Our Photoshoot

This is quite overdue. It has been more than a month since we had our prenuptial photo taken by four generous gentlemen together with their partners. It was an awesome experience because it was our first photo shoot and we got to meet great photographers. And what made the experience unforgettable? The prenuptial photo coverage was for free! Yes. You've read it right. It was for free. 

How did we meet them?

The story started years before we were born. There was a young girl and a young boy who fell in love during their high school years. It was their first “puppy love” experience. However, before the guy officially courted the young girl, he suddenly disappeared. The girl asked herself what went wrong. 

Years have passed and the young boy and the young girl reconnect through Facebook. Both of them now have their own family. Both of them have a well-established career outside the country. 

One fateful afternoon, they've decided to meet together with the girl’s younger brother and sister. They went to bowling to have a game and after that they ate at a restaurant in the Philippines, the country where they first met. 

During that discussion, the guy learned that the girl’s younger sibling is getting married. So he offered his services for free. The rest was history.

How did we prepare?

Initially, the plan was to make the prenuptial photos very unique. We wanted our families to be part of that photo shoot. Can you think of anything more unique than that? However, Kuya Edmond (the guy who offered his services for free) told us that he will consult first his partners.

Due to time constraint and complexity of our idea they told us that it is not feasible. Since their services are free we agreed not to include our families in the photo shoot. We just hoped that sooner or later the idea we have in mind will materialize. (This will be included on another story - foreshadowing)

He instructed us to prepare at least two to three sets of clothing. So we searched our wardrobes for the perfect match. Actually, I was the limiting factor here because I had a limited number of clothes to wear. So I bought some clothes in SM while Edel searched for the perfect match in their wardrobe.

Here's our planned outfits. We actually prepared five matching outfits but I'll just share our top three picks (honestly I forgot the other two outfits).

Outfit 1 : Angels

Outfit # 1:

Elvin – White longs sleeves with bowtie + Black pants + Black shoes + small pink wings
Edel – White ¾ sleeved blouse + knee-length leggings + favorite sandals + pink wings

This outfit symbolizes our intention to be pure, holy and heavenly Also it is a reminder to ourselves that our relationship should be God-centered. In fact, most of the things used on this outfit (like the wings, bowtie, blouse and long sleeves) were recycled from our costume during Halo-win Sunday in Feast Laguna. By the way, I proposed in Feast Laguna two weeks after that event (11/21/2010).

Outfit # 2:

Outfit # 2 : Red Theme

Elvin – Red Polo + Dark colored Jeans + Black shoes
Edel – One floral red dress + Swarovski necklace pendant + Brown sandals


The second outfit symbolizes the fun and the explorer side in us. These set of outfit made us feel that we’re fun, happy, vibrant and most importantly in love. To be honest, the Swarovski pendant is the result of our frequent trips to Divisoria before. The red polo is the first polo I bought without looking at the tag price (just for experience).

Outfit # 3 : Serious Look

Outfit # 3:

Elvin – Long sleeved with black vest-illusion polo + Black pants + Black shoes + Bruno Mars style hat
Edel – One piece long-sleeved with black vest-illusion dress + favorite sandals

Outfit number 3 represents the serious part of us. These outfit made us feel that we can be serious in making things happen most especially in fulfilling our dreams as partners in life. The formal look represents our seriousness in life. The matching pattern and color represents that we are partners in everything we do. And lastly, the comfort these clothes bring (though looks formal) symbolizes that we’re happy and joyful inside even if we look serious on the outside.


These are just sample photos. More photos on our facebook profile pages. 


Until my next post,

eLviN

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and your family! :)

Enjoy a short greeting from Edel Ramilo and me using animoto.com


I may not be able to post regularly for the past couple of weeks but thank you for reading and subscribing to my blog!

Again, Merry Christmas! :)

Elvin Peria

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Be Friendly!

We still have two and a half months before we end this year but I realized that I already made a lot of accomplishments this year. I’ve been to countless seminars, conferences, different activities and events this year and I’m definite to continue it for the years to come.

I learned a lot from these events. I learned how to manage my finances through IMG lectures. I learned more about myself through Feast Laguna. I experienced God’s awesome creation with our nature trips to Majayjay and Pagsanjan. I learned Philippines history through Viaje del Galeon. The most important thing of all, I gained friends through these experiences.

As I recall, I think we have made more friends and acquaintances this year as compared to last year. You can see on the right some photos with friends this year.

For more photos, check out my facebook page.

The time I spend on the new friends and acquaintances I have this year may be short. But I know a lot of them are friends that I can keep for a long period of time.

Someday, these people will help us in one way or another. Who knows, they might be the person we need to help us in our dream wedding. Who knows, they might be the person that can allow us to have that multi-million business project going. Who knows, they might be the person that can enable us to travel around the world. Who knows, they might be the person that can assist us in building our own school.

We definitely don’t know.

But there is still a huge possibility that people helping us in the future is in that acquaintances.

I suggest you get to know more people as well.

Your friend,
eLviN

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Be Clear to Get What You Want

This morning, someone asked for my help with their automation concern. They want an excel file where in they’ll input their information and will give results automatically. 

However, we were discussing in circles because they were not sure of how they can do it. So, I told them that automation is just a process of simplifying the manual things we’re doing. If we don’t know how to do it manually, it will be very difficult for us to get the results that we want.

After our discussion, I realized that if we are not sure of the things that we want to have, the probability of not getting it will be high. Otherwise, the universe will conspire to give us what we want. 

As I was searching an image for this post, I stumble upon this Hugh Macleod's cartoon.

 

Do you think, the guy asking in this image will be a millionaire or an artist? My guess? Neither. Because he's unsure of what he wants.

I’m happy to be part of the universe that will conspire to give what you want. You are part of it as well. Keep on blessing others through your talents.

At your service,

eLviN

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Yes! I want to learn Microsoft Excel through Pinoy Excel Guru!

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New Online Projects

It’s been a while since I post an article in my blog. As you can see, my blog has changed. The old template was gone and it was replaced by a simple yet beautiful white template which I found it very professional and elegant looking. Agree?

Anyway, what happened to the old template?

For the past couple of weeks, I was creating tons of videos for a website that I’ll be launching this month. It will showcase my expertise in Microsoft Excel.

While I was creating that site, I accidentally replaced the template of this blog.

Well, I was fond of using keyboard shortcuts because it is faster and more convenient and that time, I was not paying attention to what I was doing. I was letting my fingers move around the keyboard and then accidentally it happened.

I panicked. I searched for a back up copy in my hard drive. I found one and tried it but to my surprise it was the old template and not the current template. I was losing hope. Until I realized that I needed to move on. I realized that I needed to find a new one and I needed to finish my tasks for that day.

So that’s the story.

Lesson learned?

Always have a back up ready and make sure it is the latest one.

Enough about that, let me share my latest project.

As you can see, all my days in my current job, I am exposed to a lot of data crunching, report automation and mind-boggling data analysis. It is a very challenging tasks and without any tools, I will be staying late at the office to finish all of them.

Good thing, my companion, Microsoft Excel, helped me solved those challenging tasks. We've been through a lot of challenges. I've learned how maximize its full potential.

In fact, I've known a lot of functions. I've mastered a lot of equations. I've done a lot of complicated and overwhelming tasks in a snap, and a lot more.

This knowledge enables me to solve a lot of problems and automates a lot of routine tasks. I tell you, not only my tasks but some of my office mates tasks as well. Because of this I’m their go-to-guy in terms of their questions in Microsoft Excel's functions.

I believe that I mastered Microsoft Excel and this is my gift.

That's why I'm sharing this gift not just with my office mates but to everyone else needing my help (especially those Filipinos who are stuck with their routine tasks in spreadsheets). That's the reason why I made the site: www.pinoyexcelguru.com.

I want a venue where I can share my knowledge and expertise.

Okay. So what's with the site?

I placed there two videos for you to learn and to enjoy. I will be posting regular updates on that site. Feel free to subscribe to the site. Also, if you have a facebook account, you may like the PinoyExcelGuru facebook page. The Excel site and the facebook page are free tools that can guide you to learn the various tips and tricks in using Microsoft Excel.

Until my next post!

eLviN

PS. Before I end this post, I realized that when God closes a door he opens another door and most of the time it is the best door. Before, I was planning to enroll myself to social media profit that would definitely help me with my online marketing skills. The social media profit costs around $2,000. It was so promising and convincing that I even talked to my online buddies if they wanted to share and split the price with me. They have other priorities so they declined. I declined as well due to lack of funds.

Then, I didn’t know that God was planning something better. Through my online friend, Janmck Hilado, God gave me an offer that is so cheap and so affordable and yet very promising. God introduced me to CPA instruments. It is a complete course on how to make money without selling anything. The course teaches you step by step how to do CPA or Cost per Action Marketing.

Imagine, the whole program costs $39 which includes 9 modules (3 to 6 videos per module) and tons of bonus items (such as Professional Edition of Traffic Travis which cost $99, Minisite Profits Exposed which cost $197 and 6 more promising items). The program is really, really underpriced!

I really love this product and hope you tried it as well.

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I'm blessed!

There are a lot of reasons for me to say about the things that happened this week but these are the top blessings I received for the week.

We got six new books. Last Saturday we went to Pavilion Mall in Binan to attend the Feast Laguna. We were so early that time that we decided to drop by to National Bookstore to buy a card for the Christening of our friend’s daughter. We stumbled upon a portion of books on sale and I noticed Robert Allen’s* Creating Wealth for hundred bucks. Inspired by what we’ve found, we kept on seeing great books after great books until we got a handful. I decided that I can have a budget of one thousand bucks for everything we can find. This limiting factor enabled us to really pick the best among the rest. In short, we got six books for only P1,400. The additional 400 was contributed by Edel because we think that the six books we got are the best (in that pile of books on sale). 

We got the following books. 

1. Why We Buy, The Science of Shopping

2. Marketing To Women

3. Career Warfare, 10 Rules for Building a Successful Brand

4. Asian Godfather, Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

5. What Color Is Your Parachute, A Practical Manual for Career Changers

6. Creating Wealth, Retire in 10 Years

I’m blessed because I have the resources to buy books that would really help us in our future. I’m blessed to have great authors that will be renting a portion of my mind. They will challenge me to be the best person I can be. I’m blessed to have a great friend, life partner and soon to be wife that have the same mindset as mine. I’m really enjoying my days with her.

Not only that. I was blessed to have a time to look for a card (or a gift) for our friend’s daughter which led me to sharing another great blessing I received this week: bonding with friends.

The Christening of our friend’s daughter enabled us to bond with our friends. It was an amazing experience to reconnect with them. I admit that we encountered a challenging weather. On our way to the church we were met by a heavy rain which flooded our roads in a very short span of time. Good thing we had a friend who’s willing to fetch us (thanks Sho). We arrived at the church on time for the Christening.

We had fun talking to them, listening to their stories, singing with them, eating with them, in short bonding with them. No thunderstorm or typhoon can prevent us from having a great time.

Upon writing the blessings I got this week, I realize these things.

Blessings are everywhere; we just need to realize it’s there.

The best things can be found when we look for it.

A great friend is there when you need it.

No thunderstorm or typhoon can prevent us from having a great time.

Here's the best realization, God is a great orchestrator of events. All these things will not happen without Him.

Until my next post.

eLviN

PS. For more photos of the Christening and the bonding event that happened after, check out the Christening and Biglaang Group Date Photo Album in Facebook. 

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*In case you didn’t know, Robert Allen is famous for his nothing down technique in real estate. He also co-authored One Minute Millionaire and Cash in a Flash (together with Mark Victor Hansen), two of the greatest books I’ve read about generating fast income streams.

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Life as a Virtual Assistant : Automating Things

For days (actually months), I’ve been answering emails as part of my tasks as a virtual assistant. As a virtual assistant, I’m handling three events, two this August and one in September. This keeps me busy for the past couple of days.

Sometimes boredom kicks in while doing things repeatedly (take note that I’m receiving and sending out emails to 100+ people). So it forced me to look for better ways to manage this kind of task efficiently.

I found a way how to automate things. I researched. I adjusted some settings in the email account. I tried sending sample email to myself to see if it works. After successful attempts, I let it go.

What software did I use?

It’s just Microsoft Office.

I am using Microsoft Word to generate a unique message together with Microsoft Excel for my email database. Then once the message is ready, it will be transferred to Microsoft Outlook that will send the unique messages to the recipients. The 100+ emails will be finished in less than five minutes. However, doing it manually, would take about 30 minutes to one hour.

Imagine that saved time. In one hour, you can read 8-15 blog posts (try reading Seth Godin, Bo Sanchez, Janmck Hilado, 43 Folders, Edel Ramilo etc). You can read 30+ status messages and comment in some of them. You can watch three to four 15-minute inspirational YouTube videos (or from TED.com). You can create a post for your blog. Or you can sleep early.

Here’s what I learned. Setting up an automatic machine would require us a lot of time. It will take hours, days, or even weeks depending on the complexity of the process before we can create one. But if we manage to create one, we can enjoy our time more in doing things we really, really love.

I know that you can do it too. Automate a repetitive task that bores you to focus more on the things you love doing.

eLviN

PS. Want to become a virtual assistant as well? You too can learn how to work from home as a virtual assistant. Email me at elvinperia@yahoo.com for more details.

PS1. While enjoying the comforts of your home doing your tasks as a virtual assistant, it will now be easier to fill the love tanks of people you love. Bo Sanchez' latest online club Family Reborn offers a great way to restore broken relationship or strengthen strong relationships. For seven months, Family Reborn subscribers will receive ten blessings that will definitely improve your relationships. To know more about Family Reborn check out this link. www.familyreborn.com.

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Highly Recommended Online Tools

Time flies so fast. Last year, I remember myself posting on this blog the top ten things I do as I open my internet browser. Today, I’m going to share with you some of the sites I highly recommend to simplify the things I’m doing online.

Here are my top recommended sites.

Ping.fm. This site is very helpful to me since I manage a lot of social networking sites. This works really well for me if I’m promoting an event, telling everyone my latest affiliate product and most of all alerting every social network if I have a new blog post all in one click. To use this, just make sure you link every social networking site you have to ping.fm and then update your status message. You don’t have to go to your social networking sites anymore to post your status messages. By the way, they link to your Yahoo Messenger and Gtalk status message as well.

Threadsy.com. I manage a lot of email accounts in yahoo and gmail and this site consolidates them all. This site will get all your inbox (both read and unread) emails in your yahoo and gmail accounts and put them in one site for you to manage. No need to log out often to check other email address because Threadsy.com will do the trick. This works with your facebook and twitter updates as well.

Bit.ly. The shortest URL shortener site I love. Bit.ly shortens your links and provides statistics of how many times this URL is clicked. This site is best for affiliate marketers to mask out there long affiliate links. This works to very long URLs as well.

Imvisible.info. I use this often at the office to play tricks on my invisible friends in Yahoo Messenger. This site detects if your friend is invisible or offline in Yahoo Messenger. This is a cool online tool to identify invisible yahoo messenger users. There are a lot more status messenger detectors out there but this site is the fastest and free. Now you can spy your buddy to see his real YM status. Invisible mode no more! It also offers Yahoo Messenger Status indicator in your website. By the way, I’m still looking for other platform like Skype, AIM, Facebook chat etc.

If you know something, share them. I’ll add them on the next edition.

eLviN

PS. I’m organizing an event here in Laguna. It is Internet Marketing Workshop by Jomar Hilario. It is a 14-hour workshop where in you’ll learn how to earn semi-passively online. You’ll learn how to earn through adsense and through your own online store. If you’re interested kindly email me at elvin@elvinperia.com.

PS2. I’m glad that more and more people are being blessed by Bo Sanchez’ Truly Rich Club. Every month we’re receiving Stocks Updates containing useful information about stock market. There Bo Sanchez tells us what stocks to buy, what stocks to sell etc. Also, we’re receiving inspirational teachings/talks every fifteen days (SuperPlatinum members will be receiving audio and video CD in their doorsteps). For more information about Truly Rich Club visit www.trulyrichclub.com.

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Marketing Lessons from Seth Godin

For the past couple of days, we’ve been reading a lot of books. As far as I can remember I read almost three books in three weeks time. It’s a bit slow you might say but I like to note that I still have my Monday to Friday work, my blog posts daily, my daily conversations with my family, my weekend activities and preparations to my first ever Internet Marketing Workshop event.

And I’m excited to read a new book from Seth Godin entitled Meatball Sundae. Before I discuss that book (because I already have some idea what topics will be discussed in that book through Tito Tony and Edel’s stories), I’ll first share with you some marketing lessons I’ve learned from All Marketers are Liars Story Tellers.

• Find a product that you really, really like. In my case, I really love to read blog articles from my mentors (this includes Bo Sanchez, Seth Godin, Jomar Hilario, Janmck Hilado, and a lot more). I love reading a lot of books (Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, Seth Godin, Bo Sanchez, etc). Lastly I really love to learn more about my finances, my health, and my relationships with my family, friends, colleagues and my God in short all aspects of my life.  I have this vision of becoming a role model in a society I belong. Through the help of these materials, I know I’ll get there someday.

• Tell the world about the product that you like. In other words, share your stories. Share how these products changed your life. Share your experiences through writing, through videos, through stories, and any form you choose. In my case, this blog and the some forms of social media (facebook, twitter, mail etc), enables me to share my stories to a bunch of people online. I create blog posts like these or shout-outs in my facebook page to share some key learnings that helped me grow. Sometimes, people are not fond of reading my posts but that’s okay. It is not intended for them anyway. I know I have attracted people having the same mindset. Luckily, you’re one of them.

• Live with your story. This is the most crucial part of marketing. Your followers (or the people you have attracted) need to see an inspiration in you. They need to see a proof that the product you are telling them really helped you. If it does not show, they will never believe in your story or worst they’ll look for someone that they can trust. A follower can really distinguish if you are lying or if you are telling the truth. So be really careful what you are sharing or selling. If you can’t do it, don’t say it. Walk the talk.

A successful marketer follows the principles above. Some people can really sell products they don’t like but there will come a time that people will notice it. Once the people notice it, definitely his sales will drop significantly and the worst thing that may happen? Trust will be lost.

Don’t lose that hard-earned trust.

Find a product you believe in. Share them. Walk the talk. 

Until my next post.

eLviN


PS. Fill the love tanks of people you love. Bo Sanchez' latest online club Family Reborn offers a great way to restore broken relationship or strengthen strong relationships. For seven months, Family Reborn subscribers will receive ten blessings that will definitely improve your relationships. To know more about Family Reborn check out this link. www.familyreborn.com.

PS1. Use Social Media to Give Your Online Business A Boost. I found three great videos that would definitely amaze you. Three videos from Don Crowther for Social Profit Formula teaching us how to drive traffic (and eventually make money) to your website using social media like facebook, twitter, youtube, etc. This social media expert shows the Social Profit Landscape that would definitely help you understand which social media is appropriate to your business. Feel free to check the videos on this link. www.socialprofitformula.com

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The Truth About Lies and The Best Marketing Strategy

The other day, I bought two books from National Bookstore in Festival Mall Alabang. I bought Seth Godin’s two classic marketing books Meatball Sundae and All Marketer’s are Liars Story Tellers. These books were suggested by my mentor Tony Hilado.

I immediately read the All Marketers are Liars Story Tellers book. From the first page, I could not stop myself reading. I agree with the concepts Seth Godin presented. The way he delivered it was fantastic.

I have found a lot of good marketing strategy from that book.

I can say is that we all live in a world of lies but a good marketer believed in that lie. Godin presented one glass wine maker as an example. The glass wine maker claimed that the taste of any wine is better using his glass as compared to an ordinary glass. Obviously it’s a lie but lot of wine critics proved that the taste is really different. The wine in his $20 glass tastes really good as compared to an ordinary $1 glass.

So what are we missing here?

The answer is belief.

I have a story to tell. I have been an affiliate of International Marketing Group. I am amazed by the concepts presented during the wealth academy series. Every after the wealth academy series I am fired up. But there’s a problem. I don’t believe that I can sell. That’s why I don’t have sales. My limiting factor is belief. My limiting factor is my belief that I can’t do it.

There’s a saying that goes like this: “If you think you can do it, you’re right. If you think you can’t do it, you’re still right.”

So what’s the point?

My point is our beliefs depend on our own definition of truth. There’s no universal definition of truth (and lie). Truths and lies are all products of our mind. What we believe as true may be considered as a lie to others.

Bottomline is trust in what you believe in; live by it, share it, tell your story and eventually it will sell. That’s the best marketing strategy. That’s why Seth tells us that All Marketers Are Story Tellers.

eLviN

PS. Share, share share! If you like this article feel free to share it to everyone by clicking on the icon above the blog post title. Feel free to share it to your facebook friends, twitter followers, or you can email this to your friends. Who knows this story might change some people's lives.

PS2. Want to learn how to earn online? I am currently organizing an Internet Marketing Workshop here in Laguna together with my mentor Jomar Hilario.  In case you're interested you may email me at elvinperia@yahoo.com for advance registration. No final date yet but it will be sometime October.

PS3. Financial Literacy invades Laguna! Another event I'm organizing is the Wealth Academy Series. We'll be visiting different organizations and offices here in Laguna to conduct a free Financial Seminar. In case you and your group are interested email me at elvinperia@yahoo.com.

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Journey to the Past: An Introduction

I’ve been blogging for a year in this blog and I think I haven’t introduced myself (well aside from the about me page) yet. So here’s a post that will show you a glimpse of who I am. I’m happy with my title.

My favorite subjects are math and science. I love computing. I love the idea of problem solving. I love numbers. I love thinking of a better way on how to simplify things with the use of science (observation) and math (computations). I know I’m a good researcher. I’m a good absorber of knowledge. I’m a very curious kid very hungry for information that would simplify problems using the tools I’m good at. As a matter of fact, in our office, I’m considered as the best problem solver, mini-tool programmer even if I’m not in the IT department.

But here’s the catch I’m not good at public speaking, constructing sentences, and some other things that is related to English. In fact, if I were given a chance not to take English subjects I would grab that opportunity no thinking twice. No second thoughts! Also, if you read my English papers before you’ll see grammatical errors after grammatical errors and my writing has no sense at all (well not all but most of them). English is really found outside of my comfort zone.

I remember the time when I took the entrance exam of my alma mater. In that entrance exam there are four subjects, Math, Science, Reading and Language. My grades in science and math are exceptionally high (above the 95th percentile) but my Reading is 71st percentile and the worst of them all Language 54th percentile. Imagine that. I didn’t pass the entrance exam. So I applied for wait list. Luckily, because of my exceptionally high grades in science and math I landed on a BS Chemical Engineering course.

I know you’re currently thinking of this line, “You’re saying that you’re not good at English and yet here you are creating you’re craft with the use of words, sentences and paragraph. You’re insane!”

Yeah. Most of the people who went out of their comfort zone were once called insane but most of them made a difference in this world. Most of them created a dent in the universe.

I know I am not that good in the English grammar but I know my mind is great. And I can do anything with the help of my brain.

I know you can do it too.

Get out of your comfort zone.

Share your greatest talents to the world.

Contribute.

Make a difference.

Until my next post!

eLviN

PS. The Laguna Feast will be having a new series called “Awaken the Healer in You”. If you have a friend who lives near Laguna (Binan area to be exact) and currently experiencing health problems you are invited to join. The Feast Builder Jon Escoto This is a miraculous event you should not miss! For more information about the Laguna Feast check out: http://www.lagunafeast.info.

PS1. Do you want to earn semi-passive income online? My mentor Bo Sanchez is offering everyone an online business through his Truly Rich Club. Check out Truly Rich Club by clicking on this link: Truly Rich Club. I'll be honest with you, I'll be earning a commission if you become a member through the link above but that's nothing with what you'll receive. 

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The Halal Experience

I haven’t written anything on this blog for almost a week. Sigh. I missed writing. There are so many things I have to tell you. My schedule just won’t fit for me to sit down in front of my computer and open my blogger account.

Last week, I have been to three Halal restaurants for two straight days. We had a visitor from Malaysia and I learned that one of them is a Halal devotee. This means that she is not allowed to eat any food other than those with Halal certification. This forced us to adjust to her food restrictions. We ate at three Halal restaurants in the Metro (New Bombay in HV dela Costa street [2/5 stars], Kashmir in Pasay Road [5/5 stars], and Hossein in Serendra Global City [4/5 stars]). 

I never imagine that I’ll eat foods like that here in the Philippines. I went to Malaysia last year and never tasted these kind of foods. But well, I guess that completes my Malaysia experience more or less (Hmmm... I think I should get back to Malaysia to see the view from the Petronas Tower).

Anyway, here are some lessons I’ve learned from that experience.

Be firm with your faith. She could easily choose to eat anything because she’s in a different country (and no one will know except God of course) but she chose not to. She had chosen to stick with her conviction. She had chosen to be faithful even if there are a lot of temptations surrounding her. I admire her faith for sticking to the things she believes in.

Be influential. This lesson goes hand in hand with the first one. If you stand firm with your faith, no one can ever shove you away. The only thing left for others is to follow or adjust with your standards. Just like what happened. We were obliged to follow her food restrictions. 

I hope we’ll be like her.  Even if there are a lot of temptations surrounding us we’ll be able to stand firm with our faith, with our conviction thus influencing more people to follow our lead. 

If you want to influence others be firm with what you believe in.

Until my next post!

eLviN

PS. I’m happy to share with you that I have a new affiliate sale this month in Truly Rich Club. Now I’m earning passively, woohoo! If you want to become a member you may click this link (Truly Rich Club). By being a member you’ll receive a lot of materials that would help you grow your spiritual and financial life. You’ll have your own source of passive income as well. Great deal? Yes it is!

PS1. The Laguna Feast will be having a new series called “Awaken the Healer in You”. If you have a friend who lives near Laguna (Binan area to be exact) and currently experiencing health problems you are invited to join. The Feast Builder Jon Escoto invited Fr. Osorio, an anointed Healing Priest to conduct a special Feast Healing Explo! This is a miraculous event you should not miss! For more information about the Laguna Feast check out: http://www.lagunafeast.info.

PS2. My internet marketing mentor, Jomar Hilario, will be having a Truly Rich Internet Marketing Workshop this coming June 25-26 in Cubao. For more details about this event you may call Beckie at (02) 722-9562 or email her at beaconlightevents@gmail.com. I attended this event last year and it opened my eyes to a lot of earning opportunities online (this is the reason why I created this blog in the first place). In case you're outside the country or far from Cubao don't lose hope because Jomar Hilario created an online club where you can learn the things in the workshop. For more info check out this link : Internet Marketing Online

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Time Out!

Last Thursday I was sick. I was unable to go to office for my work. I was on sick leave for two days. I consumed 2 out of my 15 sick leaves in a snap.

Reason?

Too much work and not enough sleep I guess. I’ve been doing a lot in the office - data crunching, data analysis, talking to various markets for reports we require them to submit and a whole lot more. Also, when I got home, I still work as a virtual assistant (answering emails for events).

During the first day of my sickness, my anxiety kicked in. Here were my thoughts.

1. How will I finish the report my boss required me to submit on Monday? I haven’t started it yet! And also, I haven't started on the report due on Friday.

2. How will I send the Inventory report for the week? My other boss will be mad at me!

3. I will be orienting a visitor from Malaysia on Friday, who will orient her?

4. Friday will be the last annual medical check-up day at the office, what will happen to me?

I was having tons of anxieties that day.

It’s really true that too much of everything is bad for our health.

But I thank God for the time He gave me on those two days. Here was God's message to me that day.

Don’t complain about interruptions. When your plans don’t go smoothly, it means you’re receiving a gift. Every interruption is a gift. Open that gift and you’ll receive precious insight, a new way, a better path, an open door you didn’t see before.

So God is really generous, here are the gifts he has given me on those days I was sick.

1. I shared more quality time with my future dentist brother who at that time is at home watching NBA Playoffs. The Thursday up to Sunday playoff games between the Phoenix Suns - Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic – Boston Celtics where very, very awesome and exciting NBA Playoff games. For sure I’ll miss the NBA Finals Game 1 this coming Friday (Philippines time) watching with my brother. (I know you’ll get mad at me because I still watched TV during those times)

2. I was surprised by my soon-to-be-wife Edel. Her gift (t-shirt) is awesome + Andoks (yumyum even though my appetite is not well yet). Her hugs are definitely my pain killer.

3. A loving family who bought me Solmux, Bioflu, and Gatorade. They even prepared food for me (well they always do this one).

4. Enough sleep for my body cells to regenerate and fight the flu virus.

God really gives us time out or interruptions if he thinks we’re overdoing things. When that happens, listen to him. For sure he has greater plan for us.

Until my next post.

eLviN


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Elvin Peria supports Earth Hour

Mark your calendars: Saturday night, 27 March 2010. When the clock strikes 8:30PM, the world will once more be engulfed in darkness – and a Billion people will celebrate the biggest party in recorded history.

Now in its third year in the country and envisioned as a celebration of climate change solutions, Earth Hour Philippines aims to inspire 15 Million Filipinos in 1000 towns, cities and municipalities to switch off and join in the revelry – in an environmentally-conscious manner, that is. Many of the nation’s most iconic landmarks are expected to dim their lights in the largest call for action on climate change. Cities from around the world, from Europe to Africa, are expected to join in.

Join the revolution to out planet!

Here are some tips on how to save our mother earth.

• Invest in power-boards with “off” switches, so you can turn off standby power at night – by turning appliances like TVs off at the wall, it doesn’t waste energy and carbon.
• When you switch to digital TV, choose a set with the Energy Star logo – Energy Star has the lowest standby rating and good overall efficiency.
• Install energy efficient lights - they run on a fraction of the energy and will last a lot longer.
• Double the efficiency of your car by putting another person in it! – this is an easy way to reduce your mobility footprint.
• Make a commitment to walk, ride or take public transport to work regularly – it will save money, and help you stay fit.
• Cut out one flight this year – air travel contributes a lot of greenhouse gases. Choosing to holiday closer to home, or avoiding business travel with teleconferencing, can make a really big difference.
• Ditch the take away coffee cup and get a re-usable one – this will reduce landfill.
• Only buy recycled toilet paper – it’s got a lot better since the early days, and it means less forest destruction for a clean bum!
• Recycle old gadgets – old mobiles, iPods, TVs. Computers and radios contain lots of material that can be recycled such gold, copper and coltan. None of this needs to end up as landfill.
• Get a couple of chooks! Chickens eat food scraps and turn it into fertilizer, and they produce free eggs.
• If you're renovating check out what recycled products are available – this will reduce pressure on the world’s forests which help to stabilize our climate.
• Start a worm farm - the worms will reduce the organic waste going to landfill and it's something the kids can enjoy.

EARTH HOUR

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Three in One Plus One

It's been days since my last blog post. There were a lot of stuffs that happened this week. Technically, I became busy creating and promoting websites for the whole week. With this I have actually finished three websites. I also created a twitter and a facebook page for each site. And by the way, it took me 3 hours per night to finish all these tasks (except last Wednesday). Whew.

I have another site-creation project but I’m still waiting for my partner to provide me the important details needed to finish it. Soon, I’ll be announcing and promoting that one as well.

If you want to take a peek of the sites I created, feel free to click on the links below.

Edel Ramilo’s blog site. This one is an existing site, a site for my partner in crime. After the change, she got inspired and committed to create tons and tons of blog posts. I hope this will result to compiling books in the future. Laughs! By the way, she posted a thank you message for me on her blog. Feel free to check it out too.

Amaia Scapes Laguna. This is a website for the new property developed by Amaia Land here in Calamba, Laguna. Amaia Land is a sub brand of Avida Land under the Ayala Group of companies. I just love the green feel of this site. Soon, I’ll be having one unit here for my partner in crime and in case we want to transfer to another location, this unit will be a source of passive income in the future. Either way, it is in favor on our side. We’ve done the math and it’s possible.

Trevi Towers. This is a website for a condo unit in Makati City. This property is along Chino Roces Avenue. It is just five minutes away from the Makati central business district. Just like in Amaia Scapes, we are committed to purchase a property here and invest it in the future. Getting a property on Trevi Towers is a good choice because it is very near the IMG office (where we spend most of our Wednesday and Saturday nights) and it has a very attractive condo design. By the way, this is the first site I created this week.

Next week, my task is to improve on my website too. It’ll be a very interesting change. I’m very sure of that. After all the practice I’ve made on these three + 1 projects, I know it’ll be a great site. You’ll see next week. So stay tuned.

PS. Just in case you're interested, I'm willing to create a website for you. For more information just notify me by commenting on this blog post. I'm very much willing to help you get started in unleashing your ideas to the next level.

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Thank You!

Guys, thank you for being a blessing. :D

Hope you enjoy my short presentation...

 

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Special thanks to the following :
Poy Tibayan for introducing me to a great online video creator
Edel Ramilo for creating a surprise birthday treat for me

Everyone who greeted me thru facebook and thru text

THANK YOU! :D

More stories and videos to come! Stay tuned.

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It All Started in A Jeepney : The Sign

Smile came out of her face. I immediately looked for positive signs. Was she blushing? Was she giggling? Well, I was very focused on her facial expression. I was very eagerly waiting for her reaction.

Then I asked her, “can I court you?”

Her answer?

Of course, it was a resounding yes.

I heard the heavens were screaming after that answer. The whole universe conspired with the happiness I felt. They were glad that I made that brave move to ask Edel that question.

The courtship stage has now officially begun.

Since that day, here are some of the errands I did for her, rather with her.

I accompanied her. I fixed her internet connection. I fixed her computer when it crashed. I fetch her after classes. I dated her. I accompanied her to attend Sunday mass. I met with her friends. I surprised her. I stayed with her. I watched movies with her and her friends. I laughed with her. I listened to her stories. The list goes on and on.

One December afternoon (a couple of days before the end of December classes), I thought of surprising Edel with a flower. So I rushed to a nearby flower shop (Fresh Blossoms – so far this flower shop has the best flowers I’ve seen at a lower cost) and looked for a flower. That time, I was thinking what would Edel like? Red Rose? White Rose? Gerbera? Carnation? There were so many flowers to choose from.

It took a couple of minutes for me to decide the perfect flower for her. The store owner said that carnation will not wither for the next 30 days. Hmmm. I was convinced with what she said. So, I chose a pink carnation.

I gave Edel the flower and she was surprised. Woohoo! That made my day!

By the way, here’s a photo of the pink carnation I gave her. The store owner was right, it took sometime before the carnation withered.

After that, she said that she’ll say something special on the eve of December 28. I was in high spirits when I heard this. I was very sure that Edel will answer me on that day. Call that confidence!

December 27, 2005, 15 minutes before midnight, I was waiting for her call. I could not sleep. So I created another entry on my journal describing that I was nervous but excited at the same time.
 

Then she called me up. She said that she was happy that God gave her the sign she’s been waiting for. So she said that she’s ready to take our friendship to the next level.

WOW! That was one of the greatest and happiest moments of my life.

I didn’t know that Edel was waiting for a sign. If I give her the sign she’s waiting for, I will be her boyfriend and she’ll answer me midnight of the 28th day of the month. But there’s a deadline for this sign, December 28.

Thank God I gave her a flower before the 28th or else.

Anyway, it happened. I thanked God for making it happen.

After four years and two months, I’m proud to say that I still court her up to this day. I still do those stuffs I mentioned earlier but I’m pleased to tell you that I was promoted. I was promoted to be her life/business partner and her driver/math tutor/computer technician/personal assistant and more job posts at the same time.

I’m blessed that I shared those fun-filled years with her.

I’m ready to face more fun-filled days, months and years with her.

I wanted to write another “…to be continued” on this third installment of the story but I think it is just right to give an end for this chapter but I believe there’s a lot more Edel and Elvin stories to tell.

Thank you for reading and inspiring me to finish every part of our love story. It’s been fun doing this. I hope our love story inspires you.

February is indeed a love month. Imagine the season made me share our love story.

By the way, due to public demand, Hopefully Edel will release her version of how our love story started written in her point of view soon.

One more thing, I hope I can hear your love stories as well. 

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