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Summer in the Philippines is about to end. But swimmers and pool lovers can still go swimming anytime they want as long as there is no low pressure. Unlike in the Western countries, commercial and even residential pools have raypak heaters. From the name itself, it serves the purpose. This is common around the world. I bet a lot of people will surely love it and even businessmen will like it too because of its usefulness and durability. I’ve read in an advertisement too that raypak is a high quality pool and spa equipment. People who are devoted to quality more than quantity will certainly love it.

Architects and engineers too would suggest this to their client whenever they plan for a pool design. Everything must be complete so that it will be included in the costing.

Choosing the right kind of hinge plays an important role in business. Just like in a vending machine, every now and then, they have to refill the needed product inside it in order to cater the needs of buyers conveniently. So, as much as possible, hinges in every compartment’s door must have good quality for it moves while opening and closing. The commendable hinge in this kind of function is a stainless steel piano hinge. Piano hinge holds well too and besides, it appears neat. With this, security, durability and beauty are packed together in one setting. If the door for the coin slot is separate from the product vended, the more it needs a heavy duty piano hinge for security purposes.

Ceiling lights at The Ranch Resort, Bato, Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines. Instead of putting chandelier, they made it very creative by using a wheel like wooden thing hung with small lamps(lamparilya in Cebuano, lampara in Tagalog) around.  Light comes from the bulb placed inside it. It has a different effect and maybe cheaper compared to the extravagant chandelier. The ceiling design also gives a unique concept.

This area is located at the lobby of their hotel. The door seen at  the center is passage way to the restaurant and the pool and where live band is situated. From there everybody can proceed to the farm too where there are bees to look at and horses where anyone can back ride.

In the year 2001, a former colleague has given me DMC and Anchor yarn for cross stitch. I was of course happy! I haven’t tried stitching by that time yet, I didn’t try for it seems very laborious and time consuming for me and to some may be  but to those who are lovers of this craft, I bet they made half a dozen or even a dozen of it. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, I was able to download a complete curriculum guide and teaching guide for Drafting 1 & 2 and ICT 1 & 2. I wasn’t able to make it with several attempts since page loading usually fails.

Here’s the link if you like to have one. An adobe reader in the PC is needed in order to view the file since it is in PDF format which is commonly known as Portable Document Format.

Download complete guide at http://www.bse.ph/

Sunflower water color painting in a linen cartolina inspired by Vincent Van Gogh. But his is in a unique yellow spectrum with invented pigments in canvass.