Mommy Darlene is having a Christmas giveaway contest on her blog. It’s a great way of giving and showing love for all the people around the world through this contest. Why do I say so? Winners will feel the mommy’s warmth from the blanket and scarf that she will be giving away, which I would love to have (the pink scarf would do *wink*), surely everyone feels that the holiday is fast approaching. Imagine… 33 days before Christmas!

And the good thing is that the contest will end in December 08, 2008, so no worries if you can’t make a post today, you have ample time to join in!

Also, here are the prizes as well. Cool prizes for the winners and thanks to the sponsors too!

FIRST PRIZE
1. Checkered Pink and Blue Blanket size 73 x 73 inches (click HERE for the picture)
2. 3 column blog layout designed by My Web Blog Designs
3. 3000 EC credits courtesy by Twerlermz Blog
4. 2500 EC credits courtesy by Techicardia
5. 2000 EC credits courtesy by Fil-Am Gallery
6. 2000 EC credits courtesy by Wonderful Things In Life
7. 2000 EC credits plus 1 month ad courtesy by Pink Hues
8. 1500 EC credits courtesy by Twinkletoe Writing Space
9. 1500 EC credits courtesy by Fit 4 All

SECOND PRIZE
1. Furry Orange Scarf for winter (click HERE for the picture)
2. 2 column blog layout designed by The Designer’s Chic
3. 1000 EC credits plus 1 month ad courtesy by The Positive Side
4. 1000 EC credits plus 1 month ad courtesy by Random Chronicles
5. 1000 EC credits courtesy by The Joy Of Life Forever
6. 1000 EC credits courtesy by Pinay Endeavor
7. 1000 EC credits courtesy by My Life My World
8. 1000 EC credits courtesy by Lourdes Mia
9. 1000 EC credits courtesy by Pinay Mommy Online

THIRD PRIZE
1. Furry Pink Scarf for winter (click HERE for the picture)
2. 1000 EC Credits courtesy by Mommy Earns Money Online
3. 500 EC Credits courtesy by Ask Ms. Recipe
4. 500 EC Credits plus 1 month ad courtesy by Chronic Chick Talk
5. 500 EC Credits courtesy by Embrace Simplicity
6. 500 EC credits courtesy by Wiehanne Contest
7. 500 EC credits courtesy by Sweet Paradise
8. 500 EC credits courtesy by My Life’s Adventure
9. Blog header courtesy by My Design Work Bench

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I encountered a lot of people asking me how to connect to the internet wirelessly at home using their laptop. Of course the first thing I would ask if they have a wireless router. Usually, the common answer is “no”. Then, from there, I would know that they are not aware that you will need a wireless router to make a wireless network at home.

Personally, we have this laptop for almost 2 years now and it was only few months back when I bought a wireless router for it. Actually, we didn’t really need one since this laptop is our “desktop”, it’s the main and only computer we have here (my desktop is being used by my brother to play offline games), so basically, this laptop was on a wired internet connection. But I told hubby that I wanted to be able to blog in my bed, so I bought a wireless router. I bought a cheap one but if I had the money, I could have bought a Linksys router. It looks cool right? It’s a wireless N router which has a farther range and twice as much speed compared to the G routers. Mine is a G router but it does a good job, I don’t really need an N router as of the moment so I opted for a G router instead. But if you are not really on a tight budget and you want to be “future proof”, then you may want to go for the wireless N routers. ^_^

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Yey! I’m joining contests again! ^_^

Sheryl of Pinkista is celebrating her 3rd blogversary and she thanks her avid fans for keeping her blog alive and kicking for 3 years, and as her way of thanks, she is having her very first contest which started last October 30 and will end on November 30. There will be 5 winners, and for the 1st price winner, he or she will win $50 of PayPal cash, $30 worth of blog review, 1000 EC credits, and an ad space on her blog for one month! Now isn’t that exciting? I do hope I win at least 5th place. But personally, I just wish her a great one! More power for her blog! ^_^

To know more on how to join as well as the prices, just visit her contest post here.

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Thanks to my K800i cellphone, I can take pictures of my baby Julie anytime and anywhere I want. And also thanks to my cellphone, I am able to take pictures of any experience I undergone. However, I agree that it is still best to take pictures using a camera. Of course, cameras as specialized to take pictures and what I want to have is a Nikon D90, although it may not be the same as what my cousin’s camera is (she studies photography as an extra), I know that having a great camera like this will definitely be a great keep. I would love to study photography lessons too, if only my financial status will permit me to.

Anyways, I would like to thank Mary’s Scraps for the papers and embellishments that I used for this cute baby Julie Rayne’s digiscrap.

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As you can see, instead of the usual 125 x 125 ad space that I have on my right sidebar, I changed it to 100 x 100. The main reason why I needed to change the size is to make sure that 3 ads will fit in one row in this new layout. Don’t you agree that it does still look cute? Although the rate is still the same, it’s still affordable! If you want to check out how cheap my advertising rate is, just click HERE!

By the way, why the sudden change of layout? Well, honestly, I wasn’t really planning to change my layout anymore because I was contented with my old layout, however, last few weeks, I went to a computer shop to print my resume (tell you later why ^_^), and I visited my blog. I saw that the resolution is different from what I have here in my lappy and it looks so dull. The background was not showing anymore and most of the color I saw was white – it looks clean but I really want to have some color see a colorful background, so I decided to change my layout. You may see that the layout is almost the same as my favorite mommy blogger – Ruby, and yes, I do admit that I got the idea of this layout through her blog as well. Anyways, I hope you like the new look and for my site’s banner, HUBBY will make one for me, and I made him promised to make me one! LOL! I loved how he made his digital drawing using paint, so I told him to make me a logo for my banner, and he agreed! Can’t wait! ^_^

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Working is fun specially when you get to work with someone who’s from another country because you get to share and know each other’s culture not to mention FOOD hehe, and I was lucky enough to get a chance to work with these people from another culture, they where born or grew up here in the Philippines and lived here in the Philippines, and even speak Filipino however their origin is not from the Philippines.
I had this office mate before, he’s pure Korean, but he grew up somewhere in manila. One day his parents visited him but not from Korea but from china, the next day he came to work with this tomato like fruit, and during our break our team ate together he offered us that tomato like fruit, I was the first one who tried it. It was sweet, and a slightly tart fruit with a soft to occasionally fibrous texture. I was a bit curious because I know it’s not from anywhere here in the Philippines so I asked him, “Where did you bought this?” He said that his parents bought it from china. So I asked him what is it called and he said “I’m not sure, I know you can that from Persimmon trees , so I’m guessing it’s a persimmon fruit.” Then I said “this is like the total opposite of omeboshi which is very sour and dry, but they are both fun to eat.”

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