Anyway, I made my withdrawal through Western Union last week. As mentioned earlier in my blog, I proceeded to CIMB Branch in KL Sentral. The queue was rather long but I guess it’s worth the wait. Before you queue up, make sure you’ve filled the form located at the form section. The form has a yellow colour heading.

I knew which form to take as this is my 3rd time withdrawing money via Western Union. You might notice that in the Receiver column there isn’t enough space to fill in a typical Malaysian address which is so freaking long. So what I did was, I only put my house number and the street name in the form. As long it matched your details in your Identification Card.

In the Sender column, I filled in

First name  : Google Inc.

Address : 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway

              Mountain View CA 94043

              USA

Telephone no: (650) 253–4000

Note that CA stands for California and 94043 is the Zip-code/ Poscode.  I printed out my Statement of Earnings as my reference. Make sure you fill in the exact amount that you’re receiving from Adsense. As for the “City, state/province, country money sent from” part, just fill in  CA, USA. Then fill in the 10–digit MTCN number you got from the Google Adsense payment detail page. And you’re done with the form.

Just queue up and wait for you turn. During my queue, I saw a lady transacting her Western Union withdrawal as well. The amount she was withdrawal was quite shocking. As I looked at the screen of the money counter, it stated 300. OMG!! 300 RM50 notes per form. She was holding 3 piece of form by the way. =.=”

Anyway, you’ll be required to produce your Identification Card for verification. At this moment, I had to be patient as the process will take a few minutes for the verification process before they can hand you the money. After the verification is done, the lady at the counter asked me what purpose were those money for. I told her it’s my online revenue income from Google Adsense. She knew about Google but she had no idea bout Adsense. She thought that I work for Google. Ha ha… I then told her it’s more like a advertisement commission. She just nod her head and said “I see” then she continued processing my withdrawal.

A Debit Note will be issued to you. There’s no transaction fees or charges. The rate I got for my conversion was USD1 = MYR 3.31 . Still considered okay. I hope the rate will stay at that level or higher. Else, my earning will much more lesser if the rate dropped.

All I can say is, withdrawal through Western Union is faster than waiting for a foreign cheque to clear. Foreign cheque takes 1 week or more to clear but Western Union is hassle free and so fast that you can immideatly cash out the next day

I was really curious bout what the PHUNK is goin on ? I’ve been noticing the ads appearing on my site recently. I got so curious so I went googling it for more info.

As results, it leads me to http://www.project-phunk.blogspot.com/ . So, what the PHUNK is it about ? PHUNK is a pretty huge charity project done by students from Taylors College, PJ. They’re Diploma in Communication students and currently in Sem 4. ”PHUNK” stands for “Providing Hospis Understanding N Kare“. 

The objective of the project is to raise funds for Hospis Malaysia, a non-governmental organization which provides palliative care services. For info about Hospis Malaysia ,click here.

Several charity events by these students has taken place and they’re currently preparing for their main event, One night with PHUNK. This event will be held on 25th Sept 2007 from 7.30-10.00pm @ Laundry Bar, The Curve Damansara, Kuala Lumpur . Local artists such as BadBoyBen, Tempered Mental, Joshua & Slunk, & Bobo (from Cosmic Space Munkys) will be invited to the event and it probably gonna be crowdy there.

Admission is FREE by the way. Raffle tickets, souvenirs, and other stuffs with be sold on that night. Raffle tickets will be sold at RM10 per ticket and it entitles you for a lucky draw. All profits will donated to Hospis Malaysia. So, if you’re attending the event, open your heart and be generous with your givings.

Note: This is NOT a paid post. I’m just keen to join the charitable cause. =P

Now playing: J.S. Bach – Prelude from Suite for Lute in g minor (S K Y . F M – Mostly Classical – Listen and Relax, it’s good for you! www.sky.fm)

Tags: software, games, free, free+stuffs, giveaway+of+the+day

Tags: give+away+of+the+day, free, free+stuffs, free+software, free+game, games, software

one day i walked along
a moonlit island shore
and soon i heard a song
i’ve never heard before

i said who can it be
to sing so tenderly
and saw a dust he made
with lonely serenade

mamula moon
shine high above the southern sea
and like my love
say form again to me

we said goodbye
beside the blue lagoon
alone am i
with you mamula moon

i waved my hand
the grey ship sailed across the bay
on golden sand
that might i melt to pray

that i might see
my love returning soon
still true to me
and you mamula moon

Tonight, we might be able to see the final portion of the Lunar Eclipse. It will be visible in Peninsula Malaysia but I’m not sure what’s the degree of visibility and what location it is visible. The eclipse began at 4:51pm MYT, Total eclipse at 5:22pm MYT and the Final portion will be expected at 7:22pm MYT.  

NASA – Total Lunar Eclipse: August 28, 2007 – Link.

So, start gazing at the moon at 7:22pm. I definately don’t wanna miss it even though it’s only the final part. But the weather here in KL makes me doubt that I’ll even get to see it. It’s been raining on and off today. I wonder when will it stop. Hopefully there isn’t much cloud covering the view.

Well, be it credit card or charge card, if the usage is not managed and planned well, it could trap the user into a financial crisis. Nowadays, you can see a clerk, teacher, government servant, executives, professionals, entrepreneur even a cab driver owns at least one card.

As far as I know, maybe 10 or 15 years back, Credit card is considered a symbol of status. Only those with high salary will be considered for credit card application approval. But these days, the scenario has changed. Credit card isn’t anything exclusive or a luxury symbol anymore. It has been a necessity for anyone and everyone. Even so, a charge card still maintain its status as symbol of credibility and the financial status of the user.

Getting a credit card is pretty easy nowadays. You can spot credit card agents everywhere in the shopping complex. Condition to apply for a card is quite lenient compared to the old days. If not mistaken, applicant must have an annual salary of RM18,000 or RM1,500 per month plus with a good credit record.

Anyway, here’s a UK based websites that have pretty informative articles and guides regarding Credit Cards. Other than guides available on the site, you can also compare credit cards and check out their interest free credit cards if you’re in the UK.

Tags: credit+card, charge+card

RetailMeNot.com is a great website to those who want to save money for every purchase they make online. If you’re using Firefox, you can even download an extension from the website. The add-on notifies you of any discount codes which are available for the online shop you are surfing. Pretty cool I would say. You can even subscribe to the “Hot coupons” Newsletter to have the latest and highest rated coupons delivered directly to your inbox every week.

Currently, one of the featured shop is Target.com, an unbelievably rich and wide range of merchandise Target is one of the biggest department store chains in the world. Stocking clothes and accessories for Men, Women, Babies and items for your home and garden. To get a coupon code, visit target coupons

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