Monthly Archives: February 2009

All You Can Eat, Drink & Party – Dominican Republic

I kinda lost track of time, but I checked the date on my computer and it is Friday today. Being on vacation most of my stresses are gone, and I forgot what day it is. I’m usually a stress bag so I’m glad I can finally chill out here. Last night we had the big feed of prawns and veal along with tons of other foods that you can see in the photos that I uploaded to the blog today. I snapped the photos for my most loyal reader, so there you go guy enjoy the food pictures. Please don’t drool on your laptop, it might fry it out.

my prawn and steak dinner, yummy

prawn platter – all the prawns you can stuff in your face….

all the desserts you can eat, I don’t touch them at all…. I am trying to remain slim (trying….)

assortment of foods here…

As you can see it’s really easy to gain weight here, so you need to pig out on the right stuff or you will go home looking like a bowling ball.

my daughter is growing up really fast..

my daughter as a man, yikes!

Mr. Matteo and wifey..

shot of the amazing blue blue water………….

Last night was some type of festival right in the middle of the street, people dancing and vendors selling oil paintings, jewelry and all that jazz. I snapped a few pics of that as well.

dancers from the Hotel, doing their thing.

local lady have fun.

street party…

oil painting by local Dominican artist…

Ok enough on the computer. Time to head back before the kids wake up, they are a handful haha. I will go have a nice espresso now, in the heat yeah I know.

PS: You can see all the photos I take on my image gallery page. I only put a handful of photos on this post, enjoy.

Live From The Dominican Republic In Punta Cana

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And here I am in the Dominican Republic on my 2 week vacation, hence the few blog posts. I had a hell of a time being able to post let me tell you. I called ahead of time to the hotel (1 month ago) to make 100% sure that they have Internet access available. Let’s face it I’m an Internet junky and not having Internet for 2 weeks straight would probably have me going into convulsions. I called ahead and they said they did have wireless access. It was a half truth on their part. They did have access but in ANOTHER hotel. It’s only a 5 minute walk, but still a pain in the butt to go to another hotel to sit in their lobby to get wireless access. On top of that I forgot or didn’t even consider the power outlets here might be different than North American style power outlets. They have the European style power outlets, so I had to buy an adapter (only $2), that fits on my existing plug so I can get power through the outlets. It took me a few days of asking to find a shop that sells them.

I am staying at a really nice 5 start hotel called Riu Taino, which is located in the city of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. I’m not going to make some huge essay describing the hotel and all that stuff. The place is all inclusive, meaning all you can eat and all you can drink. Last night I got gunned after 3 strawberry margaritas, 1 rum and coke, 1 strawberry daquari and other stuff that I don’t remember cause I was too drunk to. Ha ha it was a much needed binge session. It’s sucks drinking alone though, my wife can’t drinks because she breasts feed still and the rest of them well…..

And for the food, well it’s all buffet style meals, but the food is amazing as I expected. You can get all types of fish, chicken, veal, fruits, and anything else you can think of. More than you can ever ask for, but since I’m always watching my carbs I don’t indulge is breads, pastas, pizzas or anything else that will gain me the 15 lbs that I lost late last year.

I am here with my mother in law, my wife’s aunt and uncle, and her uncles brother and his sister in law. Basically a bunch of old wops. They’re all great people and good babysitters, lol.

I have been snapping photos here and there but my batteries for my camera died. I did bring a recharger but until about 1 hour ago I couldn’t recharge anything because the power outlets are different than home. That is all old news now and I can charge my batteries and take some more pics and video as well.

I thought I would be doing more work here, but who is kidding who? I’m in a tropical place, all you can eat and drink with sun, palm trees and all that good stuff. I didn’t even want to come on this vacation if you can believe that, since I am a workaholic but I am starting to unwind. Personally I get bored just laying on the beach for 8 hours a day so we go for walks and all that stuff.

Tonight there is some type of festivities going on in the street in front of our hotel. I’ll snap some photos of that and upload to my blog tomorrow in the afternoon (when the kids are asleep).PS: Don’t even tell how the weather is in Vancouver, I already know.. .

Time for me to have another drink now, don’t be jealous, lol…..

view from outdoor restaurant

walkway

Matteo…

me and Matteo

pool

amazing pool

white sand beaches for miles…

white sand everywhere for miles..

my condo hotel

Who’s that Guido?

Problem Uploading Images To Your NextGen Gallery?

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I was having problems uploading images into my nextgen gallery, it kept giving me this error:

(Error : Exceed Memory limit. Require : 47.02 MByte)

I fixed the error in 2 minutes after I did a quick search on Google.Here is the fix that you need to change in the php code:

You need to find this document, download it:
/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/lib/thumbnail.inc.php

search for:
// @ini_set(‘memory_limit’, ‘128M’);

change it to:
ini_set(‘memory_limit’, ‘128M’);

Save the PHP page then upload it, your problem will gone it was for me. I’m not a computer geek but I hate when sh*t doesn’t work right. I hope this help you out.

1000s of crows taking over Willingdon Business Park in Burnaby (every single night)

crows chillin on power lines at Willingdon Business Park in Burnaby…

I’m Back Baby & Ready To Make My NEXT Million

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Since my earnings dropped from my high I’m getting back into the swing of things. I was kinda bummed out for the last 3 weeks, but now I am getting my groove back on. I am no where near broke or anything like that, far, far from it. It’s like if Donald Trump was pulling in 300 million a year then it dropped to 150 million a year. It went down 50% but from a large sum that most people would still die for. That being said I figured out a way to get out of my slump and it’s stupidly simple.

I realized like most people when you are feeling down you tend to be lazier and dwell on the past or negativity. How I combated this was super simple, I am keeping busy working (like I should be). At the moment I am basically thinking of every possible method that I can use to make even more money now. It makes sense and I have said it before, what you focus on will expand. I focused on doing nothing, and nothing was acvomplished, very simple. What a waste of f*ck*ng time!

My business is all about how much I put into it. If I don’t work for the week, then I won’t see increases in my earnings. My income will usually just stay the same, which isn’t bad by any means. But this is a million dollar business, and it needs to be taken seriously if you want to get that million…

Another thing I know and noticed more this past few weeks is that the more I work, the more fulfilled I feel inside. I feel like I accomplished something, and that makes me feel good. I HATE just wasting time on nothing and the last few weeks I feel that I would just dwell on what could have been. I have had set backs before (lots of them) and I always come back stronger than ever, this time will be the same as before I’m sure of that.

It doesn’t take much to make a ton of cash in affiliate marketing once you know how to do it. It’s just a matter of actually doing it. I am by no means a lazy person, but finally I feel like I am back to myself, productive and aggressive.

I am heading off to the Dominican Republic on Sunday and I will be gone for 2 weeks, which is a much needed break. I will come back even more energized and ready to take on the world. Sometimes when life kicks in you in the b*lls, it’s a bit hard to get back up. But you know, I am pretty damn proud of what I have accomplished in the last 5 years of my life, not many people are able to do what I have done. Most of my friends wouldn’t even believe it, if I told them. It was a TON of work to learn what I know now, it’s insane really. If you think making money online is easy, then think again. It’s easy when you know what I know and send countless hours learning, everything from PhotoShop, DreamWeaver, WordPress, copy writing, landing page design, color theory, how to write articles, how to deal with online ad agencies, how to do pay per click and so on, b lah, blah, blah………….. A ton of stuff to know.

Anyways, I am just happy that I got my groove back, and I am feeling better and kicking ass once again. Bada Bing!!

Valentines Dinner At The Fish House In Stanley Park

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Last night we went to the Fish House in Stanley Park for the first time and it was very nice, relaxing and reasonable prices. I ended up getting some Caesar salad and clam chowder as an appetizer to start and for the main entree, I ordered fish and chips and my wife got some type of salmon, both were tasty. For dessert we ordered 1 chocolate cake that we split between the two of use and I ordered Spanish coffee that has coffee liqueur and rum in it. It was really tasty, I need to try making it at home today or tomorow . Overall a great place to enjoy a nice dinner, I will definitely go back.

Have a great Sunday, we are off to the West Vancouver Village…