Category Archives: Visualizations

We Saw Saturn at Seven Suites Hotel Observatory

Posted on March 28, 2010 by greenbucks| 1 Comment

Momblogger friends and I were invited to the Noite de Carnival celebration at Seven Suites Hotel Observatory last Saturday.

Seven Suites Hotel Observatory

We were able to see the different rooms, sample the food and discover the nooks and crannies of the place. This would be a wonderful place for hubby’s project management software seminar.

looking at Saturn

My son still talks about his awesome experience of seeing Saturn through the big telescope at Seven Suites Hotel Observatory. There is one  big telescope there but that night there were three more smaller ones that we peered through to see Saturn and the moon ‘s craters.

Seven Suites Hotel Observatory is located at Hollywood Hills Subd, Sumulong Highway, Antipolo City, Philippines. (02) 217-5443 / 4906407 / 6820330 / 6822076

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Know Your Carbon Footprint

Posted on March 25, 2010 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

Almost everyone is talking about carbon cutting and carbon footprint. These terms do not just stop at being words but by carbon cutting, one HAS to do a lifestyle change to be able to lessen one’s carbon footprint.

A carbon footprint is “a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change” according to this site.

Determining one’s carbon footprint does not entail making drastic changes but rather making small steps towards changing what used to be sources of wasted energy, be it about electricity or gas emissions.

Some of the nitty-gritty details include lessening the use of non-biodegradable materials like Styrofoam, changing incandescent bulbs to fluorescent light, among other  things.

For a more detailed understanding of the topic, here is a Carbon Footprint Calculator that will help you analyze the conditions about you and your household.

Are you ready to make new changes?

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Let’s Watch

Posted on March 7, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I have heard a lot of good things about Samsung HDTV and we are keeping our eye on one at the same time hoping the budget will make us to get it soon.

This would be a great tool to watch some of my favorite tv series, plus the kids’ favorite movies too. I have new favorite shows now and I get to watch them DVD or through online links. I am not satisfied though with the latter even if my laptop has great audio (not unlike hubby’s netbook, 😀 )

Now bring on the popcorn and the drinks! 🙂 We still have a lot of unwatched files waiting to be played.

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Mahusay Nga Ba ang Pinoy?

Posted on February 24, 2010 by greenbucks| 16 Comments

litratongpinoy

Ang Pinoy ay mahusay, walang kaduda-duda dun.

Heto nga o, bag na gawa sa newspaper. Ganda no? Panalo ang bonggang Vigan street scene na painting. Isa lamang iyan sa napakaraming angking kahusayan ng mga Pilipino.

newspaper bag

Sa isang banda, mahusay din ang Pinoy sa mga kalokohan.

San ka pa, kapwa Pilipino lolokohin, o kaya mga kasambahay binubugbog, ang ibang magagandang lugar ay sinusulatan ng kung anu-ano o kaya dinudumihan.

Sabagay, sa bilis ng pagdami natin, talagang hindi mapipigilan ang pagsulpot ng mga pasaway, na bata pa lang eh kita mo na na parang tila ba walang patutunguhan ang buhay. Madalas, ibang tao ang tutulong sa kanila at hindi ang pamilya nila.

Kulang na nga lang ibenta ang bansa natin sa mga Koreanong banyagang nagsusulputan na parang kabute sa dami at parang paputok sa ingay.

Ikaw, proud ka ba na maging Pinoy?

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Shabby Chic

Posted on February 18, 2010 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I used to watch a Shabby Chic show back when we still had cable tv.

I don’t know why but I think I like the look of shabby chic furniture more than modern furniture though the latter would be more practical to have of course.

When we went malling last weekend, one table sort of beckoned me to look at “her” from inside a furniture store. Yes, it is a shabby chic find definitely but there was nothing shabby with the tag price attached to it (PhP85,000!).

One day, I told myself, I will get a small house and have it decorated like ala-French cottage with shabby chic theme. Maybe I can start with the house soon 🙂

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