Cook and Brew.

The breakthrough of internet has gone a long way. Before, a lot of users were wary and cautious about online shopping fearing that they will be scammed or their credit card details get hacked. But now as technology advances even more, people can now shop online in peace. There are specialized payment gateways that are made safe and their details secured. We can even do online banking now, pay bills and transfer funds.

Cyberpreneurship has also been one of the major breakthroughs on the web as online shopping is seen as a convenience by many. For instance, when shopping for medical supplies, one just needs to visit JazzMedical.com and browse from among a wide array of medical equipment, patient care supplies, nutritional supplements, surgery and safety products and a lot more. There’s no need for one to go to a drugstore because everything one’s needs are just on the internet.

If I have been a bit scarcely missing in action in my blogs, that is because I am recently hooked with playing Cafe World in Facebook. Just as I once got addicted with Restaurant City, I now find myself spending countless minutes in this application checking every now and then how’s my cooking, servings, my restaurant’s buzz rating and all those things. You see even if it’s just a virtual restaurant, it can really be time consuming and taxing most of the time. I’m just at level 13 and yet look how I managed to get the highest buzz rating, hence, I need to keep up with their cravings and see to it that I’ve got enough servings. Looks like these clients need an appetite suppressant to slow down a bit but on the contrary, the more the customers coming to your resto, the faster you level up. They’re lucky because they’re just virtual characters and they do not get fat. LOL.

So want to drop by at my Tiki Restaurant and taste my menu?

If you are residing in the Philippines and want to have a new iPod Touch (who doesn’t?), here’s an online contest that you might want to join.

Join the CDO Samba Promo by simply registering on their site to stand a chance to win a 2nd Generation iPod Touch 16GB in the raffle to be held on November 6, 2009.

Promo period is from October 5 – November 5, 2009.

Double your chances of winning by becoming a fan in CDO Samba’s Facebook Fan Page; and sending Facebook friend invites to join the promo.

For the complete mechanics, check out their site.

I just registered and became a Facebook fan.  I’m now crossing my fingers and hoping that I’d be among the lucky ones to win an iPod Touch.

Calling all Go Nuts Donuts fanatics, here’s your chance to get a free Go Nuts Donuts Gift Certificate. Just log on to your Facebook account and answer the “How much of a sweet tooth are you?” quiz. The claiming procedure will be given at the quiz results.

Here’s the result I got..it’s pretty obvious that I have a sweet tooth.

I am yet to receive an email response. I’ll update this post once I get feedback.

Stay tuned for more contests. Who knows they might be giving free tickets to watch Las Vegas Shows.

Edited 09.28.09: Just received an email stating that my GC is on its way to my mailbox.

1. Places you would like to visit and why.
+ My spur of the moment wishes: France, Japan, Vietnam and USA.

2. Favorite things to munch on!
+ Chocolate mallows, siomai, pizza and a whole lot more

3. Favorite sites for online shopping.
+ Gymboree, Old Navy, Multiply and All Aboard Toys.

4. Things you have to get done this weekend.
+ Iron the laundry and clean the room.

5. Things that pop up when you google your name.
+ My flickr, blogs, Chian Mai travel site, wikipedia.