Seeing billboards as tall as not-so-high buildings is not an uncommon sight in this country. To say that lives have been lost because of these kind of advertisements is not an exaggeration.

On the way to our parents’ home for my father’s birthday, I thought I was seeing some buildings on the side of the expressway but upon closer inspection, these are in fact, billboards

There, photo is a bit hazy, my apologies. But I still think these are dangerous.

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I think it does. I mean, for stay-at-home-moms, being online is taking away a lot of family time. This does not even include blogging because going online means doing different tasks which take a lot of time.

Why did I single out the stay-at-home-moms? It is them who foremost want to build a bridge, virtual though it is, to the outside world, whether to read about a topic of interest or to interact with moms going through their same predicament.

What starts as a search for light fixtures would end up signing up with sites, forums, chat rooms, online communities or whatever is being offered in the web  that encourages interaction.

Next thing one knows, searching for help about potty training, special education, child-friendly recipes among others would lead to more time being spent online, reading exert advise or online trash.

And when one has read a lot of things and feel s/he has gain some expertise and feels the need to write and say her/his piece, then blogging is not far behind.

And with blogging comes blogging friends who make visits that need to be visited back in return.

With blogging comes memes with participants who join and expect a visit because they have visited (your) blog.

With new blogging friends formed online, meeting them in real life and participating in events is not far behind too.

With new interests, one blog is not enough to write what needs to be written so more blogs are being set-up.

So yes, online time takes a lot of family time away and I am not the only one to observe this.

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It is better to shedule time being online when the more important though mundane tasks are done. Mundane tasks meaning washing the dishes or cleaning up the table after a meal

There are so many things that can wipe the smile off our faces these past few days with regards to the political scene and the rainy weather.

On  the other hand, there are also so many things that can make us smile, if only we take the time to get to know what these are.

We smile because we are happy.

We smile because we are thankful.

We smile because we believe.

We smile even if we are going through tough times.

We smile because we can still dream.

Wipe that frown off your face and smile. It takes less facial muscles to do so than frowning. Smiling makes you feel good and that goes for the people around you too.

Ok, no more sunflowers today, though for me it is more welcome to have these because the weather has been bleak.

This plant is a kind of weed that grows near where the sunflowers can be found

I know the photo looks blurred and so below is the photo cropped and zoomed:

Help, anyone, on what this is called. My 7yo son says it is a dandelion but I am not really sure.

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