Cheap Hosting Plan

In the past few years, I have noticed a growing trend. A lot of people are moving away from Geocities and other free web hosts and building personal websites with unique domain names.

Of course not all of them intend to use their sites for commercial purposes but is more of a "buying my home on the net" thing. This includes a lot of my friends who have suddenly realised that "selling" yourself is not necessarily a bad thing, especially in the education and consulting sectors. Many of these guys have a blog instead of a static site (which is a relatively new development in Malaysia)

After talking to some of my fellow bloggers I have come to the conclusion that most people are looking for a basic web hosting plan. Most want a host that 1) has lot of storage space (you will be surprised how much you have posted once the blogging bug bites), 2) A lot of bandwidth, 3) Is affordable. Only a few are looking for Content Management Systems (CMS) or e-commerce tools.

I just came across on of the most amazing hosting plans on the net. The basic plan on Lunarpages Web Hosting gives you 800GB of data transfer and 35GB of storage space. They are also giving you $700 worth of CoffeeCup webmaster and design software for FREE. That's not all. The most amazing part is that this package includes a Free Domain Name for Life for the life of the hosting account. All of this for only $6.95 a month.


In case you are wondering about the $700 worth of CoffeeCup software. This includes over 35 free scripts such as the VisualSite Designer, HTML Editor, Direct FTP, Web Video Player, Flash Photo Gallery, Flash Blogger and lots more.

For your information, the company has been in business for over 6 years and have one of the most reliable servers in the industry are housed in 2 data centers (99.9% uptime). Their award winning support is available 24/7. this does not include the help desk, forums, tutorials and their blog.

Guys who are already stuck with other hosts need not worry. They have a special offer whereby, the paid time (up to 6 months) will be added to their new 12 or 24 month hosting plan with Lunar Pages.

If you utilize the transfer offer which is upto 18 months of hosting plus the extras, it will still cost you $70 (comes to around $3.80 per month).

Lunarpages also offers additional domain names and domain transfers for only $7.95 each.

To get $25 off any 12/24 month Basic, Business, Windows or VPS plan, use the following Coupon code: lunar25off

However please note that the coupons are not stackable. So if you are pushing the transfer time offer please phone in your order and they will apply the extra time plus the discount.


This post is sponsored by Lunarpages.com

In case you do choose to host with them, you can help me earn some money by going over to joining in the Lunarpages Affiliate Program.

Tags: Lunarpages Hosting

The New Look

Brand New Year, brand new look for the ah ok lah blog.

I have always wanted a 3 column layout and after looking around found a nice template. Tweaked it around a bit and came up with this.

So what do you think?

BTW, in case you are wondering why I haven't converted to the new Version of Blogger, the reason is that I can't. I clicked the "Switch" button but all I got was

Thanks for your interest in the new version of Blogger! Unfortunately, we cannot switch your Blogger account at this time, because one or more of your blogs cannot be moved. Please see our help article for more information.

I guess I have too many posts and comments.

Tags: Blog Layout Template

Hidden Nanny Cam

In most households today  both spouses have to work. One of the problem that ultimately arises is the question of "who's going to take care of the kids?"

Some people are lucky to live near their parents / in-law houses where they would drop off the kids. Some would prefer to enroll their kids at a nursery. In Malaysia however, many have opted for maids who can take care of their kids at home. People in the UK and the US prefer to use the term "nanny". However I have heard so many horror stories, that I sometimes wonder whether it's worth to hire one.

One of our friends who has a maid looking after their baby, was relating her own story. One day her neighbour informed that a man had been visiting their house while she and here husband were away at work. Probably the maid's lover.

They didn't know how to confront the maid as they didn't have any proof and when they finally did, she just denied it.

I suggested putting up a hidden camera or "nanny cam" to keep an eye on the house while they were away at work.

Recently came across a security site which has a huge collection of covert cameras disguised as ordinary household items including clocks, air fresheners, smoke detectors, books, plants and even teddy bears.

Apparently, it is actually quite easy to set up one of these cameras.A lot of people are increasingly investing on such cameras but for another reason - Home Security.

Of course, some may argue about the "intrusion of privacy" issues but then, I guess a parent is willing to do anything to make sure their home is secure.

LoudLaunch helping bloggers earn money

It is clear that advertisers have realised the marketing power of bloggers and the growth in the number of companies acting as a go-between advertisers and bloggers is a good indication of this fact.

I only learnt of LoudLaunch after reading Lucia's blog post.

They began the pre-registration of advertisers and bloggers on December 17th, 2006 and was officially launched on Tuesday, December 26, 2006.

Their business model is very similar to that of PayPerPost:

1. Advertisers create a campaign which is displayed at LoudLaunch.com (with a minimum budget of US$50).
2. Registered bloggers registered can then select campaigns and blog about them. In the process, they help the advertisers spread the word in their own unique way and as we know, word-of-mouth is one of the most effective marketing tools.
3. The bloggers are then compensated for helping the advertisers distribute their press releases or news.

I guess it's good news for all bloggers seeking to make some money from their blogs.

LoudLaunch - Compensating bloggers for their unbiased opinions, reviews, and analysis. View the LoudLaunch campaign release this post was based on.

Tags: Advertising Blogging LoudLaunch Marketing

We love ebay UK

Like many guys I hate shopping in crowded malls, especially so when I am with my kids. However, if there is one person who hates shopping more than moi, it's my wife. If we do have to go shopping, we already know what we want. So we go straight to the store, grab the things and get out asap.

We are just the kind of guys that online retailers should target. Ever since we got to UK, we have been buying a lot of stuff online. Our favourite e-commerce site has to be ebay UK. Regular visitors would recall my ebay computer post. So far we have been quite happy with all our purchases.

Contrary to what a lot of people seem to think, ebay is not about buying and selling used stuff. We have actually bought a lot of Brand new products on eBay.co.uk. This include garden tools, electronic stuff, vacuum cleaner bags among others at prices, which are way lower than their retail prices.

We also don't need a credit card to pay for our purchases. All you need is a Paypal account.

Register on eBay.co.uk! if you already haven't.

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TAGS: ebay E-commerce Online Shopping

Herbalife Distributor Directory

People are now increasingly turning to dietary supplements and herbal medicines to improve their well-being.

In Malaysia the dietary supplement market is huge. In 2002, it was reported that Malaysians spent an average of US$17.30 a month on health supplements with the market for traditional medicines and other health foods, such as herbs, foods, and beverages enriched with supplements was estimated to be worth US$526 million (Ahmad, 2002). Over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare grew by 6% in current value terms to reach RM1 billion in 2003. It is expected that Malaysian OTC healthcare would show moderate growth by 18% to reach RM1,283 million by 2008 (Euromonitor, 2004).

It is no wonder that a number of companies offering herbal remedies are increasing exponentially.

One such company is Herbalife International, or simply Herbalife. It was founded in 1980 by Mark Hughes and is today one of the premier health and wellness companies.

The Herbal Nutrition Network is now offering FREE websites to all their Independent Distributors in the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Members can later upgrade to a PREMIUM website, which offers more features, including the ability to receive credit card payments. If you are a distributor, you should definitely take advantage of this offer.

I am sure the network will expand to Malaysia soon.

This is a sponsored post.

Tags: Herbalife Mark Hughes

Lunch at Nottingham

Early in the morning we set off for Nottingham to meet up with our friends there. With my wife as navigator we took less than an hour to reach Amrul's house there 9via the M6, M69 and M1). Spent some time chatting and off we went, to Zarina and Zamri's place. Amrul is a really good cook and he loves cooking but I guess, it's nothing strange as most of the best cooks in the World are men.

Both Amrul and Zarina are my wife's colleagues and both are pursuing their PhDs at the University of Nottingham.

We dropped by Amrul's office on the way and the architecture is really fantastic.


Had really good food at Zarina's house. As usual, I was busy eating that I forgot to take pictures of the food. By the time we started on our journey back, it was already dark.


It was really nice to meet up with them again.

Tags: Friends Nottingham Palm