Butch : Inside My Closet

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Good Ideas: Happy Holidays Christmas Tree!

3 more days to go and it's Christmas time! Well, it's been 3 years now since I left the archipelago of Juan and I haven't celebrated this special day with my family, sad! But the spirit of gift giving and merry making will always be here in my heart.

My friends are inviting me for a red and white party on xmas eve but I have plans so I may or may not squeeze some juices to be in two places at one night right.

If you love the holidays as much as we do you will be happy to hear we have a great alternative to the good old Christmas tree. This year imagine folding out your stylish eco-certified birch tree and decorating with wooden balls and hearts. Can be easily stored flat and reused year after year. No tools are needed.

As an added bonus the manufacturer will plant 1 new tree for every Small Christmas tree sold.

Now, that's what I called environmentally responsible company huh!

Can we wrap our gifts now, oohhh, I haven't finished buying gifts, grrrr!

Dimensions:

height (in the middle): 30 cm
flat package: 36 cm x 18,5 cm x 1,5 cm
for only 66 Euros (not cheap ei at matteriashop)

Good Ideas: The Bottle Cap Camera Tripod

Let's say you're out with friends having dinner or just having dessert in your favorite cafe and there's nobody, nobody but you guys to take your precious photos & there's no bulky tripod on hand. So what will you do?

You don't want to be left out right?

Or maybe you are in your nth time in Niagara Falls, Eiffel Tower, Merlion, Great Wall and Taj Majal or say the Rice Terraces without your tripod.Well, The Bottle Cap Tripod is your saviour.

It has a stretchy rubber socket that fits on top of pretty much any kind of bottle, and a standard-issue tripod screw on the other end that fits most any camera.

Need a tripod in a jiff? Grab the nearest soda or water bottle, stick on the Bottle Cap Tripod, and you're set! Self-portraits, group photos on self-timer, and steady low-light shots just became a whole lot easier!

Plus it's tiny, so unlike your 'real' tripod, you really can take it just about anywhere and store either in your sling and tote bags. Easy!

As of the moment, it is sold out from photojojo and will be available next year. So patience my brotha!

For just $ 10 + $ 5 shipping, not bad. Some great ideas huh!

I LVoe!

Monday, December 21, 2009

NO BONUS! What?

It's confirmed, I saw my payslip and it's official, NO BONUS!!! for this year. Sad but what to do! Hearsay, only top management received it and for us, better luck next time. This is how to motivate your people, really! Just kidding, most of the countries are experiencing financial difficulties yet they have ways to keep their employees motivated. In my previous airline, every holiday season we have 1 piece of HAM, a sack of rice (convertible to cash) and calendars for giveaways, how's that! Well, that's how Asian airline companies do. But here in the golden dunes, I guess not. According to the recent company's roadshow, we will not receive the much anticipated bonus because of the following reasons; (they also reiterated that at least be happy we have a job!)

1. We recently got the World's Leading Airline award beating Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways, why? Just kidding!

2. Upgrading of Aircrafts including the new first class suites.

3. The Formula 1 Race Track ( Which last for less than 5 days! Crazy )

4. Giving $10 Billion Dollars to Dubai to help boost credit standing to creditors.

(It's really funny that our neighbor Emirates Airlines received 1 month bonus!)& now you ask why we don't have bonus!

Grrrr! I LVoe!

From Cairo To Karachi...

I was rostered to do the flight to Cairo, a two-day block on my roster for this holiday season. Actually, my last flight before my leave, can you imagine? giving me a very nice flight before my leave. Actually, I have nothing against flying such destinations, these flights will improve ourselves how to handle stress and patience, thus will help us improve as a person, meeting various people with different background, culture and outlook in life. Get it!

But, I think god heared me. I opened my crew portal and I have changes, instead of flying to Cairo, they gave me Karachi, viola, another challenging flight but 2 hours of it will not hurt me.

I was surprised that the aircraft is Boeing 777. 350 passengers in economy and 28 in business, in Pakistan? Why? During briefing, my cabin manager informed us, we'll transport 127 deportees, grrr! I was assigned in the aft cabin, the tail part of the aircraft were all the deportees were seated. All were coughing and sneezing like hell, the ground staff said that passengers have expired visas, that's it! But hello, 127 males and we are only 7 guys, they can easily outnumber us if they want to. Reality bites right!

It was a smooth flight nonetheless. I had colds after.

And after the last passenger disembarked. It was heaven...

Happy Holidays guys!

I LVoe!

Good Ideas: Recycling Frames

Environmental protection starts with me.

Nowadays our climate is changing so fast and if we'll not do something about it. 2012 or The Day After Tomorrow will soon be a reality.

Let's start recycling, let's save mother nature. I'm talking so Miss Earth! Grrr!

Recycling Frame from Materriashop -- $ 52.00

Don’t feel bad about forgetting your grocery tote at home, just remember to ask for paper bags. Materriashop’s Recycling Frame utilizes standard grocery bags to create an incredibly simple and environmentally friendly trash/recycling bin. The frame itself is made from 30% recycled steel and is of course recyclable itself.

Recycling made easy! Here’s an everyday product made functional and stylish. Recycle your paper, plastics and metals using these clever recycling frames. Style your own frame with your favorite bag. Great for the office and at home. Use 2 frames to create a recycling center for 3 collectables and use 3 frames for 5 collectables.

Material: Steel (30% recycled) and is 100% recyclable

Colors: white, red, black, steel gray.

Available at matteriashop.com