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Snail Mail is <3

by Jeric on December 29, 2009

I love the Internet and I believe that e-mail is one of the great things that humans invented. We live in a fast-paced world and many things can happen in a click of an eye. And so, e-mail made the typical “snail mail” a thing of the past. Well, not really. Can I just say how much I love sending and receiving letters thru snail mail? Sending and receiving letters and postcards via snail mail gives me a warm and special feeling—It’s really different—from sealing an envelope up to pasting a postal stamp and then dropping it to the mailbox. Plus, nothing beats the thrill of excitement you feel while opening a letter. It’s simply AWESOME!

It’s actually a great thing that I still receive a couple of letters and postcards sent the usual way. Luckily, I usually receive a letter from the World Vision child I’m sponsoring. Although he’s still young and still developing his writing skills, he really replies to my letters. He actually sent me a Christmas card a couple of weeks ago. So cute!

A Plurk friend shared with me a very wonderful website that promotes the use of the “snail mail.” The site is Postcrossing. Postcrossing works pretty simple – you send a postcard and you receive a postcard in return from a random person somewhere in the world. I joined the site a couple of months back and I really love the experience of sending and receiving postcards from/to different countries around the world. I’ll be sending two postcards to USA and Finland tomorrow. I can’t wait to receive more postcards! I’m so excited!

Postcard I received from Seattle, WA! <3

Actually, my sisters Dianne and Roxanne joined Postcrossing just yesterday.

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Hello, world! Again!

by Jeric on August 19, 2009

in Blogging,Whatnots

Hello! I know it’s been awhile since I have posted something here on my personal blog, Just Jeric. The thing is, there’s just too many things happening in my life that I don’t have that much time left to do things I’ve used to do—like blogging.

I’ve never abandoned the online world—it’s my life. Kidding, of course! But, seriously, the Internet is really important to me. I study online, remember? Plus, there’s a lot of wonderful people online and, of coursem a lot of not so wonderful people, too. Though I wasn’t able to blog here, I’ve been pretty much active online. Just take a look at my account in social networking websites including Twitter, Plurk, and Facebook.

Speaking of Twitter, I know that it is the in thing now because of the upsurge of celebrities and famous personalities, both foreign and local, joining the said social networking website. In fact, I follow a lot of celebrities on Twitter. I joined Twitter in April 2007. It wasn’t that big during that time. I follow only a few people (mostly bloggers) and only a few follow me also. Twitter being the in thing now, I think, is a good thing. Somehow, It brings you closer to the people you look up to like Miley Cyrus (haha!). Just recently, Twitter introduced this “verified account” thingamajig. So, if you’re following a celebrity or a famous personality on Twitter and his/her profile doesn’t have that “verified account” badge, then, most probably that’s a fake account or that person is just lazy to get his/her account verified.

I just wish that Kris Aquino would join Twitter too because it would be fun to read her updates. It’s pretty expensive to subscribe to her SMS journals (you know, the KText thing).

It’s actually great that I have a wifi-enabled phone because updating Twitter on the go is really fun! If you’re on Twitter too, then, follow me @JericPena.

EDIT: I know this theme is a bit cluttered, ugly and uhm, weird. I will change/fix this one soon.

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Happy Birthday, Roxanne!

by Jeric on March 12, 2009

in Blogging,Entertainment,Whatnots

Last Sunday, March 8, 2009, I spent my whole afternoon at TriNoma for we (me and my two sisters) are to celebrate Roxanne’s (my youngest sister) birthday. Roxanne’s birthday celebration started with my surprise, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus’ concert at the activity center of TriNoma. Thank you Jayvee for giving us tickets to the concert. We were seated near the stage giving us a good view of the concert. I gave the meet and greet stub to Roxanne and she seems very happy with her close encounter with the band. The band wasn’t able to sign her CD though.

After the concert and “meet and greet”, Roxanne and I met up with our sister, Dianne for dinner and ice cream. I really love Cold Rock’s Forest Berry sorbet, which is made of pure awesomeness!

Afternoon of Wednesday, March 11, Roxanne and I decided to watch Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience in 3D at SM The Block’s D Cinema. Although I’m not a fan of Jonas Brothers, I enjoyed the movie because it’s on 3D and Jonas Brothers aren’t that bad. (Please don’t hate me!) It’s also amazing to see how the film/movie/concert comes to life just by wearing the 3D glasses. I just wish that Coraline would be shown at the D Cinema of SM The Block too.

Happy Birthday, Roxanne!

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Enjoying coffee at home :)

by Jeric on January 23, 2009

in Food,Thought Cloud,Whatnots

*Play Smooth Jazz music here*

Because I love coffee whether it’s an Americano or Latte (flavored or not), my mom bought me an espresso machine. With the Krups XP4020, I can now enjoy espresso drinks at home. It’s about time that my cheap but reliable one-cup coffee maker retires. The espresso machine comes with a free coffee grinder. So I always get freshly ground beans every time I decide to have coffee!

Krups XP4020

I love this machine and I’ve been making espresso drinks not only for myself but also for my mom and my sisters. I’ve been practicing steaming / frothing milk for the perfect cappuccino. I wish to learn how to do latte art but I can’t get the right consistency of the milk (smooth, silky and velvety). But so far so good!

I’m learning! Watching “how to” videos from YouTube Broadcast Yourself really helps.

For the 8 days that this espresso machine has been with us, we approximately saved P2,145 worth of coffee drinks. Isn’t great? Instead of having coffee outside, we’re enjoying our coffee at home!

Instead of throwing away the used coffee grounds, my mom used the “used coffee grounds” as fertilizer on our simple and small garden.

I really enjoy using this espresso machine although it needs a lot of effort (preparation, grinding the beans, pulling the shot, steaming milk, cleaning the machine, etc.).

EDIT: Sige, next time I make espresso drinks I’ll take pictures of them.