Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 7, 2012, 12:46 am
Online shopping is..to people like me…a heaven sent. You don’t necessarily have to buy immediately. Just like when we go window shopping. But now we can do it in the comfort of our own bedroom..without having to get dressed. But when a deal is too good to pass up, even I succumb. Much the same
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 6, 2012, 12:57 am
I’ve always wondered to myself how some people would opt for a “lunch time facial” as opposed to a scrumptious meal at some swanky resto. I always told myself that I wasn’t that vain. Not that I abhorred facials. I love them. But I don’t get them over lunch. Until I learned about the fat
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 28, 2012, 11:19 pm
The recent drug-bust in the exclusive Ayala Alabang village had me wondering whether gated communities are still as safe as they used to be. Personally, I still prefer to have my kids grow up in the confines of such a community not because of its exclusivity but because of the security said communit...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 28, 2012, 1:24 am
Yesterday afternoon, I was wondering why nobody was calling me or texting me. I gave it not much thought until my husband was able to get through to me. He asked why I wasn’t picking up or why I wasn’t answering his messages. Guess what…NO SERVICE!! Yup, my network (Globe) was on the blink aga...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 25, 2012, 9:47 am
If there is one thing that I inherited from my Mom, it is the love of gardening. Although our taste in plants run in different, she has a taste for decorative flora while I prefer the edible kind, we sometimes meet in the middle. We both love flowers. We love planting them. My first experience
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 24, 2012, 12:24 am
You read it right, we have no travel plans this year…none. Despite all the holiday travel deals that had me itching to buy tickets for almost every declared holiday…travel plans are officially and definitely on hold. Yes, I’m quietly sobbing inside. I had every intention of seeing the temples ...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Oct 7, 2011, 9:30 pm
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not in the market for a new job. I’m swamped with my daily duties as it is. However, just because I’m not looking doesn’t mean I can’t browse. I find it interesting that there are a whole lot of career choices nowadays compared to how it was after
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Oct 7, 2011, 1:02 am
This is a story about how I found myself falling in love with the old terno all over again. A few weeks ago I had the good fortune of being invited to a ball. Yes, a ball. The kind that you have to dress up for. Other than prom, this was the first time I
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Sep 22, 2011, 2:04 am
Its been a week since that botched deal I had with this notorious (now I know) deal site. To date, they still haven’t given me my refund. I’m trying my hardest not to blow my top again. In fact, I haven’t written a single email to follow up my last request. Why? Because
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Sep 14, 2011, 9:49 pm
It is no secret that I’m a big fan of groupon sites. I have all my fave groupon sites bookmarked on my laptop and I have subscribed to their email updates so as not to miss out on any of those great deals. There is not one day that I don’t check.
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jul 3, 2011, 11:04 pm
I just checked my Paypal funds…and…zilch! Yup, I have successfully emptied my Paypal wallet. And the culprit, those darn online coupon sites. This is not counting the coupons I bought using my credit card, ok. Its that bad. Problem with me is that I’m totally addicted to those sites. I hav...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jun 30, 2011, 10:21 pm
Let me begin by saying, I’m 43 years old and I don’t deny it. Yes, I feel it in my bones already. My body has been changing so much this last year that I can officially declare that I feel old. What happened? Wasn’t I the eternally youthful go-getter that would gladly climb a tree
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jun 23, 2011, 2:39 am
As I mentioned in a previous post, we are in the process of designing what should be our “dream home.” Since we were fortunate enough to acquire a lot that is bigger than the one we are occupying at the moment, this means we will have more space. And more space is what everyone wants…especial...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jun 23, 2011, 2:19 am
Sometime last month, my 72-year old mother asked me to accompany her to an eye specialist to have her eyes checked. Apparently, she was having a bit of blurred vision on her left side. We’ve been trying to convince her for the longest time to get Lasik surgery done on her eyes so
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jun 21, 2011, 10:36 pm
Now it can be told….we’re building a house. Last month, the hubby and I finalized the purchase of a piece of land in a new community. In this lot we will build our dream house. Not that we don’t love the house that we live in at the moment. We do. In fact, it
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jun 8, 2011, 2:30 am
I’m a groupon junky. I’ll be the very first to admit that I scour all the local groupon sites daily to see if there are good deals. I’ve always been a sucker for anything on sale. And I learned about coupons while on a 2-month vacation in the US when I was
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - May 23, 2011, 1:45 am
In 2 more weeks my kids are going back to school. This time around, things will be different. It will be the first year that I will have almost the entire day to myself. This will be the first year that BOTH kids go to school for an entire day. My
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - May 22, 2011, 2:39 am
Let me be the first to admit that my 40-something face is already in serious need of backtracking…in the age department. Yep, I see wrinkles. I see sagging. I see things that were not there 10 years ago. Sometimes I look at pictures of myself just before I gave birth and I wonder
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - May 5, 2011, 11:17 am
After procrastinating for almost 2 years, I think I’ve finally found the motivation to really get back on the fitness bandwagon. I just signed up for a 4 session running clinic!! Even I couldn’t believe it. For someone who rarely laces up her sneakers, taking a running class is definitely one ...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - May 5, 2011, 10:57 am
I did some cleaning recently…summer cleaning. It all started because my mother almost threw out an all important company document that was sent to her house and she thought that it was junk mail. Its a good thing that she had a brief moment of doubt and decided to check out the doc. Lo
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - May 5, 2011, 10:35 am
This trip took 2 years to finally get off the ground….so to speak. Last year, we booked our tickets to visit Bangkok for the summer when things when awry right smack in the middle of busy Bangkok. To make the long story short, we cancelled and rebooked our tickets for another location. This year ...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Mar 31, 2011, 1:35 am
On the morning of March 11, my hubby handed me a sheet of paper which contained a list of requirements for a visa application to Japan. The hubby had some business matters to attend to in the town of Fukushima in Hiroshima and he scheduled it for mid-April so it would coincide with the
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Mar 30, 2011, 12:55 pm
How do you plan a vacation? Personally, I get really toxic about these things. Being a stickler for detail, I plan waaaaaaaaay ahead. First things first…destination. I always see to it that there is something for every member of the family to enjoy. If the kids are with us, there has to be a
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Mar 30, 2011, 12:35 pm
It is official…we’re off to Bangkok in 2 weeks! Due to circumstances beyond our control…we had teo cancel our trip to Japan. Despite our destination being away from the destruction, my husband and I both decided that it wasn’t at all safe to even bother taking the risk. Especially since t...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 27, 2011, 8:30 pm
I just got myself a “beauty package” for my face. I was having a facial when the clinic director stepped in to check how I was doing. Then she noticed that my melasma was still there. So she consulted with the clinic’s doctor and before I knew it, they were both in there with
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 27, 2011, 8:21 pm
As a mother to 2 school age kids, one of the things I sometimes put on the back burner is my role as a wife. Not that I don’t notice my hubby or anything. Its just that most of the time, the kids really come ahead of anything else. Including myself.
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 27, 2011, 7:57 pm
When Japanese Sweet Corn made an entry into our shores more than 2 decades ago, it didn’t go unnoticed by moi’. Fortunately for me, one of the main men who brought this delicacy to us happened to be an alumnus of the university I was attending and was given permission to propagate an idle
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 26, 2011, 8:46 pm
One more to go. Silly me, I completely forgot that I had those vouchers for facials/dp and I only remembered when I had 3 weeks to go before they expired. And I had 4 vouchers left. To think I maxed out on the number of vouchers that was allowed because I felt that this
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 26, 2011, 8:30 pm
Hurrah!!! I’m one notch down! Belt size, I mean. And I haven’t done a single thing yet. Maybe my body is just adjusting to the weather. It has been quite cool lately, right. And I read somewhere that cold weather helps you lose weight because your body warms itself up hence you burn
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 26, 2011, 7:30 pm
Its been 2 days since the big celebration. And I wasn’t part of it. I didn’t even watch it on TV. Why? I wasn’t interested. Why? Same old, same old. When the big revolt happened 25 years ago, I was a college freshman who happened to be amongst the big
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 24, 2011, 10:33 am
I’ve been going through a particularly rough patch lately. I think it goes with age. I’m really feeling it now. Lets just say that the former vigor has really diminished….greatly. Plus, I haven’t been sleeping well too. I know a lot needs to be done with regards to my physical well being...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 21, 2011, 10:44 am
I will the very first to admit that I am more vain now than I have ever been. I guess it goes with age. Now I make regular visits to the dermatologist to make sure that my face stays in tip-top condition. The insides get the same kind of loving as well.
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 21, 2011, 10:12 am
Last Saturday we visited the farm of my husband’s uncle. This piece of property lies a good hour north of the city. What was once raw land that was devastated by the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo more than a decade ago, now has been transformed into a multi-use agricultural and leisure facility.
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 14, 2011, 9:19 am
Its a portable massager….or a mini-spaceship.
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 14, 2011, 9:12 am
Adi turns 6 in two days. How time flies…really. I can still remember when I gave birth to her, rather vividly. I can’t believe its been 6 years since. Between the 2 kids, its Adi who likes celebrating her birthday. Gaby will be happy just to have dinner out with the
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 11, 2011, 10:26 pm
I lost my cellphone case a couple of weeks ago and I haven’t had the chance to buy a new one. Luckily for me, my youngest has been doing all sorts of art stuff at school. She was so inspired by her lessons that my baby, who I thought would end up as
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 9, 2011, 8:36 pm
eyI have finally….after more than a year….opened the box of that boot camp kit. It was actually a spur of the moment thing. I was watching TV and when I switched channels I accidentally switched it to the home shopping channel. And there…they were selling that boot camp kit for the amazing
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 6, 2011, 9:15 pm
After a brief lull, my green thumb is alive and kicking. And the recipients of 75% of my TLC…my Gumamela (Hibiscus) plants. The other 25% went to my mini herb garden. A few snips and loads of fertilizer…Voila….they’re in full bloom. I’m still waiting for 2 other Gumamela (pink and orang...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Feb 4, 2011, 12:56 am
Ever since I gave birth to my second child, my eyes went bad and I started wearing glasses. In the past I had astigmatism that was easily corrected by wearing spectacles for about 6 months. This time, its degenerative. My eyes are getting worse as the years go by. Not at
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 30, 2011, 9:04 pm
I really enjoy hitting the playground with my kids. Whereas other parents will content themselves with just watching their kids play, I don’t. I obviously still have some kid left in me. My fave are the swings. And what show-off I can be. I still know how to swing really high
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 30, 2011, 9:55 am
I just found my facial vouchers after cleaning my desk. I had completely forgotten about them until I saw them just a while back. Problem is, I’ve got 4 vouchers and 4 weeks until they expire. That means I need to get a facial once a week for the next 4 weeks.
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 30, 2011, 8:26 am
We just got our flu shots yesterday…and when I say “we” I mean myself, the hubs and the kids. All of us vaccinated for flu and AH1N1. This is the first time that we did this together as a family. Previously it was only the kids who would get shots. Then for the
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 29, 2011, 10:49 am
In the light of recent events that our nation has been going through, I cannot help but wonder if we this is still a safe place to raise my kids. I can’t help it. Every kind of criminal seems to be lurking in every road and corner in the metro…and outside. And
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 29, 2011, 10:37 am
Summer is officially on its way to our shores. Despite the cool weather, I know that the summer months are fast approaching. And what am I doing about it? I’m getting ready, that’s what I’m doing. I am determined to start exercising next month…technically that’s next week. Then I’m g...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 28, 2011, 8:26 pm
Egad!! There are sales left and right!! You name it, its on sale. Even my Mac decided to go on hiatus. Probably telling me to retire him so I can avail of another computer on sale. I even noticed a little rip on my iphone case after I read online
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 28, 2011, 8:21 pm
Early this week I received a much awaited text from our doctor. Flu shots are now available. We make it a point to get flu shots as soon as they become available the reason being, they sometimes run out. This happened when there was an outbreak of AH1N1. Back then, I didn’t get a
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 28, 2011, 10:20 am
I’ve been seriously thinking about getting further studies in the near future. Despite my constant threats to my hubby that I’m taking up Law, I think I’m going the easier route. Two interests are currently flooding my psyche. The first is culinary arts and the second is an it degree. Surpr...
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 28, 2011, 10:02 am
My fingers are swelling. I’m not sure if its because of PMS or because of all the computer time I’ve been logging in lately. Whichever the case, its really darn irritating. When this happened a few years ago, it was coupled with some swelling in my legs and feet. It was so bad
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 27, 2011, 7:45 pm
Now it can be told, my test results are negative….for any form of cancer. I had a bit of a health scare a month before Christmas. I visited my doctor for a routine check. I had a bit of a bleeding problem which was mostly attributed to my hormones going out of whack. That was
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Ma. Pauline L. posted an article on Scroochchronicles - Jan 17, 2011, 9:25 am
One of my pet peeves is a wet bathroom floor. I cannot function in an uberly wet bathroom. It grosses me out. And I’m scared that I might fall or slip. I have a cousin who did and he got a nasty bump on the head. This is what I
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