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New Shirt Business

2009-08-01T10:32:00.003+08:00

Hi again! It's been months since I last updated this blog. Nagtatampo na sigurado si blogger. Haha. I have been very pre-occupied with a lot of things - the latest is this Tee Shirt business that we put up several weeks ago. So far so good, except that most of the work is done by yours truly. Hehe. I'm having fun though because designing and printing shirts is fulfilling in a way. You get to print shirts according to how you want the text, color or design should be. I don't have to buy expensive shirts anymore with designs that I don't completely like.

For the past few days, we've been getting orders from friends and we never expected this much! Good thing also we haven't put up our site yet because for sure, I won't even have 5 minutes of my time doing this post.

For this reason, I'm calling graphics artists
out there who could help us in successfully meeting orders now and in the future. You can check out the ad on the upper left corner of this blog for details. Soon I'll also post the link of our site once we have the capacity to do so. Thank you!

My Long Awaited Graduation

2009-04-29T22:17:00.006+08:00

April 26 Sunday was the day I finally went up the stage to formally acknowledge that I finished a degree. The last time I had my graduation was when I was in my HS so I was really looking forward seeing myself photographed once again while holding my diploma.

But to tell you the truth, it was I think two days when it came to me, that I am finally graduating. I still don't have the clothes and sablay to wear, clearances to take care of etc etc. Maybe I'm just denying the fact that I won't be seeing most of my classmates and professors anymore. I am kinda sentimental on these things. Kinda accustomed of going to UP every evening sharing sentiments to my classmates. Yeah, ironic as it seems, but I think I will also miss the feeling of getting agitated every time hellweek comes or feel excited when the professor won't able to come to class.

It was 2006 when I decided to take up my masteral and after 10 i-dont-know-if-i-could-finish-it trimesters, I am done. I am so proud of myself for making it this far and I couldn't have done it without my friends, my mom and officemates who have been very understanding and supportive with what I was going through

So what's next? That I keep on asking. I suppose I should be applying what I learned on the business that we run and probably start another business along with my new and trusted friends. Other than these, maybe I'll take another subject to learn, perhaps this time more on the physical aspect. Hopefully also, I will have more time sharing my thoughts in this blog and visit more blogs as possible to check what's happening in the real world and to my online acquaintances. For now, I'll take a little breather and probably focus on what to do to improve our agency. :) Again congratulations to us! Job well done!

Post Compre Exam Blog

2009-02-18T12:19:00.004+08:00

Hi Guys! Long time no see. Case you forgot, its lalaksut doing this blog.
Sorry I've been gone for I think a month since last talked about the stupid film of Vic Sotto. It still remains stupid so let's forget about it. I also apologize to the people who have been putting their comments and asking for approvals.

I have been very "busy" with so many things lately (with Facebook basically, haha) that I forgot updating my blog.. I just had my comprehensive exams in MBA last week and I never felt so relieved after 2-weeks of excruciating day and night review. I even took a leave from the office so that I can really focus. I guess everyone did the same because not passing the exam would mean no hanging of the 'sablay' on the shoulder. I don't want to go through such shame and hassle of retaking the exams all over again. Sana po wag na! We're still waiting for the results on Friday.. Rumor has it that out of the 80 students who took the exams, 33 failed at least one subject. Still we're as worried as when we were preparing for the exams. We're praying na makalusot.

I also had my birthday last Feb 10! I wasn't able to celebrate because of the reviews.. But still I was happy because of the puppy I received from my dearest chatmate. I felt rewarded as soon as I get hold of the pup. (If you're reading this, gagantihan rin kita! Hehe) His name is Ponzi and he is a golden retriever. He was quiet when we picked him up but as soon as he stepped in the house, his true wild color came out. Two months lang kasi kaya normal lang na maging makulit. I still find him cute.. Plan to really train him hard so that I can bring him in UP or anywhere else na pwede makapagjogging. Lumaki na tyan ko kakaupo. Paliitin ko lang ng konti para hindi na ko bumili ng bagong pantalon..

So now I'm back to my desk here in Alchemy Advertising. Have to be extra masipag to cope up with the lost opportunities when I had a leave. :) I'm really hoping that I can put into proper use what I have learned in my business course. But still, I would want to post a blog from time to time. Miss those people who frequents my space..

Have a nice day guys!

I'll never watch a VIC SOTTO movie again! | Iskul Bukol Review

2008-12-27T12:15:00.002+08:00

We don't go to our hometown, Baguio or Hongkong like others do during long holidays. We always end up going to the mall and do whatever we can to kill time. It's been quite a tradition to us to watch a movie - this is our way of family bonding.

Of all those years though, I always feel that the movies we've watched was never worth the buck we spent! We've tried to a horror flick, we end up laughing. We tried watching a sci-fi/adventure/fiction, we end up leaving the cinema. This year, we were torn between Tanging Ina ninyong lahat and Iskul Bukol. Because of Tanging Ina's corny trailers and rather later screening time, we found ourselves paying four tickets for Iskul Bukol. I wasn't expecting much because I have already watched dragging Enteng Kabisote movies before.

So in the cinema we went. After waiting for I guess 20 minutes of commercials, we finally saw the first scene of the movie.. Enteng (or Vic), was going ala Indiana Jones stealing a stick of some sort from a tribe that eventually saved Iwa Moto (this was the last scene she was seen). Vic was an archaeologist for a mission to decipher something. Actually, I didn't get the point of the whole movie. Parang chopsuey. Nagpunta sa Cambodia, nag under the sea, tapos reunion, tapos kung ano ano. I'm not in the position to tell how it ended because I slept from the midpart till the ending! Ngayon lang ako nakatulog sa movie. I felt that the title Iskul Bukol wasn't the best title for the film. The only Iskul Bukol there is probably the presence of Miss Tapia. The movie should have been tagged as ENTENG-DIANA JONES or BOSING GOES TO CAMBODIA. Walang kwenta talaga. Corny ang jokes, dragging at nakakaantok. Sayang lang ang 180 pesos. Bumili na lang sana ako ng medyas!

In short, the movie is crap similar to other Enteng movies or all MMFF movies for that matter! To think that this is the currently the second highest grossing?? What the heck. Ano na nangyayari sa taste ng Pinoy? Pababaw ng pababaw! The only consolation probably is the good cinematography. The scenes are sharp and crisp. But still this does make the movie as a whole any better. By the way, if your a fan of Sharon Cuneta, she has a special cameo here. So if you want her, go watch her. I don't know how much convincing was made to make her appear on the movie.

As for me, I swear not to watch any of Vic Sotto's movies! I'm also contemplating on watching any of MMFF movies next year! Ilalabas rin naman to pag may Pacquiao fight.

Hope this note will serve as a warning.. By the way I have nothing against Vic, it's just the movies he makes.

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2008-12-24T11:19:00.001+08:00

UPMBA Batch 2009 Christmas Party

2008-12-17T10:35:00.006+08:00

I just want to congratulate the organizers/hosts of this fun party held last December 13 at Jan Paz' house. The theme for the party is NIGHTCAP wherein each should wear their most creative hats or caps all throughout the party. I just had mine borrowed from Lala Maceda. I look like Cesar Montano in WANGBU nung suot ko yun. I just don't look decent wearing hats, but its ok. Ngayon lang naman. ;)

The party wasn't fancy, just simple, but the people and the place are great. Some of them I haven't really talk to for more than hour perhaps in my whole MBA life but if I had the chance I would really want to share some laughing time with them. The food was ok as well. Potluck. And the beer was just overflowing. Bestfriend JOEY, who by the way won the best NIGHTCAP turned red Chinese all throughout the party. Nice.

We played some games that blew my head away laughing. The MBA pips definitely had fun playing HEPHEPHORRAY (popularized by the WOWOWEE program)BEER DRINKING, MODIFIED TRIP TO JERUSALEM among others. Congratulations by the way to the ever competitive yet pretty Lina for winning most of the confusing games. She had so many chocolates after the event. Nanalo rin pala ako sa isang game na di ko alam yung pangalan. Basta the game was to put masking tape on body parts that start with letter P like pusod, puson and you know what. Hehe. The time flew so fast during that time. Buhay pa rin ang dugo till 2am! This is probably the last party I'll have with my MBA batchmates and I am so grateful to grace the event. Last na to hopefully kasi if not, I probably did not pass the final compre exam that I have to attend another batch party! Sana naman hindi.

I'll surely miss these guys. Sana after ng MBA life we'll have more parties to attend and liquors to drink. Hehe.

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2008-12-12T12:51:00.000+08:00

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2008-12-01T06:47:00.002+08:00

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2008-11-20T23:34:00.001+08:00

Official Amazing Race Asia Season 3 Winner - Sam & Vince

2008-11-20T21:57:00.010+08:00

Darn! So my source is wrong! Sorry guys. Let me correct myself and say that the official winner of Amazing Race Asia Season 3 is Team Hongkong - Sam & Vince! Congratulations!

I cut class just to see the episode hoping that my source was correct. To my disappointment though, the last team to arrive were the half naked boys of Hongkong. Again best buddies tandem won this year's race.

The first task involved the taming of the camels and transferring them to their cages. The road towards the place was challenging already. The 4 x 4 vehicles had a hard time passing through the Oman's sandy pathways. The first to accomplish the task was team Malaysia, followed by Philippines and Hongkong.

The girls immediately found the next stop where teams have to find a key within the sandsusing a metal detector that would open a chest where the next clue is. Looks easy. But with the 41 degrees Celsius scorching Oman sun plus the heat of the sand, the task was challenging enough. The Malaysians took the lead once again but as they trek to the next stop, they were stuck in the sands. The tires seem to soften because of the heat. It took them much time because Team Philippines were able to finish the task immediately and the Malaysians were still on the same place. With the help of some locals they managed to get through. The Hongkong buddies were in a far third.

Philippines were the first to arrive to the airport followed immediately by Malaysia and Hongkong. Philippines and Hongkong had an easy time booking a soonest flight to Phuket Thailand where the next stop is. Malaysia had a difficult time to create a sense of urgency to the airline people in booking a flight. This spelled disaster to them.

From this point on, the Hongkong buddies with the help of their very smart taxi driver, managed to get to the remaining stops first. They get to see first the cube inside a drum full of ice cube. They were the first one who get to the middle of the sea to get the next clue. A detour made them choose to pull or plunge. The first option was to pull strings of empty oyster shells to find the marked shell while the second option was to plunge in to the blue murky water to search for a big oyster clam were a huge pearl is. The boys first choose to plunge but soon after, when they thought that it was similar to looking for a needle in a haystack, they immediately went to the pull option.

During this time, Geoff and Tish were having a hard time maneuvering their boat towards the pull option area. Sam and Vince were in the shore already digging their way searching for the chest that they would bring by foot towards the final pitstop. Geoff and Tish had the opportunity to catch up a little. They also saw the box a little later than Sam and Vince. Geoff muscles was not enough to pull the chest first that could probably put them in the lead.

The next scene was Team Hongkong inching towards the pitstop where all the participants are waiting and cheering for them. At this point I was really really saddened. I really thought Philippines would win this year but I'm definitely convinced that the buddies deserve the win. They were very clean and even helpful in the race so I guess good karma rewarded them.

So again sorry for posting a wrong article on who the winner is. And again congratulations to Sam & Vince of Hongkong! Next year perhaps, Philippines will win this exciting race..

Peace!

New Gmail Themes Tab

2008-11-20T09:00:00.002+08:00

I was surprised and delighted to see that Gmail finally updated their mail service by introducing themes on their layout! Gmail users can now choose from a variety of color schemes (even design!) to match their mood or personality.

This innovation is a very welcome change indeed especially for those who prefer a more colorful feel as they check or maintain their emails. Aside from these, the Google managed to introduce also several "twicks" in their system (i.e. embedded calendar, witty quotation for every email sent among others) which are indeed very cool innovative.

You can check these options by clicking settings options found in the upper right corner of the page and press either Themes (for change in design/color scheme) or Labs Tab (for the several other options)

Enjoy Gmail-ers!

Google Page Rank 4

2008-11-19T11:45:00.002+08:00

Decided to check my page rank after several N/A a month ago. I was delighted to see that my blog is a PR 4! (See upper-right corner - hehe) Don't know exactly what this means though. What I know is when a co-blogger here in the office got a PR 3, he was very happy. Can someone educate me on this? Thanks

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2008-11-18T15:50:00.000+08:00

Amazing Race Asia Season 3 Winner - Geoff & Tisha Philippines

2008-11-17T22:58:00.003+08:00

Amazing Asia Season 3 finally reached its finale and quite unexpectedly, Geoff and Tisha of Team Philippines had beaten Ida & Tania (Malaysia) and Vince & Sam (Hongkong) after visiting more than 10 countries in Asia, according to one source. The frequent bickering and misunderstanding of the sexy couple did pay off and they managed to beat the witty yet athletic Malaysian Girls out of the race.

I have been following this race eversince I first got to view the show in AXN and was rooting for Team Philippines to win (of course). Their win was very refreshing especially after Mark and Rovilson of last years' Amazing Race (who had the dominate most of the challenges) had been beaten of by the best buddies Adrian & Collin of Singapore. The frequent guestings of Geoff and Tisha on the RX and Magic 89.9 was an easy sign of how the race ended. Geoff never lost his confidence and fun side as he narrates his favorite and not-so favorite parts of the race while Tisha can't hide her happy and cant-wait-to-see-the-final-episode tone on her voice. Haven't seen the actual race as well but if your on Sky Cable, you can watch it on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 9pm. The top 3 teams will also watch the finale on Thailand where the Victory Party will also commence.

Mabuhay Team Philippines!

LSS - Love Song Syndrome

2008-11-14T09:14:00.005+08:00

I long to tell you how much I need you
If I can find the words to say, I never have to feel this way
Not knowing just what to do when I’m with you

My friends they tell me that I shouldn’t hurry
Everything keeps goin’ strong ‘Coz you keep it going on
Though i have to say how much I love you..

Oh Ana can’t you tell and see? What you’re doing to me?
Oh Ana this feeling I just can’t hide Keeps driving me wild
Oh Ana I need you here with me
I wish you could be
Oh Ana won’t you stay with me?

Your eyes, they look through me. Your smile they fool me.
I never thought I’d love again
But this time I hope it never ends
I have to let you know
I love you oh Ana

Brand New

2008-11-12T14:25:00.010+08:00

OCTOBER 30: Mom called me from the other room. I was a bit irritated. It was the fifth time I responded to her call on the same hour. She was smiling when I came to her. I responded with a grouchy face. Like a ten year old girl, she picked up something from her drawer and started to dangle it to the air. It was a black key. Clueless, I got hold of the black key. "Where do you want me to go? Will I pick something?", I said. As I was talking to her, she still kept smiling. Oddly as well, the key was not familiar to me. So when I started to look at the key, I shouted at my mom, "Maaaah! Ano to??!" She laughed and told me to stop shouting. I ran towards the window and looked which car it is. I saw an old Toyota Car. I was still happy though because the car still looked nice. Then I went back to my mom and asked her how much did she bought the second hand car. She said "Second hand? Brand new yun! Nakapark sa likod".

I shouted again for the second time!! This time my shout was a mix of amazement and a bit of resentment. We just bought a car four months ago and being a tightwad myself, I really think it was untimely to buy a new car. She told me that she hasn't given me any grad gift the last time and the car was both her advance and late grad gift for me. I just hug and kissed her after hearing that.

I went down and see wherethe new car is. It was a Vios 1.3. I cant help but smile ear to ear as I open it. She really knows me well. It was the most fuel efficient car of its kind and consumes the second cheapest fuel next to diesel - unleaded with 10% biofuel. It looked a bit small for me but surprisingly, I fit well in the driver seat(there is still room for one person at the back). I have to go back to my mom and thank her again. I also ask how to start the car. I have to press the clutch pala as I turn the key. Idiot. Hehe

It was already two weeks since I got the car. And I was so satisfied with it. She's my new sweetheart for now till my real one comes home. Hehe. The steering wheel was amazingly light - super power steering, though the shift gear is a bit hard to move. One 3/4 tank which cost me 1,400 pesos lasted nine days! Considering that I'm a advertising guy who goes around every so often, a school boy who goes to schoool 4 times a week and that our home is 1okm away from the office, the car was really damn efficient! I really love this car. She has no name and plate number yet. I'll give her a name soon.

So again thanks to my so generous mom for the car. I'll be extra nice and masipag to compensate this wonderful gift! :)

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2008-11-12T12:27:00.000+08:00

Bob Ong Quotable Quotes

2008-10-27T11:17:00.004+08:00

Hi again! I just want to share some Bob Ong quotable quotes about LOVE I read over the net. I find these quotes really funny but TRUE! I dedicate this to my kumpadres who are still recovering from heartaches. Hehe. Enjoy reading!

"Kung hindi mo mahal and isang tao, wag ka nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka nya.." If you don't love someone, don't show signs of liking her"

"Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang taong malapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili mo." Use your heart to care the one you love. Use your brain to keep yourself in cushion.

"Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang makitang hawak ng iba." Don't let go of someone that you can't bear seeing in the hands of others.

"Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang mangyayari sa buhay mo. Dapat lumandi ka din." Don't wait for someone to flirt with you. Learn to flirt as well.

"Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo. Malay mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan ka lang." If you love someone and doesn't love you back, let it be. Who knows, in time, you don't love her too, she just learned it earlier.

"Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa tanga kundi pagkukusa." If you're not happy with the one you're with, it's time to break up. There's no remedy to stupidity but some self initiative.

Special thanks to Denis Claves for helping me with the translation. :)

It's been 13 days!

2008-10-27T08:58:00.005+08:00

So it was almost two weeks (basing it on my twitter) that I last posted an article in this blue blog! Not that I have no more thoughts to pop, but I have been pretty preoccupied with a lot of things the past days. The most that I did was to put drop several entrecards to some of my favorite writers..

Well anyway, here I am. Stealing some minutes of work time to update you of what's happening in my boring life. First about the hiring in Alchemy thing, I found out that using 88db.com, sulit.com.ph, friendster and facebook have generated quite a lot of responses already. It's just that we haven't started calling them yet. We have to finish some assignments first to properly screen future Alchemists. More about Alchemy, we're busy doing a campaign for one interior design/furniture company. We already finished doing market research for them and we're on our finishing the marketing strategy to guide us on how the campaign should go. Hope everything'll be finished as planned. Also, our ads on Toshiba TVs were on the broadsheets the past week. Weeks of going back and forth to Las Pinas and revising ads several times finally paid off.

Enough of work, school naman (later love life promise). It was also a tough week last week. Reports here and there and midterms kept me tense and worried from time to time. I volunteered to present my business concept in our Entrepreneurship class. Being a spa-natic and car-thusiast as i am, I wanted a business that would have both. So what I wanted was a spa that would not only destresss me but also takes care of my car while I'm being massaged. Basically its a spa with free car wash! Hehe.. Not that brilliant siguro but the execution would be terrific, the spa will have a cool lounge where people could sip free coffee as they watch TV and/or see their cars being washed by gorgeous women (yes they'll be in their sexy attires while washing your car).. As expected, the guys in the class where laughing with me as presented the concept. Dirty minds. They expressed their interest already in investing on the business! Judging basically on the class' reaction, I think this would definitely click.

About me love.. I choose not to be elaborate on this. Hehe. But its enough to say that she keeps me going and going. I'm still having this long distance relationship with her - so far so good! Can't help but smile (without her knowing) whenever she shares her pimple problem as if she had it the first time! Well, anyone with flawless skin would be dreaded to hear anything about scar, pimples, etc., Really wish she'd be home soon and squish those damn pimples for her.. Haha.

Missed doing this! I hope I can do this more often this week! Bye for now, back to advertising muna. :)

Job Vacancies @ ALCHEMY

2008-10-13T11:45:00.009+08:00

Just want to post this classified ad in case some of you may know of someone who would be interested to be hired by one of the most promising advertising agency in the country today - Alchemy Advertising. Whoa what a claim! Lol! We're planning to grow bigger next year so we need to beef-up our manpower. We need new Alchemists who would help turn ordinary products of our clients to gold. :)

ALCHEMY ADVERTISING is a 5 year old full service advertising agency based in Manila capable of doing conceptualization and execution of all sorts of advertisements - from the traditional TV, Radio and Press media, to the non-traditional billboards, flyers, online ads, events and PR.

This growing company is open for the following positions.

Media Secretary

Female, 18-27 years old
College Graduate (preferably related to business, secretarial, advertising or accounting courses) fresh graduates are welcome
Experience is a plus
Very knowledgeable in MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint
Excellent in written and oral communication skills
Willing to be trained

Accounts Executive

Male or Female, 20 to 30 years old
College Graduate (preferably related to mass communication, advertising) fresh graduates are welcome
Experience is a plus
Excellent in written and oral communication skills
Confident and aggressive
Sales oriented and a team player

Interested parties may submit their resumes and letter of intent at alchemy.advertising@yahoo.com, please put the job position of interest in the subject of your email. Expect a call from us. Goodluck!

Iceland "Best Country To Live In" No More

2008-10-10T09:51:00.003+08:00

Its true. It somehow shocked me to learn that a country that houses some of the most highest earning income individuals are now but experiencing the effects of the global financial crisis. They are now first casualty of the forecasted "national bankruptcies" that will occur in the coming days. A full-blown collapse of Iceland's financial system would send shock waves across Europe, given the heavy investment by Icelandic banks and companies across the continent, according to Associated Press.

U.N.'s just awarded the country last year as the "best country to live in", with its residents deemed the most contented in the world - and now no more.

Iceland is one of Europe's wealthiest countries - thanks to its deregulated banking industry that dates back only in the early 1990's. According to the Associated Press, the Icelanders are now watching their economy as it implodes, their currency losing almost half its value, and their heavily exposed banks collapsing under the weight of debts incurred by lending in the boom times. The government had earlier announced it had nationalized the bank under emergency laws enacted to deal with the crisis.

Goes to show that a wealthy country like that of Iceland won't be insulated in such a financial crisis and that any country including ours can suffer the same fate. THE WHOLE COUNTRY, BANKCRUPT? I can't imagine how its Prime Minister is doing to turn this sorry state around. I also can't imagine that banks are closed and cannot even get hand of my hard-earned savings. Really hope this won't happen to the country soon. It would be chaotic.

1st Top Entrebloggers

2008-10-07T13:15:00.009+08:00

These are the top ten ENTREBLOGGERS who religiously dropped their cards for September.

Thank you and more power!

1. Turnip of Power
2. Bingo Games Online & Women Community
3. Subjective Soup
4. Today's Games
5. Generate free money & Traffic For your Blog
6. What the bald guy needs to know about sports
7. My Ideas for you
8. The Traveling Pants
9. C'est La Vie
10. Gain, Make Earn Money Online

Till the next month! :)

Top 3 Business Ideas

2008-10-03T18:08:00.013+08:00

Our Entrepreneurship course in MBA requires us to think of a business that we dream to establish in the near future, regardless of whether we pursue it or not. To motivate the class, the professor provided several lectures on what it takes to be an entrepreneur, myths and facts of putting a business and some insights and experiences that he had while managing his own huge businesses. By the way, this professor belongs to the ULTRA HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS (individuals who have more than $30M in financial assets -- thus the caps lock ;)), so he really does know what he is talking about.

So now, I'm thinking of a business that I may want to put up aside perhaps from the advertising agency that we are currently running. I'm thinking of a business that is not seasonal (like a christmas tree business which sells its peak of course during the christmas seasons), a business that does not requires much capital (like a flour manufacturing that needs expensive equipments), and a business that wouldn't take long before revenues come in (like businesses that involves a lot of research or testings). Given the what-i-dont-wants in a possible business, I have come up with these choices..

1st. A SPA/Phone a Massage business. It does not require any inventory, thus no problems on spoilage whatsoever. Plus, with the ever stressful lifestyle of Pinoys nowadays, including myself, going to a massage or spa, briefly relieves you with stresses or pressures. My spa should offer different services though to cater a certain niche and I must hire the best masseurs/masseuse for my clients to keep on coming back.

2nd LPG Dealership business. I think this is a nice venture as well because most if not every household must be using gasoline stoves in cooking food, thus the supply is inelastic, as they say, which means even if the gasoline goes way up, consumers will still buy gasoline. Not bad eh? I should only secure a safe place to put invetories of LPG tanks (so to avoid explosions, hehe), do some marketing in the area, and that's it, a surefire business.

3rd. Still related in fuels and more grandiose than the previous one, Biodiesel plant business. As we all know, the prices of gasoline will continue to go up and will be depleted soon. Several biofuels from plants have been discovered as options to gasoline. Samples sources are coconut, corn, soy and even the newly discovered plant jathropa. Of these alternatives, I'm going with the Jathropa plant. Jathropa is a non-edible plant that can be planted in any kind of soil - dry or non-arable, so there will be no competition with the edible crops like rice and corn. Also its plant oils produces more than what the coco or corn can produce making the plant more revenue generating. Though at this time we are not using biofuels wholly (we're only using 10% blend in certain gasolines), soon the demand for this fuel will rise and that a lot of car manufacturers are making cars that can take in either electricity, biofuels or the regular gas (read my article about Volt - My dream Car)

So that's about it. These are my choices for a possible business venture. Still confused which one to choose given the considerations I mentioned. How about you? Do you have a business in mind you like to share?

Eagle Eye

2008-10-01T21:36:00.005+08:00

Decided to finish the "holy-day", at least for the Muslims, by watching Eagle Eye, a suspense-filled, action packed, conspiracy thriller from Paramount-Dreamworks. The movie quite roused my interest since it debuted at number in the box office and I received a lot of good reviews from friends. So together with my brother and cousin, we paid Gateway a visit.

There isn't much mall goers at that time. Maybe most of the people decided to stay at the comfy of their homes. This is good though - less queues and better seats for us. We were just wishing that the movie is good as well.

And so we thought.

Though the movie did put us on the edge of our seats, the idea of the protagonists being manipulated by a "digi-voiced" girl that made them an instant national threat is quite really far from reality. We were disappointed when the whole plot of the movie revolves on a super advanced computer that acts as a Big Brother of the whole US - who controls all automated equipment to coerce anyone to follow its commands.

But I have to give credit on the hyperactive scenes of the movie. We still remember that we keep saying our 'aaarghhhs' whenever the black Cayenne was tortured. Darn love that car! Just learned that the movie was co-produced by Spielberg, thus the Minority Report feel of the movie.

Overall, not really a bad movie to see. Would still like to see this in the big screen because of the really smashing scenes. After a week or two though, the film will do poorly in the box office because of the story. (By the way, the actor here kinda resembles me. Lol!)

What to do when there is nothing to do

2008-10-01T16:54:00.003+08:00

Hello guys! I miss you all! I'm having a restful day this Eid ul-Fitr wherein Muslims celebrate the end of their fasting. The weather is also humid and cold, perfect for the lazy holiday. So now that I have nothing to do, the only recourse is to go back to BLOGGING! WOOTWOOO! It's been only four days since I last posted my goodbye(?) post and I can't resist visiting my blog and your blogs every so often. It may be stupid of me to relate my past illnesses to my new found hobby and I do apologize for that.

As I remember, one of the reasons why I started blogging is to ease me with day to day stress and not to be the source of it. Maybe it's because I want to do so many things with this blog that I tend to neglect what my body is telling me. I just can't help but try discovered hacks, cool widgets, or money making schemes among many other things that would make my blog more worthy of your visits. Hehe. But this time, I won't stress myself with these things. I'll stick to the original purpose of this blog - to vent out lalaksut's thoughts and to share a slice of his life and his new discoveries.

Back to Blog na. Hehe

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