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Big news to all Webs members... as you can see I didn't know what was going on until today when I found out that Webs had a new makeover on their site builder---and the changes are big. The changes must have been applied to Webs this week or the beginning of this week or the end of last week. I don't know; I just read it today.

The fact that I despised most of their templates is changing. The new templates weren't perfect but they were far better. Also, this would be the perfect thing to happen, especially for my new project. Unfortunately they have a few templates, and again, not everything is perfect, plus not only are the templates, again not perfect, but also this is only available to those who recently just signed up.

They will give you a simple tour for it. But there are many wishes and hopes from me that I hope happens on this new site builder: 

• Fixing errors for saving drafts
• Better templates (not those crappy version ones)
• Pretty much all problems
• etc.

Maybe those aren't a lot of hopes but with a whole new interface for new members things need to change around here. I will be using the new site builder for you know what I told you... but then again I just read about this so I don't know even close or near to 10% to the real info.

Hey guys, guess what?

I deleted my other site, Megaworldz Unlimited. It seems that I have no longer time to edit and work on it, now with this new hullaballoo schedule that is filled with completely stupid shenanigans. I have pretty much "school-like" days, every day, and how?

• Monday -- School + Tests
  
• Tuesday -- School + Piano Class
• Wednesday -- School + Swimming Class
• Thursday -- School + Choir + Studying
  
• Friday -- School + Tests + Homework (a lot)
  
• Saturday -- Choir Practice (soon)
• Sunday -- "Reading Log" + Studying

And now, I'm going to have voice lessons and other piano practicing. What else is there? I swear what my parents are doing are getting into a little bit out of hand. It's about eight things that I have to do that take hours to do. People call those who hate school "sane" probably because of these factors.

But let's get back to the topic. I removed Megaworldz Unlimited because it was getting out of had and I didn't edit it for about a month. So I stopped production. However, Isang Binhi choir members are asking me if I could make a site for them, and this time, find a site maker that is cheap to make it professional.

Seems pretty hard and why? Well, again with the schedule, it makes working on the site very difficult and confusing. Then, how do I make it professional? I want to make a custom template for them, but for this time, meh.

We can, however, and nonetheless, make the site even more professional by buying the premium services (maybe pro or enhanced) during this month, because they always give out sales. Plus, if anyone has a sweet template, contact me by just clicking contact.

I am really, really excited for next month. For some call me "overexcited" and say that "I am the person that gets too excited then gets disappointed in everything." Well, that's kind of true. For instance, one time I wanted to canoe but due to the lack of money, they said to me no. But now I am here at Ate Nida's house why it is going to be a "considerably agitated" week of Spring Week.

1. 10 Days of NO School -- I am still at school and in my opinion school is a place that offers crappy food (not only does the food disgust me, but it's unhealthy, especially when it's PRECOOKED) and education that is too long for us to survive. (Seriously, 7 hours? You just sit on your desk--restricted of talking and sleeping.) I'm glad that this is happening even though I do work hard in school and get straight As. (That way my parents won't get ticked off.) I get a half day on March 30, and then no school until after monday, April 9.
2. Kalahari Resorts -- 22 people--yes, 22 people (including me) are coming to Sandusky, OH. Mom said that she hoped of going to the Kalahari Resorts at Winsconsin Dells, WI. Well, we did go here in 2010, and me and Ace agree that we should actually try going to Cedar Point, but I don't think the adults will ride the "thrill" because they're more "mild and comedic" than they are "extreme." Plus, we can enjoy ourselves by watching some films at night.
   
3. Cousins at Maryland -- There is no way I'm going to tell you their names to hide info but they will be coming to my house to stay for either one or two days. This is going to be real fun, especially when they will (predictably) bring a dog (a Miniature Schnauzer) to the house. It's going to be real fun. When I was younger I said Baltimore looked "trashy." But then looking at Detroit I think Detroit looks "real crooked up" and what I said about Baltimore should be reversed and not said.
4. Cousins Meet Cousins -- Ace and Creepster are my cousins, and my cousins from Maryland are coming. We are deciding, what should we do? I want to play some football, to also improve my throwing skills. It seems that I can't throw a spiral yet I now know how to catch (now, not before.)
   
5. Dog & Dog -- Plus if Ace's dog, Ginger, meets my other cousins' schnauzer, they should be friends. Ginger is probably friendly--in fact probably the friendliest dog I met. She doesn't bark when people are knocking the door--and I like that because barking is pretty annoying.
6. Mom's Sister -- The mom of my cousins is my mom's sister. It's one happy reunion and one happy family that we all shall be happy for since 2008.
7. We're Going Early! -- Yes, we will be going to Sandusky, OH, early at April 4, 2012, at 6:00 AM so then we can arrive at 8:19 AM (approximate). The water park opens at 10:00 AM, so we can pack our things up before we go (and we can explore new things.)
   

But then there are some unfortunate parts of "considerably agitated."

1. Our cousins will be staying for 1 day, according to mom, and I believe it might be two days. Either way, one or two, it's not fortunate that after all these years after seeing our cousins again being done for, they leave. Kinda sucks.
   
2. We'll stay at Ohio for only 1 day and that's really short. Due to the entertainment villa being so luxurious yet super pricy and expensive (costing us $1499) that's going to become a problem. But still, if we enjoy ourselves and make the most of it, this trip will literally be worth the money.
3. Super Pricy -- Once again we will be eating out, going to Kalahari Resorts, watching some rented films, and much much more! However it's not as expensive as the Las Vegas trip last year, which costed us around $3000.
4. Where will we find a dogsitter? -- We need to find a dogsitter that we can afford to have take care of the dogs because the dogs will not be allowed in the hotel. Mom is upset about this but I think Ace and Creepster's dad knows what to do in this situation.
5. One week is too fast! -- I had a Christmas Break after 2-3 months of ultimate suffering and it felt like 5 days instead of 2 weeks. The biggest days were Christmas and New Year's Eve and that's all I can say.
   
6. Vomiting -- Vomiting is generally not an issue especially in this time of year, for us, but because of "scorching" temperatures of around 60-80 degrees it seems Rico is gonna vomit. So it's best that we bring a plastic or puking bag so in case that happens it won't be a mess all over the minivan.
   

For those who are wondering in their heads, "What's up with Red with the updates?", "Why is Red not updating any longer?", or "Where has Red been?" or none of that at all, well, guess what? We are going to Kalahari Resorts at Sandusky, Ohio, again this year, since two years ago, only this time there will be practically 20 people coming with us and we will be staying at an Entertainment Villa for a day, due to its expense.

This is not a joke nor am I joking... what I was actually hoping is that we go to Cedar Point, because I'm getting into the habit of riding the extreme, when I was younger I was scared and acted as if I was not afraid of anything.

But just to make this short, we will be doing a lot of things (for some of us), especially me, because of these kind of plans. Look, I am not gonna update every day due to the "lack of time" I receive in this time of year, but what all invited people should know is that:

• We're going to be staying at an Entertainment Villa in Kalahari Resorts. Unfortunately this is pricy and we can't truly afford it.
• We are staying for a day. That's why it's important that leave early around 6-8 PM because this is one-time offer. Just kidding. We went here already.
• 22 people (4 people will not be swimming) will be coming with us to Ohio.
• Rico is making the plans of stopping by to get some "junk food." Pretty unhealthy if you ask me, but if we do end up in the gas station that would be a secondary priority.

If you want more of the information, go to the documents page and try to find the Kalahari documents. Easy as that, no need for the link.

Who's coming? Well, that's one thing for sure. My cousins, Ace and Creepster, my other cousins, four of them of course, who are coming from Maryland. Then three of our other friends, and some other people. Real and complete information will be given to those who download it. No membership or any of that crap is required, because I just don't feel like I can sign up in a PERSONAL site.

The End, alright?

The first birthday I would like to introduce is my aunt, Ate Leah! She has now reached her 50th birthday and I am very happy for her. Speaking of her birthday I wrote about her birthday today on Warm Ups and etc.

But one "considerably special" birthday (to some people, excluding me) is Justin Beiber. Asking a couple of people if they liked Justin Beiber and his music, and here is what I received. Oh, and, the following names will be hidden, and don't tell me this is fake.

"No, I hate him. I don't know why I hate him or when I did hate him, I just do."

"Justin Beiber needs to be out of our gender!"

"What the f*ck do you think? NO!!!"

"No, f*ck him!"

Detroit, MI
NO: 80%
"We've been going to Detroit like 10 times, Red." --Rico
YES: 10%
"If our cousins come let us have them explore the 'good' parts of Detroit." --Red
RESULT: NO (as of 2/29/12)

Cincinnati, OH
NO: 40%
"Cincinnati is a place we've never been before, but I just don't think we should stop there." --Edna
YES: 60%
"I don't think anyone cares if we go here..." --Red
RESULT: YES (as of 2/29/12)

Lexington, KY
NO: 60% 
"Going to Lexington is not surprising, might be faster just not visiting there..." --Edna
YES: 40%
"I heard Lexington would be a nice place to visit." --Red
RESULT: NO (as of 2/29/12)

Knoxville, TN
NO: 0%
YES: 100%
"Let's see the place where I was born!" --Rico
RESULT: YES (as of 2/29/12)

Altanta, GA
NO: 20%
"Unfortunately Atlanta has so much traffic, so why should you stay there?" --Leah
YES: 80%
"Ohh!!! Atlanta looks so nice!" --Edna
RESULT: YES (as of 2/29/12)

Baltimore, MD
"If your cousins will be coming, it's probable they will be coming to Michigan instead of us to Maryland for 12 hours." --Edna
"If we go April, let's visit them at Baltimore first, then ahead to Florida!" --Red
"I wanna see our cousins!" --Rico

Indianapolis, IN
"I would like to view Indianapolis, but it would be too long..." --Red
"We should have been watching the Super Bowl there!" --Edna
"Yeah, we should!" --Rico's reply to Edna's answer

Dayton, OH
"Dayton is boring." --Rico
"Dayton is a small city, but it does look nice." --Edna
"Guys, don't be like that. It may look like boring but it will be nice if we visit there for real." --Red

Nashville, TN
"Unfortunately, Nashville will add an additional 2 hours." --Red
"Let's see Nashville because it's near my birth place!" --Rico
"Meh." --Edna & Rodel

Jacksonville, FL
"I'm mixed about this. Who agrees with me?" --Red
"..." --Rico
"Jacksonville is a waste of time. We should be at Orlando shorter if we don't stop at Jacksonville for extra hours." --Edna

Coming to my friend's house knowing that she wants to create an all-new business after NRJ Janitorial Services plummeted to the bottom and literally failed, she asked if she can help her again. She also asked if I could convert her pictures into .pdf files. One thing is for sure, and one of them has to be that converting anything to .pdf or any other file (as long as it's readable) is simple. Without downloading some software that takes minutes to install, you can just visit this site: http://www.freefileconvert.com/.

Knowing that I haven't been updating for approximately 4-5 days is totally disappointed, especially with the lack of hours that I only receive every other day of the week. And weekends don't cut it, because I would be doing some other thing important--it even includes the weekdays, too, with me typing this blog post at my friend's house. I'm saying it like this because I don't want revealing any of her info.

I gave her at a couple of (or a quite lot, actually) choices--when it comes to small business--Webs, Weebly, Wix, Intuit, Yola, Ucoz, EZWeb123, 000WebHost, GoDaddy!, Homestead, and many more! Here are the things that I think could go and not go with her requirements:

WEBS
I have been working on Webs for four years now and yet I haven't been just as experienced due to close downs, failing sites, and many other conflicts for the couple of years. I told her that Webs was great when it came to premium packaging, because Webs.com always gave out discounts, and I liked that (hope I get money for it for my birthday.) But premium "stuff" is not what it is said to be. For instance, not matter what package you buy in order to remove adverts, it doesn't seem to work. Sometimes apps might want you to buy extra to actually remove adverts. Crap. Plus, the templates Webs offers is complete dipsh*t (excluse my expletive language). So, Webs doesn't work for this kind of situation.

WEEBLY
My dad showed me what other site builders are better than Webs. I first thought Weebly sucks. However, Weebly, in my opinion, is cheaper, more professional, and have better designed templates than Webs. However, I decided working on my sites on Webs because Webs offers many things you don't get on Weebly. Still, Weebly is a great site builder. You can get the basic essentials: a blog, a market, and a couple of pages. Weebly is also very simple--they don't get the many errors Webs gets, like sometimes publishing sites. Weebly can actually be a good decision, but let's see the others.

WIX
I started working on Wix two years after working on Webs. Probably the most customizable site builder out there, you just basically drag and drop and do whatever you want--now you can integrate HTML to FLASH WEBSITES! One thing, however, is that for a budget like my friend's, we couldn't use Wix for this. But again, Webs, Weebly, and Wix are great site builders.

INTUIT
I don't really know why I would go and decide using Intuit because I have no intention into paying but because of its popularity it could be a good decision. But paying $7.99 a month after a free trial seems undeciding for me. So the decision for choosing Intuit is anonymous.

000WEBHOST.COM
They say it's better than paid hosting, which I like. Plus finding some comments under YouTubers people are saying this site hoster is really worth it. I would need to learn more about this site hoster before deciding.

GODADDY!
This is the site hoster my friend was using for NRJ Janitorial Services, and she made no money. Sad because I thought it would be good. Unfortunately for every GoDaddy! Commercial I see on TV it's actually sexual, like that one about the .CO domains.

MOONFRUIT
Looking at Moonfruit at first I though Moonfruit was completely professional and beautiful. But trying it wasn't 100% free. It was a 14-day trial, plus it wasn't very simple to use at first. So I decided stopping my work there. Not literally work, just those times when I make sites using their site builder. Still love the sites from Moonfruit, though--professional, clean, minimalist, what can I ask for?

YOLA
I used Yola in 2009 and never used it again. I think they still sending me all that crappy email. However they were simple to use and they had decent site editing and templates.

SQUARESPACE
Squarespace is the biggest thing to think about--because Squarespace looks easy and simple, but this time I will not get fooled! Knowing that Squarespace offers a 14-day trial you start paying for it then! Even though Squarespace is a consideration and so far looks great for a revamped personal site, which I can integrate my stuff here to there, unfortunately it is overpriced for our budget! It is $20 a month ($22.22 month-to-month). Compare that to Webs, when sometimes the Pro Package is only $6.67 a month! No seriously, sometimes!

Wordpress is really one of the best site builders I have ever tried because it was simple and many templates release at least sometimes once or twice a week or month. But we're talking about an all-new small business! So, those sites might work out. I'll show her and we'll see what she decides. Kuya Alex said that people (or a group) are making sharing sites to make money with small business these days. Maybe he's right, or wrong, but I'm not completely sure of that.