Happy Steps is a new travel blog by a travel bug named Carey. The blog name reminds me of the famous phrase by Confucius “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Yep, it begins with happy steps!

If you want to go places, learn about travel tips and reviews of destinations, bookmark Happy Steps in your favorites!

Happy Steps from the blogger herself:

A certified travel bug’s online haven for sharing the fun and adventure of going places, and seeing the world one happy step at a time!

Her wish is to travel the world over, and while she has been to Europe and Asia, this blog features some of her dream destinations which she hopes to visit one of these days.

Pick which design you like best among these LeSportsac bags.

 7546 Suzette @ $68 each
7.5 x 15.5 x 5.75 in, 19.05 x 39.37 x 14.61 cm

Zipped main closure
Front pocket with zipped closure
Interior pocket with zipped closure
Interior open pocket

My one and only black hairclip broke, had to buy  a new one!  Found this cheap hairclips at Pompo for only 11 czk a piece.

Buzzing in for a techie blog!  Get to learn about increasing your alexa ranking, your page rank and other SEO, internet and computer related topics only at techXplore.  The man behind this blog is Tony, blogging all the way from exotic Thailand!

What techXplore is all about in his own words :

The site techXplore, is a personal journal of some of the learnings and encounters that he has had while working in the IT (information technology) field for almost 10 years now, serving as trainer on seminars, technical support, helpdesk officer, programmer, web application developer and currently as system analyst programmer of AIT.

A gift for my infant daughter from her grandma - Philips baby monitor. 
We haven’t yet used this gadget coz baby is sleeping with us.

its features:

digital signal confirmation
indicates secure link to baby unit

adjustable sound sensitivity
adjust sensitivity of  baby unit to suit any situation

battery-low indicator
alerts when batteries need recharging or replacing

up to 200m range
ensures secure reception in and around the house

16 channels
Minimum interference from other monitors

Canon should thank my sister big time!  She has been recommending Canon to me when she learned I wanted to buy a new digicam. 

My previous digicam was Sony.  I’ve grown to love it and was already familiar with the features and usage.  So one weekend when hubby and I were strolling inside the mall I saw this blue Sony digicam, I naturally liked it, blue being my favorite color.  I didn’t buy it though.

When my sister knew about it, she discouraged me and as usual promoted Canon to me again. She found out using Photoshop that pictures taken with a Canon 4megapixel cam has a higher resolution at 120 dpi compared to other cameras which only have 72 dpi for relatively the same number of megapixels.

So last Saturday, when I decided to buy a new cam I asked hubby to look for a blue Canon camera. Hehehe He found some models but they were of lesser quality. He was a bit amused that I was choosing based on the color.  Until he found the Canon PowerShot A640 whose features were far better than those compact size models. According to the review this camera is in close semblance to a SLR camera.
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