Sketches of Life

Last year June was a new chapter in our life when hubby resigned from serving full time in church and started our own business in September. In the same month too, we were blessed with a son that we are anticipating for.

This year June, there is going to be another new chapter in our life. No, I am not having another baby. =P

I am going to be a full time Mommy!!! I am so excited about it. And I really hope that I know how to prioritize my time to spend with my children and my time online. =P

My replacement is here. She came today and it seems that she is going to stay because the company that she were attached too is far worst than mine. I hope she can absorb as much as possible and as fast as possible so that I can leave in peace by end on June 26.

Moving from one place to another is no joke. I experienced it twice when my grandmother “requested” my dad to move out from her house. That time I was only 15 years old and I didn’t know what actually happened. All I know my dad told us that we are moving to our own house. Our own house is only 500m away from my grandmother’s house. It was a rented house and later found out that it is haunted too!

Since it is quite near, we moved our things bit by bit and bought a lot of new stuff. If the house was far, we would have hired a moving company like Boston Moving Company. Can’t imagine moving without the help of a moving company.

Two years after that, my grandma begged my dad to move back in because she had a stroke, her youngest son who was supposed to stay with her moved out. My dad was reluctant but since my sister was being disturbed by the evil spirit that haunt the house and was advised told by the medium that if we did not move out, my sister will die! So, there we go again. Packed our things and move back to my grandmother’s house. We stayed there until today.

May 15, 2008

After using credit cards for so many years, I can’t imagine myself without at least one credit card. Even though I have cash in my purse, I can’t help thinking of the cash back rewards or point rewards that I will loose if I pay my purchases with cash. Carrying a few credit cards in your purse, you must have self-control.

Well, so far I managed to settle my outstanding payment when the bill arrives. Only once I owe the credit card company when I bought furniture to furnish my newly bought apartment. Thanks to Balance Transfer Credit Card, I managed to save some interest when I transfer my balance to another credit card company, normally it comes with No Balance Transfer Fee too. Looking for one? Look them up at CreditCardSpecialist.com.

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7 years ago after our wedding, hubby hibernated during our honeymoon. He sleeps most of the time. 7 years after, it was my turn. I was too exhausted to even update this blog! I slept, nap, slept and nap. Only today, I am myself again. Awake and alive.

Wondering what we did on our wedding anniversary?

We did some banking; investment for the future then buy milk for the children; another form of investment for the future and fetch the children home from my mom’s. Had light lunch then head to Dr Fish, in Melaka Raya.

We took their package of the Fish Spa and Massage. RM80+ for me (Mother’s Day promotion) and RM85+ for hubby. However we went for the massage only because I am having my menses. Don’t wanna change the colour of the water and kill the fishes. Be going again with my children after I’m “clear” because they told us that it is free for our children!

The aftermath of the massage; my whole body aches especially my neck and due to it, I was down for 2 days.

I enjoyed my dinner though. I finally found a restaurant that serve beef steak that is thicker than 1cm and it tasted good too! The restaurant is on the 1ts floor of Carrefour called Le Garden. They served buffet Steamboat and BBQ too but we did not try that. I was too hungry to wait till 6.30pm. We were there by 5pm.

 The Sirloin Steak above looks like a piece of fish eh?

After dinner, we went to Tesco to shop for toilet roll! :lol:Then head home to shower and to bed.

I loves to go shopping unlike my husband who went shopping only when there are things to buy. Well, I always ‘need’ to go shopping because I enjoy the atmosphere and ambiance in the shopping mall. The only problem that I face is when I need to find something that is of certain brand and design. I hate it when I have to go from one shopping mall to another just to see whether I can find it there. Now, things are much easier.

I can login to ShopWiki.com and search for it. I can even compare prices for various retailers, all at the comfort of my own home. If you ask me to find DVD player for my car, I would not know which shop to go to but I can find it at Shopwiki.com. One interesting features about shopwiki is the advice that they provide the products that you are looking for. Check out their women clothing and you will know what I am writing about.

7 years has gone by with many sweet memories. Hubby asked, what we have accomplished thus far. Well, we are still together, still loving each other and still very much in love. We have 3 kids; that is big accomplishment. We bought properties, we started our own business, I resigned and still driving our old junks.

I hope and pray that there will be many more 7 years to come and we will grow old together gracefully and without any health problem. Pray that we would never need any stair lift to go up the stairs.

My sister planned to celebrate my mom’s birthday this May 18 at Portuguese Settlement. The moment we hear Portuguese Settlement we were reminded on the expensive food. So far we never dine there except my sister because we heard so many testimonies from others that the food there is very expensive.

According to my sister, that is not so. The food is very expensive to the tourist but not to the locals; Malaccan. My sister told us that when she dine there, she will let them know that she is local; not KL people or Singaporean. Then they will give her discount. If you are Portuguese, the food there is even cheaper for you. My sis has a few Portuguese friend you see; that’s how she knew.

So if you wanna save money dinning at Portuguese Settlement, drag a Portuguese along. Ask him/her to order for you.

We will be going there this May 18. I will update on the pricing then. hehe

Today is my wedding anniversary day. To others, they would buy gift for each other like. The rich one might even present their loves one with dewitt watches. As for me, I can only afford those Japan brand watches like Casio or Seiko. They are Japanese’s right?

My hubby is not that particular about watches. If I remember correctly, when I first met him, he was wearing his dad old watch. He wore that for quite a while until it died down on him. I think he still keep the watch till today. Well, I just bought for him a new watch for his birthday. Unfortunately, he didn’t quite like it, he was saying it was a lil small for his wrist. Well, I couldn’t afford to get a new watch for him yet. Maybe I will get another watch for his next birthday. Save more money and buy a bigger watch.

For a price of dewitt watch, I could buy a car you know! Some watch collector really would spend to buy such an expensive piece. As for me, I can just “ooohhh and aahhhh” over it. They are made of gold and titanium. I wanted to buy a 50g of gold also cannot afford!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

My Mother’s Day dinner. Unplanned. Simple and Mouthwatering if you like the food that we ate.

The restaurant is just 100m away from the Pontianak favorite hang out. Oh ya, get didn’t get to wish her Happy Mother’s Day. Btw, I don’t think it is wise to do that even if we meet her. It will cause her more grief. hehe

Black Pepper Lamp Chop

In the menu, there are Fish, Chicken, Pork and Lamp. I want Beef! No beef, so settle for lamp lor.

Seafood Tomyam

Hubby’s all time favorite. This the reason hubby pick the restaurant. To satisfy his craving. The gravy is thick but the BeeHoon is very little this time around.

KFC Snack Plate

To fill our half empty stomach while we chat away in an air-cond place.

We went to visit SIL Yen at Mahkota Medical Centre yesterday. She has her cyst removed; all 3 of them. Before the operation the doctor found only one and told her that will cost her around 5k. After the operation, he told her that there were all 3 of them and the charges would be different. Fuwah! Like that one ah? Like that arh, if he wants to earn more, he can always say he found 5 or more! I wonder how he can prove that there was more than one cyst.

SIL was in pain when we met her, a day after the 4 hours operation. She said there is a lot of wind in her stomach because they pump in oxygen into it before the operation. I do not know what’s the procedure called; they dug 3 hole in her tummy.

She has also canceled her trip to Langkawi with another BIL and MIL at the end of this month. I thought of filling in for her in case the hotel room has been booked but then cannot lar, I have no car and dare not drive all the way to Langkawi as hubby won’t be going. My Johnston and Murphy suitcase shall rest longer in the store.

Someone copied my He Loves Me More Today post!!! And I am so pissed. If you like my post, at least link back to the post or better still, ask my permission to publish it in your blog. I would surely say “Yes”. Now I know how some of you felt when your post are stolen.

He even have the nerve to tell me that he edited it and added an image to it. So what! With that just few lines??? The post is very personal to me. My chat conversation with my hubby when I was at home and he at work.

I am so so so so pissed!!!

The copied post is here.

I took a screenshot of it but it is blur when I upload it here.

I got 4 options:

1. Tell him to remove it. If he refuses…

2. Report to Blogger

3. Report to the Blog Advertisers

4. Report to Google

Hubby said, forget about stupid people like this. As long as we know that is ours enough already.

But what if others point fingers at me and said that I copied his???

I slept with a hungry stomach last night. I can. I know some people cannot sleep with an empty stomach.

I was contemplated whether to go for supper or not but since I am not exercising much or even popping any diet pills, I decided to have more self-control and just drink water before sleeping.

Thank God that tiredness and sleepiness override my hunger.

Hubby asked me how much is the market price now for a medium cost house. Btw, got such term arh?? Those single storey terrace house with 3 room (70×20). A few years back, the price is around RM70k, now at least RM90k a unit.

He said he wanna buy for his son as an investment and also so that when his siblings return home, they would have a place to stay since the current kampung house can’t accommodate everyone anymore; families expands yearly.

Anyway, that is just a thought, we don’t have the means for one now even if we can get loans from mortgage lenders, we are not ready to be more tied down with more loans.

But still in holiday mood.

I got complaints to write in this blog and also to Tiara Beach Resort.

But still not awake enough to write a good one.

I need a body massage soon!

There isn’t many occasion in my life that I really LAUGH OUT LOUD till I shed tears. I can’t remember when was the last time I shed tears due to laughter.

Today is the day. I really laugh and laugh and laugh till I shed tears. Wipes tears and laugh again and again and again.

It felt so good after laughing so much; really laugh.

Unfortunately, I can’t share the reason to it. It is too personal. All I can say is, thank you so much dear and you my dear.

Thank you for bringing me so much laughter today.

When I read the news about Penang Chief Minister flew in Economy Class, in TheStar, I was like, “So what?” until I read a few other blogs that he is the First CM to fly Economy Class. Thank You so much for not wasting the tax payer money. I really hope that more will follow your footstep.

Even though I do not know him personally and met his wife face to face once, in an informal DAP meeting which I declined signing up as a member yet, somehow I know that they are humble people from they way they speak and carry themselves. It must be the Christ in them. As Christian, we should be the Salt and Light to the world. I hope and I pray that he and his wife will continue to be the Salt and Light in our country.

He was first spotted flying Economy Class by Ning Baizura and her manager. Read all about it here.

Where is the DAP membership form???

Look!

Broken kite. The kite did not flew and got stuck there but it was placed there by my MIL. Same with the Chinese clothe scroll.

A mouse trap with one durian flesh on the durian branch that has ripening durians.

The extend that MIL would do so that her children and grandchildren get to enjoy more durians this year.

Those are to frighten away the squirrel and trap them.

I hope one would get caught tonight, then we would have fried squirrel for lunch!

Have to remind hubby to stop punching unless he don’t mind eating young durians. And and and if he has a head made of steel.

Have you read today’s new in the TheStar newspaper? Plenty of sex but for many, it’s not all the way.

Malaysians are having lots of sex but they just do not seem to be enjoying it all that much…only 44% of Malaysians managed to achieve orgasm every time they have sex…only 25% woman almost always achieving orgasm.

Why not?

Blame the Woman - Too many working women. Bring to bed the work load too. How to relax and concentrate??? SAHM too tired with house chores, cooking and minding the kids and pets by the end of the day. If you can afford it, get a helper then.

Blame the Man - No romance, no foreplay, always wanna quickie, no stamina, cannot “go up” that long. Easy way out is Viagra. There are a lot of Cheap Viagra but please do not abuse it.

Globally, the leaders are the Italians, Spaniards, Mexicans and South Africans who are most likely to climax every time with 66% usually managing to hit the spot.

Oh No! Malaysian can’t find the G-Spot? Seriously! I was one of an all girls forum. One of the topics that we discussed was how to find our G-Spot! I kid you not. =P

Anyone know any blogger from Italy, Spain, Mexico or South Africa? I wanna have a chat with them.

My sister asked me to take picture of your red car. Where is it?

Alamak! This lady really make me no face. I think if I have fair skin, her sister would notice that I blush. At that moment I wish I was an ostrich, so that I can hide my face in the ground and just hand the keys to her.

That explains why I was in a rush. Malu already mah. =P

Btw, I did not drive my red car there.

I would if she were to tell me that she will give me a bouquet of mini calla lilies; my favorite flower.

Missed a few credit cards payments? Do you know that once that happened it will be reflected in your credit history? You may be denied of renewal of your credit card, apply for new credit card or even applying for bank loan. In some circumstances having at least one credit card will sure come in handy especially when you need to travel a lot. Some places do not accept check at all.

Well, don’t be dismayed, there is always the Credit Building Credit Cards which will help you build, rebuild or re-establish your credit if you make on-time payments. One of it is the Unsecured bad credit credit cards.

This kind of cards usually charges high interest rates and low credit limits but if you can prove yourself a good paymaster, in time you would be able to apply for cards with lower rate and higher credit limits. Avoid the same mistake, you would never know when you would need the help of your credit cards in foreign country if your often travel.

Please remind this forgetful Mommy to collect keys from Hilton Head rentals. Eh No! From the Korperasi Polis at 2pm today. You see, you see, I forget already. If not, Kiasumum’s sister and family would have to sleep by the roadside tonight unless they don’t mind staying in a kampung house with swamps of mosquitoes. And waking up early the next morning (if they can sleep) by our nature’s alarm clock, the roaster and the dogs.

Oh ya! Please remind me to bring RM115.50 to pay for the apartment coz sometimes I don’t have a single RM in my purse. =P That’s for 3 rooms apartment. Cheap eh.

I guess you would know by now that Fiona did not strike the 4D. I already started to imagine the possibilities of me getting something from her if she strikes the 4D coz that’s my car number what. =P Fully paid vacation at Genting Highland, a new Persona, settle my credit cards balance or maybe silver or gold.

Unfortunately she did not strike any. It is ok, it is gambling money. Haram!!!

Let’s earn money the proper way. Invest in silver and gold. But then arh, we need money to make money too. *scratch head* All of us wish money would come that easy eh?

This Kiasumum bought my car plate number in Magnum, Toto and 1+3D!!! Did she strike any of it? Well, visit her blog for updates. I think the result come out already. If she strike, I wanna get her to buy me a new set of patio furniture.

Why on earth did she buy my car plate number? Well, all because she is so amazed that I couldn’t remember my car plate number. All I know that it begins with MH 7 something something something.

My car is an old junk. If I park my car in Mahkota Parade car park, I can guarantee you that mine is the only Toyota MH Dull red colour with 1 inch of dirt sticking to the body. No need to remember the plate number also can recognize.

Not only myself, my hubby also cannot remember his car plate number!!!

We have unique old junks!

If you have problem with bad cell phone signal in your office or even home coz some of us live in a kampung or estate, you might want to invest getting the cell phone repeater or cell phone signal booster.

As for me, I praise God that I can do without cell phone for 2 years already. I started using cell phone a month after I step foot in the university and I can never go anywhere without it. I felt so lost and in secure without one. All the “what if” will flash through my mind.

Now, I am a brave girl. No cell phone can use public phone or just stop the car for help.

I have a few backdated post in my head.

I wanna write about my lady boss deceased mother who visited them during CNY.

Blog about my Malay neighbour who refused the road in front of his house to be resurfaced to prove his loyalty to PAS.

Blog about the snake (ular hitam dunno what’s the name in English) who came into our kitchen few weeks back and saw another bigger one outside the kitchen area recently.

Blog about the day I started on Usana Essential again in my quest to get rid of my Sinus. Now I can’t remember when I started swallowing the pills.

Blog about my coming holiday trip to Tiara Beach Resort. It is confirmed!

How to earn and save RM2000 a month??? I wanna buy my Persona by January 2009!

I am so lazy right now to compose all of the above. Got pill to cure laziness or not?

Are you all for blinds? Well, honestly only the windows in the living hall are covered with Wood Blinds, the rest of the windows my house is naked except the windows in the bedrooms which are covered with curtains.

It is quite costly to have our window clothe with blinds but they are very durable. When we started our Internet Café business, we were not allowed to tint the glass and our other option was to use the Vinyl Shutter for the main entrance and the Mini Blinds for hubby’s office.

So we waited for good bargain to come by.

If ShadesShuttersBlinds.com is here, I would have ordered my blinds from them. They are having Sale now!!!

Salt Lamp is known to produce negative ions to neutralize the bad ions that are produced by the computers and other office equipment. We have one in our internet café, a gift from my supplier.

Anyhow, after reading about the benefit of water fountain, it is so much better that the salt lamp. It not only produces negative ions which help to improve our mood and increase alertness but also cools down the room with its flowing water.

Hubby is thinking of adding another unit of air-cond but after I told him about the water fountain, he said that it is a good idea. Besides cooling down the internet cafe, it also gives a nice, refreshing ambiance. It looks stunning too.

I hope when our customers feel more alert and relax in our internet cafe, they will play longer hours and we will earn more! Hubby will also feel more alert and not grumpy to his customer when he has to work there the whole day.

After a week of full day at work, we wind up at the cinema watching The Forbidden Kingdom after a quick bite at McD. It took us less than 15 mins to swallow a Big Mac (hubby’s), A Quarter Pounder (mine) and a small French Fries.

If you like Kung Fu, Jet Li and Jackie Chan, this movie is a must to watch. No spoiler here. hehehe.

Let’s rewind and let me share what happened before the movie.

Sunday, no skipping church this week because we managed to wake up early.

I woke up around 7.10am, request the maid to cook rice immediately, chop a carrot and an onion and take out my minced Char Siew to defrost for me to fry rice. Then back to bed! Children still sleeping mah. Woke up again an hour later and start frying my rice. Then pack some snacks for my children for church. This time I brought Honeydew, Choc Chip Cookies, Mixture of Coco Crunch, Banana Crunch, and Honey Stars, Kisses Chocolate and 2 packets of Swiss Roll. Don’t worry, they didn’t finish them all.

After church, I forced my children to nap because they wanted to watch their daddy play football. No playing football with girls this time.

After the game we came home and feed and bathe the children. Left them behind to go for dinner. We head to Dataran Pahlawan; unfortunately the Hongkong Restaurant closed down. We decided to go for a movie instead after a quick bite. Our time shows that it is already 8.50pm so we quickly walk over to Mahkota Parade to check out the movie time. It’s 9.15pm. The fastest way to get food in our tummy is of course from fast food restaurant.

That’s my Sunday.

What I am trying to show is that the above durian is BIG. I am no photographer, so that is the best I can do.

The biggest durian that we have been always eyeing for and praying that the squirrel won’t get to be before it drops.

This time our durian tree comes in batches. Even though some has started to fall; if I’m not mistaken 3 already, there are many others which are still baby durians.

I hope that more big ones will come from the 2nd batch.

A chandelier is not like those normal lighting fixtures that we can just unscrew, bring it down and wipe them clean. You have to clean it right where it is hanging down. Want to have nice house, got to make extra effort to maintain it. Anyway, those who can afford to have chandeliers in their home, I am sure you will have at least 2 house keepers/maids/servants.

When asking them to clean your chandelier, make sure you tell them to do the following:

1. Make a diagram to guide them to where any removable parts go after cleaning is completed. Better still if you can take photo of it.

2. Switch off the light first! Never clean the chandelier with the lights on.

3. Place a thick comforter or drop cloth on the ground directly below to catch any possible falling pieces.

4. While cleaning the fixture make sure to keep it stationary. Do not turn or twist it.

5. Use a light cleaning mixture (like mild dish soap and water) or special chandelier cleaning solution.

6. Use warm water; the warmer the water the less spots that will be left.

7. Let the chandelier dry overnight to insure it is fully dried before turning its power back on.