The Day We Found Sam

I never liked dogs.

 Well, ok, I think I did at some point during my childhood years but then Cogie died and my little heart was torn to pieces.

 We had other dogs since then but I never learned to love nor to even just like them as much.

 There even came a point when I hated them.

 Then Peter had a dachshund…

   We gave him away years ago.

 And now Samantha. Sam for short.

Was it love at first touch?

Or was it my motherly instincts finally kicking in?

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Read Sam’s diary and  see how she views her  new world…

Money is Everywhere

Yep, you read my title right. Money is indeed everywhere. If not in the skills and talents God has given you which you can use to earn a living, it’s in the money lenders around us. But these days, living in a very fast-paced and frenzied world  where almost anything can be achieved with just a click of a mouse, and when everything can be done via multitasking, who has the time to go to a bank, fill-out a form, fall in line and wait to be called by a bank officer just to be disapproved when you most needed a loan? Well, fret not because online cash advance is here to stay and help you with all your financial needs. 

Take for instance TrustSource.org. It’s a terrific online cash advance site where you have varied forms of loans to choose from. Are you running out of moolah to make ends meet? Are you in dire need to buy your loved one a gift? Do you want a hefty sum of money but wants it confidentially sent to you? Well, check out this site and it might be just the one for you.

Now you have a clue as to why I always seem to have lots of money hanging around for all my luxury needs and wants. Well, as long as I get to enjoy my wealth and I can pay for them on time, these are the things that  count the most. So try it!

Updates on Other Affairs

Have you tried Martabak Cafe in Mall of Asia? The food comes cheap, the coffee tastes great (and free!) and their special martabak cake, otherwise known as Martabak Manis, a native delicacy of Jakarta, is an inch-thick pancake filled with chocolate, cheese and condense milk. Yum yum! I swear, I’m going back there again!

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Jana and I attended the NEW (Network of Enterprising Women) last Jan. 26 at the SGV Hall of AIM Conference Center. We had fascinating speakers that morning namely Ms. Pacita Juan, CEO and President of Figaro Coffee for the Key Note, Ms. Grace Dimacali of Mary Grace Cafe as a guest speaker, and Mr. Francisco Colayco of the Colayco Foundation, one of the country’s well-known financial guru and author of Wealth Within Your Reach, Making Your Money Work,Pera Palaguin Workbook and Money for Kids, for the money talk. All in all, the seminar was very enriching!

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After a fun-filled day of learning from the best enterprising minds, Peter and I relaxed with our girlfriends at Serendra where we spent an LOL-crazy chatting session over sweet bananas and cold chocolate drinks at Tsokolate de Batirol.I swear, the next time we go back here, we’d bring all our dogs for some play time. Ate Rose asked, “When? When?!”. Soon, ate… Soon.

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There are several projects I want for our house. I want our outdoor garage to be constructed with a wooden trellis with overhead fiber plastic top, build crisscross walls made of wooden planks just like what we have in our lanai, and place  an ornamental vintage lamppost on each end. I want to put nice pieces of artwork on our huge blank white wall along the stairwell. I want to put sliding glass doors on all our bathrooms. And I want to paint our bathroom walls with my own hands. I got an inspiration for the latter one from SOUL Cafe’s bathroom walls. Look! Aren’t they nice?

Domain Registration

Since I’m already officially resigned from work (yahoo!) and I’m pretty much done with my travels (for January, at least), I am now free to brainstorm with business opportunities and other  money-making ideas. I’ve been tinkering a lot with  online stuff like creating other blogs and maybe even doing some form of domain registration. For instance, maybe I can create a domain name like jenadamsjuan.com or jenjuan.com.au  or sexynomad.net, or some other name which I can sell later on if there’ll be a market need for it. Because truth be told, a lot of other regular people like me did get rich eventually when a domain they registered suddenly got famous. I heard before of a certain suricruise.com domain that got registered by some smart aleck just shortly after Katie gave birth. It was later on bought by Tom Cruise  costing him thousands of dollars (maybe even more) just to have that name become solely theirs.

Registering such names can really pay off in the long run if you are being smart about it. Aside from that, once a domain is registered by you, no one else can have it unless they pay you huge sums of money for it. It’s going to be uniquely yours as long as you keep up with your annual dues and you can do whatever you want with it, like fill it with useful articles, videos and pictures, use it for business ventures and what-nots.

But the question is, would it cost a lot to do this? And what perks can you get if you do register your own domain? Well, I  found out that some domain registries do offer affordable packages for regular folks like me. These packages even come with useful freebies like 24/7 customer support, email hosting, URL forwarding, management of tools, domain name parking and other privileges. It really doesn’t take much to register one’s domain and consequences of such a venture can be pretty much more than worth it.  So try it now and see how good this works for you. 

Cebu Affair

For the first time in my life, I went to an exciting place, one of the places in the Philippines I love even, and just practically stayed at home with my sister (except when I lived in Cagayan de Oro during my high school years. And even then, we’d always be at the beach or at the farm every weekend). I am referring to my Cebu trip last Jan. 21-25.

After all the gorgeous summer wear and party outfits I packed just in case we get to see the beach and visit my cousin-in-law’s THE LOFT, a famous bar in the Lahug area, all I did was stay in my sister’s room, tinkering with th nail art machine and hung out at my sister’s food place, SPACE, just across her house. The design is courtesy of my brother Mac who is now a graphic artist.

Not to say that I regretted it because I did enjoy my time there somehow. I met and got to know Abba’s friends (Sharon and Edric of Bacolod, Gard of Negros, and Mike of Manila) and learned a few tricks along the way. The latter is an interesting character. He’s a graduate of La Salle Taft who used to live in Manila but decided to bring his kiddie party business to Cebu. Prior to that, he managed an island resort for two years and did other small businesses on the side. No, we didn’t spend the night debating over stuff just because I’m an Atenean and he’s from the enemy school (that’s so immature!). We actually clicked, being both entrepreneurial. He even gave us some tips on how we can widen our field and expand our business, which was so generous of him.

I also got to try this famous restaurant which used to be just a house before. But because they offer huge servings of delectable dishes, people would often go there and try out their menu. Until news spread like wild fire and the rest, like they say, is history. It’s now a huge restaurant with a cozy homey ambience that people really seek out even if it’s out the way for most city people. It’s named Cafe Verde, just like U.P.’s Chateau Verde in Diliman, but a lot bigger and better. We passed by their city circle on the way there and I noticed that they still have their Christmas tree on. How sweet. 

 
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