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Do You Scrimp or Splurge?

With the holidays a few months away, you are at a dilemma on what to scrimp and what to splurge on. It is so tempting to purchase a lot of those wonderful things on display that seem to be “calling your name.”

Scrimping and splurging habits are not limited to the holiday season though. Proper planning of daily expenditures, major or minor, can help you stretch your budget and manage your finances well.

Scrimping? Why not? Scrimping helps you make do with what you have and enable you to save for the days ahead when you might need extra cash for something important. It is imperative though to know whether you are doing it right when it comes to scrimping.

Splurging? Why not? You work hard and you tell yourself that you deserve only the best that your earnings can buy. It is reasonable to splurge on things that will give you utmost enjoyment and satisfaction, right?

(As for me, because I need to get as new pair of eyeglasses, I won’t scrimp on my purchase so I will look for great eyeglasses here.)

The following are some factors to consider in deciding whether to scrimp or splurge:

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Posted by Treasure Jar on Oct 3rd 2013 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Purse Strings | Comments (0)

HP Deskjet Ink Advantage printers: Practical Printers for Family Use

We have been HP printer users for years now. As of late, we use HP Deskjet F2480 at home and before that an HP printer that uses a toner which we used for a good number of years.

 

With the introduction of new and high tech HP Printers, owning a printer for home-use has never been exciting! This techie mom with a super techie husband and equally techie kids who rely on printers for their projects, homework and portfolio requirements sure can benefit from the new features of our well-liked HP printers.

 

Here are the reasons why these HP Ink Advantage Printers are useful in more ways than one:

 

  1. HP Ink Advantage printers allow users to download pre-designed templates from content providers in the web
  2. HP Ink Advantage Printers deliver high-quality prints with low running costs (now, this is what we money watchers-economode printing setting need, LOL)
  3. The print apps provide users the ability to download templates and other printables and install them in the printer for access or via deliveries directly to their printers HP scheduled delivery  at a specific day and time of the week.
  4. HP has also underscored the value of productive print apps to enhance children’s learning with the inclusion of education apps from Singapore’s leading education publisher, Singapore Asia Publishers Pte Ltd (SAP), and proprietary brand owner of renowned Primary Math programme in Singapore, onSponge Pte Ltd, (We have SAP books at home on reading, Science and Math, so woohoo!)
  5. Designed to enhance the learning experience of young students, the print apps provide busy parents and their children with direct access to educational content that spans across pre-school and primary school levels, and is delivered directly on their HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 5525, 6525 e-All-in-One printers.
  6. The HP Deskjet Ink Advantage portfolio allows for affordable printing with Original HP inks, which produces high-quality prints reliably, without the cost and hassles of printer damage, messy leaks, spills and clogged cartridges when using alternatives.

 

 

HP Ink Advantage 3515

HP Ink Advantage 3515;

HP Ink Advantage 3525

HP Ink Advantage 3525

HP Ink Advantage 5525

HP Ink Advantage 5525

“Busy parents and young students often spend time finding good education content and accessing this content,” said Albert Mateo, Jr., general manager, Printing and Personal Systems, HP Philippines. “The education print apps on HP Deskjet Ink Advantage series will leverage HP’s leadership in cloud technologies and high-quality printing to deliver new learning experiences for families, who can now directly access education content and low-cost printing without having to worry about costs or wasted prints.”

 

Here is more information about HP Ink Advantage Printers:

 

This content service is offered in addition to a broad range of mobile printing solutions that HP pioneered, allowing customers to print from virtually anywhere, anytime and from the widest range of mobile devices.

 

HP’s mobile solutions span HP ePrint, HP wireless direct and HP Printer Control.

There are more than 46 million web-connected HP printers worldwide that have access to HP’s suite of mobile printing solutions. Notably, there are now more than 8 million downloads of the HP ePrint app globally

 

Delivering premium content to support the preschool to primary academic journey

Developed for young learners across pre-school and primary school levels, the new HP print apps deliver premium education content from the following providers:

 

  • SAP Education Print App complements in-class learning with content that is selected from SAP’s best-selling primary school assessment books, delivered on a daily or weekly basis. Bite-sized practice materials are delivered to encourage good study habits and positive learning by pacing children’s learning through daily practice. The SAP Education Print App now offers assessment content for English, Math and Science. SAP plans to offer content for Chinese language later this year.

 

  • onSponge Learning Print App provides access to the proprietary +hinkingMath™ resource – a flagship product line of the company. Each week, a series of practice problem sums for students in Primary 3 to Primary 6 levels will be made available through the print app, helping young learners to hone their problem-solving skills with core techniques and develop their reasoning abilities. Users can access the step-by-step solutions of the problem sums on www.onSponge.com, where they can also post questions at the Forum for online help.

 

The print apps offer anything from family activities, business, marketing, home, travel and other interests. Calendar templates, photo albums, coloring pages and signs, game pages, maps and even recipes are just some of the myriad downloadable printables.

 

Most of the applications from a wide array of choices are free of charge and may be accessed through the HP ePrintCenter.

ABOUT HP:

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world’s largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Sep 21st 2013 | Filed in Customer Care,For Little Hands,FYI,Going Digital | Comments (1)

‘No Borders Cuisine’ at The Maya Kitchen

The Maya Kitchen presents the ‘No Borders Cuisine’ of guest chef Vicky Pacheco, Chateau 1771 Group of Restaurants’ Executive Chef and Chief Operating Officer on August 31, Saturday, 9am-1pm.

Executive Chef Vicky Pacheco 2

Chateau 1771 Group of Restaurants is composed of Chateau, Café, Sentro, WineBar, SideBar and 1771 El Pueblo.

Chef Vicky will demonstrate a signature dish from each of the restaurant concept in the group.

  • Lemon Chicken is crisp fried organic chicken leg nuggets coated with honey-lemon sauce from Chateau;
  • Salbacho Pizza, a Sidebar staple, is topped with salami, bacon and chorizo;
  • Fresh Smoked Fish Spring Rolls from Sentro is a fresh lumpia of tinapang bangus, salted egg, mustasa, onions and tomato;
  • WineBar’s Lacquered Salmon is grilled salmon steak with soy sauce and honey reduction, mashed potatoes with parmesan cheese
  • Café’s Bread & Butter Pudding is brioche type bread baked in a luscious custard with butter and real vanilla bean.

The first Chateau 1771 opened its doors in Malate in 1988 and has since relocated to its present location in Greenbelt 5. Its patented “No Borders  Cuisine” is a blend of well-loved Swiss, Italian and French creations.

Café 1771 in Ortigas is a beautiful dining destination serving truly unique sandwiches, breakfast, lasagna, stews, pizza and dessert.

WB 1771 is the group’s Wine Bar concept with a wine selection from 11 countries and 48 regions while SideBar is the perfect place to unwind with great food and wine.

The group has not entirely left behind the Filipino palate with its trailblazing Sentro 1771 restaurant concept. It made famous sinigang na corned beef, rated GG and more.  The people behind it describe themselves as ‘living, breathing and dreaming’ Filipino food.

Chef Vicky first joined Chateau 1771 as Assistant Restaurant Manager in December 1988 and has since occupied several positions as Restaurant Manager, Executive Chef and Food and Beverage Manager.

She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from the University of the Philippines then got a Food and Beverage Diploma at the Les Roches, in Bluche-Montana, Switzerland.

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For more information on other course offerings, log on to www.themayakitchen.com  or e-mailcontactus@themayakitchen.com  or visit The Maya Kitchen Culinary Center every Tuesday to Saturday at 8F  Liberty Building, 835 A. Arnaiz Avenue (Pasay Road), Makati City or call 8921185 / 892-5011 local 108 / Mobile No. +63947 835 2290.

 

Posted by Treasure Jar on Aug 27th 2013 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Happenings | Comments (0)

Mabuhay Palace Chinese Feast at The Maya Kitchen

The Maya Kitchen presents the chefs of Manila Hotel’s Mabuhay Palace on July 27, 2013.

Executive Chinese Chef Sun Bing and Chinese Operations Manager/Executive Chinese Sous Chef Josephine Yu Tanganco-Candelaria will demonstrate the following recipes:

  • Vegetarian ‘Peking Duck
  • Shrimp Laced with Almonds
  • Anchovies with Water Chestnuts Fried Rice
  • Stir Fried Chicken Glazed with Soya Sauce
  • West Lake Fish Soup
  • Chinese Red Bean Pancake

Chef Sun Bing

Chef Sun Bing graduated from Beijing Culinary School and joined the Beijing Hotel after graduation.  He came to the Philippines in 1988 and for over 20 years has been delighting local diners at the Aloha Hotel, Mandarin Oriental Hotel and The Manila Hotel.

Chef Josephine Yu Tanganco – Candelaria

Chef Tanganco-Candelaria has been with Manila Hotel since 2009. She was previously with Mandarin Oriental Hotel and intercontinental Manila.

For more information on other courses offerings, log on to www.themayakitchen.com  or e-mailcontactus@themayakitchen.com  or visit The Maya Kitchen Culinary Center every Tuesday to Saturday at 8F  Liberty Building, 835 A. Arnaiz Avenue (Pasay Road), Makati City or call 8921185 / 892-5011 local 108 / Mobile No. +63947 835 2290

Posted by Treasure Jar on Jul 21st 2013 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Happenings,Kitchen Needs,Plateful of Fun,Recipes | Comments (0)

Bathroom Designs

I love bathrooms/ladies’ rooms/ restrooms with character.

These are bathroom photos I took somewhere the hubby and I went to and I couldn’t help but take photos no matter how blurred these turned out to be:

Bathroom Ceiling Light

Bathroom Door

The last bathroom photo I took was last Sunday with my youngest daughter (haha, a selfie no doubt) at the church were we attend Sunday mass. It was our first time to go down to the church’s public ladies’ room and I was impressed how nice it was inside. It was as if the designer looked at www.qualitybath.com/ for some inspiration.

Not only should these rooms smell fresh and clean but the bathroom fixtures inside must look good too because why else are these called “rest rooms” if not to be able to relax and feel better (LOL) after doing what needs to be done 😀

Posted by Treasure Jar on Jul 20th 2013 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Through the Lens,Visual Delights | Comments (0)

On Selfies

Are you fond of taking selfies? If you are living under a rock for the past year or so and ask what on earth is a selfie, this is what a selfie means:

Selfie means “taking a photo of oneself.” To take your own picture, you either extend your hand to make sure your face is within the frame of the front-facing camera or you stand before a mirror and take a shot of your reflection.Taken from this article I wrote.

I’m sure all of us have taken selfie photos at one time or another and with one that we publish online or have brochure printing companies print, there are probably ten more we have in our files. How do I know?

I just know, lol.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Jul 6th 2013 | Filed in Between Us Women,From the Admin's Desk,FYI,Going Digital | Comments (1)

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