Glady B.

Q1 2010..

2010-05-13T21:01:00.000-07:00

Well, well, well.. I luv u, Q1!!!

And I so so luv being in the PPC team!

I guess, it's time for me to treat myself,right? Hmmm, how about a good spa and massage...i like that.

Let Me Count the Days...

2010-05-05T02:18:00.000-07:00

Cebu Pacific Offers New Travel Options

2009-12-01T16:33:00.000-08:00

Yes, Cebu Pacific now offers new travel options to their passengers.

Starting December 1, 2009, leading domestic airline Cebu Pacific (CEB) can now have name change option allows passengers to transfer their tickets to another passenger for a fee.

Meanwhile, the travel fund allows passengers to use the value of changed flights within 90 days from the date the fund is created, or to transfer the booking to another passenger. The fund eliminates the waiting time for refunds. Passengers can immediately use the stored amount for their next booking.

CEB will also begin using a new booking and cancellation policy starting December 1, 2009.

Under the new rules, passengers can change their ticket more than one day before departure date. This includes modifying flight, route, date of travel and name, or canceling flights.

To know more of this great travel option pls click here.

Now, isn't that great?

Excited to be Home...

2009-10-10T04:36:00.000-07:00

I’m excited to go home on Sunday morning, not because I seldom go home, actually I even go home in our town every month. I’m excited to be home again because we are going to celebrate my nephew’s 2nd birthday. Yes, it’s actually Aljon’s second birthday on October 12.

So what will be Aunt Glad’s gifts?

I bought DVD’s of Finding Nemo and the Cars movie, not only that since I knew that he like trains, I also bought the Thomas the Tank Engine with rail of course.

I know that Aljon will surely like them!

I love you Aljon..mwuaahhh!

Snacks that Helps You Sleep

2009-10-06T22:41:00.000-07:00

Do you know that there are good snacks before bedtime? Snacks that ensure serious shut-eye; they're all hand-picked and approved by the Eat This, Not That! nutrition team.

1. NONFAT POPCORN
Pop a bag half an hour before bedtime: The carbs will induce your body to create serotonin, a neurochemical that makes you feel relaxed. Skipping the butter-fat will slow the process of boosting those feel-good chemicals, and, as mentioned above, will also slow digestion in general.

2. OATMEAL WITH SLICED BANANA
Bring your brain back down to earth by whipping up a bowl of instant oatmeal and topping it with a sliced banana, which is rich in melatonin.

3. 1 CUP OF PLAIN YOGURT WITH 2 TABLESPOONS MIXED NUTS
Scientists in Slovakia gave people either 3 grams each of two amino acids (lysine and arginine) or a placebo and asked them to deliver a speech. Blood measurements of stress hormones revealed that the amino acid-fortified speakers were half as anxious during and after the speech as those who took the placebo. Yogurt is one of the best food sources of lysine; nuts pack tons of arginine. Because both contain alertness-inducing protein, you're best off eating this combo a few hours before bed (or even at midday, before a big, stressful presentation at work). It'll reduce the residual stress you feel later in the evening, meaning you won't replay your day over and over again in your head as you try to fall asleep.

4. A PILE OF SESAME SEEDS
Sesame seeds are one of the best natural sources of tryptophan, the sleep-inducing amino acid responsible for all of those post-Thanksgiving turkey comas. Hold off on the turkey sammies, though-the protein in the turkey might offset the tryptophan's benefit.

5. A HANDFUL OF PRETZELS
Pretzels are a low-calorie, low-fat source of carbohydrates, which will make you feel sleepy, but won't pack on the pounds or give you belly-aching indigestion.

6. 1 GLASS OF WINE
It's called a "nightcap" for a reason--a glass of wine really does take the edge off. University of Toronto researchers discovered that one alcoholic drink caused people's blood vessels to relax--but two began to reverse the effects, so limit your intake. A relaxed blood vessel means lower blood pressure, slower heart rate, and greater ability to relax in general.

7. A 4-OZ GLASS OF UNSWEETENED CHERRY JUICE
Cherry juice has serotonin-inducing carbohydrates, which will help relax you. Down the cherry juice an hour before bedtime, in case you feel a small jolt of energy from the sugar. There's not enough to keep you up all night or destabilize your blood sugar levels.

8. RED BELL PEPPERS
Researchers at the University of Alabama fed rats 200 milligrams of vitamin C twice a day and found that it nearly stopped the secretion of cortisol, a hormone released in your body when you're stressed. Calorie for calorie, red bell peppers gives you more vitamin C than any other fruit or vegetable.

Source: Yahoo! Health

Sleepy Me

2009-09-24T20:48:00.000-07:00

I'm so sleepy that I keep on yawning.

It's been a week now that I'm always sleepy, coz I always wake up early for me to be able to go to the office around 7am, yup going to office at 7am is already early for me.

So, why do I work so early? Simply because me and my relatives have night outs, we dined and go shopping after my work. While my Uncle is still here in the Philippines.

So therefore I lack sleep. .....ZZZzzzzz...

Competitive Landscape Analysis

2009-09-16T08:31:00.000-07:00

This Competitive Landscape Analysis new task is making me stress, why? Coz I don’t know how to do it…I maybe in PPC (Pay Per Click) Department but it doesn’t mean that I already knew everything about PPC especially if you have been given a new task you haven’t done before.

I asked my US manager on how to go about it but we weren’t able to have our telecom since there was a problem in our server. So I have to wait for tomorrow again.

Oh, did I say that the deadline is by Friday?

Caught my Wandering Mind...

2009-09-16T01:35:00.000-07:00

A wedding is a day, a marriage is a lifetime.

Just Wanna Close my Eyes...

2009-09-10T23:43:00.000-07:00

Oh my, oh my.

I’m so sleepy right now, just wanna close my eyes and let my dream carry me into a land of fantasy…but too bad I can’t do that.

Once I close my eyes and falls into a deep sleep.

Boom! I will be suspended for 3 days! Not just me but also those people who are close to me, meaning my seatmate left and right. Our office just come-up with this new policy:

· Automatic 3-day suspension for the person caught sleeping in cubes.

· Automatic 1-day suspensions for the people directly seated to the right and left of the person caught sleeping.

Huhuhu...GladyGirl just wanna sleep...

$$$

2009-09-04T14:00:00.000-07:00

I just heard very good news this afternoon at exactly 2 o’clock in the afternoon!

And I'm so so happy happy happy!

Thank you, H.!

So many Things to DO

2009-08-27T01:10:00.000-07:00

Yes, that’s right.

Right now I have so many things to do, from work, to personal life as well.

First
I have 3 pending task at hand since we have to prioritize this project “search not found result” and this kind of have 1514 search terms to look at Google and in our own account. For me to be able to do that I have to download and combine our 3 Google Adwords Account for a specific site and it’s about hundred thousand! Oh boy, it’s a lot of work to do.

Second
This searching process for everything down to designs makes my head ache.

I wish its Saturday already so I can go home and have a wonderful weekend. ;)

2009 Miss Universe

2009-08-23T23:26:00.000-07:00

Miss Universe 2009, the 58th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on August 23, 2009.

Miss Venezuela, Stefania Fernandez, 18-year old was crowned Miss Universe 2009 among the 83 countries and territories competed for the title. Last year’s winner was also from Venezuela, Dayana Mendoza making it as the first back-to-back wins for the same country in the history of Miss Universe.

The other winners are:

The 1st runner-up was Miss Dominican Republic, Ada Aimee de la Cruz.
The 2nd runner-up was Miss Kosovo, Marigona Dragusha.
The 3rd Runner-up was Rachael Finch from Australia.
The 4th runner-up was Miss Puerto Rico, Mayra Matos.

Completing the Top 10 were the contestants from France, South Africa, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and USA.

As for the special awards Ms. China, Wang Jingyao won as Miss Congeniality and Miss Thailand, Chutima Durongdej as Miss Photogenic.

I just hate it when Dayana Mendoza dropped the new crown before she could even crown the new winner.

The new crown, “Peace” by Diamond Nexus Labs is so beautiful, I love it!

What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You?

2009-08-20T23:40:00.000-07:00

Your Sleeping Position Says You Need Adventure

You are confident and ready to tackle life.
You are pretty vain and happy with your physical appearance.
You are born to be the center of attention, and you're unhappy on the sidelines.
You're always up for trying something new - in and out of bed!

If you don't get enough sleep, you: Look like hell

It's hard to sleep next to you because: You toss and turn all night --- this one I simply don't believe this.lol...I'm telling the truth...

What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You?

Rolls-Royce World's Most Expensive Car

2009-08-19T19:26:00.000-07:00

One-of-a-kind: The 1934 Phantom II 40/50 HP Continental 'All-Weather Convertible' Rolls-Royce is expected to fetch £8.5 million at auction. Built in 1934 for an Indian Maharaja and named the 'Star of India' is set to become the world's most expensive car.

The Star will be offered up for bids on September 15th.

When sold the 1934 Phantom II 40/50 HP Continental 'All-Weather Convertible' is expected to eclipse the sale of a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa that sold at auction in May for £7.2 million.

One of the Star's unique features is extra headlights that track the steering wheel and therefore follow the road.

This technology was a forerunner of today's 'adaptive-curve lights' found on modern saloon cars such as BMWs and Mercedes.

Rolls-Royce collector Hans-Gunther Zach is accepting bids on 24 other rare Rolls-Royces and three Bentleys including a 1926 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Phantom I Open Tourer, known as the 'Aluminium Sculpture' because of its natural aluminium body and chassis.

Also in the auction is a Phantom II Cabriolet 'Hunting Car' built for the India's Maharajah of Rewa.

Designed to hunt India's tigers, the 'Hunting Car' has a specially designed gun rack built into the chassis.

Source: Daily Mail

Had a Heart Attack? Eat CHOCOLATE

2009-08-15T03:06:00.001-07:00

Heart attack survivors who snack on chocolate at least twice a week could greatly reduce their risk of dying from coronary disease, according to research.

A Swedish study shows victims who eat chocolate regularly are nearly 70 per cent less likely to die from cardiac problems than those who rarely eat it.

Even a weekly chocolate treat can help, almost halving the risk of death from heart problems.

The findings, published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, are the latest in a long line of studies highlighting the health benefits of chocolate, especially dark chocolate.

Every year, around 270,000 people in Britain suffer a heart attack, and coronary disease remains Britain's biggest killer.

'Dark chocolate does contain antioxidants, but we can all get the beneficial effects of anti-oxidants by eating plenty of fruit and vegetables and should keep chocolate as an occasional treat in a healthy, balanced diet.'

So I guess I should be thankful to Mr. D since he always gives me chocolates, as well as dark CHOCOLATES especially when he comes from abroad.

Thank you Mr. D!

Source: Mail Online

Yahoo Ad Template

2009-08-14T03:40:00.000-07:00

I made a post regarding Ads Template that I was having a hard time doing the template for Yahoo, the 1st time I did a template for YSM, I don’t really know where to start and what worst, after uploading the YSM template into our Yahoo account there were errors needed to be fixed and I don’t even know how to fixed them.

Now, I can honestly say that I already know how to make the Yahoo Ad Template, hmmm…perfectly, with no errors. Now, there’s no hard time doing the Google, MSN and of course, the Yahoo Ad Template.

Practice makes perfect.;)

PR 2

2009-08-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

Yes, my blog now have its PR again!

After deciding to have a blog, this blog of mine easily got its PR1, but after relocating here in Manila my blog lost its PR since I wasn’t able to update it regularly. But now, I was totally amazed when I saw PR on my blog. I thought that it was just a mistake and happen that I opened other site that have a PR, so I checked it again and see that my blog do really have a PR 2!

Oh, I’m just too happy knowing that even if I wasn’t updating my blog on a regular basis my PR is back… Thank you so much Google for bringing my Page Rank back, Page Rank 2 to be exact! Google your simply the best!

Ads Template

2009-08-07T04:55:00.000-07:00

I was doing this ad template for MSN and Yahoo since last night and I thought that everything is okay. But after uploading the Yahoo template to our ysm account there was still an error, my every helpful officemate and an excel file guru, Dior, helped me revised the file and everything seem good but after uploading the template again at YSM, I could still see those errors, wahhh.. This ysm template really gives me a headache.

Well, this is my first time to do the MSN and Yahoo template that’s why I’m not that very familiar with it aside from the fact that Yahoo template is quite difficult and complicated compared to MSN and Google templates. I’m more familiar with Google template well, aside from that fact that it is quite simple compares to Yahoo template. While MSN template is also easy for me, it’s not really complicated.

Right now, I hate this Yahoo template.

I Have Fallen in Love (with the Same Woman Three Times)

2009-08-04T00:36:00.000-07:00

I Have Fallen in Love (with the Same Woman Three Times)

Lyrics by: Benigno “Ninoy” Servillano Aquino, Jr.
Music by: Jose Mari Chan

I have fallen in love

With the same woman three times;

In a day spanning 19 years

Of tearful joys and joyful tears.

I loved her first when she was young,

enchanting and vibrant, eternally new.

She was brilliant, fragrant,

and cool as the morning dew.

I fell in love with her the second time;

When first she bore her child and mine

always by my side, the source of my strength,

helping to turn the tide.

But there were candles to burn

the world was my concern;

while our home was her domain,

and the people were mine

while the children were hers to maintain;

So it was in those eighteen years and a day,

till I was detained; forced in prison to stay.

Suddenly she’s our sole support;

source of comfort,

our wellspring of Hope,

on her shoulders felt the burden of Life.

I fell in love again,

with the same woman the third time.

Looming from the battle,

her courage will never fade.

Amidst the hardships she has remained,

undaunted and unafraid.

She is calm and composed,

she is God’s lovely maid.

The first time I hear this song, I totally fell in love with it, very touching. You could really feel the love and respect he had for his wife.

This song that was written as a poem by the late Ninoy Aquino for his wife Cory Aquino only shows how much Ninoy love, adore and respect the only woman he loved. Jose Mari Chan included it in his album, Constant Change. But the title was changed to “I Have Fallen In Love with the Same Woman Thrice” after it was turned into a song.

07.30.09

2009-07-30T08:00:00.000-07:00

Goodbye for a while now…but just for a while.

Don’t worry; I will take good care of everything.

See you next year and when your home, everything is final.

But there’s one thing I’m so sure,

I’m missing YOU now.

World Leaders Amazing Homes

2009-07-10T22:46:00.000-07:00

The Huffington Post conducted a poll of which World Leaders have the most Amazing Homes.

The ruling prince of Liechtenstein lives in Vaduz Castle, nestled beautifully into the Alps.

The Princes Palace in Monaco is set on a rocky hillside overlooking the dramatic coast.

The residence of Iceland's President is pictured here alongside a chapel and the official meeting house, and is situated just outside the capital Reykjavik.

Palacio da Alvorada, is home to the Brazilian President.

The White House has been the residence of US Presidents since John Adams took office in the 18th century

The Elysee Palace in Paris is currently home to President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The Grand Kremlin Palace, is the official ceremonial residence of Russian President Medvedev.

Kantei, is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Japan.

Home to the Pope, Vatican City offers an enormous array of art and architecture - and all within a manageable walking distance.

10 Downing Street, London, where the British Prime Minister resides.

The first five pictures were the current top five of the most amazing homes of World Leaders. Personally I would also chose the current top 1, the Vaduz Castle, although all of them are truly amazing and beautiful.

By the way can I live with them?

In my dreams…

Do You Care?

2009-07-10T22:32:00.000-07:00

Why not? Why? There are so many things that happen, and so many facts ... but really, how much of all this affects you or that you can affect?

dNeero is going to add "Do You Care?" conversations to it's already successful "SpitzTunes" series. We'll look at the news from many sources ... if you have a favorite online source, please let us know.

We'll always end with the question "What do you care about most right now?"

What A Kiss Means

2009-06-26T00:25:00.000-07:00

*Kiss on the Forehead ----"Forever you will be mine"

*Kiss on the Cheek ---"We're friends"

*Kiss on the Hand ---"I adore you"

*Kiss on the Neck ---"We belong together"

*Kiss on the Shoulder ---"I want you"

*Kiss on the Lips ---"I love you" OR "I want you"

*Holding Hands ---"We can learn to love each other"

*Slap on the Butt ---"That's mine"

*Playing with the Ear ---"I can't live without you"

*Holding on tight ---"Don't let go"

*Looking into each other's Eyes ---"Don't let go"

*Playing with Hair on Head ---"Tell me you love me"

*Arms around the Waist ---"I love you too much to let go"

*Laughing while Kissing ---"I am completley Comfortable with you"

Advice: - *Dont ask for a kiss, take one.

Endurance Athletes

2009-06-25T17:24:00.000-07:00

Endurance training and racing requires quite a commitment from athletes ... the commitment is for time and money ... they put up with pain, they eat for the event and buy supplements that cost a bundle ... their equipment is specialized to their events (shoes, high performance clothing, bikes, skis, wet suit, heart monitor, exercise equipment, etc., etc.) Some of the athletes are in the professional ranks, but most are age-groupers. Why do the age-groupers do it?

I'm Going Home...

2009-06-10T23:24:00.000-07:00

Yes, I’m going home on Friday and it’s a long day vacation for me since Friday, June 12 is also Independence Day. Meaning its holiday so no work! I’ve been waiting for this for so long since I really miss home, my family and Mr. D. :)

Aside for a long vacation (yes its 5 days so it’s already long for me) the reason why I’m going home is because I’m going to celebrate my birthday on Monday, June 15. Oh boy, I’m getting old.

What Your Hair Says About You!

2009-06-05T04:44:00.000-07:00

I always admire women with beautiful hair; I even remember when I was in high school wherein I tried lots of shampoo just to make my hair beautiful. Now I'm planning on going to the saloon to have a hair cut to make my hair more attractive and beautiful.

When you know it's time to change your style, we bet it's because of how you're feeling ... and don't tell me that that the shaved look in the military doesn't have as much or more to do with fitting in, and it does with functionality. How important is our hair? Do a search for 'hair' in Bing.com (Microsoft's new search engine) and you'll be loaded with 249 million pages ... search for 'shoes' and you'll only get 152 million pages ... it ain't scientific, but it sure is suggestive.

OT at the Office

2009-06-05T03:36:00.000-07:00

Still here at the office waiting for our site to go online, I don’t know if I should be happy staying here longer since I’m filing it for an OT. Every time our site goes offline we have to pause all of our campaign for the said site. But I’m getting bored already since I thought that it will online by 5pm. But it’s past six o’clock in the evening and still its offline. I wanna go home now.

Plus the fact that the weather has been very unpredictable, last night when I go home it rained so hard that my pants were so wet and that my umbrella almost blew by the strong wind. I really don’t like it when it rains so hard; just don’t like the idea of getting my feet wet because of rain.

So bored that I can’t even browse the sites that I like, since we have “barracuda” it’s a web filter that blocked unrelated sites, whew life…

Hating this site...

2009-06-05T02:29:00.000-07:00

I hate the new and upgraded site of one of our many sites. I like the previous site we have, its more users friendly you can easily see and find what you are looking for. Before the upgrade year, make, and model were “visible” on the landing page and product info – making sure that the part is really for a particular make/model or year. But now, you can only see them only if you type the specific year, make and model.

I’m generating new keywords for that site for our PPC (Pay-Per Click) campaign. So now I’m having difficulty finishing it. Before if you search for a specific product you can actually see it but now, now if you search for a certain product those years, makes and models where gone. How much more those customers looking for it? Most customers are looking only for a maximum keyword and yet it directs you to a page or product wherein you cannot see what you’re looking for, so it’s useless especially in PPC and in our campaign. Waste of time and energy. Really hate it!!!

MRT goes 24-hours

2009-05-28T20:14:00.000-07:00

It was announced that the Philippines Metro Rail Transit or MRT-3 on EDSA (Epifanio Delos Santos Avenue) are now going on 24-hour operations starting June 1.

The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) decided to expand its business hours as studies revealed that many commuters, especially workers in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, needed a safe and reliable mode of transportation late at night or early in the morning, since most call center agents were found to leave their offices at around midnight and at 4 a.m. said transportation undersecretary and MRT-3 general manager Reynaldo Berroya.

This is a very wise decision since commuters that maybe stranded during rainy seasons because of flood can also benefit from this expanded operation and specially those people who attended party or went on gimik,lolz. Seriously am so happy about this since I’m a regular MRT passenger.

There’s no reason to fret too, since security guards will be posted in stations and in trains to keep passengers safe during the late-night operation.

Thank you MRT!!!

Hair, Beautiful Hair!

2009-05-28T02:28:00.000-07:00

Short, long, high & tight, sculpted, point cut, dread locks, mohawk ... different climates, cultures, locations seem to demand different hair styles. Who leads the way in hairstyling ... Paul Mitchell, Vidal Sasson ... or is it the celebs with their personal stylists ... regardless the media picks it up, judges it, and we adjust.

Most Expensive Car Ever...

2009-05-28T01:34:00.000-07:00

A 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa has sold at auction for a whopping 9.2 million Euros ($14.3M) making it the most expensive car ever sold. It went under the hammer at the third annual Ferrari 'Leggenda e Passione' event, held in Maranello in association with Sotheby's. The price is around $3.2M more than the previous world record, which was set at the last event by a 1961 Ferrari 250GT California Spider, once owned by actor James Coburn.

This car, one of only 22 now-legendary 'pontoon-fender', 250s ever made between 1957 and 1958, was raced regularly, notably in the '1000km Buenos Aires' in January 1958. The 250 TR competed in 19 championship races in total, winning ten of them. Ferrari has not revealed the identity of the purchaser, which is also referred to by its chassis designation '0714TR', but plenty is known about its history.

It was delivered to its first owner in December 1957, racing driver Piero Drogo, before being debuted at the aforementioned Buenos Aires race where it finished fourth. It then entered the Grand Prix of Cuba and Portugal before being sold to a wealthy Texan called Alan Connell, who used it to win a handful of races on the North American circuit. Its last race was in June 1963 at the Elkhart Lake 500.

Source: Yahoo! Canada

Memorial Day

2009-05-25T19:49:00.000-07:00

In U.S. we remember those that have fought for our freedem ... we don't take freedom lightly, but sometimes we take those defenders of freedom for granted ... jeez, they're there, it's a job, do your thing, let me do my thing ... not quite that easy ... let's not forget that they also fought alongside our friends in many other nations to preserve a peacefully, free way of life for others, worldwide.

What Does Your Height Say About You?

2009-05-14T18:56:00.000-07:00

Your Height Says You're Kind

You are a gifted communicator, and you understand other people well.
You are compassionate and empathetic. You feel other's pain a little too easily.

Because of your open heart and open mind, many people admire and adore you.
You are classy and well mannered. You have the art of charm mastered.

You are about as tall as the average Peruvian woman.

What Does Your Height Say About You?

Top 10 Chic Cell Phone

2009-05-13T19:22:00.000-07:00

Cell phones are very in demand today, even if it cost a lot still lots of people would love to buy new, trendy and fashionable one; the latest models the better. With all modern phones now having mastered the basics of functionality, why not pick one that looks as good as it works? Here are a few of the most stylish, unique and downright sexy models on the market today according to DigitalTrends.com.

1. Nokia Intrigue

This phone is all about subtlety — and when it's turned off and closed, you might wonder what makes it different from a thousand different other clamshells. But as soon as the 1.9-inch exterior display lights up from beneath the dark plastic shell, or you flip it open and see the gradient keypad and unique directional controls, it's obvious Nokia has invested some work in making the intrigue something unique.

2. Sony Ericsson T707

Tennis great Maria Sharapova lends her face to a lovely phone with her endorsement of the T707, Sony Ericsson's latest style-oriented clamshell. Besides the usual selection of decidedly feminine colors, the phone also pulls some neat parlor tricks: When it rings, it lights up in one several colors that can be pre-assigned to different contacts — you might assign green for friends and orange for coworkers, for instance. Wave your hand over it when it's ringing, and it will automatically mute the call.

3. BlackBerry Bold

Who would have thought QWERTY keyboards could be so stylish? RIM's most attractive BlackBerry yet uses a bright, high-resolution screen, sleek silver trim, and a back trimmed in leather to dress up one of its ordinarily utilitarian smartphones. And execs on the go can still check the weather in a flash, read e-mail on the go, and blister their thumbs with responses. The suit-and-tie crowd never had it this good.

4. LG Versa

For indecisive types who can't decide whether to commit to the convenience and speed of a QWERTY keyboard, or the small size and light weight of just a number pad, the Versa offers both. A full keyboard built into a detachable leather portfolio allows owners to carry it fully equipped or stripped down, depending on the situation, and we think it looks sharp in either configuration.

5. LG Lotus

Is that a phone or a makeup compact? You'll probably give the answer away when you open it and put it against your head, but the intentionally femmed-up design still goes a long way in setting this phone apart. A squat, squared-off body and sweeping floral patterns on the violet outside case may allude to another fashion-over-function girly phone, but we found the full QWERTY keyboard inside and wide screen made its design genuinely useful, too.

6. Motorola Aura

Ignoring its completely inexcusable price tag, Motorola's Aura definitely scores points in the style department with premium, watch-grade materials and an unusual radial opening form factor. The circular center LCD also looks absolutely stunning in real life, too, thanks to its incredible tight dot pitch and impressive color palette of 16 million shades. Now if only you could buy one for less than a 50-inch plasma TV...

7. Modu Mobile

Though not yet widely accessible, this Israeli phone manufacturer's design addresses every fickle buyer's dream: it changes shape whenever you want it to. Due to a modular design (hence the name,) a basic Modu phone unit can "wear" any number of different jackets that change the entire look of the phone.

8. HTC Touch Diamond 2

After pulling itself out of a style slump with the original, sharp-edged Touch Diamond, HTC's designers have exercised their creative might yet again with the (less than creatively named) Touch Diamond 2. Though it loses some of the distinct angles found on the first version, it picks up even better hardware, like a bigger 3.2-inch touch screen and a zoom bar right on the face. We can only hope HTC carries this killer design over into its upcoming line of Android phones for 2009, too.

9. Samsung Lucido

If you want a phone that nearly melts into your pocket with its lack of depth, the 11.8mm-thick Lucido will fit the bill. It offers an ultra-waif body, bright 2.2-inch OLED display, brushed aluminum accents, and a name straight from Italy (it means sleek), which might as well be an endorsement from Giorgio Armani himself for fashionistas. Incidentally, if you actually do need that endorsement, Samsung indulges that too. Pity the Lucido isn't available in the U.S.

10. Apple iPhone 3G

You knew it was coming, right? While it may not carry any air of exclusivity now that everyone and their 11-year-old daughter has one, we just couldn't deny Apple props for this chic and functional handset. A real glass screen, smooth metal trim, and nearly buttonless design all combine to form one of the most deservedly coveted phones on the market. You can always "make it your own" by covering it all up with a case, right?

whoCelebsTweet.com - Celebrities on Twitter

2009-05-13T19:19:00.000-07:00

Twitter is all the rage these days. WhoCelsbsTweet.com allows you to see what celebs are saying and who they're saying it about.

buzzTrendz ... Bringing Twitter and YouTube together!

2009-05-13T02:42:00.000-07:00

buzzTrendz combines the latest tweets with like-subject matter YouTube videos to give you "what's hot now" ... as I'm writing this the most recent trends are Mewcastle, Miss California, Shuttle Atlantis ... wait a few minutes and there will be others ... and don't ignore the "random trends" ... everytime you refresh, a new set of the hottest keywords used on the internet show you both the tweets and the YouTube videos that are making the keyword hot. Oh yeah, go to buzzTrendz.com.

Two things in life...

2009-05-06T02:50:00.000-07:00

1 . When someone loves you but do not tells you.
2 . When someone do not love you but tells you.

We enter relationships as a somebody and leave them as a nobody.

Boys always replace with one worry with another, but girls replace one happiness with another during break up .

No matter who broke your heart, or how long it takes to heal, you'll never get through it without your friends.

Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never knew.

Never be sad for what is over, just be glad that it was once yours.

I was born the day I met you, lived a while when you loved me, died a little when we broke apart.

Every happy couple has at least one breakup behind them.

Another Swine Flu Information...

2009-04-28T19:14:00.000-07:00

As reported in the news, there has been a swine influenza outbreak and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is working on measurements to control the spread of the virus.

The CDC recommends the following proper hygiene practices for staying healthy:

* Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hands cleaners are also effective.

* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread that way.

* Try to avoid close contact with sick people. Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing and sneezing of infected people.

* If you get sick, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

For more information, call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636) or visit the CDC website http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ and the World Health Organization website http://www.who.int/en/. The situation is likely to change rapidly in the coming days and frequent monitoring of these websites is recommended.

What we need to know about swine flu...

2009-04-27T21:33:00.000-07:00

A never-before-seen strain of swine flu has turned killer in Mexico and is causing milder illness in the United States and elsewhere. While authorities say it's not time to panic, they are taking steps to stem the spread and also urging people to pay close attention to the latest health warnings and take their own precautions.

"Individuals have a key role to play," Dr. Richard Besser, acting chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Monday.

Here's what we need to know:

Q: How do I protect myself and my family?

A: For now, take commonsense precautions. Cover your coughs and sneezes, with a tissue that you throw away or by sneezing into your elbow rather than your hand. Wash hands frequently; if soap and water aren't available, hand gels can substitute. Stay home if you're sick and keep children home from school if they are.

Q: How easy is it to catch this virus?

A: Scientists don't yet know if it takes fairly close or prolonged contact with someone who's sick, or if it's more easily spread. But in general, flu viruses spread through uncovered coughs and sneezes or — and this is important — by touching your mouth or nose with unwashed hands. Flu viruses can live on surfaces for several hours, like a doorknob just touched by someone who sneezed into his hand.

Q: In Mexico, officials are handing out face masks. Do I need one?

A: The CDC says there's not good evidence that masks really help outside of health care settings. It's safer just to avoid close contact with someone who's sick and avoid crowded gatherings in places where swine flu is known to be spreading. But if you can't do that, CDC guidelines say it's OK to consider a mask — just don't let it substitute for good precautions.

Q: Is swine flu treatable?

A: Yes, with the flu drugs Tamiflu or Relenza, but not with two older flu medications.

Q: Is there enough?

A: Yes. The federal government has stockpiled enough of the drugs to treat 50 million people, and many states have additional stocks. As a precaution, the CDC has shipped a quarter of that supply to the states to keep on hand just in case the virus starts spreading more than it has so far.

Q: Should I take Tamiflu as a precaution if I'm not sick yet?

A: No. "What are you going to do with it, use it when you get a sniffle?" asks Dr. Marc Siegel of New York University Langone Medical Center and author of "Bird Flu: Everything you Need To Know About The Next Pandemic." Overusing antiviral drugs can help germs become resistant to them.

Q: How big is my risk?

A: For most people, very low. Outside of Mexico, so far clusters of illnesses seem related to Mexican travel. New York City's cluster, for instance, consists of students and family members at one school where some students came back ill from spring break in Mexico.

Q: Why are people dying in Mexico and not here?

A: That's a mystery. First, understand that no one really knows just how many people in Mexico are dying of this flu strain, or how many have it. Only a fraction of the suspected deaths have been tested and confirmed as swine flu, and some initially suspected cases were caused by something else.

Q: Should I cancel my planned trip to Mexico?

A: The U.S. did issue a travel advisory Monday discouraging nonessential travel there.

Q: What else is the U.S., or anyone else, doing to try to stop this virus?

A: The U.S. is beginning limited screening of travelers from Mexico, so that the obviously sick can be sent for treatment. Other governments have issued their own travel warnings and restrictions. Mexico is taking the biggest steps, closings that limit most crowded gatherings. In the U.S., communities with clusters of illness also may limit contact — New York closed the affected school for a few days, for example — so stay tuned to hear if your area eventually is affected.

Q: What are the symptoms?

A: They're similar to regular human flu — a fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people also have diarrhea and vomiting.

Q: How do I know if I should see a doctor? Maybe my symptoms are from something else — like pollen?

A: Health authorities say if you live in places where swine flu cases have been confirmed, or you recently traveled to Mexico, and you have flulike symptoms, ask your doctor if you need treatment or to be tested. Allergies won't cause a fever. And run-of-the-mill stomach bugs won't be accompanied by respiratory symptoms, notes Dr. Wayne Reynolds of Newport News, Va., spokesman for the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Q: Is there a vaccine to prevent this new infection?

A: No. And CDC's initial testing suggests that last winter's flu shot didn't offer any cross-protection.

Q: How long would it take to produce a vaccine?

A: A few months. The CDC has created what's called "seed stock" of the new virus that manufacturers would need to start production. But the government hasn't yet decided if the outbreak is bad enough to order that.

Q: What is swine flu?

A: Pigs spread their own strains of influenza and every so often people catch one, usually after contact with the animals. This new strain is a mix of pig viruses with some human and bird viruses. Unlike more typical swine flu, it is spreading person-to-person. A 1976 outbreak of another unusual swine flu at Fort Dix, N.J., prompted a problematic mass vaccination campaign, but that time the flu fizzled out.

Q: So is it safe to eat pork?

A: Yes. Swine influenza viruses don't spread through food.

Q: And whatever happened to bird flu? Wasn't that supposed to be the next pandemic?

A: Specialists have long warned that the issue is a never-before-seen strain that people have little if any natural immunity to, regardless of whether it seems to originate from a bird or a pig. Bird flu hasn't gone away; scientists are tracking it, too.

Source: Yahoo Health

What is Swine Flu?

2009-04-27T20:47:00.000-07:00

People who work with poultry and swine, especially people with intense exposures, are at risk of infection from these animals if the animals carry a strain that is also able to infect humans. Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) can mutate into a form that allows it to pass from human to human.

The 2009 swine flu outbreak is the spread of a new strain of H1N1 influenza virus that was first detected by public health agencies in March 2009. Local outbreaks of influenza-like illness were detected in three areas of Mexico, but the presence of this new strain was not clinically discovered until a month later in the American states of Texas and California, whereupon its presence was swiftly confirmed in various Mexican states and Mexico City; within days isolated cases elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere were also identified. By April 27, the new strain was confirmed in Canada, Spain, and the United Kingdom and suspected in many other nations, including New Zealand, with over 2,400 candidate cases, prompting the WHO to raise their pandemic alert level to 4.

Swine Flu Virus hasn’t reached the Philippine shores yet and that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gave the directive to agricultural authorities after the World Health Organization declared the swine flu outbreak in parts of Mexico and the United States as a public health emergency.

Department of Agriculture has put the imports of pork products under strict surveillance while the Department of Health has been on the lookout for arriving flight passengers with flu-like symptoms.

Swine influenza can be transmitted through the air or through direct contact.

PPC Ad Campaigns

2009-04-24T00:01:00.000-07:00

I've been busy generating new keywords for our PPC Ad Campaigns. So many new keywords to generate and now I'm still doing it right now. I've been doing these since last week.

Now I have to paused all our PPC accounts in Google, Yahoo and MSN since we are having a downtime due to the deployment of update.

And what does it means? Well, it means that we have an OT because of these deployment...

Isn't it nice. ;)

Lies better than an empty heart...

2009-04-21T00:49:00.000-07:00

Lies better than an empty heart

He says, "i love you and i miss you"
but he stays away weeks on end
can the "i love you and i miss you"
be from his heart.

he's rude and agressive
is that love?
but he say "i enjoy loving you"
where is he if i need love?

no hi, comes from him,
just silence,

but he says, "i miss you and i love you."
weeks go past without a hi
is loving him with all your heart
worth the waiting if it comes from one side.
just 'cause he says, "i enjoy loving you"
does that make the missing feel better.

why do you keep hanging on
why do you miss and want to hear the
"i love you and i miss you"
is the lies better than an empty heart?

why not be honest?
why not give respect?
why try to hurt an already broken heart?

Face is the Mirror...

2009-04-20T00:59:00.000-07:00

The face is the mirror of the mind and eyes

Without speaking

Confess the secrets of the heart

What is Easter?

2009-04-12T05:00:00.000-07:00

What is Easter?

Easter is an important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We, Christians believe according to Scripture, that Jesus came back to life, or was raised from the dead, three days after his death on the cross.

The Easter story is at the heart of Christianity

On Good Friday, Jesus Christ was executed by crucifixion. His body was taken down from the cross, and buried in a cave.

The tomb was guarded and an enormous stone was put over the entrance, so that no-one could steal the body.

On the following Sunday, some women visited the grave and found that the stone had been moved, and that the tomb was empty.

Jesus himself was seen that day, and for days afterwards by many people. His followers realised that God had raised Jesus from the dead.

Be Home for Holy Week...

2009-04-07T03:31:00.000-07:00

Since its Holy Week, I now have time to go home again and spend my Holy Week there. So I will be home on Holy Thursday since I didn’t file and I don’t want to file a leave for Tuesday and Wednesday. That’s why I’m still here tomorrow to work. Coz I’m saving all my vacation leaves on December. lol

I will definitely miss the PRUSISYON-Mierkules Santo and hopefully attend the PRUSISYON-Biernes Santo, vigil and other related activities for the Holy Week.

Hope that I can make my Holy Week meaningful, that I can truly rest and enjoy my 5 days vacation.

Lastly there will be a “very special occasion” in our house on Holy Saturday, April 11, 2009 around 7:00 o’clock in the evening.;)

New Moon Poster..for Real?

2009-03-07T02:19:00.000-08:00

Check out Rob Pattinson...

I saw this poster of New Moon! Well, I don't know if this is real.

Some said that it was a fan made. But I guess it looks kinda good.

What you think?

Source: imnotobsessed.com

It's Flying Car

2009-01-22T22:56:00.000-08:00

Some people call it a flying car. The company designing and selling the vehicle prefers the term "roadable aircraft."

"It's probably a concept that people have been dreaming up since there have been airplanes and cars," said Dick Knapinski with the Experimental Aircraft Association, a 55-year-old aviation group based in Oshkosh, Wisc.

A company called Aerocar of Longview, Wash., debuted one of the first flying cars in 1949. The vehicles sell for $194,000.

In 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration created a new category of aircraft and license for sport aviation, an attempt to re-awaken interest in flying after steady drops in the number of licensed pilots.

In the United States, about 600,000 people are licensed to fly aircraft, a drop of 25 percent since 1980, Knapinski said.

The medical requirements for sport pilots also are less stringent than for other types of pilot licenses, matching what is needed for a driver's license.

"You fly in non-complex airspace at relatively low speed."

Regulations covering the new category of sport aviation aircraft likewise are reduced.

One of the biggest obstacles facing a company like Terrafugia in launching a personal aircraft is not technical in nature or even cost, added Knapinski. It's perception.

"The comfort level for a significant percentage of the population is not there," Knapinski said. "They just don't believe they can operate this type of machine."

Perhaps having an airplane under the same roof as the family car will be just the ticket.

Source: MSNBC

Healthy Californian Sandwich

2009-01-14T18:43:00.000-08:00

I have been craving for a sandwich, ham sandwich in particular since it’s my favorite breakfast/snack and came up with this recipe from CountryLiving, and it’s surely look yummy and of course, healthy!

Used whole-grain bread to make this sandwich, but the combination of fresh vegetables and cheese also works well tucked inside pita bread or a whole-wheat wrap.

Healthy Californian

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 pound(s)	(about 2) yellow squash
1 1/4 teaspoon(s)	salt
1/2 cup(s)	olive oil
2 tablespoon(s)	fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon(s)	minced garlic
1/4 teaspoon(s)	ground black pepper
2 cup(s)	(about 1/2 head) red cabbage, shredded
4 ounce(s)	goat cheese, softened
4 ounce(s)	low-fat cream cheese (Neufchâtel), softened
1/2 cup(s)	chopped green onions
8 slice(s)	whole-grain bread
2	avocados, peeled and sliced
2 medium	tomatoes, sliced
2 ounce(s)	alfalfa sprouts

DIRECTIONS:

Prepare the squash: Slice yellow squash lengthwise to 1/4-inch thickness. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and set aside for at least 15 minutes.
Make the slaw: In a medium bowl, combine oil, lemon juice, garlic, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper and whisk until well blended. Add cabbage and toss until coated with dressing.
Make the cheese spread: In a small bowl, combine goat cheese, cream cheese, and green onions with a spoon until thoroughly blended.
Assemble the sandwiches: On a work surface, place 4 slices of bread and spread each with 2 tablespoons of the cheese mixture. Pat the squash slices dry with a paper towel and place them, the avocado, tomato, squash, red-cabbage slaw, and sprouts in layers on the prepared bread. Top each sandwich with a slice of the remaining bread, cut each sandwich in half, and serve.

Suri Cruise Sweetest and Cutest Smile

2009-01-13T01:51:00.000-08:00

A happy face can lighten someone’s day. How much more a very angelic, beautiful and sweetest smile from a child, it can remove tiredness.

Yes, that’s what happened when I saw Suri’s picture, I saw this picture of her smiling so sweet and beautiful, and I just love it!

This is Suri Cruise with her mom Katie Holmes at the airport; they are on their way to Los Angeles so Katie can join Tom Cruise at the Golden Globes party.

Stay beautiful Suri and keep on smiling!!!

Source: tomkatcrazy.com

New Year, New Baby

2009-01-12T19:15:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to my proud brother and sis in law for having a baby!!! The Lord has granted you now a child for almost 4 years of waiting.

Be a good parent!

Welcome to the world, Nathan Owen Baraquiel!

Competiton Research

2009-01-10T19:00:00.000-08:00

At long last, I have finished doing the competitor research! It took me for quiet sometime to finish it since I have to gather all accounts in EFrontier. Then get all the keywords by revenue. Then filtering and sorting them all and get the Top 1000 Keywords by Revenue.

You know what’s next? I have to start researching them manually! Yes manually! To know our 32 competitors ads positioning! Just imagine searching them one by one in Google…Thank God, one of my team members helped me researching the 333 keywords.

Now that I have finished it, I felt that I’m free!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2008-12-24T00:01:00.000-08:00

Home for Christmas...

2008-12-19T19:26:00.000-08:00

It’s only 5 days before Christmas! I’ve been so busy buying gifts for my Godchildren, nephews, and relatives and of course for my family.

So hard to choose what gifts to buy especially for children, I even ask some of them what kind of gifts they want to receive. So that I have already an idea on what to buy to save time and of course to make sure that they will like my gifts for them. Though it cost me more, but for me, I don’t just but gifts just to have a gift for them but I want to buy a gift where I know that the person receiving will surely like it. So my time, effort and my money spent is well worth it.

Now, my problem is on how to carry all them when I go home. Whew.

But, I’m too excited to be home again, especially this Holiday Season!!!

Christmas / Holiday from dNeero-ites

2008-12-16T01:04:00.000-08:00

We composed this survey entirely from questions from our dNeero respondents ... many thanks to all of you whether we used your question or not. We truly appreciate your involvement with dNeero and hope that these conversations generate some thought and some fun ... and we hope that you and your network of friends and associates use dNeero to start up conversations and learn a bit more about one another. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

USAP Christmas Party

2008-12-15T23:29:00.000-08:00

Our USAP Christmas Party was great! Almost everyone followed the Black and White Theme Party. But most of us wore Black. It was held at MegaTent Ortigas, Pasig City, and December 14, 2008.

GladyGirl

PPC Team

What was great about that night was that we the Marketing Department won the Dance Competition! And we got the 30K!!! Now that was really great, yeah.

After party we proceed to Pier 1 near Metro Walk and enjoyed the night.

Then last Thursday night we the USAP Marketing went to Central BBQ Boy, Pioneer for our Xmas Victory Party!

“Here in USAP, we don’t just work hard, we party harder!”

It's Time to Par-tey!!!

2008-12-13T21:17:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow will be our much awaited Christmas Par-tey!

It Drives Us Nuts!

2008-12-12T22:02:00.000-08:00

President-Elect Barack Obama spoke with Tom Brokaw on NBC's Meet the Press. A hefty portion of time was spent talking about the U.S auto industry.

SpitzTunes - Cheer & Fear

2008-12-11T22:40:00.000-08:00

This is the third in our SpitzTunes series ... holidays are upon us, and so is the global financial crisis ... let's get to more cheer, and less fear!

Davao, Here We Come!

2008-12-06T03:00:00.000-08:00

I’m off to Davao! My long awaited vacation together with my family: my Mom, sisters and my brother in law; and with my four officemates/friends: Owen, Dex, Phoebe, and Lyn.

I’m really excited for this since Mom will celebrate her birthday while we are in Davao, that’s Dec.7, 2008.

Expect the Unexpected

2008-12-05T18:59:00.000-08:00

Been so busy these past few weeks, I’ve been doing my New Keywords, competitor research results: MSN and Yahoo, training for PPC Campaigns, meeting with our PPC U.S. Manager (she came here to take a long month vacation) and all.

While we are on meeting, some of our officemates told us that we should go to the 5th floor for some announcements. Guess what happens? There was a 2nd retrenchment happening in our office! Not only here in Pasig but as well in Makati and Carson office as well.

It was really depressing knowing that some of my officemates are jobless this coming Christmas Holiday despite the fact that they were given separation pay and though some of them are not close to me. They could just do it this coming January since 13th Month Pay have given already. It was depressing really and without knowing who will be the next.

Whoa.

Expect the Unexpected these days.

From dNeero-ites about Christmas

2008-11-19T19:02:00.000-08:00

We're a couple of months away from that yearly celebration. Guess we could all use that right now.

Another Day at Work

2008-11-14T19:46:00.000-08:00

I have to make my KW’s again but unfortunately I haven’t finished it since I was assigned to help one of my team members finished our MSN Ads Campaigns.

But then again before I actually finished the MSN Ads Campaign we the PPC Team have to attend WEBINAR, an Adwords Webinar actually. So what does exactly Webinar is? WEBINAR is short for Web-based seminar; a webinar is a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the Web. A key feature of a Webinar is its interactive elements -- the ability to give, receive and discuss information. Contrast with Web cast, in which the data transmission is one way and does not allow interaction between the presenter and the audience. These online seminars use Webex to make them actual, live interactive learning experiences.

What will I get from an AdWords Webinar?
The webinars are designed to teach you how to manage your AdWords account more effectively by covering topics from best practices on account setup, bidding and campaign management strategies to understanding and using performance reports effectively.

So there, after attending the Webinar I continued creating our MSN Ads Campaigns. Well, I guess I just have to finished my keywords tomorrow since I’m so tired already and I just wanna go home.

Yes, we did!

2008-11-14T19:24:00.000-08:00

The U.S. Presidential Election is over ... he did it ... Barack Obama won! What did editorials across the world say, imply, question, disparage, hope, ...?

Identity -- You

2008-11-14T19:21:00.000-08:00

Ain't it grand ... we're all different and all alike ... and as we move through our lives we have magnificent changes ... we are what we are ... and we change when we change ... and just maybe our networks of peeps help guide our progress.

The following is for those that have been dNeero-ites for a while ... we hope that your answers will make your social networks a little bit more active.

Sports Clothing - Where? When?

2008-11-14T19:16:00.000-08:00

A more sporty, casual approach to clothing is permeating our lives ... remember when athletic shoes, were for, well, athletics? ... did you ever wear Chick Taylor's outside of the gym ... then came the sports shoe craze ... is high-performance fitness/sports clothing going to follow? Seems to be making some in roads.

Work...Work...Work...

2008-11-13T18:10:00.000-08:00

Whew! The last few weeks have been so hectic for me. I’ve been doing the QA for our new keywords for our PPC campaigns and now doing the new keywords again. Life for me is always like this, keywords… keywords… keywords…

Right now we did pause some of our campaigns from Google, Yahoo and MSN but after an hour we resumed all of them.

And now, back on keywords again.

WORK...

My Pain...

2008-11-12T21:37:00.000-08:00

There is a pain

I often feel

Which you will never know

It is caused

By the absence of

You

Zoo - You're animals!

2008-11-06T02:11:00.000-08:00

In addition to their status as tourist attractions and recreational facilities, modern zoos may engage in captive breeding programs, conservation study, and educational outreach.

Movies Stuff

2008-11-05T02:25:00.000-08:00

Movies touch a cord in most of us ... drama, comedy, suspense, romance, sports, documentary ... you name it ... the following questions just keep the conversation going!

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-11-01T01:54:00.000-07:00

Our company had its first ever Halloween Costume Party yesterday. It was great and we really had fun. Our team, the PPC Team was all in characters and costumes! This was great. Love the other teams who had their costumes too and some are wearing masks that was too scary.

As what I have said, I played as Sadako; Sadako Yamamura is the antagonist in Koji Suzuki's novel Ring.

Enjoy our pics!

Is this really ME?

So where's Juno?

Hell-ooooo

PPC Team

With VP Marc and TJ

Sadako and the Killer Nurse

The Buddha Mummy

Niks and Sadako

USAP Happy Faces

Halloween Party for Kids

2008-10-30T22:42:00.000-07:00

How about having a Halloween party for kids? It would definitely be fun, isn’t it? I would love to have and organize one when I have kids already, I know that they would love it!

Take a look at these Halloween recipes that kids would love! Maybe they will be pleased too if you allow them to help you make these recipes.

Mexican “Dia de los Muertos” Sugar Skull (Calavera) Sandwich

~ Bread ~ Peanut Butter & Jelly ~
~ Mini Marshmallows ~ Assorted Decorations ~

This sandwich works well with peanut butter & jelly because the jelly shows through the eyes and nose holes and looks cool and creepy, but feel free to substitute whatever kind of filling you want.

Spread fillings on bottom slice of bread, set aside.

Cut eyes and nose holes in top piece of bread (eyes: I used a bottle cap. nose: you could use a heart shaped cutter, but I used a skewer to poke holes in the shape I wanted and then pushed the piece out of the bread).
Cut teeth out with butter knife.

Decorate:

Use any little doodads in your kitchen to create decorative dots, flowers, and swirls. Google “sugar skulls” for tons of decoration inspiration!

I used craisins, pumpkin seeds, mini marshmallows cut in half, chocolate chips and a mini cookie.

Other good materials would be: candy, fruit snacks, licorice, etc.

Fill in the teeth with something to make them show up (I used pumpkin seeds turned sideways).

Garnish plate with marshmallow dots.

Halloween Lollipops

Yield 10 Lollipops

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar
2/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup water
10 drops orange food coloring
8 drops pure orange oil or other flavor

10 lollipop sticks
Assorted candies, for decorating

Directions:

Line three baking sheets with Silpats (nonstick baking mats), or grease them generously with vegetable oil. Prepare an ice-water bath. Combine sugar, corn syrup, and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan, and place over medium-high heat. Stir continuously to dissolve sugar. When the syrup comes to a boil, stop stirring and clip on a candy thermometer. Continue to cook, without stirring, until the mixture turns golden and reaches 300 to 310 F (hard-crack stage) on the thermometer, 5 to 7 minutes. Occasionally wash the sides of the pan using a clean brush dipped in cold water to prevent crystals from forming.

Remove the pot from the heat. Transfer the syrup to a 2-cup heatproof measuring cup. Using a heatproof rubber spatula, stir in the food coloring and orange oil until completely combined.

Working quickly, pour ten 3-inch circles of syrup onto prepared baking sheets. Press in lollipop sticks. With your fingertips or a toothpick, lightly press candies into the syrup. Set aside until completely cooled and hardened.

Scary Pudding Cups

Ingredients:

1 square BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

2 cups cold milk

6 drops green food colouring

1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Instant Pudding

8 OREO Cookies, crushed

MELT chocolate in microwave as directed on package. Use a clean small paint brush to paint a monster face on the inside of each of four 5-oz. clear plastic cups with the melted chocolate. Refrigerate until ready to use.

ADD milk and food colouring to dry pudding mix in medium bowl. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. or until well blended. Immediately pour into prepared cups.

TOP with the cookie crumbs. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Store any leftover desserts in refrigerator.

Sweet Skull

Ingredients:
	12 marshmallows
	Confectioners' sugar
	24 unfrosted cupcakes (white or yellow works best)
	White frosting
	Junior Mints, chocolate chips, and slivered almonds

Directions:

1. Cut the marshmallows in half widthwise using kitchen shears dipped in confectioners' sugar (this keeps them from sticking).
2. Carefully pull each cupcake liner partially away from the cake and tuck half a marshmallow between the paper and the cupcake to create the skull's jaw.
3. Frost each cupcake and marshmallow, then add Junior Mints with white frosting dots for eyes, a chocolate chip nose, and slivered almond teeth.

Blue Slime Sipper

Ingredients

1 6-ounce package blueberry-flavored gelatin
3 cups lemonade, chilled
3 cups lemon-lime carbonated beverage, chilled
2 cups boiling water
4 cups cold water

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine gelatin and two cups of boiling water; stir until dissolved. Stir in 4 cups of cold water. Cover and chill at least 4 hours. Gelatin will be partially set.

2. To serve, stir gelatin with a large spoon, fork, or wire whisk until gelatin is broken into small pieces. Place 1/4 cup of the lemonade in a large, clear glass or plastic tumbler. Add 1/2 cup of the gelatin to the lemonade, then add 1/4 cup of the carbonated beverage.

3. Stir slightly and you're ready to slurp some slime. Makes 12 servings.

Spider Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

1 pkg. (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Instant Pudding

1/3 cup KOOL-AID Orange Sugar Sweetened Drink Mix

2 Tbsp. hot water

1 container (450 g) vanilla ready-to-spread frosting

24 OREO Cookies

12 pieces black shoestring licorice (32 inch each)

48 miniature candy-coated chocolate pieces

PREPARE cake batter as directed on package. Blend in dry pudding mix. Spoon evenly into 24 paper-lined medium muffin cups. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool completely.

DISSOLVE drink mix in hot water. Stir into frosting until well blended. Use to frost cupcakes, reserving some of the frosting for attaching the candies.

CUT each licorice piece into 16 (2-inch) lengths; set aside. Place 1 cookie on top of each cupcake. Insert 4 licorice pieces into frosting on each side of cookie for each spider's legs. (Eight licorice pieces for each cookie.) Use reserved frosting to attach candies to tops of cookies for the spiders' eyes.

Halloween Popcorn

Happy Halloween Mini Popcorn Balls

Ingredients:

10 cups popped corn
1 (1-lb.) bag miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1 cup diced dried fruit (papaya, mango or peaches)
1 cup butterscotch chips
Orange food coloring

Directions:

Place popcorn, fruit and butterscotch chips in large bowl; set aside.

Heat marshmallows and butter in a large saucepan over low heat until melted and smooth. Stir in several drops of food coloring. Pour over popcorn and candy, tossing to coat evenly. Cool 5 minutes.

Grease hands and form into 3-inch balls. Yield: About 16 balls

Haunted Popcorn Hands

Clear Polyethylene food service gloves
Candy corn
Popcorn
Ribbon or yarn

Place 1-3 pieces of candy corn at the end of each finger (depending on size of glove), pointy side first, to make fingernails. Fill the glove with popcorn and tie it off with ribbon or yarn.

Haunting Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

1 medium orange
3 cups whole milk
2/3 cup vanilla-flavored baking pieces or vanilla-flavored candy coating
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
Whipped cream (optional)
Ground nutmeg (optional)
Purchased marshmallow ghosts

Directions

1. Remove peel of orange with vegetable peeler; set aside.

2. In a medium saucepan combine 1/4 cup of the milk, the vanilla-flavored baking pieces, orange peel, and nutmeg; whisk over low heat until baking pieces are melted. Remove orange peel. Whisk in remaining milk and heat through. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla.

3. Serve warm in mugs. Add a marshmallow ghost, dollop with whipped cream, and sprinkle with nutmeg, if desired. Makes five 6-ounce servings.

Witches Broom

Ingredients:

1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups Gold Medal all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
10 pretzel rods, about 8 1/2 inches long, cut crosswise in half
2 teaspoons shortening
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Butterscotch-flavored chips, melted

Heat oven to 350 F. Mix brown sugar, butter, water and vanilla in medium bowl. Stir in flour and salt. Shape dough into twenty 1 1/4-inch balls.

Place pretzel rod halves on ungreased cookie sheet. Press ball of dough onto cut end of each pretzel rod. Press dough with fork to resemble "bristles" of broom.

Bake about 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool completely on wire rack, about 30 minutes.

Cover cookie sheet with waxed paper. Place brooms on waxed paper.

Heat shortening and chocolate chips over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and smooth; remove from heat. No need to rush when you're melting chocolate. Melt chocolate slowly over low heat so it doesn't burn.

Spoon melted chocolate over brooms, leaving about 1 inch at top of pretzel handle and bottom halves of cookie bristles uncovered. Drizzle with melted butterscotch chips. Let stand until chocolate is set.

Make cookies up to a day ahead, and store in an airtight container. Your little ghosts and goblins can help you decorate these Halloween goodies when the time is right!

Yield: 20 cookies

Hope you love these recipes for your kids Halloween party!

Enjoy!

Sources:
southwestblend.com
pastrywiz.com
kraftcanada.com
FamilyFun.com
kraftcanada.com
croqzine.com/blog
bhg.com

We have a Party!

2008-10-30T20:13:00.000-07:00

Yes, we do have a party!

I'm excited for this party and I hope that I will be able to win in “best costume” category or any of the special prices so I have money!lolz

See you there guys!

Halloween is Here...

2008-10-30T01:31:00.000-07:00

Only 2 more days to go before Halloween! Our much awaited date! But before on the eve of Halloween we have a party here in the office at around 3-5pm and on the next day, I’m flying home, I really miss home…

I’m a little bit excited, okay not a little, I’m excited for our Halloween party and I’m planning to be Samara or Sadako. My costume is ready and all that stuff. Right now the IMS people are already preparing the venue in 6th floor at our pantry and by just looking at it, it makes me excited.

I’m thinking that having a Halloween party at home is exciting and pretty good specially that we don’t really do it in our town. It’s not really a tradition or something unlike in US or any other countries that they really have Halloween costume party.

But in case I decided someday to have that Halloween costume party at home I already knew what will be my menu, my costume and the theme and all that stuff.

How about you guys, have you decided what to prepare on Halloween? Well, let me give you some recipes to prepare.

Devil's Hand Punch

Ingredients:

red food coloring (optional)

48 ounces (6 cups) cranberry juice

10 ounces vodka

1/4 cup lime juice

4 ounces triple sec

Directions:

Fill a disposable glove with water. Add a few drops of red food coloring, if desired. Fasten the top tightly (a metal tie works well) and use the ends of the fastener to hang the filled glove from the rack in the freezer. This makes the best-shaped hand. Freeze at least overnight.

In a punch bowl or container with at least a 4-quart capacity, pour in the cranberry juice, vodka, lime juice and triple sec. Stir gently to combine them.

Remove the frozen hand from the freezer and run water over the outside.

Use scissors or a knife to cut the glove away from the ice. Remove it carefully so the fingers do not break off. If they do break, just add them to the punch. Put the hand in the punch. It will float. Ladle the punch into glasses.

Makes about 12 servings

Decaying Mummy Eyeballs

Ingredients (organic when possible)

1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup unbleached sugar
1/2 cup natural peanut butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups puffed rice cereal
1/2 cup chocolate chips (look for Fair Trade dark chocolate!)
Golden dried fruit (such as apricots, pineapple or golden raisins)
Lollipop sticks

Directions:

In a large saucepan, combine the corn syrup, sugar, and peanut butter. Heat on medium-low, stirring occasionally, until mixture is well combined and sugar is dissolved. Add vanilla extract, and stir to combine.
Remove mixture from heat and add the puffed rice cereal. Stir to combine and let cool for about 10 minutes, or until you are comfortable touching the mixture with your hands.
Once mixture is cool enough to handle, it’s time to form it into balls. Using a small cookie or ice cream scoop, scoop out a small portion (a little larger than the size of a golf ball) and begin to form it into a round shape. Stick the ball onto a lollipop stick and continue to form a ball, while molding the mixture onto the stick. Place eyeball on waxed paper, and continue this process until you run out of the mixture.
Once all your eyeballs are completely cooled and firm, you can start the spooky fun. You will be melting the chocolate for dipping and there are 2 methods for this: double broiler or microwave. A “double broiler” just means having a buffer of water between the chocolate and the heat of the stove. If you don’t have a double broiler pan, just use a glass or metal mixing bowl on top of a saucepan half-full of water.
Take a small amount of the melted chocolate and spoon it onto the tip of an eyeball. Spread the chocolate out with the bottom of the spoon, in a circular motion, until you have a circular chocolate area for the eyeball’s “cornea”. Place either a golden raisin or a cut-out, circular piece of dried apricot in the middle of the chocolate to form the eyeballs “iris”.

You’ll need to find a way to keep the lollipops standing up while the chocolate cools and firms. An easy way to do this is to place them in small cups, facing outwards.

These can be made up to two days ahead of time.

Makes about 18 eyeballs.

Red Eye Specials

Ingredients

30 small plum tomatoes (about 2 inches long)
2/3 cup purchased pesto
2 containers (6 oz. each) bocconcini (mini fresh mozzarella balls)
About 30 pitted black olives
2 green onions

Directions

1. Cut tomatoes in half crosswise. Trim off the end of each half so that tomato cup will set upright. Scoop out insides of tomato with small spoon and/or melon baller. Spoon 1/2 teaspoon pesto into each tomato cup. Drain bocconcini and cut each piece in half. Use end of drinking straw to scoop out a little dent in center of the rounded side of each bocconcini. Use same straw to cut out "pupils" from olive halves. Place half a bocconcini in each tomato cup. Place olive inside the hole for pupil. For eyelashes, using scissors, cut the green top of the green onions into 1/4-inch pieces. Snip the onion ring so that you have a narrow strip. Use scissors to make multiple cuts almost to edge of strip. Tuck eyelashes into gap between cheese and tomato with toothpick. Makes 60 eyes (30 servings).

Bat Wings

Ingredients

20 chicken wings (3-1/2 pounds)
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger or 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
1 teaspoon five spice powder
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 recipe Swamp Dip

Directions

1. Place wings in a plastic bag set in a shallow dish. In a small bowl stir together soy sauce, ginger, crushed red pepper, five spice powder and garlic. Pour over wings. Close bag and toss to coat. Chill in refrigerator several hours or overnight, turning bag occasionally. Remove wings from bag, reserving marinade.

2. Place wings on a foil-lined 15x10x1-inch baking pan. Bake, uncovered, in a 450 degree F oven for 10 minutes. Brush with reserved marinade (discard remaining marinade). Bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until chicken is tender and no longer pink. Serve with Swamp Dip. Makes 20 appetizers.

Swamp Dip: In a small bowl stir together a 8-ounce container of dairy sour cream and 3 tablespoons coarse ground mustard. Garnish with fresh whole chives. Serve with bat wings.

Tombstone Cupcakes

1. To make a cupcake cemetery, spread devil's food cupcakes with chocolate ganache icing (all recipe links follow). Dip the top of each frosted cupcake in crushed chocolate wafers to create the look of dirt, then insert shortbread-cookie tombstones, piping them with scary messages like "Boo!" or "R.I.P." in royal icing.

2. Top more devil's food cupcakes with chocolate ganache and chocolate-wafer "dirt," make a hole in the center of each cupcake with your finger, and position half a Gummi worm to look like it's slithering out of the hole.

3. Enlist your kids to draw scary Halloween figures, or copy Halloween images out of books. Cut the pictures out, tape them to cocktail straws (you can cut the straws shorter, if necessary), and insert them into cupcakes you've decorated with orange-tinted cream-cheese frosting.

4. Decorate more devil's food cupcakes with orange cream-cheese frosting, then spell out words or phrases like "Happy Halloween" by forming one to three letters out of thin black licorice on top of each cupcake.

5. Serve your cupcakes on a tray covered with candy corn.

Icy Halloween Hands

To make the Icy Hand

Take 2 (always good to have an extra hand) latex gloves, put them on and wash your hands with dish soap. Rinse well and turn the glove inside out so the just washed side is on the inside. Next, fill the gloves with water, tie the end and freeze. Once frozen remove the glove and you are good to go.

To make the Punch

1 750 ml bottle premium Vodka or White Rum
2 2 liter bottles of Lemon Lime Soda - make sure to get a clear brand
red food coloring
marshmallows (optional)

Chill the Vodka (in the freezer) and Soda (in the fridge) for at least 24 hours. Just before the party combine the two liquids in a large punch bowl. Add a few drops of the red food coloring to make it blood red, well maybe more than a few drops. Add one of your icy hands in the center of the bowl, throw in the marshmallows and squirt some more food coloring over all of it for extra bloodiness.

Love them? Try making them, it's fun!

Sources:

drinkoftheweek.com
marthastewart.com
bhg.com
365halloween.com

Credit Unions are CREDIT-able

2008-10-28T01:39:00.000-07:00

Right for the times? "A credit union is a cooperative financial institution that is owned and controlled by its members, and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at reasonable rates, and providing other financial services to its members." (Wikipedia)

Halloween Treats

2008-10-22T00:26:00.000-07:00

Halloween is one of the most celebrated occasions every year. And most of us love Halloween, why, because we can do many things during Halloween. It’s spooky, kooky, creepy, and fun! Halloween is the time of Ghosts, Goblins, Gravestones and Graveyards. With silly-fun tricks, witches, warlocks and scary black cats are just one of the few things we love during this holiday!

Halloween is celebrated annually on October 31.

So if ever you’re planning to have a party then start making one!

Let me give you a recipe from Parents.com that even kids would love to make!

Witch Cupcakes

Ingredients

1-1/2 cups chocolate frosting
1 package (4-3/4 ounces chocolate cones (Nabisco Oreo Cones)
Orange nonpareils
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting, divided
Neon-green food coloring
12 cupcakes, removed from paper liners
Chocolate chips
Green and red tube icing
Mike and Ike Tangy Twister candies
Chocolate Jimmies

Directions

1. Place chocolate frosting in a freezer-weight zip-top bag and snip off a small corner. Pipe base of cones, dip in orange nonpareils, and set aside.

2. Place 1/2 cup vanilla frosting in a another zip-top bag and snip off a small corner. Tint remaining frosting green and frost cupcakes.

3. Turn cupcakes on sides, then place decorated cones on top. Using vanilla frosting, pipe eyes on cupcakes. Attach chocolate chips for pupils and pipe a dot onto chips. Use red icing for mouths, green icing for warts; shape candies into noses. Pipe chocolate icing onto cupcakes for hair and sprinkle with chocolate jimmies.

Only 9 more days to go!

Where's Your Loyalty?

2008-10-20T23:27:00.000-07:00

Brands don't compete directly with each other when they are in different brand categories ... but they do compete for your attention, money, and loyalty.

Happy to be One

2008-10-12T22:58:00.000-07:00

At last I’m home again. So why I’m here, because it’s Aljon’s birthday!

I’ve been waiting for this for so long. After being in Manila for more than 3 months, I’m finally back home and now I can be with my family again specially with Aljon.

Aljon (my very first nephew, my sister’s son) is going to celebrate his birthday today! October 12 2008, I just remember that last year we were at the hospital waiting for Aljon to come out in this world and now, after a year, we were all together again to mark his first birthday.

hey, little one, love yah..mwuahhh

Me and my sistah Glazel

amused by his gifts

A Birthday Present

2008-10-07T01:20:00.000-07:00

Just 5 days before my nephew Aljon’s big celebration of his first birthday, I’m still thinking what kind of gift I’m going to buy for him. I already think a lot of gift toys and other stuff I want to buy but still I’m undecided.

Then I found this cake through my email from Betty Crocker. I think that Aljon will surely be happy receiving this cake.

Little Car Cakes

Ingredients:
1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
Large tray or cardboard, covered with foil
2 containers Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
Blue, red, green and yellow food colors
Red or black string licorice
8 yellow round starlight candies
10 creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
1 red or orange gumdrop
2 birthday cake candles

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms only of three 8x4-inch loaf pans, or spray bottoms with cooking spray.

2. Make cake batter as directed on cake mix box. Divide batter evenly among pans.

3. Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Freeze cakes uncovered about 1 hour for easier frosting if desired.

4. Remove 1/4 cup frosting from each container; set aside. To make purple frosting, stir 8 drops blue food color and 8 drops red food color into 1 container frosting. To make green frosting, stir 3 drops green food color and 3 drops yellow food color into other container frosting.

5. Place 2 loaves, rounded sides down, on tray; frost one with about two-thirds of the purple frosting; frost the other with two-thirds of the green frosting. Cut remaining loaf crosswise in half; taper the cut edges slightly to form windshields. Place one half on each cake for cab, placing about 3 inches from front edge and with tapered windshield side toward front of car. Frost windows of cabs with reserved vanilla frosting; frost top and edges with colored frosting. Use licorice to outline windows and make bumpers. Add starlight candies for headlights and taillights; add cookies for wheels and the spares. Place gumdrop on top of 1 car for beacon and add candles for radio antennas. Store loosely covered at room temperature.

It's too cute, right? Hope I can really make this cake.

And of course, I'm still going to buy another gift for him.

Fall TV Season Has Begun

2008-10-04T01:40:00.000-07:00

We're roughly two weeks in to the new Fall TV Season. What have we seen? What do we like?

My Kind of Cars

2008-10-03T01:33:00.001-07:00

I do have a lot of favorite cars; in fact I want to own few of them well, only if I have money…but I don’t. Lol

So, well, just let me show you those dream cars of mine. In fact these cars are the hottest sports cars of 2009. I love sports cars since I was a kid.

2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport

2009 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe

They are absolutely beautiful! Isn't it?

I wannnntttttttt...

Updated List of Banned Milk in the Philippines

2008-09-30T02:09:00.000-07:00

Asian countries are banning Chinese dairy products because it contains traces of the banned chemical additive melamine.

Philippines have banned all infant formulas, milk and milk products from China to safeguard against poisoning by the toxic industrial chemical melamine.

Here is the updated list of milk and milk products being tested for excessive melamine content.

Anchor Wam Frootmilk Drink Mango Magic
Anchor Wam Frootmilk Orange Chill
Anchor Wam Frootmilk Strawberry Spin
Dutch Lady Pure Milk
Farmland Skim Milk
Greenfood Yili Pure Milk
Jinwei DrinkJollycow
Pure fresh Milk
Jollycow Slender Lowfat Milk
KLIM Instant Full Cream Milk Powder (1.8 Kg)
M&M Chocolate brown 40gm
Meiji Hokkaido Azuki (red bean ice cream)
Meiji Ujikintoki (red bean and green tea frozen confection)
Mengniu Original Drink Milk
Mengniu Pure Milk
Milk Chocolate Bars/China
Milk Chocolate Candies/China
Milkboy repacked
Milkboy repacked
Monmilk Breakfast Milk Walnut Milk Beverage
Monmilk High Calcium Low Fat Milk
Monmilk High Calcium Milk
Monmilk Milk Deluxe Pure Milk
Monmilk Pure Milk
Monmilk Suan Suan Ru Sour Milk Beverage (Mango Flavor)
Natural Choice Milk Ice bar
Nespray
Nestle Carnation Calcium Plus Non Fat Milk Powder (1.6 Kg)
Nestle Chocolate flavor Ice Cream Cone
Nestle Dairy Farm Pure Milk
Nestle Vanilla Flavor Ice Cream Cone
Nutri Express Milk
Nutri-Express 15 Nutritional elements (blue, red and orange label and cap)
Nutri-Express Milk
Nutri-Express Milk Green Apple
Prime Roast cereals 28gm
Pura Fresh Milk
Snickers brown 59gm
Strawberry Sorbet
Trappist Dairy Low Fat yogurt drink
Vita Fresh Milk
Wahaha Orange
Wahaha Yellow
Want Want Milk Drink
Yili High Calcium 250 ml
Yili High Calcium Milk 1L
Yili High Calicium Low fat Milk Beverage
Yili Lowfat Milk 1L
Yili Milk
Yili Puremilk 250 ml
Yili Puremilk 1L
Yinlu Milk Peanut

Be sure to check the list first before buying any milk products.

For your safety!

Dual Monitors

2008-09-26T23:50:00.000-07:00

Yes, that’s right; I have now two monitors so that we can be able to have more productivity. Two monitors, the other one is for excel. Waahhh, so is this means that I have to work more? If we can make 2 KW (quota) for our PPC campaign, does it means we can come up now with 4 KW’s? Oh boy...doesn’t like it.

Windy Alternative and Visual Talking

2008-09-25T18:38:00.000-07:00

Windy Alternative

One of the fastest growing segments of the power sector, wind generation capacity is expected to more than double between 2006 and 2011 worldwide.

Run for the Impressions!

A Visual Talking "Run for the Impressions!" bonus ... $1,000 total ... we want you to be one of the lucky ones!!

Happy Birthday to YOU...

2008-09-23T06:00:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday, my one and only big brother!!!

Wishing you more birthdays to come and enjoy your day.

I'm so proud your my brother, you're such sweet and kind. And a son that any mother could be proud of! mwuahhh!!!

Suri Cruise...

2008-09-22T23:27:00.000-07:00

I found these sweet and adorable pictures of Suri at JJ. Suri seems so happy being with his father, Tom Cruise.

They had some father-daughter bonding time at the visit Build-A-Bear Workshop on Saturday evening in New York City.

Suri’s smile is just so heart catching!

Enjoy…

So adorable...

Your Eyes, Your Mind ... Primetime TV - Fall 2008

2008-09-22T19:10:00.001-07:00

Settle in, fire it up, enjoy ... Primetime TV (8 -10PM) ... do you watch shows during that time, do you record some and watch others, do you record 'em? it's Primetime because advertisers not only want our eyeballs, but they want our minds ... our minds are there for them to imprint their messages upon ... our minds guide our purchases ... do you feel used, or is it OK for them to pay us by giving us the TV show?

Cranberry Cheesecake Shake

2008-09-20T00:54:00.000-07:00

You love cheesecake? Coz I do!

But have tried cheesecake as a shake? Well, for those of you who haven’t tried and taste it let me share you this recipe.

Cranberry Cheesecake Shake

Ingredients
1 3-ounce package cream cheese, softened
1 cup milk
2 cups vanilla ice cream
1/2 of a 16-ounce can jellied cranberry sauce
1 cup fresh cranberries
Sugared cranberries (optional)*

Directions
1. Place cream cheese and milk in a blender container. Cover and blend until combined. Add ice cream, cranberry sauce, and the 1 cup cranberries. Cover and blend until nearly smooth, stopping to scrape down sides if necessary. Serve immediately. If desired, garnish with sugared cranberries.

Makes 4 - 8-ounce servings.

Source: MSN Lifestyle

Love + Sex

2008-09-19T04:37:00.000-07:00

:: LOVE ::
is a matter
of
chemistry

but

:: SEX ::
is a matter
of
physics

Show Your Love with a Sign

2008-09-18T18:56:00.000-07:00

Just as each sign has specific personality traits and tendencies, each sign has different ways they prefer to be shown love. Some are really picky - we're talking to you, Aries and Taurus - and some love anything - Pisces, Cancer, stop showing off! Here is your astrological guide to show your love to the one you love!

Aries
Aries, the "me" sign, loves surprises, except when he or she knows one is on the way, so a token of love for an Aries has to be well-hidden. Aries love action, so last-minute trips to somewhere fun work well. For your Aries, try a night out with lots of surprises, a night in with direct and obvious affection, or a song dedication on the radio.

Taurus
Taurus is picky, stubborn, and not good at saying exactly what he or she wants because, you see, you're just supposed to know. So if you know your Taurus pretty well, go material. Taurus loves to spend. Your Taurus will love beautifully wrapped, high-quality gifts, personalized nights in with all their favorites, and to be waited on hand and foot.

Gemini
The good news is Gemini is easy to please. The bad news is Gemini is good at acting, so if your Gemini isn't happy, you won't know. The best way to share your love with your Gemini is to show him or her that you pay attention: you know what he or she likes, so anticipate. Your Geminians will love if you complete chores before they can get to them, give practical gifts (they love practicality), and save them money - they are rather cheap, but they call it "frugal."

Cancer
This is an easy one: Cancerians are sentimental fools. They love family, fun, friends, or anything that reminds them of good times. Cancerians realize that they are an important part of the group, and when you help to recognize this, you will be rewarded. Your Cancer will love anything you do, the more personal the better: mementos such as photos or walks in the rain or on the beach. See? Easy!

Leo
Ah, Leo... Lions love compliments and things to do with how wonderful they are. They are very creative, and anything that sparks their creativity shows them you truly are thinking of them. Your Leo will love if you indulge his or her hobbies (cooking, art, etc) and put him or her in charge. Natives of this sign love compliments, hugs, kisses, and letting them win every once in a while.

Virgo
Virgo is a practical, efficient sign. It is hard for Virgo natives to be honest and direct, and they love when people are honest and direct with them. So one of the best ways to say I love you is just to say, "I love you!" Trips are also good - just make sure you have an itinerary and you stick to it! Let the Virgo be in charge every once in a while (not all the time as this will get old for your dear Virgo).

Libra
Libra doesn't usually like to be alone but doesn't like groups, either, so low-key, non-boring activities in pairs work best. Libra natives also won't want to feel as if you are doing something only to please them, so the key is to find something that your Libra loves and that you don't hate. So not merely a walk, but a hike; not merely lunch outside, but a picnic. Quiet, romantic settings remind Libra that you are both important to each other.

Scorpio
There's no other way to say this: Scorpions love sex and physical attention. The best way to love a Scorpio is to love a Scorpio. Scorpions love to be appreciated but hate to ask for things, even if they need them, so anticipation is important with your favorite Scorpio. Complete surprises - well-hidden, like with Aries - work well, too! Surprise Scorpio natives with things they would buy for themselves if they could afford them. Load up on the compliments, and they'll compliment you right back.

Sagittarius
Sagittarians are the ultimate party sign. They love to please, and they are easy to please as long as they feel free. This is another sign who loves to travel - but no itinerary needed here! Personal attention can be lavished upon Sagittarius natives at any time; they are totally OK with that. Your Sagittarius will love low-key public displays of affection - they like to be risky - and lavish parties with him or her as the star.

Capricorn
With Capricorn, we find a sign that likes to be lavish yet practical. Capricornians have their own rules and order of things, and showing that this is respected is the best way to show love. Letting them be in charge doesn't hurt. Material gifts are good here, but remember: lavish but practical. And practical, to a Capricorn, means something that he or she loves - cologne, jewelry, etc.

Aquarius
Aquarians like to think of themselves as ahead of everybody else. Indulge this thinking by providing them with the state-of-the-art latest in technology! They know you love them anyway; they don't question this. But when you give them something meant to improve their lives, they will know how much they have a place in yours. Your Aquarius will love compliments about how innovative and smart and modern he is she is or the latest trinkets in a chosen hobby or field.

Pisces
This is another easy one - Pisceans are very romantic, so get as gushy as you want to! They love it. Of course, being fish, they also love water, so anything you can do on or near water with your favorite Pisces will please. Take your Pisces to the beach or to the pool if there's no natural body of water nearby. Pisces loves magic, the theater, art, and doing things with you, so you really can't go wrong!

Hate it...

2008-09-18T02:33:00.000-07:00

GladyGirl really hate it when someone makes her feel so stupid. Because GladyGirl is not…I maybe don’t know everything in this world but it doesn’t mean that I’m stupid…

And most of all, that person doesn’t have the right to curse me!

And you think that you’re so damn good?! Oh, yeah… That you know everything?! NO! Coz’ you don’t!

And who the hell do you think you are?

You’re someone pretending to be so genius in your own craft. But you are just a fat, ugly, midget little creature!

I Believe

2008-09-17T00:47:00.000-07:00

I believe that the sun shines after the rain
I believe if you don't get hurt you'll never gain
I believe in not doing things the easy way
I believe that being selfish doesn’t pay

I believe in a second chance
I believe in a life long romance
I believe there is life after death
And standing up to a life of mess

I believe in love at first sight
I believe that revenge isn’t right
I believe that first impressions last
And there is nothing better then a good laugh

I believe that dreams do come true
I believe there's destiny for me and you
I believe that good things come to those who wait
I believe love never arrives too late

I believe something good comes from something bad
I believe that for tears of happiness there are tears of sad
I believe everyone has a guardian angel
And the good you do will be rewarded well

I believe sometimes there is no explanation
I believe money can't buy people's affection
I believe you don't know what you've got until it's gone
I believe a new day arrives with every dawn

I believe a smile can be contagious
I believe in being very outrageous
I believe in living with no regrets
I believe that life is as good as it gets

I believe that God watches over us
I believe the little things are worth the fuss
I believe you have each friend for a reason
I believe you will get punished for treason

I believe that what comes first is family
I believe we should all live in harmony
I believe in making the most of a beautiful day
And it's not the end until everything's okay

I believe absence makes the heart grow fonder
I believe you will lose if you sit and wonder
I believe every experience teaches you a lesson
And nothing cures better then a drinking session

I believe everyone has one true love
I believe sometimes we need a little shove
I believe the whole world is a stage
I believe we only get better with age

I believe that to learn you have to live
I believe that to love someone you have to give
I believe one moment can change your life
And there's still help when you’re in strife

I believe everyone has one true friend
I believe love helps a broken heart mend
I believe in the power of a song
And things will change before too long

I believe living is the best experience
I believe in not laughing at other people’s expense
I believe it’s hard to watch a lover leave
And when they’re gone all you can do is breath

I believe to always look on the bright side
I believe that life is just one big ride
I believe when I die people will grieve
But it’s ok because I believe

Kayla Neil

It's TV Time 2008!

2008-09-15T23:14:00.000-07:00

Leno's leaving Tonight, Idol is adding a fourth judge, and there are a bunch of new shows.

Top Five Music

2008-09-14T19:30:00.000-07:00

The Top Five shows us the most poular music ... so, what is popular music?
From Wikipedia.com: "Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media."

Top 10 Signs Your Guy Is Addicted to Porn

2008-09-10T23:40:00.001-07:00

I have read in all internet gossip sites that David Duchovny doesn’t just play a sex addict on Californication--he recently checked into rehab for sex addiction. Rumors are swirling that Mr. X-Files might be hooked on Internet porn.

So want to know if you guy is also addicted to porn or if he’s a sex addict?

Well, let me give you these 10 signs that he truly is. Make sure to read this on.

10. He refuses to let you answer the door when it’s the plumber or pizza delivery guy. (Hey, he knows all too well what these dudes are capable of.)

9. He’s always checking for hidden web cams before you have sex.

8. Correction: He’s always setting up hidden web cams before you have sex.

7. Whenever the two of you walk by an Internet café, he starts licking the windows.

6. His car has a bumper sticker that reads, “Honk if you too are addicted to Internet porn!”

5. His lucrative career as a professional hand model was cut tragically short due to crippling carpal tunnel syndrome.

4. As he’s climaxing with you, he screams “More bandwidth!”

3. He doesn’t have a clue who Blake Lively is. But he knows a hell of a lot about chicks with names like Tawnee Stone, Luba, and the Fey Sisters.

2. When you innocently go on his computer, you innocently notice that he has no browser history. The guy clears his cache as often as he clears his throat.

1. He checks out online porn at least a couple of times a week...oops, that’s actually just a sign that your guy is a guy.

Source: Cosmopolitan.com

5 Things to Ask Yourself Before You Buy

2008-09-10T00:01:00.000-07:00

It’s been months since GladyGirl bought new clothes, shoes, bags and other stuff. I’ve been wondering too why I haven’t bought new things for myself since I went her in Metropolis. Maybe because I’m just too lazy to go out once I’m inside the house, I just watched DVD’s on weekends, or maybe I just don’t feel like going to the mall or go shopping. But these past weeks, deep inside of me I want to buy new clothes or things for myself. New pants maybe or a blouse and of course heels! I missed wearing my heels since I left all of them at our house. A red one maybe, lol!

Although I’m saving money I guess buying once in a while is not that bad after all. Money can't buy happiness, but it can sometimes buy stuff that makes you happy. Before you fork over your hard-earned cash for a purchase, determine whether you're investing in something that will truly add joy and utility to your life. Ask yourself:

1. Is this something I will use at least once a week? Will it be useful for at least a year?

2. Will this thing make me smile at least 10 times? Will it contribute to lasting memories?

3. Have I recently seen an ad for this item or experience? If so, am I secretly kidding myself that it will make me as skinny and giddy as the actress in said ad?

4. What am I willing to give up for this purchase? Would I be willing to eat ramen noodles for a week or give up my premium movie channel to finance it?

5. Can I wait until this goes on sale to buy it? Or at least 24 hours? (Hint: The answer to this one is always yes!)

Source: MSN Lifestyle

How to keep your man always attracted to you

2008-09-05T19:28:00.000-07:00

Can’t figure out what your man wants? Well, stop fretting over it, for all you need to do is wear sexy clothes while cooking and cleaning and obey his orders, that’s what a new bestseller suggests.

The self-help guide, titled ‘The Re-education Of The Female’, by first-time author Dante Moore has already become a hit in the United States where copies are selling just like hot cakes, the media reported.

One piece of advice reads: "Men never really ask for anything. They command. And believe me, what you won''t do, 10 broads around the corner will."

Advising women to stay slim to attract men, Moore also writes: "When you go to the grocery store to shop, do you pick out the nastiest-looking, most rotten, smelliest fruit or meat you can find?

He insists he wants to help women and wrote the book to show where they go wrong in relationships.

McCain runs with Palin

2008-09-04T20:30:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, was named by John McCain to run as the Republican's Vice Presidential candidate ... it is conservatives who think they have seized the political advantage.

7 Secrets to Happiness

2008-09-04T20:09:00.000-07:00

We live in a world where there are endless possibilities. Think about it: As women, we have a billion options when it comes to careers, relationships, clothes...hell, even groovy exercise classes. And yet, we’re more bummed out than ever before. “Intuitively, having so many choices should make you happier, but it can actually make you feel worse,” says Barry Schwartz, PhD, author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less. “The more options you have, the higher your expectations, and when your expectations are sky-high, you’re destined for disappointment...no matter how good things get.”

So if such abundance doesn’t make us happy, then what does flip our bliss switch? Is it adopting the lifestyle before we had so many life options? Not entirely. Our parents grew up with fewer choices to make, but assuming their life goals isn’t the answer, because the world isn’t the same place today. The key is actually a mix of things, some timeless and some that relate to this generation. Here, the essential elements.

1. You Need a Solid Core Group of Friends

Look at Carrie from Sex and the City. Through everything from Post-it Note breakups to snapped stilettos, she is generally one happy camper. Why? She has her posse. “Friendship is one of life’s main joys,” says David Niven, PhD, author of The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People. “Spending time with people who really know you affords you the freedom to be yourself, which increases contentment.” “Once you reveal more of yourself and see that these friends accept you for whom you really are, you’ll feel connected and therefore happier,” adds Niven.

2. You Gotta Have Adventures

“If everything you did in life was safe, you’d never have any exhilarating moments or crazy experiences to recall, both of which give you the sense that you’re truly living,” explains Brian Luke Seaward, PhD, author of Quiet Mind, Fearless Heart.

“People assume that doing the right thing leads to happiness, but actually taking risks does,” says Seaward. For you, that might entail going off on a three-day weekend with a new guy or just wearing that extraslinky minidress.

3. It’s Time to Toss Excess Stuff

“Extra belongings weigh us down and crowd our space, making us feel overwhelmed and disorganized,” says Dr. Taylor. “Lightening up will help you regain control and, therefore, happiness.”

You don’t have to clean house completely, but you should hold on only to stuff you Love (with a capital L). “If you haven’t used or admired something in six months, part with it. No guilt allowed,” she insists. To be clear: That doesn’t mean stacking things in a giveaway pile in the corner of your room. It entails bagging up the items and disposing of them ASAP — whether you donate them to Goodwill or swap ’em on eBay.

4. A Balance of Busy and Dead Time Is Key

Okay, so how do you strike the perfect balance? Fill your days with stuff you love (your Tuesday-night step class) and stuff you have to do (balancing your checkbook). Just keep in mind that at the end of the day, you want to feel like “you’ve accomplished something but that you’ve also relaxed,” says Niven.

To do: Start by sitting upright with your hands on your thighs, palms up. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. Hold it for a two second count, then release, letting your breath ease into its natural rhythm. Focus on keeping this concentration for the eight-minute span and you’ll feel lighter instantly.

5. It’s Crucial to Give in to Temptation

You log overtime at work, hit the gym religiously, stick to a low-fat, no-fun diet, and even remember birthdays. Or maybe you aren’t quite so type A. But you still get to work on time, kiss your boss’s ass when you’d rather kick it, and play nice to your folks.

Clearly, you must indulge. Some thoughts: Splurge on a gourmet sandwich one day for lunch instead of brown bagging it. Surf the Web rather than returning that hundredth e-mail. Get the deluxe spa pedicure. “When you feel completely overwhelmed, that’s actually when you need to treat yourself the most,” says Seaward.

6. Liking Yourself Is Nonnegotiable

Since you’re human, you have no doubt had one of those “Omigod! I can’t believe I said that” moments, followed by a “Stupid, stupid, stupid” fist to the forehead. Like, say, the time you introduced your guy to Bob the CEO at the office barbecue, only Bob’s name is actually Bill. Then you spent the rest of the night harping on what an idiot you are. “We tend to beat ourselves up, but it’s necessary to let ourselves off the hook,” says Ed Diener, PhD, professor of psychology and leading happiness researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “Inevitably, you’re going to make mistakes, and yet you still have to like yourself.”

The same holds true for those so-called physical imperfections that you let deflate you. You know the slight crook in your nose that you swear makes you a prime candidate for The Swan. We can all point to 10 things that are wrong with us, but the key to happiness is appreciating yourself despite them, adds Diener.

And that ain’t easy. But it’s important to learn to keep your inner critic in check. So for every time you get down on yourself, remind yourself of something you excel at and get comfortable talking yourself up by tossing one positive thing (e.g., props from your boss or a sweet e-mail from your boyfriend) into conversation. “We tend to downplay our successes because we don’t want to sound like a braggart, but sharing good news is uplifting,” says Diener. “Not only are you reflecting on something that made you feel awesome, but the other person is going to get excited for you, which gives you an even bigger lift.”

7. You Must Stop Mentally Browsing

We know you’ve been here: You’re sitting at a restaurant, menu in hand, when the deliberation begins: Chicken or fish? Chicken or fish? After angsting for 20 minutes, you go with the fish... and then sit there until the meal comes, wondering if you should’ve gone with the chicken. Okay, maybe this is a very mild version, but in life, we do this on a larger scale all the time. “We convince ourselves that there must be something better out there, but ‘mental browsing’ is a recipe for dissatisfaction,” says Schwartz. “You’re wasting time and energy on doubting a good move just because there was another option, or 10, that you didn’t choose. You’ll never be happy if you live like this.”

The solution? Whenever a decision is in doubt — like whether your current guy is The One — pick two characteristics that are important to you (in this case, maybe it’s a sense of humor and a close-knit family). Once your criteria are established, ask yourself if they’re being met. If so, forget other options and move on. You’ll know if another option is better for you because it’ll nag at you. So relax, you’ve made the right choice...or at least one that’s going to make you happy.

Source: MSN Lifestyle

Reason to have Fun...

2008-08-30T03:06:00.000-07:00

It’s been so long since I make a sensible post for my blog. I’m always busy with my task for PPC and I don’t really have time to write or should I say I don’t really know what to write.

I really hate it when my keywords for the PPC are like 800 or 1000! It’s really eating up my time doing the research and editing those keywords and destination URL’s that’s why sometimes I cannot even finish 2 keywords a day or that 1 keyword in particular.

Last night I stayed till 8:18pm because we are required to have an OT since we have to make same changes in our PPC campaign. On my way home I was so hungry that I thought I’m having a headache.

But today is different and I think I’m bloated already. I ate cake from goldilocks and drink Milo for breakfast, at lunch we went to KFC and after lunch break our PPC Team had a meeting with the VP for marketing both here and in the US. After conducting meetings for different teams in marketing we had pizzas and ice cream! So yummy!

And since it’s Saturday and our VP in US is going back there, we are going to The Fort to have some fun!

What a nice weekend after all.

Happy talkie, talkie ... Visual Talking

2008-08-26T18:06:00.000-07:00

"What the heck are you saying?" Ever heard that before? Maybe Visual Talking can help. It's like the Twitter of PowerPoint presentations. Combine words and pictures to communicate -- it's that simple.

In your user question please consider asking something about a current event and how/if VT would apply, e.g., "Should the Olympic athletes use VT to help communicate?" or "Now that Britney has her bod back, should we send her VT messages to get her to quit smoking?" or "Should Homeland security include VT as part of their interagency communications package?"