Tips on How to Improve Your Home on a Budget

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On my previous post, I shared some ideas to consider in home renovation. Home renovation needs huge amount of pennies. But what if you are on a budget? Here are another tips in home renovation. 

Limited financially this year? Want to improve your home? No worries. With a few simple tips, DIY projects, and the right attitude and time allocated aside, you can truly improve the look and resale value of the home, even if you do not have too much put away to spend. These are a few simple ways to go about improving your home's appearance, even if you don't have much to spend in the process of doing so.

Refresh it 

You'll be surprised at what a coat of paint can do to any room. Many people think new furniture or pricey flooring is the only solution. Painting a room is far cheaper, and you can choose from hundreds of colour combinations, which will truly add a pop to any room. But on the other hand sometimes you can pick up furniture to refresh your home for cheap. When looking for new furniture you should always look online and in your local stores to see if there are any deals on the items you are looking for. Sometimes it is better to make a little investment instead of spending time refurbishing items you already have. There are multiple catalogue comparison sites which can help you find the perfect deal. One example of a site is latesthome.co.uk.

DIY it

Yes, doing it yourself is a great way to save money. Need new cabinets? Consider refinishing old ones in the home. There are dozens of little projects you can hire a professional to do, which will end up costing you two or three times as much than if you were to take the time to DIY these projects. 

Crown moulding

Yes, crown moulding adds great resale value to any room. But, hiring a professional is costly; and, doing it yourself can be extremely tedious and time consuming. But, products like trimroc moulding simply require you to slide a few pieces into place, and fit the foam coated plaster into place. It looks great, and takes virtually no time or effort to complete. 

Carpet runners, a small staircase, or even utilizing cubby holes or hidden spaces for storage, are all simple (affordable) solutions to improving your home's appearance. And, the beauty of these projects is how simple they are to complete, and how affordable they are for any homeowner to tackle.

Do you consider home renovation at this moment?

Any other tips in minds to share?

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US TV Series First Time in Filipino

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I have been fed up, no offense meant, with the primetime teleseryes in major TV stations. Most have the same plot. It always started where the main characters were kids especially on the first week of airing. This is one of the reasons why I am looking for US TV series.

Though most of the series are shown on a weekly basis, sulit naman kasi almost one hour din. Hindi bitin. Watching such series ay medyo nosebleed, hindi mo naman pwedeng I replay kung may hindi ka naintindihan.

Until recently, I discovered how to enjoy some US TV series more. These are dubbed in Filipino. Hindi na kailangan ng tissue habang nanunuod.

These are Smallville, Arrow, Supernatural, and Once Upon A Time. Regular showing is every Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays starting at 7 PM on TV5.

Arrow

The series is all about Oliver Queen, a rich but playboy of Starling City. He was stranded on an island of Lian Yu, somewhere in the Pacific, for five years. Most knew that he was already dead.

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Upon his return, he was reunited with his mother, Moira Queen, sister, Thea Queen, and friends. Oliver also meets his ex-girlfriend Laurel Lance who stills blame him over her sister’s death.

The series has lots of flashbacks showing how Oliver and Sarah, Laurel’s sister, survived on the island of Lian Yu.

I haven’t watched the first season of this series and started the second season. As of today, the current season has ended last week but I am looking forward to the third season to be shown soon. Currently, it was replaced by Smallville as TV series about the strongest man on the planet – Superman.

Supernatural

Supernatural is about the adventures of Winchesters brothers, Sam and Dean hunting monsters and solving paranormal mysteries.

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Currently, the series is already on its seventh season where the brothers deal with the evils known as leviathans.

One advice to parents like me, always watch this with your kids because of the violent scenes.

Once Upon A Time

This series is about the town of Storybrooke, Maine, where the main characters are from different known fairy tales who travel to the “real world”. However, the characters lost their memories because of the curse from Rumplestilskin applied by the Snow White’s Evil Queen Regina.

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The Evil Queen Regina became the mayor of the real world and the only hope to regain the memories of the fairy tale characters is Emma Swan. She is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. She was sent to the real world via magic wardrobes before the Enchanted Forest was cursed by the evil queen.

Emma Swan is helped by her son, Henry who became an adoptive son of the evil Queen.

What TV Series are you hooked currently?

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These Past Weeks...

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These past weeks, I have been in a stage where I don’t have the drive to write even a single word on this blog. If it is not for a paid post, I haven’t updated my blog.

These past few weeks, I am losing my motivation to write.I know there are lots of thoughts and ideas but my brain cells seem hibernating.

These past weeks, there are lots of happenings that, I think, great to share but I cannot find the first word to start. The keyboard and the computer are staring at me waiting for my fingers to press the first letter.

These past weeks I have seen movies and other TV series that are worthy of catching the interest of others and may be hooked too but I won’t find the willingness to make a post on it.

Have you experienced the same situation?

What motivation did you use to get back in writing and maintaining your blog?

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CLSU Summer Festo 2016

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Last week, we had a chance to visit our home town for some “business opportunity”. Mommy and I decided to take a try on this one rather than keeping our savings in the bank which gives an insignificant interest. We really need to take the risk. As the quotation by Christopher Columbus, “You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

Mama and Papa were surprised on our arrival. Though Mommy’s brother already mentioned to them that we are going home that they, hindi din kasi kami nag-inform na darating kami.

We were informed that there is an event happening at CLSU Oval (sports field), the CLSU Summer Festo. This event is the counterpart of the yearly Lantern and Float Festival every December.

It was 2002’s Lantern and Float Festival when Mommy and I last attended an event in the same place. Fourteen years na pala. Every year, we are planning to attend the same event but the date always coincides with our company’s Christmas Party.

There were floats, street dance contest, food stalls and much more to enjoy. Parang Lantern Festival din. Sinabayan pa ng mahangin na panahon that time.

Matthew is very happy and much enjoyed the event too. Parang hindi nagbyahe ng apat na oras.

There is also fireworks display but we haven’t caught it since it started before we arrived the place. Nagtreat pa kasi si Papa for our dinner.

What we watched is the street dancing competition by different colleges. They tour the audience by dancing into different Asian festivals like in Indonesia, Brunei, Myanmar and others. Kumpleto pati costumes and music. Some are accompanied with drums and beginner guitar.

After the street dancing, comedy duo is the next part of the event but did not start immediately. I asked Mommy if we can go home and take a rest after the long travel.

There have been changes in such event in our Alma Mater. The stage is a lot different from before. Kumpleto na ng light effects and widescreen is already installed so everyone can have a view even far from the stage.

By the way, sorry for the quality of photos, these were took using our phones.

I am hoping to attend such events in our Alma Mater in the future.

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Supergirl

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We know the story of the strongest person in the earth - Superman. He was sent to earth by his parents from the planet Krypton just before their planet exploded.

But did you know that aside from him there is another person sent to take care and look after him upon reaching Earth? It was her 13-year old cousin Kara Zor-El.

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Unfortunately, her ship was affected by the shock wave from Krypton's explosion and diverted to the Phantom Zone. She stayed there for 24 years. The time also stopped for Kara and when she escaped from the said place, she reaches the earth as a 13-year old girl.

Her cousin, Kal-El was already known as Superman and seems she doesn't need to take care of him anymore. She brought to the family that took care of her cousin.

As she grew up, she just kept her powers and live as a normal girl thinking that the planet doesn't need another superhero.

However, she had to reveal her powers because of one disaster where she needs to save her foster sister from the plane crash. From there, she was recognized as Supergirl.

Supergirl is starred with Melissa Benoist as Kara. For some, she was known as Marley Rose in the Musical TV Series, Glee.

The first season of this TV Series has already ended few weeks ago but I am still on the 7th episode and looking forward to finishing the entire series soon. According to some reviews, there are lots of twists happened towards the end.

Have you seen this TV series too?

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