Holiday season is finally over and somehow, and summer is finally taking its turn. Summer means one word to all Filipinos-Heat. Summer heat will be once again felt throughout the country, so why not go with the jive? A click business this so\ummer would be… Smoothies.

Bubbatealicious Pearl Milk Tea Place offers a cheap yet healthy drinks that can solve your thirst. Not only that Bubbatealicious is deliciously cheaper compared to other shakes in the market, but also the healthiest as its ingredients is certified good to our bodies.

The BBT Franchise package is P300,000, which includes the following:

• 1 unit standard BBT cart
• 1 unit storage box
• 1 unit cup sealer
• Organizers/Containers
•  Utensils/ Office Supplies/ Cleaning Materials
• Initial Inventory andConsumables worth P5,000
• Initial Personnel Training Service
• Assistance for site Evaluation
• Central Purchasing
• Opening Assistance

No Royalty Fee

Franchise Term: 3 years

For intersted franchisee, please visit www.bubbatealicious.com or email your letter of intent to the Franchise Director including location map of the site with landmarks and resume with pictire at bubbatealicious@yahoo.com

Call them at 376-6052.

The biggest threat to the Apple’s Iphone franchise is finally launched.

Google in partnership with Taiwan’s HTC brand launched “Nexus One”, tagged as the superphone with its sleek design and applications that can blow your mind.

Here are some applications that Nexus One offers:

• Text messaging WITHOUT typing. Nexus one is built with a voice-enabled keyboard which let you send your message via voice-recording. The message will be sent as a text.
• Wi-Fi connection that lets you surf the next 24/7.
• 3.7 touch screen
• accelerator and compass
• 5 megapixel camera with flash
• 800×400 resolution and 16.7 million  color
• Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz
• Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Review from CNET.com:

The good: The Nexus One has a gorgeous display, a lightning fast processor, and a loaded feature set. The enhanced voice capabilities worked flawlessly, and the phone delivers solid performance.

The bad: Like other Android phones, the Nexus One forces you to store apps on the internal memory. The media player remains boring and it’s missing some wanted features like multi-touch support, dual-mode capability for GSM and CDMA networks, and tethering.

Google Nexus one is not yet available in the Philippines, but in US it costs USD180 if with contract or USD530 if unlocked.

The Philippines has suffered a third degree burn and and a round-house beat up last year in terms of our economy and political dilemma not to mention the natural calamity that caused deaths and lost  livelihoods in most part of Luzon and Metro Manila.

As year 2009 now a ‘history’ and 2010 is finally here, we just hope that people will not let  ‘history repeat itself’ for the country have suffered much, and so as the Filipino people.

Natural calamities can now be predicted but cannot be stopped yet we can do something about preventing global warming, the main cause why we are suffering natural disasters.  The government should act first about this by teaching people on how to be environmentally-aware, by building Eco-friendly schools and establishments and additional education about the environment to students.

Look, if we don’t give priority to our environment, who will suffer? us. Aside from it will greatly affect the economy, the livelihood of our people and the ecology itself, the greatest victims are still us, who unfortunately, also the great offenders. So fast forward Philippines to become a “Greener Nation”.

Now came the political dilemma, over all for 2009 though we cannot put all the blame to the government, their lack of action about their said to be “solution” to the poverty, unemployment, and other problems is just obvious and cannot be denied. The government does have a very strong program for changes, yet a program will never be successful if action was not done.

Unemployment is still rampant though DOLE and POEA have created job programs. Nurses and doctors still opt to to abroad though we have a NARS program which made for them to stay and other programs for the benefits of all distressed yet it all said to be unsuccessful due to some who does not act but instead corrupt. So, fast forward Philippines to a new administration and hopefully great leaders as we vote this May elections.

And lastly, the economic crisis. It seems like the world was hit by a magnitude 8 earthquake after most top countries and developed countries have suffered a global financial crisis including the Philippines (though the government has obviously denied that we’re affected). The Philippine market was down and that the number of local and internationally-owned businesses closed down. The effect of the crisis in the country was seen after thousands of Filipinos were laid-off from work, Filipinos abroad faced the same fortune in some countries.

The economic meltdown main effect is the lack of jobs being offered to the Filipinos. Thousand of newly graduate Filipinos only add the previous number of the unemployed and failed to give each a decent jobs. So, fast forward Philippines to a better economy and decent employment ahead.

I am very positive that the Philippines will bounce back from failure last year but I’m not sure if major issues like employment will finally resolved. Let’s just wish that people’s vote for RP’s next leader will have a stronger platform and a great will to take actions.

How I wish Christmas is literary everyday, where people’s mindset circles in just two things, remembering and sharing. Let’s put business on a side and think for something different for a change. Let me share you my 12 wishes  for myself, and for the others this coming Christmas.

12. I wish to receive the nook e-book this Christmas. What is nook e-book? Well basically, the name speaks itself. It is said to be the better version of Kindle. It stores up to 1,500 e-books! How cool is that! plus other features like Wi-Fi, MP3 player, 2g internal memory  and its a dual screen!

11.  It would be nice also to receive or purchase (or in case my savings is enough) a PSP this Christmas. Yes, 2009 is finally coming to an end and I feel like I’m the last person who does not own a PSP.

10. I wish I could finally take tour out of the country, maybe next year after I accomplished my wish in number 3.

9. I wish to have more time writing the things that I love to write and I used to write like short stories, poems, essays.

8. I wish I could finally bring my loved ones in their most favorite places… I think I need to save more money to be able to do that.

7. I wish not to be stubborn and lazy finishing the other blogs that I started.

6. I wish for the betterment of the government next year as we vote for our next leaders.

5. No more addition to what had happened in Maguindanao and please, there must be justice for the victims.

4. I wish all Filipinos to be more optimistic and aggressive next year in terms of setting their personal goals. More Filipinos would take risks of getting themselves into business and please, I wish there would be lesser “lazy” Filipinos to be born next year and so forth.

3. I wish I could have all the means to travel and experience other parts of the country by next year.

2. Safety and good health for my entire family and friends, and for me.

1. Freedom for all. Freedom and liberty in all kinds of problems and burden in all shapes and sizes. Freedom from recession, war and diseases. Freedom from debts, poverty and hunger.

This coming Christmas, please share your love. The country had been through a lot in 2009. We had experienced losing symbolic figures like Cory Aquino, Francis Magalona just to name a few, we’ve been hit by typhoon which lead the country to mourn for the people who died and the livelihood that washed out in a snap and the Massacre in Maguindanao that killed over 50 people. Our beloved country is slowly losing its soul, we need to do something.

Share a love this Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

-Chai