CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-04-22 13:39:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

We have a large bottle of Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar lying around for mixing in with Aztec Clay Mask, but don't really use it for cooking or anything else.

I felt some signs of sore throat yesterday, and have already used some hexetidine in hopes of stopping it, but then remembered reading somewhere that Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar can be used to treat sore throats. I think I got overzealous and drank too much vinegar (and too little water to dilute it).

My stomach was on fire for some time, but I still managed to fall asleep for a nap. When I woke up, the signs of an incoming sore throat was gone.

Thank you hexetidine and apple cider vinegar.

2013-04-11 12:29:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Very happy with the +Coco Rocha Fancy Box!

http://www.neknekenken.com/2013/04/coco-rocha-fancy-box-review.html

2012-12-30 05:56:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

For those who are living on Malaga, WA check out +Life Tree Massage Centre 

2012-12-10 15:37:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I'm not really a fan of Disney characters so I was in for a shock when I saw a Cubic Mouth Minnie Mouse tin coin purse whilst browsing a seller's eBay store. After a quick Google search, seems that the Cubic Mouth edition of Mickey Mouse characters has been around for several years now. Now that I'm looking at it, it actually looks cool and I kinda want one. 

http://www.cubicmouth.com/ - The Seven Dwarfs are also on the site

#cubicmouth   #disney  

2012-12-10 13:49:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur by Guy Kawasaki and Shawn Welch

#apethebook  

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/12/ape-author-publisher-entrepreneur-how_10.html

2012-12-07 18:20:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The #freaksandgeeks  cast, more than ten years after the show ended.

2012-12-07 16:49:43 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://theberry.com/2012/12/06/freaks-and-geeks-reunion-29-photos/

I MISS THE FREAKS AND GEEKS CAST

#freaksandgeeks

2012-11-25 09:11:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#pottermore  

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/11/thoughts-on-pottermore.html

2012-11-23 20:22:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Secret Santa master list now public!
View the list here! http://goo.gl/TvD3F

Just in time for the Thanksgiving and early holiday shopping sprees, you can now browse the master list everyone has been submitting their wishlists to. Now you can browse, read why people are participating in Secret Santa, and decide which people you want to give gifts to! So go on, spread some holiday cheer! and don't forget to add your Amazon wishlist here: http://goo.gl/1qd9g

Don't forget that you can start sharing your own list today too! Just be sure to share with the hashtag #GPlusSanta ! My elves and I will be looking at that hashtag to decide which lists to highlight!

2012-11-21 04:56:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Best place to watch English subbed South Korean variety shows

http://www.daebaksubs.com/

2012-10-31 06:21:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Rudimental - "Not Giving In" ft. John Newman & Alex Clare

The music video is shot in the Philippines, here in Manila, I believe. It's an eerily familiar sight (at least to me), and the video and the song is really good too.

#rudimental  

Rudimental - "Not Giving In" ft. John Newman & Alex Clare [Official Video]

2012-10-08 15:15:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I decided to run the Uncircle Inactives extension (which I haven't done for a while). I filtered the inactive ones since August 8 (around the time where my visits to G+ declined), and more than 200 people in my circles haven't posted anything for two months now. The activity in my stream has cooled down too..

2012-09-21 14:44:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This show totally slipped off my mind. It's a funny and a light TV series that I've liked right from the start. I'm not sure why I had forgotten about it since I had remembered Doctor Who and the upcoming season 3 premiere of The Walking Dead. Hearing about the season 5 of The Adventures of Merlin being so near is a very pleasant surprise.

Here is the official trailer for series 5 of BBC Merlin

2012-09-21 14:44:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#merlin   #merlinseason5   #merlineseries5  

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/09/the-adventures-of-merlin-season-5-bbc.html

2012-09-13 02:07:45 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Trying out Google Drive. I'm quite contented with Dropbox, but Google Drive's pricing plans is cheaper so I feel that it is worth taking a look.
However, the desktop application crashed when I synced my Google Docs files for offline viewing (but the syncing finished before the application closed). I opened it again to see if it will crash again if I sync several local files, but it was pretty fast and smooth. Oddly, .gdoc files opens on Firefox. I tried changing it by opening the 'Open with..' menu but the application selected is Google Drive and not Firefox.

#googledrive  

2012-09-12 13:01:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#paco   #wilfred  

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/09/paco-gangster-lyrics.html

2012-09-10 13:34:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#cuboy  #backtothecubeture

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/09/back-to-cubeture-2-ost.html

2012-09-09 10:11:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#cuboy   #backtothecubeture  

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/09/back-to-cubeture-2.html

2012-09-07 08:52:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I am trying to study Nihongo (yet again). I bought a Premium membership with JapanesePod101.com so I would have an incentive not to slack in studying, lol.

Learning Kanji has been the most discouraging part for me. While I have an idea on what some kanji characters mean (I know a little Mandarin and some basic Chinese characters), having several pronunciations for a word is a bit daunting. Sadly, the Kanji resource in JapanesePod101 isn't as good as I would like. I recommend sticking to a myriad of free Kanji tools online. Even the Japanese IME in Windows has a great tool in aiding my studies. My favorite feature would be the handwriting tool. You use your mouse to write a character and the suggested list of characters shows up. The Onyomi and Kunyomi readings are also given, so it's really cool.

I also signed-up for Lang-8 to practice. I'm not too happy with thei... more »

2012-08-20 13:33:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I almost had a heart attack when I logged in just now. I got 20+ Google Minus notifications about people uncircling me. I seriously thought it was really the case but when I saw one of my really good friends in the list i figured out it must be a glitch. Hopefully I can lurk regularly here on G+ like before by next week. I miss reading other people's posts. 

2012-08-04 00:33:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Haven't been in Google+ for a while. A combination of increased workload and typhoon season (internet connection keeps getting disconnected all the time here).

Anyways, here's a neat little puzzle flash game. I especially appreciate the programming elements (calling functions, executing loops etc.). Fun way to kill time.

http://www.callyourbrains.com/view/21/light-bot-20.html

2012-08-04 00:24:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Who likes free stuff? 
Here's a link to download a free copy of my adventure novel, The Staff of Moses. If you're a fan of Indiana Jones films, Cotton Malone novels, or the NUMA series, take a look.

These links will be good until Saturday morning, so please share them and take a look at this story.

Please leave reviews on the Amazon, Nook, Kobo, or iBooks store. Positive, negative, or in between, the thing I need the most is honest opinions.

Kindle format: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/719468/The%20Staff%20of%20Moses.mobi

ePub format: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/719468/The%20Staff%20of%20Moses%20-%20Andrew%20Linke.epub

PDF file: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/719468/The%20Staff%20of%20Moses%20-%20Andrew%20Linke.pdf

2012-07-18 06:02:34 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Want!

http://www.oldtimecomputer.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/woodguy32

2012-07-15 00:36:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Probably the cutest Youtube Channel I've seen in a while. Demos of Candy Maker kits, Decoden ideas, etc.

In this video they are doing a demo of a mini fast food meal kit (to make mini fries, hamburgers and cola).  

#Japan  

2012-07-07 07:00:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Apart from the "David Blaine Street Magic" series, I wonder why the other videos on Youtube that Mitch Silpa is in isn't very popular (Gay Roomates, Exeter International, etc.) when they're all so damn funny.

2012-07-02 00:18:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

A 21 foot crocodile that weighs more than a ton!

#crocodile  

http://oddnews.org/77-odd-news/1416-guinness-philippine-croc-is-largest-in-captivity.html

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/philippines-urged-to-free-giant-crocodile

2012-06-30 04:09:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I don't really watch ANTM regularly, but I've managed to finish Cycle 13 because I liked Nicole Fox a lot. 

#ANTM   #NicoleFox  

http://nicolefox.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Be-A-Starving-Artist-and-Please-Yourself

2012-06-29 01:39:16 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

A prototype of a heated butter knife to solve the problem of cold butter being hard to spread.

#butter   #bread  

http://www.stuff.tv/news/life-etc/news-nugget/crumbs-its-a-heated-butter-knife

2012-06-28 01:38:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hermes 2012 and the Royal Society of Chemisty offers £1000 to the person (or team) that can produce the best and most creative explanation of The Mpemba Effect phenomenon. 

http://www.hermes2012.org/ice/

2012-05-31 00:47:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-05-31 00:22:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2012-05-27 02:54:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Seriously craving.. Is there anywhere in Manila I could buy buko pie or espasol? I don't want to trek all the way to Laguna for these goodies..

#bukopie #espasol

2012-04-30 00:39:48 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Folktales from Japan Ending Theme Lyrics (TV Size)

Arukou by Shoko Nakagawa

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/04/folktales-from-japan-ending-theme-tv.html

2012-04-30 00:39:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Folktales from Japan Opening Theme Lyrics (TV Size)

Hitori no Kimi ga Umareta to sa by Shoko Nakagawa

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/04/folktales-from-japan-opening-theme-tv.html

2012-04-28 03:32:14 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Lamy Safari 2012 Limited Edition - Green

#lamysafari

http://www.neknekenken.com/2012/04/lamy-safari-fountain-pen-2012-limited.html

2012-04-26 06:22:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Day 26: A book that most people have not read

(Will be skipping some of the days, but will get back at them tomorrow)

I assume a lot of people haven't read this because of Twilight but I admit I did liked The Host by Stephenie Meyer. The premise was good, and although many parts of the book made me cringe, overall I enjoyed reading it.

I'm not much happy with the ending. I felt that Wanderer's (Wanda) character development has been in vain. She develops sympathy for humans and eventually came to realize that humans should be left alone, then gets inserted again in another human body (probably just to have a justifiable excuse for a sequel).

#30daysofbooks

2012-04-26 06:15:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Day 19: A book from your favorite author

I wouldn't call Arthur Golden my favorite author, but I don't think I'd have the chance to mention Memoirs of a Geisha other than this, so there.

I love Japanese shit.

I've watched a lot of Japanese shows like Kamen Rider Black, Time Travel Tondekeman (known as Time Quest here), and Takeshi's Castle as a kid but didn't really cared about their origins. It was when I accidentally flipped the channel to WINS TV, and saw "Oh, Tokyo!", I became aware on how amazing Japan is that I became a fanatic. A few years later, Yu Yu Hakusho (or Ghost Fighter) was aired here and suddenly, everyone was crazy about Japan and anime. Yay, more comrades!

With that said, Memoirs of a Geisha is exactly what someone like me would really eat up. If the setting was different,... more »

2012-04-25 06:33:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Day 18: A book that most people have read

I am just assuming that most people have read this (Enchanment) since Orson Scott Card is a pretty popular. But for those who haven't, think of Enchantment as Sleeping Beauty with time travelling. I enjoyed reading most parts of the book, though I think it turned haywire near the end.

#30daysofbooks

2012-04-25 06:12:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Day 17: A book that you wish you saw at the library

I have two books for this one, and I managed to find these books on a library, but I wanted to share my story.

The first book is The Fireless Inferno by Arnel Salgado. One of my favorite authors/columnists highly praised this book, and after a little online searching, I saw several people claiming this book a masterpiece, and it was so bad, it's so good. Problem is, it was published when I was a year old and the book wasn't reprinted so very few copies of the book exists. However, I managed to read a copy at the National Library of the Philippines. The library is quite far from where I live, that I didn't want to borrow the book. And there is a limit to the amount of pages you can photocopy inside the library, that I just resolved to finish the book in one sitting. I wasn't able to finish... more »

2012-04-25 05:39:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Day 15: A book that you used to love but now hate

I am ten days behind #30daysofbooks but I intend to catch up. I don't have anything for this one. I don't really hate or dislike any book that I used to love, even though I did outgrew a lot of books.

Day 16: A book that you often see at the library

I'll just base my answer on my elementary schools' library. I borrowed this book, Don't take a bath on Friday several times as a kid. There's nothing much in it - just a compilation of popular Philippine superstitions and illustrations. In our school, apart from educational books, newspapers, magazines and 'popular' books, book choices are pretty slim. That's why this book catches my eye every time.

Don't Take a Bath on a Friday
Written by: Neni Sta. Romana Cruz
Illustrated by: Katti Sta.... more »