Posts Tagged ‘Joan’

Starbucks No Moree

Posted in Personal, Rants, Reviews, Uncategorized on November 23rd, 2010 by Joan Mae – 4 Comments

Well Im goin back home in like.. One.. two.. or three weeks from now. Sob. Im not sayin Im not comin back to Manila ( tis is my second home so yea Im comin back ) but I might stay in Davao for quite a bit. Had to stay with my family and act normal again.

Im definitely gonna miss the metro life. I’ll miss MOA and Makati. :(

And yea,
I realized.. we dont have Starbucks back home. Ahhhggg why!!??( is my million dollar question ) Will have to cut the random trips to sbucks with girl friends off the weekend list… eeehhh lame -_-

We have superb coffeeshops there though. I remember one famous local coffeeshop ,The Blugre, . Its distinctive from other cafe’s around the city coz they add Durian to their menus.

But I am gonna miss Starbucks .. so yea .. there.. Im just sayin.. I hope they open stores in Davao. I wish.


How to search for a person using the Internet?

Posted in Uncategorized on March 30th, 2010 by Joan Mae – 4 Comments

Well, since June of last year I was on a rigid search for a certain AV in the US and ended up with a bunch of failures upon doing so. (Okey, dont ask why on earth am I lookin for this person coz the story’s pretty long and if I ever share the story here, you would only think Im a psycho. Let’s just say that I am into a weird obsession of lookin for missing people).

Okey, so the mission is to find a person.

How, and where to start?

First of all, you need the following tools:

* Google or Yahoo - Type in the name of the person you are looking for and the place they were last seen. Although you are less likely to get useful results from this kind of search but these search engines could provide you links into certain websites where you could find this missing person. You have greater chances of finding that person if he/she had gone into sites where they have posted their complete names or atleast their emails that’s goin to appear as a search result. I, for instance, have posted a comment on my friend’s Blog. I googled my name and found a link to my friend’s Blog. Now , how is this gonna help? Well, if youre lucky, you can get this person’s email address and work with it.

* Facebook - popular sites like Facebook are pretty effective tools to finding that someone. Unless that person’s ancient and hasnt been into the world of Social networking then youre bound to fail. Some people too prefer not to register with their complete names so that’s another problem. So you may wanna try lookin for their relatives and or friends and start scanning their walls and their friend’s list. Patience dear, its takes time to search for someone.

* People search Engines ( e.g, white pages, zabasearch, intelius, ussearch and stuff ) – These sites specialize in people search and might cost you around 8 to a hundred dollars.. and a few cents ofcourse. I think that this is probably the most efficient way of looking for someone as it provides you a list of possible telephone numbers, addresses and even Public records information like Educational and work background, criminal records and the like. The fee varies depending on the type on information you are requesting. If you are into some kind of secret-investigation-whatever, then expect the fee to be high. I havent tried this and not planning on it no matter how obssessed I am * But im already tempted!!! shoot* .. First of all, I dont have a debit/credit card, and second of which, I dont wanna pay! So No!

Just a caution though, if youre planning on using a PSE, get reviews about the website first before entering your digits as a lot of them are scams and a total waste of time.

So, if youre gonna ask me, was I successful in my search for this missing person?? The answer is NO.
Then why the duck am I sharing tips that dont work for me then?
Its coz we have our own shares of frustrations, what might NOT work for me, might work for you. And besides this is my blog and I have a heart of gold, I share whatever I wanted to share, you know, like Im the share-ry kind of person? ( if there is such a word) .


Love defined..

Posted in Uncategorized on March 14th, 2010 by Joan Mae – 10 Comments

Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday.”

Noelle – age 7

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”

Clare – age 6

“Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken.”

Elaine -age 5

“Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.”

Chris – age 7

“Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.”

Mary Ann – age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.”

Lauren – age 4

“I let my big sister pick on me because my Mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.”

Bethany – age 4


This is how kids think of  Love, kinda funny but better than how adults perceived it. Another realization that a lot of times, we go through all complications in life because we expect too much from what our idea of love is. The give-and-take BS they say. * Yea, i know a lot would deny , say ” Im not expecting anything?? I just want to love you ” * But where do heartbreaks start? Isn’t it because you know you wanted somethin but never had it. You know you gave somethin, but never received anythin back. You know you wished for somethin to happen but things never go your way. Frustrating. The irony of Love… Or no, dont quote me on that, I mean, the irony of what people think of love.

Has anybody ever define love in its most basic form?

“God is Love” Which is the ultimate truth, but no, thats not what Im talkin about.

Has anybody, ever grasp the idea of Love?

Or Love.. like the existence of universe,of milky way, of earth, is just too complicated that human minds wont be able to comprehend.

I am not an Agnostic of Love. No, not that I know of.
I believe in Love.. Ive always believed in Love. Its everywhere. Its within our hearts, our faith. Only that I dont think it can ever be defined.. Put into writing. Love’s way too much than a 4 letter word.