My Little Electronic Dictionary
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Its hard for me without my Merriam Webster dictionary as English is not my first language and its not easy as some difficult English words that I encounter when I read books, through this dictionary I can comprehend and knew on how to read and pronounce the words. Having this Franklin speaking Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary, 11th edition makes makes me learn some new words each day. This electronic dictionary is updated and redesigned, the new Eleventh Edition of the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary sets a new standard in electronic dictionaries with dynamic new content, a striking new look, and a fresh platform for easy viewing and accessibility.
Designed to help you communicate effectively, it combines high-quality language reference with state-of-the-art search technology, providing instant access to over 200,000 words and 500,000 synonyms.
Easy to Understand Definitions Immediate access to clear and concise definitions for over 200,000 words, which includes inflected words. Usage paragraphs provide guidelines for words with confused or disputed usage.
Accurate Pronunciation Headwords and definitions spoken with Franklin's Clari Speech technology.
Authoritative Spelling Discover the correct spelling for a word based on phonetically-entered words and Franklin's quick search and retrieval technology.
Advanced Thesaurus and Grammar Guide Expand your vocabulary. Use alternate word choices with a complete thesaurus containing 500,000 synonym returns (including classmates). Synonym paragraphs explain different shades of meaning between words. Have the confusable feature, the comprehensive Franklin Grammar Guide (with Grammar quizzes), and over 20 tables of useful information, at your fingertips.
Interactive Learning with Word Games Build your vocabulary while playing Letris, Word Dozer and other interactive games.
Designed to help you communicate effectively, it combines high-quality language reference with state-of-the-art search technology, providing instant access to over 200,000 words and 500,000 synonyms.
Easy to Understand Definitions Immediate access to clear and concise definitions for over 200,000 words, which includes inflected words. Usage paragraphs provide guidelines for words with confused or disputed usage.
Accurate Pronunciation Headwords and definitions spoken with Franklin's Clari Speech technology.
Authoritative Spelling Discover the correct spelling for a word based on phonetically-entered words and Franklin's quick search and retrieval technology.
Advanced Thesaurus and Grammar Guide Expand your vocabulary. Use alternate word choices with a complete thesaurus containing 500,000 synonym returns (including classmates). Synonym paragraphs explain different shades of meaning between words. Have the confusable feature, the comprehensive Franklin Grammar Guide (with Grammar quizzes), and over 20 tables of useful information, at your fingertips.
Interactive Learning with Word Games Build your vocabulary while playing Letris, Word Dozer and other interactive games.
I am so thankful that I bought one of this for myself as its a big useful for me especially reading books and I am living in a country which does speak English and its an international language too and that is why each one of us should speak English and we knew its not easy to speak English when its not our own native language.
Variety of Chocolates
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
We planned to buy some swiss chocolates adding for Christmas gift to our friends. My sis., her husband, my little nephew CD, me and my hubby went to the Migros shopping center. I was so excited as shopping is what I like too. Lots of chocolates displayed in there like chocolate frey, we just bought several kinds of chocolates and we took some pictures and it was a great fun doing shopping especially in a different country.
Photos: 1st, chocolates that we bought and 2nd inside the Migros Store with alot of different kinds of chocolates..yummy:)
Dining In At Italian Restaurant
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
I wanted to eat gnocchi-its a type of Italian dumpling traditionally made from potato. They can also be made of durum wheat or ricotta cheese (with or without spinach). As gnocchi is not common here in America unless we are in Italy or other somewhere part of Europe but there are some restaurants serve this kind of food in the states but its hard to find.
My husband and I planned to eat out this afternoon as I missed the gnocchi as it reminds me eating at Tango Restaurant in Lugano, Switzerland which is boarder of Italy, its very delicious food hmmm. We went out but we end up to an Italian Restaurant called Gigi which is just about 1 block away from our flat and only to find out they does not serve gnocchi and I was disappointed. We ate in this restaurant and I end up ordering an eggplant_lasagna and fried_mushroom, it was a delicious meal I had but the taste of gnocchi still in my mind and I wanna find a restaurant next time which serves gnocchi.:)
Does these foods look tasty to you?
Does these foods look tasty to you?
Game Online
Monday, November 19, 2007
This year, we went to the vacation place of my husband's parents, we go there once a year to get together with his family and relatives. I really like the place because during summer time the trees are so green and the flowers are blooming. We visited some farms like cherry farms, red berries farms and sunflower farms, I really like to go there every year. Were his parents vacation home is very quiet place and its nearby the lake.
One time, when we were there, we decided to play euchre game with his aunt and uncle and it was my 1st time to play that kind of game as in my country Philippines we doesnt really play that one. I learned a little bit playing with them and some basics of strategies. As I am not good on how to play it, my husband did tried to find in the internet on how to play euchre and he found this pogo online and he gave me the website. I am member of this website since last year as its quite fun and you can play here different kind of games for free and you will earn tokens and if you would like to be a pogo club member you will pay for it for $39.99 a year and sometimes they do have a promotions and you can get a discount and you will just pay lesser than $39.99 a year. You may visit the website when you will have a time. When I do not have something to do, that's the website that where I go to besides doing blogging here. I love that website alot, my favorite gaming online that I knew of. What are you waiting for guys? visit it now and try it and have fun!
Beautiful Sunset
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Do you like sunset? its very pretty when you appreciate the beauty of nature. I noticed when I am walking on the shore, people watching the beauty of the sunset and take a picture of it and they wait when it will disappear. Some people like held their wedding ceremony by the beach during sunset time as they said its romantic and yes it is.
Sometimes when the sun disappears the clouds looks so pretty it likes you just colored it. I love to see the sunset often because it always reminds me of my homeland country which is sunny.
You can see the beautiful sunsets which I took from our porch, is it look pretty? which one do you like?
Sometimes when the sun disappears the clouds looks so pretty it likes you just colored it. I love to see the sunset often because it always reminds me of my homeland country which is sunny.
You can see the beautiful sunsets which I took from our porch, is it look pretty? which one do you like?
Veggie Stromboli
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Last night, our couple friends, me and my husband went to Thai Restaurant, this restaurant has an early bird special which is just $7.95 which includes small soup, small salad or spring roll, you can get a two choices and the entree, I cannot even believe that is a kind of cheap price as makes me remember when we were in the country of Switzerland its expensive we could pay more at least 20 dollars, living in America its much cheaper then, I am glad I can go back anytime in Thai. Restaurant during early bird special as its not expensive at all. Today, we didn't go out for our dinner as last night we went out, its a bit expensive also if we will eat out everyday, unless we are on vacation but we aren't.
My husband called me this afternoon asked me what should I like to have for dinner and I said "veggie stromboli" (strahm-BOH-lee) as he said he will be going to buy a sandwich in Original Pizza. When he arrived I got my delicious stromboli it comes with a tomato sauce on the side. The ingredients of veggie stromboli that I had are onions, mushrooms, black olives and tomatoes wrapped in pizza dough. A stromboli is a specialty of Philadelphia, a stromboli is a calzonelike enclosed sandwich of cheese (usually mozzarella) and pepperoni (or other meat) wrapped in pizza dough. Do you think guys is sounds delicious? My husband likes also a stromboli and I like to eat this sometimes or when I feel like too.
More Music You Like. Less Of The Noise You Don't
Saturday, November 10, 2007
When we do travel I used this headphones bose alot especially riding a plane which alot of people inside and you can hear them talking loud, so, I use this to reduce the noise around me and if its a long ride makes me sleep good using this.
This headphone originally engineered to reduce the engine roar airplanes, but if you are a commuter of trains to home you can use this one too and you can use this to your office to reduce distractions also. Its not just sounds reducer but you can use it to listen to your music in your ipod, watch movie in the laptop if you want and if you are the only one to listen the movie or music, you can just plugged this in, the same as your regular headphone you have, but this is a great headphone as I said its a noise reducer. Using this to listen to your music is much clearer than the regular one you have as it has a high quality audio sound. There are 2 kinds Bose QuietComnfort Acoustic Noise Cancelling headphones:
- QC2 -this is gently around your ears
-QC3--this is lightly rest on your ears. This is the one in the picture.
These headphones are also easy to take with you, since they fold flat for easy storage in slim carry case, so, it doesn't bulge to your bags. These has rechargeable batteries, it means you does not need to keep buying battery all the time. You can choose your style: the on-ear QC3 headphones or the around ear-QC2 headphones. And discover the unmatched combination of noise reduction, audio performance and comfortable fit which provided by these headphones.
Both has offer same total noise reduction and the same acclaimed audio performance.
Both has offer same total noise reduction and the same acclaimed audio performance.
Weekend Fun!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
My husband and I planned to stay for 2 days in Orlando and we decided to stay in Horizons, when we get in the hotel, I was surprised as it looks pretty nice and you can see by the porch the water parks. We got a 2 bedroom suite which was easily the nicest room we have ever stayed in for only $140 a nite. The rooms here are full service- kitchen, dining table, appliances, full size refrigerator, etc. There is no room service and on site dining is very limited, although, International Drive nearby has a bazillion chain resturaunts to satisfy you. Seaworld is just block away.The greatest selling point to the Horizons is the fantastic and creative pirate themed pools and water play areas and two of them plus two oversize hot tubs. The other one has a water slide, it was great and fun and my husband and I did water slide like a little kids hehe! It was fun!
The rest of Horizons is clean and new, with a nice lakefront boardwalk, play areas, arcade, put-put golf course & planned kids activities. The whole place has a
happy, feel good aura 
which is contageous and the staff is super-friendly. If you like makes your kids happy this is the hotel which is good to stay in and you will have a blast.
New Telephone That We Bought
Monday, November 5, 2007
Today, my husband and I tried to find a store where we can buy a pair of sandals for himself which is a comfortable one but we didn't find what we are looking for. We decided to buy a telephone as the one that we have was broken we bought a new one yesterday at Circuit City. The phone that we bought is AT&T Dual Handset Answering System with caller ID/Call Waiting. It's a DECT 6.0 Digital (Digitally Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication is a new frequency band that transmits your voice across multiple channels. This technology provides superior quality of voice and sound its high protection against wiretapping and better range than 2.4 GHz and 5.8Ghz phone systems while not interferring with wireless routers. Even this brand is AT&T, you can still use this if your connection or you subscribe in different line.
You can see the photo here of our new phone.
Trade In Value of Car
Saturday, November 3, 2007
I did plan to trade in my Ford Explorer Sport car because I want a smaller car as my car its a bit big for me, smaller car can is easily to maneuver than bigger one but of course its alot of stuff that you can put on in your car especially when you do shopping and do camping but I need just a small one.
When you trade in your car should know how much worth of your car and you must know what car you want so that when you go to the dealer there will be no problem. You can research the website of Kelly Blue Book to know how much worth is your car. It's not that easy to do trade in because what if your car is not worth enough to trade in to the car that you like and you might pay more and that would be fine if you got an extra money.
Free Coffee
Thursday, November 1, 2007
When I was watching tv I watched this commercial about nescafe coffee and they offered a sample, so I decided to looked up online and I did requested a sample of coffee.
So, yesterday, we planned to go restaurant and have a pizza, but before we go there, I checked out 1st our mailbox and I recieved something interesting which I did requested online and makes me happy about it even just little free sample, guess what I got? it's a coffee which has variety of flavors. I love it!
Attached photo, which is my free coffee.
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