Enlarging my psychological wallet

I'm imparting my scant knowledge from Brother Bo's 8 Secrets of the the Truly Rich here as I blogvertise. Today's weather is just too perfect to carry on with my peppy mood.

There is a secret psychology to money. Most people don't know about it. That's why most people never become financially successful. A lack of money is not  the problem; it is merely a symptom of what's going on inside you.  –T. Harv Eker

This powerful words of Eker let's me sort out my goals and analyze the things I do to achieve it.  Like mentally I invest time to read good books and exercise my brain to think more often.  Physically I exercise to stay fit. Socially I nurture new and old  relationship with friends through constant communication.  Financially I earn through full time job and part time through blogging.  I agree that the lack of money isn't exactly the problem but how do I address the latter.

I always have the tendency to look away and think of far fetched ideas to generate extra income.  Oftentimes I fail to realize that the solution is just around the corner.  That it is just right in front of me and  I'm not doing anything to make it work.   

To end the long story, I discovered a way to tap my potentials.  The quick fix I bring about is my pastime activity which is blogvertising.  Or advertising sites through links that could eventually increase site's traffic for faster recognition  on search engines.  Simple! like eating siopao.  If you may ask, does it really work? Yes it does.  Only then there are certain prerequisites to deal with before  doing your job.

–First- create your blog site.  Paid or free customized sites doesn't matter. Just remember that paid sites has more advantage with advertising opportunities than unpaid ones.
–Second- post a minimum of 3 blogs per week.  Or at least 10 blogs each month.
–Third- make sure to exchange links with other sites. The more the better chance to increase Google  & Alexa page ranks. 
–Fourth- create Paypal account.
–Fifth- register blogsite to promotional sites like blogvertise.com, etc…  add comment if you want to know the rest.

As I set my psychological wallet for this month, I am imagining an extra $500 in my pocket. This amount is just a teaser as I have just started this scheme for this very same month. It's sure to double on the successive months. Keep blogging!

Fried ice cream! Have you ever tasted it?

Me: Hello! Where have you been?
Nephew & niece: Tita Jeannette treated us out in Bangkok and we ate fried ice cream.
Me:" Whoa! sounds cool, I’m intrigued", I blurted.  "How could you ever fry an ice scream, huh?,"  wondering how on earth could that possibly be.
Nephew and niece: "It’s yummy, you should try it Auntie, R-vin and Anzel," said on chorus.
Me:  "Definitely I will," I agreed.

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After a year of waiting
and longing.
Of finally ending my ignorance.
I say,
it’s worth the wait
Surprisingly, it is tasted like a modern binangkal* with ice cream fillings!

A bunch of thanks to Jeannette who brought it all the way from Baan Nittaya Restaurant to AIT. 

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* Our local bread in the Philippines, circular in shape, fried and with sesame seeds on top.

Related links on how to make fried ice cream:

Deep Fried Ice Cream

Deep Fried and Non-Fried Ice Cream

Child Labor, Kids Cleaning Off the Dust in the Car

In Thailand, I have the luxury of riding the Jeep Cherokee of my sister. We go places and shop around with it. When we have long weekends we also sometimes go to Pattaya Beach and we drove like 2 hours from our place in AIT. It’s really convenient to travel with a jeep. My sister have 3 kids and they love to play around at the back seat and baggage space.You know kids age from 2-12 years when on the road brings all their toys, food, drinks, pillows and whatever they can get hold on during the long trips. It’s fun but after that you get to face the task of cleaning the car.

The cost of having a car washed is around 200 baht for an Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). It includes washing, polishing and clean the insides of the car. Once in every month there are times that we clean the car with our nephews and niece. It’s a fun experience because kids are just too eager to lend a hand. A simple help of holding the brush or the water hose is enough for them. Though they volunteer at times to vacuum the floor carpet and seats of the car. They enjoy the portable vacuum cleaner which can be plugged in to the cigarette heater port. I think having a bigger car vacuum cleaner mounted on the garage wall would be too much for them. Though how I wish to have one which I can use to clean our portable floor carpet.

Those are the times that I miss having with the kids who are now in Finland. No, it’s not child labor. It’s actually a child’s labor of love that brought life’s simple pleasures. How I wish that we could still enjoy the same time together in the future.