Chinese around the globe celebrating " Kuo Nien."

The New Year gives encouragement to start all over again. in failure, we start again. In success attained in the past year ona a small scale. there is hope for bigger success."

If we have been successful, we can do even better & achieve greater success. The Chinese always forget the past & aim for the future. Don't give up.

Happy Chinese Year to all of you. May the year of the Rabbit brings joy, luck and happiness to you all.

Are We Really Enjoying Our Work?

THERE are times when we have to practically drag ourselves to work. And after we reach the office, we may feel that only our physical body is present, & something is missing as we go through our daily routine.

Considering that we spend quite a chunk of our 24 -hour day at work place, how do we tackle the real-life dilemmas that hamper our professional work & prevent us from leading a richer & more balanced life?

Work is stressful. Sometimes there's no joy, no work-life balance . it's time to discover joy while working.

Let's see what the "special one ' has to say;

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourhina insists he is heading back to Premier League.
The "Special One' lifted the Premier League tiele with Chelsea in 2005 & now wants to "discover the joy" of managing in England.

He paved the way for his return to England." I have decided to return to England.I have nothing prepared about mu future- I just want to be happy in my work.

" I have no preference about MU, MC or Chelsea, I just want to rediscover the joy."
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Jose,

I salute you & fully agree with you. Dear readers; Let's rediscover the joy & happy in our work.

M'sian bloggers earn up to Rm1mil annually

BLOGGERS & blog operators these days are able to chalk up revenues of up to RM1mil annually.

According to the daily ,bloggers, who post their personal accounts are now exploiting their blogs for business transactions or advertisement placements, earning an average monthly income of RM70,000.

the daily highlighted blogger Mira Abu Bakar, whose highest monthly income revenue through advertising revenue was Rm12,000 in 2008.

Mira, who has been operating her blog Redmummy.com since 2005, earns an average monthly revenue of Rm2,000.

She admitted that she had to declare her side income with the Inland Revenue Board ( IRB ) as she was unaware about it until she received an audit.

An IRB spokesman said online businesses including via Facebook were bound by the Income tax Act 1967 and their income were taxable just like fixed income.

Nuffnang ( M ) Sdn Bhd manager Nicholas Chay said hat revenue of a blog depened on the number of viewers and visitors at a certain period.

He said popular blogs could earn hugh profits because advertisements or product reviews posted.

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Blogging would improve ones ability to write & one can only improve by writing articles after articles. For those who have "too much free" time, its time to start marking an effort to start blogging. It's worth the effort, i believe.