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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