Oh my! Niko is asking us to post picture that is showing some flesh. I don’t know why these themes crossed Niko’s mind. Well, because I am one of those brave girls, I will post mine…and that picture is dyaraaan!Sorry to disappoint you girls, this is the farthest I can go. I am not brave enough to wear string bikinis because of my stretch marks on the upper part of my thighs. Take note, I exerted efforts in losing some weight and flab so I can wear this two piece. See those flab in the tummy area? I don't care if they are bulging everywhere as long as I feel sexy...lol!

Being sexy doesn't mean showing more flesh anyway. A fully clothed woman can be sexier than a nude girl. Sexiness is all about the attitude, being confident and loving yourself. If you want to be sexy, be yourself and walk with your head up high.

I am excited to blog hop and to see sexy pictures of my co-Girl Talkers. Want to see them? Join me as I visit Niko's...

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It is time to say something nice about Smartbro, our internet provider. Our download speed is ranging from 110kbps-170kbps on peak hours and reaches 300+kbps on early mornings and late evenings for two weeks now. Still slow compared to its maximum speed of 1mbps but a lot more faster than our download speed before which was 30kbps-80kbps during peak hours.

Screenshot from Speedtest.net at 9:40 today, download speed is 160kbps.
Screenshot taken a month ago at 9:55a.m., download speed of 50kbps.

My husband is monitoring the speed of Smartbro and documenting it so he can have concrete proof and basis for his complaints. He is quite impressed (but still not satisfied) with Smartbro's service. Maybe the Smartbro upgraded their base stations because aside from the improved speed, we seldom experience intermittent connections for weeks. I hope Smartbro will continue to upgrade and improve their service. It is a giant company anyway and has millions of subscribers.

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My Rating: 6/10

Excerpts from the movie summary of Wikipedia:

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a sequel to Twilight. The movie is about Bella Swan (Kirtsten Stewart) who fell in love with a Vampire, Edward Cullen, (Robert Pattinson) who stopped aging physically at 17. Bella gets a paper cut when the Cullens (Edwards’s family) throw a party for her 18th birthday. This causes Edwards adopted brother Jasper (Jackson Rathbone), to become overwhelmed by her blood scent and attempt to kill her. The Cullens realize that Bella’s life is in danger because of them so Edward brakes up with Bella and his family leaves Forks for good. This breaks Bella’s heart and she is so depressed. Bella finds a cheerful companion over Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner), her childhood friend. She discovers that Jacob is a werewolf, long time enemy of vampires. The werewolves haunt Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), a vampire who wants to kill Bella because of the death of her mate.

Because of miscommunication, Edward thought Bella committed suicide. He flees to Italy and seeks help from the Volturi, powerful vampires who are capable of killing Edward. Alice (Ashley Greene) asks for Bella’s help to save Edward. Because the Volturi know Bella is a human who knows that vampire exist, they want Bella to be killed or be transformed into a vampire. The Cullens vote in favor for Bella being transformed into a vampire to Edward and Jacob’s dismay. Edward gives Bella a choice: either she lets Alice change her after their graduation, or, if Bella agrees to marry him, he will change her himself. However, Jacob reminds Edward of the treaty the Cullens made with the Quileutes: they will not attack each other, as long as the Cullens never bite a human.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon is an adaptation of New Moon novel by author Stephenie Meyer. It moved quickly to the top of bestseller lists, becoming one of the most anticipated books of the year. It peaked at #1 on both the New York Times Best Seller list and USA Today's Top 150 Bestsellers, and was the biggest selling children's paperback of 2008 with over 5.3 million copies sold. In October 2008, the book was ranked #37 on USA Today's "Bestselling Books of Last 15 Years. (source)

Yes, that’s how good this novel is. It hooks everyone reading it, be an adult or young adult, and it is addicting. You will want more after reading this novel. That is why may be I have very high expectations on its movie adaptation, The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

I have seen Twilight, the first movie of the Twilight series, and I liked it very much. I watched it twice and still want to watch it one day. It made me “kilig” (chilled) to my bones. So when I saw New Moon’s trailer, I told myself that I won’t miss this movie. Plus the fact that the movie has huge promotion and many positive reviews that made me wanting more to watch it. But to my dismay, it is far from what I have expected. It didn’t give me any chill and yes I was very much disappointed. The movie is not as good as the novel. You cannot feel the thrill, romance and chill that you get while reading the novel when you watch this movie.

Want to know more of the disappointing movies? Head on to Kikamz's...

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Reminiscing is one of my favorite past times whenever I am alone and have nothing much to do, browsing old love letters and old pictures or even watching the video coverage of our wedding. I was looking on our wedding album this morning and the first thing I saw in our wedding album was our wedding invitation. It is attached on the album’s first page. Because our motif was old rose and silver, our wedding invitation is old rose with silver ribbon and the letters are silver. It is a simple invitation and my husband and I both like it. We chose it personally in fact. But sometimes I am having this thought that we should have gotten out of the box and had chosen a unique wedding invitation. My husband and I are unique individuals and our wedding must have reflected that.

Example of unique wedding invitations is a photo wedding invitation like the one in the picture. Oh I so love this invitation but it is a new design and not available yet during our time. It has a large, black pocket that holds the invitation on one side and the enclosures on the other for a unique perspective. The pocket is accented with a black foil swirl design. The photos are printed at the bottom of the bright white, z-fold invitation of textured paper, names at the top and a verse, along with wording and wedding information. Very beautiful and unique indeed!
We will be getting married again on our 25th wedding anniversary, 15 years from now, and I will make sure that all accessories for our silver wedding will be unique including the wedding invitation.

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It was in newspaper headline yesterday a 15 year old teenager was molested by a 29 year old neighbor. What is happening to the world? Many criminals are on the loose especially sex offenders. Each year 350,000 sex related crimes are reported and approximately 60,000 to 70,000 sex crimes occur against children under 18 years of age.

Releasing of certain information about sex offenders to public agencies and the general public will assist in protecting the public safety that is why a database of convicted sex offenders are created. The public may receive information about dangerous sex offenders who live or work in each community to prevent further victimization.

It seems that your children are not safe anywhere, even in the place where the most powerful president of the world lives. More often than not,an abuser or abductor is known to the child. He or she can be a neighbor, teacher, relative, school bus driver or family friend. Do not wait until you are informed that a sex offender is living nearby to begin educating yourself and your family on issues of sexual assault. Through sexual offender in Washington’s database, you can find out how many Washington sex offender are living near your home and who these sex offenders are.

Be vigilant and alert too to protect yourself and your family. You can take simple precautions as follows:

• Practice good security at home, at the office, and in your vehicle.
• Educate yourself on crime prevention tactics.
• Organize neighborhood block watches, if desired by your neighbors.
• Make an effort to know the people with whom your child is spending time.
• Practice basic safety skills with your children.

Awareness is your best defense in sex related crimes. Educate yourself and your family about sexual assaults.

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