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Weekend Blues
My Pink Notes | October 9th 2008 by vienna
It was a fairly fair day last weekend. We went to the fair and I had my traditional “fried dough”. The temperature was kinda low so it was chilly but the sun was bright and warm so I didn’t have any trouble with the over-all climate unlike in t read more
Fall is Here
My Pink Notes | September 22nd 2008 by vienna
I turn on my computer every morning upon waking up. It is the very first task I do every morning as I jump out of the bed before I go straight to the bathroom. It’s out of habit or maybe because I depend so much on my computer on almost everything read more
How Do You Like Your Eggs?
My Pink Notes | September 19th 2008 by vienna
I have a headache. I am not feeling really good today. And to top it all, we ran out of eggs. Yes, eggs! It’s a big deal. You may find it unimportant but for me it’s a big deal. Hubby can’t have breakfast without eggs. Egg is a basic thingy on read more
Who’s Driving Me Crazy Now?
My Pink Notes | September 19th 2008 by vienna
I cleaned my car this morning. I vacuumed. I polished. I wiped. It’s a once a month ritual actually. But last month I didn’t do it. I was lazy to do it. You see, my Hubby is the one driving my car more often since I still don’t have my Driver read more
Something to Keep Me Warm
My Pink Notes | September 19th 2008 by vienna
We woke up to yet another frosty morning. The temperature went down to freezing point despite the fact that it is still summer. The landscape started to change its color and there is a familiar hint of coldness in the air. It’s almost fall so I alr read more
Having a Baby
My Pink Notes | September 18th 2008 by vienna
I don’t know if you’ve heard the news about hundreds of babies in China dying because of consuming a certain milk formula. This news really shook me and made me think again about having a baby while we are here. Initially, we agreed to wait two y read more
Apples for the Deer and the Dear Ones
My Pink Notes | September 18th 2008 by vienna
Hubby came home with a bag full of apples. He bought it for only 6$. He bought it for the deer [to lure them in the backyard] and for us, of course. I’m not really crazy about apples. It’s not my favorite fruit in the whole world. And I can live read more
Professional Driver
My Pink Notes | September 18th 2008 by vienna
Now, I understand why my MIL is always grumpy when she comes home from work. She is a volunteer driver for a transportation company. Her work is to drive people around to go to places. She would pick them up from their homes and bring them to places read more
Major Peace of Mind
My Pink Notes | September 17th 2008 by vienna
Buying property is a major decision one has to make. And nobody wants to screw up when making this kind of decision because your property is also your investment. But whether you want to buy a property for investment… or a vacation house for your r read more
Totes for Every Season
My Pink Notes | September 16th 2008 by vienna
The leaves of the maple tress started to change its color now and there are lots of fallen leaves strewn all over the ground too. Soon enough I will be raking and sweeping piles of leaves until there is none left on the trees. It’s almost fall and read more
A Smooth Move
My Pink Notes | September 14th 2008 by vienna
After two months of being in Shanghai, I can say that we are finally settled. We found a nice flat and decorated it. We learned how to go about the city. We learned how to go to places. We learned how to use the Subway. In short, we already developed read more
A Hot Pot Day
My Pink Notes | September 14th 2008 by vienna
I was badly craving for steamed rice that day. Marcus knows that if I don’t get steamed rice in more than two days, I get grumpy. So that one particular day we agreed to walk around the neighborhood to look for a restaurant that serves steamed rice read more
Busy Bee
My Pink Notes | September 14th 2008 by vienna
Marcus is back from his two-week business trip in Shenyang. That explains why my blogging and other internet activities are lessened since Friday. I honestly missed him when he was away but I was glad that I had two weeks of undisturbed internet usag read more
The Newest Place to Meet Goths
My Pink Notes | September 13th 2008 by vienna
Friendship evolved dramatically over the years. With modern technology, people meet people who live half around the world. Today, it is so easy to find friends from the four corners of the world and be able to talk to them and see them without travel read more
A Summer Wish
My Pink Notes | September 11th 2008 by vienna
35 degrees and foggy… and it doesn’t feel like summer still. Yes, it is still summer but the grass in the yard is already covered in frost. And with this kind of temperature I am already thinking of bringing out our winter clothes and dig up my e read more
Weighing the Issue
My Pink Notes | September 11th 2008 by vienna
I was ecstatic this morning when I suddenly decided to finally step on the weighing scale. You see, I have never checked my weight for more than a month now. I lost the interest because every time I stepped on the scale, my weight is still the same i read more
Moon Cakes!
My Pink Notes | September 9th 2008 by vienna
I found this on our table when I got home yesterday. It’s a moon cake and a short story about the Chinese Moon Festival. If I find the time, I might summarize the story for you because it is interesting. I remember when I was teaching, I got moon c read more
The Football Fan
My Pink Notes | September 9th 2008 by vienna
It’s Football season. This year, Football… as everybody is saying, will be both exciting and full of apprehension. With Tom Brady being out of the game for the entire season due to a knee injury sustained in the first quarter of the gam read more
Dreams Do Come True in Florida
My Pink Notes | September 9th 2008 by vienna
Been dreaming of spending special moments in Disneyland anytime when you feel like it? Been dreaming of bonding with Mickey Mouse anytime when you want to? Been dreaming of living a life as if you are always on a vacation mode? Well, why not move to read more
Job Search: Finding Jobs in the Middle-East
Productive Muslim | August 28th 2008 by Productive Muslim
The following article was sent by a dear friend of mine to all his contacts before he relocated to the Middle-East. When I read it, I couldn't resist but to ask him to allow me to share it with our readers on ProductiveMuslim, and he kindly agreed. read more
Closer Than Ever
My Pink Notes | August 27th 2008 by vienna
Being away from home for more than a year, I can say that I don’t really miss home. Don’t get me wrong. I kinda miss home but I have a different explanation for that. You see, when I was still in the Philippines, I was practically home alone. Bot read more
Team Building Mission
My Pink Notes | August 20th 2008 by vienna
Marcus will be away on a company outing on Friday and Saturday and unfortunately, they cannot bring their wives with them (haha). I asked what the outing is all about and he told me that their management is promoting team work and camaraderie among t read more
Garden No More
My Pink Notes | August 20th 2008 by vienna
It’s been a while since I last went out in the garden. I was busy all summer blogging, organizing, and scrapbooking. Last year was different. I just arrived from the Philippines and the first thing that Hubby and I did was to go shopping for vegeta read more
No-Worries Hubby
My Pink Notes | August 19th 2008 by vienna
Managing your own business can be really stressful especially if you don’t have enough capital to finance it. The financial aspect of any business is very important to be able to achieve its goal and with that it needs necessary means to be able to read more
A Guilt-less Wife
My Pink Notes | August 19th 2008 by vienna
One of the beauties of being a stay-at-home wife is that… you are in control of your own situation. I mean, I can go back to bed anytime I want to [right after Hubby left for work]. The chores can always wait until I am ready to take control. And I read more
Call Time
My Pink Notes | August 14th 2008 by vienna
Just like any other Pinoy, I owned a cell phone (CP) when I was still in the Philippines. But unlike any other Pinoy, I don’t like it that much. Actually, the first CP I bought was not for me but for my baby brother which I gave him as Christmas gi read more
The Unpredictable
My Pink Notes | August 9th 2008 by vienna
The weather is really unpredictable. We cannot rely on the weather now if we are planning a cook-out, a garden wedding, an out-door birthday party, or simply… hanging out our laundry. It was indeed a crazy week. Just when you thought it will be a r read more
The Olympics and All
My Pink Notes | August 9th 2008 by vienna
For the first time since we got here, we had a difficulty hailing a taxi! Last night we decided to eat out with some of Marcus’ colleagues. The initial time agreed upon was 7:00 pm but because it wasn’t easy to get a taxi, we called the other par read more
New Flat’s Living Room
My Pink Notes | August 7th 2008 by vienna
Initially, I wanted to take photos of every room of our new flat plus the surroundings because I wanted to upload it and show it here but I remember reading from the lessee’s guidelines that we are not supposed to take photos and videos of the prop read more
The Difference between People and Washers
My Pink Notes | August 1st 2008 by vienna
Our washer is not doing its job well today. It makes a weird sound when I load my laundry. Hubby already fixed it the other day and bought a new belt [I think that’s what that thing was called] and replaced the old one. Well he suspected that the b read more
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