YugaTech Great Gadget Giveaway

Yugatech is giving away a Modu Phone, Globe Tattoo and P500 call cards. (This is not a scam. hehe!) It's a giveaway. It's free!How to Join:It's "Merry Tweetmas" this week so log in to your twitter accounts and do the following:1) Follow @abeolandres and @talk2globe on Twitter. 2) Post a tweet “Just entered to win a Modu Phone. Quick! Go follow @abeolandres and @talk2globe and retweet: http://bit.ly/6e2q7O #thanks2yugatech"1 winner will receive a...

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Cellphone Scam, Tricks, Bogus Texts, Instant Money, etc

Your cellphone number won P950, 000 via electronic raffle...It still never fails to make my heart jump a half-second. Imagine being in an ordinary day, sighing to yourself and wishing that you'd get a brand new LCD TV this Christmas plus a loft condominium next year. Imagine that in the middle of your musings, you'd suddenly receive a message on your phone that says you've won nearly a million. How does that feel?It feels even worse to realize that it's just a fake ray of hope. A mirage in the desert. However you stare at those big numbers, you only wish it were true and not some cell phone scam that only extorts than give.How Do You Know it's...

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Weekend Foot Spa at Home

Low on budget for a date with your boyfriend / girlfriend? Why not try a home-made foot spa and enjoy it together? It's relaxing, it's fun and a good alternative for a weekend date.Things you'll need:Lotion - scent fo your choiceOatmeal - for exfoliation; smooth skinSaltwateroptional: foot scrub lotionWhat to do:Make 2 mixtures. For exfoliation: Mix lotion and salt. optional: foot scrub lotionFor soft skin: Mix lotion and oatmeal.Prepare 2 water...

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Starbucks - Why you are addicted to Starbucks Coffee

What you’re really paying for with $4 The coffee culture once belonged to the older generations who used to have the pleasure of having coffee with colleagues or business partners; them who used to say that coffee is bad for young people. Not now when Starbucks created a new generation of coffee drinkers which includes just about anyone who can afford a $4 coffee drink. So if it’s a $4 coffee, how was Starbucks able to change the coffee culture...

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Super Mario gets Broken Hearted

Super Mario ain't so super in this very short and simple comic strip. Words and visuals at its minimum yet it was able to arrive at the point, bull's eye. It cuts de...

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How My Landlady dealt with Cat Poop

I've already shared in my previous post on cat poop about some ways on how to stop cats from pooping on a ceramic doorstep. The fact that it's ceramic, it's difficult to keep a certain strong scent to shoo the cats away. So the cat kept pooping once in a while. Lucky for us, our landlady patiently cleans the poop for us.One day, I saw our landlady asking her son to catch the cat and put it in a sack. She wants to lose the cat in a far place so that it can live away from our doorsteps.That night, we didn't see the cat (it's orange) however, a black and white cat lurks the place. I thought the orange cat asked the other cat to guard the place while...

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Got Chili on Your Eyes?

My girlfriend loves chili. Today, while she was slicing organic chili for her vegetable mix, a chili seed popped straight to her right eye.The burning sensation was immense. She felt like her eye was swelling and told me that she might need to go to the hospital. She went straight to treating her eye with running water but to no avail. She got ice cubes and treated her eyes. There, it became better and the red on her eye subsided.I hurried down a convenience store to buy milk. Milk attracts the chili molecules so you can easily wash it away. Chili has oil in it so water won't be so effective. When I arrived, she rinsed her eye with the milk....

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Chanel, Louis Vuitton and other absurd Luxuries

Chanel bag for sale at P116,000 ($2320)I've been encountering issues regarding luxury items like bags, purses, make-up, etc. I just knew that names like Chanel, Gucci and Vuitton cost a leg and an arm - probably two - and didn't ever bother immersing myself in the pool.Last weekend, I chanced upon a radio program that discussed luxury bags and purses. At first, they were saying that you can actually rent luxury bags (maybe for special occasions) as seen in Sex and the City movie, a suggestion from Louise (Hudson).Then it went on to a discussion on re-selling these bags:Thou shall not buy a luxury bag without its certificate. Without a certificate,...

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Beauty is not skin deep: Transsexual Miss World

This morning, I was amazed when I read the news about the Transsexual Miss World held at Pattaya, Thailand.Transsexuals from all over the world paraded their beauty and glamour at this special event held in order to increase awareness about transsexuals and hopefully, to decrease discrimination against the LGBT community.Transsexuals and the rest of the LGBT community have experienced so much discrimination since probably the beginning of time. Laws withhold social and civil rights, social communities ignore if not discriminate and even parents turn their backs from their children as if being homo/transsexual is some kind of disease.As a result,...

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Going to the Gym

I've never believed in going to the gym before. I didn't take my body seriously and I've always thought that I could get enough exercise through my daily activities and moderate eating.I don't believe I'm fat but I admit I do have 'problem areas' where all the fats in my body seem to go first. So yeah, I'm okay but as I've mentioned in my previous post, I'm on my way to being hot. Yeboi!Tonight, I'm going to hit the gym. It's not Fitness First or Gold's Gym or any of those high-end gyms. It's at the Summit Wellness Center in the Philippine Stock Exchange Bldg in Ortigas. They have a promo that waives memership fee of P1,500 if you enroll from...

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Cat Emotions, Cat Drama

I found this really adorable video on Facebook.At first, you could only think of how cute it is. But later, I thought of how amazing it is to really feel the cat's emotions. The tones go up and down like it's really talking. The gestures of the two cats are communicating.Just amazing.disclaimer: the video doesn't belong to ...

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Eating Greens, Being Healthy

Today is the beginning of me, being serious about being healthy and losing weight. Not that I'm uber fat, just on my quest to get rid of the gut. Err... that doesn't sound too good.Fine, let's just say, I'm on my way to being hot.Part of my promise to finally work it out, I did not eat rice today nor I will for the next days and weeks. Wish me luck!I had this salad from the grocery (my thoughtful girlfriend bought this for me) this evening:It's called...

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World Pyro Olympics 2009

I'm thrilled! This morning, I called to reserve 2 VIP tickets for me and my girlfriend for the World Pyro Olympics 2009.This year's World Pyro Olympics will be held on 5 consecutive Saturdays from November 21 to December 19 at The Fort Open Grounds Bonifacio Global City, Taguig Philippines. For those who didn't know, the Pyro Olympics is a competition of elaborate fireworks display synchronized with music.This year's participants are the following:...

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Cola, Coke and other Softdrinks are UNHEALTHY: But we Want our Fizz!

I just read an online article yesterday titled 'Liquid candy': Unhealthy by Dr. Philip S. Chua. It's a pretty lengthy article with the bottom line: Softdrinks are unhealthy. They will give you all the possible illnesses in the world.Okay, so that's an exaggeration.However, the article shows results from various studies that link drinking cola, coke and other softdrinks to illnesses like diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, heart disease, high blood pressure,...

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The Best 3 in One Instant Coffee

I am a fan of Starbucks, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and Seattle's Best. The play of flavors with coffee is stimulates my taste buds for coffee. They stimulate both senses and mind. All good.But we have to admit, we cannot always grab a Starbucks every single time especially if you're an average worker like me, moreover if your budget is tight. (I'm sure that happens when payday is a week away, ne?)I strongly recommend having KOPIKO 3 in ONE instant...

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Getting Cat Poop Out of Our Doorstep

Three days days in a row that we're having stray cat's poop just outside our apartment door. It's ceramic tiles and we're on the third floor. If I have to clean it, I have to bring the poop 3 floors down and by the time I get upstairs again, I'd smell of cat poop. Eww.There were 2 poop spot outside our door this morning and the stink comes in up to our bedroom.Good thing our landlady came in yesterday so she took care of yesterday and today's poop. With my best friend Google, I searched for ways on how to keep the cat from pooping on unwanted space.There are two ways that sounds easy: >>> dissolve pepper in some water and spray...

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