pelf-ism is contagious

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)

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
• 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
• 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

Since I submitted my thesis draft to my Supervisor a few days ago, I have been on a blogging frenzy. Not because I wanted to, but because I was determined to clear the accumulated backlogs

My second guest post at Domestik Goddess — Mabel’s pretty shawls — was a couple of hours late because I had only one day to finish writing the post and I wasted it due to a horrible headache.

I also wrote my first post at PlanetThoughts — How do you convince your friends to go green? after which I read this — Top 5 ways to convince people who don’t give a damn about the environment. What a coincidence, huh?

A PlanetThought is a thought directed towards caring for our planet. The environment needs our care so Earth can remain human-friendly for the next century and beyond. You can join us to learn more and to help promote more awareness and discussion of these critical issues.

And since the holiday season is approaching, why not consider making a pledge to only buy handmade gifts? I’m sure you’ve heard about April who makes very pretty earrings and necklaces and Mabel who knits some very classy shawls.

And now, some link loves!

• Pelfy shares some pictures of her traditional Chinese costume, the cheongsam. She also posted a few pictures of herself in her cheongsams, but the last picture in the post wins hands-down!
• Do you know of anybody who, seriously, use more than 10 mobile phones at any one time?! I thought I didn’t know anybody who has more than 4 mobile phones, but now I do. And Andy has the proof.
• Another thing that I’ve learned about zhu is that she carries about 10 pens in her bag! I was a student before, but I’ve never taken more than 2 functional pens with me whenever I went for my classes!
• If you’re looking for a plugin that will pull and display random links from your blogroll, goldfries has what you’re looking for. What you need to do is to add your favourite blogs like you normally would, install the plugin, set the options and you’re done!
• littlebro needs to know that he is not the only person who curses at other inconsiderate drivers.
• yenjai may need to have his X-ray machine serviced and it would cost him a 10 grands. Go comfort him, will you?
• Have you seen the delicious-looking, mouth-watering laksa that Giddy Tiger made? Am I the only person who doesn’t know how to cook laksa now?

Till next week!

It’s Monday today, and I have just realized two things:

• I have only published 2 posts since the last link love post — one in which I complained about the never-ending thesis, and another one in which I ranted about the st*pid woman driver who reversed into my car AND my boyfriend.
• I can actually LIVE without blogging

Seriously, before this, I found it hard to believe whenever a blogger says that s/he is too busy to blog. I thought that if you enjoyed blogging and if you had something to blog about, it wouldn’t be too difficult to squeeze a 200-word post in between your deadlines.

W.R.O.N.G.

Anyway, I was barely breathing today because I was very determined to do as much as I possibly could so that I can put my thesis off my mind for a moment. It has been a little more than 4 months since I have started working on it, and I am beginning to feel like I’ve done it forever.

OK, OK, enough ranting about the thesis, I heard ya!

So now, some link loves!

• littlebro asked whether he should stay at his current job, or whether he should leave and find himself a new one. Go tell him what you think.
• kristarella doesn’t think that top posting makes reading emails easier. What do you think?
• Diana13 will be hosting her first Blog Carnival on Nov 13th, and it’s called “Resources for Bloggers”. It’s only the 12th today, so it isn’t too late to submit a post (you can submit a post written earlier, or you can write a new post)!
• Giddy Tiger shares her proudest moment!
• Have you ever seen an empty airport? Chen shares some pictures.
• So you’ve seen the Eye on Malaysia. Pelfy now shows you some pictures of the Eye on Malacca, LOL.
• yenjai has a reminder for you to switch off your modem or router when lightning strikes!
• So you want to go to Canada? Zhu shows off some pictures of the Canadian skies to tempt you!

Ouh, and one more very important announcement. My cousin, who was born on the same year, same month, same day as I, was engaged yesterday. Congratulations once again, Mrs. Lim!