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Kindle book bought with Amazon GC balance (Mturk earnings... just slow and steady and it adds up nicely). "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Just finished this yesterday. I liked it very much. This Kindle reader has been used everyday for years. It was a gift. Look at that Home button, I must've been rubbing the space around it while reading. The green Acase cover is becoming dirty too.

Mango online sale at Zalora PH. Bought a nice Mango dress at 60% off. Purchased Saturday night and delivered Monday morning. Awesome.

10/9/2014 I hear the bells down in the... (ringtone)! *Yawn* Hmmm...hello? Zalora delivery, ma'am, may I know the nearest street...? Good morning! Received after two days. Thanks, Zalora PH. Dinner. Pancit from a neighbor and a strip of fried chicken.

Naghahanap ako ng mabibilhan ng bagong router online, pang-backup kung bumigay na yung luma (wrt54g). Anim na taon na siyang sumeserbisyo, baka malapit nang ma-dedo. Payo sakin kunin ko ay N para mas mabilis at dapat may external antenna. Meron na akong minamata (buffalo airstation n150) pero ang problema, deadma ang nagbebenta. Weemall, gising. Ok sana Weemall kasi nakabili nako dun dati , ay, 2011 pa pala yun. So, ano? Pinabayaan na weemall[dot]com? Mukha nga. Sige na nga, hanap nalang ng iba. Eto, si villman[dot]com at si asianic[dotcomdotph]. Naku, matagal ko na nakikita ang mga to. Sila talaga walang sagot kahit kelan. Wag na sana nilang lagyan ng online store ang website nila. Nakakaloko na, nakakasayang ng oras.

We have votive candle holders for the altar. I turned LED tea lights on and put them inside. "Come look!" "Ganda." I reached inside the holder. "Ay, kala ko totoong kandila!" I bought these 1/27. They were delivered 2/7. Online vendor was Galleon . Pull the plastic tab out first --- Battery is CR2032. I've been using a few already, at least four hours every night. Batteries haven't given up yet. For a night light, I put one in a small lamp specifically for a tea light. Cute. These are really nice with votive holders. It looks real when turned on, with its flickering fake flame, see? (Oops, should've rotated it right side up first.)

11/24/13 sunday caught the free shipping deal on zalora philippines tonight, no minimum purchase required. sweet. x'mas gift-shopping is done. {package received 11/26. excellent.}  12/2/13 monday bought another year's av subscription for the machine last night. that's it, no more online purchases for the rest of this year {i hope}... unless it's something i really need... but no, i'm good. that's it. time flies. it's past 9 p.m. weather's been nice. we're not sweating. meralco bill's a b*tch: +700 just like that! nothing's changed, consumption's the same. a/c hasn't been touched this year. the chart they have printed on the bill, that spike, where did that come from?!? incredible.

wanted to get someone their present before they fly off again because they're not coming home for christmas this year. found nice things online at quirks . made up my mind on: 2 gifts, 1 thing for the house and 1 thing for my wall. signed up last weekend. received the activation/invitation email monday . checked out and paid monday night . on tuesday before noon , received email asking if i wanted to pick another design or receive a refund for one item that was sold out -- i chose another design. tuesday evening , received tracking info. wednesday morning (today) the package is here! seamless transaction with quirks. excellent. quirks used xend. i believe packages sent through xend have been delivered to my house the next day. they're good.

9/10/13 Tuesday Fudge it. Went ahead and ordered prescription eyeglasses online , last night. My poorly made one is stressing me out, breaking me out. 5:30 p.m. Winnie called from the shop to tell me that I need to change my order from mid-index to high-index lenses. I expected it. I was switching between the mid- and high-indexes last night because my prescription is in the high negatives. They'll let me know how much more it's going to cost me tomorrow. 9/11/13 Wednesday Winnie called and it will be 3000 on top of what i already shelled out. Excellent. It will be for the super-duper thin lenses, jargon is high-index 1-point-something. I asked them to email me the details. No more goggle lenses? Can't wait. 9/12/13 Thursday No acknowledgement of payment and email reply re:details of the extra charge so I called them. Payment was received and my order papers already sent to the lab, but she'll get back to me when they get the papers back. 9/17/13 Tuesday Rec

oh, was so happy because my package from amazon.com arrived. compared to my past experiences with their expedited international shipping, in 2009 and 2010 , this latest purchase and philippines delivery was -- wow! timeline/details: * july 30, tuesday - ordered one cd-rom (game) sold by another seller but "fulfilled by amazon" with expedited international shipping. * august 6, tuesday - package delivered by dhl. hurrah! that's only five business days . excellent. the total expedited international delivery cost increased to include a separate "import fees deposit" of $4.18 -- this showed up during checkout. it was most probably added when they switched to dhl (i remember my previous packages went through a local receiving company). and this time, tracking was available: i knew when it left the states and when it arrived in manila; i knew that it was out for delivery as early as monday morning on august 5 but it was raining badly then so i assumed th

hello, package -- timeline for this order Friday, madaling araw - checked out and received email confirmation Saturday, hapon - delivered via xend i think this has been my quickest, completed zalora online order to date. nice. so, they're shipping orders in my area through xend again. they're charging 200 pesos for deliveries outside MM now (still free for purchases 1000 and above). zalora cart combo i was supposed to shop two weeks ago but i couldn't get past the order summary/payment page. that has happened before and when i asked zalora philippines about it, they said one of the possible reasons was that an item in my cart was not available even if their site stated otherwise. so, two weeks ago, i was taking out and putting items in my cart to get a combination that would go through payment but no joy so i stopped trying. i went back friday - the stuff i needed were still "available" - happily, the order went through OK in one go.

the kindle cover we saw at best buy was for paperwhite, without a magnetic snap to keep it closed; it was $34 -- mahal, di na . don't know if the difference in dimensions of a paperwhite and touch (wi-fi) were insignificant that a cover for one would fit the other. anyway, got one off amazon for less than $10 AND it has a magnetic snap to keep it closed (around $15 with standard shipping). this kindle cover is by Acase and so far, it's holding up. it's affordable, fits the kindle touch (wi-fi) OK and it does its job. can't beat that.

Mangoes are in season! Or are they in season all year-round? My left elbow hurts. Put my weight on it yesterday and it might have pinched a nerve. I'm in a fun, silly mood; started learning the words to BNL's "One Week". Watching prices on Amazon. Missed the chance to get a rollator at $70. It's now priced at $90. When that drops again, I'll grab it. Won't be sent here though, will be delivered to a US address {super saver shipping, woohoo!}.

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

blood accidentally cut myself. it's small; not even painful {yet} hardware cmos battery drained, i suspect. bios prompt; time and date not current. probable reason for pc power-up/boot hiccups. will replace cmos battery asap; should be a cr2032 3v batt. hoping our computer-guy's still around; haven't seen him in years; will see if i can reach him tomorrow. i'd do it myself if i could. dammit. towel happier note, ordered aquazorb towel from zalora. wondered why they're not sending tracking info until it was delivered directly by zalora messenger, not lbc like usual; cool. the aquazorb bath towel is so nice; lightweight and super-absorbent. i might get another one.

impulse-buy
 Online shops' product pictures can be misleading. They sent me silly micro-shorts when I ordered regular ones -- twice! I rarely shop on a whim; was reminded why. d.i.y.-ish Can't get out to buy a floor lamp so this will do for now. Boxes aren't stacked according to size but this is holding well and sturdy. Pat in the back; makes me happy. Might need a few more inches off the floor; will add more to the heap then, maybe.

i wrote about following up and then finally receiving the zalora philippines store credit + complimentary voucher here: chasing zalora philippines . so i redeemed them June 13, Wednesday, midnight. {note: no confirmation email received} i received an email from xend with my package's tracking number on June 13, Wednesday, late afternoon. my zalora package was delivered June 15, Friday, early afternoon. excellent. this zalora philippines online order was completed successfully.

high on the agenda is chasing zalora philippines to give me the store credit+voucher we agreed on last monday, may 28. i was one of the many buyers on the zalora website whose orders were lost when they moved warehouses last month. customer complaints flooded their facebook page then, but they have since deleted the angry comments from their wall. choices two weeks ago, they offered me two choices: they'll try to fulfill my paid order but that will take another two weeks or i can just cancel it. if i cancel, i can choose to get a refund or get store credit+voucher. i cancelled and agreed to the store credit+voucher because it seemed like they're back on their feet and i wanted to give them another shot. waiting for recompense an email reply on may 28 said that they'll send the store credit+voucher in 2-3 days; but i got a call on may 29, tuesday, that i'll get them in a week so i waited a week. a week has gone and still no recompense. i was getting anxious. i s

bought someone a gift online last week {monday, 14th} but it did not turn out well. they were in the country then but they flew out this week {wednesday, 23rd} before the gift was delivered. i followed up and the store said that it might take another two weeks to confirm delivery because they are moving warehouses so there is a backlog on earlier orders. they said if i wanted to cancel, they will offer me store credit or a refund. i cancelled. hopefully they'll get everything updated and sorted out very soon. the online shop? zalora

December's package no.2 arrived this morning. I'm getting in as much shopping done this week - I want to have it all done this week, hopefully. I would have taken a picture of what's inside but they're going to be gifts so... hehe. This is my second human heart nature delivery order too. Now, they have the online shopping thing worked out pretty well. They don't have a lot of products so I guess it makes sense that they don't have a wish-list feature as of yet. Here's a time-it-took run-down: Sunday evening - Ordered and paid for {in one go; no waiting for confirmation, no glitch, no hitch} Monday - Received email that package was shipped. Tuesday morning - Package arrived. Human heart nature used table rates for shipping. It's the most affordable I've worked with so far. They used LBC. Needless to say, I lost no sleep with this one.

Shopped online at tradeport.com.ph again. I bought the Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500. I wanted it in pink but their MS vendor only had it in purple, so purple it is! Tradeport had a technical problem last week -- the PAY button did not work. They had to manually send my invoice {with pay-link} before the order was processed. I kind of thought there was a problem because the last time I shopped there, I got straight through to paying without a glitch. Anyway, I hope the problem's fixed. My package arrived Friday afternoon. I paid for it Tuesday afternoon. 3-day wait = nice! They used Air21 for shipping. Air21 sent me delivery-progress text messages all day on Friday: * {8 AM} that shipment is Friday, * {10 AM - twice!} that it was scheduled then + a reminder that either I or an authorized rep be there to receive it, and * {4:30 PM} that it was delivered + name of who signed for it. So much attention from Air21; it was great. Tradeport communicated well too.