Orlistat Xenical – I just HAD to Try it!!

by Shmelly Cat on August 2, 2010

About ten years ago, my cousin’s girlfriend told me about Xenical.
I did not feel the need to try it back then. I suppose, I WAS thinner back then (waist measurement ten years ago: 25 inches).
Since I’ve grown… SIDEWAYS… and since my Balance Stepper is sadly sitting in a corner of my living room [...]

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We Quit Smoking Part 2

by Shmelly Cat on August 1, 2010

Day 5: July 30… Smoked 16 sticks. I thought I was getting the hang of “smoking in moderation” until…
Day 6: July 31… Just like I put a stop on dieting – it was my birthday – I did not count how many sticks I’ve smoked. But ultimately, it was probably a pack. [...]

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Hair Rebonding, Hair Relaxing or Just Plain Hair Straightening?

July 29, 2010

I have wavy hair, and I HATE it! It is so hard to manage, especially since blow drying hair is not an option. It’s too hot in the Philippines. I would rather leave the house with towel-dried hair, rather than leave the house with completely dry and straight hair while being all sweaty. [...]

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We Quit Smoking – Really?

July 29, 2010

We love watching the Deadliest Catch, which is a reality show about crab fishing. Seafood, and bodies of water, is altogether more fascinating to me than outer space, or mountains.
Unfortunately, one of the skippers on the Deadliest Catch died. He was around 54 years old. The thing that caught our attention is [...]

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Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)

July 18, 2010

As my husband and I were sorting out our DVDs, we noticed that I had a LOT of anime. Sometimes, when I go out to buy more, I forget which ones I’ve already seen; especially those that didn’t make much of an impression on me So I decided to write a [...]

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How to manually install a plugin in Wordpress

July 5, 2010

If you’re having problems installing plugins through Wordpress, then you can manually install plugins using these 5 easy steps.

1. Go to /public_html/wp-content/plugins
2. Upload the zip file there.
3. click on zip file, click on Extract.
4. delete the zip file.
5. go back to WP installed plugins, click activate.

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Thesis installation error: Is its parent directory writable by the server?

June 7, 2010

This is the full error message:
Unable to create directory /home/variablename/public_html/variablename/wp-content/uploads/2010/06. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
I’ve encountered this error message many times while installing Thesis on many Wordpress blogs.  I found a very useful solution for this error message.
1. Go to Wordpress Settings and click on Miscellaneous.
2. There is a box there, called: [...]

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www.AboutthingsIlike.com has been successfully moved!

May 15, 2010

Who knew that deconstructing and reconstructing a site could be so difficult?
It was my first time doing something like that, and man, did it take a long time!
Roughly six hours of… removing all posts, keywords, pages, pictures, meta data, etc.
But… you gotta do what you gotta do.
Good thing I didn’t have too much stuff in [...]

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Here comes the Balance Stepper challenger!!!

May 9, 2010

And in the left corner, we have Shmelly Cat, weighing 123.5 lbs….
I am around 5 feet tall.  And I need to lose weight – fast!  I have a deadline: June 9, 2010.  What’s the rush?  I need to fit into a bridesmaid dress and actually look nice, muahahah!
So this is me today, please forgive my bad hair [...]

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