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Birthday!

Yesterday, my wife celebrated her birthday in a completely different manner. Usually we go out as a family for a swim or to eat somewhere nice – but this time around my wife opted to spend her special day participating at our women’s ministry event. The event was fun, with over 100 mothers within our community sharing the stage and their stories with plenty of food on the a buffet style table.

Different groups of moms showed their skills through presentations, first one was a touching drama presentation complete with nice props (though I wish they had a hanging chair in one of their scenes). There was a choral number that sang a joyful tune and ofcourse there was a hip dance number which my wife was part of.

Instead of enjoying herself, I was surprised to see my wife help out on the event and she even ended up dancing with the other moms – to give glory to God. Happy Birthday mommy J!

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Mall-’ing

Yes, mall is a verb from where I live as people love to go Mall-’ing. Every free time that people have here, the first and most convenient option is always to get to the nearest big mall, with cool air conditioning and where everything you need is easily accessible. You can eat almost anything and buy everything from toy guns to real guns, get a bandage or a medical cart, get the latest books and ofcourse the latest technology gadgets. Gone are the days when people went to parks for physical activities.

Sadly, my family has also been victimized by this mall-’ing mentality for quite some time now, thankfully we now have established alternative physical activities and we now prefer going to our community’s covered court for our daily basketball and walking exercise, and we also now prefer going to parks instead of malls. Hope we can steer clear of unhealthy habits for long so we can be fit and productive.

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White Home Decor

In a few months we may be starting the construction of our new home. But as early as now we’re already researching on home decorating tips in the internet. We have browsed countless home decorating websites and we both agree that our next home will primarily be white. That means we will have white walls, white furniture, and even White photo frames to display our family pictures.

Check out the sample we found online. That’s exactly what we want to do with our frames.

The white walls and frames will make sure our pictures pop out. It doesn’t matter if we choose black and white or vividly colorful pictures – they will all fit nicely in those frames.

If you are wondering where to find those stunningly white photo frames do check out The White Company. It definitely is the site to browse for the widest collection of white photo frames.

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Physical Toys

My son is sadly part of the generation bombarded by digital toys and entertainment. Kids are no longer playing the toys that used to be popular when I was a kid. Once such toy is the yoyo, yoyoplay for yomega have a lot of interesting yoyos, but when I showed it to my son, he didn’t seem very interested. So what I did was buy a yoyo and showed him how to play with it. Thankfully Zyke responded and grew interested with the yoyo – specially I bought him a Naruto branded one. However I know that his interest will soon be shortlived because the other kids just want to play with their computer games. Its pretty boring to be a kid in this generation – which is why I try my best to spend quality time playing physical toys with my eldest.

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Loans for People with Bad Credit

When you have a low credit score and need to borrow money from a bank you will have to show proof of your employment. Not only will you need to show proof of employment but your work history must not have any unexplainable gaps. This is important because the bank will determine how much money to lend you based on how serious you appear to take working. Your work history will be weighed against why you did not pay your bills on time from your credit history. If for whatever reason your credit history is not acceptable, then the next best thing for you to do is to accept a bad credit personal loan.

A bad credit personal loan will come with a much higher interest rate on the repayment, but if you are truly in need of money, this will be your only hope in getting some funds for your emergency needs. If repaying a loan with high interest is not within your budget, then the other option is to get someone to co-sign on the bad credit personal loan. Having a co-signer on your bad credit personal loan could help lower the interest rate so that the payments are lower. The only problem is that you have to make sure your co-signer has a good credit history, and that they are willing to repay the loan if you default on the loan.

This is often the reason many people will not co-sign a loan for someone who has a bad credit history because they are not willing to be held responsible for the loan. Nevertheless, if you can get a co-signer it will help
in rebuilding your credit history. Though a bad credit personal loan is not something anyone wants to do it is better than being turned down for the loan. It can also be your first step to rebuilding your credit history slowly but surely.

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Bluetooth Speakers

When we bought our iPad, we have been thinking of getting a good sound system for our home. At first we were thinking of getting one of the many iPad dock stations that have good speakers, we also checked out various home entertainment systems like the lg home theatre system, a Sony 5.1 surround speaker set and a Toshiba branded home entertainment package. But what really captured our interest are the blue tooth speakers. You can walk around the house and wirelessly play music, that’s pretty convenient! Too bad the models being sold were a bit too small for my taste. We ended up not buying anything – as we were undecided. In the future however, we will probably go for speakers with bluetooth capabilities.

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Zack’s hand-me-down guitar

Being a Dad truly is a privilege. I get to see my sons grow up right before my eyes – and I get to take part in it by helping them and ensuring they have what they need.

Just a few years ago Zyke was playing with a toy guitar, now he is practicing on a real classical guitar. And now that same old plastic toy guitar is keeping his younger brother Zack busy. Although almost all the parts and stickers are out of order – our youngest absolutely love the guitar and enjoys jamming with his favorite songs especially “Today is the Day”. At barely over a year old, our youngest is very enthusiastic about music, and ofcourse his favorite instrument is the guitar – I guess it runs in our family.

Time sure flies, soon my sons will probably be asking for more expensive and vain things like branded jeans, gold chains, and gadgets. So I better get back to working harder .

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Holiday homes in Ireland

Europe has such a deep history and the land is too beautiful to not visit. A trip to Europe should be one for your bucket list. Going there is just that memorable.

The island of Ireland is one of the most amazingly beautiful places in Europe. The great mountains, the stunning plains and the sweet breeze of air. Going for a vacation there is one of the things that you just won’t forget in your life. It’s simply impossible not to fall in love with Ireland.

Going for holiday homes Europe should be your option rather than book a hotel room. For one, it’s cheaper but a better reason would be, you will have a deeper experience with the country compared to staying in the hotel. That should be one of the biggest reasons of why you should opt for a cottage.

Imagine waking up and smelling morning in the air and seeing how the sunlight can brighten up everything green in the surroundings just by peeking through your cottage window. The night sky can give a different feel when your lying down in the grass at the country side or coastal area in Europe. There’s just more for your senses to witness when you choose to stay in holiday homes Europe.

There’s just so many cottage options to choose from when deciding for holiday homes in Europe. From your budget plans to cottage size and location, it’s simply an easy thing to book where you want to stay and for how long. There are people who are hospitable and very much willing to help you out in deciding.

Once you arrive to your chosen cottage, enjoy the place and takes lots of photos. Immerse yourself in the wonderful place. It will surely be an enriching experience that you will always cherish.

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