STONECPS

Now that the expenses for the holiday season is over, we can finally start saving up for projects that we want to take this new year. Here is a list:

• Replacement of our basement flooring
• Jacobo’s 2nd Birthday celebration
• B’s 7th Birthday party
• Hopefully an out of town or out of the country trip for my whole clan (the last time we did this was back in 2008 and so we are all looking forward for our next out of the country family outing). We are looking at Singapore for our next destination but of course it all depends on Cebu Pacific’s promo
• New business for my mom
• Minor home renovations of the kids’ room

2011 has been a very good year for us and so we are really hoping that 2012 will be as good as and even better than 2011. We are thankful for all the blessing that we have received last year and hopefully we will have the same blessing for this year.Cheers to 2012!!

Aside from the Cohiba cigarette that I will buy for my dad (and this is his favorite) for his birthday, I am still on the look out for promos that I can avail so we can go out of town for my dad’s big day.

I saw this promo of Canyon Cove from Ensogo and I am thinking if this is a perfect getaway for my family.

The rate is actually ok, priced at P3,380 (which is 50% off its published rate) and the package includes a Superior Room Accommodation for 2 persons inclusive of breakfast and welcome drinks at Canyon Cove, a resort in Nasugbu, Batangas.

I asked my friend who have been to Canyon Cove and she mentioned that the room is clean but the food served at the restaurant is just so-so. The beach has white sand but has small shells and rocks so we need to use aqua shoes to enjoy the beach.

My dad’s birthday is almost the start of the summer season already so we really have to decide soon so we can book a nice resort for my dad’s birthday celebration.

Going out with your friends or family? Why not try this promo of Burgoo being offered through Deal Grocer, a sampler of Burgoo’s Prized Bestseller good for sharing for 4:

This dish is valued at P 2,431 but is offered through Deal Grocer promo for only P1,500. This includes Burgoo's Oriental Chicken Salad, Creamy Dory Milanese, Seafood Au Gratin, and Cajun-spiced prawns and full-flavored baby back ribs. Now that is really mouthwatering.

We rarely dine in at Burgoo but we really enjoyed their food especially the baby back ribs that my hubby finished up to the last bone the last time we dine in there so I think this is one good promo that we will not miss.

This voucher can be use in any of the 9 branches of Burgoo: gateway Mall, Power Plant Mall, Promenade Greenhills, Robinsons Galleria, SM Mall of Asia, SM Marika, The Block SM City North Edsa, Podium and Tomas Morato.

I have been receiving lots of email notification from Artscow about their latest promos but I have been so busy that I can’t find the time to sit down and make a photo book for my kids.

I used to be addicted to Artscow Photo books because:
- they are so affordable that they are even cheaper compared to having all the pictures printed
- they are durable. The binding of the photo book is so secure that I am thinking that they are using Halogen Free Solder Paste to bind the pages together
- it is a unique way to preserve pictures as I can edit the layout, add embellishments and the like so it is not just an ordinary picture in plastic envelopes but each page tells a story.

A lot has happened for my family for 2011 and I hope that I will find the time soon to turn all those wonderful memories into a photo book.

Aside from the fact that I wanted to buy as many vouchers from Deal Grocer as I can so I can get many raffle tickets for the Santorini raffle, I am also eyeing for promos so we can finally buy a 5.1 home theatre system for our living room.

What I like about Deal Grocer is that they have a whole range of voucher collection like Getaways Collection, Wellness Collection, Food Collection, Personal Learning Collection and their Furniture and Appliances collection.

My friends bought vouchers from their getaways collections where they got discounted prices for hotel accommodation in the metro and even out of town. My last purchase from them was the Little Tykes Basketball set which was our Christmas gift for Jacobo. They even have a lot of discount vouchers from famous restaurants, which make these restaurants affordable to the public.

I really hope that they will add to their collection a discount for a home theater system so we can finally install one, as it is the only thing missing to complete our home-theater experience.

I have been very busy holiday season for us. We are almost always out during the weekends for family and friends get together that I really have no time to update my blog.

But to make it up for all those times that I am not blogging, let me give you a run down of promos from Artscow for the New Year:

1. Stretched Canvass. For just $49.99, which comes with free international shipping, you can choose to design 2 canvasses. You can select from 16x20 or 20x24 stretched canvass. To avail of the promo, just use the following code:

Coupon Code: 2CANVASES
Expiration Date: January 27, 2012

2. Customized Key Chains. Create a personalized key chain and pay only $9.99 for 3 key chains with free international shipping and $2.99 for each additional order. To avail of the promo, just use the following code:

Coupon Code: KEYCHIN310
Expiration Date: January 30, 2012

3. Free Credits for Photo Books and Wall Calendar. Artscow is giving away free credits for five 5"x7" Photo Book and five 11"x8.5" Wall Calendar (12 months). To redeem this free credits, just add and validate the code to your account:

Coupon Code: FREEJAN16
Expiration Date: January 20, 2012
Effective Period: 30 days

Mercurial: as defined by Merriam Webster, characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood. This is how some employees from Apple usually describe Steve Jobs, especially by those who have worked closely with him.

If they were to conduct, employee surveys, management would not be happy with the result as some employees might not give good feedback because some of them really can’t stand the work practice and etiquette of Steve Jobs. That is why there are some who resigned from Apple as they can’t stand the pressure and the “reality distortion field” that Steve Jobs is creating in Apple.

These are just some of the insights that I am getting as I read through the Autobiography of Steve Jobs written by Walter Isaacson. Steve really has no skill when it comes to employee engagement as he can really be rude sometimes as he speaks his heart out about his observations on the project that they are developing.

But I guess this just goes to show how passionate he is with his work. Some say that the pressure that Steve has given them has made them pushed themselves to their limit and so they were able to create amazing and innovative product like the Macintosh.

Apple is a big name now in the Information Technology field, big thanks goes to Steve Jobs for his brilliance. I guess Apple could just have hired Infosurv instead of ousting Steve from Apple back then, so Infosurv can help them better manage their company by producing happy employees.

Infosurv is a company that provides online market research, employee surveys and more and this could have been Apple’s savior back then when everything was in chaos for the Apple company. But I guess, Apple bounced back and was able to recover from their mistakes in the past. Let us see now how they will continue to be successful now that Steve Jobs is gone.