August 2008

Beijing Olympics (08.08.08)

“One World, One Dream” The number 8 symbolizes wealth in Chinese, which is why the 2008 Summer Olympics will be celebrated in Beijing starting today until August 24, 2008. Today’s date not just reflects one 8 but three 8′s in a row. To add more oomph luck for good measure, the organizers added an extra [...]

Home gym equipment

The picture above reminds me of the movie Transformers. I didn’t know they already made gym equipment that looked like the one above. LOL. As I may have probably mentioned here already, my brothers are into body toning and conditioning at the local gym. As for me, I haven’t tried it yet, but I have [...]

Making ends meet

Did you know that a kilo of chicken thigh now costs around PhP 150? Yup! I learned of it when I went shopping for groceries when I was back home in Dumaguete sometime around the last week of July. You see, it has somewhat become a habit of mine to treat my siblings to an [...]