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Sunday, March 16, 2008

Five Things

Snagged from Alpha

1) List Five things.
List five kind things you do for yourself.
List five kind things you for your closest friend, partner or child.
List five kind things you have done for a stranger.

2) Tag five people.

5 Kind Things I Do For Myself.
1. I drink coffee a lot to keep me awake
2. I watch Coffee Prince any chance I get to relieve stress
3. I try to watch what I eat (sometimes)
4. I keep myself updated with the latest design technologies
5. I try to be happy and positive all the time

5 Kind Things I Do For Closest Friend.
1. Let them talk nonstop about their worries
2. If they need anything that I can give, I give it to them (free design, music, photo, scrapbook LO)
3. Go to their parties and gatherings especially when someone needed a pick-me-up badly
4. When they need advice, I give it to them whether it's not the one that they want to hear
5. Make them feel good about themselves if needed

5 Kind Things I Have Done For A Stranger.
1. Give extra food or drink
2. Give money for fare
3. Let someone go in line first because they are in a hurry
4. Smile a "i-know-what-you're-going-through" smile at a mom who I can see is about to break down after dealing with her toddler's tantrum in public
5. Help a foreigner with directions including the best places to go because he seem to be lost and too shy to ask.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Wedding Flowers

Do-it-yourself brides are popular these days because of high wedding costs. Fiftyflowers make it possible for future brides to save a lot on their weddings by offering wholesale flowers. At a cost below wholesale price, they provide freshly cut and processed flowers from premium roses, calla lilies, rose petals, gerbera daisies, hydrangeas, peonies and many other flowers. They deliver these flowers via FedEx right at the bride's doorstep or any location that the wedding coordinator will specify. Aside from wholesale flowers, they also have a Wedding in a Box product where they offer beautifully arranged flowers from the bride's bouquet to the corsages to table centerpieces.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

His Car

The Husband has been talking about car parts, bumpers, tail light guards for over a week now. He's so excited about buying a car so he's doing everything he can to make me rub some of the excitement on me. I, on the other hand, is more concerned on how much we'll have to pay for these additional accessories. He seems to have forgotten that we need to work on a budget plus the fact that we need to save some more for the car insurance.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Questions of the Week 10



1. What color are your eyes? Dark brown.

2. Anything pierced? Ears. I used to have three piercings per ear.

3. What was the last thing you ate? Coffee and bread sticks with butter

4. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Why? Green. I just love how it looks on me, on designs, everything.

5. What is the best advice ever given to you? Seize the day

6. What sport do you hate the most? Everything haha. I'm not really into sports.

7. Have you ever been broken hearted? Once or twice. I've broken so many hearts too so it's fair enough.

8. Do you wish on stars? Up to now, yes.

9. Are you a daredevil? Not really. I hate going out of my comfort zone.

10. Do you like to walk in the rain? Yeah, but it needs to be somewhere clean, without mud LOL.

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Sunday, March 09, 2008

Preschooler

She's going to school!

Well. Not really. We're enrolling our little girl to a summer school to test if she's ready. Or a better explanation would be if I'm ready to let go of her LOL. The schedule is from 10AM to 12PM and will be on a daily basis. Nannies and parents are allowed to stay outside the room but they prefer if the kids will not see us. They said that kids tend to get more paranoid and clingy if they know that their mommy is just hovering outside the door. Haha, I know I would!

I really hope Sandy's ready and that she will have fun in school. At least this will be me 2 hours of free time a day so I can concentrate at work. She has been so bored lately that she hates seeing me in front of the computer.

We took her photo for her 1x1 ID.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Secure Mailbox

We tend to misplace one or two credit card bills every other month. I don't know if it's the mailman's doing or our helper, who usually receives them, is just too careless. Anyway, I know I should be more careful in letting these things scatter around the house. Aside from credit card bills, we receive important documents too like our earnings on our investments, dividends on insurance and more.

In the US, there's a company called USMailboxes that installs locking mailboxes. They used to install secure group mailboxes for the US Postal Service but because of the growing number of identity theft cases everywhere, they are now also offering this service to developers, homebuilders and homeowners. There are different types of locking mailboxes from their website but one thing that they have in common is that all of them are created sturdy, secure and vandal resistant.

I'm not sure if we have something like this locally I do believe that this is something worth investing.

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Better Half

How long did you date? We dated for two months and then he proposed bwahahah. San ka pa?

How old is he? 32 going on 60

Who eats more? We eat a lot but since I have an excuse (breastfeeding), I’d say I eat more

Who said “I love you” first? Him, of course. As if it’s a contest no haha

Who is taller? He is.

Who sings better? Him. He breathes and lives music

Who is smarter? Definitely him.

Whose temper is worse? Siya pa rin haha. But only because I know to control mine.

Who does the laundry? The help. But when we were just starting, we used to wash our unmentionables by hand. This used to be the main reason why we fight all the time. Try washing 10 pairs of dirty socks with your hand and I doubt you’d have enough patience left.

Who does the dishes? I used to do it

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me

Who pays the bills? I manage our expenses and his role is to go to the bank and pay all of them

Who mows the lawn? No one

Who cooks dinner? He used to. He’s very good.

Who drives when you are together? He does. Siyempre, di ako marunong eh.

Who is more stubborn? I am

Who kissed who first? He did. Alalang alala ko pa sa Baguio ito naganap at hindi kami magboyfriend nyahahaha.

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? No one haha

Whose parents do you see the most? His

Who proposed? He did. While we were talking in a fire exit inside our old office, he asked all of a sudden if I want to marry him.

Who is more sensitive? I am

Who has more friends? I do but I rarely see them anymore.

Who has more siblings? Him

Who wears the pants in the family? I do. No, him. Well, I act as if he does but in the end, it will always be my decision LOL. But these are just for the minor decisions ha. When it comes to major and life changing ones, I won’t do anything unless I have his whole-hearted approval.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

On PageRank

Pageranks are dropping like flies. Even those that are not doing paid blogging have found their blogs being slapped with a 0 PR. I wonder what Google's reason behind penalizing small blogs? I do feel bad about those who are using blogging to pay the bills. Using your earning to go ga-ga over online shopping is one thing but if you need it to augment your monthly income, then you'd be terribly disappointed. I know I will! I once used my earnings to pay for our old credit card bills and it was really a huge help. I hope something new and an even better way to earn money online will come out soon.

Monday, March 03, 2008

Cancer

Watched a TV special last night about
mesothelioma. It's a cancer that affects the membranes that surround the lungs and also the lining of the abdomen. I learned that this cancer is caused by asbestos, and that factory workers, plumbers, laborers, machinists are more inclined to have this disease. It sounds really dangerous. Treatment can be done through surgery, chemo, and radiation therapy but there are also non-traditional options like photodynamic therapy and immunoteraphy.