Learning to Play the Guitar

I’m not just sports-minded and fully-techy. I’m also very fond of music including playing some musical instruments like the guitar. When I was a lot younger, I had the chance to pursue my interests in playing the piano and guitar but I blew it. I wasted the chance.

I lost my interest in playing even if my wife plays the keyboard and the guitar. It was fine with me to just watch her play. Until recently when I gave my commitment to be involved in the ministry, I saw the need to learn and I experienced the enjoyment there is when jamming with a friend who’s into guitar playing too.

I needed to catch up. I played slowly and I just felt I needed to learn as quickly as I could. The problem: I am a very busy person and enrolling in a music school is not my option. My wife teaches from time to time but for a very limited and crazy schedule, learning can never be as easy as pie.

One thing that contributed to my ease of playing and more harmonious execution of chords is through jamming with my wife and a friend. I have to admit though that the best solution for my acquiring a more sufficient ability has always been the internet. Whenever I want to play a certain song, I would google search the lyrics and chords. After printing a copy, I would go to http://www.youtube.com, search for the song and right from there, I learn to play from different sites that offer tutorials.

Truly, the internet can be very helpful in almost everything you intend to have knowledge of. The learning process by way of internet can be a very delightful experience especially for those who don’t have the time to enroll in a regular class.

Restoring Your Favourite Black Shoes

Comfortable is a very nice word even for the most formal events you’re invited to. That’s why I make sure that when I shop for shoes, they must be comfortable and can take me to whatever place I want to be. Of course, the shoes need to be presentable as well, and applicable to a particular situation, whether it is semi-formal, formal, sporty or casual.

There will always be one particular pair of shoes that you find hard to dispose of. It sure happened to me. I have a pair of black shoes that I haven’t worn for years and still, it looked like new when polished.

I used it when I attended a wedding just recently and that was the time I noticed the shoes needed to undergo some serious repairs.

I got into the dilemma of whether to have the shoes repaired or just buy a new one. Events after events are lined up for the two more remaining months of the year. I have another wedding coming up, Christmas parties, Christening, etc.

My attachment to the shoes prevailed after much serious deliberations. One of the most reliable shoe shops you can go to for all your shoe repair needs is Mr. Quickie. I have brought quite a number of shoes there for repairs. My wife even had some of her bags done in this shop. Depending on the amount of repair needed for a job, the fee is just all right. We go there also when we need our keys duplicated.

Furthermore, they added important services like unlocking locks, opening cars when you left your keys, home service and many more. Overall, I am satisfied with their service.

When Dogs Have Stomach Trouble

Our younger dog got hospitalized and was confined for almost a week in an animal hospital. He got sick of a parasite infestation that compromised his immune system. What further caused his almost near-death situation was when he was overdosed with anti-fever medicine which affected his liver and turned him yellowish.

That was one of our saddest moments with our dogs because we thought we would lose him. His medicines were given via dextrose and he wouldn’t eat if only the hospital staff would feed him. He would just cry a lot when it’s time for us to leave him with a look that to us expressed his desire to go home already. He even had to be transfused with blood that would come from miles away. We thanked God that he recovered without a need for a blood transfusion.

The consequence of this illness is that today, he has weak digestion. Every now and then he would have stomach trouble. He eats well but when he reaches a point that he is so filled up, he would vomit everything he ate and we could hear the thunderous gurgitation of his stomach. When our first dog wouldn’t eat, what we did was to give him Yakult. This was an advice from their veterinarian.

Today, whenever our dog has stomach trouble, we would walk him out of the house and wait until he vomits. Then, however hard it is for us to make him drink Yakult, we give him using a syringe. Yakult is not just for humans, it’s for the dogs too!