Back in my day, we were too poor to buy toys. Really, who needs toys when you have playmates ready to play at the break of dawn, even before having breakfast. One just needs to clap their hands to signal that a playmate is already waiting outside. I don’t think I have a playmate then who needs to know how to lose belly fat fast from being overweight. We’d play from sunrise to sunset. And when the moon is particularly bright one night, which is perfect for playing taguan (hide and seek), we’d play some more.
I’m sometimes amazed when I see the toys that kids have these days. They have it good. Online PC games, Facebook, PS3, and PSP. Real good. Just look at Yuan’s latest toy.
And to give you a bit of perspective on how big his car is, here’s a shot with an old jeep in the background.
It’s a battery-powered car. It has a pedal, much like a real car, that the rider can use to steer the car. But since Yuan is still too young to operate it himself, it also has a remote control that we can use so he can still ride it. The lights work too!
I want one too. 
We should always spoil our wives. They put up with us.
That was one of our pastor’s tweets last week that my wife showed me. And with that, she asked permission to go out with her bestfriend J. Of course, I grudgingly agreed (who was I to argue with our pastor, plus he does make a good point), and I was left to do the dishes in kitchen sinks while she shopped.
One of the disadvantages of having your own site is that you are responsible for everything, as in every tiny detail like header, footer, sidebars for live chat and adverts, and other options. And my main site (Buhay Bahay-Bahayan) is no different from everyone else’s.
About a month ago, I noticed that the amount of Spam comments has rapidly increased. Usually, I’d get around 100 Spam comments everyday caught by Akismet, a plugin I used. And I scan all of these comments as some legit ones are accidentally being tagged as Spam.
But for the past month, it has dramatically increased to around 500 a day. Naturally, I can’t scan all 500 comments everyday, So it piles up, which slows down the site (I think) and I then have to just delete all Spam without scanning, loosing (possibly some) legit comments too.
About three days ago, I chanced upon this Wordpress plugin that blocks Spam comments. It’s called WP Captcha Free, and it is just awesome. If you have a Wordpress site, I really, really think that you should have this. Really.
Since it was a rather slow day here at the office, which rarely happens, my wife convinced me, rather easily, hehehe, to just work for four hours and join her for some Christmas shopping! Despite the rain, we pushed through with her plans of visiting Dapitan Arcade.
It was actually the second time I’ve been there. The first time was when we bought souvenirs for our wedding almost couple of years back. This time though we bought some items to give as gifts for Christmas. It was overflowing with knick-knacks and other home decors, from ceramics and glass tile to wrought iron furnishings and wooden furniture.
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?
After salivating for months, we finally had the chance to try frozen yogurt (now popularly called fro-yo). I’ve read a LOT of buzz about this for several months, and we had the chance to try it. Of all the new fro-yo stores sprouting around the metro, we got to try White Hat!
For newbies like us, we stayed at the safe side and ordered a regular-sized for-yo with peaches and mangoes as toppings.
It was delicious! No wonder people are crazy about fro-yos. It was tangy at first but then the sweetness creeps in. I can eat a mouthful and not get brain freeze. The mangoes and peaches just add another depth to the flavor. We can’t wait to come back and try the other toppings as well. Maybe something with a bit of crunch (people with dental implants Mexico should be careful though), maybe some walnuts and cereals!
Have you noticed that the weather has been starting to get a wee bit cold lately? What a cool reminder about the coming Christmas eh?! Time to get the electric blanket out of the closet and brace ourselves for the cold months.
We plan to decorate our apartment this year and so we’re scouting for a good but cheap Christmas tree and all the trimmings and decors that go with it.
How about you?
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