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Any Malaysian Amateur (Ham) Radio Licensee here?

mansahar — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:10:21 +0800

Hi,

I'd like to know if there's anybody here who has an Amateur Radio license, because I'm quite new to Ham Radio and I want to go for exams in MCMC for 9W2 license by at least June this year, but no idea where to study about Ham Radio since I can't find anything to read about operating Ham Radio.

I got interested in Ham Radio from several of my friends whose into it, and my fellow Scouts.

If there's any Ham Radio operators here, please kindly introduce me more into Ham Radio.

Thanks.

Online business markets

mansahar — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:14:49 +0800

Hi,

I've just read some researches on the internet regarding the average usage of Americans on the internet, as to get an idea of what Americans search for most of the time on the internet since we want to target our business on Americans and deal with USD. From the report, it seems that Americans search for a lot of entertainment through the internet, like the internet is a place to go when they're bored.

But still, there are lots of categories that fall under entertainment such as online games, dating sites and so on.

So if any of you are in the entertainment side of business, or if you do have ideas on the entertainment business, please do share some thoughts and suggestions. Thanks.

PayPal funds now withdrawable!

mansahar — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:42:16 +0800

According to the lots of Malaysian bloggers in the net, PayPal has already lifted the ban on withdrawing funds from our Malaysian Verified PayPal accounts. No need to open up a US international bank account in order for withdrawal. But still there's lots of hassle. Read it up in my blog.

But still, I have another idea of what to do with the funds in PayPal, other than transferring the funds to other PayPal users for exchange with Malaysian Ringgit. You can offer services to anyone who shops online, whether they are a PayPal or non PayPal user. Just be some sort of "agent".

Tell everyone you can help them buy things online using PayPal, and that they don't have to use their credit cards or don't need to possess a credit card. Ask them what they want to buy, make sure they show you the site. Convert the price into Malaysian Ringgit, set your price to them and they can pay you by any ways; cash or bank transfer.

I've used to do this with those who play online games. Since most of them are used to buying game stuffs through buying MOL ePoints at 7-Eleven, then keying in the serial number at the MOL website and transferring the points into another website then the game website, I explained to some of my online game friends that using PayPal is much more cheaper and easier by being direct, since most online games accepts PayPal as a payment option.

Well, although I wasn't using my PayPal funds since there's not any in my account, but still it works in the same way.