The Couch Potato Dishing out life through the couch she is sitting on.

Archive for February, 2009

Everything Japanese

02.27.2009 · Posted in Interesting!

I love everything Japanese. That’s why I watch this Japanese tourism channel almost all the time! Flowering Japanese Magnolia trees, temples, Japanese food, kimonos… even their awesome technology! I think i might be Japanese in another lifetime ha-ha! When I was a little kid, there was a local channel promoting Japanese tourism by showing good ...

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Travel shows

02.27.2009 · Posted in Interesting!

Travel and Living is one of my favorite channels in cable tv. I love traveling but cannot do so due to budget constraints. Thank goodness for travel shows I can travel in different parts of the world while sitting on my ultra comfy couch. I can work while checking out accommodations like Dallas Texas hotels ...

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Construction rant

02.27.2009 · Posted in Interesting!

Our neighbor had this great idea of doing an aluminum fence installation at six in the morning! I normally go to sleep around four in the morning so you can just imagine how the construction woke me up. I immediately remembered Ashton Kutcher’s video ranting about his neighbor. I was one of those people who ...

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Off the couch again

02.27.2009 · Posted in Interesting!

The Couch Potato is off her couch for a few days now, tinkering around the house. I had to check on some things. I was so engrossed with Hansgrohe sink faucets for almost an hour. Imagine that! I am looking into the possibility of being off the couch for a period of time and might ...

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Vicki Belo boo-boo!

02.23.2009 · Posted in Hot on the Net, TV Time

Vicki Belo, renowned cosmetic surgeon here in the Philippines, was interviewed at Showbiz Central yesterday and she apparently said something insulting about Boy Abunda, talk show host, talent manager and the image model of the Belo Medical Group‘s main competitor, Calayan Surgicenter, to this effect… If you want to look like Boy Abunda, go to ...

Winners all!

02.23.2009 · Posted in Hot on the Net, TV Time

Here is the complete list of the nominees and winners of the recently concluded 81st Academy Awards. BEST PICTURE “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” “Frost/Nixon” “Milk” “The Reader” “Slumdog Millionaire” (Winner) BEST ACTRESS Anne Hathaway, “Rachel Getting Married” Angelina Jolie, “Changeling” Melissa Leo, “Frozen River” Meryl Streep, “Doubt” Kate Winslet, “The Reader” (Winner) BEST ...