WeBlog Popular 1Malaysia :Does Your Blog Have What It Takes To Win RM1000?

Does Your Blog Have What It Takes To Win RM1500?
(aha, i ll get more into this later) and sorry, this is such a lengthy post. Opps!!

I ve been posting less stuffs about rattan crafts since the beginning of this year. So, i think i ll do a quick update on them. New Semester is on, new students are in, and the rest of IKN students will be starting back their classes this Monday. Anyway, i just post few pics of my students last semester works and the condition of our workshop during the hassle-"messle" period. There are more rattan crafts that i would like to show, but I ll leave them for future posts. IN the meantime, enjoy these pics. :)

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Alright, Does Your Blog Have What It Takes To Win RM1o00? Ohh the Weblog Popular 1 Malaysia !! Check out the above pic. Awesome ya? Frankly, i think this is the biggest cash prizes ever offered by a blog owner in Malaysia. Plus, you got 7 chances of winning either rm1500, rm1000, rm500 and 4xrm250 (ahhhh i am already drooling over these). Thanks to Denaihati for having such contest (phewww saya tahu contest Weblog Popular 1Malaysia dari blog DenaiHati la - ishhh terpaksa pakai ayat camni jugak ka? ko kejam arr). Owh look, i post DenaiHati's link below. So.. check it out.


And all prizes are made possible by Saudacare and Anisha Online Mall. Ohh do check Saudacare, you may fancy some of their products - You may try their products to complete your wholesomeness intimate experience. Whoaho!!



So, sounds too good to be true? Dont get too excited ya!!! Ehh, frankly, there is no such thing as a free lunch right? Anyway : To be in the running, you need to do all these :

1. Subscribe to DenaiHati (you can always unsubscribe back after the contest is over should you not satisfy with DH contents. ahak, jahat tak aku bro Denai, tapi aku hati murni tak buat camtu)
2. Put up the "Weblog Popular 1 Malaysia" as an image link.
3. Link back to DenaiHati on your awesome creative ""Weblog Popular 1 Malaysia" post (Owhh, kena buat entri yang ada pemikiran kritis dan kreative ke? aha!!)
4. Link back to the sponsors (Terima Kasih yer penaja-penaja yang murah hati) and links should be updated should new sponsors participated.
5. Leave a comment on DenaiHati mentioning about your post.

Whoaho!! That aint hard. Contest is from 1/7/2009 and ends at 12.00am on 30/9/2009. Contest is open to Malaysians who run either Bahasa Malaysia or English Blog/s. There are two ways you can actually win the Awesome prizes, either by nominating a blog or by being the most referred blog linking back to DenaiHati. Best try to do both. Ohoho.

Bloggers, KOMON, i do urge you to "war-warkan berita yang baik ini". Nominate your creative friends, nominate your cam-whoring friends, nominate blogs that touch, inspire and motivate you. Just nominate a blog Darn it!! (owhh rizal, such barbaric word...!!) I am sure if you can squeeze one post and one pictorial link bar of this contest if you can post those Nuffnang and Advertlets "gajet gajet" on your blog /s. Moreover, this contest will give those other blogs unlike Kenny Sia, a chance to be famous ( erkk ala Akademi Fantasia ka?) Come on, this contest, needs at least a minimum of 100 nominated blogs. So spread the words bloggers and start nominating.

I hope you do hop to DenaiHati to read more about this contest.

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Oh gosh!! now i am making this into one lengthy post. One nomination per blog?, this is really hard since i love all my readers and without readers, RestnRileks is just an empty lifeless online page. But after much consideration, I am nominating (drum rolls please.... drummmmm!! drum!! drumm!!) this one kreatif blogger known as Emila Yusof of Emila's Illustrated Blog ( a full time blogger and a mother). Check out Kak Emi ya. Here is one of her many creatif works. Awesome!!

I would have never dared to try Illustration Friday and do some illos if not because of Kak Emi.

Thanks Kak Emi, because of you, Abang and adik was born. Hoho!!

It is a feast of creative wonders to just visit Kak Emi,s. Her creative illos are simple, clean, funny, witty and whimsical that they appeal to all readers. Check out her artworks. First hop to her site, i thought i was landing on some international blog due to her creative illos. Her illos are somewhat different that most malaysian creative works that i have seen. Owh she now does have an online lil'shop selling her creative werks plus she is on Etsy, and Zazzle too. Best of all, she is "peramah". Well, enough talk, just hop on and see for yourself.

If you like her blog, and feels that she deserve to be in the running, please nominate her as well.

Well, i guess, i have made this into one leeengggggthy post. Phew!! And, I shall end now. Hehe.

Happy Weekend, Have a great Day Every Day and Happy Blogging Ya.

Till next time.



First three commentators of Restnrileks will be given a linky love each.

Congrats Monica . Woot! woot!!.



Congrats Shemah for 1st time securing linky love here at RestnRileks. Nazshemah is the owner of these three blogs. Just Press Play, Never Enough Stuff and My Sweet Escape. Check em out will ya.




Congrats Marzie!!. Marzie is the owner of these three blogs. Hope on to hers. Btw, she is an awesome copywriter and works from home.

Worst Comment Ever on RestnRileks

I ll get into "worst comment ever" later.. haha.
(This is actually a new version of the previous "Restnrileks is crippled" Lol!!)


I ve been longing to post some items received from my online blogging friends. Alas, the time was never right. Since restnrileks.blogspot.com has a new domain name (whoaho!!), today seems the best day to post pixs about em. First is a handcarved rubber stamp awesomely crafted by Manggo, the owner of kulitmanggis.com, which was previously known as mangosteenskin.blogspot.com I was in awe when she first mentioned about my customised work in her post. Check it out here. Do check her other works on handcarved rubber stamps. Awesome!! Second is a set of asid-free colour stamp pad which i bought from debbie a year ago. Debbie is the owner of ramblings of the phat and crafty-heart. In fact, she even has an online store, from which i bought my set of stamp pad. These two items are just nice for me to start rebranding restnrileks.com Whoaho!!

Speaking of restnrileks (not like any of you havent noticed), i have moved from .blogspot to .com. Feels good? i would be lying if i say i am not. Yee haa!! However, my earlier processes of forwarding to dot.com werent smooth as i had hoped for. Buying a new domain name, importing back all comments, and a crippled commenting box proved to be a challenge . Phew!! Even, as i speak, i still couldnt retrieve all comments for my last 3 posts. Sigh.. I guess i just have to do with its current state. Aha.ha!

Changing to dotcom means i ll have to ditch my PR3, back to zero, but hey, i am okay with that. Moreover, I am not into monetizing my blog. But, i am happy that restnrileks has reached to a certain level (well, nothing in comparison to the likes of John Chow or Kenny Sia...aha.ha.ha) At least, restnrileks is on 1st, 2nd and 3rd page of google and yahoo search engines on "rattan crafts and rattan craft" keywords competing on hundreds thousands and millions of sites respectively. WHoaho!! Yeah, i know i should concentrate on more keywords since ranks will bounce up and down. At this moment, i am just happy for restnrileks.

Rank 4th(1st Page) for "rattan crafts" on yahoo search engine among 2 million sites. Whoaho!!


Rank 5th(1st page) for "rattan craft" without the "s" on yahoo search engine among 4 million sites. Whoaho!!



Rank 22 (3rd page - ouchh) for "rattan craft" without the "s" on google search engine among 900K sites. Aha!


Rank 13 (2nd page - ouchh) for "rattan crafts" on google search engine among 200K sites. Aha!


And restnrileks too is on 1st page of yahoo and google search engines on few targeted Rattan BM keywords.


Hopefully, restnrileks.com will have its own shares in the future.

Ohh in blogsphere! restnrileks has not been spared from receiving a nasty comment . And i know few of my online friends who have received one/s as well. True as they say, when you are into blogging, be ready for part n parcels of blogsphere. Here is one nasty commen(anonymous) : Check it out here or just read em :

smt says:
12 Januari 2008, 17:07:00
“what interesting format!! U must get cikgu to write about rotan budak, u can get the grocery man to talk about the bakul rotan barang, the soon to be mom about rattan baby basket, from cat lovers the lovely rattan cat basket, the hotel should know better about the rattan laundry basket, the antique enthusiast's hope on rattan chairs, the bird lover betting on rattan bird cage...and on and on..zzzzzz...

Hey wait ! Aren't we at wits end about using rattan???..Has it reached twilight...u know...the tunnel syndrome. WHAT has plastics done? rattan???

We need revolutionary minds to metamorphous a new era for rattan,,N it can start w U.....Gulp...bloop..the journey must begin, somehow...anyone out there !!!

I think sometimes the best way to reply is just simply say "thank you," and move on. Tee hee. Or use em as a motivation to work harder and prove em wrong.

Oh, another one comment but aint so nasty is "Grow Up" which i received in my mailbox for my previous unedited version of "Restnrileks is Crippled" I think it was from one of my rss subscriber. Aha.ha, and by no means, this new version is the result of such comment. I do understand how my previous post would look to him / her due to my over excitement. Lol!! It was only time for me to go proper.

So, what about you? Any nasty, sarcastic heart-breaking comments? What is your most nasty comment ever received? And how do you take it?

In the meantime, Happy blogging and have a great day everyday ya. :)


Till next time.



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Congrats to all my first three commentators on Restnrileks.

DenaiHati of Yang Terbuku Di Hati


Mariuca of Wishing on a Falling Star

And last but not least is Eida of MyLife Journey

TwitPics And Foodie.

Earlier, i was thinking of buying food instead of cooking. Moreover, there will be a Pasar Malam tonite. But, then again, we already bought food for breakfast, and since i am in a mission to save money, nak tak nak kena laa jugak masak. We started seriously cooking on March this year. Even get ourselves A Cornell Induction Cooker. Lol!. Frankly, though a bit tired (since you are now cooking everyday), the money saved is awesome and serves as a motivation. Previously, I would be spending like rm18 per day - rm4, breakfast, rm7 for lunch and dinner (that is a whopping rm540 on food.. yeah i know, to some rm540 maybe aint that much). Now , i am only spending rm150 to buy grocerries plus another rm240 for my daily budget. That rm150 allows me to have a proper home-meal food twice, like rendang, kurma, kari..awesome! whoaho. Plus, i save another rm150. So, any quick recipes to share with me? I love those meals that you can cook under 30-minutes, and love to try your recipes too.

Ohh, btw, check some pics here from my twitpic. These are actually a collection of my twitter using twitpic. Twitpic allows you to twit with pictures. Yeah, this post is actually a bidan terjun post, hence, the not-so-usual-style of Restnrileks posting.

Alrighty then. Happy Blogging.

First three commentators of Restnrileks will be given a linky love.

Till next time.



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Congrats Marvic once again . Woot! woot!!. (click the pix). Whoaho!!


Congrats Marzie . I think first time ni. Woot! woot!!. Marzie is the owner of these three blogs. Hope on to hers. Btw, she is an awesome copywriter too and works from home.


Congrats Yoon See! Woot! woot!!. . I think first time too here on restnrileks . Yoon See.. she is the owner of Greener Pastures, which houses her very own creatif werks. Do check out her blog ya.

Ekspo Beli Barangan Malaysia Di KLCC dan Buku Kraf Rotan

Tsk! tsk! tsk! Rizal, i am sure you can come up with better Title for your new post. Haha. Well, anyway, it has been a while for restnrileks. In fact, I am getting lazy and lazier these days in updating my blog. Pretty much has been an active silent surfer; hoping from one blog to another. Anyway, last Friday i went to KLCC - Kuala Lumpur Convention Center visiting the Buy Malaysia Products Expo. Since i am not much into cam-whoring (ouchhh! i really hate this word), i wont post pics how the scene was. Got myself some flyers and product infos. I am sure these will come handy in the future. If you are into food tasting, there were bunches of food for you to test, from the frozen ones to biscuits. Alas, since i had already taken my nasi lemak with Rendang chicken (yummy!), I passed.

At the end, i grabbed two promotional bags (biscuits) at rm10 each, and 2 boxes of the now-so-famous Egyption Parfumes at rm33 each. The bags were a great bargain. You get a bag and a variety of biscuits to munch (munching munchys right now. lol!). The egyption parfumes? A great bargain too.. well, my Mont Blanc Individual was running low. Previously, i had tried these parfumes and, i found out they did last long. I have to say the same effect as your branded parfumes. Not like those cheap2 pasar malam rm10 for a small bottle which have a strong smell of alcohol. Since, i have decided that i need to save rm300-rm400 this month, i ll ditch my usual brand of parfumes and go for these awesome great bargain. So, overall, i am having these small bottles of 16 parfumes. Lol! I am on a mission to save as much money and being more frugal in my spending. Wish me luck ya!



Tomorrow, i ll be attending World Industrial Design Day 2009 - Design Discourse organised by National Design Centre. Yayy! And i am happy to know that my idol is going to be there giving a speech. Not Karim Rashid, Not Phillips Starck, Not CobbonPoe, but Dr.Tamyez, my idol who is now on vacation in Malaysia. Dr.Tamyez was actually my lecture, and he is kinda weird in great ways. I thought he was still in Oman until i saw him two days ago online via FB. Hmm.. i am wondering will i see those ppl (Industrial Designers) who have these "holier-than-thou" attitudes, thinking they are so hips n hops. Shame on you ppl! Aha!

On Tuesday evening, IKN will be launching its 7 books too; Crafts on Motifs and Techniques. There 7 books will be on Seni Kraf Logam, Seramik, Batik, Pewarnaan Asli, Ukiran Kayu, Tenunan and Rotan. Oh gosh, finally, i am done with the book. Seni Kraf Rotan : Motif dan Teknik will be printed on paperback and hardcover, and so are the rest. These are all basic books for references. 100% flawless? Nopeeeeee, but we are happy we manage to finish them. We are open to good criticism too. It is our hope that these books would fill the gaps on Malaysia Craft Books. Most Malaysia Crafts Books are on philosophies, histories, trends but not much on basic infos on what Crafts are all about. I am sure there will be some ppl who would look down on our efforts. We are prepared. :) Even, while making the books, we heard talks@cakap2 saying we werent fit n qualified to make ones, how we were not bright enough, and were doing something out of our league. Luckily, we ignored them :). Sigh!!.., and all these PHDs were coming from cough.. coughh.. Kraf..coughh.. coughh tangan... itself. Outsiders, however, were very much supportive from day one. Well, we are all prepared. Bring them down. Yee Haaaa..

Oh, the so ever-changing Bem69 ( he s like a camelion with his Tweeter thematic avatar..haha) has tagged me in Bahasa Malaysia. Darn you. lol! I will do it Bem. Yeah i will do it. Bring it on. Lol!

Last but not least, i ll put links for my first three commentators. Oh sorry, if i wont be replying ur comments tomorrow since i ll be off to Widd. In the meantime, Happy blogging n have a great day.


Till next time.



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Congrats Marvic . Woot! woot!!. Finally you made it. Yayy Hope on to her blog will yer (click the pix). Whoaho!!


Congrats LJ. Woot! woot!!. She is an awesome blogger. Armed with a cup of coffee, she does awesome makeover too. She did mine and I am a happier person now. lol. Hope on to her blog will yer (click the pix). Whoaho!!



Congrats Monica . Woot! woot!!. I think first time ever here ya?. Yayy Hope on to her blog will yer (click the pix). Lots of nice pictures to see in her blog. Whoaho!!


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