Adam Khoo's New Book "Profit From The Panic"

I bought Adam Khoo's "Profit From The Panic" book yesterday from my local Popular bookstore. It was priced at RM49.90. Well, RM50 then. It was the last copy left (yeah, it sold like hotcakes).

I immediately got right down to reading it when I got home. I wasn't all too surprised when I was reading it I realised that a major portion of the content in the book is culled from an earlier book of his called, "The Secrets Of Millionaire Investors". Let's admit, he tends to rehash materials from earlier books. For instance, the first few chapters of "The Secrets Of Millionaire Investors" were totally rehashed from at least 2 chapters in "Secrets Of Self-Made Millionaires". So needless to say, if you already have "The Secrets Of Millionaire Investors" then it may not be worth buying "Profit From The Panic" unless you want to add it to your collection.

And like all Adam Khoo's books before, this one's no different in that it's contents are easy to absorb and are presented in an easy to read manner. That's why I enjoyed his stuff. Some books by other authors I've read that deals with similar subjects tends to waffle and bogs you down but Adam Khoo's books doesn't. His is straight to the point and offers valuable info and teaches practical methods that one can put into practice right away.

In my opinion, 'Profit From The Panic' is excellent and recommended for the novice investor who wants to be taught the right way to stock market investing without getting turned off. For the seasoned investors they would find this book useful as well as it offers a few insightful info that they probably did not know before and perhaps will help them understand why they kept losing money in stock market investing all this while.

More 'Sounds Of The Universe' Tracks Leaked

Two more tracks have been leaked from the upcoming Depeche Mode album, 'Sounds Of The Universe' and they are 'Hole To Feed' and 'Come Back'. 'Hole To Feed' which is a Dave Gahan composition is not a bad electronic number. You can listen to it at YouTube:

Download YouTube Videos

Nowadays you don't need a software installed on your PC or a plug-in for your web browser to download YouTube videos direct to your PC, PSP, Mobile or iPod. That I just know after I was introduced to a web site that can convert YouTube videos into various video formats like .flv, .mpg, .mov etc. for download. It can even convert the videos into audio formats like mp3, mp4, wav etc.

The site I'm referring to is http://www.captureYouTube.net/

In the field provided at the site, just specify the URL of the YouTube video that you want to download. For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2GaCnAiuvo

After that, select the format you want the video to be converted to. Next step is to click on the 'Convert and Download' button to begin the conversion. When the conversion is completed (usually after 3 seconds), you should see a message that says: 'File Converted Successfully. Please download the file from below'. Click on the 'Download' button to download the converted file.

It's the best find for me this year and the best thing of all, the service is free. There is no charge and registration involved !

Depeche Mode's 'Wrong' Music Video

I've just seen the music video for Depeche Mode's new single, 'Wrong'. And wow, it's quite different from all the videos they have done previously.

This one's very dark and creepy ... and disturbing as well. I wouldn't recommend it for the little kiddies.

You can watch the 'Wrong' music video here: http://www.depechemode.sk/magazin/aktualita/videoklip-wrong/

Depeche Mode Premieres 'Wrong' on Echo Awards Show, Germany

Depeche Mode premiered the first single 'Wrong' off their upcoming album 'Sounds Of the Universe' on Germany's Echo Awards Show last night.

On contrary to reports both before and after the performance of the song, I can confirm this: it wasn't performed live but rather it was lip-synced.

The song itself was kinda repetitive. Melody wise, it's very bluesy. Noticeably there is no chorus for the song. In my personal opinion, I think one would have helped the song a lot perhaps bringing it to a higher level. All in all, I can say it's vintage Depeche Mode because it's all synths and no guitars and of course, Dave Gahan's strong vocals on this one.

You can watch the performance of the song on YouTube:

Depeche Mode's New Single, "Wrong"

Depeche Mode will be releasing their brand new single 'Wrong' on April 6th 2009. Before that, they will premiere it on the Echo Awards TV show in Germany on February 21st (in 2 days time!). Incredibly unlike the previous 2 albums where the first single or the entire new album is leaked online 1 month prior to the official release, well except for 'Fragile Tension' there have been no leaks this time.

The cover for the single has already appeared on Depeche Mode's MySpace page. A lot of DM fans has bashed it for its uninspiring simple design and call for Anton Corbijn (the designer of the cover) to be replaced.



For me I neither hate it nor love it. Many have likened it to cigarettes in an ashtray. One DM fan has even made a literal interpretation of this on this modified 'Wrong' cover:

Just Heard 'Fragile Tension'

I've just heard 'Fragile Tension' on Youtube, one of the new songs from Depeche Mode's forthcoming album "Sounds Of The Universe" (Release date: 21st April 2009). I must say I'm very disappointed with it. I'm surprised as well that they'd release an awful song like that (they have never released an awful song before). It is really horrible. It could easily rank as one of the worst songs in their catalogue. No amount of production could do justice to this song. Not even Alan Wilder could save this song.

Wel,l here's the link to the song on YouTube. You'll be the judge. I'm sure you'll be shaking your head in disbelief.

I've embedded it here as well for easy access:

Fragile Tension - New Depeche Mode song

Depeche Mode is my favorite group and it's gotten me into a really good mood to know that they will have a new album out this year. The album is called "Sounds Of The Universe". One of the new songs from the album is called 'Fragile Tension' and its about 4 mins 8 secs long. I believe a working version of the song has already been leaked into the internet. I myself haven't heard it yet.

My First Clickbank Sale !

I hadn't logged in to my Clickbank account for some time now. And what a pleasant surprise I had when I logged in today to discover that I had made my first Clickbank sale about 3 weeks ago (in the week ending 21st January 2009).

I signed up with Clickbank in August 2008 after Clickbank was finally made available to Malaysians (much to the joy of Malaysian Internet Marketers). I admit I was never really active with Clickbank.

Since joining, I only had 3 or 4 campaigns on Clickbank products running and they did not generate any sales. I had much, much better success with other similar Affiliate programs (grossing more than US$2,000 per month). I don't know why. I guess there's way too much competition for the products on Clickbank.

Well, I think after this sale its only natural that I'll tend to be more active and motivated in promoting more Clickbank products in the future.

America Votes 2008

Earlier this year, I mentioned to my dad, who follows the US presidential race closely, that the US will have its first black president. He shook his head saying that could never happened. I asked why and he replied, for the same reason that Malaysia will never have a Chinese as a Prime Minister. But I could see that their culture there is totally different from ours which will make it very possible. Over here, there is always natural segregation. For example if we look at popular culture in this country, when is there ever a time in this country that a Chinese come close to being the top local movie star, singer, etc. Never, right ? So its different. That's just a simple example.

Obama currently looks home and dry. The first black US President, who would have thought possible in the 60's and earlier. Well it is not too far fetched. If history has taught us anything, it is that anything is possible...under the right circumstances when everything seemingly fall into place for it to happen. A mad man (Hitler) could rise to power and become the undisputed leader of his country, an unfancied team (Greece) could beat the odds and become champions (Euro 2004) etc. All this happened given the right circumstances.