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Home-Based Jobs for Cebuanos

New ways of earning online is through home-based jobs or working for clients from the US who outsource specific tasks to the Philippines. This is a great opportunity for Filipinos to reach their potential and achieve financial growth. There are a lot of reasons why having a home-based job is better than being a corporate junkie. For one thing, it gives you the flexibility you’ll never have when you’re working for a company. And most importantly, the pay is a lot better and higher. So let’s now wait for the fish to cook. Try working home-based and experience freedom at its best!

Are interested in earning $ online while working at home? Check out this Ad below.

US Clients are looking for Filipinos who have the following qualifications:

1. Good command of the English language both written and oral communication.
2. Proficient in writing original (non-plagiarized) articles and various niche markets.
3. Can meet deadlines and work with less supervision.
4. Must be familiar or at least have an understanding of SEO.

  • Social Bookmarking
  • Backlinking

5.  Must have own computer/PC and Internet access at home.

For inquiries/concerns contact me:

It’s time to change your future! Start working at home now! :)

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Iron Man is back!

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One of the best things this coming 2010 is the coming of Iron Man 2 which is set to show in theaters by May 7. I can’t wait to watch this movie. I just watched the trailer this week and I know the movie’s gonna be awesome! It’s just too bad they had to replace Terrence Howard, who initially played the role of “Rhodey Rhodes” in Iron Man but I still feel that the movie is worth waiting for. In addition to the cast, Scarlett Johansson plays the “Black Widow” and Mickey Rourke as the “Whiplash.” If you haven’t seen the trailer, watch it here. Enjoy! :)

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If you were Filipino…how would you react?

My colleague saw this Ad when he was searching for cars from a classified ads site.

My only question to the author of this Ad is “If Filipinos are indeed stupid then why the hell are you here in the Philippines with us stupid Filipinos? Doesn’t that make you stupid too?”

I tried looking for this Ad but it was already removed from the site. Kudos to the admin for removing Ads like this ASAP.

Just one of those days…

It’s just one of those days when you’d experience pure bad luck. Last Friday, We (Val, my brother Paladin and little Vaughn) went to Ayala Center Cebu just to spend some family time since it was Val’s day off and I usually go to work at night. After having a great time eating at our favorite rendezvous, MyJoy, who are the only ones selling inexpensive delicious burgers and trying out our new Ixus digital camera, Val decided to drop by one of the ATM s to do a quick withdrawal from his BDO account. Unfortunately, the machine never dispensed the cash and to my distaste it didn’t release a receipt either. We immediately went to the only BDO branch in Ayala Center Cebu only to find our that there were several of us who underwent the same unfortunate experience. When we asked how we can go about getting our cash, we were told to call their 1-800 customer service number since according to their tellers, it’s their SOP and they don’t have the power to correct the error. What really annoyed me was the lack of empathy the tellers displayed with their customers’ predicament. I even asked one of the tellers to perhaps place a sign board on the specific ATM that didn’t dispense cash since anyone who tries to withdraw from that machine would obviously undergo the same fate. The answer I got was “That’s not our machine, it belongs to another branch.” So I go “Oh, but don’t you guys represent the same company…the same name which is BDO?” The teller looked dumbfounded but didn’t bother to answer me. What went on inside my head was just because it’s not your branch’s ATM, you don’t even have the decency or humanity to place a signboard that says the machine is not working properly? In the end, we had to contact their stupid 1-800 number and listen to their rep inform us that it would take 5 business days before the money can be credited back to our account. We were also told that an investigation would be done that’s why it would take this long. This really infuriated me since there were probably 7 of us who were reporting the same problem so why the stupid heck would they need an investigation for? This is just one of the usual mistakes big companies do to their customers whenever something goes wrong with their system. It was definitely a bad experience for us. Vaughn was crying a lot inside their little office branch so we were forced to go home instead of complaining a little more. I couldn’t stop cussing at how nonchalant their tellers were and how much we needed the money. Val was his usual calm self. By the time we went home I promised myself I’d blog about my bad experience with BDO. I hope our readers will find this information useful. I learned that we should be careful where we withdraw money especially if you have an ATM account with BDO. Their so-called policy is just so inconvenient for customers.

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Perfume – The Story of A Murderer

Yesterday, I got to watch Perfume – The Story of A Murderer on my colleague’s Ipod since there was still time before I can go home from work. The movie was sensational. Its main character, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, is a unique and interesting character. Ben Whishaw, who played Jean-Baptiste, was brilliant. The movie was actually based on the novel by Perfume by Patrick Süskind. After watching the movie, I wanted to read the book as well. For those who haven’t read the book, the movie may seem weird or even gross but these are the attributes that make its whole story unique.

If you haven’t seen the movie yet, here’s the plot (source: Wikipedia.org)

Set in 18th century France, the film tells the story of an olfactory genius, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) and his homicidal quest for the perfect scent.

The film begins with the sentencing of Grenouille, a notorious murderer. Between the reading of the sentence and the execution, the story of his life is told in flashback, beginning with his abandonment at birth in a French fish market. Raised in an orphanage, Grenouille grows into a strangely detached boy with a superhuman sense of smell. After growing to maturity as a tanner’s apprentice, he makes his first delivery to Paris, where he revels in the new odors. He focuses on a girl selling plums (Karoline Herfurth) and startles her with his behavior. To prevent her from crying out, he covers the girl’s mouth and unintentionally suffocates her. After realising that she is dead, he strips her body naked and smells her until the scent fades. Afterwards, Grenouille becomes haunted by the desire to preserve scents forever.

After making a delivery to a perfume shop, Grenouille amazes the owner, Giuseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman), with his ability to create fragrances. He revitalises the perfumer’s career with new formulas, demanding only that Baldini teach him how to convert scents into perfume. Baldini explains that all perfumes are harmonies of twelve individual scents, and may contain a theoretical thirteenth scent. He also tells a story about a perfume discovered in an Egyptian tomb that was so perfect that it affected the entire world the moment the bottle was opened. However, when Grenouille discovers that Baldini’s method will not capture all scents, he becomes depressed and leaves to learn superior methods in Grasse. En route to Grasse, Grenouille realises that he has no scent of his own, and is therefore a cipher. He decides that creating the perfect smell will prove his worth.

Grenouille finds work in Grasse assisting with perfumes. After some experimenting, he succeeds in preserving the scent of a woman by cutting her hair, covering her in animal fat, and then distilling the fat. To force the woman to undergo the procedure, however, he must kill her. Grenouille embarks on a killing spree, murdering beautiful virgins and capturing their scents. He dumps the girls’ naked corpses around the city, creating an uproar that threatens to tear the city apart. Nearing completion, Grenouille selects a beautiful young lady, Laura (Rachel Hurd-Wood), for his thirteenth scent, the lynchpin of his perfect perfume. Laura’s wealthy father, Antoine Richis (Alan Rickman) realises the danger and attempts to flee the city with his daughter. Grenouille tracks her scent to a roadside inn and sneaks into her room that night. The next morning, Richis discovers Laura lying dead in her bed.

Soldiers capture Grenouille moments after he finishes preparing his perfume. On the day of his execution, he applies a drop of the perfume to himself. The executioner and the crowd in attendance are overwhelmed by the beauty of the perfume. They declare Grenouille innocent before falling into an orgy. Walking out of Grasse unscathed, Grenouille has enough perfume to rule the world, but has discovered that it will not allow him to love or be loved like a normal person. He returns to the Parisian fish market where he was born and empties his perfume bottle over his head. Overcome by the scent, the nearby crowd devours him. The next morning, one final drop of perfume falls from the open bottle.

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