From Clicks To Traffic
January 31, 2008
Making money online seems to have swept the blogging world this year. It may sound enticingly easy for those outside looking in, but I guess co-bloggers engaging in such activity will agree with me in saying that it is not. Maintaining an active blog and having a decent traffic requires hard work and time. Aside from that, some programs don’t settle that their product is being viewed. They want it clicked as well… except for Net Audio Ads.
So Far… So Bad - 2008 Goals In Review
January 31, 2008
We are now on the last day of the first month of the new year. Not much have really happened yet in my life except for changing what I originally set to achieve.
The DSLR have to wait for a while as I currently lost the motivation to shoot my shutter. The last time I posted anything in my photoblog was more than two months ago! The book printing also have to wait as I originally intended to have a book of photographs.
I already made my first step in playing the harmonica. Buying one. Did some huffing and puffing and finally, placed the instrument on the shelf. This too had to take the backseat for now.
As for the veggie thing, I think I’m doing fairly well. I have no plans of turning in to a vegetarian. I just want to eat more than what I use too.
Rating myself, I need to exert more effort for the remaining eleven months. Aja!
Prescription Glasses
January 29, 2008
I have a confession to make. I have long been wanting to wear prescription glasses and have even visited an optometrist twice hoping that I’ll be prescribed to wear one. When the first doctor declared that I do not need it, I bought an ungraded pair instead which was quite pricey back then.
Zenni Optical: Sell Rx Glasses $8 with case!
The items low price is due to the fact that they are directly selling their own manufactured frames cutting down costs for middlemen and advertising. Aside from the above offer, a whole range of choices are available in their website which includes aluminum alloy, pure titanium frames and even goggles.
Lesson Learned
January 29, 2008
Life is really amazing!
Since I was penalized by Google more than two months ago, opportunities started slowing down. For that, I tried my very best to keep what I managed to earn intact as I initially plan of buying a DLSR camera from it. However, my current dismal in our webhost plus the fact that my domain is nearing its due, made me decide to buy my own webspace from a different host. Either I bleed dollars or iRonnie.com goes offline.
With that, my dream DLSR became more distant. Surprisingly, after I spent for my webhosting, opportunities came pouring in again. For how long? I’m not sure, but this time, I’ll make the most out of it.
Sweeney Todd
January 28, 2008
Director Tim Burton seems to have a habit of releasing gothic themed movies for Christmas. Fortunately, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street came as a good treat.
I will not play critique here but I did enjoy the film and would want to grab a personal copy of it. Songs like “Not When I’m Around” and “Pretty Women” have been playing in my computer and in my head for more than a week now.
Burton have successfully mixed class and gore and I guess not all people can appreciate that. Imagine the actors singing classic songs while blood squirts all around the room? That is Sweeney Todd who was on for a killing spree after he failed to perform revenge on the judge who accused him falsely in order to steal his beautiful wife. Not even those who had PA hair transplants will be spared from his blades.
I may become hesitant of going to a barber alone and in eating meat pies but surely; I will not mind seeing the film all over again.
House Is A Holmes
January 28, 2008
Seeing how sarcastic he can be in the face of a life and death medical situation, I can’t help but wonder how Gregory House would be if he’d been one of those plastic surgeons. He’ll probably go broke as patients will shun him for his poor patient relation skills and lack of empathy.
Contrary to the first medical doctor I knew on television which was Doggie Howser, whom could also be one of the early bloggers if I may add, House is a misanthropic and a maverick doctor who gets away with it for his medical genius. He only picks cases that interests and puzzles him and despises doing walk-in clinic duties. In diagnosing, he relies heavily on symptoms. He considers other things at times except what the patient declares because he believes that everybody lies.
Manila Goes Under The Sea
January 28, 2008
What could be as exciting as a visit to the Sea World Adventure Park and enjoying a San Diego night life afterwards? The Manila Ocean Park. Located just behind the Quirino Grandstand in Manila and expected to open this February 2008, this ocean park will be the biggest of it’s kind in Asia.
Originally scheduled to open December 2007, the 8,000 square meter facility owned by China Oceanis Philippines Inc. boast for a main attraction its 25-meter long walkway tunnel with 220-degree curved acrylic walls similarly seen in Ocean Park Hong Kong, Singapore’s Underwater World in Sentosa and Malaysia’s Aquaria.
Construction of a marine themed mall and hotel as well as an open marine habitat where visitors can do outdoor swimming, snorkeling, or diving are also expected to be completed within the year.
The 1.2 billion peso Manila Ocean Park, will be the Philippines’ first world-class oceanarium. Entrance fees will range between PhP 200 (for students) to PhP 400.
Are You Being Made Perfect?
January 27, 2008
Though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. (Heb 5:8-9)
There is a positive aspect to suffering. We all endure suffering to some degree, but the good news is that through it we can become like Jesus. Are you willing to pay whatever price is necessary in order to become like Christ? There are some things that God can build into your life only through suffering. Even Jesus, the sinless Son of God, was complete only after He had endured the suffering His Father had set before Him. Once He had suffered, He was the complete, mature, and perfect Savior through whom an entire world could find salvation.
Weirdo Kiddo
January 27, 2008
I guess all of us have our own unique weirdness. Being the curious person that he is, Reyna Elena asked me to list seven of these.
1. When lying on the bed face up and half naked, I feel the need to cover my navel area. A habit I developed from watching Pinoy horror movies. No! I’m not pregnant.
2. I cannot resist the urge to smell the finger I used for a dirty work (i.e. nose and ear picking, others).
3. I can usually tolerate a cold environment but I cannot bathe in cold water.
4. It once occurred to me to undergo rhinoplasty. I noticed that my nose is getting flatter and flatter. I have now scratched off the idea.
5. I value my privacy but I am keeping a public personal blog.
6. I am conservative and traditional despite what my blog title conveys.
7. I cannot immediately identify my right from my left without picturing how I hold the spoon and the fork. Maybe I need to get one of those Erap wrist bands instead.
Age Gracefully
January 27, 2008
One thing about life that puzzles me is that why do people have to grow old? I mean, isn’t it a much better idea that when a person reaches 30, his body stops aging and remains as is until he reach his dying days?
It hurts to see that the important people in your life are now showing signs of health vulnerabilities that are worsened more by ones vices. I guess aging is inevitable but living a disciplined and healthy life isn’t. Check your lifestyle and assess the things you can do to live a healthier and fuller life.
Most Filipinos are blessed to live life together with their family up to their last breath. We never fail to give personal care to our elders. Only a handful spends their old days in a senior home care services. Make the most of your days. Live a healthy life, live a happy life. It is never too late to change. Make that change today.
