Archives for February, 2007
I am dying for some spring air!! I am definitely looking forward to booking our beach vacation this year - I am planning to have the family go to Subic or Batangas and book an overnight stay at one of the resorts there. I think I may need to check if they have a pool for babies, since Im not keen in letting Martha swim in beach water, but I definitely would let her play in the sand! Time for swimsuit shopping!!!
I never have tried out donning lingerie before. Blame it on my conservative upbringing and the fact too, that when I was bold and brazen enough to try one, my physical body would no longer look good on one! I was browsing this lingerie site and saw Naughty Nurse ensemble! Edil would surely have a kick seeing me in that outfit - if only I can lose some weight - well, a lot of it! But wait! It gets better! They have plus-size lingerie for women like me! There is hope! I really like the camis featured. And get this - they have this note up in their site! “Plus Size Lingerie orders will ship discreetly in plain brown boxes. We would never tell them you bought your plus size lingerie from us!”
That is discreet, confidential and professional!!
There is a FREE groundbreaking tool recently launched, the ProProfs Quiz School. It would help educators maximize and utilize the power of the Internet to create their online quizzes and make their practice tests for students. ProProfs.com is the leader in online learning resources.
It would greatly help the educational school system without the added cost (millions, I might say) of acquiring the software, installation and other miscellaneous expenses. Most schools already have Internet connection at their classrooms or computer labs so it would not be heavy on the school’s budget or the student’s tuition fees. The Quiz School would provide easy access for students and teachers and offers one of the largest collections of FREE available online quizzes, ranging from K-12 eduction to topics covering SAT, GRE and even general trivia.
Here is the Press Release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2007 Media Contact: Nick Barron 913-963-2991, nick@proprofs.com ProProfs Launches Free Quiz Service Free, Groundbreaking Learning Resource With a Diverse Quiz Collection Los Angeles, February – ProProfs.com, the leader in online learning resources, today announced the launch of ProProfs Quiz School ( http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/ ), a free groundbreaking learning tool that enables educators to utilize the power of the Internet to create online quizzes and practice tests for their students. The Quiz School provides easy access for students and educators, without the hassle of downloading bulky software. In addition to the ability to create custom quizzes, the feature also offers one of the largest collections of freely available online quizzes, ranging from K-12 education to topics such as technology certification, SAT, GRE and even general trivia. With a large number and great variety of quizzes at Quiz School, educators and students no longer need to sift through the Web to find the quiz they’re looking for. “We recognized the need for a comprehensive assessment resource from the suggestions of real students and instructors,†said Sameer Bhatia, founder and President of ProProfs. “We created ProProfs Quiz School to address these needs by allowing for open and free access to an ever-expanding collection of learning assessments. We are committed to continually adding the features and functions that students and teachers demand.†Quiz School allows instructors to easily create and assign a quiz to their students, and students can take the quiz without having to log in. Students can also receive instant feedback and scores. Online quizzes allow for personalized feedback to students on the problems they missed, along with tips on how to improve their future performance. To allow for quizzes to be easily retrieved from the ProProfs library, users can attach keywords, or tags, to their favorite quizzes. Tagging enables students to easily locate quizzes that are relevant to their studies. The personalized experience of ProProfs Quiz School even extends to the user interface, which is user-customizable, down to font size and Web page colors. ProProfs offers students the opportunity to vote, rank and comment on all of the quizzes, which are submitted from around the world, forming an educational social network. Students are even able to download or print quizzes for offline access. With user-oriented features and a large library of quizzes, ProProfs Quiz School can assist educators by providing the tools necessary for students to succeed. To take the Quiz School virtual tour visit www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/tour.php About ProProfs: ProProfs.com, a leader in online learning, provides free resources to students and educators. ProProfs facilitates student excellence in diverse fields ranging from technical certification to college entrance examinations by providing the tools necessary for students to succeed. ProProfs delivers free e-learning content around the world to students from all walks of life. Truly the work of “Professionals and Professors,†ProProfs is committed to furthering education and increasing knowledge. For more information on ProProfs Quiz School, please visit www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/
Have you heard about the wonderful things Goji berries can do to your body? Himalayan Goji berries are considered to be the most nutritious food source on the planet. They are grown and harvested on the fertile valleys of Tibet and the Mongolian Himalayas. The authentic and best strain, Lycium Eleagnus Barbarum makes up the best Himalayan Goji Berries. Goji berries have been revered by the Himalayan people for centuries for their health benefits and potential life extending qualities. Nutrient rich soil and the pristine fresh mountain air assure near perfect conditions for the Goji plant to flourish.
Goji berries have the richest antioxidants based on the ORAC test (ozygen Radicao Absorbance Capacity) beating pomegranate! It surpassed it by 300% where pomegranate has a 10,450 level while Goji berries have a level of 30, 500!
It has been found that people who eat Goji berries on a regular basis are known to rarely suffer from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, or many other diseases that commonly afflict people of the Western Civilization. The person known to have lived longer than any other person in recorded history, Li Qing Yuen, lived to 252 years of age. He ate Goji berries on a daily basis, and three times received official certificates from the Chinese Government for his outstanding longevity achievements.
There are different products made from Goji berries out in the market: Dried Goji berries, Goji Juice, Liquid Vitamins and even Seaweed Fertilizer.
The 100% Goji Juice has anti-aging benefits, readily absorbable, delicious and tasty, is an energy level booster, promoted weight loss and improves libido and general metabolism.
Since we all know Vitamin C is an antioxidant and antioxidants slow down aging, and build up the immune system and promote good health, and if Goji berries are so rich with them, all the write ups Ive found over the web must be true!
Ill definitely be looking this up in stores.
There will be an awesome even coming: the Live Earth Concerts. This will be composed of seven megaconcerts on the seven continents (can you image?!) and these are for global warming awareness. All processed will go to the Alliance for Climate Protection, chaired by Al Gore, which is going to start a new global program to combat our climate crisis, according to Live Earth communications director Yusef Robb.
The concerts will be held in Brazil, Shanghai, Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Japan and an East Coast U.S. city to be announced. They will be broadcast across the world to approximately 2 billion viewers via TV, radio and the Internet.
In the United Kingdom the Live Earth concert will be held at the Wembley Stadium on the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 52 people on the city’s trains and buses. They purposely will do the show on that date to fill Londoners with hope on that date.
The concerts will be produced by Kevin Wall, who won an Emmy Award for producing the Live 8 concerts in 2005.
Lately, I have been drawn watching any related to home improvement - crafts, decorations, interiors, furniture making, etc. I am particularly obsessed with kitchen remodeling. Our kitchen sink is in dire need of renovation. The tiles are chipping off and the sink needs to be realigned. I would want an exhaust over my barely-a-year kitchen stove. I want to be able to have a separate pantry for kitchen stuff and ingredients. I want to have anti-scratch kitchen tiles! I would want to invest on stainless steel. This is all if I would even take time to really learn how to cook! I really think that there is some relation to having a nice kitchen to being a good cook - it would be conducive to cooking! I would want a refurbished antique stove - for decorative purposes. I want my kitchen to be really homey! I promise Id spend extra time for my kitchen once I buy my own house!!!
My vision is perfect actually - 20/20. It used to be around 75/100, but I don’t know why but an eye doctor told me I have 20/20 vision last year. I also was prescribed glasses to prevent eye strain from being in front of the computer for too long - which, up to now, I still have not done. I have lazy eye on my left eye though - genetics as my Mom has one, Matthew inherited his from me. I havent noticed anything from Martha yet.
Now, usually, when I was prescribed to wear glasses, I would order a pair of contacts as well. I would get the soft lens, with a touch of color, like Johson’s acuvue lenses.
I used to have a very high replacement rate for my contacts. I would lose them every three months. The shortest was just a week - I found out my grandfather died and I cried and voila! No contacts too 
AC Lens has all of the contact lens information that you need to keep your eyes healthy and feeling fresh. Contact lenses are great devices when they are cared for properly.
There is a forum here - www.aclens.com - that has a very comprehensive listing of articles, FAQs, and helpful links for taking care of contact lens, and eye health in general. They have contact lens reviews, eye health issues, glasses, optical information site, even topics about refractive surgery.If there is a topic not answered with the articles or by browsing through the forum, you can ask the AC Lens Eye Doctor.
I actually read up on how to insert and remove contact lens. Believe or not, I still cannot master the art of wearing them!
Has it been buried over the number of posts related to blogging while earning? I want to make a conscious effort to be able to document the little things in life - the moments I sometimes forget, and these have taken a backseat with the opportunity to earn while blogging, scrapping and work. So there it is again, my goal for this year: Strive to make the balance. I need to find that. Sometimes, there will be things I will forget, and I need to find time to write that down.
Being sick makes me introspective like this 
Edil and I have been talking of moving out of my parents’ house. Matthew is turning seven this year and let’s face it, he is still co-sleeping with us and it’s about time he gets his own room and bed. Matthew is pretty much scared about the idea yet excited that he can pick his own bed. Kids Beds are great priced at this site - www.greatpricedfurniture.com. Their collection varies and they have affordable payment options. They even have a button that has been affiliated with GE Consumer Financing - which says No Interest and No Payments* for up to 12 months! The have popular collections as Jessica McClintock, Jackson Creek, Princess Bouquet, Carolina Retreat and more. I love that they have this great advice for parents: With new customizable furniture, parents can change the color of their children’s furniture with just a few easy steps. Kids can be brutal on furniture, so it’s also important that their furniture is durable and will grow with them. Customizable furniture and the functionality to grow with a child is truly the future of kids furniture. They even have furniture tips online: Decorating and Style, Furniture Care and Furniture Education.
Im sick with the flu - must be the late nights and no sleep has finally caught up with me. So Ive wasted my weekend dozing off and on and taking care of a sick kiddo - Martha. Martha has got it bad - she cant breathe, and she is really grumpy. Im going to try scrapping layouts tonight — I need do meet deadlines for my teams and Ive had no output at all the last two weeks.
A very very sore left side. LOL. I really need to exercise. I stretched this morning and my whole right leg had cramps so bad I was crying! I think I also have sore muscles in my back from sitting in front of the computer so long. So Im going to do some housework today, review Matthew for his tests and just tackle down scrapping late at night. I will be scarce…and I promise I will be
With all the digiscrap kits and pictures I have on my hard drive, properly burned to DVDs and archived to external hard drives as well, I am still contemplating on getting an online back up storage like IBackup - Online Backup. They are actually a leading company for storage solutions for small businesses. Those pictures mean more to me than the most money I can have, so I am willing to invest on some safe storage I can use.
Grabe.
That is all I can say. I PROMISE a very detailed recap of everything this weekend. I got everything I have asked for and more since my birthday - and I dont know whether Im happy or not.
Yun lang.
Nowadays, everything can be done through the web. You can seek help by finding counselling online. It is easy to find a therapist on FindCounseling.com. It is a better experience than flipping through the yellow pages or calling your HMO for a referral. What you need to do to further specify your search is go through 7-factor search engine they have built! They have been focusing on the following local markets: Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Cleveland, Miami, Philadelphia.
VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is simply the transmission of voice traffic over IP-based networks.
The Internet Protocol (IP) was originally designed for data networking. The success of IP in becoming a world standard for data networking has led to its adaption to voice networking.
VOIP has become popular largely because of the cost advantages to consumers over traditional telepone networks. Most Americans pay a flat monthly fee for local telephone calls and a per-minute charge for long-distance calls.
VoIP calls can be placed across the Internet. Most Internet connections are charged using a flat monthly fee structure.
Using the Internet connection for both data traffic and voice calls can allow consumers to get rid of one monthly payment. In addition, VoIP plans do not charge a per-minute fee for long distance. For International calling, the monetary savings to the consumer from switching to VoIP technology can be enormous.
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