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In my previous entry, I have stated that I want to see a sad movie that can make me cry. I’ve watch one and it was a really good one. I bought the DVD last Saturday and I watch it with my wife yesterday.

The title is Hachiko: A Dog’s Story.

I don’t want to say more. At the final end of the movie, tears slowly emerged from my eyes and I cried silently, not wanting my wife to notice my outburst. It was such a sad emotional movie of a very loyal dog who waited his owner who died. If I review more, it will spoil your mood later.

After the movie, I still cry heavily for 20 minutes and my wife was very surprise!!! She won’t allow me to watch any sad movie after this. Then I read the review from IMDB site and I learned that I’m not the only one who cried.

I think more man cried then women…

Do yourself a favour. Get the DVD and watch it with your family and do not read the synopsis. Just watch it.

Here are some selected reviews that I took from IMDB site of Hachiko: A Dog’s Story.

Be sure to take tissues!, 16 August 2009

Author: lectrolux from Tokyo, Japan

Well, I just came back from seeing this in Shinjuku earlier and I can honestly say that I have NEVER seen so many people crying at the end of a movie…. it really is a sad story.

However, it’s also a heartwarming tale of loyalty, about how people and dogs are more than just friends and, I guess most of all, about how a dog’s love for its master never fades – even after his/her death!

Richard Gere was fantastic in this movie, he bonded really well with the dog and it never felt like watching an actor at all – it genuinely seemed to be a movie with his own dog!

I highly recommend this to people of all ages. There are enough bits to laugh at (seeing Richard Gere teaching his dog to play ‘fetch’ was brilliant!) and the story is portrayed really well (even if there were some changes made to the original Japanese tale)

Here is another one…

So Touching and Real!, 17 August 2009

Author:

I just saw this movie today, and I’m so glad I did.

It is based on a true story and it’s only natural that the movie is great because the real story itself is very touching. One of the things that sets this movie apart from the other movies that involve animals is how they stuck to reality instead of throwing in some a-little-hard-to-believe elements here and there just to make it more entertaining.

Sometimes they show things through Hachi’s eyes as opposed to human eyes, which helps you relate to him and understand how he felt and what he thought then, as well as emphasizes that Hachi is the main character of the movie.

This is not just a kids’ movie. In the end everyone including myself was crying because we were so moved. It is a must-see.

Here are more reviews:

Enough to make a grown man cry!, 23 August 2009

Author: JapanGaijin from Japan

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Hachi is a movie based on the true story about a dog in Japan, Hachiko, who would wait at the train station every day for his owner to arrive even after the owner passed away.

I have never seen the original Japanese version of the movie but know the story well as I have been told by many people here in Japan. There is a statue of Hachiko that stands outside of Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Now the statue is the most popular place for Tokyoites to meet their friends before going out shopping or dining in Shibuya.

Unlike other Japanese remakes, this movie actually gives credit to the original story so that you don’t get the sense that Hollywood wants to call it its own. All actors/actresses in the movie do a superb job in making you feel as if you were a part of the community embracing the dog. Compared to the original story, people were more accepting of Hachi rather than considering him a nuisance. Of course this is going to be released in the U.S. as a holiday movie so the goal is to make it uplifting.

Just a warning, do take many tissues. I am a grown man and can honestly say that I have never really cried during a movie. I think the score of the movie plus the dog being so adorable made me lose myself. When I looked around the theater though, every single person was crying and I saw a lot of red eyes as I left the Men’s restroom. Any movie that can make me do that deserves a 10/10.

And another one…

Extremely Emotional, 2 February 2010

Author: surfer-lancealot from United Kingdom

Well what can i say. I’m a guy i don’t cry about movies i know its fake but i gotta say this one caught me by surprise even tho id watched the trailer and read a few reviews already. by the end of the movie i was in tears absolutely broken down crying my eyes out. and saying that i probably haven’t shed a tear in about 8 years for anything but i love dogs and this is the most amazing story I’ve ever seen this is probably the best movie I’ve seen in about 10 years and i have seen almost everything.

as u can prob tell i would advise everyone to see this and stop and think for a moment if we all cared for each other like we know we should like this movie teaches us wouldn’t the world be a better place?

OK. Enough reviews. See it yourself and share with me what you feel. I’m a guy and before the

This is a new movie that has just been release and are currently available in major cinemas but with maybe no promotions at all. Not like transformers, 2012 and Avatar which were massively promoted like nobodies business.

We (me and my wife) coincidentally walked to MBO in Giant Pulai Utama and spotted a new movie casted by John Travolta. The title reads “From Paris With Love”. I thought it was a romantic comedy movie, but the poster suggested it might be an action pack movie because Travolta was holding a bazooka while the other co-star was holding a Beretta  92. Well, let’s watch this movie… My wife told me. We looked at the show time and the timing is just perfect. It will be showing in the next 10 minutes. We bought the ticket and at the counter we saw that there were only 3 people including us buying the tickets.

I’m not going to tell you the story line because you can read it here. But I’ll just share with you what I feel about the movie.

It was initially unclear what is happening. James Reece appeared first but I was unsure whether he is the good or bad guy. But soon after that we know he is one of the good guys but still unclear who is he reporting to.

Then, Travolta came in the picture as Charlie Wax. He looks like a crazy guy and he is the partner of Reece.

Reece is new in the business but Wax is very impressive. He knows the strategy and game plan. He is very good in martial arts and likes to use various types of weapons. Travolta looks very cool. I think I also want to be as cool as him .

There are definitely lots of shooting, drugs and killings. The story is not that complicated. It’s the type of movie that you want to watch to relax from your busy and tight schedule. After the movie, I can get back to my work as usual.

However, I don’t really like the storyline because it, again, involves terrorist and shows the bad side of the Muslims…the fundamental hard core…

But Travolta is such a cool macho guy… one of my favourite actor

Overall personal rating: 3.5 star

Blogging can make money. That’s for sure. Affiliate can make even more money. But the problem is mastering all the skills and techniques to be grow the affiliate business. If you are a regular in Cyza Sector, you’ll notice me mentioning my interest to be involve in internet affiliate business.

Honestly, I must say that, I am struggling to start up my affiliate business. Out of a sudden, I found this program which was just recently launched. It is a speedy way to make money from affiliate business using products from clickbank. After 48 hours analyzing the program and system, I decided to give it a shot. I hope I have luck on this.

Off course there are pro and cons of joining this program.

OK, since I’ve joined this program for about 72 hours already, I’ve test run it a little. I haven’t had the opportunity to spend more time on this as I was stuck with another non-online job.

Pro (Advantage) – in no particular order

• Set up the sites in just 5 minutes. 6 ready made + 29 possible custom made videos ready to be uploaded to youtube.com
• Start begin marketing effort using ready made + custom made video (with your domain) right away.
• Start article marketing right away. 20 articles provided.
• Video tutorial and ebook on how to make videos + other traffic methods are available. Hence making amateur people like me can learn all these available powerful traffic techniques immediately.
• Do NOT need auto-responder.
• NO need to think of auto-responder sequence – as the system will do the job for you.
• NO need to do niche research.
• All we have to do is marketing and wait for the Clickbank income.
• Every month, members will get a new clickbank product on anonymous niche to promote.
• For the first month (now, if you register fast), you’ll get 3 fantastic niches. I’ve begin promoting.
• The system is – I can say Automatic or almost Automatic.

Cons (Disadvantage) – I can see right now 2 cons:

• We promote our site but we cannot collect the email list.
• Possible competition with other members if we don’t market creative enough.

Personal view

For me it is tricky and will take relatively longer time to master the affiliate skills despite of reading and mentoring with Affiliate Gurus. However, to taste international affiliate profit faster, I decided to be a member of this plug and play program. I can easily set up my site in truly 5 minutes. And after 12-15 minutes, I already have 3 powerful niche sites. The next thing for me to do is to brand my video, upload them and do some article marketing. That’s the marketing part. It’s all ready for me. The membership price for founding member is USD29 per month, which I think is reasonable (only for the first batch). I heard today that there are only 12 spots left for this membership price. If I can manage 2 sales a month, the commission is more than enough to cover my fixed monthly membership fees. But, I’m going to target more sales. I’m going to try at least to get USD500 per month for a start. Wish me luck…

If you are interested, you can investigate more by clicking the READY-NICHE-PROFIT below. I’m not asking you to get hold of this program. I’m just sharing what I’m doing now with you. I know, some of you are just like me, wanting to run an affiliate business, but for some reason, stuck somewhere… Good luck…

Example of video that I just re-brand from the membership area to promote my site:

Before you proceed, let me highlight to you that this post was brought to you by Guess blogger – Tommy. If you feel like being a guess blogger in Cyza Sector, please by all means, contact me.

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Short note from me (Cyza), “I’ve downloaded and read the ebook. It’s very very good. I highly recommend this ebook for those who are not yet familiar with wordpress. Tommy is generous enough to give away this 91 pages ebook FREE OF CHARGE. Even if you are already familiar with wordpress, I still recommend you to get it. You might learn other WP knowledge apart from what you already knew… … Thumbs up three times.

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When I first looked at this eBook I said to myself “Oh no, not another How to WordPress eBook” but to my complete surprise this eBook actually got my attention.

As I sat back and read Blog Setup Tutorials to my surprise I found myself drawn right into the eBook soaking up all the information it was providing. The information which I was reading provided a good few WordPress Golden Nuggets that even I had overlooked, I was also surprised by the level of detail provided so much so, that I would think even if you had never heard of WordPress before, you would be confident that by end of the 90 Pages you would have your WordPress Blog fully installed and personalized.

I think someone forgot to tell Tommy most FREE Products span only 30 pages!

Although Blog Setup Tutorials is 90 pages of pure content and no fluff, so I take my hat of to Tommy for that.

This information may be common knowledge to some people. However it was the in depth explanations, the how’s and the why these ways worked so well that I found truly unbelievable.

After reading on I found the information provided very helpful. I also found it  easy and simple to follow.

You will find in this eBook a great step by step guide to creating and setting up your own WordPress Blog in a couple of Hours.  It has been written in a clear and concise manner and all the step by step screenshots were easy to follow as well.

Blog Setup Tutorials does not stop there either. Once you have your WordPress Blog  up and running, it would be simple as rinse and repeat in any niche to maximize your earning ability if that is what you wanted to do.

Blog Setup Tutorials will show you how to:

Research and find your Niche
Keyword Research
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Which WordPress Plugins to install
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Build an opt-in list
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And much much more…

Blog Setup Tutorials does not tail off there either. This is one giant of an eBook packed to the brim of excellent no fluff content. 90 pages of pure information you will be returning back to again and again, I guarantee it. This eBook really is a blueprint to your success.

I mentioned earlier in this email “Yeah you can tell I don’t like How to WordPress products! Like hell I do!” I officially retract that statement after reading Blog Setup Tutorials. With the right content and the right sources, you can be as professional and productive as the top marketers in the world, churning out top quality WordPress Blogs at break neck speed.

After missing a review last week, I’m back with a new blog review after making my debut review on Samdaddycool blog 2 weeks ago. This time I’m going to review my friend’s blog who is a medical doctor (Alie, correct me if I’m wrong with this fact). He is currently doing his masters to be come a eye specialist in Kuantan, Pahang.

Alie runs a blog called Jingga Studies on a blogspot.com platform. He created his blog on 17th March 2007 and published his debut post called number one.  He blogs pretty much about anything that lingers around him and what he is interested with, that’s normal right. I can say that he normally blogs about current political affairs, traveling, life, sometimes about his story as a doctor etc. One story that is quite interesting is Kena Belasah. I’m certainly not that kind of patient or father’s patient but Alie handled the situation professionally. There are some other doctors out there who could not be stand it and launch an attack to the furious patient.

One important page that is not incorporated inside Jingga Studies is the About page. This is definitely one of blogspot.com weaknesses. About page is crucial for first time visitors to know more about the blogger behind Jingga Studies and also to comprehend what is the blog all about. I would recommend Alie to tweak his codes a little bit and insert an About page. There’s some way to do this. One way is to set up a new blogspot.com account and treat it as your About page, then link it to Jingga Studies. Another way of doing it is to change your blog template to the one which has several other pages inside the main page. GeckoandFly.com has some interesting looking blogspot.com theme with pages inside it.

Another point that I observe from Alie’s blog is there’s no monetization. This is totally optional. Off course some bloggers are eager to share their thoughts and experiences and not to make money. Alie is one of them. From his blog, we can say that he is not intending to make any money. Just like me here in Cyza Sector. We just share my experience and information. There’s no ads inside here.

I would like to recommend Alie to move into a higher level of blogging using a wordpress platform. Wordpress blog is powerful and we can use many plugins to optimize the functions.

I would also like to recommend Alie to install a feedburner account to get other readers to get email updates from his writing. I’ll be very happy to be among your first subscribers after you introduce the feedburner subscribe by email in your blog.

So, head straight to Jingga Studies and see the mindset and adventure of an eye specialist.

p/s: Need a review, check out FREE REVIEW…

p/s: What do you Alie…?

This is my first review after I announced the Free Review last week. The first blog to be reviewed is “MyWorld, my art, my thought“.

An artist, a trader, an ebayer and a blogger…

I have known Sam virtually in the 3rd quarter last year through his blog. I’m not sure if Sam is his real name or not (sorry bro). I’ve talked to him 2 or 3 times via yahoo messenger and it is fun chatting with him. By qualification, he is an architect and graduated from a university in United Kingdom, just like me. However, now he runs his own business online and offline in Muar, Johor. I have not met him personally yet, but I wish we can drink and chat together anywhere and talk business . He is very successful ebayer and will be a power seller soon. He’s also a good artist and express his thoughts via his batik chanting.

8 things about his blog…

1. Sam runs his blog using blogger.com (blogspot.com) platform – samdaddycool.blogspot.com. I believe he’ll get his own domain very soon as he’ll be attending a blogging tutorial class personal coaching with otai blogger – Rohaizad.com this weekend.

2. Samdaddycool.blogspot.com has a stunning Google pagerank 2. His blog Alexa rank is 1,466,025 with average time people stay on his site is around 1.9 minutes a day.

3. I enjoy reading his blog because he share his stories on his business and his daily experiences. I also learned that he enjoys Formula 1 and update his readers on the race.

4. Personally I think he should not reveal his feedburner subscriber in his blog because he has only 1 subscriber. It’s better for him to show the number of subscriber when it reaches 100 or more. It’s good that he has the subscribe by email box/form to ease people to subscribe to his blog.

5. It is very unfortunate because Sam do not have an about page. An about page is a very important because first time visitors will visit to know more about him and his blog. This is difficult to do with a blogger.com platform but it can be done by adding an “about page” link.

6. Monetization wise, he have google adsense, bidvertiser and nuffnang incorporated in his blog. I’m not sure whether this is a good idea. Are they generating good income? There’s no harm adding those ads in the blog, but if they don’t really contribute to your income, it will be better to let them go. Focus on getting massive traffic and adding quality content.

7. In terms of design, I think he should switch to another more attractive blogger.com design theme. However, that’s just my opinion. It’s up to Sam to decide on it.

8. I noticed that the blog archive is not available. It will be tough for interested readers to browse through the site without the archive and labels. I think Sam should insert both archive and labels in his blog.

Conclusion

The above points are just my frank and sincere opinion. I believe Sam knows about it but have minimum time to improve his blog. Remember, he’s a busy businessman. I highly recommend him to get his own domain and hosting, and get everything started from there. He can get his blogging passion to another level with a wordpress platform. InsyaAllah.

Am I reading the title correctly? Yes, definitely you read it correctly. I’m planning to give away free blog reviews offer for a limited period time.

Why?

To help increase your blog rank and traffic and at the same time improve my blog rank.

Who qualifies?

Everybody qualifies. Just drop me a comment saying you want the free review. I’m not expecting anything in return but I hope if your blog got reviewed, you’ll be kind enough to mention about the review or link to my blog. However, I won’t entertain blogs associated with sex, gambling, or other negative activities. I won’t review websites and forums, I’ll ONLY review blogs. Nobody have the right to demand me to review their blog. It’s totally up to me to review your blog.

When?

I plan to make this a weekly affair. I’ll make a review of the blogs according to their turns (as seen in the comment section). However, sometimes, I might by busy and I may miss making blog review. Hence, I’ll make the review the following week. I hope that’s fair enough.

How?

Since this is a free blog review, it’s totally up to me how I want to review your blog. I’ll visit your site, read your posts, visit all the pages in it and analyze it based on my own way. It will be my honest review and it can be positive and negative. If you are OK with that, then that’s good.

Where?

The review will be made in Cyza Sector.

So, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and request for the free blog review while I’m into it. I may end the offer anytime and I don’t want you to miss the ride. Go for it get your blog reviewed soon.

This post is dedicated to the October 2008 top commentators of cyza.us. As promised earlier, I’ll make an honest first impression review on all the qualified blogs and/or the blogger himself/herself.

contest2u

Contest2u is a new blog with a contest niche. It uses a blogger.com platform and has a simple design. Believe it or not, it have only 4 post so far including the first post which is not related to announcing any contest. The first post which was published early October highlighted that the blog is still under construction. I think the owner of the blog has no time to run this blog. Is that so?

farahaznil

Farah, the owner of5sn1.hfk.smksk.08.wordpress.com, is actually a secondary school female student who loves to dwell in various local blogs and offcourse firing comments in a few selected blogs. She blogs in Malay language but attempted to blog in English as well – check out this post. As a winner of last month contest, I was surprised that she does not have a paypal account. Instead she gave me her home address!!! I think you better give me your CIMB or Maybank or Public Bank account so I can straight away reward you with the cash…

titan

Titan runs a very good and informative Malay language blog on various ways to make money online especially via blogging. His blog is saturated with ads and sometimes I felt miserable looking at it. However, his up to date and fresh content acts as a powerful magnet to attract me (and others) to his blog. He has great amount of readership and I believe he has the potential to be very successful blogprenuer. He also provide good pay review which I think is very affordable. Check out his service…

samdaddycool

He is by qualification an architect who happen to be in mad love with business. His blog is written in English (accept for a few post) and as far as I can see he blogs on whatever he likes, just like me. The blog is using a blogspot.com platform but has a cool Google PageRank 1. He has 1 subscriber to date as displayed on his feedburner chicklet. I just notice his batik masterpiece which I think is superbly done for a first timer. By practice and experience, Sam can be a fantastic batik artist. I want to learn from you bro…

KNizam

Knizam.com basically blogs about just anything we wants and he likes. When you see his blog, you’ll know this guy loves to blog big time. I can tell that he’s not blogging for money. He just simply purely enjoys sharing stuff with his readers. On average he publish a post on a daily basis. He has one of the most colourful blogs in town which can be seen from tonnes of photos being displayed. Knizam.com has a good Google PageRank 3 and I believe you’ll enjoy spending your time reading his cozy blog.

Azwan

Azwan recently switched to a new domain which is azwan.my. Why? don’t ask me. He must have his own brilliant mature reason for migrating. He normally blog in English and has fair ammount of ads on his blog. On some day, he’ll blog in his native language. Azwan also blogs on whatever issue he likes and sometimes published good content which will be refered by bloggers like us. He’s now fighting to improve his alexa rank and he told me he want to get his blog to 6 figure rank.

OK that’s it. I hope you’ll be satisfied with the link and some brief elaboration on you and your blog. If you are in the top ten top commentator and I never reviewed your blog…then please check the requirements to be included in this review. If there’s an error made in my side, please notify me.

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