Parrot on a Porch

Luxurious Watches

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:29:36 +0000

I stopped wearing a watch when my son was born for the fear of carelessly hurting or scratching him with it during cradle time. Besides, I was just confined at home where there are clocks everywhere to see the time. And because of that, my watch broke down as it was just kept at the farthest end of my drawer for a long time. Even when the battery is replaced, it won’t just work. This is the reason why I’m in the lookout for a new watch. It’s impossible that I’ll have IWC Watches soon because, well, I simply cannot afford it. I saw how elegant and exquisite the luxurious watches are over at Lussori and they’re really worth drooling over. By the way, I’m also impressed how vast the collections of luxury timepieces and jewelries are at Lussori. How I wish I have the thousands of dollars to spend even on just one timepiece.

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Slept The Pain Away

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:21:56 +0000

I was supposed to finish tons of writing jobs last night but I couldn’t manage to stay in front of the laptop for that long with a throbbing head. I guess, my body’s starting to get its toll on me after spending so much time working and staring on the monitor for more than 12 hours a day recently. My headache, although it’s far less serious than Mesothelioma, was really terrible. I was also feeling a little bit feverish so I popped in a Paracetamol and applied my grandma’s ever-reliable Katinko ointment on my temples. It somehow relieved me but the pain at the back of my right eye wouldn’t just go away. So even if the husband wasn’t home yet at almost midnight for he had a KTV night out with his colleagues, I didn’t wait for him anymore and just slept my headache away. I’m feeling a lot better now after being able to sleep for 8 long hours. Still had tons of pending works but I just had to take a rest amidst these mountain load before my body totally breaks down. The headache’s gone but it seems like I need to have my eyes checked very soon.

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Of Selflessness and A Blog Contest

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:00:56 +0000

For busy homemakers like me, I’m sure we all have our whims that we also wish to satisfy for ourselves. But we prioritize the needs of our families and we’d rather sacrifice even if it means giving up the things that can make us personally happy. For example, we’re all set to buy gold online to add to our jewelries and other vanity accessories. But suddenly, an urgent need comes up by the family leading us to momentarily bid bye-bye to things we’ve been wishing to buy. Well, it’s our selfless nature kicking in.

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Speaking of jewelries and vanity accessories, how would you want to win a Fossil watch or a Kate Spade Vanity Bag?

Faye of Quicker8.com is holding a contest on her blog as a thanksgiving and celebration of her birthday last month. Here are the prizes up for grabs:

1st prize – Ladies Chronograph (big face) watch
2nd prize – Kate Spade kikay kit (orange)
3rd prize – Kate Spade kikay kit (floral)

For more information about her blog contest going on until September 7, check out the mechanics here.

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Of Neighbors and Compound Living

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:20:05 +0000

There are surely lots of advantages of living in a compound with a setup just like ours. First, to give you an overview, here’s how and where Little Mansion is situated in a 6-unit compound.This is our very dear Little Mansion (LM), a single-detached unit at the farthest end of the compound from the gate. Another single-detached unit (the picture on the right) faces ours and it’s a mirrored replica of LM.

This picture on the other hand is the view of the common gate from the farthest end where LM is. Two duplex units stand face to face.

We love how our neighbors (from both units of the left duplex on the pic) have a 2 year old daughter who has become Asher’s constant playmate in the afternoon. They’re thoughtful and caring..the type of neighbors you know they’ll look after and guard your house if you’re away. During the water crisis last July, under their own initiative, they filled our basins in the laundry area when we were out and the water ration came. We also appreciate how they share cooked merienda (spaghetti, hotcake, etc) to Asher every now and then. They also gladly lent us their laundry drying rod when Yayie still did not have an ample space to hang our laundered clothes on for drying on our first month. They have this genuine big smiles every time we see them. Really, they’re the type of neighbors you’d yearn to have.

However, there are also drawbacks with this type of communal living in a compound. There are no clear boundaries, no gates within the real premises that are rightfully ours, and the long driveway is a common area. So that means, if a neighbor doesn’t care of his front and side yards, meaning they care less if their lawn appears unattractive, cluttered and trashy, you somehow get affected because their lawn is your lawn, too. That, even though an emergency medical assistance can be easily sought, you wouldn’t want to risk your toddler son’s safety because of the trashed steels and woods that they just trashed in the common ground where he freely plays in the afternoon. That, since the units are not distant, one’s noise is heartily heard by all the compound dwellers. That, you just keep mum because either you don’t know how would they react if you gently call their attention or simply, you don’t know how to make the right approach that would not get them offended.

You win some, you lose some. It’s just a matter of acceptance. We love everything that has to do with the Little Mansion because it’s our sanctuary. Whatever drawbacks there may be, we’re just happy that we have our own dwelling. After all, we’re living WITHIN LM’s walls and not naman outside. So happy, happy pa rin.

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Shopping Online For Office Supply

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:17:32 +0000

Every homes not just offices and businesses, need to have office supplies on hand all the time. Since computers and laptops have also been a household necessity now, there’s a periodic need for stationery like office paper and office supply like pens, data storage discs, packaging supplies. There are also times when we need markers and pens for labeling items, gifts to wrap, documents to staple and compile and so on. We often source all these from local bookstores and super stores but nowadays, these can be easily procured through an office supply store like the Clean Sweep Supply. It is an online retail shop that offers over 32,000 products of well known office supply brands. Wide selection of binders and binding supplies, cash and check handling supplies, filing supplies, office equipment supplies, pens and desk supplies can be readily ordered from this site through their user-friendly shopping interface. For the homes, there are also janitorial and maintenance supplies that are available for ordering even in bulk. Examples are light bulbs, toiletries, cleaning supplies, flashlights, gloves, vacuum cleaners, etc. One can easily search the catalog through the search field or one can also narrow down categories of the products by opting to browse by brand and price. These online stores offer free shipping deals and rebates so shopping online may indeed be a splendid way of procuring office supplies for the home.

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Getting A Cash Advance When Shopping For the Home

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:24:26 +0000

Shopping furniture and appliances for a newly acquired house is extremely exciting and fun. I absolutely agree and this comes from a personal experience. What’s not is when one start to witness that his earnings from the last payday gets drained in an instant, or seeing how huge the damage was to the savings account or when credit card bills start pouring in. Acquiring a home does not actually start and stop at the contract signing. It goes a long way from there. Sprucing up the home with furniture, appliances and other stuff are just actually the peak or climax if there’s a stage that’s being observed. In our case, that’s when our pockets were heavily used. Thankfully there are various services and products that can help one go through all this with much financial support. I’m talking about the wonders of credit cards, a cash advance, payday loans and all other financing facilities. We all know already how credit cards work and how do they work to one’s advantage. On the other hand, a cash advance, is a fresh scheme of payday loan wherein an employed person can borrow money with his paycheck as his collateral. The requirements are less formal and the borrowed amount easy to obtain.

Now shopping for furniture can indeed be exciting especially if it’s a new home dress up. I’m sharing a few pointers I perused before we bought modern furniture pieces for our Little Mansion.

1. The Budget. Unlike clothes that one can easily scout, try it on and buy, it is best if one visit a number of shops, canvass and ask a catalog with their prices. In short, window shopping first is very beneficial to be able to compare prices and study which among them have the cheapest yet quality offering.

2. If budget allows, contact a stylist or a designer and ask for opinions from the experts. They can suggest and guide the proper pieces, the color, the size, the make and all other things to choose.

3. Think of the future. Never rush when buying an item for the house especially if it’s the big ticket items. Remember that this will be used for a long time and they’re something that can’t be instantly replaceable just like we can easily do with our clothes.

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Affordable Vacation Rentals or Disneyland

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:27:25 +0000

Just like the majority of my wanderlust friends, I also eagerly and excitedly await the Travel Mart Event happening this weekend at SM Megamall. We are not certainly travelling this year since we can still feel the heavy blow of acquiring Little Mansion to our pockets. Besides, we’re still not through with the major expenses as we’re yet to settle a few more financial obligations and duties. The monthly amortizations are also yet to start so basically, we haven’t attuned of how our regular monthly financial trend shall be like following the big move. So for now, we have to keep an eye and control our expenditures until such time that we can determine we’re all good and have fully settled. Hopefully, all will be well by the end of the year. Until then, we can reward ourselves with all our hard work and sacrifices by going on an out of town or even an out of the country vacation, depending on the budget.

We haven’t planned out the concrete details yet but we’re looking at a couple of options. Either we’re going back to our favorite local beach destination where practical vacation rentals abound for a week long stay or pursue our long time dream to visit Mickey and Minnie at Disneyland. Hong Kong will do since it’s the nearest to our country. It was initially our preferred honeymoon destination five years ago but due to budget constraints, we settled to go to Boracay instead. We may not have seen Mickey or Minnie then but we had the grandest time of our lives. Beach getaways, in a beautiful tropical and archipelagic country like ours, are a popular getaway favorites. White pristine sand, cool blue waters, relaxing and cozy vacation rental homes – this is what paradise is all about.

So either of these two options, it’ll certainly be perfect. I’m hopeful that the Travel Mart through the cool deals and promos that’ll be offered will help us come up with the better choice.

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Air Conditioning Geothermal Systems

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:44:39 +0000

We learned in our Science subjects that the Earth consists of 3 layers. The core is the inner part of the earth and this has the hottest and densest layer among the three. The heat, as we also learned, can be a source of energy and is consequently converted to electricity that makes our lives easier. There are other sources of energy that we implore around the world but with the depletion of our natural resources and with the harmful effect of excessive usage of gasoline and oils, we are now directed on using other natural source such as the earth’s heat or what we call the geothermal energy.

More businesses nowadays are also leaning towards this source when coming up with their technological products like heating and geothermal cooling systems. In the Phoenix, Arizona area, GeOasis is sold by a Green company that offers earth friendly and energy efficient geothermal heating and air conditioning systems by the name of Air Conditioning by Jay at www.Dialcomfort.com. Jay’s Comfort Team, sells, installs and maintains these hybrid geothermal systems that not only help protect the environment, but benefit consumers too. By installing these systems, people can even save more through the tax credits, subsidies and rebates extended by the government as an incentive. Other advantages and benefits of using a geothermal heating and cooling system include: superior comfort, safe, quiet and a longer lifespan. Going green through this simple way is already a big leap towards our pursuit of saving the environment.

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Gold Good Luck Gift

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:52:08 +0000

I’ve recently learned from a home decorating blog that Chinese buy gold coins and give these as good luck gifts to friends that can also be displayed in a home. These gold coins can be artistically arranged within a golden frame and can be shown seemingly as an exhibit in the hallway or even in the living room. It is said that coins signify riches while the element gold itself means good luck. So gifting a gold coins collection means that one wish lots of wealth coming into one’s home. So to friends visiting our little mansion very soon, do not forget to take a look at US Gold Bureau’s site where you can possibly order good gold coin collections as a good luck gift to us.

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Cooking iPhone App Development and More

admin — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:32:07 +0000

Cooking is one skill that I have greatly improved on when we moved in here in our own little abode. I am not really a kitchen person since we grew up having a cook in my folks’ house. Then when we moved to Frisco after the wedding, there was my Mother-in-Law who did the cooking for everyone in the household including my Sister-in-Law’s family. But everything changed starting on the first day that we were on our own. I had tons of cookbooks that served as my guide and even up to this day, I continually depend on these references to cook meals for my boys. There are occasions when I could not perfect a certain dish but just the same, the effort is well appreciated which drives me more to learn. So I’m in a constant pursuit for more recipes that I can cook for them and for me to practice my cooking skill on. It’s great that cooking references are not centered on just cookbooks anymore. There’s the web where I can google gazillion recipes plus cooking related applications on the latest gadgets such as the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. One example is the iPhone application called Mixing Bowl by Meredith Corporation, designed by Sourcebits. It is a lifestyle app where one can sign up to a group of foodies and discuss, share and swap recipes with daily. I am yet to download this but judging from this preview, I’m getting a glimpse how good the iPhone App Development was.

Sourcebits also caters to designing, building and working on iPhone Games Development, Blackberry, iPad, Mobile, Mac and Android App Development. I wish they create more cooking apps for newbie cooks like me.

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