And let there be fire

 After reading this blog http://zerocurrency.blogspot.com/2006/03/my-summary-of-why-i-live-moneyless.html I felt a bit guilty of how we live our lives. I'm not saying that I totally agree with the guy, but he does make sense. Money is indeed the root of everything (pretty much!) and like it or not, we do let it control our lives.

But enough of the serious talk.  I'm here to talk about our latest fancy.  With which I am going totally the opposite to make a hypocrite out of me after reading the mentioned blog. Hehehehe!!! Anyways, I finally pulled the trigger on Amazon's Kindle Fire. It was Anna's birthday a few days ago and since Mothers Day is coming around the corner as well, might as well give her another gadget that would be obsolete in a year or so (hammer my head, please).



The reason for the purchase was because Happy took over the Ipad which she now uses to watch her ABC's, shapes, colors, numbers, the whole world, blah, blah, blah... in Youtube.

I find Kindle very handy and nifty. You can prctically put it in a small bag or even a pocket and walk away. Don't get me wrong, the Ipad is more superior in most aspects when compared to Kindle and yes we do have our handy Iphones, but the small "K" has that portability into mind.


 
We've just tried it for a few minutes last night have yet to see how it goes and perform. It could be that sometimes bigger is not necessarily always better and smaller ones maybe so-so. So i'll cut the mid-size a slack.  Not too much, not much less.  Here's to hoping it's just about right.

Yuma

It's one of those days we've decided to go for a road trip. We've had our eyes set out to Arizona and made plans a week ahead. We wanted to go further than Yuma, but the next best and closest place is Sonoma which is five hours away on a straight drive. But with Anna in her queasy first trimester on a long drive plus the heatwave, is probably not a good idea. So I scratched Sonoma.


Trips such as this should be well planned and organized. That's according to my wife. Not me. I'd rather have everyone hop in and just go for the long ride. About to venture the unknown. On the contrary, Anna hates it whenever I'm in the mood for this sort of spontaneity. But we still go, nonetheless.


Anyways, what's there to see in Yuma? There's the occasional small towns with narrow roads. On the way was nothing really interesting. Some greens but really, hardly any vegetation. Occasional mountain ranges and a LOT of barren desert wasteland on the outskirts of the city.


So why go there? Because, it's Arizona. Another state. Closest to San Diego. Why not?

Now on 3d

I told myself ever since not to jump to any bandwagon nor follow whatever is the latest trend. But yesterday I caved in.

It started two weeks ago, and I have to blame, when I saw an article in Yahoo. It says now is the right time to purchase a new TV since retailers are liquidating last years inventory.


And I had to weigh in all the factors:

1. Everything online must be real/true? Right?
2. Our newest tv is 2 years old.
3. Trend. That means now.
4. Me? I'm a consumer. So that means they're telling me to buy.
5. Movie that pops out of your tv while wearing glasses. Implying that you're a geek. And that's m. Again.


Pretty convincing. Take our good earned money you lousy electronics retail giant. Yep, that's you Bestbuy. And I won't be coming back............ Until I decide that we need another one.

fruits.....

According to Happy, this is how you pronounce fruits properly.

Kony 2012

This was all over the net. See for yourself and help support the movement.

911

Anna suddenly felt weak and started throwing up. Clearly a bad case of food poisoning. I called 911. It took about five minutes for the paramedics respond. I didn't want it to go to a point that we had to call them and maybe just take Anna to the hospital by myself but I guess she already panicked that she can barely stand up needing more assistance.