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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.