Living in the City

I always say this wherever I go, whoever I am with, I am proud to be part of Marikina City. I like its "rural" like ambiance and yet I know I am in the city. It is a community where discipline is almost always apparent in the way its citizens conduct their daily life. Back in the old days, Marikina manufactured the best shoes. I remember back when I was about 10 years old, my aunts used to come to Marikina to have a made to order shoes. Sturdy almost to a fault, Marikina used to be THE shoeplace. The arrival of Made in China shoes however, extinguished the marketability of the Marikina made shoe. It could no longer compete with the cheaper and the mass marketed shoes from the Chinese. Sigh! Wonder how the early Marikina shoe industry made its mark? "Marikina is not the shoe capital of the Philippines for nothing. For the greater part of the 20th century, Marikina was the biggest manufacturer of quality shoes. There was a time, between 1978 and 1982, when Marikina’s women

Some Horse Things I Picked Up from the Net 1. The French, Italians, Swiss, Japanese and Canadian are horse meat gourmets. 2. Around 65,000 to 100,000 horses are slaughtered in the United States for export. Where? Naturally to Europe, Japan Quebec . 3. Horsemeat is tuoted to be of superiour, both lean and fine textured as well as protein-rich. But at the same time it is tough that needs tenderizing by way of marinades. 4. It is said that horses are immune to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (afflicting cows). Precisely, a good substitute for beef whenever there is mad cow scare. 5. Horse meat is sold as minced meat, steaks, sausages, and brochettes. 6. Horse meat is healthy: 175 calories, 29 grams of protein, 68 milligrams cholesterol per 3-ounce portion. The same cut of sirloin weighs in at 210 calories, 24 grams of protein, 75 milligrams of cholesterol. The horse’s meat possess glycogen content that is four times that of milk. It is popular with people suffering from

For the New Year, I have decided to upgrade my look. Aside from a new hairstyle and hair color, I found the best thing from Zenni Optical -- a pair of stylish prescription glasses to complement my new aura. Without having to go to an optometrist, I bought this Zenni Optical $8 Rx Glasses through the web. Each Rx glass sold online is guaranteed to be of high quality frames. Each pair is designed in outstanding thin and light plastic material with anti-scratch coated lens to provide full UV protection. My new Zenni Optical Rx glasses are truly of value for money, having been factory lens edge polished and beveled. What more could I ask for? Every pair of Zenni Optical Rx glasses sold is encased in best quality hard eyeglass case with micro fiber lens cleaning cloth. It was truly a great discovery from Zenni Optical! With their wide array of stylish selections, look what I got, a two tone plastic full rim frame (#3390) -- in burgundy. And

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Whether you are a believer or not, Happy Valentines just the same! <<<<< style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> And BTW, let me just say this... I will always remember Valentines with images of wine, roses, chocolates, braided hair, blue and white organza dress - - - happiness, and at the same time thoughts of fear and loneliness. Sigh :-( Even in remembrance there's still these mixed feelings of emotions. But hey, Cheers everyone!

I got this invitation from babymeemo to join this blog promotion activity (I think). I have taken the liberty of copying the full text of her broadcast so I don't lose anything in the process. I hope I got it right. So here goes, if you will, join in. Thanks. "You do not have to be tagged to play along. This game is simple and so are the rules. 1. Copy from *Start Copy Here* through *End Copy Here* 2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post at each site you add. 3. Tag or don’t tag, your choice, however, the more tags you create the bigger the list will grow. 4. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE . I will add you to the master list. (If you would like a scroll box code, leave me your email address and I will email it to you.) Scroll Box Example. (I decided not to use the box for the Big Bang for ease of copying.) 5. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This process will allow late-comers to get as mu

Before the year of the Rat ends and that's going to be sometime in February 2009, I would have done at least 1 photomosaic project. According to engadget a 'photo mosaic is one large image made out of hundreds and thousands of tiny images from your personal stash, from google images or even frames from a movie. There are a few applications that do this for free, on Macs / PCs. In the field of photographic imaging, a photographic mosaic (also known under the term Photomosaic, a portmanteau of photo and mosaic , trademarked by Runaway Technology, Inc.) is a picture (usually a photograph ) that has been divided into (usually equal sized) rectangular sections, each of which is replaced with another photograph of appropriate average color. When viewed at low magnifications, the individual pixels appear as the primary image, while close exa mination reveals that the image is in fact made up of many hundreds or thousands of smaller images. They are a computer created type of montag