Many people have asked what my typical work day is like and my standard reply has been, “You don’t want to know!” LOL How convenient. Well, Fuel My Blog and TSheets.com are running a contest with an iPod up for grabs so I am attempting to put the first five minutes of my typical work day into words.

What I do every morning when I start my work day is to turn on my computer, if it is not already switched on, or restart the computer and check my email. I have four active email accounts. At the same time, I fire up three web browsers and open multiple tabs from my Favorites. I have three folders of links that I must check daily, sometimes multiple times a day.

The first folder has links to seven websites, the second folder has fifteen and the third folder has sixteen. Yes, for the purpose of this post, I actually counted LOL and yes, I do read through all these 38 sites, blogs or forums and at the same time, check my eBay and Lelong listings for bids and feedback. Did I get a negative feedback? I would also be replying to the important email, private messages and SMS messages.

Am I able to do all these in the first five minutes of my work day? Yes, if there is no new content in most of my Favorite sites, no email and SMS messages to reply to!

What about YOUR first five minutes of a typical work day?

Well, I’m on the market for a laptop backpack. I am sure I mentioned it somewhere and buying online, because I can’t find one that meets my high standards locally hehehe. It will not be cheap. International shipping and handling would have cost over US$25. So, I’d love some sponsorship!

Tha Guru is giving away US$25 cash, which is just what I would like to win, It would go towards my laptop backpack kitty, if I am lucky enough to win the sole prize. Lucky or not, I am trying!

Apparently, this contest started on 23rd March, 2008 already and how come nobody told me about it? When it started is not important, though. What’s important is that it has not expired yet! If you would like a shot at US$25 cash, do check out Tha Guru’s contest post to see what you have to do!

Oh boy, thank God I did not miss this contest. If I did, I would have kicked myself. But if I had known about it a week earlier, I would not have bought Mr. Fuji… and try my luck at this contest first!

The winner of this amazing $3,000 laptop contest gets to pick one out of these three monster laptops:

Toshiba Portege R500-S5004

Dell XPS M1730

HP HDX

Suddenly my MYR4K Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile U9200 pales in comparison. Gah!!! Heh… I don’t mind owning another laptop!

If you are also interested in participating in this contest and in the process, narrow my chances of winning, then these are the things you will have to do in order to get as many points as possible.

1 point for subscribing to our daily feed
1 point for leaving a comment about TheTechDon on another site
1 point for taking one of our short surveys (survey banners will show up on the site from time 2 time)
1 point for adding TheTechDon to your BLOGLINES favorites
2 points for adding TheTechDon to your TECHNORATI favorites
2 points for Stumbling any of our posts (including this one)
4 points for adding a link to TheTechDon on your site
5 points for adding a link to this contest page and a short review of the contest (description, prize, etc)

For further information, read The Tech Don and leave a comment on the contest post. Now I am going to grab as many points as possible.

WISH ME LUCK!