Suspend-It

My cousin has recently passed the medical board exam. She’s now a doctor, acting as a substitute for doctors on their leave on various hospitals.

She has been intending to start her own clinic, but she doesn’t have the capital yet. She’s lately been so uninspired and unmotivated to do anything, so I want to help her out in my own little ways.

I plan on buying one of the medical carts at Howard-Medical.com. Hopefully when she sees it she’ll remember why she wanted to start her own clinic and start being motivated again.

When you see a friend who’s starting to lose hope, it’s our job to cheer them up and get them back on track. Don’t ignore them, and remember to help in your own little ways! No man is an island, after all. Don’t you agree?

Uh oh, February is just around the corner, and you know what that means! Valentine’s Day is about to come around, and well, Desperation Day is there for single men and women like myself. Haha! (If you must know, Desperation day is on the 13th of February, and if you want to know why, well… Google is your friend!)

If you are one of those lucky ladies who were able to find their true love and are still with the man, I suggest you to send your boyfriend this valentine or at least start looking for gifts. You wouldn’t want your man to feel like he’s not appreciated, would you? Don’t give him a gift that’s half-assed (pardon the french). If you have found your true love, I suggest you never let go, so you wouldn’t be drowning in regret later on.

Enjoy the little things, because they are the things that will keep you sane. Live your life with no regrets, take risks and learn from your mistakes!

I’m currently torn between my need to buy ps3 games or graphic novels and books. I know people would consider this first world problems, but I have been seriously wanting to buy the God of War PS3 remake for their PSP games! It’s just brilliant, really, I’ve always had this weird fascination for mythologies, and this game just feels like it was made for me.

The main reason why I bought a PS3 was to play that game in the first place. It’s just amazing. Imagine how disheartened I was that the third game in their franchise was exclusive for the PS3. I was hoping that they’d release it for the PSP, too, since I don’t really want to spend money on buying consoles, I just borrow my friend’s PSP and play there.

Thank god my eyesight hasn’t suffered yet, I have been in front of computer and television screens ever since I could remember.

My friend Louise has been collecting various kinds of wristwatches ever since I met her. We’ve been friends for four years and I am looking at citizen watches and picking out a perfect birthday gift for her.

I noticed she doesn’t have a citizen watch yet because most of her watches have jelly or leather straps. I thought maybe a citizen watch would be good for her collection. It was either that or five handkerchiefs, and, well, since I have a job now I don’t want to be a cheapskate. We’re good friends, afterall. Haha!

She literally has a watch in almost every colour for almost every outfit, but I haven’t seen her wear a citizen watch yet, and she mentioned saving up for one, so I figured it would be a good present for her upcoming birthday.

Do you guys have any specific designs or brands to recommend? I’m not really a watch person myself, so I don’t know what’s good and what isn’t.

I was window shopping earlier when I came across this Banner stand with a very familiar face on it. The man on the advertisement, I know I knew him from somewhere. He was not an actor, definitely not a singer. Hmm… I definitely know him, but I cannot seem to figure out who he actually is.

It was like a splinter in my brain. It took me a while before I was able to figure out who he is. After a whole day I realized, the man was my previous boss! Never in my life that I thought he could someday be a model for a diet pill. He used to be a fat, flabby hairy boss. But now, he looked like one of the fitness models in the gym.

Of course, I still had friends from my previous company. When I told them about the ad, they were pretty surprised too. Unfortunately, he was not the boss in that company anymore. He probably quit his job for a modeling career or something. No one knows exactly what could have happened.

Do you know what a Kris Kringle is?

It’s more commonly known as Secret Santa, where people are encouraged to list down their Christmas wishlist and are assigned to someone else in a group. On Christmas day (or whichever day these groups choose to celebrate their Christmas party) they give gifts to one another and be surprised at the person who gives it to them. Fun huh?

Well at my office we have “themed” Secret Santas. This year’s theme is funny t shirts! I got my friend who’s a gamer a shirt that says “Just one more level. Just one more level. Just one more level!!!!” Hahaha. He loved it!

I got a shirt that says “I love MATH. Meryenda Almusal Tanghalian Hapunan.” Basically the abbreviation says that I love all the meals of the day. Haha! How appropriate. I’m a foodie!

I now have a new witty shirt to add to my collection! Best. Christmas. Ever.

Hi everyone! I would like to ask for some help regarding a problem I have with my kitchen. My kitchen is well lit and well ventilated. It is an outdoor kitchen and kitchen windows are facing the morning sun so it is really bright in the morning. The problem is the kitchen sink my tiled kitchen sink gets full of algae and the only way to remove the algae is to scrub the sink every day – which is pretty stressful. Is there a way to algae proof your tiled sink?

A friend of mine suggested some things that may slow down algae growth. One is to add curtains in the window to cut the light coming in. Unfortunately, the algae growth did not slow down that significantly. Another is to use stainless steel sink which is too costly because I would have to rebuild my kitchen top. Please guys, if there is any detergent or chemical that I can use to get rid of these algae please do let me know.

I just went home from a two week vacation and was devastated when I saw my aquarium fishes floating on the water. Yes, unfortunately they all died. My cousin, who I left at home to be the housekeeper insists that she followed every bit of instruction I gave to  take care of the fishes. She fed them with a pinch of food only once a day and always checked if the air is still bubbling.

I asked a friend of mine for help regarding the problem. Using a ph meter he checked the acidity of the water. It turned out okay. Then he checked the salinity, toxicity and other chemical properties of the water. All good. So the problem was not the water.

Next is he checked the dead fishes. Looks like we found the problem. The fishes had some sort of white grainy spots on them. Those sports turned out to be ICH. An infection caused by a parasite. My friend said this is more likely caused by new fishes which were added to the aquarium recently which may have carried the parasites.

My uncle has been really fond of collecting classic cigars lately. He mostly just displays them in his office to show off to his friends, and on a good day, he’d sit down by his window and stare at the afternoon sky, just before the sunset.

His favourite among his mini collection would be his avo cigar. He says he won’t smoke it until he gets his first grandchild. His daughter got married recently and I’m assuming it’ll be pretty soon! I kind of want to be there when it happens, so I could paint a picture of him smoking his favourite cigar and give it to him as his birthday present and as a form of gratitude because he’s been nothing but awesome to me and my family.

Did I mention he’s a big fan of Neil Gaiman and has about 90% of all his graphic novels? Yeeeeep. This is one of the reasons why I like hanging out at his office and watching him smoke his cigars. Hahaha. Best. Uncle. Ever!

I have recently started hanging out with a lot of musicians lately, and I can’t help but notice how much I lack in the talent department.

These people are just so amazing, they get to write so many beautiful songs, play unique instruments, and just make brilliant music. I never really tried song writing, all I did mostly was cover the songs I normally listen to, and since I never tried writing songs, I’ve been mostly afraid of it. Right now all I want is to learn how to play the violin, the ukulele and the mandolin.

I have weird frustrations, don’t I? I have a knack for wanting to learn things that I don’t already know, and I’ll probably spend the rest of my life trying to play all of the three instruments I just enumerated. I know the mandolin is a pretty rare instrument to play during our times, but that’s what makes it even better! I kind if want to play an instrument and be able to add that unique sound to songs. I’m curious to what it would sound like on a full band.