Take for example, GPS. When it first came out more than 10 years ago, I was working with a company that handles, among its projects, a customized navigation in the sea project for a customer.

I had this fantastic idea to make a navigation for the roads using the GPS and know that it would be very popular if we can get the software developed for 3D maps.
But the idea stops there. As the development work is proprietary to the company, I cannot make use of them to write the software. And I know nuts about writing it from scratch as the software packages I was working on took years to developed prior to my entry to the company.

Then there was the dry-fit shirts that I know would take off when Bossini introduced it to the market. Now, it is everywhere!

And a few more other ideas after that. But all of them are...

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The autosurf industry has been around for a very long time.
It fact, it picked up its pace in popularity in the early years of the during the turn of the millenium!
It peaked in its popularity during the 2005 to 2006 period.
The most popular ones at the time was Stormypay and 12DailyPro.
Everyone was happy making money off these programs. And they lasted a good period. Just over a year before some disgruntled people started to become jealous of their success and started screaming Ponzi.

It all started with Stormypay, where they started freezing user accounts claiming that they have violated the user agreement and the TOS by joining a ponzi scheme program.
The irony is that, the people who opened the pay processor, are the ones who approve the program in the first place. There begins the downfall of the Autosurf industry...

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Getting inspiration from the Double Your Way to a Million, I have been trial and testing in an ongoing experiment to see how much free money can be made from the internet.

So far in almost a year I have made over $150 doing different things, like joining paid forums and trying to build monster down lines in proven paid to read sites. One of these paid to read sites is Hits4pay.

So far, with Hits4pay I have been receiving a couple of emails per week at the moment. They have 2 levels of referrals and standard pay rates. They offer only PayPal when it comes to payment options.

I started with Hits4pay about a year ago. This pay for reading email site, was a fun way to make money quickly and easily. This is a no hassle site that sends you emails to your inbox. All you do, just click on the link in the email letter, it takes you to the site and you read the email and you are paid. That's it. It is that easy!

Each email is worth 2 cents. The advertisements are very professional and you only have to view the website for one minute to get credited. In addition, you get 1 cent for every email your referrals read and your referrals' referrals (2nd level).

Most of their paid email topics are about starting your own online business, business ideas, and other ways of making money online. If you are interested in any of these subjects I highly recommend joining this site, because they are a great source of information.

The best part is you get $10 free for signing up and pays you via PayPal at $25. You start out with a ten dollar credit. So right off the bat you are 2/5 of the way to the low $25 payout.

Joining this wonderful program is quick, easy and free. So what have you got to lose? Sign up to become a member!

This programs also allows me to have email contact with my down line which helps me to help them, and in return they help me. If I find a good place to get a referral or two I let them know, if they find a good money making program they let me know. It is a win win situation!

Once you have signed up and got the $10 in your Hits4pay account, you just need to sit back and wait for Hits4pay to send you the advertisement emails with the links in.

On average, I get about one to two emails a week. This could probably be attributed to my being an international member.

Overall, I think this program is all right, that is, for a PTR program.

Looks like the end of the year is the bane of many online making site!
Megalido looks so promising at the beginning of the year!
With a scheme similar to that of a previous program I was on.

So after observing the site for a while I decided to join in.
As usual, I was cautious and bought only one unit to try the program out first.

And it was a good thing too. Cos when my ad pack expired, I was waiting for my payout, Megalido decided to change the TOS. *grumble*
With my money being forced back into the account as fresh ad pack purchase, I had no choice but to patiently wait for the new, longer period, ad pack to expire, which was due this coming 26 Dec 2008.

Well, after patiently surfing to earn the points to advertise my site, Megalido is unaccessible today!

Looks like this one bit the dust as well.
It is so disappointing. The only consolation I got from this program? Well, it directed some traffic to my blog when it was still up and running.

Sigh... it is so tough to find a good reliable program these days.
I will continue to search the net. I am sure I can find a good program that will pay me steadily and reward me for my loyalty to the program.
Till then, the search continues...

Darn it! Another one bites the dust!
I am so happy to hear so many stories about Buxout. About their prompt payments. Their reliable payouts.

So I was faithfully clicking away.
Today, I received news that the site is closed!

You can check out the screen shot I took of the site announcing their closure.

And again so close to payout as well.
*grumble**grumble**grumble*

Ah well. on to the next PTC then.
No try no gain rite?

Let's hope the next one is better.

In my quest towards financial freedom, I came across this paid to post forum.
And after I joined it, boy was I happy!

My History with Paid to Post Forums
I have been a member of a few paid to post forum. And in most of them, they are targeting very specific topics. And with many restrictions such as no repeated posting of the same topic or same program, it makes it really hard to start topics in them. It is either you have to be really fast to post topics on new programs (PTC, PTR, PTP, Traffic generators... etc) in the web, or you have to do extensive research in order to post your topic to the forum for discussion.

As such, after a while, one tend to lose steam over participating in these forums.

New found love... MYLOT
Mylot on the other hand is different. It is more of a social network forum then a niche forum. Here, you can post discussions about a whole host of stuff. Anything under the sun can be discussed here. From your daily gripes about life to your daily chats with friends who share the same interests as you.

I have joined Mylot for two years now. In the beginning, like most newbies to the site, I was unsure about the reliability of Mylot.
So being active there was not at the top of my priority list.
After a few months of posting and familiarizing myself in Mylot, I earned almost $10 in my account.

Meanwhile, searching around the internet, one can easily find members' claims that they were paid by Mylot.

In the second month, when I reached the payout limit. And I got my payment from Mylotat the mid of the following month. Until now, I’ve got payments from Mylot numerous times. You can view my payment proof for 2007 here.
I am still in the midst of compiling my 2008 payment proof!

Once I got my first payment, it was enough encouragement to keep me motivated to keep going on at Mylot!
So, if you are looking for a quick way to increase your online income, Mylot is the way to go!
Just for chatting, or even griping about your frustrations, you get paid!
And if you are active enough, you will be receiving payments on a monthly basis easily!

Extract from their website...

Earn money using Mylot We want our users to help our website explode, and to reward you we will pay you every time you use Mylot! We believe users are the most valuable asset to the longevity of any website so why only provide them with a service, why not reward them financially? Our goal is to provide internet users a place to earn money using the web on a day to day basis. It's easy, sign up and start discussions, post responses or comments to current discussions, news or blogs, or refer friends! Referring friends is a great way to earn passive income on Mylot. A Mylot account is all you need to get started. Click here to open an account. For more information on earning money on Mylot see our FAQs.

It is very clearly stated that they are for people chatting. And if you love to chat in forums, this is the best place to be. Invite your friends, your family and start chatting here. To be paid to chat is the bonus that is just sweet!

Boy, how time flies when you are busy. Just one year ago, my buddy from work took the big leap to go upgrade himself full time. Today, I had lunch with him and he is graduating already.
One year has gone by just like that!

We have chatted on a lot of things on many fronts. And the one thing we share in common? We believe we could do more with our lives than just accepting the fact that we are in a comfortable job with a steady income.

He took the additional step to work towards his dream. Me? Well, I am still comfortable where I am and griping about how much more I want.
I am working towards following his foot steps. Maybe not the exact path he took, but the journey he took. The journey towards a better life.

All those many chats with him, has made me question my motivation in life.
What do I want to do with my life?
Am I satisfied with my current situation?
Am I able to achieve more?
What do I want to achieve then?
How am I going to achieve it?

Today, we met up again after a good few months of not chatting with each other. And again, he prodded my brain into a thinking mode. OH... the groan of the mechanics and gears churning inside my head due to long periods of unused. But he got me thinking!

We touched on the topic of friends. And how they affect me and my life. It was really some food for thought.
During our conversations, he was saying, my current group of friends are in the same position that I am. Always griping about why they cannot do better than they currently are. And then sitting down and enjoying the comforts of the position that they are currently in and not doing anything about it.
Saying how always mixing with this group of people, their vibes will rub off on me.
Then something in my mind went off! Some thing about the laws of attraction.
"Birds of a feather, flock together!". Like attract like. What I think and what I do reflects to the world and I attracted back the same things I think of!

Here I am, always griping that I am not doing enough. And then I get going, but I am stuck at a road block. I am stuck at how to make that first steps towards getting out of my comfort zone to fight for something better.
A vicious cycle I am trapping myself in! This is not right! I must do something about it!

So his advise to me is to expand my network. Make new friends who have the fire in their belly. People who hunger for more than what a comfortable life with a steady job and a stable pay could offer. Mix with them and try to let their vibes of hunger rub off on me.

And it got me thinking, is it that easy to do it?
How can I do it?
What can I do to make it happen?

"Joining seminars is one way. There are plenty of entreprenure seminars that are free to join. Sign up for them and see what it can do for you.", he said, "The other is to try and meet up with more like minded people online."

In a way, I am grateful to have met this buddy of mine. A man who is younger than me, but have the wisdom of someone much much older than me.
He was saying this to me repeatedly. And with my recent thoughts of expanding my network, his advise is timely. I never thought about going to seminars to meet people before. I may just put his advise to work.

So here goes, my attempt to take that first step towards expanding my circle of friends.
Wish me luck!!

Well, as with any quest to achieve something, we must know what we want.
And in order to know what we want, we have to write it down on a list.

After reading the book The Secret, I am motivated to want to start something call a visual board. And I am going to use this blog entry as the virtual Visual Board to list down the things I want from the Catalogue of the Universe.

So here goes... May my list of wants become true!

1) To own my very own car. And I have been looking around a lot since the first MPV was introduced into the market so long ago.
Over the years, I have fancied a few pretty MPVs. And over the years, that choice of the perfect MPV has changed. But the one that really gets me blood pumping is the latest Honda Stream!



2) To own get my credit ratings in good order!
To be financially free, one must be free from credit. So the ultimate goal is to clear my credit cards so that I am free! And when that happens, I am going to stay that way!



3) To go to Japan for a holiday!
I want to be able to see the Peach Cherry Blossoms! A dream that I have always wanted to do. And I will do it!



4) To be able to earn a TWICE my current income. Target date, to achieve this by the end of next year on this very same day!!



5) To be able to put aside enough savings to afford not to work for a whole year!
This is just a sum set aside. A sum that is enough for me to maintain my current lifestyle without worries for a good whole year!
Once that is achieved, I will have other plans on how to make that nest egg even better. So one baby step towards my financial freedom first. 8)



Well, this is the start. I will add more to it when I can think of what else I want from the Catalogue of the Universe! :)

Well, it has been a really busy past few months. And I have been working my butt off just to get some of the things in my in tray cleared.
I have been working really hard to make a few dollars more off the web.
And some of that effort is paying off. On average, I am making about USD$15 a month. A pretty neat amount, considering the amount of time I am spending on line.

Well, the end of 2008 is near. AND a busy year it has been!
On the work front, I had my hands full with projects after projects. And I am happy that it is going well and smooth for me.

On the home front, well, I am grateful I got a pretty and supportive wife to help me in setting up our new home. And making it a very nice, cozy home to come back to at the end of the long day in the office.

On the internet front, I am working towards a better income to supplement my quest towards a million dollars!
For starters, I have revamped this page and its layout. There are still lots of details to work out. But they are all coming together.
I am working on a list of articles to publish on this site. So look out for them as I update my blog!

I have been reading some books to try and motivate myself to get more done. And I am currently hooked on the book The Secret.
It was fun reading the book and I am also writing my review on that book. You should see the article within the next week or so.

In the book it is recommended that we visualize our goals and know that it is achieved. And if we believed enough, it will come true. So next up, my goal list!

I sure hope I can get more articles going for this blog! And do hope that you guys will continue to support me my staying tune to more as we go along!