My blog has a new template. Isn't it cute? It looks like something that came out of a scrapbook.  Happy!  You see, seeing that I would now have more time to blog about life and stuff, its a good way to renew my interest, and hopefully invite more traffic.  Now, for those reading the posts and see that some topics don't necessarily make sense (or completely off topic from my life), i'm sorry, but somebody has to earn some money in some way. don't worry, I will put in a lot of entries that do make sense, I can promise you that.  Now, on to more productive things.
As you all know, I have decided to quit being a corporate slave and start making my own future. why, you might ask? why give up a perfectly comfortable worklife for something that is uncertain and scary.  Because I want to be an entrepreneur.  When I started work, and I was asked how I see myself 10 years from then (I was 21 then), I said I want to be a manager, or have my own business.  I wanted to have a postgraduate degree.  These were goals I set out for myself, and its only fair that I chase those dreams.  Well, so far I've reached most of them.  I now have an MBA (which I seriously worked hard for!), I have been a manager --- short time as it may, I learned the basics of handling people---- and I believe I did that well.  Now I'm up to the next challenge, to put up our business.  Hubby and I always discuss how its good to have our own business because working for a company will make us comfortable, but that's it.  I seriously think that being an entrepreneur is far better than settling for a job, as high as the position may be.  Right now, I'm looking at events management as a profession, because I have the background for it and because I know that I will do well with it. 
So that's the story.  Enough asking why I left my job.  Suffice it to say, whether or not the circumstances were well, I still think this is the best decision for me.

There are many interesting places to see in Missouri, and one of them must be Branson.  I've browsed through several sites and I find that it indeed has a lot of exciting attractions to choose from.  It would be an exciting vacation getaway that will surely be enjoyed by families.  Their website also offers various vacation packages to choose from, from 3 days and 2 nights to 4 days and 3 nights.  Each of the packages highlight several possible choices of the Branson attractions.  Their best package: Titanium ($812/couple) offers the following attractions: Legends in Concert, Hughes Brothers, Incredible Acrobats of China, Shoji Tabuchi, Red Lobster/Olive Garden Gift Card.  Also consider visiting their main attraction: Silver Dollar City, which is a theme park that boasts of over 30rides and attractions.  And as if the rides and attractions aren't enough, one can also go shopping, shopping, shopping.  There are malls and craft stores all aorund, which will also display the unique products that Branson has to offer.  Truly an exciting and memorable place to visit.

Internet Selling on online sales are the in thing now.  People are now looking for more choices, though they are not necessarily within their reach, for the items they want (or need).  More and more people are utilizing the power of the Internet to sell their goods and market their products.  Personally, I think this is a good way to go.  After all, not everyone has  the working capital to come up with respectable commercials or to put up a store of their own so they can sell their products.  But they still need to be seen.  That's why the internet's role is important, because it helps the entrepreneurs reach out to their target customers without having to invest half (or even more than) their working capital on it.  I myself am planning to put up my own online store, and to take advantage of what the world-wide web has to offer.  For a consumer like me who values time and finds internet surfing a breeze, the power of the net is without boundaries, hence it should be put to good entrepreneural use.  I mean, who would not want to be in a sale. But where you cannot come to a sale, isn't it nice to have the sale come to you?

One cute moment: While Jessica and I were outside the house waiting for his dad to come home, Jessica shouts: "Tita" to a woman just across  the street.  She doesn't know the woman, but she called her tita because she thought it was her aunt who stayed with us for a month.  They had the same built, not too tall quite chubby.  Funny.  My mother-in-law always tells me that its good that I'm not at all fat, because they have a history in the family too.   I am thankful myself, because I never had to resort to any diet pills trying to get the body I want. Looking at the nuphedra review, diet pills have many assortments, and you'll find that one pill may work where the other won't.  So its really up to the person to decide if its the course he or she wants to take.  I am glad I don't have to take that course just yet.

One thing I haven't experienced yet in my 30 years of existence is having to go inside a horse track and watch horses race.  I get to see it in TV and movies but I haven't been there to see it first hand.  But nevertheless, the energy and will power of those horses are really a wonder.  How they can manage to stay on the track for a longer amount of time, with an equestrian on their back to boot, is admirable.  While I understand that horse supplements might do wonders for them, its still a challenge to run a long race carrying a person on top of you, and with your legs strapped to painful horse shoes made of metal. But that's just me. I guess, where we humans find entertainment (and quite possibly money) in the horse races, these horses find fulfillment in racing that track and winning.

One of the things I love most about the house we bought was that it had a great deal of space to begin with.  I didn't feel cramped at all, and considering large amount of home furnishings we brought when we moved in, its a great relief that there is still some room left after that.  Someday I hope to be able to add outdoor chaise lounges outside.  We have a 3-car garage and only one car, so technically there is some free space left for a table and some chairs.  I don't even think it will be too space consuming, what with us not planning to add any more cars in the near future.  It would be an ideal setting to receive visitors, or simply to hang out in when its too boring to stay indoors.  The air along our village is quite cool on the afternoons, so it'll save us some electricity by staying outdoors some of the time.  Save for the current financial restraints, this one's got a slot in my wishlist.

We're going to Singapore this July to plot hubby's career plan.  While I will be venturing into entrepreneurship, hubby will try his luck working in Singapore and see if he has a future there.  But the target there is really just to look for work, unfortunately we cant look into buying electronics at the moment, what with the upcoming changes and the budget constraints.  However, I still find it a good practice to look at the latest trends in the market.  I myself am planning to get a Mac someday, if the earnings from the business will make me financially capable, as I hear that its a really good operating software to use when doing designs.  But right now, we would have to settle for smaller targets, like finding a job, before we can even plot for any electronics purchases.

Last week a staff of mine reported that her mom was in the hospital and apparently the doctor's finding indicated she had colon cancer.  They subsequently operated on her and took out the tumors, and the latest was that she's already going home and she'll have a series of chemo sessions to take out the cancer completely.  I always find myself sad and scared whenever I hear about friends and acquaintances and their stories about cancer.  Unfortunately, my own family has a series of cancers and sadly, this kind of illness will always haunt us.  Now there are even more types of cancers out there, even a new one with the name of Mesothelioma cancer. Right now, all i can hope for is that our family can run away from this sickness. We try to keep away from unhealthy lifestyles but then again, you get all kinds of messages that tell you about cancer-inducing food and stuff, and it seems that everything now can cause cancer! what a sad fate.Now I'd like to believe that I will just enjoy life as much as possible. You'll never know what may come up in the future.

The economy is still as bad as it started this year, with the manufacturing sectors, IT and the banking industries suffering really heavy blows.  Its sad to see a lot of employees being retrenched after years of working at their companies.  Unfortunately, its not something the can easily be remedied.  Life is tough.  Now, even the insurance that you worked for and saved up can easily disappear.  No wonder a lot of firms are now offering free insurance quotes to prospects.  However, if you were in the place of the individual, it would be very hard to trust insurance firms because they can simply go out of business the next.  Which is why insurance is not something we are contemplating in getting this year.  probably not even next year.  In essence, its not something we will consider until we are sure of better financial situations in the country.

with the financial crisis coming in, i'm really, thoroughly contemplating if it would be wise to get an
insurance quote for the future.  I seriously recognize that I need to have some fallback in the future, you'll never know when something unfortunate can happen, but then again who expected the financial crisis wherein you seriously think about whether it is really wise at this point to gamble into the financial system.  everything, even the most stable companies, seem to suddenly get backrupt, and then there goes all the money invested.  Its so sad, but who can you really blame?  Of course its in the plans, and it may really be too late the longer I forego it, but I just feel that it may not be the right time just yet.  I'll see, if things start to get better next year then i'm sure I can work around my finances to get one for myself.  Preneed plans are out of the question though.  I'm thinking more of life insurance at this point instead.