Open Source.

I know far too many people who cannot find one thing they’re passionate about.  I on the other hand, am far too blessed in this aspect.  I tend to have a ‘thing’ for almost everything around me.  If I find something new to do, I become obsessed.  If I find something old, I want to collect it.  I like putting old things together and coming up with something new, and I also enjoy dismantling things that can be dismantled.  I love and respect old technology, yet I am inspired by new things people come up with every day.

It is my obsessive-compulsive nature (or disorder) that’s turned me into someone like this.  I am also a bit of a hoarder, I have such difficulty in getting rid of my things.  Everything’s got a sentimental value.  If I could keep everything in my pocket, I probably would!

My favourite dessert ever is the 3-flavours banana split ice cream.  They do it really well at Le Rendevous (I think it costs around SCR200 there, I totally recommend it).  That’s 3 scoops: vanilla, strawberry and chocolate – except if you’re a bit of a chocolate lover you can do what I do and choose 3 scoops of chocolate.  There’s a split banana on both sides of the weird boat-like bowl.  Then they’ve got whipped cream, chocolate syrup and cherries on top of the ice cream.  I think they put a hard cooking chocolate on mine the last time I was there…I hate those.

There are 2 things people should have every day and that’s their daily dose of laughter and something really sweet for a bit of a sugar high.  That’s the ultimate guilty pleasure indulgence for me.  Whenever I’m out at a restaurant, I’m more likely to skip the main course and go straight to the dessert menu immediately after the starters.  I mean, why waste time? The worst restaurant experience I’ve ever had was here in Seychelles when I went out with my family for a buffet dinner.  The only thing they had for dessert was fruit salad.  I mean, WTF? That’s like skipping classes to attend tuition.  Fruit salad is by no means a dessert.  A dessert is something diabetics aren’t allowed to have.  Desserts are meant to be a treat, not your 5 portions a day. Read More »

There is absolutely nothing better than snacking on 3 McDonald’s meals and watching comedy shows all day long.  Be it cartoons, movies or TV shows (including stand-up).  That’s what life’s about! Come to think of it, this might actually be one of my addictions…my ‘guilty pleasures’ if you will.  I sneak in a few hours a day to watch something funny, somehow I just need that daily dose of it.  I can’t function without watching something funny, even if it’s just for a few minutes.

I absolutely love Spongebob Squarepants, the humour’s beyond corny that it actually turns out funny.  I could watch that all day.  I also like South Park, Family Guy, American Dad.  I don’t get Simpsons (is it meant to be funny? I don’t remember watching an entire episode, it just bores me).

Some that comes to mind: The Big Bang Theory, Fresh Prince of Belair, Keeping Up Appearances, FRIENDS, Will & Grace, New Adventures of Old Christine, IT Crowd, gosh…just too many to mention!

Oh gosh, so  many wonderful things begin with the letter ‘B’.  We’ve got babies, biscuits, beaches, balls, etc.  Ultimately, I have to be honest with myself…more than anything I can think of at the moment, I absolutely love bubble baths.  It’s utter bliss.  It’s one of those things you want to wake up to, and one of those things you want to do right before you go to bed.  Bath tubs are like the ultimate sanctuary…a quiet and peaceful place to think…and you convenient get clean at the same time.  That’s like shooting two birds with one stone.

The best part is to have lots of dry towels around so you can dry yourself well as soon as you get out, instead of feeling a little too cold because you’ve stayed in for too long (been there, done that!).  Oh, and don’t forget some bubblies to go with your bubbles…champagne or some sparkling wine.  Now that’s what I call a party. Read More »

I forgot to mention that I’ve signed up for the A to Z blogging challenge (a-to-zchallenge.com) this year.  I don’t know if I mentioned this but last year I really wanted to join but I missed the sign ups.  This year, I signed up 3 days before the deadline so here I am! There will be 26 posts this month, each representing a letter of the alphabet.  I’ve decided to write about 26 things I love! That way you get to know more about me, and I get to know more about myself. This is my blog – it’s all about me…duh! I ought to be blogging every day but I’ll actually be scheduling my posts (some days I am sure that I won’t be able to posts, while other days I can complete several).  So here we go:

A Is For ‘Animals’ – I Love Animals!

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i do occasionally wonder if social networking is a waste of time on a social level.

— Sabrina Sabino (@sabrinasabino) March 16, 2013

Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Reddit, Hi5, Badoo, and so on…for quite a while now I’ve been contemplating deactivating my Facebook account.  I’ve never joined Badoo (and I highly do not recommend it), I deleted myself from Hi5 many years ago, and the only social networking sites that I visit almost daily are Facebook and Twitter.  I find Facebook extremely useful in terms of networking on a hobby and even on a business level.  However, it is only an option.  It is not the only way to network online.  In fact, networking started way before Facebook ever emerged.

Almost 2 years ago I came up with 10 reasons why people should join Facebook (targeted at those who didn’t know why they should join the site).  Although I still stand by my 10 reasons why people should join Facebook, after several years of “hanging out” on there I’m actually starting to think that it’s just a waste of time after a while.  Especially on a social level.

A few of my friends are not on Facebook or we’ve not added each other.  Nevertheless, we stay in touch through emails, or other platforms.  All my close friends and family talk to me directly (face-to-face) or they call, text, email…wherever in the world they may be.  We actually only share pictures or random crap on FB.  Important and private messages are sent to me via email…which means everyone knows how to get in touch with me.  This means, that the only ‘useful’ thing about Facebook is that all your friends get to see your random life updates (location, images, relationship status, parties, sentiments, etc.) and you get to see theirs.  Then there are those who lurk (i.e. they can see all your personal information but they have manually blocked you from seeing anything of theirs).Stay tuned to my list of 10 reasons why you should delete your Facebook account.  I’ll have to think of a valid 10 points.

I’m blogging in the early hours of the day again.  It is almost 4am in the morning and I just fed my cat Thyl again.  Her neck was slightly swollen the other day but my sister joked that it was a ‘double-chin’ (well, that’s actually what she thought it was because Thyl’s been gaining considerably lately).  So I disregarded it.  Yesterday I felt it was seriously swollen, and because it was Sunday evening I decided to just monitor it until the next day.  I wasn’t sure if it was an abscess or if it was swollen due to an insect bite, or even an allergy.

Sometime last year, Printz’s cheek area was swollen and kept on growing.  I didn’t exactly know why it happened, but the next day I woke up and there was pus with some blood all over the kitchen floor.  I looked all over for her and when I eventually found her, the swelling had gone and there was a hole through her cheek area! She spent the next few days resting, and after a week or two it was completely fine. Read More »