The past week had been quite a busy week for me with a lot of different stuff.

J was going diving in Cebu so I stayed up very late for a couple of nights, helping him with his final edits. He submitted the final draft of his thesis to his Supervisor just a few hours before he flew off. And I had to help my Supervisor hand-deliver a letter to a statesman in town, and for some reasons I have yet to ascertain, working hours on that particular day ended at 3:30pm, an hour earlier than normal. So needless to say, I missed meeting that statesman :(

So, the highlight of the week is the guest post on Michael Martine’s Remarkablogger entitled Are you using your power to influence your readers? That was actually Part 1, so there should be a Part 2 sometime this week (or next week) because I have yet to work on it, LOL.

Last week also saw me trying to sell my other blog, The Giving Hands, but I have also decided to give it one more try. I am truly grateful to have the support from my blog buddies who have volunteered to contribute articles at least once a fortnight to keep The Giving Hands alive. I am not sure for how long this arrangement will last, but I do hope that one day I will be enlightened, LOL.

One more thing, I have already begun answering the turtle-related questions that you guys sent me on my turtle blog, The Turtle Talks!

So far, I’ve explained (in simple terms, don’t worry) the differences between a turtle, tortoise and terrapin and why leatherback turtles are so-called. I’ve also discussed the two biggest turtles in the world, what you should feed your pet turtle with, and how turtles, err.. mate (yes, turtles have sex too) :D

Send me your turtle-related questions, and I’ll try to answer them, OK? If you have already done so, don’t worry, I will get to your question, I swear!

Now, some link loves:

• littlebro desperately needs some encouragement this week.
• I read from yenjai that Smallville will be aired once a month in Malaysia. I’m not a Smallville fan, but once a month?! By the time I watch the next episode, I would have forgotten what happened before!
• Pelfy shares a very philosophical poem she saw. I’m not sure if you could call that a poem, but do check it out.
• moz, who has been travelling excessively lately, shares some his picture taken in Beijing. If you too, want to travel as much as he does, go ask him what company he is working for :D
• One of my favourite songs is, apparently, also one of Chen’s favourite song!
• Diana is upset that one of her subscribers unsubscribed. Go and tell her it’s alright, will you? :)
• It’s not fair! Zhu gets to play with inches of snow! I am so so jealous.. Go check out some snowy pictures. Oh my, this reminds of of Christmas :D
• Wayne Liew share some tips on how to increase productivity, both online and offline.

If you have some time on your hands, you may want to participate in these group writing projects:

• Why do you blog? @ Blogsreview.net (Deadline: 30th Nov)
• My best blogging achievement @ All Tips and Tricks. This is a contest and the top three winners will win USD 100, USD 50 and USD 25, respectively (Deadline: 4th Dec)

Good luck :vodka: