Category: Thrive at Home

  • Inexpensive Way to Treat a Cold

    Inexpensive Way to Treat a Cold

    I’ve been sick with a cold for the past week. I got rained on and didn’t change out of my wet clothes… so, here we are. Feeling a cold coming on, the next day, I took some Berocca. It’s the orange tablet that you dunk in a glass of water and drink. It’s what I…

  • How to get the most of SM’s 3-Day Sales

    How to get the most of SM’s 3-Day Sales

    Get an extra 10% off on all your purchases inside SM Dept Store on if you shop BEFORE 12NN on the FIRST DAY of the sale: 1. Scope out the things you want to buy days before the sale. If you have time, a few days before the sale, go to the SM Dept. Store and…

  • Arrow – Season 3, Episode 1 “The Calm” Recap

    Arrow – Season 3, Episode 1 “The Calm” Recap

    Oh, wow. Just finished watching the first episode of this season’s Arrow. I am so glad the gang’s back. I realize I actually missed them. There’s so much to tell! Detective Lance is now Captain Lance, and recognizing all the good that The Arrow has done for Starling City, he’s disbanded the task force hunting…

  • Horrible Experience at Smart Center SM Sta. Mesa

    Horrible Experience at Smart Center SM Sta. Mesa

    Just had a horrible experience at Smart Center at SM City Sta. Mesa To those who don’t know what a Smart money card is – it’s like an ATM/ electronic cash/ credit card product that can be used to send/receive money, make payments, etc.. My Smart money card is about to expire on Sept. 2014…

  • Got my Sony Cybershot DSC-W830 at a discount!

    Got my Sony Cybershot DSC-W830 at a discount!

    My old Sony Cybershot DSC-W120’s mode dial had been giving me problems for a few years. I’ve had it since oh, 2008? Everything else in that camera is still working great, but the loose mode dial was something that had really annoyed me and I ended up not using the camera as much. What is…

  • Beauty and the Beast 2012, Season 2 Episode 9

    Beauty and the Beast 2012, Season 2 Episode 9

    I’ve been watching this series since it started. It didn’t really catch my attention all that much. There was something missing. I don’t know. I think it was because there was no chemistry between the two leads and also because The Beast is a wuss. By that, I mean, he is indecisive and waffles between…

  • Kitchen Boss’s Cheesecake – Simply Out of This World Delicious!

    Kitchen Boss’s Cheesecake – Simply Out of This World Delicious!

    I had some cream cheese bought at Buy 1 Take 1 taking up space in the fridge for some time, and the other night, I chanced upon a video of Buddy Valastro making cheesecake. He made it seem so easy! So since I was running out of ideas about what to do with my cream cheese,…

  • Some Complaints About Globe’s Immortal Promo

    Some Complaints About Globe’s Immortal Promo

    I have been using Globe’s new Immortal promo after I saw the many ads for it a couple of months ago. If you are not familiar with the promo, here is info from the Globe website. Here is my experience with it after about 2 months of usage. At first, I was like, hmm.. this…

  • HP 3-IN-1 All-in-One Printer Is Super Useful!

    HP 3-IN-1 All-in-One Printer Is Super Useful!

    My sister got this printer from one of her company’s incentive campaigns. It’s an HP Deskjet Ink Advantage All-in-One Printer, model K209a. It is currently attached to our desktop, which is primarily used by my parents. We’ve had this printer for the better part of a year, but it has only been recently when I…

  • Sun Cellular’s new TU300 + Globe/Smart Gripes

    Sun Cellular’s new TU300 + Globe/Smart Gripes

    Do you have a lot of friends on Smart and TNT? Well, guess what?! Sun Cellular now offers TU 300. It gives you unlimited Sun to Sun texts, 500 texts to other networks, and 5 hours of calls to Sun, Smart and TNT, valid for 30 days! Update: Please note that the 5 hours of calls…

  • Refill Your Ink Cartridge Yourself, Save Money!

    Refill Your Ink Cartridge Yourself, Save Money!

    Hi everyone, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! A few months ago, my sister got a new HP printer as a freebie, so I took our old one for my own personal use. The new one is still in the family computer area. Since the old printer is now in my room and I…

  • Manila Hotel Prestige Club Membership

    Manila Hotel Prestige Club Membership

    A few weeks ago, I posted about the benefits of owning a hotel membership. Right now, I am very happy with our Manila Hotel Prestige Club Membership so I am going to talk a little more about it for people who might be interested to know more. The membership costs P7,000 flat for a one-year…

  • CHRISTMAS GIVING DO’S AND DON’TS!

    CHRISTMAS GIVING DO’S AND DON’TS!

    Christmas is less than two weeks away, and with Christmas comes gift-giving and gift-receiving! But don’t you just hate it when people give you crap? Yes, yes, it’s the thought that counts. But what are you going to do with all the useless stuff people give you? As the saying goes, do unto others what…

  • Hotel Memberships – What to Look for and Why You Should Get Them

    My family has had a long history with hotel memberships. We become members because we know it’s good value if you use it often. When you are being sold memberships, don’t get swayed by the fancy freebies or the ‘get it now because we’re running out of stock’ trick. Think how often and how likely…