Pinoy Reviews

I first heard of international internship from the TV advertisements of a loca school. I think it was AMA college or its affiliate that was boasting in their TV ads that they offer international internships. Some would probably ask whether it is real or just some gimmick so that students would flock to their schools. Well, it's really a little bit of both.

If we would look at the ad itself, most people would say that once you enroll in the school, you will automatically intern internationally plus it's free. Well, I really don't know what the policy of the school is but it's not free, it would either be included in the tuition fee or the student will shoulder the expenses themselves.

I know some students would jump at the chance at international internships or study abroad. Some would want to explore and learn other cultures while some would think it would make it easier for them to apply for jobs abroad. I for one, when I was younger, I was yearning to go to Spanish schools Buenos Aires because I was in love with the Spanish language.

Anyways, you don't actually have to go to a specific school to avail of any international internships. You can just search the net and you'll find some countries offering international internships. From internships Argentina to internships Zimbabwe, you can find all the information you need at your fingertips.

One of the dilemmas faced by budding entrepreneurs is whether they would start their own business from scratch or just buy a franchise. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages so it would be better to weigh them according to what fits you best.

Experience. When starting your own business, it would be best that you already have an experience in running your own company. With franchises, you don’t really need that much experience since everything is already packaged with the franchise.

Capital. When you have limited capital, starting your own business is more advantageous compared with buying a franchise. Though it also depends on what type of business you’re going to delve into. There are low cost franchises available locally as well as on the internet that would suit entrepreneurs with low capital.

Viability. There’s really no “sure” business that would guarantee you an exact return of capital. All businesses involves risks and it goes the same for franchises or newly created companies. In both instances, you need to exert your time and effort. You also need to do a lot of research, say, you’re going for a fitness business and you’re choosing between buying fitness franchises or setting up your own gym. Setting up your own gym from scratch with your own company name and logo may be viable if you have no competitor in the area but if there’s already an established fitness center/gym, buying a franchise so that you also carry the name of a prominent fitness franchise is better specially if that fitness franchise is more well known than your competitor’s.

Like I said, there’s really no business that could guarantee you an exact amount of rate of return. Always do your research and if practicable, hire consultants to help you along the way.

Here's another phone that I'm looking forward to: the Sony Ericsson C905. In case you haven't heard, the Sony Ericsson C905 packs a whopping 8 mega pixels and 16x digital zoom. Another cool feature on the Sony Ericsson C905 is face detection! Yep, that cool feature previously just available on digital cameras is now available on mobile phones.

Wow, if Sony keeps this up, the digital camera might join film cameras into extinction (yeah right). Anyways, until I see a mobile phone that has a dedicated optical zoom, I won't join in on those people saying that digital cameras will soon be extinct.

Well, going back to the Sony Ericsson C905, it might take a while before this mobile phone reach our shores. According to Sony, the C905 will be available in the fourth quarter of 2008 so that will probably be early to mid-2009. I'm so excited about this product that I'm already looking into Sony Ericsson C905 deals on the net but of course, everything is just pre-order.

I've heard rumors that this will cost around $700 in the US, that's A LOT OF MONEY. I'll probably just wait till our local carriers offer this with a mobile phone contract so that it would cost less.

One great thing about living in European countries is that sites like Fragrance Zone which sells cheap perfumes are abundant. Whenever my sister comes home from the UK, she never fails to bring a perfume for each of us. It's because perfumes are cheap in Europe.

I mean, over at Fragrance Zone alone, you can get the 125ML Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue perfume for only £16.99, converted to pesos, that's around 1,600! Almost a quarter of the price of the regular perfumes sold in our country. It’s too bad that they only deliver within the UK and some European countries.

My sister was thinking of putting up a business wherein we would buy and sell perfumes. It does sound like a good idea and eBay.ph are brimming with sellers selling cheap perfumes though of course, you really can’t be sure of the quality and whether or not the perfumes they’re selling on eBay are authentic or not. Which brings me to another advantage of buying perfumes directly from a website: they provide their company information so you can be rest assured that companies like Fragrance Zone who fully disclose their contact information won’t sell you any fake perfumes.

If you have any relatives in the UK, selling perfumes here might be a viable business for you. Be sure that you have your relatives send you your stocks in a “balikbayan box” so that you won’t get taxed by customs.

There were news earlier this week about 300 web sites being attacked in Lithuania. The web sites were defaced following the enactment of a law prohibiting public display of Soviet Union symbols and playing of the Soviet Union national anthem. The trashing of the websites consists of putting up pro-Soviet Symbols and slogans on the attacked websites in apparent retaliation to the law.

According to news reports, the attacks were focused on one hosting company which had a vulnerability on the web server software or the Linux operating system. The hosting company was already advised on how to fix the problem.

According to officials, it would take some time before catching the culprits since proxy servers were used in the deed.

I guess you should always choose your hosting companies wisely and make use of review sites like webhostinggeeks.com in order to search for history of vulnerabilities of a particular hosting company.

I first saw the Wanted movie trailer on a large LCD screen in an appliance store. The movie trailer was good and I was mesmerized by all the action and of course, Angelina Jolie. No, it's not the lesbian kind of admiration but more of like, "God! She's so beautiful I want to be like her!" Anyways, after seeing the trailer I was all set to watch it in the theaters. My boyfriend also felt the same way after seeing the trailer.

So, is the movie any good you ask? It's a flat out no. It seems that they have packed everything that is good about the movie on the trailer so the rest of the movie is just crap. The story fails to give the movie any direction and seems to be written by a sixteen year old. There's a twist in the end but you'll guess what it is about midway through the movie and like I said, all the good actions scene are already packed in the movie trailer so everything else is boring.

If you're an Angelina Jolie fan then just wait for this movie to come out on DVD or Blu-ray and if you're not a fan at all, then just avoid this one like the plague.

I wonder when will we have a national directory for mobile phones? I’ve been receiving a lot of scam texts lately and though I never fall for them, I just really like those people behind it to answer to the law. I really think that wireless carriers should not be indiscriminate in selling prepaid simcards. A lot of dodgy people have been using prepaid simcards to do their evil deeds. Requiring mobile users to register their mobile phone numbers would lessen crimes using mobile phones.

I mean, right now I would even prefer a Reverse Cell Phone Lookup up service though I don’t think this service is available for Philippine mobile phone numbers. Some people might not be too keen on the idea of a national directory for mobile phone numbers due to privacy reasons but we could put up a no call list information. The point is that we even if you’re publicly registered or not, all mobile phone numbers should be accounted for to prevent crimes.