It was just a common day where I go to my preferred computer shop to surf the internet. Of course, who else in the information superhighway would forget to pay a visit at their Facebook accounts? I dropped by, checked my status, commented on someone's wall post, and laughed at the tagged pictures by my friends. I didn't know that one of my friends then was online and he started to have his presence felt by me by sending a message via FB chat. As a friend whom I've missed for quite some time, I entertained him with eagerness and got a long with any thing to talk about. Our chit-chat jumped from one topic to another until the crazy roller coaster suddenly went to a halt and we talked about the DVDs that he recently purchased. Among those that he'd bought there was this one that he talked about the most; though not compromising the entirety of the story. He was referring to a movie called "Hachiko".

I thought at first that it was some sort of a Memoirs of a Geisha movie but the fact is it was an Americanized pet movie based on a Japanese story between a dog and his deceased master. Intrigued, I asked him if this is as tear jerking as Marley and me. He just put so many hahahahahas on the chat box and he warned me to prepare a towel as Marley and Me is nothing compared to Hachiko when it comes to tear jerking.

I went to Youtube and watched some clips. All comments were the same; touching, heartwarming, will surely make you cry. Anxious, I hurriedly visited the Quiapo Market to purchase one copy. I watched it that night. At first, I got bored because the subtitles are inaccurate. There was nothing to cry about, I thought. However, upon the final episodes I noticed myself not just crying but I was bursting into tears! The funny thing is that every time I press the rewind button for the heart breaking scenes, I cry again. I finished the movie and I was still crying!

Hachiko by the way is a true story where an Akita Inu breed named Hachiko waited for 9 years at the train station for his deceased master. His master is a Japanese professor in agriculture whom Hachiko escorts at the train station, waits for him, and escorts him home.

Never had I witnessed or known in my entire life such kind of loyalty especially for someone who does not own a pet like me. Another funny thing though, I kept telling my friends who've watched the movie as well is that I'd rather wait for my Akita Inu to die first as I don't want to have him wait for me if I'm already dead. This is a very wonderful movie, recommended to all.

Yahoo. com just published an article online about the top billionaires in the world who were surprisingly frugal and living a very, very simple life. Business moguls in the likes of the great Warren Buffet and his Berkshire Hathaway empire and Telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim are living attestations that fortune and success do not equate with luxury. These two people didn't even have their own yachts and airplanes when they all have the resources to acquire not just one or a few but a whole bunch of them! I won't be surprised either if both of them have also bought used cars.


Speaking of used cars, having luxurious and elegant car as to use doesn't mean it has to be expensive. There was a simple business that dawned at the late 70s in Milan, Italy where Auto Usate Milano (used cars Milan) were traded. The humble business that started off with a garage has been passed down and became a successful and exclusive arena for car trades is now known as Garagedelparco. A very convenient and practical transacting used cars (vendita auto usate).



I've read the their online page and I am absolutely in awe at the way they handle business. They carefully appraise the car that you would like to sell and they give the prompt payment in accordance to their quality assessment. If you would want to buy the car, you may even bring your own mechanic to inspect it himself to meet your expectations before purchasing. Isn't it that wonderful? Those are only a few or their perks.

If these frugal billionaires happen to chance upon Garagedelparco, I guess they might have exclaimed: "compro auto usate!" Hahaha!