When you blog, you don’t only need to be updated with the latest trends, or be an excellent writer, you must have the heart to blog. A blogger must have the heart to be able to have a very nice blog. When you make a post, you don’t just make a post, bloggers use their hearts when they make a post. You must have the heart, the passion in order to have a blog that will exist for years. You treat your blog as a part of yourself. You love your blog just like the materials that you treasure because of their sentimental value or even like your pets. You don’t want to make a post that has a lot of grammar flaws and you want posts that will satisfy your readers. You hate it when your site gets down, i.e bandwidth exceeded, or other kinds of error. Your blog is like a part of you. You don’t just blog for hobby, you blog for passion. A true blogger uses their hearts to blog. True bloggers don’t blog because of their earnings and the opportunities for being invited for an event, you blog for passion, you blog because for you, it’s a part of yourself.

Johnson's Play Day Package

Yesterday, I have received a package from Johnson’s and Johnson’s. It was a freebies package of Johnson’s Play Days, their theme for this summer. When I got the package aft first I have no idea, all I know is that I got the package because I am a blogger, a mommy blogger and i’ts mother’s day. I got the package from the LBC courier and decided to check the details. It was from “UNIVERSAL McCANN.” While I was doing this post, I decided to text the number to get further details. While waiting for the reply, I continued with the post. The first thing that cam to my mind is it’s probably from Nuffnang, because it’s mother’s day. I got to this assumption because lately I have been seeing the ads of Johnson’s Play Days Nuffnang ads on my blog and as they are the only people whom I know can sent me this wonderful freebies and they know my address as well. I was truly grateful to be receiving this package. The contents of the freebies was just right for me. Anyway, I got a reply from the number in the package. Indeed, I am right, they are from Nuffnang. It is only in Nuffnang where I receive this awesome freebies and benefits , no wonder I got a package like this. The message contains, “Hi, Athena! It’s J&J’s way of thanking our mommy blogger for providing useful information to other mommies.” I was informed that 44 mommies received this wonderful package. I am truly grateful that I am one of them and I really am enjoying my life as a blogger with Nuffnang. This are the times when I proudly say, “It’s because I am blogger.”

Below are the pictures of the contents of the package.

Freebies of Johnson's and Johnson's Play Day gift to mommy blogger for mother's day!

Although this is supposed to be posted on my mom blog, I decided to blog it here in my primary blog as Johnson’s and Johnson’s deserve to get a lot of audience. My my primary blog has more traffic, so as my way of thanks to Johnson’s and Johnson’s and Nuffnang, I am making this post dedicated to the both of you. Thank you so much for this wonderful package!

I have been using PLDT MyDSL since December, and I never had a problem, maybe one but that one didn’t even last for an hour and I am not even sure if it’s with my internet connection. I love PLDT MyDSL. I am not an employee of PLDT so this will be not a bias review, and although I  was once part of a subsidiary company of PLDT, which is SPi Global (formerly ePLDT Ventus) this will not be a bias review, it will be a review from a mommy blogger who works at home.

I started with PLDT December, and I will say, boy, it was a wonderful experience. Since you are using a direct wired connection, your connection will not be intermittent, which means, you will not be signing in and out of your Skype or Facebook chat which happens to USB modem users. And what’s great about PLDT is that although they say you will have 1 MBPS, you can actually more than that, unlike their competitors, they advertise 1 MBPS, yes, you will not be getting a 1 mbs internet, but something much worse than 1MBPS. I have seen people posting their complaints in Facebook, some even have a speed of 0.03 KBPS. Good luck to what site that speed can browse! And what I hate about these USB or wireless connection is that your connections is intermittent, which means people see you signing in and out of IM’s even though you are not! This will be really frustrating for work at home online workers like me. But before we get on to that issue, just to prove that you can even actually get more than 1 MBPS internet speed with PLDT MyDSL, especially at night, see the picture below or this link: http://www.speedtest.net/result/1930651478.png

The test was taken a few hours ago, and imagine, it was already almost 2 MBPS, and most of the time, if I get lower than this, I get 1.07 MBPS, but rarely lower than 1 MBPS. This is what I call getting what you paid for.

You may have seen bad reviews about PLDT, some of it may be true, but for me, PLDT will be the best internet connection in the Philippines, after all, they are the first in the landline and internet, which makes them a pro to this. I wonder why some people are making bad reviews about them when PLDT actually offers a good service, in fact, excellent service! They are probably just insecure people or they just had a bad experience because they were not a good customer too. Anyway, I don’t want that to be a part of my review. PLDT may be expensive but you get what you pay for.

For work at home online workers like me, especially call center jobs, or jobs that are not writing jobs, you would really need a good connection. If you can relate to what I am talking about right now (you probably can if you are a follower of my blog.) online jobs, if it is writing or graphic jobs, you may not actually require you to have a good internet connection, but boy, if you are working as a virtual assistant, customer service representative, etc, you NEED a good internet connection. And USB modem really won’t work and I have experienced it. Last week was really a hassle for me. Why? Because my PLDT service was interrupted because of unpaid bills, and since I have no choice since I cannot pay the bills at the moment, I had to use a USB modem. Boy, it was the worst internet speed ever! Worst experience! It has really sabotage my online work, and online reputation. I was working on two contracts and one of it almost got ended because of my internet connection. Boy, my client was really furious! You pay for like 100 Pesos for unlimited internet for 3 days, yes it is unlimited alright, but a very bad connection if you are working, you cannot rely on this; you can use it for browsing, but for working or watching online, no way! So going back, paying for 100 pesos or more depending on what provider you use, unlimited for 3 days, compute it to 30 days, you would be paying for about 1000 pesos a month, and PLDT MyDSL is 999. So why waste money on an internet connection if the service is like that? You are paying the same or more, but the service really sucks, right? Although of course, you have to have a landline if you want to have DSL, that will be 600, but for me, it’s really worth it. If you may be using the provider that will charge you 50 pesos for one day unlimited, you are still saving money in choosing PLDT. I don’t want to sabotage my job again because of that kind of service. I really wasted on that USB connection. It almost made my family hungry because of internet.

So if you are really looking f0r a good internet connection, “I HIGLY RECOMMEND PLDT MYDSL” I am giving them 10 out of 10 stars for my review with regard to their overall service, kudos to you PLDT!

Flower Boy Ramyun Shop Korean Drama Review

So this is a very late review. Hahaha. But the memory of what I have experienced in watching the drama is still fresh. My rating will be 4.5 out of 5. Weee. I really enjoyed much of the show and I was able to finish it in a few days, a sign that I enjoyed watching it. The show was good, the casting and the length of the show as well. I gave it a 4.5 because of the feeling that the story was “corny.” Not the whole story but some parts of it, specifically the jokes and even the title of the show isn’t good, like my friend said, “it sounds gay.” But don’t get me wrong, I highly recommend this drama. The drama has a weird humor and cute story that will make you feel to watch more and more. The drama is far from the Cinderella type of story even though the guy was rich. The twist is that the guy is rich and so much younger than our leading lady which is not the common type of drama and far from the Cinderella type of story. Furthermore, the other reason why you cannot stop watching it was the handsome leading men in the drama. Hahaha. Bottom line, I highly recommend this drama. Bravo Flower Boy Ramyun Shop!

UPDATED PRIZES! YOU CAN EVEN NOW WIN CELLPHONE! TASKS WERE ALSO UPDATED SO BE SURE TO CHECK THEM OUT!

As promised, I will host a giveaway for my birthday (April 22)  and my daughter’s first birthday. (May 7) Although I posted it late, (internet bills problem) I still continued with my promised giveaway! Yey. Giveaway will be announced on May 31, 2012 EST. (You can see when the giveaway will end at the top left of the rafflecopter.)  This will be my first giveaway ever so I do hope you’ll support me. 

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