Archive for the 'Home Improvement' Category
I puchased a coffee maker about a month ago and the problem that confronted me at first was how to clean my coffee maker (IMARFLEX). If you have a coffee maker and does not know how to clean and maintain your unit, let me give you some instructions:
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November 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 4 Comments
Are you looking for ways to dress up your dining room? If yes, then think about a little home improvement by way of acquiring buffet furniture that will definitely beautify your dining room. Well, of course you can do this if you’re not having some financial problems. The reason – these furniture are mostly expensive, [...]
October 24th, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | No Comments
Water is one of nature’s most powerful forces. We have seen this power in recent times (kudos to typhoons visiting the Philippines especially Ilocos Norte). In the Visayas, thousands of homes in Iloilo were destroyed or damaged by water, along with everything in it – mud, garbage, stones, etc. Many appliances were damaged and lives [...]
October 14th, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | No Comments
Every Filipino dreams of owning a home (I know nobody who doesn’t). With all the problems in the Philippines particularly inflation, owning a home is such a relief. It’s one item less to pay on a monthly basis. Monthly home rentals are sometimes a pain the butt. Personally I even find the caretaker of my [...]
October 6th, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 6 Comments
Most Filipinos love their kitchens. The are a few reasons: Filipinos love cooking and good food. However, there a few things in the kitchen that are usually ignored in Filipino homes – the equipment. After eating, many of us do not even bother to wipe the tables, rearrange the chairs and even wash the dishes [...]
October 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 5 Comments
I took another day-off from blogging yesterday due to a series of meetings with some potentials clients in web development. The meetings lasted until 12 midnight. I wasn’t able to blog and open my computer until now that some of my assignments are expiring. This is the downside of blog advertising, folks. lol!
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July 4th, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 2 Comments
Your bathroom and/or comfort room could mean so much to you and your family’s health. It is perhaps the most common source of bacteria and viruses inside the home. Hence, you should always clean it with the right tools and disinfectants like Lysol.
As part of my daily routine, I do the cleaning of [...]
June 24th, 2008 | Posted in Family, Home Improvement | 2 Comments
As bloggers, it’s highly important that we protect our eyes, on top of all other body parts, to be able to function properly and do what we got to do as writers, bloghoppers, card droppers, money makers, et al.
The eyes according to wikipedia, are organs that detect light. Different kinds of light-sensitive organs are found [...]
June 9th, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 6 Comments
This post is somewhat personal and may sound off-tangent in relation to my usual write-ups. I love the movie Aladdin and his all the other characters in the animated flick. But the core of this post is focused on his magic carpet. Yes, his flying magic carpet. For some historical notes on carpets [...]
May 29th, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 1 Comment
Have you ever been worried about or bothered by fire ants? For some lecture on lignuistics, fire ants in Tagalog are called “hantik” (I’m not sure if there are other variations) and in Ilocano they are called “buos“. These are very big ants with a stinging bite. The bitten part of the skin [...]
May 29th, 2008 | Posted in Environment, Home Improvement | 3 Comments
Countless efforts to protect the environment have been made by concerned groups from around the world. But don’t you know that we can do our share right inside our homes? There are many ways but one way to do this is to use fake plants. Yup, fake plants, flowers and trees.
According to [...]
May 21st, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 2 Comments
Termites, like any other pests, are sometimes difficult to deal with. These are often called “white ants” because they look like ants only that they primarily feed on wood. Specifically, these termites are called drywood termites or “anay” in Filipino.
Here in the Philippines, drywood termites are common in homes and offices because wood [...]
March 31st, 2008 | Posted in Home Improvement | 5 Comments