Many people using megaupload.com especially the one who’s paying life time membership probably feel pretty upset, since megaupload.com has been shut permanently, and if you tried to download from similar sites, you would notice that they either closed down or allow only private upload and download, meaning either it’s your storage your own files not publicly share. Some site totally shut down, other site does not allow countries like US users to download. Continue reading “Megaupload totally dead out of business many other files sharing closed or disable download from USA”
Some funny images on facebook I saw today from my friends
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Recipient Cell phone rings or silent when you place a call definition
Ever wonder what its mean when you call your girl friend or boy friend or whoever cell phones and it rings or doesn’t rings at all then go voice mail or it beep after every ring? Well here are what to expect and you can also validate by using another cell phone to call or land line to call your phone and check.
The “company working on the lines” should be a tip-off of a lie, but that’s not really the question here – from my observations, the following holds true:
0-1 ring > voicemail = out of area (no signal) or phone is off.
1-4 rings > voicemail = ingnored
4+ rings > voicemail = call not answered – this can vary based on how he has his rings to voicemail set up, but the default is usually 4.
What I would personally do is contact his cell provider and ask them. The tech support personnel should know.
Also you can break into a phone conversation, simply by call the phone company and tell them it’s an emergency and you need to break into the line to interrupt their conversation, now this work for a land line not sure about cell phone though, I’m pretty sure it work the same.
Buy mail in Rebates and sell for profit
Well, let see I’ve testing a new way to make a few bucks per day, and look like it’s working. The process is quite simple. Buy items that have big rebate, and big seller on ebay. Let say I buy a video card that cost $40, but rebate is $20, so if sold a that video card on ebay for $40, that $40 will will paid off the cost, then I pocket $20. However ebay and and paypal charge some money, first the insertion fee for buy it now $0.50, then shipping about $5, then selling fee about $3, then paypal take another fee $2, so look like $5 + $3 + $2 = $10 fee total minus the $20 pocket, you really pocket $10. Now if we look at this on tax side, and let say you’re a legitimate business owner and you buy and sell items daily and it doesn’t matter on ebay or craigslist wherever, you can use program like quick book to calculate tax. For instant. I you spent $40, sold for $40, you profit $0, so you don’t have to pay tax, tax is base on profit made, so if you buy $40, and sold for $30, you loose $10, and you can claim $10 loss profit, now if you sold $45 now you make $5 profit, this $5 dollar will taxable need to be reported to the IRS.
The bright side on this is, you’re working from home, in front of your computer, being your own boss and set the amount of money you’re willing to make. You’re not driving anywhere or go anywhere, shipping you can use usps for small packages, UPS if you have heavy items, most these companies send you free shipping supplies and if you ship large volume they will even send a consultant to your home and give you rates.
The bad side on this is, let say you get rebate $20, and it’s by prepaid credit card, for some reason they no longer send you a check, however some place still do, they give you option where you want check or prepaid card. So if you get a prepaid credit card, probably first thing to do is check to see if you can get a check instead by calling the # in the back of the card or email them, then you can deposit the check in the bank. Now let say you only have the prepaid card, there many things you can do with it.
- Buy groceries or stuff with it where credit card are accepted however it’s only up the amount of the prepaid card, some retailers or merchant service allow multiple credit card, then you’re in luck.
- Buy other rebate items so you can make more money
- If you have existing paypal account, create a new paypal account and use your prepaid card to pay yourself such as donation or small service where fee is low.
- Buy gas
- Sell it on craigslist ebay etc ..
- Exchange it with your family members or friends for cash where your friends family can use it to buy gas instead of pay cash and so on …
In conclusion, you’re not going to get rich, but if you look at it this way, let say you pocket $10 a day, and keep it consistent for the whole year, $10 x 365 = $3,650 cash pocket that you’re making, with little time per day for 1 item, now let take 1 item and ask yourself can you do it for 10 items or 100 items? if you can say yes, that’s $3,650 x 10 or x 100, you do the math 🙂
A few things to keep in mind when doing rebate is ensure you don’t double rebate, look at the offer #, keep track of your rebate, give it 10weeks before checking status.
A friend from CA San Jose name Din** went back to Vietnam probably meeting a girl
I have a friend long time ago and we’re still in contact, we met at AMAT. He had dating different girls here in the USA different states. None of them seems to work for him, not sure why, let say he’s at the age where he need to married soon, he’s much older than I am, pretty well educated and own a business, let say it’s a seasonal business. He had family problems as well with his siblings sometime asking me for advice and stuff. I’m not a pro at it but I offer some personal advice don’t know if it help. Anyhow he went back to Vietnam 3 days ago, meeting a girl there and hope that it work out then marriage.
Met old Vietnamese school friends from 1st to 3rd grade or higher
I was excited when Katie-Thao asked me about if I’m from Cu Lao Tan Thoi – Truong Tieu Hoc Tan Thoi, she said she know me because we’re in the same class. I haven’t update my facebook for a long time, long story short, I don’t like the fact that facebook focus more it’s income to make money using people’s post to pull in traffic and make money, so therefore I left facebook and probably would never come back unless someone question post link to my name then I would anwser in there, I was planning to activate a plug in to do automatic post when I post here, it would auto post to facebook. Anyways back to Katie Thao, yes she is indeed someone I should know back in the old Vietnamese country side elementary school years, since she point out all the people including teachers and locations I would be during the time.
It was a very exciting memorable time back then, I believe she’s the only person I know from school back then, we started chatting and share those moments back then, including the time she fled Vietnam in 86 and 87 she also remember me being Malaysia small island of Pulao BiDong, Sungei Besi and the Philippines.
First snow fall today step dad encounter
The first snow fall today, I believe winter been started already, but today officially the first day of snow fall for winter, hopefully it’s not big. My step dad (Tony) encountered his first snow fall while working as a delivery man for a warehouse company far away from where he live. Him and the rest of mom’s family never really encounter snow before, especially for him it impact his job. He mentioned seeing the snow then later one the road was icy, and he couldn’t control his van and had to abandoned his day of delivery. He called me to ask for searching for a good snow tire, I did some research online and found some legitimate website that done some consumer research on snow tire, provided him the link and where to get the tire. I can tell he was a little bit frighten on his first encounter with the snow, his delivery van tire probably got worn out and have no grip which making worst driving on icy snowy surface of the road, the van tire kept on slipping even at slow speed, so he called his boss and took a day off.
Ba ngoai passed away today couple hours ago
My grandma (my mom’s mom) just passed away a couple hours ago, Vietnam time Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 08:21:42 PM ICT. I received a call from my cousin (gi 10’s son) Just notified my wife, and my sister. I don’t have plan of going back for a funeral, although I have mentioned to go back multiple times to attend the funeral. It’s sad, very sad. Continue reading “Ba ngoai passed away today couple hours ago”
Ba ngoai family
My “ba ngoai” in 2010 now is over 90 years old, probably mid 90s. My mom is her youngest daughter. “Ba ngoai” has many children, which is typical for a peasant back in the old days, by the way my home land today is no longer peasant land, more homes are being built taking over the big rice fields, people work in the cities instead of farming. “Ba ngoai” family is not rich, in fact just like any other family back then, just have barely enough rice, meat and fish to eat, some time I stop by “ngoai”‘s house to give some shrimps and fishes that I’ve caught.
“Ba ngoai” house back then, dried mud floor that had been pounded many times to make it strong, when I first walk inside the house I would smell mud just like many other houses here. The roof are made up of big coconut leaves usually dried, it kept the house cool and also catch and filter the water for drinking, most of the time I drink rain water, but be careful not to drink the whole thing, pour it out, let it sit for a bit for the sand or dirt mud whatever sink to the bottom then drink 3/4 top fresh clean water. The structure of the house consist of coconut tree about 3 of them as support beam and then smaller beam to support the roof and wall. The wall is also made up from coconut leaves. Yes, it’s already sound famable and it is flamable if someone want to burn it, but it rarely happen here, people are busy making a living rather than causing trouble, even marriage are being arranged so very little trouble back then. It does have a living room, back kitchen and bedroom, no bath room, the bathroom back then was a small pond in the back couple min walking distance “dia ca tra”. In the front of the house I remember there was a small man made creek, small path way to the house. Coconut trees and other trees around the house.
My Que Huong Cu Lao Tan Thoi fruits and vegetables
These are all the fruits and vegetables that I can recall back in the mid late 1980s before I left Vietnam as a refugee seek new life in America. These are actual fruits and vegetables that I have eaten and grown mostly in my grand parents yard. Some I even help grown myself. There are tons of other variety in Vietnam, but many I never got a chance to eat before. Continue reading “My Que Huong Cu Lao Tan Thoi fruits and vegetables”