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How to Avoid Being Tracked 2008-04-22 11:38:54 Living life in the USA means your banking activity, credit history, income generation, TV watching, purchases, where you go online, or just about everything except breathing is tracked. If you want to believe some, they average the amount of “utots” you have and declare your butt or “puwet” a hazard to the environment.
So how [...] Read more:Avoid
, Tracked
Let the Flowers Grow 2008-04-22 11:19:46 Last fall, our entire family worked outside to transform and ugly spot outside of our windows into a flower garden with perennials. We planted daffodils, tulips, Asiatic lilies and now a rose and three Alcea plants. Soon, we will be putting up a bird bath in the middle of the three Alceas.
The work is [...] Read more:Flowers
New Method of Finding Employment 2008-04-21 21:29:21 Yes, I know this is jumping the gun a bit. Normally I do entries like this on my Tuesday Health and Wealth theme but this is a juicy tidbit to share.
For the better part of 2007, my hubby and I worked with a recruiter in an industry specific field in hopes of learning the [...]
Why “What’s Da Buzz?” 2008-04-21 21:26:33 I have noticed an odd search for what “Da” or “Da Buzz” means or refers to. The short answer to the question someone seems to be searching Google for is a simple one. Whatsthebuzz or What’s The Buzz domain name was already taken. Try reading “What’s the buzz?’ with a slight southern accent. Since I [...]
A Fateful Bug- Weekend Snapshot 9 2008-04-21 00:15:11 No, this is not a bug that has started an illness. Not one in a human ….errr….let me correct that. This is a bug that indirectly started an illness through a human about 2 years ago.
In this photo, my hubby had the camera as he spied this rather large bug sitting above an apartment door [...] Read more:Weekend
Unlocking the Power of Your Blog 2008-04-21 00:04:44 As your blog grows and you wish to provide your readers with more options, your menu is the key to providing them with more options. You can take your time trying to produce this and figure it out. However, the core to making anything look great is one part technical skill and 2 parts knowing [...] Read more:Unlocking
Pancit Bijon Version – Lost Count 2008-04-19 02:49:22 To many of my readers, Pancit Bijon is one of the delicious dishes of the Philippines. It is also the one I’m the best at making. My Tatay was the cook of the family along with my Nanay so I never really did get many of the recipes memorized. Feel free to send a few [...]
Personality Traits around Us 2008-04-18 22:19:38 As I’ve said before, the difference between the Philippines and the USA is massive. My estimate is life is 90% different between the two countries. The 10% that is the same has to deal with things that go beyond culture, heritage, economic issues and more. What is the same is the variety of attitudes present.
Some [...] Read more:Personality
, Traits
Space Saving Sleeping 2008-04-18 21:46:31 When you only have one little one in the house, sleeping arrangements are fairly easy to do. However, space can become a premium as the numbers of children increase.
Bunk beds or loft beds are a common feature in many homes in the Philippines as families are often big and space is small. Further, those [...] Read more:Saving
, Sleeping
, Space
How Are Car Accidents Resolved Part II 2008-04-23 22:42:27 continuation of “How Are Car Accidents
Resolved Part One”. Click here to read the Part I
The standard treatment is about the same in both countries of the bones need to be manipulated back into proper alignment. In the Philippines, this is done with a series of massages from your nanay or tatay or [...]
How About a Bamboo Log Home? 2008-04-23 22:13:30 Thinking back to the days growing up where most of the homes of my relatives were bamboo homes then coming to the USA, I wonder if it is possible to merge the idea of a Philippine and a US home.
My hubby and I are in the beginning phases of trying to figure out just [...] Read more:Bamboo
How Are Car Accidents Resolved Part I 2008-04-23 16:01:34 In the Philippines, a car accident, especially a bad one, is nothing but expensive. Either you have the money for your own car repairs and medical bills or you are sunk. Car insurance is optional and commonly used by well known people or someone who can afford it and wanted to protect their investment etc. [...] Read more:Accidents
Tourism Time with a Weak Dollar 2008-04-23 15:18:44 There is always a bright side to everything that is going in the wrong direction. It just depends on your point of view. For this entry, I’m going to point out the bright side to the weak dollar in the USA.
As the dollar continues to weaken against other currencies such as the Euro, the United [...] Read more:Dollar
, Tourism
What is HIPAA Part II 2008-04-22 23:36:43 continuation of What is HIPAA Part I. Please click here to read the Part One.
I work in what would be called a pharmacia information system vendor or a 3rd party help desk. One of the biggest griefs we get is people getting upset about us not being able to help them unless we can get [...]
What is HIPAA? Part I 2008-04-22 19:22:04 For the next few Tuesdays, I will be focusing on a quiet side most of us or at least others are not fully aware of. Since I work in the pharmacia field, I have become keenly aware of it and now will pass that information on to you. This is the conflict between the insurance [...]
Raising a Bilingual and Multicultural Child Part II 2008-04-25 00:32:39 continuation of “Raising
a Bilingual
and Multicultural Child Part I” Please click here for Part One.
The topic of teaching our children to be bilingual is a very tough one. How do you balance the Tagalog and English without creating problems in the child’s life in either language? If your own accent is too thick, will [...]
Alert to All Business Owners 2008-04-25 00:23:15 Of course, that means to all of the business owners who read my blog. Running a business or even planning to run a business carries with it many responsibilities you have to contend with.
Depending on the nature of the business you may run, it can keep you hopping ordering all of the products, scheduling [...] Read more:Alert
, Business
, Owners
Raising a Bilingual and Multicultural Child Part I 2008-04-24 23:53:19 Why didn’t I title this “How to Raise a Bilingual
& Multicultural Child”? The answer is simple. I do not have all the answers especially for every circumstance but I can add my input into the discussion.
Personally, I question the integrity of a person if they write something with a title of “How to…” [...] Read more:Raising
Increasing Your Blog’s Exposure 2008-04-24 23:41:18 Any of us can list off some of the common online social networks. Some are good still and others have slid down a notch or two as an unpleasant element has taken over.
However, online social networks are a solid source of connecting with others and potentially increasing traffic to your blogs. We all know [...] Read more:Exposure
, Increasing
Debugging a Friend 2008-04-24 14:26:12 As I mentioned yesterday, I do have a background in computer troubleshooting. My household is also quite good in computers as well so we choose to help a friend out with a problem of theirs. But it wasn’t about debugging a computer but using a computer to help debug.
Amongst all of the things that have [...]
The Little Touches 2008-04-24 13:49:48 For some, it is nice to know that your company actually cares that you exist. It can seem that you do your job as if you are just another cog in the business machine to be replaced when you are broken or worn out.
In a few companies I’ve heard of that is unfortunately true. But [...]
Bulldog Attitude on Tech 2008-04-26 01:43:38 If you haven’t noticed, I have a trait that assists me good on troubleshooting computers. I cannot let a topic go until I have found the answers and fixed it.
On fixing an issue with computers, this helps out a lot as I will keep on going until the problem is solved. However, it also [...] Read more:Bulldog
The Mini & Closer Version of the Philippines 2008-04-26 01:28:07 Let’s face it women. We Filipina women are a great catch for our husbands. We make some of the most devoted and loving wives in the world who care about the family.
To come to the USA requires great sacrifice on our part as we leave our family, loved ones, and our old life several [...] Read more:Philippines
Friday Memes: Kissable..Not! 2008-04-26 01:21:12 I have always wanted to redo my teeth so I thought I would hit the dental reset button and grow new teeth.
Jetty, Do you like my new smile? I look like a fashion expert now. How successful do you think my career in modeling will be? Thanks sa tag ha!
Hopefully, [...] Read more:Friday
, Memes
The Big Tech Guns 2008-04-26 01:07:21 Thanks to those unpleasant visitors from a few weeks back, I have a new passion of finding and informing all of you about the law, the Internet, and computers.
I would not be so bold as to give you the “how to” but rather inform you of “where to” go to get the detailed information. [...]
Friday Meme: World Linkies 2008-04-26 00:13:11 And another tagged from Nova- thankie Inday. If you are a regular readers or visitor of mine, please consider yourself tagged! Salamat po.
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Join the World
wide Link Love!
Benefits of Worldwide Link Love!
1. Make new friends around the world.
2. Feel the Link Love.
3. Gain new readers and subscribers.
Rules:
1. Copy from ~start copying here [...] Read more:Friday
What to Do? 2008-04-25 23:24:08 What do you do when you are a business owner or someone else and your name is worsened just by some bad press online?
There are a few options but most of them require a lot of work to correct. Most of my readers know I was recently attacked here on my own blog with [...]