Last Halloween (10/31/2012), Noodle Boy was game enough to go on a fun photoshoot with me and the costume I decided to don for our Trick or Treat that night with the kids from our neighborhood/district (Hey, I'm making up for all the lost Halloweens in my childhood!).

It's really not very unique but considering the pieces of clothing I gathered from my old closet (which amazingly fit me once more!), I say it was a real success in pulling off a Red Riding Hood costume.And I didn't have to spend a single centavo for it!

The hood is actually a vest with a hood in it which I wore over a white tunic and I got my old Mango black corset and wore it over both. I borrowed a plaid skirt worn over my old black leggings and chose my white 1914 Doc Martens to complete my look. Got my mom's basket of poinsettias and an old checkered tablecloth for props.

I was afraid the flowers would look too Christmas-y but heck, I couldn't find any French bread in my town!

Take one lucky guess where we had this photoshoot! This was at the Ormoc City Cemetery. Yup, if you look closer, you'll see a couple of tombstones in mausoleums. Anyway, I didn't get the chance to blog this because I got caught up with work and I had this annoying eye infection (which the oldies said was due to the photoshoot in A CEMETERY! Pfft!) so sorry about the delay. This would have been a really cool Halloween post. Better late than never, yeah?

Halloween Special from RameNoodles (RamenGirl NoodleBoy) ... 

 
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As far as dream houses are concerned, I'd very much want mine to be like a villa perched on a cliff overlooking the sea or ocean. Having lived in a coastal area all my life, there is nothing more I want than to stay here than  move into some lame subdivision even with all its exclusive amenities or out to the countryside in a cozy little cabin. I want a modern-looking house. Minimalist in design. White and neutral colors. A small outside pool or Jacuzzi would be perfect.


xoxo,

Around Christmas time last year, my friend Claire asked me to get her a white Macbook. I told her it wasn't a good time to buy it because there's a new model coming out and well, if you're familiar with Apple, you know what happens when there's a product upgrade. Cheaper prices, much better features coming up next, etc... so she waited.

Summer came and she asked me again if prices have gone down or if it was time to buy one. I told her... "Wait for it..." 

Then a few days ago I told her about the education promo and told her it was such a good deal. So we finally bought one.

With all the waiting and anticipating, I present you Kleng and her new macbook (which she hasn't given a name yet!)...





That's an ear to ear smile she got there! See what I mean? Oh, the joy! And the unboxing scents... ahhh, it's heaven. I just love the smell of Apple products first time out of the box. I mean, doesn't everyone? ;)



It's the new model, almost the same specs as my Mickey! And better battery life, too! Booo!



Oh, the pleasure of helping out somebody make a switch to Apple. HAHAHAHA! (Spoken like a true fangirl?)


I just love showing people the way of the mac. I should work as an Apple Genius. Really. I must admit I am a convert, all because I think that a mac makes everything so easy and you get to finish your work faster... and boy, does it unleash creativity... ^_^ Plus, you gotta hand it to them. It's a work of art... it's just beautiful.

End of blog post. Time to work now. Ciao!

The recent news of Microsoft (MS) wanting to rebrand netbooks as "low-cost small PCs" got me thinking... WHY? Don't you think it's pretty long to keep saying the multi-syllable "low-cost small notebook PC" instead of just a two-syllable "netbook"? I don't know about you but I am so sticking to just "netbook". Here's a funny chart I found on what can be classified as a netbook:


I never intended to buy one... at least for myself, because a netbook is just a lightweight and small version of the traditional laptop aimed at Internet usage and emailing. Hey, I can do that with my phone and my Ipod Touch! But when my mom was constantly complaining at how my old laptop just dies on her when she's trying to type with it, I knew I had to do something, or in this case, buy a netbook. So when Mother's Day came, I told her I was getting her one, on the condition that it'd also double/triple as her birthday gift as well as for their [my parents'] 40th wedding anniversary gift. LOL!

Now, the big question. WHICH NETBOOK TO GET??? There's Lenovo, Asus, Acer, Benq, MSI, HP Mini, you name it... there are too many choices out there and with the same specs and prices!!! Accordingly, each model has its own strengths and weaknesses, but I can't really tell the difference myself. Netbooks though are not designed for heavy programs such as Photoshop or large image processing; they can, however, deal with most Office applications such as Excel and Word very easily.

The first thing I considered was the price. (Of course, who doesn't?) Good thing Thinking Tools, Inc. was having a Midsummer Madness Promo so I headed there to check out what they had... and my choices were trimmed down to the following:



Apparently, the new Asus EEE PC had the Mac-inspired chiclet keys! And it also had the new Atom N280 (1.66 Ghz) processor with 9.5 hours of battery life!!! Sweet specs for a pretty sweet price tag! Plus Wireless N!!! I knew I made the right choice as we've had it for almost a month now and I'm really impressed with the battery life! And it comes with Star Office so you don't have to install MS Office on this baby. Okay, so the netbook is slightly heavier and bigger than the others but you can't go wrong with its performance. My mom actually watched the entire 25 episodes of Boys Over Flowers on this little thing!

And so since it had the Macbook feel with it, I decided to tweak it a wee bit and now it looks like a Macbook wannabe!!! ^_^ Well, not even half the speed of Mac OS X but for a fraction of the price... I couldn't be happier!

Check out the pics below:





See? What did I tell ya? It's actually running on WinXP, by the way.

Now here's a stolen shot I took while my mom had her hair styled while using the computer. Shhh! I hope she doesn't read this blog. ^_^ Hehe! *Peace, Ma!



And here are more shots of her while she was happily playing with her new toy. Oh and do you guys know that last year, I got her a PSP because she was asking for one? HAHAHA! My mom is quite a techy senior citizen! My, my... I wonder who I got my gadget girl impulses from? Hmmm...





Bookworm (as well as other Popcap games) runs pretty smooth on the netbook. I think because I upgraded the RAM to 2 GB. Tee hee.



Alright, Ma!!! Are You Happy??? ^_^



Yup, I think she really is. :) I love you, Ma! ^^,

And thanks for letting me borrow it from time to time especially when I'm out...
Yet I won't even dare compare it, but really, this is the next best thing to a Macbook White. LOL!


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