A New Beginning

Happy Chinese New Year 2010

2010-02-12T00:12:00.003+08:00

After a very long break, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year... May the year of the golden Tiger bring everyone good luck, good health, good wealth, success in love, business & career.

EOE ~ Home-grown Photo service provider

2008-12-30T18:44:00.005+08:00

Wow.... so fast the holidays has passed and though not many photos were taken this round but it reminds me of my 2007 Christmas in Singapore.... he he he... those lovely photos taken in Singapore were still in my hard drive, savely tuck in a corner and been reviewed many times by myself.....

Since the introduction of digital camera, I hardly develop any photos.... It's quite sad though, coz I can't share it with my family and I can't have a look at it & admire it whenever I want it.... Why I never print it out? Coz I find it a hassle to send the copies to be develop out.... hardly can find one nearby my area and also when I found 1, I didn't bring the card out.....

But then I found EOE Online that provide online photo album services. I know, it's quite common to have online service but not one in Malaysia though... now all I need is to upload the photos that I want and wait for them to deliver it to me..... it's that simple.... and their price is quite good, I ccan say that.

Just did my round and now am sitting back for them to deliver the photos to me....

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T08:59:00.002+08:00

Hello...... Just in time to wish everyone a very meRRy chRistmas with a new blog banner.

May all the Joy & Peace befall everyone...

Getting soooo lucky as lightning strike twice

2008-10-27T00:57:00.004+08:00

When I thought everything is going to be ok, then it happened again. If anyone notice, I have been MIA again.... all because I have no internet connection thanks to a char grilled modem on a fine Saturday afternoon 2 weeks ago. Yeap, my modem got strike by lightning (again) and it's the 2nd time this year. And to make it a set lunch I have an almost new 19" Samsung flat screen monitor to go with the modem.

Ain't I lucky? I feel like so lucky that I I think I can go to Vegas vacations and strike the jackpot *LOL*, come home being a billionaire...... *SIGH* I really hope it won't strike the 3rd time this year as I got vy tired of fixing one thing after another ....

* Mini gym in office *

2008-10-20T12:59:00.000+08:00

With the weather getting so unpredictable lately (fuming hot in the morning & noon but raining zoo in the evening), it's really hard to go for exercise in the park especially for those who love to jog. Luckily for me and also my coliks, we are still able to exercise coz our office have a small gym equipped with treadmill, stepper & lots of exercise equipments which include the Osim i-gallop.

GOLF-ing around

2008-10-14T01:10:00.000+08:00

I am not sure if it is a norm to some company but my company does have a a Special Interest Group for golfer... They will held the annual golf tournament for the BAT staff and also will organize some golfing to far away places.. and thanks to the Diversity program early this year, they even have golf lessons *FOC* for the ladies *too bad I was not one of them* as it's limited to a few lucky one. But some of my coliks joined tat... and one of them even know where to get vy good deals on golf equipment.

Bon Appetite...

2008-10-11T21:50:00.007+08:00

As promised, here's the appetizer to the following posts that I am going to blog. It is indeed overdue posts since July but the photo below will be the hint of my up coming posts... Hope it keeps you wants more .... Bon Appetite

Fresh Vietnamese Popiah ~ my favorite coz it is so fresh to eat...

Pan seared scallop served with salmon roe on asparagus water ~ something new that I had during a fine dining dinner

Kani Avocado Salad ~ real crab meat japanese salad .. yum yum....

Tapas ~ a kind of fish that is filled with yummy fish roe, a must to try...

A collection of soups... for those who can't make up their mind...

I hope by now you have some clues on wat I am going to blog about .... things and events that happened during my MIA session (^.^)

I am back with some appetizers to reopen my blog ^_^

2008-10-09T22:16:00.004+08:00

I am back and yup, my desktop has been fixed and the culprit is my graphic card and as for my laptop, the ram has been fixed as well. Since I have been MIA for such a long time, I shall post up some appetizers (from various occasions from July till Sept 08) for my coming posts....

Talking about food and my favorite are 2 things, appetizers and dessert. Since I am a small eater, the appetizers can be my main course so that I can have my dessert also. Some of my fav. are the tapas, the kerabu mango (mango salad ala thai style), kani avacado salad, fresh vietnamese spring rolls and soups. I do have a lot of those photos to post up but I will need to resize it. So, stay tune to feed your eyes with yummy appetizers

* no more F.A.T. *

2008-09-27T13:13:00.003+08:00

No more F.A.T.

I am sure that is what every girl wishes. Some were lucky to have high metabolism to burn off the excess fat but some were not so lucky, no matter how they exercise or diet, they still struggle to keep the fat at bay or just managed to not to get fat but not to burn off the fat. But what's the best fat burner in town? There's so many in the market but I am sure no matter which brand it is, every cream have it's best formula to burn off fat ....

Still Alive...but barely living

2008-09-08T17:43:00.003+08:00

I am still alive incase some of you wonder why so long no post (which I doubt anyone will wonder tat). I think this year my luck is really on the low coz my last resort to connect the world has gone kaput (*_*) -> the laptop.

It happened on last Sunday morning, (3 days after Gerald help me upgrade my RAM to 1GB) the symptom of transplant failure showing on that morning. First, it hang, then cannot start up. Finally, after 3 try, it's alive again. But after I shut down, it cannot start up. My mood was so down that whole day coz my original RAM is in Doha now with Gerald. My only hope is to send it to my local infra to check (which I dun have positive hope).

So, my desktop and laptop suffer the same fate, RAM failure. I must really call up HP to claim my warranty for desktop before it expires in November.

Adios for now.... I will be back soon with my Vietnam trip and KK trip to Kundasang and Kudat (once my pc is running as I am using my office laptop now)

20.08.2008

2008-08-20T20:08:00.001+08:00

Hello..... I am back from my vacations but sad to say, still not yet fix my pc but I managed to fix my internet problem. Hopefully I won't be too lazy to fix the pc so I can start blogging (lots to blog on my Vietnam trip & also my team building) & scrapping coz I can say, the 1 month blog + scrap break can makes 1 lazy....

And u must be wondering why suddenly I resurface today (LOL) and not on weekend since I have no pc still. This is coz today is such a nice day -> 20.08.2008, very nice date, right? So, I told myself, must jot down something in my blog. Hence, here I am, posting from my laptop with the latest photo from Sapa, Vietnam (lots to come later on, promise)

Me with a Black H'mong lady and her baby boy at Ta' Van Village

A SPA escape in your favourite place

2008-08-10T18:44:00.002+08:00

I am sure everyone loves spa no matter we have it at our home, hotels or go to a SPA center to enjoy the profesional SPA session. No matter where we go, we would wish to have a SPA of our dream especially the location of the SPA. However, to get to the dream location like those we see in the magazine and hotels brochure (eg: Andaman Spa in Langkawi which can cost us over RM 1k just to stay there and enjoy it coz it is a luxury resort), it is super expensive!!. Hence, we can only afford it once in awhile.

For those who really love to enjoy it at their home but would love to have a scene other than the 4 walls or just their neighbourhood scene, you can choose some spa accessories. It's more affordable than to go all the way to the beach or to the mountain to enjoy the perfect Spa escape or getting a overall hot tub and landscaping project . Just choose the spascenes that you like, add some aromatheraphy oil in the burner and on some natural sound, Voila! Your own bathroom has turned into the perfect relaxing place to enjoy the perfect spa at your own time. It's so easy to install and durable.

North Carolina health insurance

2008-08-09T19:10:00.003+08:00

Thinking of getting a health insurance minus all the hassle of analysing the perfect plan and you're located in the states... choose North Carolina health insurance. They are a company of over 70yrs of experience in health insurance industry and provide all the answers to your questions so that they come out with the perfect plan tailor made for yourself. No need to worries in getting one health insurance tat does not fit yourself or it might be too burdend to pay it coz they understand the importance of value and staying within a budget.

Going for my vacation

2008-07-27T21:57:00.004+08:00

Just a little shout out to the world that I am going for my 1st out of Malaysia holiday (Singapore doesn't count, ok). This is a trip that was planned so long ago with my coliks and finally it is here. We're going to Vietnam and hopefully it won't rained so much (coz I checked the weather & it says scattered thunderstorm).

So, when I am back from my holiday, I will definitely fix my pc and start blogging again. Till then....

going HEALTHY

2008-07-23T21:31:00.002+08:00

*posting from my laptop coz PC still kong*

I have been having this acne problem on my right cheek area for a year and it refuses to go away albeit all the facial I went and all the product I tried (treatments for acne from cheap to vy exp). Yet it still persist and sometimes it flair up and become vy noticeable (though not always). So, I decided it's time to go internal... and now I am popping diligently multivitamins, herbs for liver, EFA, wheatgrass and the latest I tried is the neem that promises purifying the blood and treating skin problem such as eczema, acne and psoriasis. Well, with all the supplements, I do hope it helps coz it's not easy to swallow so many pills (not a pill person).

N now it's my PC pengsan

2008-07-13T22:07:00.003+08:00

Call it bad luck or pure technology failure..... to me, it's the same.... I was a bit happy when the modem borrowed from my colik is working fine with my pc last nite (though it got d/c for awhile) but hey, no complains .... until this morning. As usual, with the internet 'back', I turned my pc on in the morning and left it running for 30 mins when the problem starts...

First, it is the modem connection, then my pc hang. I did what I need to do, restart it but it won't work. It totally can't load into window (juz like the previous problem) & I did the system recoverry thingy and it won't work as well. My conclusion? RAM problem.... got to call the HP help line tomolo to report this and hope they will come n diagnos the problem (now I wish I am having a MAC coz the Mac memory doesn't give much problem).

Thank GOD that I have a laptop (bought it from the technology refresh scheme @ my office) as a backup & this Windows XP is much eaasier to dela with than the Vista.

Hopefully the PC plus internet problem will get solved once and for all when Gerald is back.

Internet still out

2008-07-09T11:33:00.003+08:00

It has been more than 2 weeks that my net is down. Logged the case to TM but still, they can't find what's the actual problem that is causing my line down. They came 3 times for my streamyx problem but the diagnosis is more on a try & errro kind. First, they say it might be my phone extension line problem, asked me go change that. So, I went to buy a new one. Then they came 2nd time, coz tarak working the 1st solution. He did more test, and say it's my phone connection box problem, so, I changed that (have to go hunt for it coz they do not sell tat, only sell splitter). Fine, change tat, and the line still down. 3rd time, the same guy came again, this time, he tested with his modem and it's working, so, diagnose my modem got problem (coz the DSL keeps blinking). Fine, no argue, I go to the same shop and asked for a change. But they tested my modem there, and it's working fine. The DSL is so stable.

Ok, this gives me problem, coz now dunno wat's wrong with it. Dun tell me that my line is choosy on the type of modem.... So, my last resort is to get a new modem, this time, will get the Aztech one. The 'notworking' modem is D-Link and the technician say not vy good wor (O_+) u say I pengsan or not....

Oh, and latest thing I tested is with another modem of my taman-mate, and it's working fine at my house and also my D-Link modem is working fine at her place. Why ah..... *double pengsan*

So, now if I really want to go online, my only hope is my laptop computer & a reliable cafe with wifi

modern furniture

2008-06-27T22:21:00.000+08:00

Clean & Contemporary...aka modern furniture that's what I prefer for the type of furniture for the house. It projects space and clean lines in the home. One feel refresh and relax when living in this ambience created by crisp clean space and comfort that comes with it. I loves white furniture but I do need a cleaner or helper to clean it coz it get stained vy fast but I am sure with this new era, people loves this designs.

making d right choice

2008-06-25T21:49:00.001+08:00

It has been quite sometime that my wash basin is not functioning vy well but I juz ignore it till now. The drainage is not working properly for months and the bathroom faucets that we choosed to install is not a vy functionable type as well. It looks nice but when come to water output, it's vy low pressure. This really makes me think twice the next time I want something fixed especially some household items, i must really consider every aspect.

Internet down sob sob

2008-06-24T10:06:00.004+08:00

My internet is down and has been down since last Saturday coz I didn't off my PC during the thunderstorm. So, my modem gone and I got a new modem on Sun. Was so happy when got the new modem but then.... when I plug it it, the DSL light keeps blinking *_* and refused to stabilise for 1 min. Called TM and they log a case for me. Called them today, and they told me the line has been reset yet this morning, the DSL still like tat....

Habis.. my heart was crushed when knowing I have no internet access. This shows how important internet is in my life. I can live without phone but not the internet ... Hope the line will be up soon....

Meanwhile, I got to take a BLOG BREAK ....

something TAIWANese

2008-06-20T08:00:00.007+08:00

backdated post

(credit & details here)

During Gerald's March trip, we went to The Gardens right after we're back from our KK trip (well, not right after but the next day). The outing was quite a late one coz we seldom goes out to the mall in the afternoon (jam & hard to find a parking space would be the reasons). We walked about the whole MidValley and The Gardens & Gerald is quite amazed with the posh'ness' of the new building (his 1st visit) which I must agreed.

The Gardens not only offer expensive goods but a wide choice of food ranging from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Fusion, Nyonya, Western, Healthy & Taiwanese from lower ground floor to the top most floor. And we were quite lucky coz that time, they were having this Food Fair that provide you a booklet with discounts. So, we had our lunch and dinner there (after long hour of window shopping) and we tried 2 restaurants - brunch & dinner (will blog the lunch later).

Here's our dinner place, where we choosed by following the crowd -> Foong Lye, a taiwanese restaurant. The place was quite full until we have to delayed our dinner (coz no big table available & u will know why we need a big table when I show the photo below)

Our drinks where Gerald stick to his pepsi while I tried the Oolong milk tea. I must say, I dun really acquire the taste for it coz it tasted like coffee.

Gerald's dinner which consist of the glass noodle (his favourite) and smoked duck meat (shown in the above scrap)

My set dinner, Spicy Pork Intestines which is quite nice but I dun really fancy the blood jelly (lucky Gerald loves it *he he*, else it is wasted). This set comes with appetiser, soup and a bowl of nice fluffy white rice topped with yummy minced meat.

The appetiser : cold french beans, fried ball & fried seafood tofu

Old cucumber soup that comes with the set.

And here's my expression after such a wonderful and heavy dinner ....

(credits & details here)

The verdict?

I highly recommend this place for good food though the price for the set meal varies from RM 16 ++ to RM 20 ++. My favourite would be the sweet potato balls and Gerald's meal.

a baby's smile ...

2008-06-18T08:00:00.001+08:00

(credits & details here)

I know I have shown baby Mark Voo, which is the youngest addition to the Voo family but this is the first time we met him (during the March KK trip). He's such a darling but I must say, he is much smaller in size as compare to his cousin, Veda which is only a few months older than him.

The above photo (scrapped using my CT kit) showed him sleeping in the morning of Easter while we were busy preparing to go for service. So cute....

baby VEDA

2008-06-17T08:00:00.000+08:00

(credits & details here)

During our March home trip back to KK, we finally met with the latest addition to the Voo family trees, baby Veda Voo, our lil niece. She's my 2nd BIL's 2nd daughter, which is lil sister to Ariel Voo. She is juz like her sister, which is such a darling & loves to smile....

你听见了吗？

2008-06-16T08:00:00.002+08:00

Not sure why but this is another song that I FELT 感动 yet I LOVE it at first hear and want to share with the people out there -> 你听见了吗？It's a song to appeal for donation for the Sichuan Earthquake by MY FM and it's sung by many artist which can be found at the site (pardon me for not listing it coz I seriously having difficulty to recognise the chinese words).

It took me forever to understand the MY FM site to get this song title coz I dunno chinese *SIGH*. I have tried vy hard to get the mp3 also but no luckt yet, juz managed to get it in Youtube and not the duet tat I heard.

And here's the lyrics (how i wish there's some han yu pin yin for this) :

用什么来弥补悲伤

用什么来换去彷徨

看那灰色地带

带走了多少的爱

让我的双手作温暖

让他的肩作避风港

看我们把泪光

化成了永恒的爱

那远方的孩子

我都听见了

你不要害怕

我给你曙光

让我牵住你的手吧

远方的朋友

让我们一同

走上希望的路~

再创另一个天堂

it's DAD's day

2008-06-15T09:00:00.002+08:00

Happy Father's day to my dad, my father in law in KK and all the other fathers, grand father & great grand father out there. Me & my brother were planning to go out for lunch but then, the celebration has to be canceled. But juz like wat my bro say, we still can go out makan.... which is quite true. Let's see how today goes by...

Oh, I have put up a special banner for this day if you haven't noticed it yet *he he he*. Got too addicted of making banners for blog *wink*

Happy Birthday Woan Jiun

2008-06-14T14:38:00.004+08:00

(credits & details here)

Happy birthday to you, my dear friend. Since I can't make it down to makan with you, here's a card to wish you happy birthday. I know you like blue, hence the theme color (^-^). But your name is very long & I am a bit lazy to spell it out, I used your english name instead. Hope you like it ....

And here's the card presented to you in a scrap layout , which is tied with a string of pearls, your fav too:

(credits & details here)

* Sushi for one? *

2008-06-14T08:00:00.002+08:00

No, it's not food .... it's a book tat I come across in a blog and it's highly recommended by Mrs. Miles. She gave me the link of free preview and I got hooked ot it. Sad thing is tat I couldn't find the book here in KL. Been to all the book shops in town, they dun carry the book coz it's a christian chic lite books ..... Sigh... The only hope now is to search in Singapore or ordering it online (hoping it will mail to Malaysia)

cellular amplifiers

2008-06-13T22:36:00.000+08:00

I am always amazed by Singapore technology. This is simply because they are a well planned country with infrastructure, transportation and also communication. I so loves the later 2 juz because I can get to anywhere I want by taking the public transport and I can continue to talk using my cellphone while I am in the lift or underground. Cool, right? This won't happen here unless you're in one of those high tech company such as my office building. I guess they installed the cell phone amplifiers in the lift coz it's the only place whereby calls are still able to make when people are still in the lift. I do wish this also includes in all the malls.... (I know it will, juz gotta wait)

almost JINXed

2008-06-13T20:07:00.003+08:00

I am not sure if it happens to anyone but for me, my day almost ended up JINX coz it's Friday the 13th *yikes* .... There's something bad happen to me almost everytime for this day since the first JINX way back in 2002 if not mistaken. So, I really pray hard this morning before I started my day at work so that I will have a smooth day. It did went smoothly until I reached home & park my car.... I was in the midst of unlocking the grill and the door when the last lock can't be opened *OMG, dun tell me it JINX again* and I tried a few times yet it refused to turned. I started to worry coz it's dark soon. Lucky my neighbour came out and offer me assistance and finally, it opened *phew*. I guess the JINX is on me but not on him.

Well, to make myself feel better, I blamed it on the rusty lock tat need some WD40 to lubraicate it or juz going to change the lock....

Does anyone faces the bad luck of Friday 13th or it is juz me....

Memorial Service & Funeral

2008-06-11T21:03:00.013+08:00

*A journal entry for my beloved popo's funeral*

9th June 08 ~ Memorial Service

We had a 1 night service on 9th June 08 at Level 1, Room 13 (Rose) Nirvana Memorial Center @ Sg Besi. Since my family is Taoist believer, we had the ceremony conducted in Taoist (Cantonese) way. We arrived the center at 6pm and the setting for the service are amazingly posh yet serene. The service started from 7.30 pm until 11pm and all my relatives and friends came to pay their last respect to my beloved Popo. We went home at around 12 something because we were assured that there will be people to change the joysticks and also the food plus the continuous of the Amitaba chanting (very convenient & less tiring than my grandpa service which was held at home).

The settings of the memorial service for my Popo. Flowers and all the offerings (red dates, black fungus (木耳), mushroom, lunch, dinner, breakfast) were included for the service.

White chrysanthemum used to replace incense for paying respect to my Popo

Inside view of the room, a very comfortable setting for the people to pay their respect to my popo

Room 13 Rose, where the memorial service was held

10th June 08 ~ Funeral
The funeral started at 8am whereby we gather together to see and say our farewell to my Popo for the last time before they close the casket and send for cremation. It was very systematic and thanks to Nirvana, they prepared the LAST WORD to pay respect to my Popo session. According to the uncle, it's the most important session of the whole ceremony whereby we say our last farewell & wishes to my popo and see her for the last time before it turns into ashes and we won't be able to see her again. After that, we send her to the car and to the PJCCM to cremate.

Our last respect to Popo

Final gratitude farewell from my paternal relatives: Sis, Granduncle (popo's brother), Aunt & Grandaunt

Final gratitude farewell from Nirvana group

Final farewell to send my popo to PJCCM to cremate

Before I end my journal to jot down the service, I would like to thank the following peoples for their heartfelt condolences & 白金:

our maternal & paternal relatives
our friends
my church congregation (EMCLC)

Many thanks for Connie for helping out the whole time.

Good bye to my popo ....

2008-06-09T01:49:00.006+08:00

I received the news while I was on my way home from Jazz's place. The nurse called me to inform me that my popo juz passed away. That time was around 11pm, 8th June 08. I stopped my car at the petrol station and informed everyone & make the arrangement. I went to the nursing home, waited for the funeral parlour people and also my uncle. Then we went to choose her funeral service stuff. I feel so weird, coz this is the first time I make the call on choosing the coffin, her clothes & her service.

The service will be held later tonight at the Nirvana Memorial Center at Sg. Besi, Lv 1, Room 13 at 5pm till 11pm. We will have the funeral on Tuesday and on Wednesday, we will send her to her new home, to be together with my granpa at Nirvana Memorial Park.

For the whole time, I was calm. Maybe I am relieved that my popo's suffering ended coz she suffered from stroke or maybe I has prepared for her departure earlier this yr coz she was so sick tat time that everyone thought she can't make it. Anyhow,I thank God for the calmness he gave me and I pray that he bless my popo as well.

Here I bid farewell to my beloved popo who always loves me so much...

端午节 aka Dragon Boat Festival

2008-06-08T08:00:00.004+08:00

It's 五月初五 which means, the Dragon Boat festival or as I call it Chung Chit in cantonese. Here I wish my dear dear, my family & everyone a Happy Duan Wu Festival.

(credits & details here , view the ecard here)

PS: Dun eat too much of the chung and do share some with me.....

Happy 3rd Anniversary

2008-06-07T00:05:00.000+08:00

So fast, today marks the 3rd year of our wedding (can see the special banner tat I made for this occasion). Happy 3rd Anniversay to my Dear Dear. Dunno wat to say but definately our love has grown so much.

Here's a simple gift for you, my dear... and a poem too ....

(credits and details here)

Perfect Partner

Three years ago, my dear

You made my world complete;

You became my perfect partner in life,

And you've been a world-class treat!

We've loved and worked and made a home

That fills me with pleasure and pride,

And it's all because of the wonderful one

Who has lived through the years by my side.

Thank you my treasured and cherished love;

You've made my dreams come true.

Your loving and caring have made our marriage

A blissful adventure for two!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

By Karl Fuchs

here in MY home

2008-06-06T22:09:00.006+08:00

After such a commotion on the fuel price, I think we should focus on something better, so, decided to post this up to share with all my frens out there.

A few weeks back, I heard this lovely & unique song sang by the Malaysian Artistes aired tru MY FM. I wanted it badly but it never occured to my mind to search tru the internet for it until today.

Why I say it's UNIQUE? This is coz it the 1st time I heard 4 language -English, Mandarin, Bahasa & Tamil (though only juz the rap part) in 1 song and it juz sounded so right. I dunno why I love it so much but I can say it's a really rare occasion to hear so many artist sang 1 song. I hope you enjoy this as well.

If you love this song, you can download it at the Malaysian Artistes for UNITY

more on Petrol price hike ...

2008-06-05T22:55:00.005+08:00

Yawn.... I am so tired but I cannot resists on reading all the news on the aftermath of the new fuel pricing. And as expected, the internet is flooded with streams of juicy news (both from the gov, Opps and also the people) and also some 'pleads' for the gov to reconsider on the new budget for the fuel (which I really hope but can only dream).

Of all the news clipping on the net, what caught my eyes are the below news clipping in The Stars which I feel that is quite true (especially those highlighted in purple) coz the price of petrol in Doha is at 80sen/liter.

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PETALING JAYA: Calling the fuel price hike "disappointing and unacceptable", Opposition leader Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the effects of the increase would be seen in the increase of consumer goods.
In a statement issued Thursday, she urged the Government to reconsider its decision to increase the price of petrol as people spend 25% of their income on transportation.

" After paying quite high tax for cars and toll fees, we are now burdened with the high price of petrol, " she said.

She added that the statements on the petrol subsidy issued by several ministers were conflicting.

According to Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister Datuk Shahrir Samad, the subsidy from petrol is RM56bil while Second Finance Minister Tan Sri Nor Mohamad Yakcop said that it was RM28bil and it was RM12bil from the Government Financial report 2007. " Therefore, we estimate that the petrol subsidy could be between RM8bil and RM10bil, " she said.

She said the cost of exploration by the oil companies is US$30 a barrel compared to US$130 of the price of oil.

The Government should impose tax on profits made by the oil production companies rather than increase the price of petrol, she added. She feels that the price of petrol not only could be fixed at RM1.92 but could also be lowered if the Government taxed the profits made by the oil companies.

She also said as an oil exporting country, the price of petrol must be compared to other countries exporting oil such as United Arab Emirates (UAE) where the price is RM1.19 per litre, Egypt (RM1.03), Kuwait (67sen), Saudi Arabia (38sen), Nigeria (32sen) and Venezuela (16sen).

She said it is "ridiculous" to compare the price of petrol with Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.

She also urged the Government to make the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system more comprehensive so that the people could rely less on petrol.

"Instead of spending RM40bil for the double tracking railway between Padang Besar-Johor Baru, the Government should spend it on improving the public transportation like a network of LRT, " she added.

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There're still alot of news on the petrol hike and I do really hope tat our beloved gov will really reconsider the price hike and also extending the help on people like us (the 'rat' race).

Ok, enuf of the petrol... now I shall go look for a home insurance coz need to get the best deal since everything also increase price.

Petrol at RM 2.70, what will happen to our life?

2008-06-04T22:56:00.008+08:00

The news just came at 5pm today, which is a bit late for me to act (pump petrol) coz I am rushing for my yoga class and the sky juz decided to throw a downpour....

But with refilling my car today, it is just to stretch my mileage of the one full tank... too bad I didn't got the chance of doing so....

Sometimes I think why this is happening to us... we are living in a petrol production country, yet we are paying a hefty sum ..... with the new petrol price of RM2.70 /L ( will increase to more than RM4 by Aug coz follow market price), everything will increase the price... the food, the amenities & the electric will increase by 18% (read in The Star news & NST) but not the quality of our life....

How am I going to live with paying such a high price for petrol?

Most of u might suggest to commute with public transport but no thanks. My area is so outskirt , the bus is only at an interval of 30 mins if I am lucky... then I got to change bus to get to bukit jalil or if I am lucky, I will got to LRT station and hop onto 1 and stop at the bukit jalil station. Then, will need to catch a bus to TPM. If I were to do that, I will need to go out at 6.30am ... coz by driving, it took me almost an hour to got to work and if I were to take the bus, it will be 2 hrs ..... ain't this crazy?

I cannot see myself to do tat every day... if I do, I think by the end of the day, I will be depress and darn tired ...life is no meaning to live like this... and I will write more of my rambling on the blog ... which is not a good thing to read.... sigh....

Now I do wish we live like the Startrek, whereby we can just beam our self to places we want....tat will save the petrol crisis... meanwhile, I have to be extra cost savvy (eat more at Chillz, spend less on clothing) ...

*Just to note down on how bad is today in history *:

My bank did a big mistake but luckily managed to resolve tat problem
Not so good news in office
Extremely bad news on the petrol & electricity
Ah dear also got bad news

To read more on the latest news on the new government subsidy scheme, click here

ZOMBIE like

2008-05-29T23:36:00.002+08:00

yeah... tat's wat I am this whole day.

I had the worst nite sleep ever in my life due to some 'fung sap' (I think that esplains my sudden & sever upper backache) and I toss & turned whole nite until 3am. Tat's when I decided to juz move to the living room to sleep on the sofa & on the aircond. It works coz no fan to blow the wind into my body (so I pressume coz tat's wat my popo told me when I am still young), but I have cool ambient in the room. Too bad that I got to wake up at 7am to go work (coz scared jam & should have taken MC) and with clocking not enuf sleep... I really look like a zombie & feel like a zombie...

When I reached home, I just on the computer & drop dead at the sofa, ZZZZZ until 10pm. Now I feel more like a human after the nap. I hope I will never ever have this zombie like day .... really terrible, man... and lesson learned :

Remember to eat painkiller when feel the body aching. Dun juz tahan & wish the pain to go away
Do not on the fan to sleep with the thought of saving electric bill. In the end, will juz suffer on my body
Must 'boh' my body and let it rest & sleep early

a LUXURY gift

2008-05-29T08:00:00.001+08:00

....

....

partially from Gerald (^-^)

Well, I was so bored one day and my fren told me about her fren going to USA and she's so into Coach.... so, I tot why not.. go surf the net and see wat is available and I saw 2 things I love... The one tat caught my eyes was this Coach Hampton Signature Optic... vy nice, yet quite girly (not to aunty)

So, that night, I just show to Gerald and he also say nice and asked if I really want it *he he he* of course ler I want ... and he's so genourous that nite... he sponser half the price ...

Hence, I got my 1st Coach bag in March 08

(credits & details here)

my wiShes 2 U

2008-05-28T00:01:00.004+08:00

Happy Birthday DEAR DEAR ......

This year didn't buy anything for you (thought of getting 1 vy playful card for u but then..... no use if mail to u also), just make 2 cards for you. It's almost the same, just that the colors are a bit different. Can't decide which one is nicer, hence, u get 2 CARDS + virtual kissess *muak muak muak*

Card 1 is something very neutral with ur name in it (^-^)

(credits & details here)
Card 2 is something bright and more details but it's more personal (^-^)

So, here I wish my dear dear a very Happy Birthday. May all your wishes comes true and by next year onwards, we can celebrate all the important dates together...... & last but not least, a birthday poems for you.

Happily Ever After

On your birthday, my dear Gerald,

I wish that all your dreams come true.

May your day be filled with joy,

Wonderful gifts and goodies, too.

On your day I wish for you

Favorite people to embrace,

Loving smiles and caring looks

That earthly gifts cannot replace.

I wish you fine and simple pleasures.

I wish you many years of laughter.

I wish you all of life’s best treasures.

I wish you happily ever after!

Happy Birthday!

By Joanna Fuchs

juz an OrdiNary day...

2008-05-27T08:25:00.004+08:00

NOT...

I woke up as usual to prepare to go work and then I got this message from my taman-mate. The road is super jam, stuck at Sg Long for 20 mins. The BMC road has closed. Hmm.... the main toll free road is closed again 'unexpectedly' so, there's no traffic polices to divert the traffic at our trunk road... With these news, I have to delay my journey to work unless I want to join in the jam & burn away my petrol....

Ok, off to work now... hope the issue will be resolved soon, if not, petrol is going to be expensive to me again.... and with this, I do wish I can work from home coz really, I dun see the point of wasting time, stuck in the jam...

PS: Got to clean my house after work... lots of dust (dunno where it came from). Wish I got those Sebo vacuums where it definately suck in all the dust.

a special day ...

2008-05-21T08:00:00.002+08:00

As you notice that my blog banner has changed to something special .....

Today is the day where we had our KL wedding, though not officially wedded but it's a day to remember. I think I am the only lucky bride that had 2 'weddings' with the same groom.... 2 wedding gowns .... and 2 different ceremony (traditional chinese 'chut moon' in KL and 'church ceremony in KK' for 1 lifetime journey.

Happy Anniversary, Dear .... Love you always ....

a BIRTHDAY celebration

2008-05-20T23:02:00.005+08:00

KK March 08 trip

(credits & details here)

We were quite lucky this time coz we got to celebrate Mom & Dad 'in-laws' (finally) brithday. Though it's a bit early but this was the best timing we had in the 4 years...

After we got down from KK park, we rested for awhile and when everyone came home from work, we drove down to city center for this very good dteamboat dinner. They have all you can eat or ala carte. Since we are not a big eater, we choosed ala carte, which is a wise choice when the bill arrived.

The food there is very nice and my favourite (Arial's too) is the special fish noodles and the scallop 'siew mai'. It's quite different from KL because here, you can enjoy it in a/c place and yet, you got the freedom to choose wat you want from the serving trolley. And how to know the price? He he, here's how they used the sushi system... color coded tray... smart eh ... And not to forget there's 1 long table where the customer get to choose the sauces, the toppings & oils to have it with the steamboat.

At the end of the dinner, we took out the green tea cake which was bought by my 2nd SIL, Natalie. It's so delicious (Arial finished 1 pc by herself) and just nice for everyone. I wish we have that cake here in KL now... so refreshing.... So, that ends the celebration and our 2nd last day in KK.

PS: More photos & scraps of the event will be show later.. having some artistic block for the scrap :p

our KK Park photos

2008-05-16T08:00:00.001+08:00

(credits & details here)

Finally, I have finished resizing the KK Park photos and uploaded into slides... phew.. it's really not an easy task to resize and choose the 'better' photos to upload. There's really alot that I loves but then, not all are presentable coz some is quite blur especially those shots where we attempt to capture the sky and the green grass (us jumping up) at the Golf Club at Mat Silau. My favourite will be those captured in the 'meadow field' as shown at the above scrap. It really reminds me those places in fairytale books (^-^)

And here's our short trip up to the park :

my very own CAMEL

2008-05-14T22:40:00.003+08:00

Was supposed to post this up after the HOT post but there's always some other things to post ... hence, the delayed in showing my very own camel.....

(credits & details here)

Sometimes back, I asked Gerald for a very unique and local souvenier from Doha. I never expect that I will have my vy own camel (figurine made out of REAL camel skin) and it does really look like the camel photo that was shown in the previous post.

These unique gifts (camel & aladin lamp) are my Christmas presents of 2007 which is yet to be displayed in the house.

The chronicles of Bandar Mahkota Cheras

2008-05-13T22:06:00.008+08:00

Recently there have been a lot of news to BMC and it really has become well-known area not because of it's location ( really a good place to stay) but because of the closing of the main access road by the Grand Saga.

For those who has been spared by the tragedy of the residents in BMC, let me tell the battles that each of the residents are facing each day.

It has been years since the main road that lead the Cheras Highway into the BMC been built. It should be a happy things for the residents but then again, we did not get to enjoy the main access road. Why?

This is because the residents has been denied the usage of the road which is very near to the Cheras Highway and instead, have to pay toll to use the trunk road that will lead into Sg. Long and then to BMC. If it is a shorter road, I am sure the residents dun mind paying, but it's not. Can u imagine that u need to pay toll and yet u got to drive additional 4 ++ km to reached ur own place? I bet u can't believe it but it's TRUE!!!

Not only that, but each morning, the residents of the BMC got to battle with the heavy traffics (jam) to exit their trunk road to the Sg. Long trunk road and then to the Cheras Highway!!! On a normal hour, one only need 5 - 10 mins to get in or out from the 2nd toll into BMC trunk road. But because of the heavy traffics, it took 20 - 30 mins to just get out from the BMC trunk road to Sg. Long trunk road & do you believe that we need at least 3 traffic police to direct the traffic?

I must say, the traffic police did a very good job ( double thumbs up) coz without them, it is impossible to get out (can really patah balik and go home have breakfast & try the luck at a later time around 9.30am). This also happens during the peak hour of getting home from work. It's really a battle to get in and out from BMC during peak hours.

When the BMC main access road was 'open' for use, the traffic at the trunk road has been reduced to none (but I'm sure it damages the pocket of the 'toll' people coz they can't earn BMC money oledi). The 'opening' of the main access road is another battle between BMC residents & the 'toll' people. They really got to stand in vigile (salute to them), so tat the road remains open though the road has been damaged due to many 'poking' & meddling (which is a sad thing to see).

There's constant battle going on now (can see in youtube) & the latest news on these (read in NST) was that the barrier built by the toll people is legal... hmmm.... why leh? That you got to ask the judge lar.... or u can let ur imagination run wild *LOL*

Oh, the best part is, the address registered in the Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (can seefrom IC) set by default that BMC falls under Bt 9 1/2 Cheras, Selangor & also Cheras Perdana, Tmn Megah falls under Bt 11 & Bt 9 Selangor. So, u think BMC main access road is belong to the federal? I for sure dun think so but I'm no land surveyor.... only they can tell....

That ends the story of BMC... wheter the BMC main access road will be open to the residents to use or not, it's another part which will comes later.... it's not available yet coz the movie has not been made, still in casting *ke ke ke ke*

I do hope there's a good ending with this chronicles.... coz we do pay taxes and also road tax (to use the road, kan?)...

P/S : Oh, does anyone know the procedure to get the traffic to sync with a new flow? Coz if the road is closed due to safety, I think with the adjustment of the traffic lights, I'm sure this will be solved....

Mother's day

2008-05-09T08:00:00.001+08:00

Mother's day is nearing *this Sunday* and I did a simple banner to wish my MOM and all the mummies out there a Happy Mother's Day. You can see the credits & details here.

Our plan for this weekend is to go Puchong to have 'Yim Gok Hai' - Salted Crab (special request by my mum). The perfect day to eat is Saturday but my school fren, Li Li is getting married this Saturday. So, looks like Sunday got to rebut table with the rest of the world and searching for best buy gifts (I am sure all the daughters & sons are doing tat for their mummy)....

RAK for my cousin

2008-05-08T20:37:00.004+08:00

(credits & details here)

I just know that my dear little cousin (still little to me) just loves my blog coz lots of scrap *paiseh coz mine not really good lar as compare to others*..... so, I did this for her blog, which is a great blog coz she just blog on what she believes -> Appreciate, Respect & Love. Hope she likes it ... It's just a small RAK for my dear cousin (^-^)

St Martin Vacation

2008-05-06T21:21:00.000+08:00

Having a relaxing vacation is a dream to me. This is because with so little time and so much to pay for a vacation, it is always a dash n rush kind of holiday that we had. If one day, I have more than enough time and money, I would really love to go to this St. Martin Island for a vacation. St. Martin has influence by the French and the Dutch cultures which makse it a place full of flavor discover tantalizing cuisine and also beautiful architecture for those photography lovers.

If you're interested in this little island, u cna go to St. Martin villa rentals to book yourself in.

* Knowing Foreclosure*

2008-05-06T21:06:00.001+08:00

FORECLOSURE - such a big word to me. When it came to big word, best is to look it up and learn it. It might came in handy in times to come.

So, what is foreclosure? Well, according to wiki, Foreclosure is the legal proceeding in which a mortgagee, or other lienholder, usually a lender, obtains a court ordered termination of a mortgagor's equitable right of redemption. Normally it happens when we are not able to pay back the house loan due to some financial difficulty. Luckily, there's foreclosure help that's provided by a certain company to help out those who need to save their home.

it's so hot !!!

2008-05-06T08:00:00.000+08:00

OMG... it's so HOT !!! It has been so hot for the past 1 week and I dun think I can tahan any longer if the sky does not open up soon.... My house used to be a cool place but now, it's like oven. What makes it worse is my study room is without aircond and there's no proper ventilation as well. I even took cold shower and while I am doing that, I can feel my sweat coming out from my skin ( I dun sweat easily, so, this is something unusual for me )...

Weather so hot, it reminds me of the below photo, taken so long ago by my Dear Dear.

It's the camel in Doha and I really wonder how they survive there. And look at how the natives dressed there... it's all white and with head gear to protect from the harh sun. If the rain dun come soon, I think I will definately opt to dress white and avoid going out during lunch time.

sweet TEMPTATION...

2008-05-05T08:00:00.006+08:00

Lately, I have been obsessed in getting my hands on the digital scrapkits and challenges. Maybe it's NSD or maybe all the kits are too nice to resists *LOL*. Hence, I have abandoned my photo resizing of my KK trip & did the below scraps while downloading the kits I bought earlier (which I added 1 more kit to my purchase at Oscrap & stumble upon this challenge by Paislee -> create a LO using cropped photos and her freebie).

I have chosen this photo, taken way back in Sept during my KK hometrip with Gerald. I love going for a date to the Coffee Beans at Damai during the nights coz we really have nothing to do beside sleep :p

My favourite drink is the Morrocan Mint Latte whereby for Gerald, he prefers Sunrise. And the little Mango Cheese cake caught my eyes coz the colors are so bright !!! It's like calling me "eat ME, eat ME" and I couldn't resists the temptation (which ended up Gerald finishing the cake for me *he he he*)

(credits & details here)

Pstt: I have another temptation that I can't resists (which I am sure lots of people also the same as me)-> bedding sets. I'm a big fans of luxurious beddings especially those from Aussino in particular. Their sateen cotton is really so smooth and soft to the touch and the designs is vy pretty as well.... There's another brand that is of vy high quality but the price range is really out of my budget (*_*).

National Scrapbooking Day + my aDDiction ...

2008-05-03T20:11:00.005+08:00

Finally, the big day has arrived. I have been waiting for this day for so long until my neck is long *LOL*. Today is NSD and in the Scrapbooking World, most of the shops are giving discounts on their beautiful kits. There's some kits that I have been eyeing on at Weeds & Wildflowers *have gone crazy over their stuff for the past few months* and it's really a good day to shop online (exercise my virtual $$) to get more of their stuff. Here's what I bought today to add to my existing collection of WW kits *GRIN*

There's another grab bag that I got from two little pixels shop (shown above). Stumble upon it and just decided to grab it. No preview though coz it's a grab bag, can't wait to open it ans see what's inside the bag (how I love NSD, ke ke ke).

Here's another kits that I have been eyeing on that is selling at Catscrap. It's such an Enchanted kit to use for scrapping. Shall check it out tomorrow with Jazz to see if she got it or not, if not, I will grab it *ke ke ke ke*

PS: Not to forget to SHOUT that my CT designer, Marianne's kit is now having 50% off at Elemental Scrap . Do check it out.

After my shopping spree, it's time for me to search for some information search on drug rehab.

~Sweet tReat~

2008-05-02T20:42:00.005+08:00

My holiday turns out quite good except some little turning around like a maze when trying to find a parking at Mid Valley. This will tell me never ever go out to the mall at such a late time (after 11.30am) coz getting urself a parking is crazy ....

People in MV also alot, it's like sales everywhere but I didn't se any good one though except this.... I tried the Fish Spa with my mum. A treat for her and on I forgot the most important thing.... my CAMERA... *slap head*. All I have is my old K700i hp to take and I am having a hard time extracting it to my pc *arrrghhhh*

Anyhow, the experience is quite good. At first, it's kind of ticklish and scary to see so many fish nibbling at our feet but after awhile, we sort of get used to the ticklish feeling and enjoying ourselves. My mum even enjoy it.... she dun mind coming for a 2nd time though the price is too exp wor -> RM 38 for 30 mins.

So, tat's my 1st treat (^-^).

My 2nd treat is Cupcakes from Jazzmint. I left alot of my stuff at her place after the little trip we went coz by the time we came back, it's near to midnite (*-*). So, Fayhte keep reminding Jazz to bring back my stuff or ask me go collect (so cute of her)... So, they came to my place last nite with a box of my fav cupcakes (Faythe fav also) & of course, my stuff.

Here's the cupcakes that I got (thanks alot, Jazz) and featuring the Chai Cheeze that I had that night.

(credits and details here)

PS: With all the sweet treats, I must make sure I dun over eat and over weight (got people comment I gained weight liao). So, I think my exercise regime must quickly kick in and also to get healthy eating or go on a diet .... hmmm, I wonder if this generic Phentermine is good and safe?

labour day, holiday , MY day ....

2008-05-01T10:52:00.005+08:00

It's May 1st and it's holiday .... yippie.... This is the only day I managed to sleep till 9.30am and am so glad to find myself waking up feeling refreshed. I guess the 'pai suen' treatment that I went yesterday evening helps my aching body and also detoxing it and not to forget to mentioned that I slept early around 11pm....

On normal May 1st, I would have stay home but today, I might go out to see what's on offer in the mall. I heard from my coliks tat usually on May 1st, they will be having special sales.... hmmm, hope it's true..

Anyhow, I think this LO fits for today. I did it using mt CT kit, Chasing Rainbow

(credits & details here)

Got to go now... Happy Holiday everyone and Happy Holiday to you, my dear Gerald. Dun overeat today yah ;)

Updates on my little outing :

1. Got myself & mum some treats (details on the next post)

2. Went to the HSBC promo fair. Lots of goodies but not enuf points to redeem though it has been slashed to vy low. Oh, mum did a cataract instant check-up & she's free from cataract and they also promotion for HSBC card if I were to do Lasik.

Pai Suen therapy?

2008-04-30T21:50:00.000+08:00

Some updates on my neck & upper shoulder pain.

It's sort of cured for the time being. Nope, I didn't went for the x-ray coz it's really mah fan to get a guarantee letter from my co's insurance provider and 2nd is, I hate to eat medicine and it only works when I pop those pills and after the medication worn off, the pain is back (*~*)

Instead, I went for my long overdue Pai Suen at my beauty saloon. I tried it once in a long time & signed up a package coz the boss told me it's very good for me and it will help me nurture back my body. It's kind of gua sa plus massage and they use this tailor made tool to do it. The whole ordeal is good & bad. Good is when the therapist do it on my back, all my pain melts away. Bad is when it reaches those fat area, it hurts like h*ll coz that area is vy blocked and she assured me, after a few times, I won't feel the pain (hopefully coz she's the one who graduated from massage therapy schools).

So far, I have gone for 2 session and the next one will be next week. Fingers crossed tat after a few months of this, I will regain my health and also nurture my body. Oh, I thing I noticed is, now I started to feel hot coz previously, my body dun really sweat.

Digital scrapbook kit giveaway

2008-04-30T00:12:00.005+08:00

I joined a CT team recently and for the first time, my designer Marianne is allowing the Creative Team to give away her For Real kit to 1 lucky person. For all my frens that would like to grab this fabulous kit, just click here and answer the question. It's really a giveaway questions coz you already know the answers if you read my blog.

Here's a preview of the lovely kit made by Marianne available at Elemental Scrap & Scrapping Garden :

Here's my layout using the kit :

(credits & details here)

Up to the Kinabalu highland ...

2008-04-22T23:18:00.004+08:00

March 08 KK trip post

The March trip I insisted on going up to the KK park again. It has been ages since we go up (ok lar, not ages but it's been a long time since 2005). I just want to have a day trip to the KK park and also the Mat Silau & Desa Dairy Farm to snap some photos. Though the Dairy Farm was closed for expansion, we detour to the Golf Club and the view is breath taking. One can mistake it for New Zealand or any European country from the photos (will upload soon). I just fall in love with that place and just continue to snap till it drizzle whereby we just stop at the rest area at the golf course and snacks our Pringles and 'You Chi' kuih.

After that, we head down to the KK Park and have our lunch in the coffee house ( a planned lunch) before going home. They serve buffet at RM 35 per person and we just got in at the right time. The sky decided to throw a heavy downpour the moment we sit ourselves in the cafe *phew*. Since it's cold, we really whack alot from the buffet especially the beef and the banana fritters which is fresh from the pan.

Here's some of my favourite photos that I scrapped and will definately print it out & frame it.

(credits & details here)

Here's a closer look of the 2 page layout (^-^)

Some words from Gerald :

{ It was a planned trip that was almost scrapped. lucky cheryl was persistant, enough to say "go lah"timing was perfect, but mt kinabalu is a mountain with an attitute.it only showed her face once, and that was it. i stopped the truck and took as much pictures as we can. as soon as we got on the road, a thick blanket of clouds covered her up....it only showed her face once, and that was it.....}

Now I need to get a reading magnifiers to look tru all the photos and upload it into the gallery

wOoT....

2008-04-21T22:50:00.006+08:00

My upper back still hurts after 2 weeks of medication, hence the lack of post and also the sober me turning up in the blogging world. Just went to the doc again and this time, he prescribed a stronger dose of medicine and a request for x-ray done on the cervical spine. Still pending on the x-ray coz am waiting for the letter from ING. Hopefully can sort it out tomolo and get it over with to the root cause.... and I feel better after I took a power nap after coming back from work. I just can't resist the snoozing call & just drop dead till 9pm but I must say, the rest does helps my back. I guess the medicine will work well if I really rested my back.

Meanwhile, I am trying to sort out my KK photos and hopefully, it will be done by this week. Need to take a break from the monitor to rest my upper back but still can't resist whenever I can to scrap (^-^)

(credits & details here)

I must relly plan my work schedule and put in the massage chair session as well.

What is the color....

2008-04-16T22:35:00.008+08:00

What is the color of this world? I have been asking myself tonight. Dunno for watever reason, I have been very emotional for the past few days, from being happy, scared and sad. And tonite is when I feel sad suddenly, after my cook out session (dinner).

I just start to remember the scene of the old man, bare footed pushing the cart filled with scrap metals at the main road in front of Phoenix. It causes trafic coz all the cars are trying to avoid running into him. As for myself, I have a good glance at him & right at that moment, my heart cried. Juz by looking at him, what he's doing at tat time, even right now, the scene in my memory is enuf to make my eyes teary. Is the world becoming so grey, so hard to survive. Has the standard of living gone up until the money that the retired age group saved is not enuf to live in these very days?( which is vy true, coz it happens to someone close) Or has the human kind become so cruel that they started to neglect their parents? Or is it merely their choice to live the way of scavenging?

For whatever the reason, we can see that the world is not so kind to old folks. If you start to look around you, you can see alot of old people searching the rubbish bins for scrap metals, empty cans and even papers to sell just to survive, making ends meet.

Yeah, I am one sensitive person when comes to these kind of things, so I do avoid seeing those sad scenario. Before I end this ponder, lets have some HOPE... Hope that the world will be kinder to us, Hope that human kind will be kinder to mother nature....

(credits and details here)
* The photo was taken by Gerald on 24th Feb 2007 at Sutera Harbour Hotel Room in the morning *

~HOPE~

Thou art my Lord, my golden dream,

Thou art my life in death.

O bless me with Thy Hope Supreme,

Lord of the Eternal Breath!

Agelong the vision of Thy Sun

For darkness have I sought.

I know the evils I should shun

And quickly bring to nought.

The earth is deaf and blind, my Lord;

Its true goal it denies.

It hears no voice, no heavenly word

From those who seek the skies.

O yet I feel Thy kingly Grace

With my feeble mortality.

I shall win at last the Noonward Race,

Plunge in the Nectar-Sea.

by Sir Chinmoy

After pondering all the things I saw, we really need to do a budgeting and planning to ensure we will have enuf to survive.

You light up my days

2008-04-13T22:40:00.002+08:00

(credits and details here)

I was sick and my mood is way down south today. My neck pain, shoulder pain and headache seems to gloom my weekends and thanks to you, my dear hubby, I am a bit heading north now. Thank you so much for hearing my complaints even though you're so far away. You really light up my days.

Here's a poem for you (^-^)

When you smile,

You create a language of intimate interaction,

When you smile,

You send an instant message of heart to heart communication.

When you smile,

You create a dream world of happiness,

When you smile,

The despair and troubles seem so far away,

When you smile,

The hope and cheers seem only a stone’s throw away.

When you smile,

My heart gets the will to survive in distress,

When you smile,

My mind gets the power to overcome all the hurdles.

~Jay P Narain~

aLwayz our granpa

2008-04-09T01:02:00.004+08:00

(credits & details here)

Always in our heart,
Always in our memories,
Always our loving granpa....

I dedicate today to remember & to cherish all the loving memories that you bring to me & the family. It's been 2 years since the day & I choose to remember all the good memories .....

In loving memory of OUR GRANPA....

* Small Gadgets *

2008-04-09T00:01:00.002+08:00

Today I just knew that guys does spend on something that they like. I was shocked to hear that one of my colik bought a headphone for over RM 1000. My reaction to it was like huh... are you sure it is RM 1000 or it is RM 100? Coz it's just a headphone. Then he explained that it can cut off the noise outside and the sound is superb... hmm, maybe to them but to me, I can't differentiate what sounds best. Maybe I just can't believe such a small electronics thingy can worth that much. Or maybe I am tone deaf, hence, dun see the value to it.

Easter in Kota Kinabalu

2008-04-07T21:53:00.007+08:00

I had a real long break from scrapping & blogging, hence, more backdated post. Since Gerald is back for his home leave from 19th March - 2th April, my daily actvities has been packed from morning till evening ( work + going out after work) except during our 5 days trip back to Kota Kinabalu. During these 5 days (22nd - 26th March), I slept the most (morning, noon, evening, night, you give me any chance of sitting still, I can sleep *LOL*, so I am mostly pigging out in KK).

It so happened that on the 2nd day in KK, it is the Easter Sunday. Nothing special but it's my first time celebrate Easter in Inanam Basel Church and the service is mostly in Hakka *not a language that I can understand well*, so, it's truely eye opening ... coz they sang mostly from the hymns and they got this big choir and practically everyone know his family.

They even have this special service after the main service, whereby the church members with the childrens will go out to housing area to spread the news of Jesus resurrection by giving out Easter Egg. I didn't join coz I need to go to the Gaya Street in town to get some pearls for my colik but my darling niece, Ashley and my MIL took part in the Easter Egg.

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Night time, we have pot luck dinner with Gerald's fren and we (actually MIL) cook oven baked chicken wing, which is delicious... I did took some photos, but no time to process it yet :p, will upload in the future if I got time lar.....

PS: Gerald's fren house is soooooo big... if u ask me to use a floor mops to mop the floor, I think I will pengsan or maybe it will take me 1 whole day just to mop the whole bungalow.

Let's talk about....

2008-04-07T20:13:00.001+08:00

wrinkles....

We do not have wrinkles when we are young. This is because our skin is healthy and have alot of collagen that provide the support / elasticity. However, as we grow wiser and older, we will loose the collagen easily. And f it is not replaced fast, the skin will loose it's elasticity and hence, our first wrinkle will appear. Some will get it at a younger age but for some, they will have it when they're quite old. However, it's best to prevent it from happening so soon with a good skin care routine but do not despair when you found out late. There's still thousands of products available to fight it but to search for the best wrinkle cream , you will need to look hard enough for it.

However, having some wrinkles does not mean the end of the world too..... As long as we are young at heart, we will always look younger than our age.

Wood shutters

2008-04-04T22:29:00.000+08:00

If you're planning to renovate your house, do consider getting the wood shutters. Why? This is because it's oh so country feel and no, it's not old fashion or 'kuno' coz now there's a lot of choice to be choosed from. I have listed some info just incase you would like to know more ;)

Louver Shutters
Raised Panels
Board and Batten Shutters
Bahama / Bermuda Style Shutters

Best part is you can choose your choice of wood -> Pine, Red Cedar, Red Wood or Cypress. As for myself, I prefer Pine coz I love the color of the wood which is more light.

Protected

2008-04-04T22:22:00.000+08:00

My bro just got his health insurance policy today and 1 thing less to worry coz he is now protected from hospitalisation, accidental & death. Though the amount is little, at least he got one now. With the medical treatment getting expensive by day, it is really wise to get one policy and it is cheaper if you get it at an early age. But one thing caution is, make sure the amount that you pay is only 10% of your salary, else, it will be a burden for you later on (an advise from my FIL).

Golf, Luxury Homes and Woodland Retreats

2008-04-01T22:02:00.000+08:00

Imagine having your dream house in a woodland retreats that is complete with a golf course with 18 holes standard. For golfer, it is pure luxury and for non golfer, the woodland itself will take your breath away. What I mentioned is not just dream but it is what StoneBridge Village can offer every one that desires to have their retreats or set up their home and Branson lots can help you to choose the right type of home you need. Be it Condo, Villa, Patio Homes, Lodges or Single Family Homes.

* Golf Clubs *

2008-03-29T20:45:00.000+08:00

When you play golf, you will need to get yourself a set of good golf clubs. Since G is on it, so, I knew that there are 2 types -> ladies golf club and men's golf club and what the material is made of -> graphite , stainless steel (heavy) and brands. The more famouse the brand, the more expensive it is. One of the brands are the Callaway golf clubs and another is this Titlis brand. They are not so cheap but they do make good clubs. But if you're still begginer, just get a reasonable set to practise before going on for the real deal ;)

going GREEN, Earth Hour 2008

2008-03-28T17:13:00.008+08:00

Just got an email in office to notify us that 29th March 2008 is EARTH Hour. Since it's on Saturday, what we can do in office is to switch off the unnecessary machines and lights, no stand by mode for this weekend. As for my ownself, am going to asked my family to switch off the lights and juz use the kinetic torchlight if needed (I couldn't take part coz m attending wedding dinner *sob sob*). Won't it be cool to have 1 hr of united hearts to go green, cut down the CO level and let the earth take a break.

So, what's Earth Hour?

Earth Hour is an international event that asks households and businesses to turn off their lights and non-essential electrical appliances for one hour on the evening of March 29th 2008 at 8PM local time to promote electricity conservation and thus lower carbon emissions. It is promoted by World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF), an environmental lobby group, and the Sydney Morning Herald. The first Earth Hour was held in Sydney, Australia between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on 31 March 2007. The 2007 Earth Hour is estimated to have cut Sydney's mains electricity consumption by between 2.1% and 10.2% for that hour, with as many as 2.2 million people taking part. This time a second Earth Hour, in 2008, is planned to be an international event held in Sydney, many partner cities, and individuals around the world participating. For more information, click Earth Hour.

Please do take part , all we need to do is just a small sacrifice of modern luxury and back to basic for juz 1 hour. Maybe we can use that time to meditate or juz chat with family member or you can go out and look how beautiful the night sky is. Without surounding lights, the sky will shine with all the bright stars.....

a GIRLY brunch

2008-03-20T09:01:00.009+08:00

Backdated post

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More backdated post thanks to my laziness but hopefully, I can really back on track soon. I had a yearly reunion kind of thing with one of my BBGS gang plus a college fren juz before CNY. Since it's so hard to gather everyone, really a big thanks to Chew Ping to take the initiaves to get us together this time for dim sum brunch at Imbi Palace. As usual, when a bunch of girls meet up, there's alot of talk...... & we really can talk and eat at the same time *GIRLS mah :p *

Here's some of the food we ordered :

After the brunch, Ee Laine wanted to have a boost of coffee & so we cramped into Laine's car & head to Pavilion (cost savvy here coz parking is soooo expensive there).

Gerald is back .....

2008-03-19T23:36:00.000+08:00

Time does flies coz it's already another home trip for my darling hubby. His last trip was in Dec 2007 and now he's back. This time, the gap is so short (so it seems lar) thanks to some festive months and lots of friends ajak me out. Else, I would have not survive the 3 months...

This home trip, we're going back KK (flying off 22.03.08) for 5 days and then come back KL just in time for his good fren's wedding (really alot of wedding to attend this year). I did not take a long holiday this round coz am saving my AL for overseas trip and also to bring forward to next year for a long overdue holiday to a far far far away place..... (fingers crossing).

Ok, enough jotting down the date of his arrival....back to some US time now :p

A Chinese Valentine Dinner

2008-03-16T23:25:00.003+08:00

*Chor 15*

I know CNY is over for almost 1 month but being the 'busy' me, I only managed to scrap the Chor 15 LO today. Hence, the lateness of my CNY blog *pai seh*

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Since it is the last day of CNY, we had another reunion dinner. This time, everyone managed to attend (only 6 people including my bro's gf & not forgetting lil Cheng Cheng). My dad managed to cooked us a delicious dinner even though he's working tat day & Wen Jye managed to buy the Salmon Yee Sang for us.

Since I'm working as well, I didn't do much on that night but to makan & watch movies while my dad, mum & lil bro have their usual 'games' at the new house (yeah, I overnite at the new house coz lazy to drive back to my place & I must say, the traffic is not tat bad in the morning ).

So, this ends the CNY activities except for the CNY decos in shopping malls that I have yet to scrap. I really hope I can finish it by March.

Vrooom......2008 F1 begins!

2008-03-16T13:19:00.004+08:00

Today is race day and it keeps to tradiotion or more like F1 preference that the frts stop will be in Australia.... I can't wait to see the race but frankly speaking, I am loosing a lil touch of F1. Few factors such as no Astro and less time to update myself with F1 news.... (I used to surf the Interact in office for updates, but now, hardly touch it....)

Worse is, this year, RTM 1 is going to host it and my area reception for RTM1 is worst... all I see is snow... sigh.....

Ok, enuf rambling about it..... I will watch it, and read the news from the Formula1 official site.

Updates on pole position: Kimi not doing good , Hamilton first and Alonso.. ke ke ke... 11 but he's back with Renault... Heard tat BMW is doing vy well... so, this yr is going to be another exciting yr to see who wins the championship....

Oh, Shell has the Ferari model car to be purchased and I can't wait to get the entire collection of it (hopefully)

Exercise Equipment

2008-03-15T18:11:00.000+08:00

I think I have blog about my office gym but then, can't remember when. Anyhow, just want to share to everyone that my office do really build a gym for us to use. It's small but enough to fit in all the exercise equipment into that place. They even have the Osim i-gallop in there *wink*, which I used for a few times only. I must really make use of this gym, since now got kaki to go exercise again.

My dabble into wedding card

2008-03-14T23:39:00.007+08:00

Some people like to have an elaborate wedding while some prefer to have a simple wedding. My colik prefered to have the 'Wedding on Holiday' just like those HK series .... no frill wedding, just a simple ROM at Thean Hou Temple and follow by a Hi Tea for her family & close friends.

So, where do I come in the picture *ke ke ke* well.... I am honored to help her to design a Wedding e-card for her ROM. Here's the 2 design that I made for her using the digital scrap kit that I have:-

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It's really nothing fancy, just a simple ecard that send the message for her guests & I am really happy to be able to help coz I am so into wedding planning (^-^)

Tomolo are their big day, so.... Congratulations to Emily & Alfred.

* Palm Bay *

2008-03-14T20:23:00.000+08:00

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Malaysians decide - 12th election

2008-03-08T17:15:00.003+08:00

So fast it's the election day and by now, it has ended. I woke up around 8.45am just to do my part as a Malaysian. I expect the casting of vote will take at least 1 hr coz the 1st time it took me almost 2 hrs to que n vote under the hot sun *pengsan*. To my surprise, it just takes 5 - 10 mins for me & my bro (his 1st) to cast our vote. Ain't we lucky (coz the other class room number are full with people queing). Now wat we do is wait for the result...

daRLing Cheng Cheng

2008-03-08T01:17:00.004+08:00

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My darling niece, my daRLing Cheng Cheng. You're turning 1 year old today and it seems just like yesterday you were born.

I have all the pleasures seeing you grow from day to day....

from a baby to a toddler....

from crawling to walking few steps....

from loving to sleep to loving music, you can even dance when you hear the songs you loves....

from goo goo gaa gaa to saying 'mum mum' when you saw food ....

You have really grown into such a cutie pie that melt everyone's heart when you want to.

A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, my darling little niece ....

I am sure you will shake your little bootie when your mummy, daddy & jie jie sing you a bithday song, follows by clapping you little hand....

Backpack??

2008-03-07T21:01:00.000+08:00

I am going for my first ever backpack style holiday with my coliks in end July. The main problem with this holiday is ..... I dun have one that can fit 7 days of holiday clothing (mine is just 20L tat I bought ages ago for light travel purposes). This is also because I am a person that love to travel in style & comfort with my hubby. So, shall I get a new backpack? Maybe I shall check it out at this great luggage place before I decide if I can just borrow 1....

Then you see, now you dont ....

2008-03-07T20:50:00.002+08:00

If you see the current new cars on the road, you will notice something missing. I am not sure why now it's not the 'IN' thing to have it on the car but to me, it is something which is quite imporatnat or shall I say, useful. Some say it is because for aerodynamic purposes that they do away with it. Some say the car looks nicer without it.

Can you guess what I am talking about?

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Well, it is ventshades, of course.... Don't you think tat without it, you cannot open your window during raining time?

* Do you need one? *

2008-03-07T20:06:00.002+08:00

Do you need someone to represent you on making a claim due to car accidents, medical malpractise or exposure to toxics substance (like wat happened in the Erin Brokervich show) ? Maybe in my place, this is un heard of but if you're in The States, this practise of hiring an injury lawyer is common. Scranton personal injury lawyer are one of the option you can consider if you do need one coz they are quite experience in these 'business'.

On travelling & more ...

2008-03-06T16:42:00.000+08:00

When mention holidays or travels, the first thing that come into my mind (well, after getting the air tickets & lodging done) is my travel supplies. I am never a light traveller, be it short or long trip. Hence, it's neccessary to get myself a suitable size bag to pack all my neccessity so that I can enjoy my holidays, which is often back to Kota Kinabalu or the not so often trip down South to Singapore. Coming mid year, I will need to do some light packing for my Vietnam trip and it really gives me a challenge coz I never did 'backpacking' style ....

Everyone's Birthday

2008-03-06T00:11:00.004+08:00

*chor 7, Yan Yat*

Oops, I missed Chor 7's post & uploaded the chor 8. Here's what happened on Chor 7 (^-^)

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Well, on this day, it's everybody's birthday acording to the Chinese custom but I still go to work though my dad n bro took leave.

We had a simple dinner of roast pig's bone porridge *Yumm...* and a very basic Yee Sang. Didn't go to town to get the fancy type but since it's chor 7 whereby the actual day to 'Lou Sang', we (me & lil bro) can't resist getting 1 'mai' of it. This 'Rainbow' Yee Sang is just from the usual stall in Taman Megah which cost us only RM 23 or so....

A lunch date with Valentine

2008-03-05T19:20:00.009+08:00

*chor 8, Valentine day*

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Since it is Valentine day, me & my colik (Emily) decided to go on a lunch date and asked San to tag along. It's such a special coz we are celebrating 'alone' , we want to have a 'special' lunch. So, instead of hawker centre, we went to this japanese restaurant, Xenri (recommended by Emily) at Old Klang road. It's quite easy to find coz it's just next to the Elken building. I just love the atmosphere in there, vy cozy yet classy. What I loved most is their bento set which is quite cheap & hugh, not ot mentioned vy Yummylicious... really a must to go if you have not been to.

I ordered a Bento set that consist of salmon sashimi, chicken teriyaki, cold soba, salmon salad, chawan mushi, miso soup & fruits. All these for RM 25 (cheap, right...) Showing below is what my colik ordered, which are also RM 25 per set.

Sushi tempura bento set ordered by Emily

Salmon with soft shell crab bento set ordered by San

And here's my lunch date ~ Emily. She is going to be my taman-mate soon *wink*

My other lunch date, San with Emily.

You can see the restaurant is vy nice from the background of the above photos. Too bad my concentration is at the food & forgot to snap some of the resturant photo. They even have a special room that can fit quite a number of people for small function.

Later that evening, I had a date with Jazzmint at Sweet Deli to celebrate her b'day and also Valentine day.

Happy Birthday Sue

2008-03-03T11:35:00.003+08:00

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Today is Gerald's ex-boss in Doha birthday and I've made this card for her. Well, it's just a simple card because it's a last minute request from him. Come to think of it, not really a request but merely just ME volunteering to conjuer up a card.... He was just asking me if there's any site that provide nice e-card. I'm quite lazy to search the www & it's much easier to do one using those fabulous digital scrapbooking kits.

Happy Birthday , Sue!! May you have many happy returns ..

Lunch break = Bai Lin

2008-02-29T23:39:00.003+08:00

*Chor 5 lunch break*

Since I didn't take any additional leave for these CNY, I started work on Chor 5 , 15th Feb 08. The office was quite empty with a few MEOW around & my usual gang is still on holiday. Hence, I went to my aunt's place for lunch reunion. Too bad that the area has water cut, I'm a bit dissapointed for not having some really good food cooked by my Yee Ma. Instead, my cousin sis tapau KFC for all the relatives (not my fav. though, so I ate 1 small pc).

The attention of the day of course was the arrival of the youngest great grand daughter , my niece, Cheng Cheng. She's so adorable and everyone just want to get hold of her. I did manage to snap 1 photo of my grandma with my niece before I make a move back to work. That makes them Great Grand relationship -> Great grandma, Great grand daughter ....

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29th Feb - today in hIsTory

2008-02-29T23:00:00.006+08:00

It started with a normal day for me, go to work in the morning, went to Danau Desa to have fish head noodles and then back to work.... read Jazz blog on how she saja to blog on 29th Feb .... an it came to me that I shall jot down something as well...

So, I began to search 29th Feb, today in history to see what's interesting to include in this post and then ... something or more to someone near me is going to make today in my life in history...

I got a sms from Bee Li telling me tat she's in hospital now, going into labor... WoW!!! It's great to hear she giving birth today but then, it croses my mind that today is 29th Feb, you dun have this day every year... it only happen once in 4 years.... Oh my... so, I call back & try to tell her to tahan till 1st March so tat the baby can celebrate b'day every year but too late.. she's in a vy painful stage ( I think near to give birth) ... So, I guess the baby decided to be special ...

And so, today in history in my circle of frens... Bee Li giving birth .... a new life joined the world... & as for myself, I drove my new car to work...

Medicare

2008-02-28T20:29:00.000+08:00

Are you someone that is constant on medication or always need prescriptive drugs for treatment of some illness? If you are, then medicare part d is very suitable for you *provided that you're of matured age*. This is a health plan provided by US health government for people that is above 65 yrs old or some people with disabilities under age 65 or people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant). If you want to know more, do hop over to the site and discover the benefit of the medicare.

P/S: I do hope our government will come up with something similar for our people in this part of the world...

Chinese New Year Chor 3

2008-02-27T22:02:00.007+08:00

*chor 3 @ our place*

CNY to me always means visiting relatives & Chor 3 is no difference. We open our house (the new one @ Kajang) for our relatives to visit us and to make our house a bit merrier (^-^) during CNY. This also means that we need to prepare some food and my mum had not really prepared the menu *Aik!! Lucky my place is near Jusco Cheras Selatan & we went there on the nite before to stock up for the simple lunch.*

I woke up super early on Chor 3 to see & make sure my mum cook wat we bought last nite & also just to supervised a bit on the vege since it's a new dish to her but ended up preparing for the vege coz my mum dunno wat I want. I dun cook coz my taste bud is a bit blend, so, if I cook, it either end up bland or too salty *LOL*. My big contribution to the lunch was to use the broiler to oven cooked the Vegetarian Pandan Chicken. Here's what we managed to prepare :

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We have pandan chicken, stir fry mix vege (lotus root, celery, carrot & sweet peas) & steam chicken which is my dad's best dish. Not to forget a big pot of Abalone Ginseng Chicken soup that will satisfy everyone stomach.

After the lunch, we have some light entertainment (you know wat I mean lar, those we usually play during CNY *wink*) for the relatives and the session lasted till almost 5pm. As for me, I got bored by 2pm and started to fall asleep *pai seh*... and I did slept for awhile .... yawn....

That ends the event for 3rd day of CNY...

PS: Just incase all of you were wondering why suddenly there's alot of Chinese Word in my scrap --> I found out that my windows can choose the language, so I use the Chinese PRC to type the Han Yu Pin Yin and click on the word that I want. No, I dunno Chinese but I can recognise some vy basic word & used it to the max :p

TV mount

2008-02-26T20:21:00.000+08:00

Plasma tv or LCD tv is becoming a hit and the price is getting more affordable by month. The price range is between 2k to 5k for a decent one (Samsung, LG, Sony ....). I do wish to own one of those coz it really save alot of space coz can opt for a tv wall mount instead putting the tv on a table or a tv cabinet, just like those in the 5 stars hotel. Hmm, maybe in 2 yrs time, I can have one.. who knows, the price will drop to like few hundreds bucks *ke ke ke*

Planning to go Vegas?

2008-02-25T22:40:00.000+08:00

Oh, a few months back, I have a colik tat went on a business trip to the State. She managed to extend her trip and travel to the land of entertainment ---> Las Vegas. I really envy her coz she get to travel abroad and the flight is even business class *eye popping*. It's really a nice place to go & explore. As for me, if I ever have the chance of going to the State, I sure will search for my Vegas rooms via internet for some cheap deal.

Reunion lunch on Chor 2

2008-02-24T18:46:00.009+08:00

*chor 2 @ popoyi place*

Every year on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year, we will go over to my mum's side to 'bai lin' and usually, it will be at my youngest uncle's place. This is because his place is the largest that can house all 8 siblings' family. My youngest 'kaumo' will cook a simple feast for us to eat while all of us gather to enjoy and chit chat since it's really rare for all of us to get together.

Here's some really memorable photos taken during that day coz it's hard to see all together especially my mum with her sisters as shown below:

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Me and my 2 younger brothers taken on that day and I really look like their little sister since I look so short when standing between those 2 fellas :

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Since I started snapping photos, nearly everyone who's free came up to me to request to be taken with those beautiful decorations. I have too many photos and decided to do a 2 page layout and will definately print it out for them:

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This year is really a fruitful session in view of capturing the event of the day but then, it's quite boring for me after chor 2 coz no place for me to go....

PS: All my dear cousins who saw these LO, do drop me a note if you want to have it on ur blog. I will email you the copy so you can share it as well (^-^)

Online baju shopping

2008-02-24T08:33:00.000+08:00

Lately I have been browsing tru alot of the online ladies fashion and most of the link were introduced by Jazz. I must say that it's really vy convenient to shop and also to update my fashion senses. I even bought a top from one of her fren's online store. However, most of the link I have is for girls and I wish there's some for guys. Today I just got this link to a men's fashion site. Vy mice leh the baju there. Can show to my lil bro coz he's quite lazy to go out to shop.

More insurance offer

2008-02-20T22:25:00.000+08:00

He he... you must be wondering why I keep on writing about insurance. Well, this is because I got some good offer to share with you all and second, just want to let you all know tat if we can afford one, do get one for yourself because we never know our luck is down and we got ill. At least get a term life insurance quote, coz you'll at least know how much you need to pay to get a min sum insured of your life. People around me is really making me feel like to top up my insurance or get another one....

My fortune of the day

2008-02-18T22:55:00.005+08:00

*Thought of posting this later but then, it's fortune of today, hence, it cut the ques of my CNY post*

I am sure alot of people knows about the fortune cookies. I am not sure who invented it but it does really gives you some fun to discover what the little piece of paper that predicts our fortune of the day (or maybe gives us some magic just like Disney movie, Freaky Friday).

I had 1 cookie today (thanks to my colleague) and what it tells me of my fortune?

I am sure everyone will agrees that our home is where we draw happiness from. Oh well, it's not really a predict the future type but it tasted very nice... had fun biting into it (^-^)

FGS Dong Zhen on Chor 1 evening

2008-02-18T00:02:00.016+08:00

*Chor 1 evening*

I have heard about this FGS Dong Zhen from alot of people especially those avid photographer. Every year during Chinese New Year, this place will be decorated with lanterns and flowers and it has become a must visit place during CNY. I must say, it really perk ups any KL people's day coz CNY in KL is pretty much the same (which is getting quiet'er' every year).

So, since Chor 1 I got nothing to do, I bring my parents & my lil bro to visit this place. We met up with Jazzmint and hopped into her MPV to go to FGS. Lucky by the time we reached there, there's still sunlight to capture the beautiful scenary (lots of flowers which can't be seen if it's night time) and also to walk to the stalls set up along side the garden.

There's this stall that sells dolls made from coloured dough. It's really rare to find this type of stall coz it's sort of like a forgotten art. You can pay RM2 to have a spin on the wheel to see how lucky you are. If very lucky, can walk away with a big dough doll that cost RM 6 or RM8. If not, dun be despair coz you still get a small fish caught with the rod.

Give a spin and see what you can get from the dough toys stall...

RM 6 dough toys that's so cute...

Below shows some day time spots that I love at FGS. You can see there's a Wishing Tree (just like those TVB series) at the entrance to this place....

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Beautiful walkways decorate with red lanterns

Once the sun has set, the place is transformed into a land that's brightly lit by red lanterns everywhere. It's really a must to see those spectacular lighted up decorations.

Brightly lit red lanterns hanging at the arch entrance

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To see more photos, you can visit Jazzmint's site. I am still trying to find my way to skim down the photos to be uploaded to my webshot (^-^)

Chinese New Year Chor 1 morning

2008-02-17T00:06:00.007+08:00

*Chor 1 morning*

My 1st day of CNy this year is very different from the year before coz Gerald is not around, I am celebrating it in KL with my family. So, early that morning, I went for Chinese New Year Service at my church. I am all set with my cheungsam (glad that I can fit into it this year but still it's a bit loose at top *sob sob* ) to go 'bai lin' with Jesus this year *LOL*.... Just incase you're wondering why got church on CNY -> It's a custom for my church to have a CNY service coz it's in a kampung whereby lots of people will come back for CNY.... The service is really amazing coz Rev. Lee really relate the talk with RAT year (will share the story later)

Me with Eva in cheongsam. I just love the photo... Dun you think we both look so lovely in cheungsam *perasan liao*

After the service, I went home to chill (before going out in the evening to the FGS Dong Zhen festival with my family & Jazzmint) & open up all my CNY tit-bits.. I really bought alot of food, especially the 'Yuk Gon' coz I bought from Weng Heong & Bee Cheng Hiang... As for the other tit-bits, you can see from the below scrap :

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That's not all the tit-bits coz there's still some I haven't open yet. I really hope I won't put on weight by month end (^-^).

Burial Insurance

2008-02-16T22:14:00.000+08:00

We have heard of life insurance, accidental & death insurance, 36 disease insurance, medical card insurance, lady's insurance and the list goes on & on & on..... That's the most common stuff we heard now days and it's definately a must to get one, at least (if we can afford it). Have you ever heard of burial policy ? It's something new that is offered by Globe Life that will cover the usual plus the funeral expenses (which I think is so smart of them to go into this)

Happy Valentine

2008-02-14T01:08:00.006+08:00

Valentine is here and Happy Valentine Day to my dear hubby & all the people out there. You can see that I have changed my banner to a very romantic banner....

This year, I will not be celebrating it with my dear dear physically but we will have cyber dating & candlelight chatting session at night. I found that knewing each other via internet really does help in maintaining our relationship.... (many still awed by this fact*LOL* & how we can chat non stop thtoughout the day & nite).... & our love for each other grew each Home Trip as you can see from the photo below (^-^) which was taken way back in Sept 07 in KK....

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So, wat did I give to Gerald since he's so far away? he he he... I have sent him a SpeCial Card & am I glad that it didn't lost in transporting :p

Besides that, I did a very last minute wallpaper for his laptop last nite..... something cheap but it the thoughts count, right?

Reunion Dinner cum Birthday Celebration

2008-02-13T10:34:00.003+08:00

It's Chor 7 but I shall start my CNY post with the Reunion Dinner (^-^)

CNY Eve falls on 6th Feb 08 and it's my mum's birthday. Hence, we have 2 celebration in 1 night but we had a very simple celebration. This year the reunion dinner is just among the 5 of us coz my uncle went back to his wife's side while Gerald is in Doha. hence, just home cook meal which consist of fish, vege, chicken, roast pork & the most expensive chicken soup coz got bird nest :p

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After the dinner, we had a birthday celebration for my mum. Got a cake from Secret recipe (thanks to Tina) but the big head prawn me left the candle at my house..... we gotta make do without the candle with just song & wishes plus lots of photos. Since I look vy messy, I refused to be in the photo which I regrated when I did this LO....

Happy Birthday MUM!!!!

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A New Beginning

Happy Chinese New Year 2010

EOE ~ Home-grown Photo service provider

Merry Christmas

Getting soooo lucky as lightning strike twice

* Mini gym in office *

*GOLF-ing around*

Bon Appetite...

I am back with some appetizers to reopen my blog ^_^

* no more F.A.T. *

Still Alive...but barely living

20.08.2008

*A SPA escape in your favourite place*

*North Carolina health insurance*

Going for my vacation

*going HEALTHY*

N now it's my PC *pengsan*

Internet still out

*modern furniture*

*making d right choice*

Internet down *sob sob*

something TAIWANese

a baby's smile ...

baby VEDA

你听见了吗？

it's DAD's day

Happy Birthday Woan Jiun

* Sushi for one? *

*cellular amplifiers*

almost JINXed

Memorial Service & Funeral

Good bye to my popo ....

端午节 aka Dragon Boat Festival

Happy 3rd Anniversary

here in MY home

more on Petrol price hike ...

Petrol at RM 2.70, what will happen to our life?

ZOMBIE like

a LUXURY gift

my wiShes 2 U

juz an OrdiNary day...

a special day ...

a BIRTHDAY celebration

our KK Park photos

my very own CAMEL

The chronicles of Bandar Mahkota Cheras

Mother's day

RAK for my cousin

*St Martin Vacation*

* Knowing Foreclosure*

it's so hot !!!

sweet TEMPTATION...

National Scrapbooking Day + my aDDiction ...

~Sweet tReat~

labour day, holiday , MY day ....

Pai Suen therapy?

Digital scrapbook kit giveaway

Up to the Kinabalu highland ...

wOoT....

What is the color....

You light up my days

aLwayz our granpa

* Small Gadgets *

Easter in Kota Kinabalu

Let's talk about....

Wood shutters

Protected

Golf, Luxury Homes and Woodland Retreats

* Golf Clubs *

going GREEN, Earth Hour 2008

a GIRLY brunch

Gerald is back .....

A Chinese Valentine Dinner

Vrooom......2008 F1 begins!

*Exercise Equipment*

My dabble into wedding card

* Palm Bay *

Malaysians decide - 12th election

daRLing Cheng Cheng

Backpack??

GOLF-ing around

A SPA escape in your favourite place

North Carolina health insurance

going HEALTHY

N now it's my PC pengsan

modern furniture

making d right choice

Internet down sob sob

cellular amplifiers

St Martin Vacation

Exercise Equipment

Chinese New Year Chor 3

TV mount

Online baju shopping

More insurance offer

Chinese New Year Chor 1 morning

Burial Insurance