So I’ve been doing a lot of emo-ing the past days, thinking about the year that has gone by, reading old blog posts and journals, and reflecting on what to do and what not this 2008. I honestly haven’t come up with a list of New Year’s resolutions just yet, maybe because through the years, I’ve never really got to keep them. Heh. Besides, you can always make resolutions anytime within the year right?

Anyway, as I was just trying to be emo over there, I realized that aside from the lessons learned and precious momentos that came with 2007, it was also a year of achievements and blessings (material and otherwise) for me. While it’s also the year when my dad passed away (which left me lost and depressed for a couple of months), God still never failed to give me something to be happy and thankful for. So I’m making another list, in the spirit of new beginnings. Yeah. :) Read more »

There’s nothing geeky or techy about this but I just have to post this one because I’m drooling NOT ONLY over the yummy looking cupcakes but over this lady’s amazing skill.

Why am I not born an artist? Ugh. So much frustration in this world. Hehe.

Oh geesh. Am I starting to become domesticated? First, I’m looking at cook books. Now, I’m thinking of learning how to bake. Oh noes.

Check out Naomi’s flickr account to see more of these amazing cupcakes. Take that, Sonja. ;)

I think this is the second time I got an email like this. Last year, a friend got curious and replied to a similar email. When the respondent started asking for a Bank Account number, she stopped responding. Her suspicions were confirmed.

Read on. The topic read as: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE. (Typical!)

Dear Friend,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never met before, but need not to worry as I am using the only secured and confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance in a business. I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $8.3million immediately to your private account. The money has been here in our Bank lying dormant for nine good years now without anybody coming for the claim of it.

I want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer (the account owner) who died a long with his supposed NEXT OF KIN since August 1997. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 10 years, because the money will be recalled to the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

Upon receipt of your reply, indicating your interest in this transaction, I will send you full details on how the business will be executed.

Please keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested.

Regards,

Dr. KA** *******
African development Bank.
Burkina Faso, West Africa

Dear Friend my ass.