Series of changes happened after the Pistons’ championship run during the 2003-2004 season. As the years went by since then, I observed that the energy and passion the team had slowly declined. Changes are inevitable, as promised by Dumars after their unfortunate exit last season.

Early November, Detroit Pistons traded Billups and McDyess for Iversion. The first thing that came to my mind is that they completely lost their identity – defense-minded and team-oriented individuals. It’s evident during the first 10 games after that trade. The Pistons are 5-5. It’s still early, but they need to make this trade work, fast. I’m not sure what exactly Dumars plans are, but I just hope these guys get another crack championship, and win it all the way.

For AI, welcome to the team. As for Billups, I wish you all the best. Hope to see you and Melo in the Finals.

Despite the financial turmoil that hit everybody world-wide, I’m still active as an agent of Sun Life. I’ve closed two applications this November and hope to close more deals. If you want to know more information, just read my post here.

This is the online community of what I personally call as ‘Filipino finance enthusiasts’. I’ve been reading forum posts in this site for months now, but just got serious last month. There are lots of information and knowledge that I got, and it’s only a matter of taking actions before I get to where I want to go. For those whose goal is financial independence, better visit this site and be active in the forums.

I’ve been doing lots of reading about making money online, and came across these two websites. Carl Ocab has been published numerous times in local newspapers, that’s why his known. I’ve learned about John Chow while surfing the internet. I find his e-book very helpful. Both blogs provided good tips on online money-making activities. Now, I’m making steps to do the same. Kudos to the two of you!

I’ve read several articles about Twilight and got different feedback from those who’ve seen it. It was claimed to be the best book series after the Harry Potter series. So Camille and I decided to watch it ourselves. Nobody liked it better than Camille who’s always fascinated with vampires. In this film, a new insight was created against the typical blood-craving, neck-biting, immortal creatures. There’s a new breed of vampires – the vegetarians – who chose to hunt for animals instead of human.

Generally, we liked the film, so we did some research on the cast and found at that Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is the girl in the film ‘The Messengers’, while the more familiar Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), is actually Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter movies! I was trying to play with Pattinson’s roles. Is Cedric Diggory really dead? The answer? He’s not! He just turned into a vampire. Hehe. I wonder if Voldemort even knew it.

Kidding aside, I find the movie fantastic and would like to see a sequel. My verdict: 9/10!

My brother Ron celebrated his 16th birthday. Only a few months left before he enters college. He took entrance exams in Saint Louis University (my alma mater) and chose Information Technology (my course) as his first choice and engineering as alternative. I guess I might have inspired him a bit, huh?

Prior to acquiring a domain, Camille and I unofficially blogged on different personal sites. Everything’s changed when our friend Thea introduced us to blogging, giving us tips and encouraging us to write and publish our work. To Thea, thank you!

I’ve wanted to have a DSLR for more than a year now, and am planning to purchase one next year. But my ever charming and sweet girlfriend Camille agreed to buy one this November as advanced Christmas present. Right now, I’m engaged in learning different photography techniques. I’ll post some of my pictures soon. Again, thanks mille!

Camsdcute’s Lair is Camille’s official blog. She’s been using the moniker ‘camsdcute’ for more than 10 years now. She writes anything about anything (got it? good!). We help each other in designing and maintaining our sites. Her site was created months earlier that mine.

Honestly, besides the sites I’ve listed previously in this list, she gave more inspiration to me. This led to the #1 in my list.

Tada! Of course I’m #1 in my list. I write about topics on technology, financial wellness, sports, blogging, photography, and may others. This site is still young, so please expect lots of changes as I’m still working on designs and content.

Watch out for more!