Category Archives: Interesting Topics

Boring ba ang Summer Vacation Mo?

Posted on June 3, 2014 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

“Nakakabato naman.”

“Walang magawa.”

“Nakakatamad, walang happening.”

“I’m bored to tears.”

Yan madalas ang sinasabi ng mga kabataan, lalo na kapag summer at walang pasok sa eskwela. Sino nga ba naman ang hindi mabo-bore na walang ginagawa at sobrang init pa. Argh!

Hindi naman pwede mag-malling araw-araw dahil kailangan may budget para dun, paano kung wala? Karaniwan, walang choice kundi mag-stay lang sa loob ng bahay kaya ang “boring life” ay isang maituturing way of life ng mga taong walang magawa.

Pero teka, is there such a thing na walang magawa? Hindi naman siguro, baka lang kaya nasasabing walang magawa kasi hindi alam kung anu-ano ang mga pwedeng gawin. Aba, sa dami ng mga pwedeng gawin, walang dahilan upang mabato ngayong summer vacation.

Anu-ano nga ba ang pwede gawin ng mga taong bored na bored na?

Heto ang ilang suhestiyon upang hindi maging boring ang summer vacation mo.

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Way to go, Joe

Posted on June 3, 2014 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Naalala ko nung bata pa ako, kasama ko ang aking Mama sa aming tindahan ng may dumating na Amerikano. Matangkad, guwapo (para sa akin ha), matangos ang ilong, maputi, light brown ang buhok at kulay gray ang mga mata. Pero ang unang mapapansin sa kanya, siya ay balbas-sarado. Nang makita ko siya, madali akong tumalikod at sinabi sa aking Mama “Ma, nakakatakot naman si Joe (ang tawag sa mga lalaking puti noong araw), balbas sarado kasi, di man lang nag-aahit.”

Nagulat ako nung siya ay sumagot ng “Nene, bakit ka matatakot sa akin dahil sa aking balbas? Wala kasi akong oras para magshave kasi nasa bundok kami ng mga kasama ko at nagtuturo sa mga Ita.”

Hiyang-hiya naman ako at kaagad nag-sorry sa kanya. Nahiya ako hindi dahil sa sinabi kung nakakatakot siya kundi dahil naintindihan pala niya ang aking di magandang sinabi tungkol sa kanya Nakakatawang nakakahiya, hindi ba?

read the rest of the article here.

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Mini Shell Eco-Marathon Car

Posted on February 18, 2014 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

A week and a half ago, we went to visit the 2014 Shell Eco-Marathon for half a day of fun and learning new things.

This is a photo of my husband’s hands (L) and my son’s hands (R) starting to assemble the son’s mini-SEM car which runs on saltwater fuel. Cool, I know.

2014 Shell Eco-Marathon Manila

I challenged the son to try to make his own mini-car and I would love to take him to a hardware store to get the tools and materials he would need. Yes, that is a store I prefer going and looking at this website gives me ideas on what to see whenever I have the chance to go to one.

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Polka Dots or Stripes?

Posted on November 6, 2013 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

We saw a polka dotted guitar when we went scouting for a new guitar to be given to the youngest child.

It looked… cute.

This  epiphone wildkat at m123 looks interesting too. The color is so bright, it would be next to impossible to see the player at all. Bright yellow on a guitar is not a usual color though it is with exotic cars.

Guitars need not be in drab brown/tan/black colors, why not in splashy bright ones?

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Haiyan or Yolanda is Scary

Posted on November 6, 2013 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

Haiyan Source: http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/sat_images/satpic.jpg

SOURCE: http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/wb/sat_images/satpic.jpg

How to prepare for a super typhoon:

  1. Listen to all the warnings and if your area is going to e hit real hard, do preemptive evacuation immediately. Loss and damage to properties is not what you need to be concerned with but the possible loss of lives.
  2. It will do you good if you listened and participated in disaster drills being done in the workplace or school.
  3. Prepare a survival kit for you and your family as you also secure important documents and papers.

More tips in this article I wrote a few months back.

 

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