Tag : FTWM or SAHM

Long time didn't do tag. This one tagged by Jessly!

I want to be a SAHM a.k.a. Stay-At-Home-Mother. Because:

1. I cannot trust any stranger to take care of my kid/kids.
2. Childhood is precious, I want to be with my kid/kids. When they grow up, I don't think they are going to spent much time at home.
3. I do not want to get up ON time everyday! :-)

~~~Instructions~~~

Here’s how it works:

1. So easy peasy, if you were given a choice, would you be a SAHM or FTWM? Just provide 3 darn good reasons.

2. Include your post link to the list below and Finally,

3. Tag another three mommies List:

1. Immomsdaughter prefers to be a SAHM

2. Miche prefers to be a SAHM too.

3. Jess prefers to be SAHM!

4. Becky's Mum prefers to be SAHM....

The tags goes to…

1. Vivianz

2. Angeleyes

3. ... Let me think think first!

PPP: Math Tutors

Do you like Mathematics? I love Mathematics, same as Loong. I hope that Anne will be like us also. For me, we must let our children to know the fun of doing mathematics. They must get the concept right, not try to memorize the formula but now why and when to use a formula.

For parents who are facing difficulty and do not know how to start to introduce or teach Mathematics to their children, they should start by searching for a Math Tutors. Let the well trained teacher do their job and let your children know that Mathematics are fun!

SCORE! is a good choice. They helps children ages 4 to 14 make significant academic progress in an innovative tutoring environment.

My blog's rating!

I got this site for Jesslyn's site. So i go try it out. Luckily my blog is suitable for all audiences. No bad words found! Haha... I am good women! Come read my blog more often lah!!! :-D

Mingle² - Online Dating

PPP: Reading Tutor.

Reading is a very good habit that I think most of the parents would like their children to keep this habit. I try to let Anne play with books when she was a young baby. I wish to train her to like book more than other toys. I do not wish that my children do not like reading!

One of my neighbour's children do not like reading at all! The mother told me that her children are having difficulty keeping up with their reading assignments, this can seriously affect they motivation and confidence! I would like to advise the mother to send her children for a Reading Tutors at SCORE! so that the children can pick up the interest of reading as soon as possible.

Score Learning centers helps children ages 4 to 14 make significant academic progress in an innovative tutoring environment. I am sure it's worth to invest some of your money in this.

It's Summer now...

It's summer in Netherlands now. Summer! But I do not feel summer! The weather is so windy most of the time. The sun is bright and hot most of the time, but with the wind blow, I can feel the cold all the time! Sun rise as early as 6:ooam. Sun set as late as 11:oopm! We only have 7 hours of dark time a day! Anyway, I prefer summer than winter. So I must enjoy myself to the fullest before Autumn come! By that time we will have more dark time! Sienzzz...

Oh SUN-SHINE!!! This weekend plan to go Children Farm again! I hope we have good weather! :-)

PPP: Online shopping again!!!

Online shopping is great and easy. You do not have to squeeze with other to grab offer items. You also do not need to queue to pay! You do not have to chase and play hide and seek with your toodler as well. I just love to do online shopping. When I first started to shop online, I do not know anything about coupons code. I spent a lot of money on air-mail charges. I was so happy to know about coupons code where I can get discounts by using the coupons provided. Most importantly some even can waive my air-mail charges. Isn't this a great news for a stay at home mother who wish to save a much as possible?



Always shop online like me? There is another site which is just right for you. KeepCash.com is a site where you can get thousands of online coupon codes and save your money when shopping online. And guess what? With KeepCash.com weekly newsletter, you can get free online coupons delivered directly to your inbox! You don't even need to visit the website daily to know what's the new coupons to use. KeepCash.com is updated daily with the latest coupons and product deals. The site is user friendly that you can find the lastes bargains on the web easily!

Since I become a mother, I always like to shop for kid's stuffs. At Babies R Us, you can find anything you need from newborns and infants. Their products include cribs and furniture, car seats, strollers, formula, diapers, bedding, clothing for preemies through size 48 months, toys, and plenty of unique gift ideas. For a mother, I am sure you can save alot by using Babies R Us Coupons.

Besides buying things for my girl, I think I also have to treat myself good, right? I am quite surprise to see Avon Coupons here. Avon is the world's leading direct seller of beauty and related products. I believe most Malaysian know this brand. May be I should use some of my hard earn money to buy some Avon product and make myself more attractive.

Found what you like to buy? Found your coupons?

Formula Milk

It's quite difficult to get formula for children more than 18 months here. Ang-moh prefers to start giving their children fresh milk when their children are 1 year old. Anyway, me as a Malaysian decided to listen to Malaysian pead.'s advise to give Anne formula. Since Anne turned 18 months old, I started to look for a formula which is for children 1 - 3 year old. Yes, only one brand I can get, not other choice.

Anyway, the advertisement is out everywhere but I cannot see any tin in supermarket! Finally we found a tin left in a shop and we fast-fast grab it. Since we know there's another same shop in the next city The Hague, we had purposely took tram to go The Hague and get another 2 tin. We afraid we will have difficulty to get one when the only tin finish. So susah! One tin only 900g and already cost Euro 9.90, so expensive! May be I should consider to let Anne drink fresh milk!

PPP: Ready Made Curtains.

My sister works as an interior designer. She once told me that curtains play an important role in interior design. She strongly advise me to invest my money to buy a better design and quality curtains. Besides keeping the light out and provide privacy, curtains are becoming a design features which can make your house prettier!

With Terry’s Fabrics you will be able to reinvent any room easily and affordably. The ready made curtains sold here are a fantastic solution for those looking to fit their own curtains. When you purchase with them, theycan also advise you on how to measure and whether you will need to purchase custom length curtains.

Just bought your new house? Why not try Terry’s Fabrics ready made curtains!

Alexa Score

Most of the blogger who write paid-post know about this Alexa Score. I have a question on this. My blog's Alexa Score is "N/A". Do you know why? What should I do to so that my Alexa Score is no more a "N/A" but a value? I believe I am not qualified for some opportunities due to this reason. Help me please.

p/s: I did something like let a robot "crawl my site". Correct or not?

PPP: The Survivor!

Have you ever imagine what will happen to you when you were stranded in an unknown city with no money or resources? How would you eat? Where would you sleep? What about the weather?

I always join my girl to watch her Barney show, so my imagination is as good as Barney the purple dinasor! No money is not a main issue. I believe there are a lot of kind people out there. As long as I am willing to work for them, I am sure the boss will give some food or money as exchange. I can work in a restaurant as waitress or cleaner or any work that I can do. With my hands sure I can work to earn my own money! With the money I earn, I can get any resources I need. I might need a longer time but what to rush for? We must enjoy our life to the fullest even when you are in trouble. God will only put you under a situation where you can handle it! That's why I always believe that I can overcome every problem with the wisdom that God had grant me. What about a place to sleep. Not a problem at all! During spring or summer when the weather is good with sun shinny day, I can sleep with nature. Means, in any garden, under a bridge or in between trees. Not everyone have this kind of opportunity to sleep with nature you know? Autumn and winter will be very challenging to me because I am afraid of cold! Then I should find a more proper place to sleep, eg. in a public toilet? Or I think I will look for a stay in job where the boss will provide me a place to sleep. That's better~

How about you? How you will survive when you are in this situation? Will you do what I suggest or you prefer to learn the survivor skill from Michael Weston, a CIA Operative on USA Network's new TV series, Burn Notice? To learn from him, visit here! I must say that he is a professional!

Upset!

We have a lot of chinese here, mostly from China, Taiwan or Hong Kong. But the way they speak Mandarin is different with us, I only can speak Malaysian Mandarin with Loong and Anne.

I was so happy when Loong told me that one of his friend got an offer to study in IHE. At the same time he is given another choice to go Australia. According to their boss, the courses offered by IHE is better than Australia. That's why I am putting high hope that he will choose to come here. At least I can have another friend here because his wife is coming with him. His wife is same age as me, last time when I was preggy with Anne, we went to Cherating together. But today, he emailed Loong telling that he choose Australia. Main reason is, application for Netherlands Visa is very troublesome and costly too. For Master students, IHE only help their students to apply the Visa, not their family (For Ph.D students IHE will apply for the students and family). So, there is possibility that he need to come here first and his wife later. That's why they choose to go Australia together.


Aiyaaaa.... I am so upset now!

PPP: Lucky SEVEN!!!

I read so many bloggers posted about this news pass few day. I was wondering, how come I cannot get any opportunities??!?! I am not aiming for big money, OK? Finally, when I signed-in to PPP today I am so happy to see this opportunity is available for me to take. I can earn 10.77 USD by this post! YES, very easy task!!!!

I bet, this is a greatest news for all bloggers who had signed-up with PPP. PPP raised another $7 million. $7 million!!! What should they do with the $7 million? I think all the staffs in PPP deserve a raise in their pay. They are working hard to help us to earn our money, right? Next, more opportunities should be giving out to all blogger without segmentation... I need this because my blog do not have a good PR! :-)

I started to enjoy writing paid-post now. I learned about blog ethics thru PPP also. PayPerPost itself has no restrictions on how we can express our genuine thoughts on an advertiser's product or service. But we must bear in mind that, a blogger should be responsible to what he/she had wrote. Dishonest or completely off-topic posts can ultimately hurt your own blog's credibility.

Anyway, I am hoping that PPP will give more surprise to me in future! Well-done to PayPerPost!

Press Release:

The PayPerPost Revolution Accelerates, Sponsored
Blogging Marketplace Secures $7 Million Series B

Draper Fisher Jurvetson leads round and joins Board of Directors

ORLANDO, FL – (June 12, 2007) – PayPerPost, the leading marketplace for advertisers to reach bloggers and other consumer content creators, today announced it has completed a $7 million second round investment led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, an investor in the company's Series A and one of the world’s leading high-technology venture capital firms. The financing brings the total amount of capital raised by PayPerPost to over $10 million, giving the company considerable resources for further development as the industry’s leading Consumer Generated Advertising marketplace. Additional participants in the round include existing investors Inflexion Partners and Village Ventures as well as new investor DFJ Gotham. With this investment, DFJ Managing Director Josh Stein also joins PayPerPost’s Board of Directors.

“PayPerPost created this exciting new advertising space and has established itself as the industry leader,” said Ted Murphy, chief executive officer of PayPerPost. “Although we’ve only used a portion of our first round capital, this added support from investors unlocks significant growth potential. Our content creator and advertiser ROI metrics clearly demonstrate the upside for PayPerPost’s model. We intend to use this capital to build the infrastructure, visibility and professional expertise necessary to reach and retain a greater network of advertisers and content creators than ever before.”

Since its founding in June of 2006, PayPerPost has signed more than 6,500 advertisers to its groundbreaking service, which has enabled Consumer Content Creators to be compensated for their efforts discussing specific companies, products or services via blogs, videos or other media. The content creators are required to disclose relationships with advertisers on their blog, providing transparency for the end reader. Over 125,000 Internet postings, most in the form of blogs, have already earned money for their creators through PayPerPost’s innovative marketplace. PayPerPost recently released PayPerPost Direct, a disruptive new service that allows advertisers to contract and negotiate directly with individual bloggers they identify through a safe, managed system.

“PayPerPost has laid a strong foundation for the future,” noted Tim Draper, founder and managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. “It continues to attract a critical mass of participants from both the advertising and blogging communities. Analogous to Overture’s sponsored search model, we believe PayPerPost’s business model holds disruptive potential and will enable the company to thrive in the evolving paid-content arena.”

To mark the $7 million dollar funding, PayPerPost has launched a new website detailing the company’s service offering at http://www.payperpost.com. Bloggers and advertisers can easily sign up at the site and begin leveraging the self service marketplace.

My first 100USD

Yes, I earned my first USD thru PPP. I used 2 months to write 12 paid-post and earn my first 100 USD. For you may be it's so little, but for me, I am happy with this 100 USD... Hehe... I never thought that I still can earn money even tho I am a stay-at-home-mother.

How I want to spent my moeny leh? The first 30 USD was used yesterday to pay my online Montessori Album. Next I think I would like to use the money to buy some potty training related item for Anne! Yes, I want to make good use of the coming Summer to potty train Anne.

Wish me good luck!

PPP: Summer Camps

Summer is on the way... Parents with children will start to plan on what to do during the long summer break. For me, I am sure that Summer Camps is a best way to spent your children's summer holiday.

Research shows that kids lose an average of one month of learning over the summer break. To retain your kids' learning even during the summer break, join Summer Camps at SCORE! They provide so many type of program that I am sure to have one that is suit to your children interest! Visit the website to read more about all the summer program! Have fun!

Change of Blog title...

I decided to change the title of my blog. I am thinking to change the title long time ago, but I have no idea what title to use. That's why keep on draaaaagggiiiiingggggg.... Since I changed the title to "Life in Netherlands", let me share some of the tulips picture with you... These are some of the favourites tulip I saw during my trip to Keukenhof april this year...

PPP: Coupon Chief

I am currently a stay at home mother. I spent 24 hours a day with my girl. It's very difficult for me to go shopping with a toddler who loves to run around. The best way for me to buy my things is by online shopping.

I started to shop online more often after I came to Netherlands. I am glad that I found Coupon Chief, a site provided thousands of coupons for you to choose from. You can save a lot by using these coupons code. Recently I love to shop at this shop: BabyCenter. Currently they are givng out Free Shipping on orders of $49 or more. You even can get cheaper toys there because they are also having Summer Clearance: Save up to 60% on Outdoor Toys Gear and Swimwear now!

Wanna buy new toys for your kids? This is a great place for you to shop online!

I am tired!

I am feeling tired. I have been taking care of Anne alone most of the time for nearly one month! Loong is so busy that he is always not at home with us. Even when he is at home, he will be sitting in front of the PC either checking and replying email or writing his proposal! I am getting sick of this kind of life!

At first I thought after he presented his proposal on monday (11 June), then he can spent more time at home. But no, he prefers to attend most of the Ph.D seminar organised by IHE every day among this week. Then, he joined and plan to join some other technical visits with IEM delegates from Malaysia (currently in Netherland for 1 week). He said, those visits very good woh!

Yesterday night came home nearly 2am, went out "drinking" with his friends lah! Not always got friends coming from Malaysia, right? OK-lor. Then, tonight he is at Amsterdam with his friends again, they have a full day program at Amsterdam tomorrow. He said better go over tonight to stay with them so that tomorrow he no need to wake up so early to take the train to Amsterdam! Apa saja lah!! Go lah!! Yes, I am a little bit "beh song"!! Day time already always not at home, now enven night time also not at home! Sienzzz!

I think he is thinking to join the dinner host by one of our Minister from Malaysia who happen to attend a meeting in Netherlands this week. Why so many program happen this week one!!!??!?!?! I NEED A BREAK NOW!!!! NOW!!!!

PPP: I joined PayPerPost

This is a sponsored post.

After seeing many blogger earning money easily by writing paid-post, finally I signed up for PPP and start advertise on blogs. I cannnot remember the actual date I joined PPP, but I remember that my blog was approved by PPP on 17 April 2007.

I took my first oppurtunity to write about Drug-Rehab. This is my first approved paid-post and I earned my first $12 online. Although my blog do not have a good PR, but still I have some oppurtunities to write. I had wrote 10 paid-post in a month, and guess what? My earning is reaching USD 100 now! I believe I can earn my first USD 100 soon!

Why I joined PayPerPost? Of course due to the reason that I would like to earn money lah! You see, I used to be a career women before I followed my husband here in The Netherlands. I used to have income. Since I came here, I fully depended to my husband if I need to buy something. I was so happy to find out about PayPerPost which I am able to earn money again although I am a full-time-housewife now!!

I learned a lot after joining PayPerPost. For example, before I started to write any post, I have to do some reading first! This improve my knowledge in certain issue. My english also improved a little bit because PayPerPost requested us to write in english ONLY!

Are you a member of PayPerPost? If not, join us to earn some pocket money easily and of course, at the same time: Learn New Things!

I love PayPerPost!

Time to go home!

Finally we had set the date for us to go back to Malaysia end of this year. I want to escape from the winter! Hehee.... Cannot stand the cold weather lah! But I think I still have to go through 2009's winter...

Loong had bought tickets for Anne and I. Why his ticket no need to buy? Because his ticket is sponsored by his scholarship sponsor. He need to go back for data collection for approximately 3 months. His supervisor and promoter will visit Malaysia early next year as well, to see the condition in Malaysia. Since Loong is going back, of course I want to follow also lah! What am I going to do here if I stay back at Netherlands alone with Anne, right? 3 months!!! I don't want!

Anyway, we spent Euro1550+ for tickets for 2 of us! Aiyaaaa... Need to ikat perut for the rest of the months liaooooo... Anne's ticket already cost us Euro 688+. We should go back before Anne turns 2 hor, save a lot! But cannot lah, Loong have to do something here also...

I miss Malaysia's hawker food now!!! *drooling badly*

PPP: Astronomy Gadget

This is a sponsored post.

Do you like Astronomy? Do you love to see stars? I used to go out to my house's balcony to see star in the night sky when I was a teenager. And guess what? Anne's first word was STAR!

Many people would think that Astronomy gadget must be very expensive and never think that we can afford one. OpticsPlanet.com is a site where you can find all kind of astronomy gadget at lowest price. Together with Meade, OpticsPlanet.com proudly present the newest and coolest astronomy gadget named Meade MySky. Meade MySKY is a fun, interactive, hand-held, point-shoot-and-identify multimedia guide to our universe that will guide you through the night sky. Even better than a private astronomer standing next to you!! You must be thinking that it must be very difficult and complicated to use one. No worry, Meade MySky is simple to operate with easy to follow video menu. You can check out more telescopes offer here also!

To learn more about astronomy, you can visit GearGalaxy.com which is sponsored in part by OpticsPlanet.com.