What Have You Got For Lunch Today?

I'm at work, in between CPR training and only have a 30 minute break.  Here's my boring piece of morsel for today...

Rice and Coles' Tuna in Onion and Savoury Sauce

Let me share you though one thing I found really funny about this can of tuna....

ALLERGY ADVICE: CONTAINS FISH.

Does any body think tuna is NOT fish?

How To Eat Peas WIthout Dirtying Your Hands

We have been addicted to spicy, toasted (?) green peas that my sister bought (several packs!!!) from an Indian store in Dandenong. It's just great to nibble on while waiting for dinner, or after dinner, or practically any time of the day. Last night, I got a parcel (something I bought from eBay)but wanted to eat green peas at the same time. In an attempt to eat peas but not dirty my hands, I found a nice mug, poured some peas in it... 

...and poured them into my mouth, as though I was just drinking a nice cup of hot chocolate. Yum!

Have you eaten anything lately in a not-so-typical manner?

What Have You Got For Lunch Today?

Scrambled Eggs and Rice.  Simple as that.

Photos For Your EBay Listing... by Me.

Like every other non-billionaire out there, I have succumbed to eBay selling.  Well, they said some folks earned millions there after a few years of selling!  Why not give it a try?

Besides, I do have a few pre-loved items I could get rid of and turn into nice yummy cash.

But... How do you sell on eBay? Do you just go ahead, put any photo, scribble some description, put a price and "poof!", expect it to be sold at a high price in three days?

There are strategies on how to be a good eBay seller. From other websites, books, magazines and youtube videos, I have collected ideas on how to make a good listing, and definitely, the photos that you pick for your listing make a big impact on the marketability of your items.  Here are my two cents:

Post clear photos of the item.
Clear, my dear.  Not dark, not too bright, not too light, and not too small.    Something like this:

Clear as day, you are selling cabochons that look like these...

Not like this...

You're selling the peacock? I thought you're selling...uhmm.. the roof? fence? house?

For the first photo above, I placed the cabochons on a shelf right in front of my huge window and shot a photo in broad daylight, and without a flash. You do not have to use the most sophisticated or expensive cameras.  I used just a simple digital camera for my eBay photography, because I don't have a gloriously expensive one and I do not want to invest in an outrageously priced asset (liability too) when I cannot afford it yet. Believe me, you can really make the best of whatever camera you've got.  I've even taken amazingly clear shots with my phone's camera.

Post relevant & helpful photos of the item.

If you can post as many as you can, to show every side of the item, every good thing about it, and every fault it has, do it.  Never be contented with one, unless you're selling a brand new DVD of the latest movie.  

Like this. You really don't have to explain much with photos.

 

Choose photos that help them understand as much as possible, the item they are wanting to purchase. If you are selling this bracelet, for instance, this nice clear photo of the item would be good...

But adding more photos of it would even be better!!!  Take note that in eBay, you can now post up to 12 images for free.  So with this bracelet, you can also show how it will look like when fastened...

... how it would look like on your wrist, showing the fastened side...

... and the other side of it, while still on your wrist. 

Admit it, when you buy a bracelet in the market, for example, in person, you often like to try it on first and see how it looks on your wrist, most like in the last two photos.  

For other items, the important points are that you show the item by itself, with measurements or with a standard sized item (a coin, for example, to show the relative size), and then you add photos that explain how the item works or can be used.

Sing Super Mario!

This is one of the videos that has amused me lately.  Enjoy!

(He looks funny... reminds me of one of our wedding singers. Lol!)

I Want To Publish A Book!

It has been a million years in the making!  That crazy story I first wrote on MS Word when we were bored in the office some years ago... OK, I think it was in 2007. 

It started as a joke. I have this officemate, whom we nicknamed Lion, that we just love to bully.  She's the typical person who never gets seriously mad although she easily gets mildly annoyed.  That's why we love to bully her. LOL!

Yes, it all started with her.  She's somewhat tomboyish and would rather die than wear a skirt if it's not a super-required school uniform.  Because she's boyish, I created a fictional character based on her name, but made this character a girly girl who wants to win an international beauty pageant. Like Miss Universe. And she does everything to win the crown!

Lion actually laughed hysterically the first time she read it.  I thought she was possessed! Every now and then, she would let out a crazy, evil laugh, while continuing on with the story I made up. At the back of my mind, I knew then that there was something good in that story.

The first version of this story was two-pages long (letter-sized, size 8 or 10 Arial font, default margins, on MS Word).  Then it became three pages long. Then, four.  Then another friend of ours from college, Luna, who was somewhere else at that time, wanted to read about it and urged me to make it into a real book.

Working on the story has been on and off.  The other year, I seriously thought I would be able to actually finish the whole manuscript before October, and have it published and sitting among the pretty cyber shelves of Amazon by the next year.  But the writer's block happened, and the manuscript was shelved for a while.

This year, I want to be a mum already very soon (I am happily married, FYI). And when that happens, I imagine myself just staying at home and taking care of my baby.  I need a passive income.  Something like that book. 

Please, writer's block, please never happen to me again!!! Puh-leeze!!!

This is what I've got so far...

Wish me luck. I need it. Very badly.

Why Denebian?

I am a Denebian... by drawing of lots.  At the start of our last year in high school, I and my classmates were made to draw lots.  There were two sections: Deneb and Rigel.  You'll be assign to which section luck will bring you.  No exceptions. Luck led me to Deneb. Thus began my life as a Denebian.  

Deneb is the name of one of the brightest stars in the sky.  This star can be found in Cygnus, one of the northern constellations in the Milky Way.  That's all I can tell you about it.  Nope, I've never been there. Rumour has it that they have a mall.  Someone bought a Jollibee franchise too... according to gossip.

Do I ever want to go there?  Nope. I don't want to burn.  Deneb is a star, remember?

Snake bracelet, bought from Gaisano City mall in Bacolod. Totally not related to the post.

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