Dumex Dugro Malaysia (Second Sponsored Post)

(This is a sponsored post of Dumex Dugro courtesy of Nuffnang MY)

It's been a wonderful 5 years since I first became a mommy. My kids are now 5 and 3 years old. I love my kids very much and I have always wanted the best for them. Each kid is unique and what works best for one may not work best for the other. What works for one stage may not work for the next.

As the kids have started their kindergarten and the school is accepting more students, I find that my concerns for them have been re-prioritised. I am concerned about their intellectual development as I want my kids to excel academically so that they can get into a good school later on. I try to help out at home to reinforce what the teacher has taught at school. I play word games with my kids whenever we are waiting for food at the restaurants. I use marbles to help my kids visualize math problems whenever we are doing maths exercises.

I am concerned about their physical development as a good brain is in a good body and I need them to be active so that their brains will continue to develop as well (side tracking here but there is an excellent article on what's good for the brain is good for the body here).

I am concerned about their immune system as I don't want them to easily fall sick whenever a bug / virus is going around. It always break my heart whenever my kids are down with something, whenever their body burn like fire fighting off some bug and whenever they toss and turn at night uncomfortably. 

That is why I find the newly relaunched Dumex Dugro 5 P©werNutri which focuses on the 5 developmental priorities of growing up children which are brain development, bones development, digestion, immunity and vitality extremely appealing. It seems to address all my concerns and more. The growing up milk powder is also available in several variants:

• Regular variant with the goodness of milk, 0% sucrose and high in Vitamin C to aid iron absorption

• Honey Date variant: 0% sucrose with the goodness of honey and real extract of the power fruit dates. High in Viamin B complex that aids nervous system maintenance, formation of antibodies and building immunity.

• Chocolate Strawberry variant : yummy chocolate with extract of real strawberries with 30% lower sucrose than previous formulation. It is also rich in Vitamin A, C & E.

Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri is also available in Fruits & Veg and Multi Grains. 

Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri in Honey Date Variant

Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri in Chocolate Strawberry Variant

I bought two packets of Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri in Chocolate Strawberry and Fruits & Veg to try out. I introduced the Chocolate Strawberry to my 3 years old first and he really liked it. I liked it too    J (yes I am one of those parents who taste their kids' milk haha) The chocolate is light and the strawberry taste is just the right hint to add some sweetness without overkill. Kind of like hot milo with just the right hint of sugar. (yes... I like my milo either plain or with just a hint of sugar) maybe...like mommy like son. 

Aside from all the nutritional goodness of the growing up milk, I also like the fact that Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri comes in a packet instead of a can so that you can cut down on your carbon footprint, that the price for the growing up milk is very pocket-friendly and the formula is a result of extensive research by their dedicated scientists coupled with consultations with paediatricians and nurses around the world J Now, that is quality assured to me J

Dumex Dugro Malaysia is launching a contest on their facebook page. Play a simple game and you get a chance to win 1 month supply of  Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri (Regular / Honey Date / Chocolate Strawberry) Details as per below:

I tried the contest and it was quite fun once you get used to the keyboard keys to press. 

Contest Details: Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri Music Jam

§  Mechanics: https://www.facebook.com/DumexDugro/app_413183018778852

§  Terms and Conditions: Refer game tab

§  Prizes: 1 month supply of Dugro ( equals to 4 packs, only applicable to Dugro Asli, Madu Kurma dan Coklat Strawberi)

§  Contest Period: 23^rd  April – 3^rd June

Dumex Malaysia is also running a promotion "Buy 2 packs of Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri (Regular/Honey Date/Chocolate Strawberry) and get one free acrylic star bowl (available at all major retail outlets except Tesco).

Dumex Dugro 5 P©wer Nutri

Find out more about Dumex Malaysia at their website here and their facebook page here.

First Google AdSense Pay Out

This is my 300th post, so I thought I should update about how my blog is going about financially just for my record. There are a lot of blogs out there that talk about how to make money with blogging but not many of them actually highlighting that making money through blogging takes hard work and at least 1 - 2 years before you see a reasonable amount of traffic and some earnings unless you are the sort who writes about everything and anything under the sun 20 times a day without fail. Please don't try and take the easy way out of copying and pasting other bloggers posts so that you can have a lot of posts without much hard work. It infuriates the blogger that sweats out to post original content and dampens his / her spirit. In terms of blogging "copy and paste" is not the same as "sharing is caring" if you like the article enough to share, please hit the facebook share button or google+ button. That is much appreciated. 

When I first started out blogging, I tried adsense and Nuffnang SG. I chose adsense mainly because adsense googlebots has the ability to place contextual ads based on the topic that  I am writing and also interest-based ads that has no connection with whatever  I am writing but is there because apparently you have searched / browsed something related to it on your computer before. For example, you might be reading my review of a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur but google adsense is showing an ad about free background music because you have searched for "free background music for youtube videos" 2 hours before. Genius isn't it? That is also the main reason why my blog is in English even though my main readers are Malaysian and I am sure that if I write a lot of posts in Malay, my unique audience per day will also rise significantly. As googlebots capability -at this moment- to understand Malay is quite limited, the contextual and interest-based ads capabilities are some what handicapped. 

I also dropped Nuffnang SG after 1 month cos I didn't know that Nuffnang MY operates differently from Nuffnang SG and you can't run both at the same time. 

How is my Google Adsense earnings? Not very much I would say, I only hit the payout threshold (USD100) after 16 months.  Based on my current adsense earnings, I am estimating to hit my next payout threshold in 10 months. An increase yes, but I would of course like it to be more. 

My Nuffnang MY earnings on the hand, my Cost-Per-Click campaign for 9 months totalled RM12.40,  and Cost Per Unique visit RM0.06.. it was quite a damper for me, but then out of the blue came a sponsored post assignment with a payout of RM690 and I am like wow.. suddenly my Nuffnang MY earnings overtook my google adsense earnings. After the sponsored posts assignments came 2 blogbuster campaign proposal but my readership is still quite small so I don't think a lot of people will view my videos :) and since I am a mom of two small kids staying in Kuala Lumpur away from family support, I can't really participate in all the exciting Nuffnang MY events that would open up more doors for me as a blogger. Nevertheless, I am quite happy with Nuffnang MY at this moment. 

After 2 years of blogging and with views per month of 25k-30k, I realize that the hard work must continue before my blog become a dependable sideline income for me :)

Here's looking forward to share more of ponderings, information and adventures with all of you and hopefully more income from adsense and Nuffnang MY :) 

Below is my first cheque from adsense which I banked into my POSB account just like any normal cheque:

Making money with blogging through Adsense

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