Anointed CEO

One of the (few) things I like being outside the Philippines and staying here in Canada is I get the chance to try out several online services. There are services that are not available outside U.S. and Canada. An example is downloading videos from NBA.com. Also, since you are earning dollars, stuff became a bit cheaper, like cost of books and shipping from amazon.com.

In this post, I’ll share my experiences using the service of QOOP.com, the partner of Multiply.com for printing out your digital pictures stored in your multiply.com account.

I was surprised with the variety of ways to have your photos print out. You can have it in Photo Books, Posters, Postcards, Stickers, Mugs, Calendar, Greeting Cards, Shirts and Hoodies, Mouse pads, Magnets, Photo Disks, Key Chains, Luggage Tags (this is cool), and of course, regular photo prints. Clearly, the service is beyond “ have pictures printed out”, but to have personalized stuff and gifts.

For a first time user of their website, I did not have any problem using it. Also, they delivered my photos within promised time frame.

As of this writing QOOP has partnered to photobucket.com, flickr.com, facebook.com, and webshots.com.

I may try some of their personalized items this coming December as gifts and I’ll update you guys.

Lakbayan is a simple web application that will give you a score based on the number of places you’ve lived into or visited in the Philippines. Just answer the form with yes or no and you’ll receive a grade. You can also paste the result in your site or blog. My grade is “D”, which I think is not really a good one.

My Lakbayan grade is D!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

This also made me realize that I travel more when I was in college considering that we (college friends) have limited budget. Now, I need to postpone my plans to travel the world not until I get a grade of “B”.

Got a chance to try the services of aryty.com. A new company that offers mobile phone users from US and Canada to send prepaid credits to the Philippines. I stumble upon it from blog of Angelo Racoma.

The website interface is very simple and it is easy to use (something that seems to be missing in most websites today.) I received the confirmation text message quickly and my friend received the FREE P115 load immediately. Yup, they’re giving P115 for a trial.

You can send via their website or through the mobile phone you used upon registration.

I agree with Angelo, this is indeed very promising and will be helpful to our kababayans abroad.

I can see that the business model is viable. They offer referral commission to website owners and bloggers too. Leveraging blogging network. So if you plan to register, go and test it here so I can earn upto P150 to send.