We Almost Got a Car

One morning my mother sends me a text message. She said my uncle is selling his old car. I replied to her and said I don't have the money now, probably by December. The other day she called me and said my brother Darwin will get the car. What happen was my uncle went to my aunts and told her to lend money either to me or to my brother to buy his car. He said if she will not do that he would lend the money himself. wew! Since my brother is a godchild of my aunt she decided to lend the money to him to get the car. Anyway I know we will be able to get our own car too, in God's time. I wanted to have a Toyota model since what they say accessories and repair is more available and cheaper compare to other model. If we get our own car I will try to save extra money to add chrome accessories to it to make it more elegant. My husband already knows how to drive so I will just ask him to teach me. I hope by next year before we move to our new house we already have our own car.

Ang Po at Opo

Below is the poem that David needs to memorize. At 5 it is quite difficult for him. So far he already knew the first four lines.

Ang Po at Opo

Ang bilin sa akin ng ama't ina ko

Maging magalang na bata ako;

Palaging gamitin ang po at opo

Saan mang Lugar ako magtungo.

Pag nakikipag-usap sa nakatatanda,

Huwag kalimutan magagalang na salita;

Laging tandaan, lahat ay natutuwa

Sa batang magalang sa kanyang kapwa.

How to Untag Photo in Facebook

I didn't know how to do this before and got this help from www.e-how.com. I try it and it works. So simple hahaha. To make it short, click on the tag picture and look for your name on the list of tag people. Beside your name click on remove tag. Taran!

Here is how to untag yourself in a photo on Facebook. You can do this if someone has posted a photo of you that is unflattering or one that you don't like. When you untag yourself, it will still be on their profile, but it will not show up on your photos or profile.

First, go to www.facebook.com and login using your email address and password. Now you will be sent to your Facebook home page.

On your home page, locate the blue bar at the top of the screen. It says Facebook, Home, Profile, Friends, and Inbox. Click on "Profile". Now you will be sent to your profile page.

On your profile page, look underneath your profile picture that is located at the top left. Under it, you will see "View Photos of Me". Click that. Now go through your photos and find the one that you didn't like.

When you find it, click it. Under the photo you will see your name and in parenthesis you will see (phots/ remove tag). Click remove tag. The photo will not show up on your profile anymore, but it will still be on your friend's profile.

Read more: How to Untag Yourself In a Photo on Facebook | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_5784817_untag-yourself-photo-facebook.html#ixzz0s94LFQ9z

AVON - Justice League Bag

I used to order my accessories from Avon. But last May I bought a trolley bag for my little David. It is a Justice Leage Bag. Since they now have 8 books having a trolley bag is much better than a knapsack bag. When school started every time David would go home the zipper is broken. Me or Robin will fix it but then the next day it will be the same. Its not been a month since school started and I am hoping that this bag will last long. His bag last year lasted for the whole school year.

Lucky Me Lomi Instant Noodles

I am fond of Lucky Me Instant Pancit Canton, Calamansi Flavor. Even my little boy loves it, he can actually finish two packs of it. While buying some food in the grocery I saw this Lucky Me Lomi. Since I also love noodles I decided to try it. Good thing I did. My family love it! It taste like real lomi. I enjoy its thick sauce and noodles. It takes like it already has calamansi on it. It taste even better if you add egg. I prefer this than the lucky me instant noodles. Try it and enjoy!

Dota 6.67c Linken Sphere Bug

Yesterday I was searching if there is already a 6.67d map for DOTA. While searching this in Google I saw this article about the linken sphere bug. 

I saw that (the picture above) before while playing but I was not able to click on it. I don't know if it is one of my team who did it or one of our enemy. If you have linken sphere you can actually create a  linken sphere rune (like the picture above). Other hero can pick it and use it once. Below is an instruction on how to do it using sandking.

Steps:
1. Pick Sand King and Level up Burrowstrike.
2. Buy Linken's Sphere and drop it on the ground.
3. Now, Pick it up using Right Click.
4. While moving Hold Shift, Left click Burrowstrike on cast it on Sand King itself.
5. Linken's sphere rune will appear on the ground

They said this can be done by other heroes. Just follow the steps and use other skill on step four. I haven't tried it though maybe next time, hehehe.

How to Encourage a Kid to Write

One thing that I noticed about David is he doesn't enjoy writing. Last year, while he is in nursery, most of the time he doesn't finish their writing activity in school. We used to finish it at home. Last night when I checked his notebook, another unfinished writing activity. I asked him to finish it and he is really not interested. He was asked to write the word "Toys" in two columns. He did not even finish the first column. I ask him why he did not finish at school and he said he is already tired(hahaha). He always write the letter 's' in reverse position and every time I erased and asked him to rewrite it the more he gets frustrated. We are able to finished the work after a few minutes and he said he wanted to eat dinner. I really don't know what to do to encourage him into writing. What I am currently doing is almost everyday I would ask him to fill out a page of a grade 1 pad paper with his full name. If you have any idea how to encourage a kid into writing please make a post. Thanks!

Non Immigrant Visa Application

Yesterday I assisted a friend on how to apply for Non Immigrant Visa Application online. You can visit this link for more instructions. What we did first is we filled out DS-160 form online. You must be ready with a 2x2 photo with full frontal position and a white background. This is part of the requirement You can either upload on the start of the form or on the last part. It has different pages and be careful not to be idle on a any page because your session will time out and you need to start over. There is an option to save data on the bottom of each page so just in case if your session timed out you can upload the file and no need to start from the beginning. Once you are done it has a review page where you can scan through your inputs and be able to do some changes if there is a mistake. Make sure that you check everything because once it is signed and submitted you can no longer edit it. You will get a confirmation page once you submitted the form. You need to print it out and you can also email it to yourself so that you have a copy.

Next step is scheduling an appointment and payment. You have an option of calling the Embassy Call Center for Appointment or do it online through VisaPoint. Callers from the Philippines can call 1-909-101-7878. It cost P53/min plus applicable provincial charges. The number is only for PLDT touch tone land line subscriber with national/international distance dialing features. 

For the payment you can either use a credit card and do it online or go to a BDO or Citi branches in Makati, Greenhills, Libis, Binondo, Alabang and Cebu. 

Effective June 4, 2010, the fees are as follows:

$140	B1/B2, C1/D, F, J, and all other NIV categories not listed below (Visitor/Transit/Student)
$150	H, L, O, P, Q, and R (Temporary Worker)
$350	K (Fiancée)
$390	E (Investor/Trader)

David's 5th Birthday

Last year we celebrated David's birthday at pizza hut. We had dinner with my husband's family. This time we just celebrated it at home. Robin cooked spaghetti, mamu & mamay brought ice cream and his Tita Weng brought chocolate cake. Just a simple celebration nothing "grande." I don't have the luxury to throw him a birthday party. My mom's birthday gift to him is his black shoes for school. It was given 2 weeks ago I think. My birthday gift to him is a gameboy advanced card for his Nintendo DS. 

I still recall his first birthday. It is really unforgettable for me and my husband. I don't even have a money to cook spaghetti or any food. I give P1000 to my husband to pay the electric bill. He lost the money and forgot where he put it. He was teary eyed then and says "Kung alam ko lang mawawala yung pera sana binili na lng konting handa ni David." Eventually he was able to find it and pay the electric bill. Thanks to her Tita Weng who brought cake that night. She actually buys cake every year for all of us during our birthdays. And then on a weekend Mamu cooked spaghetti in celebration of his 1st birthday.

Haays... sad to remember but I am always thankful to God for all our blessings. We eat 3 times a day, we are all in good health, we have good shelter, a loving family. We may not have all that we WANT but then God is providing all that we NEED.

Inihaw Express Review

Last Father's Day I was planning to bring cake to my dad's house. When I texted my mom she said they are in Batangas and will be back the next day. We still went to SM because we needed to buy milk for my baby Rhaine. It was already 1pm and we haven't eat our lunch. Since it was Father's Day all restaurants and food chain are full. We decided instead to eat at the food court and try Inihaw Express. The food looks very appealing. The price are affordable too. I ordered I think they call it Festival Meal worth P300. What I remember it includes 3pcs of chicken barbecue , sisig, inihaw na liempo, stuffed squid, mango with bagoong, pansit, gulay, 3 rice and 1.5 coke. I was not able to bring my camera so I don't have a picture. Well just like other ads the picture looks big and very yummy.

My Comments:

3pc of chicken bbq - is actually 1 pc of chicken leg cut into three

sisig - mostly fats and don't taste good

inihaw na liempo - very thin and doesn't taste like inihaw

stuffed squid - stuffed with tanglad?? wew

mango with bagoog - i though it is just kamatis with onions because the mango is I think just 5 or 6 very small pieces

pansit - literally pansit as in "nasaan ang sahog?" hehehe

laing - this is "medyo ok" because it is spicy

Better eat at Jollibee or jollijeep. The carinderia near our house cooks very much better. Thumbs down and not recommended.