iPad2 n Digital Scrapbooking

So I got iPad2. This time, it's unlimited 3G connection so I can use Internet anywhere. And also this time, I picked Smart Cover (Pink one!) so it's not too big in my purse. Now I can take it everywhere.:)) Then I wondered... "What do I want to do on iPad?" So I was App surfing (checking out Apps in App store. It's MAKInglish if you ask:D) and I found this cool App for Digital Scrapbook called Coolibah. Coolibah is a free app, comes with free Digital Scrapbook kit. If you want more variety of frames, borders, alphabets, embellishments, and a lot of backgrounds, they have in-app purchase kits and all. It costs only $0.99 per kit/set. Only down side about this app is, because those kits are kinda heavy so it takes some times loading. I strongly recommend to save the page you've finished on iPad so you don't lose it if the app freezes and you have to re-install. (It happened on me once so far, which I didn't know the other solution so I re-install it. All the kits I bought are still safe but the page I made was gone. Fortunately I saved it on my iPad.) There is other solution according to their website, which is very useful. Anyway this is the page I made yesterday on the bus to work, took only 30 minutes.






Well, now talk about Digital Scrapbooking on iPad2... I don't think the camera on iPad2 is good at all. Maybe okay for some snapshots or maybe in some locations like sunny outside. But not good enough to make Digital Scrapbook page, I would say. I have a memory card reader for iPad so I used that to load the pictures on the layout above. The pictures taken with iPhone should be okay too I think. Or you can use iCloud. Upload on your PC and send them via iCloud. If you use dSLR then you should resize the images before save it to iCloud so it doesn't take too much space on iCloud. There are some free softwares that resize multiple pictures at the time. I downloaded this one called JTrim and it was very easy to use. I almost gave up doing these staff like Digital Scrapbook and all on iPad, but I guess everything works well on iPad2. I am glad that I got it! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Baby Geek

That sounds just right for me.lol It's actually the name of iPad App I just found n downloaded. It lets me keep all record of the baby.

Like daily event such as feeding, diaper n sleep, I can keep track real time. Like, what she is doing now, which side of breast I am feeding now n it tells me next I need to start which side. When I put her weight n length, it will make a chart automatically. It's easy to use, I just wish I knew about this app before she was born so I could use this from her day one, n keep everything in here. I have been keeping her daily event on the booklet I got from the hospital, I tried to put all record I kept on this app, I am not sure how... But still, it's pretty cool. I cannot live without iPad, really!

Update; I just found out that I can synchronize with iPhone! Now, that's super convenient!

- Posted from my iPad;))

Official Boom Squad Member

Our Baby Ilah is now, an official Boom Squad Member! Probably most of you(unless you are a WWE fan) don't even know what that means...lol Boom Squad, that is what WWE superstar Kofi Kingston calls his fans. Why is our Baby Ilah one of them? The reason is this picture.



This pose is actually exactly same as Kofi does. So I tweeted @TrueKofi(Kofi Kingston) on Twitter(yes, I follow most of WWE superstars on Twitter...lol). N guess what? He replied to that tweet!! (My tweet is third one from the bottom, n Kofi's reply is two above that.)



These celebrities, since anybody can send messages to them on Twitter, they don't always reply to your message. But this picture of Ilah, probably he liked it too! I was so happy that he actually saw the picture n replied to me!

So now Ilah is an official, Kofi Kingston's Boom Squad! You bet I'm proud of her!!

- Posted from my iPad;))

MAMA's Photos

I've been trying to find a good way to post all the pictures here, but using my iPad(again, just being lazy... iPad is easier to blog, especially I can do it in my bed!). I mean I could post just as I do now, but the picture size is not what I want to show. N it seems that there's no other options... Just gotta wait till somebody make Blogger iPad App? I don't think so.

So I decided to create another blog just for photos...



MAMA's Photos
http://mamajohnjohn.wordpress.com/

As the title says, this is totally a simple photo blog. It works well, I think... So anyway, please visit this blog as well!

- Posted from my iPad;))

While we are waiting...

While we are waiting for this baby girl to be born... Hehehe... I got a new camera! A good good camera! It's for the baby, of course, but also for taking nice pictures of this beautiful place. In this South area of Japan, Kyuushuu, we can drive to many great places in few hours. Now I could go in labor anytime so we didn't try too far, but we've already seen some great views within 2hours driving. So... We need a good camera, I thought.lol

Then I had been figuring out how to transfer pictures from PC to iPad using WiFi(just being lazy to connect n all...), since I am not a Mac user, it was confusing... Then again, I am a geek mom!lol

OK, these are the pics I took last week...





We were at the SA(Service Area - Rest Stop on Expressway), SA in Japan usually has a little park with a nice view. They also sell yummy food.:)) Chris loves to stop at these places.lol

So... We are still waiting n waiting for our baby to be born, n I will try to upload a lot of pics here!

- Posted from my iPad;))

I'm baaaaack!

Yep, I am back to Japan, well it's already been a week since we got here... But most importantly we finally got us cellphones, which means I am back to my mobile life! Yay! We had those rental cellphones but it was just for receiving calls(incoming calls are free, but they charge us about $1 per minute for making calls!) n txt messages which we were having hard time typing.lol

First, we were gonna wait for iPhone4, then we couldn't even get a reservation... N I was told that we may not get it for a while... So... I am not happy about this at all but... Couldn't wait any longer, no choice... We bought iPhone3Gs... Yes, right around the time iPhone4 comes out... I need to close my eyes n get over this!!lol

But I am happy that I am back to my mobile life.:)) It makes my life so much easier n functional. Couldn't live without this another day!lol I hope I will be able to blog n show some Japan here on Rollin' MAMA!

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:Japan

iPad

A lil late mother's day gift... Yes! I got iPad!!!





Well, mainly it's mine, but we thought it would be great for the long flight for kids. They can watch movies(which I did download a HD movie on my PC this morning, yea, it took only 4hrs...:((), the good thing is the battery lasts 10 hours, it's very light, no DVDs to carry, n we found headphone splitter so both kids can connect their headphones. Oh, btw, watching movies or videos on iPad is great! I've seen some negative reviews about the quality, but to me, it's better than those portable DVD players. Even not HD movies.

OK, I'm still playing with this, my new toy, n I had to find a way to blog on iPad, of course.:)) I downloaded this app called 'Blog Cast' n trying right now, the problem was there's no connection to digital cameras(I think). It seems that the one of way is using sync via iTunes from PC, which would be no meaning blogging on iPad. Or I can take pics on my phone n e-mail it, save it on iPad, then blog. That's what I did now. But then, why don't I just moblog from my phone? I hope they will have some kinda way to upload pics directly from digital cameras... Or is there??? But anyway, it's easy to type compare to those touch phones, just because touch pad is much bigger, I guess.

Other than those... Still checking other apps, tried one game, it's fun, well we don't use iPhone so we are like "WOW!!".lol I like those apps for kids too. N they have some interactive kids books using iBooks too, which look great.

Overall so far, I really like it.:))

- Posted from my iPad;))

Facebook Addict

I know it’s not just me…lol Well, Facebook games are very good when you are really really bored, which I am. There’re tons of games which can connect with your friends as well. Most of games don’t give you stress, just update whenever you have time.
I’ve wrote about its games like FarmTown n Ameba Pico(I get a lot of comments asking about where to get dinosaurs n stuff, honestly, I don’t know… Sorry!). Now there are more games(means I am still bored n have a lot of time…) I’m into.



Haha, basically most of games are like Sim game, but a good thing about it is, again, connect with your FB friends. We don’t have to be online at the same time, but seeing your friends sent you gifts or visited your game, make us feel closer than just being a friend on FB, that’s what I think, at least.
We(as me n my hubby) play these game on each PC, sitting next to each other, sending stuffs to each other… I know, I know, we are pathetic!lol
Oh, n one more thing I gotta say! It’s probably very annoying to see all games’ announcements on your FB page if you don’t play those games. Trust me, I once thought it’s very annoying!(even tho I play those games.) Then I finally found out, we can get the stuff from those announcements as well! Ha! Now I unhide all apps announcements, n check it all the time!!

I know, I know, we are…

A stupid couple.lol
The thing I blog about just the other day, Ameba Pico on FB. We(as me n my husband) are so into this thing, stupidly. It’s probably funnier playing with him. We sit in the same room, 6 feet from each other, playing this thing. Yea, I know, I know. We are so stupid.lol
Here’s some pics…

How cute we are…lol

Hmmm… it looks familiar.

Yep, we have our time too, huh?

…n I’m mad! What did he do!?

St. Patty day theme!
See? It looks fun, right??? Some stranger asked us “You guys are a real couple, aren’t you? How cute!” HOW DID SHE FIND OUT!?!?!?lmao If you are interested in this stupid game, please join us n find us there!

Ameba Pico

Do you remember I introduced the Japanese blog site which has those avatar social network thingy? Guess what I found… They started U.S. version on FB! Yay!
It’s basically same, more face figures, less items for now. It’s just like those FB App games like YoVille n others. It’s cuter though.lol
For those who confuse n think “WTH is this game?” “What do I do?”, let me tell you a lil…lol
There’s no farm to crop, just communicate to others will give you “gummies”. If you listen to the ‘how to start’ kinda demo, you’ll get 5 tokens, which you can exchange to anything in the shop. To buy items, you will need that token or Ameba Gold. You can buy Ameba Gold via PayPal, or I guess there’re another way to earn Ameba Gold. You also can buy some of items with gummies as well, mostly in vender machines. You can earn gummies by doing some new stuff(moving furniture, changing clothes, go travel, e.t.c.), or get Pico Props. Usually if you give Props, you’ll get Props back.
So this is my Pico, n my room!

In Japanese one, it’s connected with their blog service, so we can earn gold by blogging n stuff. I am not sure how far they will go with this U.S. version… I hope there will be more in the future.
Wow… I talked so geeky… That’s enough!lmao

Japanese Blog

I’ve started… RE-started Japanese blog last week, n I’m into it right now…lol Well, obviously it’s totally Japanese, so most of you cannot even read… But the reason why I’m so into it is, it’s not just ‘blog’. It has so many stuff we can do besides just blogging.
OK, let me show you a lil…

This is my blog page. Even in this blog service, they have timely blog material, we just blog about the theme, n we could earn “the gold”(it’s like point). You see my avatar on the left, I can play with this avatar…

With that avatar, I can have my room, my clothes, n everything… Well, I just started n I don’t have “the gold” to buy things in there much yet… Actually I didn’t buy any of it, they have scratch game every day, n we can win something every single time. It’s only once a day tho.

N this is one of the place we can meet some ppl. (Did you find me?) I already met some ppl here, it’s actually nice to meet new ppl who have same interests.
I wish they would start English version…  It’s very fun!

Windows 7

We got ourselves Dell Laptops for Christmas present. Yep, one for me, one for him.:)) Now we are experiencing Windows 7. I liked XP better than Vista, but I had a good feeling about Windows 7.
Since I do some graphic work for my hobby(?), I always wanted Mac, but here is the problem. The software I use is all for Windows. N they are expensive… If I switch to Mac, I will have to buy whole new software… that will cost almost same as Mac itself. So I’m still stuck with Windows…
Ok, now, I installed my Adobe Photoshop n Illustrator… Photoshop worked, but Illustrator doesn’t start! What!?!?!? Oh, btw, those are not new version…lol That may be why, but still… It worked no problem in XP!
Then I found this. In Control Panel, there is Programs and Features, inside there, there is “Run programs made for previous version of Windows”. Click that, then follow the instruction, it will search the programs that have problems with Windows 7. Of course I found Adobe Illustrator in there, so I click there, n it let me choose to use XP for this software. Now… Ta-da! I can use Illustrator! I thought this is great!

I mean, I like other features in Windows 7 so far, like this Windows Live Writer. Well, since we are using Wi-fi, we are always connected to Internet, but if I go somewhere with my laptop n decide to write blog somewhere doesn’t have internet connection… I still can write n save it. I think it’s cool. OK, gotta be honest, actually this is the first time for me to use this Windows Live Writer.lol But it has preview tab n stuff, so I think this would work.
What else… It’s basically same Windows, so easy to use, n of course it’s faster. I am pretty sure I will find more about Windows 7, n I will keep update!

Here comes SUPER Geek!

Haha, that's meeeee!!!
Once in a while, I turn to a SUPER geek from just a geek.lol No, I don't need a full moon.lol N, I am damn proud of myself!lmao

Anyway, why did I turn to a SUPER geek this time? Here's what happened.(by Monk) I was looking at my blog... not just a blog, my baby, precious blog last night. Oh, I love my blog.lol OK, I was looking at it last night, n I noticed that my side bar is getting longer n longer... Damn, I've done almost 70 posts only in this month??? I mean, as I said before, this blog is my "self-satisfaction" blog, but damn...lol So the way I put archive(which is the best way after I really considered), it shows all this month's post titles. N top of that... I love using all those gadgets! Just so fun to add a lil something on my blog. Plus I have some badges n stuff... Now it's way too long... I almost don't see the point...lol Anyway I don't like that looks...

I've seen some blogs have 3 columns. Hmm, I can use that. I can separate my personal gadgets n links n followers? That would be neat! So I checked Blogger dashboard... Where... where is 3 column templates????? NOOOOO!!!!! It's not in dashboard!!!

I searched n checked on the Internet... Yea, there are some 3 column templates... but it seems I will need a lil "study" for that... It's not like one-click thing... Especially I like the style of my blog right now, I don't want a major change...

First I need try. When you get a new clothes, you would try it on first, right? Same here, I need to try before risking my precious baby blog. So I created test blog.lol I can try there, do whatever I want.lol

I've already came this far... then you know, I gotta do what I gotta do! I just need to be a SUPER geek!lmao Alright! Let's do this!!

Yearbook Yourself 2009

LMFAO! Yep, that's me! How lovely, huh? This website called "Yearbook Yourself 2009" will let you upload your pics n reel in the all decades you like! I found it on Facebook, one of my friends did that... It's just TOO FUNNY playing with this thing! I was bored so I did with my hubby pic also, n published on my FB... Sorry, honey! I couldn't help it! Try it n you're gonna like it!

It's Just Blog, but It's Good, I Tell U!

It's already midnight... n here I am... still blogging...lol More I dig, more I find funs...

Today, I was trying to get some followers through Mom Bloggers Club. To get followers, become a follower! So I visited quite many blogs... wow... they are all good... ending up really read into those...lol Not only I could get ideas, but there are so many great helpful informations too... n THEY ARE ALL FREE!!! Like, my blog? It sounds just a joke compare to all those blogs... Well, this is me, so...lol Anyway, some of them give me all helpful tips, some of them give me motivation, some of them make me laugh... So now, how many blogs am I following anyway...? Uh... 13blogs...! Wow... I won't get bored anymore!lol

Farm Town

So this is what I've been doing...lol Farm Town on Facebook. This is my farm. I recently changed it to a maze.lol It's very addictive, I mean it's very cute I think, of course it's fun. Have friends in neighbors, sending gifts to friends, hiring them for havesting n plowing, get coins n points, buying some seeds, trees, flowers, animals n houses too... Good thing, they keep improving the game, so it's getting better n better...lol



I even made some GOOD FT friends. We can meet some ppl in Market Place to hire n stuff, n if we like their job(basically if they are nice...), we can add them on the buddy list. But to make them be in the neighbor, they have to be your FB friends. So I actually made some FB friends from FT. My husband was like "uh.... dear, who are these ppl?", n I was like, "oh, they are my Farm friends!"lmao. Unfortunately he's not playing FT yet... well it's kinda hard to play these games in Iraq... But I hope he will start after he comes home...lol

My Berry n Me

Do you know how important your cell phone is in your life? Cell phones are no longer just phones for us... Especially those who use smartphones... Mine is Blackberry Curve 8900. N I LOVE THIS LIL GUY!!
Last night, my phone stareted 2 have some problems. I noticed my e-mails icons were not showing... N I couldn't open e-mails, I couldn't send one either. First I thought it's just some kind of system error... But I was kinda worried bout this lil guy, so I tried a couple of things, I rebooted, took sim card out, tried to restore from the computer... But nothing worked. I realized it was already 4am, so I gave up n hoping it will be back 2 normal when I wake up...
I woke up, the first thing I checked was of course my berry... It showed I have 21 new messages... but I couldn't open... OK, there must be really something's wrong with my lil guy... He must be ultra sick... Fortunately I could still make phone calls. So I called T-mobile... I don't have a house phone, so I had to call n get a solution, hung up n try, still not workin n call'em back, get another solution, hung up n try... I don't even remember how many times I called'em, n every time I had 2 explain everything. But it's all for my berry...
Finally one of T-mobile representatives transfered my call 2 Blackberry customer care. This was actually not the first time for me 2 talk 2 them. I've talk 2 them when I had an another issue before... But anyway... They are really specialist... I mean, REALLY! They are like ultra smart ppl plus very nice supportive, very very professional ppl. I mean T-mobile customer service is great too, but most of them are not specialists of every phones. So when I talk 2 a couple of representatives, they say all difference thing. But when I talk 2 Blackberry ppl, they know exactly what I am talking about, they know what exactly is the problem, n they know what exactly I need to do. They know how 2 lead us 2 fix the problem, I don't have 2 explain more than once. You know when u talk 2 somebody n even before u say everything he/she knows what exactly you are talking about? N u would say "Exactly!" n getting excited talking 2 them? That's them. They make me feel comfortable talking about the problem. So I knew I could count on them. I wish I could speak 2 them from the beginning, but they obviously charge... Of course no free services are this good, huh?lol But if I call 2 T-mobile first, n they decided 2 transfer 2 Blackberry support cuz they couldn't help me, then it's free for me. I started 2 like having difficult problems which T-mobile cannot answer, just so I can talk 2 Blackberry ppl...lmao
Anyway, I finally could talk 2 one of them, I explained 2 him a lil bit, n he understood what's the problem right away! They really wow me everytime...lol So I followed what he told me to do, n Ta-Da! My berry's back!!! I missed berrying so much...lol Now it's official... I cannot live without my Blackberry!
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

So... What is What???

This is one of those nights when I can't stop playin with my mini laptop... not games, well at least not tonight...lol I was just re-starting my blog(again...lol), n jus dig around... decided to try twitter... ok, I'm still confused... it sounds fun, if I'm right, that's jus like FB status...? Well, so now I update both of those??? And long status on my blog???lmao Then, there are so many blog club thingy, probably introducing ur blog, but those have again profile page. So I put another information there... hmmmm... It's jus becoming too much...lol Well, it starts to not really make sense, but since I LOVE geeky stuff...lol let's just try'em! Haha. K, now let's play some game!lol