Life in Motion

Microsoft recently launched their new search engine called Bing. This replaces the old Windows Live Search. I was never a fan of the Live Search but decided I'd give Bing a try. And what a pleasant surprise, it's got a new face, which is very similar to the Google Search Engine (no surprises there).

One of the features that easily caught my attention was the background image which changes everyday. It also includes some information on selected elements within the image. Of course, you can always turn the image on or off. This is a fresh and very much welcomed idea in my opinion. I noticed that at the bottom of the image are popular links relevant to the image on display. Cool, huh?

On the left pane of the window, it contains the Navigation Links, much like its competitor (Google), I'd say the only difference is the position of the navigation links (Google being on the top of the page and Bing on the left side).

Another feature worth mentioning is its ability to store previously used keyword searches, as well as any relevant searches available. You'll notice this on the left side of the window.

Oh, and try searching for Videos. Notice that when it gives you all the available searches, hover your mouse over to a video and it instantly plays it back for you, even without clicking on it.

Of course there's a lot more features than these mentioned above...
And of course there are still bugs that needs to be fixed, but I think Microsoft is on to something here...what do you think?

Labels: Blogging, Newsworthy

It has been a long day. It was almost the end of the day when we decided we've had enough of the Big Apple. We're heading off to our hotel in Boston...but wait...not until we stop by Jollibee! That's right, the only one in the East Coast (I think). The hubby insisted we go there for dinner. He said he drove all the way to New York especially for this...

who can say no to Jollibee?? Definitely not me! So we braved the traffic, weaved in and out of the never ending flow of yellow cabs and tourists. And we're off to see the bee! Maybe next time I will post my personal review of the place :)

A few more shots while on our way out of the city. Looming skyscrapers, towering billboards, neon lights, the noise, the chaos, all a part of the city that never sleeps.

Labels: Places I've Been

When the company I have been working for for 5 long years was hit by the world-wide recession, many of its employees suffered a terrible fate of job-loss. Those (including yours truly) that were lucky enough to have escaped the lay offs were also forced to take two weeks of unpaid vacation leaves. There was a great deal of resistance at first, but eventually everyone calmed down. I, for one, actually enjoyed and benefited from the "furlough". I thought it gave us a chance to take our days off without any guilt attached. Many of my colleagues traveled outside the country. Some went to China and Honk Kong, others to Italy and some to France. The husband and I didn't want to dip our hands too deep into our savings so, together with another friend of ours, we simply drove to the U.S. and make the best of what we have.

We drove for 6 hours to New York City. To admire the beauty of Lady Liberty, the gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States.
To see the sights and sounds of Manhattan, Times Square and a short visit to the famous Madison Square Garden.

This was just the first day...we continued on to Boston, Cambridge, New Hampshire and Maine...but let's leave that to the next post. Stay tuned...

Labels: Life in General, Places I've Been

It has been way too long. The last entry almost seems like a distant memory.
Laziness and procrastination took over my body and I couldn't help myself, so I gave in. Ok, well, I was also very busy at work.

With the recession hitting the U.S. (and the rest of the world), our company took a good beating too. Almost one third of the company's support and admin staff were laid off, leaving some of us (the lucky ones, if you wanna call us that) with "gynormous" amount of work to do. And with that, I had no down time.

So up until recently, my whole world revolved around my work. But things are starting to ease up a little, so yours truly is back. Pray that it continues that way.

I will be posting some of my recent adventures next time. Stay tuned!

Uhmmm...it's good to be back!

Labels: Blogging, Life in General, Work