archive of November, 2009
Do people fall for this idiotic e-mail? Do people believe that they can “make an average $25 – $250 per survey… earn $10 – $50 per movie trailer that (they) preview”?
Here’s the e-mail from “Clicked Cash” <kkapeller2552ezih@yahoo.com>:
How would you like to make $75 – $250 every single day just for clicking
your mouse ?
This program is a MUST for:
Stay at home moms or dads »→
an interior view of the sparsely-furnished, 860-square feet apartment in OceanView on Penang Island where I lived March to August 2009
OceanView apartment building in Jelutong, Penang
No view of an ocean from my balcony … I can see a hill on Malaysia’s mainland (left).
Residents in upper floors’ apartments with eastern views can see the channel between Penang Island and mainland Malaysia … but not an ocean. Pulau Penang (Betelnut Island) is in the Andaman Sea.
Here is Uncle Sam’s latest take on the Philippines for Americans intending to visit it:
“November 6, 2009
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION:
The [Republic of the] Philippines is an emerging economy [it's an economy?] with a democratic system of government. Located in Southeast Asia, the archipelago consists of more than 7,000 [7,107] islands, of which over 800 are inhabited. The major island groupings are Luzon in the north, the Visayas in the center and Mindanao in the south. Tourist facilities [What are they?] are available within population centers and the main tourist areas. English is widely spoken [how does one speak widely?] in the Philippines, and most signs are in English. »→
Today we remember Jim Fitzgerald, famed sports car racer, who died in a TransAm race in Saint Petersburg on November 8, 1987.
…….At Free Rice.com, I reached level 50 in English vocabulary, the default quiz, before losing interest. I encourage you to visit FreeRice.com and do one of the quizzes to donate rice to UN’s World Food Program. Quizzes for adults and kids are:
Famous Paintings
Chemical Symbols (Basic) & Chemical Symbols (Full List)
English Grammar & English Vocabulary
Identify Countries on the Map & World Capitals
languages: Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, & Espanol
Basic Math (Pre-Algebra) & Multiplication Table
This post office on Pulau Penang sells hiking and camping gear (behind glass), very stylish Chinese bicycles, Chinese sewing machines, fruit juices (on counter behind sewing machines) and nutritional supplements (pills).
boys playing in a river on Pulau Penang (Penang Island)
resuming our look at consumer products for sale in Malaysia:
MYM sodas bottled in Perak (left-to-right): anggur, sarsi, cream soda, air limau, strawberi
You know times are tough when your ol’ junker gets repossessed
hard times … hard times
