Who haven't gone to Vegas? That would be me! I haven't although I have lived here in the US for more than three years already. There's so many things to do and so little time and money is also a consideration. I would love to go to Las Vegas and try one of those packaged Vegas vacations but haven't had the chance yet because of the reasons above. Well, I'm optimistic I will be able to in the future. :)

Thanks Hailey for this tag. It's never too late to catch up. :)


My roommates and I once: sang a song together. hehe...


Never in my life have I: been drunk.


High school was: full of fun memories.


When I’m nervous: I sing or smile a lot.

My hair: long, black and healthy as what other people say.


When I was 5: I used to go with my Mom to General Santos City to meet with our Dad at the port there.


When I turn my head left: , I am probably looking at something.


I should be: researching about cell phone repeater


By this time next year: I hope I am back in school taking my Masters.


My favorite aunt is: Aunt Victoria.


I have a hard time understanding: some technical stuff especially with internet stuff.

You know I like you if: I smile a lot and is very friendly with you.


My ideal breakfast is: something that I wanted to havein my mind and actually have it.

If you visit my home town: you would be impressed with the cleanliness.

If you spend the night at my house: I'd probably cook/prepare something and make you feel very comfortable.

The animal I would like to see flying besides birds: is an eagle.


I shouldn’t have been: too worried about something. I could have saved my energy for other usefull stuff.

Last night I: went out with some friends at Harmonious Monks.


A better name for me would be: I don't know. I like my name and can't think of anything else fitting. It means grace from God. :)


I’ve been told I look like: somebody in St. Mary's, GA.


If I could have any car, it would be: an Infiniti or Nissan Maxima.

Now am passing this tag to: Mica

What's up? I should be saying this to myself I guess. It's been almost a month? Gosh! The last post I have here in this blog was last August 22nd and I have a difficulty of writing something right now. I guess this can be considered an entry. Just saying what's up?! hehehe... Again, since the last storm Fay, I was trying to grope for the desire to write. I had some distractions which I think will go on for more months but I hope to be more updated and energetic to write. Got tons of work to do and I am bent to finish something tonight at least. Ok here goes...

Wow! I'm just happy to let you know that Charter is giving away a Laptop every day for 30 days! This is a great opportunity! Have you been wanting to have a laptop for so long? All you have to do to enter the Charter Laptop-a-Day Giveaway is to order any Charter Communications service online which you already need anyway and be automatically entered to win an HP Compaq Presario C770US Laptop! This is so cool! Not only that, aside from potentially winning the $600 value laptop, you also get a Shell gas card valued up to $100. You can choose from their low priced internet services - Charter High-Speed® Internet at $19.99/mo for 6 months, Charter Digital Home™ and High-Speed Internet at $69.98/mo for 6 months or Charter Digital Home™, High-Speed Internet, and Charter Telephone® at $99.97/mo. for 12 months. Here are the laptop's scpecifications:

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Plus a NEOtec Laptop Backpack!

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I have found this really cool personality test in YoUniverse.com. Want to try? Click on the widget below and it will direct you to the very simple and easy quiz. You'll be surprised of how difficult it can be to choose and in the process you will discover yourself.

What is the the latest about Stem Cell research for women? We already know that C'elle has this revolutionary stem cell research for women that collects and preserves stem cells harvested from women's menstrual fluid each month which will be used to collect vital information for potential cellular therapies and treatments in the future. Think about anti aging treatments customized for you and treatments to possible life threatening diseases such as heart disease ad stroke? Now, they have a promotion called, "Caring is Sharing" which for a limited time, you can purchase C'elle for yourself and give the service to whomever you want to give it to for free. Now that women has the power to take control of their future, they shouldn't miss the chance of sharing the service to the people they love. To know how this service empowered a client, there is a C'elle Client Testimonialavailable on the C'elle website. Just visit and see for yourself or for a loved one if you haven't done so.

I am truly grateful to Hailey for always think about me in terms of tags. Thanks!

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Icelog (Who am I?) Some things for you to know about me


So here are the questions and answers:

LAYER ONE:
- Name: Janice – Birth date: December 12 – Birthplace: Philippines– Current Location: Florida, USA – Eye Color: black– Hair Color: Black– Righty or Lefty: Righty


LAYER TWO:
– Your heritage: Filipino– The shoes you wore today: Liz Claiborne Your weakness: emotional – Your fears: to disappoint people – Your perfect pizza: something freshly cooked with lots of cheese and fresh ingredients – Goal you’d like to achieve in life: to be able to do everything I want to do in life and not regret in the future
– Your most overused phrase on AIM: Oh my God – Your first waking thoughts: I have never really paid attention to my thoughts. – Your best physical feature: I don't know – Your most missed memory: my childhood


LAYER FOUR:
– Pepsi or Coke: Coke – McDonald’s or Burger King: McDo – Single or group dates: Both – Adidas or Nike: Nike – Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Neither - Chocolate or vanilla: Both– Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino


LAYER FIVE
– A famous person, dead or alive, would you interview: my grandfather – Movie can you watch and say the lines along with the actors: Can't think of any – Name two of your passions in life : family and work (*wink) – Least favorite time of day: early morning


LAYER SIX
– Use hairspray or gel: None.– Your favorite meal: Chinese and Filipino Food.– Color is the inside of your head when you close your eyes: – Listen to classical music: Mozart – Ever said LOL in real life without thinking about it: Nope


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Not tagging anybody. Anyone can grab this!

Have you ever thought that one day you can find a service that could trace an unknown phone number to its owner? This is what we call Reverse Phone Lookup where you can actually lookup the owner's name and address of the unknown phone number. To me, those pranksters, telemarketers and annoying unknown phone calls are tolerable unless they are already harrassing and threatening one's life and privacy. There was one time that I really needed this service but didn't know about this until today when an acquintance was kind of having a weird behavior and I got tons of unknown calls at that time. I suspected that it was him so I got kind of scared. If ever that happens again, I will definitely use Trace Number.com's service for peace of mind.

What an honor to receive this from Hailey! My blog or I kick a**? Great! Lol!





Do you know any bloggers that kick ass?Maybe they’ve got incredible, original content. Or they’re overflowing with creativity. Is it someone that helps you become a better blogger? Or a bloggy friend you know you can count on? Or maybe it’s someone who simply inspires you to be a better person… or someone else who sends you to the floor, laughing your ass off.Whatever the reason may be, I’m sure you know at least a couple of bloggers that kick ass. Well… why not tell ‘em so?LOVE ON ‘EM



* Choose 5 bloggers that you feel are “Kick Ass Bloggers”

* Let ‘em know via email, twitter or blog comments that they’ve received an award

* Share the love and link back to both the person who awarded you and back to http://www.mammadawg.com/

* Pass it on!To get the code for the image you can go back to mamadawg.com - don’t forget to link up the person who nominated you for the Kick Ass Blogger Club.



I'm nominating the following blogger friends who kick a**!



Jennyr, Mica, Rhebs, Arlene, Tiklaton, Angie

"The Jacksonville campus and all the surrounding offices are closed today and will remain closed until Friday morning or until further notice. A Tropical Storm watch is in effect for the Florida East Coast and the greater Jacksonville area."

I feel bad for feeling good when I heard this on the phone. There is no work today which made me feel good but who knows? Disasters could happen and who would want that? Tropical Storm Fay is moving so slowly and those it has crossed its paths are drenched with rain and heavy flooding. Right now, I already experienced two power outages in short periods of time and I'm just hoping that no worse things happen. A co-worker of mine called and wanted me to go to her house which is just nearby but even with Dansko shoes, I wouldn't want to battle the strong winds and heavy rains. I might get stuck with flood water in the middle of the road.

Well, I have prepared a little bit. Hopefully, this will be over today so that we can get back to work tomorrow. So many unfinished business.

Tonight, I got the chance of watching the Olympics. Last night, I slept early and woke up early this morning. You know, I felt much better that I didn't spend so much time in the computer lately. I know, I have missed a lot of opportunities and I've been slacking with my blogging but I think I have given it so much of my time that I deserve to rest a little bit and enjoy other activities. And I have been.

A few minutes ago, I was able to watch Micheal Phelps get another gold for a men's swimming event. He's just awesome. Great athlete. And so with the other American swimmers like his close friend Crocket. I was also able to watch the two women American beach volleyball players win over Belgium and get into the semi finals. It was a very good game. I was on the edge of my seat cheering. I used to watch the Olympics back in the Philippines and now, I am just happy to be able to watch it tonight. I am praying that Shaun Johnson and Nastia Liukin win the gymnastics event. I wonder what events the Philippines is participating into. I'll just check in the internet next time.

Sleepy now. Ciao!

I have been looking for a software that can convert WMV to AVI. Now I've learned that Blaze Media Pro Software can do this and so with converting of different files. It's an all-in-one audio and video converter for CD, MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AVI, WMV, MOV, Flash (SWF and FLV), iPod, PSP, 3GP, etc.; editor; recorder; CD/DVD ripper; audio, video, data CD/DVD burner for DVD, VCD, and SVCD; and more. Video editing is available for AVI. Just look at the image below.

Thanks Jen for this tag.


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1. Are you pregnant? Nope!
2. When do you want to get married? Pass on this one. Too sensitive.
3. Do you curse a lot? No. Not a lot. Lol! Just kidding. ;)
4. What are your favorite books? No favorites. Just got back reading.
5. Do wish you were with someone right now? Yup! With my family in the Philippines.
6. Who were the last three people that sent you a text message? my Mom, Joy H and Gesley B.
7. Are you happier single or in a relationship? Happy in both worlds. Just see the positive side and you will learn to appreciate both.
8. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? Yes. It gets abused though.
9. Do you wish someone would call you? Yes. My family.
10. What is bugging you right now? What to wear tomorrow at the HH.
11. What's something you wish you could understand better? Myself. Make peace with myself.
12. If someone doesn't like you, it’s usually because...? We are two different persons. Can't please everybody.
13. Do you have a wild side? Yup like everyone else.
14. Kissed someone in the last twenty-four hours? Nope.
15. Have you lost friends in the past year? Yes. I'm happier now without them.
16. What were you doing at midnight last night? Sleeping of course. Got to get my energy for work the following day.

Tagging: Gie, Kim, Haley, Eds, Mica and YOU!

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There are people who are very appreciative of art like me. Although I don't know much about it and my view of an art like painting, music, theatricals and others might be shallow, I know that I am very inclined to arts. Are you? Do you like to go to art Galleries and love to look at paintings for hours? Ever wonder what the artists were thinking and feeling when they painted those masterpieces? Ever dreamed of painting them yourself?

Park West Gallery is online to bring you what you are passionate about, Art. When you visit the site, I'm sure you'll appreciate the elegant design and how they have arranged the links so one can navigate easily. Learn about the Artists and their works. Learn about Jean Claude Picot and Park West Gallery today.

I'm being tagged by Sunshine4life. I like this tag although I get to do something to be able to follow the rules. Anyway, just for this tag, I took a photo of my latest show purchase. I got this from Charlotte Russe. Haven't used it yet since I just bought it last Saturday. I think this is the shoes that I have with the highest heels. It's cheap and fits perfectly that's why I didn't hesitate to buy it. I'm tagging Mica, Hailey, Jenny, Gie, Kim, Eds and Kate.

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What’s your shoe size? Are your feet the same size as your mom’s feet? How about your sister’s feet? Can you borrow shoes from each other?

Post a picture of your latest shoe buy. Tag the number of women of your shoe size, i.e. size 5 = tag 5 friends. Don’t forget to drop a line in this blog when you’re done.
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- Me and Mine
- Joys in Life
- Icelog

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It's always fun to swim at the pool especially with friends. The last time, I was trying to float but there were no pool floats available. I know I shouldn't be using any like that since I'm already a 20+ something person, but I can't help it. I don't know how to swim and would just stay at the lower level within the pool. I know I can learn to swim but just don't have the time to practice. Oh well...

Okay, who wants a brand new tv? I do! I would like to have a similar size and kind of television like my friend couple has. Their Samsung HDTV sure really looks good and produced a really awesome picture quality. I had a lot of fun at yesterday's party. With karaoke and an HDTV, it was pure singing satisfaction. hehehe....Okay, I am exaggerating but I can definitely say that there's a whole lot of difference when you have a 52" widescreen 1080p LCD HDTV. Well, when I can afford it, I mean truly afford it, I will surely buy one. Right now though, unfortunately, I don't have a dime to spare. tsk..tsk...

This coming Halloween, I have thought of wearing a nurse costume. It's not hard to find nurse costumes because there are tons of nurses here in the states. I actually know of one and I just can call her anytime I want to borrow. lol! That would be a good representation of Filipino nurses and I could pose at least for a day as one. Would I look good in it? I don't know. It remains to be seen. All I need to do right now is to find the one that will fit me. It's kind of difficult here in the states to find the one that will really suit me. Well' I still have time!

Since coming here in the US, I have moved 4 times already in just three years. Can't believe it but one really never know what's going to happen in the future. Suddenly, you find yourself in another country even if you hadn't thought or ever dreamed about it. It just happens. It can be an adventure but the only thing that is a hassle is moving. Yes, to me, moving stuff is difficult. Since birth, I had not moved in another place so I wasn't used to the idea of buying or using moving boxes. It's really a big help and protects your stuff from damage. I wasn't aware that there are cushioning wraps, packing paper, moving kits, etc. to help a person have a good move. Now, I am more "exposed" to moving so I know those things already. lol!

Last Friday, we went to Casbah at the trendy Avondale/Riverside at St. Johns here in Jacksonville. It was my first time to go to a middle eastern cafe and what a refreshing experience. It was my first time to try the hookah and I was surprised because I didn't expect that a tobacco could be so good. My co-workers ordered the grape and darma flavors and I liked it. I won't be hooked with it though. It was just for the experience and when we go back there, I will know what flavor to order. Overall the food was really good although I didn't like the cous cous.

Now, the best part? The bellydancer. Every hour, a belly dancer will perform in front of the diners. Wow! Now, I want to try belly dancing, too! Of course, if I can find the time. It was funny. I was trying to give the dancer a dollar but don't know where to put it. I tried to put it everywhere in her skirt, underneath the bra until the dancer told me that I should put it in strap. Everybody thought it was funny. I thought so, too. I was kind of embarrassed but who cares? They don't know me anyway. I even danced with the belly dancer. lol!

TGIF!