They say that the value of gold moves alongside the value of Euro so that means, gold is much cheaper now than before and that further means that now is the best time to buy buy gold bullion because as soon as the value of Euro picks up, like it seems to be doing recently, the value of gold will also pick up and when that happens, people who bought gold bullion can sell their gold at a higher value.

Investing in silver is also not such a bad idea because like gold, the value of silver is getting higher. Experts say that it is the best time to invest in silver and, especially, gold right now because the gold bar has a proven ability to diversify investments, protect wealth and preserve one’s purchasing power.

Right now, we don’t have permanent office furniture yet. All we have is a table and a chair at one corner and that’s good enough for now but later, I want some real office furniture for our home office.

The master’s bedroom is equally bare. All we have is the wardrobe and a temporary bed. We would like to prioritize that room but we haven’t agreed yet on what furniture to buy. I would like to go for some rustic bedroom furniture but my husband would like to have the modern ones. He wants furniture with a touch of Asian style just like those in our kitchen.

The kid’s room is empty since obviously, we don’t have a kid yet. Right now, we use it as an ironing room. It gets really messy sometimes but once I get pregnant (probably next year), I would like to do some serious work on this room. I want it to be perfect for our baby. I will personally decorate it and design it. Haha, that thought makes me want to have a baby now… but that will have to wait a bit.

That was a year of hard work and I am glad I got through it. There were times when I thought… I should just quit and be a bum but every time I get those ideas, I also find the courage to continue. Work life here in Europe is stressful. Everybody demands something from you and you just have to fulfill all these demands.

So I am thinking of rewarding myself for a job well done. First, I thought of buying an ipod touch 32G but hubby already has one and I am free to use it anytime I want. We don’t need two ipods in this house. And on the other hand, my iphone can do all the things an ipod can do so an ipod is completely unnecessary.

A Macbook Pro would be a really good reward but it is quite expensive too and I am not sure if I really want to spend my hard earned money on such luxury. My reasonable side is telling me that I don’t have to spend that much on a new computer but my diabolic side is telling me to go on with it since it looks like I will have to go through another year of hard work again.

MacBook Pro or no MacBook Pro, I hope that I still have enough patience to do the same job for at least another year.

I have heard many positive things about it like it’s cool to be there and so on but I did not go simply because it’s in January and that’s about the time when Austria is experiencing deep winter. If I can help it, I stay inside the house when the temperatures are low because I can’t stand the cold. So no matter how interested I was, I opted to stay home and just watch the whole thing on TV.

It was indeed a very interesting event. People got really creative with their costumes. I wonder… if I would have gone to that event, what would I have worn? I probably would have worn just simple costumes—nothing catchy since I would just be there to witness the event. Or, I would have completely hid my gender and dress up in one of those Slipknot costumes. Haha. Whatever it would have been, there’s one thing I am sure of and that is; I would have definitely worn a costume that will keep me warm.

So my husband and I visit a nearby lake almost every day. It’s just less than 10 minutes away so it’s very convenient for us to go there. On some days, there’s just a small crowd but there are also days when it’s packed with bathers and sunbathers. There’s also not a lot of privacy there but it’s different when you’re not the only one wearing a bikini because people don’t really stop and stare.

Other than spending afternoons by the lake, we also meet friends and have barbecue parties with them. Next Tuesday, we are invited to another dinner party where guests are supposed to bring some food to share. I’m not yet sure what to bring but I am thinking about bringing some homemade Philippine desserts. Maybe some rice cakes? Not sure yet. I am already excited because it sounds to me like it’s going to be a Luau party. I haven’t been to one and if one of our friends is going to have one, we definitely want to receive luau invitations . It should be fun.

I am really enjoying this time of the year.

Everybody I really know says so. I honestly think so too because I am often told by my (trustful) mom that I’ve been sweet since the day I was born. I was also told several times by my husband that one of the things that made him fall in love with me is my sweetness.

Being sweet is an asset and for those who are not-so-sweet, you could learn some sweet things to say to your girlfriend or boyfriend (you just have to revise it a bit if you’re to say it to a BF). Being sweet is not just having a sweet tongue though, you should also be comfortable with showing your affection physically.

I hate driving fast and I specially hate it when there’s a car behind me because that means, I must drive to the prescribe speed. This is the very reason why I avoid country roads and express ways. 50km/hr and 30km/hr zones are my best friends but ever since we moved to the suburbs, I have to drive on a stretch of a busy country road to get to my workplace in the city. Every day, before I start my car’s engine, I have to utter a small prayer that goes like…God, please guide me with my driving and please protect other drivers and pedestrians from me.

It would annoy me if I damage my car and I would be sorry if I hurt myself but it would be a terrible terrible feeling if I hurt another person because of my driving. I am not a pessimist and I really do hope that I will never encounter an accident but IF I would get into an accident, I would like that I or the people all around me know who to call and what number to call. I have memorized the police, fire station, and the emergency hotline. Then I also have some of my IDs and also some of my husband’s business cards both in my car and in my wallet.

Good thing though, Zenni Optical offers really cheap BUT quality eyeglasses. You could buy a pair for 8$. Yes, 8$! The glasses I am wearing now cost me around 370 Euro and because I paid that much, I continuously use the frame even if I am not really contented with it anymore. Whenever I get new a prescription, I just get the glasses changed to fit my new prescription.

With the price and the quality of the eyeglasses they offer at Zenni Optical, I am not surprise that there are a lot of satisfied customers. An honest review on Zenni Optical published in TheExaminer.com details one happy customer’s experience with Zenni Optical. Of course, the review also points out not just the pros of buying a pair of glasses at Zenni Optical but also the cons so if you’re thinking of buying a pair of glasses at Zenni’s, this article might be interesting for you.

If you care about your eyes and your pocket, Zenni Optical is the place for you.

A lot of people still prefer the traditional way of meeting new people but a growing number of singles all over the world are opening up to online dating. Online dating is easy especially if you are the shy type because you get to postpone face to face encounter. Online dating enables you to get to know a person through talking first (this way, you avoid the pressure of physical intimacy) then when you are good and ready to meet each other personally, you can simply agree on the time and date.

There are a lot of available resources on the net about online dating so if you are thinking of trying out this new way of searching a partner, it wouldn’t hurt to read a few articles about it. Doing so will give you information on how to succeed with online dating. You’ll also be warned about what to avoid and what to do when things don’t turn out well.

I don’t know why the things most bloggers would consider nightmares happen so often to me!?! I don’t have a birthmark on any of my butt cheeks but still, these ill-omened things find their way to me.

Back to the “thing”. Did you know that my blogs (we are talking about blogs, ok?  NOT just ONE blog) lost their entries for March? For some reason, the entries were not displaying. I immediately suspect that it has something to do with my webhost and I was right!

Some days ago, my webhost experienced a downtime. My blogs didn’t load for a day. I contacted support and I was told said that the blogs will load again in a few hours and they did BUT the posts and the corresponding comments for March were missing. So I contacted support again and I was told to wait 4-7 hours because their servers are updating. That’s a long time to wait so I went to bed and slept.

Next morning, I checked my sites again to see if the posts were back but they weren’t. I contacted support again and I was told to wait yet another 4-6 hours because their servers are still updating. I already felt fooled but ok, I didn’t have the time to argue so I went about my day.

After coming home from work, I checked my blogs again and was not surprised that the posts were still not there. So I contacted support AGAIN and complained. This time, I was not merely asking about what’s wrong with my blogs, I was also complaining hard. I was really angry especially because I was getting all these copy-paste answers. It was really annoying. Towards the end, the support agent admitted that the backup they used to update their servers didn’t include March. How stupid! I wonder how many blogs hosted by them lost their entries. And what’s the point of lying to me and making me wait for hours because “their servers are still updating?!?!!” Stupid, I tell you.

It was totally infuriating specially because I have sponsored posts in there!

And support has no means and can’t even suggest means to retrieve these posts. I am not mean but some times people can really be brainless.

I gave up on the support because I was getting more irked by the responses  they give me.

I needed to find a way by myself. It didn’t take me long before I thought of checking google’s cache because unfortunately, my backups don’t cover March. So I googled my posts and I am glad google caches often. I was able to retrieve most of my entries.

So that’s the story.

I should really think of moving to another webhost soon.