Painting for money, blogging for what??

Recently I've been working very hard to increase my income for November and December. Since the world economy has been dropped and effecting the buying power of most citizens. My ebay sales also dropped and it is far from my expectation. I have to put more effort to do sales offline and do another option for internet marketing.

This matter really made me sick and I always push myself for another solution and be creative. Alhamdulillah, my effort start showing good results. Honestly, self employement is not as easy as I thought before, especially when all the bills and debt are due.

Luckyly I have a gift as I can produce an art material (painting). These paintings has been posted to United States today (combined 2 paintings bought from the same person) with the posting cost of RM110.30 (nearly 2 kg weight). It is a good start for me to generate extra income from batik painting (batik lukis @ batik tulis).

This batik painting (burgundy orchid) just framed today and I am thinking of get it listed on eBay Australia for auction tonight. I really aware to open an auction @ eBay.com as people try to be more careful on spending their money. Even Christmas is just around the corner, I don't want to put extra promotion for ebay dot com.




My Stonehenge Horizon original oil painting is still on auction and there is no bid while
the time left is 2 days and 10 hours. The bid starts at USD $19.99 and there were 2 person watching the item. Dunno if they are really interested or just spying. Hope the bid can increase for higher amount at the closing.

I'm doing this as an alternative of making money online, while blogging is still something that I can't find the rhythm yet ... Why I am blogging??? Perhaps I can be a millionaire through blog? Another reason to put me into blogging are affiliate program (this already paid me quite a lot! .. so far).

Istill remember the matter that made jump into blogging world is because of the goat (kambing jamnapari). The blog was created just to market the goat at the first place. Then, I was eager to generate money with Google Adsense, that forced me to setup few more blogs (free blogs using blogger platform)... One of the blogs created was samdaddycool.blogspot.com (formerly known as duit2duit.blogspot.com).. :)

Now I'm addicted to blog and the internet while trying to market my products online.

So what is your reason for blogging?

Kluang station at TESCO Melaka

Lots of SAJOHA members (SMSJ, Kluang) really enjoy having kopi 'O' (black coffee) and roti bakar (toast bread) at Kluang train station. I went to TESCO Melaka (next to Melaka Sentral) and I snap this photo. I guess this might be the new version of that Kluang Train Station kopitiam.

Anyone who knows about this?

Korban adalah ibadah

Gambar masjid Al-Alami, MITC, Ayer Keroh Melaka.


Aidiladha, hari yang lebih dikenali sebagai hari raya haji di kalangan masyarakat kita. Pengertian korban (qurban) yang bermulanya di Kota Mekah apabila Nabi Ibrahim diperintah untuk menyembelih anaknya, Nabi Ismail.. mempunyai 1001 makna di dalam cerita.

Bagi para jemaah haji, kudoakan kalian berjaya menyempurnakan ibadah haji, seterusnya mendapat haji yang mabrur. Bagi para muslimin yang melakukan ibadah korban - tak kira lembu, kambing, kibas, mahupun unta.. semoga mendapat keberkatan dalam melakukannya dengan ikhlas.

Selamat menyambut hari raya korban 1429.

Keledek Vitato ???

Photo of Vitato sweet potato
Gambar Keledek Vitato

I do business as usual at Pasar tani Muar (stadium Sultan Ibrahim). There was a promotion of Keledek Vitato by FAMA Muar. Suddently the rain comes... My tudung get wet a little bit...


Along with the promotion, there were some events organized such as cooking invention competiton - receipe using keledek vitato, lucky draw and quiz.


Anyway, lets see what so special about 'keledek vitatto'.

1. Produce 40 tons per hectre or 5 times more than usual sweet potato.
2. Give an income of RM2,000 per hectre ..
3. Full of vitamin A and Beta Carotene. Suitable as a substitute to wheat flour in cake processing, bread and even juice!
4. Another new invention done by MARDI.
5. Better option to replace tobacco farming..

Article from Utusan Malaysia;


Ubi keledek jenis Vitato dilancar

Oleh HERMAN HAMID


Muhyiddin Mohd.Yassin melihat ubi keledek Vitato pada majlis pelancaran jenis ubi keledek baru di Stesen MARDI Telong, Bachok, Kelantan, semalam.

BACHOK 12 Jun – Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin hari ini melancarkan ubi keledek jenis baru – ‘Vitato’ yang mampu mengeluarkan hasil sehingga 40 tan sehektar atau lima kali ganda berbanding jenis terdahulu.

Dengan pulangan hasil dianggarkan mencecah purata RM2,000 sebulan bagi sehektar, jenis Vitato, hasil penemuan Institut Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI) itu dianggap cukup berpotensi untuk menjadi tanaman komersial dan alternatif kepada tembakau.

Malah jenis berkenaan yang kaya dengan vitamin A dan beta karotena itu juga dikenalpasti sesuai untuk dijadikan pelbagai jenis produk daripada bahan gantian tepung gandum dalam pembuatan roti dan kek sehingga kepada jus minuman...

Petikan Utusan Malaysia - read more..

Batik painting - burgundy orchid

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This is my latest painting, done within 3 hours.. Actually I did this in rush because I have promised my self to produce at least 1 painting within every 3 days.

I didn't sleep the whole night did this at 7am and completed before I'm going to KL by bus (to get more stock for tudung)...

Still in rush now, coz I'm going to pasar pagi Parit Sulong ... didn't get and appropriate time to get it listed on eBay for auction.. (to be framed)

At last..... my batik painting sold..

At last 2 of my batik paintings are sold! Not long after I started my own journey in batik painting.... The price is not really good for the effort spent, but I'm pleased that among my early painting has it's own value.

These are 2 of the batik paintings..

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