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Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business.

When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune
when his sickly father died,   he decided he needed to  find a wife with whom to share his fortune.

One evening, at an investment meeting, he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
Her natural beauty took his breath away.
“I may look like just an ordinary guy,” he said to her,
“but in just a few years   my father will die and I will inherit $200 million”.

Impressed, the woman asked for his business card and
three days later, she became his stepmother.

Women are so much better at financial planning than men.

Ah Chai and his wife go visit a marriage counselor.

First, the wife speaks to the counselor alone.
The counselor asks, “You say you’ve been married 20 years, so what seems to be the problem?”
The wife replies, “It’s my husband, he’s driving me crazy! I’m going to leave him if he continues!”

“How does he drive you crazy?”
“For 20 years,” she says, “he’s been doing these stupid things. First, whenever we go out, he’s always looking at the floor and refuses to go near anyone. It’s very embarrassing.”

The marriage counselor is amused, “Anything else?”
“He keeps picking his nose all the time! Even in public !”
“Hmm, anything else?”
The wife hesitates, “whenever we’re making love, he NEVER lets me be on top! Once in a while, I’d like to be in control !”
“Ah,” says the counselor, “I think I’ll talk to your husband now.”

So the wife goes out of the room and the husband enters. The counselor tells him, “Your wife says that you’ve been driving her crazy and she might even leave you.”
The husband looks shocked, “WHAT? For 20 years I’ve been loving and considerate and I’ve always given her what she wants! What could be her problem?”

The counselor explains, “She says that you’ve got these habits that are driving her crazy. First, you’re always acting strange in public, looking at the floor and never going near anyone else.”

Ah Chai looks concerned, “Oh, you don’t understand! It’s one of the few things my father told me to do in his deathbed and I swore I’d obey everything he said.”
“What did he say?”
“He said that I should never step on anyone’s toes!”

The counselor looks amused, “Actually, that means that you should not do anything that would cause anyone else to get angry.”
The husband looks sheepish, “Oh.That’s what he meant. Okay.”
The counselor continues, “And you keep picking your nose in public.”
“Well, it’s another thing my father specifically commanded me to do! He told me to always keep my nose clean.”

The counselor looks faint, “That means that you should not indulge in any criminal activity.”
“Oh,” says the husband looking very stupid.
“And finally, she says that you never allow her to be on top during your lovemaking.”
“This,” says the husband seriously,”is the last thing my father commanded me to do on his deathbed and it’s the most important thing.”

“What did he say?”
Ah Chai replies: “In his dying breath, he said. “Son, Don’t fuck up!”

Malaysian employees will spend at least 35% of the 365 days this leap year away from work. They will enjoy a minimum of 121 rest days, including weekends and public holidays (but excludes their annual leave) Hurray!

Since three out of the 13 gazetted public holidays – Prophet Muham­mad’s birthday on Feb 5, Hari Raya Puasa on Aug 19 and Malaysia Day on Sept 16 – fall on Sundays, employees will get another three weekdays off.

State holidays, meanwhile, range from 3 to 6 days, with Penang and Sabah having the highest number of days and Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan having the least.

Employees are expected to use some of their annual leave to take a long stretch off during the coming back-to-back state and national holidays following Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 23.

These include Federal Territory Day on Feb 1, Prophet Muham­mad’s birthday on Feb 5 and Thaipusam on Feb 7.

Last but not least, happy holiday in 2012 (but not to the employer

News from The Star.

6) Endure What Cannot Be Cured
This is the best way to turn a disadvantage into an advantage. Every day we face numerous inconveniences, ailments, irritations, and accidents that are beyond our control. If we cannot control them or change them, we must learn to put up with these things. We must learn to endure them cheerfully. Believe in yourself and you will gain in terms of patience, inner strength and will power.

7) Do Not Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
This maxim needs to be remembered constantly. We often tend to take more responsibilities than we are capable of carrying out. This is done to satisfy our ego. Know your limitations. . Why take on additional loads that may create more worries? You cannot gain peace of mind by expanding your external activities. Reduce your material engagements and spend time in prayer, introspection and meditation. This will reduce those thoughts in your mind that make you restless. Uncluttered mind will produce greater peace of mind.

Meditate Regularly
Meditation calms the mind and gets rid of disturbing thoughts. This is the highest state of peace of mind. Try and experience it yourself. If you meditate earnestly for half an hour everyday, your mind will tend to become peaceful during the remaining twenty-three and half-hours. Your mind will not be easily disturbed as it was before. You would benefit by gradually increasing the period of daily meditation. You may think that this will interfere with your daily work. On the contrary, this will increase your efficiency and you will be able to produce better results in less time.

9) Never Leave The Mind Vacant
An empty mind is the devil’s workshop. All evil actions start in the vacant mind. Keep your mind occupied in something positive, something worthwhile. Actively follow a hobby. Do something that holds your interest. You must decide what you value more: money or peace of mind. Your hobby, like social work or religious work, may not always earn you more money, but you will have a sense of fulfillment and achievement. Even when you are resting physically, occupy yourself in healthy reading or mental chanting of God’s name.

10) Do Not Procrastinate And Never Regret
Do not waste time in protracted wondering “should I or shouldn’t I?” Days, weeks, months, and years may be wasted in that futile mental debating. You can never plan enough because you can never anticipate all future happenings. Value your time and do the things that need to be done. It does not matter if you fail the first time. You can learn from your mistakes and succeed the next time. Sitting back and worrying will lead to nothing. Learn from your mistakes, but do not brood over the past. DO NOT REGRET. Whatever happened was destined to happen only that way. Why cry over spilt milk?

1) Do Not Interfere In Others’ Business Unless Asked

Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others’ affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction. This thinking denies the existence of individuality and consequently the existence of God. God has created each one of us in a unique way. No two human beings can think or act in exactly the same way. All men or women act the way they do because God within them prompts them that way. Mind your own business and you will keep your peace.

2) Forgive And Forget
This is the most powerful aid to peace of mind. We often develop ill feelings inside our heart for the person who insults us or harms us. We nurture grievances. This in turn results in loss of sleep, development of stomach ulcers, and high blood pressure. This insult or injury was done once, but nourishing of grievance goes on forever by constantly remembering it. Get over this bad habit. Life is too short to waste in such trifles. Forgive, Forget, and march on. Love flourishes in giving and forgiving.

3) Do Not Crave For Recognition
This world is full of selfish people. They seldom praise anybody without selfish motives. They may praise you today because you are in power, but no sooner than you are powerless, they will forget your achievement and will start finding faults in you. Why do you wish to kill yours in striving for their recognition? Their recognition is not worth the aggravation. Do your duties ethically and sincerely.

4) Do Not Be Jealous
We all have experienced how jealousy can disturb our peace of mind. You know that you work harder than your colleagues in the office, but sometimes they get promotions; you do not. You started a business several years ago, but you are not as successful as your neighbor whose business is only one year old. There are several examples like these in everyday life. Should you be jealous? No. Remember everybody’s life is shaped by his/her destiny, which has now become his/her reality. If you are destined to be rich, nothing in the world can stop you. If you are not so destined, no one can help you either. Nothing will be gained by blaming others for your misfortune. Jealousy will not get you anywhere; it will only take away your peace of mind.

5) Change Yourself According To The Environment
If you try to change the environment single-handedly, the chances are you will fail. Instead, change yourself to suit your environment. As you do this, even the environment, which has been unfriendly to you, will mysteriously change and seem congenial and harmonious.

Nowadays most of us are into ‘Group Discount‘ culture where consumers get discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies/ suppliers.

The first kind-of operator, Groupon (Group Coupon) was launched in November 2008, and the first market for Groupon was in USA, followed soon thereafter by Europe and even in Asia.

This is a simply amazing internet business and also benefits to all the consumers alike. Let’s find out our local group-discount operators in Malaysia where you can enjoy discount with:

> Groupon Malaysia

> Milk A Deal

> Deal Mates

> We Buy and some other 15 overs groupon companies*

Interestingly, there is one of its type offering all Groupon Companies in Malaysia by just browsing a website in one glance! Moreover, you can filter the offers by location, or just show the latest deal from your favourite groupon company.  Check out All Groupon Deals!

*as of Dec 2011.

In order to insert PDF or .pdf file into Mic. Powerpoint slides as presentation, what you need to do is only 5 steps as shown below. The method is based on OLE (Object Linking & Embedding).

1) Click on [Insert] button

2) Choose [Object] and select first item ‘Adobe Acrobat Document’ and ‘OK’

3) Choose the PDF files you wanted to insert (see the picture)

4) Now you will see the PDF file is opened (it’s to confirm you want that particular file), last step is

5) Click [File] and select [Exit And Return to Presentation 1] (see the picture)

There you go!

Remark: The powerpoint file with PDF embedded may not view successfully using iPad.

(continue from Visits & Visitors)

Pageviews vs. Unique Pageviews

A pageview is each time a visitor views a page on your website, regardless of how many hits are generated. Pages are comprised of files. Every image in a page is a separate file. When a visitor looks at a page (a pageview), they may see numerous images, graphics, pictures etc. and generate multiple hits.

A Pageview is defined as a view of a page on your site that is being tracked by the Analytics tracking code. If a visitor hits reload after reaching the page, this will be counted as an additional pageview. If a user navigates to a different page and then returns to the original page, a second pageview will be recorded as well.

The below image clearly show you the different between visits & pageview.

A unique Pageview aggregates pageviews that are generated by the same user during the same session. So now you know why normally advertisers would look into visits rather than Pageview.

This article is specially for those online sellers who want to build their business.

Drop shipping is another business method in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead transfers customer orders to either the manufacturer or a wholesaler, who then ships the goods directly to the customer. As in retail businesses, the majority of retailers make their profit on the difference between the wholesale and retail price but some retailers earn an agreed percentage of the sales in commission, paid by the wholesaler to the retailer.

Didn’t get what I mean? View the picture instead.

Edited from Wikipedia.