Archive | December, 2006

Saying Goodbyes

14 December 2006

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I have just one more day of work to go. It is kind of weird how everyone becomes extra nice to you. I have worked with some people now for more than two years and we never spoke much, but now that I am leaving people want to know everything about you. I am not [...]

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Money making ideas from two years ago

12 December 2006

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I am in the middle of cleaning up the hard disk on my desktop PC and came across this word document which my friend sent me who I was working with at the time. We had plans to work together, but it didn’t take long for me to realize that he was good at creating [...]

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Asian Expats

11 December 2006

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Have you ever felt you were the only person who felt a particular way? I couldn’t help reading this and feeling it relates to me fairly well: Nearly all are long-timers and most have become disaffiliated from their home countries, many to the point of feeling like an alien when they return for a visit. [...]

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Million dollar idea – this guy is a genius

9 December 2006

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Remember the million dollar home page? The guy is back with his latest venture Pixelotto. The idea is so simple, I think everyone is going to kick themselves as to why they didn’t come up with the idea. It kind of shows that this guy does know something about marketing and his first idea was [...]

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The Long Tail Video

8 December 2006

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Chris Anderson author of ‘The Long Tail’ explains his theory in this video.

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New property book and video

6 December 2006

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Australian property investor Steve McKnight has launched his third book, “From 0 to 260+ Properties in 7 Years”. It was his books that got me more into property investing. I like his style and his honest opinions. He even donates all profits of his books to charity. To launch the book he created a video [...]

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Paying off your mortgage early

5 December 2006

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Adventure Money has put together a great article comparing the differing advice of two financial gurus. It is a great idea for a blog series. I started out trying to put all my savings into paying off my mortgage. It worked well initially as it gave me a great deal of satisfaction seeing my loan [...]

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Single best day

4 December 2006

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I just sold some advertisng space on one of my sites today. They wanted a discount for advertising long term, which I was happy to give. There is nothing worse than trying to send out invoices every month. To receive the money in one hit is a real bonus. The company wanted advertising for two [...]

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Goals and dreams for 2007

4 December 2006

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I thought that now would as good a time as ever to put something down for 2007, especially after reading this post via Problogger. 1. Take a few minutes to reflect on the previous year. What are you happy with? I happy with my almost new found freedom. Other than my mortgages for my rental [...]

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Difficult to explain

2 December 2006

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I have just two more weeks of work to go. I am slowly getting rid of my stuff in my apartment. It is amazing the number of foreigners looking for second hand items in Tokyo. Most Japanese prefer to buy everything new, so you can only sell to foreigners living here. Many people in my [...]

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