illustration friday: excess

Here's my submission for Illustration Friday's theme of "excess"


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You can never have an excess of birthday cake! More is always better :)
Thanks to Christina for letting me use a super cute photo of herself in this piece!

i'm on cuteable!

Super big thanks to cuteable to the wonderful write-up and mention on their blog. yay! click here to read it.


Cristina M. Ramos



Cristina M. Ramos
AKA Cristina Ramos-Jalasco

  • 1st Filipina President of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC, 1996)


QUOTE
"Government should be more concerned about using sport to promote health and fitness and to address social problems"


FATHER: Pres. Fidel Ramos
MOTHER: Amelita Martinez


USEFUL LINKS

POC Presidents
PFF gets ideas to boost women's football in RP
Osmena's Sports Superbody Plan Opposed


The Aliwagwag Falls: Up Close and Personal

This is my own little way of contributing to the cause of MindanaoBloggers.com to promote our beloved island Mindanao to the whole world. Showing to you that there is a paradise place called Mindanao which is blessed also with natural and pristine beauty. Mindanao by the way is part of our country the Philippines.

The rare footage that you are about to see is the enchanted cascading falls of Aliwagwag. This is located along the highway of Aliwagwag, Cateel, Davao Oriental. This video footage was taken by me with my nokia 5700 during our trip from Cateel to Davao City via Compostela. ( Click here in case the attached video will not show.)


The Aliwagwag Falls captivates me the moment I saw her. She is so beautiful. Her beauty makes me separated from my present reality for a moment. It seems that we have that precious little moments consuming each others presence unmindful of the time that passes by. I am so enchanted with her. You can feel its enchantment too when you watch this rare video footage specially mixed with the equally enchanting music of Enya entitled "Waterfalls".

Good Luck and enjoy!











Google has Get Paid to Blog Too

Google has get paid to blog too? This was my dream just hours ago when I took my afternoon siesta. Sorry but I have to blog this. I am not trying to fool you or anybody about it. It is just a dream. But maybe somebody could get some idea out of it. Great ideas sometimes came from our dreams.

In my dream, I learned google created a get paid to blog program which is similar to PPP. Here, in this GPT program advertisers has a choice if they want their campaign to be reviewed or take the usual way via targetted adwords with adsense for content. Either way, google give bloggers a chance to earn more. And the most amazing of all about my dream was that the google pagerank was restored to all the sites and blogs that were being hit in the purging. In addition to that fantasy is that the get paid to blog program of google is exclusive only to those bloggers who uses blogspot.com.

Wow! this is just my dream okay! but as the saying goes sometimes dreams come true! Let us just cross our fingers on this. good Luck!











Bedding

Most people will agree with me that the most comfortable place in your house is your own bed. Yes it is your bed where you rest and sleep. And since it is a place for your comfort then it is a must that you will make your bed look good specially the bedding.

This is where Visionbedding.com comes in. It offers a unique and perfect solutions for pimping-up your bed. You can even make the designs personalized because they have the largest selections of striped bedding and as well as pillow designs on the internet. Not only that, the materials that they are using are quaranteed high-quality and they use surge stitching to make your beddings extremely breathable, soft, and durable.

Below is the picture of one of their Striped Bedding designs. Beautiful isn't it?















Get Paid to Blog

Get Paid to Blog caught me and became obsessed with it. I do not know to you guys but this kind of undertakings makes me change in terms of my sleeping habit. I have to wake up early in the morning and open my computer to look for new opportunities to write. For the reason that most of the opportunites offered are given in the morning specially Smorty and PayPerPost.

But I am doing this enthusiastically. I feel like being challenged to write spontaneously. It is like playing an online games where you have to beat all those chalenges and obstacles you encountered. And you became addictive with it.

What is good on this endeavour aside from making money from it, of course, (yes, of course! making money... and I am not going to protest about it...hehehe) is having an advantageous chance to hone your writing skills. I am not saying that I am good in writing but at least I can write and now have a chance to develop those skills. My english is not even perfect but also not bad, agree?
I will kill you if you won't agree... just joking. :) Okay, bye, bye for now... time to write an opportunity.









project runway!

Quick thoughts: Loved the menswear episode. I can not imagine creating something that intricate in two days without a pattern. I thought that Jake would get in trouble for using his shorts as a pattern but that never happened. I can't believe Sweet Pea was allowed to stay. Carmen's was just as unfinished but somehow looked like she got more done, maybe it was because she had a jacket (even if it did look like a Members Only jacket). Sweet Pea's shirt was in terrible shape. I wonder if Tiki really will wear that outfit on the Today Show. hmmm!

too sleepy....

...to blog Project Runway. Will post thoughts tomorrow!!

Christmas is here

Christmas is here. Time to buy your love ones those precious gifts you are dreaming of for them. And for your own convenience online buying is the most advisable now a days because of accessibility. One of the best in online shopping is to get a coupon for the deals and discounts that you can use in buying online and CouponChief.com provides it all.

CouponChief.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Coupon Chief, Inc. Here at Coupon Chief, they strive to provide a one stop coupon deal and discount resource for their Web site visitors. They focus on customer support and providing up to date coupon codes and promotional deals and discounts which is unparalleled in the online shopping e-commerce industry. For a start why not try the coupons that are featured now at couponchief.com such as the Old Navy and the Best Buy. Good Luck Happy shopping.
















PageRank Dilemma

Well, it seems that the whole blogosphere is talking about it. I decided to make a post about the page rank.

Some say it is just a page rank and has nothing to do with our traffic or our site's visitor. Those who worried about it are those bloggers who sell links and those who are making a paid review. Most of the bloggers who are hit by the purging are mostly doing those things. Specially bloggers who signed up for PPP. But, ironically PPP's home site has still a page rank on it, so to speak. Yet PPP even threatened to oppose PageRank by designing RealRank.

The Big G must have a second thought about implementing the purging of the PR to all undesirable sites and blogs. They must realized that they are the ones who made the PR and people just make some innovations out of it. People took it as an opportunity base on the benefits a site could get if it has a lot of links or backlinks for a higher PR. Now, they are cleaning there own mess. But, the problem is people still look for another alternatives or opportunities out of it.

PPP started Real Rank. Maybe somebody will start another innovative ideas that will benefit them out of this purging of PR. Advertising in the internet is now a multi billion dollar business. Monopolizing this kind of business is their own business. But we can not discount the fact that others are trying to at least grab a share of this multi billion dollar Pie. Hope, the lossers in the "battle for supremacy" in the advertising business will just confined to those big companies.

So, braced yourselves guys, the PageRank dilemma create a "battle of supremacy". Just hope that whatever the out come of this will be for the common good of all. And pardon me for this kind of post, I am in dilemma now! : (
I do not have a choice. I am already hit by the purging. From PR of 3 down to PR of zero. Good Luck to all! Time to post another PPP opportunities. bye!







holiday orders are full

Just a quick update! My Holiday order schedule is full. Custom artwork orders placed from here on out can not be guaranteed in time for Christmas. As an alternative, I have an On Its Way Certificate option. This is a perfect choice to let your recipient know that you have a special gift -- literally on its way! You place the order and all your special someone has to do is sit back and wait for their surprise to arrive. You will receive a certificate and full color brochure to give to your recipient on Christmas Day. Click here for more info.

Project Runway is on tonight! yay! See you later!

Ignacia del Espiritu Santo




Ignacia del Espiritu Santo

  • 1st Filipina to establish the first all-Filipino religious congregation for women in the Philippines, Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM, 1684)


ALIAS
"Mother Ignacia"
"Mother Foundress"


DATE OF BIRTH
1663

BIRTHPLACE
Binondo, Manila, Philippines


FATHER: Jusepe Incua (or Jusepe Iuco)
MOTHER: Maria Jeronima


YEAR OF DEATH
September 10, 1748


USEFUL LINKS

The Foundress - Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo
Wikipedia Article on Ignacia del Espiritu Santo
St. Mary's Academy Foundress

Why I signed up for PPP

Why I signed up for PPP? This is the question that I am so willing to answer. Well, I signed up for PPP simply because I want to earn more money while blogging. That's it!

I tried almost every money making opportunities before which I think I could earn some bucks from them, such as pay to read, pay to click, pay to surf, and even those affiliate marketing programs like agloco. And of course, who did not tried the google adsense?

Anyways, to tell you the truth, I already became a member of PPP months ago but unfortunately my agloco blogs(not this blog, of course) were not accepted at PPP's marketplace. So, what I did, I join the PPP's affiliate program instead and install it's affiliate badge in my agloco blogs hoping that others will join PPP through my referral link. Then after I installed those badge, I forgot about it. I even forgot PPP.

However, last month or last October just right after posting a blog about the Philippines which can now received payments through PayPal, I obtain an email informing me that PayPerPost just sent $15.00 to my Paypal account as payment for someone who joined PPP through my referral link.

This development rekindled my enthusiasm to try to submit my blog again for the inclusion at PPP's marketplace. This time I submitted this blog STENTORIZED but unfortunately it was disapproved, at first. Lucky for me, somebody posted a comment in my blog post entitled "Bloopers" advising me to write an appeal to PPP Support Team to ask for a re-examination of my blog. Truely, they reviewed my blog and eventually accepted it in the PPP's marketplace.

So, now here I am doing an opportunity to get paid to blog. Hoping I could earn more. I already taken 2 opps from PPP and those posts are already approved and will be paid to me after a month. This post is only my third one. Yet, I am now in loved with PayPerPost. This is one hell of an opportunity that you will not simply ignore.
"Never before I met this kind of program that could transcend all other money making programs there is in terms of earnings. In the get paid to blog programs a lesser known blogger could make more money. Hope this kind of opportunities must not be suppressed or subjugated but instead must be duplicated so that more opportunities will be opened to the lesser known bloggers whose majority of them just want to make a decent earnings through the internet." - STENTORIZED














mabel's famous!

The wonderful and amazingly talented Karen Derrico saw this photo that I took of Mabel and couldn't resist painting her! Look at this amazing creation she created! Notice the food bowl between Mabel's legs. hee hee!


And the best part is she is selling prints from her web site and 20% of the proceeds will go to A Place To Bark animal rescue. She also has lots of other paintings and prints available on her web site with all of them going to help animal rescues. Check out her web site here! She does custom work too! Prints need to be ordered by Dec 7th to receive in time for Christmas.

Yay! I can't wait to show this to Mabel when it arrives!

this just finished....

I just finished up and shipped this custom artwork all the way to England today. I had so much fun working on this one! I have never done a space theme before and it was a treat to work on!



I only have a couple more slots for holiday custom orders. G et yours in right away if you want it to arrive by Christmas! If you're too late -- not to worry! I have gift certificates and also on-its-way certificates too!

Mitch Valdes



Mitch Valdes
AKA Maya Valdez

  • 1st Filipina President of the Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mangaawit (OPM, 1990)
  • 1st Filipina to win Best Supporting Actress in the Gawad Urian Awards (1976)


QUOTE
"Music is God's gift. It is a potent tool of inspiration, of expression, of emotion. It should be respected and protected, both by its creator and users."


USEFUL LINKS

Mitch Valdes
OPM : Organisasyon ng Pilipinong Mangaawit
Mitch Valdes all set to mesmerize
A Heart For OPM; 'Mitch Valdez Rocks!' Show

welcome to the modern world

I am now a modern citizen with a camera phone! Until this weekend Paul and I have been using 4 year old cell phones with no special features. But they finally broke so we were forced to buy new phones. I hate dealing with the cell phone stores because I always feel like the sales people will try to swindle me. When they told me I had to sign up for a new plan I got all hot and sweaty. Why-oh-why can't they have a simple plan? Too many choices! I don't even know how to text message. It takes me 30 minutes just to type one word. When I told the cell phone girl this she actually gasped. The horror. Now I have to learn how to use this phone so I can take millions of photos of Toby, Stanley and Mabel. yay!

My First Earnings with ZLio

They say that boosting your earnings online by blogging about it pisses off some of your blog's visitors and as well as your rss subscribers. However, I could not help it but boost and blog my first earnings with ZLio. My purpose here is to share to my visitors that they too can have a passive income by creating their own zlio shops and by building their network too.

I do not know with the other zlio members but I am proud to tell you that I was just paid $13.48 sent straight to my PayPal account last 3 days ago.The image below will show you the proof of my earnings and payment.

Part of this earnings is coming from my own shop the EGadgets and the rest is coming from the shops of my referrees. The ZLio's referral program is so good because you will earn a commissions of 10% from your first level and 5% from your 2nd level. These earnings incurred by your referees will be shared to you forever.


I know this is great news for you because becoming a member of ZLio is absolutely free. Yes it is free to join ZLio. And Hey! before I forget, your ZLio shops can be embeded also with your google adsense campaign. That is simply amazing , isn't it? Just like killing two birds in one stone.

So, as an act of your gratefulness in learning this great opportunities here in my blog I ask you to please be one of my referees of ZLio by clicking here? Thanks a lot and Good Luck!


Looking for the right Tool Cabinets

We are CarGuyGarage.com and we carry both tool boxes on wheels and tool cabinets that can be built into your garage. We can even built custom tool cabinets in any size or color you can dream up, and we can match the tool cabinets to your garage cabinets.

Would you prefer a traditional tool box on wheels or would you rather have a tool cabinet built into your garage to match your garage cabinets?



















Sulit.com.ph Won at the PWA


Just want to express my happiness for Sulit.com.ph the premiere Buy and Sell Philippines (Free Classified Ads). I am proud to announce that Sulit.com.ph won the People's Choice Award under E-Commerce category in just recently concluded the 10th Philippine Web Awards held last November 23, 2007 at Teatrino, Promenade, Greenhills.

If you are not still a member of sulit.com.ph you can register in my referral link aglocoph. membership is free.

List of winners:
http://www.philippinewebawards.com/winners.asp














people are dumb

Today I found a dog roaming the neighborhood. At least I was dressed this time and not in my PJs like last time. I ran down the street to get him noticing a car swerving to almost miss him. I caught up with him and thankfully he had a collar with his address. I put Toby's leash on him and I found the house, about a block a away. The woman answers the door and doesn't say thank you, just takes the dog inside. I tell her that he almost got hit and she says "oh well he'll learn his lesson sometime" and then she slammed the door in my face!!OMG! I was so mad. What kind of thinking is that?! Keep your dog safe lady or don't have a dog at all. I am still fuming about it!

If Toby ever got out I would be wandering the streets crying and in hysterics until I found him again. I wouldn't be watching TV waiting for a nice neighbor to bring him back and then slam the door in her face. Oh well I did it for the dog. Not for miss mean lady. sheesh. Some people should not own animals. I don't know how Bernie deals with way worse people every single day rescuing all those dogs that she does. Yay for nice people like Bernie!

Car Insurance

Why our government imposes and requires that every automobiles must have a Car insurance? This is because vehicles are proned to accidents. Car insurance will insure the lives and properties of certain individuals in case of vehicular accidents. Furthermore, just like Home insurance, car insurance also covers any on damage that may acquired and any losses from thieveries.

Therefore, It is important that you need to know what insurance companies that are reliable and dependable. It is a must that you must compare car insurance companies in terms of coverage and premiums before buying insurance policy. The best place that you must search for this kind of informations is through the internet. Good Luck.

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Caroline S. Picart



Caroline S. Picart
AKA Caroline Joan S. Picart

  • 1st Filipina to become the U.S. Open Pro Amateur Cabaret Champion at the United States Dance Sport Championships (2006)
  • 1st Filipina painter to have an exhibit in Seoul, South Korea (1992)


QUOTE
"I enjoy the life of the mind."

ALIAS
"Kay"


DATE OF BIRTH
1966

BIRTHPLACE
Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines


HUSBAND: Davis William Houck


USEFUL LINKS

Caroline Joan S. Picart Homepage
About the Artist: Dr. Caroline Joan ("Kay") Picart
Editorial Foreword for Thomas Mann and Friedrich Nietzsche
FSU Professor wins at dance competition

illustration friday: zoo

Here's my submission for Illustration Friday's theme of "zoo"


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I was thinking what a zoo it must be at the malls today -- everyone in a shopping frenzy buying their Christmas presents. So I created a woman avoiding the zoo and shopping online! I had already created this image as one part of an illustration for Florida Realtor magazine for an article about blogging. So I adjusted it a little bit and viola, she's shopping on amazon.com. (notice how she's on the page for my second book)

Hope all the USAers out there had a great Thanksgiving Holiday. I am still sick and starting to get really annoyed. Going to do a little work today and then snuggle down with a book. Maybe I need more rest to kick this virus.

Lillian Lim



Lillian Y. Lim

  • 1st Filipina-American appointed as a judge in the United States
  • 1st Filipina-American judge appointed to the San Diego bench in California, USA (1986)


QUOTE
"I have been blessed by being part of a wonderful profession, good health, wonderful friends and a loving Filipino American family."


DATE OF BIRTH
1952

BIRTHPLACE
Berkeley, California, USA


HUSBAND: Judge E. Mac Amos
Judge E. Mac Amos and Lillian have 5 children.


USEFUL LINKS

LinkedIn: Lillian Lim
Hon. Lillian Y. Lim
TJSL Honors Judge Lillian Lim with Reception
Superior Court Judge Lillian Y. Lim Retires
Hon. Lillian Y. Lim, first Filipino American woman judge in the U.S. retires
Wikipedia Article on Lillian Lim


SS08 Backstage Pass: Part I (some more Freja)

This set of Freja Beha photos, taken backstage at the SS08 Karl Lagerfeld show, were just too amusing (in a good way) that I just couldn't imagine not sharing! And then I thought "why just stop there!" I've decided to do a series on SS08 backstage pictures- from the insane and crazy to fabulous posing. Anything really... so long that they're different from what I usually see!
































My caption? "Freja Beha! Irina's fashion model wonder-prop" It's just too funny! I mean... on one hand, we have Irina flirting with the camera. And on the other, there's Freja- concentrating on the documents at hand and trying to ignore her model best friend!
Photo cred: firstview

Making More Money with PageRank

Making More Money with PageRank seems hard to achieved this time. Unless, advertisers ignore pagerank for their respective campaigns.

A notice from my smorty dashboard show this message and I qoute:
There have been some recent changes that Google have made with regard to sponsored postings.
Smorty would like to offer you some advice on this issue. Google has primarily targeted PayPerPost member blogs and reduced their Page ranks across the board. Although this WILL NOT REDUCE your rankings or readership, your blog will receive more campaign offers if it has a higher page rank. To prevent any future loss of page rank due to this issue you can take the following steps:
  • Remove all sponsored post tags on each of your posts. Google can follow these tags to determine if you are being paid for posts.
  • Remove any PayPerPost tags on your posts for "hire me" and "review me". Any general affiliate banners are fine to keep.
Well, this notice is already late because my blog was included in the "purging" by Google PageRank. From PR of 3, this blog now reduce to PR of zero.

It is sad that this kind of development affects a lot of small bloggers who just want to make an honest to goodness earnings in the internet. Bloggers are being deprived to earn more by posting sponsored reviews. Tsk! tsk! tsk! :(













Loida Nicolas Lewis



Loida Nicolas Lewis

  • 1st Filipina, 1st Asian woman inducted to the Asian Hall of Fame (2007)
  • 1st Filipina, 1st Asian woman to pass the New York State bar exam with a degree from a law school outside the United States (1974)


QUOTE
"Race will always be a factor in America. But it's up to us, people of color, whether to allow it to be a factor in our actions, in our decisions. Once we allow people to dictate to us, to tell us we can't do this or that, we’ll never succeed."


BIRTHPLACE
Sorsogon, Philippines


HUSBAND: Reginald F. Lewis
DAUGHTERS: Leslie and Christina


USEFUL LINKS

First Filipina Inducted to the '07 Asian Hall of Fame
Asian Hall of Fame Inductee: Loida Nicolas Lewis
Loida Lewis Shares Her Secrets to Success
Loida Nicolas Lewis: From Cheerleader to Coach
Loida: One of the Most Successful Filipinos Ever
Ayala Foundation USA - Board of Trustees and Officers
Filipina Tycoon
Wikipedia Article on Loida Nicolas Lewis

project runway!

A few thoughts from this episode of Project Runway:

It looks like Ricky will be this season's crier. He already teared up a few times. Martha and I have already started calling him "the crier" when we talk on the phone about the show. Not that I would be any better if I were on the show. If I were on the show I would be crying all the time. I don't think I could handle the stress of having to create on demand like that.

Elisa and Sweet Pea managed to pull off a really nice outfit!

Christian and Carmen got together and made an eighties Robert Palmer outfit. Did you notice that Christian and Carmen wear their hair almost exactly the same?

Victorya's outfit won. It was nice and all, but it's the same shapeless tent dress style that she created last week and in the same color (black).

It's already really good and it's only the second episode! I hope that Heidi Klum is not getting tired of doing the show so we can have more seasons. I heard that on Ellen's Show, Heidi was on and Ellen asked her about Project Runway and Heidi said "oh you know, same sh--, different season" Ugh! Way to endorse your show Heidi!

hi from Stan and Mabel!

Stan and Mabel say hi from their porch "cat tree."

stan_mabel_in_cat_tree

I bought this cat tree about a year ago and they love it! It goes from the floor to the ceiling (about 8 ft) and they fight over who gets to sit in the "lookout nest." Stan just got done poking Mabel for about 5 minutes in the hopes he would annoy her enough and she would leave and then he could have her spot. It worked! Just after this photo was taken, she climbed down and he jumped into her warmed-up seat!

Thanks for all the well wishes! Still coughing here. I tried Zicam 8 hour cough relief but it only kinda worked. very annoying. On the plus side, I am getting a good ab workout from all this coughing. So now I don't need to feel guilty about being too sick to do yoga.

Noelle Wenceslao



Noelle Wenceslao
AKA Noelle Cristina M. Wenceslao

  • 1st Filipina to climb the highest mountain on Earth, Mount Everest (2007)
  • 1st Filipina and 1st Southeast Asian woman to reach the summit of Mt. Everest in Nepal (2007)
  • 1st Filipina, 1st Asian, 1st woman in the world to ascend on Mt. Everest's north side from Tibet and descend on the south side in Nepal (2007)


QUOTE
"There, I felt like I was on top of the world. Then I started to worry: How do I get down? I was terrified because I’m scared of heights."


DATE OF BIRTH
1980


FATHER: Peewee Wenceslao
MOTHER: Priscilla


USEFUL LINKS

Pinay climbers: Our team gave us strength
3 Pinays finish Everest traverse, make history
PGMA hails feat of 3 Pinay conquerors of Everest
Heroes welcome for 3 Coast Guard Super Pinays
Pinay climbers conquer Mt. Everest
Noelle Wenceslao
It's the women's turn to scale Everest

still sick

I am still sick with this nasty virus, cold or whatever it is.

Now it has moved into the coughing stage with uncontrollable coughing fits at night. I had to spend the last couple nights in the guest room so Paul could get some sleep. All of the pets stay with Paul so then I end up all alone in the guestroom and I don't like it. I tried to get Stanley to come in with me but even he thought I was coughing too much.

My sister in-law Maria told me that her grandma used to put Vicks Vapo Rub on her feet (yes her feet!) and then put socks on when she was coughing and that it would help. It sounded weird but I thought hey I'll try it and I did and it seemed to help and at least I have soft feet now!

Yesterday I went on a cleaning spree. Whenever I am sick I feel like everything is dirty so I was like a crazy person cleaning the house. I should have probably been laying in bed but I couldn't control the urge to clean and at least I was being productive!

Today I got a decent amount of art work done and now I am really tired. I think I might have overdone it. I am off to rest! See you tomorrow!

Trusted Plastic Surgeons

It was all over the news about the cause of the death of Donda West, the mother of rapper Kanye West. It was learned that she passed away as a result of complications from a cosmetic surgical procedure.

It was also revealed that just weeks before her death, a plastic surgeon refused to perform procedures on her because of a health condition that could have led to a heart attack. It is sad to note, somehow, that she decided to undergo cosmetic surgical procedures but this time with another plastic surgeon.

Well, this kind of tragic incidence is a lesson to be learned to those who want to undergo cosmetic surgical procedure. It is very, very important that we must choice a trusted plastic surgeons for that matter.

A surgeon whose main purpose in life is not to make money out of his profession but to give care and improve the welfare of his patients. You can find these kind of surgeons at Trusted Surgeons Network.

Trusted Surgeons Network is a site where trusted plastic surgeons in the United States are listed. This is the network where all plastic surgeons in the U.S. are being extensively scrutinized. And, if deem qualified, their names will be included.

The surgeon who refused to perform that procedure to Donda West are included as one of the trusted plastic surgeons by the network. His name is Dr. Andre Aboolian.













Markings of a Rebel

Tattoos are endlessly fascinating and so intriguing, don't you think? The artfully done and meaningful ones especially! I don't know why but I confess that I hold a growing appeal toward tatts and am even considering getting one (But first, I've got to mull the idea over for at least a year or two...)!

And since I've brought up this subject, it's impossible for me not to mention Freja Beha, my newest model crush! A rocking dark haired long legged beauty with rocking
tattoos who completely steamed up the SS08 catwalks in my books. Her list of markings are growing (she's actually just got some recent additions) and she's really looking magnificent with her new short hair!










From Left to Right: "this world tonight" on right wrist, "float" on neck, "this too shall pass" on inner right bicep, "M" on RHS of body, star on LHS of body, "redemption" on inner left elbow and three circles on inner left wrist. She also has an upside down triangle on the back of her neck.
Photo cred: firstview, thecelebritycity

Mp3-Codes for Free Spells Money

My teenage daughter has her own friendster account. And while ago, I notice her that she is dressing up her friendster's profile. I ask her what she is doing. She told me that she is embedding the codes of her favorite song. She got it from mp3-codes.com.

I immediately inform my daughter with enthusiasm that the site owner of mp3-codes is a filipino. And according to what I read from the other blogs, that site is the highest google adsense earner here in the philippines. It has an estimated earnings of more or less $30,000 U.S. per month from adsense.

So, after my daughter is finished using our only personal computer, out of curiosity, I visited that Mp3-Codes site. I am so amazed on what I saw because I notice that it has 5,361 users online. No doubt that this site is earning huge amount of money. To further my curiosity, I found out that the alexa rank of mp3-codes is 3,350. It means that among the millions of sites and blogs all over the web the Mp3-codes is placed by alexa.com as the 3,350th site in terms of traffic ranking. Wow! I feel envious... he he he well, that is normal you know!?

Anyway, after contemplating and analyzing the real reason of its great accomplishments, I concluded that one of the factors of its success is the "free codes". Mp3-Codes.com shares free codes to the more than 50 million users of friendsters. That's it! Eureka! Mp3-Codes for free spells money!

So, maybe by giving "anything" for free to the millions of internet surfers will also spells money for us. Whatever it is that is all up to you. Good Luck!

illustration friday: superstition

Here's my submission for Illustration Friday's theme of "superstition"


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"The woman to catch the bride's bouquet will be the next to marry"

My illustration is supposed to depict the bride about to throw the bouquet but I don't know if it reads that way. I have looked at it for so long (
you know when you look at a word too long and then it doesn't look like it is spelled correctly anymore) I started to worry that it might read more like she is catching it. But then I felt too sick from this nasty cold to fuss with it any more.

Never-the-less I was happy I had time and energy to make something new for IF even in my weakened and sickly state! I had fun looking up superstitions to work on this. I never realized how many are part of our daily lives!

mount dora barkfest

I was too sickly to go to the Mount Dora Bark fest today but Paul went along with my mom in my place and did the judging along with her. I was sad I couldn't go, but I don't think anyone would have wanted me there coughing away. Here are some photos on my mom's blog. Very cute!

mount dora bark fest and howliday contest

Tomorrow bright and early my mom and I will be at the Mount Dora Bark Fest and Howliday contest! My mom got asked to attend because of her Animal Crazy blog and I am along for the fun. It's still up for debate whether Toby will come or not, he doesn't really like other dogs so I don't know, maybe if he sits on my lap or in his stroller.


The BEST part is, we won't just be attending, we'll be judging the "competitions" along with Mount Dora Mayor-elect Melissa DeMarco and Jean Karr (Mount Dora resident who started the Mount Dora Dog Parade 14 years ago).

It's going to be a lot of fun! Some of the contests are: 4 costume contests, best barker and best manners (Toby would never win best manners!) Here's the web site -- if you are local to the area come on out!

Rezilient

Are you suffering from back pain? Are you having a hard time every time you get dressed because of that back pain? Are you depressed because you have limited activities due to back-pain problem?

If your answer is yes, then be happy my friend because there is a safe remedy for your back-pain problem. You will now say goodbye to your prescribed drugs or pain reliever which I am sure you are taking for so long now. And if you are planning to try to ease that problem by undergoing surgery then forget it. The wonder remedy is now here. It is known as rezilient.

Rezilient is an Omega-3 fish oil supplement. Yes, Omega-3 Fatty Acids from Fish Oil for your back pain problems. This is confirmed in the latest study from the Journal of Surgical Neurology that Omega-3 Fish Oil has some promising benefits for back pains.The Survey from the Study reported the following:

-About 59% had stopped taking any NSAIDs for their pain.
-60% of patients also noted an overall improvement in their pain and continued to say their overall pain had improved.
-60% of patients specifically were reporting less joint pain.
-80% of patients were satisfied with their overall improvement.
-88% of patients said they would continue taking fish oil supplements.

Regain that youthful, elastic and flexible back by taking rezilient regularly. Try it and you will not regret it. Good Luck!








Erlinda Espiritu



Erlinda Ignacio Espiritu
AKA Erlinda Arce Ignacio

  • 1st Filipina Graduate of Harvard Law School (1951)


QUOTE
"The knights were always defending the defenseless, and I thought, How could I do that?"


ALIAS
"The Knight of Mindoro"


HUSBAND: Benjamin Espiritu
Erlinda and Benjamin have one son.


USEFUL LINKS

Harvard Law Bulletin: The Knight of Mindoro
Alumni Profiles from Harvard Law Bulletin
100 Outstanding Scholasticans


this just finished...

Finished this custom artwork up last week but had to wait to post it until the birthday girl had received it!

(click image to enlarge)
This piece was for a birthday present Kelly -- the cute gal holding the Dr Pepper. The rest of her friends who all meet at the bagel shop pooled together to get her this custom artwork. That's her orange mini on the side! I was worried about fitting in this many people into a composition but it worked out and I really loved working on this piece!

yay! project runway!

The first episode was a good one. I am so excited.

A few thoughts:

I was a little bummed they didn't give them a more interesting challenge for the first episode. I would have liked something really difficult like the grocery store challenge from season 1.

I was sad that Simone was the one to go, she looked nice, but I figured as much, the judges hate "boring" more than they hate ugly.

Why was Victorya's big silver flower on her dress OK but Rami's flower was too "mother of the bride"?

Elisa should be interesting to watch with all her unusual sewing techniques and arty talk.

Please lordy don't tell me lamb chop sleeves are making a comeback. They all seemed to like Christian's outfit. And said how "volume" is in again. Do I need to stock up on non-shoulder padded jackets so I have something to wear?

whaaa!

I woke up sick this morning. ugh. Last night I thought it was just allergies but this morning, sore throat, ear ache, sinus. ugh! So no Project Runway party for me, I don't want to spread my germs. I'll be watching and posting here after the show! see you later!

Caregivers at Care Home

Caregiver is someone who provides different types of care to another. And even everybody could provide care to anybody however not all can become a professional caregiver.

Generally, caregivers at care home are professional provider of care who are willing to do it out of love and a sense of responsibility. Although caregiving is recognized by many as extremely stressful job but this is also considered as a very rewarding work experiences than anybody could get. Specially, if the person who needs care becomes dependent to the caregiver.

Caregivers at care home are the most exposed in this kind of stressful environment. Providing care to different individuals whose needs and preferences are not the same to each other. But because out of love and sense of responsibilities these professional caregivers are one of the most satisfied workers in terms of getting a rewarding experiences from their jobs. Thus, their services rendered are assured that it is always with a touch of love.

So, anybody must not have a second thought when you plan to put your love ones at care home. Because at care home , caregivers are all professionals.







Paz Mendoza Guazon



Dr. Paz Mendoza-Guazon

  • 1st Filipina graduate of the UP College of Medicine and Surgery (1912)
  • 1st Filipina to obtain the degree of Doctor of Tropical Medicine and Public Health (1916)
  • 1st Filipina to attain full professorial rank at University of the Philippines (UP, 1924-27)
  • 1st Filipina to serve in the UP Board of Regents
  • 1st Filipina to write about choriocarcinomas as seen from the autopsy table
  • 1st Filipina to publish autopsy findings of "bangungut"


FATHER: Isidro Mendoza



HUSBAND: Dr. Potenciano Guazon


YEAR OF DEATH
March 10, 1967


USEFUL LINKS
First Filipino Women Physicians
History of UPMAS
UPCM - 100 Years of Heritage: Healing, Humanity, Heroism


project runway!

I can hardly wait! Season 4 of Project Runway is almost here! Tomorrow night I'll be going over to Martha + Larry's house with Lynn and John to watch the premier episode. Oh boy!

More on Making Money Online

I read this statement from other blog two nights ago but sadly I do not remember what was the url or name of that particular blog. It says "Blog is no longer exclusive for writing your personal diaries or experiences but it is now about making money while blogging..."
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I could remember that statement because it is somehow related to this blog's existence. Below is part of my post entitled What is Stentorized Blog :
Stentorized Blogs are not simply online diaries or journals, although many such exist. While there are many people blogging to simply speak with friends or family. However in Stentorized Blog it is more on making money online where our businesses is to make our opinion or reviews on anything of everything by blogging it loud.
Well, it is really indeed bringing the blogging phenomenon to the next level. This next level is about monetizing your respective blogs. Posting or writing what you usually wanted to express or share while making money out of it is now the trend. Most bloggers now tend to accept and embrace this new kind of internet's earning opportunities. This is now the reality. This is now the norm amongst bloggers. Stentorized your blog now!





Velma Veloria




Velma Veloria

  • 1st Filipina-American and 1st Asian-American elected to a Washington State Legislature (1992)
  • 1st Filipina elected to a state legislature in the continental United States (1992)

QUOTE
"For an immigrant woman to be elected to public office and to be given the opportunity to be in the mainstream has been the greatest gift that people have given to me."


DATE OF BIRTH
1950

BIRTHPLACE
Pangasinan, Philippines


HUSBAND: Alonzo Suson


USEFUL LINKS

Velma Veloria is elected to the Washington State Legislature on November 3, 1992
Velma Veloria - KDP; SEIU; Washington State Legislature
State lawmaker plans to move to Cambodia
CAPAA: Filipino Americans

chat with me tonight!

Dragon Flare Studios is hosting a holiday party (with PRIZES!) and a chat with me tonight starting at 8pm EST. I'll be there for about 30min starting at 8pmEST if you would like to chat! You don't need to be a member to chat. Just click this link and type in the name you want to want be called in the "login area" and we'll chit chat! Easy as pie! See you tonight!

Russh Nov 07- the cover unveiled!

Finally! The prediction is correct- it's coming out Wednesday! And you know what? The content looks great- what with SS08 trend reports (kudos to the team for covering the right season! Vogue and Kirstie Clements, you know I'm glaring at you right now!), an Anja piece and a Julia Restoin Roitfeld interview!
Too bad I'm going to have to wait until Thursday to buy... it would become such a big procrastination tool (My finals end on the Thursday, and then its summer holidays!) because I know I just won't be able to control myself.
Photo cred: Russh
PS Does anyone else feel Anja needs to get her hair a little trim?

Zenei Triunfo Cortez



Zenei Triunfo-Cortez

  • 1st Filipina nurse to become president of California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CAN/NNOC, 2007)
  • 1st Filipina nurse to lead the largest nurses' union in the USA

QUOTE
“Above all, do not just go into nursing because it pays well abroad. You need to have the passion for the profession and the patience to face different challenges everyday. You need to be aware of the diverse cultural backgrounds your patients will have. Learn to be assertive. Work on your communication skills. Love your career.”


FATHER: Aniano Villote Triunfo
MOTHER: Jovita Celi


HUSBAND: Robert Cortez


USEFUL LINKS

Pinay elected president of premier US nurses group
CNA/NNOC Elects New Council of Presidents - First Filipino President Among Four Elected by RN Members
Proudly Pinay - First Filipina Nurse Heads Largest Nurses Union In The United States
FilAm Woman Heads State's Largest Nurses Union

weekend update

Paul and I had a busy weekend! I think the universe heard me complaining last weekend that I didn't get enough fun, because this weekend was loaded with fun!

Here's what I did:

• worked just a little a bit Saturday on custom artwork orders
• spent Friday with my 2nd cousin from England who I hadn't seen since I was 7 !
• went to the Magic game with Paul ( we noticed Tiger Woods sitting court side)
• watched The Station Agent (loved, loved, loved)
• ate Thai food Friday night! yay!
• went to the Festival of the Masters at Disney and the Folk Art Festival at the House of Blues
• enjoyed the perfect weather 75 and sunny all weekend. ahhh!
• now we'll watch watch The Amazing Race with our neighbors and eat chocolate chip cookies. yum!


see you tomorrow!

Online Ad Spending will hit $42 Billion

This is the report from WebProNews. In 2007 alone Advertisers are set to spend $21.4 Billion in the world wide web. It will reach to $42 Billion in 2011. Wow! That is a very, very huge amount in spending. I will be contented in just getting only the crumbs from that $42 Billion Pie. Hope I will... How about you?
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So, it is a good news for us whose aim is to make money online. This huge amount in ad spending will definitely make it possible. The future of online advertising will surely be exciting and bright to all of us. Just do not stop blogging. Good Luck!

Below are the links of other reports regarding the spendings of different specific sectors and categories.




Nieves Confesor




Nieves R. Confesor
AKA Maria Nieves Roldan-Confesor

  • 1st Filipina Dean of the Institute at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM, 2002)
  • 1st Filipina and 1st Asian woman to serve as Chairperson of the International Labor Organization Governing Body (ILO, 1994-95)
  • 1st Filipina Secretary of Labor

QUOTE
"Filipino overseas labor should be viewed as an internationally shared human resource, whose work benefits both the host country and the Philippines."


USEFUL LINKS

AIM-CDM Faculty: Nieves Roldan-Confesor
About AIM - History
Wikipedia Article on Nieves Confesor
Philippine American Foundation - Filipina First
The Philippines: Disgraceful State

Horse with a Name

The picture below was taken during the barangay election last October 29, 2007. The name printed on the body of that horse run as a barangay chairman or a village leader of that place. He was using the horse as his unique way of doing his electoral campaign. He just made his supporter stroll around the village while tagging along the horse. Indeed, it worked! He won the election. Congratulations chairman.

Maybe the new chairman will sing the song of America entitled "Horse with No Name..." but the lyrics will be slightly changed specially in the chorus and it goes like this:
You see I've been through the village
using horse with my name
It felt good to be out to campaign
In the village they can remember my name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give me no win
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,la,la
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,la,la


Nokia 5700
This picture was taken using my Nokia 5700.

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