Smells like Bean Spirit

So told a sentence in a song called Patience composed and sung by Guns N’ Roses. This is about a domain : beanspirit.com. Did you just click the link? Yes, you are in the same website. I own this domain right now.

About 2 years ago i decided to choose “beanspirit” as my nickname and of course i want to have the domain .com as well. Unfortunately, the domain was owned by a coffee shop. I was disappointed, but it was not a big problem. I did not really have time to maintain my website regularly or build interesting contents for my visitor. Therefore, i simply bought the .org domain. (the .net domain was not available on that time either) One year later, i came to Germany and wanted to host a new website. The .net domain was luckily free to order. I got .de domain for free as well. Hm.., everything was much better.

Few days ago i received few e-mails from a number of companies regarding the domain ownership of the domain beanspirit.com. So basically, they offered me this domain or a service to get it. The price is within the range $199 USD - $250 USD. Here are 2 of them :

Our company specializes in acquiring expired domain names to help individuals and businesses protect their brand online.

The domain name BEANSPIRIT.COM is expiring and will be available to the public very soon.

We noticed that you own BEANSPIRIT.NET and felt that you may be interested.

We can assist in trying to acquire the domain name, as there are likely many interested parties competing for it.

We do not charge upfront, and the fee if we are successful is only $199 USD.

If you are interested, please let us know by November 2 at the latest.

This one is funnier :

My name is CENSORED. I am the owner of the domain name beanspirit.com. Since you own the domain beanspirit.de, I thought you might be interested in beanspirit.com. It is listed here: beanspirit.com

As you probably know, “dot com” is the strongest brand on the Internet. When people are going to a website, they just naturally think “dot com”. So, if you tell someone to go to beanspirit.de, by the time they get around to opening that site, many will naturally
go to beanspirit.com.

You might be thinking - “Yes, but I don’t want to rebrand my site.” The good thing is that you won’t have to. Upon purchase of the domain, we provide domain forwarding and email forwarding. This means that you won’t have to rebrand anything at all, just point beanspirit.com to beanspirit.de. There is no additional charge for these services.

We have listed this domain on a number of domain sales and auction websites in addition to offering it to you directly. If interested, please call us at CENSORED or go online at beanspirit.com

To be honest, i wanted to own the domain. But of course i did not want to waste money for something that is not urgently important. Besides, I knew exactly that the ownership wouldn’t worth that much for them. So, i didn’t reply anything (wait and see strategy)

Today morning i tried to check the availability of this domain. Just for fun, i was curious to know the current status. And, bingo!, the domain was available. I logged myself to my site control panel and ordered the domain. I got the domain immediately with the NORMAL PRICE without any SERVICE COST. It seems like the service company just gave up and let the domain free. Great, it was a good decision not to reply anything. Perhaps they thought that i was not interested. Yes, finally that’s mine, all i needed is just a little patience.

Unlike the other song posts, i don’t experience the content of this song. I just love this song.
But how about my life lately? Funny.

This is my last dance with you
This is my only chance to do all I can do
To let you know that what I feel for you is real

This is the last chance for us
This is the moment that I just cannot let end
Before I know that theres a chance were more than friends

So don`t let go, don`t let go
Make it last all night
This is my last chance to make you mine

I kept my feelings so deep
I kept my dreams of you and me somewhere inside
Although I prayed that you would see it in my eyes

But this is my last chance to say
Whats in my heart before you stay out of my life
And then youll understand the way I feel inside

So hold me close cause it feels so right
This is my last chance to make it mine
Make this dream reality
So close and yet so far
Gotta find a way into your heart
Gotta speak my mind
Gotta open up to you this time
I cant let you slip away tonight
This is my last dance with you

This is my only chance to do all I can do
To let you know that what I feel for you is so real
So don`t let go
Just make it last all night long
This is my last chance to make you mine, yeah
To make you mine

Have you ever thought of Africa? Well, perhaps yes, after you watched news on Television about a disaster,  starvation or some troubles happening in Africa. Upss, i forgot , you are probably thinking of Africa lately, since Barack Obama might appear everyday in your TV-Box. But then you would possibly forget about this continent. However, i will write neither about him, the election in US nor the economic crisis.

Actually, i didn’t really care about Africa until last June 2008. I have a friend, Thomas, who is a priest and responsible for an organization in Tanzania called FOSTER. On that time, he told me about his project, his life, his activity in Africa. Wow, i was really impressed. What am I doing here, whereas his and many other development organizations are struggling to create a better world for all human? (too much expressed? ) But i really want to help him and i had a chance. So, finally, i created a small website fosterafrica.org a couple months ago. I didn’t need to waste too much time for this website, since the features are basically simple. (actually, i needed more time for the design, i am not a designer, OK T_T). But for other people without Computer Science knowledge it would be a great help, and i am so glad to help.I will still add few features to this website (i have been busy since July, have to manage my time). I just added few news to the website and afterward, i decided to introduce this organization in my website. Unfortunately, the news are only available in German right now. It’s a kind of diary of a German-girl who currently works in Foster in Tanzania for a year. I will try to provide the English content as soon as i receive the permission to translate (or translation of) the texts.

I just entered a new phase of my life. What are there?

- almost 2 hours trip every day

- Professor, “God”, author, books, nerd, providing that…, books, books, books, boo…

- arrogant, distance?, time?, ambitious, disappointed, new pals, German

- someone : come, attend it, i only need someone, yes, as my big fan, only that

- learn, brain, where is “it”?, i lost “it”, i wait for “it”, logic…, enthusiastic, because German

- sweet, funny, friendly, ^ ^, wait… wait…

- not sweet, not funny, not friendly, but…

- OCaml, Data Services, Logic, network?, Software Engineer, Public, Design Pattern, i will…

- Websites, projects, help, run… run…

Well, you should realize that it would be a huge text if i write it specifically. Sorry. ^^

In the end of August 2008 i had been living in Germany for one year. I wrote an email and sent it to many of my close friends. I just wanted to keep contact with them and tell a short story about what i had done during my one-year-life in a place located far away from them. Most of them sent me back an email and they wrote about their life as well. They certainly gave me so many supports and feedback. I really appreciate that.

I also noticed that all of them have made significant progress during this time. Few of them are even astonishing. Few others might haven’t found yet their purpose in this life despite their still-in-progress-struggle, but i am sure they will. We are still young, my friends. We still have so many things to do in this life. Don’t give up to your life. We have so many time to draw a beautiful and great picture in our life. If you think that you are already old by 23 or 24 years old, let me tell you what i have seen here. Many people in Europe start to study again after 25 years old. Why? Because they know that the previous study is not their way. They still have another dream and they want to pursue and manifest it. Well, our life is only once, isn’t it?

I am proud of you guys. I am so envious of your achievement. I can’t wait to chase after you. We will meet each other next year. At that time, i hope that we would be in half-way in obtaining our dream. I look forward to seeing you guys.