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Dermatologist Visit

After much nagging, scolding, reprimanding, ngam-ngam-cham-ing, critisizing from H (idiot actually said that my feet look like market woman, and called me "chue yoke mui" (pork lady) and taunted me further by asking where is my "chue yoke" stall!!!), I finally made an appointment to see a dermatologist for my problematic feet (think I have about 4 posts about this???) yesterday.

She looked at it and said that it very likely a fungal infection. Did a skin scrape test... The lab results came back negative. But she said that the negative result may be due to the medication that I've used (told her that I've applied all sorts of creams) or that the fungus is buried deep beneath the surface of my THICK skin. So...her prescription was oral medication to attack the fungus from within, and topical creams. Told me to use cling wrap over my feet to ensure optimum absorption.

When I went to the cashier, I terperanjat when I saw the bill came to about USD 165/-. Just the oral medication was about USD 100 already. Really ciak-kim (eat gold in Hokkien). Luckily, with our insurance card, the local SOS clinic can charge directly to the company. Otherwise, so cialatt!!!

And I did use the cling wrap on my feet before bed....waaaaaa...MEGA uncomfortable man!!! But what to do???

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Postcard from KL

Got this from a friend, via email.....thought it is really funny!!! You got to click on the picture to read the writings on the postcard!.

Keeping Kids Busy...

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MADHouse RUSH!!!

*YAWN* ....I stretched and took my N80 to have a look at the time.

6.30 AM!

I sprang up like the BESTEST Spring ever produced, and ran to the boys' room. "WAKE UP!" I shouted. And from there on, it was me barraging "HURRY UP. CHANGE. GO EAT YOUR BREAKFAST."

Wa.....luckily boys today ate their breakfast (plain omellets today) pretty quickly. If it's porridge or MeeSua Soup then die lah... They managed to finish before the bus came.

Duh-Duh Me lah. I saw that I set the alarm clock at 6.05. BUT did I check whether it was AM or PM???? NOPE!!! BODOH-tonay lah... set it at PM wor....

P/s Not that it's NOT a madhouse rush everyday...just today abit more cialatt!!!

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H and his Halves!!!

My H has this annoying habit of eating half an ice-cream and leaving the other half in the freezer. Or drink half a can of coke and leave it in the fridge. Or his half can of beer. Or half eaten slice of cake. Half can of lychee or longan or whatever. Always like that... Why ar? When I see I cannot tahan. If I say, I will finish the other half. He'll say NO. Leave it and he'll have it later...but it stays in the fridge for like YONKs !! And somemore I cannot tahan if the half-eaten food is just left in there without the NECESSARY cling wrap!!!

What do we do on our Beds?

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SIEN-tonay....

First, I had to wait half an hour at the airline ticketing office, then had to be stuck in a traffic jam. When I arrive at my supposedly "DESTINATION", was told that the place only opens at 3 pm. WTF??? Some more my friends reached there at about 11.30 am and didn't bother to text me to tell me that it's closed?? Then at least I don't have to jam from 11.30 am from the airline office to 12.20 pm, right? Almost blardy one hour... Can you imaging if I would have travelled from home? AIYO...lagi long journey. Got so fed-up, didn't join them for lunch lah....join them mai-sei. Another donno how long gonna stuck in traffic again. Might as well, take the adjacent highway and terus balik rumah. I had to be home on time to greet the boys today anyway... As my PRINCESS maid donno what time come home. Let's see... Terrible, somehow I am in the mood to scold people!!!

Mm-Zhai-Sim-See

Mm-Zhai-Sim-See (Hokkien) = Don't Know True or False

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Maid came into the study room yesterday morning while I was surfing....teary eyed and all. Apparently, a relative has passed away, hubby wants to go back to hometown with her son...blah blah blah. She wants to take 2 hours off to sort out some matters before they leave. I said "OK". This was 7.15 am. (So early because send boys off on the bus at 6.45 am one maaa...)

I went out to school and came back at 1.30 pm. I saw her there and asked if she just came back. She replied "No". And now she said she wants to go home for the night. Think she bullshitting me lah.

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She said "my husband leaving very early in the morning tomorrow. So I want to go home tonight"...

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Of course, I ngam-ngam-cham-cham lah... Cause it means that I have to get up earlier to make the boys' packed lunch. Anyway, I again gave her permission to go. Then I asked what time she'll be back....thinking she should be back by late morning, since her husband leaving EARLY in the morning. And that woman said "evening". Wah....the story there don't tally there leh!!! But I didn't say anything...other than that I will CUT her PAY. Otherwise, suka-suka take off here and there. Mana boleh????

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Not that I want to be cruel. But have had maids that grandmother passed away 3 times kind leh. *Sigh* So fed-up of all these grandmother stories. Maid that said security guard want to molest her when I confronted her about having a man in my house, maid that disappear for one week and expect to be taken back... So sien...

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Let's see if she comes back later.. In this country, lots of maids just go off and never come back one. Oh yeah... and she even had the cheek to ask if she needs to cook dinner. If no need, she leave earlier! Already have to opt out from meeting with a friend that came from Australia as the boys need to have an adult in the house, right? Already re-organize my schedule already. Some more want to leave earlier!!!! These maids ...be nice to them, take for granted lah.

Swimming Gala @ School

Today was to be the Swimming Gala for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The Key Stage 1 event was scheduled to start at 8.30 am, and Key Stage 2 at 10.30 am. As S2 is in KS1 and S1 in KS2, I had to stay in school from early till way past noon. To make it to school on time, H had to go to the office early so that the driver can be back at the house by 7.40 am to take me to school.

Anyway, at 6.15 am, it was raining cats and dogs. I texted one of the other moms and asked if she thought the event would be cancelled. We decided to go to school anyway...and if the events are cancelled then we would just meet for coffee. True enough, the Key Stage 1 event which was scheduled to start at 8.30 am was postponed to next week. But for the Key Stage 2 event, the school staff said that it was a "wait and see" scenario. Aiyo...how to sit in school for two hours??? So, a few of us decided to go out and have a coffee....

Called the school at 10.15 am to inquire if Swimming Gala is ON. And it was! So...rushed to school. ALAMAK!!!! I missed S2's first event, which was the 2 x 25 m freestyle. I asked him later how he did...and he said that he came out first. Not only that, as his swimming partner did not come, instead of swimming just 25 m, he swam 50 m. Felt a wee bit bad lah...for missing his event. Before you all think "waaaa ...such a good swimmer", the kids are actually grouped according to their skill levels with Stingrays being the best, Barracudas and then the Sharks. S1 is in the Sharks group lah. So...something like the best of the worst. Hahahah..

His next event was a 4 x 25 m Tyre Relay... Not really swimming lah. They all sit on a tyre wor... This event, his team also got first.

Overall, his house, which is RED won! Followed by Green, Blue and Yellow.

As usual, I screamed and cheered with this other RED supporter-mom. Think both of us were the loudest of the moms!!! Now, got sore throat liow.....

:-D

Are you a Survivor?

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The title of my post reads "Are You a Survivor?"

So do you think I am? In what sense? You asked.

• What would I do if I were stranded in an unknown city with no money or resources?
• How would I eat?
• Where would I sleep?
• What about the weather?

People who knows me would probably say "she'll just borrow a dime and call her daddy!". Gosh! I actually do call my daddy whenever I am in need of help, for example when I had a flat tire. Such a simple task and I can't even manage. What a hopeless gal!!

The hypothetical situation now is that I cannot utilize my normal contacts to help me out of this bind. What would I do? To tell you the truth, I am absolutely clueless as to where to start!!!! Or what to do. I will be at a total loss.

Are you like me? A lost puppy in such situations?

Then, we should get some survival tips from USA Network's Burn Notice; which premieres on June 28th. It stars Jeffrey Donovon, as CIA operative Michael Weston who suddently finds that he has received a Burn Notice.

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I also got!!

S1 had a sleepover at T's house on Saturday night. Over dinner last night, we had a conversation.

S1 - We had spaghetti bolognese

Me - So did we.

S1 - But. At T's house. They use FRESH pasta. They take the dough and put it through the pasta maker. Really.

Me - The ones that you can adjust the widths to make pasta sheets, spaghetti, ....

S1 - *Interrupted me* Can have angel hair too

Me - *Continuing* Linguini

S1 - Yeah. That's what we had. Linguini.

H - They have a pasta maker?

S1 - Yes. Really. It's so special.

Me - *Abit fed-up* So? I also got!!

H - You do?

S1 - Then how come we never make fresh pasta?

H - I also want to have fresh pasta!

S1- You buy but never use. You buy for what???

H - Yeah! Well said!! All the gadgets you have! But never see you make anything one!

See lah...father and son taroh me!!! But then, serves me right for showing off that I had the blardy pasta maker.

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Taking Up Golf. Seriously!

Okay! You heard about my first golf lesson. Well, I've gone for my second lesson on Friday. And what's more? H has been very supportive, and bought me this golf set yesterday (Sunday). It was on sale.... he asked me to choose.... Not many choices for ladies' clubs. But there was Titleist, Mizuno and Wilson. I have to say the Mizuno ones looked and felt the best. But it was also TRIPLE the price of the Wilson ones. Me...a beginner...and kiamsiap type, of course chose teh Wilson lah...

Later, we both went to the driving range. I have to say that I abit tension in the beginning. Cause takut H ngam-ngam-cham-cham about my swings. I warned him NOT to correct my swings and leave it to my golf pro. He did behaved well lah.. But then, I had to say that my swings are not too bad :-)

Hit about 60 balls vs. H's 40 balls. Halfway through, I was not hitting well and H said "come and rest and have a drink lah. Why are you like a machine gun?" hahahah... Have to say that after the rest, I was more composed and hit much better... had a few very clean shots. I was kinda pleased with myself!!! :-)

Can't wait for my next lesson!

No More Security Guards?? - Updated

Updated @ 9.00 pm, 18 June. Okay... we have the guards back in place at 8 pm today. H's boss was kind enough to give the HR dept a push to get it sorted out by today! YAY! (Aiya.. somemore this evening, my driver tried to scare me or what? As we drove pass this derelict house, he told me that the house was haunted. Whole family was murdered....even the maid! Maid also mm-fong-kor. Because long time ago, there wasn't security in place! So you say lah?? Think he try to scare me to get the security in place chop-chop or what? Kia-si-lang!!!)

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The Company that was engaged by H's company to provide security at our home has recently increased their fees, and apparently H's company do not want to pay the increased fees! Of course I was appalled. H's boss assured that it will be sorted out and do not want me to worry about such menial things. Well, somehow or other...there must be some mix-up or what... My guards just waved goodbye to me today!

Gave H a text about this, and he replied with a "OK. Sorting out now!".

Well, if the company is not going to pay for the security guards, then they'll have to pay for our move to another house within a complex. Actually, I don't mind moving to a complex (or as we say in Malaysia, gated-community). At least boys can roam outside our house compound. Maybe learn to ride a bicycle. Have more friends/neighbours. The thing is - AIYO..the headache of moving!!!! Secondly, I have planted some plants into the ground wor... So sayang!

Anyway, not going to fret over all these details lah. Let H sort out. (Aiya..that fella actually wants to move to the fancy new apartment where all his pals are!! I don't want to live in an apartment wor.....) Will update later...

S2's Sleepover

This post is a little back-dated.
S2's sleepover was on Friday nite (15th June). It's his first sleepover away from mommy or daddy or grandma or grandpa. At first, he was a little scared and didn't want to go. But as the date approached, he was actually quite excited.

I delivered all his barang-barang (things) to his school on Friday afternoon (cannot exactly make him carry all of it on the bus!). I have to say very ma-fan (troublesome) as there's really quite alot of stuff!

First, there's the bag of clothes, swimming gear, towel, toiletries, underwear and socks.

The foldable mattress (yes, even foldable but still very bulky), blanket and pillow



S2's very smelly and very charn po-chim! With him since he was a baby... It's been washed and mended for I don't know how many times. Think it will disintegrate one of these days! He was actually quite worried that his friends would laugh at his po-chim.




Night Vision Goggles for their night walk around the school




I picked him up at about 8.30 am on Saturday; and he said "sleepover is soooo fun. I wished there's a sleepover every Friday!".

Well, this is what he did:

- Treasure Hunt

- T-Shirt Painting

- Swimming

- Football

- Crazy Computers

- Night Walk

- Watching Movies

I asked him if he missed me. And the answer was an "OF COURSE!"

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Beauty TAG

This beauty tag is from Healy.

As I told her, it's velly difficult for me. I use chapalang range of beauty products lah. So..here goes..

What five beauty products could you not live without?
Okay..I guessed it would be the following:
1) Facial Cleanser (at the moment, using Dermalogica)
2) Toner (Laneige)
3) Moisturiser (Laneige and Elizabeth Arden)
4) Oxy 10 (for the odd pimple that still pops out of my 30-something face)
5) Cracked Heel Cream (not exactly a beauty product but is a MUST MUST)

What’s the worst beauty mistake you’ve made?
Donno leh. Other than the odd "new facial" place that I try and have pimple breakout, cannot think of anything else.

What’s your skincare regime consist of?
Other than the usual, cleanse tone moisturise, I have a facial at least once every 3 or 4 weeks. Currently, I either go to the ROC Centre (using ROC Products of course) or to Centre de Beaute where I alternate between Decleor or Phytomer Facials.

Oh recently, friend took me to this Korean place, and had a traditional Korean facial. Very cheap! Only USD 13!!! For two whole hours! No pimple outbreak after the facial. So okay lah.. But the only thing is that they don't do pimple extraction wor....

Favourite beauty treat?
Face Massage during facials... Ahhhhh...sure ZZZZ one!!! Will be very very disappointed if I never ZZZZ during the massage!

What’s your favourite beauty store?
Don't Have. But I like to browse in Face Shop, L'Occitane, Body Shop, Boots, Watsons.. Browse but never buy. Think the salesgirl all hate me!!! Hehe..

Favourite budget brand?
Me NOT loyal one. Whatever that's got a good deal when I am out looking to buy something, I guess.

Favourite premium brands?
Don't have...again depends on what I fancy at the time.

What’s your ’every girl must own one’ item?
My mom would say LIPSTICK. But for me...I usually EAT all my lipstick so quickly that it'll be gone like in half an hours after I put them on. So, lipsticks not for me. Think it's EyeLiner for me. Makes my big eyes POP out even more!! Hahaha...

And what about skin care: Favourite premium and budget brands?
Donno leh.. But I've bought Lancome, Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Laneige, Body Shop, Origins, Boots, Nivea, Loreal, Clarins, Dermologica etc... I not loyal one leh... No favorites. Now, I see H2O got nice nice packaging set one, I also want to try ...

And hair care?
Aiyo...lagi tada lah... Use Heads and Shoulders oni. Wash and then blow dry myself! But once in a while, I go to the salon to have a creambath. Very nice!! Massage your head and shoulders and arms for about 40 to 50 minutes, then steam your hair. Got use cheap cream ones, but of course can use Loreal one lah...

And finally, best beauty tip?
I also want to know what's the best beauty tip. Tell me when you have them. Okay???

Tag
Huisia
Very Vera
Firehorse

Reading Tutors

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After just one week at his new school, S2's teacher wanted to see me. She was concerned with S2's reading. Whilst he reads like an 8-year old (he was 6 then), he could not "word attack", i.e. he reads by memorising the words, and do not know how to attempt to read new words. To improve his reading skills, he had to undergo a special reading tutoring program. So, even if your child can read, he or she may not be performing optimally. Reading Tutors can help your child progress from a poor reader to an excellent one!

Party and Pressie

Took S2 to his friend's Birthday Party yesterday. It was a Bowling Party... It was one that involved parents too! Of course, I bowled too lah... Heehee Kicked a$$ with a score of 140. Most of the other mommies bowled between a 70 and a 99. Bowled with the house ball :-) and then news about me bowling for my uni spread like wildfire....

Anyway, our present for the birthday boy was wrapped up REAL nice, like a shirt!! Nope. Not wrapped by me. I am not good in wrapping pressies, especially not very patient in recent times! Is it a shirt inside? Nope. It's a book and a robot-like transformer thingy...

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"Why?" asked the boys.

"Well, have you ever seen a statue of a Greek God that is fat or paunchy or skinny like a stick? They always have really well built bodies. Don't they? Swimming will make your bodies look like those Greek Gods!"

This is a statue of Zeus that I took in Athens. Look at his six-pack body!!

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Home Alone!!!

Yeap! It's Saturday night. And I am home alone!

S1 went to watch "Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer" with his pal T (chaperoned by T's dad, of course) this afternoon, followed by a sleepover at T's house tonight. So...that's one down.

A while ago, both H and S2 was still around. And then H suddenly came into the room at 8 pm and said "I am going out to watch Fantastic Four with S2. You wanna come?" Well, we've had a silly fight today and thought that he was joking and just trying to break the ice. It was kinda late!! I merajuk and said "NO".... So, still lay in bed then thought how come the house sooooo quiet. Went to check just. Waaaaa. This two fellas really gone out already wor... Driver already went home at 5 pm this evening, so H drove.

And today is maid's day off....so, maid also not around. Basically, just the security guard out at his post.

Actually, our Dutch neighbour invited us to their house tonight for their farewell. Yup. Leaving the country. But have been soooooo tired today (had to pick S2 up from school at 8 am from his School Sleepover - more about that later, then took the boys for breakfast, then their swimming class at school, come home, have lunch, and then take S2 to his classmate's birthday party) so declined their invitation. Very loud live music playing next door now....

High Quality Performance!

WOW!!!!

I had my recent post on "Spy Sweeper" automatically approved like instantaneously!! Got this message from PPP.

"Congratulations!! Your PayPerPost post, Spy Sweeper, has been automatically approved based on your high quality performance as a PPP Postie! "

And H said that I am a terrible writer, and JK Rowling I am definitely NOT!!! Well, though I am not JK Rowling quality...but good enough to earn some USDs. Good enough for me at the moment!!

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Gifts from S1

It's Infant School Charity Book Sale at the boys' school today.


This is what S1 bought for me...










And this, he bought for his father.







He came back from school, showed me these two items and declared "I didn't buy anything for myself! Just for you and daddy!". BUT the thing is....I didn't give him any money for the Charity Book Sale, as I thought it only involved the Infant School kids (S2 is still in Infant School). SO, where did he get the money??? Apparently, his friend had TOOOOO much, and gave him some! WAAAAAH... Some kids so rich, giving out money to school friends!!! Of course, we'll have to return the money to his friend tomorrow!!!

S2 on the other hand, bought books for himself. BUT gave some bullshit excuse as to why he didn't buy me or his dad stuff!! Your typical salesman!!! He bought the following two books.

I only gave S2 enough money for one book. As you can see...he bought two books. Apparently, one of S1's friend gave him an extra voucher for the second book. Well, again...have to return the money tomorrow...

Men's Underwear

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I, for one do buy my man's underwear. Well, so far, just boxers and briefs. Nothing fancy. And definitely not G-strings! What? Blogging taken over your shopping hours?? Well, there's always online shopping!! There's a great online store that sells a whole range of mens underwear? Yes. Even G-strings. It's DUGG - Down Under Guys Gear, and they carry stock from all the great brands that you can think of! An Australian-based company, free shipping is offered for domestic orders above AUD 50. Not in Australia? Fret Not! Free shipping is available ANYwhere for orders above AUD 80.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!

It's MOM's birthday TODAY!

Since she doesn't want FLOWERS nor a CAKE delivered...I guessed I would have to do a VIRTUAL flowers and cake delivery!!!

Here is the cake!

And here are the flowers!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

I LOVE YOU, MOM!!!

p/s Will get you an "un-birthday" cake when I come home in 4 weeks time!!

Scrapbooking Supplies

One of our fellow Scrapbooker's scrapbooking style has changed. So...she is hawking off some of her supplies... Here is a selection of the papers that I got from her.

She also has a set of shape-cutters for sale for about USD 40. At first, I thought a tad expensive. But as I was on the way home, I thought that maybe I should just get it off her as it would be much more expensive if I were to buy them new. She did say that she paid about USD 100 for the complete set..Don't know what is the brand though..but she's upgraded to the "Creative Memories" set which costs a BIGGER bomb!

As she's off to Singapore next week for shopping (to increase her already BIG stash of scrapbooking stuff), I won't be seeing her until the following week. SHUCKS! No playing with my new toy till the week after next! :-(

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Party Planning - Part 3

Thought that I've done quite alot of Pirate's bandanas but a quick count revealed that I've only done six! ALAMAK!! Still have half a dozen more to go. It's quite easy to make...all I need is a long black cloth of about 3 inches wide (my dear 'ole friend in HK taught me how to do this :-D) and then draw the skull on. At first, I used white marker but the white didn't stand out well. So, switched to using white correction fluid. Had to exercise those finger muscles!!!

This is the other Jolly Roger that I've made. S1 coloured the whites with crayon and stuck the red paper for the Pirate's bandana. Again, the whites doesn't stand out well. So, guessed we have to go over with either poster paints or acrylics....

While making all these Pirates stuff, S2 came up and said "Not Fair!! Kor-Kor's party much more fun than mine!!". How ah? Like that??? S2 had a Pokemon Splash Party in February. Cannot exactly make Pokemon costumes for the kids, right? I did make Pokemon Posters, printed out Pokemon BINGO cards, bought Pokemon Stickers etc for his party, made water "bomb's". What else is there?? Aiya..when you have two or more kids...sure will have lots of "not fairs" one lah...

In case anyone is also planning for a Pirates Party, click on the following for some ideas...

Part 1

Part 2

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Scrapbooking Tuesdays...

Went to my weekly scrapbooking session yesterday... wanted to scrap my Greece Trip but found that I didn't have all the necessary coloured paper to make them attractive. Tried scraping S1's Year 5 Perfomance. Same thing. The paper colour was not right. So, decided to make some embellishments. A lady there was really good at making them and gave me some ideas. Made these yesterday.

I know. I know. If I were to scrap digitally, I wouldn't have such problems... but you know me.. am a old fashioned gal... I like to have my photos and documents in hardcopy form. :-)

I was a real "paper waster" when I was working....used to print out alllllll the documents instead of reading from my PC.

H was commenting "what's so difficult about scrapbooking? Just cut cut. Paste paste!" ...
My answer?? To go and "patt" and chit-chat lah... Heheheh... and also to have coffee and scones with all the lashings of whipped cream and jam!!

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Party Planning - Part 2

Continuation from Part 1: One of the Jolly Rogers that I've made. Still need to darken the whites with perhaps poster or acrylic paints. Am gonna use this as part of the decor.

And here is a sample of the birthday invites. To get the "old" effect, I used a lighter to burn the edges. Almost burned down the house!! The white bits are just parts that I blanco out our contact numbers.... :-)

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Party Planning - Part 1

As per my previous post about Birthdays, I am planning a "Pirates of the Caribbean" party for S1's 10th Birthday. So...have been busy the last few days... Spent my weekend sewing out the Loot Bags, and then drawing out the "East India Trading Company" logo on those bags. Here's a sample of them...

This is how they look like when they are filled with GOODIES...

This is a treasure map that I've drawn... to be used for "Pin the Treasure" instead of the traditional "Pin the Donkey"... Think need to darken some parts a wee bit..

Am currently working on the Jolly Rogers, pirate's bandanas for the boys, a treasure chest for their treasure hunt game... NOPE, don't think I will bake the cake lah.. Too lazy and challenging!!! Will just buy lah...

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It shook many parents in the expat community, to know that drugs are freely available to our children in this city. We dread to think that our kids would have easy access to these substances, and somehow a "dare" to experiment would lead to full-blown addiction. It's every parents' nightmare! Where would we be able to get the necessary addiction treatment? To stop the addiction before their young life is destroyed? Where can we seek help?

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Funny Joke..

A LIE YET NOT A LIE....SKILLFUL SPEECH

A distinguished young woman on a flight from Switzerland asked the priest beside her, "Father, may I ask a favour?"
"Of course. What may I do for you?">
"Well, I bought an expensive electronic hair dryer that is well over the customs limits and I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there anyway you could carry it through Customs for me? Under your robes perhaps?"
"I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie."
"With your honest face, Father, no one will question you."
When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her. The official asked, "Father, do you have anything to declare?"
"From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare."
The official thought this answer strange, so asked, "And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?"
"I have a marvellous little instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date, unused."
Roaring with laughter, the official said, "Go ahead, Father." Next!

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WANTED - Gardener!!

Have you seen this man?? He's WANTED!!!

I've been looking HIGH and LOW for him to be my gardener!!!

No? Cannot find him??? Where can he be??

Hahaha.. Well, still no gardener yet... so was cutting the grass on my front yard this evening. Want to die liow. Arms also gone jello. Some more not yet completed. Actually, we have a lawnmower but because my previous scrawny gardener has been sooooo lazy; he has not cutting the grass at all, not even with the ease of a lawnmower. As a result, the grass has grown SOOOOO thick that the lawnmower won't cut. So, have to manually use those huge gardening scissors (don't know what's the right term). Luckily, the back yard is better.... I actually made S1 mow the lawn!! Hahaha... in exchange for extra hours of GAME time!!! KEKEKE...

WARNING!!! Gross Post!

A Post about DETOX....So, don't vomit!!

You know those "foot detox" that you see in the shopping centers? (I know 1Utama LG has one shop that does it...the shop is somewhat opposite to Rotiboy..)The ones where you soak your feet into a basin of water, and the water gets dirty and yucky???

Well, I did it last Tuesday! A Mat Salleh friend swears by it! She said that whenever she does it, she feels sooooo refreshed and never fall sick for at least a month and suggested that I go (as told her about my bad skin blah blah blah)...so off I went.

- Of course the water was crystal clear at the start.
- Feet are first cleaned in a separate basin.
- Then feet inserted into this basin c/w gadget.
- See some bubbles(?) coming out of the gadget
(I think the gadget ionizes the water somehow or other)
- Gradually, water turns darker and darker and even have residue

Being the natural-born skeptic, I thought the "black and dark" stuff were coming out of the gadget to "trick" people lah... but after observing the water and the gadget itself, think toxins are really drawn out through the pores in the feet!

Why do I say that?
There were actually solid residue at the bottom of the basin, plus some floating on the water. (Lady said for smokers, the colour will even be darker and more floating-type residue) The gadget has only an electrical cable connected to the "generator" and has no external tube that feeds it stuff. I looked at the gadget after she took it out of the water. It looks like one of those "Electrical Mosquito Trap". So, how to PUMP residue into the water? So...real one lah...

I think this works in the same way as those Japanese Plasters (you can buy it in most pharmacies. Mom gave me some to try some months back)...except that the Japanese plasters are herbal and this is a more "technological"method... The Japanese Plasters have dry herbs in it, you stick it at the base of your feet and then go to bed. The next morning, you would see that the dry herbs have turned black and somewhat slimey.... So. Same Principle here.

I donno but I think it's working a little bit. The skin on my soles has been "hardening" (besides cracking) and after this one session, I have to say it has somewhat soften. Perhaps I had a lot of toxins that were STUCK at my feet with no where to go?? And this detox session RELEASED some of it out???? I will go again next week....will report back ...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIS!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOOOOOUUUU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU




Cake and Flowers for youuuuuuuuu.....
Big Girl now!!! Wait. Let me count. WOW! 31 Years Old!!!
For a moment, thought I calculated wrongly!!

Hope you had a wonderful celebration today......

Dance Mat Typing for Kids

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I just want to tell mommies out there in blogsphere about this great "Learn to Type" site on BBC. The link is www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing. Found out about this site from S2. The kids in his class are using this site to learn to type.. There are a total of 12 stages, and it's got animation and such. At the end of Stage 12, typing speed will be assessed (errr....think my typing speed is about 56 wpm... I have to say that learning to touch-type is one of the best skills that I've acquired.... so this site can be used for adults too!!!).

As the boys have only joined the British System this school year, S1 has missed out on this Year 2 curriculum. So, he's now just learning to type and is at Stage 2 (S2 did this earlier in school, and thus is in Stage 3).

PAYjr Teen Prepaid Card

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I have recently started giving S1 weekly allowance of approximately USD 5. As he is rather blasé about stuff, I do not physically give him the money. Instead, I make him record in a booklet, which I sign weekly to "indicate" that he has his weekly USD 5. He has to use his allowance to purchase his wants, such as DVDs, PS2 games etc. Oh! Yes. He also has to pay for damages in the house! (The other day, he thought that he was Bruce Lee and somehow damaged my mosquito screen. So, the cost of repair will be borne by him!) These expenditure will be deducted from his booklet.

I guessed the time will come where he no longer accepts this arrangement, and I would have to give him cold hard cash, which would be difficult to monitor what and how he spends it.

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