Category Archives: Visualizations

Facebook: Keep (Some of Your) Status Updates Private

I see the need to keep some of my status updates in Facebook private or for the eyes of those people who need to read what I wrote. This is especially true when it comes to personal posts that concern my family.

I don’t confirm “friend requests” of merchants selling clothes, diaper bags, shoes, rv insurance or those from people I know who constantly need votes for their entries to contests.I constantly hide these posts where FB contacts are tagged by merchants with the things they sell. #annoyingFBtaggedposts

I had my Facebook contacts grouped according to how I met them, how I interact with them and how personal my relationships are with them.

People I don’t know from Adam see very limited info from me while I hide their posts too. People can’t post on my wall and if they have anything important to say to me, they can very well send me a private message, email me (if they have my email address) or send me sms (if they have my mobile number). Yes, I get friend invites from people I didn’t know existed. Meh.

I value my privacy even if I have a lot of blogs and am engaged in three social networking sites. Most of my posts in these networking sites are in private, except when I have to make it viewable because I joined a contest, LOL.

So, do you keep your Facebook posts private or is your site a free for all?

Paano Ba Magtipid

Paano nga ba magtipid, kung wala ka namang perang titipirin?

Naalala ko dati yung isang article na nabasa ko, inilista kung paano ang isang tao ay nakakapagtipid sa kabila ng pagiging penniless niya. Maabilidad kasi siya kaya ganun. Meron din namang mga taong di halata ng walang pangkain pero nakakakain sa mga mamahaling kainan ng libre kasi sila ay… huwag na nga lang baka awayin nila ako.

Paano ba magtipid? Narito ang ilan sa mga paraan para makatipid:

  • Sabi ng anak kong 9 years old nung mabasa niya ang titulong “Paano Ba Magtipid?” dapat daw “hindi bibili ng mga bagay ng hindi kailangan”. Sa palagay ko may punto siya dun. Agree ka ba?
  • Kapag nasa restoran, lalo na sa fast food na may value meals, magpadagdag ng ketchup packets kahit isang burjer lang ang inorder para may magagamit ka sa bahay.
  • Tutal humingi ka na ng ketchup packets, dagdagan mo na din ng tissue, sayang din yun, pamunas ng pawis o ng dumi sa mukha o kaya maaaring gamitin “in times of emergency” at wala kang ganun
  • Huwag na huwag mong gagamitin ang credit card kung hindi ka sigurado na mayroon kang pambayad pagdating ng bill. At para mas sigurado, huwag ka na lang kumuha ng credit baka lalo ka lang mapagastos ng perang wala ka naman in the first place
  • Bago bumili ng kung anong bagay, bag o sapatos o kaya ng isang supot ng tsokolate, isiping mabuti at maging honest sa sarili: “Kailangan ko ba talaga ito ngayon? Kapag ba hindi ko ito binili ngayon at binilikan ko sa isang araw, ganun pa din kaya ang pagnanasa ko na maging akin ito?”
  • Huwag magpapadala sa mga SALE signs dahil kapag nakakita ka ng blouse na 70% off, manghihinayang ka sa diskwento at malamang bibilhin mo, kahit na hindi mo kailangan ang blouse na yun. O sige huwag na nga ang blouse, yung table top oven na lang na 50% off, sayang din ang savings, malay mo, baka matutunan mo din mag-bake balang araw di ba? Sana nga paano kung hindi ka matutuo magbake?
  • Matutong magluto ng pagkain. Walang oras? Mag-set ng isang araw upang gawin ito, magluto ng 2 o 3 o higit pang bilang ng ulam at ilagay sa mga lalagyan at i-freeze. Oo nga’t nakakasawa pero nakatipid ka naman, sigurado pa ka pa sa pagkain dahil ikaw mismo ang nagprepare nito. At least, umuwi ka man ng gabing-gabi na at pagod na pagod pa, meron kang makakain sa bahay na iinitin na lang.
  • Kung mabilis ang internet connection mo, huwag ka na magsubscribe ng cable tv. Mas una pa nga mapapanood sa internet yung mga palabas kesa sa catv, basta lang alam mo maghanap kung paano.
  • Para hindi maging green with envy sa ibang may magagarang gadgets, mabuti pa, huwag na magbasa o tumingin sa mga gadgets site. Maiinis ka lang, lalo na kapag wala ka namang pambili.

Pasensiya na po sa bullets, tama naman pag tinignan sa dashboard pero sa published post, di pantay-pantay, grrr…

Tipid tips para sa mga homemakers.

Konting tips sa pagtitipid sa panahon ng summer.

Tipid tips para sa Time and Energy.

Napakarami pang tips na pwede i-share pero hanggang dito na lang muna ako kasi may nanggugulo na maglalaro ng Gardens of Time. Basta ang importante, maging satisfied sa kung ano ang meron ka at magstrive, pero huwag maging sobrang trying hard na nagkandarapa na magkaroon ng mga bagay ng minimithi na alam mong kailangan mo, hindi dahil sa gusto mo lang.

Top 10 Countries as Facebook Users

I’m not surprised that the Philippines is #7 in the Top 10 Countries in terms of the number of Facebook Users.

Everyone and his aunt, dog, cat, shampoo, soap, toilet paper, thumb and toe has a Facebook page. Celebrities have even multiple Facebook page and one never knows if the page he/she liked is the official one.

I kid you not about everyone having a Facebook page.

Just by looking at the “fan pages” that my eldest daughter has “Liked” and many more making up new pages for others to like, we are slowly but surely making our way on top. With icing to boot 😀

Seriously, the time spent reading status updates, clicking on the like button if one does not have anything to say, looking at the photo albums of friends, virtual and in real life, former classmates, former office-mates, former neighbors and all things former, takes a lot of time away from real work.

I even think Facebook is a blog killer but that is entirely another post to write about.

What else suffer when people spend waste time just doing Facebook?

  • productivity with work
  • socialization with others in real life
  • person-to-person interaction
  • house chores (of which I am guilty)
  • the EGO because one feels inferior when he/she sees that former classmate who used to struggle with the class lessons now living in a big house with a sportscar. And what about that former office-mate who… never mind.

I installed Chrome Nanny to regulate my Facebook usage and I deliberately ignore the “call” of Mozilla Firefox where I can still access Facebook. Sometimes I give in to the temptation of logging in through Firefox but last week, I steer cleared away from Facebook and Twitter.

The effect? I was able to watch more episodes of my favorite tv series, hahaha!

Phail!

Saving Time and Energy

An organized home saves you time and energy.

How?

  • A clutter-free living space makes get your things organized. You don’t need to sort through many things just to be able to find a coupon or a receipt needed for a transaction.
  • An organized home will make the homeowner feel efficient and cut down time spent doing actual work.
  • An organized home is more often than not a clean home where harmful substances do not lurk to pounce on unsuspecting prey.
  • Dust if you must.
  • Schedule a clean up day and get rid of junk.
  • Clean as you go, a way for multi-taskers to organize their homes. Instead of checking your Facebook account while the laundry is cleaning itself, why not dust here and there, wipe the kitchen counters or sweep the floor.

You’d feel relaxed in an organized home. Doesn’t it feel good if you go to bed or you go home from a hard day’s work with all clutter gone?

That includes the used dinner plates which are calling out my name at this instance, haha.

Trinkets for Friends

My MIL asked me if I want to get a bead collection container she has to give to my eldest daughter. She used to collect beads and make these into bracelets and trinkets to give to her friends. She sometimes browse through different websites like chamilia for ideas on how she would put these beads together. Somehow the interest got lost.

We even used several of these beads for a denim bag project for school.

She (my eldest daughter) and I have each a set of Bracelet a Breloques and these are absolutely lovely 🙂