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Being Back

2008-11-18T14:15:00.000-08:00

Well! after a long hiatus, I am back in action. This time there will be no turning back at all.

See ya all around!

On a free mind and meditation

2008-05-10T18:11:00.000-07:00

Often, I find myself thinking about future, constantly worrying about what will happen tomorrow. Sometimes, I find myself worrying over trivial matters. Probably that because we are living in a world that is constantly changing. Everything is so ephemeral, what is the haute couture today is already obsolete.

Amidst all these, I am finding less and less time for myself, to contemplate, take afresh breath of air, to take leisured steps. I am always in a constant hurry to make money, more money and more money. Once the money starts pouring, there is no end to it. That doesn't mean that I have started making it right now. Sometimes, when I look at it back, I find myself pondering about the life that I worry so much and involve in making more money and finding no time to spend for myself.

I ask questions, questions that have no answers. I don't know, and neither anybody knows. I am waling the path everybody is following. I am like a mechanical robot that wakes up at 6:00 AM in the morning, goes to work, and leaves office at 5:00 pm in the evening. Again look for some opportunities to make more money. When and where will all this end? Where am I heading towards? Seems like it was hundreds of years ago, I went to my friends place and spoke to them. Had them come over to my place for a fun filled evening.

Somewhere down the line, in the heart of mine lies the wish to be free, to be free of this system that creates live robots out of human beings. When will that dream come true? When will I be liberated from this cycle of mundane daily life?

These were the kind of thoughts that played at the back of my mind for a whole lot of time. It was then I started practicing meditation.

Meditation is a powerful means of reliving the mind of the stresses of modern day living.

Science almost concurs to the fact that meditation relieves your mind more than anything. Everyone at all ages and religion can practice meditation in their lives. It removes the clutter around your thinking, frees up channels that were initially blocked by negative thoughts. A whole new energy pervades through your body. Thinking becomes clearer and you will be able to perform the same job with more efficiency.

Trust me; this comes from a person who has practiced meditation for almost seven years. I have found this to be a very useful stress buster. Everyday, as I travel from the bus, you can find me calm, freed of thoughts and it refreshes me like nothing else.

My Photographys skill sample

2008-05-08T13:27:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking of doing photography gigs as well. I have added a embedded application of my the sample photos that I have taken so far.

So, let me know what you think of them. Also, again, if there is a certain work that you have for me, please don't hesitate to shoot a mail.

My first student

2008-05-05T09:18:00.000-07:00

As I have already mentioned and keep mentioning that I am a electrical engineeer, and that I am ready to take more students. If anybody is in and around Bangalore,India, I will be more than glad to help out with your homework and as a private tutor.

As part of this idea itself, I had my profile on tutoring website, http://www.tutor-pages.com/.

And I had my first sudent today. A father who wants his daughter to study maths and calculus mailed me today asking to tutor her during summer holidays, for about two months. The dates are finalised, and he is ready to pay the whole amount at one go before I start the classes.

I am really glad that I have started my first earnings this way. And I am pretty much excited also that this is happening.

Wish me good luck people. Soon, soon, I will be where I want to be...:)

Online typing jobs

2008-05-04T18:08:00.000-07:00

For quite some time, I have been looking at good online typing jobs. After endless search, I have found very less or few jobs and nothing more. I have agree that I was becoming more and more restless with the search and wasted most of my time. Clearly it was not helping. I found one good website which catered to the virtual assistants. I did go and register on one particular website. I have good comments about this one.

Please try it yourself and see.

A Hiatus

2008-05-02T11:11:00.000-07:00

I have been away from the blogsophere for the past few days. Unfortuantely, work has kept me busy enough not to blog on this blog. And you can be certain as hell that any mother at home has other responsibilities that she has to tend to and take care of. Add to this, three grown up kids who act more like as if they are just three years old, the picture of home better be described as hell. I have been busy cleaning the house, keeping it in shape and alightly away from being called a disastrous mom.

Well, I am back now and hope to keep this blog running and going on. So stay tuned.

Tax issues for international service providers

2008-03-19T13:48:00.000-07:00

For the past few days, I was looking for information regarding the tax and governement issues for US business matters. If you are a non US person staying somewhere out of US, and planning to take home based assignments, you definitely must have the idea about the rules and regulations of the government for such people. Some of this is true for a person who resides in US and is on a work visa as well. I have tried to give you a comprehensive list of information for the US governemnt rules.

If you are outside of the United States and are interestedin obtaining more information on doing business in theUnited States, you may wish to visit the USA.govWeb site at:
http://www.usa.gov/Business/Foreign_Business.shtml

You may also wish to contact an office of the U.S.Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. TheU.S. Commercial Service brings together exporters andimporters of U.S. goods and services around the world. Tofind a U.S. Commercial Service site by country, pleasevisit:
http://www.buyusa.gov/home/import.html

If you are looking for information on how to set up abusiness in the United States, you are best served bystarting with information from the state business licensingdepartment. All companies should be registered andlicensed in each state where they operate. For a directoryof state business regulatory or licensing agencies, pleasevisit:
http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/license.html

If you are interested in information on taxes forbusinesses in the United States, you will need to accessyour state revenue department's web site and the InternalRevenue Service (IRS) web site. To access links to allstate revenue department web sites, please visit:
http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id=100236,00.html

For tax information for businesses from the IRS,please visit: http://www.irs.gov/businesses/

I think that should be quite a read for sometime and hope you will adhere to the principles mentioned on this website. I really hope that you find this information useful and will keep it in mind while conducting your business.

A simple idea to start with

2008-03-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

Today, I want to write about one of the very simple making money strategy. First of all, this is neither a get rich quick technique nor does it guarantee instantaneous money. It follows the age old yet the evergreen technique that perseverance and patience are the things that will make you rich. If you are looking for means that will give you instant gains without any effort, then I suggest that either you plan to rob a bank or go play in a casino. Again, I must say, even these do not promise quick returns. In detail planning and execution to perfect will only help a bank robbery, as the hit or miss approach more or less describe the casino thing. If you can put your effort into something illegal, then why not legal?

Some of the most entrepreneurs started out in small places. Bill Gates did not have enough money to start Microsoft all of sudden with his own funding. He built it slowly, starting from scratch, learning from experiences and went on to build his empire. For those of you all who didn’t know, he was a college dropout who started his business in the garage of his house. So if he could do something, why can't you?

Some of the things that you could do without investing too much or not knowing much, is setting up a small scale book selling business. One could go to a book seller anywhere across the country and get himself authorized to sell their books. Now, all that the person needs to do is, go on selling books.

You can visit the local library and have them buy your books in the initial beginning. Nearby local schools could be the next target. One can always depend on the word of mouth publicity for profitable relations. Also, you can ask for the school teachers about their colleagues in other schools, who can help you develop your network for other schools. Also, you could expand your home based business to school supplies and not limit yourself with books or stationery. As your reputation for good service grows, so will your returns for these investments.

Well, though this is not difficult, it can a challenge in itself in the beginning. But as you go on connecting yourself, you start building networks that will eventually prove to be beneficial to your business and in turn, increase your returns. What seemed a inconspicuous business would become the milking cow for you. What more do you want other than sitting and watching your assets grow in value. This might seem like a small thing to do, but this could be a good start for budding entrepreneur. There are a whole lot of skills that a small business will need. One can exploit such opportunities to build on their public relational skills, human resource management, and accounting, profit making strategies, so on and so forth.

Some of the things that you might want to consider when you are done with initial hiccups are to see that the things are running smoothly in the long run. From time to time, check up with people whom you have made deals. Check to see that they are happy to do business with you. Again, this does not necessarily mean that you should go on your knees to keep the business running. It only means that you should make compromises that are perfectly well balanced reasonable. There might be times when you have to let go some of them, let go of them but gracefully. Do all that possible from your side to save the deals.

Also, remember that being polite even when things are not going the way you want them go, will always lead to better outcomes. Have clear ideas of what you want and explaining them in the way others understand is another key aspect of good business. Such minor things which you might ignore also play a vital role in improving your business.

All said and one, what I am suggesting you is a book business. You might as well as apply the thoughts applied here to other business as well. If you are a keen gardener and are knowledgeable in the field of gardening, you can set up gardening classes, sells gardening tips, and garden supplies to your customers. I am sure, there must be a skill that you feel most comfortable with. See what you can, and do it. Don't wait for another time or period to do it.

My first post

2008-03-15T09:23:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody out there,

Let me introduce myself. My name is Malathi and I am a entrepreneur working from home. I am living in Bangalore, India.

This blog consists of all services that I can provide to you regarding either online or offline. I am ready to provide you my expertise in the following directions.

Website design
Tutoring Science, Maths, English from grade 1 to 12
Online Store for educational needs
Consulting for any of the forementioned above
Job referrals
Engineering consulting
Consulting for budding entrepreneuers.
Resume Critique, Cover Letter.

While I do charge a nominal fee for all the above mentioned services, I am flexible about the monetary demands. We can always sort out the details to tailor out the services to suit your needs.

If you want a more detailed description of how your company can benefit from my services, please feel free to comment and leave a contact method with it. If this is not fine with you, you can always write to my email ID, malathi dot k1 at gmail dot com. Remove the spaces and replace dot with a period and the word at with @ sign.

So what are you waiting for, lets get started. Send me an email today!