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hate my eyeglasses na. it's only 8 months old but i knew this was coming . might come down to ditching them and wearing contacts all day, every day. they wouldn't correct my astigmatism but i think those are better than these specs. [puts contacts on] ok this doesn't work. astigmatism's too bad. [bears it] will have to get a new prescription from a different optical shop. liked the people at the previous one but these eyeglasses they made... not ok.

Since October 2012, my Zalora Philippines orders have been delivered by a Zalora messenger (previously, was through a 3rd-party courier). Nice to know that my area is being serviced this way. So, the timeline of my latest completed order: Jan 22, 2013, Tuesday, 2 a.m. - Ordered / paid for / received order confirmation Jan 24, 2013, Thursday, morning - Package delivered by Zalora messenger Excellent! They changed their terms to date: # Shipping is free only for purchases above Php1000. # If paid with CC, they may ask for credit card and ID verification (saw this in the confirmation email; called them about it and they said there's a rise in CC fraud cases). I don't think anyone likes the part about the credit card verification - totally takes the convenience out of online shopping. Also, no one wants to email an image of their CC and ID out - scary. So, it might be better to call first to see if your transaction went through OK; might find out that you don't ne

camote tops from our garden! boiled, cooled, added vinegar+sugar+water dressing, garnished with tomato+onion slices. even better if left to marinate in the fridge. so, how was my day? weather was a little cold. day was typical. but body clock's a little cuckoo lately, must be the cool weather.

My Noche Buena plate... Two dinners in one night? Bueno! New Year's Eve, we had more food and hot chocolate {waited till it cooled a little before drinking so I didn't barf like last year ; lesson learned} Hello 2013. Ten days into the new year, I think I caught up with work so that's good.

loved ordering in from max's restaurant. food would be delivered hot and in 30 minutes. then again, i did not order later than 6:30pm... until new year's day... new year's day, we called before 8pm and asked for 2 orders of lumpiang shanghai and 1 order of veggie lumpia bites. the veggie lumpia bites were delicious {not umay -oily like i had before). both lumpiang shanghai orders were lukewarm and soggy: one order tasted ok, the other one was sour and inedible. sad. next time i want food from max's, i will not call later than 6:30pm.

a few days before christmas, we had guests who cooked lunch for us; they were really nice. i wasn't in the kitchen but i heard they brought their own spices, curry and were excited to see turmeric in our pantry (good thing too because we didn't know how to use it). basically, they worked with flavors from south asia. they cooked shrimp, chicken kebab, beef and fried rice with pineapple (that i didn't get a chance to take a picture of). food was delicious and spicy -- loved it.