To celebrate Pope Francis’s visit to the Philippines, Smart Communications Inc. is offering free, unlimited access to Twitter to mobile phone users this January 15 to 19, 2015.
To get the free service, Smart, Sun Cellular and Talk ‘N Text subscribers nationwide may start their one-time registration for the free Twitter service by texting DEARPOPE to ( Read more... )

A few years ago, my friend Jude thought about an online “locker” where he could store all kinds of files, music, photos, and videos, instead of using up the storage in his computer and causing it to slow down.
I never thought it was possible until Dropbox was created. I signed up in 2011 and it changed my life. To get additional space, I simply ( Read more... )

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It’s our third time to stay at the Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel. First in 2009, followed by 2011 and 2014.

From The Upper House, we hired a Hi-Ace van to take our party of six + tons of luggage to the hotel.
We arrived at 2 PM and had to kill time for an hour before checking in at 3 PM. The boys spent that hour in the labyrinth, while I checked out ( Read more... )

Traveling with kids is no joke, especially if you’re not used to traveling light like me.

If you’re you’re going to Hong Kong with kids and lots of luggage, taking the Airport Express might not be the best option for you. Here are some tried and tested transportation companies I used during our recent trip:

1) Hong Kong Shuttle
From Hong Kong ( Read more... )

The number 4 is considered unlucky in some Asian cultures. That’s because the word for 4- 四 [sì]-sounds similar to the word for “death” (死 亡 [sĭwáng]).

2014 was not a good year for a lot of people, myself included. The first two quarters were hell for me, but I started to see the light in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, God gave us a ( Read more... )

You may be too young to know this, but in the ’70s, they used to call haw flakes “titina”. I really don’t know why.

Back in the ’70s, haw flakes came in rectangular form. They were sold two to a pack under the Laurel & Hardy brand.

I wish I could show you how it looks, but I can’t seem to find any Google images.
This is the most popular form of haw ( Read more... )

This year, my Christmas gift to my hubby and I is a delicious 400-thread-count Pottery Barn blanket in all white.
I must admit it took me a few visits before deciding to buy the blanket because of its price. But after seeing our usual blanket look so shabby, I decided to purchase it the day before Christmas with three months to pay, 0% interest. So ( Read more... )

There was a time I could and would eat the same food everyday.

During high school, I ate KFC almost everyday for four years. When I got sick of that, I ate Tom Saywer chicken for two years.

Looking back I wonder how much money I would’ve saved if I didn’t buy all that fast food. I asked Jeroen that question the other day.
“But you ate the food. It’s ( Read more... )

Four days to go and I’m not yet done Christmas shopping but nearly there. Just a few more family members and I’m done.

Some people are easy to please and some people are really hard to find gifts for, and I’ve found that Adora has gift items for those who have everything.

Adora has a Maison Francis Kurkdjian corner that sells the award-winning ( Read more... )