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My Computer Nga Ba?

Posted on October 2, 2008 by greenbucks| 30 Comments

Several weeks ago, I wrote a post about the laptop that blogging bought.

Noong nakaraang Agosto, ako ay nagsulat ng tungkol sa laptop na nabili ko dahil sa kita ng pagba-blag ng mga iba’t ibang produkto at serbisyo.

Yes, even if there is a home pc, I got myself a laptop which  I can bring with me when I have to go to work. But at home, that laptop is not mine, the children takes possession which is fine with me since I am more comfortable using the home pc.

Kahit meron napakalaking pc sa bahay, kumuha na din ako ng laptop para madala ko kapag pumupunta ako sa trabaho. Pero kapag nasa bahay ako, ang laptop na ito ay hindi na sa akin dahil pinag-aagawan ginagamit ito ng aking mga anak. Ok lang naman sa akin kasi mas comportable ako sa dambuhalang pc namin.

This is our youngest child, playing with a game.

Si bunso naglalaro. Oist, gabi na, matulog na…

Ok then there are times when they just have to rest their case somewhere else and give that thing to me like when hubby and I attended the WordCamp Philippines.

Meron ding mga oras na kahit anong pakiusap ang gawin nila, hindi puwedeng iwan ito, kagaya nung pumunta kami ni TekKonsult aka BrownFoot sa Wordcamp Philippines.

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Blogging for Advocacy

Posted on August 31, 2008 by greenbucks| 13 Comments

Two weeks ago, we discussed about the advocacy or the cause that we might want to support.

I have been very happy about the different causes that we would like to give our support to, in our own grand and small ways should the right time comes for us to fulfill these dream for others.

Being a blogger, I have come to realize that through blogging, we can start this advocacy that we have dreaming of.

How?

By blogging about the things we are passionate about.

Yes, we can start blogging about these advocacies. Taking the first step is probably the best thing we can do and I do not mean creating a new blog for that topic, even a category for that particular topic.

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With these different answers, the Weekly Question #15 is about niche blogging:

If you are to start a new blog focusing mainly on a particular topic or niche, what would your niche blogging be all about?

My answer:

Since I already have my Special Education blog, which is primarily a blog about Special Education topics, I know another niche blog would be in the making.

Read more »

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New Theme

Posted on August 25, 2008 by greenbucks| 11 Comments

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Second day of our three-day weekend break.

We just stayed in. We were supposed to go to a car show but the children preferred to stay home. We were supposed to go to church late in the afternoon but hubby has slept and we didn’t wake him up.

After dinner, hubby changed my blog theme:

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A refreshing new theme for Greenbucks.Info which I think I will have for now.

He also changed the other GreenBucks blog’s theme. There was a lot of tweaking here and there for this other one.

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I hope everyone feels refreshed after the weekend. This Monday is a holiday today and we will enjoy this day by going to a children’s party in the afternoon. After I work with two of my students.

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The Laptop that Blogging Bought

Posted on August 20, 2008 by greenbucks| 8 Comments

I have written about the new camera that blogging bought in my other blog.

One of the first things that I got from the money I earned by writing reviews is to buy a laptop. Nothing fancy, it was not even new though it was barely used.

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It was hubby’s decision to get this laptop rather than get a new one, which his former college classmate was selling because she was planning to get a newer and more compact one. He is my tech guru.

When I have free schedule at my workplace, I bring it with me so that I can use it to write blog posts, reports and I even use it with my students. It is also great for watching DVD 🙂

I even got a backpack for the laptop for easier handling. It is quite heavy though since we have to walk from my workplace to meet hubby in the parking space that we prefer before we go home. I haven’t been bringing this to work as of late because of the weather.

In the backpack I have other things that I use for the laptop. Charger, mouse, my Nokia pc suite cable, the kids music player, my smaller digicam and even sometimes the digicam’s usb cable, if I have to take pictures of my children or my students in action. I call these my “tools of the trade”. Whatever.

I am even thinking of getting an HDMI cable to use for the huge wall-mounted plasma tv in my work place. We can even use it at at home for other applications 😀

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In My Backpack

Posted on August 10, 2008 by greenbucks| 1 Comment

I have written about my new camera in my other blog. When we got this new camera yesterday, I was so excited I sneaked a few minutes from work and took some photo which can be seen here.

After work, I had to take a cab home because my hubby has to go attend an exhibit. He told me to leave my things in their house (this is where I work Fridays and Saturdays) and he will just get them when he goes home.

But li’l ole me can’t just leave my things there. I have to bring my things home with me. I put everything in my backpack and started walking towards the spot where I can get a ride to take a cab.

When I got in the tricycle (a motorcycle with something like a metal cage with a passenger seat attached on its side) I had to remove my backpack. I was worried the ride may damage my new camera.

I put my new camera in the backpack, along with my laptop. And because it doesn’t have any case for protection yet, I was worried about it getting “hurt” or damaged.

Hubby said we need to get a case for this bulky thing and he started rattling off some brand names. I thought, why not something like Rimowa products, just in case we have to put our things in just one case.

Anyway, I got home without getting some food supplies because I can’t risk leaving my backpack with the baggage counter. No way. So I just had some takeout food for the kids.

I took a lot of photos of the kids (as if I don’t have tons of their photos) and some things around the house.

I even went outside and tested a shot like this:

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Let me try it another time, still in my position, while fiddling with the zoom button:

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Oh, I am so loving this.

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