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?

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!

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

Not too long ago, I wrote that a neighbor of mine is a ballroom dance instructor but he is old, already in his seventies. That is why I never took lessons from him even though I really want to learn ballroom dancing.

Recently, I watched some old dance movies again like Grease, Fame and Take The Lead and they again fueled my desire to learn dancing. So far, I have been putting it off because I could not find an instructor and I think I am too old and stiff to dance. However, I realize that these are just stumbling blocks that I placed upon myself.

About a week ago, I was told of this website called Dance Crazy, which is actually an online store that carries instructional videos in DVD format for just about any dance, from Samba to Country to Ballroom. I was surprised that they even have Ballet instructional videos!

It is also a resource site with the history for each dance and the music plus a video preview of each dance. One of the previews I watched was the Bachata Dance. Boy, I would really love to learn THAT!

I love the fact that their videos cater to dance enthusiasts from all levels from beginner level onwards and that the instructors are professional dancers themselves as well.

I think that learning by video is a great option for people like me who are born with two left feet and we would rather learn something like dancing in private and at our own pace. Besides, these instructional videos are way cheaper than going to dance classes where the fees are charged by the hour.