First Month Earnings

Despite the fact the some of the students are on holidays, the Soft Ice Cream Business earned more or less RP 4,488,000 NETT for its debut month (April to May). In my local currency that is roughly PhP 20,400 or basically 431 USD. Not bad considering this is NET PROFIT! =)

My Business Website

Starting your own website? Having website optimization problems? Try these out!

Been playing around with these 2 cool tools I found hosted by google, Analytics and Webmaster Tools. Both aims at helping you on analyzing and optimizing your website presented in a very user-friendly manner.

I just started my own business website trying to learn as much as I can as fast as i can. Hope these tools can really help. So far, I get bad returns on key word searches. Still, I wont stop till i get there.

www.eskimo-indo.com

Birthdays

It was my Birthday a few days ago. Practically, it was also the Birthday of my International Assignment, and the Birthday of my Special Project.

Allow me to post a Blog I posted almost a year ago..

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Its been quite a 2008. Things have happened so fast. MarkProf... Thesis... Graduation... Board Review and Exam... My Work at Naturale Labs... and all of it under hailstorms, typhoons, and tsunamis of my personal life. They said in Chinese numerology, the number 4 is somewhat related to death, while 8, being a number that signifies prosperity, is somewhat connected to a "start".

Markprof, where I made it under Batch 4 (four), did somehow signify the beginning of an end. A BIG END. And on the 4th month of year 2008,... IT finally died. Whatever it is, I cannot say. But it was a big part of me. And it died an artificial death.

Birthdays, days of birth, are celebrated almost in every

corner of the entire living earth. Luckily for me, it wasn't just a celebration of my birthday. In fact, it was indeed a Birth Day. Or should I be more specific: a "Re-Birth Day". To add to this, it was all about my Job. :P

April 30, 2008, 9:45 P.M.

I set foot in a plane of flight 5J759. Less than 3 hours away. Plenty of time. Ticket says i arrive 11:40.

April 30, 2008, 11:45 P.M.,

why are we still thousands of feet above sea level not even lowering our altitude one inch.

May 1, 2008, 12:01 P.M.

I walked to the back of the plane, near the rest room and asked the Flight attendant why we were still flying in the middle of nowhere.

Cripes... flight was in fact 3:45 hours. We arrive 11:40, Jakarta time.

Well well, would you look at that. Lucky Me. A flying Birthday Boy.

April 30, 2008, 11:45 P.M., we arrived.

May 01, 2008, 12:01 A.M. we were walking towards Immigration.

Well well, would you look at that. Lucky Me. A second eve.

A barrage of thoughts kept crashing in to and out of my head. Why did I do this again? Of all things, why this? Well, I think I had my reasons working on my Birthday. Cool...

But ultimately, I think the answer is also a question in itself.

Why NOT?

Lets get to work... ^.^


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May 2, 2008 - Our first outlet with Cycles Mild Laundry Detergent For babies at Ocha's Collection. Although we were already selling Cycles in Indonesia way before that, this was the pioneering door of our renewed efforts in our battle to bring break-through products to Mommies all around South-East Asia.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CYCLES-INDONESIA!

Begin with the end in mind

Somehow out of all the 7 items of Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this is the one i remember the most. Maybe because out of all the 7, this is the one I keep failing to do.

Begin with the End in Mind. And stay focused!
Temptations will come along the way, and we for the most part [being human], are weak.

Just for reference, let us remember the 7 habits that we should try to reflect on once in a while:

• Habit 1: Be Proactive
• Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
• Habit 3: Put First Things First
• Habit 4: Think Win/Win
  
• Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
• Habit 6: Synergize
• Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw