The Booze Shop: The Best Booze for the Birthday Boy's Weekend Drinking Party

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Every time October is near, I can't help but get extremely excited because it means I get to have an excuse to celebrate a day or two with my loved ones. We are always off to somewhere special for lunch or dinner. I love it when my birthday falls on a weekday since it usually means having to celebrate twice - one during the weekday and another one on the weekend. But, if it were up to me, I would celebrate my birthday for the entire month of October. Lol!

It also means friends, colleagues and neighbors would soon be visiting our home for another weekend of binge drinking. Nah! I'm just kidding. My friends are the ones who know guys who drink moderately are the sexier kind. Being drunk would mean losing control of ourselves, both physically and emotionally. I've never seen my friends abusing their health because they avoid drinking too much. 

Needless to say, one of my errands when the big day is near is to purchase special liquors - the best "my" money can buy.  That's with emphasis on "my" since I don't have that much money to spend. Still, I make sure they won't be disappointed with my choices.

Thus, I would like to thank the guys from The Booze Shop with their liquor recommendations. They made it easier for me to choose the liquor I would bring home for the weekend celebration.

The Booze Shop is a friend's highly recommended liquor shop located at Unit 1-A Mila Holdings building. That's at #28 Jupiter Street, Barangay Bel-Air in Makati city, which is a right turn if you're coming from the Paseo De Roxas street. I actually used Google map to find the shop but it pointed me to the opposite direction. I had to do a U-turn along Jupiter street in the middle of a traffic congestion since it was already nearing after office rush hour.

I told the staff at the shop my budget and asked them to recommend their bestsellers. I got the liquors within just a few minutes only. They even helped me carry the drinks back to the car. Wow! Happy customer here. The only thing left is to drink these beauties this weekend for my birthday party celebration. Lol!

Twitter and Smart PH Launches New Customer Support Features for Businesses

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Twitter is introducing enhanced customer support features to help businesses globally provide even better customer service on the platform. Businesses can now indicate that they provide support, which adds that information to suggestions when people search for a business, mention a business in a Tweet, or find a business in Direct Messages.

Additionally, businesses can display hours of availability on their profile to help set people’s expectations for when they are likely to reply. These businesses’ profiles will also display a more prominent button to start a Direct Message so people know the business offers support privately. SMART Philippines is among the first in Southeast Asia to leverage the new support features for better customer service.

The latest enhancements complement previously announced improvements for customer service, including Direct Message links and Customer Feedback cards to help businesses provide better service on Twitter.

“Our followers used to go through multiple stages just to reach out to us, but Twitter’s Customer Service has allowed us to streamline our process and consequently increase our engagement with our beloved customers. Over the trial period alone, we saw a 32% increase in direct messages, which allow us to handle the concerns of our customers efficiently and get their feedback so we can continuously improve our service,” said Raymund A. Rivadelo, Vice President and Head of Customer Care, SMART Philippines.

Square One BGC: Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation's Co-Working Space Offering

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The Fort Bonifacio Development Corporation (FBDC) has caught up with the newest trending business opportunity intended to target SMEs and startups. It is without any doubt that entrepreneurs are now greatly composed of even as young as new college graduates thus bringing assortment to the usual demographics.

I hear more and more newly grads that have set their eyes on opening their own business, either in a form of startup for those who need investment opportunities, or small and medium scale enterprises using capital borrowed mostly from their parents.

True enough, quite a lot of my younger friends are thinking of just spending a year or two with an employer but then soon resigning to setup their own business ventures. It is not only cool to become our own boss but also quite a remarkable achievement to be able to stand up on our own and receiving the full benefits and rewards once a business turns successful.

Though still one has to contend with very little financing capability thus many of these small time visionaries are eyeing on making a formal physical presence at coworking spaces. We all know that it's a lot better to meet our clients or partners at an office which we could call our own instead of lounging at coffee shops or restaurants.

Recently I've been getting a lot of event invitations that features new or expanding coworking spaces (shared offices) which confirms how popular this business venture has become. In a span of two weeks, I've been to four coworking spaces already, and this does not include the others that I've visited the past months of this year.

Square One BGC is a new coworking space offering of the FBDC that's strikingly huge. Located at the ground floor of the Bonifacio Technology Center which you can find at 31st street cor 2nd Avenue, its 200 sqm Social Hall alone could fit quite a lot of like-minded peeps for special events or gatherings. These minds are all aiming to soon become among the industry giants, and I am extremely hopeful that many would follow this trend, both coworking spaces and youth entrepreneurship.