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Random Blog Post #3 – Lots Of Media Clippings!

Well this year is flying by, it’s May in a few days – remember if you haven’t already – submit your tax returns! Deadline is looming (April 30th – just 3 more days to go). It’s been a busy month as usual, the house renovation is going well, things are starting to take shape and […]

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A Guide To Buying A House/Property In Malaysia – Getting Started

So, thinking about buying your own property? Be it a condo, department or landed property the main thing I’d say to you is start thinking about it as early as possible! I’ve been moving towards getting my own place for more than 2 years now including saving up, looking around, finding a suitable place, negotiating, […]

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Picture Published In The Star Today – Without Credit

Once again The Star does what it seems to do consistently, publish a picture without any credit at all. Unlike the Malay Mail who published a blog article of mine without permission then printed an apology. This issue with The Star has also been discussed in depth on Shutter Asia: Malaysian Newspapers and Photo Credits […]

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We Ate This Featured in The Star!

We Ate This was syndicated in The Sunday Star Metro section to be specific, after only 2 posts! More over there: We Ate This Featured in the Sunday Star – Metro And updated with one of my favourite places to grab some Italian food. Italiannies – Italian Food Pasta, Pizza and Salads – The Curve

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Being in The Star – Brings 0 Traffic

Well it’s not the first time in my paper, so far I’ve been in The Star, NST and Malay Mail and all result in the same thing, no spikes, no big surge, no extra traffic. Especially if the article is one from In-Tech, it definitely leads to no extra traffic. I got a bigger peak […]

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The Star and Their AllMalaysian Bloggers Project

Inviting all bloggers to the AllMalaysian Bloggers Project, on behalf of a friend I’d like to extend an invite to all Malaysian Bloggers to join this project. AllMalaysian Bloggers Project The AllMalaysian Bloggers Project (AMBP) is an undertaking of the folks behind the AllMalaysia.info website, all of whom believe strongly in the freedom of speech. […]

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The State of Traditional Media and Newspapers in Malaysia

Smart people don’t seem to read the local newspapers, nor any businessmen worth their salt (The Edge anyone?). As they are all pretty much biased, washed out tabloid trash. Smart people read news online (BBC, CNN, Malaysiakini, Jeff Ooi) or read foreign papers, even those papers such as The Times of India are much better. […]

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