I just missed a big sale last weekend. Too bad, we already bought some furniture just few days before the sale. I could have gotten a big discount with such purchase. Ugh. Why didn’t the mall announce the sale a week before? It was not so publicized unlike the Black Friday sale which almost everybody knows about, shoppers would line up hours before the stores open so they’d be the first to get big discounts.

With the recent 3-day sale at SM, we could have just reserved our chosen items with the merchandiser to be sure of the availability. We already did this before, we reserved some items to be bought the night before the scheduled sale, and the next day we bought it at a discounted price. Oh well, with the economic crisis these days, getting discounts and deals are a big help to one’s pocket.

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I just got an SMS on my cellphone from an unknown number and it’s all about a promo for a low budget hotel. I don’t know how the sender got my number, but when my phone gives that message alert, it’s a bit annoying to read an unsolicited ad when you’re expecting important messages. Isn’t it that we usually meet sales agents at the malls offering real estate properties or educational books, or get proposals from online life insurance sites, but getting advertisements on your cellphone is just so bothersome, right?

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Checking in a hotel can be tough especially if you’re tired from a long journey and need to relax, or if you’re in a hurry for a meeting and need to put your stuff immediately in your room. Well, here’s some good news for travellers, some hotels are already spearheading programs that let their guests skip the check-in process and go directly to their rooms.

Every hotel has different ways of making their guests feel welcome, and personally I find it a good idea to skip the usually long check-in process. For instance, during holidays and peak travel season, the long lines at the check-in counters can be such a drag. Hotels implementing a streamlined check-in procedure can also provide other extras for their guests. Hmmm… how some complimentary massage, free drinks or custom koozies and the likes? I’m sure any guest would feel welcome and happy to be given extra goodies for their stay. And happy satisfied hotel guests translate to loyal customers in the future, yes?

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A favorite pastime of some people is to watch television series which features stories of ordinary people’s lives with some lessons in life at its end. In the Philippines, one story of a “ tele-serie” drama which still rings in the minds of the avid fans, even if this has already ended, was about Mesothelioma victims of a mining company. A touching scene would be that of a young child whose health was deteriorating as she was lying on the hospital bed, who eventually died of the sickness.

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Looking at the pictures and movies of celebrities and appreciating how they always look so beautiful and gorgeous, I wonder how they can maintain their smiles and good disposition before the camera and with people, even under stressful circumstances in their lives. They must be self-disciplined to maintain hectic schedules and at the same time preserving their flawless youthful-looking skin. Especially the not-so-young ones, they must be using the top wrinkle cream in the market. Could this be what makes them lovely?

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One of the causes of misunderstanding among married couples is about finances. This is caused sometimes if the wife is just buying according to her whims, just leaving out the important and basic family needs, most of all those of the hubby’s. An answer to this is the skill in budgeting which obviously is lacking with such a wife as stated above. She must be helped by the best home budget software to avoid such family quarrels.

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When our family had a vacation in a Nordic country, we stayed at my sister’s flat where each family tenant is provided by the owner one hour of free sauna every week. They would take a bath, in an exclusive place, then after shower, would go to a hot oven-like chamber to be treated to the steam coming from heaps of hot coals with herbs, to help a person sweat out the toxins from his body.

There are so many ways of cleansing out the toxins from our bodies with the aid of food supplements such as colon and body cleanser and other herbal products. However, those in colder countries enjoy going to saunas which not only provide therapeutic effects to the body but is also an opportunity to bond between families and friends when they go in groups. For them it’s part of their culture and living a healthy lifestyle.

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If you’re a boxing fan, you’d surely know Manny Pacquiao, the Philippines’, and now the world’s, number one acclaimed “King of the Ring”. He moves so fast not only with his fist but also with his body. Before, he was only adept with his left hand, being a left-handed person. But now his opponent cannot anymore be watchful and be prepared for the blow of one hand as he has trained his other hand to be equally deadly and as mobile. I wonder if he could be taking the best muscle supplement?

Anyway, food supplements or not, this guy always prepares physically for his fights, undertaking rigorous training months ahead of the boxing event. Discipline, hard work and dedication are what makes Manny a consistent winner.

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“Tell me a story mommy!”, that’s what our talking doll would say when I pushed its front button. Well, those were the days of my childhood and I agree with the doll, stories are really a great way to entertain a child. I remember my siblings and I would always be reading or listening to stories, fairy tales or not. We would also be fascinated with the ghost stories my grandma would tell us during evenings in our balcony. It would be funny though if she would also include some weight loss stories in her repertoire of tales.

But now in this age of computers and big LCD screens, stories come in full display and action with matching surround sound. Whether in graphic animation or real-life portrayal of characters by actors, stories shown on the screen become an almost real experience to a child.

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Does lack of sleep aggravate acne? This is one of the questions bugging me as I haven’t been getting enough rest lately. Ugh, I even slept at four in the wee hours of the morning yesterday. They say lack of sleep can cause skin to become oily and prone to adult acne. I also think stress is one of the main causes for problems in facial skin condition. As they say, worrying and being anxious can aggravate acne. There’s even a joke that you could be frustrated about love if you have a big red pimple on your face. True or not?

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