:Food Friday - Banana Heart Lumpia

Been craving for veggies this week especially those coming from the north. I can't cook chopsuey now as it's too expensive to have one and I find it hard to look for complete ingredients. Anyway I have to content myself with some veggies available monggo sprout (togue), monggo beans, kangkong and some others. I'm looking for an entry this friday and I've found this Banana Heart Lumpia, one of the many entries in our July's nutrition week. Actually this has won together with Banana Heart burger patties.

Happy Food Friday to all, see other yummy foods here!

Food-Friday

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Time Management

I have tons of online work to do plus the new domain that I’ve been working on but my offline tasks won’t have doing them first. No matter how many tasks I’ll have to do it’s sad to think that writing posts is of second priority as I need some documents notarized, need to attend parents’ meeting, need to check my bank account and many other things. I wasn’t actually expecting that working at home can really be a test on my skills on time scheduling.

It’s alright for the time scheduling as I can do all these work fast but by the time I’m through with the errands and finished with my school check on my kids I feel tired and I can’t work much less write reviews. Oftentimes I do all my works at night when I’m relaxed enough to think of worthwhile things to say. It’s ok even though this week has given less sleeping hours as long as I’m able to attend to my kids and beat my tasks’ due dates.

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About Sports and Football

I’ve always liked sports ever since I was studying especially on college where I took a subject on my physical education about introduction to sports which includes a little of everything that involves ball games. I’ve learned the basics of volleyball, basketball, badminton, softball and football.

Actually I’ve already known volleyball and table tennis since my secondary studies as I’ve been a volleyball player too. On the other hand we’re always playing table tennis in our house and we have our own tennis table in our garage. I’m also into marathon and walkathon and have been using my skills whenever there’s a need for kilometers walk. Even if I gained pounds since I gave birth I can walk and run faster than those lighter than me.

I know that professional football is different from what I’ve done in college days but I still love seeing those that play these sports especially on television where I get to watch professional players. Now I found that there’s an online football fixtures where you can see schedule of different teams that will play. There you can see whose teams are scheduled to play with dates and time properly scheduled. Players are coming from different countries and that’s what makes it so exciting. With regards to scoring no need to worry about it as they have livescore which shows the real time score of the team. All scores are updated automatically.

In order to gain an edge over other viewers you can sign up in their newsletter so you can update yourself on the best deals of bookmakers and read some really informative football analysis from the professionals. I have one friend who is so hooked on football and maybe he’s going to sign up.

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My Best Trait

Your Best Trait is Friendliness

You enjoy the company of others, whether you're at work or at play. You believe that almost everyone has something to contribute to this world, and you treat people with courtesy and respect. You're a natural extrovert, and you have a dazzling charm that is not easily forgotten. You are good at building rapport. You're the type of person who can meet a stranger and feel like you've bee friends for years after a few minutes.

What's Your Best Trait?

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How I Started Blogging

I never knew that I can be attached to blogging as intensely as now. It just started as a try out when my friend introduced me to it. I started out in bravejournal which is a free hosted blog and that lead to another and another. I’ve tried blogspot and that encouraged me to move from free hosted blog to my own domain name. I was very excited to purchase a domain which carries my first name. It was a new experience for me as I would say my first name with a dotcom every time my friends ask me. Redirecting my blogs to its domain name was another thing as I’ve diligently followed my friend’s tutorial on redirecting blogs. JennyL was way ahead of me with owning her own domain and redirection so I have a willing tutor.

I was amazed at how fast time flies as I began blogging in 2007 and still actively updating my blogs especially three of my five blogs as they’re all hosted with two of the top ten web hosting companies we have. Why I know the top ten companies? I learned them from searching and from reading reviews. It’s very important to know the capabilities and features of web hosting company you’ll get because it will determine your blog’s capacity also. Anyway for those who want to get into the blogging world be sure you have the right knowledge before picking on the right web hosting company for your blog. And when you’re into it be patient with instructions and you’ll soon blog intensely like me.

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10 Things That Makes Me Feel Old

This week's theme are those things that make us feel old. Actually I'm not much of the type who think of my age all the time. I think being so busy with life deprived you of thinking too much, now I'm thankful that being busy has its own advantages :-) Anyway as I think about it here are my list (not so serious though)

1. Slow metabolism as I gain pounds so easily even if I'm super active.
2. My 12-year old eldest daughter suddenly looks like a young lady and she's almost my height now
   
3. Slight change in my vision, I'm nearsighted since college but even if I'm reading near objects I used to wear my nearsighted eyeglasses, now when I read small printed documents I have to remove my eyeglasses to read it perfectly.
4. My hair has never been dyed since birth because I used to have very black hair, now that I reached 41 years few gray hairs started showing in my hair. Well I should be thankful as it's only now that I experienced that.
5. More and more people call me 'Ate' which makes me feel that I'm older than them even if sometimes they look matured than me.
6. I'm acting like my Mom used to be when we were teens :-) I read somewhere that when you grow old you tend to be like your Mom.
   
7. I can walk 2 kms. in 20-25 minutes unlike before (around 10 years ago) that I can walk the same distance in 15-20 minutes! I used to join walkathon :-)
8. I'm more patient and understanding now and I think it goes with the age
9. Seeing officemates come and go and you're still left. Then they will all call and email and ask you if you're still with the company and you're the only person left in your batch.
10. Receiving certificate of length of service on company anniversaries and christmas parties and when your co-recipient is much much old, it really makes me feel old :-)
    

Happy Tuesday guys! See other participants here!

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Losing that Belly Fat Fast

I started having exercise again after several months of not including it in my schedule. Actually my activities of going to some places walking and household chores can also be taken as an exercise especially the walking which is very good for our health. It’s not a task for me as I’ve always love walking even when I’m still working full time. It stimulates my whole body to be more effective in doing activities and I feel very healthy. It also help those who are searching on how to lose belly fat fast which is very common to women who gave birth to many kids. I just noticed it with some of my friends and officemates who gave birth just like me. After giving birth sometimes it’s really hard to return to your previous form but if you maintain having healthy foods, exercise and a lot of discipline you’ll soon reach your goal.

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Feeling Dizzy!

My eldest got slight fever coupled with headache and dizziness yesterday that she felt like she will not have strength for schooling today. I told her to relax rest and eat healthy foods which I purposely bought for her easy recovery. When my kids are sick I ask them what they want to eat because I know that their taste buds reject most foods. I always buy fruits so they will feel fresh and revived. I limited her television viewing time to lessen the pressure on her eyes and told her not to open our computer so she will have more time to rest. It’s also her first time to drink paracetamol in tablet form as she always drink the syrup type. Anyway it lessened her headache and dizziness and she’ll be ok tomorrow when she

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Gifts for Newborn Babies!

My cousin’s daughter gave birth to a healthy and cute baby girl last night. We were so happy that even if there’s an advice from her first doctor that she might undergo caesarean operation her current doctor successfully helped her to have a normal delivery. The baby weighs 7 pounds and resembles her father so much. Actually they went home already right from the clinic to her husband’s home in Antipolo. After the storm that flooded their apartment they chose to stay somewhere else after giving birth, after all the granny there has excitedly waited for the little princess. Luckily they’ve saved their baby’s things including baby clothes, feeding bottles, sterilizer, Baby Bedding, crib and some accessories.

I’m fond of searching and shopping for baby’s accessories that’s why I found the Baby Bedding Palace a good shop to go to when you want to shop online for baby beddings especially now that they’re on sale. Imagine this pink floral brown nursery baby crib bedding 12 pc set costs only $59.98 now! By the way this set is already complete as it includes crib bumper, crib quilt, crib skirt, fitted sheet, decorative pillow, diaper stacker, toy organizer and window valences. They have different designs for boys and girls or you can chose unisex design if you want to be safe with gender. They’re made with 100% cotton and they’re all cute, best for cute little angels.

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Car Allowances for Account Executives

I’ve worked for a small telco company which offers affordable termination calls to corporate and DID to private individuals in US. I was in-charge of accounting and mainly of billing and collection. We deal with local and international clients and we hire marketing staff to offer our services. These staff will look for prospective clients locally and when they have signed an agreement they will start with demo and test period. They have a quota of closed accounts for the month so they do their best to look for clients.

These account executives or marketing assistants were given reimbursements for their travel costs. When they have their own personal cars they were given Car Allowance which they can used for official business or office transactions. It’s a lot of help for them as they really have many travels and trips everyday. There are some rules regarding how much and when to reimburse and they have to follow in order to get their allowances.

Well for me it’s just right to set rules on giving allowances such as this but it’s better to get the services of consultants like Corporate Reimbursement Services, Inc. to help in customizing programs for employees. The program should benefit both the employer and the employee. Of course rates will vary depending on the current gas prices, tax, actual business miles run for the period and some other conditions.

Since creating a good database reimbursement program for employees takes time CRS comes very helpful with their vehicle reimbursement system which helps the client in customizing vehicle reimbursements and saves a lot in the cost of purchasing and issuing a car for employees. Well let’s just leave those things to the experts!

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