Sink or Swim

So many articles about apidexin online. Is it really the most effective way to lose weight? It doesn’t seem as pricey as I thought for $49.95 a bottle but it’s so popular that anyone who’s struggling with their weight will probably be tempted to buy. According to some web sites, it’s set out to be the “world’s best fast burner”. You can even lose as much as 4-7 pounds per week without any effort at all. Now when you see something like that, you can’t help but think how safe it is. I am not an expert but 7lbs a week is a little too much for a permanent weight loss. I guess this will help those who needs to shed pounds before a very important even like a wedding or high school reunion. For a lasting and healthy weight loss, however, I’d say forget the doughnuts and start hitting the treadmill until you are strong enough to some heavy work out.

As soon as I saw these, I just couldn’t wait to have my own. Maybe a portion of my head, the cartoon version that is will pop up then beside it will be my name and info. I’m sure these can get pretty expensive though. I’ll have to look around for affordable printing first before I try and exhaust myself in designing one.

For your next business card projects, these serve as really great inspirations to keep the mojo flowing.

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Early conference calls at work are now taking its toll on me. I should be happy that they prefer to hold it in my mornings instead of my night when it’s actually morning on my boss’ side of the world. The problem now is that my mind is still too blurry to understand any of the preliminary emails before the meeting that I almost always space out. This morning in fact, I wasn’t sure I’m going to wake up if only not for the ringing of the doorbell downstairs. While I was at it, I got my only cup of coffee allowed for the day and headed upstairs to get ready. Anyway, I need to manage my time if I want to stay with my new work. My plan for the next few days will be:

1. Wake up at 8AM, do some stretching and check emails
2. 15 minutes before the conference call, I should have all my reports ready.
3. 9AM-11AM (not always) conference call.
4. Start working as soon as conference call is done.
5. Lunch at 12:30PM
6. Work at 1PM until 6:30PM
7. Spend time with the family and should have the lights off by 10PM.

This way, I can get decent sleep (IF my daughter will sleep before me) and have the strength to wake up early the next day. To be fair, this schedule will most likely work if only I’m not almost 8 months pregnant and being kicked inside my tummy every 30 minutes.

Last weekend, my family and I rented a beach vacation house at Punta Fuego. The house was huge and complete with amenities from the bathroom to the living room (home theater and all that) to the outdoor kitchens. At first we were worried about the cooking and grilling capabilities but it turned out that we don’t have to worry at all. I checked their kitchen first and saw that they have high-end appliances that by the time I reached the pool area, I wasn’t at all surprise to find not one but two very expensive grills. Suffice it to say that my husband couldn’t help but ogle them from the first day until it was time for us to leave.

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The hot weather is killing me. Literally. Not only that, my laptop is suffering and that was even after we bought a new and supposed to be powerful cooler. I can’t turn on our air-conditioning unit for hours anymore because of the price increase on electric bills. I’m thinking of having a ceiling fan installed just as a back up for our electric fan and aircon. OR, I could just go ahead and work in the downstairs office where it’s much cooler. The thing is, now that I’m pregnant, going up from time to time to use the bathroom will be too tasking for me. So I’ll consider this as my last resort. I’ll need to ask my husband how long it will take to have a fan installed. If we have time, perhaps we can have one up over the weekend. I’m really hoping this will solve the heat problem because I don’t think I can work in this condition anymore.

Designing for an industrial equipment has never been my strength. I may have a few decent ones but never for showcase. So when I made a bid today for a re-design on the same industry, I was surprised that my bid was chosen. To think that I gave them my not-so-affordable rate. Which is why I’m feeling pretty happy and maybe a little bit smug this morning. I guess they saw my portfolio and the way I code so they’re willing to give me a try.

Anyway, just checked my incoming logs for this month and I was shocked to see that I’ve doubled my sideline earnings in the past three weeks. I worked as hard as the last few months in finding clients and doing quality work so I wonder what’s new this time. Maybe the little one’s luck is rubbing on me once again.

Just thought I’d share with you something that I came across online. It’s about tilt-shift photography, a procedure that involves tilting and shifting camera movements to emulate the depth of field of a macro lens. With this type of photography, you can make life-size objects look like they are miniatures. It’s very cool and I’m very excited to try this out myself.

London’s Shell Centre

Football field

Otaru Street, Japan

Traffic in Thailand

See more amazing tilt-shift photography samples by following the source.

I came across some really affordable Disney vacations online and remembered how fun it was the last time with my daughter. I never thought I’d enjoy myself in an amusement park but I was as mesmerized as my daughter to see Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella “in person”. The Golden Mickey’s show were amazing too that even my husband couldn’t help but say “wow” every act. I was told the one in Florida and Japan are much more magical so I really hope we’ll get a chance to try one of them someday.