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Philippine Spring Cleaning Day? Why not?

If we need allergies and dengue fever to clean up, then we have to change the way we clean our surroundings by developing good cleaning habits. How?

• Set a schedule for cleaning AND disinfecting to kill those disease-causing organisms.
• Put together cleaning supplies in one place for easier access. Seeing these together will inspire you to clean up.
• Pick up those clothes on the floor and put them in laundry bins.
• Cleaning also involves discarding those junk things that you are holding on to. “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure” so they say. Why not try to clean out your closets and give clothes that have not been worn for over three years? What about those books gathering dust? I’m sure someone else will be happy to get those things from you. I do this every so often much to the chagrin of my better half 😀
• Try to have indoor plants in your home for a touch of green. Tried it but plants died so I just have a small garden outdoors.
• Clean  as you go, dust if you must!
• Fix your bed and change the sheets often to avoid disease-causing bacteria. When the sun is hot, try to “air” the pillows as a way to kill those germs.
• Sort your trash. We do sorting in this household, putting together those that can be recycled like plastic bottles, plastic wraps, boxes, cans, and foils and giving them to my cleaning lady (who incidentally just finished cleaning the yard a while ago). Our left-over food (if there are any) and peelings go together..
• Get those cleaning agents and disinfectants from the supermarket shelves straight to the barcode scanner cashiers and don’t hesitate to get them. You’ll be needing these for cleaning up. You paid for these therefore you won’t have second thoughts not using them, right?
• Try using vinegar for cleaning up. Yes, it actually works and it’s cheaper too.

Reward yourself a treat after your cleaning tasks. On the other hand, having a clean and disinfected house is a reward in itself, don’t you think?

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Be part of the first public and private initiative for cleaning and sanitation and join Lysol and its partner organizations as they celebrate the first-ever Philippine Spring Cleaning Day on May 11.

For more details, log on to www.philippinespringcleaningday.com

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Someone asked me once why I am always online. Do I have active stocks online that I watch? Do I wait for a sign for me to buy gold online? Am I looking out for airline seat sales?

To all these I say, no, no and no.

I’m not always online, duh, I have to go to work and I purposely didn’t get a mobile plan to prevent getting online on the road or outside the house.

I’m mostly online when I’m just staying home. I have this urge to know what is happening around through Twitter (follow me!) or through the different online news site. These give me ideas on what to write in my blogs when the writing muse refuses to show itself.

For now, I think it’s time I relax. After all, it’s Maundy Thursday and I’m supposed to be all quiet and reflective about life.

Inviting moms and dads and their kids, 2011 Expo Mom is happening on May 7, 2011 at the Rockwell Tent. Check Expo Mom site for more details.

Tags: Expo Mom 2011, ExpoMom 2011 Rockwell Tent, May 7 2011 ExpoMom

7-Eleven recently launched Launch Box with The Bar Citrus Tequila.

You can join 7-Eleven Launch Box in three easy steps:

1. Filling up the 7-Eleven membership form.
2. Launch Box members will be sent an email regarding the time frame they can get a free product, every time a new product is launched.
3. Launch Box members can submit their reviews using a form that 7-Eleven will provide.

It is important to do a review regularly because non-compliance means Launch Box member will not be qualified to the next product launch.

Read the 7-Eleven Launch Box mechanics here.

Like 7-Eleven Philipines Facebook page.

Follow 7-Eleven Twitter page.

Tags: 7-Eleven, 7-Eleven Launch Box, 7-Eleven Launches Launch Box, 7-Eleven Philippines, 7-Eleven Philippines Facebook page, 7-Eleven Twitter page, The Bar Citrus Tequila, The Bar Tequila

Shopping for clothes is one thing I’m not particularly fond of. It’s true! I’d rather get lost in a hardware store between shelves of faucets, shower heads and material handling equipments than ogle at those reed thin mannequins wearing the latest in fashion.

I love clothes of course, but there seems to be more important things to give attention to than these threads.No, I’m not bitter 😀

I’d brave traffic and distance just to be in a car show rather than a clothes sale. Seriously.

Tags: shopping

1. Limited :: access
2. Zombie :: We love Plants Versus Zombies
3. Energy :: Bars are very sweet
4. Proof :: of Purchase is important
5. Hassle ::  -free situations are not really
6. Peep ::  toe sandals are cute
7. Jogger :: me! in my dreams
8. Hunt :: for red October is a book I didn’t finish to read
9. Career :: opportunities abound if people know what is the trend
10. Plants :: and I are not always best friends, lol.

Tags: Unconscious Mutterings, Word Play