In debt?
Posted by admin in Higher Awareness on August 22nd, 2009
Have you ever heard of the saying that goes, “Debt is a form of poverty – and one of the cruelest. It gives you the illusion of having more money than you do.” If not, well now you know, and Jerrold Mundis is the man behind this very insightful quote.
How much do you owe to a mortgage, credit cards and loans, other people? If you depend on debt to get what you want, you dig yourself into a deep financial hole.
If you are continually in financial distress, it may be time to adopt a very simple operating principle: spend less than you earn.
According to Bill Earle, “If your outgo exceeds your income, then your upkeep will be your downfall.”
nursing home services and elderly care
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on August 4th, 2009
Not everyone has the luxury of time and money to keep their old folks at home, or to hire people to look after their elderly while they are in a far away place working to provide for their whole family, and to give their young ones a good life and education. Often, the old ones who could not take care of themselves anymore, get left behind alone at home with no one to look after them. Because of this, nursing home services were introduced and home for the aged were built, to make sure than the old ones in the society are given proper care at all times until the last days of their lives.
Because of incovenience, distance, facilities in both medical and everyday living, as well as other factors, people are seriously taking the task of trying to find a nursing home that is most suitable and can give their old folks the best elderly care possible. A place where they will be comfortable and all their needs are being attented to. Somewhere where they do not only provide good nursing home services, but also considers giving each and every senior citizen who needs elderly care a second home, thus giving the concerned family a sense of assurance that their beloved parents and grandparents will be taken cared of from moment to moment.
High Five to Zenni Optical!
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 25th, 2009
Wait! Is that Zenni Optical on TV!!!? Looks like the $ 8 Rx eyeglasses deal has gone a long way. I have frist known about it since 2007 and Zenni is still up and soaring up to this moment, and who knows maybe they’ll go international too!
High Five to Zenni Optical for such a big success, and most especially for offering such low deals on eyeglasses which is very helpful to parents whose kids needs glasses this coming opening of the school year. It is indeed a good move from Zenni to consider giving us the Back to School Savings deal.
Watch Bruno and Borat Free Online Streaming
Posted by admin in Entertainment on July 16th, 2009
Watch Bruno and Borat Free Online Streaming instead of wasting your time going to the movie house and paying for the movie tickets. Yes both movies that stars Sacha Baron Cohen are hilarious, but they have also gone overboard. But I guess that what the movie is all about anyway.
My friend and I had nothing to do and so we decided to look for something silly to watch. Something that not everyone would consider wasting their time or money watching.
I must say Borat was funny and I find Bruno rather more disturbing and offensive. It is not a movie that anyone can watch. If you are the reserved type, both movies are not for you. Personally, I’d rather spend my money to buy Las Vegas Show Tickets and have fun watching live shows with my friends, than waste time online watching not so sensible movies.
Running Windows 7 RC
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on June 23rd, 2009
I recently downloaded windows 7, the free release candidate version provided by microsoft.com, in fairness to this version, although it has some flaws, it’s more of a better and faster running version of windows vista. With the same aero glassy graphical user interface, but with many other functions. However, if your computer meets only the basic requirements, or do not meet the requirements, you may not experience the real power of windows 7.
The download took more than a couple of hours for me, but the speed and download time varies, depending on the current speed that you have. It could take less that a couple of hours if you have 3 mbps connection and up, and probably 3 hours or more if you have a less than 2 mbps connection.
The installation time amazed me, it only took a few minutes, and windows 7 was up and running. So, I expect that when the full version is released, with the OS media, installation is a breeze. One thing that I’d like to give MS a credit. Because installation of operating systems used to take such a long time, but with the current development, I guess they are going the right direction this time. I must say, Windows 7 is a fast working, good looking, and an improved OS.
MS and other Original Equipment Manufacturers just have to work on updating and having supported drivers. I am expecting a release of multitude of hotfixes soon, and hopefully it would cover up all the other hardware and software issues. I want to see windows 7 develop until they release the full version. And so far, I’m ok with it, I am still lookiong forward to more though.
Nomadic Thoughts
The song Leaving on a jet plane is now playing in my head. Just hearing of the great news makes me want to pack my bag and book on the next flight to Bangkok or Singapore to meet up with friends, or simply enjoy some time away, leave all the chaotic life and crazy things behind. I’m sure all those adventurous and nomadic people like me are already going crazy over the big sale!
I wonder if you’ve heard about the big buzz yet. This is almost unbelievable but true, now you have a bigger chance to travel your Asia Pacific dream vacation destination with such very low hotel rates. You can choose to explore any of the 27 city destinations which includes Singapore, Bangkok, Jakarta, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Manila, and even Auckland and Sydney in Australia and enjoy your vacation, without spending too much on your stay at the hotel. Meaning you get to shop more, or spend your money to tour around because you can get the best accommodation for super reduced rates. This is made possible through Accor Hotels City Super Sale rates.
So if you plan to travel here in the Asia Pacific, you better book on-line between 23 – 29 June, for your trips between July 10 and September 30, 2009. You can save up to 60% on your hotel rates because there are over 250,000 room nights that Accor is putting on sale. The rates could go as low as US$25 per night. Can you believe that? Amazing, right?
What are you waiting for? You better log-on and do the booking now before all the participating Accor hotels get fully booked.
Astro Boy Shirt
Posted by admin in Random Thoughts on June 22nd, 2009
Yeah! That’s Astro Boy, the old school japanese animated version. He is one of my favorite characters. I designed this Astro Boy vintage shirt myself too. What do you think about it?
When we were young, my uncle bought me and my cousins Astro boy merchandise, from shoes, school bags, notebooks with Astro boy picture covers, caps and shirts. For me and my cousins, he is one of the coolest, just like Voltes 5, Gundam and transformers. Even now that I am an adult, I am still an Astro boy fan. I like his character because even if he is an Aritificial Intelligence robot, he has a heart, and that’s what makes him different. Sometimes he is even more human than the real humans, who would rather do crimes in the society.
Finally, Astroboy is coming to the big screen soon. I can’t wait to watch the movie. Although the Astro boy in the movie looks a bit different from the original character, I still like it because it is still Astro boy.
Free Multiplayer Billiards Game
Posted by admin in Websites and Internet on June 19th, 2009
I just finished playing this free to sign-up multiplayer billiards game online at multiplayer games,8c1.net.http://www.8c1.net.
I invited a friend to sign-up. We tried to figure it out at first. To test if it works, I played a match with the computer first and then we finally got to figure out how to play against each other. We played a few rounds of 8 ball game for a bit and it was fun.
The billiards table simulates a real one and the interface is pretty simple, but I like it that way. However if it is your first time you may get a little confused on how to control it, but after a few hits you will finally get to control the game, the strength of your strikes and hit the ball right.
For a free game, it is very good. You can talk to the people inside the room through chat too, which is cool. If you want to spend some time with your online friends, you can chat while playing billiards and have fun.
Firefox vs Internet Explorer 8
Posted by admin in Websites and Internet on June 17th, 2009
I am currently trying to make use of Internet Explorer version 8, after removing IE 7 from the windows components, and just letting it sleep there, dormant and hiding, as I’ve never wanted to even consider using it after such a bad experience in using Intenet Explorer.
But just recently, after updating my windows operating system to Windows 7, I felt that perhaps it’s time to give IE a chance, and I must say, the current version may not be as impressive as my Safari browser, or as fast, sleek, compact, and promising as google chrome, at least it is so much better than the previous versions.
I beg to disagree mozilla saying “IE is so 2006,” coz honestly, it’s currently working like a gem, and it’s so much faster than the buggy current version of Firefox. I am just hoping that it doesn’t have as much security flaws as the previous versions, because I am on the verge of giving up on firefox for the same reason. I want to use IE8 instead of the bleeding firefox.
In fairness to the latter, it was the best browser last year and the previous. If only they continued to be, but recently, firefox sux! If firefox didn’t have the plugins I need, I would’ve removed it a long time ago, most especially with the frequent crashes, after installing the updates.
I hope IE 8 continues to work fine, otherwise, I will have to hide it in the closet again, and just use chrome and safari.
Change of Webhosting
Posted by admin in Websites and Internet on June 17th, 2009
Recently, I have been experiencing some problems and frequent downtimes with my website hosting provider. I am thinking that maybe it is time to say goodbye and find a new website hosting provider after my contract expires. It is quite sad because they used to be the best, so far. I have transferred from one webhosting site to another, until I landed with them. I have always been satisfied with the current web site hosting company that I have bought my account from, but after all their upgrades, which seemed more like downgrades to me, things weren’t how they used to be.
Right now, I am trying to view and read webhosting ratings and reviews at webhostinggeeks.com, they are a great webhosting wiki for everyone interested in finding a webhosting. Hopefully I would get to decide which webhosting company could provide me with the best service, before the time is up for renewing my current hosting.
Currently, immotion and justhost are bagging competing for the top position in their top ten webhosting for 2009 chart. The two web site hosting providers vary in price. The latter provides free domains forever, unlimited domains hosting and some marketing bonus for a very amazing value of 3.95/mo, while immotion promises top technical support and choice of data centers, for more than twice the price.
The ratings are pretty close, that it’s making it hard for me to decide. Should I go for the cheaper one? I’m just glad that there’s webhostinggeeks.com to provide all the info I need. I guess I should read some more reviews. Ciao for now!