Wednesday Lust Focus - Techno Marine Neo Classic

Temptation....

Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 vs. Nook Color

courtesy of OSX Daily

10 Months of Joy

It has been ten months since Keiara was born.  And while having a baby is no walk in the park, the pleasure it brings totally outweighs everything!

She is so amazing, even if I say so myself.  Already trying to be independent as she tries to stand on her own.  And you'll be charmed by her continuous babble.

Her smile is so infectious that even if you're in a foul mood, one smile from her and you're bound to smile back.

It's no wonder everyone loves her!

Love you Ta-baby a lot! Muah, muah, muah!

Wednesday Sunday Lust Focus - Prada Nappa Gaufre Bauletto

in Visone color - @ $3870, I must be crazy!

For the love of Apple

Coming in late to the office because I must have the upgraded OS version now!  =)

8 Months and Counting....

I've been neglecting my blog.  Not by choice but just because I've been busy.  Work is starting to be more hectic as we move nearer to the end of the year.  And since I take care of Keiara in the evening, it doesn't leave me much time to spend on recreations.  =)

Yesterday, Keaira turned 8.  And we spent part of the day in Carrefour Suntec.  I know it's not a very good place to celebrate her 8th month but we needed to do some shopping!  Her Daddy also wants her to go out every now and then so she can get used to seeing a lot of people.

The train ride in the circle line was not a very good choice as there were a lot of students who boarded the train and it became a very wild and loud circus.  Good thing Keiara was not irritated and started crying like the other babies in the train.  The noise was just so horrible.

Our highlight for the day is when she started shouting and shouting even at strangers!  She just won't stop! Aahhh!  Aahhhh!  Aahhhhh!  She was shouting so much I was afraid she's going to get hoarse.

It turned out she wants a new diaper as she already pooped.  And as she was sleepy at the same time, she then started bawling, with tears running down her face, while we were cleaning her up!  She only stopped when Mommy held her close.  After that, she wanted to stay in Mommy's arms until she fell asleep.  :)

Here's a photo of Keiara taken by Daddy in August.  So pretty.

Happy 8th month Ta-baby! Love you! Muah!

Attention Please!

My eye was glued to the TV that I didn't even notice that KT was looking at me intently.  

At first, she was smiling, so happy to see her Mommy.  But as I continue to ignore her, her smiles turned to a frown.  And when that still did not get the attention she's looking for, she started bawling loudly.

That definitely got my attention.  I had to kiss and hug her and talk to her for a while before she feels safe enough to stop crying.

Lesson learned: don't watch TV.  Ha ha.

When Instragr.am becomes an addiction.....

You know you're addicted to instragr.am

.... when you wake up in the wee hour of the morning and the first thing you check are pop notifications from instragram

.... when you take photos of just about anything because you NEED to share something

.... when you stare at your phone for hours, just waiting for a news feedback if someone liked your photos or not

Here are a few items I've learned.

DO

• add unique tags for your photos so it can be viewed as thumbnails by people who might be interested to see your collection. Start early because when you've got 100+ photos already, it's difficult to go back to the others and tag them one by one
• add specific tags to your photos, e.g. location, object, etc. it allows others to search your photos and you get more views
• if you want, you should ask photos to be tagged as your favorite so you can go back to these photos anytime
• provide sincere feedback. don't go over the top. i will know if you're lying. ha ha.
• respond to feedbacks
• join groups , e.g. #photooftheday, #pimpmyphoto.
• Check out the popular list. You'll be surprised by a lot of good photos out there
• tag photos you like
• follow people who interests you

DON'T

• ask people to follow you. if they want to, they would. otherwise, it will end up as a virtual mutual admiration society. ha ha.
• follow because they followed you. refer to the above.
• post photos taken by someone else!
• press the like button unless you mean it

BOOK REVIEW: American Assassin by Vince Flynn

American Assassin by Vince Flynn

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I have not read all of the Mitch Rapp books from Vince Flynn. I started with Extreme Measures and went from there. When I read Extreme Measures, I got the impression of a tough kind of hero in Mitch. However, I didn't really have a good background since I started almost at the end of the series.

The prequel gives a good background of how Mitch travelled to where he is now and the things he had to endure to get there. What moved him to take this path. I loved reading this book a lot. And Hurley, that old rascal, is also introduced to me well in this book.

There's a lot of assumption made that Mitch is a natural at his line of work. And for some, it might be just too much. But you have to suspend your sense of reality and just accept that he is one good lead character.

I am wondering though if I liked this book because I've read the other two books before and it has already given me an idea of what kind of character he is. Or did I like it because it gave me a better idea of who he was. Something like if you're going to only about to start reading the Mitch Rapp series, should you start with the American Assassin book before reading the others? Or should you follow the sequence of how the books were written to fully enjoy them? I guess I'll never know.



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BOOK REVIEW: Six Graves To Munich by Mario Puzo

Six Graves to Munich by Mario Puzo

My rating: 1 of 5 stars


I knew there was something wrong when I'm already in the middle of the book and I still can't seem to symphatize with the main character's plight. The plot of the book was interesting but I didn't enjoy reading this book much. I've read Puzo's other books like Godfather and Sicilian. In comparison, this book does not seem to be as well written as those two.

This book was written under Puzo's pseudonym Mario Cleri. They should have just kept it under Cleri and not associate it with Puzo.



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