Our Santa's Village

The original plan was, we’ll start to put xmas décor after the Thanksgiving but then, I couldn’t wait that long anymore. So today, I set-up the Xmas snow village in our den next to the fireplace. Honestly, when mom-in-law gave us these tiny houses with lights inside, I have no idea where to put them. I guess, MIL saw my facial reaction and without any question, she made a sample using some props. And I told her “ Now, I know how to do it”. All I knew about xmas décor are xmas trees, lights, gifts, lanterns, Santa’s shoes BUT NOT Santa’s village.

This is just for now (Santa’s village). We are planning to buy a real xmas tree and more decors. Couldn’t wait for Xmas : listening to xmas songs, gifts giving , and going to neat places where xmas is highly celebrated. Do you know why I like xmas? That’s my family name (in Filipino term) . Pascoe na sinta ko!

LeapFish : Living the Web

Have you ever asked yourself how fortunate you are that you belong in this present generation? Personally, I did ask myself and yes I’m fortunate that I could use internet anytime and anywhere . Information that we get in the world wide web are so useful in our daily lives. It is also very convenient to gather such information through the net. There is no need for us to go to library to find a specific book to get an answer to the topic that we are searching for.

Basically, my reasons why I’m online during my free time are: to share and to search . Yes I do have three (3) blog-websites to maintain in regular basis. I do share my thoughts and personal experiences thru my blogs. I do search often as well to get some ideas to share. And today, I spent my time on leapfish search. I’m so impressed on how the results came up. It is truly a living web because you get the results that you are wishing for : fresh information and you could access all that you care about to know from just one advance start page. For me, it really motivated me to do more searching because they would give you the relevant information regarding the topic that you are searching for.

Today, I have searched the name of the person that I wanted to know and after few seconds, I got some important updates about that person : latest news about her, her whereabouts, latest pictures, and not to mention she has a Facebook account. This search engine is pretty cool! You'll get the real time result. I’ll definitely use Leapfish as my homepage.

FREE HBO Movies

How generous the Verizon cable tv is. They are giving us an HBO movies for free for three months! There are more than 20 HBO movies that we could watch in the vicinity of our home. How I love watching new movies on TV, their latest movies so far was made in 2008. My eyes are look-in on TV since yesterday but I had a severe headache for 5 hours because I skipped my lunch! Oh well, I have to stay away on the remote or else I could do nothing anymore but watching. I just took ibuprofen and my headache is gone.

Speaking of cable TV, do you know that you could watch GMA Pinoy for Free on COX cable? Yes, it’s free! Too bad I’m not using COX but Verizon. My husband is just waiting for my go signal to get TFC but I couldn’t say YES to him because I don’t like the price! $25 is too much for me. I don’t watch that much Fil TV even when I was still in the Philippines. I spent and spend most of my FREE time online so getting TFC is just a waste for me, BUT if it’s free, why not? I could watch sometimes.

Parental Monitoring Software

I’m a mother of two and a stay-at-home-mom. My duties as a mother is not as easy as you think. If you are a mother, you know what I mean. I consider myself as all around in our house : mom, wife, nanny, maid, name it. The only thing that I think I don’t fit in is being an errand because I don’t drive yet. I’m proud to be called all-around because I love what I’m doing and I feel like I’m needed by my family. With all the responsibilities that I have to do everyday, I wished to have a nanny because I couldn’t do multiple tasks at the same time . Oh don’t get me wrong, I don’t need a lady-nanny but I need a NannySoft to help me watch over my eldest daughter who has an access in the internet. We allowed her to use internet to learn new vocabularies and spelling words. Sometimes, she also log in on educational sites to learn things by herself. She also knew that if she has a question, she could come online and find the answer. With that, it’s also my responsibly that my kids won’t go beyond the limit online, I know that good and bad stuffs are available in the internet so with the help of nannysoftware, it allows me to stay informed on what my kids are doing online. This sofware is really helpful to a busy mom like me. You could view the screenshots they have provided and you'll see how easy to navigate their software product. Plus, you could take advantage of their free download too.

Deep Cleaning : bot-bot

My new dentist is a full-blooded Filipina but couldn’t speak tagalog because she was born and raised here in the US. She’s young and kind, kinda-friendly. Hmmm this post is not about her but about my dental check-up today. My appointment with the dentist was supposedly check-up slash (/) cleaning but in x-ray alone took much of the time because their PC was not in the mood. After the xray, the dentist had to explain the xray result to me. She also checked my teeth and she couldn’t find any damage or fault on my teeth so that means she couldn’t collect any moolah from me, hahaha! All I want in that clinic was to clean my teeth (although I don’t have that tartar yet cause I did some cleaning before leaving Philippines) --- its been 6months that I didn’t go to the dentist for cleaning. BUT heck! There was a red flag in that clinic (I think), the dentist suggested that my teeth should undergo “DEEP CLEANING” which cost more than 500 bucks! Tell me she just wants to collect money to pay for her employees.

Yay! Deep cleaning means to scrape my gums to death ?! She couldn’t get enough money from regular cleaning that’s why we suggested for deep cleaning. Until now, I couldn’t believe that one dentist here sucks. I WOULD PREFER TO USE THAT $500 AS MY PLANE FARE AND LET MY ORIGINAL DENTIST DO THE CLEANING (BARATO NA LIMPYO PA).

EyeWear

(My eyeglasses for tomorrow)

It would be wonderful if I wear eyeglasses too just like my husband and my daughter. When they purchased their eyeglasses recently, they let me chose for them and I picked two pairs on New Arrivals and they loved it. As I looked at them wearing those eyeglasses, it made me think to get one Holiday fun Eyeglasses for myself. Honestly, I’m tempted to order now, an $8 prescription Zenni glasses is perfect for me : affordable, and cool looking eyeglasses.

Legoland California

We spent our afternoon at Legoland today. Oh wow! We didn’t expect this treat from MIL. How cool and generous she was (as always). Arianna and hubby had to stay home though because bringing baby was not a good idea. We tried bringing her at Disneyland before and we ended up “not riding’ those exciting rides.

We arrived there at quarter to 12 at noon and we proceeded immediately to rollercoaster ride. Oh yay! - my first time! I enjoyed a lot. Then we rode 5 more rides. What I like about LegoLand is their MiniLands USA made from bricks and Lego.

We stayed there for three hours..our last stop was the shop and bought some souvenirs for the kids.

Note : The entrance fee is the same as Disneyland . $175 for 3.

Best Acne Product

You don’t need to be a high-maintenance woman just to get rid of your acne. You could buy it online without worrying the side effect of the cream you applied on your face. The product I’m talking about is produced by Dr. Dermal with an active ingredients that are clinically proven and endorsed by dermatologist, doctors and pharmacists.

Before going further about acne treatment, you have to know first the causes of acne. There are four main causes of acne. These are excessive oiliness, abnormal skin shedding, bacterial proliferation and local inflammation. In other theory, the cause of acne is hereditary. Whatever the real cause of your acne, there’s a way to remove them from your face and you could start living without thinking of beads-liked around your face.

There are so many best acne products available online but only few that are really effective. The new acne range launched by Dr. Dermal has no side effects, doesn’t cause irritation, sensitivity or dryness, and the best part is - - - it does combat all known causes of acne. The ingredients include: olive tree extract, purified plant lignin, and unique osmotic gel. With all this promising information, you have nothing to worry if you’re allergic or not because they don’t include ingredients that are banned or restricted anywhere in the world. So, you are safe with this. I would recommend this to friends as well.

Rewriting

I’ve changed for good, hehe! I mean, when I first started in paid blogging, I won’t dare to make a post which was 200 words for $5. Why should I? I didn’t have that many words to say or flowery words to connect to make it a longer entry. I just couldn’t think of anything to write and I didn’t want to waste my time. But now, what a heck---been blogging for 2years and maybe I’m used to make longer post already , even sometimes no meaning at all (sa mailad lang sa puti nga tikal,hehe!)

Although I have changed my schedule in blogging to night time, I’m still lucky that opps pop-up at night most of time and I could submit the post (s) at the same time. The result, “rewrite your opp” haha! My bad, I made posts so quickly that I didn’t mind my grammar at all. But that’s fine with me, at least I know that I’m wrong and I have to correct it. I’m learning! Oh yeah! Oh yes! Approved!

iLasik video Contest

Are you having an eye problem? How long have you been dealing with your high-grade eyes? If your answer is more that 5 or 10 years, then you must join the iLASIK Video Contest. You gotta See this video contest because it would definitely change your vision by the help of Abbott Medical optics Inc (AMO), a certified laser vision correction. My husband was one of their patients 25years ago and I’m telling you, my husband’s life has improved since then. He never had to wear an eyeglasses for more than two decades. It really worked that’s why he would undergo iLasik again in the next few years. Wearing an eye-glasses is such a hassle for him. You could also get a laser eye procedure without any cost if you give yourself a time to make a video that is an eye-catching , anything that you think very memorable to you or funny too. A video about your vision : how it affects you or, how better vision could improve, or how better vision has already improved.

Have an extra care for your eyes, join the contest now and get a chance to win the grand prize which is $5,000! That’s exactly the price for eye laser procedure. Or got a chance to win the first prize (HDTV-$2,500 value) and second prize (The Flip UltraHD camcorder- $199.99 value).

There are 3 easy steps to follow in order to win : 1. Submit a video 2. Tell Friends to vote 3. Have a chance to win. Good luck to you ! Hope you’ll win.

Our 1st Halloween

It was quite an experience ( our first time I should say ) except the hubby : going out for Trick or Treating. We started our night by taking some pictures first and then we went out house to house (only the house with Halloween decors). We just let Bienne knocked on doors and she was so cute saying those “ Trick or Treat”, “ Thank You” and “Happy Halloween”. Arianna was sitting on her stroller all the time and she didn’t have any complain for two hours. They collected at least 60 pcs of candies and chocolates from about 30 houses. Bienne was not afraid knocking on the door (s) (only when the decors are not so scary). There were houses with so many scary stuffs outside that she needed her daddy to be with her. I was just staying behind to capture pictures. It was fun! Next year again.

Carried Away

Have you tried watching a certain movie and then all of a sudden you really got mad to the actors? Oh well, I did get mad today to 2 main actors in the movie “Orphan” . It was a horror movie. I was really mad to the guy (the husband) because he was so pathetic. He didn’t consider or he didn’t believe on the feeling and intuition of his wife. If you have watched this movie, you would understand what I mean. I know it was only a movie, I shouldn’t be carried away but I couldn’t avoid it. I was really into the movie as if - it’s real. Lol! I was also mad to the orphan, hehe! Because she was so mean, wicked (like an EC dropper, hehe! ) , a very dangerous 9 yo kid, a cold-blooded 33 yo woman. Yeah, she was 33yo lady trapped in a 9 yo body, in short dwarf (according to the movie). You got to watch this one so you would get mad too, hehe! It’s not that scary but very interesting one.

3-Day Super Sale Asia Pacific

Asia Pacific countries such as Thailand, Korea, China, Japan, HK, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Fiji, Indonesia, Taiwan, India, and Bali became a popular tourist destination because these places offer great and exciting or beautiful and breathtaking spots. Every country stated above has its own cultural , exciting and romantic places to offer for their visitors. Each year, people who love to travel would prefer to visit and stay for a while in Asia and they have their reasons why they chose to have a vacation there. Some of the reasons could be the tropical weather, cheaper when it comes to expenses , and the beautiful place itself. On the other hand, those countries really care about their tourism industry because this way, they could earn a lot from their guests. They don't stop making ways and means to improve, to maintain the cleanliness, and to make the place better.

For those who are planning to travel in Asia Pacific Countries, today is the best time to book online. There are one million hotel rooms at a very affordable rate. To give you some idea, the rate starts for as low as US$30 per night for a stay period on December 2009 till April 2010. If you book between October 27- 30, 2009, surely you could take advantage of the Accor Hotels 3-Day Super Sale Asia Pacific. Hurry! This offer is limited only. Book your dream vacation now.

Cool Afternoon in the Park

The weather was cool this afternoon and so we decided to go out and spend our time in the park. When the weather is not that cold and warm, we usually go the park. We just walked from the house and it took us 5 minutes to reach the neat park. Bienne enjoyed the swing and the slide while Arianna enjoyed walking on the grass though her direction was going to the slide. We stayed in the park for about an hour and we decided to go home , going in different way. We saw couple houses that are for Sale and we wished we could buy our own house but today is not the right time yet. We are happy with the house that we are renting now but when the owner would raise the price, then that might be the time to buy a house ( in the Philippines, hehe!)

Special Packages at the Hilton's

The most awaited event of the year for my family is the Holidays. We always talk about Holidays during our family time and we couldn’t wait for this season to come. We talked about our Christmas decors, gifts to give , foods to prepare, and places to visit for short vacation. With all the special packages offered by Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing and Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel, it would be best to stay in the hotel this coming holidays. It is seldom for a hotel to offer special packages like the following : 1. Moon River Package for guests who are looking for arts and entertainment. 2. Santa Claus is Coming to Town for guests like us (The Pascoe’s) who are Santa-fanatic. 3. It’s a Wonderful Life for guests who like to relax with a spa treatment. 4. Polar Express for those who want a magical ride. 5. Silver Dollar City is a 3-day park hopper passes for a family of 4 to silver Dollar City and White Water.

Why did I say that Holidays is the most awaited time for my family? It’s because we want to commemorate the real meaning of Holidays in a very special way. We also believed that collecting good memories on those days would bring great recollections in the future.

Advance Happy Holidays everyone!