Post WIS – The Summary

UPDATED 2nd June 9th July 2007…

Phew! I’ve just returned from the World Internet Mega Summit in Singapore.

Okay, I’ve got some of the photos from the WIS ready in my hard drive. I’ll post a quick summary on the World Internet Mega Summit here, with some candid photos on display. πŸ˜‰

SIDENOTE: click on any of the thumbnails below to see the enlarged photos.

Here goes!

The Pre-WIS Meeting (May 25th 2007)

We started the afternoon with us Malaysian Pirates Internet Marketers on “The Amazing Race” to the Mercure Roxy Hotel in Singapore.

The 5 of us were: Me, Khai, Vince Tan, Gobala Krishnan, and Melvin Ng.

We reached Mercure Roxy (a 4-star hotel) late evening and were among the first to attend the Warrior’s Pre-WIS meeting. I spotted Joseph Then, the host of the short session, and a few other Early Birds there, including William Tan.

It was an hour or so later that the room was teeming with enthusiastic Internet Marketers.

Pre-WIS Meeting

There were surprised visits by WIS founders Tom Hua and Brett McFall (nice, shiny head he’s got over there). The Pre-WIS Warrior Gathering kick started with a quick introduction by everyone present then, and the crowd soon turned to the networking phase and name card exchanges. πŸ™‚

Joseph Then booming the mic

Crowd gathering to listen to Joseph Then booming the mic.

Pre-WIS Gathering

L-R: Edmund Loh (me), Gobala, Khai, Vince Tan. At the Back: Andrew Wee

Edmund Loh with Melvin Ng

Melvin Ng adopting the faith of terrorism. He believes in achieving peace through power, and digging secrets through sadism. The picture above says it all.

Edmund Loh, Gobala Krishnan, James B Allen

L-R: Me, Gobala Krishnan, James B Allen the Walking Tall.

James Brown

James “Frowning” Brown.

Ladan Lashkari & Andrew Wee

Ladan Laskhari trying to give the charming eyes while Andrew Wee was too engrossed with the current presentation.

Dee Ferdinand and Edmund Loh

L-R: Dee Ferdinand, Me.

Bruce Gibson & Michael Lee

Bruce Gibson the Resell Rights wizard and Michael Lee, the persuasion wizard.

Andrew Hansen with Bob Bastian

Andrew Hansen with Bob Bastian. Notice how Andrew looks like he’s on a “crack”?

Aurelius, Bob, Me

Aurelius, Bob Bastian and me.

Bob, Me, Joseph, Vince

The four-some: Bob, me, Joseph Then, and Vince Tan.

Group Photo from Pre-WIS

And a group photo to conclude the day! πŸ˜›

WIS – Day 1

The Malaysian Pirates Internet Marketers and I arrived at the Expo Hall 1 in the morning.

The morning started off with a roar from Pete Miller, the MC of the event, repeatedly greeting the crowd, “HEEEEEEEEEEELLO~ SINGAPORE!!!” (James Brown: “That guy is on drugs.“)

There was even a set of reserved seats for members from the Warrior Forum, courtesy of Arnold Voosloo Von Diesel Stone Cold Steve Austin Brett McFall.

The World Internet Mega Summit event was attended by about 1,500-2,000 people, judging from the size of the hall. As the entire duration of the summit was geared more towards beginning Internet Marketers, it’s no wonder you would have found me haunting the corridors of the Expo Hall often.

So I was checking out the Joint Venture (JV) table when I came across something really familar.

My PLR E-Books?

I think I’ve seen those E-Books somewhere, when they were in Word Document and still under development *hint*.

Oh yeah, I have also snapped a picture with this rich chap who calls himself an Ewen Chia:

Edmund Loh with Ewen Chia

He smelled of money and cigar. Awesome lifestyle he must be living.

With most of us having our own stuff to do, Joseph Then offered to take Vince, Melvin, and I to Geylang for dinner. We also spent most of the night playing “Settlers of Catan” in our hotel room and exploring areas outside the Mercure Roxy Hotel.

WIS – Day 2

We came to the Expo Hall in the later half of the day, though I personally found this particular WIS day boring. Admittedly, I was hardly inside the WIS itself.

I spent the night at the nearest Time Zone arcade with Khai. Well, I’ve also spent a lot of $ $ $ over there, because either I was a lousy shooter OR the arcade games were set to cheat mode (which I believe is the case). If there was any consolation at all, at least we won the entire Ghost Squad game… after a couple of kids played 2/3rd of the game for us, that is.

WIS – Day 3

Now seriously… If I knew I wouldn’t be entering the hall often, I shouldn’t have bought the ticket to the WIS, and save SGD197.00 on the vacation. LOL

Edmund Loh with Patric Chan

That’s Patric Chan with me… before I picked his brains for Niche Marketing secrets.

Edmund Loh with Hazel

That’s Hazel. I can almost hear her sing, “Don’t ya wish yer momma is HOT like me…” Yes, I wish. πŸ˜‰

Now here’s something interesting: Kevin Riley, who is my arch enemy, extended to a bunch of us an invitation to the Bora Bora Beach Bar. He told us to be there by 7pm this night.

Well, we eventually learned that he picked an obscure spot in Singapore for a gathering, and far away from the Hotel. πŸ™ Simply because he thought Singapore is a super tiny island (but a complex “everywhere-looks-the-same” maze) and when he saw the map, he probably went “A-HA, let’s go here. This place looks good“.

We were running late by the time we got there at 7.45PM, and Kevin gave us a sneak surprise from behind just when we were about to board the Sentosa Bus. πŸ˜‰

It was almost an hour later we were joined together with guys like Bob Bastian, Dee Ferdinand, James Brown, James B Allen, Andrew Hansen, Ladan Lashkari, and more.

Edmund Loh with John Chan

Me with John Chan at the Sentosa island. Loyal customer, I say. πŸ™‚

WIS – Day 4 (The Last Day)

Edmund, Aurelius & Ian

Started the last WIS day experience with a surprised ambush from Ian del Carmen. Everyone’s out there to pick my brains. Damn.

PLRSE Duo!

The PLRSecretsExposed Duo

The PLRSecretsExposed.com duo is here! Me and Aurelius Tjin. That reminds me: I’d better get Aurelius to update the website with a new set of photos for the header.

Edmund Loh with James Brown

A pic with James Brown, a highly successful Internet Entrepreneur. He’s one brilliant guy and I’ve learned a lot from him. If you haven’t met him, you haven’t really lived. Serious!

The Gang Is Here

L-R: Aurelius Tjin, Me (Edmund), James B Allen, Gobala Krishnan, Melvin Ng.

Dylan Loh with Ian del Carmen

Dylan Loh and Ian del Carmen. Dweebs.

Edmund Loh

Want my name card? Here you go. πŸ™‚

Group Pic

Stole a photo with James Brown’s wife while he went to the rest room. Oh we’re such opportunists…

L-R: Khai, Dylan Loh, Vince, JB’s Wife (from Japan!).

Edmund Loh & Frank Bauer

Me with Frank Bauer.

Kevin Riley & Lateef

Kevin Riley and Lateef. Lateef is from Nigeria. I don’t know what websites he own, but I do know his username ID on the Warrior Forum is successb.

Lateef held hostage by Melvin Ng

Lateef held hostage by Melvin Ng. Here we go again…

Quentin and Edmund Loh

Me with Quentin. He custom-made his own “Warrior Forum” shirt!

Fireball - Kame Hame Ha!

Ian and Aurelius pitting out against each other in a “Kame Hame Ha” battle. Ian seemed to be taking it with relative ease while Aurelius was seen struggling.

Edmund Loh & Khai

Me telling off the crowd, “Go get your own ghostwriter!” Khai was probably thinking, “0wn4g6!”

4 Some

L-R: Frank, Me, Ian, Aurelius.

Coming close to midnight, the Malaysian Pirates Internet Marketers and I had our last dinner at Geylang (No Sign Board restaurant) with Kevin Riley, James Brown & his wife, James B Allen, and Gordon just before we rushed off to catch a train back home from Tanjong Pagar.

Overall???

Since you’ve read this far, you don’t even need to guess how much I was enjoying myself, getting to network with others and meet new people in person. It was really interesting to get to build business and friendly relationships beyond just typing a bunch of text and talking in front of the computer screen.

Here’s a quick summary on the amazing people I have met at the WIS event (in alphabetical order):

Andrew Hansen – he has the typical looks of a “surfer dude” with t-shirt, shorts and sandals to go. It’s hard to believe sometimes, that this is the senile guy behind the infamous Niche Marketing on Crack E-Book and Niche Empire Generator software. Have fun with your PS3!

Andrew Wee – Met this Singaporean chap only once at the Pre-WIS gathering. I’d better follow up with this nice guy. He would probably be nice enough to let me on his Super Affiliate Marketing secrets on the house. LOL

Aurelius Tjin – I worked closely with him some time last year on PLR Secrets Exposed. Recently, he pulled off a successful 5-figure launch with Copy & Paste Graphics Volume II. Glad to be among his top 5 affiliate!

Brian Lee – I saw him only once at the WIS. Not too long ago, he created a hot selling report for tourists… particularly the Warrior members who were planning to head to Singapore for the WIS. What an opportunist!

Bruce Gibson – I’ve met this guy on several occassions though briefly. We’ll work together pretty soon, I believe.

Bob Bastian – this guy is tall! He runs one of the earliest PLR membership sites on the Internet called Private Label Publishing. Go check it out.

Collin Fu – He is the living proof that the 1960s are still alive and kicking! Nice to meet you in person.

CheapestCovers Gang – it’s Hafiz a.k.a. Bitol and Najzmi! Hafiz seemed to be smoking forever, though. And apparently, their E-Cover services aren’t the cheapest anymore. LOL

CW Teo – Hmm… met you briefly once. I know you had lots more to talk about your upcoming product. Keep me posted via email! πŸ™‚

David Cavanagh – nice to finally meet you and your family in person. And thanks for sharing a bunch of your insights on Internet Marketing in the shoes of a visionary. They’re priceless!

Dee Ferdinand – Great to meet you in person! Don’t forget to share some of the many photos you have snapped at the event. To everyone else, Dee has been a close cooperative partner of several Internet Marketers, and has an army of programmers behind him. I look forward to our next Joint Venture.

Dennis Sim – Okay, this guy hails from Penang, and is currently staying in Klang. Great meeting up with you, and I am sure Khai has a lot of money-making opportunities for you in store.

Dylan Loh – Well well well… my long lost brother? Same age (only 5 months different), almost the same height, almost the same looks, only a few hundred kilo metres apart… what gives?

Ernest Tan aka TheLazyPig – met him only once or twice. He appeared as lazy as his brand name claims but deep inside, runs a hardworking mind, devicing schemes involuntarily for making lots of money on the Internet. Give me a continent when you achieve Global Domination. πŸ™‚

Frank Bauer – German guy staying in Aussie. I bought an e-zine ad space from him recently. He’s a really nice guy and is the candidate for “The Next Internet Millionaire”. Vote for him!

Galadriel – our kind, gentle mak cik from Malaysia! πŸ™‚ Nice to meet you and have you join the rest of us on our trip home in the KTM train.

Gobala Krishnan – he was quite obsessed with purchasing a new guitar throughout the trip, and then complain about the weight on our way home.

Hazel – Malaysians, you will probably want to be on a lookout for her in the near future. From what I gathered, she learns pretty quick and I believe there lies a serious motivator inside her.

Ian del Carmen – this is the guy I have been saying “no” to for JVs. When he finally showed up, I realized I said “no” to the wrong person. He was physically big and strong enough to bury me into the ground and could end my Internet Marketing career instantly. So the result? I had to JV with him. Smart, wasn’t I? πŸ˜‰

James Brown – this guy runs over 500+ niche websites, 10% of which probably belongs to the Internet Marketing arena. You see, he’s like the R2D2 of Internet Marketing; he has been there in the “land before time” in Internet Marketing, and surely knows a lot of stuff we don’t see under the sun, that are costing us MILLIONS!

James B Allen – He doesn’t look like anything in the photos I’ve seen earlier. Maybe it was the hair. Then again, I shouldn’t comment about it because I heard just the same about myself. LOL James is the same guy behind the renowned FROP (Free Report Online Profits) system. Trivia fact: his room number at Mercure Roxy Hotel was #735.

John Chan – this wise sage with TONS of wisdom hails all the way from Hong Kong. He’s a great customer of mine from the Warrior Forum! πŸ™‚

Joseph Then – thanks for hosting the Pre-WIS meeting with your handy skills as a Kids Party Entertainer. I smell SEARIM Volume II coming up!

Kevin Riley – At last! (or is it alas?) I finally get to meet this tyrant General in person. Kevin is highly famous in the Warrior Forum and is known for producing a lot of powerful reports. One of this trademarked sites include Mission Make Money Online.

Khai – I really wished he didn’t print any name cards for himself. I mean, imagine your ghostwriter a.k.a. “secret weapon” following you to a 4-day seminar packed with Information Marketers?! I’m probably lining up in his list of clients by now. There goes my future projects and huu-rah for my competitors (j/k).

Ladan Lashkari – she did look a little different compared to her photo. Ladan hails from Iran, though personally I’m not familar with her works. A lot of Internet Marketers look up to her especially after her success story was spreaded across several Internet Marketing blogs.

Lesley Chew – somehow, I was expecting to see you there! πŸ˜‰ Nice meeting you again albeit briefly.

Melvin Ng – our uncle! Thanks for joining us and chipping in your gag bags otherwise the entire adventure won’t even be half as fun.

Samuel Ng – thanks for the DVDs! I’ll check them out and we’ll keep in touch via email on any possible Joint Ventures.

Vince Tan – this was our second time meeting in person. Just before the WIS, Vince launched his first membership site, Vince Tan Ready E-Books, and at this time of writing, I am his Top 3 affiliate. You surely owe me your soul, Vince. Mark July 23rd and September 3rd on your calendar!

PLUS brief encounters with other WIS speakers like Mike Filsaime, Mark Joyner, Tom Hua, Brett McFall, Armand Morin (he looks like a Brazilian Multi-Millionaire Druglord), and Ewen Chia.

If your name isn’t here – and we DID indeed met before, I apologize. There were too many people I have met, but I would appreciate a kind reminder if you drop me a comment in this post, and I’ll have it updated. And if you weren’t there… heck, I’d say, “wish you were here!”

Until the next time, everyone! Keep in touch…

Extended Credit: Thanks to Dee Ferdinand of HeaderPack.com for an extra bunch of photos!

World Internet Mega Summit Singapore

I will be invading heading to Singapore tomorrow with a group of local Internet Marketers, who mostly hail from PJ and KL.

List of Allied Internet Marketing Comrades

Khai
Vince Tan
Gobala Krishnan
Melvin Ng

We will be attending the World Internet Mega Summit in the Expo Hall, starting 26th (Saturday) through 29th (Tuesday) May 2007.

Having said that, do expect me to be away for the next few days. I promise to return with updates… and photos. πŸ˜‰

Until then…

NOTE: We will be bunking at the Mercure Roxy Hotel throughout the event so if you’re heading to the same event, you’d probably want to be on a look out for us. πŸ™‚

I Have The Looks of 8 Famous People

Would it be surprising if I told you that I have the looks of 8 famous people – all in one face? Well, it certainly was for me!

Check out the picture below to learn why this is the case:

After running through a quick and fun simulation at MyHeritage.com to find out which famous people I look like, my uploaded photo was scanned and it produced the above results.

The higher my resemblance in facial features to a famous person, the higher the percentage. Here’s what I think:

Alyson Hannigan (73%) – Uhm… who is this?

Takashi Sorimachi (73%) – I didn’t know I look Japanese. Again, I have no idea who this is.

Fujiki Naohito (72%) – I am convinced that I would have probably passed off as a celebrity in Japan. But then again, who is this?

Gong Li (71%) – Woo hoo! I’ve got the looks of Gong Li! πŸ™‚ This is the first famous person in the list that I recognize, though.

Jena Malone (71%) – Now I know why my mom thinks that I don’t look Chinese (even though I am one).

Megumi Hayashibara (68%) – Why do I have a feeling that I was born in the right time but wrong place? Seriously, I might have just passed off as an Idol or a Celeb… if I were born in Japan.

Audrey Tautou (66%) – Okay, either I DON’T look Chinese OR there are little or no famous Chinese people. πŸ˜›

Mark Bautista (66%) – Seriously, is this REALLY a list of famous people? The only famous figure I recognize of the 8 is Gong Li. Unless of course, it’s because I rarely watch TV.

While it’s fun to know I have the looks of 8 (presumably) famous people (ego booster!), too bad I don’t have the fame of these 8 people combined! πŸ˜‰

Check Out My Caricature

A few days ago, I visited an art website and purchased a caricature to resemble me. πŸ™‚

I made my payment online and submitted my (not so good) photo. I got my caricature done within 24 hours or so.

Since the artist drew the caricature to resemble me in the photo – and my eyes were almost closed when I snapped an instant photo at the photoshop (on several tries) – this is how the caricature turned out:

Edmund Loh

Did I mention that it was one of those bad hair days, too? 😐 Fortunately, I’m better looking in real-life. πŸ™‚

Still, it was a cute artwork and I would definitely be using it in some of my mini sites and maybe E-Covers, where suitable. πŸ˜‰ It’s already displayed on my MSN Messenger as my avatar.

You might want to get your own, too. I got mine at http://www.draw-me.com/ for only thirty seven bucks.

Selangor Revisited

It’s Labor Day today. One of those few special days in a year when working folks are spared from the drudgery of working around the clock.

But I’m still in the office as I am typing this.

Believe me, when you’re working at hours you please – and have great passion for what you do – you will no longer want to look forward to the next holiday on the calendar.

Seeing that this is the third post to my new Personal Blog, I’d like to share a little more about myself with you.

You see, it’s funny how many Malaysians bore this misconception that:

MYTH: I am a Johorean.

FACT: I have a home in Johor Bahru, but my original hometown is in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Dig? πŸ˜‰ We got that out of the way finally.

I was staying in the town area of J.B. for the last 2-3 years until recently, I was given an apprenticeship offer from one of the leading Internet Entrepreneurs in my country.

While most of the apprenticeship details are confidential, it involved me relocating my workstation for the next 6 months at the least, 1 year at the most – depending on the project workload and how well the partnership progresses.

Incidentally, this place I will be heading to is only 5-10 minutes away from my hometown so this is also a revisit opportunity for me.

Now that I am back here for the time being, I aim to achieve all of the following goals:

1. To learn as much as possible. I have to admit that I was pretty fortunate and lucky to have been offered a chance to learn from someone else who is already doing and achieving what I want to do – and at a small price. Not many people had been given such a lucrative opportunity, which is why I am very bend on making the most out of it. Because I know that no amount of money in the world could possibly replace the priceless education and wisdom that awaits me in the 6 months to a year to come.

2. To meet new people. Personally, I crave anonymity and as it may come as a surprise, I don’t fancy the idea of being seen in a crowd. But I know that if I were to always stay at home, I would be missing out on a lot of things in life.

3. Take my crack shot at executing my first 6 figure launch. I have executed 6-figure launches on 2 different occassions before… in Ringgit Malaysia only, though. Don’t get me wrong: the money’s good. However, I’d like to step up and explore the limits of my marketing power – and funnel them into executing my first 6-figure launch in US Dollars for a change. πŸ˜›

These are just some of the many goals I have in mind and heart, but you get the idea. πŸ˜‰

Ultimately, I will want to take a nice retreat to J.B. at the end of the ordeal, and later accept the new challenges in wherever my next adventure would take me to.

So do check back often. Because the next couple of days, I’d like to introduce to you some of the key people in my Internet Marketing career. They’re interesting people, really.

Until then…