tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78983852330452211502024-03-13T09:54:59.288+08:00Grace in Creative LifeGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-64049295472555504372011-06-29T15:16:00.000+08:002011-06-29T15:17:34.764+08:00I am planning to move to Wordpress<div style="text-align: justify;">I have been quiet in this blog for couple of weeks now not only because of my busy schedule but also because I am thinking and planning of migrating this blog to Wordpress. This blog is hosted with Blogger since I started it last October 2010. Recently I am thinking of moving it to Wordpress as what I did to my <a href="http://dressupyourblogs.com">Dress Up our Blogs</a>.<br /><br />I am trying to catch a free time to do all the moving. This is not easy on my part because I am one busy bee worker. Like what I’ve even before, I am currently working in the regular hours and I have only three hours a day (from 9pm-12mn) to work extra on my online commitments. So I cannot sure again when will I finish everything. For now I don’t have yet definite date when to move but I have the host, I have the means, I have the ways, I already have the new blog design in mind but what I do not have for now is TIME. But this is definitely on my list.<br /><br />So, don’t panic if you visit me next time seeing the “Maintenance Mode”. That would be it.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-29232572141648181752011-06-19T14:41:00.003+08:002011-06-19T15:01:22.109+08:00Happy Father's Day to all fathers<div style="text-align: justify;">To all fathers and expectant fathers out there, today is your day...happy father's day to all of you!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnMa2e61PmUqAzDZQhJ3ThWD1wo1G22JEkEfUhUAS197_kmF8bO14OI-1_pR5mal8w9ZMz0QHeCQzlcVaa6l8gQ_mcZfcSudmkRG1e_NpJHcIBVzwxDKZk4mJqCbPZmWHfaxn_zjK1Pg/s1600/father_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnMa2e61PmUqAzDZQhJ3ThWD1wo1G22JEkEfUhUAS197_kmF8bO14OI-1_pR5mal8w9ZMz0QHeCQzlcVaa6l8gQ_mcZfcSudmkRG1e_NpJHcIBVzwxDKZk4mJqCbPZmWHfaxn_zjK1Pg/s400/father_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619819328063648130" border="0" /></a>For my husband Gerry I want to give you very sweet greetings on this day....I love you so much, <span style="font-style: italic;">mahal</span>. You're such an ideal father and good provider to us. And I know you are giving all your best to keep our family as good as what our parents have raised us.<br /><br />If I were to describe my husband as a father, the word "perfect" would not be enough. He is very loving, giving all our needs without throwing a second thought. He always think first of the kids other than himself....a very intelligent person, responsible, and most importantly he loves us more than his life because we are his life.<br /><br />So happy father's day <span style="font-style: italic;">mahal</span> and I love you more and will keep on loving you much...<br /><br />To my papa, and my two brothers Francis and Raymon happy father's day to the three of you, too.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-66007272510138838042011-06-13T09:15:00.001+08:002011-06-13T09:15:48.758+08:00Intel i3 HP Notebook - newly added member in my working table<div style="text-align: justify;">I know this is not too much but last week we finally got another HP notebook from newly opened 3C Store branch near our place. This was not in our plan but fortunately we got one!<br /><br />Ask: Do we need it since we already have two laptops and 1 desktop here? My answer is yes. All I know is that we must get this one that time, not on the following day or not in another day. Would you believe that we got this 14" Intel Core i3 with Windows 7 at 50% off? They were having a huge sale for their grand opening and the sale was only until that day. Without thinking too much, we purchased the notebook and let them convert to English. I feel shy to mention the actual price but we got it for less than Php20K, I guess.<br /><br />So how does my table accommodate now this new laptop? In <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2011/02/how-does-my-working-table-looks-like.html#comments">my post here</a>, you can see my table before without the HP notebook. And now, here it is another member in my working table:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7jup5zXHHtYskODYqoVcJ_1izJieuuoFKoYsHk35Ud-qfFXvX-tntGga98ZZsHtqA-4-O5pMGY_D1L4HU-x_b1PWPrXhXn5MVPH1JweRRlMG3Z5Dl3a09UcpZNNdRyUX2tjHaxEaV3M/s1600/mytable_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7jup5zXHHtYskODYqoVcJ_1izJieuuoFKoYsHk35Ud-qfFXvX-tntGga98ZZsHtqA-4-O5pMGY_D1L4HU-x_b1PWPrXhXn5MVPH1JweRRlMG3Z5Dl3a09UcpZNNdRyUX2tjHaxEaV3M/s400/mytable_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617349371342779266" border="0" /> </a>It's just good thing that I have a large working table (because I don't want a small space to work on!).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyGLjfUZwcjMi-vwv2QSV48ReCSBMJLBQ_Le7qdDpK5JiUuKBDCDAKUP8kqhKCuSqwWzF6gjCYV_loPhbZC6Etykaj3QcuU7rHWYvkXr_NbCn2RRLZKNS0TX2Mothl1EHJ6e0AtRba2s/s1600/mytable_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyGLjfUZwcjMi-vwv2QSV48ReCSBMJLBQ_Le7qdDpK5JiUuKBDCDAKUP8kqhKCuSqwWzF6gjCYV_loPhbZC6Etykaj3QcuU7rHWYvkXr_NbCn2RRLZKNS0TX2Mothl1EHJ6e0AtRba2s/s400/mytable_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617349458139941906" border="0" /></a>For now I haven't explore this notebook yet for I have been so busy lately. But I am using it already in browsing the net particularly for checking my personal mails. I will make a review on this model some other time because for now I can't say much more aside from I absolutely love it...lol!<br /><br />So, just congratulate me for having another tool for my blogging and designing career...<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-19678760616928349552011-06-01T17:24:00.000+08:002011-06-01T17:24:00.073+08:00Sony Ericsson Aino or Motorola ME600?<div style="text-align: justify;">Last time I have posted about my target mobile phone to buy after my 6-year old Nokia 6300 finally gave up. It’s been almost three weeks now that I don’t have mobile phone (because I am still saving for the best…LOL!). Then I decided that if I got enough penny, I will go for <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/aino?cc=gb&lc=en">Sony Ericsson Aino</a>. I desire to have it since the time I saw it in one store here.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />But last Sunday, one of our Filipino friends told me that he was selling his Motorola Backflip ME600 after using it for a year according to him.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjwP9nYIgbgxLX49nKardxnwBMJQNzzFkwip0bb6_xz56gdGkwOyT7hAXX8Cv2oxApQb65HI2-0DmEGoGu_HtGmqvVaimbiNwoYnUBizQ7fIZtpsk2xPlEWC6Zf5QZHqqQuWJN3NNAqk/s1600/me600_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 349px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVjwP9nYIgbgxLX49nKardxnwBMJQNzzFkwip0bb6_xz56gdGkwOyT7hAXX8Cv2oxApQb65HI2-0DmEGoGu_HtGmqvVaimbiNwoYnUBizQ7fIZtpsk2xPlEWC6Zf5QZHqqQuWJN3NNAqk/s400/me600_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613075877891895490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVnV94E3NJRxwcd7M0k2hPkfbqzqS0rlKMe-bos_QytFDQhLCcXO0XEjIBNhQjqMwfQ-zB5a6e6sY25LRK4519wNuZwNWW0CvIscl2toGs0FPcVQfOyvWc5Ybl5KRpwWER4i4Ctf14j8/s1600/me600_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 377px; height: 349px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNVnV94E3NJRxwcd7M0k2hPkfbqzqS0rlKMe-bos_QytFDQhLCcXO0XEjIBNhQjqMwfQ-zB5a6e6sY25LRK4519wNuZwNWW0CvIscl2toGs0FPcVQfOyvWc5Ybl5KRpwWER4i4Ctf14j8/s400/me600_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613075883410141922" border="0" /></a>(Photos from <a href="http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/HK-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile+Phones/Motorola-BACKFLIP-600-HK-EN?localeId=78">Motorola</a>)<br /></div><br />He bought a new Samsung Galaxy and planning to dispose his old one. I was then tempted to get his phone since the price is almost half of the brand new of the Sony Ericsson I am planning to buy. His phone still looks in perfect condition and I know it is still functioning well. So I told him, yes I am interested to get his ME600 but last night he called and asked me to get the phone later tonight but unfortunately for now I don’t have the ready-money yet to pay. So, sadly that I can no longer have his phone because somebody is also waiting and interested to have it.<br /><br />So, I will still go for Sony Ericsson Aino. I am so excited to have a new phone and if ever this would be the most luxurious material I could have for myself (although the price of SE Aino is not that too expensive…LOL).<br /><br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-28863411413885156072011-05-20T10:56:00.007+08:002011-05-20T11:19:50.266+08:00Foot Spa in fishes?<div style="text-align: justify;">Last Saturday May 15, some of our fellow OFWs in our little community in Our Lady of China Church here in Taipei had a pilgrimage tour in Jaosi Yilan. That was my second time in that holy place where my <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2011/02/six-day-chinese-new-year-2011-holiday.html">first visit</a> was last February with my husband, Fr. Edgar, and Fr. Martin. But this time, we had it for the whole community and we had lots of fun.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2i4Q4hdlNjBX180WLQfHyO4z1Tw-i9G9h69mhtuD3t3_9AMbenzZNjmrlLWOi5zw8I_SY4Fe_bXH4G_pfgHZhUVhz7I_wNMdrjdlBQF9SL4ibvPmHgDW_tbSu3DpHzFHBkTYk7KRgr8/s1600/ff_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2i4Q4hdlNjBX180WLQfHyO4z1Tw-i9G9h69mhtuD3t3_9AMbenzZNjmrlLWOi5zw8I_SY4Fe_bXH4G_pfgHZhUVhz7I_wNMdrjdlBQF9SL4ibvPmHgDW_tbSu3DpHzFHBkTYk7KRgr8/s400/ff_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608628488116279218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And one of our itinerary was to go on foot spa in fishes. This is absolutely new and weird for me. Only here in Taiwan that I heard and saw a foot spa in fishes. Yilan is a famous place in Taiwan and known for natural hot springs and spa. So for NT$50 we spent unlimited time soaking our feet in a warm natural water in a small pool with lots of fishes on it.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNtVlFFMgTyc6jC2vY_T1UdvHg6cEPh1xvuTd2DKMWDX6TNBA2MR8sgBKSaD61_ovS80wglcwU2YeELVxIhr3PIYVAZ1K838GMIFyifIlQx0HYt8qAnMHicFzz0IGPM1tjazmu4cO0SE/s1600/ff_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNtVlFFMgTyc6jC2vY_T1UdvHg6cEPh1xvuTd2DKMWDX6TNBA2MR8sgBKSaD61_ovS80wglcwU2YeELVxIhr3PIYVAZ1K838GMIFyifIlQx0HYt8qAnMHicFzz0IGPM1tjazmu4cO0SE/s400/ff_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608629421692830834" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">At first, I really couldn't take these fishes biting my foot skin because I felt there was an electricity on my head which made my hair strands went up. But later on when I ignore those fishes, it felt so nice and relaxing.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnrlDVHmgCCX0Sh4Sxlslihz_urLWcDdgR4nsx7MB9mUNf0aF0hFSGtcaCzMsxQqMDApBTqDJs2oqDiGTl5sSu06sLeUPyvv9mjfIDs4fbDGZAp2jvMiINci7UUrQVzU9QwdZg-369SU/s1600/ff_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnrlDVHmgCCX0Sh4Sxlslihz_urLWcDdgR4nsx7MB9mUNf0aF0hFSGtcaCzMsxQqMDApBTqDJs2oqDiGTl5sSu06sLeUPyvv9mjfIDs4fbDGZAp2jvMiINci7UUrQVzU9QwdZg-369SU/s400/ff_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608630557263493714" border="0" /></a>Here we were, sitting while having fun to these fishes on our feet.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8o5tsZLxgV2qwBzk2XOb-rz9I88ac_Bhg_UWD7PPYSuy26DNPeHsL5lSbxgUdF27XO9HRADWroB7Z3IHHVAC7Z9daH8_wMrH5ALaFcEd3f8cgKF7R5YLpcZz5ET0DZAMR7yT7WPaKB8/s1600/ff_4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE8o5tsZLxgV2qwBzk2XOb-rz9I88ac_Bhg_UWD7PPYSuy26DNPeHsL5lSbxgUdF27XO9HRADWroB7Z3IHHVAC7Z9daH8_wMrH5ALaFcEd3f8cgKF7R5YLpcZz5ET0DZAMR7yT7WPaKB8/s400/ff_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608631963693083026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We spent there for couple of hours. I definitely want to go back in this kind of foot spa.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-76147586353154793142011-05-13T11:37:00.006+08:002011-05-14T12:15:05.336+08:00Friday the 13th not good for me<div style="text-align: justify;">I know this has nothing to do for being a Friday the 13th but I am so thrilled that when I woke up this morning, my 6-year old Nokia mobile phone is already dead (…as in no life at all).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJJYIIS3HEkN-cv0TnUjmoScJfPJLwckB8W9DKDBF3sJYjMrJe6_unQH4sC5o6JI3N7D2kJ6Jkte8vqr9dBTwYqTYiaEYSrRIGPokdOv-aKDMq-QAkgLVJc5NfoW_u-cHUI23S_PQGVs/s1600/grace_cellphone1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJJYIIS3HEkN-cv0TnUjmoScJfPJLwckB8W9DKDBF3sJYjMrJe6_unQH4sC5o6JI3N7D2kJ6Jkte8vqr9dBTwYqTYiaEYSrRIGPokdOv-aKDMq-QAkgLVJc5NfoW_u-cHUI23S_PQGVs/s400/grace_cellphone1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606420194161137858" border="0" /></a>This cellphone of mine has a sentimental value for me and within such 6 long years I haven’t think of buying new one for it has good performance and long lasting battery life. But honestly I have already a plan of getting new one this year but definitely not now. So I almost shouted when I saw this morning that it has no display at all. I have a suspect that the problem would be in the LCD but I don’t have idea why this happens since it was in good condition last night.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Now this is really a big problem for me because for now I cannot priority the buying of new cellphone. This month is a tough month for us. It is school enrollment of the kids and we have lots of priorities to pay much attention to rather than my mobile phone.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Okay, this means that I have to start looking around about what model should I get next. I am interested to get the Sony Ericsson Aino. This is the model I am always looking in the store.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvBvtzR4UbbEAvxtXwxSkgKKY-KlIi3M0jByAvTZg6lr7uErtV5XC0CxBqMbLYSTTSy7h298R8m2i1_fSzxafOtVVFcc0-hIRiO4znwoYCGGCoAgwx1Owqq3Eu_R1S8QxKBorOgIbhHk/s1600/SE_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvBvtzR4UbbEAvxtXwxSkgKKY-KlIi3M0jByAvTZg6lr7uErtV5XC0CxBqMbLYSTTSy7h298R8m2i1_fSzxafOtVVFcc0-hIRiO4znwoYCGGCoAgwx1Owqq3Eu_R1S8QxKBorOgIbhHk/s400/SE_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606411707775970034" border="0" /></a>(Photo from Sony Ericsson)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My husband is using Sony Ericsson model for years now and it is pretty not bad. I trusted Nokia but I want to get 8.1MP SE Aino. What I most like about this model is that it has a larger screen and a megapixel of 8.1. I am not so much internet user on mobile so no high need for an iPhone or HTC besides I don't have budget for such kinds.<br /><br />So what do you think? You can check the whole features and overview of this <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/aino?cc=gb&lc=en#view=overview">here</a>.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROXrmDbNJM_CK_82eOjQm4v70p6r-X6q4WF_Pad6fJVLT6Eu1CnMukxwnTBrzSkbGLkN9gPznh3BMLTxPtcdxi0c3iDMAn4n98yw1RKtiqb_LWvhlRZfYWQkpfOgQmKElDYY-JMSs5hw/s1600/SE_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjROXrmDbNJM_CK_82eOjQm4v70p6r-X6q4WF_Pad6fJVLT6Eu1CnMukxwnTBrzSkbGLkN9gPznh3BMLTxPtcdxi0c3iDMAn4n98yw1RKtiqb_LWvhlRZfYWQkpfOgQmKElDYY-JMSs5hw/s400/SE_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606413471753974930" border="0" /></a>(Photo from Sony Ericsson)<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-46619679422072442902011-05-08T00:20:00.000+08:002011-05-08T00:21:43.397+08:00Happy Mother's Day<div style="text-align: justify;">Before I greet all the mothers out there I will greet myself first, "happy mother's day to me"...wink! So what wound I say next? Happy Mother's Day to all mothers, expectant mothers, single mothers, and those who are capable of being a mother! You're all the stars this day! Here is my simple card I made for all of us:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII-HFPuEuk3x7wq63o98135hAawYj305Hqo_heE6HKL33oiMgCLSE71keEy7x-k12HXZCkLYidP50ZndrqssWsuQbbJVw5vWNS-7-YdLxctKuhlv1BKXxblscgMIn_nBM4CA0QlRmLJo/s1600/DYB_mothersday.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII-HFPuEuk3x7wq63o98135hAawYj305Hqo_heE6HKL33oiMgCLSE71keEy7x-k12HXZCkLYidP50ZndrqssWsuQbbJVw5vWNS-7-YdLxctKuhlv1BKXxblscgMIn_nBM4CA0QlRmLJo/s400/DYB_mothersday.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604007008020658738" border="0" /></a>Do you have any special plans for today? I told my husband that he must treat me for a dinner (<span style="font-style: italic;">always naman!</span>) and must let me sit whole day doing nothing...LOL! I miss my kids on this day because they are the reason why I called myself a "mother".<br /><br />Again, let's celebrate this day and remember always the one that gave life to us, the imost mportant person in the world...our mothers. Happy mother's day!<br /></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3wEMzVAHsKNV3OOsp3VYNRMzi3QKRooJomYkDMZmslle300YnS8FH4dNrigffymJt9SIVqw9PmF60YiF6I8b4txOde3nQYCsqGZoflwoJI2S65NBDif23VInV2YLyhXouLaubavr6Ck/s1600/mommygrace.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx3wEMzVAHsKNV3OOsp3VYNRMzi3QKRooJomYkDMZmslle300YnS8FH4dNrigffymJt9SIVqw9PmF60YiF6I8b4txOde3nQYCsqGZoflwoJI2S65NBDif23VInV2YLyhXouLaubavr6Ck/s400/mommygrace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604009535211457218" border="0" /></a>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-33690240320090584402011-05-04T19:00:00.001+08:002011-05-04T19:46:39.762+08:00I had so much fun with Sharkbytes' puzzle<div style="text-align: justify;">This could be late to post about the contest of Sharkbytes, the author of <a href="http://myqualityday.blogspot.com/">My Quality Day</a>, because winners are already been declared. Last month she launched an essay writing contest as part of her birthday celebration. But I felt sad because it was only three days left when I read about her contest so I failed to submit an entry. Nevertheless, I had so much fun about the mechanics of such contest. She had a photo puzzle to be completed with monitored running time, and then when you finish the entire photo puzzle make an essay regarding such photo. That was so cool and I really had an intention to join but in the end I was not able to write an entry.<br /><br />During my lunch time in the office, one ordinary weekday, I tried to make the puzzle. So I started the timer. After 6 minutes and 54 seconds, I got the upper right part of the photo.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8rPT-qHxSsi055dOR16yL4XI_bV-lQs1pi6qAZwHXK4lord56mtDTEM_oXgAfh66KMoXb5vkLXocLwq7gTMHiu1RcpNdMiTPJn2TCjUsjTlkp-vRHz59yLvLh6D-UJC4hG-FAepm93I/s1600/puzzle_1a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8rPT-qHxSsi055dOR16yL4XI_bV-lQs1pi6qAZwHXK4lord56mtDTEM_oXgAfh66KMoXb5vkLXocLwq7gTMHiu1RcpNdMiTPJn2TCjUsjTlkp-vRHz59yLvLh6D-UJC4hG-FAepm93I/s400/puzzle_1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602711586408116082" border="0" /></a>Click the image to enlarge<br /></div><br />Here are some screenshots I made between minutes: (click them for larger views)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbrza9rVRII2X10qMhhJqn-Nth3fvQLkuIEap2oeqTUSuR4gdg7-9wYMmciSnN8X-3dyUaYe7g-JK769M0zf635CcRlBwF3DZOSEwfnmTFjOchtKqefnmmwMeWyU1C-24RV61YFJyPqw/s1600/puzzle_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbrza9rVRII2X10qMhhJqn-Nth3fvQLkuIEap2oeqTUSuR4gdg7-9wYMmciSnN8X-3dyUaYe7g-JK769M0zf635CcRlBwF3DZOSEwfnmTFjOchtKqefnmmwMeWyU1C-24RV61YFJyPqw/s400/puzzle_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602712061329376706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoR2aNgfiKA2oJBBx5ZVw5lRn8dvmDOzFWUSFaydv6kxcPLpxFqelzUe2je8XmUtvh_ZkFCeTpLafzTr7TDCqtfCuatTtZzqXONN3MD73Mgaa6TB8j9RtmpYb0fNs8mqeHdQOEt_k5UA/s1600/puzzle_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 169px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoR2aNgfiKA2oJBBx5ZVw5lRn8dvmDOzFWUSFaydv6kxcPLpxFqelzUe2je8XmUtvh_ZkFCeTpLafzTr7TDCqtfCuatTtZzqXONN3MD73Mgaa6TB8j9RtmpYb0fNs8mqeHdQOEt_k5UA/s400/puzzle_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602712066440944850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7EeIiqio9huMQqVs3mHbvjxWiHoWiFwwzZa2CBM2GuUQIhEe63AtRsxkbYcmMe_WfvpXcCD8QoaV-jgDncYwCrka02u5KyUkoyeqGvcIa7u5skYBymQYV98Tr7hpISk1Tp6GvmlzTm0/s1600/puzzle_4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7EeIiqio9huMQqVs3mHbvjxWiHoWiFwwzZa2CBM2GuUQIhEe63AtRsxkbYcmMe_WfvpXcCD8QoaV-jgDncYwCrka02u5KyUkoyeqGvcIa7u5skYBymQYV98Tr7hpISk1Tp6GvmlzTm0/s400/puzzle_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602712070574893026" border="0" /></a><br />I got my last piece around 23 minutes and 14 seconds:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vnBKaFGbKXXnGOO6_bZGn6M3Z2Y3ir7pnazzDV9lC_8lMVWkef8jkd6EuOvLEkvaX97l73AmxLJzkepzeVyNIslKAmo3r-4ojj1Iv2zIKk4ab5fItYrpeqlRsV2aSQZunUswjOSbG7U/s1600/puzzle_5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8vnBKaFGbKXXnGOO6_bZGn6M3Z2Y3ir7pnazzDV9lC_8lMVWkef8jkd6EuOvLEkvaX97l73AmxLJzkepzeVyNIslKAmo3r-4ojj1Iv2zIKk4ab5fItYrpeqlRsV2aSQZunUswjOSbG7U/s400/puzzle_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602712075411273330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I guess I can have the entire time to about 20 minutes if I did not make those screencasting...LOL! So after 23 minutes and 21 seconds I finished the entire photo puzzle.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpklmsNQc7nMOYXAp40vWwUwnpiJR509UCNUcLNV5Tw7VnRL3e5gq4bydPLp4RWKT8SjMI6dJW_f0hGn2fOqJZn5l4kDDT0NgTIyJx9PZT-xgPQGshanVVY0KNIWK79H3fltDJpYjY8Ik/s1600/puzzle_6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpklmsNQc7nMOYXAp40vWwUwnpiJR509UCNUcLNV5Tw7VnRL3e5gq4bydPLp4RWKT8SjMI6dJW_f0hGn2fOqJZn5l4kDDT0NgTIyJx9PZT-xgPQGshanVVY0KNIWK79H3fltDJpYjY8Ik/s400/puzzle_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602712076598705714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Cool, right? I had so much fun doing the puzzle. Although I did not make it to the last date of submission of entries I still felt happy because of that puzzle. Thank you, Sharkbytes for this unique way of running a blog contest, congratulations to your winners and to the success of your birthday contest, and happy birthday to you as well. Keep coming of contests like this one!<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-88568639201349101612011-05-03T13:09:00.004+08:002011-05-04T19:39:27.655+08:00Why I’m the best mother ever?<center><a href="http://www.my-blogbook.com/2011/05/mothers-day-contest.html"><img j8="true" src="http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/g404/rjb2001/blogfiles/bestmom.jpg" border="0" /></a></center><p style="text-align: center;">brought to you by <a href="http://www.my-blogbook.com/">RJ's Mama</a></p><div style="text-align: justify;">I may have some mistakes in life as a person or might wrong in any of my decisions but for the good for my children, I will never go wrong. And that's the real me as a MOTHER. I may not be the best person in the eyes of others but I can be a perfect mother that only my kids can tell .<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-86846040298360702972011-04-30T11:15:00.013+08:002011-04-30T11:55:32.283+08:00Dress Up Your Blogs is now on live again!<div style="text-align: justify;">I know, two months of reconstructing a site would be long enough but for me who has a regular work, doing such really needs more that (I guess).<br /><br />Finally, yesterday I re-opened and re-published my <a href="http://dressupyourblogs.com/">Dress Up Your Blogs</a> for all.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8g4OYxEjf2liJ6jhd6RlwgcsAhuv7ztflb7JeysiPCAYlsyicEsjJucZszbQDSZV2MFaE2NVgxW2iVAC_xn9QQhV23oUaFwcxrKhrBRLfHy5i5wdJeVh4b_gPxqh05Kx201Q_QiubFYQ/s1600/Design_2_header.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8g4OYxEjf2liJ6jhd6RlwgcsAhuv7ztflb7JeysiPCAYlsyicEsjJucZszbQDSZV2MFaE2NVgxW2iVAC_xn9QQhV23oUaFwcxrKhrBRLfHy5i5wdJeVh4b_gPxqh05Kx201Q_QiubFYQ/s400/Design_2_header.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601211588427206706" border="0" /></a>I changed everything in this blog/site (well, because I always have the tendency to do the makeover for my blogs) but the services I am offering are still the same, my fees are the same. I just want to give my good news that customizing blogs for Wordpress is now added to my services. I have recalled before in my post about my <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2011/01/goals-and-plans-for-my-blogging-and.html">Goals and plans for my blogging and designing for 2011</a> which I posted last January 1, 2011 that designing blogs for Wordpress was really one of my target goal this year so recently I decided to have it added to my list.<br /><br />I may not be good or perfect blog designer as compared to others but the fact that I am enjoying what I am doing, I still feel fine. As a matter of fact I have been a good fan of those who doing such services and I make them as inspirations. Like what I have said even before, I won't promise you anything about my digital products and services but I can promise you that I will try my best to meet your needs and wants beyond your expectations. Just be patient with my time because <span style="font-style: italic;">my time</span> is my great enemy of all time...LOL!<br /><br />Come and visit my new home, my new looks, my new way of blogging about my passion for blog designing. Some links may not be fixed yet so any help would be great Your follow and comments are highly appreciated. I will be giving more freebies and blogging tutorials so visit me there often.<br /><a href="http://dressupyourblogs.com/"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://dressupyourblogs.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DRESS UP YOUR BLOGS</span></a>.<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Don't just create blogs. Dress them up!</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I would love to see you there. Thanks for celebrating with me!<br /></div></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-82361802726778736362011-04-28T10:20:00.000+08:002011-04-28T10:20:00.073+08:00Finally, I hugged my iMac!<div style="text-align: justify;">My husband Gerry and I had these sweet smiles one sunny morning when my son took this shot :<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr1PODmyhzOINAUUbXZMkOVWUfqn99q8K-dDEd7LoUBaKaLokEKsPAI7PvCbE5BApaTLOJ-dFogM8v4iTw9O8Qw9_aHq8aXERCiy5Wm_7ZHloK4V3_iTZz_8px_MQy8LNEJj5uBodHOg/s1600/grace_imac_5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJr1PODmyhzOINAUUbXZMkOVWUfqn99q8K-dDEd7LoUBaKaLokEKsPAI7PvCbE5BApaTLOJ-dFogM8v4iTw9O8Qw9_aHq8aXERCiy5Wm_7ZHloK4V3_iTZz_8px_MQy8LNEJj5uBodHOg/s400/grace_imac_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596929869440343554" border="0" /></a><br />That was our vacation's first day in the Phils two weeks ago. And that morning was also the time when I finally touched and hugged my iMac.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZcVIkOPySA1I7xTt8WUp8ixuRjp5Baq-xJ1a3SViPU3Rubmf6ayoXqxh-BvznWpw1xj_D7vsptBamjTvsI-lj41GtsAXBKre8-RnZXwCpUu414qxcvQkHRLaudbUZSFSF9zpxUTXrWU/s1600/grace_imac_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZcVIkOPySA1I7xTt8WUp8ixuRjp5Baq-xJ1a3SViPU3Rubmf6ayoXqxh-BvznWpw1xj_D7vsptBamjTvsI-lj41GtsAXBKre8-RnZXwCpUu414qxcvQkHRLaudbUZSFSF9zpxUTXrWU/s400/grace_imac_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596929862731612562" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV1dYm9FsyCZ8ayiwG3kV7pRClwISlhiNs9xbmfYAj40CLpiOH4-fYnfnQazioTfPPUPjvE6DwGphMn-ezOQg72MPS3qRRYQKjo-qXaicMN8yi70iyTomxBElP1fG-d-00oTrRQpMgpk/s1600/grace_imac_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKV1dYm9FsyCZ8ayiwG3kV7pRClwISlhiNs9xbmfYAj40CLpiOH4-fYnfnQazioTfPPUPjvE6DwGphMn-ezOQg72MPS3qRRYQKjo-qXaicMN8yi70iyTomxBElP1fG-d-00oTrRQpMgpk/s400/grace_imac_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600449815180384130" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I was waiting for this moment from the time <a href="http://sulit.com.ph/">Sulit.com.ph</a> declared me as Grand Winner for <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2010/12/my-christmas-card-entry-71-won-apple.html">Christmas Card Designing Contest</a> last December 2010. January 11, 2011 when this <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2011/01/i-want-to-hug-my-imac.html">iMac was delivered</a> through a courier and received by my brother.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZwGxXok-VarstJGe96Q8yrWcDqvHtvWPdFRcRMZldqpf2jSSA5W6OS3B7F6duaCjrV714n99pY8Oi6tkbaUShuJhPt99TZwR8ZiLU7IFGm9iLDOhzYaxvp7MybMN9AItPoJgUTCWCAI/s1600/grace_imac_4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKZwGxXok-VarstJGe96Q8yrWcDqvHtvWPdFRcRMZldqpf2jSSA5W6OS3B7F6duaCjrV714n99pY8Oi6tkbaUShuJhPt99TZwR8ZiLU7IFGm9iLDOhzYaxvp7MybMN9AItPoJgUTCWCAI/s400/grace_imac_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596929844704826514" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Since we are not permanently living in my parents' house, this iMac is still in my brother's care (his house beside my mother's). But during our vacation time, we used it...my kids love to use it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6QaijICJffqd5svAPNRN-cp28pdJjkMC42c8iC6NZRzNtcP4wanp-BHxOLROJACCJnf95iqWdoFdyyxLzZIw3QZEcA9Z5tTT1OJEblhetRmq2bnfudgP0EVOIb4-m0v5NXmNXyVe6xI/s1600/grace_imac_6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6QaijICJffqd5svAPNRN-cp28pdJjkMC42c8iC6NZRzNtcP4wanp-BHxOLROJACCJnf95iqWdoFdyyxLzZIw3QZEcA9Z5tTT1OJEblhetRmq2bnfudgP0EVOIb4-m0v5NXmNXyVe6xI/s400/grace_imac_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600445956408188242" border="0" /></a><br />And on the night we left Bicol, we packed again the iMac in box and gave it back to my brother again. I browsed MacOS for the first time. Laugh at me....I find MacOS so hard to use. I guess because I used to be a Windows user even before. I can't wait for my homecoming for good later this year to enjoy really what this iMac of mine could give me.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-25715481225267455912011-04-26T17:36:00.010+08:002011-04-26T21:13:16.295+08:00My kids are getting serious with computer games!<div style="text-align: justify;">My kids are getting serious with computer games! I know that they are interested in playing computer games but I was so shocked recently when I saw how they handle computer games. Vince just turned 10 and Charles is turning 9 this June but they look as if they really know what they are doing when pressing those keyboards with full intense to the games they are in. OMG! <span style="font-style: italic;">Ganito na ba talaga ang hilig ng mga bata ngayon?</span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXZ0SIdAvZH-FBbn7h3xtIDV3JnWKceHw1-fm8QrYJWvcWdj_u6g2ODc0FLPucV8o570DRYS1VBKb90GApoFaJFqTvkUvIUjZfE-IQR8_FMWpzwJQNvkv0Q2vduMr5ev40NEtmBdCKkU/s1600/kids_computer_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXZ0SIdAvZH-FBbn7h3xtIDV3JnWKceHw1-fm8QrYJWvcWdj_u6g2ODc0FLPucV8o570DRYS1VBKb90GApoFaJFqTvkUvIUjZfE-IQR8_FMWpzwJQNvkv0Q2vduMr5ev40NEtmBdCKkU/s400/kids_computer_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599824359553712882" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxo8MabCtG8QbGUKOBpbHWDgwd4sYwdBeBbYgQ4TcXAMnxXDRT1IHcXimZziVAI2zN5rO6tgqgIxIHBPSculO4E-eRPOpY3TX7-IjppcePCKNE6jTAfxDf0UhQmjL0CkiuEJ4LxmyFo4/s1600/kids_computer_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxo8MabCtG8QbGUKOBpbHWDgwd4sYwdBeBbYgQ4TcXAMnxXDRT1IHcXimZziVAI2zN5rO6tgqgIxIHBPSculO4E-eRPOpY3TX7-IjppcePCKNE6jTAfxDf0UhQmjL0CkiuEJ4LxmyFo4/s400/kids_computer_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599826218461839234" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Honestly I don’t have any idea how to play such games and I don’t have the interest to learn. I just love to look at them while playing computers but deep inside I have fear about the bad effects of this habit to their mental and physical health especially I am not around to look after them.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I know in their case, avoiding such habit would be so hard. Why? Because…<br /></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>The computer shop is just next door step. The computer shop is owned by my brother who lives next in my parents’ house where my kids are now living so what do you expect….</li><li>They have so many peers around who also play computer games.</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;">Can you imagine, few years ago they were just playing plastic toys but now they are joining already with their daddy in playing computer games....haizzt, like daddy like sons!<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnKEGJslNQ6eRPLKEXL0bI2eZgrBmdLH_ZiUhiyoBS6wP0IWQuQwrsJ97NJuHYj1FEJf2wf61YGZ0u_b0qrNFC-75_CZYmqAelspKhfeY7KbQRSuAzM9MeLK7yGG9H_3QG4VcTjAsz0w/s1600/kids_computer_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnKEGJslNQ6eRPLKEXL0bI2eZgrBmdLH_ZiUhiyoBS6wP0IWQuQwrsJ97NJuHYj1FEJf2wf61YGZ0u_b0qrNFC-75_CZYmqAelspKhfeY7KbQRSuAzM9MeLK7yGG9H_3QG4VcTjAsz0w/s400/kids_computer_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599832055648777586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">When I go home for good, I will limit the hours that my kids spend over the computer. Besides by next summer, we will be transferring to our new home where no near computer shop at all; only our home computers.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-58413215355538154302011-04-18T19:11:00.011+08:002011-04-20T09:26:59.996+08:00Vince's 10th Birthday<div style="text-align: justify;">My eldest son, Vince, kept on saying that this year was the most wonderful birthday he had...because we were with him when he celebrated his 10th birthday last April 4th. We missed several birthdays and special occasions of our kids and we really felt sorry for ourselves, as parents.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEi8KxBlJQp8K_i4y8viLw1XKYGobblxQEVqY5iWrqm2QTSLFxzl1vYMKNJK3l2CoPSPa8PPWnSUogT-5jkj5HVqnrD5Y2W25-wSIOLO44ujE42MM9WGzh8I6Q1ZcwlCrI5mvDOIwi3g/s1600/vince_10th_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEEi8KxBlJQp8K_i4y8viLw1XKYGobblxQEVqY5iWrqm2QTSLFxzl1vYMKNJK3l2CoPSPa8PPWnSUogT-5jkj5HVqnrD5Y2W25-wSIOLO44ujE42MM9WGzh8I6Q1ZcwlCrI5mvDOIwi3g/s400/vince_10th_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596880340139404626" border="0" /></a><br />Looking at my eldest son's eyes, I saw happiness that I missed to see in person for several years. He entered in his two-digit age with all the bloom in his eyes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIRdPKNLce9MyBbzFDojeBvBMpct0Gvyc3tZUE0sB2Bx7aiG8ncjUU9D0AaEm2SuMhMXSDV9UdA0zgJnHKWgLamiTAqdAmj7TbuaM-fu7BTTqp9VbGdJ6AJ5zWkqZsutrz-kxc7qrmYU/s1600/vince_10th_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDIRdPKNLce9MyBbzFDojeBvBMpct0Gvyc3tZUE0sB2Bx7aiG8ncjUU9D0AaEm2SuMhMXSDV9UdA0zgJnHKWgLamiTAqdAmj7TbuaM-fu7BTTqp9VbGdJ6AJ5zWkqZsutrz-kxc7qrmYU/s400/vince_10th_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596880335754987778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMAZfR5uwafUmseqvjpAAo3_FsP6-u0UZaDN-joizkjKEpEKsgUrLEZN9AfP8jnjRhvfeff2MXQz5l8gAtRpZHlnHPQMn6Ds6RWN6QOPol70ChoyLpd4g7MzXQWH9iBlSSsfB-zP5dK4/s1600/vince_10th_4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinMAZfR5uwafUmseqvjpAAo3_FsP6-u0UZaDN-joizkjKEpEKsgUrLEZN9AfP8jnjRhvfeff2MXQz5l8gAtRpZHlnHPQMn6Ds6RWN6QOPol70ChoyLpd4g7MzXQWH9iBlSSsfB-zP5dK4/s400/vince_10th_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596880336869490546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">We celebrated his birthday at home with his cousins and friends.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0qzAoo5DsUpunx20dCIhMMRL_-cHhjkPuBNQKxw5rrGEl25b4wEFknfy61l1FYfa1ScWOx0lTyzsxY9LlOF-i8qcBmyYMWW2V8JiANJUHos-jv0jFgMNvhqqD_dDQFQJ23zOHw3n7lE/s1600/vince_10th_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0qzAoo5DsUpunx20dCIhMMRL_-cHhjkPuBNQKxw5rrGEl25b4wEFknfy61l1FYfa1ScWOx0lTyzsxY9LlOF-i8qcBmyYMWW2V8JiANJUHos-jv0jFgMNvhqqD_dDQFQJ23zOHw3n7lE/s400/vince_10th_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596880332676308354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">He wanted to go for swimming but unfortunately the weather was unpredictable so we decided to celebrate it at home with his cousins and friends. The day ended with all the smile in my child's eyes and I knew he was very happy.<br /><br />My youngest son, Charles, told us that he also want our presence in his 9th birthday on June 1st but that would be impossible for us so we just told him that on his 10th birthday also we will be there for him.....for good!<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-77872346341586094932011-04-18T16:51:00.008+08:002011-04-18T17:13:46.038+08:00At Central Plaza Mall - Daet<div style="text-align: justify;">I long for this moment, to hang out with kids in the mall. Last April 3 after we attended the 4:30pm mass we went to Central Plaza Mall (Daet). As expected, we had so much fun playing and the kids were so happy.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHS1VI-gKofY8KQGZzauYc9A3ZJoBIGaf7_ULh501WZODhnm074uLzgEo8fTFJjixKjuIpHXZTsOd6TspWetspHWJBD1jK0A4-AbYT82RDsCv_EgMx4z8uAeS0jwr-y8tf91btZcakyc/s1600/cpm_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHS1VI-gKofY8KQGZzauYc9A3ZJoBIGaf7_ULh501WZODhnm074uLzgEo8fTFJjixKjuIpHXZTsOd6TspWetspHWJBD1jK0A4-AbYT82RDsCv_EgMx4z8uAeS0jwr-y8tf91btZcakyc/s400/cpm_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844856470113058" border="0" /></a><br />I was surprised to know that Vince and Charles could play this car race. I thought that they were only interested in rides.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIHor_8V13r5XSjh0ArWsFa25eSOFVO7e8TMWGzm7Ba-Pkxw0EBNeIJGa0_KG7ZXIIJaMSd0a4-C0MGqIK5933kqIC_bxx0iKQs08WlcumveV4rlENPXxGu7m-Nj1LAF8rMXG_e0bUEg/s1600/cpm_5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyIHor_8V13r5XSjh0ArWsFa25eSOFVO7e8TMWGzm7Ba-Pkxw0EBNeIJGa0_KG7ZXIIJaMSd0a4-C0MGqIK5933kqIC_bxx0iKQs08WlcumveV4rlENPXxGu7m-Nj1LAF8rMXG_e0bUEg/s400/cpm_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844851433615074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbYE2qE8WStuvFIADKLem-E9Gasph0beGYifkJPsq_zuk11D4MB2TX3w91vOhZGR2cwmxecQ7Yf3NknbFIetJTdTuVu-qazBwsJEO1aTuQHEvDAkc-_VKYcnrXhCrAWucyxXPo9ap8YM/s1600/cpm_4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbYE2qE8WStuvFIADKLem-E9Gasph0beGYifkJPsq_zuk11D4MB2TX3w91vOhZGR2cwmxecQ7Yf3NknbFIetJTdTuVu-qazBwsJEO1aTuQHEvDAkc-_VKYcnrXhCrAWucyxXPo9ap8YM/s400/cpm_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844850513927618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHHijYo7sgXPQ5_qjyhypDA9TUoKs-lGoBi6JWtGIhsJqt-wkTBdb7cZ7lKh3k7ji5qfl1o7ccpvw4F_6VghPIcaYPgs-VLFZsoGpCHZ5zGP_G0Y23_LgW5FyDfpolNRfA8l4kNJq5bs/s1600/cpm_7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHHijYo7sgXPQ5_qjyhypDA9TUoKs-lGoBi6JWtGIhsJqt-wkTBdb7cZ7lKh3k7ji5qfl1o7ccpvw4F_6VghPIcaYPgs-VLFZsoGpCHZ5zGP_G0Y23_LgW5FyDfpolNRfA8l4kNJq5bs/s400/cpm_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844241002877490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGg_B7N8I2zy8UeIW4S52d_oijQf1Z_G7Jn97K_Bic8I7aAKlvH8jRzxoOamd-5l-YaeJ4pv0aGj9fmVfPrI0JPI9Lr9KXJCwQqu6vrRw4qQDLjTeLTEPGWE08KahDCHdINfsxkJyF4mA/s1600/cpm_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGg_B7N8I2zy8UeIW4S52d_oijQf1Z_G7Jn97K_Bic8I7aAKlvH8jRzxoOamd-5l-YaeJ4pv0aGj9fmVfPrI0JPI9Lr9KXJCwQqu6vrRw4qQDLjTeLTEPGWE08KahDCHdINfsxkJyF4mA/s400/cpm_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844241171453506" border="0" /></a><br />But all of the games they played in the mall, this basketball was the most exciting for them. They were really shouting for excitement and joy which I almost carried away.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvqwUZ6ZtiSxpijv6ke7wvbmVDseqDXGYuzpSt58hIeXQlIjOqXJzuxwHbXjUv109p4HZaAwnakmNpCtdxfzHbKz2LgmeKbPfqsOYBRfx5htVJRUJfhKQDVIY3cAO312H0CYen0iGbrc/s1600/cpm_6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAvqwUZ6ZtiSxpijv6ke7wvbmVDseqDXGYuzpSt58hIeXQlIjOqXJzuxwHbXjUv109p4HZaAwnakmNpCtdxfzHbKz2LgmeKbPfqsOYBRfx5htVJRUJfhKQDVIY3cAO312H0CYen0iGbrc/s400/cpm_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844247362821426" border="0" /></a><br />...and how happy I am to see the men of my life.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKg-A-R0Zjb3UOH-LTdpluHKvw3RytZcSs5fchGKX4a6Y42PemaPNv2JnCHaIaPyNPqglHoCxnYgzLsFh96nrlYH303mEb1rNqfICh3lI5N1wOteLWWB2A4VTj0ky9PMfCkKPN2_C2go/s1600/cpm_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKg-A-R0Zjb3UOH-LTdpluHKvw3RytZcSs5fchGKX4a6Y42PemaPNv2JnCHaIaPyNPqglHoCxnYgzLsFh96nrlYH303mEb1rNqfICh3lI5N1wOteLWWB2A4VTj0ky9PMfCkKPN2_C2go/s400/cpm_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596844239053977282" border="0" /></a><br />We spent there for hours..eating, playing, laughing, talking. We all went home with a smile.Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-66082682007580606242011-04-14T09:37:00.010+08:002011-04-15T21:47:30.295+08:00Back to work, back to online!<div style="text-align: justify;">Hello there my friends, I’m back to work and I’m back to online!<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Whew! Our 10-day vacation in the Phil has over and now we are here again in Taipei. Time flew so fast. To recall, we left Taipei last March 29 at 8pm to catch the flight at 1am. We felt very tired then because we still worked that whole day. But everything was in place for we were very excited of going home to see the kids. At exactly 10pm, we were at the gate waiting to board. Our choice of airline: Cebu Pacific.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBtN6PfPobXe_7WNGu22TRypncFQx1mydM65yziFVs1Zi1-GTJm0LO15IGJ56Fd5xBTgB7AVJL0zaDMZhep-J_SjgvYJvzPGyVKKvb7z201WbhcJ_LsrLNe8DZmAIiMlouB43spD5ty8/s1600/taipei_airport_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigBtN6PfPobXe_7WNGu22TRypncFQx1mydM65yziFVs1Zi1-GTJm0LO15IGJ56Fd5xBTgB7AVJL0zaDMZhep-J_SjgvYJvzPGyVKKvb7z201WbhcJ_LsrLNe8DZmAIiMlouB43spD5ty8/s400/taipei_airport_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595254568470240898" border="0" /></a>At the gate waiting to board (Taoyuan Airport)<br /><br /></div>Taipei is just two hours travel to reach Manila so before 4am of March30 we finally checked out. My brother-in-law, Fr. Bert (my husband’s brother), picked us up in the airport. We stayed Manila for half day to attend some important matters. After lunch we headed home in Bicol which took 8 hours travel by private car.<br /><br />We arrived home in Camarines Norte (where my parents are living with our kids) at exactly 10pm. The kids were still awake and excitedly waiting for our arrival. We missed them so much and we didn’t missed any minute hugging and kissing them after a year of not seeing them.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qu4nwVp0UwGQI8W6VPoekkIVJ54bf6t86XtzMxJJ-huOo8C4BpSt3HDKySetj1O4WuzDSZr8kN3fE78sZFDccb5zwSayGxOtF8M3JW0m-pxhbvebHCeMQBUetrNIzbv1CC4E6r27b7o/s1600/kids_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Qu4nwVp0UwGQI8W6VPoekkIVJ54bf6t86XtzMxJJ-huOo8C4BpSt3HDKySetj1O4WuzDSZr8kN3fE78sZFDccb5zwSayGxOtF8M3JW0m-pxhbvebHCeMQBUetrNIzbv1CC4E6r27b7o/s400/kids_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595255739981518402" border="0" /></a>Taken during our visit in Basilica Minore<br /></div><br />I will share to you all our happenings during that vacation. I just drop by here to inform everybody that I am alive again. We arrived here in Taipei last Monday around 1am and resumed to work by 9am so we were still almost dead in hangover.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EnpqwyrNRTpTG0rEdP_C8PUAL__SaqKX-kxvt6-Ft-HT33dKhDRGr4_0xgYu68V8R47Vepf8PjDLkoMcPAywyKNoSv3923LCzcJN2_EXk9HFiHwL8XCNUpXgXHTeLnwFpaoLVDod5GQ/s1600/phil_airport_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3EnpqwyrNRTpTG0rEdP_C8PUAL__SaqKX-kxvt6-Ft-HT33dKhDRGr4_0xgYu68V8R47Vepf8PjDLkoMcPAywyKNoSv3923LCzcJN2_EXk9HFiHwL8XCNUpXgXHTeLnwFpaoLVDod5GQ/s400/phil_airport_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595256263426983554" border="0" /></a>At the gate (NAIA 3 Airport)<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpE1Egg6LRyZGtTPnRonOyKKSLBF5u1KG7760TWVnIYasqcAnWpKkBwMfvPZBdIvi6o9l78CJC8PKv0XQ-RWRkZeqLFX-aAyWkEzBptNhEFHrnGDOy7g3q2Tx3XuIfwdSPnSUaogGTIc/s1600/phil_airport_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpE1Egg6LRyZGtTPnRonOyKKSLBF5u1KG7760TWVnIYasqcAnWpKkBwMfvPZBdIvi6o9l78CJC8PKv0XQ-RWRkZeqLFX-aAyWkEzBptNhEFHrnGDOy7g3q2Tx3XuIfwdSPnSUaogGTIc/s400/phil_airport_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595256761983140114" border="0" /></a>My husband, Gerry<br /><br /></div>I have to refresh my mind and catch up those pending and upcoming deadlines in my work. I am also starting to check my emails and respond as soon as I can. I miss you all here and I can't wait again to visit your blogs to check updates which I truly missed.<br /><br />Welcome me again, friends!<br /><br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-1011385344215333812011-03-28T11:10:00.005+08:002011-03-28T11:17:01.110+08:00We will be coming home for a vacation<div style="text-align: justify;">Two weeks ago, my husband and I had a quick decision for a vacation. Our company granted our 6-day leave at work making it a total of 10 days including two weekends. We will be having our flight going back to PH tomorrow night so we still have whole day tomorrow to finish all pending deadlines at work. We have not yet totally done packing our things so tonight we will finalize them.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Our last visit in the PH was last year (February). So it was almost a year of not seeing the kids in person. We can no longer sleep at night in too much excitement, so with the kids. There are four things which makes me more excited about this homecoming:<br /><br />1. Will be able to see the kids and be with them even for couple of days only.<br />2. Our presence will be there as our eldest son celebrate his 10th birthday on April 4.<br />3. Finally, I can <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2011/01/i-want-to-hug-my-imac.html">hug my iMAC</a>.<br />4. At last, we can see and visit our newly constructed house.<br /><br />For this very limited time of vacation, I will not go online for a while to spend all of our time with our kids. We want to maximize and spend the most quality time for them. This is the main reason why I have to extend the re-publishing of my D<a href="http://dressupyourblogs.com">ress Up Your Blogs</a>.<br /><br />In connection with this, I want to inform my dear readers and followers that I will be out starting tomorrow night March 29th until April 10th. You can still send me email but I can’t promise to response in prompt. We will resume for work here in Taipei by April 10th. So today (a day before our flight), look how messy my office table is, showing how rushing I am just to finish everything before I leave:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRm8SAYt5qQYj9JXVCfLE4UbTX7YXKs7Uj9jJPLJ7n2ZFlF6EII0qZRRAcsiiuuezMFww_w4_m4yinUEW7exW-1g3uIsEFe2wLHIdWPuAehj-H1z2NSVRjxGjdKFTnxoU6OQ3pE3ead8/s1600/mymessytable.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRm8SAYt5qQYj9JXVCfLE4UbTX7YXKs7Uj9jJPLJ7n2ZFlF6EII0qZRRAcsiiuuezMFww_w4_m4yinUEW7exW-1g3uIsEFe2wLHIdWPuAehj-H1z2NSVRjxGjdKFTnxoU6OQ3pE3ead8/s400/mymessytable.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588963116660387314" border="0" /></a><br />But I will clean up my table tomorrow night to keep everything in place again. Please pray for us for safe flight because when we arrive in Manila, we still have eight hours to travel by bus just to reach our place in Bicol. We are expecting to reach home by afternoon of March 30. Of course, no matter how far we'd go, it always feels good to be home. Happy trip to us and catch you, guys later!<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-42854123536940773922011-03-27T11:18:00.005+08:002011-03-27T11:35:57.354+08:00I am looking for verified seller of Victoria's Secret Lotions<div style="text-align: justify;">I have been using Victoria's Secret lotions for years now and I will continue using them until I can afford to have them. Here in Taipei, I could easily get authentic Victoria's Secret products because there are lots of popular boutique here selling these items. I know that the lotions I am using are authentic because they are coming from reputable shops here and they claimed really as original. We all know that there are VS versions from Hongkong and Singapore and I find them cheaper than the ones made from USA.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugB3-OHqR3k9H5Q3REOuOI8SbphW0ojw8CDyg4ahqbukGWNYFE_fBWfUe_A_QBYDfUYOynL4hTKsH6dqE9hdzF1k1ryhOiIkorwJTAe8rRpbZcN0PNxr1ccjULUbxpJ9AOH1nRXVKc2g/s1600/grace_vs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugB3-OHqR3k9H5Q3REOuOI8SbphW0ojw8CDyg4ahqbukGWNYFE_fBWfUe_A_QBYDfUYOynL4hTKsH6dqE9hdzF1k1ryhOiIkorwJTAe8rRpbZcN0PNxr1ccjULUbxpJ9AOH1nRXVKc2g/s400/grace_vs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588595998391614898" border="0" /></a>I often visited <a href="http://sulit.com.ph/">Sulit.com.ph</a> to look for sellers who offer these items for I want to try and compare the scent and lasting power from the authentic ones. And there are lots of advertising sellers for these items. Can anybody here recommend me a particular seller who are certified seller, easy to deal with, and living in the PH? Real experiences from actual buyers would be great. I am not planning to resell them, I just want to use them by myself and try the versions from Hongkong or Singapore if they are good enough to compare to the original ones to save more $$ from my pocket.<br /><br />I would love to hear your recommendations and testimonials about a particular seller. And if you are a seller, please contact me about your quotes and other details. Thanks.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-28537231738691221032011-03-25T17:59:00.005+08:002011-03-25T18:17:44.492+08:00Goodbye, Elizabeth<div style="text-align: justify;">I used not to blog about celebrities because I don’t have interest on them but when I heard the news last night that Elizabeth Taylor died for health reason, I could not control myself not to mention here about this fabulous and legendary Hollywood actress. Obviously she’s not about my age and her time was not my time and as a matter of fact I haven’t seen any of her movies but because of her popularity I became one of her avid fan. If you could remember I made a post last November 1, 2010 (oh my!) about her eyes which I really (really!) want to have. My post was about “<a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2010/10/i-want-that-eyes-too.html">I want that eyes, too!</a>”.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWb7iTjDDYa-ee4oHqLQjc_4SoPNlrJNaE4r38zTy4U7tMnQY9kVDopALJ7OnpcOWjLIJVprHme5eKPVZ0hJDjKKc_faRSFGqmHIOumtkA3K6yeHBSlFIISyrU6COFtna8zxM-dXpgzDU/s1600/elizabeth-taylor.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWb7iTjDDYa-ee4oHqLQjc_4SoPNlrJNaE4r38zTy4U7tMnQY9kVDopALJ7OnpcOWjLIJVprHme5eKPVZ0hJDjKKc_faRSFGqmHIOumtkA3K6yeHBSlFIISyrU6COFtna8zxM-dXpgzDU/s400/elizabeth-taylor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587956151663710802" border="0" /></a>I only known Elizabeth Taylor as <span style="font-style: italic;">Cleopatra</span>, nothing more nothing less. I love her beauty so much and no matter how pretty our young actresses of today, hers is still my favorite..very aristocratic and elegant. She is a true of picture of beauty.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Elizabeth Taylor, goodbye.. It's just so sad that your life ended in that way but I still admire you. I was not surprise anymore when I heard that she married 7 times (she had 8 husbands in all).<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-79603505521654788822011-03-23T10:07:00.009+08:002011-03-23T11:01:02.053+08:00She made this by hand<div style="text-align: justify;">Cecille, one of our Filipino friends here in Taipei, handed us a gift last Christmas which she made barely by hands. This young and funny wife of an OFW engineer is such creative when she used the traditional way of sewing to create stuff like this:<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVznRCkdvijsQbQtM_lW0xClRRet-L-Y0ZHdPIcCpBZNJWM9HyML6oBfuK0aGBRoprWUhyphenhyphenU3IJwrrMuXWmWrmbtw6YHcd3cuZ2OXhXEY9EHWdDrK13DoPESjsbwwMGLQFwiw8ngCijV34/s1600/grace_mobilecase_4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVznRCkdvijsQbQtM_lW0xClRRet-L-Y0ZHdPIcCpBZNJWM9HyML6oBfuK0aGBRoprWUhyphenhyphenU3IJwrrMuXWmWrmbtw6YHcd3cuZ2OXhXEY9EHWdDrK13DoPESjsbwwMGLQFwiw8ngCijV34/s400/grace_mobilecase_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091789208008674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">She made this super cute mobile case and what drives me crazier is the little foamy girl. And the button is so cute…I am a button collector and love having one in any of my stuff. She’s very good in stitching. It looks professionally made that you could not see any misplaced thread or cranky stitches.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMs53YBFcFonGt_fWL_dg4-tTDZEIrqC6A6Z_qqKvPUgkWOT1bfgE3JT4FfdYN6eGlfal5ahs9Q7G7ajoRbu58cvo4loLYGjM12Pu1uv9wGCZZtTVmy4IVcNPW-qeu_OXKGf4nvhXo2Sk/s1600/grace_mobilecase_5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMs53YBFcFonGt_fWL_dg4-tTDZEIrqC6A6Z_qqKvPUgkWOT1bfgE3JT4FfdYN6eGlfal5ahs9Q7G7ajoRbu58cvo4loLYGjM12Pu1uv9wGCZZtTVmy4IVcNPW-qeu_OXKGf4nvhXo2Sk/s400/grace_mobilecase_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091783113438114" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQIBDOy3i3SsZGwrz3MfXhF1MWZFRyV9boXm7Ovmy-QG39vfKxYr5CeQAOXlsiBU-lqzuMnp7zbwty7n86sSluad-a7iS3JlkYCsjDbfkfzzC1UZQWmor6GFry06zfNH7pCixkTZUmY4/s1600/grace_mobilecase_6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoQIBDOy3i3SsZGwrz3MfXhF1MWZFRyV9boXm7Ovmy-QG39vfKxYr5CeQAOXlsiBU-lqzuMnp7zbwty7n86sSluad-a7iS3JlkYCsjDbfkfzzC1UZQWmor6GFry06zfNH7pCixkTZUmY4/s400/grace_mobilecase_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587101772924231602" border="0" /></a><br />I failed to shout that time this wonderful gift I received from her but I did not failed to give my big thanks with a matching hug to her for this gift. I received two of this which means that I have a reserved one in the future if in case my present one is already overused.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEgN4soVT6riT0uP3iBBHXGL_xuXUQD57ewcc-YHLINTRJn50ZC2z_QVv6twdZsmV7wcSvXtSHP-uMLrMZYMBXHl_6pVeCWduGKg_wjyWEtmEd1BBEsCEfRY0P8ukBo1Z-VO4TVlA1qk/s1600/grace_mobilecase_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEgN4soVT6riT0uP3iBBHXGL_xuXUQD57ewcc-YHLINTRJn50ZC2z_QVv6twdZsmV7wcSvXtSHP-uMLrMZYMBXHl_6pVeCWduGKg_wjyWEtmEd1BBEsCEfRY0P8ukBo1Z-VO4TVlA1qk/s400/grace_mobilecase_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587091781743767762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks again, Cecille. It means a lot to me and you make my world more creative. By the way, can you sew dresses for my barbie dolls? They need new outfits. For sure my barbie dolls will be so happy to wear your creations. I tried several times sewing for them but I am not satisfied with my own hand stitch....I am only for cross-stitching**LOL.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-41209309795804806742011-03-21T21:48:00.008+08:002011-03-22T10:37:50.769+08:00What's in my bag?<div style="text-align: justify;">I want to show you what’s in my bag when going to office daily. I know this could make no sense but I just want to “bagnap” myself and let it reveal to you what’s inside. I took this picture one typical Monday of our ordinary working days. While waiting for my husband, I was encouraged to have a capture on my things inside my bag.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHLvGNYKx4uCbocR_UwQd1hSeycLXjUVN2DCAMqXvgdb2bHlB7KBHbx8abvOB1IG9HR5Tiu73mN1Vl1qYYLv-TPVhGOmHcKdQHE6XB04owlfnX0JgcF8AgEaxFmPbpAzJesoOUJTakJ8/s1600/grace_bag.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHLvGNYKx4uCbocR_UwQd1hSeycLXjUVN2DCAMqXvgdb2bHlB7KBHbx8abvOB1IG9HR5Tiu73mN1Vl1qYYLv-TPVhGOmHcKdQHE6XB04owlfnX0JgcF8AgEaxFmPbpAzJesoOUJTakJ8/s400/grace_bag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586531624003954226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So what are exactly those things inside my bag? To have a closer look, here they are:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My wallet. </span>I always change my wallet to carry but that time this was the wallet I was using.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd2bH-YgTjhfPwpxR-NmLvWc_GXDbzcJEHJeSU_pfEF78l4ysTp1hka_-LackGDDXjM50eXjxL2Wg58Yc3iK7-hRITfhFD9PM8rY4JoHAt83XxE0JmhwFgZRv70TFLho415t2SqCbDIg/s1600/grace_wallet.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd2bH-YgTjhfPwpxR-NmLvWc_GXDbzcJEHJeSU_pfEF78l4ysTp1hka_-LackGDDXjM50eXjxL2Wg58Yc3iK7-hRITfhFD9PM8rY4JoHAt83XxE0JmhwFgZRv70TFLho415t2SqCbDIg/s400/grace_wallet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586530569205752578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">My keychain. </span>This is the most important stuff that I must not forget to bring otherwise I will be lost. It includes the keys to our apartment (main door and room), key for the chain in my bicycle, key for my office drawer, and importantly this is where I put my daily time-in card in the office.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKtChPuuIK9SvT3ThMD55m44uYAkxe7WCvG1jkwZN71Mz6M9vz-V65d31i5fasQtPLLtANrZKa0Oc9fW0DKTZjWYNtqaZ3tEzijqcCxQ3boYeiTtn0NsMhiTfgA2f_EyyFJe8xsDErRM/s1600/grace_keychain.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKtChPuuIK9SvT3ThMD55m44uYAkxe7WCvG1jkwZN71Mz6M9vz-V65d31i5fasQtPLLtANrZKa0Oc9fW0DKTZjWYNtqaZ3tEzijqcCxQ3boYeiTtn0NsMhiTfgA2f_EyyFJe8xsDErRM/s400/grace_keychain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586531620182439890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My mobile phones.</span> I have two cell phones (pretty old models), one for my international roaming and one for my Taiwan number.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllKemHQnKRJKScvCF-MlH1eJsIPQ3RIBiaoJKQ153VcRHJ8aoWJRpellTvfLdwR0-rzoiug7b9aiANEEnV6Nlw1r-NGjIrn-pQH8Pt0xTjG345ONh0qjpIRUWlxcIXWWVOmVfUhrePQg/s1600/grace_cellphones.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllKemHQnKRJKScvCF-MlH1eJsIPQ3RIBiaoJKQ153VcRHJ8aoWJRpellTvfLdwR0-rzoiug7b9aiANEEnV6Nlw1r-NGjIrn-pQH8Pt0xTjG345ONh0qjpIRUWlxcIXWWVOmVfUhrePQg/s400/grace_cellphones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586531617794554850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My transparent pencil case.</span> This is where my pens, flash drives, camera cable, etc are kept.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wCvz40EIFfnTnaRwk0j7LJnAt7e1McPlZXvPU_l_kzojaFvbMDZ_2_LDQ-GKm8G5mGsBIWQPl_xf36lt2N_jXBtKMorqOGvJVh2CsHvc_Je7JvfrHnQsNyEsIRbEFeP928FwBoQu5VI/s1600/grace_case.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wCvz40EIFfnTnaRwk0j7LJnAt7e1McPlZXvPU_l_kzojaFvbMDZ_2_LDQ-GKm8G5mGsBIWQPl_xf36lt2N_jXBtKMorqOGvJVh2CsHvc_Je7JvfrHnQsNyEsIRbEFeP928FwBoQu5VI/s400/grace_case.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586531613486384482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">My notebook pad. </span>This is where I write my important personal drafts.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXKqYs5bJwZ8XapOyne0hRmfaH5pjCKIPejeekIzd0kgu9gH1sXLIEisQhavKFn4bS2yJbdYxoWkMyuUyinRrDlu32q0ddOfJOD_emhjFoT-ICTi2TB7NP3Fk2Jn1x_4kykYxJ40zSy8/s1600/grace_notebook.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXKqYs5bJwZ8XapOyne0hRmfaH5pjCKIPejeekIzd0kgu9gH1sXLIEisQhavKFn4bS2yJbdYxoWkMyuUyinRrDlu32q0ddOfJOD_emhjFoT-ICTi2TB7NP3Fk2Jn1x_4kykYxJ40zSy8/s400/grace_notebook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586530601190437826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My organizer/planner. </span>This is where all my important accounts are listed so I keep it very privately.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTLM527w16imikgw7neNvLumk0eIOX1iTBPmogJZzjOihOQGsEKTgal6t9M3wV6keRuGeUQY6pAE7VW-UUB9hL3Td6HJ5gneyYtFy27X8ROMt5M0Haiv8Teq0zO7VQmWq9vs_N0RNpvc/s1600/grace_organizer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTLM527w16imikgw7neNvLumk0eIOX1iTBPmogJZzjOihOQGsEKTgal6t9M3wV6keRuGeUQY6pAE7VW-UUB9hL3Td6HJ5gneyYtFy27X8ROMt5M0Haiv8Teq0zO7VQmWq9vs_N0RNpvc/s400/grace_organizer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586530586822842290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Transcend external drive. </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNzpJyzJkZTqDAPEiZsEG57_RqKVW3pOj9GdgPiWtipuJ_3CjnZPv9XDGWuE6SuzbPA3XhnDDzt7JjPYpEtg25gJQ5sYSXl3ejYAP8QICHsRJ9O-J-v-xSBhh-etXtpVzQbpMzQn6qDY/s1600/grace_externaldrive.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNzpJyzJkZTqDAPEiZsEG57_RqKVW3pOj9GdgPiWtipuJ_3CjnZPv9XDGWuE6SuzbPA3XhnDDzt7JjPYpEtg25gJQ5sYSXl3ejYAP8QICHsRJ9O-J-v-xSBhh-etXtpVzQbpMzQn6qDY/s400/grace_externaldrive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586530582119465778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Sony Cybershot camera</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OMFXhTFeevYaf5fBkv217ljRRlrqjEThIOG7dTCcvWdMhiu5ZkT_9_0DrZHeIeC4Z73MmPHsbNl4WblEkp20bxHK3oCw78n1Iu0EheOOInf1gOU7QJgkL8nUwQdZLbRvdsEvtz2aVKg/s1600/grace_sony.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3OMFXhTFeevYaf5fBkv217ljRRlrqjEThIOG7dTCcvWdMhiu5ZkT_9_0DrZHeIeC4Z73MmPHsbNl4WblEkp20bxHK3oCw78n1Iu0EheOOInf1gOU7QJgkL8nUwQdZLbRvdsEvtz2aVKg/s400/grace_sony.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586530576007065778" border="0" /></a>No more, no less. I don’t bring perfumes, I don’t bring cosmetics even hair comb. In the office I just have a hand cream because sometimes my hands have the tendency to feel dry. Those pictures above were taken during the same day at lunch break in my office table.<br /><br />What about you? What are the things inside your bag?<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-68355711225563376942011-03-17T09:00:00.001+08:002011-03-17T09:00:01.293+08:00How to create an embossed banner<div style="text-align: justify;">Few weeks ago in our <a href="http://www.pinaymommies.com/">Pinay Mommy Community</a> FB group, one of our dear mommies asked about how to make those embossed banners/badges. So in response to her, I decided to make a tutorial on sample settings on how make such in Photoshop.<br /><br />1. Let us start by opening your banner in Photoshop (assuming you have an existing flat banner). I will use my own 125x125 banner for this tutorial.<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTww8ubC__MQ_VPPbLy4qyFFrT-rUMU0-Yv7G7Tm3Yh09kT-1NcpWB6qr0Pvc71d9OzK327MUsSo7ZcXuK9nfTUj5P2zHFSU84xZ6_ak0zZY1PAkQJvk8vDBFSlcIK-8_ht8wyJrsFjjU/s1600/creativegrace_125x125.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTww8ubC__MQ_VPPbLy4qyFFrT-rUMU0-Yv7G7Tm3Yh09kT-1NcpWB6qr0Pvc71d9OzK327MUsSo7ZcXuK9nfTUj5P2zHFSU84xZ6_ak0zZY1PAkQJvk8vDBFSlcIK-8_ht8wyJrsFjjU/s400/creativegrace_125x125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584585483871259266" border="0" /></a><br />2. Then duplicate it (press <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">CTRL+J</span>).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVrLm5rktjBCu2cE1trCcq9xfpVqO4dPurDk7p4wklIHQJerJu8jXpI9fUBr3-aG6G5GYpOjDYqMcvAKidu6ffKphh1p6aCR6S8diHYEuW9LJa5nBepHtrcv-FaJdZfpXEBnEM1GIPRM/s1600/embossed+banner_8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVrLm5rktjBCu2cE1trCcq9xfpVqO4dPurDk7p4wklIHQJerJu8jXpI9fUBr3-aG6G5GYpOjDYqMcvAKidu6ffKphh1p6aCR6S8diHYEuW9LJa5nBepHtrcv-FaJdZfpXEBnEM1GIPRM/s400/embossed+banner_8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584592389785658066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Click the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Add a layer style</span> button at the bottom of the Layer palette and choose <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Bevel and Emboss</span>.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbEMThqgCJR-0j-lAAuwrkw223rB0MwJXVIcgxmsOUFmPTRD5p7bxYq0iBHzw3WMEP8FQbYUlcViOWA0npzrGVBFbAs5h_HSLUbdg2EFBNDxMbfW9bcv6DneGUYKk7r6yTNKCRwvbI80/s800/embossed%20banner_5.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">4. In Bevel and Emboss option window, do the following settings and click OK when you are done.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 499px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ9YwWTz3YAw5FTxwV8j7jh58YJOOyo17x0wdNfpvS1y7lLk2tKscdSoxeOubK6c4spWkZ-0t6wyj6guXik_NGSl9OXjO6O514rb8cKu57XzlJUtVII1pF-DxQTuq_tYw7hB6v1CyuZrc/s800/embossed%20banner_4.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br />5. After hitting OK, here is now my badge with an emboss effect.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksrAnsyORZs1EK-s_-72IdoG-c_KEpN24_xlmIN6XE0NJlQhg96yn4Kl1Ccy-wqFEvElpa3TM2c1zaiXT6F00yQg4mDMxcyk6tB9hASWWDorPaTF_H84nMXis1ppe0Sgp1xmQjjXJSA0/s1600/embossed+banner+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgksrAnsyORZs1EK-s_-72IdoG-c_KEpN24_xlmIN6XE0NJlQhg96yn4Kl1Ccy-wqFEvElpa3TM2c1zaiXT6F00yQg4mDMxcyk6tB9hASWWDorPaTF_H84nMXis1ppe0Sgp1xmQjjXJSA0/s400/embossed+banner+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584585670244714130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">So simple, right. My flat banner becomes an embossed one in just few steps. To make it easier for you, here is another simple trick if you want to apply the same settings to all your badges.<br /><br />Point the mouse on the layer name of the embossed badge, right click and choose <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Copy Layer Style</span> from the options.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgrc3pHZ72W-Dx2dyIoezZ3XrJmxVUmbfDiLZ0JCfIR-rbps0GMKonKL76-ZPqsd2EgcCVbMHP0lIEtl3vzYbIZg1pjiejLTNQRN2ErQhbvLuatRqbxwoiPinfZBvIT2GNlLdk_Dl1geo/s800/embossed%20banner_6.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, open your other badge. Point the mouse on the layer name, right click and choose <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Paste Layer Style</span> from the options.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOx7tcSilxo_AMgM48Jg9bnpzDZqZ_7ubz_iecGNbbRPOy9rUhyxv4vc5C0oFtS9kDbQo02K-lmpCfbsv4O5Gyywx8wgQwpoMzjKdEj6-uBxS8ldGN4z5z0i1Q5bamXqtFmuLbKWYIeIU/s800/embossed%20banner_7.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Do the same thing to the rest of your badges. It could save your time if you have 3 or more banners.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcU0QYv8jPVtMqg1gUr5JCreELQ10j3kx5rD0J1Cu_9WtgzFD1zkrEufgUG5WZclhwTalyqpvy4nPj0A_3kWcmNOPKP-ZT2ztbZVjVNE4CT2Q-LxhQAwzQn9Fq5e2UqGGPCx15hE12p4/s1600/embossed+banners.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcU0QYv8jPVtMqg1gUr5JCreELQ10j3kx5rD0J1Cu_9WtgzFD1zkrEufgUG5WZclhwTalyqpvy4nPj0A_3kWcmNOPKP-ZT2ztbZVjVNE4CT2Q-LxhQAwzQn9Fq5e2UqGGPCx15hE12p4/s400/embossed+banners.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584581896422246194" border="0" /></a><br />The settings I gave are just sample for 125x125 badges. You are free to adjust and modify these settings according to your desire. For example, if you want more embossed badge, increase the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Depth to 120%</span> or more, or the slider options for the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">size</span> and <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">soften</span> in the <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Bevel and Emboss</span> settings. So it depends on your needs. What I have shown you is just basic steps to get you started.<br /><br />By the way if you want to <a href="http://digital-retouching.net/photoshop-tutorials/badge-making">make a round badge</a>, I have a separate posted tutorial on my other site. You can also download a psd file of that round badge templates for high quality printing projects and for web display.<br /><br /></div>Hope this piece of information could help you. Just get back to me anytime if you find any difficulty in following the steps. Happy badge embossing!Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-80982859912128280202011-03-15T09:39:00.012+08:002011-03-15T09:55:56.992+08:00Nokia Mobile Holder<div style="text-align: justify;">I just want to share to you my mobile holder. This is not new. I got this one last year from a garage sale in the hospital, near the church where we used to attend mass. I got this unused and still in a box.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIUUvBRRwxuZLjm-mwQzo0zBCfIRBLHjX3HqFkYQ-r7Vow21joDRYf7d_QHjf2zb546rEnQb6Vz7eVrRgkbMQHR-yEJL48g5HVxVR3x1amS07wthFzK6vlKOj_aq_vdktO6qp9MzYkRo/s1600/grace_nokia_4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIUUvBRRwxuZLjm-mwQzo0zBCfIRBLHjX3HqFkYQ-r7Vow21joDRYf7d_QHjf2zb546rEnQb6Vz7eVrRgkbMQHR-yEJL48g5HVxVR3x1amS07wthFzK6vlKOj_aq_vdktO6qp9MzYkRo/s400/grace_nokia_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584116250264667426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMomvR_C-jDSaChgWPXgdjaxCkJeWsQCkLOmCm939WR7i1eEV24Usf_Qk9CawR8oKN6km9KjcE_09lzhVef1_Z3YPdTC5zA5ovX9eTaWkvbDmiCp9C8sGcLmrHqgplua35nv4GsjBOaw/s1600/grace_nokia_3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDMomvR_C-jDSaChgWPXgdjaxCkJeWsQCkLOmCm939WR7i1eEV24Usf_Qk9CawR8oKN6km9KjcE_09lzhVef1_Z3YPdTC5zA5ovX9eTaWkvbDmiCp9C8sGcLmrHqgplua35nv4GsjBOaw/s400/grace_nokia_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584116180902085378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Obviously, this is from Nokia. I brought it in the office and perfect to my table with my Nokia phone on it. Look how it grabs my phone .<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GrEQuYEv9jLsdRHHzVPAIHGLXbRZxbBfwBUYz-EUaPQvkOcQT_h5tsd58ZKMm6WCYHqWXBe5KusHWSD1mnu_MQldUu6gi9iFChXHJINvOHkcUQLNJBBGpzsI5ArA6VKhhdhaQAZJlQ8/s1600/grace_nokia_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 186px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GrEQuYEv9jLsdRHHzVPAIHGLXbRZxbBfwBUYz-EUaPQvkOcQT_h5tsd58ZKMm6WCYHqWXBe5KusHWSD1mnu_MQldUu6gi9iFChXHJINvOHkcUQLNJBBGpzsI5ArA6VKhhdhaQAZJlQ8/s400/grace_nokia_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584115792905421938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWo4k29bzOM575QtctwHqO-GyWNfWFdPGYp9teZ7KxPiRrUwHtbTTcS9NXeBpLSo2q5e-zkj6Uia7RO4hYbl-d6l-Eu1yHv8fP2KeTO4LDRpRRyW7LXXnMrBfRwPtejbsyn04w3c3C7Fo/s1600/grace_nokia_1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWo4k29bzOM575QtctwHqO-GyWNfWFdPGYp9teZ7KxPiRrUwHtbTTcS9NXeBpLSo2q5e-zkj6Uia7RO4hYbl-d6l-Eu1yHv8fP2KeTO4LDRpRRyW7LXXnMrBfRwPtejbsyn04w3c3C7Fo/s400/grace_nokia_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584115616349632466" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95PnWE0_9SGYZo40hgJ524wL2T5vH_GqGDbVpbgkrG3HakQxmjU6zE2AosVSLWu6X9hJu72am29HqAin2bdsLtjaDTe63Lx3CQ0HHxvZLp3NJPTOeaWje2xp31dA1EdOz7V-4QcFv6sI/s1600/grace_nokia_5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi95PnWE0_9SGYZo40hgJ524wL2T5vH_GqGDbVpbgkrG3HakQxmjU6zE2AosVSLWu6X9hJu72am29HqAin2bdsLtjaDTe63Lx3CQ0HHxvZLp3NJPTOeaWje2xp31dA1EdOz7V-4QcFv6sI/s400/grace_nokia_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584118459243594818" border="0" /></a>I find it so cute. And the price is cute, too**LOL. I got it for only NT$10 (Php14). I was looking for more then but luckily I got the last one. By the way, it is made of rubber.Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-26319543395613689162011-03-11T09:00:00.000+08:002011-03-11T09:00:05.162+08:00Dove Fanatic<div style="text-align: justify;">I am a Dove user, extremely a dove lover...shampoo, conditioner, body wash, lotion, soap, deodorant, hair cream..name it and I will definitely look for it to have one for myself. If there is one word that I can describe Dove, it would be "<span style="font-style: italic;">mild</span>". Aside from baby products, Dove is really on top for being the most mild among beauty products. It has its own brand smell..truly unbeatable.<br /><br />When on sale, I keep buying more of them for future use. So far these are the ones which left on my store cabinet. Definitely one of these days I will keep watching again for Dove sale.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr54M57gK3OQvh33DZ8ik1j_DtIbecLXM_K_qG_LuMGknukQJzZ5KRJtV1hfCTtuGEapd0okTx11pICAOBDdNLLmkf7e5neHY2UKHbOLwtECXMmGZYtj7jJ_7sa097ZJriFgoxgDtcLU/s1600/grace_dove2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr54M57gK3OQvh33DZ8ik1j_DtIbecLXM_K_qG_LuMGknukQJzZ5KRJtV1hfCTtuGEapd0okTx11pICAOBDdNLLmkf7e5neHY2UKHbOLwtECXMmGZYtj7jJ_7sa097ZJriFgoxgDtcLU/s400/grace_dove2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582442053369579490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If I would be asked if what is my most favorite among Dove products, I would pick the bar soap. I love it on my skin specially when it is melting. It is like a lotion that is so creamy and soft. While the one on the box is my recent purchase. It is a hair cream overnight therapy. I bought it last month I guess for it was new to my eyes and couldn't wait to have a try. It's awesome.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOhCMuHuYFbkPXT1sawd9UD5atWqY3e2EvdBakOhjfrzndr67-BGfppkg-McTxh1ZZ2iyJ6GiaKAIRp4EiXdE_n_tqbVrSWfAIxsvz195LP0V8rVy8-CajS7n730Kcvn0boO2Llobs9E/s1600/grace_dove1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOhCMuHuYFbkPXT1sawd9UD5atWqY3e2EvdBakOhjfrzndr67-BGfppkg-McTxh1ZZ2iyJ6GiaKAIRp4EiXdE_n_tqbVrSWfAIxsvz195LP0V8rVy8-CajS7n730Kcvn0boO2Llobs9E/s400/grace_dove1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582441225331582594" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I don't have to say much about these products because for sure you have tried them already. Next time when I have my next panic buying of Dove I will share again with you. If I have one thing which I am not interested with Dove products, it is the oil/cream makeup remover for I am not wearing makeup (just powder and lipstick) in my daily get up.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-43548397325097891792011-03-03T09:00:00.001+08:002011-03-03T09:00:04.154+08:00I want to eat these!<div style="text-align: justify;">Who likes burger? French fries, or cakes? One weekend we had a walk on a night market here to trip some street foods (yes, I love them). I want to share to you what we have got before we finally reached the place.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The burger</span>...we bought two. One for me and one for my husband. At first I thought they were beef burger but I was wrong.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzzcSRFHRs1kcGDTHMm5IGfEaIM2rslLJbN45C4n1-n4O359CPJrt3WgZvX0XGQUTG5sHjyypURhcV1LuI3nYsvaGaLpcYeiBh_BT7V21vAq8J3TJ_jLQxUCmDd4o6dpIjbGnS6OpiHo/s1600/grace_burgers.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzzcSRFHRs1kcGDTHMm5IGfEaIM2rslLJbN45C4n1-n4O359CPJrt3WgZvX0XGQUTG5sHjyypURhcV1LuI3nYsvaGaLpcYeiBh_BT7V21vAq8J3TJ_jLQxUCmDd4o6dpIjbGnS6OpiHo/s400/grace_burgers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578030921608102450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The yummy cakes.</span>...again, must be two (because half is not enough for me).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpEjt_6kTZbPJLaiYb9sRIR4b1duqEVulT3T647xLAWAEOawjWvC6-KsDuTcM8h-obBIk4GXQPPqN-6cLdN22Cw4HBbhTf2No1FZvoBM03NR8H28gICegs9f41vq1GnOYM8SdQHqupPI/s1600/grace_cake.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNpEjt_6kTZbPJLaiYb9sRIR4b1duqEVulT3T647xLAWAEOawjWvC6-KsDuTcM8h-obBIk4GXQPPqN-6cLdN22Cw4HBbhTf2No1FZvoBM03NR8H28gICegs9f41vq1GnOYM8SdQHqupPI/s400/grace_cake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578030222994610050" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The french fries.</span>..we got only one because it was the best-seller then and almost nothing left but only one.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqf41eYC867vLPCyhxLODOZg5WgWuBEfZUqNZQd-h2Jq8_TtvVdtCxE-vEuSGtmXoJfnw6zlFvp_gC8t9RaM8voVoFKN79CU7wk5k6C56f2CiHDMK9xIE925YBjMt5voSb6ik81N-vd6A/s1600/grace_frenchfries.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqf41eYC867vLPCyhxLODOZg5WgWuBEfZUqNZQd-h2Jq8_TtvVdtCxE-vEuSGtmXoJfnw6zlFvp_gC8t9RaM8voVoFKN79CU7wk5k6C56f2CiHDMK9xIE925YBjMt5voSb6ik81N-vd6A/s400/grace_frenchfries.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578027399183518610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The hotdog in a bun</span>...we bought only one since the hotdog was jumbo.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_frRp-xT-GwoAfqp-c-quZx-Gfmwo5cdFVgAM_spFSUGY49pZduo_pqkiCBUfqSnNL9K7Bk8B8QSoQpvoY0Epp2_GANQWuvGmnyDvgNEyspAki11NRbRNZLf21eeiQTX3P7LUyx_x5P0/s1600/grace_hotdogsandwich2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_frRp-xT-GwoAfqp-c-quZx-Gfmwo5cdFVgAM_spFSUGY49pZduo_pqkiCBUfqSnNL9K7Bk8B8QSoQpvoY0Epp2_GANQWuvGmnyDvgNEyspAki11NRbRNZLf21eeiQTX3P7LUyx_x5P0/s400/grace_hotdogsandwich2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578026896567711730" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The sandwiches</span>...nothing so much to say but I love them although I was looking then for a clubhouse sandwich. We bought two kinds of sandwiches.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-jbmwin-7_QU9z-21g9QJE1TU2ioi5PehXmcfdQ_Vdae1SccFGYnCtPOifEELtoeAAP5V8AmDIH7ni2Ri5thIXQ01hJ__tW57teidI-w42yDG6Qp-H6y6EpE1FO6TQjtoTXppsLrRXM/s1600/grace_sandwich.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-jbmwin-7_QU9z-21g9QJE1TU2ioi5PehXmcfdQ_Vdae1SccFGYnCtPOifEELtoeAAP5V8AmDIH7ni2Ri5thIXQ01hJ__tW57teidI-w42yDG6Qp-H6y6EpE1FO6TQjtoTXppsLrRXM/s400/grace_sandwich.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578026725058892898" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGWhCHy0_TttKqcoJwHdrB-cq694ZVnGIyo1O6wGib_5TYej5tdvt-QaPnHG99RRa5nOQIpf6prapyVsg8iyW6ATL3m9x8UqJ_Dt4vjNWfESthKCyCkvijGLLsoe9v8yxSBTZVlZb0IQ/s1600/grace_toastedbread.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvGWhCHy0_TttKqcoJwHdrB-cq694ZVnGIyo1O6wGib_5TYej5tdvt-QaPnHG99RRa5nOQIpf6prapyVsg8iyW6ATL3m9x8UqJ_Dt4vjNWfESthKCyCkvijGLLsoe9v8yxSBTZVlZb0IQ/s400/grace_toastedbread.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578026456872539442" border="0" /></a>We spent half an hour to that peddler on the street before we head up to our final destination. While we were walking, I kept on looking to these foods we bought. And then suddenly I told my husband that I want to keep these foods forever for collection.<br /><br />So here they are again and I will indeed keep them in my closet:<br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl04ihrZVnqi57J0-xMVufWnalAWxt0wvaPnAswljS2XQjjqJWshYDPLOrSgfnPUr9nUSBAGl11bqBT0Nq0B-UnXbpbP-W0rR4YqziB6-Lbz7f_CV4ffbQtnzmnwpsRfzp7QIk8Va551Y/s1600/grace_foods.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl04ihrZVnqi57J0-xMVufWnalAWxt0wvaPnAswljS2XQjjqJWshYDPLOrSgfnPUr9nUSBAGl11bqBT0Nq0B-UnXbpbP-W0rR4YqziB6-Lbz7f_CV4ffbQtnzmnwpsRfzp7QIk8Va551Y/s400/grace_foods.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579485635319175186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For sure you have the idea what are those foods. They are one truly cute and amazing food miniatures. If you could only see them in actual, you would feel the desire to own one for yourself, too. For you see how small they are, here is a capture with my mobile phone:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EiSKXelvwFiCnnJfVMJiE2w42KP-fPh_uIfBO7BwkgOYMc9dP5sDCOfzIrXxYkPQE56MW9oWrAWjwQTEobrgP2L5eg9FsIJ_csE8jMAnG0jcsW0MOUyBYTjlFp_M-i88V-_iB8W5CXo/s1600/gracefoodswithcel2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0EiSKXelvwFiCnnJfVMJiE2w42KP-fPh_uIfBO7BwkgOYMc9dP5sDCOfzIrXxYkPQE56MW9oWrAWjwQTEobrgP2L5eg9FsIJ_csE8jMAnG0jcsW0MOUyBYTjlFp_M-i88V-_iB8W5CXo/s400/gracefoodswithcel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578023761852271314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyko3DY_Rj4_bkgiPya7Cby9Q_JGinc19203C_ZerlVHUEKHv-aCkbDIr9e3obz6V1JwtHJPJ6kDRlgmZiEGDZfPMSr9FAGnIUxPjQAXw-Zx2bHoBfx-OhKL1iT2uQfhpfyDjPgcXQjw/s1600/grace_foods4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyko3DY_Rj4_bkgiPya7Cby9Q_JGinc19203C_ZerlVHUEKHv-aCkbDIr9e3obz6V1JwtHJPJ6kDRlgmZiEGDZfPMSr9FAGnIUxPjQAXw-Zx2bHoBfx-OhKL1iT2uQfhpfyDjPgcXQjw/s400/grace_foods4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578027919610387106" border="0" /></a>They are so cute, aren't they? My friend said there is a store just across where we live which sells these kind of stuff so definitely one of these days we will be going there and check for more in addition to this collection and I will post them, too when I got new ones..<br /></div><br />By the way, they are made of rubber. Thanks for looking!Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898385233045221150.post-36495197209921672472011-03-01T09:00:00.001+08:002011-03-01T09:00:04.687+08:00I scan, I design, I share<div style="text-align: justify;">Designing and giving freebies are part of my digital life. One of my favorite way of designing particularly in my digital scrapbooking is by scanning. That is why I love my Lexmark X2650 3-in-1 very much. This is one of my digital stuff which I can't live without.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hHC6qVoQfxb9dOOfarnD1yWJd5TVIApQUKE55E7HVSKyOEDp1fKLscbueGAoXn5nYjSraFW28D1ENSUD8GPUXeDGA7wLZKdVvJhCdaS-not0hlhg4QXScQjqbKgAWB493j_woiFTRkg/s1600/grace_printer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-hHC6qVoQfxb9dOOfarnD1yWJd5TVIApQUKE55E7HVSKyOEDp1fKLscbueGAoXn5nYjSraFW28D1ENSUD8GPUXeDGA7wLZKdVvJhCdaS-not0hlhg4QXScQjqbKgAWB493j_woiFTRkg/s400/grace_printer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578398299495266690" border="0" /></a><br />I use my scanner in most of my designs particularly in my digital scrapbooking projects. I am a person who loves bling-bling and other elements. I have lots of them in my collection. I am always looking for ribbons and buttons whenever I go and keep on buying them even without target use. I just love to keep them in my collection for future use. But how can these physical elements become part of my digital scrapping? I scan them. Yes, I scan them. I extract if needed. I design to meet my target size...and then I share. Let me give you some samples on how I made it to be possible.<br /></div><br />Check out this orange ribbon:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeitDgS3J0YXWRT_VjbtlTJZ6BAKmBQcpXuXcZ7bptRaGd-9OcvzCbKc0BCgUAEx73VnOaawGu8gqsnnTeFZ783NtaTv6qy2p2L52DJGviWW-fzBRb94jxRrgXO_ppNofUfyPxAuY5Pjs/s1600/grace_loveribbon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeitDgS3J0YXWRT_VjbtlTJZ6BAKmBQcpXuXcZ7bptRaGd-9OcvzCbKc0BCgUAEx73VnOaawGu8gqsnnTeFZ783NtaTv6qy2p2L52DJGviWW-fzBRb94jxRrgXO_ppNofUfyPxAuY5Pjs/s400/grace_loveribbon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578402370740136962" border="0" /></a><br />Recently I shared to you my projects about <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2011/02/popsicle-stick-frames.html">popsicle frames</a>. And one of those frames used this ribbon.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkByoOVk950pY5zb7WuQPDMnppTwmfZzUmOFFuzfKlB67dGS1NwzFDVRQvxwhCp2GAMXxd_xR9Dpw6vpYBtZ_rYVbuE2BCrUfwgK3dV9Ng4mDVYxzaTpB7Ad29B-KZd33R-lDAh7aRFeY/s1600/grace_popsicleframe_6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkByoOVk950pY5zb7WuQPDMnppTwmfZzUmOFFuzfKlB67dGS1NwzFDVRQvxwhCp2GAMXxd_xR9Dpw6vpYBtZ_rYVbuE2BCrUfwgK3dV9Ng4mDVYxzaTpB7Ad29B-KZd33R-lDAh7aRFeY/s400/grace_popsicleframe_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578390873080274626" border="0" /></a>And if you could remember, this was also the ribbon I used when I designed <a href="http://www.graceincreativelife.com/2010/12/vote-for-my-christmas-card-entry-at.html">my Christmas card entry in Sulit</a> where I made a printed version of that entry during the campaign period. I just used the plain back side of the ribbon.<br /></div><br /><a href="http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa409/dressupyourblogs/sulit/entry71/entry71_2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-prxx-IVyhlCADf-e5FRYw6TmF0rYj_GyUJFWW0hSv_-yPFwP2hJDND7jvqo_4jseIgBPQ6jnH_qxICWHF8jqnzix0-IXMZekAED3yEn1SDtsr5CYvB-8yuOFY7gRN9HxREZSb9YCfRM/s400/entry71_2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547815926830931922" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I love making hybrid projects but I also love doing digital projects out of my physical items. So I scanned and extracted this ribbon and offer them as free download last December 21, 2010 in my <a href="http://digital-retouching.net/blog.php">digital scrapbooking blog</a>:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkniQ-r0Yk-6kfPzW70r7Qv293go7UDukCuEO_YrFMaiSGbuB2E6lr2qZ6lE-n62ndj-AfnGG9rAyy181jXKhsBSYw1wEax0OyCSYJTlmwgmWO6vGVoqjk3zaiKbLeEOYMtfp71KyWhs/s1600/graceminikit1_preview400.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqkniQ-r0Yk-6kfPzW70r7Qv293go7UDukCuEO_YrFMaiSGbuB2E6lr2qZ6lE-n62ndj-AfnGG9rAyy181jXKhsBSYw1wEax0OyCSYJTlmwgmWO6vGVoqjk3zaiKbLeEOYMtfp71KyWhs/s400/graceminikit1_preview400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578393149731638866" border="0" /></a>I scanned the real paper, designed for the size needed, and just added some texture for additional effect. I also scanned the buttons and just recolored to blend with the whole kit. I named this kit as <span style="font-style: italic;">Grace Minikit #1</span>. If you want to download it for yourself, you can <a href="http://digital-retouching.net/blog/freebie-grace-minikit-1">visit my blog here</a>.<br /><br />This is just one sample on how I work with physical elements and share as digital items. This could be a hard work sometimes especially when I am handling with extraction but I'm still glad that at the end of the day I have something to share.<br /></div>Gracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07223393926550856201noreply@blogger.com3