That’s what we keep on having. I almost always wake up feeling sore around the neck and shoulder area. Worse, I wake up with a very bad headache, just like what happened on Saturday morning. I have trouble going to bed too. I feel sleepy so I trudge over to my bedroom (or sometimes lay on the sofa), but then I lie awake for Gawd knows how long. Then there’s Alfred. He came home with colds yesterday and was really feeling sick. He says someone at work kept on sneezing right in front of him, and before he knew it, he was doing the same. Poor guy. I think this started happening when I   read more

Do you take mini-vacations? You know, weekend getaways. Temporary respite from the hustle and bustle of your life. Maybe a full body massage or spa treatments might even be considered mini vacations. Lol. What are they anyway? Mini vacations are shorter in duration than real vacations. This could be anywhere from a day and a half to three days. Usually done during the weekends, and not too far from where one lives. For those in Metro Manila for example, this could be a short drive to Tagaytay, Laguna or Batangas, for some fun under the sun, or for a weekend retreat. For many of us who have limited   read more

This post is inspired by the article of the same title, from the magazine Entrepreneur, January-February 2010 issue. Lately, I have been browsing through magazines quite a lot. I even bought some back issues of Yummy and Food magazine, while the boyfriend got himself copies of old Maxim and FHM. I try not to buy too many because I still have quite a number of books that I haven’t even touched since I bought them. Besides, I figured I should try at least one or two recipes from the foodie magazines before I bought additional ones. Two weeks ago, while waiting for the boyfriend to meet up with me   read more

For Project 365, I started actually using my Flickr account. I also joined up with the Shutter Sisters 365 pool. Sadly, apart from uploading my own photos, I haven’t actually gone around to check out the other photos added to the pool. Not much anyway. Here’s a snip (cut using Win7’s Snipping Tool) of how my Project 365 2010 photo set looks like. Don’t they just look cute ordered that way? Click on the photo to view the set on Flickr. The last one I’ve uploaded is a photo from the 29th of January (yes, I’m a few days behind):   read more

Tonight, teleserye viewers will be saying goodbye to miracle boy Santino, of the soap “May Bukas Pa” Yesterday’s scene ended with the little boy falling through a flight of stairs and hitting his head in the process. His brother, who was also having visions, saw him with a pool of blood under his head. We are left hanging… Will the police get to him in time? Will Bro intervene and save the young boy’s life? Or will He heed his prayer to join his parents in the after-life? I wonder how many people will be tuned in to their TV sets tonight to find out? ……   read more

I don't know the artist who sang the song but I have been listening and singing to this for the past three days The lines are sooo cheesy and you've heard them before as the cheesiest pick up lines, Pinoy style. Everyone can relate! If I were to have a prenup video, this would be a fun background music. Haha   read more

I don’t know how long I’ve been a member, but searching my blog using Entrecard as a keyword takes me to this post from August 2008 about Entrecard hopping. What is Entrecard? Entrecard is a blogging network that has so far helped me build traffic and network with other bloggers. I have found some interesting blogs that I would have probably not have found without their widget. The service also brings you readers and some would actually come out and participate. By this I mean that they would actually stop to read your posts, and if they find it interesting, would even leave you comments   read more

I know I said that I would have to consider giving away (or selling) books after I’ve read them, but I don’t think I’ll be doing that for Inkheart. Yes it’s a novel written with young readers in mind, and I think that’s my absolute favorite genre of all time Anyone who loves reading, and has a heart for books would definitely appreciate this novel. I guess it would be accurate to say that books are in the heart of this work of fiction. However, I was a bit confused in the beginning because I couldn’t quite put a finger on what specific time the story was set   read more

Before I go to what the title for this post is about, let me say thank you first to my Entrecard droppers. For January 2010, Jean Squared is back on my Top Ten, with drops for all 31 days of the month. Thank you so much! With her is CAP News and a come-back kid Wirez and Circuitz, hehe. I am off to drop ECs on your widgets, and place ads too. I wonder if I made it to anyone’s list? I probably didn’t Dropper # of drops Jean sQuared 31 CAP News 31 Wirez and Circuitz 31 Cooking Japanese Style 29 Cornymans Money-Blog, everything about financial independence 26 The One   read more

I finally got PaintShopPro installed (just a few minutes ago) so I resized the photo I tweaked in Picasa yesterday. Here it is: the photo from yesterday's post, edited in Picasa  Notice any difference? It does look well. And editing was quite simple too. I didn’t get to play around with the program more today though so still no review from me I now have three softwares pertaining to photos on my PC. PSP for editing (and also for digiscrapping), and Windows Live Photo Gallery and Picasa for photo management. Maybe I should write up a review for each? There are very good reviews out there   read more