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Saturday, December 19, 2020

[Video] Unboxing of Atomy Products before Christmas 2020

Above is a self-shot video of myself unboxing Atomy products, especially the Christmas assorted cookies boxes. Excuse my 'sexy' voice. ;)

Today, I typed a quotation for the company as I work in a home office. Hence, anytime is home-office working time. And of course, anytime is power nap time. I will work whenever I am in the mood and nap whenever I am tired mentally or such. I am now in love with Atomy products and am married to the e-Commerce platform! Jokes aside, Atomy products are really prestigious at affordable prices for the masses. If you want to join and register free for Atomy, an online shopping mall like Lazada and Shoppee, except that it sells its own Atomy-branded products, do contact me at 60111-6694988 or email diana.tan(AT)gmail.com

Below is a picture of my AEON vouchers, which arrived in time for some Christmas shopping.

The vouchers above were redeemed from my Visa Infinite credit card for a total of RM 50.00

That's the benefit of using your credit card continuously instead of paying with cash.

Today, I managed to request for another redemption of RM 50.00 Tesco vouchers from my AMEX credit card. Frankly speaking, AMEX has better benefits and the TREATS points are easier to accumulate than other Visa or Master cards. They multiply faster too, in order to reach the minimum benchmark for vouchers redemption. There are choices of AEON Big, Tesco, Watson, KFC, etc vouchers, and I chose Tesco. Note that AEON and AEON big might be different, and AEON big mall might not be in Penang. Hence, to avoid this and to play it safe, I chose Tesco vouchers instead.

Also, to end this blog post on a positive note, above is a picture of Christian words of wisdom to encourage us all in this pandemic, that had caused almost 58 million lives around the world and possibly 6 years of famine to recover from the outbreak that started early this year in mid-March. Stay safe and always wear a mask in a public place.

Monday, December 14, 2020

[Video] Awesome Shopping and Christmas Decor at Queensbay Mall, Penang

I am relieved that my Youtube is finally working again. Now I am more cautious what I put into the channel, clips and such. It is not easy to make a video that takes hours to complete from shooting to editing and uploading. This week, I have to concentrate on MDEC courses and bidding to show my commitment. They are the paymasters, hopefully. Whoever works, will earn. As simple as that. Those who refuse to lift a finger will go hungry, as written in the book of Proverbs.

Below are some pictures from my Instagram account that you can click on the > icon to swipe left. These are few of the pictures used in the video above.

As I get to use ClipArt for free as a reviewer for 1 year, and it expires on November 2021, I will take the opportunity to showcase some of these copyright free images as far as I am concerned:

Life itself is stressful. So, let's put some love and humor into our Good Morning message with positive vibes like the music of 'Limbo Rock' below:

It is our Heavenly Father who created music; with songs of praises to worship Him. God will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love and He will rejoice over you with singing!

That's it for this week's post and I hope that you will stay safe at home and always wear a mask in public place. Peace!

Saturday, December 5, 2020

[Videos] Christmas Shopping and Decorations in Penang, 2020

Above is a short video on my Christmas shopping and the decorations at a mall in Penang 2020. See the red and green theme for every year end of Christmas decorations. I love the mall's superb decorations that are awesome and attractive. This is a premier shopping mall and upscale too. Despite the MCO and pandemic, I am still optimistic of a jolly Christmass, where this is the reason for the season: The birth of our Lord Jesus Christ as a babe to redeem the world from the curse of Adam.

Below is a TikTok short video using a paid gif and animations added with music on the other platform:

Do check out https://bizinfo123.com/clipart-com-your-one-stop-site-for-still-and-animated-images/ for more details on the image used.

These are the pictures used in the first video on Youtube. Below is a picture taken from my Instagram account. Yes, December has finally arrive.

Finally, stay safe and always wear a mask in public places.

Sunday, November 29, 2020

I Love to Work at Home, but...

Working at home has always been my dream job. You see, I hate waking up to alarm clocks, getting dressed for work to get stuck in snarling traffic jams. And sometimes, it takes an hour or so to commute to the office, just to count the time and get back home again. This is a vicious cycle just to earn your salary that is just sufficient to pay the bills, and food. At the end of the month, your bank account is just 1 digit left.

Although, my business partner and myself may have our quarrels over work, at the end of the day, it is just a normal routine and we forget the differences. Work comes with its fair share of stress, and there is no grace. It is not a charity and things need to get done in a timely manner. Many times, it is my business partner's very hot temperedness and tendency to explode like a time bomb. I have to learn how to manage him and to put a stop to this bullying! He is more subdued now but has his idiosyncrasies of always wanting to be in charge and can overturn your work and decision with the client to show them who's the boss. As he loves to watch wrestling, his poor PR and lack of English proficiency, he has a tendency exaggerate things up. Generally, most men are like this, don't you agree?

As they say, be a Leader, Not a Boss!

He is still very much committed to his family in Australia and singapore. And here, we are together just because of the business.

Which is why, now I have to take pro-active action to achieve a dream life with someone who is not two-timing me. Life is comfortable now but I dare not think of the future, to be honest. With the pandemic raging and the numbers keep increasing, I don't know if there is going to be worldwide recession which will affect everyone. This is also part of the reason, I joined MDEC to earn a little from Freelancing, blogging and to promote atomy as well as a consumer.

Okay, that's it for now and I shall call this a day on this Sunday morning.

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Happy Sunday and Good Morning

Above is a Happy Sunday greeting taken from my Instagram. Tomorrow, I got MDEC zoom at 8:00am till 12:00noon, approximately. Last night, attended another Zoom on Atomy and this week is pretty tight. Furthermore, I have the online self-learning course by Coursera, sponsored by MDEC till end December. Today, went back home for a while to bring some food back for mum and sis. They were watching the Wesley Methodist Church online session together on zoom. If anyone wants to earn some money from clicking Likes on TikTok, etc. just call or text me at 01116694988. I have hired 2 gals to work for me; they are my virtual assistants.

Below is another Instagram picture on Good Morning for your eye candy.

Hope you like the red orchids as much as I do. Ok, stay safe and stay at home in this pandemic.

Sunday, November 15, 2020

My New TikTok Movie with Leah

Above is a short TikTok movie done by a dear friend Mr. Lim BH for me with my pet Pomeranian. Isn't funny and exciting? I might just take my own sweet time to explore Tiktok, a China company, to create 60 seconds video at the most. Most of them are so funny.

Saturday, November 7, 2020

The Benefits of Working at Home

I have been working at home since February 2004. It certainly has its many benefits, especially in this Covid-19 pandemic. Now the Controled Movement Order will be implemented again due to the surge of Covid-19 cases almost all over Malaysia, including Penang. I try to stay at home as much as possible and only go out if necessary like dining at hawker centers. I guess I am still blessed, that I am able to still generate a little allowance here and there doing surveys, microjobs, and such.

It was shared in the Whatsapp group that someone committed suicide by driving his car into his workplace for being laid off after working there for 7 long years. This is tragic and should not have happened. May God bless his departed soul.

Now I have 2-3 opportunities to make money from home which is free to start and if you are interested, just call or Whatsapp me at 0111-6694988. This is only for Malaysians. Jobs are scarce now and more are getting the golden handshake or rather being laid off. My income is also affected, even though I am still being employed, because projects are less now and owners are finding excuses to make the last payment, as usual!

Below is a nice Good Morning on a Saturday instagram picture taken from my account.

Finally, stay safe and stay at home. Always wear a mask when you are outside.

Saturday, October 31, 2020

Completed a Course in Web Development Today

This morning, I completed a Web Development Course by Coursera, that was sponsored by MDEC for the jobless or unemployed graduates in IT. I took about 2-3 hours to complete the assignment for the final project before submission. There were 6 modules of several videos to follow. Each module is supposed to take 1 week to complete.

Below are my grades for the total quiz and assignments.

So, my overall score was 91%. Here, I learnt the basics to HTML5, CSS and Javascript. I will next proceed to Facebook Marketing and then Full Stack Development if time permits, as I have until end of the year to learnt up the many courses available on Coursera. The web development was taught by a software engineer and a Computer Science professor of University of California. The good thing about this is that I can learn at my own pace and convenience. Applied knowledge is power.

Above is a lovely picture from my Instagram of a painting by David Hockney. It was Whatsapp to me by my second sister who is lecturing English in a UK University together with her hubby. Both of them have doctorates, Ph.D. in their respective fields. That's it for this blog post. Stay safe and stay at home.

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