I have recently launched my small business website called Partyculars. It’s all about face painting for birthday parties and other events, particularly held south of Manila (since I live here down south for a year already).

Currently, I’m busy developing my face painting portfolio. I must admit this is quite difficult for me since most of the photos of my past events have been wiped out after my old desktop drowned in the Ondoy floods two years ago. And I’m recruiting face painters too for weekend events so I could focus on marketing, and hopefully System Engineer Jobs when the biz has expanded. (LOL)

Kidding aside, this is what keeps me busy these days – trying to establish branding and the direction I would like this small business to take, one at a time.

I just got back from a birthday party in SM Bacoor. (Thanks to the gracious host, Marivic.) How I managed to get there taking the shortest route possible I have Mama G to thank for. I have just discovered new routes, and enjoyed new sights like multi-colored mini-buses and multi-cabs. Of course, they weren’t that much different from the usual things we see and encounter everyday. I still do wonder if I would still find time to explore other places and really experience it without spending most of my time sleeping inside a hotel room.

Anyway, the malls even in this side of the world were packed with shoppers lining up payment counters and ATM booths for cash advance or withdrawal transactions. The weather outside was moderately cold. It’s beginning to feel and look a lot like Christmas.