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Choosing The Right Affiliate Products

In this article I am going to tell you how to choose good affiliate products so that you can make money on-line quickly and easily.

When choosing the right affiliate products it is important you work with product owners who are professional, but it’s more important that you can provide and offer your buyers quality products for their money.

Here are some consideration you have to remember when choosing your affiliate products:

Affiliate Commission Rate

Most new affiliate marketeers immediately jump into the affiliate programs which offer 75% commission pay out rates. Logically these look like the products that will make you the most money, right?

Not always! Now if you consider the followings : a big commission rate of 75% for a $5 sale is only $3.75 commission which is not a big sum , but a smaller commission rate 20% commission rate for a $1,000 sale is going to be $20, much more profitable!

You need to know exactly how much your end dollar figure per sale is going to be. When you’re researching potential affiliate products to sell, have a calculator handy and figure out exactly what you’re going to get paid for each sale you generate.

Product Relevance

If you’ve built a custom blog that teaches people to make money online, then those people reading your blog are surely interested on your topic. Imagine trying to sell them an affiliate e-book on model trains? I don’t think you would be able to sell many e-books on model trains from your blog.

No matter what your blog is about, if you’ve built a following and created a mailing list or subscriber list, try to make sure the affiliate marketing products you choose have some relevance to what your subscribers are interested in.

Sales Page

Your job as the affiliate marketer is to promote an affiliate product and entice visitors to visit the product website. From there, it’s up to the product owner to convert each visitor into a sale with their sales page and product description.

If you’ve chosen an affiliate product with a poor sales page or low quality graphics, then you might find your marketing efforts would not help to generate much profit as the sales conversion rate will be very low.

Always check what the sales page and product presentation looks like before you sign up to promote an affiliate product.

Customer Feedback

Do a quick search on-line for the product name you are thinking about promoting. Check out what other customers or other affiliates are saying about this product or about the product company selling it.

If the information you find is all positive, then chances are you have found a great affiliate product to promote.

If you see any negative feedback, look deeper into why the comments are negative. If you see simple things like ‘no one got back to me’ – these are issues that can be resolved.

However, if you find much more negative input, such as product owners not paying refunds when requested or the product being poor value or poor quality, then avoid this product.

Tracking Your Success

If you spend a lot of time promoting an affiliate product as part of your make money online method, then it is important for you to know if the visitors that your blog is attracting are potential buyers.

There are several ways to track sales conversions, but a smart affiliate marketer will combine both tracking and lead capture in the same movement.

It sounds a little complicated, but it’s actually easier than you think.

Let’s look at creating an affiliate sales conversion tracking system at the same time as creating a way to capture leads.

1. Squeeze Page

A squeeze page is simply a page you create where your clients will go if they click on your affiliate link. If they see a product they like, they’ll click on it to find out more information. You can create a squeeze page that’s designed to give them a taste of the information they’re seeking, but you can also add a subscription box on the same page so that you are capturing their contact details and adding them to your mailing list.

2. Tracking

Google Analytics is a great free tracking program that you can add free to your squeeze page. The code is very easy to install and the benefits are that you will know how your visitors found your squeeze page.

By knowing which link they clicked to get to your squeeze page, you will know which advertisements are working & attracting the visitors and which are not. You can set your tracking code to monitor sales as well, so this way you will also know how many visitors arrived on your squeeze page, moved on to the actual product sales page and then how many actually bought the affiliate product you’re promoting.

These kinds of analytical figures might sound boring, but a smart affiliate marketer knows that they are important figures to know, as you’ll be able to track which affilliate marketing tactics are working and generate a sale income for you.

3. Lead Capture

When visitors arrive on your squeeze page and then moving on to your affiliate product sales page, if they decide not to buy, you’ve lost that potential customer forever.

However, by capturing their email address and adding them to your mailing list, you have a chance to promote a different affiliate product to them at a later point and maybe they’ll buy from you the next time.

Creating a mailing list is the most valuable tool a smart affiliate marketer can have. You already know those people are interested in the type of affiliate product you are promoting, so by choosing similar type of products and letting your list of subscribers know about them. You have a ready-made audience for all your affiliate marketing efforts.

Traffic Basics

Traffic is vitally important to any affiliate marketing. Without traffic, you will have no sales and with no sales, you have no profit.

So how do you entice visitors to click over to your affiliate promotions?

There are plenty of ways to drive visitors to your site. Let’s look at a few options:

Article Marketing

This is a brilliant way to drive huge amounts of traffic to your website, your blog, your squeeze page, or your affiliate product links. Simply write articles that cover a similar topic to the affiliate product you want to sell and then include your website URL in the author resource box.

Submit your articles to article directories and offer free reprint rights. Many other websites will happily reprint your articles, which will mean you have access to that site’s visitors. When readers read your article, they’ll click over to learn more if the article has done its job and enticed them to want to learn more about what you have to offer.

If you can’t write your own articles or you don’t have time, you can hire freelance writers to write them for you at very reasonable prices.

Forum Promotion

Join forums that cover similar topics to your affiliate products. Take some time to create a signature line that contains your web-site’s URL. Then spend some time getting to know the community. Offer tips and be helpful.

The more value you offer to other forum members, the more likely they will click on your affiliate link in your signature line to find out more about your offer.

Pay-Per-Click Advertising

While the first two options are free, they also take time and energy. You might prefer to generate massive visitor numbers by beginning a pay-per-click advertising campaign.

Even though this option costs money, but if you set up your campaign correctly you could be driving huge amounts of visitors to your affiliate products very quickly.

Google Adwords is one very popular option for pay-per-click advertising. You simply create a compelling headline and a simple two-line description of your affiliate product. Then you enter your web-site’s URL and you are done.

You can include tracking links into your Adwords campaigns and you can decide on the amount you are willing to pay for each click.

The great part about pay-per-click advertising is that visitors only click through on advertisements when they are really interested in the product you have described. So you would know who would want to know more.

Make double sure that the product you are promoting has a great sales conversion ratio and you will find that huge visitor numbers will be converted to great profits very quickly.

So making money on-line is a very rewarding extra income generating platform but you have to be focus, passionate and of course very active and hard-working.

So make a start & enjoy your new venture

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Introduction To Affiliate Marketing

If you’ve spent some time on the internet, you may have heard about Affiliate Marketing and how it can help you to make money on the internet.

 What is affiliate marketing ?

Affiliate marketing is the process of advertising a product for sale where the product owner is willing to pay you an affiliate commission for every sale you generate.

It sounds so easy. All you need to do is find a great product to promote, making sure the owner will pay you an affiliate commission, and you would send or direct online traffic over to that affiliate product owner’s website. When the sale is completed the product owner will pay you a commission. In other words you are a product broker or sale agent for that product owner.

Easy ? Not quite.

Affiliate marketing has evolved over the past few years into a very lucrative business for those smart marketers who get it right. But if you’re not doing it the right way, you could find it quite difficult to make enough sales to be profitable.

Let’s take a look at the basics of affiliate marketing:

Choosing an Affiliate Program

When new affiliate marketers look for an affiliate product to promote, they tend to look for the affiliate programs that pay the highest commission per sale. While high commissions per sale are great, it also means it’s harder to convince your potential customers to buy as such product will obviously cost more.

The most effective affiliate marketers choose one specific niche to begin with and diversify their products range across several differently priced products within that niche.

This way, if a customer isn’t interested in one affiliate product that is higher priced, he may be interested in a lower priced instead, so you haven’t lost a sale.

Finding Affiliate Sales Customers

The biggest challenge for any affiliate marketer is finding customers willing to buy so that you can earn your affiliate commissions.

You have so many different options available for finding new customers and the choice is literally up to you.

  1) You could choose to create a pay-per-click advertising campaign to attract new buyers

  2)  You could build a mailing list and promote directly to the people on your list any new affiliate products you have

  3)     You could create a blog and write reviews that will explain to people why the product you’re recommending is a great choice.

There are many ways to promote your affiliate products and get your affiliate marketing business off to a great profitable start.

Creating Your Own Affiliate Products

Some marketers prefer to create and sell their own affiliate products rather than promoting peoples’ products. It’s quite easy to create your own down-loadable products and entice other affiliate marketers to promote them for you.

Different Affiliate Programs

By using a selection of products within the same niche, but choosing from across different affiliate program providers, not only are you offering your visitors a great choice of products to buy, but you’re also diversifying your potential affiliate income.

Here are some great affiliate program providers:

Clickbank: http://www.clickbank.com

Clickbank has more than 10,000 affiliate digital products to choose from, paying between 10%-75% of each sale in affiliate commissions. The majority of products are e-books or online courses, so if you like the ease of quick, down-loadable products, then this is for you.

Your affiliate marketing campaign sends visitors directly to the product owner’s sites and Clickbank processes the payments, acting as a third-party merchant provider as well as the affiliate manager.

Your individual affiliate links are very easy to create, so you can get started very quickly. Clickbank pay twice a month either by check or directly into your account.

Commission Junction (CJ) – http://www.commissionjunction.com

CJ is a massive affiliate program provider, offering both online digital products and real world products across almost as many niche industries as you can think of. Many programs may require approval from the affiliate product owners, but once you’re approved, the process of setting up your affiliate marketing campaign is very easy and professional.

Not only do they offer products that pay you a commission for each sale you make, you also have the option of choosing programs that pay you for each lead you refer or per click you can generate over to their site.

Payment is made on the 15th of each month once your account reaches a specified minimum.

Share-A-Sale – http://www.share-a-sale.com

Share-a-sale offers a similar affiliate platform to CJ, only on a smaller scale. Very easy to create your affiliate marketing campaigns and payment is made monthly once your account reaches a specified minimum.

ClixGalore – http://www.clixgalore.com

ClixGalore offers a variety of real world and online products to choose from. Product owners also offer affiliate marketers a choice of being paid a commission per sale or a set amount per lead or sometimes even an amount per click through on a banner ad.

Payment is made monthly once your account reached a specified minimum.

There are many more affiliate programs available on the internet. Do some simple research and choose the program that has products to suit your own affiliate marketing campaign.

In Part 2, we’ll look more closely into choosing your affiliate products online.

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Orange  Sultana Loaf

A good breakfast is important & essential  for your growing kids and adults as well . This orange sultana loaf is great and healthy for growing kids as it contains calcium,  vitamins and minerals

Ingredients

1. 1 egg (lightly beaten)
2. 3 tsp grated orange rind
3. 1 cup orange juice
4. 3/4 cup honey
5. 2 tbsp margarine (melted)
6. 1 cup sultanas
7. 60g whole grain cereal (crushed)
8. 2 cups self-raising white flour
9. 1/2 tsp baking powder

Method

1. Place egg, orange rind, orange juice, honey and margarine into a large bowl. Mix well.
2. Add sultanas and the whole grain cereal , mix well.
3. Stir through sifted dry ingredients ( white flour & baking powder).
4. Spoon mixture into a lightly greased 14cm x 24cm loaf tin.
5. Bake in a moderate oven ,180 degrees centigrade for 45-50 minutes.
6. Cool before slicing

• You can cut the orange sultana loaf up to 16 slices.

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Do you know that different color fruits and vegetables would provide different health benefits ?

According to Chinese Traditional  Medicine theory we should at least try to eat five different colors of fruits and vegetables daily to maintain good health. This is because the Chinese strongly believe that the five different colors, Red, Yellow, Green, Black, White..represent the five different earthly elements namely : Fire, Earth, Wood, Water, and Metal.  Also our major internal organs : Heart, Spleen, Liver, Kidney, and the Lung, are also represented by the five earthly elements respectively . Each organ function individually as one, but they work together as a whole ..one for all and all for one. Therefore we take care of one, it would take good care of the rest !

Today most people know that there are many benefits to maintaining a healthy diet. Longer lives, disease prevention and an ideal weight are all results of eating healthy.

But how can you know which foods to buy — let alone which foods to eat? Now it may be easier than ever to decide.

Color is the key. If you know what you want to prevent or improve, there is probably a color associated with what you need.

Fruits and vegetables contain phytochemicals which are packed with vitamins and minerals. They can protect against things like the effects of aging, cancer and heart disease .

Fruits and vegetables are categorized by color. These categories can help alert the healthy consumer of what benefits the fruit or vegetable has in store.

These color categories include red, blue/purple, yellow/orange, white and green.

Those in the white category, such as bananas, garlic, onions and potatoes, help with heart health, lowering cholesterol and reducing the risk of some cancers. Cantaloupes, mangoes and sweet potatoes are all part of the yellow/orange category and help with the eye and heart health. Green grapes, kiwis, broccoli and spinach also help with vision and reducing the risk of cancer.

It is well known that blueberries have the phytochemical anthocyanin which helps reduce age effects.

If you are still unsure of how much of all these fruit and vegetables you need, there is a Web site that can figure it for you.

The site, created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), can be found at  www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov. The site considers your age, gender and activity level to measure how many cups of “fruits and veggies” you need in a day.

The CDC also recognizes the significance of the colors of fruits and vegetables.

“To get a healthy variety, think color. Eating fruits and vegetables of different colors gives your body a wide range of valuable nutrients,” according to the CDC site.

To make the benefits of fruits and vegetables more available — and more appetizing — there are lots of things you can do.

Try to buy different kinds of fruits and vegetables. Buy juices that are 100 percent juice, not juices with high-fructose corn syrup. Try to keep fruit on your counter at home or on your desk at work. You’re more likely to eat it that way.

There are also some treats you can make if a carrot just won’t satisfy your sweet tooth. Smoothies are easy to make and a good way to get children to eat more fruit.

Many dietician also suggested low-fat, plain yogurt and adding your own fruit, such as frozen blueberries.

“Compared with people who consume a diet with only small amounts of fruits and vegetables, those who eat more generous amounts as part of a healthful diet are likely to have reduced risk of chronic diseases, including stroke and perhaps other cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers,” according to the CDC.

So colours are beautiful not only in our daily physical manifestations but also in our food iespecially in fruits and vegetables.

So add more colours to your life and you will have a healthier life…..

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10 DAYS THAT SHOOK 2008 AND CHANGE THE WORLD

Remember 9/11 ?

Yes, all Americans will remember this fateful day….
on Tuesday September 11, 2001 United States was attacked !!

In the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, 19 terrorists hijacked four American commercial jetliners on Sept. 11, 2001, flying two of them into the World Trade Center in New York City and one into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The fourth went down in a field in Shanksville, Pa.

The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airlines into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, and caused the total collapse of the two towers to Ground Zero in a dramatic inferno meltdown.

America was shocked ! All Americans responded to the atrocities with shock and panic. The whole world was shocked and could not believe that such destructive attack of terrorism could ever be launched against the United States on its home-ground ! Billions around the globe looked in disbelief , most of them were terrified & angered but some were amused…

After this 9/11 attack , America had changed. The whole world had changed..The whole world is now on the war path on terrorism. Security is the password in every nation and Terrorism is the passport against the       Al-Qaeda….

But seven years later another form of “terrorism” would again terrorize the whole global financial system - the Great Financial Crisis 2008 !

On Wall Street they call it 9/15 - a financial version of 9/11. It was the day Lehman Brothers collapsed on 15/9/2008 and turned Rich Dads to Poor Dads!

Now Remember 9/15 !

The immediate cause or trigger of this Financial Crisis was the bursting of the United States housing bubble now fatefully known as the sub-prime mortgage crisis, which probably started in late 2006

When the US investment bank, Lehman Brothers, went bankrupt last Sept. 15 , all hell broke loose. It set off a chain of events that brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse to Ground Zero . The global financial system went into cardiac arrest and triggered a recession around the world.

Since then after 24 months of mayhem and never-ending crises that shredded nerves, destroyed wealth and shook the business and financial sectors unlike anything since the Great Depression of the 1930s, many disturbed investors and central governments alike are still “astounded” that the US government did not step in to halt the collapse of Lehman Brothers, as they had done with Bear Stearns. How did the 10 days in 2008 shook the world and changed the global financial arena.

Below is recount of the 10 eventful days in 2008 that brought about the global financial meltdown, which we won’t forget but never want to remember…..

Jan 2, 2008 - Asian market meltdown

After the New Year holidays celebrations, Asian stock markets opened and were battered, with Hongkong’s Hang Seng Index suffering its biggest fall since the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks. Similar carnage struck the region with the Singapore ST Index plunging 187.1 points, or 6 per cent, its worst one-day fall since October 1987. Intensifying fears of a US economic recession , the Dow Jones fell 256 points which led the US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates a day later, to try to stop the global rout. It worked, as Asia’s stock rallied sharply in reaction, with the Hang Seng Index soaring 10.7 per cent in its biggest one-day point gain ever. Nine days later on Jan. 11, Bank of America announced that it would purchase Countrywide Financial in an all-stock transaction worth approximately $4 billion.

The impacts on the financial institutions globally were fierce and swift. One of the first victim was Northern Rock, a medium-size British bank. On Feb 17, 2008 Northern Rock was taken into state ownership by the Treasury of the United Kingdom. Northern Rock’s problems proved to be an early indication of the troubles that would soon befall other banks and financial institutions with such devastating domino effect.

March 16, 2008 - Bear Stearns bailout

Wall Street and the rest of the world felt the year’s first major financial tremor when Bear Sterns, the fifth-largest investment bank , faced near-collapse. It survived - sort of - when the US Federal Reserve stepped in and provided term financing to facilitate JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s acquisition of Bear Stearns . In late May, Bear Stearns vanished into Wall Street history when it was sold to JP Morgan Chase at US$10 a share. A year earlier it was trading as high as US$170 a share.

The crisis also sparked fears and rumours that Lehman Brothers might also be in financial trouble sent stock markets down sharply. Both Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers had invested heavily in the US sub-prime mortgage instruments and other mortgage-backed securities (MBS) , which have fallen sharply in value.

Two and a half months later, on Jun 5, 2008 , Bank of America announced its notice to acquire Countrywide Financial Corporation with the US Federal Reserves approval.

July 3, 2008 - Oil hits almost US$150

The price of black gold soared to a record US$147 a barrel that day, fueled by a larger-than-expected fall in US stockpiles and the threat of conflict with Iran. But fears of shrinking demand caused by a global recession have sent oil plunging to near US$30 earlier this month- its lowest level in five years. However, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has promised sharp supply cuts to push oil back to US$75. Fears return to haunt the financial analysts.

Then on July 11, another bank was nationalized. IndyMac Bank, F.S.B. were transferred to a new incorporated national entity - the IndyMac Federal Bank, FSB.

Sept 7, 2008 - Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac rescued

US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac having failed to get funding from private investors, were handed a lifeline by the US government , which committed up to US$200 billion to boost the much-needed capital. The failure of Fannie and Freddie was not an option, as they own or guarantee almost half of the country’s US$12 trillion home mortgage debt.

Asian financial institutions and central banks - especially in Japan and China - hold billions of dollars worth of debt securities issued by both institutions. So the bailout brought lots of confidence & cheers to the region, with investors propelling markets from Tokyo to Hongkong to their best showing in months.

As US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said then that both firms were “so large and so interwoven in our financial system that a failure of either of them would cause great turmoil in our financial markets here at home and around the glob”.

Sept 15, 2008 - Lehman Brothers goes under, Merrill Lynch sold

A financial inferno, was sparked when Lehman Brothers - a 158-year-old Wall Street stalwart and the fourth-largest US investment bank - was brought to its knees by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Unable to repay its mountain of debts, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection- making it the biggest such filing in history.

Hours later, the third-largest investment ban, Merrill Lynch, a venerable 94-year-old Wall institution, sought refuge in a US$50 billion takeover by Bank of America, shocking analyst worldwide. It’s shares were sold to Bank of America for US$29 a share in an all-stock deal. This financial inferno has thus engulfed the oldest financial institutions and brought along the worst financial meltdown the world has ever experienced since the Great Depression !

These events also created shock waves , creating a financial tsunami , around the world and sent stock markets into free fall as investors fled to the safety of government bonds and gold. Spot gold, on Sept.17, rose by nearly US$90 an ounce, a record one-day gain !

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 777.68 points, its biggest single-day fall ever, easily beating the 684 points it lost on the first day of trading after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Sept 16, 2008 - AIG nearly collapses

Another institution meltdown in this financial inferno came when the troubled US insurer AIG American, heavily exposed to the property sector, came to the brink of bankruptcy after ratings agencies cut its debt ratings. But disaster was averted, when the US government intervened with a US$85 billion           rescue loan.

Stock markets plunge worldwide and Central banks rush to pump in enormous amount liquidity into the economy as a severe credit crunch          sets in.

JP Morgan Chase acquires the banking operations of Washington Mutual in a transaction facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Oct 26, 2008 - Bloody October

The Dow Jones tumbled 514.45 to close at 8519.21, its 7th biggest point drop in history, as investors believed that the global economy is heading into a deep recession.

Stock markets, especially those in Asia, were savaged in late October. The carnage was especially bad on Oct.27, when investors dumped regional stocks on fears that government action would not be enough to stave off a deep global recession.

According to financial information provider Standard & Poor’s Index Service , world equity markets registered their worst month in history, as investors lost an estimated US$5.79 trillion in that time.

Dec 1, 2008 - US officially in recession

Arguably the US is officially in recession and has been in recession since December 2007. The US joined other economies officially in recession, including Hongkong, Japan, New Zealand , Ireland, Italy, Germany , Singapore and Britain. Yes, the world is in recession, the worst of its kind in recent memories.

In the aftermath, the U.S. Treasury Department authorized loans of up to $13.4 billion for General Motors and $4.0 billion for Chrysler from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) .The US government just could not let these two auto giants to fail as they combine employed almost 3 million employees.

Dec 11, 2008 - Madoff scandal

Investors big and small were rocked when top Wall Street broker Bernard Madoff was arrested and charged with fraud in one of the biggest-ever Ponzi scheme. Big names caught in this “giant Ponzi scheme” scam included Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC Holdings and Man Group, France’s BNP Paribas, Spain’s Grupo Santander and Switzerland’s Union Bancaire Privee and Benbassat & Cie.

Many millionaires became paupers overnight ! Rich Dads became Poor Dads !

Dec 16,2008 - Fed cuts interest rate to near zero

The US Federal Reserve slashed its overnight loan rates from 1 per cent to a target range of zero to 0.25 per cent.

With no room to cut rates further, the spotlight has now shifted to stimulus packages, particularly the ambitious one drawn up by US President Barack Obama.

Economists expect the Fed to expand its purchases of assets to enlarge its balance sheet. This could include buying corporate debt of state municipal bonds to ease the credit squeeze in those markets.

In the month of December only, the US Treasury Department purchases a total of US$55.16 billion in preferred stock in 162 banks under the Capital Purchase Program. The US might not recover the US$6.9 million jobs and the US$13.9 trillion in wealth lost during the recession in the near future, but surely America has changed. That was what President Barack Obama, during his election campaign, had promised : “Change We Can Believe In”…..

Interestingly, this financial crisis has been called by so many names. Initially it was plainly called the “US sub-prime mortgage crisis”. However when it got worst and the shock waves swept across Europe, the financial czars coup it as the “financial tsunami “. When the flames of the financial disaster spread to the whole of Asia, the burnt-out investors cursed it as the “global financial inferno”, but to the die-hards on Wall Street, it’s just 9/15….

How would you call it ?

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Do You Want Happiness ?

This simple question will always be answered with a big “Yes”.
Yes , all of us without exception , want to have happiness, although the idea of what constitute happiness and how it can be obtained differs from person to person.Every one of us wants happiness, and not only in each moment of our daily life : we want an unchanging, ultimate happiness that can be experienced forever.

Every one of us is trying to stop our problems and find peace. No matter where we live, what race or culture we belong to, what religion or philosophy we follow, or what language we speak, we all wish to be happy and not have problems. Truly every living being has the basic wish to experience happiness and avoid suffering.

But so often, our attempts to find happiness end up only causing more pain. We need to understand the full potential of our mind, and we need to understand the importance of loving-kindness for our own happiness and for the happiness of the world. We need to learn how to transform every single experience - health and sickness , wealth and poverty, living and dying - into happiness.

Did you ever watch a child create a castle in the sand and see it happily express its satisfaction when its work had been completed ?

All of us that seek true happiness in life can learn a lesson from this child. For here you see a human being that has found its happiness , and if you will not seek to find your own, the same way as that child , you shall forever hunger after happiness in vain.

All happiness this mortal life affords- is joy experienced through creative effort. Be it that a person will create the timeless realm of love within his soul; be it that his creativity express itself within the province of the mind; or that material things provide his will the means creatively to manifest its power.

The joy experienced in creative work alone is real happiness, and all things else you regards as such will surely, if you trust them, betray and rob you of true happiness, as much as one can find it in this life.

So the pursuit of happiness is the root motivation of all human life. Beneath our so-called wants and desires for love, comfort, wealth,power, fame, etc., lies the unchanging quality of happiness - that all of us, without exception, seek - some consciously and most unconsciously . However, it is imperative to recognize that there is no one absolute way to arrive at happiness - no one path, no one science, no eternal unchangeable laws.

Happiness is essentially a product of a certain inner consciousness, which perceives everything in the externally manifested world. It is not what happens to us in life that determines our happiness so much as the way we react to what happens.

And to this Abraham Lincoln once said, “Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

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       COLOUR YOURSELF HEALTHY WITH FRUITS !

Now scientists are saying ,”An Apple A Day Isn’t Enough !”  Yes, we are not eating enough fruits and vegetables. Scientific evidence has shown that the benefits of increased fruits and vegetables consumption is a significant measurement of one’s health and well-being.  The Food and Drug Administration’s dietary guidelines recommend three (3) to five (5) servings of vegetables and two (2) to four (4) servings of fruits a day. Some sources recommend more. So “an apple a day”  is  really not enough !

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              Flirting is more than the initiation of a relationship.  It is a way to keep it interesting and fun. Flirting is much more than just a bit of fun : it is a universal and essential aspect of human interaction. Like every other human activity, flirting is governed by a complex set of unwritten laws of etiquette. These rules dictate where, when, with whom and in what manner we flirt. We generally obey these unofficial laws instinctively, without being conscious of doing so. Flirting is a way of noticing someone, of conveying the fact that you find that person interesting and attractive.

If you are already in a relationship , your flirting days are not over ! You must continue to flirt with your loved one because other people will !  When you and your loved one have been together for a while, it’s easy to take one another for granted and fail to send those signals. Flirting with your loved one is a kind of insurance against relationship problems like boredom and resentment.  Naturally , you want to be Numero Uno in every way, so keep up your flirtations, stays together.

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Everybody knows Jackie Chan as the successor to the legendary  kung-fu screen hero Bruce Lee.  Jackie Chan is now also a world-wide stardom. But how many of us know his story and how he became so rich ?  This is his story…..

Long long time ago…..

Chan was born on 7th. April ,1954 as Chan Kong Sang . Later in his life he changed his name to Fong Si Lung, taking on his father’s original surname of Fung. His parents were not rich and in fact they , his father Charles and his mother Lee-Lee Chan, did not have enough money to pay for the medical expenses during her pregnancy. It was thus reported that  Chan stayed in his mother’s womb for 12 months and had had to be caesarean born.  His parents had to borrow money from friends to pay for the operation expenses.  It was said  that the doctor who operated on his mother had offered to take the child in lieu of the payment  and was of course refused by the parents as it was their first born son. At birth Chan weighed a solid 12 pounds and because he was such a cute and bumpy child always rolling around, his parents called him Pao Pao meaning Cannonball.

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 Increasingly, research indicates the road to wellness may be paved with phytonutrients. The No.1 reason we love phytonutrients is because of their powerful antioxidant properties. Different phytonutrients will act on the body in different ways, and different fruits and vegetables are diverse in their blend of various compounds.

You don’t always eat the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables every day , do you ? Eating the right foods in the correct portions all the time can be expensive , time consuming and , let’s face it , inconvenient. But whine though we may, the fact remains that this tier of the food pyramid is extremely important. What is it about fruits and vegetables that make them so advantageous to our health ?

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 FLIRTING  is an art.  It can help you to meet people and make a lasting impression on them. Have you always wanted to be a social bee or butterfly ,outgoing and unafraid of interacting with the opposite sex ? The art of flirting will reinforce your strategies on how to meet people ,with amusing ways of attracting the attention of that “interesting someone” or that someone would want   eagerly to meet you.

If you know the art of flirting , you will discover all of the benefits it will bring to your life as a confident and  self-fulling single person. The art of flirting will give you the added confidence and positive self-image that will help you attract the right attention that you are looking for !  Some of you may call flirting as a social game , so be it.  Flirting is not sinful and should be regarded as a common social behaviour in which you look forward to social events instead of being apprehensive about these social courtship ! [Read more →]

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“Happiness is not about money but society that is engaged “                  -Prof  Ed. Diener

Is it the government’s job to make people happy ?

Those who demur would argue that happiness is within you. But Professor Ed. Diener ,the happiness guru, thinks that the argument that happiness is within oneself has been “over-emphasised “. He said that “It is also within a society and city ……and that leaders should foster happiness”

The governament’s job is not just to provide clean water , but also happiness ,along with well-being , according to the Professor. [Read more →]

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The BILL GATES  Story                                                      

 Long long time ago ..                                                                                 

 Bill Gates was born in 1955.  Early in life Bill Gates inherited the ambition , intelligence, the competitive and opportunistic spirit , that had helped him to rise to become the richest man in the world . 

In elementary school he was so good in his maths and science surpassing all of his peers. His parents recognising his learning talents , enrolled him in Lakeside, a private school known for its intense academic environment.  At Lakeside , Bill Gates was first introduced to computers. This had had a far reaching effects on his life.  In 1968, the Lakeside prep school , decided then that it should acquaint the student body with the world of computers.

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Born on the 6th

If your birthday is on the sixth (6th) of any month,  you are the home lover and you need companionship , love and encouragement to give of your best.  Under adverse conditions youngsters born under this number can get into considerable trouble and lose their confidence.  Praise and appreciation are essential to your happiness, for you need companionship , love  approval , and are miserable if criticized.

You are rooted in the community and you must assume responsibilities in the community for you are an idealist and an improver of conditions in whatever capacity you find yourself.  You are sometimes inclined to be  stubborn and argumentative . You are a perfectionist , and are always looking for your ideal which you seldom find.

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Since social customs and traditions vary in different countries our Chinese table etiquette is entirely different from that of the West. It is regrettably true that we lack some of the niceties and refinements of Western table manners; still , in the past thousand years the Chinese have developed a multitude of conventions which are concerned with the matter of eating - the Happy Way.  The important thing is that the atmosphere should make every body feel happy and at ease,because things are going on as they should .There is an old Chinese saying that goes something like this ; “Eating food is above all Heavenly Laws.”  Nobody should deprive another from eating , not even the Heavenly Emperor for that matter.

Dinning in the Chinese way, the dishes are never passed around  unlike their Western host.  Chinese dishes are best when they are served hot . That is why hot soup , hot noodles , hot congee, etc.  are best sucked in with as noisily as possible although this is not a  pleasant act in the eyes of our western friends

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