Publish Your Blog As A Book

Do you know that there is a service for bloggers to publish his posting and keep it as a book?

It is called the blog2print. If you go to your dashboard, you'll find the advertisement about this matter.

This is a sample from the publisher.

I want to wait for this service from a Malaysian company and I think it will be cheaper.

Free H1N1 Info

Do you want to get more info and understand Influenza A (H1N1)? If yes then you can download and read it online FOC. A company came out with a report about H1N1 and is being distributed online. The report can be downloaded from TIP SIHAT.

Besides receiving a free report, you can also help yourself make some money as affiliate. Registration is FREE too. Why not give a try and you have nothing to loose.

KLIBF 2009

Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair will be here again

PTWC Kuala Lumpur

17-26 April 2009

Get more information HERE. 

Dreaming - Publishing A Book On Paintball

I am not sure whether my dream of publishing a book will come true. It was my dream since the 70s when I told a friend that I want to publish a book irrespective of any topic. That dream still lingers in my mind.

Last week I started on my new supposed to be book after collecting information and pictures. It will be a book my new found sport - paintball. I have never seen any book about paintball in bookshops here (maybe someone found somewhere) in Kuala Lumpur. So, I am writing a book about the extreme sport and I have decided to write in Bahasa Malaysia. I hope this dream can come true. I know the market is not that big for such a book but at least I start somewhere.

I know I am just a young gun playing the game barely a month before shooting in the My-NPL 2009. I am a newbie but that is not a stumbling block for me. You seasoned paintballerz out there, I might get in touch with you and harvest your experience in the sport.

March 8 The Day Malaysia Woke Up

I was on my way to Labuan through KLIA when I saw this book at one of the bookstore in the waiting lounge. The book by Kee Thuan Chye is about the Malaysian General Election that changes the political climate of Malaysia after 51 years of digesting stale BN politics. 

However I did not buy the book due to lack of budget. Ermm....anyone want to present this book to me? 

Read Mental Jog's review of the book. 

Millionaire Tips

Who want to be a millionaire? Definitely everybody will raise their hands because in todays lifestyle money is king of everything. The popularity of internet get rich rich scheme is due to people want to make money the easy way. A small investment gives a large return in a short time.

Selling or smuggling illegal commodities such as drugs, weapons, even sex etc. can also give back a big return.

Maybe you once heard that No Pain No Gain and how far is it true? For some people it might not be compatible with their fate but to some it is. There are those lucky ones who became an overnight millionaire. Remember one participant in a TV show some years back who won RM 1 million after being able to answer a quiz. Once in a million reality tv programme created a millionaire out of a form 5 student. So is it no pain no gain or some pain and lots of gain. Some might just be born rich and due to inheritance.

I bought a magazine a few month back at Sg Buloh overhead RnR bookstall. Personal money published by The Edge Communications Sdn. Bhd. It was a once in a while purchase because that type of magazine is not on my priority list. I always buy IT related magazines with a few tittles not missed every month. This issue if Personal Money carries a feature about being a millionaire "How to make a Million". No doubt by just reading how to make millions won't make you a millionaire if you just lie down on the comfort of your sofa in the living room and thinking money dropping down from the sky.

The issue portray 10 people who make millions in their life. The feature "Yes, you can make a million" kick of with this line; Becoming a millionaire isn't easy. But you can do it, whether you are self-employed, own a business or earn a monthly pay cheque.

I quote some of the advice of those people

Milan Doshi - Singaporean -stockbroking.

He advised those who are going into stockbroking to take calculated risks with every investment.

Edana Lim - business women

she advises - Do your homework.

Its good to know who your competitors are and what they are doing.

Lim Chi Haur - Ecotint Executive Director

Always be prepared to seize opportunities. His philosophy - to always be prepared and never give up.

"In a business it's all about getting yourself ready so that when the opportunity comes, reach out and grab it.

Azizi Ali - writer

Its not about how much money you make but how much you save and invest.

Armin Baniaz Pahamin - Frachising Business

Focus on what is truly important and get to work.

Steven Lim - MLM marketing enterpreneur

In people related business it is important to build trust and relationship with the customers.

Yap hock Lee - Professional will-writer

If you help people, money will just come. you can't look at money at first but at work first.

Julia Chong -Company owner

Save your salary - stay emotionally detached from investments.

Martin Cheah - Engineer turned Florist business

take calculated risk

Chang So Fock - Company owner

If you think positively, you will find a solution.

Reference: Personal Money Issue #75 November 2007

Info - Banned Books

From time to time we see that there are books banned by Internal Security Ministry (KKDN). Today mStar picked BERNAMA's news that there are 14 more tittles banned from circulating.

Among reasons cited for the ban are:

Sexually related

• AlKafilah Siapakah Yang Dikatakan Gadis by Mohamd Abdul Hamid
• Rahsia Di Kamar & Kunci Wanita by Tok Nujum
• Rahsia Nombor 1 Untuk Wanita II by Tok Nujum

All three were published by Usnie Publisher in Setapak KL.

• Rahsia Kenikmatan Rumahtangga published by Tabib Haji Anwar Khan Enterprise;
• Masalah Seksual Lelaki & Rawatan Alternatif published by Teguh Ringgit Publishing House;
  

Jaafar Salleh's books published by Al-Hidayah Publisher

• Pendidikan Seks Rumahtangga Kemuncak Rahsia Kebahagiaan
• Kasih Sayang Sejati Rahsia Menguatkan Tenaga Batin
• Teknik Bercumbu dan Berjimak.

Deviant Islamic teachings and threats of security

• Onward Muslim Soldier by Robert Spencer;
• Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction by Oliver Leaman;
• Islamic Fundamentalism Since 1945" karya Beverley Milton-Edwards;
• Who Can Be Saved? And World Religons by Terrance L.Tiessen;
• War, Terror & Peace In The Quran And In Islam: Insights For Military & Government Leaders by T.P Schwartz-Barcott.
• The Qoran: Selected Suras by Arthur Jeffery published by Dover Publications in New York;
• The Qur'an by M.A.S Abdel Haleem, Oxford University Press Ins, New York;
• The Koran by M.H Shakir, Goodword Books.

The gazette for the ban was published under Deputy Minister of Internal Security's name Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum and Datuk Fu Ah Kiow.

Books- The Raja Bahrin Shah Story

Today I finish reading the book The Raja Bahrin Story, A fathers dramatic rescue mission which I started to read sometime ago. Pheww.... I made it. It has been years that I can finish reading a book. The book by Times Book International published in 1997 was written by Raja Bahrin Shah and Bryan Wickham is a story about how a father set on a rescue mission to bring back his two kids Iddin and Shahirah to Malaysia after being abducted by their mother Jacqueline Gillespie.

It was based on real life drama and very adventurous whereby the journey took them from Melbourne through thousands of kilometres on land and the ordeal at sea across the Torres Straits from Weipa in Northern Territory Australia to Mereuke, Irian Jaya and from there to Sabah before ending the journey safely in Kuala Lumpur. the book tells the story from the point of view of Raja Bahrin to counter the distorted information related by the Australian news due to Jacqueline Gillespie' s plot.

Jacqueline wrote a book to counter Raja Bahrin tittled Once I was a Princess.

At the end of the book Raja Bahrin wrote this;

Justice must be administered with compassion . But how can compassion be considered when the mind s that administer the law are so clouded and tainted by prejudice about religion and creed.

Finished reading the book at 8.49 a.m.

A New Philosophy

I was waiting for my son who is in the swimming pool and while waiting reads a book, Psycho Cybernatics by Dr. Maxwell Maltz.

Then while watching swimmers enjoying the FREE swimming session (every Friday) I chance upon a new philosophy.

God created human to serve himself, the community, the country and most of all God.

I am not sure whether anyone have read or heard it somewhere but to me its my new philosophy. The philosophy came into my mind while watching a few athletes from the Bukit Jalil Sports School enjoying the swim. I am looking forward to serve all avenues and hope to do it till my last breath.

When one come up with a philosophy, no one can say that his/her philosophy is wrong since one's philosophy came into effect due what he/she think/believe, how he/she act or react and that is philosophy. So if he/she changes the way he/she thinks then his/her philosophy also changes.

The Raja Bahrin's Story

I have been reading the book Raja Bahrin's Story: A Fathers Dramatic Rescue Mission since a week ago. I make it a point to go the the library and spent about an hour or so reading as much as I could. So I am taking up the governments challenge to read as many Malaysians do not read much. It has been many years that I did not read and finish any book.

When I was in standard 6 and that was 40 years ago, I used to finish a book within two days. Those days I read Jayne Eyre, To Kill A Mocking bird, Gullivers Travel, Last of The Mohiccans, Robinson Crusoe, the Hunchback of Notre Damne etc., etc., But the passion of reading fade away when I go to the secondary school. I have been fond of reading then but just don't know why the habit goes away with thin air.

Today I was so engrossed reading that I spent about 3 hours reading and finished a few chapters. Hope my passion for reading will come back because it really helps me to polish back my English which is becoming rusty. We don't speak English a lot these days except when conversing with old timers who go to English medium schools in their early days. Now I found it a bit difficult and seems to be lost of words when writing and for that reason I am writing blogs in English to regain back my proficiency in English. The book I have been reading is in English.

At the moment I have read about 2/3 of the book written by two author who were directly involved with the escape plan, Raja Bahrin himself and Bryan Wickham, a Scots who reside in Australia.

The Raja Bahrin's experience has been highlighted in the media when he landed safely with his son and daughter on Malaysian soil after being abducted by his former wife Jacqueline Gillispie. This is a story how deep is a fathers love who had to suffer years of missing his kids besides facing the unfair Australian Family Court.

Psycho-Cybernatics

I heard about this tittle when I attended a High Performance Training Workshop for officers in my department. Since then I have been looking for this book and browse the internet to find more information on this book and the writer, Dr. Maxwell Maltz. Psycho-Cybernetics, is a system of ideas that can be employed to improve one's self image and in turn lead a more successful and fulfilling life.

The book was published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 1230 Avenue of Americas, New York, NY 10020. You can subsribe to Simon & Schusters newsletter here.

I foundthe book at the highway mart at Tapah R&R and is priced RM 29.90. However I am not sure whether its the last copy. I am not sure when I can start reading the book and on the back cover it says;

• discover the success mechanism within you!
• improve your self-image - and turn the key to a better life!
• dehypnotize yourself from false beliefs!
• learn ho utilize the power of rational thinking!
• use the do-it yourself tranquilizers that bring peace of mind!
• remove emotional scars and give yourself an "Emotional Face Lift!"
• learn to turn a crisis into a Creative Opportunity!

HAPPINES IS A HABIT!