Personally, year 2011 is quite an interesting year for me. I have traveled to two different countries through flight and it is my first time enjoying the airplane flight twice in a year. I am pretty happy about the two different trip as one let me see a relaxing lifestyle while the other taught me about the importance of story.

On the other hand, I managed to make a consistent 3 figures income through my internet marketing venture and when I thought everything was going on plan, the google panda update came in and my income was slapped to close to nothing left. Luckily, I do have a backup plan on mind which was to learn to become a real estate salesperson. In my heart, I knew that affiliate marketing was not something I loved to do as I did not have the passion to write those articles of the different niches. After taking the course of real estate salesperson, I realized that what I wanted to learn and do has already revealed itself. In the end, after passing the real estate salesperson exam, I decided to create a housing site with a few partners called Housing in Singapore to become an expert in this industry through the use of internet marketing (which is what I have learnt so far).

The following are the personal successes that I am grateful and proud of achieving in the year of 2011:

- Gone for a trip to Thailand in March 2011 with the winning resort stay at Chiang Mai (Bangkok and Chiang Mai)

- Strike 4D second prize in ibet (buy for fun)

- Start making consistent 3 figures internet income (Got google panda slap after that)

- Win a pair of movie tickets from lucky draw

- Bought my first apple ipod touch which help me a lot in learning through audio books as there are speed listening apps available

- Found a running buddy from my current workplace

- Passed my Real Estate Salesperson Exam with just one try

- Made my first rental commission within a few months

- Started a housing in Singapore project website with a group of partners

- Travel to Shanghai-Jiang Nan (China) for a 8D7N trip which is my first long trip

- Read 21 books throughout the year of 2011

- Decided to set 10 personal values to achieve in myself

- Start to make full use of dropbox and skype for my own real estate site

It’s been quite a long time since my last update on my personal blog as I have been busy preparing for my trip to Thailand in March and sorting out my personal thoughts in myself. The reason why I decided to go to Thailand for a visit was because I won a complimentary stay at a resort in Chiang Mai called Baae Sae Moi through one of the online survey I did in the previous year. My trip to Thailand consist of a 5 days trip to both Bangkok and Chiang Mai. Before the trip to Thailand, I was quite worried as there’s a natural disaster happened in Japan somewhere in mid March. Luckily, it did not affect Thailand as it was quite far away.

My trip to Bangkok let me realized that the air in Singapore is much better as we have a better traffic system with lesser traffic jam. When I first arrived in Bangkok, we were faced by it’s traffic jam when we were going to our hotel which is about an hour ride away from the airport. The clothings over there were really very cheap and they were selling in bulk which means that you have to buy in bulk in order to get it for a cheaper price (no wonder there’s a lot of people getting their goods from Bangkok to sell in Singapore). They would give you a cheaper price if you are able to buy more. However, I only bought 3 pieces of clothings for myself as I am not those people who likes to buy a lot of clothings as I know my shared cupboard with my brother won’t be able to contain so much. Haha.

Anyway, I was quite surprised to hear the local tour guide that we engaged saying that there were over 40,000 temples in Thailand and I did went to see a few Buddhas in Bangkok. One particular Buddha was made in real Gold and it cost about 100 over millions to make it and got one is a 15m long sleeping style Buddha. There’s really a lot of different style over there in Thailand and our trip in Bangkok were mainly going to those temples, tailor shops and their well-known gem factory. Initially, we were quite reluctant to sit on their Tuk-Tuk as we have heard stories about how much they will charge overseas tourists. However, we met a security guard who told us the rough estimate pricing we can demand before taking the Tuk-Tuk and it started our ride on the Tuk-Tuk. The ride on the Tuk-Tuk was really an exciting trip as the driver know how to take short cuts through the streets and shorten the distance to your destination. However, I can say that it was not really advisable to keep on sitting in a Tuk-Tuk to travel around as the pollution level on the road was really pretty bad. One thing that I realized about the traffic road was that there were not much traffic lights for pedestrian and you really have to find an overhead bride or perform those jay-walking across the road like those locals.

Take a look at some of the photos:

golden buddha

15 metre sleeping buddha

tuk tuk

On day 2 night after our day-tour in Bangkok, we wanted to rest awhile in our hotel before going to watch the lady-boy show, we encountered a slight tremor in our hotel room. We were staying on the 20th floor and we hurried rushed down to the lobby to find out what was happening. To add on to our panic mode, we heard fire engine and ambulance rushing by our hotel to the next few building. We were told that there were a fire going on at one of the shopping malls but the receptionists had no ideas about the earthquake tremors at all. We went ahead with a worried heart to watch the lady-boy show and it was a really great show that shouldn’t be missed as my worried was gone once the show started. We managed to get a discount on the tickets through our tour agent and if you intend to watch it when you are going to Bangkok, make sure you buy your ticket through the local tour agency.

After watching the show, we went back to our hotel and find out more about the earthquake tremor that we felt previously but we were not able to get a definite answer. We decided to go back to our hotel to find out more through the news and we found that there were an earthquake happened in Myanmar which is near to Chiang Rai (somewhere in Thailand too). This caused some panic as our next day destination was to go to Chiang Mai. Lucky, the resort personnel gave me her cell phone number and we made a phone call to her to check the condition over at her side. We were told not to worry as their resort were all low rise building and there were no seas near their resort too as they were surrounded by big mountains.

When we reached Chiang Mai, we realized there were a big difference in terms of pace over there. Everything seems so peaceful and slow pace compared to Bangkok or Singapore. The air over there were much better and fresher with lesser traffic. However, we didn’t have much activities when we reached our resort as the location was quite secluded. We asked our resort manager, Aoy about what we can do over there and booked our next day tour package to the elephant camp. Over there at the elephant camp, I managed to complete another bucket list of mine which is to have an elephant ride. The day tour package consisted of bamboo rifting ride, watching elephant drawing plus show, sit on the elephant, taking a ride on ox cart, going to orchid plus butterfly farm and our buffet lunch. The ride on the elephant was quite fun as it was an experience that you can’t describe in words as it was quite shaky but enjoyable.

Take a look at the photos:

lady boy show

the big sofa that I fall in love

jacuzzi in one of the room

elephant playing soccer

elephant's drawing

bamboo rifting

lifted by elephant

elephant ride

ox riding

Overall, I enjoyed my stay in Thailand and know a few great people over there such as the resort manager and the chiang mai taxi driver. It is pretty hard to catch a taxi or tuk tuk in Chiang Mai than in Bangkok so make sure you get the stuff to get one for you through booking. If you want to see more photos about my trip, do add me as friend through facebook. I will stop my post right here and if you have a chance, do visit Thailand and update me your experience too.

Image courtesy of eatsdirt

Is today my lucky day? Actually, I should be asking is this month my lucky month as I have a lot of lucky occasion all happening in this month. Today is a special day for me as I have managed to pass my driving test after taking it for a total of 5 times. lolx. Anyway, it is not a very glamorous thing to say as I have friends who managed to pass their driving test with just 1 try. However, I do feel lucky as I thought I was going to fail after making so many mistakes during the test.

As I have mentioned previously that I have a lot of lucky occasion happening this month, I have won an overseas trip of 3D2N Baan Saen Doi Resort & Spa Chiang Mai stay through one of the online survey I have done previously. I was surprised when I received the email from the organizer but I do have a feeling when I was doing the survey. One thing that I noticed is that whenever we are filling up a survey form or prize sheet that will allow us to stand a chance to win a prize is that we did not actually monitor our thoughts. What is the first initial thought in your mind? If you have the mindset that it is hard to win a grand prize or even winning a prize, do you think you will really stand a chance to win? As the law of attraction states that what you focus on will expand, what I realized was the first initial thought that I have when filling up the online survey form was it would be very cool to win this prize and enjoy myself to chill at the resort.

Aside from getting my driving license and winning an overseas trip, I have also won a key chain from the national library after taking part in a contest by filling up a few questions that I did not even know the answer at all. Upon winning the contest, I was really feeling lucky as all these winning actually comes from having the right mindset in the initial stage. Therefore, I have decided that I will learn to monitor my thoughts in whatever contests or survey that I am taking part in.

Cheers
Javier

P.S. Hope today is your lucky day too!!

Affiloblueprint Members Meetup at Singapore Merlion
(Clayton Terao is beside me on my left)

Do you know that Clayton Terao is in Singapore? You may be wondering who Clayton Terao is and whether is he a superstar that you may not have heard of. Haha. Hope I have caught your attention so far towards reading this post as I am going to reveal to you the answer of who this secret person is.

Clayton Terao is the owner of this blog called JourneyOfMyOwn.com and you can actually find out more about Clayton Terao at his site. Clayton is not a superstar or a celebrity that you have seen on TV (maybe someday he will if he wants to..) but someone who has inspired me and became a friend of mine from Seattle. It is my first time experience to meet up a friend from another country in Singapore and it is a very amazing experience because I have been reading his blog for close to a year and I had started what he has doing in March 2010.

Clayton has been traveling around in South-East Asia for the past 2 months using the money he has made online after implementing the course called Affiloblueprint. He was previously unemployed due to his high qualification but he did not give up and made a difference by living a travel lifestyle through the income he had made online. Personally, I have learned a lot through his blog and I can say that when he mentioned that he will be coming to Singapore, I was pretty excited like going to meet my idol as he has achieved what I want to achieve so far. Anyway, after meeting up with him, I realized that he was just like me “Another person from Planet Earth” which means that what he has achieved so far, I can do it too. This has struck me hard as what he had done for his internet marketing effort are all his hard work and persistence that really pays off itself. After meeting up with Clayton, I am inspired that I can do it too and he is a really fun and interesting guy to meet up with.

Anyway, for those who are reading this may be wondering why do I made my title of the post to be “Clayton Terao Is In Singapore”. Firstly, it is to catch attention and next is to give Search Engine Optimization (SEO) a try to see whether few days down the road whether this keyword “Clayton Terao” will appear on first page of Google or not. haha. You will never know as maybe one day this name will be a hot keyword where people will key in Google to look for when the word of mouth spreads when clayton become a super affiliate like the uncle who caught a lot of prawns (our joke at Singapore Prawn Fishing area).

Our Prawn Fishing Session

Do check out on the course that Clayton has been implementing if you want to live the internet lifestyle of travelling around the world just like him. Anyway, be prepared to work hard to make it happen.

Cheers
Javier

P.S. Clayton, if you are reading this, thanks for the inspiration and the sharing you have with us.

Batam Waterfront Station

Harris Batam Resort

Bowling at Harris Batam Resort

A&W meal at the batam shopping mall (something you can’t find in Singapore)

Last weekend, I went for a short overseas trip to batam with my girlfriend and friends to enjoy ourselves. The short trip refresh my spirit as I tend to start thinking of my progress with the results that I wanted to achieve and whether I am still on track of my 3 promises (goals) that I have set for myself at the start of this year.

After thinking through, I realized that I have been slacking behind these past few weeks as I have procrastinate on my running and some morning waking up habits to read a book.

For a quick update of my 3 promises for this year,
1) Prepare and participate in a 42KM Marathon
- have completed 16km run and need to sign up a next run so that I can force myself to start my running routine again

2) Read at least 15 self-help books
- Have completed 9 books currently, still short of 6

3) Make a consistent 4 figure income online and at least a 5 figure for one month
- only manage to make some CPA income and some clickbank income but it is still not consistent yet

Okay, back to the overseas batam trip, the resort that I went was Harris Batam Resort and I really enjoy myself over there as they have facilities like swimming pool, pool and billard table, table tennis areas, massage and spa, suana, bowling, gym, water polo, bicycle rental and many more. In our batam package, we also get to travel to the town area of Batam and it opened up my eyes when I see some of the slums areas of Indonesia. I feel grateful of what I have now and I should not really complain of what troubles that I’m facing now as my problems are not as big a problem compared to theirs. At the resort, one of the thing that I enjoyed was the live band performance during dinner as the host was quite engaging and fun. I do recommend you to go to Harris Batam Resort if you are planning for a short trip as it will really refresh your spirit and keep you going on your own journey to success.

Cheers
Javier

Fisherman’s Wharf

Macau Grand Prix Museum

With my Dear at Venetian Main Lobby

Ruins of St Paul Macau

Tang Cheng

Happy New Year to everyone who visit this blog, this is a new year 2010 and I will like to update some progress along the way. Recently in late December 2009, I went to Hong Kong, Macau and Zhu Hai for a 5 days 4 nights holiday and it was my first time taking a flight overseas. When I start to think back about the past 1 year, I realized that I have actually grown quite a bit as 2009 was the first year that I stepped out my home country, Singapore. Once the plane starts to take off, I started to panic as this was my first time sitting on an airplane but once I thought of my desired travel lifestyle, I started to feel better. Sitting on the airplane allowed me to experience what Tony Robbins had mentioned before in his seminar that an airplane took so much energy to take off and due to the weather conditions, they have to adjust the flight in order to reach the destination. If you are aware of what I’m actually trying to get you, you will understand that we have to take massive actions and adjust our plans along our journey to success in order to reach our destination.

A few things that I enjoyed during this overseas trip were the food and cold weather, the temperature over there were from 8 – 18 Degree Celsius which I could not experience in Singapore. When the last day of my holiday, I started to realize that this is actually the lifestyle that I always desired with no worries about work or money and able to travel around freely to new countries to explore the new places with my loved ones.

One interesting thing that happened when I came back in Singapore was that I found that my CPA commission had increased in profits during my trip which I have left my campaign untouched during the 5 days. Now, I start to see some consistent real profits coming in and I will update here again once that amount become more significant. This overseas trip has allowed me to see new things and opportunities in my journey to success and I become more clear of what I want in my life.

Before I end this post, I will like to write down my 3 main promises that I want to meet in Year 2010.

1) Prepare and participate in a 42KM Marathon.

(Have signed up a 16KM North East Run recently and will take part more along the year)

2) Read at least 15 self-help books

(Have to restart my morning reading habit again)

3) Make a consistent 4 figure income online and at least a 5 figure for one month

(Have to put in more effort and work on my belief to make this works for myself)

Lastly, a happy new year to all my readers and all the best in your journey to success too.

Cheers
Javier

P.S. Remember to take massive actions and adjust your flight accordingly along your journey to success.