Orphan Movie Review

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Last night, Warner Bros. Pictures invited some bloggers to watch the press screening of Orphan. Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures for this opportunity, Orphan is definitely one of the BEST suspense movies I’ve ever seen.

The movie is about a couple (Kate & John) who was devastated for the loss of their unborn child. To regain normalcy in their lives, they decided to adopt another child.
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As soon as they welcome Esther into their lives, an alarming series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there’s something wrong with Esther – this seemingly angelic little girl who is not what she appears to be.
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Concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John & others to see past Esther’s sweet facade. But her warning went unheeded until it seem to be too late.
As we watch the movie, I came to a point that I thought that the movie is sick. It’s a bit disturbing to watch a child kill people (brutally!!). But as the story became clearer, I understood why and realized that what a great movie this is! Totally unpredictable, unique & well-made.
The actors are just perfect for their roles. I believe their acting in the movie is oscar-worthy. *clap clap*
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My rating for this movie is 5 stars (4.5/5). I totally recommend this movie though this is not fit for kids.
Let me end this post by sharing the trailer for the movie:

Official Website of Rochelle Sy Chua where she talks about her travel experiences in Taipei, Taiwan, Philippines and Asia, as well as her adventures in food and restaurants

How to Create a Read More Link to Your Blog Posts in Blogger

I’ve always wondered how I can organize my posts better in my blog as blogger doesn’t have the “read more” feature.

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Luckily, there is a solution & lots of tutorials that can be found on the net. I stumbled upon eBlogTemplates.com & followed the steps there.

Here are what I did to make it work:

  1. Go to your Blogger Dashboard & Click Layout then edit HTML.
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  2. Tick the “Expand Widget Templates”
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  3. Type Ctrl-F and find this code Picture 5
  4. Insert this before the code
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  5. & insert this after the code
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    It will look like this:

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  6. Save your template 🙂 You’re done with the script.
  7. Still at your blogger dashboard. Click Settings then Formatting
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  8. Scroll down & add the code as shown in the “Post Template”

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  9. To see how it works, let’s create a new blog post. Once you complete composing your post, click edit HTML. Put the Picture 6 below your teaser text (the ones you want your readers to see on your front page) and ofcourse put the closing tag Picture 7after your whole post.

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This worked for me. But one thing to note is for the blog posts that are already existing in your blog, you will need to add the span tags one by one to edit them as well.

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How to add a FavIcon to your Site in Blogger

Ever wanted to have your very own icon beside your website address when people view your site? Like this one?

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I just learned it today and it’s just easy!! 🙂

Here are the steps that I took in order to create my FavIcon:

  1. Choose a picture or image that you would like to use as your favicon.
  2. Go to DynamicDrive.com & click FavIcon Generator.

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  3. Upload your picture & DynamicDrive will automatically create your icon.
  4. Save the file to your computer.
  5. Go to PicPanda.com & upload your FavIcon (no need to register).

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  6. Remember/Copy the location of your FavIcon in PicPanda.
  7. Go to your Blogger dashboard & Click Layout then edit HTML

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  8. Insert this code Picture 4
    after this line Picture 3

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  9. Save template and that’s it! You now have your own FavIcon! 🙂

Lastly, I would like to mention the ff. sites w/c I referred to while I was researching about FavIcon:

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Major Overhaul of HeaRty’s Haven

Made some major changes in the site. I’m loving it and I think it has great improvement. However, I would need your help friends!! Please let me know what else I can do to improve the site 🙂

Here are the changes from before:

  • Domain – Yes, I already have my own domain. http://superoldblog.hearty.ph
  • Banner – Thank you so much to my friend Carlos for helping me design the banner, I love it!!!
  • Template – I’m now using “Isabella”. Used to use “Minima”. Thank you to my friend Cher for helping me find this wonderful template. Appreciate spending an afternoon guiding me to improve HeaRty’s Haven.
  • Widgets – cleaned it up completely. Removed & added several gadgets. Though I think I still need more.
  • Read More Script – I added this script, thanks to my plurk friends for pointing me to the tutorial (I’ll post how I did it soon). The template used to show the full blog post but now I tweaked it and I feel the blog looks more organized now after I added the script.

I still believe there are just some more room for improvement. But I really need your help! Please leave your comment and help out a friend improve her site 😉

Thanks in advance!

Launch of Moringa Wellness & Beauty Products

I attended an event organized by Chrimi, a company responsible for the manufacture & distribution of Moringa Wellness & Beauty Products last July 11, 2009. It was attended by bloggers, facebook & multiply users, held at Max’s Restaurant Greenhills.

People behind Chrimi introduced their line of products, presenting to us the nutritional benefits of Moringa/Malunggay (the common ingredient to all their products).

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I didn’t realize that Malunggay leaves has this much benefit to our health. And when they let us try Chrimi Health Coffee, I was like wow! this really tasted so good!
Malunggay/Moringa Leaves according to FNRI, is not only a vegetable but also a lot of things:
  • Anti-Oxidant – prevents UTI.
  • Anti-Cholesterol
  • Beautifies the skin
  • Anti-Aging
  • Increase Energy
  • Anti-Stress
  • Vision Improvement
  • Normalizes Blood Pressure
  • Anti-Depressant
  • Strengthens Immune System
  • Anti-fungal
  • Reduces wrinkles
  • Anti-tumor
  • Improves wound healing
  • Improves Digestion
  • Anti-Ulcer
  • Detoxifier
  • Appetite Suppressant
  • Normalizes Blood Sugar (Diabetes)

We were also given a sample of their products.

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You can find more information about the company & order Moringa wellness & beauty products at their site (created by fellow blogger, Sonnie).
More pictures from the event can be found here.

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