Treasure Jar

I could get “lost” in a hardware store just as others could get “lost” in a clothes store.

I don’t know why but I enjoy looking at bathroom fixtures, different lamps, gardening thingamajigs, even casters, nuts and bolts, curtains and paints. No, I am not an interior decorator in hiding considering the home needs a lot of basic fixes like floor time (i.e. sweeping, mopping and more sweeping and mopping) and dusting the cabinets here and there.

Speaking of which, hardware store finds, I still haven’t written about my ever-reliable Rubbermaid home cleaning tools like the comfort grip tile and grout brush and duster (which I can’t find in the official site).

Now if only these would start cleaning by themselves… lol.

Tags: cleaning, haradware store, home, household chores

Mango Cheese Muffins from Iba, Zambales, an entry for Kraft Eden Cheese World’s Longest Christmas Celebration with a Cheesy Twist. This contest features 100 unique cheese-based specialties of 100 towns nationwide to celebrate 100 Days of Christmas.

Iba, (my hometown, yipee! ) is the birthplace of the late President Ramon Magsaysay. The town has several kilometers of clean gray sandy beach and lovely sunset views.

People from Iba, Zambales are wonderful and I say that not because I am from the place but because it is true. We are sweet too, as sweet as the luscious mangoes that delight people who have tasted these. Iba, Zambales has a long stretch of sea that has a wide array of fresh catch, rice fields, and rolling majestic mountain range and yes (one more time), the sweetest mangoes you have ever tasted.

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Dealing with hair loss is not easy, especially since one used to have thick hair.

Hubby’s hair loss has been a slow process at first but somewhere along the way, it seems that it accelerated. We have been on a lookout for a hair loss shampoo to somehow put a brake on the process, not that we can stop this even if we want to.

I recently got him a new hair brush/comb:

Perfect for his thinning hair since the ones with big bristles feel like its clutching on thin air 😀 Sorry hubby.

Tags: hair brush, hair brush for thinning hair, hair care, thinning hair

I had the chance to visit Island Rose rose farm a few days ago with other bloggers and print media people. Island Rose is a premier rose grower in the Philippines.

Island Rose has state of the art greenhouse facilities that house their fresh and beautiful roses that can be ordered through an efficient and easy e-commerce means though islandrose.net.

The greenhouses are computer controlled where there are mist fans providing mist, roofs that automatically close if there are changes in the weather and weather station that provides data necessary to grow these roses.The ideal temperature would be around 26 degrees and not more than 30 degrees inside the greenhouses.

Every year, Island Rose produces over two million roses.  It ships around five thousand roses in the country daily from their rose farm to your home.

There are twelve varieties of roses available. The three types of red roses are the Grand Rose (thornless, thick-stemmed and has dark red buds),  Red Giant (long straight-stemmed) and Red France (vibrant red petals). Osiana roses are peach-colored. Noseblesse roses have salmon pink petals. Vivaldi roses have very light pink petals. Texas roses have golden yellow buds. Christine roses have light yellow petals. Salsa roses are deep orange in color. Lambada roses have bright orange tones. Tineke roses are white and have thick-stems. Gloria roses have the purest white color.

You can check the website for the bouquet arrangement you want and include other items with the bouquet you wish to send your loved ones.

The roses are licensed plants and each plant can produce maximum flowers within seven years. The roses are harvested three times a day at morning, noon and afternoon. No, these can’t be planted in your outdoor garden as these would not survive.

Thanks to the Andaya brothers Dustin and Arnold for the tour of Island Rose flower farm 🙂

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I think most men love Mafia movies. My husband does and I must say he loves these with a passion especially the scenes with adrenaline rushing car chases among alleys and/or scenic highways.

No question why Mafia Wars is one of the more popular game app in Facebook (which the hubby does not play, btw).

Most Mafia bosses are portrayed as mostly surrounded by a posse of heavily set armed (not visible) men, has cohiba cigars on their hands, have big bullet-proof cars, have beautiful daughters, live in posh homes and have slick hair that seemed to have been combed with pomade. Don’t ask me why I know what a pomade is please 😀

I also like movies that are Mafia-themed but sometimes the plot gets predictable that it gets boring because one gets a feeling that “I’ve seen that before”.

If there was one tagline I’d probably remember from a Mafia movie, it would be this from Scarface:

“In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun washed avenues of Miami… wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana but the world will remember him by another name… Scarface“

Tags: mafia movies, Scarface

It is known among my close circle of friends that I watch Glee every Wednesday morning through webtv.

It so happened that I woke up rather late today and missed this portion where Tina and Artie are in a mall and Artie showed Tina that he can walk!

In the mall, when Artie and the people are dancing, one can see the iconic Jollibee signage in the background. It may not be as known internationally as it’s rival brands but it is a grand way to be seen (though accidentally) on TV!

How’s that for free promotion? Jollibee in Glee. Jollibee was even a trending topic in Twitter 🙂

Here is the link to the video.

Tags: Glee, Glee and Jollibee, Jollibee in Glee