I’ve never really been known to be an organized person. In fact, I consider spontaneity as an integral part of my personality, my teaching and my being. This is why I’ve never found the need to get myself an organizer or planner.

This year, however, it’s different. I was given one by my wife. After getting all the stickers to complete the Starbucks’ promo card, andrea claimed the special leather-clad planner and gave it to me as a gift. I think it’s her way of saying that I should start organizing my self. Hehe! (Just kidding!)

Anyway, just so we could clear the issue, I asked her what the planner is for. Christmas was over. My birthday was 3 months away. I couldn’t think of any reason why she’d want to give me a gift. But guess what her answer was? After handing the planner to me, she said in her sweetest voice, can I have this? Then she pointed at a different planner that a student of mine gave me for Christmas! Haha!

I laughed and then I whispered back to her, that’s exactly why I love you so much! And then she took the planner and smiled!

Andrea used to have a problem with constipation. Now, this might not be a very nice topic to some people but I think it is a common problem. Whe she was still working in the corporate world, she didn’t really have time everyday to do number 2. She had to leave the house at 6 am and would usually go home at around 9 pm, it was a very stressful life. Because of the problem she was having, she’s thought of colon cleansing several times. Of course, she need to read up on Colon Cleanse before trying anything out. Among its many benefits are more regular bowel movements, weight loss, decreased feeling of bloatedness, increased energy and better sleep at night. It’s important though, to use a good colon cleanser. Some colon cleanser can actually make you feel much worse because they contain different chemicals. One option is Oxypowder, it helps to gently cleanse, flush, and detoxify the colon without the dangerous and embarrassing side effects of laxatives. With the increasing incidence of colon cancer, she’s all the more inclined to clean her colon and telling me to do it too. Colon cleansing is one of the ways to prevent colon cancer. So you want a better lifestyle? Clean your colon.

and Mateo will get his first airplane ride and boat ride, his feet will have its first feel of soft, white sand. Andrea and I are excited for our Boracay trip next week. We are feeling happy and grateful for the people who will be making this possible for us - our parents (and of course the friends who will be getting married there). We’re also both first time Boracay goers so we can’t wait to see Yahoo Travel’s #1 most popular beach of 2007. Let’s just hope for our sake and our friend’s sake that Bora will have the perfect weather next week.

As part of the privilege for purchasing web hosting and domains, andrea and I have lots of other emails. Great, right? Yes, it is because we’ve lots of ways of communicating with several people without the risk of any down time. But at the same time, nope, because it is such a bother cleaning each and everyone of them of spam messages.

Because you see, no matter how much we try, spammers make their way to our emails. I’m not so sure how, but they do even though our emails already have spam protection. I guess they’re not that reliable after all. This is why we’re seriously thinking of trying out commercial spam filters like Appriver’s Novell spam filter. The company boasts of muti-platform spam filter that eliminates spam from exchange, groupwise, notes, linux, etc.

And since, we’re planning on setting up an online business one day that might entail serious usage of our existing email accounts, might as well practice cleaning them up right now.

A friend of mine from Austin is planning to launch his own company in the next few months. His problem is where to set up his very own office space. You see, for the past two years, he’s been conducting his business from the comforts of his own home. I can’t blame him. It’s cheap, accessible, and you can keep a close eye on everything 24 hours a day.

But because, his company has been expanding steadily over the last two years, he feels that it’s already time to move out and build a real office outside his house. The problem is where and how? I told him to check to check out the internet for help. I said if his looking for an Austin Commercial Real Estate, then I’m the last one he should ask for help. I haven’t been to Austin before.

Fortunately for him, a cousin of mine lives there and she told me to tell him about the Don Dox Company. She’s been working on an office that was bought using the help of the said company. According to her boss, their office was found by simply using the company’s customizable and easy search function. Her boss was able to save a lot of time and money in looking for a place because of Don Dox Company. I told him to try it out.