Archive for April, 2008

Tag time

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Received this tag from Trinity, my bloggie friend who sent it to me a few days ago.   Again, I forgot about it till I saw my Dashboard with backlinks from Trinity.  Thanks, Trin!

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Join the Worldwide Link Love!
Benefits of Worldwide Link Love:

1. Make new friends around the world.
2. Feel the Link Love.
3. Gain new readers and subscribers.

Rules:
1. Copy from ~start copying here ~ to ~ stop copying here ~ and paste it on your blog.
2. At the end of the list, put your name and the country your in, it doesn’t matter what’s your nationality just put the country where you are publishing your blog. Don’t forget to put links at your name.
3. If u have many blogs, you can link all of it, just make sure you post the same on each blog.
4. Tag eight (8) or more of your blog friends.
5. Tip for blogspot users: make sure you copy and paste the code in Compose mode.

Worldwide Link Love! Participants:

1. Julia (Philippines) 2. Catherine (Malaysia) 3. shimumsy(u.s.a) 4. Mitch (Philippines) 5. Hailey (Philippines) 6. Sexymom (USA) 7. Liza (Philippines) 8. Sasha (Philippines) 9. Tere (Philippines) 10. Simply The Best 11. The World Wide Web Addict 12. My Daily Nourishment13. My Euro Travel and Adventure 14. Euroangel Graffiti (Germany) 15. A Simple Life (Philippines) 16. My Wanderings (Philippines) 17. Picture Clusters (Philippines) 18. Maiylah’s Snippets (Philippines) 19. Its Not a Lifestyle;Its a Weekend (Singapore) 20. Napaboaniya APAD (Singapore) 21. Our mini blogsphere 22. Rooms of My Heart (Indonesia) 23. Life with the Two Crazy Dogs (US) 24. YOU

Not tagging anyone coz I know how much y’all love to do tags, but if you wanna do it, please help yourself to it.

Tough doggie life

Monday, April 28th, 2008

This is Cooper, enjoying the cool 39 degrees temperature.  After dinner and their treats, that’s what he and Ranger will do, laze around the yard, eat grass, dirt and whatever they can find, and bark at the neighbors’ dogs.

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This is what he is doing right now, sleeping and snoring away.  He had a tough day, you know. 

List of what-to-bring

Monday, April 28th, 2008

I will be on my way to Vegas this Sunday, and yet I was still procrastinating on what I need to bring and so forth.  DB kept telling me to bring the luggage from the basement, air it out and sort out what clothes I want to bring with me.  He telling me so many times since last Thursday, I finally succumbed to get the luggage and the backpack I’m bringing along.  Now, I have to figure what the heck clothes I want to wear.  The temperature in Vegas at this time of the year is around 70’s and 80’s Farenhiet.  Not too bad as long as it’s not humid. 

So far, I have packed:

  • Couple pairs of shorts/jeans/capri
  • Jammies (need them since I’m sharing room with 4 others)
  • A pair of dress pants
  • A nice dressy blouse to go with the pants
  • Shirts/long sleeves for the mornings (morning temps are around 40’s-50’s)
  • and more sleeveless
  • Sun block/shampoo

Since I have only 1 memory card that is only 1GB, I need to get another one.  DB said he will buy one for me, a 2GB will be enough, I hope.  I am bringing along my battery charger and reader.  Hopefully there is a business center in The Mirage where I can use the PC (of course for a fee, nothing is free in Vegas) to download my pictures if I run out of the 3GB cards.  Who know, right? 

I was going to pack some instant coffee with me, but I was told by my boss that the hotels in Vegas do not provide coffee nor a electric kettle to boil water.  I will still bring some with me just in case there is a kettle somewhere in the room. 

Next I need to bring is a hat, a good pair of walking shoes and most importantly plenty of dough!! Hahahaha, I wish I could do that, but whatever I have on this Friday’s payday, will be what I have for my trip.  What happened to the rebate check that Prez Bush says is going to stimulate the economy?  We were suppose to get the rebate check deposited to our account today, yeah sure, na-da.  Not there at all. 

Every one whom I spoke to said it’s not cheap anymore in Vegas.  If you want coffee, you have to go to the vending machine or to the hotel’s restaurant, Starbucks, or for cheaper version, McDonalds.   Entrance to the Glitter Gluch is $15 for entrance fee, Liberace museum entrance fee is $75, if I remember right, gondola ride at the Venetian cost $50/person, breakfast buffet is about $17-19+ and dinner buffet is $22-24+.  We might try a few slot machines while we are there and if luck is with us, we might hit some thing! :) If not, lose all, I will come home and live like this:

Stickma taking the dog for a walk

Need more RAM

Monday, April 28th, 2008

DB has been working on his blue PC for ages now.  It konked out for no reason, he then installed Vista but some of the trading programs he is using are not compatible with Vista.  He then reinstalled XP and is working fine but it needs more ram to speed her up.  I told him he should invest in some bucks to get some RAM since there are at least 3 more slots for more RAM.  I’m hoping he will get it done when i’m on vacation so I won’t be hearing his grumps on “this POS is driving me up the wall!”

Home for sale

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Our neighbor, Pete, is getting ready his home for sale.  He and his room mate are requesting for a transfer to Michigan or somewhere where they will have a job with the company they are with.  I was asking him what else has he done to the house besides keeping the outside presentable and installing home theater lighting in his basement.  His kids moved in with him recently and they helped him redo the basement and turned the baby to a mini theater.  Not bad at all. But Db and I hope they will be able to find a buyer with the home market in the down turn. 

Photohunt: Unique/funny signs

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

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This week’s theme is Unique or funny signs.  Thought I better get some thing up since I missed last week’s “Thirteen” theme.  I didn’t hunt down a picture for that theme due to time constraints.  However, this week, I am able to dig the below picture.  This picture was taken at the entrance of Yellowstone National Park at the South entrance. 

Yellowstone National Park, 2006

Predatory Offender in the neighborhood

Friday, April 25th, 2008

DB picked up the day’s mail after dinner.  I was busy with my Photohunt post which will be auto posted at 12 midnight.  So, DB said out loud to me, “Great, there is a Level III Predatory Offender in our neighborhood. The City’s PD (police department) sent out this bulletin.”  So showed me the bulletin, and I saw this big white guy of 6′, 211 lbs staring at me.  I took a picture of the bulletin.  I want to put the picture of the bulletin up on this post, but on second thoughts, no….who knows what would happen if I post it on my blog.  Probably might get myself in trouble.

I told DB “Great is right”.  This guy is living on routes where I go for my walks.  I don’t normally stick to one route, I like different scenery.  What to expect from this sexual predator?  He has been convicted of criminal sexual conduct meaning he has history of indecent exposure and sexual contact with juve females and has abducted his victim before.   He has served his sentence and is not wanted by the cops.  The bulletin says the purpose of the notification is not to increase fear in the community, but to inform only.  Hahaha, what makes the cops think that it would not increase our fear?  I will be doing a lot stuff to take precaution than I had before.  Do you think DB and I are the only ones who are more cautious of our surroundings now?  I know that guy is not a convict but knowing that he had a history, it makes me wary or I should say DB more paranoid about me going out for my walks.

And here I thought our neighborhood was safe, free of crime according to the city’s write up before we bought this house.  Just a week ago, there was a hit and run right by our backdoor.  The offenders were caught few days ago.  No where is safe anymore. 

We received this bulletin because it is the state’s legislature to create a community notification to inform the citizens that offenders will be residing in the neighborhood and to create better awareness on our safety.  There will be a community meeting on Monday by the PD for any questions from the citizens.  *Sigh*

Happy Birthday, sis

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Mae's b'da card which I made

Today is my sis‘ birthday.  A Taurus to the T.  You know, like a bull….. :D but a very compassionate person.  I made her a card, the one above, forgot to take a picture of the inside.  Actually I think it was not the best looking card that was why I didn’t take a picture of it.  But anyhoo, it’s the thought that counts.  So, there you go.  I remembered your birthday.  Happy birthday and hope you have a good one, too.  So, people, go greet my sister a:

“Happy Birthday.
Sang yat fei lok
Nin nin yau kam yatt
suei suei yau kam chew
Kong hei lei,kong hei lei
Chuk lei cheong mang pak suei.”

Me and my crazy ideas

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I told DB I will be definitely be doing a sky diving activity when I’m in Las Vegas next weekend.  He still thinks I should not but I’m adamant to do it.  Why should I have to miss such a great a opportunity to do something I have been wanting to do for the longest time.  Today DB said he hope I have a good term life insurance with me and should there be anything wrong with the jump, he will be well taken care off.  *Sigh, so paranoid.*

Logo creator for your business cards

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I’m checking out this website call logoyes.com where business owners have the ability to create their business cards.  The process of creating the below business card for our business was easy peasy.  The initial step was ascertain the image that suits your type of business.  It has different choices for you to pick like if you prefer to have the high-tech, bold or the fancy ones which of course depends on your business.  Secondly, you need to pick the business category that best suits  your business.  It is important to pick the right category in order to choose the most appropriate logo design for your company.  There are numerous picks of logos that suits your liking.  The software gives a button for each step you need to complete your business card.  There is a flexibility for the user to type the name of their company where you can resize it or the logo, change the fonts and color, rotate the logo if want to and finally when you are satisfy with the logo, you can view your business card on the link provided to preview your business cards.  Check out this do-it-yourself logo site for your business cards.

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