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trying to make it pretty

spilled on my shirt. i smell of coffee. sana taste central starts shipping outside mm soon. i could use that 20k trolley... in my dreams. local ikea warehouse, are you in the works? a white leaning/ladder bookcase might be purchased if and when. form and function. please do not run a fat blue cable in here. pangit . small victory when i convinced someone to get rid of a big black garbage bag full of very old and funky pillows na we'll never, ever use again. it was ugly and suffocating - it was on a shelf, the first thing you'd see - it sucked the joy and light out of me from the space. so, the room is nice and cool? thanks. it's true because we've been mindfully throwing clutter out; been doing it in small batches. it doesn't look like much but you can feel it. the end goal is to make it look clean, open and even pretty. it's a process. baby steps. diy. good decorating doesn't happen overnight.

ships, flies, spikes

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.

storm yolanda

nov. 8, 2013, friday getting ready for {what's being called} the worst typhoon of 2013 named yolanda. they put and secured covers over the veranda, and hid pots and pans that were on a long table at our outdoor kitchen. drinking water - check! food - check! batteries - check! transistor radio - check! flashlights - check! it's 5 p.m. it's raining and i hear gusts of wind. it's 9 p.m. the rain stopped but it's still very windy, very windy. temperature-wise, the long-stored balabal is fished out and now wrapped around my shoulders. nov. 9, 2013, saturday it rained again at dawn. it stopped by mid-morning. the sun came out. still windy. shower-burst in the afternoon. it's 9 p.m. a little windy. no rain. nov. 10, 2013, sunday yolanda moved on. we are ok but, sadly, many are not. donate to the philippine red cross

quirks delivery

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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.