TAG - Just Desserts

This TAG is from MommyOf2Angels . She has modified the tag to be JUST DESSERTS.

By the way...DID you know that DESSERTS is STRESSED spelled backwards? Ironic yeah??

Waaa...... quite difficult. What do I like? Many things wor...luckily she kept the tag to "in your country"...otherwise worldwide delicacies will be listed too... So, here are some Malaysian favourites that I likey...


ICE CENDOL
Yum Yum...... The green squidgly cendol with thick gooey gula melaka and fresh coconut milk. Mmmmmm.......... yummy. *SLURP* *SLURP*




MANGO SAGO LOU
Ripe Sweet Honey Mango, Sago, finely shaved ice.......I like the ones at KTZ in SS2! Think have one branch in Imbi too...





BLACK SESAME CREAM & PEANUT CREAM
*SLURP*

BANANA FRITTERS WITH VANILLA ICE-CREAM
Simple but heavenly. Have some honey drizzled over them! Oooooo...delicious!!!

Need to TAG people wor... think most done already...but since this one is JUST DESSERTS, can do again, yeah??

Very Vera
Laundryamah

WMD
Mott Island

Oscar's Mommy

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Proposition: What is your favorite food in your state or country?
Requirements: Find some info about the food and show delicious pictures of it?
Quantity: FIVE PEOPLE.
Tag Mode: You leave their blog and post link and add to the list below.

NomadicMom loves Cendol, Mango Sago Loh, Black Sesame and Peanut Creams, Banana Fritters
Mommyof2angels loves crème bulee
Joymontessori loves Hakka Lei Cha
Mybabybay loves Asam Laksa from Penang, Malaysia
JustMyThoughts loves Penang Char Koay Teow
My Lil Venture loves Laksa Sarawak
Monterssorimum loves Teluk Intan Chee Cheong Fun

Math Tutors

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Pet Bunny

S1 came home and announced that he wants a pet bunny. Well, you know me... not really an animal person lah... BUT a friend said that letting kids keep a pet is GOOD wor... apparently brings out the caring and compassionate side of them. S1's pal, T has a pet bunny and so does his two siblings, each caring for their own. Their mom says that it's really wonderful to watch T run out to the bunnies in the morning to make sure that his bunny has food and water, and he'll bring it out, stroke it, play with it, sayang it. S1 goes round to their house quite often (going again tomorrow) and he talks about the bunnies all the time.

So, I guessed I'll have to get him one. But most probably after the Summer break lah since we will be going back to Malaysia soon. The bummer is the cleaning of the shit and stuff. T's family has a full-time gardener/handyman and this guy does the cleaning-up. I don't have a full-time guy (heck! Don't even have a part-timer now!)....so told S1 that he has to be responsible for the cleaning too, with some help from the maid lah.... And he actually said OK!

Previously, S2 wanted pet goldfishes...so off I went to buy a tank, filter and goldfishes. AIYO ...but they poo soooooo much that instead of cleaning once a month, I end up cleaning once every week. So SIEN. So got rid of everything. S2 also "bo-chap" one.... I look at the fishes more than he does! Hopefully, S1 really really will take care of his pet. Can flush the goldfish down the loo but certainly can't flush a bunny...it'll clog my pipes!!!!!

Orlando Fun

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A long long time ago, H and I went on a two-week vacation in Orlando. The return flight tickets from London Gatwick, 2-week accommodation plus car rental worked out to be rather cheap and affordable (but back then, we were still spending our parents' hard-earned dosh!!). The SHOCKER was the astronomical cost of admission tickets to the Orlando Attractions! Disney World! Universal Studios! Plus all the other admission tickets to SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Kennedy Space Center etc were gonna burn a hole in our very shallow pockets! Back then, I saw loads of discount ticket booths along Universal Drive, hawking discount admission tickets. Of course I was very very tempted to purchase from these booths!! BUT had a naggy feeling that doubted the authenticity of these establishments, thus purchased the said-tickets at the theme park entrance. I have to say that it did burn a hole in our pockets! Now, if I were to bring the boys to Orlando, I will definitely get my Cheap Universal Studios Tickets plus other available discount tickets from OrlandoFunTickets, the largest ticket discount store in Florida. What's most important is that they are LICENSED and BONDED and I can be assured that my tickets are GOOD FOR ENTRY!!!

First Golf Lesson

This morning was my first ever golf lesson....

Happily took out my Reebok trainers (which has been in storage for 3 or 4 years???), wore it and discovered that the shoe somehow had shrunk away from the rubber base. See the photo? It's about 6 mm difference! The front of the shoe base was also peeling off. What to do?? Still had to wear it what. Have no other trainers. Can't exactly wear my open-toed sequined sandals to the driving range, right?

Somehow ah..I seem to be able to hit better when taught by a stranger. I remember when H used to teach me....aiyo...sure end up bergaduh one. The golf pro says I not flexible wor... so, have to twist twist the waist with the guide of a basketball as homework!! Next lesson is next Friday...and he says we can practise on the green! Can't wait!

Debt. Can we avoid it?

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This is why all consumers are advised to ask for debt help when in the slightest doubt; as the swing from 'tight' to 'struggling' can happen so fast, even if you've enjoyed a pay raise, found better employment, or reduced your debts.

It's My Turn...

SHIZA!!!!!!

It's my turn to have the fridge go WHACKO on me!! I don't have such a passionate relationship with the fridge like Mott so no goodbye love song here .... neither do I have her Mr.Wonderful Teo. BUT am rrrreeeeaaaallyyyyy upset that stuff in the fridge is gonna go busuk!!! SHIZA! SHIZA! SHIZA!

Last month was my junk food fridge that went WHACKO. I had to throw sooooo much ice-creams, frozen buns, milk and yogurt. This month, it's the proper food fridge where I store my meats and vegetables. AIYOOOOOOO... All my frozen "bak".... *SIGH*

The brand of the fridge? Both fridges are SHARP... provided by the landlord. If I have a choice, I would get a KELVINATOR. I tell ya...My Kelvinator belum pernah die or malfunction or operate below expectations for more than TEN YEARS!!! Really!!! And now, also have not heard my tenant complaining about my Kelvinator... SO, if anyone is out looking for a fridge, I tell you...get a KELVINATOR!!!

Summer Holidays...

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The boys' Summer holidays will be in four weeks time... And then it's a nightmare lasting about 8 weeks!! For me. I mean. How am I going to keep them entertained constructively for that period of time? They will drive me up the wall!! That's a definite! Plus, studies have shown that kids lose an average of one month of learning during the summer break!!!! Perhaps the answer lies in a Summer Program that will help them retain their learning in a fun and interesting way! And not forgetting the fact that they will be out of mommy's hair too!

Lots of Birthdays!!!

Month of June seems like a favourite month for birthdays... For starters, Mom, Sis and H's birthdays are all in June. We have few birthday parties to go to, but I've got to decline onethat falls on a Saturday morning. Can't miss too many Swimming lessons!! Yes. I am KIASU.

Anyway, have to have S1's birthday party one month earlier too! His birthday falls right smack in the middle of Summer holidays where there will not be a soul in town! Errrr.. soul as in his classmates lah. So, most likely will have it on the 7th of July.

We have decided to have a PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN party! Kids can be pirates and fight on inflatable boats in the pool...... Watch "Pirates of Caribbean" Trilogy. Will have to get a few Jolly Rogers to decorate the house. I have about four weeks to get the party organised!

Beading Sessions

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Just as I completed the post on my jewellery stand, I saw an opportunity to blog about beads! What good timing!!

I actually meant to join a group of ladies on their fortnightly beading sessions. These are held on alternate Tuesdays in one of the ladies' homes. But I've been too lazy to go all the way to the specialty mall to purchase the necessary supplies. Plus, the traffic jams are a big turn-off. Well, now there is no more excuse to not get started. With Lallette's online store, all the required tools, beads, charms for any jewellery-making project can be had with just a few clicks on the computer without even getting up from my comfy chair!!

Look at these cute little charms and beads from Lallette's !!! Don't you absolutely LOVE them?

My Jewellery Stand

This is the jewellery stand that I bought on Saturday. Costs about RM 80. Yeah..a tad expensive as it was retail price and not on sale .... But I've seen these stands in a Singapore Magazine and thought that I must have it!! They come in some other designs like shapely bikini gals and other period styles.....some with mou-mou ...

Precious Metals

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Wife vs. Girlfriend

Friend sent me this...thought that it is funny but very true!!!

Wife is like a TV.
Girlfriend is like HandPhone.
At home watch TV.
Go out bring HP.
No money sell TV.
Got money change HP.
Sometime enjoy TV but most of the time play with HP.
TV free for life but....
HP, if you don't pay, services will be terminated....!

HAHAHHA....

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Our Long Weekend Trip...

Okay, a bit "watt tatt" but still had diarrhoea on Friday morning. H said "think we should just stay at home". Of course I said NO lah... ngeh-ngeh-lai also want to keep to the plan. I have to admit that I was a bit scared on the way there...just in case I needed the toilet and there's a jam. Then die lah. Although we were caught in a little jam, my belly behaved well until we reached the hotel about 3 hours later (normally 2 hours only)... AIYO, then I started to visit the toilet very frequently and then had the chills. ALAMAK Fever some more. What to do?? Slept lah. Felt sooooo much better after the little nap. Then, we took boys to watch Pirates of the Caribbean, World's End.... quite interesting but some parts I don't really understand lah. A bit sad lor the ending I thought... Donwan to say too much in case you haven't watched!

Took boys to the nearby volcano on Saturday morning. Prior to this, boys were asking "What if the volcano erupt? Will we die? etc etc"

The pix here shows the main crater, called Queen's Crater. You can actually hear the sulphurous gas HISSING out from the ground. Think the last eruption was in 1969. YUP! This is a still active volcano. We then hired a guide to take us down to the Domas Crater on the side of the mountain. Hike took us 30 minutes downhill. Luckily, we didn't have to climb all the way up to our starting point. Otherwise sure MATI lah..

Loads of water sprouting out of the ground in the Domas Crater. Of course the water is MEGA hot. See the basket of eggs in there? We bought some eggs to boil in the hot water too. But didn't eat them lah...coz H said cracked liow and water has gone into the eggs. There were many Korean tourists sitting around one of the NOT so hot pools, soaking their feet, sipping their COLD beers and eating the hard boiled eggs that were freshly cooked in the hot pools!!

It started to drizzle as we reached our car... and then pour!!! What a bummer!! Had to cancel the rest of the excursion, i.e. to the Hot Springs and StrawberryFarm, and head back to the hotel. What did we do? Sleep lah... after the long hike, what do you expect??

Woke up refreshed. Left the boys with H, and I headed out on my own to do some shopping. This place is Factory Outlets galore!!! But didn't buy much lah...just bought a cute little jewellery stand, some scrapbooking stuff and a Nike Shorts...

Next day, we left immediately after breakfast to avoid the MAD rush back to the city...

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Cha-Pa-Lang Post...

Feeling very lazy (and ill) to separate out the topics...So will do a Cha-Pa-Lang Post...

S2's SATs Today will be the final day of the SATs (Statuatory Assessment Tests) for Key Stage 1. When S2 came home from school yesterday, I asked him how it was.

S2: I had to write a letter to welcome a new boy. Use imagination.
Me: So, did you write anything?
S2: YES! I wrote so much. I wrote two pages.
Me: Wow! Two pages. What did you write?
S2: Forgot already! But I made sure the spacing is finger-width but I don't use my finger. I use my eyes.

How typical of S2!!!

Farewell Lunch Relocations, Going Home etc are all part of the expat life.....With the school year ending (American School ends next Friday), there are many GOODBYES at this time of the year. Attended a pot-luck farewell lunch on Tuesday for 5 ladies- 4 going home, and 1 to Shanghai...
Made a Homestyle Fried BeeHoon.......fried with "chue-yau-char" of course... :-)

Feeling ill Have not been feeling well these two days... Diarrhoea and now, also caught the sniffles. Feels like shit oni. Slept till like 10.30 am and then lazed in bed almost whole day. Maybe my immune system not so good these days because have chicken-out on so many of my yoga classes... :-P

New Phone Or rather OLD phone.... Inherited H's discarded N80 Phone. Tried to write a short post on my blog via the phone...but my fat fingers kept on pressing the exit key, and thus out of the internet connection. Fed-up ..donwan to do it liow.. But it's good to read news etc lah... Since mom didn't want my old 6111, I've given it to S1 already.....

Gardener Quit Liow I was gonna give the gardener an ultimatum..."tim-patt-chi", he also donwan to work. Told the maid that his father FORCED him to take up this job. This guy also "mou-samm-kei" to work one lah, that's why always never complete tasks one. Have to look out for a new gardener now. Will find one that looks like Gabriel Solis' Gardener!! Hahahah...

Desford Colliery Band Got dragged by a friend to watch this Brass Band yesterday... Am not musically inclined but FREE ma... plus my friend said cook dinner for me, have a driver pick and drop me off... So, go lor..

They are quite good,...founded in 1898 and have won many awards... wanted to post a picture but somehow it kept on saying "NO connection" etc... donno why leh...

Long Weekend We have a long weekend starting tomorrow... We will be taking the boys up to the mountains..... will post the trip when we get back. Hopefully, I will be feeling better tomorrow...

Changing of Guards...

Changing of Guards at Buckingham Palace???

NO...lah.. NOT so exciting leh...

Just Changing of Guards at my humble abode....Received a letter from the security firm that two out of our four security guards will be replaced with new people. Actually, already replaced. Don't really like this change but what to do? So, got to learn the names of these 2 new fellas...

Goodies for Me!

H came back late on Sunday nite... brought some goodies back..

LOADS of Magazines and Newspapers.. as imported magazines are rather expensive over here. These will keep me entertained for awhile...





MAC Eyeliners - The only "make-up" item that I use




Golden Boronia Nougat - I LOVE THEM!! Once I start, I can't stop!!
Camomile Tea - Like them but very "kiam siap" to buy.. these are obtained from the airline lounges..... *ssssshhhheeeee* don't tell, yah?


CHANDON bubbly - For our wine and dine nites....

Gladiator Hunk????

Yes I know that the voice doesn't really sound like me....

Country Fair @ School

Boys had fun in the Country Fair @ School, which was organised by the PTA. On the other hand, it was quite an ordeal for me.. It was a blardy hot day! We left home at about 9.30 am, because I was supposed to help man a games stall at 11.00 am till noon. But the stall was cancelled and no one informed us.... otherwise didn't have to go so early. We stayed till about 3 pm because there was a lucky draw at 2 pm.

NOPE! Didn't win the 30 GB iPod video, nor the PS2, nor the PSP, nor the 2 x tickets to Bali, nor the 2 x tickets to Hong Kong! Didn't even manage to get a lousy toaster or blender!! S1 was of course VERY disappointed that he didn't get the PSP or the iPod.... I wasn't aiming so high for the HK tickets lah.. but was hoping maybe get the dinner voucher at the Shangri-La or the Spa Vouchers... BLECH!! What "sai" also don't have!!!

Anyway, both boys were GLADIATORS!!!

This is S1 on the left. His opponent was non other than his current best pal, T. Yup! He lost!!






Here, S2 is on the right. His opponent? His Korean gal-pal from his class, SH. This is the ONLY girl that gets invited to ALL the All-boys birthday parties.

Oh...my cassanova was going "I don't wanna fight with her! Let her win!" ...

Yes! Yes! My two boys are "sau-mang-kais"!!!

BTW, am trying to upload my video clip of S2 and SH. All you can hear is me prompting them to "fight lah!!"....Will see if jadi or not...

First Payment!

Got my first payment from Smorty! Although only USD 6.00, I have to say that I was preeeeety happy!! As H says "tai-kor-ngau-chaer-lonne" (bigger than bullock cart's wheel)... HEE HEE...

Also shows that my PayPal account finally can receive some dosh!!!! Now..just have to see if my PPP dosh comes in too. I assumed the USD 10 is enjoying the sunny life over at TIMBUKTOO, and that it'll never return to me.....so just waiting for the others...

Also, I also blur-blur...didn't know that I'm supposed to post on ALL the stuff that's on my Smorty page? Or is it not? I also donno. The one pending now is the 300 words hotelreservations.com one wor... which I've already done for PPP. How to write another 300 word review on this site that's different??? I beh-hiow lah.. See lah.. maybe I get an EUREKA!!!! in the middle of the night..

Online Store

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I was just thinking to myself the other day... What am I going to do with my life? I can't exactly be going for massages, doing my hair or having manicures/pedicures every other day. Can I? I supposed I can BUT I feel awfully guilty and want to do something more!

Selling Merchandise Online was the first thing that came into my mind. This country is filled with craftspeople that churn out beautiful wooden handicrafts, exquisite woven fabrics and intricate embroidery works, and there is a good market for these items in Europe and the US.

• But where do I start?
• How do I create an online store?
• What kind of shopping cart software do I need?
• How do I set up the payment system?
• Will the set-up costs be astronomical?

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What can $10/- Buy?

I woke up in the middle of the night the other day and started pondering what I could have done with the $10/- that had gone to TIMBUKTOO. Tried to console myself that it's not much...BUT couldn't help thinking that the $10 can buy a myriad of items... For example:

1. Four (4) roasted chicken @ the Deli Counter, or
2. Five (5) raw chickens @ my regular supermarket, or
3. Two sessions of Home Massage (2 hours per session), or
4. One month's payment for Garbage Collection and Other Municipal Fees, or
5. Hair Wash, Blow Dry, Plus Manicure and Reflexology @ the neighbourhood salon, or
6. McDonald's Lunch for the whole family, or
7. Three (3) pots of Grade A Orchids, or
8. Thirty (30) packets of CapriSonne, or
9. Two dozen of very very yummy J.Co Donuts, or
10. Three (3) Cups of Hazelnut Lattes from Starbucks....

The list goes on... which will only depresses me more... so I shall stop now..

Digital Photo Frames

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Eager to get one to show-off your recent holiday photos? Well, I've heard that DigitalFramez.com is offering a free 128 MB memory card with every 9" and 10" digital frame order. Hurry UP... Offer might not last!!!

Punishment!!

NO TV! NO GAMES! For the WHOLE Weekend!

Yup! That's boys' punishment for fighting this afternoon. Not normal fighting.. but S1 was dragging S2 around his neck almost strangling him!

How did it happen? Started off very innocently... they were going swimming, and S2 took my watering can and started to wet S1. S1 didn't like it, got angry and started chasing S2 and dragged him towards the pool. Of course S2 escaped and ran away. So, the chase and the dragging begins.

I was screaming "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!" at the top of my LUNGS!!

Screamed so many times and still he wouldn't stop. Think my neighbour must have thought that there is some MAD woman next door. Screamed until NO voice already.... AIYO.. then after that, I got headache summore... ALAMAK!!!

And with no games, no tv, boys are running WILD in my room... playing with their star wars light sabers, my lotions/creams/moisturisers, eating smelly sotong, polluting my drinking water with sotong and pretending to be some warrior..

S2 to S1 : Are you the GRAND MASTER Yoshi?

My headache lagi worse now.. gonna put them to bed now....and I myself also want to go tidur..

Nitey Nite....

Very Sien...

SIEN SIEN SIEN...

Had plans to do few things today since H not around (gone Down Under since Wednesday).....

1. Mani/Pedi
2. Get driver to send H's NAD to the Service Center
3. Buy Scrapbooking Paper
4. Have lunch in the mall
5. Take boys to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean"

BUT!! Because of Monday's stupid accident, we had to use a replacement car which is an OLD Honda Odyssey... which in turn needs to be sent in for repairs today!!! SHEESH!!

So, all my plans WHACKO liow.. only managed to do my nails.. and summore donno what the driver was thinking? He was supposed to go send the NAD immediately after dropping me off at the Nail Bar.. but instead he waited for another half hour before he left. SO, blardy shit..I had to wait for 45 minutes for him to get back to pick me up! IF that's not enuff... get into the car, the A/C smells so fishy and then HOT!!! ALAMAK! This lousy replacement car not only needs to get it's engine checked, sekarang needs the A/C to be repaired pulak!!

Waaalauuu, the drive back home was torturous.. close car window, you get suffocated from the heat...open car window, you get choked by the Carbon Monoxide!!! HOW ? HOW? HOW???

So...no Pirates today...unless I wanna take the taxi... SHEESH!!! So..now STUCK AT HOME!!

North Cyprus Property

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DODO...

YES! I am a DODO!!

*Sigh* Again lost another USD 5 payment.. something wrong with my PayPal lah.. Email address okay.. but donno why the "Premier" account didn't get "activated" even after activation. Thus, cannot receive payment. SIOW-SIOW account. So, have to close the account and RE-open the account. Hopefully it's okay now. But time will tell.... I have sent a "Payment Request" to PPP for the money. SO far, USD 10 gone to TIMBUKTOO....

Are You Hungry?

Are you yearning of a yummy chocolate topped donut?? Here, have one of these... KEKEKEKEKKE






Still hungry anyone???

Love It! Hate It!

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I have a LOVE-HATE relationship with my Credit Cards.

On one hand, credit cards are soooooo convenient. Forgot your cash? No problem! One swipe is all it takes to pay for those purchases. Few clicks, and the discount hotel room or the airline ticket is yours! Easy-peasy! And what's more? Reward points are collected with every $1 you spend ....one step closer to redeem those FREE gifts from the banks' ever-expanding catalogue!

BUT... with credit cards, you sometimes "forget" how much you have spent, and when the statement comes at the end of the month, you will be in for a SHOCK!!!!!! This aside, the bigger problem is CREDIT FRAUD! Recently, H discovered charges of USD 60 monthly from a reputable airline site. He queried if it was I who had made these repetitive online purchases. Turns out to be FRAUD!!! The issuing bank had NO inkling that a fraud has transpired every month for at least 3 months. How can we keep ourselves safe from credit card fraud like these??

Supper...

It's 11.30 pm, and what am I doing? Eating "thong yuen", blogging and watching Mr.Bauer save the world...

See..told you that women can MULTI-TASK!!!

Actually, have put on about 2 kgs.. *sob* *sob*...and the worst thing is that I'm NOT doing anything about it... And yesterday was mega cia-latt...had a big bowl of HK noodle with chicken and fish balls for lunch, 2 scoops of ice-cream for tea and the "Chiang Kai Shek" dinner... AIyo..how how???

And this morning, had a scone with LOADS of cream...

p/s The syrup made with gula melaka ma...that is why black lah...

Lasik Complications!!

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My Son just Taroh-ed Me!!

"You mean you NEVER read the news one ah??"

This was what S1 said to me when he found out that I didn't follow the daily news...
When he told me about the Indonesian fisherman who netted an ancient fish ... I was like "Huh? What fish?" .. Apparently, my 9 year old actually reads the news on the Yahoo News when he logs onto the computer... He went on to tell me that the guy kept the fish at his house, but the fish later died. After my son taroh-ed me, I had to go and read this particular piece of news!(read it here on Yahoo News)

Then he went on to tell me about Paris Hilton being sent to prison..blah blah blah... and before he was satisfied with knowing his mother doesn't read the news, he went "I love to read the news!"

You see lah!!!

Videos on the Move!!

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H gave me an iPod some months back...(btw, it's the sleek black model)... But being the techno-dumbo that I am, I have only used my iPod for music and nothing more.... With the terrible traffic jams that this city is famous for, I should use my iPod to watch some of my favourite videos while on the move. I've heard that there is an iPod DVD converter Software that just came out in the market. This makes conversion of your favourite movies, videos, DVDs into iPod format as easy as A-B-C! What's more? There is a free trial!!

Worst Reflexology Session!!

Aiyo...am actually having a foot reflex session now... This one really beh-sai lah... I ask her to press harder also I cannot feel anything!!! It is almost torturous sitting through 2 hours of this lah. Really...seriously ... I am actually waiting for the time to be up! Next time must request for a man to do it...more powderful arms and fingers!!!

Updated: Okay..I really beh-tahan. I ended the session 20 minutes early. Ask her to go liow..

Boys' Mid Term Break...

Mmmm... 5 days gone by soooo quickly. What did we do??

Wednesday, I was being the terrible (or good..depending on how you see it) mommy.. I made the boys revise their school work. S1 on his fractions and S2 on his multiplication.. And after all the hard work, all they got was a Cheese Burst Pizza from Pizza Hut. Nope! No PS2 or computer games...

Thursday - Took the boys to the Ice-Skating Rink. Met up with S2's classmates at the Rink. Boys skated till lunch time..They had pizza from Pizza Hut again!! The mommies and daddies had nyonya delights at a restaurant called "Little Penang". H didn't come lah..that fella went golfing.. After skating, some kids came over to our house for play and swimming...

Friday - Went to the Safari Park...

Saturday - S1 had his classmate over for play...

Sunday - Took boys ten-pin bowling in the morning, and then they played PS2 till their eyes pop out in the afternoon...

And then, it was BACK TO SCHOOL!! YAY!!!

Need Some Por-Lor-Yeep for the Car!!

Had cooking duty at S2's class yesterday...so had to be in school by 1 pm... On the way there, at a roundabout, my driver was turning left and a motorcylist was cutting out to the right. I saw the fella come bashing into my side of the door! BANG! And then fall onto the road. Aiya..of course, my driver had to stop and go check on the motorcyclist lah.. Helped her (yes, it was a HER) to the curb and then gave him his driver's license to proof that he would be back later ..as he had to send me to the school first. Think she broke her arm or something like that.. My driver paid her about USD 27/-! Yup! So little... locals deal with locals ma... and there were witnesses that she was at fault. (YES! It's her fault... She like "hamm thau mai cheong" leh) If the accident is reported to the police, then my driver would be at fault, REGARDLESS...cause CAR always at fault if accident is between car and motorcycle! Well, if driver is foreigner..sure ketuk like no tomorrow liow.. like my case where they want to cheat our money kau-kau.

Anyway, later when my driver picked me up from school, he said something like wanting to wash the car with some herbs as this car seems to be attracting alot of accidents!!! Yeap.. My accident lah; a near-miss on a motorcyclist when H was driving; a hit on another motorcyclist (while driver driving); and this recent hit. No lah. He didn't say Por-Lor-Yeep lah.. I don't know what. So, was telling him to GO...GO...GO... get whatever to "cleanse" the car!!!

But then ar...the motorcyclist in this country..all ride like madman one... without a care for their own lives!!! Kena langgar, who is the one gonna die ar??

BTW, made mini-pizzas for S2's Cooking Session... Was very well-received by the kids!!

Chiang Kai Shek tio-ah-neh-lor

Chiang Kai Shek tio-ah-neh-lor... My dad used to say this whenever we have fairly good food on the dinner table. For the longest of time, I always thought it meant that Chiang Kai Shek ate simply. Only after I've read about Chiang Kai Shek and the Soong Sisters that I found out that they were very very extravagant! So, this phrase actually meant that we are eating as well as Chiang Kai Shek! (Bet you didn't know that, V!!)

For dinner last night, did have a Chiang Kai Shek tio-ah-neh-lor meal as I hardly cooked these days... and I cooked yesterday... Made a Claypot Braised Chicken with Yam (yam that I bought to make yam cake..yes! Did make the yam cake but there was too much yam still), Drunken Prawns, Dover Sole with Soya Sauce, Fried Beef with Brocolli and Oyster Sauce, Fried Poling Choy, and Salted Veg Soup. And for dessert, we had a yummy Thai durian. (No pictures lah... Sooo hungry. Never thought to take pictures!) I have to say that we have NEVER eaten any Thai durians when we were living in Thailand...always had the impression that Thai durians are NO good and that Malaysian ones better etc.. But Thai durians can be GOOD !!!

TAG - My fansee...who are you???

This tag is from Laundryamah .... My fliend from 1984... Wah... 23 1/2 years liow... I know she's going to kill me for this....I have a photo of Amah in her school uniform sitting so "chou-lou"....with her kaki kangkang..shorts definitely can see... Underwear also peeping out!!

Okay! Okay! Back to the tag.. Aiyo.. I where got fansee? Maybe if I post a picture of my little butterfly tattoo, then got loads of fansee lah!!! YeS! Me is a HOT MAMA!!! Kekeke...Fansee of the wrong sort!! Hahaha..
Seriously, where got fans? Mainly sisters, relatives, friends that want to see what I have been up to in this third world country... whether H tortured me to death already, or whether I have driven my kids gila or vice versa!
Geographical location of my readers? Just my sisters already 3 different continents liow.. Australia, Europe and Asia.... Good friends in the States, Down Under and of course Malaysia...

Tagging Others? Most of the bloggers I know already done the tag or has been tagged already. So, no need lah...

Marriage Similarities!!

Just like us, animals also go through the love/hate relationship in Marriage!


This pair of birds are obviously very much in love, and definitely still in their HONEYMOON stage!!!

As for the King of the Jungle, a few years of marriage has passed....The Missus is obviously giving him the cold shoulder...

Their convo probably went like this:

Lion King - Still angry at me for last night?

Missus - *Hmff*

Lion King - When are you going to start talking to me?

Missus - *Hmff*

HAHAHAHHA...cheap thrill ..btw, the picture of the lions is kinda blurred because I took it through the car window... Don't want Lion King to come bite us to please the missus...

Our Safari Park Outing...

H and I brought the boys to the Safari Park yesterday (Friday). The drive was about an hour and a half; and as usual, the boys played their gameboys to pass the time. S1 played quietly in the third row seat. S2 who was sitting next to me, was talking to himself ALL the way while playing his GB... H sat in the front passenger seat.

We bought some carrot bunches (to feed the animals. Well, not supposed to..but EVERYBODY does it!!) from the road stalls outside the park. USD 1 for 4 bunches! As we were entering the park, the comments started.

H - Huh? You mean we are going to look at animals? blah blah blah..
S1/S2 - Yeah..we don't like animals. We don't wanna feed animals. They are smelly..blah blah blah.

I was starting to get mad and actually screamed "Aiya. Next time just stay at home and watch DVD until your eyes pop out lah!! No need to go anywhere lah. Save all the money. No need to go Sea World lah.. "..

S1 - I like SEA animals, but not land animals..
H - Yeah. See animals for what???....*complains* .... blah blah blah...

Me getting VERY VERY GERAM! So, nobody wanted to feed the animals. So, I feed lah... but once I was doing it, and the boys also want to have a go at it. Once they started, they thoroughly enjoyed it. And started fighting over the carrots.. "you take all, don't have enough for me already!!" ...See lah..these people!!

There were also bears, tigers, lions etc. But of course we did NOT feed them. Skali, we become their food!

After the safari area, we went to the theme park to meet up with S2's friend. The park has rides and scheduled shows. Boys sat on some rides (not all as need to pay for each ride. The cable car was quite a rip-off as we had to pay USD 12 for the 4 of us). S1 being older, went on a mini roller coaster and space-shuttle (something like "Viking").. and thus went on more rides than S2. You guessed it..there was a "NOT FAIR! Kor kor get on more rides than me!". *sigh* So, had to let him go on some rides without S1. S1 was very good to NOT go on those rides, so that the ride-tally would be equal. *sigh*

We didn't watch any of the animal shows (Big Cats, Sea Lion, Elephant, Variety Show)...but did catch the Wild Wild West Stunt Show at 1.00 PM. Have to say that it was quite good. With the regular water splashes, gun shots with blood spewing, fires and explosions, falling buildings and some trained animals. The only thing was that boys couldn't understand the language! By the time the show ended at about 1.45 pm, it was getting kinda chilly and the skies were turning dark. We decided to go home then (on the way back, bought some yams to make yam cake...)

Butts Galore!!!

Animal Photos - Everybody sure have seen until donwan to see. What about animal butts???

Hee hee..H said "Men's butts. Women's butts. People wanna see. But, who on earth wants to see animals' butts??? ...cheap thrill for me lah...(Took boys to safari park yesterday..more about that in a later post)

Alamak! Wrong Account!

Aiya... I thought I was gonna start today's post with a jubilant "I have been paid my first $5!" But instead.... *sigh* Bodoh me lah! Input wrong email address wor.. So, the money gone into somebody else's account, I guessed. I've emailed to PPP to tell them about the type on my email add. Don't now if the error can be rectified or not....duh-duh lah..

Fabulous Places 2007!

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Deep Vein Thrombosis

Just got a news clipping via email today.
The New Paper headlines shout
"Dead After 8 Hours on Laptop"!

Apparently, this Singaporean Girl was working non-stop on her computer that she developed Deep Vein Thrombosis! So scary yeah? I almost wanted to say "I should stop blogging for $"..but then I thought "aiya, with my boys around, I definitely will not be stationary in front of the computer for 8 hours lah...not even half that amount lah..."

Real Estate Management Software

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As an expat in a foreign country, we live in a rented house. Recently, I found out that our landlord owns about a hundred houses. Mind you, these houses are not the teeny-weeny ones. They all consists of a minimum of 4 bedroom + 1 study + maids' quarters and swimming pools. How does he manage so many houses? And with them located at different sites around the city? Although he does have a small company that manages the leases, plans the maintenance and renovation works, I am sure that he uses a Real Estate Management Software to do the long list of tasks that are required, and to keep tab on them. I am sure he does! As he would require the necessary productivity and cost savings to manage his real estate efficiently and profitably! Could it be the software that's offered by Siterra.com?

LHDN

I just hopped from Laundryamah's blog on Tax Deadline !! Sei-ler! Sei-ler! Haven't filed ours to LHDN yet. Shucks! H did get his Borang B that was sent to mom's place BUT I didn't get mine. H definitely don't have to pay any tax since he didn't work in Malaysia for the whole of 2006. But as for me, I did work till July 2006 wor... *SiGH* Summore don't have the Borang B....How to file like that?? What to courier balik to Kuala Lumpur also susah...

HOW LIKE THAT??

ET Phone Home....

Why? Why? Why wasn't I smart enough to have an emergency phone card on-hand when we travelled to Greece last month? As you recall, our mobile phone could not roam as it should have; and the Greek SIM Card that we bought were also mega-problematic (My Trip to Greece for details). No one told me about the virtual International calling card service provided by Pingo.com then. I've just checked the call rates from Greece to my home, and it costs only 13.5 cents per minute! Best of all, just by signing up for Pingo, you receive up to 4 hours of free International calls. If I had known of this deal, it would have saved us some Euros, and avoided the short "Hello? Everything okay at home? Ok. Good. Bye" convo with my mom.

So, the next time I travel abroad, will have to remember to get an International Calling Card!!!!!

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FRAMED Sketches for the Wall...

I've got those Angkor Wat Sketches framed and hung. Bare wall looks better now, yeah? But I think the sketches are wee bit too small.... But too late already lah..
Cannot remember how my sketches look like? Here are the Links:
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Anybody want to buy? LELONG! LELONG! Hahahah....

New Movie Release - BUG

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WE are a family of movie buffs.... S1 can name most movies and their actors. We were just talking in the car this evening, and he was telling us "who is who in that show" and when we queried, he said "I read the movie credits too!". Sorry to say, even I don't do that.

But I guessed it's also due to our weekly weekend family ritual. We go to the movies almost every weekend. We wake up, and dash to the mall to get a good space in the carpark (we have to worry about car parking on these days as the driver is off on Sundays!), queue forever for our tickets, and then load ourselves with those butter-laden popcorn, cheesy nachos and soda. And then it's 2 hours of zombie-like entertainment where we get sucked into the fantasy world of the movies......

There's a new bug movie by Lionsgate Film called BUG, starring Ashley Judd that will be released on the 25th of this month. I've watched the trailer on Youtube, and the storyline is that bugs get into the skin and starts destroying the brain! With the tag line of "First They Send in their Drone, Then They Find their Queen"; I guessed Ashley Judd would later be the BUG QUEEN?? It's sounds gross and at the same time interesting.....something my boys will definitely like! By the way, is it PG-rated?

This poster gives the impression that Ashley Judd would become the "Queen of the Bugs". The black and white photo and the jagged edges on the bug's head somehow looks like a "crown" over Ashley's head.

Whereas, this one depicts Ashley subtly "morphing" into a different person. I guessed emotionally, she would feel a world of difference if she is turning into a bug!!!! Who wouldn't??

Can't wait to watch this bug movie at the cinema!