I am a Garnet, my birthstone that is. My friend gave me the site of Holsted Jewelers and I got really hooked. I was checking their collection of jewelries and I got really confused as to what I will buy for myself. All the jewelries in their collection are so fashionable and since they are exclusively designed, I am sure that whatever designer costume jewelry I select, it is definitely something unique and not one that I will just find in any retail store.

Look at my choices for rings, earrings and necklace:


Would you believe that these jewelries are made of genuine garnet stone but they don’t cost a fortune. So I was really surprised when I check out the price because the jewelries are really of high quality so I am expecting that it will cost a leg and an arm for me to purchase the jewelries.

Do check out their site. I am sure you will go crazy too like me selecting from hundreds of their exclusively deigned jewelries.

1. Where would you go if you wanted to spark your creativity? – The Internet. LOL. I don’t think I have any creative juice in me so before I work on something I have to get inspirations on the net.

2. What would be one thing that would embarrass you a great deal? – If I slip or fall down a chair in front of many people (I have experienced both already. LOL).

3. What values did your parents instill in you? – Love for God and that we can get what we want my working hard and without on stepping on other’s toes.

4. What’s a fad of your teen years that you remember well? – Skechers and Kickers shoes. I had a few collections of those before.

5. What is your favorite breakfast? – ham sandwich with lots of mayo and tomato.

6. What is the best birthday gift that you have received? – an out of town vacation, a nice bag

7. What gadget could you not live without? - my laptop.

8. Do you collect anything? I am not really a collector but I have a few bags and shoes in my rack

9. What website (non-blog) do you regularly visit? - Yahoo and Google

Here are the rules...

1. Make a list of what you want on your birthday...
2. The list should be 10 numbers
3. Post the image of this award in your posting
4. Give it to 10 friends of yours.

Here are my wishes:
1. good health for the whole family
2. US travel with Bela
3. Visit Australia
4. LV Neverfull
5. New Watch
6. The box set of the Twilight series
7. DVD of the Sex and the City movie
8. DVD of the Twilight movie
9. A diamond earrings and necklace
10. A new car for us

Thanks to Jacqui and MM for the tag.

Tagging all the MBAPs.

I hate watching the news lately. Every day I hear news about how bad our economy is getting brought about by the economic recession. They say that prices for real estate have dropped by almost 50% because of the decrease in demands and everyday they feature someone who has to give up their house or their condominium unit because they can no longer afford the monthly amortization. Everyday also, I see from the news the hundreds and thousands of employees getting laid off because of the downsizing of the different companies.

I have a friend who is currently affected by the economic recession. Since they live in the city where unemployment rate is higher, she now fears that anytime she can loose her job. But I am glad that instead of dwelling on that fearful fact, she instead tried to think positively. She started looking for cosmetology schools where she can take training on cosmetology so she will have a fall back if ever she got laid off. In fact, she already has a short list of the schools that she is eyeing. She was able to get information right away since she found a site where she can easily search of cosmetology schools by state or zip code.

I hope that the economy will get better soon as there are really a lot of people being affected by the US economic meltdown.

Before I go look for home theater chairs online, let me make a post first about our next beach escapade.

My dad will be celebrating his birthday and so my siblings have planned to make a reservation for an overnight stay at Blue Coral Beach Resort in Laiya, San Juan Batangas. The last time we went to San Juan, Batangas was during my father’s birthday also. We stayed at La Luz beach resort that time but since I planned it a little late this year, La Luz is already fully booked when I inquired last week. Good thing that Blue Coral’s rate is just a little expensive than La Luz and Blue Coral offers a much better facility since they have a pool inside the resort.

I deposited the 30% down payment last week and our booking is already finalized. Anne (the Blue Coral staff who facilitated my booking ) said that we just have to pay for the 70% remaining balance one week before our scheduled arrival and we are all set.

I am so excited. I really wanted to have another beach escapade this summer as I find our Davao vacation a bit short and so I want another out of town vacation with my whole family. I can’t wait.....