10th August 2009
Dear Diary,
I can't believe it's August already. It will be Christmas season in a few months' time, and I haven't even completed my shopping list yet. Who will I include? Who will I leave out? I do know that the number of people in my list will be mor...
10th August 2009
A notice arrived from the Post Office today - my birthday. It says that there is a package waiting for me at the parcel section, waiting to be claimed.
I cannot contain my excitement. It must be from Johnny, my cousin who lives in New York City and wo...
27th June 2009
It goes without saying that I am a movie buff. I love film, no matter the genre; I have been watching and enjoying movies for as long as I can remember. To me, Friday nights meant walking all the way to the local town cinema to see the latest Tom Cruise o...
26th June 2009
Most young parents have experienced the dilemma of shopping for baby clothes. It's not an easy thing to do, after all. The process goes well beyond choosing blue for boy and pink for girl. One has to ask questions like: where do I shop? What should I look...
23rd June 2009
As a father and head of the household, I have begun to search the Internet for resources on building - and rebuilding - our house. It's a tough task, and budgeting is not the least of my concerns. When my wife and I moved into our three-bedroom house, you...
22nd June 2009
Halloween is fast approaching, and what can truly be frightening about the October 31 holiday is the amount of time and money that you have to spend on trick or treat, party ideas, costumes, and home decor. But before you give in to your fears, here are a...
15th June 2009
Are you going jewelry shopping? Looking for the perfect engagement ring with which to surprise your spouse-to-be? I know: the very thought can be nerve-wracking. Jewelry, after all, counts as a huge investment. You have to think thoroughly and choose wise...
12th June 2009
Be it for business or for pleasure, travel can enrich our lives. It can help us gain a greater appreciation of the sights and sounds around us, the people and the places that would be deemed strange from the commonplace lifestyles that we lead. However, t...
12th June 2009
I am an excited geek. Make that over-excited. The past few days I have done nothing but make a list of what I would want to have on Christmas Day this year, and Halloween isn't even a few weeks away. Nevertheless, I believe that this hard work and early p...
12th June 2009
School has just started and I am planning to try out for my senior high school basketball team. The first step towards that goal is looking for the best basketball shoes for me. I know that there are so many brands and models - Air Jordan, Nike, Adidas, C...
11th June 2009
Has a string of drunken karaoke nights reinforced your desire to be the next guitar hero? Don't worry. It's never too late to wonder what it would be like to have a flourishing musical (read: rock star) career. And with coupon codes abound to help us save...
11th June 2009
It is not an easy task to look for specific titles of books and magazines. The shelves in book stores and the aisles in magazine stands do not guarantee organization, and sometimes even the sales ladies don't know where the title you are looking for is lo...
11th June 2009
These days, virtually everyone is connected to the Internet, along with hundreds of millions of other users. We can't live or play without the Web. But we also can't compromise the security of our computer systems by ignoring the risks of hackers and viru...
11th June 2009
Internet shopping has revolutionized the way we buy and sell furniture. Nowadays, we need not make a long trip to furniture stores that may or may not have what we want; instead, we need only to look at online shops, auction websites, Web-based announceme...
09th June 2009
I am dangerous when armed - armed, that is, with credit cards, and dangerous to myself. I can sit at a computer desk all day, without uttering a single word, and you would not know that I am on my way to demolishing my fiscal year. Thanks to Internet shop...
