Meme on my mind

I'm one of the happy residents of the blogosphere for almost a year now (my first post was April 2006) and I should say I’ve been tagged by memes at least enough to make me want to create my own. Funny how I still read the word as ‘me-me’ sometimes instead of ‘meem’ as what Mr. Dictionary says so. I guess my first pronunciation of the word got stuck to my brain.

Anyway, I’m currently on a ‘meme syndrome’ or that’s what I wanted to call this weird urge to propagate something on the blogosphere. I already wrote down the rules and I still am trying to refine it. This has been an idea sleeping on my mind for ages now and it has already awaken, waiting to spread. Hmmm…. in case you’re curious, here’s a hint: it will surely make your blogmates smile when they’re tagged. OK, that’s not a good hint after all, but I will be posting the meme as soon as I’m done with the fine-tuning. Ciao!

On cell phone deals

Here’s another interesting online deal. We know the majority of cell phone deals give you a free phone for a new subscription but it's good to know that existing subscribers of cellular providers who will be upgrading their contracts through Wirefly.com can also get a free phone.

Consider the Sony Ericsson W300i Walkman (Multimedia phone) which is FREE for Cingular upgrades with a two-year contract extension. It is a cool phone if you ask me since it comes with a Stereo MP3 player, FM radio (8 Preset stations) and MegaBass speakerphone for those music enthusiasts like me. It has a digital camera (VGA-quality in 640 x 480 Pixel Resolution Max) with 4x digital zoom and LED flash, and it comes with Bluetooth Wireless technology and expandable memory card slot.

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Let’s go FISH! for life

(continued from yesterday's post FISH! for life ) 

One lazy afternoon I just realized I wasn’t reading any book lately (thanks to blogging). So, I grabbed ‘FISH! for life’ from the shelf and began reading it. Yeah, the story is really so simple as my sister told me. It is none of those deeply written books on some complicated theories for readers who belong to the ‘H.I.’ or the ‘Highly Intellectual’ group. The conversations seemed too scripted or too unrealistic for me though. It’s like getting your theory across by using dialogues, and the result was a story with conversations that didn’t sound so natural, like motivational speakers talking to each other instead of hearing the usual ordinary conversation between a husband and his wife facing some challenges in life. I just felt that there should have been a more creative yet subtle way of incorporating the ‘FISH! philosophy’ in the story. I have read many books using stories as an approach to getting their point across and they have been successful in doing this. Anyway, this is just my own observation. I know some readers who gave 5 stars for this book and loved everything about it.

And where does the exercise part come in? On the last pages of the book, it was tackled when Mary Jane and her hubby Lonnie decided to be more careful about their health and particularly about losing that big bulge in their tummies. Oh well, this is the stuff my sis is talking about. I eagerly read on expecting some new theories or techniques, but nope, they’re all the same health wisdom we’re already familiar with – exercise 5 or 6 days a week, always eat breakfast, avoid bad fats, eat 4 or 5 times a day, and all that stuff we know.

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