pAsTeL CoRnEr

where I blog about the fun things I do to entertain myself…

digital camera with video capture

Almost everyone owns a digital camera in this age. It’s noticeable whenever we attend parties; everyone is flashing their cams, taking pictures of the occasion. Or when we visit a tourist attraction, every tourist is armed with a digicam around their neck. I myself always (if I don’t forget it) carry my [...]


got a new notebook!

We have a new notebook in the house! An IBM Thinkpad x40. It’s not actually new. My husband bought it from a friend whose company was selling their old PCs to their employees. He got it yesterday and since then he’s been busy tinkering and installing programs in it. He was also looking [...]


When we took a trip to a mountain resort a couple of months ago, we had a problem sending and receiving sms because the cell reception in the area was bad. There probably weren’t enough cell towers set up by the mobile company. Fortunately we didn’t really have any important need for our [...]


on technology

In this age and technology, communication has never been this easy. With the use of mobile phones, computer and internet, I can easily communicate with family and friends from all over the world. Aside from the convenience of using this technology, the cost is also very affordable and the connection is fast too. [...]


the practicality of audio books

Though nothing beats reading a book, an audio book is also good to listen to when you’re riding a bus, while waiting in a doctor’s clinic or before going to sleep. And for some practical reasons, it costs less than buying a real book, and it saves plenty of trees (very eco-friendly), and it’s also very [...]


the importance of reverse phone search

You might have been a victim of annoying calls - calls that happen while you’re in deep sleep at night, calls when you’re very busy in the kitchen or while taking shower. You hurriedly dash to the phone expecting an emergency call from a family member or a friend only to find out that it [...]


keep yourself warm during winter

One of the reasons why I don’t like winter is the cold! I also don’t like dressing up in layers. Makes me feel like I’m a mummy, all stiff and stuffed!
But that’s one fact I have to face every year. To keep myself warm at night when I sleep, a heated blanket would be a [...]


go green and save money

As much as possible I try to save energy by minimizing my use of lights at home. As soon as I go out from the room, I turn off the light, same goes with our appliances. When we first moved in our apartment, one of first things we did was to replace all [...]


loving my cleaning buddy!

It’s worth the money we paid for. I’m happy with my mini-vac. It does its work wonderfully. I’m beginning to be an OC! Nahhh, not really. But it’s very convenient to clean the crumbs and small food particles that falls on our floor whenever my daughter eats. And I can [...]


chatting is fun!

I wouldn’t know how I’d communicate with my family and friends without the nifty chat software that we netizens are using and abusing everyday. For me, it has become a useful part of my routine each day. As soon as I turn on my notebook, I would open the chat software and click on my [...]


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