Beef Steak

This was the beef steak of my husband,if you notice,the meat was still red inside(not cook)and lots of blood,he liked it that way.Mine was medium well done,I've learned to love to eat steak that it's not very cooked.Before,when we eat steak,it has to be well grilled and I didn't like to see any blood.Now,it has to be tender and juicy and I don't like to eat meat that is over cooked because it's similar when you eat a rubber.

I remember,he bought a thick meat of a beef and he grilled it for a very short time.When I saw that it was full of blood and when he sliced it,it seems that the meat wasn't even cooked.Ew!I guess,most of the french like that way.

Arte Y Pico Award

Thanks to Janese,Francine and Pinaymama for giving me this award.



The rules of this tag are as follows:

1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of “Arte y Pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award
http://arteypico.blogspot.com/

I'm giving this tag to Gina,Mylou,Imelda,Agring,Shela

Buying a vapor steam cleaner

Soon,we will be moving to our new house and since the previous owner left the house for almost 5 months already,I guess we have to do some general cleaning.We have seen the place and we know that it has many dirts and stains on the floor tiles and grout and the other places of the house.Surely,it's hard to clean it,so we need to buy a home steam cleaning machine.We've seen a lot of good vapor steam cleaners at Refresh Your Home site,which give us some ideas and infos on what's the best to buy and how to use this multi-purpose appliance.Now,we still have to decide which one we have to buy.

My friend's home theater room

I chatted my friend in California and showed me their new cozy home theater room.I was really envy looking at the photos,the room was very beautiful with their big plasma TV,their new elegant home theater seats and also their nice home theater sconces that gives light to the room.She told me,if we want to have our own,we just have to visit Star Gate Cinema for any home theater accessories needs.In fact,they bought all of it there.They have definitely some great stuffs.Have to check it out the site,who knows maybe we'll have it too.

Charice Pempengco at David Foster's concert in Las Vegas

Another great achievement and a great performance of Charice.After guesting Ellen De Generes show,Paul O Grady and the ever known Ophrah show,now she was invited to be one of the guest at David Foster's concert in Mandalay Las Vegas.She was given 2 standing ovations from American audiences after singing I will always love you and I am telling you.David Forster a musical guru really admired Charice for her singing ability and even said after her performance,"The star is born tonight"these words coming from him means a lot!Oh,she was so lucky to met and performed with these big international singing stars like Josh Groban,Andrea Bocelli,Alicia Keys and many more in that concert.

I like watching her performances here,her renditions of Whitney Houston were great.To think she was performing infront of more than 10,000 audiences but still her stage presence was great!Love you Charice! :)No doubt she'll be the next International big star!The pride of every Filipino.

These are the videos I found in You Tube.
Videos Courtesy of SCUBAJOE12 from You Tube

Applying credit card online

As what I've written in my other blog,finally my husband gonna let me to have my own credit card and I'm very happy for this news :)I promised him,I'll be a good user and a spender or else,he will take it away from me :)We're gonna be applying my credit card online.Good thing that we have found this informative site about credit cards,the Your Credit Network.It offers services for selecting and applying credit card online.An absolutely resourceful and a comprehensive site about credit cards,credit card offers and financial planning.They feauture different credit cards from low interest,instant approval,bad credit,rewards,cash back,student,business,balance transfer,hotel/airline and prepaid.You just choose that fits your needs.

The best thing in this site is that they have a credit card blog which gives the latest informations about offers and do some reviews on different credit cards.Knowing the benefits of each credit card company offers,is already a big help.With these adavantages and disadvantages notes,it will be easier for any customers to select or choose the best credit card.Just for example,if you want a reward credit card,they feature The Chase Free Cash Rewards.Cardholders earn one point for each dollar spent on all purchases and they give points in everytime you purchase and if you reach a certain points,you can receive a gift check.Not only that,they have some nice benefits too, such as auto rental insurance,extended warranties for purchases, and travel accident insurance.

So if you want to apply credit card online,don't hesitate to check their informative site.It's a one great solution for your credit card needs.

Looking for the best auto loan

We went out last week,we strolled around the grand mall and had some shopping.When we went out,we saw an auto dealer shop which is beside the mall.Since my husband loves cars,we went inside and looked some of their new cars.He saw this particular model of Mercedes-Benz car and he fell inlove with it,even myself would agree with him.Though our car is still in good condition,but with all the comforts of the Mercedes-Benz car has to offer,you will really want to buy it.The man who entertained us said,we can have an auto loan from them.He showed us the computation and we thought that,it was a lot higher than my husband's expectation for the interest rate.My husband told the auto dealer that we have to think it over and will comeback after.

My husband really loves to buy that car so we searched on the net for the best auto car loan that has lowest interest rate.While searching,we found some nice informations; about tips and various aspects before applying an auto loan in Get The Best Auto Loan blog,which we really need before plunging in auto financing.What is nice with them is that,they work also with the nation's top lenders which offer monthly affodable payments with lowest interest rates.By providing multiple auto loan quotes,the customer can decide which lender is the right one.

We've learn a lot from this site and it really helps us to choose the best auto loan available in town.Thanks to this informative site.

5 Things Meme

I got this tag from Barb,thanks madame,sorry if it took so long to post it,medyo busy konti :).This is about the things I do the most.

My top 5:

-Preparing espreso coffee for my husband,I guess 5 times or more a day :)

-I cook 4 times a day(breakfast,lunch,merienda and dinner)no wonder we get bigger and bigger everyday :(

-Taking care of my baby,giving him food,bathe and play with him

-Calling to my family back home.I usually do it everyday since I have an unlimited call plan now.

-Watching Filipino programs on the net

I'm passing this tag to Lourraine, Marites,Outback-pinay andJoyball

Las Vegas travel

All the family of my husband love to travel and discover different places.My other sister in law and her family will be going to "The City that never Sleeps", Las Vegas,Nevada this coming summer.How I wish I could go with them :)I would love to go to Caesar's Palace.

Good thing they've found the best deal of their Las Vegas travel at Shermans Travel.They save some bucks compared to the other travel sites.They also provide some informations on what things to do at the place and recommended some nice resto to dine out.Even now,they already have their itineraries ready on where to go.They're very excited already to visit the place,2 months to go and it's vacation time!

Searching for the right diet pill

I've been telling that I wanted to lose weight and my search is not yet ended,I'm still on comparing which one is the right diet pill for me.Through the internet,I've found another site,Fem Nutrition which has a list of best weight loss pills based on their top recommendations,products with best formulations and most favorable feedbacks from customers.Their products contain active ingredient to control appetite,give more energy and increase metabolic rate to help burn calories.All of them have nice reviews based on the customers feedback.It's really difficult to choose if all of the products are good and effective,if only I can buy them all.

Filipinos are the most users in friendster

Filipinos are known for being friendly and it shows in friendster :)I've read in the inquirer.net that Filipinos are the biggest population of friendster users in the world,surpassing the United States,where the service was originally launched.When you browse the members,you will find many Filipinos:)I even thought sometimes that it's a social network for Pinoys :)I can even attest to that because I guess almost of my classmates in high school and in collage are members of Friendster.I even found my long lost friend there.It's a great place to find,reunite old and new friends.

Office garden room

We spent our weekend in the house of my sister in law in the countryside.We like to visit there if we have some time even it takes too long to go there,a three hour travel.We really adore their place,so peaceful,tranquil and with a great view of the lake.It's just so relaxing just by looking the trees and the surroundings.They have a big house with a big lawn too.Whenever we eat,we done it outside and we also did some barbecue,what a great vacation huh :)

What really caught my attention was their elegant office garden room.It is so cozy and I like the idea that it was made by wood.At first,I thought it was an extension room for the guests but it's not.It's the office of my brother in-law who works at home.They furnished it as an office.Since he's working mostly on the net,he prefers to have his office at their home.He said it is a lot easier to work at home,he doesn't travel anymore and benefit the tranquility of the place.He said that,he was happy to have known this garden room thing from The Garden Escape.A garden room builders which combine innovative design with the natural beauty of wood and glass.Using traditional materials combine with sophisticated technology to create a garden building with a difference.Garden Escapes are architecturally designed and constructed to a very high standard with sound and thermal insulation equivalent to a new build home,a home office,an elegant garden room or just a place to relax away from the house.He's happy having his cozy office garden room.

When we got home,I told my husband that I would like to have a garden room but not an office,rather more a lifestyle one.I just like the idea of the comforts of the place.For sure,it would be relaxing to just stay there and enjoy some personal space.I'm really hoping to have this one in the future.It would be a great place to relax!

50 cents fare increase was postponed

The non stop increasing of gasoline price results chain increases of basic commodities prices.Thus results also for the fare increase.Few days ago,I read that there will be 50 cents fare increase again nationawide in the Philippines.All PUJs in the country will charge 50 centavos more in the current minimum fare which covers the first four kilometers traveled.It will be another pain in the butt for the Filipino people who can't even afford to buy foods.I even heard when I went home last year that many people didn't want to travel much and just stayed at home because of the expensive fare of jeepneys.How much more if they continue to increase the fare?Luckily,the Department of Transportation and Communications postponed it and conduct further study.What a relief!

Payday loans

I had a friend in New York who wants to borrow some money from me last month because there's an emergency happened to her family in the Philippines.She promised to pay me when she got her paycheck but I turned her down,we don't have enough money too,I don't have work and I help also my family in Philippines.Our money is not even enough to cover all the expenses we have every month.I said,try to borrow some money at the bank but she didn't want.She was searching some possible solutions online and found Personalcashadvance,which offers bad credit payday loans to people who are in short-term financial need like her.

It's one of the nicest solutions when you need cash quickly but everyone must aware that that payday loans are not intended for repeated use in supporting an on-going budget situation from payday to payday because it can create serious financial difficulties just only when you are in need of an immediate cash.

With them,even bad credit history cannot deter from applying for a payday loan.As long as a person has a job,make at least 1000 dollars a month,18 years of age,a US citizen and has a checking account then he or she is qualified to take the loan.Luckily she was approved.She was very happy with their fast and good service.She was able to help her family in the Philipines.She was done paying her loan and she said she was satisfied and will use again their service.

High price increase of rice

Everytime I watch the Filipino programs on the net and even here in France,the hiking price of rice are always the subject.I really don't understand why the prices of basic commodities are skyrocketing while the Philippine peso is soaring?Normally,the prices will be lesser but it's not what happen right now.Sad but it's true,poor people are the victims.How can they afford to buy rice at 38 pesos per kilo and eat three times a day?That's is why many people eat NFA rice right now making long queue just to buy 2 kilos per day.Even here in France,we feel the pain coz before the 25 euros per 20 klo sack of rice is now 35 euros in our asian store.I hope government will do something about it.

The famous Louvre Museum

Louvre Museum is one of the most visited place here in France and the most visited museum in the world.It is located near Garden of Tuileries and Seine river. Here,you can see the famous Monalisa by Leonardo Da Vinci and some other world’s famous works of art .
In the middle,you can see the Louvre Pyramid which serves as the main entrance of the museum. I remembered,when we went there,with so much beautiful paintings and sculptures,we never visited the whole place,we runned out of time.It’s really worth the visit though.

Treatment for acne

I don't know why but I've seen a lot of people, especially teenagers,having skin problem like acne.Having this kind of skin disease,lowers the self-esteem of a person.I know how it affects the lives of individuals,because I've seen how my cousin and a friend suffered from this skin disease.Many of them are searching for the best acne treatment,they want to get rid this big pimples on their face,as fast as possible.My friend found a product called Acnexus that really worked for her.It changed her life,now she's happy,feels better and regain her confidence.

Baby shower

Me and my friends visited our friend Ellaine who is now on her 6th month of pregnancy.She will be having her baby shower next month and she already sent her baby shower invitations to her family,relatives and friends.I already have her cute invitation card.Everyone was excited because it's gonna be her first baby and she will be having a baby girl.We,her friends prepare some surprises on that special occassion,we want it to be memorable for her.

Marketing mom

I am a member of a group and a forum dedicated to mothers.I participated and posted my opinions on concerning issues or subjects.I have made friends also to the other members and that's how I met my friend Elena.She's an expert when it comes to parent-child subjects,I really like her suggestions and how she answered the questions in the forum.It seems that she knows all.

We communicate beyond the forum,we email and chat and share some personal informations to each other.She work in a company where she is assign in the marketing section,to promote products,services, inline to women especially to the mothers.She is one of the expert Marketing moms,she is responsible for reaching the vast population of mothers nationwide to become trusting,loyal advocates and consumers of the services and products they are promoting whether it's in print,media or on the internet.She is a busy person,she wanted to excell in her job but Im glad she still finds some time to participate in the forum and to keep in touch with me.

Blood Type Tag

I've got this tag from Mylou,thanks girl.

According to a Japanese institute that does research on blood types, there are certain personality traits that seem to match up with certain blood types.

TYPE O – You want to be a leader, and when you see something you want, you keep striving until you achieve your goal. You are a trend-setter, loyal, passionate, and self-confident. Your weaknesses include vanity and jealously and tendency to be too competitive.

TYPE A – You like harmony, peace and organization. You work well with others, and are sensitive, patient and affectionate. Among your weaknesses are stubbornness and an inability to relax.

TYPE B – You’re a rugged individualist, who’s straightforward and likes to do things your own way. Creative and flexible, you adapt easily to any situation. But your insistence on being independent can sometimes go too far and become a weakness.

TYPE AB – Cool and controlled, you’re generally well liked and always put people at ease. You’re a natural entertainer who’s tactful and fair. But you’re standoffish, blunt, and have difficulty making decisions.


What is your blood type? My blood type is O+.
From above definition does it fit your personality?Some of it,like if I have something in mind or things that I wanted to have,I work hard and put my best just to achieve that goal.

Now it is time to roll this Blood Type Tag….I'm passing this to Bernadeth,Lourraine,Marites and Shiela

Nursing home

The other night,I was able to watched a documentary about different stories of elderly people who are abandoned by their families,with Alzheimer disease and other illness.I really felt sad and pity for them.It reminds me of the elder people that I served when I had my training in nursing aide at the home for the aged.These people are in need of special care,love and assistance.Some of them are in the nursing homes and some of them are in homecares.The nice thing about nursing home is that it provides 24 hour nursing care.Since most of these elderly people are incapable,they provide personal care assistance such as helping them to eat,to bathe,in toilet and some other needs.With these help and assistance,elders will not feel that they are totally alone even they are far from their families,it will give them hope,thinking that someone still care and love them.It's really a great solution for the needs of these senior citizens.

Car insurance rate

We have received a letter from our car insurance company.It was stated there the amount we're going to pay monthly for this year.When we saw the amount,we think that it is a lot for us.We're contemplating of changing our car insurance company.We're on a tight budget right now and we have to do whatever possible things that we can save some bucks.We've searched on the net and we were overwhelmed of the results,there are lots of them.I know every car insurance company will persuade every people and will give some discounts just to be their new clients.

I've came across a site,Carinsurancerate.com which provides lots of quality informations about car insurance.It has some articles where you can get some ideas on how to lower the rates of car insurance and I really like their insurance guides,it's vey informative.It helps people to be aware of the things that can affect their insurance premiums.What is also nice there,is that,you can have a free auto insurance quote.It's very nice because,with this option,we can compare the rates of different companies.For us,we want to find a lower price insurance that also meet our needs and have the best deal too.Glad I've found this site.

It's weekend again!

Oh I can't believe time flies so fast again,it's weekend again!We still have much to do at home for the move.You know guys,we were so upset yesterday because there's a problem on signing for "la vente" of our appartment here,the bank of the buyer still didn't release the money.We wanted a simultaneous payment,so the buyer of our appartment here,should pay us first,then,we pay the money for our remaining balance to the owner of the house that we wanted to buy.We already gave an initial payment to the notaire.

Since the signing wasn't done the other day,the owner of the house was very mad and he told us,we might lose the house.I was so upset too,we already scheduled the date of the move,some things were already at the box and we already paid the company to transfer our things.

I really hope things will turn out right, as we wanted to be.Hope we can still have the house.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

To look younger

Everytime I see my sister in law,it seems that she's never getting older.She looks young for her age.I'm always asking,how she do that?.Sometimes,I even think that I look older than her :( wahh! Even in wearing clothes,hair style and her over all get up,I can see that she's making effort to look younger.

Last time,I got a chance to talked and asked her,what is her secret in maintaining such a nice younger looking skin?She told me that she eats right and uses some anti-aging beauty products for her face and for her body.She's been using a lot of anti-aging lotions for years now and she's always satisfied with the results.It help to rejuvenate and stimulate her skin,making it always smooth and healthy.She told me,she did not want to look older,that's why she makes an effort to take care of her skin,doing her daily regimen with these anti-aging products.

I can see how happy she is, when people tell her,how beautiful and younger looking she is.

Cute baby names

Last Saturday the grown up daughter of my husband and her boyfriend visited us,it's been two long months we haven't seen them.That's why even when we were eating,the conversation was non stop :)We talk about what's new,each of us share what's happening in our lives lately.But the most exciting and great news that we heard from them was that my daughter in law is now pregnant!We were so much happy for them,she prayed for this to happen.

She said that we will participate on choosing her baby's name,we have to give a name for a boy and a girl.So I searched on the net for some cute baby names and found many at Baby Zone.I really like their lists of names because you will know the origin of the name and it's meaning.Oh lalala,it's really hard to choose only one as they are all cute!I just reserved my favorite names in case I'll be pregnant this year :)

Eating vegetable salad

This evening,we just had a vegetable salad;tomatoes,crab meat and eggs with bread in our dinner coz we were still full from the food we ate at lunch.It was very good,I really like the combinations especially you eat it with mayonnaise,hmm!.It's nice to eat this kind of food if you want to make some diet :)

French people love to eat veges and fruits,I guess that's the reason why they live longer :)

Looking for a nice coffee?

My husband is a certified coffee drinker,I guess he drinks 10 cups per day or more and it's an espresso coffee.He likes to buy coffee from SanMarcoCoffee.com.If you're looking for a nice coffee,San Marco Coffee is the right place to buy.It has a wide selection of different coffees and it has more than 270 flavors.They roast it fresh when they ship the products,that's is why my husband stick to this coffee company.He is really satisfied and loves very much their coffees.

I love flowers!

Whenever we go out I like watching on the flowers even in the flower shop,mall,in the garden or wherever.I also like to put flowers on our table.It gives joy and happiness just by looking those beautiful different colored ones.It adds beauty too to our home.These are some of the flower bouquets we bought.

Weight loss medicine

I've been wanting to lose some weight now because 62 kilos is not an appropriate weight for me,I'm not that tall too,so I'm kind'a big to look at!That's why I've been reading some magazine and searching on the net what's the best solution and something that will not compromise my health too.I found this weight loss medicine called Generic Acomplia.It has Rimonabant,an active ingredient that works on receptors in the brain to block cravings for food and some other substances that results weight loss and is very useful for people who suffer obesity.I've read a lot of nice feedbacks about this medicine,maybe I should try using this.I need to shed some weights

Another tragedy in Asia

Im really sad of what's happening in Asia right now,after Burma's tragedy, hitted by cyclone with more than 20,000 people died,now it's China's turn.The country was hitted by a powerful earthquake that killed almost 15000 people and thousands of missing too.It is said that it was the most violent earthquake in 30 years.What a worst consecutive tragedies!

If only we can stop these natural calamities.

Looking for the best mortgage rate

Living in a condo style home for many years made us think,what if we have our own house with enough land to have a garden.Surely,it would be nice for us and also for our son to play around.I've been telling my husband that it's better if we buy a house this year because the prices of realestate goes up premanently.So we decided to buy a house and I was so happy hearing it from my him.After that we started looking in the realestate agencies for some houses that also fits our budget and taste.We've seen a lot but there's this house that we are very interested to buy.

Now that we have found the house we are going to buy,we are facing the next stage.Where we will loan the money,which lender is the right one,the loan amount and and terms of payments,there are many things to be considered when buying a home.We're happy that through internet we've found some informations about mortgage loans.At Mortgage Finders Network,they have this easy search engine that will help you find the best mortgage rate.They are specializes in finding mortgage loan at lower rates and will help in mortgage loan processing too.It really helps a lot to have this mortgage finders because it's so hard and stressful when choosing the right loan to take.What a nice place for mortgage loan seekers!

New laptop

We're planning to buy a new laptop because I wanted to give our laptop right now to my sister when we visit the Philippines this coming December.My sister wanted it very much that I easily said yes,she's lucky to have a sister like me,huh :)

I saw a nice and affordable Toshiba laptop at Buy.com.I can say,they have the best selections of laptop computers such as Sony,HP,Dell,Toshiba and many more and at the right price too.They also sell laptop accessories and they ship the item for free!What a nice deal huh.So take a look at their site,maybe you'll find a nice laptop for you too.

Festival de Cannes

Cannes Film Festival 61st edition,one of the world's oldest and most influential and prestigious film festivals was officially opened today.Many prominent stars from different countries surely are there to witness this international film competition.It begins with the Brazillian entry Blindness.It also features,Harrison Ford film,Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by Steven Spielberg,Im really excited to watch this movie.The Festival will end on the 25th of May,it's also the time they will give the ward,Palm d'or for the best film.

Putting up a business

I really wanted to have my own business but it's difficult to decide what kind of business I'm going to put up and also that fits my budget.My friend who is also looking for some business opportunities,told me about Franchisegator,a site which has a real listings of franchise opportunities.It is here,where she found a franchise opportunity for food,since she wanted to have a fastfood franchise.

They have many franchises to choose from,like health and fitness,business services,pets,cleaning services,retail franchises and many more.She really like their franchise selector search engine because it made easy for her to search an appropriate franchise that suits also to her budget.Lucky for her,she has already a sufficient capital to start her business.

Child insurance

As a parent,I want the best for my baby boy.I want him to be safe and secure whatever may happens to us in the future.That's the reason why I'm thinking of getting him a child insurance.Having it for my baby will protect him from experiencing a financial burden later in life.It provides a financial head start for my baby by accumulating cash value,he can use it for college tuition or in medical emergency when he grows up.With this child life insurance,me and my husband will be tranquil for the future of our child.

I'm so happy!

My friend recommended me this new advertsing media on blogs,the Bloggerwave.Yeah,I'm so happy that my blog was accepted.It's nice to know that just by writing or blogging anything that I love or interest me,I can make money from it.Especially now that I just stayed at home,it's nice to have an extra income.Cool,huh!so guys,what are you waiting for,join now!

Sauté mussels

I really like tahong or mussels,it's one of my favorite foods.When I was in Philippines,I like to sauté it with ginger,red bell pepper,onions and garlic and some seasoning and sometimes put some coriander.Here in France I do different styles,I cook it sometimes in cream or in tomato sauce a la french style.But you know,I still love the Philippines version a lot,maybe because of the aroma of ginger and bell pepper :)

QRay bracelet

While doing my bloghopping,I got the chance to read a blog, where a couple who are in their late forties and both have health issues,talk about having their wonder QRay Bracelets.They said having it,is a wonderful gift to them,their body pains were gone especially their arthritis.It gives them a feeling of wellness.What a cool bracelet!

I was very interested after reading it, because my father is having some arthritis too.I have to read more about this bracelet and maybe, have one for my father.