We only have 6 more days before the much awaited “Chinese New Year”. The year 2010 will be the Year of the Tiger effective from 12th February 2010 up until 2nd February 2011.

Here i got this list from a website. Go ahead and check your fortune this Year of the Tiger!

The Rat – For those born in the Year of the Rat, year 2010 promises to be an average year for you, while you may suffer from melancholy from time to time, the positioning of the planets in 2010 will benefit the rats and they will most definitely be more self-confident, and be more innovative than before. Excellent news for the lonely rats, year 2010 promises a great love life for you. You will definitely find a lover within the year, and for the ones that are blissfully married, the year will be filled with romantic joy. Time to rejoice in the warmth of love, rats!

The Ox – You should be aware of some conflicts that might happen in the coming year, particularly with the dragons and horses. To avoid these conflicts, remember to keep an open mind and to not judge others without any basis. This year is a good year for you to learn a new language, so, if you have always wanted to pick up a new language before traveling, 2010 would definitely be the best year. Career-wise, those born in the year of the Ox should be aware that in 2010, your working attitude will be slightly lackadaisical and without much buoyed enthusiasm, put in effort to change the attitude.

The Tiger – For their own year, the Tigers will face a surprisingly average year with little ups and downs. While everything will be at your advantage this year, you will find it terribly difficult to find the encouragement and willpower to perform at your very best. Find the encouragement within yourself or you might be faced with plenty of disappointments. 2010 will provide a healthy backdrop for you, for those suffering digestive problems; you will most likely find that situations for you will improve.

The Rabbit - Unfortunately for the Rabbits, 2010 will possibly be a bad year for those who were born in the year of the Rabbit. You will have to work hard to achieve some good in terms of your career, health and love life. Rabbits should look towards philosophy and religion to find some good in the upcoming year. Be prudent, thrifty and stay on the lookout for signs of a business scam, your finances could prove to be a problem this upcoming year.

The Dragon – For those born in the year of the Dragon, it is time for you to apply into some form of school or undertake some courses! Studying in the upcoming year will bring you a considerable amount of success. While you might find yourself getting into some minor conflicts, it is essential for you to stay positive. Your ability to stay positive will lead to a happier and more successful year ahead. It might also be a rocky year ahead for you if you are in a relationship, remember, stay positive and lend a listening ear and you will stay happy.

The Snake – Those born in the year of the Snake are known to be very stubborn. Keep your stubbornness in check; learn to control it and you will find many successes coming towards you in the upcoming year. While it is important to have dreams, try to keep a level-headed mind for the upcoming year or you might end up straying away from reality. Once you’ve kept a level-headed mind, you will find yourself in favorable opportunities in your career, make sure you grab them!

The Horse – Good news for the horses! Year 2010 might be one of the smoothest years for you. You will find bonds between your friends and relatives being built fairly easily. Keep a clear head when making decisions for you will find that plenty of decisions may sound familiar to one another but with very different outcomes. You may also tend to overfeed yourself in the upcoming year so be sure to keep on a healthy diet and exercise regularly.

The Goat – Those born in the year of the Goat will find plenty of wealth opportunities coming their way in 2010. You may end up passing up on a lot of them and making several bad decisions early on in the trimester but it is crucial for you to stay positive and not be disheartened by your losses for more opportunities will be coming for you later in the year. Stay on your feet, be in the company of your loved ones and develop more personal relationships and you will find that the upcoming year might just be your best year yet.

The Monkey – It is essential for the monkey to not be overly emotional in 2010. You will find that not everything will go your way initially. While you might lose some close friends, you have to maintain mental stability to save the broken pieces of the relationship. However, 2010 will provide business opportunities for you. It is the year for you to take risks. Take the risks and you will be rewarded tremendously. Do not rest on your laurels and expect things to happen!

The Rooster - 2010 will be a year of competition for those born in the year of the Rooster. In your career, you will face plenty of competition to get up onto a higher rung of the ladder in your company. If you are unattached, you will find competition for someone that you are interested in. Make well-thought out decisions and do not make rash decision. Adopt a positive and hardworking attitude and 2010 might just be a good year for you.

The Dog – There will be ups and downs for the dog in the year 2010. In your career, your lack of respect towards authority might prove to be a downfall for you. Your quest for independence will lead to you having some problems in your love life as well. It is ultimately crucial for you to tone down your brash attitude to find some good in the upcoming year or 2010 will prove to be a year of loneliness for you. Stay friendly!

The Pig – Known to be sentimental creatures, you have to learn to put off your sentimental ways to find some unexpected successes in your line of work and your love life for 2010. The alignment of the stars will bring you utmost luck for the coming year so expect some monetary windfall coming your way. It is important for you to stay away from carbonated drinks in the upcoming year for you will be vulnerable and open to intestinal and digestive problems. However, besides that, 2010 might prove to be a healthy year ahead for you.

We have our own garden in front of our house and we have lots of colorful ornamental plants in our yard. My mom loves gardening; she even bought some gardening guide books to make her garden more appealing. She also bought some heavy garden equipment tools and stored it inside our garage. Yesterday, she mentioned that she wants to redecorate her garden and have a complete make-over to it. We even consulted a Feng Shui expert to tell us what garden arrangement we should have that will bring us luck for this New Year. According to Mr. Shin, a “feng shui” expert, we should have a balance element in our garden and there should be an existence of the “Water Element.” Meaning to say, we should either have a water fountain or “pond fountains” in our garden for the sake of having one. For me, having pond fountains is great especially like the one in the photo. I’m so excited to see or Garden’s new look. My mom start hiring some workers to help her out in redecorating our garden!

Have you seen Yahoo headline today? Our all time favorite board game, Monopoly got its extreme make over. Instead of the dull square-shaped board game, “Monopoly: Revolution Edition”  is round. Instead of using paper money and plastic tokens, the players will be using debit cars and ATM. In addition to that, there will be a background music in each every action you made. Players can collect $2 million dollars for passing “Go” instead of a mere $200 — practically what the average kid gets for losing a tooth these days. But it’s bound to annoy die-hard fans of the comforting classic version, who might send it directly to jail come next fall.

Game Cheaters will have no place for this Monopoly’s newest version knowing that when it comes to Monopoly, half the fun comes from cheating by stealing from the till when nobody’s lookin. For sure techie younsters will gonna love this new version of Monopoly. I wonder if  “Snakes and Ladders” will have its modern reboot too!

Are you familiar with Air Filters? My mom bought an air filter for our refrigerator. We placed our Air filter inside our fridge to prevent any bad odors which definitely come from those food stocks that we have in the chiller. This air filter is also used to absorb moist that will prevent your refrigerator from rusting. Aside from the refrigerator, this air filtering system is also used for cars and even inside your house. This air filter will purifies the air, reduces pollen, dust, pet dander, mold spores, dust mites and other allergens from indoor air. Removing these airborne particles can help improve allergies and alleviate sinus irritation that can cause watery eyes, itchy throat, coughing, and sneezing. My younger sister has an allergy so I guess it is very advisable for us to have this kind of air filtering product in our house.

We only have one sleep away for the much anticipated and much awaited event of the year~ The Super bowl 2010 or the Super Bowl 44. The Super Bowl 2010 is considered as the most popular Super Bowl today since the two number 1 teams in AFC and NFC are being feature in the championship match. One of the the main event would be the battle between Indianapolis Colts vs New Orleans Saints.  The Colts quarterback, Peyton Manning is known for his passing ability as he always reached the 4,000 yards mark. Carrie Underwood will sing the National Anthem at the beginning of the game. Gonna watch this out!

Summer is getting near and I can almost feel it now. I will be attending a summer reunion with my former high school classmates and I am so excited about it. We already have a venue where we will be staying overnight. I’m so excited to meet my former classmates and I wonder how they look like now. Speaking of “looks” I am worrying now about my weight. I noticed that I gained so much weight this past few weeks and it’s been a month since I last went to a gym. Since our reunion is a beach party, I want to prepare myself so I can show my body confidently. (Well, guys you know what I mean) I try to search online for some top weight loss products to help me out in achieving my desired weight. With regular exercise, proper diet, and with the help of this weight loss product, for sure, I can now attend our summer reunion with confidence.

Attention Guitar lovers! The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and “The Guitar Friends” are staging the first ever Philippine International Guitar Festival whcih already started this month at the CCP. “The Guitar Friends”, for those who don’t know, is a group of guitar aficionados of varying level of expertise who share a commond bond, their love for their guitar. The director of the event is no other than Maestro Jose H. Valdez who is ranked by the CCP Encyclopedia of The Philippine Arts as one of the pioneers of classical guitar in the country.

The festival will graced by various performers including renowned international artist Steve LKin, artistic/music director and conductor of the Children’s Orchestra Society Michael Dapap, Kasilag Guitar Quartet founding memeber Perfecto “Perf” de Castro, and respected guitarist Sixto “Butch” Roxas. Also performing are the Kasilag Guitar Trio, Tabs, UP Guitar Orchestra, Fundacion Centro Flamenco, and the winners of Namcya 2009 Guitar Category competition.

As what they said, it is very easy to gain weight but it’s very hard to lose it. Just like women, men like us are also conscious with our body. We always wanted to achieve our desire shape and build. According to some experts, the best way to lose weight is to have a regular exercise because this will help you to cut down all those excess calories faster. A balance and healthy diet is also must if you really want to lose weight. I go to gym at least once a week but it seems that there’s no improvement in my body. My instructor encourages me to try some dietary supplements too to receive a good and satisfying result much faster. I am in doubt if these dietary supplements will work very effectively for me and I am afraid for whatever side effects it may bring. I even bought some books and search some diets for quick weight loss online to help me out. In the end, I realized that going to gym, taking dietary supplement and balance diet are all useless if you do not have self discipline. If you learned how to practice self discipline, the rest will be much easier for you to accomplish.

We just had our lunch and here, i took some pictures of one of my favorite seafood Dishes. Well, nothing really special on how to cook fried lobster. Just like prawns, once you achieved a golden red color, you’re done already and it’s ready to serve. It’s perfect with rice. It would be great to prepare a dip sauce. You can mix soy sauce with other basic spices like chopped garlic, onion, chili, and squeezed 1-2 pieces of lime. So there you have it! As simple as that!

Wooops!! What was that? Since high school, I always have a hard time dealing with my oily skin and I do not know how to get rid of getting acne or pimples. It is such a big turn off especially for teenagers to get caught with pimples. I tried all kind of facial products to make my pimples less visible but I guess they’re not that effective for me. If you think having pimples would be the worst thing that could ever happen in your face, think again, because the real problem will actually starts after your acne left an unwanted scar on your face. These scars, sometimes takes forever to be removed perhaps you undergone some facial treatment with your surgeon. It was said that the best way to make these scars less visible or vanish completely is to use some acne scar removal products. Most of my friends are using this kind of treatment and they are very satisfied with the results. They even encourage me to start using it too. Maybe they’re right; I should take that consciousness gone and start living my life with less worries and confidently.