Do you remember McGyver Television Series?

McGyver is an American television series started in 1985 starring Richard Dean Anderson. This has been a family television series which was very entertaining and had some life lessons to learn. I also like the theme song which I try to search from YouTube. McGyver is a secret agent who solves criminal cases without the use of guns, his resourcefulness during action scenes saved him in solving problems. The series was a hit and ended in 1992.

Now I tried to check some of the episodes, it is really good to watch old television series. Thanks to YouTube uploaders for the past episodes.

Here are some links about McGyver:

Watch McGyver episode from YouTube 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLvrMrya2KI

Mcgyver Theme Song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKTNWI0eYJ4

McGyver theme song drum cover in YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW0hHJFrhrA+Television +Entertainment +Mcgyver

Facebook Video Calling Problem

I have used Facebook video when communicating with my family last year. Compared with Skype, I am happy using the Facebook video calling feature. It does not require more Internet bandwidth, it is more convenient to use if you are logged in with Facebook where most of your contacts are already in placed, the video image does not pixilate or changes when you drag the video window. Recently, the two emerged already so I am happy about it.

Unfortunately, with the previous months I am having problems with video calling. I can see the other person, but I cannot see any video image from their end, it is just a black screen. I have tried to re-install the Facebook video software plugin but it didn’t work. Until now, I have not seen any solutions yet. Did you had the same problem? Any successful solutions you tried?

How to Lower your Cholesterol

To avoid the risk of cardiovascular problem, start lowering cholesterol intake for a more a healthy lifestyle:

Eat less fat, reduce your fat intake which is usually with dairy products, fatty meats especialy organ meats from animals, and other processed foods. 

On the other hand, eat more fiber which comes from oats, fruits, and beans food. Fruits and vegetables are best since they do not have fat at all.

When you shop for grocery, read the labels of canned goods that you buy. Go for products with low saturated fat.

Drink less alcohol with atleast two bottles a day, alcohol may increase cholesterol level. 

Travel Wallet Essentials

If you are a traveler, it is advisable to have a travel neck wallet, it is one travel accessory that you should not miss. Instead of having a small bag, a travel wallet would be close to your body. It is designed to have several slots to fit the passport, credit card, some cash, plane tickets, and other important travel documents. The luggage bag may be lost, but if you have the travel wallet with you, you can save the most important ones. This is more essential for an overseas trip where you take a lot more travel explorations.


When buying a travel wallet, choose with quality since it will contain your important documents.

Who Likes Chocolates?

Chocolates is one of favorite dessert and flavor for various food. Who does not want chocolates? Children would really love it for a dessert or any of food chocolate flavors. Adults do love chocolates too. There are chocolates in various types (among the chocolates, dark chocolate is good for cardiovascular health), chocolate cake, chocolate flavored ice cream, and many other food with chocolates. 

I found a good website that features various delicious recipes of chocolates, they are so yummy! My favorite recipes are chocolate brownie bonbon, peanut butter krispies, dark chocolate gelato, and homemade rocky road. I hope I will have the time and skills to try them out. Here is the link:
www.ecolechocolat.com/en/chocolate-recipe.html

If you are into chocolate search, enjoy a mobile application for chocolate shops. 

Jim Brickman Music Tape Collection

When I was fixing my old things in the attic, I saw my old collection of tapes. Remember cassette tapes? Before mp3, Compact Disc, DVD, there are cassette tapes that we used. One of collections I saw were Jim Brickman tapes. I am happy to see them and try to play with them with my old walkman player.

Jim Brickman (born on November 20, 1961) a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He is a multi awarded songwriter and pianist who is known for his romantic love songs. Aside from being a musician, he also host a radio show. His songs usually used for weddings and romantic events. 

Some of Jim Brickman Songs I like:

My Valentine
The Gift
Love of my life
The Promise
Instumental piano songs

The Importance of Reading Food Labels

To be healthy or to aware of good health does not stop from choosing what you eat. Part of it is by knowing what you buy in the market. If you are a shopper and frequently buys packed foods in the supermarket. Pre-packed food should have the manufacturers label on the back of the product. Reading the food label which includes the expiration date is very important. Food poisoning can be avoided if you are aware of it.

Also if you are aware and monitors your food intake, you may check the ingredients and the nutritional information of the food. Labels also contains information about its weight, how to cook or prepare it, the manufacturers name and address. 

But does all labels states the correct actual information of the food?

How do you Manage your Hard-earned Money?

If you are an income earner, management of your hard-earned money is important. How do you manage and invest your money? Here are some ways to manage it well: 

1. Review and know about investment, choose carefully where to put your money. There are various ways in investing money. Money experts always advises to diversify your money if you can. As the saying goes, do not put all your eggs in one basket.

2. If you have already acquired properties and accumulated an amount of money, know about the required government taxes which may cause problems in the future if neglected. Hiring a good accountant will help you a lot if you are not that knowledgeable about taxes.

3. Do not spend beyond your means. Some high earners do not realize that income can be lost anytime. You have work or business today, but tomorrow you will never know what life will give you. Calamities, health problems, and other unexpected incidents in life can greatly affect financial status.

What to see Inside the Tower of London

The Tower of London is a crowd drawer among tourists around the world. The historic British castle is located at the Central London which can be seen north of the famous River Thames. Aside from being a royal residence, the castle was also used as a prison, Sir Thomas More or Saint Thomas More (catholic saint patron of politicians) was imprisoned here until he was beheaded in 1535.

Inside the tower ground, you can see the welcome guards and tour guides dressed as Yeoman Warders. A tour for the collection of diamonds and crown jewels (taking photos inside is not allowed) of the British monarchy, visit the tall White Tower from 1907, see the various armors used in battles, there are reenactments of the historic events as scheduled.

The tour has an entrance fee so keep a budget for this worthy visit.

The Tower of London is open to public 
See more from the official page of Historic Royal Palaces website:
www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/

Hollywood Actor Patrick Swayze

Patrick Swayze is one of favorite Hollywood actor. With his big movie hits such as “Ghost” (1990) and “Dirty Dancing” (1987). But I first saw him from a TV series North and South (1985) playing the role of Orry Main co-starring Kirstie Alley. His role then was remarkable which had a follow-up Book II season TV series. 

Some of his movies and TV series:

Jump 2007 
Renegades
Red Dawn
Point Break
Young Blood
King Solomon’s Mines

Aside from being an actor, Swayze is also a singer and songwriter. One of his song “She’s Like a Wind” was also a big hit. Patrick Wayne Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, a native from Houston Texas, USA. He had a private married life with his wife Lisa Niemi until he died on September 14, 2009. His memories will lives on from his movies and music.

Image by Simplyoj (this is my drawing more than twenty years ago of young Patrick Swayze, sorry if drawing was not that great )

What are the 5 C's of Marriage?

Marriage is often been discussed in any form either in movies, television,writings, forums, social media and other discussions. As I visited my notes years ago, I saw about the 5 C’s of marriage. Here are some essential points on marriage to become successful, I would like to share my random thoughts on these:
Calendar - It means a time for each other. Some marriages or relationships failed because of lack of time together which causes falling out of love. One or both may have lapses in giving the deserved time for the other half. Calendar and make time to spend together, if you have kids already take time to have a date which only both of you can enjoy.

Communication - Part of making time for each other is communication. Constant communications makes the relationship stronger and misunderstandings can easily be resolved if there is open communication.

Caring - Caring for each other in small ways are big points to a relationship.

Courtship - Courtship after marriage is still important to keep the love burning. 

Commitment – Commitment to each other and to the relationship holds the bond of marriage. From the promise made, through joy and pain the commitment remains. 

Discover The City of Delft, Netheralands

The city of Delft is one of the visited place in Netherlands. Here are some interesting things about and Delft and places to visit: 

• Home for the famous painter, Johannes Vermeer. Know more about his life and works by visiting the Vermeer Center.
• Visit Delftware factories, famous for porcelain wares around the world.
• See the architectural designs through a city walk or a canal boat trip. The historic churches, monasteries, and other buildings with various architectural designs.
• When it comes to shopping, you can find fashion brand stores for clothings and shoes, specialty stores, antique shops, souvenir shops, food market with great breads.
• Enjoy excellent international food and great dining in various restaurants and pubs around.
• Do not miss a trip to Delft when you visit Netherlands.

Managing your Expenses

If you are an average income earner, expenses are the main concern. Money is not easy to earn that is why expenses greatly affects income. How do you keep up with your expenses? Basic expenses are mortgage of house (if you do not own the house), food, house utilities, school expenses for kids (if you do have), expenses related to health, , and other miscellaneous expenses.

Bills that may incur penalties such as credit cards, loans, and other similar expenses should be prioritized. Most credit card users are in debt because of the overdue penalties. House utilities that are not been paid on time also cause stress and charges.

Make sure that expenses are properly manage to have a healthy financial status.

How to Increase Website Traffic

The goal of every website creation is to generate traffic for sales leads conversion. Companies allocate budget, time, and strategic marketing plans for their website. Here are some tips to increase traffic:

Present good and correct content. Readers will visit and return because of the information they are looking for. Update the website with promotions and other new product information.

Enhance website layout. Readers only spend a short span of time in websites, the over all graphic lay-out of the website may attract or push them away by having poor layout. No matter good content you have, if they can hardly read the text because of poor font color or size.

Interactive features for the website will help to increase traffic, create a mobile version of the website to be more accessible to many.

Join social media websites and interact with readers to widen website exposure. Many businesses creates Facebook page to reach target market. 

Mobile Phone Factory Reset Function

I recently had a factory reset of my mobile phone to clean and start fresh again. It has been too slow and some applications were not working. As much as possible, I do not like resetting my mobile phone it will tasking again to re-install applications I normally used although some of them are built-in already. Doing the back-ups and checking the messages for deletion. 

Some of the applications I have in my mobile phone are:
Viber
Facebook
YouTube
Yahoo Messenger
Twitter
Torch Music
Opera Mini
Instagram
Clean Master
Battery Doctor
Some photo editing and game applications 

How about you, how often do you factory reset your mobile phone?

Effects of Lack of Sleep

We all know that sleep is very important for the body to function. It is where body cells regenerate because of daily activities and stress. If you are working, you need to stay focus and alert physically, emotionally, and mentally. People nowadays tend to have lack of sleep because of lifestyle, extended working hours, or need to allocate more time for studies, and so on. Lack of sleep may result to the following:

1. Mental alertness decreases which may cause ineffectiveness to perform tasks at work, more errors are possible.
2. Inability to grasp more information and work processes.
3. Change in mood or irritability which may affect business relationships.
4. Risk of health problems which may cause work attendance.

The Benefits of GPS Tracking Devices System for Business

Technology is very fast, every year there are a lot of advancements in various field of work. For companies and entrepreneurs benefit from these advancements for the good of the business. GPS tracking devices are popular nowadays for businesses related to deliveries. Others used it for construction since tracking devices are not only for deliveries, but can also be installed in equipment. 

This may be an additional cost but this is actually to help cut operational cost. With the help of GPS tracking devices and the Internet, it is easier to monitor deliveries which help Management assess the operation and provide better customer satisfaction. 

GPS also helps in providing safety measure for drivers as well as helping vehicle crimes solved. Consider getting GPS tracking devices after evaluation and canvassing for the best supplier.

The Beauty of Silence

Silence is a common word but with various meanings to each person. With a fast paced life nowadays, silence is often neglected by busy individuals. With all the noise that the digital world is putting in our lifestyle and the demands of everyday activities makes us forget about of being silent for a moment. The beauty is silence can help us grow and reflect about what is happening. There are also time that you feel you need to stop, set aside what you are doing and retreat. Be silent and revive your energies physically, mentally, and emotionally.

You connect with yourself and puttting things in perspective again. We need to be silent at times so that we can listen and understand more.

Managing your Personal Documents

Organizing your personal documents within the year or periodically is a good thing to organize important things. You may stack of papers that you accumulated for a period of time, some need for keeping and some needs to be disposed already. They are just piling a space in your cabinet or drawers. Getting organized means you can easily retrieve these documents whenever you need them. Schedule a day for the activity or you can do it while watching a television, it is so easy to do if you are determined to do it.

Here are the documents that normally needs organizing:

Utility Bills
Shoppimg receipts
Medical prescriptions and medicine receipts
Important house documents
Credit card billings
Old school documents
Raffle tickets
Miscellaneous papers

Revisiting Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is one software that I always have since I am into graphics, but I am still in the process of learning more techniques. It is quite sometime already that I have not practice the skills since my hands are tied with regular work, writing online, and other freelancing opportunities. 

Adobe Photoshop is very useful when I need to do some simple layouting be it for personal use or for work related. Although a lot of software programs are available nowadays, Photoshop is most used by graphic designers. Nowadays, simple photo editing can be done online or using mobile photo apps. Recently, I was able to use Photoshop again, and I miss practicing and learning more of the techniques. I hope to do more layouting if my time permits.

Take your Hobbies into Business

Our hobbies help us express more of ourselves and be able to enjoy them to unwind us from work and stress. Hobbies are cooking, painting, playing a musical instrument, gardening, photography, writing, other creative activities, and many others. Nowadays, work and play are combined together. Work becomes easier if we enjoy most of what we do.

Make your hobbies into a business or earn money from it. Some photographers started with taking photos from personal events and activities later on became professional photographies. Cooking is another good hobby which can be be turned into a business. Writers and Computer graphic artists also gets a lot of projects online.

Do not hesitate to make the move and be successful hobbyist in the future.

Things You Can Do When No Internet Connection

Having an internet connection these days or to get wired most of the time in a day especially if you are working online. But you cannot always rely on the stability of internet connection that is why we can make a way to be productive when there is no interenet connection:

Write articles on word processing program then post when connection resumes. Write as many as you can so you can have an increased output for the day.

Learn other programs depending on your interest.

Check and organize your photo collection. These collections becomes disorganized sometimes and it is an opportunity to organize them according to your category.

Relax instead if you do not want to have much activity while there is no internet connection. We are always busy when we are wired, but taking slow is good sometimes.

Do you have Writing Distractions?

If you are serious about writing you need to make time for it. If you have a writing goal, stick to it. You can target a number of posts a day and work on it. The problem sometimes is we are always distracted for other tasks. Here are some distractions:

You mobile phone on top of your table.

Watching YouTube while writing, there is a tendency that you will be spending a lot of time watching than concentrating with what you are writing.

Watching a movie while writing. If you are watching a movie, it will take you atleast two to three hours to finish.

Chatting heavily while writing. If you have somebody on the other side and you are engaging heavily on chats, it is more likely that you will lose your focus on writing.

Browsing in Facebook.

Choosing your Prospective Company

If you are a fresh graduate and still new in the working world, most likely you are one of those who are looking for job in various companies. Do you know what you are heading for? Because of the high rate of unemployment, job seekers these days are getting jobs not within their interest or area of skills. For survival, they would get other jobs just to have work to sustain the basic needs. But given the chance, here are the considerations in choosing a company for your career:

1. Field of interest and area of skills are very important so that you will enjoy your job more. There is also a chance that you will excel more on this job because it is where you are trained for.

2. Consider the location of the job location.

3. Does the company offer chances for advancement?

4. Research more about the company and see if it is establish enough to give you a career growth.

5. Last but not the last are the salary and benfits.

Enhancing your Marketing Skills

If you have a business, Sales is just half of the story. Marketing is the key for success. Marketing skills should be acquired and you should be abreast of the latest marketing trends to keep up with your competitors. Here are some reminders for your marketing activities:

1. Take advantage of the effectiveness of photos.

2. Keep your post fresh and updated.

3. Format your posts properly.

4. Use social media well, there are a lot of social media sites that you can use to promote your post.

5. Know your competitors so that you will know the best strategy to outdo them.

6. Marketing is a continues process, keep up with the latest trends.

7. Network to get more ideas and techniques.

Do you still use Software Older Versions?

Latest versions of softwares can be too advance sometimes and you need to adjust again with the updates and the working environment. If you feel you do not want the added features of a newer software version, you may use the older version. These older version are not available from the software website downloads. You can easily find these versions from oldversion.com,.

From the website, you can browse the popular older softwares, recently added, editor’s choice, and top rated. There a lot of softwares you can choose from various categories. The website is not limited to softwares but also drivers and games. Read more from their forum and blog for software related matters.

It is fortunate that there are still available older versions available on the web that we can always go back to.

Speed Painting with Robin Williams Tribute

Speed Painting is becoming popular among artists especially with digital artists. As the name implies, Speed painting is a drawing technique where the artist had to finish the work with a limited time. Some may finish a drawing piece for only several minutes or an hour depending on the complexity of the drawing.

Here is an excellent video about speed training from YouTube, a Rihanna Portrait:

Buying Unhealthy Food from Supermarket

Going to the supermarket is a usual activity to replenish grocery items at home. Whenever I go to the supermarket I am tempted to buy expensive and eye catching processed food that are easy to cook like sausages, ham, meat processed food, expensive bread spread, junk food, and so on. Aside from being expensive and not in the budget, I would realized that they are not healthy food. Sausages are usually for kids, they love to eat that.

Balance diet is important there should be a little of meat, vegetables, fruits, dairy products. Remember the pyramid source of food. Self control and determination should be practiced when going to the supermarket so that you will not end up buying food that are not necessary and healthy. You may overspend if it is not planned and followed.

Buying a Smartphone Power Bank Charger

Portability, weight and style design – sleek and slim designs are good. Light power banks are portable, but be careful with those higher capacity labels but too light to carry. There are power banks that are fake labeled.

Capacity – depending in your gadget requirement and preference, capacity is important. But do not get too large capacity that you cannot maximize its use. Larger capacity of batteries brings higher risk of danger.

Dual ports, - having a dual port can able you to charge two devices at the same time.

If you are planning to buy one, carefully read customer reviews, choose a good brand when it comes to gadgets, there are potentially dangerous unbranded power banks. When you already have one, read the maintenance guide and the risk guide to avoid exploding batteries. Do not leave your chargers overnight.

Google Chrome Browser Applicatiion Problem

Google Chrome is my default browser for a almost two years now and I am happy user of it. The browser is easy to use and I am already used to its features and environment. 

Unfortunately last night as I try to use it, it does not work at all. It says check solutions in the internet or close the program. I tried to re-install Chrome but it just keeps on happening the same again. I try to use Mozilla Firefox but I am not fully satisfied with it and its quite slow. Maybe I am just trying to familiaring myself with Mozilla again. I would like to Google Chrome it I was able to fix it.

I am using Microsoft office and other programs, the speed works fine. I suspect that there is a problem that relates to my internet browsers.