Pakuwela time for Christmas para sa mga Pinoy blog junkies. Here is the chance for you to win small prices na mula sa aking pusod este puso. Please don’t get me wrong, I’m doing this to share some of the graces I received from the Lord above. Not that you think na ginagawa ko ito just to boost the traffic of my site. Ngehehe, I have enough of that even if my blog is full of garbage entries. GIVE LOVE ON CHRISTMAS DAY ikanga nang kanta nang dating “Jackson 5″.

PAKUWELA RULES.

1. Sino ang pwedeng sumali? All Pinoy bloggers most specially yong mga wala pang sariling domain at web space.
2. The prize draw is only open to participants aged 18 or over. Only one entry per person is permitted.
3. The game starts today, Dec. 5, 2006 and the closing date for entries is December 16, 2006 at 6:00 P.M CET (Central Europe Time).
4. Winners will be announced here on December 17, 2006.
5. The winner is the participant with the highest score.
6. In the event of a tie, the finalists will have one try to get the highest score.
7. The person who gets the highest score in the tiebreaker game is the winner.

Please help me spread the words by telling others about this PAKUWELA.

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Hi Worpdress users, I am pleased to announce you the release of my four latest work. All themes are derived from one of my popular creations “The Beauty Within”. Don’t you worry folks, each theme looks very different from the other. You may go ahead to my Test Blog and see it yourself.

By the way, before going any further, I would like to warn you to use the theme at your own risk. I am at present going to school, a Multimedia school to be exact and I have classes from morning ’til noon. I’m just telling you this to let you know that I have very little free time. This means I can’t respond to all your queries. The themes are thoroughly checked and all are tested on four different browsers and different resolutions. Based on my past experiences, there were several theme users who emailed me due to some problem like the following: Continue reading →

Got a bit of free time today so I decided to write an update. Before going on, I would like to thank Michael of Basang Panaginip first for including or nominating me on his “The Best Designed Filipino Blogs for 2006“ project.

And to all my blog friends, alam kong medyo malaki na ang “utang” ko sa inyo dahil hindi ko na kayo nadadalaw but my life is soooo busy lately. Only few people knows that I’m going back to school again. So now, it’s about time to tell you na buhay estudyante na naman ako. I am currently studying Multimedia at FUWE in Krefeld. I have classes from Monday to Friday from 9:00 A.M to 3:00 P.M. Napagpasyahan kong mag-aral para madagdagan ang aking kaalaman. I need all the knowledge to become more eligible, and with this knowledge, maari na akong makipag compete with other skilled designers on the same level. Or maybe higher? Charing!

The course I’m taking includes:

• Flash Animation
• Flash Web Site Design
• Graphic Design
• Digital Video Editing
• Web Coding
• Digital Photography
• and of course Webdesign

Now let me rant a bit…

Some people (people I know in real) has really no idea kong gaano kakulang ang oras ko. How I wish the day has 48 hours para magawa ko lahat ang dapat kong gawin in one day. I have kids to attend to, a husband who needs more attention than my kids, the never ending household chores that I also have to do and not to forget the few incoming webdesign orders na kailangan ko ring tapusin. I am not complaining noh, kaya lang may mga tumatawag kasi sa akin lately na talaga namang napaka insistent na isali ako sa kanilang network. They are selling the same product and so you can imagine how monotonous the conversation was dahil parehong-pareho ang topic. Meron pang testimonials how they got cured and how much money they earned from selling this product and that they are just spreading the words to help others who might need help. Ay teka lang…do I look as if I need help ba? Okay, I understand they are just doing their job…but their selling tactic is very primitive and it nerved. When I was in the Philippines, I was employed under Mattel Corporation as Sales Supervisor. One of my duties was also to sell our products…before the company sent me to the field. They sent me with other salesmen to Baguio to attend a one week salesmanship seminar. We learned the psychology of selling and other things related to sales.

Now at present, if somebody approach me para bintahan ng kong ano-anong bagay, I already know upfront which direction we are getting into. Kaya if I am not interested, sinasabi ko na kaagad na “no thank you”. Yong mga mahahabang selling blah blah ay hindi kailangan sa akin kapag gusto kong bumili. The point here is, when I said NO then it is no and when I said I don’t have time to join a phone conference, then you should accept that rather than insisting on what you want because you are only kicking on my nerves. You guys should know how to handle rejection.

Here is some guidelines for you to learn:

There is no faster way to build trust than by listening intently to what the other person has to say (meaning your customer). On the other hand, there is no faster way to undermine trust and irritate a prospect than by talking too much and listening too little. Good listeners show that they are genuinely concerned about the needs of their customers and can be trusted Good salespeople don’t dominate the talking; they dominate the listening. GOT IT?

Dear Friends,

There is this so-called Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA), signed by President Gloria Arroyo and the Prime Minister of Japan at the sidelines of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) on September 9, in Helsinki. Under this agreement, there is a great risk (or might already be happening now) that Japan will send their toxic waste to the Philippines to dump. There is also an email from Senator Pimentel that this is really happening now. The allegations are that, the Philippine Government allowed Japan to dump their toxic waste in the Philippines in exchange of jobs for Filipinos in Japan.

The Filipinos and their friends worldwide want to prevent it from happening. Please support too by signing this petition:

The message above is originally written by Shiel, an internet friend of mine who is also residing here in Germany. She opened this topic on Philboards Forums and I thought of helping her spread the words because this happen to be a very very urgent matter. Let us not just shrug our shoulders, mga Pilipino tayo di ba? Kaya hindi natin dapat pabayaan na tuluyang lapastanganin ng mga walang hiyang politicians ang ating bansa. Kong gusto nating manatiling malinis ang kalikasan ng ating bayan, kailangan nating magkaisa at alalayan ang petisyon na ito sa paraan ng pagpirma dito sa “Stop Making the Philippines the Dumping Site of Toxic Waste“.

Please visit the following links below to get more informations about the toxic waste dumping in the Philippines.

• JPEPA to encourage trade in hazardous and toxic waste
• Negotiator admits prohibited waste on list

Maraming salamat sa inyong lahat.

Some friends of mine has invited me to join them sa isang Pilipino halloween party in Krefeld last Saturday. Hindi ako sumali dahil I have promised to my hubby to help him rearrange Kathleen’s bedroom. He wanted to assemble the bunk bed we bought last week kasi. Since the new bed needs a big big space, inilabas ko yong ibang furnitures doon sa kuwarto katulad ng isang sirang aparador. Tamang-tama din dahil may naka schedule na bulk rubbish collection dito sometime this week. Kailangang samantalahin ang pagkakataon dahil two times a year lang ito ginagawa ng community.

Anyways, to make the story short I need to empty the cabinet para madala na ito doon sa tambakan. While sorting out Kathleen’s things, I found a box na halo-halo ang laman. Merong mp3 cd’s, Kathleen’s handmade rabbit out of clay, some of her drawings and many many old pictures. The pictures were taken during the time na si akesh ay solo (1998-2000). Laking gulat nalang ni Gerd nang bigla akong sumigaw ng ganito “O wow!!! Hanep ang ganda-ganda ko pala noong alaw oh, at ang payat koh!!!”. Curious malaman kong ano yong pinagsasabi ko, he came to me and grab the photos from my hand. Then he said: “Oh ja, das stimmt.” (tutuo nga ano?). Sus ang timong, hindi pa naman ako dambuhala noong magkakilala kami. Tapos dagdag niya pa: “Na dann mein Schatz, streng dich an!” (So my darling, you have to work hard to get this look again.). Waaaah, sana hindi na ako sumigaw noong makita ko ang mga litrato ko. Napasabak pa tuloy ako ngayon. Hmmmp, basta feel ko ang kumain ngayon kaya no diet and not even aerobic dahil di ko type at the moment. Maybe later kong ako ay 70 na.

Pero sa tutuong usapan, pumapasok din sa isip ko paminsan-minsan ang mag gym at magpenitensiya. Siyempre malaking penitensiya ang one day no eat noh para mabawasan ang katabaan ng aking chanda romero tiyan. Ay pero teka lang, hindi topic dito sa post kong ito ang pagdidyeta ha. Kaya don’t ever think I sound like a sirang CD (hindi na plaka kasi obesolete na yan). Wala akong balak sa ngayon dahil umiiral lagi sa isipan ko ang lumafang ng masasarap na pagkain, kaya magdusa ako sa aking mga jubis.

Okay, itutuloy natin ang kalukringang usapan. Alam niyo dati rati, hindi naman ako ganito ka boring na tao. Kaya yong iba diyan na nag-aakalang si akesh ay typical mudra mader talaga at boring pa, ay nagkakamali. Iba na ngayon siyempre ang diskarte ko sa buhay dahil may asawa na akong tao. By choice itong porma at arte ko na ito ngayon, and I don’t regret it dahil naranasan ko nang maging isang seductive na babaeng bading. Para bagang artista (aray) iba’t-ibang role ang ginagampanan. Naku ha, daring din ako noon at may pagkabilib sa sarili (hallelujah) kaya laging nagpapa kuha ng solo picture like the image on the left. Asus buti nalang meron akong mga kuhang ganya. At least meron akong souvenir – a souvenir that brings back memories ika nga ni Knoiz.

Sa aking kakikayan era noon kasama din siyempre ang pagiging party animal, kong saan ang party tiyak nandoon ako. Hindi lang yan kundi anik-anik pang activities ang sinalihan ko. May nag-aral ako ng belly dancing, and aside from that active din si lola niyo sa cultural dance group. At naglakas loob pang sumali sa isang byuti contest. Hurrayyy, naka third si lola niyo kahit saling pusa lang and the oldest among the contestants. O Say? Haaaay naku, those were the days.

O siya, mukhang mahaba na ang nobela kong ito. Ayokong ilipad kayo lalo ng hangin na kasalukuyang umuihip dito sa blog ko. Kaya ang mabuti pa dalawin niyo nalang ang bagong setup kong gallery at tingnan ang iba pang scanned pics ng aking mga kabaliwan noong araw. It’s a new found gallery script Zenphoto, actually di na ito talaga bago dahil noon ko pa sinubaybayan ang development ng software na ito. Hindi ko lang ginamit dahil napakameager ng features. But now it’s different, may plugin pa nga for WordPress eh. O siya, here is the link to my other gallery Mosaic Of Memories.

Hello all! I’m finally back from my two weeks vacation. We had a wonderful weather the whole time, weve been to several places and I was able to met almost all of my old friends. Kaya nag enjoy kami ng husto ng mga bata. BUT, hey…saka ko na lang isusulat ang tungkol sa aming bakasyon dahil mas may importanteng bagay akong dapat munang lutasin. Nakasasalay dito ang aking mga MATA, malabo na ang paningin ni Lola Beng kaya SOS talaga.

I need your opinions mga darling dahil hindi ako makapagdecide which to take. I would like to ask your honest opinion which eyeglasses suits to me and my lukring personality. I have two choices, please see images below.

EYEGLASSES 1

EYEGLASSES 2