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Get Discount Codes- Free Voucher Codes, Voucher Coupons, Promotional Codes, Freebies and Free Stuffs

2009-11-04T14:53:23+01:00

Getdiscountcodes.co.uk is a website that can meet your desire for branded products at discounted rates. Now people can buy many of the expensive clothes on discounted rates. The demand for such websites is increasing day by day and that is why, this website is getting lot of clicks on daily basis.

A new way to find great online stores

2009-11-02T09:34:52+01:00

The online search website for comprehensive data of online stores with website images is storeshere.com. Believe it or not storehere.com has the largest database of online stores on the web with a remarkable accuracy of website search. Features of Storehere website contains user review, ratings and comments for which both the shoppers and the shop keepers will be benefited. It offers content specific searches for general merchandise, sports, jewellers, clothing & apparel, shoes, visual art and photography, gifts for prospective women, men in terms of marriage and to be married, internet service providers and a number of other stores which we need in our day to day life.

A new search engine has arrived., online store search engine with a million stores. Happy Shopping...!

Need Aerial Photography but don't have a plane?

2009-10-10T03:06:53+02:00

The Draganflyer X4 is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that's been designed to carry wireless video and still cameras. Radio control let's you pilot the UAV remotely, and an advanced autopilot helps you fly. Using a unique quad rotor design, gives the UAV flight stability and control, while an advanced circuit board gives it the brains needed to get the job done. Cool!

Buy it here...

Options for marriage flowers by color

2009-09-18T11:04:00+02:00

Sometimes marriage themes are sometimes primarily based on color. Yellow, white, blue, green pink are just some of the favored colours that arte used as marriage themes. If you are considering one of these colours as your marriage theme, then these are some marriage flower options for you. Yellow / orange Dahlia These are enormous and massive blooms and work when used for decoration purposes. Tulip Tulips are little in size. They can be tied and used for centerpieces and can even used for bridal bouquets. Ranuculus This flower may be employed for bouquets with many others flowers. Poppy this is the best choice for spring marriage flower. Sunflower It may be employed to enhance the bride's hair. It also works as a substitute for bridal bouquets. White Flannel flower These are spiky formed flowers and are the best choice if you have got a causal marriage. Chamomile It is an exceelnt choice for wreaths and centerpieces. It may also b used as foliage for bouquets. Cosmos It is good only if used with other flowers. Cala Lily Pretty and complex marriage flowers, they can be usedin the bridal bouquet for formal marriages. Blue Veronica These little spike formed flower can be employed for both bouquets as well as centerpieces Celosia- Use this if you'd like to give your bouquet a velvety touch. Hyacinth It works rather well for locale dcor. Anemone This flower is available in a wide selection of colours. These are sometimes massive flowers and may be employed to brighten the aisle. Allium These miniscule petal flowers look positively classy. However, be wary of the onion like smell. Green Chrysanthemum It is very reasonable and can add an additional touch to bouquets and other flower displays. Nigella pod It can make your centerpieces look sculptured. Eucalyptus Use this flower for texturized centerpieces.These are some of the options that you have if you are considering a marriage theme based totally on a selected color. Try them and remember that you can always mix 'n match.

No time for cooking?

2009-07-11T21:16:00+02:00

Plug it directly into your car’s cigarette lighter!

This 12V portable oven and pizzeria plugs right into your dashboard. High and low settings for cooking and warming. Unique heating elements c

ook from top to bottom. Built-in fold out carry handle. Easy to clean and maintain. Fine freeway dining.

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Suit changes color when baby's temperature is high

2009-06-18T03:37:00+02:00

Six years ago Chris Ebejer conceived a way to stop babies from overheating. Now, proudly, he is delivering his fully-formed creation to the world. The father of one has signed a £12.5million contract with a manufacturer to take his 'Babyglow' babygrows global. The garments change colour with baby's temperature - meaning they can tell parents when their child is getting too hot and help prevent catastrophic illness. Overheating can cause a baby's brain to shut down and is also an indication of illnesses such as meningitis. Mr Ebejer, who had his idea while watching a documentary about babies, began the search for an ink pigment with heat-sensitive molecules. He spent six years and £700,000 working with scientists to develop-the pigments to embed into cotton babygrows.

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Hiring fake friends

2009-06-10T20:54:09+02:00

Office Agents, a Tokyo-based company, rents out friends, work colleagues and even relatives to pad out the guest list.

For around $208 US, one of the company's agents will attend the wedding as a guest, while a heart-tugging speech will cost an extra 105US and a song or dance will set clients back a mere 52US dollars.

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Having trouble concentrating?

2009-05-18T03:19:00+02:00

The Study Ball gadget is a prison-style ball and chain that you can program to keep track of how much time you spend studying. Once you’ve selected the desired duration, you chain the ball to your ankle and the manacle won’t come off until the schedule study time is up.

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Would you eat a stack of 16 sugar cubes?

2009-05-04T05:44:15+02:00

A label can tell you there are 39 grams of sugar in your soda, but what does that much sugar look like?

We've used regular sugar cubes (4 grams of sugar each) to show how the sugars in your favorite foods literally stack up, gram for gram.

Click here to Compare foods, find out where sugar is hiding, and see how much of the sweet stuff you're really eating.

Wedding dress made of Peacock tail feathers

2009-04-01T02:46:00+02:00

Any bride would agree that her dress is the most important thing on her wedding dayAnd finding that perfect dress is what makes this day even more memorable. But many times the bride has to compromise on her dream dress. either because of the price or because her designer doesn’t have the vision to create that perfect dress. But for all those brides who wish to look like a Peacock on their wedding day, your dream can now become a reality. A model recently presented a wedding dress decorated with peacock feathers at the wedding expo held in Nanjing, China. The unique dress took eight handicraftsmen two months to finish! Decorated with 2009 peacock tail feather and 60 Hetian jades, this exquisite dress is valued at a whopping $1.5 million! A perfect dress for that million dollar bride, don’t you think?

Chocolate eggs for Easter

2009-03-26T02:40:31+01:00

A truly unique Easter treat - - simply peel and enjoy!This confectionery marvel will have you asking, "Which came first? The chocolate or the egg?" Peel open the real brown hen egg imported from France and enjoy the chocolate praline egg that awaits inside.Buy them here...

Tesla Model S teaser surfaces

2009-02-23T06:13:00+01:00

Tesla Model S has surfaced that shows a bit more detail of the car's greenhouse profile. According to Jason, the photo was emailed to buyers of the Signature 100 cars, of which he is one. We got our first glimpse of the new car last week but this one shows more. Most of the car appears to be hidden in this image but there are details if you know how to look. A visit to the curves adjustment in Photoshop reveals the same fender trim seen on the earlier shot as well as the wheels. In the adjusted version, the door handles and side glass profile are also visible, as is the glass roof. We don't know at this point if the glass roof will be part of the production model, although it could be problematic for an EV. The extra thermal load would have the air conditioning working harder and thus cut into the range.

Batteries Powered by Sunshine

2009-02-22T04:32:38+01:00

Designer and inventor extraordinaire Knut Karlsen recently unveiled an inspired approach to portable power that can’t be beat for its elegant simplicity: a prototype battery capable of charging itself when exposed to sunshine. His slick set of SunCat C-cells are wrapped in flexible photovoltaic panels and will slowly recharge when left to bask in the sun - just like a cat. Rechargeable batteries are a boon to eco-enthusiasts who use portable electronics, however all too often they require additional peripherals in order to keep them charged. These devices generally take the form of a black box loaded with non-biodegradable plastics and heavy metals - not very earth-friendly.Karlsen’s SunCat batteries circumvent chargers completely by integrating solar cells within the batteries themselves. To make these prototypes he attached 1.8V flexible photovoltaic cells onto 1.5V NiMH rechargeable batteries and connected them with a conductive silver pen and a few flat wires. The effect is similar to a trickle charger, which slowly charges a battery and can be left attached indefinitely without overcharging.more...

Cigarette Tax Hike Proposal

2009-02-05T13:18:30+01:00

Smokers' allegiances will be tested, though, when the federal government tacks on a 61 cent hike per pack very shortly."I understand the legislation is being helpful to the general population in terms of health care," noted Kirk Sparrow, "but as far as the smoker goes, this won't change my buying habits."As early as next week, President Obama is expected to sign an expansion of federal health care legislation, known as SCHIP, that would provide coverage for an additional 4 million kids by upping the federal cigarette tax from 39 cents to a dollar. One local tobacco shop employee fears the consequences."I believe will cigarettes, and fewer cigarettes too," sighed Slava Kirzhner, who works at Cigarette Warehouse in Richmond. "It will harm my business dramatically."Richmond-based Altria, parent company to Phillip Morris, isn't thrilled about the legislation either. In a statement issued Friday, the company noted: "Putting aside the obvious merits of the SCHIP program, we continue to believe funding any expanding federal program with a declining revenue source does not make sense. We will continue to oppose tax increases that unfairly target adult smokers." Many within the industry do feel like they are being singled out."I believe that's discrimination," added Kirzhner. "This is not the industry to pick on." The SCIP expansion bill passed the Senate Thursday night by a vote of 66 to 32. The House has already passed its own legislation, meaning the two bodies need to reconcile one bill before it can be signed by President Obama.

World's fastest electric car

2009-02-03T05:24:20+01:00

The world's fastest electric car that can reach speeds of 208mph has been unveiled. The eco-vehicle created by Shelby Supercars can accelerate to 60mph in just 2.5 seconds. It is powered by a twin motor system, which produces a staggering 1,000 horse power and 800lb-ft of torque. it will be possible to fully charge the batteries in just 10 minutes from the mains, thanks to an on-board system it is calling 'Charge on the Run'.Once the Ultimate Aero EV's batteries are charged it will have a range of between 150 and 200 miles.The manufacturer expects to roll out pre-production versions of the vehicle, which has a three-speed automatic gearbox, by June.more...

Anxiety r/t Upcoming Shopping Activity

2009-01-30T19:20:04+01:00

I'm quite troubled right now. Was supposed to write this entry 12 hours ago but a brownout hit the village. Though it's about half day ago, I still think I should write about my thoughts.

My godparents gave me money yesterday so I can buy some clothes. Nice. I don't usually ask money for such stuff. I can live with a tight budget and with a rat's closet. But I am still a girl and I also like to dress up, though it only happens once in a blue moon. I'd rather spend my dimes on books. Haha!

What bothers me now is how to spend the money. There are stuffs I want to buy but I have to stick to the budget and must only buy what I need. I want to buy some dress, as in dress. OK, one piece will do. I feel like wearing dress lately albeit having no particular place where I could wear such. I think I just want to add a new dress in my cabinet. Anyways, I also want to buy some blouse, classy types. Yeah, yeah. So lady-like. But I'm still the boyish person like I used to be since freshmen in high school. I'd like to have some shabby-like clothes. Ha! I'm actually a ragged person, and my hair is a proof to that.

My hair is untamed. It's grown below my shoulder and I want it to be longer. But I miss having short hair. I used to wear one like every now and then, especially way back in high school. I always have a haircut. I just don't want to wear short hair right now because it seems like a trend lately. Besides, my hair is hard to manage so it'll be quite troublesome to have it short. Hair rebond? I don't like straight hair. But I don't hate it either. Yeah, I've had one before and it gave me a neat look. But I think it's quite un-me though it suited me.

I am not a fan of straight hair, at least I don't like to have mine straight right now. I love my waves, minus the split ends, which is the reason why I want my hair to grow fast. I want to cut my hair and end the misery brought by split ends.

I think I'll go "shopping" later this day or tomorrow. I am hoping it'll help me unwind. And of course, I believe there's a book I'd love to buy. It's classic. Hmm.. Seems like I have to go to Robinson's Galleria for that book. Gah! I don't know wear to shop. T_T Ortigas? I kind of miss Shangri-La Plaza. Besides there's SM Megamall nearby. Wait! SM Megamall on weekend? NOOO!!

Seems like I have to check on St. Francis Square and Rob Galle or I'll just stick to Shang.

Music:
Patty Griffin - Moon Song

RIP Jdimytai Damour (1974? - 2008)

2008-12-01T21:30:00+01:00

You've probably heard about the Wal-Mart worker, Jdimytai Damour, 34, who was trampled and crushed by a stampeding crowd of early-morning shoppers at a Long Island Wal-Mart on Black Friday -- shoppers who then "went on to scour the shelves for sales, even after being told a man had died." Damour died apparently of a heart attack of asphyxiation after the sliding glass doors he was holding shut shattered under the weight of the crowd of 2,000 or so who were trying to get in as the store opened at 5 a.m. for after-Thanksgiving sales. (Ludicrous comment by a Wal-Street employee in the store's electronic department: "'It was crazy. .. The deals weren't even that good.'")

Here's a bit of Damour's story, and here: "He loved to chat about movies, Japanese anime and politics. ... [H]e had a great sense of humor. ... He was the guy who was always lively." He was "an easygoing literature buff -- a fan of poetry and the late novelist Donald Goines -- who would put himself out for friends."

Essential Back to School Gadgets

2008-08-12T09:03:12+02:00

Five Gadgets Every Student Needs to Avoid a Computing Disaster It's only the beginning of August but already time to start shopping for the high tech necessities every student is going to need to succeed at school. Whether you're buying someone's first laptop computer, upgrading the old one, or looking for advice on essential gadgets for today's student, Here are some suggestions for what to buy along with some tips on good deals. A Reliable Computer, seriouslyComputers don't last forever. If your student is using the old hand-me-down computer with 512 MB of RAM running Windows 98 it's probably time to upgrade. First, you’ll need to decide between a desktop and laptop, or you could buy one of each. You’ll also have to decide between Windows and the Mac OS. Mac’s can run Windows applications easily but not the other way around. A desktop can deliver a lot more performance than a similarly priced laptop. With a desktop you'll get more storage, a real keyboard, better graphics processor, bigger monitor, and more expansion options but laptops are what every student wants so what are you going to do? eMachines recently announced some new desktops including the T3656 which comes with 1GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive and sells for around $299.99. The T5274 has 2GB RAM, a 320GB hard drive and retails for $399.99. Hot Back to School Deal from Apple Apple launched a Back to School promotion campaign that offers a free iPod when you buy a qualifying Mac. You need to purchase both products and then submit a rebate to get up to $299 back on the iPod. A good anti-everything applicationIt's too easy for anyone, especially students to click on the wrong link and find their computers loaded up with malicious software like virus' or spyware. There are many commercial applications to choose from like McAfee and Symantec. These companies maintain expensive labs to identify and combat malware. Unfortunately, you end up paying an annual fee for these programs which can add up when you're maintaining multiple computers in a household. Fortunately there are some very good applications like ones from Avast who offer "home" versions for free. PCPitstop.com offers some free tests for anything that could adversely affect your computer. Extra InkYou can often find third party ink cartridges for sale on ebay and other places. The ink may not be the very highest quality but we’ve found them to be quite adequate for most tasks and we’ve saved a lot of money too. Just in case the ink is out of stock or too expensive you should consider upgrading the old printer to a new model. A fast, high resolution, inkjet printer can be amazingly inexpensive. Maybe it’s because manufacturers know they’ll make up for giving the printer away when you buy lots of expensive ink cartridges. The HP Photosmart D7460 is a wireless printer and it’s a fast color inkjet that gets good reviews. A mutifunction printer might make a lot of sense for a student. They can copy and scan documents and many of these devices produce high quality photo prints. The Canon Pixma MX850 that gets high marks from users .External Backup DiskIt would be a terrible shame to spend a lot of money on computer gear only to lose that important term paper(not to mention that photo and MP3 collection) from a hard disk malfunction. External hard drives that hook up to the computer through a high speed USB connection and very often include back up software can be relatively inexpensive. Removable StorageTwo forms of storage we highly recommend are flash drives and optical discs. You can get 2 GB flash drives for under $20 which will store 4 years worth of term papers. Blank DVDs not cost around $.30 each and hold over 4 GB of data. You can back up all your docs to a few of these in spread them around for safe keeping.

My to - do list isn't going as planned.

2008-07-09T18:20:00+02:00

Here is my original to-do list of the day, timed when I should do it and everything, updates are to be written after this list.Things to do tomorrow before going to work:10:00am - ~~Rise and shine, star shine. The sun is bright and the world says, "Hello!"~~10:05am - Have a thank you for waking up cigarette!10:10am - Wash your face!10:15am - Turn on hair straightener, so it is ready when you are! Time to put on the makeup! No eyeliner today, just mascara and eyeshadow!10:30am - Straighten hair! Also style it!11:00am - ~~Throw on that new bikini and go suntanning! One hour!~~11:30am - ~~Baking baking in the sun!~~12:00pm - Do one half hour of schoolwork!12:30pm - Organize purses, as well as take inventory!01:00pm - Get last minute things ready for work, also enjoy a power snack (granola bar).01:30pm - Toodle oooh! Time to leave for work!01:45pm - Stop in Save-On-Foods and grab a pack of Diet Pepsi!02:00pm - Clock in, try to get in a bit earlier than 2:00.

Shopping Camp at the Mall - Patriotic!

2008-07-08T14:40:00+02:00

In news related to status anxiety, ruling class ideology, materialism, and creating desires: Marketplace reporter Benjamin Barber lauds shopping camp -- held at a mall, at which girls ages 6-12 visit stores to learn how to accessorize outfits -- as patriotic. I'm pretty sure he's being sarcastic .... More here. And Jezebel readers have something to say about it, too.

Infibeam - Online Shopping Portal in India out of Beta!

2008-03-18T10:34:31+01:00

Going full throttle, leading B2C Shopping portal in India http://www.infibeam.com has come out of its Beta version to be a full-blown web portal with new look, feel and user-friendly experience.Since its debut in September last year in beta version for consuming India, infibeam.com has been making waves on the internet.Infibeam.com today has become full fledged website or rather a web portal and marketplace with a spanking new layout and user friendly features.Infibeam.com offers a host of products and services like New Cars, Bikes and Scooters. In addition, the company has made it easy for anyone to list their Used Cars and Bikes for Sale on Infibeam.com in less than 5 minutes to make it available for its millions of visitors. It has now added services like Customer Reviews, Industry News, Finance Options, EMI Calculator and Featured Car Section with advanced search facility. Facility for review and rating of a particular vehicle can also be seen before arriving at a buying decision for a particular model.Spelling more details, Infibeam.com Founder and CEO Mr Vishal Mehta says, "Besides offering special deals to purchase products, we offer Cars on rental hire to Individuals and Corporate for the benefit of our valuable members and visitors. Our introductory car rental scheme for all vehicle segments including SUVs like Tavera or Innova at Rs 999+ per day with unlimited mileage is proving to be a boon to all executives, business persons and individuals with families, wishing to travel in brand new air conditioned comforts and safety."The website is now visited by millions of visitors who discover useful product information and benefit from attractive prices and convenience from shopping at their leisure.Although Infibeam.com has not disclosed any forward looking plans to date, they are already looking to hire buyers to source consumer electronics products on several employment portals. Thus, Infibeam.com has become a full blown website or web portal which thrives on superb customer experience, choice selection and very attractive pricing for all products offered on the portal.

Got to be done!

2007-12-10T23:50:00+01:00

This Christmas shopping has got to be done. I know, I know. It's only a couple of days to cover, our local Spar shop is open for a few hours too. Bet it won't have any bread or milk. lol

So, off we went to sunny Morecambe. Cold it was too. Had enough time to take pics. Hard to believe that behind those hills / mountains is Scotland. The Lake District first though.

Disappearance

2007-05-27T00:50:00+02:00

A rather strange thing happened while l was shopping in town on Saturday.

l was holding a small handbag, then bought a couple of items wihich l put in a plastic M&S carrier, but after half an hour or so of browsing around various stores l looked down and ... no carrier!

Odd. l have no recollection of losing it, and l'm normally safety conscious, always aware of suspicious looking people who might, at the first available opportunity, nick my stuff.

lt was unnerving to say the least. Was l suffering from a mental block? Had the carrier self-destructed? Or maybe l was merely pre-occupied with loftier matters and left it somewhere? (Loftier matters being 'what shall l have for tea when l get home' and 'l hope the buses are running on schedule'.)

lt could have been worse as the sum total of the missing goods was just £4.49, and l didn't have the time or inclination to re-trace my steps to search for it, but it's the principle. lf it's happened once, what's to stop it happening again? Hmmm. Another valid reason for ordering via the internet, l think.

Saturday evening saw the second installment of the excellent series on BBC 2 - The Seven Ages Of Rock. This week saw footage of Pink Floyd (with and without Syd Barrett), Lou Reed, David Bowie, Roxy Music, and Genesis (with Peter Gabriel).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/

Yes, please!

2007-04-24T07:50:09+02:00

When the sunshine she's been accustomed to over the last few months disappears and the doom and gloom of winter is setting in, what does every girl want...?...New Boots of course! I'm having problems finding any that aren't made from leather, something i've never been a big fan of. If i didn't have a heart i'd splurge on these babies:

Or maybe these:

However buying boots will use up the money i should be spending on new contact lenses. I've spent the last month either stuck in glasses or walking around half blind because i'm too self concious to wear them. Why i never chose more inconspicuous frames i will never know. They make me look like a cross between a mutton-dressed-as-lamb emo and Dame Edna.

It's payday tomorrow and i plan to drown my inevitable hangover with retail therapy. Two books i'm on a mission to find:

AND

Ice storm

2007-02-14T00:22:56+01:00

It's so cold today, beautiful, but cold, and more, you can feel a storm coming, the air feels like sucking on a pepper mint. the weather website said there might be an ice storm tomorrow. I'm excited but scared, I've never seen one before. I think I hate the anticipation of waiting for a storm even more then I hate the storm itself.

Ned's sleeping, I'm trying to get myself to do something, anything really. I started cutting pages for a book yesterday, so I finish that, but before starting on the sawing and binding I pick up a small block printing book plate I started and work on that a little bit, then I go to the computer and read the 2 swaps I can already send out, one of a self portrait and the other of any hand made item, I can do that now but not quite feel like doing either, then there's some magazine who's excepting submission, but I need Ned to wake up and print some image for me to do that. I actually feel like doing nothing, but that just make me feel bad about myself, and there's the flash movie I started a few days ago and there's the website I haven't worked on in ages, and the other website and a letter to write, fuck it, and that drawing I started 3 weeks ago and a few found objects I can start on.

I got an e-mail this morning, from a fetish art site which I signed up for about a year ago and forgot all about it. They made me "featured artist" which means a small box with my name and art work will be on the homepage of their site for the next 6 months. I should be happy about it, but I'm not, I feel like I don't deserve it. Even writing about this here makes me feel like I'm bragging or pushing myself in someone's face too much. I remember a few exhibition I was in with the illustrator society in Israel and how I never told the people in the office about it or anyone aside of my parents really, how being in something like that felt as if I'm doing something wrong. receiving and honor I'm not entitled to.

Yesterday, we mat his parent for brunch, it was hard, his dad were talking a little more openly about the cancer. It somehow went between the lines of other conversation, we were talking about headphones for the iPod he has and then he mentioned that the DR. in the hospital suggested he get a new pair if he's going ot bring the iPod to his next chemo treatment, cause the sponge in the the headphones he's using now might have a lot of germs in it. Then he said of how the iPod was being a lot of help cause laying down for 8 hours, being all tired and groggy from the treatment, he wasn't feeling up to reading and it was nice to listen to music. We talked on other things then, funny stories from the park, funny stories from the past.

A few hours later, we went to the computer store. We were talking about getting another screen and a wacom for my computer. And then we just went and did it, I don't think I ever spend or had so much money spent on making my computer work better. On the way home, on the train, I felt like I should feel happy, excited, grateful, but what I really felt was stressed, pressured, scared.

I'm not doing too bad, I'm learning new programs, I contacted an online gallery that might show and sell my work next month, Ned and I might have our design on a tee shirt for some fashion company, and now this Retro kitten thing. I'm doing pretty good, I think. But somehow that just scare me, not being quite out of the game by doing nothing and not being quite in the game, or rather a head of the game - I feel like I'm tailing in the back. I feel more of a looser now then I have in a while, and I feel like that cause things are actually going well.

I'm so scared of taking any space in the world.

My life problems.

2007-01-26T19:49:32+01:00

Theres this guy i like.. and i've liked pretty much all my life.. we dated berfore but he broke up with me for someone else.. they just recently broke up and i still have strong feelings for the guy but he only sees me as a friend.. nothing more.. i want to be with him... but i know he wont be with me.. everyone says get over him.. what should i do? try and get him back or just forget? im sooo confused about it.. i mean.. i thought he really liked me and i really liked him.. and then.. bam its over... Directory design. I had that same thing happen to me then I found out the guy still liked me but he didn't want anyone to know so I forgot about him. I making web directory. You should try to forget about him if a guy leaves you for another girl then he's not worth it. Tell me was the relationship (his last one) long and how long was it and if it was short how short was it? Sorry hun, but you should just move on and forget about him. I love shopping and internet marketing. It's easier said than done, but you will eventually. With my ex boyfriend he was like a guy I probably loved the most out of all the relationships I had, and when he broke up with me I was devastated. I love web directory. People told me I would get over him, but I couldn't imagine doing that, I thought I never would. Then after a bit, I found out their's a lot of other better guys, and now he doesn't even cross my mind anymore. Just try and forget about about him babe, I know it's really cheesy saying this but their is a lot more fish in the sea. ;)

jeden tag, eine neue welt (german)

2007-01-05T20:19:08+01:00

das ist die tchibo-welt. dort gibt es nicht nur interessantes über kaffee zu entdecken, sondern auch über reisen, versicherungen und noch vieles mehr. wer bspw. auf der suche nach einer wirklich günstigen haftpflichtversicherung ist, der wird dort auf jeden fall fündig werden. einfach mal reinschauen und entdecken unter: http://www.tchibo.de/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/de/-/EUR/TdTchBrowseCatalog-Start?CategoryName=angeboot&source=NAVI&BannerID=3460&SourceID=855

Merry Cha-Ching-Mas!

2006-11-18T16:20:00+01:00

Ha! I thought of a non-baby entry! Are you thrilled? Because I worked very hard to pull my head out of my uterus. It's almost Thanksgiving! Which means that it is almost Christmas! I love Christmas with a mad passion, the type of passion reserved for someone who doesn't focus on the religious aspects at all (that sound you hear is my Catholic mother sobbing) and can concentrate all of her energies on gift-giving.Yes, I am the person that sincerely religious people bemoan as missing the "real meaning" of Christmas. It's totally true. I dumped the real meaning by the wayside to make room in my car for more gifts. After years of holiday shopping, I have my own system down to a science. This system is not for the faint of heart, but because I love you, I am willing to share it with you. You're a girl, aren't you? I'm convinced all my male readers left…well, probably three days ago. Here are the rules to gift buying:1. Decide how much you can spend on the entire holiday. You must do this first. Your Christmas gift to yourself is starting the new year without holiday debt. 2. Write down every person you need to buy a gift for, including the annoying grab bag gifts that you have to give at parties in exchange for gifts you will never use. 3. If you have kids on the list, include their ages. Otherwise, you will buy a Lamaze toy for a 10-year-old. 4. Start with the grab bags, since they usually have set spending limits. Fill out the amount you are supposed to spend on those gifts. Tally it up and deduct that from your total amount available to spend.5. Divvy up the remaining amount between all the people on your list. If I run out of money, I usually knock off $5 or $10 from the amount I am going to spend on the grab bag gifts, because I know that I will get those gifts on sale. The original amount might match the total I was supposed to spend, even if I got it on sale. 6. Once you have individual amounts that don't exceed the total budget, start hunting for gifts that fit that price. The hardest thing is not going over budget. If you find something that is totally perfect for so-and-so but is over-budget, figure out who gets a smaller gift so you stay within your budget BEFORE you buy the perfect gift for so-and-so. 7. Carry the budget and your latest tally of gifts with you at all times. If you find something when you are least expecting it, you'll know if you can afford it. Remember, the most important gift is giving yourself a debt-free new year. My dog agrees with this strategy and is willing to help wrap:

Reduce and Reuse

2006-11-11T23:32:57+01:00

Beth was kind enough to take a picture of my shopping bag that I've knitted. She also sent it to me. Further, she has been kind enough to sew together my green cardigan. I suck at sewing - on top of that, I don't like to do it. She's been a real knitting pal and stepped forward to get the job done correctly. Now that's a knitting buddy indeed!

Isn't it great?!

This picture is right in time for Reduce and Reuse Day on November 15th. I no longer use as many bags when leaving the grocery store. It can fit many more items than the regular bags at the grocery store.

Speaking of Beth and her great knitting abilities...she has designed a great looking mosaic blanket that we will be giving away to a charity. The purpose of the blanket is growth, so we decided on the baobab tree as the center.

Check 2 knitted of the squares out:

And guess who has to catch up with her on knitting? Yep, me. Going to to knit. You should too.

Shopping for electronics: Recreational shopping

2006-08-31T09:39:34+02:00

Okay, I'll admit it. I track electronics like sports fans track their favorite teams. I'm not an expert on every product, but for a select few pieces of merchandise, I can tell you EXACTLY how much something costs, at which store.I love shopping for electronics. Not really the buying part, just the shopping. I do it online, I do it offline. For example, I read Google news everyday. And everyday i click through to stories in their Science and Tech Section, and pretty much click on at least one electronic add every single day. Not only that: when I see a new product featured, very very often I'll do a quick web search, just to read more about the product.And it doesn't matter if I already own the product or not. For example, pretty much every day I look for news about Ipods and LCD tvs. I have an iPod. I want and LCD tv.So fun.For some products, I've actually been going to Best Buy's website every day for almost two years. TWO YEARS! That's a major investment. In fact, I might suggest that I've gotten more enjoyment out of not buying the product than if I'd actually purchased it.Buy online, look online, buy offline. No matter how much I spend on electronics, I always want to buy more. Am I alone in this?

Shop Locally For Your Health

2006-08-20T15:05:00+02:00

Do you actually go to your farmers market and buy food? Most people don’t because it is easier to purchase your food from the supermarket. Most people don’t realize that by buying food from their supermarket helps large ‘corporation’ farmers and doesn’t help the little farmer. What this means is by buying at a supermarket you are paying the rich. These farmers are getting good subsidies from the government on top of selling their produce at what sometimes can be a very, very high price. It is an imbalance of the system.

It is actually healthier to eat local farmer’s food. Most of them are organic and do not use the pesticides that the larger farmers use. What this means is by eating organic you may save your self some cancer treatment in the future.

I don’t know enough about the WTO talks but I do know that republicans back the large corporate farms. Because our government gives them backing we have thrown off world wide trade that hurts many, many different small businesses.

Please support your local farmers. They are the ones who are trying to feed you well and at the same time keep your local economy balanced.

Le Shop Closed for Works

2006-03-03T00:35:00+01:00

The popular streetwear concept store Le Shop (Rue Argout, 2nd) is closed for "travaux". According to the sign, it will reopen as a co-branded "IKKS - Le Shop" store. Judging from a quick peek in the doorway, don't hold your breath. In the meantime, pick up clubbing flyers at Kiliwatch on Rue Tiquetonne, around the corner.

Multimedia Fashion Blog

2006-02-25T00:40:00+01:00

The windows at Printemps have an excellent Pirates of the Caribbean theme (for the upcoming sequel film, "Dead Man's Chest"), with a series of very fashionable damsels in distress on the high seas. There's even a dramatic soundtrack to accompany the scenes:

Shopping escapade

2006-01-21T11:55:00+01:00

Well okay, it is not really an escapade if you are only at it for two to three hours. But I have never really been much of a shopper so two to three hours is pretty tiring to me. My mom had asked me to keep an eye out for a nice coat for her so today was the day. It also is the day when everybody else in Chengdu decided to go shopping. That means tons of people on the streets. That plus the pre-Spring Festival sales makes today technically one of the worse days to shop. Anyway, the sun was shining brightly so I decided to go out. Funny how the sun went away the moment I hit the streets though…Undeterred, I decided to take the bus and make my way to Kowloon Plaza - the place my friend had told me about. I got a seat and was telling myself, “How cool is that?” until the woman diagonally in front of threw up. Yeah, on the bus. I heard it first, then I saw it, then I smelt it. Gross! Then she threw up again… I was so close to puking, it was scary. At that moment the bus driver decided a few jerks would be good for us so the puke started drifting backwards. The guy sitting directly behind the woman who threw up covered his nose, and raised his feet above the ground. The guy sitting beside her threw the window open wide, never mind the cold air smacking our faces. I got off at the next stop. So, I finally reached the entrance of Kowloon Plaza. It is one really happening place. I feel like everybody who wants a better bargain comes here to buy clothes (instead of the usual shopping district). The people who get the best bargains apparently go to the wholesalers’ market. But I did not want to go that far, and I was not sure about the quality of the goods there. So I started making my rounds. Kowloon Plaza has eleven floors of stores. Wow. And each floor area is pretty big too. It was so packed that if you tried to stand still, you would find yourself being moved forward by the sheer force of people squeezing to get in. I went upstairs to get away from the crowd. I noticed how some stores would have these people standing on chairs and calling out to people to come in to their stores. The funny things was when they started to clap their hands, wave money at people and even bop to the music another store was playing. You got to hand it to them. Anyway, I got my stuff and I think it deserves more exploration. My friend was right, there are a few good stores. I got all my stuff in the second store I walked into. Two coats (my mom can pick which one she likes more) and a pants-suit with matching skirt. I was pretty satisfied with the deal I eventually got. Maybe if I were patient, I might have gotten better deals but it is okay, this is good enough for me. We will go there when you come over.

Fashion session

2006-01-16T16:20:00+01:00

Every time I see them, I go “Ouch”. Practically every woman here wears those pointy and thin-and-high-heeled knee-high leather boots. Is there any worse way to kill your feet, and in such ugly footwear? The afore-mentioned shoes seems to have entered mainstream fashion. I think they are hideous. Other than the fact that your feet probably hurt, the heel can get stuck in the uneven pavement. But somehow the women here have figured out where and how to walk in those monstrosities, so they are still upright.The pointy-tip-with-thin-high-heels-knee-high-leather boots are just an example of my struggle with fashion here. I have not bought any working clothes because I cannot seem to find anything that looks professional enough. So many women over here (in Chengdu at least) wear tights to work, funky clothes (sometimes leather), jackets with furry collars, and look absolutely odd to me. In fact the women who do dress properly seem to be the lower paid ones. I must be sending off the wrong signals with my long sleeved shirts, black pants and square-front-low-heeled shoes that do not cramp my feet. So as much as the clothes are cheaper here, I have not been able to capitalize on that fact. I have bought one of those ubiquitous jackets with furry collars to fit in with the crowd. Makes me look a bit more local. No, it is not real fur - I have neither that sort of moolah or fancy for such material.Speaking of apparel, even dogs have them. Have not seen many big dogs on the streets, but there are numerous rat-dogs being kept as pets. Rat-dogs… you know, those small dogs that are cute to look at but do absolutely nothing except for eat, pee and bark incessantly at you? The kind that some people just look at and want to stick a boot to their butt… Anyway, it has gotten colder here and even the rat-dogs are wearing sweaters. They look incredibly cute but strange at the same time. I almost want to say that their sweaters are more expensive than mine, but I am not sure. I can only say that there is something wrong when you see a dog dressed up as a rabbit.My friend has recommended a place where I might be able to buy some clothes apart from the usual shopping area which has none of the stuff I want. She says I have to be patient and just make my way around the complex. Apparently the good stores are hard to find, but they do exist. She also says it is best that I go around with a big black plastic bag (garbage bag maybe?) because it makes me look like a retailer looking for samples to sell in my store, and the shopkeepers might sell me their clothes cheaper. Maybe I will make some time to check the place out. If there are good buys, I will bring you there. Wish me luck!

Buying a car

2005-11-03T14:55:00+01:00

Last night, we came close to buying a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid, manual transmission, with 81,000 miles, from National Motors in Baltimore, MD. It was being auctioned on eBay, selling to someone else around 9:15 p.m. ET for $9,700. We didn't bid but we seriously considered doing so, researching the Hybrid (friends of ours own one, so we'd had a little experience of it) as well as the 1999 Honda Civic EX, which is not a hybrid and which is currently listed for sale in our area on Craig's list. We've had two Honda vehicles and are happy with them. We've also bought a vehicle via eBay and were happy with that transaction.

I am most interested in gas mileage, aesthetic look of the car (especially the interior and dash), low miles, and low maintenance costs (including taxes and yearly registration and insurance costs). These are also important to my spouse, as well as safety (specifically, side airbags), and he would like a vehicle that does well in snow and ice. One vehicle he's suggested is the Toyota Rav4, which is said to get about 25 mpg, less than our older Honda and Acura cars get now. Of course, the RAV4 EV would get over 100 mpg but it's not a 4-wheel-drive.

The Honda Civic Hybrid's gas mileage varies widely, based on what I've read online, from about 32 mpg to 50 mpg, depending, to some extent, on how the car is driven; in all cars, accelerating slowly, braking gradually, driving less than 60 mph, and keeping tires inflated properly will increase gas mileage, all other things being equal, but in hybrids gas mileage is dramatically affected by these things.

The non-hybrid Honda Civics (DX, HX, LX, and EX), years 1999-2002, are rated to get from 29-36 mpg city and 32-45 mpg highway. Actual mileage seems to average as high as 40 mpg. These cars would probably have lower registration costs (because we can buy an older model of a regular civic than of a hybrid, and because the hybrids cost somewhat more than the non-hybrids) and maintenance can be done by our regular mechanic (we live 45 mins from an official Honda dealer). The hybrid has side air bags, though, and these older civic models don't seem to offer them.

So, we didn't bid and we're still looking ...

UPDATE ... 5 March 06: After months of searching eBay, Craigslist, Auto Traders, etc., for Honda Civic hybrids, HXs, LXs, and EXs, we bought a well-maintained, one-owner 1998 Honda Civic LX with 103,000 miles on it for $6,000 earlier this week from someone my spouse knows at work. The car seems to have little rust, which is a big plus for us in coastal New England. We're still on the first tank of gas (and the car is wearing its winter tires), so we have yet to track gas mileage. I'm hoping for at least 36-38 mpg overall.