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MelvinBlog Dot Com’s Wishlist

by Melvin · Dec 26, 2008

So while enjoying the joy (of eating foods) and spirit of the holiday season, the thought of having an own Amazon Wishlist suggested by Shoe entered my mind. Immediately I sit at my computer and started what we will call “The Melvin Blog’s Holiday Wishlist” The crap consists of things I crave and I need. 🙂

Anyway while thinking someone could actually just grant my wishes on Amazon, the thought of having this wishlist just sparked something on me. An yes its the old adage “work harder” thing… Seriously I badly want stuffs there like Butters talking statue toy. But then after realizing reality, I’ve come to a conclusion that actually I can buy those stuffs maybe if I focus more…

Unless there’s someone who will do it for me… 🙂

What’s The “Better” Gift This Christmas

by Melvin · Dec 16, 2008

Again, I am on the rush of buying a Christmas gift for some people here and some for my love ones. I have a hard time of thinking of better gift ideas for different people. Yesterday I went to the mall to buy candies and sweets worth $10 and have them give to my friends. Of course I spent about an hour to wrap that thing and hopefully make it look presentable.

So, Anyways I still have a whole plethora of persons to give gifts at. My questions are:

What’s the best “generic” gift for teenagers? This is like what’s the best bulk gifts for another set of friends of mine. I know figurines and some other might make sense but I want to know your opinion.
What’s the most romantic affordable Christmas gift could you ever think of for a girl? I have been thinking for 3 days now about this and its damn hard! I want something unique.

Anyways, advance merry christmas to everyone. I may not be at the front of my computer for Christmas up until New year so here I am greeting in advance. 🙂

Finally I Can Get Back W/Blogging

by Melvin · Dec 12, 2008

It seems to be like years ago when I last posted here! I just had tough times right now with me being sick, exams coming in, and well my monitor exploded. 😉

Anyway it seems that I have been recovering well from that pulmonary infection that has been bothering me since last week. Right now, I feel better and more better w/myself. Also I am up in to the last week of this trimester for my school and exams are coming in. The dreaded Application Project and System ANalaysis and Design defense has been over and thank God.

Also i have spent some moolah which was all planned for Christmas, for a new monitor (LCD) after the previous CRT announced its death. Anyway, before the CRT, I had another LCD which the adaptor exploded. I tried finding for the adaptor of that certain LCD but I just couldn’t. This is my third monitor in three years and oh how I hope it goes to last for lifetime. 🙂 The best thing is I can continue watching southpark episodes right now.

Also I was very elated to finally have received my Copeac’s check accounting for $1127 which should’ve been sent way earlier. The check was in commission until September 30 and it only came two days ago. It’s nice to finally have it on my hand as I immediately deposited it into well, my mom’s bank account. I was too unfortunate not to have an own dollar account so I have to always go to the account’s settings and change the payee’s name to my mothers name. In that way, a check doesn’t really seem to be mine. 🙁 Anyway I wasn’t able to take a pic of the real cheque because its already in the bank but I managed to take a picture of the depositors copy (which is the latter part of the check being cut out and thrown straight to the thrash can)

Make More Money This Christmas

by Melvin · Nov 14, 2008

With just about 40+ days before Christmas, I know some of you are now starting to save and try to earn more money for the holiday. I’m sure we have a lot of things to buy, and gift give to this Christmas. As December comes in, I expect the malls here in the Philippines to give massive discounts on some gadgets and shirts and every gift related to Christmas. Of course, I also do expect it to be saturated quickly as people are extremely fast especially with discounted items.

Like you, I have also 1 million reasons to make more money now. Gifts for my family, foods for the holidays, date with the girl I care, and of course stuffs to buy for myself. Right now I am really working hard in it because I was close to zero (my debit card and paypal) when November started. Anyway, today I will unveil the things I do to make more money for myself this Christmas. Be sure to give out your own tips to me too. 🙂

Holiday Offers (Affiliate Marketing) – as all of you know, affiliate marketing is my bread and butter. Although it seems like I always lose big money every time I try to grow my campaigns, I always keep on trying. Look holiday-related offers from your network and be sure to take good advantage of them. I have purchased up several domains as well as sites just specifically for the Christmas season.
Catching up with the Minimum Payout – Well yesterday I do a quick roundup of sites/networks that I have seemed to forgot that I am using. I have found out I have $47 on my WidgetBucks account and $44 on Clickbooth (sites that both have a minimum payout of $50). I have moved some of my campaigns from Copeac to Clickbooth just to make it pass the minimum or better to get over $100. I also still have some unpaid revenue from Popuptraffic.com but they don’t seem to respond to my emails (I’m close to filing a legal case to them)
Forum Posting – Again, this is what I turned into during the days i need startup income. I have a four hour internet class during Saturdays and I believe the only time we take to discuss and do machine problems is 2 hours. If you type as quick as me you can immediately make $20 an hour with it. Head on to forumsfirst now to try your luck w/it.
Save Money Offline – Well again this is the hardest part I am doing right now. I used to spend more than what my parents give me so this is really a tough challenge. But well I did have 3 ft coin bank in which I started filling it out w/$0.3 – $1 a day since October. I hope to get surprised when I open it this December.
Firing people – LOL. Well I do have some writers for my other blog and some coders and some psd creators. Because God doesn’t bless me w/those talents, I have to outsource and hire. They are compensated based on what my certain site makes for a month. Now I am firing them all and is planning to retain them early next year. Hope to save some moolah then! 😉

Again these are what I am doing to make more money this holiday, I hope I gave some ideas that could be well-pondering for anyone. Like what I’ve said, I’m interested to know your take w/it and give your own ways too. Maybe I can do it too! 🙂

Happy Halloween To Everyone

by Melvin · Oct 31, 2008

Hey just a quick note to greet everyone a nice and happy halloween. Just like Christmas we also have to rejoice this event and enjoy it. LOL 😉 Anyway, we just celebrated halloween pretty much like the normal. We just prepare foods and some nice dishes. There are a lot of Trick or Treat Kids outside that really pisses me off… Just Joking! How bout you, how do you spend your halloween?

What’s The Best Birthday Gift For A Girl I?

by Melvin · Oct 13, 2008

Pre-note: The post that you’re about to read below is an old blog post where I was asking my readers about the best birthday gift for girls. And quite frankly the post was done during my college days which means its a very old post by now. But still the entire goal on this post was to survey my readers on what they think are the best birthday gifts for girls or more specifically, the best birthday gift for a girl I care a lot. 🙂

So I have a big crush in school (I am in 3rd year college) and some people call it “genuine attraction” because I have been having it for the past 3 years and I still admire and love her up to today. I am a very shy guy as in really shy. I do have a lot of friends but I don’t speak much to those people whose first name is unknown to me! 🙂 Well back to that girl, I haven’t really even talked much to her a lot because of again me feeling coward shy. But then I think I have kinda given her some gifts anonymously way back 2 years ago.

For me it doesn’t really mean anything if she knows me or not or blah blah. But then here’s the time I have realized I should give it this time personally. I have planned for this way back June and well you can say I am kidding but my initial fund that I planned for a gift for her before is like $100 – $150 and what I am planning to buy is a ring! 🙂 LOL, it symbolizes commitment! But well long story short, here comes October and I paid all my bills and Adwords and hosting (of many sites) and my debt to my mom! So, the only money I can spend is about $20-$50! I know its ridiculous for some of you but its still a big value here in Philippines. 😉

Now with less than 3 days, what’s the gift you think I should take a look at for the girl I love? I’ve dabbled with pendants, bracelets, chocolate cakes and etc. A stuff toy is the worst thing that you could ever say here so please!

A great friend told me that when I give a gift I should make sure it has value not only romantically but in real life. I’m w8ing for your take. 😉