glowing purple purses.

I love big bags, but I don't want them so deep that would leave me looking for some stuff. However, this product is just a wee bit too much, it seems to me you are carrying a refrigrator bag. The bag lits up when you open it, similar to your fridge lol! Interested? check it out HERE.

Do you hate looking for your keys? Do you spend a long time searching your purse for your cellphone? Well, the Glowing Purse by Kawamura and Ganjavian, will
bring an end to your misery. The purse uses micro-LEDs, which are attached to the inner fabric of the purse. You can switch the lights on and off as you wish and, when the power dies off, just recharge it or get a new battery.

too many social networking accounts...

I've got tons of social networking accounts and I hope they won't invent some more after Facebook and Plurk. Honestly, I am getting tired checking on all of them, I guess it is just too much online life sharing, if you wouldn't count my blogs (pa!) hee.

I am listing down my most visited social networks and will delete the last one.

1. Friendster -check, because almost all of my friends are there.
2. Twitter -check, to maintain traffic for my blogs and also my virtual sahmmy friends are there.
3. Plurk -check, to add traffic to my blogs despite the fact that I only have 5 friends LOL! I wish my twitterbuddies move to Plurk soon!
4. Facebook -check, because it is easier to locate long lost friends and classmates here. Also, easier to stalk on people LOL!
5. My Space -cross-out, will delete this. I only opened one to get in touch with my US-based cousins (and check on 1 particular cousin hahha!, manang ate kasi ako) and now that I am here, buh-bye MySpace.
   

How about you? Care to share how many social networks did you sign up?

In the meantime, check out this hilariously witty entry of Jessica Zafra on Social Networking.

Honestly, I am regretting on naming my son, Ethan. Had I known we are moving here, I wouldn't name him Ethan. Imagine you calling out your son's name on an arcade, themepark or community pool with 10 or so Mothers, major kenes! This happened to me 6x in my mommy life here.

And yes, Ethan has been consistently the number 1 popular American Boy's Name for 5 years now! Yada yada yada!

Lastly, why do they always have to invent the best versions last. Say for instance: Friendster and MySpace, the better version is Facebook. Plurk is the better version of Twitter. Sigh.

this week's simplicity tips

This week's simplicity tips from: My Simpler Life is something to really ponder on. I can only think of 1 person with regards to tip#3. You see, when I talk to this friend of mine all she ever tells me are criticisms of other people (sometimes she haven't even met!) and she makes it sound like a joke. At 1st, I am laughing at it but sometimes her "hirits" are just too way below the belt. I mean nobody's perfect right? and making fun of other people has never been right. I am still mustering the guts to tell her that I am not enjoying what she has been telling me and that I want to hear positive views from her from now on. Have a good Monday everyone!

1. Forgo recreational shopping for the month.
2. Let the phone ring this evening.
3. Avoid criticizing for 48 hours.
4. Relax at least 15 minutes at lunch.
5. Toss or file any old project folders.
6. Check your emotions before eating.
7. When you are enjoying something lock out thoughts of to-dos and negativity.

this week's simplicity tips

I have had the most relaxed weekend ever. I did not care if there were expiring tasks. My motto was to blog only on a limited time, hence the no entry last Saturday. The downside of this is I think I have gained weight from the relaxing and sleeping I have been doing. How was your weekend?

Here's this week's simplicity tips from: My Simpler Life. I'm doing #s 3 & 5.

1. Eat breakfast on the porch or outside.
2. Plan August birthdays and special occasions.
3. Catch up on any filing.
4. Tend one plant and connect with nature.
5. Take three minutes to close your eyes and breathe.
6. Find someone to play catch with.
7. Sit on your porch for a few minutes and take in the sights and smells.

sayang... (part 2)

Another horrible performance of Amy Whine (este) Winehouse. This time she nudged and punched a fan. tsk tsk. True enough, all the drugs she took are going up on her brain. Sayang talaga tsk tsk. Watch her Nelson Mandela disaster performance 3 entries below.

sayang...

Why do people with so much talent waste their time, money and throat on drugs? Sayang super! I hope she'll get help before it's too late and we'll all just meet her at the crossroads.

some updates...

"Hakuna matata"

>>>is a Swahili word that is literally translated as "here-there-are-no concerns" or commonly translated as "no worries".

This is our problem-free philosophy, what's yours???

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MJ for Sephora.

What are these? These are Marc Jacobs products exclusively sold at Sephora. If you cannot afford his designer bags read: LV LOL! These are very affordable for your vanities! They're adorable and very compact. Prices ranging from $40-$80!!! Not bad! I especially like the white classic bag. It has two drawers, three trays, and two foldout pockets. Very very nice! Very very tempting! I left my traincase in Manila so I better get one here hee.

Check the products HERE!

from sprinkles to jelly glass!

This entry is inspired by my yum yum entry and my Russian classmate who has tons of accessories and gave me a couple yesterday, our last day at school.

I want them all!!!

Delphome Charlotte Parmentier Pink and purple plexiglass & metal cuff bracelet.

Engraved logo pexiglass cuff bracelet in blue and pink!

yumyum!

I saw this at Etsy.Com, unfortunately, it's sold out! It's so yummy looking ahahah! The creator, Cherriesrockmysock does other creative and unique accessories. You can check out her profile and items HERE.

this week's simplicity tips

Despite the fact that we were not able to move in to our supposedly apartment, this alone is not a reason to have a grumpy week ahead. Like I have said in that entry, it was easy for us to forego that apartment and we didn't wanna dwell on it. It's definitely part of God's plan. We trust Him with that. Anyhow, I would want to start my week right and is sharing these tips from My Simpler Life. (i'm doing number 5!) Let's promise ourselves that we will all have a good week. Happy Monday Everyone!

1. Slow down and savor one meal.
2. What is important to you in the next month?
3. Play with one of the things you want to learn this season.
4. Bring your music outside and enjoy the evening.
5. Use a full lunch hour.
6. Have breakfast for dinner.
7. Make your own popsicles and save money.

this week's simplicity tips -an AI diversion

Yes, I am still up. I'm suppose to wake up Hubby by 4am so he could finish some reports for work. I'm afraid that if I sleep, I won't be able to wake him up at 4 nor will he be awaken by his alarm clock, so I chose to stay late and so far I am very unproductive hahah! I have been surfing on blogger templates while chatting with Abie in between.

Anyhoo...Everybody knows by now that David Cook won the AI. I don't want to be a party pooper nor a spoiler so I waited for Thursday to post it. But, I guess you might have seen the results while you bloghopped or in some of your YM buddies' status.

On a lighter note, it's been a while since my last simplicity tips taken from My Simpler Life. So I opted to post it this week even if the week's almost over. I needed to simplify my very cluttered life now. My small brain is finding it very hard to decipher how I would be able to accomplish these tasks in 2 weeks or at least before 1st week of june:

• Write 2 research papers with 30-pages each. I haven't started anything yet, I need to feel the panic and cramming so my brain would work.
• Updates on my beauty blog.
• Our apartment move logistics, thus, more packing.
• Budget in excel as well as my paidblogging earnings monthly excel report.
  

How? Got any ideas? Tell me.
For now, let's settle with these simplicity tips: (#1 keeps me inspired)

1. Declutter 30 min and feel the extra space.
2. Schedule your TV hours, don't just "see what's on."
3. Let go of an old resolved problem.
4. Get one on one time with someone by taking them when you do errands.
5. Where are you overworked? What can you do about it?
6. Disconnect from the internet for a couple work hours and see what you can accomplish.
7. What visual clutter distracts you? What visual pieces inspire you?

It's 3:41am and I have 19 minutes more to blog. Off I go to my Working Blog.

on Bagsbuy.com & Piperlime

How was your Mother's day celebration? Mine was gloomy and lazy. The weather's been very bad! All that Hubby, the little boy and I did was laze around in the bedroom save for the family dinner we had to recap our Mother's Day celebration. There is a total of 5 mothers in my hubby's family here and all of them are in the 50's up. I was the only young mom, so just imagine the mommies talk LOL! We received some little goodies from the young ones and the dinner did stuff me really bad, hay naku sira ang diet!

While waiting for everyone to start dinner, I did some window online shopping, my favorite pastime these days. I am almost going to get myself a Crocs Malindi in Turquoise but there weren't any size 6! Hahahah! It was truly a blessing in disguise because if there was a size 6 and I pressed the purchase button, oh no! It will end up to be an impulsive online purchase again! Tsk tsk very bad me!

I visited Bagsbuy.com for the 1st time, Shoebuy's sister company. And I am drooling and contemplating on getting this The Sak ashbury linen shopper bag in white trim. Truly a beauty! Another sizzling Spring temptation! I am also becoming a wise online shopper by comparing prices and I was surprised to find some nice finds and cheaper prices at Piperlime.com. The hottest items in this website are the Gladiator Sandals and here are my picks!

So before you make any purchase, make sure to compare prices. If you thought Shoebuy.com will give you the cheapest prices, check the items with Endless.com and Piperlime too. Happy shopping!

paint your own FENDI!

Whoa this is sooo cool! Fendi's Paint-your-own Baguette comes in a coated canvas, removable belted shoulder strap with buckle attachments, acrylic double-F logo, polished gold metal logo-engraved appliques on each side, multicolored cartoon-like logo textile lining, and TEN PANTONE UNIVERSE MARKERS included to create your own design on the bag all packaged in a MULTICOLORED FENDI BOX.
Aliw, if you have the moolah boohoo!

better than ice cream and chips

I accidentally discovered that my laptop and iPod video are perfect buddies! Remember my entry on how Chips and Ice Cream are the perfect combo snacks? Well, my iPod and laptop are the perfect techie duo version of chips and Ice Cream. I was finishing up loads and loads of school paper when I decided to turn on my iPod. I assume I can't work well while listening to music, but apparently hearing music (particularly jazz and techno) when everyone else is asleep speeds up my brain. I was able to finish the paper at once. So, I tried it with blogging and blog assignments, whoa! I work faster with these gadgets duo.

Blogging Buzz #5 (it's getting hotter and fiercer!)

As I have previously said, this blogging buzz is no longer part of my feeds and I just got tired and bored checking it. However, with my BEEsy life which I am trying to cope up with really really hard, I need some unwinding to do and the best way to be entertained is thru gossip! SO, I immediately check THE IT GUY OF BLOGOSPHERE's blog and whoa! I was really entertained. It was getting hotter and hotter and the man of the hour even came up on TV explaining his side of the story and looking really fierce and very eloquent hmm. He had himself interviewed by Inquirer News too. It was a good hour of unwinding and now I am hooked again!

Remember This? (a bit of spoiler)

I just had to post this entry when I read about Munchkin Mommy Weng's review on Sophie Kinsella's Remember Me? I was wobbly excited when I bought this book online together with the Shopaholic & Sister, a missing book in my Sophie K shopaholic series collection. So I finished the latest book in 2 days despite my wobbly beesy schedule. But, I was disappointed! For some reasons, Remember Me? is by far the most predictable in the series, it failed my expectations. It did not give me some kilig I usually feel when I read Sophie Kinsella's book. And I can see a trend in her books, it's getting predictable and predictable, alam na alam ko na ang mangyayari sa ending! In this particular book, may pagka-pelikulang pinoy pa ang ending tsk tsk. So far, Undomestic Goddess is my most hilarious Sophie Kinsella read, that is not a part of the Shopaholic series.

unCROCS?

Thanks for the heads up MEL. I am a certified Crocs lover but for the 1st time, I didn't like a croc stuff! Bakit bakit? Kelangan ba talaga??? According to this Shoewawa.com article:

Brace yourselves, people. You may have hoped that the Crocs craze was dying a slow death (how much longer can people think plastic shoes are stylish, after all?) but this week our sister site, Shiny Shiny, brings us tidings of the Crocs mobile phone case: where will this madness end?
As you can see from the image, the case is basically a Croc for your phone. It comes complete with "heel strap", to keep the phone safe, and can even be accessorised with 'Jibbitz' charms, just like the real thing. There's also a panel at the back which you can use to store your credit cards and important documents, showing that, just like the shoes, the Croc phone case is useful, but not remotely stylish.
It'll be available soon in Europe only, and will cost £6.95.

S-I-M-P-L-Y N-O-T M-Y T-Y-P-E!