Buying Plans

I’ve been planning to buy an HP laptop since last year and I’m happy now that finally my plan will push through next month. I’m looking at the packages offered by shops in Greenhills and decided to purchase one of those HP models on March. My PC desktop is running smoothly as ever except for a needed upgrade in memory but I want to work around the house for more convenient settings instead of just working in my room. I have plans of working outside my house so I really need a laptop for all my planned writing. Aside from laptop I need to see some office furniture I need for my office at home. I have plenty of things to organize and rearrange to make my workplace neat and tidy.

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The Hearts' Day

I always associate this day with hearts and flowers. I remember cutting out and doing plenty of heart shaped guitar bookmark when I was in my high school days and giving it to all my friends. If someone didn't received one of my cute bookmarks it means that I don't consider her my friend but if you've seen the bulk of my bookmarks you'll guess that all are my friends :-) I'm a very friendly kid in school and I made my friends feel that they're remembered on valentine's day except of course the boys because I don't give out anything to boys (that's why I'm accused that I'm boyish) lol!

Now that I'm a Mom I'm still very fond of hearts and flowers but I love the white roses that DH gives me always! When I studied the meaning and implications of different flowers and their colors I learned that white roses signifies 'worthy of love', sweet isn't it? My husband is and he accused me that I'm not lol! Not so serious of course he just wants to tease me with that :-)

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Fight the Effects of Sun’s Heat on Your Skin

It’s super hot today and once you go out of your house to go somewhere you’ll feel the full impact of a hot sunny afternoon. No wonder there are increasing number of high blood and stroke cases in the hospital as what my Mom’s friend told me earlier. I’m not used in bringing my umbrella every time I go out because my arm easily gets tired from holding it. This is not a good habit as the sun’s excessive heat might harm my skin and gives me wrinkles so I decided to limit my schedule of going out on early morning when the sun is not so hot. Well if I can’t avoid it maybe I’ll just protect my skin with wrinkle lotion as I don’t want to look older than my age.

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RT/WW : Buddies in EK Train

Here are Josh and school buddy Carl making 'pogi' (handsome) poses while riding in EK train. They simply love to go in the rides there together. They laugh, chat and enjoy each ride as long as they're partners. They seem like brothers and Josh is definitely the younger because obviously Carl is a lot bigger than him. They go to school together but the teachers decided to put them in separate sections to prevent them from being so active lol! See my other entry here!

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What Kind of Dairy Product You Are

I'm too sleepy to do blogging now that I only visited some blogs of my friends. We arrived late from MIL's house in Montalban yesterday night. It's only less than an hour before the clock strikes twelve. Anyway we're so happy with our third week of bringing DH's Mom safely home in their new house in Montalban. Here's what I got to perk up some lazy mood. Read to know what this quiz got to say about me as what probably be the appropriate kind of dairy product :-) Just some nice not so serious quiz this Manic Monday, enjoy life!

You Are Butter

You're the type of person who works behind the scenes, making sure to bring out the best in everyone else.
It's likely that people don't appreciate you for who you are. But people would sure miss you if you were gone.

A little of you goes a long way. You have a very powerful impact on the world, even if it's a bit subtle at times.
Some people may avoid you out of fear, but there is nothing wrong with you... in moderation, that is!

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Protection from Harmful Bacteria

I’m so relieved that I’m finally finished with all the house chores I planned to give ample time this weekend. I’ve thoroughly cleaned everything and arrange some appliances but I didn’t change any of the previous arrangement as I find it neat enough. During my so-called general cleaning I never forgot to put some disinfectant to certain areas that’s prone to bacteria especially the kitchen and bathrooms. It’s very important to disinfect to ensure my kids’ protection from harmful bacteria. I want to keep them healthy and safe from everything Gen arrived from hospital where she visited one of her best friends in school and I told her to disinfect herself by cleaning her hands with soap and water. She also rubbed alcohol so she can kiss and play with baby Iya later.

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Tips on Beating Insomnia: The Breathing Method

Yes you can beat insomnia without drugs or complex behavior modifications. How?

No we're not going to count sheep here like the good old story that counting sheep is a good way to fall asleep. Instead we're going to count our breaths to help ourselves drift away into blissful rest. Did you know that the most common causes of insomnia is a mind that's too active on bedtime. We lay down but our mind still thinks about our day's problems, events, plans, worries, tasks and just about anything that we encounter the whole day.

Now we can get control of our mind by telling ourselves that we will not think of nothing else but the breaths going in and out of our body. Count our breaths up to four times and start again. Count 1 inhale and 1 exhale as one complete breath. After completing 4 breaths start over at one again. Just think of nothing but the counting. It will be difficult at first but the results are just amazing if we really focus on counting. I bet we will not get through more than four cycles before we drift off to sleep.

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Multi-tasking Household Chores

I planned on having some general cleaning today as all my kids are here and I can accept some suggestions when I want to rearrange some appliances. I don’t want to spend the whole day in front of my PC because I feel that I should really be making some new arrangement for fresher look. At the end of it all I didn’t made any change in the present order of our things because we think that it’s good enough except that we really need new cabinet style entertainment centers to place our tv set, DVD and components so we’ll have all those in one place only. I succeeded in doing general cleaning of the living room, kitchen and bathrooms. I did that while our clothes are spinning in our washer and while I’m cooking our food, I was happy that I was able to do multi-tasking again and I love it!

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Tips on Making Your Own Laundry Soap

Just like to share some of my reads these past few weeks, I have 3 books that I'm currently reading which covers many things from self-improvement, some secrets and tips and handling your life and job. I'm hooked to these books when I'm offline and it gives me some inspirations also.

This time I'm sharing some tips and ways on how to make your own laundry soap.

This formula uses lye. Always handle with care. For any lye mixture use enamel, porcelain or glass containers. Ingredients include the following:


5 pounds of fat,
1 can of lye,
6 quarts soft water
1/2 cup borax
1/2 cup ammonia

Procedure: Mix in large suitable enamel ware kettle. Let stand for 5 days, stirring several times a day. (After the fourth day, it will be quite thick) On the sixth day, place on stove and heat slowly, stirring wel several times until it becomes the consistency of honey. Let cool before pouring into mould.

For a mould, you will need a box about 1 1/2 inches deep lined first with aluminum foil and then with a towel wrung out in cold water. As soon as it is firm enough, cut into bars. Then let it stand until cold. To use, cut into small pieces and add to washer in place of powdered detergent.

Now you have your own laundry soap, easy but it does take longer than I expected it to be huh! Well some things can't be achieved so quickly, sometimes we need patience right? Hope this tips and easy seminar about making laundry soap will help those who want to do something in their free time. I'm going to do it also! Well if I have free time of course!

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Pros and Cons of Brand Name & Generic Prescriptions

With the current temperature we are experiencing now you will not be surprised if many members of your family will be sick. The weather now is too cold on early mornings and evenings and too hot on daytime. This kind of temperature is very susceptible to coughs, colds and fever especially to children. I’ve heard some of friends were complaining that all members of their family are down with coughs. It’s not only tiring and costly to have sickness in your homes but it’s also an emotional let down to see your family in pain. We all know that remedy for coughs vary in intensity and what causes it. When you go to your doctor you’ll be prescribed with medicines with generic name and their suggested brand for the patient. It’s a standard procedure and guidelines for doctor to supply the generic name of the medicine just in case the patient can’t afford the price of the branded medicine or worst if the medicine is out of stock.

The first thing that comes to our mind when we heard of generic drugs is the price that reaches out to those who can’t afford to buy expensive brand name ones. Now that recession has hit many countries people seek for less expensive things. I myself buy generic drug sometimes if the doctor advised that generic medicines will do. There are some differences in having brand name and generic prescriptions. First and the most significant I think is the price which we all know that generic costs almost half the price of the branded ones. Next is the flavor which is not so obvious to others, I just noticed that branded medicines have more appealing flavors to kids than generic medicines. Well of course this is just a minor thing compared to affordability the generic prescription offers.

Generally these prescription medicines have the same ingredients, quality, content, purity, strength, stability and both passed the standard requirements of the FDA. I should say that having brand name medicines is beneficial for those patients who want to have the same brand every time they developed the same sickness. Some have allergies for other drugs so if their bodies perfectly adapts to a certain brand they want to have it over again. They don’t want to experiment again on the effects the medicines might have on their health thus maintaining the same brands served the purpose. Anyway not all people depend on the price of the medicines. There are some who doesn’t care about the price as long as the medicines will cure their sickness as soon as possible.

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