Q and A Tag from Maritess

I have not done any tags for a long time and I know I owe some friends for these tags. I apologize for the non-compliance as I just got real busy the past months. I don’t want you to think that I am ignoring the tags, nope! I enjoy doing these tags and I wanna thank my tukayo Maritess for tagging me.

OK, here we go:

Rule:

Place an X on all the things you've done, or remove the X from the ones you have not.
This is for your entire life!

Gone on a blind date--
Skipped school-- X
Seen someone die -
Been to Florida -
Been to Mexico -
Been on a plane-- X
Been lost-- X (so many times, LOL! I have a very poor sense of direction so getting lost is always expected)
Been on the opposite side of the country—X (when I got off the plane from Manila to San Francisco, hehe!)
Gone to Chicago
Swam in the ocean-- X
Felt like dying-- X
Cried yourself to sleep -- X (oh yeah!)
Played cops and robbers when I was little –
Recently colored with crayons --
Sang karaoke-- X
Paid for a meal with only coins --X ( yeah!).
Did something you told yourself you wouldn't—X (yes!)
Made prank phone calls --X
Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose—X (not only nose, LOL!)
Caught a snowflake on your tongue - X
Danced in the rain --X (I loved it when I was a kid).
Written a letter to Santa Claus --
Been kissed under the mistletoe –
Watched the sun rise with someone you care about – X
Blown bubbles --X
Made a bonfire on the beach -- X
Crashed a party-- X
Gone roller-skating – X (yeah but never learned)
Gone Ice-skating
Gone skinny dipping –

1. Nick-name? Tess, Tikya, Tekla, Tesya and Tiss (kasi bisaya e!)
2. Mother's nickname? Oping
3. What is your favorite drink? Coke regular
4. Tattoos? Yeah at my lower back and thinking of getting another one soon
5. Piercing? EARS
6. How much do you love your job? So-so
7. Birthplace: Butuan City, PHILIPPINES
8. Favorite vacation spot? -anywhere new to me like some quiet place with loved ones

9. Ever been to Africa ? No
10. Ever eaten cookies for dinner? Yeah!
11. Ever been on TV? Yes
12. Ever steal any traffic signs? NO!
13. Ever been in a car accident? Yeah very minor one.
14. Was it your fault? I was just a passenger
15. 2 Doors or 4 Doors? 4 doors
16. Salad dressing? french
17. Favorite pie? Strawberry chocolate
18. Favorite number? A winning number
19. Favorite movies? Space is not enough
20. Favorite holiday? none
21. Favorite dessert? Fruits
22. Favorite food? Pinoy and Chinese food
23. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
24.Favorite brand of Body soap? Zest
25. Favorite TV show? House and AI
26. Favorite smell? Happy by Clinique
27. What do you do to relax? Listen to music, watch movie, play online and surf
28. Do you have a message to your friends reading this? Have a wonderful weekend!
29. How do you see yourself in 10 years? Still in denial that I am that old, LOL! Hopefully, fully settled (financially comfortable, etc) and get to travel to different places
30. What do you do when you are bored? Do stuff online like watching funny videos at You Tube.
31. Furthest place you will send this message. Mars?
32. Who will respond the fastest? No idea, hehe! Bloggers who need fillers, o di ba? Aminin!
33. Who will LEAST likely respond? Can’t tell.

I am tagging everybody in my list who is interested.

I need sleep....

The past days, I haven't had time to do my PTCs because as soon as i start clicking, its like i am in a rocking chair and shortly after, i'm off to lalaland, LOL! You know sometimes I feel guilty when I miss a night of clicking because I feel that I owe it to my referrer to click, same expectation I have from my referrals (of course, only those I paid for). But when PTCs delay payment or don't follow what their TOS says, I cannot blame my referrals if they quit clicking. I try to be as patient as I could to click ads but there are times when I have to say "STOP!" as I also deserve my most needed sleep, don't I?

Bux3 paid me....

After 2 1/2 months of waiting for my last cash out at Bux3, i got paid the other day. I guess they had a problem with their payment processor before and server problems the past weeks. I hope Bux3 will be able to maintain its status as one of those established PTCs around. After getting paid, i cashed out again for more than $100. Let's see how long i'm gonna wait for this payment to come this time. Here is my last payment from Bux3.

If you want to try Bux3, please feel free to check it out by clicking the image below. Thanks!

Happy Moms' Day!

I know most of us here are work-at-home moms (WAHM) who, like any other mom who is working outside the home, we deserve a break and enjoy this special day. I wanna greet all moms out there a happy mothers' day! I also want to thank those who sent me texts - my friends, sisters-in-law and kids in the Philippines greeting me on this day. I am not that sentimental person, i guess because to me, we don't need to wait for this day to greet our mothers and make them special. My mother has always been special to me. By the way, how do you celebrate Mothers' Day? I dunno what's in store for me, lol but anyway, Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers out there!

How's your commute?

Don't forget to cash out....

Today is the last day of the month and for those who are into get-paid-to (GPT) sites like me , it is usually the day to cash out. So, don't forget to do that now or else cash out next month. I haven't done my usual rounds for these GPTs so i might just cash out next month. I haven't done much on GPTs, anyway as i focus more on my blogging (while there are opps!) and PTCs. Good luck to us all!

Check this out!

I signed up with AdsTab, another great paid to click (PTC) site which promises to have great potential among PTCs. I am now so picky with PTCs because i just had a bad experience with one that brought virus to my pc, I just can't mention it here because i am not sure which really caused it but don't worry because i have never promoted those PTCs here, thanks God! So far, my experience with AdsTab is great and i am enjoying this site. Check it out!

My pc has been infected with trojan vundo?

While I was doing my clicking last night, a window suddenly popped out saying my norton anti-virus program caught some trojan vundo. I ran my spybot program, cookies cleaner (cccleaner) and finally my norton and did a full scan before i went to bed. This morning, i was shocked to see the long list of same kind of virus. It kept on popping out even when i wasn't doing anything. Right now, i am working on my laptop while hubby is trying to figure it out, at the same time watching American Idol, lol! I know i got it from one of the PTCs i was working on last night, (not bux.to or bux3), i am not just sure which particular ad caused it. I'm just glad my Norton caught it before it got into my system.

Bux.to and Bux3 paid me...

I am happy to get some small payments from two of my favorite PTCs - bux.to and bux3! If you visit the forum for these sites, you will be amazed how much the members are earning. Mine is nothing compared to most who posted their earnings in the forum. It took 2 months for me to get paid because of the change in payment processor from paypal to alertpay but what matters is they pay! I got paid $72 from bux.to but i have now earned more than enough to cash out again, yay! Bux3, on the other hand is another paying PTC just like bux.to and this $10 was my first payment from them. I am sharing these to let you know that these sites pay, and not to brag about my earnings.

Free $25! No Strings Attached!

A new payment processor (like paypal, alertpay, etc) is giving away free $25 to those who sign up until end of this month. This offer is only open for US residents, at least 18 years old. You will also get $10 for every referral you have who gets approved. I got my check yesterday worth $30, that was for my free $25 and one referral but i only requested for $30 so i still have $2.50 left in my account after a charge of $2.50 was taken for check processing. You can also transfer your money to your bank account for free of charge but i opted for a check. I got approved right after i signed up and i got the free $25 in my account right away. I got the check within a week after i made the request. So if you are interested, send me your email address which should be the same email that you're gonna use when you sign up with them. IM it to me if you have YM at tesbmon or email it to me at tesbmon@yahoo.com. This is free money so why not take advantage of it?

Links review...

Since i got a domain for this blog, everything went to zero - from PR (its been zero, anyway), alexa, links, etc. I started to go over my list of links today and asked blog owners who listed the former link in their blogrolls or links to have it updated. I found out few haven't listed me there, maybe they forgot to add me or whatever but anyway, I also started to take those off my list here. Now, if any of you couldn't fnd your name here and you think you are supposed to be here, i am so sorry if i took you off by accident so just please let me know so i can add u back. I am just starting and havent even started those blogs that start from letter "B". I got tired after going over those under letter "A". Changing a blog URL is a PIA, it's like you are starting all over from zero. You got to go back to those sites you have signed up with and let them know you changed your blog URL, which is not an easy job.

For those who gave me awards and tagged me, thanks a lot for remembering me. I am so sorry if i havent posted those awards here yet and haven't done the tags yet but i will try to do them as soon as i can.

New Domain

Well, after few chats with Roselle, i finally decided to change this blog into a domain. I even used a different domain name at first then with Roselle's help, i changed it again into http://tessonlinebiz.com/ so please my dear friends who have this blog listed in your blogroll or links, please update it for me, ok? Just take off the word "blogspot" and that's it! This blog has been zero PR anyway so i guess i lost nothing but the small fee i paid for getting this domain name. Thanks everyone! Enjoy the week ahead and good luck in your blogging!

I love your blog!

Here in blogworld, i have been to many blogs and read so many posts and through them, i was able to make a picture in my mind about what kind of personality the blogger has. No matter how you keep it, your personality shows in the way you write your posts. I find there is something in few of these blogs that keep me coming back like watching my favorite TV series or reading a really good book. There are of course so many of these blogs that i could say i really love but let me just mention a few like the blogs of:

Redlan - because of the variety of topics, down-to-earth tone, sincerity and the moral values it always teaches its readers. His posts clearly shows the kindness that this guy has and how he values the readers that stop by his blog.
Pepe - very entertaining, may variety! Very down-to-earth yet classy, educational and always represented in style! May class, may dating, bongga!
ZJ - educational, colorful presentation of life, variety of topics, articulate and entertaining. I feel i was also with her on her trips when i read her posts, galing talaga!
Jolens - discusses worthy and entertaining news and events, articulate, talks about life that most can relate; there is always something new in her blogs! Never boring!
Yen - i love the layout, background and colorful and sensible posts she has in her blogs. It shows the creativity and artistic talent in her.
Toni Drew - i love how detailed she could write her posts, i feel like i am reading a pocketbook and i really enjoy it!
Reigh - entertaining, candid and kind, down-to-earth and sincere! Walang yabang!

Guys, I wanna share with you this compliment that sexy preggy Marlet gave me. Thanks Marlet for this! I appreciate your sharing this with me and for giving me the chance to share this to others too! Guys, I wanna tell you that:

Guess what? I am a double X!

Not in size but my blog is! Mommy Ruby gave me this double extraordinary blogger award, LOL! It may mean a lot of things but i wanna say "Thanks a lot" to you Mommy Ruby for this award. Anyway, here is the award that i am talking about, you can give it any meaning you want as long as it is positive, right? And of course i wanna give it to Bless, Redlan, Roselle, Lisa, Yen, Pepe, Recel, Mheldz, ZJ, Juliana in NY and of course my favorite kumareng Jolens aka Mrs. Brad Pitt-Bull! To me, each of you is an extraordinary blogger in your own ways so you deserve this award! Guys, take it away!

I'm a part-time brainiac!

Thanks Recel for this tag, i grabbed it right away because it caught my interest but i was quite hesitant to try this quiz at first as it may tell me "sorry, you got no brains, dummy!" At least i am happy to know i have brains, lol! Well, if i was younger, i guess the result would be different. At my age, i am done with challenging things, i am tired of difficult, mind-boggling tasks, been there, done that! Now, all i want is relax and take an easy job if i could. If there is a really difficult problem that i am faced with, i always ask an expert to help me out, if possible solve it for me, lol!

You're a Part Time Brainiac

No doubt about it, you have the potential for big brain power. But potential doesn't get you to genius. It's going to take some work. Like most smart people, you enjoy a good intellectual challenge every now and then. But you do tend to shy away from anything difficult, frustrating, or complex. Push yourself to think, learn, and explore more... even when it feels bad. You have the capacity to solve amazingly difficult problems. You just need to let yourself do it.

Are You a Brainiac?

Know more about me...

I was tagged by Lisa to do this Q and A tag. Thanks Lis! I know I already did this tag before but I did it in my other blog, not sure though! But, for those who are interested to read more about me and get to know me better, here are some tricky questions, that I try my best to answer as candidly as I could.

1. At what age do you wish to marry? I was really thinking of getting married before I turned 25 but I ended up getting married a year later.
2. What color do you like most? I like green, red, purple, yellow and black.
3. If you have the chance, what would you probably say to your beloved one? Thank you for loving me and I hope you will never change.
4. Where is the place that you want to go the most? Alaska, Egypt, Paris and Hawaii.
5. Which part of you that you hate the most? I hate my skin and my hair.
6. When you encounter a sad moment, what would you do? I pray hard and just want to be alone.
7. What are you afraid to lose the most? My sanity, LOL!
8. If you win $1 million, what would you do? Will share it among my family and friends and of course those in need! I guess, there would be nothing left for me then.
9. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you. Lisa I’m sure is a very religious person, loving and has a big heart.
10. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half? Love my family and he must be understanding of my culture.
11. Till now, what is the moment that you regret the most? Nothing! Everything happens for a reason.
12. Which type of person do you hate the most? Hypocrites, envious and plastic!
13. What is your ambition? To raise my kids as good people!
14. If you had one wish what would you wish for? I wish there is peace in the whole world!.
15. How would you celebrate new year?*We celebrated New year quietly, no noise like what we used to have back in PI. We celebrated it with close friends here in the house.
16. What is the best gift you can give to someone this year? Love, understanding and moral support!
17. Are you afraid of death? Yes! Because I am not ready yet to leave my kids behind.
18. What did you learn in life? I learned that life is short so we should make the most of it like everyday is the last day of our life, bigat no? It is how you lived your life that matters.
19. What is the best thing to do if you had just a break up? I cry my heart out, then stop, then go on with life!
20. Would you give your life to save someone very special? I don’t know, hehe!

Anybody who has not done this meme can grab this anytime!

A little pay here and there helps.....

My husband was surprised to know i sent my kids money today because he didn't see it in our joint account. Well, sometimes i just dont want to bother him anymore with unneccessary expenses like this so i usually take it from my blogging money. See, it really helps to have at least some ways to earn extra income. My son was asking for a 4 gig memory stick for his PSP which costs P3K in the Philippines while my daughter needs a new cellphone. My son got chicken fox so he kinda made "lambing" to me and i gladly said "yes"! But then he never stopped sending me texts asking when do i send him money, lol! He was so kulit! Oh, kids! But i am just glad i got a little money that i could send them extra bonuses when i need to. Thanks to my blogging! It really helps, you know!

I found another great PTC in Dailyclicks!

Few days ago, I signed up with another great paid-to-click (PTC) site called Dailyclicks and so far the paid ads range from 30 and up daily. It's only been few days since i started clicking and i have now close to $7. I upgraded my membership, i think i paid $15 for it. For a free member, you only get paid half a cent for each ad that your referrals click but if you are a premium member, you get one cent per ad they click so i think it's worth the upgrade. They have a special offer going on where you can get an upgrade for only $12 until February 1st but if you upgrade after that, you will then pay some $24 so you better hurry up and take advantage of this promo. Members can cash out on the first and 15th of the month but free members can only cash out with a minimum earning of $10 while upgraded or premium members can cash out at $5. Check it out, i'm sure you will like Dailyclicks! There are lots of clicks there waiting for you there and this site is open to international members. Good luck!

Vote for the Best Blog!

I am personally rooting for Redlan's Web of Arts to the Best Blog selection! His blog is an eye-opener for everyone who visits his blog. Once you visited his blog, you would find yourself keep going back for more. Each character can relate to his posts, there is always a moral lesson no matter how simply it was presented or written. His blog deserves to win as the Best Blog! Let us vote for him HERE! Thanks a lot! And to you Red, thanks for inspiring so many people through your blog.

What a fine day today....

Today is a perfect day! No snow is seen on the ground, temperature is not cold nor warm, it is just comfortable enough. I hope it stays this way but you can never tell. Weather here is crazy, it changes many times in a day so I make sure i am ready when i go out. Work is still the same, always busy but i prefer more work to do as i dont realize how time passes by but when i do nothing, it seems forever and it is so hard to act like i have AIDS - as if doing something, lol! I miss my life in the Philippines when i can take a coffee break whenever i feel like it. Here, jingle lang pahinga (pee break is my only break!)