Credit and collection

Debt Collection has always been a big problem of some companies. Especially those that run installment sales. My sister is also an accountant like me. And she currently works for a furniture and equipment shop. She is having a hard time reconciling accounts left by the previous accountant. It is a two years’ worth of uncollected accounts. My sister is left to sort it all out.

But she also has other assignments that she has to do on top of the accounts receivable reconciliation. So she asked the finance director of their company for permission to get help from a third party. And that is a Debt Collection agency who can help them collect all those accounts over 120 days overdue. The finance director gave her the go signal she needed.

She started looking for a reputable collection agency that can help her get on top of the current problem. And she found American Profit Recovery, a collection agency who will help them recover those amounts that should have been collected a long time ago. American Profit Recovery charges a flat rate, a reasonable rate that will not eat a large portion of the collectible unlike other collection agencies.

If you are also interested in their services, go and visit them at AmericanProfit.net now.

It's the Pacquiao vs. Marquez Boxing Fight!

What’s the result of the much awaited Pacquiao vs. Marquez rematch fight???

PACQUIAO WINS!!!!!!!

The most awaited Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez boxing bout is ongoing right now. Pacquiao is apparently doing good. My dad’s watching at SM North Edsa right now. While we here at home are listening to 97.1 WLS-FM, the FM radio of the GMA network.

Round 11 is ongoing at this very moment. 12:13PM

It’s over! Decision time! 12:20PM Manny Pacquiao won via a split decision!!!

PACQUIAO WINS!!!!!!! PACQUIAO WINS!!!!!!! PACQUIAO WINS!!!!!!!

WordPress theme that loads way faster

I changed my theme again The old one has problems with the plugins I have activated and some friends have noticed that the old theme loads way too slow. I thought it was just on my end but apparently, others experienced it, too.

I looked for a simple, 2-column wordpress theme that has a white background and found this Blue Zinfandel Squared Enhanced 2.0 by Brian Gardner. I tweaked it a bit and put a header image, raindrops caught on cobwebs. I also darkened the navigation bar and the footer.

This is the original look of this theme.

I am satisfied with the outcome. My blog now loads way faster than the previous themes I had. I also like the light blue and black font colors here.

Anyway, since I love changing themes, I will start recommending great, functional themes that I find. Plus sites where you can get wordpress themes and blogger templates as well.

It’s Palm Sunday today. Gone to church yet? Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!

*Just updated to the wordpress 2.3.3 version. If you find something weird going on here, please drop me a line, will you?

Weekend Snapshot #18 - Near heaven

This shot was taken the weekend we went to Mines View Park in Baguio. I chose this photo for this week’s Weekend Snapshot entry because looking at this photo, I feel closer to heaven.

This coming week is the Holy Week, tomorrow being Palm Sunday. This coming week is the best time to meditate and re-evaluate how we live our lives. Are we being true to ourselves? Is this the way we want our lives to be?

Have a blessed weekend and Holy Week everyone!

PR is coming back!!!

Hey Matt Cutts, what’s up with the returning PageRanks???

Good news, friends! Apparently, some blogs are getting their PageRanks (PRs) back. Both blogs of tita Liza slapped with a PR0 less than a month of getting a PR4 are now given back their PRs. Ate Ghee’s blog got a +1 in her PR. From PR3 it is now back to PR4. Most bloggers given a PR4 before the big slap where given back their PRs. Again, mostly PR2s. Rach’s, Ate Thess’, Teacher Julie’s blogs got their PRs back. Lucky them!

There is hope, people.

I just wish this blog’s PR will come back one day soon And I wish I know what’s the criteria in getting a blog’s PR back. Oh Google!

Happy Friday weekend everyone!

The Deathly Hallows split into 2 movies!

Warner Bros. Pictures and the producers behind the $4.5-billion film franchise featuring the beloved boy wizard will split the seventh and final novel in the J.K. Rowling series into two films.

Yay! So they are splitting the last and final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, into two movies. Part I will be shown on November 2010 while the second part will be shown in May 2011.

I believe this is the best way of putting into film a really good book. I love how the final book was written and I hope they will not make another Order of the Phoenix version wherein there were so many important and interesting scenes in the book forgone to include irrelevant ones, particularly that kissing scene between Harry and Cho Chang.

I really wish they’ll do justice to the final book.

Can’t wait!

My Own Utopia

Hi everyone! If you would be so kind enough as to visit my new blog, My Own Utopia, I would really appreciate it. It will make my day if you add me to your blogroll as well.

Have a nice day everyone!

He looked like the Big Bully!

Have you watched the Senate hearing today? I was able to watch the portion wherein Senator Jinggoy Estrada was the one in-charge of asking Leo San Miguel and Dante Madriaga. I just noticed something with the way Jinggoy treated both men… he has a smirk the whole time and was quite the big bully!

Maybe he was thinking that ha! Now you know how it feels to be grilled the way we were grilled when my father and I were being charged with so many things!

If you watch the hearing, there is a big difference with the way the senators treat the witnesses. Senator Kiko Pangilinan, Senator Rodolfo Biazon and Senator Allan Cayetano knew how to treat the witnesses. No condemnation in the way they look at these people. Jinggoy on the other hand…

My post’s title says it all.

A new video award site

You all know about the popular video sites of the moment. They offer the same services… uploading of videos and a link that they can use to share the photo with friends through blogs, web sites and other social networking sites.

But there is a new video site that is offering something different from among other sites similar to theirs. Nemmys is the newest video site that gives out awards on uploaded videos. Friends get to vote on the Top 3 Videos and at the end of the week, the Top 3 videos will share in the jackpot. Now that is a very enticing offer!

So go ahead and join Nemmys. Just log on to their site http://www.nemmys.com and sign up. Afterwhich, start uploading those videos of yours. I am actually starting up a vlog and photoblog for the little baby in the house. And since it would be very convenient to use a free video uploading web site, than hosting it on my own, I will be using Nemmys instead. Who knows, one of the little girl’s videos might win the jackpot award, right?

Go and visit Nemmys now. Check out what they have to offer. And join now!

Bb. Pilipinas winner: Should a beauty queen be a good English speaker?

Ruffa Gutierrez reacted to the winner of the Bb. Pilipinas beauty pageant for NOT being fluent in English. The lady had a hard time in her Q&A portion but still went on to win the title of Bb. Pilipinas-World, a title previously won by Ruffa herself.

Come to think of it, what is wrong if you only know how to speak your native language and nothing else? Does a beauty queen really have to speak the English language fluently?

Let’s just recall a bit here that Dayanara Torres has an interpreter when she won the Miss Universe title a couple of years ago. She spoke in Spanish the whole pageant.

So do you really need to be fluent in English for you to become a beauty queen? Is it a requirement?

This just shows how colonial mentality is affecting us Filipinos. Fluency in English does not necessarily mean you are speaking sensibly when you open your mouth. I can name a lot of people I met in the call center companies I have been with who speak really good English coupled with the American or British accent but with the brains of a child. English fluency does not translate to an intelligent person, people!

Ruffa is wrong in saying that it is embarrassing for a beauty queen to be unable to speak in English. Says who? There is no need to be self-righteous when it comes to English fluency and grammar. We should all be proud of our language. If a beauty queen cannot speak in straight English, then let her speak in Tagalog and get an interpreter! Other countries do that, why can’t we?

My point is this… why lambast a girl for that? Give the girl a break! At tayo namang mga Pilipino, kung di kinakailangang mag-Ingles o kung talagang di natin kaya, eh di mag-Tagalog na lang! Wag masyadong trying hard! Walang masama sa pagsasalita ng Tagalog.

Weekend Snapshot #17 - Sunset in sepia

My brother took this shot the weekend we visited my mom’s grave. Have a productive week ahead everyone!

Thanks for always visiting

My sister wants a puppy

My sister’s birthday is coming up next week. She has been requesting that we give her a puppy as a birthday gift but I am still thinking about it. I am concerned about who will take care of the puppy when she is not at home? Of course, all of us go to the office or in my father’s case, he has to take care of the family business. So I am thinking that if we are all out of the house, who will be left to take care of the puppy, right?

My sister teaches and she cannot bring the puppy with her. But since she wants one, might as well give her something that will really make her happy. We will just probably think of something, a solution to this dilemma. A beagle is what she wants. She loves Snoopy and now she wants the real one!

Beagles belong to the medium sized dog. It is a type of hound. They say that Snoopy is the most famous beagle. I believe that there is a breed of beagle that is pocket sized, small enough to fit in your pocket. And most of this breed can be found in England, where they really came from. Most beagles are tricolor, white with large black areas and light brown shading. They have a strong sense of smell. It has an even temper and a gentle disposition. They enjoy company, and although they may initially be standoffish with strangers they are easily won over. They make poor guard dogs for this reason, although their tendency to bark or howl when confronted with the unfamiliar makes them good watch dogs.

If you are looking for information on different dog breeds, you can check out DogChannel.com now. You can choose from small, medium or large breeds and you will be directed to the different breeds under it. Visit the site now for more information on dogs and puppies.