Archive for July, 2010

I received news from a friend that she finally got in the Florida cosmetology School of Regency Institute. Founded more than 50 years ago in Minneapolis, Regency is the fastest growing beauty school in the country. Regency has expanded from two Minnesota schools in 2002 to almost 30 campuses across nine states, with continued growth underway for next year. She has been interested in hair styling and applying make-up for years and I really thought she had the talent for it even back then. She just knew how to instinctively enhance one’s features and downplay the not so good features. I can’t wait to hear from her!

If you have plans to read one of the books, be prepared to read both, because you can’t help it.

Both of these books tell the same story: two best friends, gorgeous bitchy Darcy and smart plain Rachel, get in a fight because Rachel steals Darcy’s fiance. Something Borrowed is from Rachel’s perspective, Something Blue from Darcy’s.

Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed is the story of Rachel White and Darcy Rhone, best friends since childhood. Rachel is used to being the good girl, the hard-worker who exists in the shadow of flashy—often selfish—Darcy. Until her thirtieth birthday that is, when a drink too many results in Rachel sleeping with Darcy’s fiance, Dexter. The fling turns into an affair, and Rachel is forced to decide which is more important, friendship or true love.

Something Blue

Something Blue is the sequel to Something Borrowed, where it tells the story of Darcy Rhone, who thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance. Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma. But Darcy’s neat, perfect world turns upside down when her best friend, Rachel White, the plain-Jane "good girl," steals her fiance, while Darcy finds herself completely alone for the first time in her life…with a baby on the way. Darcy tries to recover, fleeing to her childhood friend living in London and resorting to her tried-and-true methods for getting what she wants. But as she attempts to recreate her glamorous life on a new continent, Darcy finds that her rules no longer apply. It is only then that Darcy can begin her journey toward self-awareness, forgiveness, and motherhood.

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Among the two I loved Something Blue more, perhaps because in Something Borrowed I just couldn’t get (in real life) how Rachel and Dex could have kept it a secret for so long. Plus Dex is too perfect he hardly seems real – and how he managed to keep his feelings for Rachel for 7 yrs under control is beyond me. But this is what Griffin does best. She paints real life as not only black and white but with shades of grey. And that is life. People change, love happens. Life sucks sometimes.

Something Blue was different. She illustrates that people can really change and you can really find love in the most unexpected places. Ethan is someone I wouldn’t mind falling in love with myself.

How often have we planned parties and trips with a huge number of people? Most often planning he trip with a convoy of cars and designated drivers who cannot get drunk is already a big problem. Nowadays, most people now know better – they hire a Los Angeles party bus when they have trips so they can be all in one place, have fun together, and get the party started even while on transit!. Perhaps the most important thing is that you would not need to worry about who gets behind the wheel because there is a professional licensed driver with the LA Party bus.

Here are some amenities of a los angeles party bus rental that might get your interested:

• All the coaches that come in this fleet are motor coaches and buses. These come at a length of 40 to 45 feet.
• The way they are constructed has the passengers’ comfort in mind. The seats are made of plush leather to ensure everyone is comfortable. There is enough leg space so that you do not feel cramped. The luggage space is enough to put in all your cargo with the greatest of ease.  The seating layout is optimized for comfort and giving the passengers the most delightful of traveling experiences.

Party Buses from Party Bus LA come in many different sizes and styles from 20 passengers to 50 passengers – call 877.427.4567 for inquiries and reservations.

I have been looking a good ebook reader app for my iPhone for quite some time now. I can’t use iBooks because mine is jailbroken and I really do not want to buy e-books when its amount is the same as a paperback.

A friend searched for one and came up with Bookshelf!

APP: BookShelf
PLATFORM: iPhone
COMPLEX SAYS: Why would you pay $4.99 for an e-reader when you can cop four for free? Well, if you’re using a bunch of odd file formats, you can use BookShelf to treat them just like regular e-books. You can bookmark anything: PDFs, Word Docs, HTML, or even old PalmDocs.

Features include:

- Read in portrait or landscape with the ability to "lock-in" an orientation regardless of the device’s current position
- Add named bookmarks to any document type
- Auto-scroll at various speeds to read "hands-free"
- Support for large files — no upper limit on size, and files as large as 7MB open in seconds
- Color themes for foreground and background color
- User selectable font and size for text files
- Easy interface to download books from your desktop OR from online book stores
- Complete off-line usage. Once downloaded to the device, books can be read without an Internet connection and in airplane mode

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It says it all.

http://www.iphonebookshelf.com/quickstart.html

The screen is auto-fit and can be locked in position. You get to change the background and the text color, font and size.

And best of all, I can read all ebook formats (which I can get somewhere else).

I have been talking about investing on gold and silver for quite some time now. Ever since a friend actually invested on it and had its return of investment quite early (with profit), I was sold to buy gold bullion from the US Gold Bureau when I finally reach my savings goal. United States Gold Bureau is home to a large and dedicated staff of hard asset professionals committed to serving your precious metals investment needs and being America’s best dealer with a convenient market and competitive precious metals prices. It is never too late to invest and save – and I am doing this for my kids’ future!