http://sweetsimplejoys.com Sweet adj. dear; beloved; precious. Simple adj. natural, neat. Joys n. sources of pleasure. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:21:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you've been applying for months in oDesk but still haven't landed a single project or job yet, then this post is for you. Before I enumerate the reasons, let's take a look at the oDesk Oconomy. As of this writing, there are almost half a million providers competing for available ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2010/03/10-reasons-why-you-dont-have-an-online-job-yet/ We got married, D and I. And I'm proud to say that 75% of the funds that went into the wedding budget came from our online income. Yup, the money that we earn from working at home online. It wasn't much, but considering that we ran into some emergency expenses ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2010/02/online-income-wedding-budget/ Up now on the wedding blog: Check out the complete instruction on how to do this DIY hair vine. http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/09/diy-hair-vine/ I was scurrying yesterday to find a suitable phrase for my post at the wedding blog. And you know where the search led me? Pablo Neruda. The memory of you emerges from the night around me. The river mingles its stubborn lament with the sea. Deserted like the dwarves at dawn. It is the hour ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/09/bookworm-longing-for-a-book/ Early this year, one of our hard drives died on us . Yes, it literally just crapped out. My dad said that some drives do expire after certain number of years. It happened on some of his computers as well and the only thing that we can do is contact ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/09/lost-and-found-photos/ This was D's offer to appease me after we got into a little "misunderstanding" two days ago. Pasteleria Ilustrado's Sans Rival. I ate this together with 2 orders of  Siomai House's siomai (what else!). Yum yum! I think I'm having a sweets-craving phase. Two weeks ago, we trooped to Festival Mall in ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/09/a-yummy-peace-offering/ While I was rummaging through my file folders looking for some photos, I found these: These are D's early inked drawings of the comics character, Spawn. Spectacular, isn't it? Now the next one is more like a destiny: I love Kenshin and Kauro! And Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin) is my all-time favorite Anime ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/09/ds-drawings-and-destiny/ This blog's been hurting from neglect since my last post. But I'm back now with some TLC to stop the pain and make up for days that it went un-updated. I'll be a more doting blogger now. I'll do my very best. So for the comeback post, I'm sharing with you ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/09/back-with-tlc/ Okay, that's not fair. D has never liked my choice of colors. I reckon he's just too conventional and safe. But when I realized what he was talking about, my heart sank. He's looking at his LCD screen, looking at my website--this website--and at the horrible, glaring colors of my invitation ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/07/honey-youre-really-not-good-with-colors/ As I've previously posted, I was excited about setting up and decorating the venue for my nephew's christening party and called it my Project no. 1. And I thought creativity was enough! Apparently, it's not. So here are the lessons I learned from my brief event styling stint: 1. You cannot go ... http://sweetsimplejoys.com/2009/06/project-no-1-lessons-and-outcome/