Philippine Embassy in Singapore

It sucks your energy out of you. And for what? This piece of paper...

Lemongrass and Ginger tea

I'm trying to get back into the habit of drinking tea.  Hopefully, it will help me lose weight.  Haha!

This Lemongrass and Ginger flavor is refreshing to the palate.  I add a pinch of sugar when I drink it because it's too ginger-y for me.  But aside from that, it smells and tastes good.

Extending the Holidays....

Ross surprised me last night by giving me my birthday/christmas gift.  Oh what joy when he, again, plotted out a way to hide his gift and let me find it...

I was actually in "accounting" mode last night for our wedding funds, when he asked me to get one of the angry birds stuffed toy.  The toys were all behind me, so when I lifted one pillow, I saw this...

I really thought it had chocolates.  I was thinking of whether I mentioned some type of chocolate that I really wanted from that store, but I couldn't think of any.

I removed the staples one by one and saw a box inside.  I was about to say, "ay sana Kindle nalang..." when I took the box out and saw this...

Oh my God.  I instantly knew what it was.  And the first thing that ran into my mind was "How the hell did he order it?"

This is my new toy...

Waaahhhh!!!

Waaahhhh!!!!


I've been wanting to buy a Kindle for a very long time now.  I miss reading.  But the prices of the books here in Singapore are just crazy expensive.  I couldn't bring my books here because...where the hell would I place them?  I don't even want to think about paying hundreds of dollars for a box or excess baggage.  It's just not practical.

So I resorted to ebooks.  But it's really a pain for me reading from a computer.  I tried using my iphone, and although it was okay at first (with all the swiping gestures as if I'm really holding a real book), the small screen was just difficult and painful to the eyes after a while. Then I remembered there was Kindle.  I started looking into it and instantly loved the ink look as if it's a real paper.  Sadly, it can only be bought through Amazon using a US credit card.  I was thinking of asking my titas to buy one for me, but how would I get it from them?  Then Din told me that Qisahn was selling Kindles.  I checked their website, but their Kindles were $40-$50 more than the actual price from Amazon.

Anyway, I didn't know that Ross has already ordered one.  How?  I don't know.  I kept asking him how he ordered it, who ordered it, but he wouldn't say a word.  Haha!  Thank you, bebe!!!

Kindle is love.  Unlike an ipad which I have to hold with both hands for me to read, I can easily hold this in one.  And I really really love the ink technology that they used.  It makes the texts very clear even if there's not much light around.  OMG.  Kindle is love. Haha!!

Our last hurrah for 2011...or not?

Olympus Pen EP3

Ross has been bugging me for the longest time about buying a camera.  I want to buy too, but I don't want to shell out a lot of moolah especially now that we're saving for the wedding. 

We initially wanted the EP2, but when we got the time to check out the stores and canvass for prices, all they had was the EPL2 (the one with the flash).  I didn't like the material as it felt like I was holding plastic.  So we ditched that. 

Now, there's EP3.  I read good reviews about this, so I also toyed with the idea of getting one.   But I was still deterred by having to shell out a lot of money when we could just buy a simple, yet of DSLR-like quality digicam. 

Then last December 31, I said okay.  Just to finish this, let's go to Funan to buy a camera.  I was hoping to be wrong about the camera, that it wasn't as good as others and Ross claim it to be.  Oh, but it was.  I'm not a photography enthusiast, and I know zilch about cameras except for a few things that I hear from Kim....but this one is good.  Really good.  I tested it out and the pictures were really clear and sharp.  Like a DSLR, you can manually adjust the aperture and ISO and other thingies, thus giving you a wide variety of options for your photos.  Its Art and Scene features allow you to make artistic shots.  You can also edit your photos on the camera itself (although I haven't tested this feature yet).  Aside from the impressive photo quality, you can also change the lens.  I saw on their brochure that it has a fish eye, a wide angle and another zoom lens.  But we only got the kit lens for now because the cost of a new lens is the same as the camera itself. 

As early as now, I have to say that it's a really good buy.  We got freebies too:  a memory card, a hard case, a voucher and a skin for the camera.  We bought a filter for the lens and the uncle at funan gave us the screen protector for fee.  We just need a spare battery because its battery life is only less than a day and cleaning tools. 

At least now, we can roam around the city and take pictures haha.  Di na kami mukhang kawawa :)

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We tested this camera out during the new year fireworks along Marina Bay.  The camera didn't disappoint, except that the battery ran out halfway through the fireworks.  The fireworks, while it was beautiful, was, sadly, a disappointment.  It's just not the same as Pinas'.  It felt like they had the fireworks just for the sake of having one.  Oh well.