Nicquee's Nook

Dear Milkita Lollipops

I think childhood will never be complete without lollipops.

When I was a kid, we only have those chocolate or fruity flavored lollies. Now the lollipops have bubble gum and others can paint your lips and tongue a different color. But for a discerning mom like me, who wants to give her children the joy of eating lollies but also making sure they are healthy, Milkita Lollipops should be the way to go.

These lollipops, as advertised, is made from milk and is enriched with calcium. And every time Alex sees that commercial of Juday, she will bug me to buy her that, the pink one.

Yesterday, we played in Tom’s World in The Block. She played in the game where you scoop candies hoping that they will fall in the bin. She tried several times to get a Milkita Lollipop but we failed. I assured her that I will just buy from the grocery. Unfortunately, after 30 minutes of going over the candy asile of Hypermarket, we cannot find it, worse, the people there do not know what I am talking about. In short, Alex got sad and I was forced to just buy her an ordinary pop.

And so, I appeal to the makers of Milkita Lollipops, can you please, pretty please, put some of your stocks in SM groceries?

There is a Cherry Foodarama branch near me and I will try my luck again this weekend but I do not want to disappoint my daughter anymore. Wish me luck, dears.

Universal Player

I have several players installed in our laptop and I am not happy. One, the program files of these software consume disk space. Second, they are duplicates, except that one can do a little more than the other. So why can’t I ditch the other programs instead, you may ask. Because each one has a little something that the other has and I do not know when the time will come that I will be needing that feature. So yeah, I keep them all.

Thankfully, after airing this concern to someone who is also into applications, I found a solution. I went ahead and download vlc. And guess what, it is now the only player I have in my laptop. Hello more disk space for photos! LOL. And did I already mention that it is very easy to use? Go and ditch your player now!

Liven Up Your Party

When I was a little kid, my concept of party is really very simple. When my parents buy me a cake and ice cream for my birthday, that is already a party for me. Then as I was growing up, the standards on what to call a party also changed. Balloons were added. Then there were hired mascots and clowns. Then magicians perform after the clowns.

When I became a young adult, there were no more partying for me. We had limited resources and so we allot our money to what matters most – our education and the food on the table. But I was cool with that. I continued to attend parties of classmates and old friends, especially those who celebrated their debut with a bang! It is really fun to attend debuts because you are allowed to party all night with someone who looks like those Texas D.J.’s playing really good music to liven up the night. Of course aside from all the dancing, there is also the flowing food and drink. Now it made me think that I should be really grateful to my parents for allowing me to attend those parties.

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