“Missing the Forest for the Trees” in Terms of Earning Online

I have been out of work since April 2009. Since then I have tried my hand at doing online work, mostly through writing assignments given by my “mentor”, a fellow work-at-home mom who quit her regular work long before I did.

Aside from the writing assignments passed on to me by Charm, I also tried sourcing for my own writing jobs through oDesk where I did get quite a lot of work. There was even a time I managed to earn P17,000 in a month, but it really took a lot out of me.

Would You Rent-A-Friend?

One of the first odd things I heard that was available for rent was a pet… “Rent-a-Pet”, which I think is very popular these days in Japan (or is it in China?) now the latest craze to hit the world by storm is “Rent-a-Friend”! How unorthodox is that?

In the Philippines I know people rent a lot of things… there is rent-a-car, rent-a-color (television), rent-a-cooler (air-conditioner) and even rent-a-tool (power tools). But, rent-a-friend is somewhat unheard of.

Maybe that will be a good business to put up… for people who have lost all sense of community and camaraderie and lack even the basest relationship skill to have and keep a “friend” probably because of the enormous amount of time spent alone in front of a computer surfing, playing online games or …taking care of a “virtual” friend (or pet).

Android Phone: The End to an Era of Bad Luck

Why do I deserve an Android Phone?

I deserve to win that Android phone because it will signify the end of an era of bad luck in my life. I have never won anything substantial in any raffle or contest, so winning that android phone will renew my confidence and faith in the goodness of the universe and life in general.

Meeting you and being guided and inspired by your success is already a blessing in itself, but getting that Android Phone will definitely convince me that my life is indeed now going to change for the better.

Jehzlau, I owe you a lot more than you will ever know but please, please give me that phone. :-)

Doing My Own Home Makeover

Here's one of the more successful makeovers I have done with the help of my mother. The interiors of our house are still "evolving" (read: undergoing one re-arrangment after another) so let's start with the garden.

BEFORE:

AFTER:
See what a couple of bags of cement, sand and gravel can do? I wanted paving blocks but it's just not something we can afford right now even if we install it ourselves.

These garden chairs I bought second-hand for almost a song. They're cast-iron and held together by screws. Definitely classier than the "usual" garden chairs being sold nowadays.
I trimmed some of the plants, re-arranged the potted ones and made use of the pieces of "tinibag na semento" from a previous project to give a few of the pots some height and cover the exposed soil as well. White or colored pebbles would have been the desirable option, but again our budget cannot accommodate it.

Tadaaaahhh!!! Our garden looks so much nicer now than in the "before" pic, doesn't it?