Mica came here to Cebu for a short vacation and Be Resorts invited her for a day tour. Fortunately, she tagged me along.
Be Resorts Mactan is one of Cebu’s newest resorts and is slowly gaining popularity now. Located on the less busy side of Mactan Island, Be Resorts is surely a great place to unwind and spend time with your family.
Ms. Andrea Lugue, Be Resorts Marketing & Communications Manager, is the one who warmly welcomed me and Mica when we came to the resort. The first thing we did was have a good lunch.
Last Wednesday I got the Canon EOS 1000D I ordered locally. Thanks to Iggy who inspired me into buying an entry-level DSLR, I can now pursue my photography frustrations. My EOS 1000D kit came in with the zoom lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS.
Since today’s a holiday, and before I proceed with my work-related tasks, I went around our backyard armed with my new DSLR. I already did this before using just a Cybershot digital camera. To my relief, I did fairly good shots that time. How about now?
I am still a newbie DSLR-user so the shots may not be really awesome — plus our backyard’s not really good-looking too. (Note: I did not use manual mode in shooting, I adjusted the aperture and ISO myself.)
It wasn’t much of a surprise when medicinal brands started seeping into social networking sites long ago. The day social networking was discovered to be an effective marketing weapon, brands and businesses of every type (from food to apparel and then medicine) has tried to establish a strong web presence and get hold of a large number of ‘fans’.
Take for example, Facebook. Facebook is not just your ordinary person’s favorite social network. It’s not just all about faces. Facebook is also a good advertising avenue. And medicinal brands didn’t lag behind.
Probably the noisiest medicinal brand in Facebook would be Alaxan FR.
The last time I tried and willingly installed Ubuntu on my machine was (maybe) a year ago. I’ve always wanted to stick to Ubuntu because of its being open-source and the huge community that supports it. But my college life then really required me to stick my ass on Windows. Plus when the latest Windows 7 was released, we students got free authentic licenses. Windows 7 is absolutely cool (since Vista’s doomsday) but I grew tired of it already. It was time to make the big switch. Yesterday, I wiped clean my laptop of its Windows 7 ascendancy and replaced it with Lucid Lynx, technically known as Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Part of being back in the Ubuntu world are some improvements I have noticed (now, and since using Ubuntu at work). Some of it are:
faster boot-up time – always been the priority of Ubuntu devs I guess
Ubuntu One – it’s something new but I haven’t explored the full of it yet
Me Menu and social apps – I didn’t know it was called the “Me Menu” until I read it today; Gwibber is very useful for sneaking in my tweets at work
overall speed – I noticed an increase in overall speed, not much, but enough to call it increase
Ubuntu Software Center – is like the Ubuntu software catalog; sleek and useful
A screen shot of my current desktop with the Ubuntu Software Center and Gwibber open.
It’s a short local version commercial of a so-so popular painkiller (analgesic) called Saridon. Whenever I get a headache or a fever, my mother or grandmother would always tell me to drink Saridon as it is proven more effective compared to the other common painkillers based on their experience. In turn, when a friend experiences the same, I also suggest Saridon. But what do I know about Saridon aside from its being a painkiller? None. Let me check Google for this.
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