Our Fantastic 2011 Family Vacation

The last two weeks have been hectic and exciting for my family. Sponsors in my big family took me, my wife and my kids to a two-week big family vacation that included trips in Cebu, Bohol, Camiguin, Bukidnon and Cagayan de Oro City.

Some of the places we visted

I have summarized the places we visited in the diagram above. It was a mix of air, land and sea travel. There were lots of sight-seeing, fun photos, swimming and snorkeling.

How to Create a Fantastic Facebook Page

Facebook Page? Most people only have Facebook accounts. That's alright. It's sufficient to develop a social network. A Facebook Page is something else.

Powerful graphics. You want a Facebook Page like this?!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CaMille/

Businesses and personalities need a Facebook Page. It's almost similar to a standard Facebook account, except for a few details that matter.

For example, you 'Like' a Facebook Page. But you 'Add as Friend' a person's account. You can have at most 5,000 Facebook Friends. But you can have unlimited number of 'Fans' in a Facebook Page.

How to Spice Up Your Online Experience with iGoogle

Not everybody knows iGoogle. Much less know what iGoogle can do to spice up your online experience. But those who use iGoogle are smiling brightly and widely for having an equivalent of their phone's dashboard on their computer screen.

iGoogle can be your portal or grand entrance to the online world

What iGoogle basically does is put into one page all the links and gadgets that you normally use and need. Then you can access that page from whatever computer you may find yourself with. Those who are in front of the computer all the time would know how valuable that page could be.

In fact, it is now a pain for me not to have an iGoogle page.

How to Create a Useful Expense List

"Where did my money go?" Doesn't the question sound familiar? Someone received a big sum from a long lost uncle. After a time, he desperately asked, "Gosh, where did that money go?"

Bookkeeping isn't just for accountants. It is for everyone who handles money. That means you and me, as well as every home or project outside of home.
Image Credits: "Bookkeeping" by o5com

The truth is, we all ask the question. How much salary have we received last year? Where have we spent all those money? When I was single, I recorded every expense I could record for three straight years, thanks to a simple system that I used in Excel.

How to Create an Amortization Calculator

Amortization -- strange word? If so, then perhaps you haven't gone to bank yet to secure a loan, whether for a car or for a house. Amortization is what you pay the bank monthly for a fixed period. It is calculated based on the amount you borrow, the interest rate and the length of time you agree to repay the entire loan.

"Relax, Mr. Accountant" by Dennis Wong

The last thing you would want to do is to leave all the computation to the bank. A sage's advise would be for you to know your numbers first before even thinking of signing on the dotted line. With Excel you can easily do that.

How to Organize an Event Using Google Calendar

Google Calendar can help you much more than you may realize. They're busy. You're busy. You don't have a secretary. How on earth would you invite and track confirmations to your personal or business event?

Google Calendar allows you to send invitations like this that automatically track confirmations. This is best when all you have are email addresses and not everyone is into social media.

Many people use event scheduling in Facebook, which is cool. When everyone is into Facebook, that's a great gadget to use. But what if all you have are email addresses?

How to Create Online Surveys Using Google Docs

Until recently, the average internet user has to do surveys the brick-and-mortar way. A lot of times, email is used to do the survey. Once the survey results come back, consolidation work is no different from summarizing stacks of paper.

"Pile of Papers" by Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier

Google has cut all the crap by introducing Forms in Google Docs. You would not believe it's that easy. In fact, you may have filled up such form a few days ago on a site you visited, without realizing it.