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Since my list for potential gifts for my mom ran out last christmas, I have to look for gifts for moms this early. I don’t exactly know what to get my mom for mother’s day yet, and I need your help, my dearest readers.

I have no idea what to get her, and it’s all up to you guys! If you must know, her favourite colour is purple, and she loves sour food. I just want to repay her for all of the amazing things she did for me and my siblings, and I guess the only way I can show that to her is through presents, aside from contributing to our house bills, haha!

What kind of presents did you give your mom this Christmas? Please, share it with me so I can get some ideas! I would greatly appreciate it. The comments section of this post is free for all, and I’ll make sure I read them all and put them into consideration. Thanks a lot!

A Filipino friend of mine gave me a visit last week and brought me an interesting gift – a Miracle Fruit. Actually it was a small plant with two or three fruits. What’s so interesting about this? Well after eating the fruit, every sour thing you taste after will taste sweet. I tried eating a ripe lemon and it tasted so sweet. I was so amazed with her gift that I immediately planted it in my garden, thinking that it would bear more fruit.

Unfortunately, the plant died. I had no idea why so I did some research on the net. Turns out that Miracle Fruit only grow on soil with 6.8 to 7 ph. This means that the soil must be ph balanced in order for the plant to live. I bought a ph meter from a gardening store to check out my soil and it turns out that it was PH 5. The soil killed my plant, or at least my plant was not able to live in my garden soil.

I told my friend about this and she told me not to worry. She will bring another Miracle Fruit plant when she visits me again in summer.

I went to visit my sister’s apartment in her university because she confessed that she was having issues with her roommate, and that her roommate has been seriously hard to get along with, not to mention stressful in a way that she couldn’t concentrate on her studies anymore. While I went in there and the apartment was empty, I could not help but notice how there were cords and cables EVERYWHERE.

It was an eyesore and I couldn’t help but cringe whenever I stepped on something for fear of tripping and losing a tooth if I ever fall flat on my face. I definitely need to get my sister one of those cord covers. Knowing her, she actually might fall flat on her face with a bigger chance than me.

It’s quite hard to get along with people, but there are some who just don’t know where and how to react politely and be civil. That’s the problem with her roommate, and if my sister trying to talk to her didn’t work out, I am obliged to step in and kick her out.

I just cannot believe how easy it is to evade customs tax in the Philippines.

A friend of mine flew there last week bringing with him several silver dollar collectibles. These are very rare coins that he wanted to sell to a friend of his (both of them are avid coin collectors). At first I thought that it would be very difficult for him to get pass through the airport without paying customs tax. However, I was proven wrong. The moment he passed the airport, he called me up and said that the customs was a piece of cake.

He told me he bribed the customs agent with only a few bucks and he let him pass. As I was happy for him, I was furious because last year I got taxed a hundred dollars for bringing two if my laptops there. It was just insane. Also, I am really concerned that terrorists might abuse this kind of faulty security.

There’s nothing better than being prepared. As the old and very famous saying goes, prevention is better than cure. And in the case of tornadoes and the like, I’m afraid I’m going to have to agree with the person who came up with those words of wisdom.

We don’t know what the future holds. One day, Japan gets a high magnitude earthquake, the next day, Singapore gets a tsunami. A lot of people ended up losing a lot of their assets and burying themselves in debts because they weren’t responsible enough to prepare for situations like that.

You know way back in the world war times when bomb shelters were common? I strongly recommend people to get tornado shelters so they know that they always have a backup plan.

Are there any tips that you would recommend a person preparing for these common disasters? I’d recommend keeping the fragile items inside the shelter to a minimum. As much as possible take away glass and ceramic items. They’re more trouble than they’re worth in times of disaster.

I think everyone of us has gone through all of these weird phases in our lives.

I, for one, had an emo phase and a hip hop phase. I also had a phase where I cried my heart out on the world wide web for any other person to see and to laugh at, it was embarrassing, and I read that blog still, from time to time, and I laugh about it with my friends. Don’t think I’d share it with you guys on this blog though! Never in a million years.

I think I find my brother’s phases hilarious. They’re just so random. He had this ATV phase where there was nothing more important in this world than his ATV. He’d spend months taking part time jobs so he could buy those special RZR XP Accessories. He also had this Apple phase. In fact, he still is in that phase right now. If you enter his room it’s like a freaking apple store.

He has every product they have! I’m not even exaggerating.

It’s fun to look back to who we were before, every once in a while, don’t you think?

I have always preferred to do things manually than relying on machines and technology to do it for us.

Take riding cabs, for example. In my office, certain employees have this privilege called “tax shields” where we present receipts of certain categories and we get a chance to have a certain amount from these receipts deducted from the amount taken by the income tax.

The categories that were assigned to me were transportation and communication so naturally, I had to collect receipts from cab fares and purchases from gasoline and telephone companies. Everytime I hail a cab and get dropped off somewhere, I now ask them to give me a receipt.

Most of the cabs nowadays have a receipt printer incorporated with their meters, and more often than not, when I ask for receipts, they tell me that their printer is out of ink.

This is precisely why I prefer doing things manually. They could have written me a receipt instead, you know? I’m starting to think that maybe technology isn’t really always that helpful for us.

I found a great way to buy the best items at the cheapest prices! Online auctions! It is like a garage sale posted online. You can do a Google search for these sites. Ebay is also an auction site, however the “buy now” option contradicts to the auction site idea.

The auction sites I am referring to are posted by companies who are selling their used items. Usually these items are of very high quality because they are intended for industrial purpose. They usually just come and go so just be a little patient while accessing these pages.

Anyhow, last week, I won an auction for a honda generator. I always wanted a generator at home, but I found it really expensive. Although a necessity in out town (since it is always raining here and blackouts are common) I could not afford to spend that much money.
Fortunately, my friend suggested this idea to me.

Oh well. I was just sharing. It is not everyday that I get a dream item for a dream price right? So I might as well brag about it.

When I was young I used to watch the stars with my brother until our parents scolded us for staying up late and forced us to go to bed. This was one of the reasons why I begged our mom to build a rooftop when our house was still being constructed.

When I was thirteen, our parents bought us both spotting scopes. It’s a smaller telescope used for low magnification visions. I loved watching birds nest and just staring at the wildlife around us. My brother started going to college, so most of the time I did this alone.

I kind of miss it, hanging out with my brother like that. Maybe when he graduates we’ll have more times like that together.

What kind of activities did you do when you were young, and who did you do it with?

I’ve done a little survey with my gal pals.

I asked them the question, “Is bigger always better when it comes to men and lovemaking?”.

It just randomly popped into my head, and when something unanswerable such as that comes into my head, I wouldn’t be able to sleep unless I get some sort of resolution.

As I asked most of my friends, the answers came down to one thing– that they lean more on the performance, and that the size is always a bonus.

So if I actually do have curious male readers out there, there’s still hope! If you’re not very keen on the performance, there’s always male enhancement products to make up for your lack in the performance department.

I believe my friends recommended this certain website called extenze side effects. Some of their partners tried the products there and it turned out to be very effective!

It just never ceases to amaze me, what technology can do these days.