Ok. Now for part two of my first ever Adsense payout. Alhamdulillaah, everything went rather smooth... Smoother than I expected. All  I had to do was fill in the Western Union Money Transfer form, get my angka giliran... and voila! I get the money after the clerk proses itu ini dan itu :) Really have to say that getting the Adsense payout via CIMB Western Union is very convinient :) In all... it took me around 20-mins to get everything done. Plus tadi takde orang sangat... so another factor that sped up the whole process.

The amount Google paid me was a bit over USD100... the rate however was quite low. I expected it to be a bit over 3.2... but in the end was only given 3.1437433534207727756114852889046 (calculated by MS Windows XP calculator :P). Anywayz... Alhamdulillaah. After 5-years of bloggin, I get this amount... kira OK la tu ye dok :D 

Oraits... mari mari sambung kerja PhD :) Hmmm... suddenly terfikir pulak. Maybe after PhD, I might wanna create my own niche website and do Adsense semi-full-time? Ok gak ye dok? Kot2 can get USD100 in half the time (i.e. 2.5 years?).... :D Assalaam aleykom WBT

InsyaAllaah, today I'm going to go to CIMB to obtain my first ever (Google) Adsense payout. As mentioned in my older post, alhamdulillaah, my earnings have finally reached the USD100 threshold. So, I can withdraw the money if I choose to.

Initially, since the amount is not that much yet, I thought of just letting it grow until a more comfortable number. But after reading some posts on the Internet that Google is blocking/deactivating people's accounts due to suspicion of illegal/invalid clicks... I thought... baik keluarkan saja la, sementara masih belum di-blok. Not that I'm illegally clicking (self clicking, or asking people to click) my adverts or anything... but I have heard stories that some sites are actually valid... but Google still blocks them! ... Based on my reading, some of the sites aren't actually involved in invalid activities, but since Google uses a computerized detection system to do its checking... some unlucky individuals/groups end up at the wrong end of the stick (am I using this phrase correctly? hehehehe). Humans aren't perfect... computers are also not perfect... computers take orders (programmed) from humans... so what do you expect? :P ... Answer: A super fast way to convey imperfection! Ha! Now that's a thought :P

Oraits. Anywayz, will go to CIMB bank, as I heard from a few people that they process the Western Union money transfer thinggy better than other banks. The good thing about getting the Adsense payout thru western union is that, the handling sending or whatever charges have been covered by Google. We only "lose" at the currency exchange :) 

Oraits... And oh! People say you need to bring these info when collecting the payment (refer to picture)... Kalau tak bawak kalu, duit tak dapat kalo. Okes... I will update with Part-2, insyaAllaah, to see whether or not I actually get this money :D Kot2 la there's a problem with the bank ka, the money ka, my documents ka... etc. We live in an imperfect world made more imperfect by procedures and bureaucracy :) Assalaam aleykom WBT.