Do Not Buy Fur

WARNING! You may find this blog post very disturbing. If you have a weak stomach, just read the rest of the article and do not watch the videos.

Earlier today, I am being called by my mom to go to the dining room for dinner. As I passed by our living room, my parents left the television open on a program about the fur industry of our neighbors in China and Korea. The rest of the scenes are grayed out as if they are trying to protect the viewers from seeing what the real world is doing to those animals.

Guess what I saw, live animals being stripped off of their furs! Who in the world can do that! Right now, I admit, I am not employed. But even if you will be paying me millions to do that to even a single animal, I will not accept that offer.

Anyways, I would like to share with you what I saw, grayed out. Now, I tried to search YouTube for those videos. These are the top two videos and the ones I watched on YouTube. I really cannot take it, so I just picked these two.

Again, I am giving you a reminder that these videos really are disturbing and they are really very mean to the animals. And another thing, PLEASE, I am begging you not to be cruel to the animals and not to support the fur industry!

Video Part 1
Video Part 2


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Cloud Nine

Oh, I am sorry, guys, because I wasn't able to post something this past 2 days. I am thinking of some ways to make my life better. This past few days, even though I am not doing anything, I experienced some headaches and back pains. I don't know why.

Earlier today, I decided to switch on the television and the first program I saw is from a home TV shopping channel. "Introducing, the Bodipod21!" That is sooo cool and amazing! God is really working in mysterious ways. Why did I say that? Read on.

"Relax on the BodiPod21 and feel yourself drift off and experience relaxation and heavenly comfort. The most unqiue inflatable product on the planet - BodiPod21 is THE CHAIR for the whole family. Whether the kids want to use it as the ulitmate video gaming chair, dad wants it to watch movies in bed, or mom wants to do crunches and a quick back stretch, the BodiPod21 can be used in 21 positions for lounging, sleeping, reading, gaming, stretching, working out or simply working!" (http://www.airbedwarehouse.com/)

After I saw that program, I hurriedly called my mom and relayed the information on that wonderful product. The best part is that from the original price of PhP 5,000 (five thousand pesos), it is reduced to half since it is only being launched here in the Philippines. I will surely order one from the home TV shopping network.

I can't wait to sit on that chair and try all of the positions especially the so-called Cloud Nine position. You may get one for yourself, as well. See the 21 positions on the pictures.

Jollibee, I Am Lovin' It!

Proudly a Filipino product, Jollibee made it's way to my top list of favorite fast food restaurants for today's review. Any motion for reconsideration for other companies? Do you want the criteria I used?

Well, I cannot give you any percentage because I just based everything from my tongue's taste buds, the quality of food, the affordability, and most importantly, customer service. Actually, the reason why I came up making a review for fast food restaurants is because earlier, I have my late lunch delivered to my place.

Earlier, I did not noticed that it is already 3 o'clock in the afternoon and I haven't taken my lunch yet. I checked for food in the kitchen and found some left over that I think is not edible anymore. So, I came to a decision to pick up the phone and have fast food delivered to our house instead. I scanned the telephone directory and found 3 candidates: Chowking, Jollibee, and McDonald's.

That list is something to do with the availability of the fast food in our area, I picked on the 3 closest in terms of distance. From there, I spent about 30 seconds evaluating the list. And I concluded that Jollibee will be best and that is also related to the past food deliveries I've had. Well, to name some:

• Chowking's service crews did not check on my exact location before and took 2 hours to have the food delivered. The person who delivered was really shaking that time because he said that the crews who are taking orders through phone did not even bothered checking if the order is complete, the whole name of the person who ordered, the contact numbers and the exact location. I really felt sorry for Chowking because they really kept me a loyal customer and I really adored their Chow Fan and Beef Siomai.

• Jollibee, on the other hand, I think is keeping their customer's records through phone number because when I called before, they just verified my phone number and they already know what my name and complete address is. Cool huh? It is as if they have a call center within their store who can make their customer's pleased with their service. Food-wise, I like their Burger Steak Meal, French Fries and Chocolate Sundae among others. And another, this fast food company really did satisfied me with sending in many condiments, tissues and complete utensils. So, I think Jollibee will be a good choice.

• McDonald's, McDonald's, McDonald's. You do not know how I hate McDonald's when it comes to food delivery. They are the worst! In the office and back then during our previous orders at home, we always expect that the food we will be getting will be incomplete. We also experienced not getting any straws or catsups or spoon and fork so we have to phone them again to complete the order or the utensils. Not to mention, we've read through emails, how McDonald's sucks when a customer found a sponge or a foreign object in his Egg McMuffin. Well, please pause for 10 seconds as we say "Rest in Peace, Egg McMuffin inventor" to Herb Peterson, who peacefully died last March 2008 at the age of 89.

Now, the conclusion, weighing on some aspects here, I dialed Jollibee's phone numbers and made my order there. I asked the gentleman who I spoke with to have the food delivered within 10-15 minutes or at the soonest possible time. I am expecting that they will arrive after 30 minutes because they have this ongoing promo that if they did not delivered within 30 minutes, then the customer will be receiving a 200 Peso gift certificate.

To my surprise, they made it at 15 minutes! I also received a certificate that I can have a free French Fries on my next visit and a raffle entry because they are celebrating their 30 years in the food industry. Gees, I am very glad they came very quickly and the order is complete. So I gave some extra, as tip, because of their great service.

And, it has been a knock out in favor of Jollibee. Happy 30th Year Anniversary to Jollibee Foods Corporation!

Oh, and by the way, I want to cite some food I like from the other restaurants. I like Tokyo Tokyo's Red Iced Tea; Chowking's Chao Fan, Beef Siomai and Chili Sauce; Starbucks' Vanilla Frap; KFC's Coleslaw, Mashed Potato and Brownies; Kenny Roger's Corn Muffin; McDonald's Caramel Sundae; among others. The choice is yours! Bon appétit!

Everybody's Security Comes First!

As I am finding out ways on how to improve my blog site, I came across this comment from a person I do not know. This comment is for an article I posted last December 2007 but the date on the comment is March 2008. So this comment was posted a couple of months ago.

The person who posted the comment is named Barb Michelin and she is saying that we had a chance to talk about an online business. As far as I am concerned, back then in March 2008, I still don't have a clue nor a plan for an online business. It is as if I have a blank slate when it comes to online business, that was before. Well, to tell you honestly, I am now an aspiring entrepreneur working hard to have a business online. But still, I need to learn many things about that topic.

Anyways, back to our main subject for today... That comment is also pointing me to another website, but when I checked on it, it leads to a different website. I am puzzled who this person is and what is that she is talking about. I did some research through the help of my best friend, Google, and found out that some bloggers already received the same comment verbatimly. And also, according to the websites' discussion, this is spamming all around and is like a phishing scam and that is why it is strongly recommended to have your blog comments moderated.

Securtiy comes first, so I immediately moderated putting comments to my blog posts. That's it for now, hope you learned from my first informative post. And I am also hoping to see you around. Oh, and by the way, there is already an email subscription form at the left side of this post. Just enter you email address and you will be receiving an email whenever new articles are posted here. Don't forget to invite your friends as well. Thanks!

Lakbay Aral (Field trip)

Maybe you are again wondering what the title of this post denotes? Nope, I am not going to a theme park nor to a museum, not even to a library.

As of this moment, I do not have something to be busy with since I just resigned from my current 9-hour job. And all that I am doing at home is to surf the Internet the whole day long. So, what I plan to do right now because of the enormous opportunities and learning the WWW is giving us, I will be sharing with you what I am doing and getting from the web by means of this blogsite.

I wish to share everything by blogging, I guess at least thrice or three times in a week. Well, I hope it will be everyday. As long as I am learning something new from the Internet, I will definitely have it shared with you through this blogsite.

I am considering this plan as a part of my learning. I also want to make use of the Internet. Some of the new things I tried is monetizing a website; building several social networks through Friendster, MySpace, FaceBook, and the like; I even discovered some websites that offer web utilities and applications that really is a big help; etc. Most of them are actually under the topic Internet Marketing and Web Development.

But, don't you worry, I will also include several topics like How-to's, Ideas, Trivias, Current Events and Entertainment. You may already subscribe to my feed, please locate the "Email Subscription" form at the left part of this page. You can also send in your suggestions to my email (markanthonymayo@gmail.com).

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