Popeyes Mashed Potatoe and Fried Chicken

Yesterday was my day-off from work.  After waking up 10:00 am in the morning I quickly prepare my breakfast and settled to do my laundry.  Since it's Ramadan and most of the shops and stores are closed in the daytime, I had to stay in my room, just browse the internet and watch movies.  Besides the scorching heat of the sun will totally drain your energy if you decided to go out of your comfort zone.  It is really very very hot during the summer season in Saudi Arabia.  During the night, I decided to have a walk and do some window shopping. Evening temperature is also very hot and I sweat a lot during my walk (my other way of exercise).  I decided to drop by at Popeyes to buy my favorite mashed potatoe and fried chicken. I was supposed to dine in but the place was already full of people so I decided to take out my order. Since I'm already exhausted and tired, I took a limousine ride from Corniche up to our place.  It was just a relief and I enjoyed my dinner with my favorite mashed potatoe and fried chicken, together with that cold and refreshing Barbican malt beverage.

 Popeyes Fried Chicken with Flaky Buttermilk Biscuit

My favorite Mashed Potatoe 

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Nike Zoom Pegasus 32

Got this new Nike Zoom Pegasus 32 as my running shoes. Actually I bought this last month but I'm having second thoughts to use it, hehehe.  It's because of the expensive price of the shoes. I just want to display it where it is located at the corner of my room. Anyway, my Nike Air shoes is still usable and wearable, so I will use it until I finally decided to wear the Nike Zoom Pegasus.  Or maybe I will just give this to my son as a gift who has the same size as I am.

Ramadan Kareem

Today is the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.  Ramadan Kareem is the glorious month of Ramadan.  It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and it is the time our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters who have reach puberty observe fasting from sunrise to sunset.  Muslims do not eat, smoke, drink, and perform sexual intercourse during the daylight hours. This is to purify themselves and focus their time in reading the Holy Quran. I work here as OFW in Saudi Arabia and I do respect the values and good teachings of fasting during Ramadan.  As a non-muslim, I follow not to eat and drink in public places so as not to hurt the feelings of our Muslim brothers, and to respect the spirit of Holy Ramadan. 

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Oolong Tea

It is normal for all OFWs to bring some "pasalubong" to our colleagues.  My officemate just came from vacation and gave one box of Oolong tea. I was curious about this tea because this is the first time I heard about this tea, especially the name.  I'm only familiar with green tea, black tea, yellow tea, and white tea.  So I searched in google and found out that this tea is the combination of green tea and black tea. Therefore the health benefits are doubled because the combined qualities of green and black tea.

According to health experts Oolong tea is used to sharpen thinking skills and improve mental alertness, reduces obesity and stress. It is also used to prevent cancer, osteoporosis, heart disease, protects against tooth decay and functions as an antioxidant.  But there are also negative effects of drinking oolong tea.  It should be consumed in moderation because oolong tea has a very high content of caffeine.  I will try to drink oolong tea and check if there will be some effects to my health.

Beaded Bracelet

Bought this beaded bracelet at Robinsons Galleria during my vacation (two months ago) as an added layer of personalization.  Since wearing it as my everyday accessory, it became a lucky charm bracelet to me. Things are getting positive regarding my financial and personal state.

Lenovo Vibe P1

I bought a new smartphone to replace my old Samsung Galaxy S5. My officemate wants to buy the S5 so I decided to buy the mid-range Lenovo Vibe P1. After using it for 5 days, Vibe P1 never disappoints me especially the mammoth 5000mAh battery.  It takes me 3 days of using it before I charged it. The Lenovo Vibe P1 has a 13MP rear and 5MP front facing camera, with a 32 GB built-in, 2 GB RAM, there is also a miscroSD card slot, which you can put up to 128 GB dedicated card slot. It has a resolution of 1080 x 1920 px with finger print sensor, and a 5.5 inches IPS-LCD capacitive touchscreen display.  The only con about this smartphone is that the display is not that brilliant unlike the super AMOLED display of Samsung smartphones.  However, the sound is dynamic with a very low distortion and noise, the operating system is the much touted Android OS version 5.1 Lollipop. Well, what do you expect on a mid-range smartphone.  The important thing is you are satisfied using it.

 

New Notebook - ASUS X556U Intel Core i5

As part of my yearly gift to myself (company has just released our yearly bonus), I decided to buy a new laptop for my personal use.  This time I choose ASUS X series notebook.  Before I bought this brand, I asked several IT experts from our company which brand is the best in the market today.  Two of our programmers from IT department recommended ASUS because of its quality and service. Aside from this, ASUS X series is a fast laptop with all the latest technology.  I was not disappointed after two days of using it, my unit is absolutely fast especially when I'm browsing the internet. The sound is incredibly realistic with its Sonic Master sound.  Memory is 4GB RAM and the HDD is 500GB with Intel Core i5, and Windows 10 as its operating system. I choose the red color and bought also a wireless red mouse to compliment the unit. I believed ASUS is now making its strong presence felt in the competition of the best notebook in the market today.  Two thumbs up!

ASUS X556U

I love the red color

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