I saw the blueprint of my friend’s design of her dream house.  It was beautiful.  Plus the area they are going to build it up is a nice place.  It will be located in a wide space of land with a winding river a kilometer away from their house.  There were lots of trees surrounding their property plus the 10 kilometer distance from the city make the place ideal for her dream house to build.

One of the things she considered in bringing into their new home are the old things.  She said she won’t be bring all her furnitures in the current house.  So she checked on modern sofas so that she will have an idea what would be the great sofa to be installed in her spacious living room/entertainment room. She wanted the two areas the same so that when friends come over for bonding, the living room will host the crowd.

I saw her type of sofa and i also love.  She wants the Terni sofa and before i knew it, it was my pic, too!

Tags: home furnitures, modern sofas, shopping, sofa

It’s a busy day. The week is almost over and if i have to look back at it – it was a mixture of high and low moments. But i’d like to think that the high was more than the low ones. The loss of my camera affected me so much that in spite of the positive thinking am doing, i can still the pain. But i don’t like to dwell on that because for the past 2 days i haven’t made a single post and i might be missing some important tasks. No problem actually of missing some tasks but i know no one will give me a dollar any time.

Someone gave asked me to scout for new curtains this weekend but i have to say no for the weekend because it’s going to a very full one. Coloquium plus social and spiritual outing plus preparation of dimple’s stuff as she will go away to boarding school (oh oh just so much) that i requested i can do the job middle next week. I asked her what type of curtains and she told me to check out faux wood blinds and then i’ll suggest to her what would be the best curtain or blinds for her kitchen and living room.

I also want to have our curtain here in the office changed and the one that covers the door, i’d like to have it change to blinds.   Will concentrate on this next week.

Tags: blinds, curtains, shopping

I think when we get old as in really old, we normally have a sagging skin.  That is why one of my friends who is naturally vain does not want to die at an old age.  She want to die at an early age when she is still fully blooming and wrinkleless.  I always laugh at her when she reminds me of that.  She has a point, but really we are not the director of our lives.  There’s always God up there who knows when He should get us.  It may be now at a very young age or at 70 or 80 when someone’s mind is like a little kid.  So, i told her to religiously take some multivitamin so that it will help her look young and wrinkleless when she reaches 40. So she shopped for a lot of vitamins since i told her that.

Oh women, we could really be vain at times!

Tags: multivitamins, shopping, skin care

I know many will agree with me that internet is addicting.  If one disagrees then try to convince me why internet use is not addicting.  Being a regular user of the net is like having  a daily or hourly dose of coffee.  Coffee is also addicting because of the caffeine in it.  Likewise Internet is addicting because of the wide possibilities of what we can do online.

If one is not playing online, then he or she can just be plainly browsing.  Browsing for what?  There are so much to browse about – articles or things that can do good for you or that can do damage to your well being.  There are those who browse to shop.  They are the ones who hates the mall crowds.  Since there are many shops who also offer great deals even in online purchase so, shopaholics just love the idea.  I just checked out the Cyber Monday deals and oh my, am almost tempted to buzz a friend to buy me the HP Photosmart M525 digital camera that is worth 50 dollars but thinking of the balance for my lap top, made me let go of the idea.  For sure this is not the only Cyber Monday for this year.  There’s still the Black Friday to look forward to or there is also the trip am trying to save up for.

Going back to the addicting feeling, there are really people who feel very weak and timid when they can’t get online in 24 hours.  They are especially the ones who are addicted to online games even just the friendly network games i.e. Facebook games.  Personally i accept that am almost addicted to FB just for connecting with friends but i was not addicted to the games.  I find myself FB distracting me from my online tasks and even my non-online tasks.

Oh well, internet is good but when starts to feel like he or she can’t eat, sleep nor get relaxed because he or she can’t be online, then that is one of the symptoms of internet addiction.

Tags: cyber monday, internet addiction, online shopping, shopping

I have several friends who are shoppaholic.  They all have one thing in common – they have more than 1 plastic cards that do wonders.  They go out of their homes with only their handbag in hand and when they get back, they have 8-10 shopping bags.  Wow! At times i envy them but i am also thinking that maybe it’s not my type of life.   On Monday i will be meeting two of the girls so i will tell them credit score so that they can also avail of these credit points privilege.

The other day the wife of my boss asked me something while showing me her credit card statement. I told her to ask the other ma’am in our office who is known for shopping with cards, not cash so she has an idea on what that bonus points meant.

Tags: credit cards, shopping

I went shopping for a footwear!

I got a new set of office uniform (oh i wish i have a photo of it), one that needs a formal office shoes.  So I was not able to wear the uniform Monday because i still did not have the shoes that will go with it.  After I got the payout Monday noontime, i directly went to the telephone company to check on my bill adjustment and also pay the balance.  Wow my bill was adjusted to a little bit more than five hundred pesos.  Shopping for shoes was next in mind but my time is not enough anymore, so i thought of coming back in the evening.

I have already scouted the shoes last week so i only need to go back to buy it.  So that’s it!

Before i went to the cashier to pay the pair of shoes, i still took time to go around to check other styles.  And i saw one.  I asked a lady to get me the complete pair and when i put tried it on, wow it feels good on my feet.   It took me some more minutes to decided when i saw the price.  I can afford the price but I am also thinking i can use the money to pay or to buy other staff.  But then i was also thinking that the last time i bought a good pair of high heels was in 2007 when i was in Bangkok.  The money i used on that was the salary i earned teaching for 8 hrs at my cousin’s school.  So since my Payu2blog earnings are hard earned money, i thought that it is just right i should treat myself for another pair of heels.  So here it is -

I am waiting for Saturday so that i can use it.  I always have this  idea that any new thing first used on a Saturday or Sabbath, it will last longer.

So, happy new footwears for me!

I now have 7pairs of footwears in the dorm and that includes 2 rubber sleepers.  Though the office shoes will just be a standby pair at the office.  The new heels, it is still hidden away in the locker.

Next pay out – it’s Dimple’s time.  It’s almost to her graduation time eh.  Nothing like new dress because she does not need as they are going to use a toga, but i hope to give her something that she wishes for.

All these, thank you Payu2blog for all the tasks given!  You are one great company and am glad i am in Payu2blog wagon.  Thank you also to God for giving me the strength to make a post even though most of the time am tired and not feeling like blogging.  But when there are tasks, i just forgot for some moments that am really down.

Tags: blog earnings, Blogging, mommy life, shopping

One of my cousins in the States have more than  one car.  They were not new models but they are cars.  If in the Philippines, cars are luxury, over there, nah, it’s a necessity.  Some have nice cars, some have the coolest cars on the block, and some have just so so cars.  As long as it run – it’s still great.  I told her that my favorite car to have in the future will be the red mazda 6.  I guess it’s because of the red that made me attracted to it.  That is just my wish.  If God will give me that exact wish, as long as it runs then for sure it’s a blessing.

Jim just arrived in the states and he is starting from scratch.  Let’s say that at the moment he is still in scratch.  He mused that over there is much different in the Philippines.  If in Philippines you can walk to your appointment, and in Bangkok you can ride a bus to meet your appointment, well over there, you got to need a car to reach an appointment.  I told him that he should work hard to buy a car in the soon future.  Guess what’s his wish?  A bmw m5!

See that?  It’s so cool.  I think the coolest brand for this year as far as i know.  Am not much into cars except i will be asked what kind of car would i want in my life.  I told my cousin, this car is just for him.  Not for everyone of his relatives left in the mountains of Manticao.

Anyways,   there are more cars out in the market this time.  The 2009 Acura rl will be one of the top model of luxury cars that will be out in the market this year.  And bmw of course is not behind the scene.  They now have too their 2010 series.  In spite of the recession in America, there are still people who won’t fail to buy the newest model of luxury car.  Who can blame them, they can afford it very well.    I thought that maybe i would be a car dealer incase i will land in America in the future. (wishful musing)

Tags: cars, shopping

More wordless here.

Tags: shopping, wordless wednesday

Slept very late because after i dc i declutter my bedroom especially my bed. hahahaa so i ended up sleeping around 2 am.  When morning came, i wish to sleep longer but sleep ran away as i was feeling alert.  Maybe because am thinking that today is the last day of the year 2008.  Isn’t that great?

Am not going to cook a lot today not because we don’t ahve anything to cook.  But my mom just felt that we will just have a very simple bueno noches by just eating some fruits and the biko.  So right now, we are doing the latik while the we are cooking the pilit.  Am sure in two hours the biko is reading for cooling and by dinner time tonight it’s ready for eating.  So am goingto eat some after setting aside a small mound for my sister. 

After breakfast, i started the movie of Piolo Pascual and Donita Rose, 9 Mornings.  It was a nice Christmas movie.  We have it paused around 5 times because while Dimple and i are watching movie, my mom was very busy dusting, wiping with wet cloth the top of the lockers and also the windows and decluttering dimple’s stuff.  It’s new year, you know…so it’s like we always have this kind of cleaning every before New yaer comes.

We are done with lunch.  I let dimple cooked some pancit canton and i also include in it a handful of spring beans so am full now.  It’s good time for sleeping but i decided to check my mailboxes for some assignments.  Glad i checked coz i found one.  Thank be to God.  It sounds promising, you know.  One is better than zero. 

 Gift giving is not yet over.  Though Christmas day is past, some people are still giving gifts this new year.  Caroling does not even stop until the Three Kings.  After that, just a couple more weeks Valentines will be around so another time of gift giving.  My wish this time from my guy is a nice ladies watch so am introducing him to Nixon watches so that he can order online and the delivery be done before the Heart’s Day.  I hope he will be a generous guy this time so that he will not be tagged as as the “imaginary guy only.”  He knows i call him that and he does not like it.   Oh i love checkign out these watches these days.  There are so many savy, cute, and trendy watches for ladies.  HOpe i will get one by February.

Am off now because the smell of the sweetened latik is so tempting.

Happy New year everyone, will post the last half of the 31st if not later tonight after midnight then first thing tomorrow when i wake up.

Take care everyone and happy celebrating in meeting the new year.  Be safe, too!

Tags: dec 31 2008, gift giving, life, new year 2009, nixon watches, shopping, sunshineforlife

When we went shopping at SM Mall the other day, my friend and i pruchased a new water heater.  Not just really a water heater but the dual one – hot and cold water dispenser.  The reason why the thing was broken because her nephews are so lazy to refill the water while the hot water switch is on.  So it burned the plastic inside thus destroying the heater altogether.  So she purchased a new one and we were really advised not to turn on the hot water mode if the water is not sufficient. 

When we arrived home i told her to check on tankless water heater on how it will work because if it’s possible she can purchase one for her bathroom so that Baby Prince will enjoy warm water shower in the evening.  It takes so much trouble to boil water in a kettle and carry the kettle into the bathroom .  So am sure she will enjoy this type of water heater.  I got one like this in my 2nd home in China and i think it is safe.  It lessens electricution accidents.  So i will check this out if they have one like this in SM the next time we go there.

Tags: Christmas shopping, life, shopping