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Entries from March 2010

Our new HD player

March 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Hubby has been itching to buy either a PS3 or an HD player and I’ve been trying to delay him for some time now.  But last week at the IT show, I finally relented when we saw a promising looking HD Player selling for just S$129.00  What I liked most about it is its portable [...]

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Tags: Shopping · Technology

Philippines has the Dutch Disease

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments

It seems I was on to something when I blogged about my problem with the strengthening peso last month.  According to this article in the Inquirer: The Philippines may now be afflicted with the Dutch Disease.   What is the Dutch disease, you ask? 

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Tags: Bits from Back Home

Restaurant Week

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Here’s good news for the foodies out there.  From Monday the 22nd till Sunday the 28th of March high quality restaurants will serve a special three course dinner for a fixed price of

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Tags: Food

Manny Pacquiao wins over Joshua Clottey

March 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments

In probably one of the least exciting fights by Manny Pacquiao, Pacquiao won by unanimous decision with a scores of: 120-108, 119-109, 119-109. It turns out Manny was better off practicing his song number for his after fight party during his final workout. Clottey was fighting not to be knocked out instead of fighting to [...]

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Tags: Proud to be Pinoy!

Singapore ranks second as the best place to raise expat kids

March 14th, 2010 · 8 Comments

On a survey done by an HSBC bank, Singapore came second to Australia on a survey of the best places to raise expat kids. What immediately comes to my mind is what is their definition of expat? If you look it up at www.businessdictionary.com, expat is defined as: A person who has citizenship in at [...]

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Tags: Living in Singapore · People

The Biggest Little Man in the World

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Here’s a must-read well written profile about Manny Pacquiao by Andrew Corsello for GQ Magazine. It’s so interesting that I got through all 7 pages without getting one bit bored. This piece to me is like watching an Al Pacino / Robert de Niro fictional movie directed by Guy Ritchie. Strange, ruthless, ironic and humorous. [...]

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Tags: Entertainment · Proud to be Pinoy!

Pacquiao vs Clottey Final Workout

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Video: Fight Week: Pacquiao performs Who’s pressured? Go Manny!!!

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Tags: Entertainment · Proud to be Pinoy!

Review of the MH-C9000 WizardOne Charger-Analyzer for 4 AA / AAA

March 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Here’s a recent purchase I got online.  We use a lot of batteries at home for our gadgets and my baby’s toys. The baby’s toys alone consume a lot of batteries and it tugs on my green conscience every time we have to replace and throw away batteries and that’s quite often since we hardly [...]

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Tags: Review · Shopping · Technology · Think Green

Universal Studios Singapore to open March 18

March 11th, 2010 · 4 Comments

The Universal Studios Theme Park in Singapore is set to open to the public this March 18 at 8:28AM.  Tickets started selling yesterday but the online ticketing system wasn’t able to handle the overwhelming response.  The hotlines were also continuously busy.  Tickets for the opening day were sold out right and tickets for the first [...]

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Tags: Visit Singapore

Credit card hidden charges

March 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Here’s another reason you should watch your credit card bills closely. Aside from making sure you are not paying for fraudulent charges made on your card, you should also take a look at the finance charges you are being charged with. I usually pay my credit card bills in full so that I don’t pay [...]

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Tags: Bits from Back Home · Money

Pilipinas Got Talent Jovit Baldivino

March 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

Got this from facebook and Calvin’s hub.  Watch Pilipinas Got Talent favorite Jovit Baldivino belt out Journey’s Faithfully.  Ok, first let me say I don’t get to watch Pilipinas Got Talent.  But I am pretty sure that Pilipinas got a LOT of talent.  And Jovit is one of them. 

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Tags: Proud to be Pinoy!