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Some time ago I researched information about Dipolog City and found sites for both the region Zanorte and the City itself, however the information on the sites had not been kept up to date and one site was missing altogether, perhaps it is been revised. How can a city attract visitors and investment when information is not up to date. One glaring example was the electrical supply situation where no mention was made about the fact of a major upgrade that is at present underway. I gleaned this information from a private site that suggests it supplies news on a daily basis but was last updated in October.

I have today revisited my research and the site that was missing is now up an running, operated by the tourist board, however it is does not have an English version of news which surprises me. I think the site is still under construction as many link do not work. The Local electricity supplier site is still also incomplete but is slowly being updated, hopefully this work will be completed soon, as it could be a good source of information as to when planned maintenance is being undertaken.

When you are marketing a business online it is vital that your website is kept up to date and the same goes for public information sites otherwise your visitors will disappear.

Commercial sites must have a constant supply of fresh information, for example details of special offers, prices changes, sales or even changes in personnel and management. An easy way of supplying this information is to write a daily blog and then connect the feed the the index page of your blog, this will ensure visitors including search engine robots will keep coming back for more.

Until the next time

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Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines
Living our Dream

Schools have now started their new year, which made a big hole in our pockets paying for fees, books and uniform, as Jay is in a private school. We believe we have made a good choice as the classes are smaller and the teachers communicate with parents on an almost daily basis, and discipline is strict with a system of rewards and punishments.

We had a visit from a Dutch neighbour who also lives in our gated community and he gave us some pineapple cuttings and a young orange tree to add to our collection of small trees such as lemon, apple mango and dwarf coconut trees. I think it will be 5 years or more before they will bear fruit, but at least I will not need to learn how to climb a coconut tree. The only problem we have is how to stop our two young dogs from digging everything up.

Work wise I have continued with my research on ways of creating additional wealth, as I would like to provide a safe and reliable way to produce additional income. My pre launch Forex business seems to have peeked with just over 300 subscribers, so hopefully when it comes on line in August, it could bring in $3,000 per month. but only time will tell, however its what I refer to as a no lose opportunity as it was free.

I need to visit our local electricity supplier (Zamboanga Del Norte Electric Cooperative) for an explanation why the costs of generating continue to rise at a time that fuel prices are falling. I am also looking for a rebate of my Deposit as my electricity consumption is about half what they estimated.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

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Motivation Equals Success

With everything we do in our lives, motivation is the biggest determining factor of whether something will get done or not. This could be any task no matter how large or small. Let's say you own a home based business. What is defined to be the drive for success? How do we stay motivated to succeed? With your own business it is very easy to get sidetracked and become lazy. After all, you are the boss right? Procrastination takes its course embedding the mind with non-productive thoughts to steer away any and all motivation.

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Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines

There has been a tropical storm sitting to the east of the Philippines for the past week, so we having been having a bit more rain than usually, don't have to water the garden so often, it seems the Philippines missed the worst of the storm but a few fishing boats were lost.

A journalist and crew went missing in Jolo on Independence day. Jolo is an Island between Malaysia and the Philippines SW of Mindanao, where I live and is a base for local is a base of a Muslim terrorist group. The government has taken no action as there is still debate as to if he is missing or not and until that is resolved, or a ransom note is received no action can be taken.

I am still searching for a KJV Bible for Jay but it is proving a difficult task, I have however found a small store that sells 2nd had novels, so that might be useful for the future. I have even started searching online bust so far no success.

Local schools are back, so need to avoid town at start and end of school day due to traffic jams

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+639991141149

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The idea of working from home is spreading quickly through families worldwide. Most people begin to think about taking this low cost risk when they involve themselves with a reputable company with a solid track record and a valuable product or service people need. Just think about it for a minute. The ability to work when you want, as long as you want, without having to commute, spend money on gas or live the day to day stress of a 9-5 job. This is a very appealing business model to me. I am that person who does not handle authority very well-especially when that authority gets to dictate the pay I get regardless of how hard I work.

You see, with a home based business model, I get to choose my pay, when I get a raise and how hard I would like to work. When building a business in the beginning, it is extremely important to work as hard as you can with "productive work" as opposed to "busy work".

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Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines

The past week has proved to me that the contractor who installed my gate is not to be trusted as he substituted a poor quality gate instead of what was specified, the installation is crude, and it will be virtually impossible to upgrade for remote control.

The Philippines celebrates it independence day on Tuesday, and our routine shopping day, yesterday was interrupted dues to road closures caused by processions with bands and dancers who were also celebrating the foundation of the state of Zanorte. Our quest was to find a book store where we could purchase a holy Bible King James version in English.

Books are hard to find in Dipolog city and looking online we found references to a book store in Friendly Mart, so we went there and the store guide pointed to the fourth floor, but no sign of any books, however a further search revealed a small section in the stationary department and I was able to purchase a English(US) dictionary, but no sign of a bible.

When locals refer to English here they are actually talking about American English many do not realise that, English spellings and meanings are different in American English. Words such as colour spelt as color and trousers are referred to as pants in American.

Security in out gated sub-division is being beefed up following a couple of break ins in another estate, until now the security guards tended to let anyone in. they are now planning a possible wireless entry system, security cameras and also radios for the security guards rather than mobile phones.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+63659082832

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With everything we do in our lives, motivation is the biggest determining factor of whether something will get done or not. This could be any task no matter how large or small. Let's say you own a home based business. What is defined to be the drive for success? How do we stay motivated to succeed? With your own business it is very easy to get sidetracked and become lazy. After all, you are the boss right? Procrastination takes its course embedding the mind with non-productive thoughts to steer away any and all motivation.

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Life In the Philippines - alternative to Local TV

Life in the Philippines
TV in the Philippines

I am so happy that I can get access to UK television programs here in the Philippines, the main providers here such as Cignal, Globe and cable TV serve up a mix of local and US based series. the programming of which is unreliable as they change the program mix in your subscriptions on a regular basis and often cancel scheduled programs.

The weather here with heavy rainstorms also result in programs being interrupted sue to loss of signal. I have also been comparing watching formula 1 on ESPN HD with BBC1 and its great to be able to watch an event without adverts which often appear at critical moments.

New TV's are available with Internet and wireless connections so it is getting easier to send Internet action to larger screens, I for one have plans to have a new TV in my office, which I will also be able to use as a computer monitor as, just have to work out where I am going to position it.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+63659082832

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Productive work is what will make you money for the long term. Busy work is a waste if time which has no guarantee. Of course in the long term, that so called "busy work" might pay off; yet, in the start of building a business from home it is crucial to use the phone and talk to real people and have actual conversations to build rapport and trust. This is the key to building a successful home based business.

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Life In the Philippines

Life in the Philippines
End of another Month

We have now been in our house for four months and it is still not completed, its nearly their Mediatrix did not finish their work inside the house, otherwise we could sign it off as complete. They did however request that we apply a sticker to our car so that security will not stop us from entering. I pointed out to the management that it would be better to have an automated barrier system operated by a tag or card, which provides better security. I do not want to have a sticker on my car as it identifies where I live which could cause potential problems for my personal security where kidnapping is a risk. am automated barrier would also relieve the gatehouse from having to always open and close the gates.

Talking of gates yes I have my gates installed but they still have to be painted, but I am not happy with the installation because as soon as I ran my car over the gutter a piece of concrete cracked off. I had been assured that a metal gutter had been installed, but no its just concrete. the whole gate saga has been a bit of a fiasco with the contractor telling lies. The original gate was supposed to be made from aluminum and shipped across from Cebu, but the contractor used the money for another project and then had a steel gate manufactured locally and it has been a problem ever since.

I have now been in the Philippines for over a year and my visa expires in September to when my local paper advertised low cost airfare from Cebu to Hongkong at 448 PHP I jumped at it, but like a lot of advertising it was a bit of a con as for two people the return flight was 1952 PHP plus 6902.14 PHP for tax, fuel surcharge and fees. 1450 PHP for baggage and to add insult to injury 400 PHP for booking via the Internet. Yes there is a saving of 1911 PHP per sector so booking now saved me a total 7644 PHP. But I would prefer the Cebu Pacific website be a little more truthful about the actual cost by including the main elements such as tax fuel charges etc in their advertising, which are unavoidable cost. We did opt out of additional costs of seat reservations and hot meals.

David Ogden
Dipolog city
+63659082832