling your car can be a tricky one, so here are some hints and tips to help you get the best result. On this page you’ll find some tips for avoiding being scammed and other tips to follow as you are selling your car.
PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST SCAMS AND FRAUD
- Only log-on to view or change your ad via a News Limited URL or address such ashttps://sell.carsguide.com.au/offer/doSelectReach.action?pillar=carsguide orhttps://privateads.carsguide.news.com.au/processLogon.do
- Never log on to your ad via an link contained within an email (even if the email appears to be from Carsguide.com.au
- If you receive an email asking you to click on a Carsguide.com.au link please call our customer representative on 1800 026 705(Monday – Friday: 8.30am – 5.30pm)
- If your ad has been accessed and details of your ad changed by an unauthorised person immediately call our customer representatives on the number above.
- Never transfer money to a potential buyer. This could be a scam. For more information on scams visit our information page
When a potential buyer comes to inspect the vehicle make sure you
- Find out their contact details such as name, phone number and if possible adress or drivers licence number
- Ring the number you are given to check it is this person’s real number
- Check with your insurer your insurance covers the person test driving your vehicle
- When you agree to a test drive always write down the driver’s licence details
- Check the driver’s insurance details as they may not be covered for test driving other vehicles
- Obtain something of value such as their current vehicles car keys
- Accompany test drive yourself
- If have you doubts about the person looking to buy your car don’t rush into the test drive or sale
- If you take a cheque as payment ensure all the drivers licence details of the seller are on the back of the cheque.
- Before finalising exchange, request a second form of identification, preferably from a government agency such as a medicare or passport number or original utilities bill (ie Electricty, Water or gas bill)
Remember, if you doubt the person offering to buy your vehicle is authentic don’t be pushed into a sale, as you may regret it.
ADVERTISING
If you decide to sell your car yourself, the best ways of doing it are with a newspaper ad and on the internet. But no matter what method you choose, you'll get more attention if your advertisement is clear, concise and correct. Carsguide.com.au offers exceptional exposure now for FREE. Click here to find out more.
WRITING THE AD
- Be precise in your description of your car, detailing the make and model, year of manufacture, engine and transmission details, major options and its general condition. Include odometer reading, and highlight if it is low for the age.
- Avoid abbreviations and jargon that might make it hard to understand for the reader.
- Keep the words to a minimum, 20 to 30 should be enough to get your message across.
HOW MUCH SHOULD I ASK
Putting an unrealistically high price in your ad will almost certainly mean you'll waste your weekends waiting for the phone to ring, but put too low a price in it will have you rushed off your feet by tyre kickers hoping for a bargain.
- In the weeks leading up to running your ad scan the classifieds and websites and get an idea of the prices being asked for similar makes and models as yours.
- You can also get current values for your car from carsguide. Click here to value your car now.
PREPARING FOR SALE
To create a good impression on a potential buyer you need to prepare your car so it's looking its best when the buyer arrives.
- Consider having it detailed by a professional detailer. For a couple of hundred dollars you can have your car cleaned from top to bottom in a way that would take you a couple of weekends.
- If you opt to clean it yourself make sure you clean in all the hard to get at areas, like door openings, boot openings, engine bay.
- Never leave anything lying around the interior or boot making them look untidy in the eyes of the buyer. Loose items can rattle and bang around and create a poor impression on a test drive.
- If you're a smoker clean the ashtray and make sure the interior doesn't smell of cigarette smoke. There's no better way of putting a buyer off than to show them a car that smells of tobacco. If it does smell get a deodoriser and leave it in the car for a week or two before advertising it in the hope the smell will go away. Don't leave the deodoriser in the car when showing it to a potential buyer.
- Wash and polish the exterior including the wheels, windows and all chrome or stainless trim. Clean up any residue of polish after you're finished to avoid giving the impression you've just cleaned the car up to sell it.
- Consider having the engine oil changed a week or two before selling it so it looks nice and clean if the buyer pulls the dip stick. Doing it a week or two before will mean it won't look too fresh on the day.
- Make sure the windscreen washer reservoir and radiator are topped up to the marks so it looks like you have cared about your car.
- Take the time to inflate the tyres to the correct pressure. There's nothing worse than going on a test drive and being shaken and shimmied because the owner didn't set the tyre pressures.
- Have the car's service record on hand to show the potential buyer that you have had the car serviced regularly. It's another way of demonstrating you've looked after it.
- Also have the car's title on hand to show that you are the owner of the car you're selling.
- Consider investing in a vehicle history report. Checkitout.com.au will supply you with a full vehicle history check and certificate for around $30.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
TOP GUN quotes
Maverick: I thought of being an instructor, sir.
Stinger: Top Gun?
Maverick: Yes, sir.
Stinger: God help us.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Car Tyres
The symptoms of a car that is out of alignment are:
Uneven or rapid tire wear
Pulling or drifting away from a straight line
Wandering on a straight level road
Spokes of the steering wheel off to one side while driving on a straight and level road.
The symptoms of a wheel that is out of balance are:
Vibration in the steering wheel at certain highway speeds.
Vibration in the seat or floorboard at certain highway speeds.
Scalloped or cupped wear pattern on the tires
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Driving tips: Turning
A skid is a loss of traction from a vehicle’s wheels, which can cause it to move uncontrollably
It’s very easy to lose control when turning, especially if you’re travelling too fast. Almost all skids are driver-induced.
Always drive slowly on wet roads and brake steadily before approaching a corner.
If your vehicle loses grip while turning, depress the clutch and turn the steering wheel into the direction of the skid.
DON’T brake suddenly – this can lock the wheels and make you skid further.
Hope this advice will save your life one day...
Friday, October 23, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Royal PTC World
read their article on the best strategies of earning from PTC sites. wish that i had joined earlier...
Sunday, October 18, 2009
S211 sighted in JDK
The Aermacchi S-211 was designed as a two-seater jet trainer and light attack/counter insurgency aircraft. The S211 has been in service with the RSAF for 24 years.
The aircraft is manoeuvrable to a maximum of +6/-3G in a clean configuration. It offers the student a true jet environment and handling in a simple package. The S211 meets the mission requirements of basic training, allowing the trainee pilot to obtain jet proficiency at very low operating costs.
The S211 has the capacity to carry up to 600kg of disposable stores or external tanks on four hard-points, two under each wing. These include bombs and rocket dispensers, thus providing it with light attack capability. It has excellent performance, low fuel consumption and a low noise signature.
Specifications
Engine : JT15D-4C engine from Pratt & Whitney, Canada
Wingspan: 27.66 ft (8.43m)
Length : 31.16 ft (9.50m)
Height : 13.45 ft (4.10m)
Max speed: 400 kts (0.8M)
Ceiling : 42,000 ft (12800m)
Max Take-Off Weight: 3150 kg (with ext stores)
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Paid Online Survey Tips and Recommended Resources
- Get started with our Top Ten User Rated Survey Panels
The Top Ten recommended paid survey panel list is a good place to start if you are new to paid surveys. These panels have been highly rated by our readers, and have been chosen based on their quality of surveys, compensation, timeliness of payment, and member support. Also these panels generally offer more surveys and higher rewards than some of the other sites. - Profile surveys are very important.
Market research panels need to learn more about you, so that they can match you up with the proper surveys studies. To do this many of the survey sites request that you fill out profile surveys. While some panels like GlobalTestmarket will offer you incentives to complete profile surveys, they are not always compensated; however, they increase your chances of getting the higher paid surveys in the future and let the survey panels know that you are committed to taking online surveys. - Set up a separate Email account for your paid surveys panels.
Once you sign up with the market research firms, you will begin to receive a steady stream of survey request. We recommend that you set up a separate email address so that all of your survey emails are in one location and do not get mixed up with your personal email. You don't want to miss any important survey offers. There are several free email sites out there (yahoo, hotmail, etc.)Remember to check your email often so you don't miss any survey invitations. - Take advantage of free software.
Several software packages can store personal information to automate filling out forms. This will speed up the process of filling out common information like name, address, etc. We recommend RoboForm or the the Autofill feature in the Google Toolbar. - You need to establish yourself as a reliable survey taker.
Take all of the survey offers that offered at first, even if they are only rewarded with sweepstakes entries. This will allow you to build up a strong track record with the individual survey panel sites. Soon you will start receiving more survey offers than you can handle. Once you are satisfied with the volume of survey invitations you are receiving, you can then focus on the more lucrative surveys that interest you. - Create Bookmarks for the Login locations for your sites.
Many of the sites have a login for members that allows you to change/update your profile information, review the surveys you have taken, redeem your rewards, etc. Be sure to bookmark these locations and organize them in you browser so that you have easy access to them. - Check your paid survey panel accounts. You should check your accounts from time to time. It is important to check on the number of points or cash level you have accumulated and whether or not you have reached the requirements necessary to cash out. Also, some of these sites occasionally add more profile surveys, so it is important to fill these out, and update any changes to your existing profile information so that you get the appropriate survey invitations. In addition some of these sites offer bonuses just for logging into the site. For example, MySurvey.com gives you an entry into their $10,000 sweepstakes for every day you log in, and LightSpeed offers mini polls on their site that will reward you with an entry into their $5,000 quarterly drawing.






