New Laptop = more frequent posts!!!

     December 27,2009, before the year ended, my request (for a long time) had been granted! I was given my new laptop!  It was Acer Aspire 4732Z! I was very glad because my dream of having a new laptop came to reality!!!!  Curious about what happened??? here is the whole story!

December 27, after christmas while we were watching television together with my family, we heard a certain knock at the door, it was a guy whom I really didnt know. he gave a box to me and said that the box contains a gift from my father who is there abroad. i was surprised because I really didnt know that my father had sent a box for us. We talked to him just a little and after that, the sender bade goodbye.  excitedly we rushed to the kitchen to get a scissor to be used in opening the box. i was surprised when i saw a box with the word acer! i was shocked it was a laptop and my dream came ttrue! my father didnt inform me about it and then i calle him to thank him for the gift. 

that’s it!

now that i have my new laptop expect that this ite would frequently be updated and since i am a staff of another blog, please visit this ite…

petsocietyphilippines.blogspot.com

thanks!

peace off!

Coolest Photo Editor on the Web (FOR ME…)

Pixenate.com

This Afternoon, I was looking for a site where I can edit my photos just like what photoshop does. As I am using my google skills, I landed on yahoo answers. A contributor ( is my term right??? ) posted a link and decided to follow the linkAs waiting for the tools load a question entered my mind.. “What effects does it offer and is it like other photo effect site who offers the same photo effects?”. I felt glad upon seeing its environment, it looks a bit like photoshop’s environment and I started editing my pictures… I had fun editing and spent five hours just for editing my photos… I’m glad because I was able to edit a lot of my photos. Here is a sample of my pictures that I edited on the site.

 

I transformed my photo into my version of Warhol PopArt. It’s cute and I even changed my facebook account’s photo into one of these…( add me on facebook if you want to see my pic ).

Pixenate is a site that I would surely go back to… It is way different to some other sites who uses face detection technology and put your face instead of the photos of some other artists.

Pet Society… more than just a cute game!

PET SOCIETY. a game on facebook that I got addicted to.

pet society

the game is about taking care care of your friend, dressing it up, keeping it healthy, visiting and making friends with the neighborhood, decorating your house and a lot more.

Pet Society is really a popular game and to prove it let me tell you this fact. According to a blog Pet Society players is a lot more than the players of World of Warcraft!!! wow!

BUT WHAT IS PET SOCIETY’S REAL MEANING????

Pet Society is an internet social game developed by Playfish. The game which is launched within Facebook has been ranked as the most popular Facebook application.^[1][2] New players custom design their pets, choosing the gender, the name, the colour, and the features (such as; ears, nose, mouth etc.)

There are a variety of activities with which the user can interact with the pet, including washing, brushing, petting and feeding the pet. There are also activities whereby pets can interact with the pets of those in the “friends” network. A pet can visit the pets of their friends and perform the same activities to these pets (washing, grooming, feeding, etc.). A pet can visit other pets as many times per day as they are inclined to, however once a day these visits will award coins and Paw Points. There are many ways to earn coins in Pet Society, like the Daily Lottery, visit friends, won awards or hurdle races.

FEATURES OF THE GAME:

Pet Society has a thriving in-game economy and launches new purchasable items to each of the stores every week. The application attracts new users through its long continued efforts to stay updated, bringing new features such as “Recycling”, “Garden”, the Pet Society Photo Album feature and the Pet Society Fishing Pond. As of October 2009, Pet Society offers the following stores and places in its standard village:

• Luxury – This store mainly sells expensive products intended for wealthier pets, and contains beds, jacuzzis, and such.
• Stadium – Here pets can engage in hurdling races of three (at maximum of 10 times playing a day). There is also a “betting” mode where players have the option to bet on the pet they think will win. If the player guesses correctly, the player receives double their bet as compensation.
• Food – Here pets can find typical fruits, vegetables, meat products, drinks, etc. The Food Shop oftern offers weekly special items which sometimes reflect specific holidays or events. For example, Zongzi was sold for one week in the 2009 May 28 Dragon Boat Festival. Other holiday food items have also been offered for holidays including Halloween and Christmas.
• Furniture – This shop supplies various tables, chairs, couches, beds, shelves, cabinets and other furniture items.
• Gadget – Sells electronic items, such as TVs, radios, telephones, clocks, and laptops.
• Mystery – The Mystery Shop sells Fairy, Fairytale and Toy “Mystery” Eggs and Mystery boxes. The Fairy eggs contain one of a selection of items that can be used for a themed room (such as fairy lamps, leaf carpets, fairy bed, etc.) as well as different elements of a fairy’s wardrobe. Items which come out of Fairy “eggs” can be gifted to friends that play Pet Society. Both the Fairytale and Toy Mystery eggs contain either backdrop scenes (for example, a yellow brick road backdrop) or elements to place into that scene (such as the cowardly lion). While the Fairytale and Toy eggs can be gifted to Pet Society Friends, the items which come from the eggs cannot. The Mystery boxes can contain items currently in the other stores in Pet Society as well as special mystery items which are indicated by a “?”. Mystery boxes come in three sizes, a small red box or “RMB”, a medium blue box or “BMB”, and a gold large box or “GMB”. The value of the items inside of the mystery boxes can vary greatly, with a maximum resale value from the GMB being 999 coins. The “RMB” cost 50 yellow coins and the “BMB” cost 200 yellow coins and mostly, the “GMB” cost 500 yellow coins. All items which come out of a Mystery Box can be gifted to Pet Society Friends. Also there are 3 other new egg sets like the Faerie eggs, Food Booth eggs, and Fortune eggs which give you furniture and clothes to the theme which the egg is.
• Café – a A more recent feature, the Café is a social bonding service where you can visit random players’ houses, meeting their pets. You can also buy typical coffee-shop food and tea sets here.
• D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) – This place is where players can shop for wallpapers, floors, doors and windows.
• Clothes – Here players can buy clothes, shoes, hats and accessories for their pet to wear.
• Stylist – Players can change the name, color and features (e.g. eyes, nose, ears and such) of their pet.
• Bank – Allows you to buy more yellow coins and cash here using Paypal to spend in the other shops. There are also offers which can be completed to earn coins. These may included free surveys, credit card offers, club offers (such as movie clubs or coffee clubs). The amount of coins (yellow) which can be earned varies with the offer. Reimbursement periods also vary, with some offers being instantaneous, while other offers can take a week or longer. The yellow coins can be used in all shops except for the Cash Coin Shop.
• Cash Shop – This is one of the newest shops, and you can buy special Playfish Cash (you can only earn Playfish Cash by credit card or by premium text message), then spend it on special items found only here.
• Garden – The latest addition to the stores in the game, you can buy plants and different seeds for your pet’s garden here. The vegetable seeds yield vegetables that grow in size as time passes, but these can rot if not watched carefully. It has a variety of 3 seeds. Vegetables, flowers and trees. There are different variety of each. The trees bear food like cupcakes and bananas and many more kind of food every few days. Since fishing has started in the game, you can find aquariums here.
• Pond – introduced in July 2009, players can collect fish (and various other items) by using any food they have as bait. Fish can be shown to friends by placing them in an aquarium. They can also be recycled or sold, but not gifted.

TROPHIES

 

There are 45 trophies that can be won by reaching various milestones. These are arranged in fifteen categories, each with bronze, silver and gold trophies. When the silver or gold trophy in a given category is won, it replaces the previously won trophy in that category. Trophies can be displayed in the houses of pets winning them, and cannot be recycled, gifted or sold, new trophies are here already, for the collecting of stickers.

Achievement	Bronze		Silver		Gold
	Count	Trophy name	Count	Trophy name	Count	Trophy name
Visits to friends	25	Pet About Town	100	Vizier of Visists	300	Social Whirlwind
Longest sequence of ball passes	15	Playing Softball	30	Playing Hardball	50	Pro Baller
Longest sequence of frisbee passes	10	Safe Hands	25	Kaiser of Catch	40	Ultimate Frisbee Player
Longest sequence of rope jumps	20	Roped In	50	Junior Jumper	100	Skipping Superstar
Coins spent	500	Window Shopper	3,000	Mall Rat	10,000	Big Spender
Hats bought	3	Cap Collector	10	Head Honcho	30	Mad Hatter
Shirts and dresses bought	3	Shirt Collector	10	Shirt Lover	30	Shirt Aficionado
Legwear items bought	3	Trouser Browser	10	Racks of Slacks	30	Chino Supremo
Pairs of shoes bought	3	Shoe Collector	10	Boot Buyer	30	Footwear Fetish
Arm accessories bought	3	Arms Race	10	Tangles of Bangles	30	King of Bling
Gifts sent to friends	5	Generous Gifter	25	Selfless Sender	50	Santa Claus
Wins in the Stadium hurdle races	10	Hedge Hopper	100	Rooster Booster	250	Jet Jumper
Bets won in the Stadium	10	Beginners Luck	100	Better Better	300	Lucky Star
Recycle points earned	5,000	Eco conscious	20,000	Environmentalist	100,000	Eco warrior
Plants sown	9	Green fingers	50	Sow far sow good!	500	Welcome to the jungle
Stickers Collections	5 Bronze	Sticky Fingers	5 Silver	You Stuck It Out	5 Gold	Midas Touch

LEVELS:

 

Earning a certain number of paw points makes the pet level up, in order to gain some coins, new features and special status. When originally release there were only 34. After houses were enlarged to accommodate ten rooms, an additional 13 levels were added bringing the total to 47^[3].

Level #	Level name	Paw Points required (Facebook	Reward
1	Getting Started	0	N/A
2	New Arrival	20	Basic Ball
3	Learner	50	House with two rooms, Basic Frisbee
4	Playful Pet	100	Basic Skipping Rope
5	Fresh Face	250	House with three rooms, Portable TV
6	Promising Prospect	500	Better Soap
7	One To Watch	750	Better Ball
8	Growing Talent	1,000	Better Brush
9	High Achiever	1,500	Better Frisbee
10	Popular Pet	2,000	Better Skipping Rope, Second Garden
11	Influential Pet	2,500	House with four rooms, Digital TV
12	Rising Star	3,000	Super Soap
13	Established Presence	3,500	Super Ball
14	Society Stalwart	4,000	Super Brush
15	Famous Pet	4,500	Super Frisbee
16	Media Darling	5,000	Super Skipping Rope
17	High Profile Pet	6,000	House with five rooms, Plasma TV
18	VIP Pet	7,000	Lovely Soap
19	Celebrity Pet	8,000	Golden Ball
20	It Pet	9,000	Golden Brush
21	A-List Pet	10,000	Golden Frisbee
22	Renowned Pet	11,000	Golden Skipping Rope
23	Superstar Pet	12,000	House with six rooms
24	Hollywood Pet	14,000	Aqua Soap
25	Megastar Pet	18,000	Pro Ball
26	Platinum Pet	24,000	Crystal Brush
27	Uberstar Pet	32,000	Star Frisbee
28	Ultimate Achiever	42,000	Expert Skipping Rope
29	Superb Pet	54,000	House with seven rooms
30	Heroic Pet	68,000	Golden Star Soap
31	Royal Pet	84,000	Crystal Ball
32	Historic Pet	102,000	Ruby Brush
33	Super Pet	122,000	Gem Frisbee
34	All-Time Great	144,000	Star Skipping Rope
35	Ultimate Pet	166,000	House with eight rooms
36	Ruby Renowned Pet	188,000	Heart Soap
37	Ruby Superstar Pet	210,000	Ruby Ball
38	Ruby Hollywood Pet	232,000	Sapphire Brush
39	Ruby Megastar Pet	254,000	Sapphire Frisbee
40	Ruby Platinum Pet	276,000	Ruby Skipping Rope
41	Ruby Uberstar Pet	298,000	House with nine rooms
42	Ruby Ultimate Achiever Pet	310,000	Sapphire Heart Soap
43	Ruby Superb Pet	332,000	Sapphire Ball
44	Ruby Heroic Pet	354,000	Rainbow Brush
45	Ruby Royal Pet	376,000	Rainbow Frisbee
46	Ruby Historic Pet	398,000	Sapphire Skipping Rope
47	Ruby Super Pet	420,000	House with ten rooms

Photofunia…effects for your photos

As I play Pet Society on Facebook, my eye caught an ad. The ad contains an article about a site where you may edit photos. Brought by my curiosity, I went to the site and found a lot of photo effects. I tried it with one of my photos and became happy with the result

here is one of my photos edited with the help of photofunia.

Here is a description about PhotoFunia that I found on their site:

PhotoFunia is an online photo editing tool that gives you a fun filled experience. You upload any photo and just wait to see the magic. Our proprietary technology automatically identifies the face in the photo and let’s you add cool photo effects and create funny face photo montages.

PhotoFunia is free and very easy to use. Just select an effect you like from over 100 different effects, upload your photo, and PhotoFunia will handle the rest for you.

PhotoFunia was originally developed by two enthusiasts from Odessa, Ukraine and has officially launched on the 11th August 2007

 

For me, these effects make photos more eyecatching and interesting.