Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jan 14, 2012, 8:36 am
After receiving a Kindle Fire a month ago, I managed to successfully install those games my children has been yapping about– Angry Birds, Angry Birds Rio and others.  So its not Words for Friends anymore– there’s more. Thanks to numerous dissatisfied Kindle Fire users, and numerous hours of ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jan 14, 2012, 8:29 am
Although my BlackBerry Torch is still dead, I did manage to reinstall my OS but it died after a day.  No idea why my BB kept on slipping to its near demise, but needless to say, the a tutorial that I found here was very helpful. After days of reviving a bricked BlackBerry, I am on the verge of tos...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Dec 11, 2011, 9:01 am
Several days ago, my BlackBerry became so slow after I have installed a new theme.  It became so slow that even several resets failed to fix whatever the problem was that I was forced to perform a full security wipe.  I initially tried a partial security wipe which involves deleting only the appli...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Dec 11, 2011, 8:43 am
I have just received for my birthday the newest addition to Amazon’s array of e-readers–  The Kindle Fire.  Sent to me via Fedex, I patiently waited for my second Kindle.  Compared to my old Kindle 2, the Kindle Fire has far more features than my handout from my sister.  The Kindle 2 is powe...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Aug 30, 2011, 6:39 pm
Unlike Palawan, Boracay, Guimaras, Bohol, Siargao or Tablas Island in Romblon, when you go to Samar Province, you don’t go there to burn your skin on the beach. You go there to explore its caves. Samar, Eastern Samar in particular, is home to a good number of caves. Adventure-seekers host caving ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 27, 2011, 10:28 am
Since I did a major factory reset on my work PC, I lost my Tweetdeck and Seesmic.  I have been switching back and forth between these two fantastic Twitter desktop applications for Windows.  Since I tweet mainly using my Blackberry, I only use my desktop Twitter application when my mobile is dead ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Jun 10, 2011, 5:54 am
The summer is here which means as those temperatures begin to soar, so will your utility bill. But it doesn’t necessarily have to—and the best part? You don’t have to spend a dime. To learn some quick and easy ways to beat the heat and save this season, follow these tips below. Lower Thermost...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Apr 26, 2011, 2:24 pm
Oh My! That is the initial reaction women get when they come across a sparkling jewelry. We get a reaction similar of that seeing a ghost, but only this time it’s a jewelry that takes us by surprise. The unforgettable “A diamond is forever” slogan in 1947 made by advertising agency N.W. Ayer ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Mar 31, 2011, 9:12 pm
It is entirely natural that the desire for achieving higher socioeconomic status leads to the accumulation of a lot of goods that we don’t really need. Compounding this behavior is the fact that a lot of the status symbols we purchase actually decrease our overall wealth instead of increasing it. ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Mar 12, 2011, 10:18 pm
Eversince I got the BlackBerry Torch from my employer, I have been busy learning how to work around RIM’s technology. So far, one of the best feature of the BlackBerry is its push email whether you have gmail, or yahoo or your corporate email– setting up is a breeze.  Since the BlackBerry Torch...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Mar 12, 2011, 5:33 am
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Mar 8, 2011, 9:54 pm
I have been admiring the smartphones by Research in Motion (RIM). Research In Motion (RIM) is the company behind the innovative and award-winning BlackBerry product line. The BlackBerry family includes best-in-class smartphones and software offerings, as well as the all new BlackBerry PlayBook, the...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Mar 8, 2011, 5:20 am
Political unrest in Libya and the Middle East has forced gas prices to an all-time high. It is important to take certain steps in measures to keep both your bank account and gas tank filled up.  If purchasing a more cost efficient car is out of the question, there are numerous steps you can take t...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Feb 11, 2011, 6:45 am
This movie came as a surprise.  I did not expect it to move me to tears… Tangled is a Disney movie about Rapunzel– yes the girl with the long hair who dangles her hair from the tower.  The kids and I went in the movie house like a bunch of teenagers.  Just imagine me and all my 4 children noi...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Feb 3, 2011, 9:20 pm
My son Tyrell is turning 5 in a few weeks.  Since our schedule is tight this month because of my work, I decided to celebrate his birthday 2 weeks earlier. Having spent some time at Ridgeview with my friends Jaja, Pam and Ginee, I knew that my children would love the huge pool. Check-in was a bree...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Jan 28, 2011, 2:22 am
You may ask “why live frugally.” The answer to this can be numerous. It is really advantageous to practice frugal living as frugality and your personal finance go hand in hand. Frugal living also helps you to spend much less than what you earn. Moreover, the less you spend the lesser will be you...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Nov 30, 2010, 9:12 pm
We’ve all been there. You run into a store to pick up just one item and you’re lured in by a great deal that you just can’t pass up. Whether it’s a “buy one get one free offer’ or a 25% off sale – these impulse buys can be costly mistakes, even when you think they’re going to save ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Nov 23, 2010, 7:24 am
With the holiday season right around the corner, many people find themselves looking for ways to get into the holiday spirit without breaking the bank. No matter how many people you have on your holiday list, being festive and frugal is possible with these easy tips. 1. Trim your gift list. It ma...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Nov 18, 2010, 5:54 pm
Last week,  my children and I spent the weekend at Ridgeview Chalets.  Since SM was just a short drive away, we went there for our meals and was surprised with the new offering — 3D movies!  If I am not mistaken, Robinsons Place in General Santos City launched their 3D Cinema months ago.  Mani...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Nov 7, 2010, 11:37 am
Several weeks ago, my children and I found better, healthier and tastier dessert in SM– Red Berry Frozen Yogurt!  What I love about Red.Berry are the whole range of fresh fruits and toppings to choose from.   My children went gaga over the sprinklers, but I went and got myself a tub with kiwis, ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Nov 7, 2010, 11:14 am
My work station runs on Windows 7.  Its high on RAM and I even bought a separate HP Pocket Media Drive– something I bought from Amazon months ago for storage.  After my old PC crashed and died on me, I got myself this baby and has been working well until now. My love for Mac products started af...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Nov 2, 2010, 6:08 am
It’s one of the basic necessities needed for life, but for most of us, clothing has become an excess that we spend too much on. We have closets of clothes, most of which we buy on a whim and never use more than once. Long gone are the days when clothes were supposed to protect against the elements...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Oct 9, 2010, 10:27 am
If you are familiar with Twitter and Facebook, then PicLyf is nothing new to you.  Think photo stream on real-time. Like Twitter, you could follow friends and even earn badges like that of Foursquare.  Since joining PicLyf, I have earned 7 badges.  One of them was for uploading and sharing my ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Oct 8, 2010, 6:02 am
Happiness is a state of the mind. Something that we can control. Something that we can give and share to others with the hope that it will be reciprocated as well. Children’s laugher Children’s laughter is just music to my ears. I love it when all my kids are laughing and enjoying thems...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Oct 8, 2010, 5:25 am
Waxing Gibbous Moon Well just for the heck of it, I'd go. But if its not a free trip, I would definitely won't mind missing going there. Live, Life and Live Well! Read and follow my frugality and finance related tips! Pinoy Frugal Living No related posts. Related posts brought ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Oct 7, 2010, 10:34 am
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher No doubt I would like to be Demi Moore – Kutcher for a day! Why? Apart from the fact that she is married to young Ashton Kutcher, Demi has been very active with various charities that has made alot of impact in developing countries as well as the US. ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Oct 6, 2010, 8:22 pm
When I went to Manila for the Wordcamp Philippines, I decided to meet up with my friends from UP-ORG.  I have not seen most of them since 1997.  Anyways, because of Facebook and text messaging, we all managed to converge and we decided to meet at 77 Bar Cafe Resto in Kamuning. The trip from Cagay...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Oct 6, 2010, 7:50 pm
October 2 will remain etched in my memory.  Twas the day I met Matt Mullenweg, the Founder of Automattic and Developer of WordPress, the CMS that powers all my websites.  I have been a WordPress user for more than 7 years.  I started blogging with Typepad then I wanted more control over my site a...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Oct 4, 2010, 5:45 am
The key to good financial health is to know when and where costs can be saved – you may be good at spending only within your means; you may pay off all your bills on time to avoid huge interest rates; and you may know how to stay within your budget. But in addition to all these good financial trai...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Oct 1, 2010, 7:20 pm
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Sep 26, 2010, 10:44 pm
Today is my brother’s 8th year death anniversary.  In remembrance of his life, his wife scheduled a mass near his grave site.  It was surreal, 8am, and the day started off quite early for me.  Having done my work prior to changing and heading for Greenhills Memorial Park in Bulua, Cagayan d...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Sep 18, 2010, 8:43 am
My girls and I are allergic to nuts. In fact we are allergic to so many ingredients that its hard to eat out. We tend to stick to the restaurants we like in town and avoid most of those darn dishes with ingredients I am not familiar with. Mahal magkasakit, err, bawal magkasakit. Our medical bill...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Aug 28, 2010, 12:40 am
How much does it cost to maintain a cellular phone nowadays? How about three? With the Unlimited Madness that the Philippines has already acclimatized to and accepted as normal, some people are in the habit of maintaining 3 lines in order to keep connected with everyone they love and know. But as a...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Aug 24, 2010, 4:40 am
Pinoy Frugal Blog has featured several blog articles before about the art of saving while traveling. Traveling is, as we are all aware, one source of money drain. But the fact of the matter is that it doesn’t have to be a huge expense, and we all know that in the end, taking some much-needed vacat...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Aug 3, 2010, 8:09 am
Whenever I get the chance to buy things for me, I tend to go for books or CDs.  I love to listen and make music.  My selection vary and they range from Pop, Acoustic Rock, and even Country Music.  I have a very huge selection of playlist on my PC, Mac and Nokia.  I like to listen to music while ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 30, 2010, 8:49 am
I love to sing.  I think Filipinos are naturally music lovers.  We love to sing love songs… We love to rock…  :) I used to play the piano as a child, but I love the guitar the best.  Although certainly no John Mayer nor a Gabe Bondoc or a Marié Digby, but I love the way a guitar so...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 29, 2010, 8:16 am
I love books and I love reading immensely. My love for reading began at an early age.  It started when I found an entire shelf of Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys hardbound books at the school library.  No one seemed to bother borrowing them, and although I cannot remember exactly my first Nancy Drew bo...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 26, 2010, 12:06 am
I rarely go laptop crazy. I have a trusty Macbook (one of those first White ones) and I am quite happy with it, except for the time when I need to lag it in my bag and it is quite heavy. I have been on the look out for one of those netbooks however, I wanted one with higher capacity as I wanted to...
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Jul 21, 2010, 6:19 am
It is indeed a challenge to teach children to learn how to save money.  Finally after some trial and error with my eldest daughter, I have learned that the best way to teach children is by practice and this would entail you– the parent to entrust your children some cash at their own disposal in t...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 21, 2010, 4:30 am
Hanging around Facebook is becoming a pain because of the barrage of online stores and stores tagging their goods with your name. At to some point it can become annoying and I now I started grouping those stores into Online Stores and added high privacy settings on this particular group. Although ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 21, 2010, 12:35 am
I came across this article from Spot.ph and reading it reminded me of my favorite band so many years ago.  Wolfgang.  Back when everybody was into Eraserheads and Rivermaya, I was totally into Basti Artadi, Manuel Legarda and Mon Legaspi.  It was not the coño look, but the long and curly tresses...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 18, 2010, 4:05 am
To those who know me, I have always been a blogger– I have never attended any blogging convention though, and circumstances before had prevented me from joining even local blogging conferences. But this time, I stumbled on WordCamp Philippines just in time. This year’s WordCamp is goin...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 18, 2010, 12:37 am
One of the frustrations of living in catastrophic Philippines is the lack of urban planning.   As a country along the typhoon’s way, one would assume that we’d learn from our mistakes and go from there.  But its hard to pick up the pieces especially when urban areas continue to grow ...
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 11, 2010, 9:17 am
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Jul 11, 2010, 9:17 am
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 11, 2010, 9:17 am
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Jul 11, 2010, 9:17 am
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Alma H. posted an article on Life Discourse - Jul 11, 2010, 9:16 am
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Jul 11, 2010, 9:16 am
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Alma H. posted an article on Pinoy Frugal Living - Jul 11, 2010, 9:15 am
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