Category Archives: Consumer Products Review

Skin Care and TV Ads

Posted on January 17, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

There is this television commercial (tvc) of three popular TV personalities who used to be together in a now-defunct show about fashion, lifestyle and almost everything that screams “buy me!”

This tvc was about looking the same or maybe even younger than they were six years ago. If I were different, maybe I would believe these ladies but knowing how much photoshop can be done to make things look better different, I may not be one of those who bought that product which I guess based its presentation on hydrolyze reviews.

Either the product really works or I am just a skeptic, I wouldn’t know unless I try it myself. Which I would probably not because I would rather do this.

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Coco Jam and Peanut Butter

Posted on January 14, 2010 by greenbucks| 9 Comments

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Matagal-tagal ko ding hinanap ito kaya laking tuwa ko nung matagpuan ko at matikmang muli: coco jam. Sa totoo lang, noong ako ay batang paslit, ayoko nito kasi mabaho, lalo na yung kending makunat na nakabalot sa puting papel, Yuck talaga! Amoy langis ng niyog.

Sige na nga, heto na ang paboritong almusal namin: tinapay na may manipis na palamang coco jam at/o peanut butter. Kelangan yung me buo-buong mani at mamantikang peanut butter ha (argh!)

Coco Jam, Peanut Butter and Bread for Breakfast

Bakit nga ba manipis? Kasi matamis ang coco jam at dapat manipis lang para di magsawa agad.

Siyempre di pwedeng walang kape.

Ayan, kumpleto na ang araw naming mag-asawa 🙂  Tsalap!

Coco jam, peanut butter and wheat bread are all from Pan de Manila. No, this is not a paid ad though a big white paper bag full of pandesal is very much welcome, lol.

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Looking for Balloons and Other Party Needs

Posted on January 11, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I have been thinking about starting a balloons business with my mom since she has already clients in the province who orders balloons, birthday cakes, invitations and party needs from her.

Of course I wouldn’t want to tire myself while I traverse the roads going to Divisoria yet, where everything is being sold in retail prices, so I got to turn to online Classified Ads to see what it has on these party needs that I may write on my list when I have the resources and time in place.

And because I am excited, I decided to dream on when I saw this:

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I must say this is quite a wonderful way to advertise a balloons/party needs biz 😀

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Photography Field Guide Digital Book

Posted on January 19, 2009 by greenbucks| 17 Comments

For someone like me who enjoys reading fiction, I seldom read books or instruction manuals on gadgets and operation of things with mechanism.

I was quite surprised when I felt myself get a book entitled National Geographic Photography Field Guide Digital by Rob Sheppard. I got this from the bookstore with a photo below before we went to the supermarket after our lunch out yesterday. To think that I never got to read my camera’s manual thoroughly because I asked my hubby to read it and explain to me 😀

The book is not new, in fact it was a few years old already but the way the concepts were presented by different guest writers specializing in different aspects of photography were written well so I figured, “why not?”

I know I still have a lot to learn in digital photography especially about how to use lighting fixtures to take the photo I want depending on where I will use the photos.

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Maynilad Service is a Joke

Posted on October 25, 2008 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

I have written about how we have been having so much difficulty with our Maynilad water services (or lack of it) in this post I wrote a few months ago.

Last month, we had an abundance of water supply. I was happy I didn’t need to get water from our faucet outside the front door and at last, our bathroom faucets finally has water! During those glorious weeks I was able to wash clothes in the washing machine that has been just a drier for clothes washed outside. I was able to mop the floors. I thoroughly enjoyed scrubbing both bathrooms for there was plenty of water from 1pm till 9pm.

There was no water in the kitchen and bathrooms’ faucets nor in the shower but that’s fine with me. I thought this would go on for a long time until we got this:

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