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Pimp Our Kitchen

Saturday, February 4, 2012 | | 1 comments |

I guess we all aim to have a luxurious and elegant looking kitchen. then better choose ether Marble or granite for the finishing. They both have this glossy natural effect which can definitely makes your kitchen more appealing. It is true that both of these finishing material are quite expensive compare to other but the quality and the durability of marble and granite is simply incomparable. My mom used to spend her free time in the kitchen to do some cooking and experiment with her recipes. For someone who spend most of his or her time in the kitchen, i'm sure the first thing that you will renovate if ever you got a chance will be kitchen right? Because my mom is actually eager to give our kitchen a little make over. It has been 6 consecutive years since we last had a major kitchen renovation in our house so i guess our kitchen deserve to have a little make over.
The Use of granite countertops is pretty in demand today most especially in modern houses , buildings and even in luxury hotels. Granite is undeniably one of the best finishing material around. Despite of its expensive pricing, it has proven to be one of the well trusted finishing material. It is high in quality and highly durable as well. Amazingly, granite Burlingame countertops are resistant to scratch and stain compare to marble and other finishing materials like ceramic and quartz. Good thing, i just got my backpay from my previous employer so i think our budget is good enough to shoulder all the expenses.

Unexpected Expenses

Friday, January 20, 2012 | | 0 comments |

This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine.

With the increasing unemployment rate all over the world and the increasing rate of bankruptcy of many companies , we cannot deny the fact that we still encountering the so called "global financial crisis". We have to be smart and clever all the time. Spend your money wisely and save some for investments. We can never tell what will happen in our future whether you will remain financially stable or you will encounter any devastating loss of properties in the future. Expect the unexpected and make sure you are prepared for it.
Hospital expenses for example can affect your budget so bad knowing that the prices of those pharmaceutical products goes higher every month. How if you're budget is quite limited and you do not have enough money to support the rest of your expenses? Who are you going to count on? You can always apply for a loan but you will just drown yourself in too much debts.

I remember when my mom got a 2nd degree burn, we spent half of my monthly budget for the prescription drugs advised by her doctor.
Well, good thing you can now avail the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club which offers a a special discount for Walgreens products.
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This is very ideal for someone like me who has a very limited monthly budget. This would be a big help indeed and I will be giving all my support to Walgreens for having such a nice benefits for their customers.
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Parental Control and Responsible Surfing

Sunday, December 18, 2011 | | 0 comments |

Internet is such a huge world to explore but this could not be really safe especially for our kids. This is the reason why i am advising everyone to be more responsible on how they search the web or how they use their personal computers. Pornography sites are just one click away and your kids might accidentally land on their pages before your knew it. I am really impressed with GMA Network's newest online campaign entitled "Think Before You Click" that aims to give awareness to everyone that every click we made on the web has a great impact to someone. Whether it is a form or cyber bullying or the free access to thousands of porn sites, each of these might affect the internet user mentally , emotionally and spiritually.
But of course we cannot monitor our kids everyday and to check them every now and then. Whether they are not intending to visit a certain brazzer site or a website dedicated to provide some brazzer review or any related porn xchange sites.We have to be very responsible about this or else it's too late for us to erase such images from their curious and innocent minds.
I guess the best way to protect them from accessing adult sites or any websites that may affect the way they think, is to activate or install a parental control software on your PC. The Parental Control feature in your antivirus product lets you surf the Web, blocking access to Web pages with violent, racist or similarly inappropriate content.
This is very ideal if your kids own a computer or if you let them use your laptop for awhile. This will give them some sort of restriction to access some offensive sites. Well I am nothing against watching porn, i know the fact that most people, especially men, used to visit such sites for entertainment purposes but it's just that we have to do it in private and we should be very responsible with our actions.

Our Mini Christmas Tree

Sunday, December 11, 2011 | | 0 comments |

This is the second to the last project for this month. We will make a miniature Christmas tree from Aluminum foil cylindrical card board and crepe paper.

We need Green Crepe paper, Empty Aluminum foil cylinder card board, plastic cap, glue gun, card board.

Cover the Aluminum foil card board with green crepe paper.

Glue gun it on a plastic cap (should be wide enough to support our Christmas tree.

Cut a small piece of Cardboard and cut the half part into strips.

Glue it around the mid-upper part of the Cylinder.

Cut another piece of card board and do the same process as the first one. (Make the strips longer than the first one.

Now glue it about 2 1/2 to 3 inches away from the first one

Then make another one longer than the second one and glue it on the lower portion of the tree.

For the tip, cut a circle and make a cone out of it. Cut the lower portion into strips.

You should end up something like this.

Now draw Three kinds of leaves on the crepe. They should be Small, medium and large in size. Fold the crepe paper many times to produce many leaves in one cut.