I am a proud Aunt of two very pretty/beautiful nieces. I am blessed to have the both of them. Well, aside from responsible of giving them their respective names, I am very supportive and loving to these cuties. Kiana Claire is the eldest (5 years old) and Kimberly Cate (7 moths old) is the youngest. Both of them are daughters of my eldest brother.

I love to see both of them everyday. I like to nourish them and teach them everything that they need to learn. Kiana, is now the most intelligent and ranks number one in her class, which make my whole family very proud and happy, especially my mother and father.

There’s always something that these two cuties show us everyday. I know there will still be a long years for them to be mature enough. But, I’m always here for them. I’ll always be their loving and ever supportive Aunt. And here for my soon to be nieces or nephews!

It’s good be called Tita, it’s cool to be an Aunt!

With my Niece Kiana

Together with Kim

I am not a huge fan of cake. But I do love to eat cake! Yum yum!

Why do I love cake? Well, because it is sweet, comes with different flavor and of course so delicious! Chocolate flavored cake is one of my favorites, second is mocha.

Why the hell am I talking about cake? Oh dear, I miss eating it. The last time I ate was last Saturday, when we had breakfast in our favorite Bakeshop and I ordered a honey crunch cake. And now, I am craving to have some more! Geee I am hungry and I couldn’t help my starving stomach.

Anyway, I have here the pictures of cakes that I took last Saturday. I can’t wait to have some this weekend!

  Cakes…Cakes…Cakes…

My Honey Crunch Cake!

Check this interesting new flash memory from Samsung.

Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has developed a more advanced flash memory chip that will allow increased data storage in digital products such as music players.

Samsung, the world’s largest maker of computer memory chips, unveiled a 64-gigabit NAND flash memory chip based on finer process technology using circuit elements that are 30 nanometers wide. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter; a human hair is about 80,000 nanometers across.

“The flash memory device represents a major leap forward in the move to higher density flash storage solutions at a time of exploding demand for flash as the main storage medium in computing and digital applications,” Samsung said in a statement.

Samsung touted the development of the chip as a world first and said the new chip marks the eighth straight year that memory density has doubled and the seventh straight year that the nanometer scale has improved for NAND flash.

The company said it plans to begin production of the chip in 2009.

Using finer process technology allows more to be fit on a semiconductor chip and reduces power requirements.

Flash memory chips are used extensively in digital music devices, digital cameras and mobile phones. The chips can retain data even when the devices they power are turned off.

Samsung also manufactures dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips used in personal computers.

Last year the company announced 32-gigabit NAND flash memory chip based on 40-nanometer process technology.

Production of that chip will begin next year, said Chae Su-yeon, a Samsung spokeswoman

Currently, the bulk of Samsung’s flash memory chips are produced using 50-nanometer process technology, she said.

Source: Yahoo News

Do you ever wonder why most men die before us women? Here’s why:

In humans and many other animals, males age faster and die earlier than females.

New research suggests this might happen because of intense competition over sex.

Scientists compared monogamous species with polygynous species, in which each male mates with many females. Males in monogamous species, such as the barnacle goose or the dwarf mongoose, naturally compete less over females than ones in polygynous species, such as the red-winged blackbird or the savannah baboon.

After investigating about 20 different vertebrate species, researchers Tim Clutton-Brock and Kavita Isvaran at the University of Cambridge in England found the more polygynous a species was, the more likely their males were to age faster and die earlier than females.

The researchers explained that as competition among males for sex grows more intense, each male on average has less time to breed. As such, there is no strong incentive to evolve longevity among males in such species.

Since men age faster and die earlier than women, these findings suggest that “at the time when current human physiology evolved, perhaps around the late Stone Age, polygynous breeding was the norm,” Clutton-Brock told LiveScience. “Of course, this doesn’t provide any justification for polygyny or promiscuity now for males.”

Clutton-Brock and Isvaran detailed their findings online Oct. 17 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

I do notice this one in our family. My Granda died first than my Gradma, my Uncle died few years ago due to Kidney disease and some for most of my relatives men do die first too.

Source: Yahoo News

I am expecting this to happen. There were rumors years ago that Spice Girls felt bad and did comments to Westlife when Irish Boyband went number 1 on UK leaving Spice Girls behind. Now, the heat is on once again when Mel C stated a comment about their boyband rival, which I bet they are scared that Westlife will top again their comeback single/album. Oh well, I am a woman but, I love this Lads, so I go with Westlife!

Westlife have slammed the Spice Girls for living in the past, and insist they will destroy the girl group in their upcoming chart battle.

The Irish boy band - made up of Shane Filan, Mark Feehily, Nicky Byrne and Kian Egan - have dismissed Mel C for boasting, “Seriously, who would you put your money on”, when asked about the two group’s upcoming chart battle, insisting past success counts for nothing.

“No one could compete with the Spice Girls 10 years ago,” Mark said. “But actually we competed with them eight years ago and we won! We are not living in the past.”

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They say, money is the root of all evil. But I keep on wondering why?

Money is important in us anyway. We are working so hard for to receive salary to have money. I’ve been hearing people saying. “It’s so hard to earn money!” or “I need to work overtime.”, etc. So I asked my friends and colleagues this question: Why Money is Important?

Here’s their thoughts:

Paul: With money you can do anything.

Amy: Money makes the world go round.

Merben: Because it is necessary in our society now.

Rei: To sustain ones self.

Porsi: Because almost everything you want has to be bought.

Joy: It allows us to buy the material things that we needed most.

Chad: “Money doesn’t make the world go ’round but I can certainly go around the world with it! Money can’t buy happiness but it can enhance it; money certainly cannot buy life but can extend it. However we look at it, money is important because it is part of our lives, we work for it in order to live. “Money” takes many forms, it may be a coin, a bill, a nugget of an earthly metal, blood or life. Any form that can be exchanged for something you want. I may sound a bit materialistic. Are you enjoying what you’re reading now? I wonder… how much does your computer cost? yeah, my point exactly! “

Thank you guys for sharing!

Well, for me, yes, it is true that money is something that we need to posses to buy what we want. Because it’s a fact that almost all of the material things are not for free. But the real thing for me is this… money isn’t everything, but happiness.

How about you? Any thoughts?

Yesterday (October 7, 2007) was a very exciting day. That day was a very memorable and victorious, as usual, to us Filipinos when Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino, won over Mexican pride Marco Antonio Barrera on fight “Will to Win” last October 6, 2007 in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. I myself, was one of the millions of Filipinos who watched the said fight. Because the fight was not broadcast live, I grabbed my mp3 player and tuned in to the live coverage of the said Pacquiao-Barrera II fight. Though many expected that Pacquiao will win Barrera my knock out, but still winning it till the last round was a great fight.

Both fighters/boxer did their best. Only that Pacquiao punched and scored more than Barrera. Two of the judges Jerry Roth and Glenn Trowbridge scored 118-109 and Tom Schreck 115-112 which made Pacquiao won a unanimous decision.

It was such a great fight indeed. Manny deserves a warm welcome when he will arrive home in his country, the Philippines. We are so proud of you Manny!