Bataan weekend

Ahh… it feels good after that Bataan trip! I was able to relax and really get some much needed rest. I was able to sleep longer than usual as well. The sound of the sea was soothing to the nerves I forgot whatever worries I had before the trip. Going on weekend getaways can do wonders to a person. Life is not all about work and problems and worries. We should at least be able to step back, relax and step away from everything. Even for a while. And I did just that last weekend.

Former boss

I chanced upon the Multiply site of one of my former bosses. I was searching for some photos of a beach resort and my search yielded her site. I was surprised to find her! She had so many photos there. A bunch was even from the wedding of a former co-worker from the same company. Another was her Vegas vacations with former co-workers as well, her staff way before she joined the merged company.

It was just nice to reminisce and see what my old co-workers look like now. Most didn’t change at all. And are still single like me. Ha-ha!

Weather in Manila today…

It’s slightly better than yesterday. The weather here in Manila as of 6PM today, April 14, 2009, is 31°C. It feels like you have a flu. That’s how hot it is right now. Taking a bath won’t do that much. It will just make you feel the heat and humidity more. Even putting the electric fan on steady so the air will blow directly to your face and body will only cool you down a bit.

Imagine the electricity shutting down! Meralco knows that every summer, people need electricity more than ever. As always, brownouts happen every now and then. A few minutes ago, electricity was down in our area. Tsk tsk

Maynilad Water is also pulling a stupid stunt. Shutting down water supply and just giving us an hour or two every day to fill our water drums. My dad has been calling up Maynilad Water’s 24/7 hotline 1626 asking them to do something about the water supply in our area but they are stubbornly refusing to do anything about it. My dad told the CS he talked to two days ago that should a fire break out in our area (wag naman sana!), residents wouldn’t have any water to use to put it out. What without water even dripping in our faucets!

So I am here in my corner at home right now, sweating even with the electric fan on steady in front of me, fuming mad because we don’t have water supply so I can take a shower to feel a bit cooler. Aargh!

Free banner maker

Wow! A Banner Maker! I have been looking for one for quite some time now. Some friends have etsy stores and are asking for my help in creating banners for them. I love creating things for my friends and banner making is one of the things I would love to help them with. Good thing I found Pure Silva Banner Maker! This web site offers banner making for FREE! Yes, you read it right. It’s a free service that they offer. All you have to do is go to their web site at PureSilvaBannerMaker.com and start creating the banner you like. Put in the specifications and in a matter of minutes, your banner is ready! It’s actually very easy. I tried to do one. Unfortunately, I forgot to save it

So if you are looking for a free banner maker yourself, just go to PureSilvaBannerMaker.com now and go create one right away!

Link building

There are various ways to drive visitors and potential customers to your web site. Search engine optimization or SEO is the most common way of doing this. Optimizing a web site so that it will show up in the first pages of major search engines with the keywords fitting your products. So many businesses are doing this to drive traffic to their site. You know what a good number of traffic does to a web site. It increases its potential to sell their products and become a household name.

Another way is link building. Organic links are what most businesses need to be able to, again, get more people to their web sites. I know a business that hired the services of a professional link building company and was rewarded with increase in their sales for a quarter. They did it again after a quarter and they got the same results.

I know a lot of businesses out there need the same results to sustain their companies so I suggest they go to Status Media PLC. This company offers SEO, Link Building as well as PPC Management. Their goal is to help businesses get more exposure for their products and services. Drive traffic to their web sites, promote their services, create potential customers in the process. Eventually increase sales.

With the state of the economy in most countries, it is best to find a guaranteed way to increase your company profits. Find a service that will give you back your money’s worth. Go to StatusMediaPLC.com now and check out the services they are offering. Let them help your company get the promotion for your products. Optimize your web site and drive traffic to your site. Or get organic links and yield the same results. Or choose PPC management. Go and visit StatusMediaPLC.com now!

Certified bookworm!

Oh yes, I admit it. I am a certified bookworm! I would rather spend my hard earned money on new books rather than on new clothes. Books make me happy! One reason why I love books is that it takes me to a whole different world. All my own. I can be in a crowded room but when I open a book, it dissolves and the world becomes mine. You can say that I have traveled far and wide, thanks to the hundreds of books I have read. I cannot really afford to go on trips but because a book I read took place in England, it felt like I’ve just been there.

Have you read Twilight already? When I read that book, it felt like I knew the Cullens and the Swans personally. It felt like I’ve been to and from Forks. Good books have a way of doing that to you. Making you feel like you are part of it.

If you are looking for new books, which I do all the time, go to Borders.co.uk and choose from the extensive selection they have there. Borders UK has great deals to offer. Visit the web site now and check out books, CDs, DVDs, magazines and a whole lot more.