Having a sand ceremony

I might be a bit more traditional and prefer to have a church wedding as opposed to a sand ceremony, but I would have to admit I still appreciate nicely executed wedding celebrations by the beach. It would take great courage to pull something off such as this, since weather cannot always be on your side. I've been to a lovely wedding by the beach where they had intricate artworks made on the shore. The intimate wedding took place on a perfect afternoon, and it was the third day of the week long island trip. Our small group were so bonded by that time our photos by the beach ended up like a magazine pictorial! Truly, beach weddings are quite fun!

Taking out unsecured small business loans

Once in while I feel like whinging about the repetitiveness of a 9 to 5 job. You let the alarm wake you up at least 2 hours before work day starts, get dressed, have breakfast then head off to work. When you get to work you do the same things as the day before. Wait impatiently for the clock to strike 5 then walk out the office door to head on home. Then do it all over again the next day for 5 days. It's not at all bad, but I can't help but wish sometimes I could do something else and take a hold of my own time. A friend suggested that I start a business and research about unsecured small business loans. I do love baking. I will have to take out a loan, but I'm fairly confident I have what it takes to make it work. I just need to do my research and get the right attitude.

Dental practice for sale

It's been a while since my last visit to the dentist. It's not that I'm afraid of some professional poking around inside my mouth looking for a tooth to pull out. Well, a little. But mainly because they are just a tad expensive where I live and there are no dental practice for sale here which means business must be good all the time. I caught up with a dentist friend recently and we got into comparing the cost of going to the dentist in our local areas. Suffice to say I could get return flights to where he is, have a holiday and still have enough money to have my teeth checked for the amount I would have to cough up here. Then he said, "maybe I should take my practice there". I said "great, you already have a patient! Do I get a discount?". He just laughs.

Ever thought about dental practice valuation

My cousin in law is a dentist who never worked outside her own practice. I have a friend who on the other hand has had the opportunity to be able to have her own practice and work for a corporate practice. When it comes to finding out which has advantage - I guess I wouldn't know. The best thing is to request for a dental practice valuation which considers components such as : location, client base, technology, etc. My guess now is as good as yours, and would be interesting to note if a private dental practice wins out over a much larger dental practice!

Beautiful commute

Taken from Milson's Point

If only each day everyday this is the commute.... No traffic,  Great Views, and under 10 minutes travel time (I wish!)....

I know how effective personal word of mouth marketing can be

There are a million ways to make a business work. I know the most effective of it is by personal word of mouth marketing, or through referrals. A lot of my current maintained clients have been with me for a while now through referrals from friends. Some of these referred clients have even referred more clients to me - how heartwarming and pocket enriching at the same time. This has cost me nothing but my devoted time in servicing the original client or my friend. The rest of the process gradually unfolds itself magically! It is definitely worth investing in impeccable service.

Such a teddy

No background story - yet

My sister and I have launched our online baby store a month ago, and have been on the look out for the perfect teddy to incorporate with our gift basket. I had the idea to find a teddy which had some meaning to the story of its creation. When little B was born she was given a knitted Teddy from Royal North Shore Hospital. The story behind those teddies they give out at that hospital was that old people would knit them in the aged care centres and give them to the hospital to give out to newborn, or sick children at the hospital. I think that is a good story. Now if only we can source this in the Philippines or tap someone there who has this sort of background to that plush toy. In the attempt to be a perfect business partner, I was scouting for a teddy - but at the mall! So much for having a meaningful background - but well, we had a deadline!

Should we take out a couple of Midland Texas auto loans

In a couple of months we are re-registering our car again, taking out car insurance again, renewing other licenses and insurances again. December seems to be when this is all happening. This out of pocket expense is on top of all the expenses that normally comes with the festive month! Yesterday hubby and I were out and about in the city with little B and we were discussing how to approach this. One thing that crossed our conversation is the possibility of applying for an auto loan or speak to someone about Midland Texas auto loans. Perhaps we should put applications in if we want this approved before December!

Craving Taho

Oh dear me, it's 8AM and I am craving Taho so early in the morning!! How I wish! I just remembered how the street vendor in Manila used to shout "tahooooooooooo-o!" and we would rush to the garage door to buy some.

Best friend's wedding decorations

Exactly one month and one day from today my very good friend is getting married! I loved helping her plan out every bit of this wedding and how we would exchange a million emails a day (she is overseas at the moment on an assignment) with wedding concepts, gown ideas, guest duties and responsibilities and everything in between. What I really liked about what they have decided on is that they are going rustic all the way. They are celebrating at a gorgeous farm an hour's drive from the city. They will have all their decorations in pale, light colours!

Every parent knows

... how to make their son/daughter eat heartily!

Ever since I saw this plate by Fred (Ms Food Face), at Myer, I could not help but rummage my mind about creating meal time fun. My mum is really good at this and has given me some stuff to try on little B. I have a bread toast shape maker, rice shapes, etc. I wish I could come up with more ideas so that the little girl would eat better. Her food repertoire is not very extensive, and veggies are a constant struggle to make her eat. Hopefully I could get her this Ms Face plate and it would encourage her to be "friends" with her food (and eat it!).

Ms Food Face by Fred

What are your other ideas to make your little one eat? I can think of many ways I have dressed up pancakes, hiding veggies in spaghetti (and other soup), but have not experimented with a whole lot. I know I should really try harder to come up with interesting food.