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Father’s Day 2008

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It’s going to be Father’s Day again this Sunday and I don’t really know what to give my Pop. I saw a very nice prospect gift for him though. It’s from a site that specializes in personalized gifts. But it’s not your ordinary personalized gift. The gifts come in either stories or videos!

Imagine reading a story wherein you’re the hero. Or watching a video with you as the hero. It’s fun and funny at the same time, but I must say it’s kind of ingenious.

Aside from personalized stories, they also make personalized singing stuffed toys, posters, and what not, DVDs and books. It’s really a nice site. I actually want one of the singing stuffed toys for myself.

Check it out at PersonalizedStories.com. I especially like the Sleepy Time song in the stuffed Panda. (You can preview the songs for the toys and there’s a cute funny video preview as well).

Panda Panda Panda!!!

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9 June, 2008 (16:25) | Random | By: Mi



How to Get Your PayPal Philippines Account Verified

I had this problem before. I had a lot of money in PayPal and what I used to do was have someone from the States withdraw it to his bank account and then send it to me through Xoom, which is so shitty and expensive. That was before PayPal opened its door to the Philippines and its local banks.

When PayPal DID allow us to add Philippine bank accounts, you still couldn’t withdraw because your limit would be $0 even if you added a bank account. What you needed was to get verified and you had to have a credit card.

Or so I thought.

After wasting my money buying things online because I thought that I couldn’t get my money from PayPal, I met Geri of websaytko.com - raredog’s chronicle and told me about UnionBank’s Debit Card - eon. I know that I knew about it or heard about it before but I can’t remember why I rejected the idea. Probably because of reading through people’s comments in a forum before. I really don’t know anymore.

Ah! I just remembered. I didn’t have enough valid IDs. I only had a company ID. That’s why I couldn’t get one.

And so… to get a local visa debit card

  1. You have to have valid IDs. Government-issued cards are always the best for this, like TIN card, SSS, etc.
  2. Go to any UnionBank branch and apply for the eon or apply online. If you apply online, you’ll just need to designate a pickup point and go there and pay the P350 fee.
  3. Since this is for PayPal purposes, I would suggest paying P500 so there will be an instant deposit of P150. Getting the card takes 3-5 business days and when you get the card itself, it takes about 3 days to be activated.
  4. Register for online banking. I’m not sure how long it takes, I think 3-5 business days before you get online access.
  5. Get your PayPal account verified. Usually it takes 3-5 business days because it takes time to credit, but since you have online banking, it will instantly appear in your transactions (PayPal takes $1.95 from you, hence the P150… which will be returned in a couple of days) and then you could get your PayPal verified instantly.
  6. To withdraw, I would suggest just withdrawing it to the UnionBank account since it also acts like an ATM card.
  7. The minimum amount to withdraw to the bank account without additional charges is P7000. Below that, I believe there is a P50 charge or something.

Then voila! You’ve got a debit card and you could now withdraw your money painlessly from PayPal. You could also do online transaction in case they don’t accept PayPal, like if you want to buy Primera labels.

Another good thing with having a verified PayPal is eBay. You can link your PayPal account to your eBay and everything would go smoothly.

This post was written for Sarah which was supposed to have been done almost 3 weeks ago. Sorry for being so lazy and forgetful and I won’t make being busy an excuse. <3

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26 May, 2008 (12:01) | Random | By: Mi



Creature Comforts

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Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bigger bed? A bed where you can stretch your arms and legs and sleep in crazy positions?

I’m going to be rich one day. I’m going to buy a house with vinyl siding and shingled roofs, and large airy rooms with centralized heating or airconditioning. My bed would be huge. I mean HUGE. And I’ll have a computer with a huge lcd monitor hung on the wall with wireless mouse and keyboard so I can stay in bed and play with the computer.

=_=

It’s just that after sleeping over at Iks and Eelai’s place where I was able to sleep comfortably on their couch and was able to stretch out while sleeping, I kind of got spoiled. I want to have a bed again. I miss my old bed. It was kind of a futon and just on the floor. It’s not possible to have that kind of bed in this house though. It’s rat and mice infested and it floods during the rainy season.

*sigh*

I want my old bed.

I want a new computer.

I want a new bed.

I want a new computer >_>.

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25 May, 2008 (05:22) | Random | By: Mi



Pimple Outbreak!

I’m worried about that. What with lack of sleep and everything. In fact, I kind of spent probably the second worst birthday I’ve ever had. I only slept for about an hour from the 17th to the 19th. But we won in the fashion show thingie that we were preparing for anyways. So it’s all good.

Yesterday, we went to Wensha Spa to relax. It was a great day and I’ll write up another post for that some other time.

I’m staying at my brother’s place at the moment so I haven’t been able to go online at all. Been baking and cooking and everything. Tonight, we’re going to have ribs! \o/

And this morning, I woke up to find out I had a huge pimple at the side of my face. It’s not very visible but still! I’m always afraid to have a pimple or acne outbreak. I know I can’t afford natural acne treatment … well, maybe I can. Spend a little for my face… but still!!!

I need to go back to my brother’s place now. I’ve been watching Coffee Prince. Lol. Iks said, “Is that stored on the laptop?” I said it was on DVD. “Then why aren’t you watching it on the DVD player instead of trying to make do with the sound?”

Stupid me. I could hardly hear the sound on the laptop, good thing there were subtitles. But it would really be better if you could hear it even if it’s in another language right? \

Aaaahh I was stupid. But in anycase… Just to let you know, I’ve been spending a lot. A LOT of my NuMiPC because I’ve been buying stuff for my 3-day bday party. But I’m happy! And getting fatter. OTL.

*sigh* see you guys around~

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21 May, 2008 (08:23) | Random | By: Mi



Building Credit Line

Lately, I’ve been thinking of getting a credit card. Lori is strongly opposed to it, but like Sara said, it really depends on the person, it’s not really that evil. Yu is strongly opposed to me getting one as well because he knows me a little too well.

Well… I do have my reasons. I kind of heard about this from Tom before. He explained that if you have CC and you pay your dues on time and stuff, you can slowly increase your credit limit. So that’s what I want to do. The point is simply just pay the dues on time, don’t let what happened to Orc happen to me wherein he got buried with debt because of CC.

Mama and I were discussing getting a loan as well. In three years, that will be possible. It’s a long time from now, but it wouldn’t hurt thinking about the future. I said before that I’m not the type of person who thinks into the future too much but it’s not bad thinking about it every once in a while. If I do get a loan, and I haven’t found any small business opportunity by then, I could just put it into a Time Deposit account and let it mature, and then get a loan again, and probably, the loan I can get will be higher. Rinse, Wash, Repeat. It might take a couple of years. This is just an idea.

It’s no big secret that I don’t have plans living in this hole forever. But if in case I won’t be able to go away, the least I could do is make my life as comfortable as possible. And in the mean time, I’ll try doing something.

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17 May, 2008 (12:05) | Life, Random, misan | By: Mi



It’s So Freakin’ Hot!

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This isn’t the first time that that expression has been heard from me. I say it a lot, especially during the summer. I live in the tropics, so the temperature basically pretty warm throughout the year compared to where most of my online friends live.

Working as a tech support in an office where it’s always cold except on really rare occasions like a system maintenance on the air conditioners or something. But anyway, this morning, when I got home, I turned on the AC and went for breakfast. An hour later, my room wasn’t cold yet. Usually, ever since I’ve been using the AC again, if I leave it on for at least an hour, my room isn’t hot anymore (not that it gets cold). But this morning, it was blowing hot air.

So… I gave up.

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8 April, 2008 (10:26) | Random | By: Mi



Papaya Soap for Sale. … j/k

Ever tried directbuying? Directbuying is when you buy directly from a manufacturer or something. This would save you up to 50% or even more. For example, there’s this person Mama buys papaya soap from, and some other resellers just shape them and brand them. And they sell it twice or even thrice more. And there are people who actually buy these branded ones.

Or like how Ben Chan does it. He buys shirts from China or something, prints Bench designs on them, and sell them for more than 300% the price he originally bought the shirts. I guess it’s all about branding–you pay for the brand. So it would be best to buy stuff where these branded stuff buy them :D

Raw Products! Down with consumerism! Buy direct!

Who wants to buy Papaya soap? It really works too. I’ll sell for P60, negotiable.

… Ever wonder why people bother to put “Negotiable” in their wares? I mean, if you’re going to sell it at a price, why bother raising the price and then saying it’s negotiable? Pretty stupid. Anyway.

Papaya soap for sale.

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23 March, 2008 (08:53) | Random | By: Mi



The Sign

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I’m waiting for a sign before I drop everything and set myself  free.

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12 February, 2008 (03:21) | Random | By: Mi



When You’re Down… and Troubled…

And you need a helping hand, and no one’s around…

LOL.

_______

It means Laugh(ing) Out Loud, LOSERS! >_>

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26 December, 2007 (00:45) | Random | By: Mi



I Feel Stupid

I just do.

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19 December, 2007 (01:46) | Random | By: Mi



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