Posted by clair on August 21st, 2008 in SS, entertainment
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed for our latest posts of weekend ideas and more.What do girls generally get up to when they go out in a group? I mean, we do all the usual stuff like gossip about husbands and in-laws and who got her face lifted [...]
Posted by clair on August 19th, 2008 in entertainment
It’s the school holidays and if you’ve got kids, they’re likely pestering you to take them out.
Few kids can sit still at home. It’s also a good idea to tear them away from their computer games for a few hours.
We watched Wall-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth something-or-other last weekend.
Wall-E, as you probably [...]
Posted by clair on August 7th, 2008 in , travel 'n transportation
Before my neighbor’s son left for his studies overseas, they bought him a new car. Not quite sure why since he was obviously going to be away for a few years at least.
And that’s exactly it. The car’s been sitting in their front porch ever since. His son’s now back from overseas and yesterday I [...]
Posted by clair on August 7th, 2008 in entertainment
Can you imagine tomorrow’s the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing and our TV’s not working? Well, the TV’s working but the darned Astro has given up the ghost.
When we called their hotline, some guy walked us perfunctorily over the troubleshooting script, and after burning up the 1-300 phone line (on purpose), we were [...]
Posted by clair on August 7th, 2008 in travel 'n transportation
I used to enjoy driving. A lot. In fact, I’d be happy to drive anyone anywhere. They just had to ask. No problem.
I still love driving except I’m beginning to feel it’s a bit of a drag especially when I go pick up Steev. Frankly driving in the vicinity of his college (or any college, [...]
Posted by clair on August 6th, 2008 in , celebrations 'n events, travel 'n transportation
Two more days and it’s lucky wedding date 08.08.08 and guess what? Everyone and their dog will be rushing to get married on this superstitious auspicious date.
But actually it’s quite easy to plan and organize your wedding and honeymoon now that everything’s just a click away on the internet. It’s not in those days when [...]
Posted by clair on August 6th, 2008 in freebies, shopping, tips & ideas
Do you have any vouchers or coupons that will be expiring soon? Better use it fast. If you wait till it’s too close to the date, you’ll find yourself shopping out of desperation like I did last weekend.
It was the craziest 2 hours I ever spent hunting up and down for ways to use up [...]
Posted by clair on August 6th, 2008 in save money, shopping, tips & ideas
I love warehouse sales but not in this kind of weather. Can you imagine breathing in the haze in one of those open-door warehouses with barely-there air-conditioning?
Okay so while we’re fighting the heat and haze, we mustn’t forget that warehouse sales are mostly aimed to clearing old stock, outdated or discontinued product lines, sometimes even [...]
Posted by clair on August 5th, 2008 in , everything else
Did you have a hobby as a kid? When I was in school, I used to collect stamps and coins. I was actually more interested in stamps because of the pretty pictures on them.
But I also collected whatever coins came my way because I was hoping to make a small fortune of them if I [...]
Posted by clair on August 5th, 2008 in outdoors, tips & ideas
The haze is back! I’m sure you can smell it and you’re probably switching on the lights in your house by late afternoon because it’s so gloomy outside. I don’t have to tell you what to do but here are a few reminders just the same.
Keep your windows closed to keep the dust and smoke [...]