pAsTeL CoRnEr

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

streamlined hotel check-in please

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 [...]


on teleconferencing

Teleconferencing has become more accepted and acknowledged by big companies and organizations these days. Aside from savings in finances, business meetings via teleconferencing means no more travel, thus saving employees’ time and effort. For environmentalists out there, this means reduced carbon emissions.
Most employees would prefer not leaving their workplace, they feel that traveling for business [...]


which is which?

Despite the economic slump that hit the United States last year, computer sales rose to 24 percent during the last quarter. Notebook computer sales also increased. This report is according to IDC, an industry research firm. HP ranked first in computer sales, with Dell as the second, while Acer came in third. I wonder how [...]


traveling with gps

Traveling these days to unknown places is made easy with handheld gps or any gps for that matter. Whenever we need to go to a new place, all we need is to input the address and tadahhhh! we get the exact directions going there.

My bro-in-law’s GPS…
With our gps, we were able to travel to [...]


vacation in time of crisis - is it a wise move?

My husband’s company required their employees to submit their vacation plans for this year in order to schedule their leaves apart from each other. They only have few work force left working on their projects; it will be difficult for them to function smoothly if two employees would be away at the same time.
How [...]


things to do in NYC

You might be planning a trip to the Big Apple and you’re wondering what are Things to do in New York City. Well, it’s actually not very hard to figure it out. By simply opening your PC and googling it, you can come up with many things to do and see while in [...]


safety on the road

This guy seems to have plenty of extra time in his hands. Everyday without fail, he would send email (sometimes more than one!) to all the people in his mailing list. The subjects are varied; health, political, spiritual, funny stories and even safety tips… He recently sent several images with the email subject [...]


summer travel plans

As soon as the calendar hit the month of March, I was already grinning ear to ear. In a few weeks, Spring will be here! It will be time to say goodbye to the cold weather. I’m already excited about the coming warm days because it means that we can go on trips [...]


on the road with sugar cane trucks

Driving in our locality can be dangerous. There are many big trucks plying the roads, carrying sugar canes from the farm to the mill which are usually fully loaded that causes the trucks to tilt to one side. They have also become a nuisance in the road because they not only are dangerous [...]


new york, new york!

Sight-seeing in New York could lead you to many interesting places. In the uptown part alone, you’d be able to see the Central Park, the Central Park Zoo, Guggenheim Museum, and Lincoln Center. The downtown area has also places to boast of like Time Square, the Statue of Liberty, Little Italy, Chinatown, Empire State Building, [...]


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