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My current project at work has drained me of the will to look at a computer. Thankfully, I’ll be going for a somewhat long leave from today until Hari Raya Haji. I’ll be in KL during this period.

Maybe I’ll gain some motivation to post a few things here and there during that time, but don’t get your hopes up too high… I know I won’t

One of the most often used pearl of wisdom states that “The pen is mightier than the sword.” At this age of the Internet, I’m pretty sure it should be upgraded to “The keyboard is mightier than the sword.” Nevertheless, pens aren’t only useful for writing, but collecting them can also be a fun hobby!

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I guess I should start by stating what the phrase “social media” means. According to Wikipedia:

Social Media is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into content publishers. It is the shift from a broadcast mechanism to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people, and peers.

I couldn’t have phrased it better, so I’m sticking to that definition. The part I agree most in the definition is the many-to-many bit. It’s the main idea behind social media and that’s what making it awesome!

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Today is a very historical day for HTNet. We have reached a RSS readership of over 100 (101 to be exact) at the time I’m posting this. And of course, I only have you to thank for reaching this milestone. Without you, loyal readers of HTNet, I would probably have given up blogging, even writing in general.

Now if only I had a few hundred bucks for every feed subscriber HTNet has; I can probably go on a trip to Las Vegas with my family

Better still, probably I should run some sort of contest to celebrate this occasion. I don’t have much to offer but I think I can allocate around USD $20 for a “prize”. Don’t scoff at the figure, it can easily get you a domain for two years

If I were to run this contest, would you participate?

And yeah, don’t forget to subscribe to my feed. Let’s see if we can get the figure to go above 150 by the end of the year

Well, I got my first AdSense payment via Western Union on Friday and I must say that it’s incredibly convenient! Very fast and the exchange rate is pretty decent. I received about half a grand in Malaysian Ringgit and that’s pretty substantial.

So substantial in fact, that I’m going to go furniture shopping with my family later in the morning. I do have some items in mind, which includes:

• Dressing table (hopefully one with adjustable and lighted makeup mirrors) for my SO
• Coffee table for my living room
• Cupboard for my son’s room

In JB, one of the best place to go furniture shopping would be Taman Molek. They have all sorts of furniture shop to fit virtually any tastes and budget.

What’s your favourite furniture shopping area? I’d love to get some recommendations!