The Productwhore 500 Followers Triple Prize Give-away

The Productwhore is giving away fabulous prizes in order to give thanks to her 500th online followers. There will be three lucky winners who's going away beauty products from leading brands such as Sephora, Dr. Jart+water, Hello Kitty, Sasa Prize pack, Jill Stuart and Sigma.

I really am excited to join and win this contest.So friends, join me and you can also win if you participate her contest which is good till Aug. 31, 2011.Winners will be selected via Random.org.

Here is the link to her online contest:

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Facebook Madness

Are your parents on Facebook? Well, I don’t mind if my parents are besides, in this generation where people of all nations and race do have their own Facebook account. I was really surprise that the advancement of information superhighway leads younger generations to take part of such social networking sites. By the way, I am not promoting the said social site. To think that there is Twitter, Myspace, Google +, Friendster, Tagged, Orkut and so much more to join into but as what we all do know Facebook has the edge.

I am more concerned of kids joining such social networking sites rather than mature and old individuals such as my parents. By the way, my dad has two accounts which I don’t know why but exclude my mom into this since she’s not into computers and stuffs. Kids as young like my niece and other nephews do have Facebook account and their classmates tag them too as they use this medium to communicate.

During our time (not that old of course) we were just content of sending beeper messages to friends. Internet usage and exposure is not that much which we only use for research in college and helping us in our assignments. But in this generation were gadgets explode (kaboom) like it’s selling hot, you can use Ipad, Wifi-ready mobiles, laptops, and desktops, name it just to connect to your FB account, it is possible.

You try to check what’s in store for the day; see your friends’ status and what’s the latest chika or news in the market. You can never be outdated whenever you are plugged into Facebook. I will no longer wonder the success that brought Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook since this social network site gave advancement to connect old friends, old flames, enemies, relatives and so much more.

They have added features that make users go gaga over googoo which means crazy. Games like Farmville and other FB games made my brother and father instant farmers. I just don’t have the time to play so I skipped on those offers by friends who were playing different games too. Now that they have added online chat with cam, it is much better. Hope that they can improve their chat into conference type so that I would not grope my way to use their chat option.

I also take advantage of free advertisement since I can link my blog site articles into Facebook where I can share it to friends. I also like to create a page section so that I can gain more Networkblogged friends. I just hope they would not restrict posting links there as long as there will be no spammers. I don’t know about the costs of advertising a site, but for me, it is a great offer for exposure particularly if you do have an online business to keep. Facebook does help drive traffic to blogs and bloggers really have to use this kind of technology that social network sites offer.

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Joining the Contest "3 Winner Give-Away by Nessa"

Vanessa of MakeupbyNessa254(dot)com is giving away fabulous makeup prizes on her 3 Winner Give Away Contest. I do like to try my chance if randomly picked. I have seen wonderful loose eye shadow makeups which is both pigmented and shimmery.

So giving my best shot before this contest ends by tomorrow, I also invite you guys to try and check her website and even join her exciting contest. Below is the link to her online contest.

3 Winner Give-Away Contest by Nessa

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Joining Kelly of The Super Duper Hello Kitty Give Away Contest

Kelly of Lipgloss Love Affair is giving away "The Super Duper Hello Kitty Give Away Contest". It is my first time to join her contest and I am also excited to join her other contest but for now, I will be first joining this one since it will be till Aug. 31,2011. Hope you could join her contest too especially the prizes are really worth it. Who could resist Hello Kitty Beauty Items that you can add for your Kikay stuffs. Hoping to win also!

Here is the link where you can join the said contest
The Super Duper Hello Kitty Give Away!

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Reminiscing Goa Adventures Part Two

During this season, going to Goa will not be that fun because of the rains. You will not be enjoying the beach and the sun of course. If you may ask what seasons will be perfect to go to Goa, well that will be in the summer seasons from January to month of May. But when June comes, that will be the start of a rainy weather.

Sunset in Goa


Golden Eagle enjoying its flight


Pigeons flocked to eat, on the side of the street



The Stretch of Arabian Sea


A Road Going to Panjim


Mandovi bridge in Panjim


A beach view, but not for tourists to swim


I always like to view the sunset in Goa. To see the beach, relax and enjoy the nature that enfolds the majestic natural tourist spot in India. I am always delighted to see birds fly not that high where they enjoy their plight and take pride of their wings like the Indian Golden Eagle that I was able to capture although sorry for the zoom of my cam which is limited; it is just a local digital camera.

You cannot go wrong watching the stretch of the Arabian Sea that interconnects the lovely beaches of Goa. Renting a place to stay is easy because there are lots to choose from five star Hotels to simple huts and transient houses. You can also tour parts of Goa by renting a bike which is also affordable and all you needed to have is a license to show and money to pay the owner.

I just hope they will build more amusement parks like Water World or Disneyland types of Amusement centers since Goa is a tourist capital. I do see floating Casinos around but that is for people who have money to burn. But for us, it will be better to see Goa as a place where both kids and adults would enjoy and remember once they take a visit.

About shopping, well there are local stores that offer authentic Indian jewelries and clothing. But I still prefer wide varieties from International brands to local so that the selection will always be great. If you like to buy dried fish and Goan pastries, the local market of Margao is the place to be. They sell cheaper and you can also bargain for the price, if you know how to convince the vendor to lower their prices.

Your tour in Goa will not be complete without visiting Old Goa to where big relics of Portuguese churches are. It is where the Basilica of Bom Jesus was located to where the remains of St. Francis Xavier lie. I am not a Catholic by belief but my in-laws were the ones who took me to Old Goa for a quick visit together when they have their visitors in Qatar. I can say that the building structure of the church was really that old and it looks the same like the bricks that they have used in building their forts.

It was really an epic and it will make you feel like your back from that century were colloquially the place speaks clearly for itself, with pride and honor. I will still have more stories and picture to tell on my next post since Goa is just my second, away from home.

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Unexpected Payment

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I have been away for six long months on article submission site because I got so tired of cheap payments and I didn’t even expected that I will still earn on my previous post. I haven’t uploaded a single article for this year and now that half the year is gone, I can say that I would still stick to blogging rather than to write and submit my articles somewhere else.

I have my high hopes that someday soon, this site that I have will be fetching traffic as long as I can be able to manage some advertisements running if I can also pay. Nothing is free nowadays so I have to give my best shot to some trusted sites that I know which can potentially improve the rank of my page as well as the viewers for my site.

First Payment I received from Chitika


I did have included a lot of advertising schemes without compromising the laws applicable to them. I don’t have google ads on my account since it was long time gone with the wind so the only options I have were the other ads you can see on my widgets.

Anyway I am so happy to know that there was still money coming in for freelance writers like me. I still wish to expand my knowledge when it comes to online earning but I can’t just stress out and I am just taking my time to even enjoy what I do, be it cooking, reading, singing. Thanks chitika for the payment, I really appreciated it. It was timely because I am really saving some dough for our upcoming baby and I desperately needed more so that I can buy what I needed before I have to endure labor.

My month of July payment from Adgitize



I also like to thank the most trusted site for advertising. I really, really wish and hope I can avail more ads to pay you because you have been consistent in giving my food blog site traffic and at the same time good exposure. I have never regret the day I decided to invest and advertise on your site. May you continue to be faithful to your customers also and I do hope your site will last longer and even stronger as time goes by. To Adgitize members and to Ken the site owner, thank you very much!

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Reminiscing Goa Adventures Part One

We always go back and forth whenever hubby does apply for a short vacation leave. It is where my in-laws live and Goa has been part of my life since I always go there before the FRO office to update my status and now that I have my own PIO card, it is much easier for me to just go to the nearest FRO office and not travel for 12 hours just to report in Goa.

Lovely pieces of arts,crafts and memorabilia in this shop in Dona Paula



Anyway, I consider Goa as one of the best tourist spots in India where international food is abundantly offered plus I get the chance to enjoy seafoods delight in a cheaper price that I cannot find in the city of Mumbai to where we live. Goa is considered a Christian state in India so most of people do enjoy to eat meat particularly pork and beef. They are influenced by Portuguese so most of their architectural landmarks like churches are patterned in that previous conqueror.


Dona Paula in Goa at night


The local dialect spoken in Goa is Konkani. Just don’t ask me if I knew that, since I am not even starting myself to learn and focus on Hindi, how much more on Konkani, it will take years of learning and practice speaking. Well good luck to me.

Hubbys' old school- Regina Mundi School,notice the soil..its red


The sand, the sea and the sun is what Goa is famous for. It has a vast selection of beautiful beaches although not as pristine white sand like Boracay, in my country Philippines but it is surely rich in natural aspect as you will enjoy bird watching here and majestic beauty of mountains, sea, rivers, falls and other serene tripping that you may think of.

Tourists also enjoy to buy souvenir items like clothes and textiles, jewelries, food items such as sweets, dried fruits and nuts and of course authentic Goan recipes also influenced by Portuguese cuisines. Most of Goans enjoy their Kaju Feni drink (alcohol drink made out of cashew nuts). It is also cheaper to buy drinks and spirits in Goa but you cannot sell that to other states since it is restricted.

My new recruits to Farmville, I told them to go to my Ranch


The people of Goa likes football as sports but you can always see cricket games to whatever parts of India since this is already adopted in their culture. They also enjoy hockey games and basketball. I haven’t watched that yet but football yes. They do have open field and space to play these games unlike in my country Philippines the sports that most men loved was basketball although they are slowly introduced to football.

I will show you some of the tourists spots in Goa particularly Panjim, the famous place to where you can find what you are looking for in an item. We have visited Dona Paula at night and in daytime. I will be posting some of the snap shots we have since I need to check where those files are. Still have a long day or week to organize things but happy to share what I have in store for you guys.

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