Death:

Michael “Wacko Jacko” Jackson died this morning at age 50. That man was considered as the most electrifying entertainer second to Elvis “The King” Presley not to mention the most controversial too. How death is so certain. No matter how popular you were or how untouchable you thought you were, you can never escape death, ever. I often wondered, what is it like to die. Is it just another phase in life like semester exams, first day at work or marriage? Would you be able to feel that same feeling that you always felt after concluding an important event? That same relief? I guess I would never know.

A friend of mine suffered that lost, as his beloved father passed away this morning. I hope everything will be okay for him. March on dude! And I quote from the Prophet, peace be upon him;

“Those who are most aware of death and prepare themselves for it, are the wisest of people”

“Ponder on death a lot. Allah opens the heart of that person who thinks about death a lot and makes death easy for him”

The Amir Erwan Trilogy:

Amir Erwan posted me some queries about making money through blog advertisements just now. It was kind of weird since he himself is one hell of an ace when it comes to computer systems, programs, gadgets and all thing cyberspace, and there he was, asking little old me about adsense. Dude, you do not need no fucking adsense when you can direct download movies in 5 fucking seconds! Yes, since he swanked about the ability of his office computer to download incredible amount of naughty movies movie files from the Internet at a super human and unreasonable speed of light, this guy has inevitably become our lightning rod of jealousy, envy and resentment. Haha.

I myself am not really that well versed when it comes to moneymaking blogs. I first found out the potential of earning extra income through blogging, when I first started my first blog, the infamous Kedai Mendownload in 2006. Yes, it was kind of late to start blogging back then, I suppose, but as far as I can remember, I was exposed to the world of blogs (the blogosphere as it is popularly and widely known) since the year 2000 but I never took the first step to start one since I am more convenient with the conventional way of writing, with a pen and a paper.

When I first started Kedai Mendownload, I studied a bit about blog advertisements and how the system works and earn me money. I tried all sorts of advertisement programs in the likes of Google adsense, Adbrite or the local Nuffnang and Advertlets. Or the online shop based programs like Chitika and Amazon. There were also link-based programs like Usercash, or Linkbucks or the infamous Text-Link-Ads. It was loads of fun. I still remember putting so many advertisements in Kedai Mendownload, it took ages for the page to load.

You can easily earn money through clicks, page views or affiliations. There is a trick in doing this. You need to disguise and cloak the ads so that it would appear that the ad links were a part of your blog or web page. The most common way to do this is by having both the page and the ads, bear the same background and font color. Camouflage them a bit. You will fool every one. As far as I am concern, you can really earn form these ad programs. You can either have them propelled by cheque via the legendary snail mail or wire your earning through your paypal account. You need to have a paypal account first in order to do that though.

The Philosophy Unleashed:

Never in a million years that I would actually see a day when a label would be interested to release anything from my black metal one man band project, Filsufatia (a play on the arabic term for the Philosophy), other than my own, if I were to have one that is. Today I opened my trustworthy myspace account to find that I got this private message from Carnage Music, a Kelantan based local independent heavy metal label, offering to release Filsufatia’s fourth demo, Immortalis and add Filsufatia into their little artist roaster on Carnage Music. Although it was not really a big deal since I really do trust that the offer was only a gesticulation of support from one Kelantanese metalhead to another, but still it was an honor that they wanted to release the damn thing through their label.

Not that I will be getting any money out of it, but I bet it would be loads of fun, at least for me, to see Immortalis being released in a much better and appropriate material even if it was only on a burned compact disc with a zeroxed black and white cover. I was made to further understand that the plan was that it would be going to be a limited release of thirty copies only. I made them an offer to add some additional tracks so that it would appear to be money worthy track wise. It would be a great experience and opportunity. Thank you fellas. All hail Kelantanese heavy metal.

John William Ferrell:

Hensem tak Abang Will?

His name is John William Ferrell. He is my favorite actor and Nina despised me for that. Why? Simply because Will Ferrell is ugly. So typical of you urban girls to only like those in the league of Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and that gay ass Wentworth Miller from the trendy ass Prison Break. These guys could not even act, well, except for Depp. Give me a break.

One of the most hilarious and disturbingly funny guys from the frat pack of Hollywood, Ferrell first started as a cast in, what I would call, the university for comedy superstardom, Saturday Night Live before going on to star in his own box office hit movies like Old School (2003), Anchorman (2004), Talladega Nights (2006) and Step Brothers (2008) and man those movies were hilarious. I could watch it a thousand more times and would still be laughing at his evergreen ridiculousness.

But Nina hated Ferrell movies for no apparent reason. She justified that Ferrell was a terrible actor and all of his movies were a pile of garbage on reels. She even dozed off to Mimaland when she was supposed to watch Talladega Nights. You slept in the middle of the movie and came back to me complaining that it was the worst movie ever. You did not even finish the whole movie.

I guess she is more into those brainer kinds of movies like Vantage Point, Righteous Kill, The Oxford Murders or even Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Yeah, try and not fall asleep watching that movie. Don’t get me wrong, I love those kinds of movies, most probably way more than you do Na, but try and give No-Brainer movies a chance especially Ferrells or John C. Rileys. Freaking hilarious.

“Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.” – Ron Burgundy.

Hannah Dakota Fanning:

Her name is Hannah Dakota Fanning. Nina always get grumpy if I happen to mention the names of my favorite actresses in the likes of Ellen Page or that girl from V for Vendetta. What was her name? Natalie Portman, especially the former. I do not know why. These people are good actresses la Na. They really are. Seriously. But the weird thing was, Nina just laughed at me when the other day I told her that I liked Dakota Fanning. An exceptional talent in a league of her own, an outstanding child actress, sending dazes with her roles in, my favorite Fanning movies like I Am Sam (2001), Hide & Seek (2005) and Dreamer (2006). She really is a good actress, no doubt about that. But it was Ninas sudden calmness and approval that left me at odds. Well, since it is OK to favor Fanning, and Fanning turned out to be one cute, hot and talented actress, I guess I have to say my goodbyes to the equally talented Ellen Page and Natalie Portman. Your girls are so 2008.