I have mentioned it here that I have a sideline job as a data miner. That's apart from the regular writing jobs I do for my clients. I normally mine for data around midnight since that's when most websites handling tax liens in the USA update their system. Anyway, in the data mining website I joined, there are two ways to earn: as a qualified data miner and as a qualified 411 specialist. A data miner, like I said earlier, looks up tax liens and enters pertinent information in the system. A 411 specialist looks up phone numbers of businesses and individuals and enters the numbers in the system. Earnings are not enormous but because of the high volume of tax liens and phone numbers that can be entered in the system, it's easy to pile up the moolah to qualify for payout.

As you can see from the screenshot, I already qualify for payout.☺ I'm still thinking if I should request for it already. I don't need it as of yet, really. I'm just happy to see the fruits of my labor.☺

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Well, at least for me.

I say officially because this morning, er very late morning, I checked my inbox to find an e-mail from my Italian client. She's ordering 4 300-word articles to be submitted before the day ends. This is her very first order for 2011 that's why I'd like to think that it's only now that my work is officially starting again after more than 10 days of "hiatus".

Of course, I still spent those 10 "vacation" days working, albeit all article writing jobs were put on hold. In those 10 days, I concentrated on one of my sidelines, data mining.

I'm halfway through the 1st article but I found myself at a quandary so I decided to write this post first. LOL! It's a good thing we're ahead by some 6 hours, I think, over Italy so I am not really under much time pressure. Nevertheless, I have to go back to work now.

Will just blog hop, Adgitize and drop ECs later.☺

As if that's a phenomenon, huh? Well, I'm just overwhelmed because bloghopping is something I haven't been able to do since November of last year. Yes, November! In some of my past posts I've mentioned that my parents came home from the US and things have been pretty hectic, not to mention we've been in and out of sickbed most of the time. In fact, my gastric flu is still acting up but I feel I'd get weaker if I just stay in bed so here I am, working and bloghopping and playing FB games on the side, just like the old times!☺

Oooh! I missed this! Hopefully, things will go smoothly from this 6th day of 2011 onwards.☺ Oh well, gott drop those ECs and Adgitize now. Until tomorrow!

I was all hyped to start 2011 right but something happened on the 3rd day of the New Year which made me slow down a bit. Early Monday morning, I was roused from my deep slumber by a terrible tummy ache. I tried to ignore it but the pain was terrible that I had no choice but to wake up at 530 in the morning. After spending what seemed like an eternity in the bathroom, I went back to bed. Not more than 10 minutes after, I woke up again and this time I felt the urge to throw up. So off to the bathroom I went again.

Thus began my day, half of which I spent inside the bathroom. I was so weak but I still managed to go online and work. I also did some sleuthing and found out what was happening to me were symptoms of gastric flu. (http://stomachflusymptoms.net/gastric-flu-symptoms)

The common symptoms of gastric flu are vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, loss of appetite, general weakness in the body and bloody stools. Some times after vomiting patients tend to feel that they had released the entire contents of their stomach. The symptoms are visible for two days and the complete recovery takes at least 6-8 days of time duration.

Until now, I'm still having terrible stomach pains and am still suffering from loss of appetite. Quite frankly, except for the stomach pains, I find the loss of appetite part favorable to me. LOL! My mom said I seemed to have lost a few inches off my big tummy and I'm loving it. Hahaha!

So, yeah. I may be suffering from gastric flu but I'm still optimistic, not just with my weight loss plans for this year, but with every aspect of my life for the year 2011.☺ 

I have been a member of Prize Live for quite some time now. But I must admit that I only log in to my account when I remember to. I only signed up for it as a favor for someone which explains why I am not too keen with the whole idea. That also explains why I have been able to pile up only 3 points completing simple tasks and posting in their forum.

Anyway, I logged in to my account the other day after I received a notification of a message in my PL inbox. Once I did, I saw that I have accumulated 3 points already and that I can exchange those points for PayPal funds. So that's what I did. I converted my points to cash and I received the $3.00 reward in my PayPal this morning.☺ Here's the proof:

Now I'm convinced that they really do pay. LOL! I hope this proof motivates me to be more diligent with PL. After all, a dollar is still a dollar and it can come a long way.☺