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Language Barrier

Posted By USAPinoy on September 22, 2010

Husband was scolding my son yesterday and I almost died laughing. My husband got mad as our  four year old son made a big mess of  his toys again. My husband had to scold him in English since my four year old son cannot understand Tagalog. I was laughing since he couldn’t get the words out,  he ran out of the English words to say!

Said my husband to my son, “Hmp, mag aral ka ng tagalog kasi ” to which my son replied , ” what Daddy, what did you say???

MagicJack Works!

Posted By USAPinoy on August 31, 2010

I have been doubtful of this Magic Jack infomercial but not anymore. My Aunt who visited the USA bought one for herself and had it installed in her laptop. When she got back to the Philippines, she called me using her Magic Jack.  A friend of my Mom, also bought one and had been using  her Magic Jack to call her relatives  in the  USA and Canada. I bought one for myself too and found out some facts about this MagicJack :

~ The call is free if a Magic Jack number is calling another MagicJack number. This will work great for OFWs and their families, as long as both have the MagicJack, and both have internet connection.

~ Magic Jack can call any US and Canada number …

~ People in the US and Canada can call the Magic Jack US number that’s located anywhere in the world  …

~ Magic Jack should only dial US and Canada phone numbers, if not, one has to buy the international minutes to be able to call another country other than US and Canada…

~ You connect it to your computer’s  USB, not to the modem so the computer needs always to be turned on to activate the MagicJack…

~ There is a renewal fee or fee of some sort after a year …

~ The reception is a bit choppy sometimes especially if the magicJack is connected to a PC that has slow Internet connection…

So folks, this is my firsthand experience with the MagicJack and overall it is working okay, except when my Comcast internet connection gets lost that is.

I decided to blog about  this because  I know that lots of my fellow Filipinos want to call the US and it’s expensive so I hope this information helps in a way. If you are doing business with people in the US and Canada, the Magicjack  will save you a lot of bucks.

I Hate Shopping Here

Posted By USAPinoy on April 30, 2010

Opo, naiinis talaga ako pag nagshashopping ako dito ng damit (tatagalugin ko para di maintindihan ng iba).

I go to  department stores like  Macy, Sears, Mervyn’s ( na nagsara na ngayon) , Kohl’s, Old Navy pero wala , lagi na lang akong umuuwing luhaan, or if meron man na bitbit, pangpuno lang sa dati nang punong closet.  My husband always teases me when I try to shop because he knows that either I will end up with nothing or end up buying something that I will not be wearing at all.

Ewan ko lang pero di ko talaga type ang  mga damit dito, masyadong mababa ang mga  necklines, masyadong mga low-waist ang mga pantalon na konting tuwad mo lang , kita na ang you-know-what mo. Tapos ang mga blouses maiikli, hindi tulad ng mga blouses sa Pinas na medyo mahaba haba , para if meron ka, di masyadong halata kasi mahaba ang blouse. ;)

Yung material nila dito, if cotton, yon bang parang madaling magfade, sabagay yung iba kasi galing sa Vietnam or China, or Mexico.  Ewan ko if natataon lang na ganong cotton nakikita ko, and  if hindi naman cotton yung material, un bang mga mga stretchable? Tapos pa, ang mga sizes, pag sa medium ako , masikip, pag large naman, maluwag??? Kaloka di ba ??

Hay , kakamiss talaga magshopping sa Pilipinas kong mahal, like  SM . Sa SM Mall pa lang, dami mo na pagpipilian, di mo na kailagan magdrive around punta sa iba’t ibang stores kasi sa SM palang, dami nang brands and marami ding pagpipilian na stores sa loob ng mall tulad ng Rustan’s, Cinderella, Bench, at kung ano ano pa. Limot ko na ibang stores kasi sa SM pa lang , nakikita ko na kagad ang hinahanap ko.