easy shopping

Don’t you sometimes wish that shopping should be easier? And with Christmas right around the next corner, malls are getting pretty tight. That makes shopping harder. With your shopping bags in tow, shuffling through the huge wave of other people also doing their shopping is getting at the least bit annoying and bothersome.

I sometimes wish there’d come a time when shopping can be as simple as using barcode scanner type of gun, and then the store would then deliver it right at home. That way, I wouldn’t have to lug around our purchases.

extremes, again

I am again in the extremes. Just a few weeks ago, I was rejoicing at Pacman’s win over Cotto. Then, after that, I was beaming with joy at Efren Penaflorida being named as CNN’s Hero of the Year. Yet again proving that Filipinos have a lot more to offer than boxing.

Then, this Maguindanao massacre of civilians (many of whom have no life insurance leads) spread like wildfire all over the world, in the New York Times, CNN, etc.

…even as the President’s advisers darkly propose a state of emergency or some sort of emergency rule in Maguindanao, just how willing or able will the national government be to actually do something about the Ampatuans as the country—and the ruling coalition—braces for the 2010 elections?

The government has declared a National Day of Mourning, but what we really need is a transparent investigation. More than a day has passed and nothing has happened.

finally, a tree

After a few weeks of window shopping for a Christmas tree, I think we finally nailed it. Riza and I scoured Divisoria, Dapitan Arcade, and different malls. And through all of it, we decided that the tree in this particular mall near us was what we’ve been looking for. We’re aiming for that simple and elegant look commonly found in orlando fl hotels. And later today, we’ll be picking up our tree. I think we have enough decors bought from Divi to make the tree awesome!

I’m still skeptic though on how to properly put the lights.

Any suggestions?

Christmas tree hunt

We’re off to the mall later to look/buy our Christmas tree, and maybe to do some green shopping and look for additional gifts too. We’re still undecided on what type of tree to get. We initially wanted a traditional tree that’s maybe 4 or 5 feet tall. But when we visited our friends F. and M. and saw their beautiful, tall and slim tree with awesome trimmings, we’re now considering getting the same type of tree. We’ll see.

Torchlight

I think we might need desktop computers at home.

I’ve recently been introduced to DotA, as I mentioned here. And last weekend, my brother in law introduced me to another computer game called Torchlight that had me hooked the instant I tried it. I don’t know much about at the game at this point but I’m sure I’ll get the hang of it after a few more game times.

Anyone out there who has tried Torchlight? Any tips (and cheats)?