When I was just starting in blogging, I used to network myself with a lot of bloggers. I would do anything just to gain more friends online. I ended up making Filipino friends, (from the Philippines and from other parts of the world) more than other nationalities. I guess it's because it's easier to connect and relate to your own people.

For my first couple of years of blogging, I was very social, blog hopping from one blog to another.

I did all sorts of stuff just to help increase my blog traffic. I would do all things which I thought could help with the seo (search engine optimization) of my blogs. I have joined forums and communities, in fact.

That time, I was conscious of my page ranks. Oh not really it's more like my top earning through blogging company was conscious of blogs' page ranks.

And so, yes, as part of those bloggers being paid, I did everything I could to have and maintain higher pr. I would get excited when somebody tagged me in their post. It would mean one thing: I was receiving back links!

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I have been looking far and wide for a family template but I have been having a hard time with my search. So I guess I'm settling for this one. Not that I am done with it. I still need to fix my header. I guess I will need more time to put it up.

I want to make my own header with my family photos.

So yeah, for now, this is my template. I like it because it looks neat.

I have also started writing some blogging tutorials so I thought I would need a neat and readable template. Hehehe. Like I said, I am still in the process of my blog makeover.

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My kids do love mopping the floor. If I let them, they could mop every day. But since every after they mop, it gives me more work to do to clean up the mess, I don't let them do it everyday.

Our floor is marble type. Most houses in Malaysia have marble flooring.

It is easy to clean marble floors. You don't need to use all those special floor cleaner. You just need to use water. If you use a floor cleaner, it would take away the luster of the surface. So if you want to be have a shiny marble floor, just mop it with a floor mop and water.

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If your traveling feet take you to Malaysia and you're a tech enthusiast, Low Yat Plaze would be the best place for you to visit.

I've heard that you can get the cheapest gadgets from there. No, I haven't personally gone there to buy gadgets for myself but I have heard from friends about it.

My husband even told me about how cheap Low Yat Plaza is, when in comes to techie stuff.

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The first time I heard about Mesothelioma, I didn't know anything about it. When I finally learned about it (through reading other blogs and google search), I was alarmed.

Mesothelioma, I learned, is a kind of cancer that is acquired through exposure of this substance called asbestos. It basically affects the mesothelium, a lining that covers most of the organ in the body.

It comes with other symptoms as well. So by the time it's a confirmed Mesothelioma, people who are affected will already have life expectancy and it would be too late to really do a proper diagnosis.

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