Eliminate Your Entertainment Clutter With Online Games

Are you ready to streamline your life and get rid of all the physical and visual clutter in your home? Try starting by cleaning up your entertainment act! Today's online games offer you a great way to enjoy all the excitement of gaming without the clutter you have to deal with if you own a gaming system.

Let's face it, if you own a game system, your house doesn't just have a game console; it has a stack of game CDs or cartridges, and there are wires snaking around the floor and connected to the television. Every time you buy a new game, you're adding to the clutter of your home. Sure, you want to keep adding to your game collection, but who wants to deal with all those disks and crystal cases? And there are only so many wires you want to deal with; they're a hazard that can trip the unwary and they make your entertainment area look messy.

Online games, on the other hand, eliminate all that visual clutter. You don't have to deal with hooking up and unhooking your whole game system if you want to move to another room and your television set area remains sleek and uncluttered.

Online games are also a great way to build an impressive library of online games that can go anywhere with you. We've all gone on a vacation or visited relatives and wished we could bring some of our favorite games with us for those moments when a bit of gaming is the only way to really relax. A laptop with online games is easier to take with you and you don't have to worry about broken disks, lost parts, or taking up too much luggage space. You'll love the freedom from clutter you get with online games every time you play without dealing with that bulky game system.

Sunny the Duck Chocolate Party at Fun Ranch

It had been another fun day at Fun Ranch! My family attended Sunny the Duck's 2nd birthday party celebration at the Big Red Barn. Thanks to Fun Ranch team for including us in the list of invitees. My kids enjoyed munching chocolates, watching the magic show and seeing the three mascots dance. It is indeed a Saturday morning filled with chocolately fun!

There is a food buffet, a chocolate fountain, and all the game prizes are chocolates. My younger sister enjoyed the games and she even won in the "sing-the-nips-jingle game." Even my kid's "yaya" had her part in the program. Hehehe. It is a party where the kids and the kids at heart are all having a great time. It was sugar-rush for everyone as they munch on chocolate products from the sponsors- Jackn'Jill Magic Coated, Nips, Chooey Choco, Cloud 9, Hello! Wafrets Sticks, Wiggles and Jackn'Jill Pretzels Filled Stix.

Funny how this party had been a great-to-meet-and-see-you-day for me. When the party started and the host got on stage, I knew he looks so familiar. It was like telling myself, "I knew you but I can't exactly remember where I've met you." When he came to get my kid's "yaya" to join him on stage, and he said the words "ate, dito pa tayo nagkita...," I then recalled him as one of my sister's friend. So, he is definitely someone I knew. He is Fun Ranch resident host-magician Jester, my sister's co-officer in high school, and my schoolmate too. He is a great party host and everyone is amazed at the wonderful show he performed.

It is at this party where I have met my husband's niece (who is years older than we are) for the first time. My husband and I did not even know that her family would be there too. It is also the first time where I have met another Multiply mommy-friend.

Fun Ranch is a place that my family truly loves and this is another Fun Ranch event worth remembering.

My Farm and My Resturant

I admit it, I am getting fond of playing Farmville and Restaurant City in Facebook. These are two of the most popular and addictive games on Facebook. I am hooked because it is like playing with friends too!

There is just so many things you can do on Facebook, that I initially felt overwhelmed by the different applications and requests by friends. For more than 3 months, the most I had done is to accept friend request. It was when my little sister urges me to play Farmville, YoVille and Restaurant City that I start to spent my time on playing these simulation games. I was also influenced by my other sister and some friends for they kept saying that Facebook is now much better than Multiply and Friendster. It is then that I have decided to give Facebook my time.

Now, I am fascinated with a farm and a restaurant. Well just maybe through these games I can experience a life totally different from mine.

In reality, this does not speak about what my passion is. I grew up, lived and stayed in the city all my life. I had never experienced living in the province nor stayed in a farm. I had only seen farm lots; I have been to Strawberry farm in Baguio City, but I had never experienced farming, harvesting, milking cows, and other works that people do on the farm.

I love to eat and I enjoy most food, but then I am not good at preparing and cooking a meal. I would fail if people ask me what are the ingredients to a certain dish. The most I can do is buy fruits and food items for my kids at the grocery; though I do not know if this counts. Maybe this is also one reason why magazines, blogs and websites about food interest me.

A time to work and a time to play.

The important thing is I can manage my time well; I keep on reminding myself to stop "facebooking" and get back to work! But it is always good to keep a balance of everything.

... and I know too that these addiction shall pass.

Dota 6.60 For Gamers: Released for Download

Dota 6.60 maps and changelogs is finally released and is now available for download. Dota game enthusiasts have awaited the release of this Dota 6.60 map! It comes with a lot new features; changes to the heroes, items, modes and commands, gameplay and performance, and other miscellaneous add-ons.

I am not a DotA Allstars fan, but my family including my little kids are game players! A day won’t pass without seeing them play this game. I got fascinated whenever I look at my kids enjoying this game and hear them as they use their favorite heroes; and they even enjoy watching their daddy play a game! They are really addicted to this!

Over the weekend or maybe today, I’m sure that my husband will be downloading his latest Dota version. It has a huge Changelog list, and I am sure that my husband would be fascinated with this!

Dota 6.60 can be downloaded here:
Download DotA 6.60 - DotA Allstars v6.60.w3x Map (mirror 1)
Download DotA 6.60 - DotA Allstars v6.60.w3x Map (mirror 2)
DotA Map Free download

Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a custom scenario for Warcraft III, based on the "Aeon of Strife" map for StarCraft. The objective of the scenario is for each team to destroy the opponents' Ancients, heavily guarded structures at opposing corners of the map. Players use powerful units known as heroes, and are assisted by allied heroes and AI-controlled fighters called "creeps". As in role-playing games, players level up their hero and use gold to buy equipment during the mission. – Source: Wikipedia

It’s a game where you’ll get to pick to be part of the Sentinel or the Scrouge. The main goal is to destroy the Main Tower and defend your base from the enemies at the same time.

For those who are interested to learn and play Dota, check out these sites to help you get started:
Official Defense of the Ancients website
DotA Allstars website
GetDoTa.com, the official download site for DotA Allstars