Stressed yet?

A new thought on the idea of "Stress". It's not rocket science. Most people, including myself, think that to relieve stress you should go on a vacation, free your mind off of work, watch a movie every week, and so on, and so forth.

We cannot just go to our "little place" every time we're stressed. In my case, if I would task myself to go to Hong Kong each time I feel stressed then 1, I would be out of a job and 2, I would be broke-ass poor.

My sister, Chezka, said something last night over dinner that really made sense; She quoted it off a doctor she and Jay have been visiting. What we do not realize is it's not the work that causes the stress but the decision to make that stress-stimulant affect you.

A trick to make a stress-stimulant not affect you is PREPARATION. Never wait for the last minute.

In one of the Management training courses I've attended, it was discussed that our everyday tasks and duties can be categorized in 4 quadrants:
Q1: Important and Immediate
Q2: Important yet Not Immediate
Q3: Not Important yet Immediate
Q4: Not Important and Not Immediate

These 4 quadrants and how you use them when categorizing your daily tasks can and will define you as a person. In a perfect world, we would want to have all of our tasks categorized under Quadrant 2 yet we know that it is never always the case.

Think about it, if we keep on procrastinating, then we will be stuck at Quadrant 1 forever.

Try using this table when doing your daily tasks and see if this makes any form of improvement.

Domain Shopping

To date, I have purhcased 5 domain names:
www.pedeliandbarkley.com (business)
www.citygatecm.com (church)
www.shekinahctc.com (alma mater)
www.eboybautista.com (personal)
www.ebzster.com (personal)

Finding the urge to get one was just an accident. A few months back I was selling C2 Green Tea to the employees of Sykes Asia, Inc for a good price. I wanted to get the prices lower so I decided to look at the Universal Robina website to inquire if it is possible. Instead, it brought me to the employees' webmail page of UR. To my surprise, it was powered by Google Apps.

Upon research, it turns out that Google gives out free mail, document, and calendar hosting to people. If you have a domain name, you can sign up with them. If you don't have one yet, you can buy directly from them and sign in automatically with Google Apps.

Jay said that $10.00 for a domain name is pretty expensive because he knows of cheaper alternatives but I didn't care. Google is Google and the free service, you cannot get that anywhere else (as far as I know).

So it started with my company. Then with my Church, Then with my school, then I bought two for myself. Jay said that it is better that way than eventually having someone else buy it ahead of you.

Will this end? I hope not... hehehe... as of this writing, I am already thinking of buying two more... Habang mura pa ang dolyar...

Questions about Google Apps? Go to http://www.google.com/a/...

Wishlist...Re-revisited

I took a look at my posts and found out that my Wishlist needs to be updated, again...

1. An Apple Airport Extreme. (para maging Wireless hotspot bahay ko... pang Wii, PSP, at Laptops ni Jay at ni Chez)
2. An Apple iPod Classic, 120GB
3. An XBOX 360 Elite Edition Console
4. A second (3rd or even 4th) Samsung Syncmaster 225BW LCD Monitor
5. A Canon EOS 450D (Or Rebel XSi).

So here it is:
1. An Apple Airport Extreme. (para maging Wireless hotspot bahay ko... pang Wii, PSP, at Laptops ni Jay at ni Chez) <- well, Chezka and Jay moved out BUT my mom wants to have a laptop and I'm saving up to get a MacBook so this still stands. 2. An Apple iPod Classic, 120GB <- though my 60GB is still alive and still has sh*tloads of space left. So this is not a priority. 3. An XBOX 360 Elite Edition Console <- I'm happy with my Wii so this goes off the list. 4. A second (3rd or even 4th) Samsung Syncmaster 225BW LCD Monitor. <- My videocard can support up to 4 displays so why not get the most out of it, right? 5. A Canon EOS 450D (Or Rebel XSi). <- I already got this last Christmas.. YEAH BOI!!!