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Everybody Needs A Vacation

I wrote so much on Hawaii vacation rentals that one of my readers asked me if I have heard of Florida vacation rentals! Of course I have! My friend, Markus, holidays in Florida every summer! A couple of months ago, he told me that he searched for Panama City vacation rentals on the internet and stumbled upon WeNeedaVacation.com

When I first heard of this company back in June or July, I thought that it is rather an apt name because frankly, we all need a vacation! Preferably once a month!

WeNeedaVacation is a leader in vacation rentals online directory for Florida. This site allows us to search our dream beach vacation rentals, compare them and rent the one that we like the most and that suits our budget the most.

This site also allows property owners to advertise their vacation rentals on the site to be viewed by holiday makers. There is such a vast variety of vacation rentals from beach homes to condos to villas all over Florida that if you are planning a vacation to Florida, whether to Disney World, for golf or to the islands for their beaches, your search should begin with WeNeedaVacation.com. The layout is so user-friendly that you would be able to find our dream vacation rental without wasting much time, despite their huge database of vacation properties!

So Ma Huan!

I have been a member of one particular forum but I never posted before because that is a webmaster forum and since I know nuts about web mastering, although I do have my own sites, I thought I would just lurk around and read posts by other experts and learn a thing or two.

Although I am the silent member there, I do need to use their Private Messaging feature and in fact, that was the primary reason that I registered with the forum in the first place.

This morning, though, I received a private message, went to read and wanted to reply, but I was not allowed to reply because the error message says that I do not have sufficient posts on the forum. Now they want us to have a minimum of ten posts before we can send out private messages. WTH!

Normally, 10 posts is nothing to me since I have posted more than 10,000 posts in record time in one of my old forum hunting grounds but this is SERIOUS forum and I have nothing to share with them *cry*

Doris Goes To Hawaii II

I forgot to mention that Doris said that she planned a Hawaiian holiday because she heard her family’s stories of fantastic Maui Vacations and just has to go on one herself too and when her company declared a bumper 2.5 months bonus, she said there is no better time to go than this year. She said that she now has a son only. If she waits any longer, she may end up with more children making her trip more and more expensive. Haha! What planning!

The family booked vacations through Hawaiian Beach Rentals and recommended them to Doris and her husband. So far, Doris has been very satisfied with her communication with the staff of Hawaiian Beach Rentals. They are surely going to make her trip as hassle-free and fun-filled as possible.

All her talk about Hawaii and forcing me to read the Hawaii travel blog together with her has made me wish that I too can go to Hawaii for a vacation but my company has only declared one miserable month of bonus *sigh*

Jaxtr – Link Your Phone

I don’t know how many people are using Jaxtr and like it. I have been getting invites for the past few months from business associates overseas. They say that we can call each other cheaper. lol cheapo! But I did not register with Jaxtr.

One reason I did not register is because I don’t want ANOTHER ID and password to remember. I came to the point where the less I remember, the better! In fact, I just totally forgot the password for the control panel of one of my blogs. Is my memory that bad or what?

Anyway, another reason that I did not register is that I don’t really like to give out my phone number to services like this in case I am billed. My line is a postpaid line and I would have to be responsible for my bill. In case of dispute, I would have to settle it fully first before I can seek a claim. Boy, I would hate to mess up my phone bill.

So is anyone using it? How do you find the features and are there any surprises?

Doris Goes To Hawaii

My friend, Doris, told me that she and her family have booked a trip to Hawaii. What is a Hawaiian vacation without going to Maui? So they have made reservations for one of those beautiful vacation rentals through Hawaiian Beach Rentals. Doris, her husband and son will be there for almost ten days exploring the island that we have heard so much about and captivated by from documentaries and travel books.

I read that Maui revelers will most probably make accommodations at Maui condos instead of hotels. Condos are great for group travel, you know? It’s cheaper and provides more privacy too. I forgot to ask if Doris will be staying in a condo too since ten days is too long to stay at a hotel.

However, she did let me know that she made some planning by researching through a
Hawaiian travel blog so that no time is wasted in Hawaii! She promised to send me photos when she is back and I can’t wait to see them!

My Rising Alexa

As a paid to blog blogger, my rising Alexa reading is certainly worrisome. I think that it will go above 199,999 next week and it would lock me out of many more opportunities, as if being in Malaysia is not a bitter enough pill to swallow.

I was telling a friend about my rising Alexa and my worries about it and he asked me, “So is that good or bad?” Of course it is bad!!!

What to do? I have seen my traffic dropped a little but not that drastic but I didn’t do some of the tricks that people do to bring their Alexa score down like trading reviews and such. I do have a widget on my site which is supposed to help with tracking and counting traffic and I sometimes use the Alexa extension in my URL, if that helps any.

I guess I will have to take it as it comes. The weird thing about Alexa is that some of my friends who are enjoying better traffic to their blogs have way worse score than I do. Oh, well!

HIFU: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

My uncle has been suffering from a medical condition for the past couple of years. There were times that he was unable to urinate and had to go to the hospital to insert a catheter to drain his urine. The doctors prescribed medication but that was just a short term solution because the problem persisted. And all these while, there is the bad feeling that this may be more than just an enlargement of the prostate.

My uncle has been told to look out for prostate cancer symptoms although checks did not reveal any abnormal cell but one can’t be too sure so he must be vigilant as well.

I read that treatment for prostate cancer is very advanced nowadays with something called HIFU, a procedure called High Intensity Focused Ultrasound. HIFU is an outpatient procedure under local anesthesia that will last from one to three hours. Using ultrasound waves, the doctor is able to target those abnormal cells and destroy them without damaging nearby healthy cells.

This is certainly good news because it is not an invasive procedure and can be repeated when required. For more information on HIFU, please visit http://www.internationalhifu.com