Emergency Car Repair

I hate the fact that buying a car is more than just worrying about where to get the money to buy one. You have to think about the car insurance, the monthly payments, if you don't have parking at home then of course you have to pay for parking, the maintenance. It is a lot of work and thinking to do.

I remember receiving an insert on my credit card bill offering me car insurance. Since, I have always wanted to get a car for myself as a young girl, I was curious and kept it on file. What would happen if I get stranded in the middle of nowhere and in the middle of the night just because my car broke down? Scary, isn't it? It pays to know the area where you will be and to save the contact number of that trusted auto repair shop.

I thought of my sister who is driving around the city of Chicago in the snow and I can't help but think of something that might happen to her. I always say to her to make sure the car heater works, to check engine light, enough gas and the brakes. I know this is too much worrying and my older sister is a big girl.

I came across a website that has a lists of Chicago auto repair shops. It contains the shops name, their addresses, phone numbers and the cars they repair. The shops are even in Google maps so you would not have a hard time locating the store. In the website, it will allow you to find the best car shop based on your car model and get a quotation on how much the repair will cost.

This is really helpful to all who lives in Chicago area or for someone who travels by car a lot. I know where to refer my sister just in case something happens to her car when she is on the road or not. Such an informational website help saves time from moving to one shop to the next.

Photos of Russia

I really find Moscow to be mysterious. I don't hear about Russia or Moscow any where. It's great that Moscow photography, Russia Photo Stock, is now up. I can see the beautiful images of Russia and Moscow through pictures. It would certainly feel as if I have been there myself now. I can also get ideas from photographers shots posted on the website.

Increase Traffic

I have been blogging for almost 3 straight years now but I still haven't figured out how SEO works. I wanted to get this started for my blog site. The higher the traffic the better and bigger opportunities for me to get. I understand PPC Campaign Management offers their services related to SEO. Check them out.

Home Comfort

There is now online help when buying medicines. Especially in finding a local drug testing centers near you. Need help with pregnancy kit? Home Drug Test is now accessible and Test Country has a variety of help for everyone on their website.

Home Shopping Once Again

I've already posted about me wanting to learn cooking. I might want to enroll myself in cooking school by summer. I just need to update and bring in that quality cooking equipments in my kitchen. What a good way to motivate myself to cooking and experimenting on recipes at home, right?

My housemate enrolled herself in cooking school and although I wanted to join her I just found the tuition too expensive. But it should not be a problem. If you love something or if you have the passion for it, might as well invest on it. Now this got me thinking about photography once again. Anyhow, lets not talk about that yet. Maybe in some other posts.

I have been looking around online for advises on what to at least have at home for that beginner cook. I currently live in a boarding house for girls where we are not allowed to cook. So I always end up eating outside which is so not healthy and breaking the bank. I should get one of those classic design plates that will work with any type of cooking as well. Of course, after cooking, it is then about the presentation. I am thinking about learning to cook those home grown meals. I also wanted to go back and re-learn those foods we tried cooking in High School like Leche Flan. A bamboo steamer does not cost too much and it should be easy to keep around the house as well.

While I was browsing, I came across a site and found a beautiful coffee maker and it does not even cost so much. I knew I should have asked this for Christmas instead of a book that I have not even read yet.

What I have lying around my place is a small steel and black toaster. I love toast and coffee in the morning. It is not rocket science in using the toaster and that is the part I love having one for myself. I hope my land lady will not notice the smell of toast somewhere in the house. I remember seeing my land lady having a countertop blender in the kitchen. I wonder if she will allow me to use it.

Online shopping is so much fun. There are a lot of choices. It saves the time from going to one store and the next and it definitely saves gas. For a great selection of home furniture, I rely on Shop Wiki. You can even compare prices in this one site. I hope I have inspired you to get cooking started at home. Enjoy shopping too!

Food for Thought

I love eating crabs. I'm also one of the lucky few who are not allergic to sea foods unlike my younger sister. How I wish I can get fresh from the ocean stone crabs delivered to my house every weekend. Talk about a fancy and sexy dinner at home on a Saturday. On the menu, crabs. Yum!

New Beginnings

Real Estate industry has had houses lined up for open house parties. Here, I thought about those beautiful houses in California and I am thinking about buying a house soon. I also have to think about moving the family to California State. I am not sure if it is going to be difficult since California have great weather all year long, a busy city so the children won’t get bored, a good educational system and there a lot of Filipinos living in California. It would be like not living going away from my home country the Philippines.

I was browsing around about what to do after buying a house. I certainly have to think about how to get everyone and all our stuff moved to a different State safely. Well, there are a lot of Moving Los Angeles of whom I’m sure has been helping people move from one place to another. I hear Movers in Los Angeles are great in terms of service. There are a lot of choices around. Many people only have good things to say about Moving Companies Los Angeles. It must be that they are the best all over the State. You'll only have to enjoy the drive to your new home in California. You know that your stuff are safe, insured and in good hands.

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Home Sweet Home

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Information Processing

“For information to stay in your long-term memory, emotions have to be involved.”

I remember way back in my College days that I like to day dream a lot. Whenever the teacher, who is also old and soft-spoken, just sits on her chair and talk about a subject/chapter in the book and because the classroom is so small and we are so many in the class, she only tend to talk to the students in front. At one point, she caught my attention outside the classroom and she asked me a question about the difference of Retailing and Wholesaling. I wasn’t really our of day dream state and did not realize the question she was asking and when I gave a wrong answer, the whole class laughed. When my attention was reverted back to the class in order to get the correct answer, I understood both concepts. Until now, I am still able to differentiate both concepts.

But is humiliation the answer to long-term information processing. I get frustrated a lot whenever my sister is able to name a concept accurately by name and I can only define or generalize the concept. I understand it but I don’t have a name for it. Maybe it’s the type of learner that I am. I take information in a general form and it sticks to the brain. I know I was able to read a concept and know how and where to retrieve the concept but I can’t name it right on the spot. I have to review the same concept in order to gain again that mastery of the concept.

Is taking an exam, a quiz and ace it an enough indication that a person is able to process the information? Sure, it is because there is such a term short-term information processing.

I remember a TV series I was watching about Law-court practice and that in one case the lawyers were defending a school from law suit against a parent whose child died from all that school activities and academic rigors. The school superintendent who was brought to the stand said something about,” United States has become a nation of test takers.” I think about that and said to myself, after honest evaluation of a type of learner that I am, that it’s not just happening to the United States. I think that it is what I am also becoming. Learning should not just be about giving of information and taking it in until examinations come and then forgetting about it. It should include meaning for it to be forever learned.

This is what’s frustrating me for quite awhile now. I know that when a concept is named or presented I then think that I have learned this concept before. I know I’ve learned this in Miss Teacher’s class and what subject it was taught. But, I have to pick up the book and review the concept again in order for me to fully understand it and name the concept again. I get good grades and sometimes get the highest scores during examinations. But how do we ready ourselves, for a class, or someone who is supposed to take the board exam in after 4 years or 3 semesters of studying a major? What are the implications of these facts as future teachers? Is humiliation or fear a factor that we consider? We know, as learners ourselves, that this has its own adverse effects.

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