PPP: Romantic Husband?

When we were still in boy friend and girl friend relationship, we were poor university students. I came from Sarawak. The only way for me to go back to my home town is by plane. That time, the air ticket was pretty expensive, thus I only went back to my home town during semester break which was 1 month and 3 months break. One month was okay for a couple to stay apart. But 3 months! How we maintain our relationship? By writing love letters. We wrote to each other at least twice a week. Together with his love letter, he would give me some little surprise like a hand made bookmark, a book for me to read or just a little short encouraging notes.

But, since I become his wife, he never write any letter to me or does any romatic act to please me. I think I shall recommend him to read RomanceForEveryone.com to learn how to be a romantic husband! Anyway, I do enjoy reading back all the love letters he wrote to me before.

岁月风云 is ending soon.

I have been watching this Hong Kong series for nearly 2 months, I think. Later, I will be watching episode 54 which means I only have another 6 episode to go. The story line has become so exciting now. I can't wait to see how's the bad guy - 危永标's ending. He is so bad that he lied to his wife, betrayed his brother and cheated his parents just to get what he wants. Are there anyone who is as bad as this 危永标 in the world? I hope no.

If person who uploaded the series can upload the series on time next week, I will be watching the last episode next Thursday!! Cannot wait... cannot wait!!!! I want to know the ending soooooon!

PPP: Home Insurance

I wish that our house in KL will be ready soon. Heard from other house buyer that we might can get the keys end of the year. I am happy to know this news. At least we might be able to see our own house by ourself since we are planning to go back end of this year. If the house is ready to hand over, this mean, we also need to fork out a HUGE amount of money for some legal fees and miscellaneous fees or expenses. Beside that, we sure need to buy a house insurance for our new house.

Insurance can be complicated, but now you can get an online home insurance online and get a 10% discount.Their home policy even comes with the following free benefits:

• free Legal Expenses Insurance, up to £50,000
• free Legal Advice Helpline
• free HomeRescue Emergency Helpline
• free Pre-Travel Advice and Emergency Travel Assistance Helplines (with the Travel option only)

How I wish I can get this policy when my house is ready by end of the year!

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Cannot meh?

This post is to complain my husband!

Normally I will let Anne drinks from a straw. Her drinking bottle also a straw type bottle. Recently, she has been showing interest to drink from a cup. So, I started to let her drink from a cup instead. Just now, before she went to bed (she already wear her pyjamas), she asked for water. I had washed her drinking bottle, so I let her to drink from a cup! When a toddler drink from a cup, the possibility of water split out from the cup is high. If the clothes get wet, change lah!! What's the big deal? Do he needs to scold me just because I let Anne drink for a cup and she wet her pyjamas? Duh~~

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Loong's lunch box

Loong joint a technical visit to Belgium. It was a one day trip and lunch provided. There were extra lunch box, so he got 2 and bring one box back for me to have a look and have a taste. This is how the lunch box looks like:

The content:

• 2 chees bread
• 1 butter bread
• 1 banana
• 1 bottle of juice
• 1 stick of Mars chocolate bar
• 1 bowl of salad

So much! Now I know why mat-salleh all so tall and big size one!!! Anyway, their lunch box looks very healthy huh~

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Ever since blogger can actually blog to earn extra money, I believe all bloggers wish their blog will have a good page rank/traffic. Me too. I just set up my new domain for my main blog, how I wish to find a way to promote my new domain and get more traffic to my new domain. Now I found one. Through http://www.blogrush.com/!

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很深的學問

Another meaningful articel for you to ponder. Sorry that I only have mandarin version.

假如你不會替人捲繃帶，就不可以去觸人家的傷處。－赫德

有個女士對我說，當她丈夫過世之後，以前總在一起玩的一對夫妻，喪禮完，就再也沒去看她。有時候，她甚至覺得那對老朋友在避著她，即使到她鄰居家，也不順路過去探望一下。她很氣，認為「人在人情在」，丈夫死了，朋友就不認她了。過了幾年，那家的丈夫也死了。居然沒隔幾天，那女人就去看她：「妳知道妳丈夫死了之後，我們為什麼沒來嗎？」那女人拉著她的手：「我們其實好想來。但是我丈夫說，妳丈夫生前向他借過錢，恐怕妳知道。」她點了點頭：「我知道。」那女人笑笑：「我們很怕我們來，會讓妳想到那筆錢，以為妳丈夫死了，我們急著來討債。」那女人丈夫的遺言是「錢沒多少，不必還了。」看了這個故事，你想想，換作你，當那對老朋友不再去看你的時候，你是不是也會一樣地怨他們，甚至罵他們？

同樣的道理－－－

某人正念大學的兒子出車禍死了。兒子生前總到家裡玩的同學，便再也不上門。兒子的女朋友，也不見了。當你罵他們「不夠朋友」的時候，是不是也該想想，如果他們上門，又如何？你原來淡忘了兒子的死，看到那些年輕人還生龍活虎，你是不是又勾起感傷，拉著他們，又落了淚？他們見你哭，看到你牆上的照片，是不是也要傷心。人性在這時候，就可能躲避。不是他們無情，是因為他們不知「如何自處」，也不願勾起彼此的傷痛。當你的事業失敗，那些以前的老朋友就避不見面，不也有同樣的可能嗎？往壞處想，他們怕你伸手借錢。往好處想，他們怕傷了你的自尊。往壞處想，他們不再找你出去玩。往好處想，你倒了，窮了，還能維持過去的排場嗎？他們拉著你，要不要你出錢，會不會傷了你的自尊？再往另一個角度想－－－他們找你，你「打腫臉充胖子」，有必要嗎？大樹被吹倒了，扶起來之前，先得把枝子鋸掉一些。當有一天，你不如意了，千萬不要去硬撐場面。那樣做，你累，別人也累；錢累，心也累。碰到老朋友，你也不要躲避。你可以坦白說出自己的處境：「我窮了，玩不起了。」人家要請你，你可以說「我現在必須把握每一分鐘，想辦法東山再起。」於是，你窮，窮得有志氣，窮得不畏怯。跟那些老朋友相處，你能很泰然，他們也能很坦然。「十年河東，十年河西。」每個人都有得意時，也有失意時。老朋友發了，不見了，要想：「他忙。」老朋友垮了，避不見面，要想：「他難。」如果你很得意，遇到以前的朋友，千萬少談眼前，多談過去，別人才會覺得你仍然念舊。

朋友是你的資產！一個失意人，能在一群得意人間談笑風生，略無慚色，才是有骨氣；一個得意人，能在一群失意的朋友間，讓人想不到他的得意，才是會做人。

PPP: Criminal Law & Defense Blog

Do you like to watch movie that involved lawyer defense? I love to watch. I like to see people fighting for the truth and I will join in giving opinion, scolding people that I think they are stupid and speak for the one who I think is a nice guy. Loong always think that I am too noisy when watching series like this.

Now you have a change to read a very interesting Los Angeles Criminal Attorney Blog California Criminal Defense Lawyers Forum. The blog author is an experince lawyer and also a professor at UCLA and Pepperdine Law School. You can read a lot of issues related to California criminal law, strategies in the defense of state and federal crimes.

Where is my key??

This morning, after came back from the weekly open market, I failed to use my key to open the main entrance's door. I intercom another Malaysian who is staying in the same building with us to open the door for me. After we (Anne and I) enter our room, I was busy arranging my thing and she requested me to give her my key. I gave her! This is the BIG mistake.

I totally forgot about my key after I gave my key to Anne. Then, when Loong came back from his technical visit to Belguim, I told him about my key failed to open the main entrance. He asked me to give him the key because he wanted to try it later. Only then I suddently remember that I passed my key to Anne. I asked Anne where she put my key, she looks blur.

I search high and low, search every drawer that she can reach, all cabinet, all boxes, even inside our fridge. No, cannot find it! If I lost the key, I have to pay Euro 50 for a new set! I don't want lah!! Then, Loong asked me have I check Anne's backpack? I did, but not so detail. Normally she will throw a lot of "rubbish" into her backpack. But I couldn't recall she ever play with her backpack today! Ok, last hope, I dig everything in her backpack out. Then... ta-ta-ta-ta... The key lying peacefully in her backpack. How stupid I am! Wasted so many time and energy to search the whole room... I should start with her backpack! OK, next time I know where to look for my lost item!

Lesson learnt: Never let your children play with your key!

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I hate computer virus! When I was a student, I need to use computer in computer lab to do my assignment. I needed to do scanning before and after my work. If I forgot to do so, all my hardwork in my personal computer at home might be at risk if the computer that I used at the lab was infected by virus. It's very important for us to keep our computers safe from viruses and other malicious software.

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Domain, hosting?

I must say this is not a sponsored post first!

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PPP: Writing Service

I am not a good writer because I do not have a good foundation in English. When I need to write an essay, I need a longer time to re-read and re-edit what I write. This is one of the reason that I dare not take up a Master Course here. Many people commented that I should at least get a Master Degree in Netherlands since I am so free at home. But, I have no confident to write my thesis in English. I might need a very long time and full attention to do this. Then I might ignore my girl most of the time.

When I found this Custom Research Papers writing service, I was shocked. They actually will assigned a writer to help you to write about your topic. What you need to do is to keep contact and give related information to the writer. Then the assigned writer will come out with a paper that is just like what you want!

Switched - 幸运星

I am watching another Singapore series "Switched" 幸运星.

The story is mainly about a chinese physiotherapist who has a small but happy family, with two daughters and a son. His eldest daughter, Xinyu helps him to run his Chinese medicine shop and is also attending Chinese Medicine classes. She is kind hearted and righteous in nature, but isn’t pretty to look at. Her younger sister, Xinhui is blessed with both good looks and intellect, and is a popular performing artiste. Their younger brother Zhiheng is a university student who loves music. There has been an obvious difference in their parents’ attitude towards the two sisters since they were children. The younger daughter has been doted on and spoilt, while the elder daughter is neglected even though she is always giving in to her younger sister. This causes her to have inferiority complex and she can’t help but feel resentful deep down inside. One day, an angel or 精灵appear to be a friend for Xinyu. She then switched Xinyu and XinHui because wanted to teach XinHui a lesson and let Xinyu to try to be a pretty lady.

So far I only watch until episode 6 where their indentity just been switched. I think the story a bit like a movie - Face Off. One day one episode to watch... I might need 2 weeks to finish this series....

Shopping cart software

My degree project was to build an e-commerce website. That time, e-commerce just started to get more attention. Although I did an e-commerce website, I never shop online. I just couldn't put full trust to the internet security.

Then, I started to travel with Air-Asia, our local cheap-fare airline. It's easier to buy ticket online. So, my first online purchase was to purchase my air ticket. I still seldom did any online shopping until I started to join an online breastfeeding forum. At the forum, I got to know a lot of stay at home mother who started their business at home. They set up a website to sell some mother and baby item online. I started to love to shop at those e-commerce website to look for some breastfeeding accesories there.



It's not easy to set up a website with shopping cart function. But now you can trust the shopping cart software from http://www.ashopcommerce.com/. You can built up your own e-commerce site easily and put you efford in other aspect and leave all the IT related issue to ashopcommerce!

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PPP: Body Jewelry

You like jewelry? I bought a set of pearl jewelry when I was in KL. But I never have a change to wear it. Then I came to Netherlands, I become a stay at home mother. My set of pearl jewerly just "sit" in my drawer collect dust.

As a woman, I still love to shop for jewelry. freshtrends.com is a site where you can find all kind of pretty body jewelry. When you register with them, you even can get 10% off with your purchase. Wanna look wild and sexy? May be you can try to get a gold belly button rings and give your husband a BIG surprise! :-D

USD114.70 Spent!

I used a a few months to earn USD200+ in my paypal account. Yesterday, I spent USD114.70 in my account to buy a gift for my sister who is going to give birth to a baby girl early december. This is what I bought for her:

An ISIS Out & About Breast pump Set. I read a lot of mummy giving good feed back regarding this product and this is the best that I can afford for my sister and her baby, so I decided to get one for her. I wish she will fully utillise this and can breastfeed her baby successfully! Ganbatte~

PPP: Hair and beauty products

Every lady wish to have a pleasant look. Me too. Although I seldom go to saloon, I will make sure that at least I use some basic skin care product to protect my skin.

Beautysleuth is a place where you can find all kind of beauty related information. They editorial team and product specialists have written a range of articles that aim to inform and educate their customer about products and brands that they sell.

If you have currly hair problem which you wish to sraighten it, you can do it at your home by yourself with the products from Beautysleuth. Customers in the UK even can benefit from great new prices on GHD hair sraighteners in the run up to the start of the holiday season.

Hop over to have a look at the great products!

Tag: Birthday Tag

Vivian tagged me some time ago. Almost forgotten, luckily today I remember :-P

The Rule:

1. Go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday (month and day)
2. Write down 3 events, 2 births, 1 holiday, and tag 5 friends

Here's the tag:

My Birthday: 29 July

According to Wikipedia .....

3 events:

• 1948 - Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad - After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin opened in London.
• 1967 - Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
• 1981 - Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.

2 births:

• 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish two time formula 1 world champion (WAHHHH...)
• 1982 - Allison Mack, American actress

1 holiday:

• National Anthem Day in Romania.

I need to tag 5 right? I think I skip this, almost everybody done this tag liao...

Finished!

PPP: XML Aficionado blog

I never learn XML when I was an IT student in university. Yes, I am that old! I only started to heard about it after I work as a web-developer in a software house in Johor. However, I do not have a change to fully learn and understand how XML really work. I left the company and involved in another programming language, that's why my knowledge about XML is very limitted. Recently, I learn set up my own domain for my main blog. I started to do some web-page design again. I want to learn more on web-design including XML. Do you same as me?

Check out the new XML Aficionado blog, as the writer opens your mind and keeps you abreast of interesting new technologies, trends, gadgets, and software development tools. It's an interesting blog!

Stir-fry Lady Fingers 羊角豆.

We only can buy lady-fingers in some Asian shop and open market in Den-Haag (which need to travel 40 minutes by bus). We seldom buy lady fingers from the Asian shop, because they sell it at a very expensive price - Euro 1.20 for 10.

I love to eat lady fingers, this is how I cook it!



Ingredients:

• Lady fingers 羊角豆
• ikan bilis
• garlics
• 1 chili padi

Steps:

1. Heat wok, add some oil. fried ikan bilis first.
2. When ikan bilis turn brown, add in chopped garlics. Stir till fragrant.
3. Add in lady fingers, stir, add a little soy sauce.
4. Lastly add in chilli padi and stir again.
5. Take up, ready to serve!

PPP: Dining Furniture

Kitchen is very important to me. For my new house, I wish to have a full furnished kitchen so that I can cook all kind of dishes inside. Secondly, I wish to have a pretty Dining Room Furniture so that we can have our meal in a nice environment. In our current full-furnished apartment, we have a small and casual dinning furniture which I think is just nice for a family of three.

Now, you can find a lot of dining furniture at http://furniturefromhome.com/, which include Formal Dining Room Furniture that looks so elegant and high-class!

Autumn!

It's officially autumn in Netherlands now. We were lucky, because last weekend we had great weather. Temperature avarage 20+'C which was a great for outing.

Anyway, according to the weather forecast, this week will be a rainning week. Rain for one whole week, 7 days until Sunday! I have to think of some indoor activities for Anne to play with else we will be too boring to stay at home all the time!

Rain, rain go away, come again another day!

PPP: Looking for a PC?

Loong loves to go PC fair. He will sure "report" himself whenever there is a PC fair in KL. That's why when his nephew need a PC, he looked for Loong for recommendation. When you try to search for a PC at PC fair, you will have too much of choices. You can find a lot of computer sales at the fair.

When I was a web developer, most of my client use Dell PC. I personally prefer a Dell PC also because their good services. I found that the prices of Dell PC also very reasonable and affordable. If you which to get cheap computers with affordable price, try Dell.

My can consider healthy lunch.

Most of the time, I am alone with Anne at home. Loong will has his lunch at his office which is normally - bread. Normally I only will cook Anne's lunch. I am too lazy to cook my lunch because it's very difficult and troublesome to cook one person's meal. I will choose to eat bread, corn-flakes with mik or noodles.

Last wednesday, I cooked chicked soup for Anne to eat with her rice. I suddently craving for chicken soup noodles. So I prepared the following chicken soup noodles for myself:

Looks delicious hor... at least I ate some healthy food once in a while also! :-)

PPP: Dell Printers

I was a poor student, I cannot afford a printer. It's very troublesome when I need to print out my assignments. What I did is I bought an ink and when I need to print something, I would borrow my housemate's printer. I survived until I met my that time boy friend (now husband). He got a printer! :-) We used that bubble jet printer until both of us graduate from university.

Are you searching for a high quality inkjet printers? May be you can try Dell printer. Dell printer combines fast, crisp output quality with a low total cost of printing. It is suitable for any company that need a printer scanner copier that can function as a printer, a scanner and a photocopier.

I think I should recomment my sister to get a Dell laptop and also a Dell printer~

Cannot meh??!?

When we were watching this Hong Kong series yesterday night, I couldn't stand to see how the BAD guy cheat other people and how stupid those who were cheated by him. I started to mumble, complaint and scold that bad guy! Then Loong said: "Why you so angry woh? movie only mah!" This is the reason why I do not like to watch movie with him. We know each other for almost 10 years, I think the total time we went to cinema for a movie is less than 5 times.

He is like a stone when watching movie. Sit still and watch, from beginning till the end. He said I am very noisy! Ceh... If watch movie like him, fun meh? Enjoy meh? I rather go alone! :-P

PPP: Notebooks

When I was a university student, what I could ask for was a personal computer. Can't even dream for a notebook. That time, even to get a personal computer can be a burden to my parents. Anyway, thanks God that my family can afford to buy me a personal computer that time.

Recently, my younger sister just got an offer to futher her studies after been a teacher for 2 years. She plans to get a Notebook with her saving so that she can do her assignment in her room, which is more convinient for her. She asked for my opinion last week. I suggested Dell notebooks to her. Dell mini pc portable feature great performance and enhanced features with the latest cutting edge technology.

Looking for a notebooks? Try Dell!

幸福双人床

又看完一套新加坡连续剧.这套戏讲的是两性关系.当中有很多很有意思的句子会出现在不同的时段.值得一看!

演员表:黄碧仁（饰演谢静文）、郑斌辉（饰演刘一凡/Steven）、刘芷绚（饰演翁紫玲）、方展发（饰演李威联/William）、陈丽贞（饰演李玉莲）、潘竖卿（苏丽梅/Carmen）、苏智诚（饰演吴国汉/Hanns）、陈天文（饰演阿乌/Mr.Woo）、乐瑶（饰演爱美）、李茵珠（饰演雅玉）

谢文静（黄碧仁饰演）和Steven（郑斌辉饰演）结婚8年，育有一子一女。Steven喜欢赌博，所以把钱全数交给谢文静打理，家婆雅玉（李茵珠饰演）为此感到不满。Steven打算和朋友合股开设小吃店，谢文静得知Steven的朋友信不过，不肯拿钱出来。Steven在雅玉的怂恿下，偷偷拿钱去投资，谢文静得知后，和Steven大吵一顿。 雅玉和谢文静的关系越来越恶劣，雅玉计划拆散他们夫妻俩，故意安排Steven和旧情人爱美（乐瑶饰演）重逢。谢文静看穿雅玉的诡计，冷眼旁观。 某天，谢文静被电视台相中参加改头换面的节目，Steven误会妻子变得虚荣不顾孩子，在家庭、工作压力下，和爱美发生关系。谢文静得知后，感到非常难过，和Steven离婚。爱美得知Steven经济有问题，租出自己的组屋帮补Steven，搬来和Steven一起住。爱美对雅玉百方讨好，却暗中虐待Steven的孩子文文。Steven慢慢发现爱美的真面目。 另一方面，谢文静得知文文被爱美虐待，毅然带走两个孩子。Steven得知后，怒骂爱美，爱美迁怒于谢文静，在一场争执中激怒下打文静，Steven奋不顾身维护文静。Steven借此机会，要求谢文静回到他的身边。谢文静内心陷入天人交战，不知道该不该回到Steven身边。

翁紫玲（刘芷绚饰演）和李威联（方展发饰演）是一对恩爱夫妻。结婚后，他们和李威联的姐姐李玉莲（陈丽贞饰演）同住。翁紫玲是个模特儿，李威联一直想方设法说服妻子放弃模特儿的工作，夫妻俩常因为这个问题而吵架。 Carman（潘竖卿饰演）是个寡妇，她的丈夫在过世后留下了一大笔遗产给她。Carman常常用金钱买感情，翁紫玲劝她别再这么放纵，没想到弄巧成拙。Carmen嫉妒翁紫玲，决定试探李威联。适逢李威联被派到上海公干，Carman也跟着到上海去，勾引他，还拍下录像，欲诬赖李威联。李威联得知后非常焦急，他的好朋友吴国汉（苏智诚饰演）却劝他不要告诉翁紫玲。 翁紫玲在阴差阳错之下看到了李威联和Carman亲吻的画面，大受打击，闹自杀。自杀不遂后，扬言要和李威联离婚！Carman为自己的任性，感到非常懊悔。后来她在吴国汉的帮忙下，将真相告知翁紫玲。紫玲夫妇共同经历了这些考验后，感情大好，还决定生孩子。没想到李威联的精子太少，不容易使妻子受孕。他不敢将真相告诉翁紫玲，怕她受到打击。夫妻俩的感情再次面临考验。

另一边厢，李玉莲经营的糖水店，有个中年男人每天下午四点都会来吃芝麻糊。这个男人其貌不扬，沉默寡言。李玉莲给他取了个外号叫--阿乌（陈天文饰演）。 李玉莲的初恋情人结婚，请她喝喜酒，阿乌帮她解围，假扮她的男朋友。阿乌知道李玉莲讨厌有钱人，不敢告诉李玉莲其实他是非常富有的鞋业大老板。 一次，阿乌看到李玉莲的高跟鞋鞋跟断了，特别派人送了27双鞋给李玉莲。李玉莲没想到知道自己会有神秘暗恋者，感到非常开心。她千方百计要查出神秘人的身份，还误会阿乌是鞋店职员，托他找出神秘人。阿乌决定向玉莲坦白，谁知李玉莲却误以为阿乌的助理就是那位神秘暗恋者，阿乌更不敢表白了。

一天，李玉莲在街上看到阿乌的助理带着妻小，愤怒之下上前痛打该助理，叱骂他有了老婆还来追求她！助理才爆出阿乌才是神秘人，而且是鞋业大老板。李玉莲误会阿乌刻意瞒骗，生气大骂阿乌……阿乌只好默默离开。李玉莲这时才发现自己对阿乌的心意。他们有没有机会在一起呢？

想知道结局?自己看咯! 呵呵!

PPP: Mobile Phones

I come from a family of 7 people: father, mother, 2 elder sister, 1 younger sister, a younger brother and me. Among the 7 peoples, my mother is the only person that do not have a mobile phones. When all of us at home, imcluding my husband and my brother in law, we have almost 10 mobile phones in a house! Even my mother in law who is nearly 70 years old also own a mobile phone! Can you imagine how important mobile phones in our life now?

I don't use most of the fuction in a mobile but my younger brother is different. He loves to have a high-tech mobile phone which have a lot of fuction. He will look for mobile phone deals every now and then so that he knows which model has the most up-to-date function and design.

Personally I prefer Nokia brand. Their mobile design is very pretty and most importantly the function is user-friendly. Nokia N95 deals given by best-mobile-contracts.com make me so desparate to change my mobile phone now! While I believe my eldest sister will be crazy over this Samsung g600 deals since she loves Samsung so much!

I need a new mobile phone now! Yes, NOW!

ONE year!

Time flies.... Very fast....

Can't believe that we actually have heen in Netherlands for 1 year. Last year, we reached Nethelands on 19th September 2006, early morning. We tried our best to get used to the new environment and cold weather. We survived! We survived in God's grace! I thank God for His love and guardian that we finally find our "Asian" way to live in a "western" country. I miss Malaysia, but I still enjoy my life and experience in Netherlands :-)

PPP: Medical tourism

Medical tourism has become a normal part of our time. We tend to look for a better medical services oversea so that we can get the best treatment. The services of specialist from eastern Europe are cheaper and can be even more qualified. With this, agencies specialized in medical tourism come in the play. You pay and someone will arrange everything for you. Everybody is happy. The patient is happy, the surgeon, the clinic, the agency. People from western Europe can perceive the prices of treatment at a low price but from a certified, skilled surgeon, on a clinic with standards.

Frankly speaking, I do not think I will ever go for a plastic surgery. I will some times joke with Loong that does him allow me to go for a plastic surgery? His reply did make sense to me. He said: He would not agree nor disagree me to go for a plastic surgery. If one choose to go for a plastic surgery and he/she feels that can bring more confident in them, then go for it! Plastic surgery also very important to those whose have serious scars left on their skin or face after an accident. We cannot say that it is good or bad to go for a plastic surgery, but bare in mind that you must find a trusted clinic and surgeon to do it.

How to choose a plastic surgeon specialised in aesthetic plastic surgery? Make sure you have a board certified plastic surgeon. Remeber that excellent plastic surgeon need basically two things; experience and skillful hands, a gift from God. The education on it's own is not enough. You also need to do a lot of research, testimonials from friends might be also helpful. The best surgeons might not be those that let you travel shortly after operation, if you can leave immediately after the operation, please think twice!

Plastic surgery in Prague and Czech Republic is in fact home of a modern plastic surgery. Czech plastic surgeons are highly qualified, skilled, trained and educated. Clinics are located in Prague, Brno and other smaller cities. Both Prague and Brno have international airports where you may arrive. Czech Republic is a fairly small country. You even can have a peaceful rest there after your operation.

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Books!

I was looking for children book online. Since we are in Netherlands, I looked for the books from ebay.co.uk. I must say that, 2nd hand books are cheap. But, the postage can be double the price of the books. I bought the following Disney story books few months back. Total 12 books cost me around 11 pounds, including postage. All books are in good condition, I wonder how come they children can keep the book in such a good condition leh?

Expensive? Do you have any recommendation where else I can buy children books online?

PPP: Nourish Your Skin

I must admit that I am a lazy woman. I am very lazy to use a lot of skin care product to clean my face everyday. What I have on my desk is a very basic set of skin care product which include a cleaner, a toner and a moisturizer. That all!

The dry weather in Netherlands has caused me to take more steps to protect my skin. I started to read on skin care related articles so that I know how to protect my skin effectively. I believe all girls/women wish to look pretty, right?

The new trend of skin care is to nourish the skin from the inside out. In addition to applying any moisturizer or sunscreen on your skin, another way to improved your skin health is by having this newly discovered dietary supplement called R.G. (Red Gâc) Skin Revitalizer. R.G. Skin Revitalizer is a daily skin nourishment exceptionally rich in antioxidants to support your body against damaging free radicals and to help provide nutrient support for strong cellular rejuvenation. It Works from the inside out and complements topical skin care regimen.

Gâc is actually a bright-red fruit that grows as large as a cantaloupe and abundantly on vines all over sub-tropical Asia, especially in Vietnam. This fruit is grown in home gardens and valued for its medicinal potentials. Gâc oil is a premier source of carotenoids which are in a highly bio-available form – your body absorbs these fat-soluble nutrients better than if it were a juice. Besides that, Beta-carotene, a natural carotenoid antioxidant found abundantly in Gâc fruit, helps boost the immune system, assists the skin’s cellular rejuvenation process, and supports the structural integrity of the tissues.

Looking for a dietary supplement that supports skin health? May be you should try R.G. Skin Revitalizer.

Sweet and sour spare ribs

This dish is cooked by Loong. I love it so much, it goes well with rice!

Ingredients:

• spare ribs - chopped into small pieces
• corn flour to marinate spare ribs
• 2 tbsp of tomato sauce
• garlic
• 1/4 lemon
• sugar
• soy sauce

Steps:

1. Marinate spare ribs with corn flour and a little bit of soy sauce (30 minutes).
2. Use a pot, deep fried spare rib in hot oil. Once cooked, take out set aside.
3. Add tomato sauce, lemon, sugar and a little soy sauce in a small bowl.
4. Heat wok, add a little old, add in garlic and cook until it's fragrant.
5. add in the sauce. Once the sauce started to boil, add in fried spare ribs and stir.
6. Take out and ready to serve!

p/s: If you like spicy, add some chili padi.

PPP: Trusted places in London

I never been to London. When I visit London, I wish that I can have a change to try out some of the unique and special food in London restaurant; just like when I visit Italy, I wish to eat local spagetti and pizza. At Trustedplaces web site, I can find places to eat, drink and hang out in London easily. Besides getting information on places that I wish to go, I also can share my recommendations of places that I have visited and post a review of my favourite places in anywhere in the world.

With this site, my travel plan will become so much easier!

Simply rambling!

Today, we went to Gemetee Delf (Delft's government department) to extend my temporary resident permit. Due to some reason, we were not allowed to extend our permit here. We are then refer to IND (department in charge of issueing resident permit). We asked IHE's staff to help us to make a call to IND for appointment because we cannot speak dutch. She called and her call was kicked from one department to another department for at least 3 times. Lastly, she was connect to the correct department, BUT, the officer said they were busy, cannot help! What kind of service is this? They make me think of Malaysian's government service... Is it true that all government servants are same, no matter in which country!

PPP: The importance of Business Data

I am a system analyst. I working in IT field for 5 years before I decided to take 3 years unpaid leaves and follow my husband to Netherlands. It was a nightmare whenever we got a call from clients and told us that they lost their data. It is very important for a company to have a backup server to prevent any loss of business data.

Besides prenventing loss of data, it is also vey important to keep on track of the data in a business and the consequences of getting it wrong is another nightmare!

The task of implementing business intelligence solutions can be a daunting one, but http://www.contemporary.co.uk/ is ready to help you harness your data and transform it into useful, useable information. For over fifteen years, Contemporary has worked with a wide range of organisations throughout the UK to successfully deliver business intelligence consulting, training and products that have helped to drastically improve business performance. They provide the knowledge and expertise of a leading and well-established Business Intelligence consultancy, whilst working closely with you to deliver tailor-made solutions that best suit your company, deliver on time and of course within your budget.

Are you looking for a way to transform your data? May be you can get your help from Contemporary - the Business Intelligence experts.

YOUR NAME I CAN NOT FIND

I knelt to pray but not for long, I had too much to do. I had to hurry and
get to work. For bills would soon be due. So I knelt and said a hurried prayer,
and jumped up off my knees. My Christian duty was now done. My soul could rest at ease... All day long I had no time to spread a word of cheer. No time to
speak of Christ to friends, they'd laugh at me I'd fear. No time, no time, too
much to do. That was my constant cry. No time to give to souls in need. But at
last the time, the time to die. I went before the Lord, I came, I stood with
downcast eyes. For in his hands God held a book; It was the book of life. God
looked into his book and said "Your name I cannot find, I once was going to
write it down...But never found the time"

I afraid that this will happen to me. I afraid God cannot find my name in the book of like. Thanks Jenny for sending this message to me. A good reminder to me.

PPP: Learn to dance Bachata

Do you love dancing? I tell you, I was once a very good dancer - during primary time! Actually I enjoy dancing a lot. I love to move my body when I am listening to music. Now, you have a cheap way to learn Bachata dancing. This 3 Volume Bachata Dance Mastery DVD Set makes it possible for everyone enjoy, appreciate, and dance, the dance. Great, fun, social, step by step product that you may enjoy aventura bachata in your house!

Steam!

Since I bought a steam pot, I love to steam my food. I think steam is a healthier way to prepare our food! Do you agree with me? I steam fish (this is Anne's favourite):

I steam silken taufu (on top I put a lot of fried shallot):

And I steam minced pork with eggs and "dong choi":

But, Loong doesn't like steam food! I have to force him to eat all these food. He said, it's taste-less... You see, that's why he got hypertension at such a young age!!! It a difficult task to control his diet!! I hate it when he show me his "sienz" face after looking at what I prepared!

PPP: Hotels

When I go travel, I prefer to pre-book my hotel before departure. I do not wish that I need to find my hotel after my arrival. That would be so tiring to search for hotel with a big beg with me. Since I came to Netherlands, I love to do a lot of things online. I shop online, I buy things online, I read online newspaper and now I started to look for hotel online!

Are you planning to visit UK? Now you can pick a hotel in UK at hotelshop easily. You even can make a last minute hotel bookings & reservations at the site. They are specialise in booking 2-5 star hotel accommodation & short breaks throughout the UK. You will definately find a hotel that is within you budget easily here.

I think I better plan for a trip to UK now! Some of my friend are working there, they can be my travel guide. What I need is a hotel room to stay in. This site is just right for me!

Wantan

I love wantan, but Loong do not like it. That is why I seldom have a change to make wantan. Last week, I was craving for wantan again. I decide to make wantan as my lunch. Since Loong is not coming back for his lunch during weekdays, I enjoy my favourite wantan so much and do not need to worry that Loong have nothing to eat or I have to cook another dish for him.

Ingredients:

• Wantan skin
• Minced pork
• 4 dried mushroom (chopped)
• garlics
• salt to taste

As I mention before, I love marmitte. So, I just mix my cooked wantan with marmitte. Simple and delicious lunch!

RM: Halloween Costume

In Malaysia, we do not celebrate Halloween. We do not need to search for Halloween Costume every year for our children. But, deep inside my heart I love the concept of trick and treat. Children can go around door by door at their neighbourhood to get sweets. It is FUN! Some more can train my girl to be brave and not afraid to strangers.

This year is our 2nd Halloween in Netherlands. Last year we just arrived in Netherlands, we had too much things to settle than celebrating Halloween here. Besides, last year Anne was too young to join the fun of trick and treat. This year, I am not sure whether I will let Anne join trick and treat with other kids here but I started to love all those Halloween Costume I see when I was shopping. I started to imagine how I want to dress my girl. People always says that she looks like a boy, I am thinking to dress her like a fairy princess. I want to show everyone that my girl is a pretty girl!

Looking for kid's Halloween Costume? Ever consider a NFL uniform from Franklin Sports for a Halloween costume? Kids, especially BOYs love them! It will be fun to see a team of mini NFL going around for trick and treat!

Moon cakes!

I thought I am not going to have a change to eat moon cake this year. Moon cake sell here is expensive. Not that I cannot afford, I just refused to spent money on that. May be my sister know that I am stingy, so, she posted me 2 moon cakes. :-D

Tonight, I took out the moon cake and have a taste. Not bad lah... Not branded one but still OK lah!!!

PPP: Home sweet home

I am going to talk about furnitures again. If everything went smoothly, our new house in KL will be ready by end of this year. We are not going to move in yet because husband needs another 3 years to complete his Ph.D program in Holland. Anyway, I started to search for some idea on which type of furnitures I would like to have. Sofa is a very important Living Room Furniture, I will definately spent my money to get a comfortable sofa for my future house. At http://furniturefromhome.com/, I am also able to get lots of idea on Bedroom Furniture, Home Office Furniture, and even nice swivel bar stool for me to enjoy my drink at home. I had started to imagine how my future house will be.

Cheap meh?

Air Asia is having Happy 2008 sales to celebrate winning Best Low Cost Airline in Asia 2007. Since I am going back to Malaysia this year end, so I am planning to go back to my home town as well. I check the price at their website. Air fare from LCCT to Miri is RM8.00 per way. Cheap eh! I am going back with Anne, so total return ticket for 2 person is RM32. But, at the end I have to pay RM306. Yes, an extra of RM274 for all other fees and surchage. The details:

• fare price RM 32.00
• Airport Tax RM 30.00
• Administration Fee RM 84.00
• Fuel Surcharge RM 160.00
• GoInsure RM 0.00

Aiyoo... Why fuel surcharge so high one!! When I first saw the offer, I was so happy...

PPP: Wing Chair

I know that it's a big headache when come to choose a furniture for your house. We always wish that we can get a set of furniture which suit our "taste", meet our design and of course within our budget. At http://furniturefromhome.com/, you can find lots of furnitures for you to choose from. To me, having a wing chair in our living room is a must. It will be a oh-so-good feeling to sink myself into it after a hard day of work. Check on some of the leather Wing Chairs and brown leather wing chair at the website, I am sure you can get what you want at the website easily!

So fast autumn liao??

Today, on our way to the open market, I noticed that most of the tree has changed to yellow color. I don't think that last year when we first came to Delft at this time, all trees were in yellowish color. I check back some of the pictures we took that time and YES, all trees still very green that time. This year, our summer is not very summer. The temparature always below 20'C most of the time. May be this is the reason that why this year all trees turn yellow so soon. I just hope that winter won't be too cold this year, although most probably I will not spent my winter here!

PPP: Life Planning

Life is too fragile and unpredictable. Every day when I open and read a set of newspaper, I can see news about natural desaster, accidents, murder case and lots more of incidents which cause dead and injuries. As a christian, we are well prepared to face life and death. That's why we are living our life to the fullest.

Soon after I gave birth to Anne - our lovely daughter, we started to do some family financial planning. The first thing we did is buy life and saving insurance for her and ourself. We hope that if something happen to both of us, at least our parents and our daughter will have extra money to support their life.

Estate planning is another way for you to show your love to your love one. I am working for a Provident Fund company for 3 years before I started my unpaid leaves. I saw a lot of cases where family members of the one who passed away need to go through a long period and a lot of paper work due to the reason that he/she did not make any estate planning.

Morris, Hall & Kinghorn is an Arizona law firm that has been providing quality legal services for over 30 years. The firm has helped thousands of people who are concerned about protecting their families from the devastating legal effects of disability and death. A well-drafted estate plan ensures that your estate passes to those you want, when you want, and is carried out in the manner you've chosen. You can protect your family from the long, public process and costly matter of probate.

Looking for a law firm for estate planning? Morris, Hall & Kinghorn is ready to help you for a review of your estate planning needs and for additional information on how they can help you to chart your legal and financial future.

Auto approved!

I am not good in english. That's why, when I write my post I need some times to re-read everything. Althought the out come is still not in good quality, at least I tried my best to write in english. I never expect that PPP will auto approve my post because of my lauzy english! For past few days, some of my paid post were auto aprroved by PPP. Hehehe... I am happy with this. At least they see my afford to follow all of the ToS.

I am also glad that they changed they ToS again. Only PPP post need at least on non-sponsored interim post! This make our life easier... Sounds like I write a lot of paid-post hor... Haha...

PPP: Car Vacuum

I think for most aunties like me just do not like to vacuum our car. I seldom vacuum my car when I was in Malaysia. Or, I should say I never vacuum my car. This task is basically done by my husband always! Why? Because we need to use the same vacuum that we used at home to vacuum our car, which is so heavy and BIG. I am just too lazy to move the vacuum out of the house and vacuum my car. I think I should suggest to husband to get me a car vacuum so that he won't complaint that my car is dusty anymore.

SR: TrustSource.org

Due to the reason that both parents in a family is a full time worker, a lot of family will have a lot of chances to eat outside food. For example me! When I was in Malaysia, husband and I both need to work. For sure, we will have our lunch at our office with colleagues. When we went home after work, it's almost 7pm already. I was just too lazy and tired to prepare our dinner. At the end, we would choose to eat outside. It's not to say that outside food is not good. But, I found that went I have outside food too much, my hair drops will increase. Both Loong and I found that we have hair loss problem slowly.

I shound know this site earlier: TrustSource.org. All products listed on TrustSource.org have been evaluated and compared by the users. Once this process is finalized they will rank the products for the consumer. Besides that, they also provide their own customer reviews and ranking. You can find your desire product easily at the website.

Ok, back to hair loss story. Whether you have already lost hair or want to prevent hair loss, you can find some popular hair loss products on the market today along with reviews from people who used them at TrustSource.org. Provillus get a very good review from the user. It can aggressively seeds your scalp to create the optimum environment for new, healthy hairs. It supplies the proper nutrition required to bring damaged, dead hair follicles back to life. While Procerin is another product that get a good review. It is an all-natural supplement and serum. This product is effective in reversing hair loss in men caused by androgenetic alopecia, the most common cause of male hair loss.

Do you also have hair loss problem? Why not search so some useful product information at TrustSource.org.

Changing color...

Leaves are changing color from green to yellowish now. I can't believe that summer is ending and autumn is coming now. Why summer so short one? No, I should say I don't feel summer at all. Anyway, I am happy. Why? Because, I will go back to Malaysia during Winter time! Yeah~~~

PPP: Online Quiz

Some times, when I am bored, I will search for some online quiz and personality test to play with. Some are fun and even make me feel great after doing the quiz. I also found that it's interesting to have a poll on my blog so that I can do some survey easily on certain issue. There is one interesting site call Quiblo. Quibblo is a hip, fun user-generated site for quizzes, polls, surveys and personality tests. You can take and create online quizzes, and then add those quizzes to your own site easily. Users who take the personality tests even can add personality badges to their blogs or MySpace pages. Fun, right? Try it out then!

Kena Complaint!

This is the 4th times this fellow who stay downstairs complaint about us. What I want to say is, HE IS TOO SENSITIVE!

He always complaint that Anne is very noisy (running footsteps of her). I do not think that she is noisy, OK? May be some times when Anne running in the room does cause some "ping-pong-ping-pong" noise, but it's in the afternoon, for a very short period! How does HE wants me to control my girl? Tie her up and not allow her to walk around? STUPID! I will get Anne ready to bed by 8:30pm. Means, we will be in the room by 8:00am, reading books or sing together. So, by 8:00pm we will be very quiet already! What's more he wants? And, I always warn Anne to walk slowly now. How loud can be a toddler's footsteps? We almost very expert in "qing gong" already!

Yesterday we were so angry with this fellow. It's Monument Open Day, so, we were not at home most of the time. Even when we were at home, Anne was sleeping, I am cooking, Loong is surfing net. Then at 7:30pm, he came and told us that he is going to complaint to the housing agent that we were noisy! What the HELLLL! Yesterday we seldom WALK in the room, you know? The time he knocked our door, we were eating oranges on the floor, not even walking in the room, how can we be noisy? He has dog's ear is it??

Anyway, a Malaysia who is his coursemate told us that he is a complaint king! So, we are unlucky to stay upstairs of his room! He need a super-duper quiet room. He cannot stands any noise (NO, I don't think we are noisy!). The problem is on HIM, not US!

Go lah... go complaint lah! We will tell the truth. We are not in the wrong position! Duh~

PPP: Debate website

Politic issue can be very sensitive. Many people will try to avoid to voice out their thiking just because they do not want to get involve in political issue. There is one online political forum which allow you to have your free speech there. You are free to voice out your opinion to any issue that you want to or debate with other. I read some debate there which bring lots of thinking in my mind now. Anyway, what I must say here is, if you want to voice out your opinion, please make sure that you know what you are doing and be responsible to what you have voice out.

Monumentendag!

I write the title in Dutch! Means Monument open day. Today and tomorrow is monument open day in Delft. Most of the Monuments are open to public FOC. We never visit any monement in Delft since we arrive here, because we are waiting for this day to do the visit. Hahaha... can save up a lot of entrance fees, you know?

I will write more later. Just a short note on which Monument we had visited this morning (from 10:00am to 12:30pm):

• IHE building - The place Loong does his Ph.D
• Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) - Markt 80
• Stadhuis (City Hall) - Markt 87
• Vleeshal (Koornbeurs)
• Oude Kerk (Old Church)
• St.-Hippolytuskapel
• Maria van Jessekerk
• Musuem Paul Tetar van Elven
• Stadsherberg De Mol

Can't believe that we actually enter so many places in 2.5 hours.

PPP: Retiree Workforce

In Malaysia, our government retirement age is 56 years old. To my husband, 56 years old is too early. He said a 56 years old man is still fit and strong enough to continue working. I heard many retirees complaint about their boring life after the retirement also. Anyway, I still hear some good response from one of my ex-colleague who enjoy her life after retirement so much that she feels her life is much more interesting than before. She works as a part time sales agent and get to go travel when she feels like to.

With current labourforce crisis, a lot of companies started to look for more mature and experienced worker to fill the gap with the younger generation. Their knowledge is much needed to train the young one to be able to work more independently. By going back to workforce, retirees can use their time and their expertise wisely. They can still earn money to support their own life and the best part is, if they are still under workforce, they can get other benefits like medical coverage and financially secured.

Are you a retiree or going to be a retiree but still wish to continue to be able to serve a company with the knowledge that you have? Try to look for more information at Retireeworkforce.com. This site offers a solution that connects employers that want to hire reitrees and retirees looking to get back into the workforce. What are you waiting for? Post your resume today! You might get a change to work in America!

Article sharing

My friend fowarded the following informative email to me which I would like to share with you. For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Once this "sludge" reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.

Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.

60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

Read this...It could save your life!!

Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're driving home. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest to your home.

Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE?

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

PPP: Trusted Places

When I visit a new place, some times I will feel unsecured. May be due to the reason that I am not familiar to the place. Many of my friends are currently working in London. I think it's pretty normal for a young people to go to bar once in a while for some fun or entertainment. Are you looking for a trusted pub and bar in London? Try this community web site where members can share their opinions on places that they know, trust, recommend or even avoid. Then you can find a suitable place for you to go out with your best friends easily.

Watercrest soup.

Since Anne started to love eating rice, I have to boil a soup everyday for her to eat with her rice. Watercrest soup is one of Anne's favourite soup. If I mix her rice with this soup and cut some watercrest into her rice, she will finish one big bowl of rice in 15 minutes.

It's not easy to get watercrest here. We only can get it from Hua Nam Hang in Rotterdam. Luckily this shop is very near to our church in Rotterdam, so normally we will go to this shop after our Sunday service. We have to wait at the main door for the shop open at 12:oopm every sunday (Sunday service ended 11:30am)!

Ingredients:

• 2 bulks of watercrest
• pork ribs
• red dates
• dried longans
• chinese wolfberry

Steps:

1. Wash and separate the watercrest’s sprouts and stems.
2. Boil a big pot of water and another small pot of water.
3. When the small pot of water is boiling, add in pork ribs. Once the water boil again, take out the pork ribs and put into the big pot of boiling water. This is to avoid your soup look blur.
4. Then add in the watercrest stems and red dates, dried longans, chinese wolfberry and then boil for at least 1 hours.
5. Dig out the stems from the pot and put in the watercrest sprouts and let it boil for a while.
6. When you just about to turn off the fire, add salt.

Simple and yummy soup!

bid4prizes

Since I come over to Netherlands, I always go to some shopping site to bid for item that I am interested in. Every time if we hear the word "bid", automatically we will think of the higher bidder will of of course win the bid.

But here have one very interesting bidding site, bid4prizes. It is a reverse auction website where the lowest unique bid will win the prizes. Yes, you see it right! The lowest bidder will win the bid. The winner even do not need to pay for the item he won, not even the shipping fees. It's just like a free gifts for the winner!

Want to try your luck? Hop over to see what prizes you can bid. You will be extremely surprised with all the great prizes. Beside prizes like designer handbags, plasma TV, cars and even cash prizes!

Calorie Counter

My husband has high blood pressure since he was 27 years old. The main reason must be due to his eating habit. He loves seafood and pork which has very high Cholesterol content. Many people told us to do more exercise. But when we were in Malaysia, we seldom have a time to do that. That time, we only would go jogging may be once a week. Since we came here, Loong does a lot of cycling which is a very good exercise for him. Besides doing lots of exercises, I started to watch his diet closely everyday to avoid his blood pressure goes up again. Since then, Calorie Counter is a very important tool to me. I think every family should have one so that we can easily track our diet.

MyFitnessPal is a site where you can get your 100% free calorie counter. Besides that, you also can get lots of free and useful dieting tips from their Enewletter. You also can use their online calorie chart to check on nutrition facts for foods that you want to cook.

Wanna lose weight in a healthy way? MyFitnessPal is a very useful site which I think all of us should bookmark it and learn from the expert!

PPP: Out of the Wild.

Have you ever do something wild in your life? When I first see this Out of the Wild website, my first thinking was, what is the purpose of the website? After some reading, I found that purpose of Out of the Wild is to encourage men while they follow Christ and to provide them with opportunities to support one another through fellowship and accountability as they strive to become men on a mission from God, which is a very good website.



Out of the Wild website is looking for Christian men who are ready for the next step in their walk, becoming men on a mission from God. If you have a heart for God and are seeking His Will in their lives, you are most welcome to join this community. They helps to encourage men through the 3 steps of the Christian faith:

1. Accepting Christ as savior,
2. Becoming Discipled,
3. Becoming a Man on a Mission From God (finding their purpose in life and pursuing it wholeheartedly).

The community has forums for men to encourage one another and a weekly devotional series available via email.

Wanna join this interesting community? Simply click here to be taken to the registration form.

My new domain!

After a long and deep consideration, I decided to buy my own domain and host my main blog at exabytes. I managed to use their National day discount coupon to buy my plan. I got 50% off! Hehehe... Please hop over to my new blog when you are free:

http://lovejoylife.net/

Thanks Loong for sponsored all the cost! :-)

PPP: HGH

What is HGH stands for? HGH means Human Growth Hormone. Human Growth Hormone is a hormone produced by the anterior pituitary gland in the brain. It promotes tissue repair, cell regeneration in the bones, muscles and vital organs, and supports the immune system in combating infection and disease. In short, HGH making you look and feel younger.

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You also can read more information here.

宝家卫国

最近在看新加坡连续剧-宝家卫国。故事主要围绕着一个以军法治家的军人爸爸、4个性格各异的子女、浪漫甜蜜的爱情。

故事大纲：

宝鹏举（黄文永饰演）早年丧妻，他独自抚养4个孩子-- 宝文精（郑斌辉饰演）、宝文忠（王禄江饰演）、宝文卫（芮恩饰演）。宝文卫是宝家老三，也是唯一的女孩子。 宝鹏举是个职业军人，他在教育孩子时，也采用了军中的一套方法，以“军法统治”管理家里的一切大小事务，就算对女儿也一样，让宝文卫无所适从。

大儿子宝文精（郑斌辉饰演）是突击部队上尉（Captain），也是宝鹏举最大的骄傲。宝文精足智多谋、身手不凡，在军中极受重视。 宝文精高大威猛，深得女生欢迎。平时自信满满的宝文精一旦接触到心仪的对象，脑袋会突然变得一片空白，扮酷来掩饰自己的尴尬，这个“毛病”让他一直交不到女友。



二哥宝文忠（王禄江饰演）是电脑工程师，也是活跃的战备军人，更是家中的和事佬，众人的“心理医生”。 文忠生性随和，幽默风趣，非常受到女性欢迎，但对爱情充满理想的他，却迟迟没交女友，只因他相信还没遇到他生命中的“唯一”。




小弟宝文国（鹤天赐饰演）刚从理工学院毕业，即将服役当兵。为了帮文国做好服役的准备，鹏举一天到晚逼着文国训练体能，让他烦不胜烦；加上鹏举总喜欢拿他跟两个出色的哥哥比较，让他对当兵更是反感。文国甚至为了想逃兵役而装病，但他的这些伎俩却轻易被识破，结果换来的是鹏举的一顿打骂。 入伍后，文国发现父亲的训练，让他在接受军训时，比其他的新兵来得得心应手。在当兵的过程中，文国渐渐了解到服役的意义，并明白了团结与责任的重要性，心智渐渐成熟。

刘亚妹（洪慧芳饰演）跟鹏举是军中同事，亚妹多年来一直暗恋着对方，对宝家四兄妹也照顾有加，经常出入宝家，打点一切，俨然是宝家女主人。亚妹多次被家人安排相亲，有碰过条件不错的对象，但亚妹总会吹毛求疵，嫌弃对方，只因心里一直等待着鹏举。 宝家四兄妹也深知亚妹的心意，想方设法撮合两人。鹏举其实也明白亚妹的心思，但他对亡妻仍是念念不忘，所以始终没有接受这份感情。

Picasso（方展发饰演）是广告公司新来的美术总监，被安排与文卫合作。又吝啬又我行我素的Picasso一开始便和文卫犹如贴错门神般，时常为了小事而起争执。巧合的是Picasso回营受训时，竟然又碰到了鹏举。 鹏举对Picasso印象本来不佳，后来Picasso在危急中解救了同僚，鹏举才对他另眼相看。

文卫在为广告做资料收集的过程中，结识了女军官欧阳佩佩（陈凤玲饰演）。在与佩佩接触的过程中，文卫更发现原来佩佩和她家的两个哥哥极有渊源：文精和佩佩因参加军部的训练而结识；文忠和佩佩则是中学同学。 女人味十足的佩佩是许多男性的梦中情人，文精就是其中一个拜倒在她石榴裙下的男子。文精虽想追求佩佩，无奈一接近佩佩，到口的话都忘了，就只能继续扮酷，佩佩对文精的印象因此大打折扣。 其实佩佩的心早有所属，而此人正是文忠。外柔内刚的佩佩在学校时，就已经仰慕文忠，但可惜文忠一直都只把她当作好友。好胜心强的佩佩不肯放弃，相信只要坚持下去，文忠总有一天会接受她的。

文忠因误会而结识了来自邻国的梁小诺（姚懿珊饰演）。文忠对长短脚但内心坚强的小诺心生好感，认定小诺就是自己长久以来在寻找的“唯一”。 文忠积极追求小诺，小诺虽被文忠的诚意感动，却一直对自己害死了前男友无法释怀，加上自卑心作祟，所以一直没法接受新恋情。后来，文忠奋不顾身救了小诺。小诺终于被感动，接受了文忠的爱意。 保守的鹏举不能接受儿子竟然喜欢上一个身体残缺的女人，坚决反对两人来往，并和文忠产生了前所未有的矛盾。鹏举后来在亚妹的劝解下，偷偷去调查了小诺，了解到小诺是个善解人意的好女孩，终卸下成见，成全了小俩口。 佩佩知道自己竟然败给小诺，让一向自信满满的她，承受极大的打击，变得一蹶不振，自暴自弃。文精看在眼里，极为心痛，在旁默默支持她。佩佩才恍然大悟最关心自己的是文精，感动之际，了解到被爱比爱人幸福，欣然接受了文精的爱意。

文精在练跆拳道时，碰见了身手同样了得的巫成义，还发现对方原来是自己的小学同学。成义是个自由摄影师，长年在第三世界国家工作。 在一次文卫负责的广告拍摄，文卫聘请的摄影师因食物敏感，而临阵退出。成义见义勇为，代替了摄影师，让文卫感激，更让她对这个才华横溢，又带有神秘气质的男人有了好感。 成义知道文卫喜欢自己，但是碍于自己身负重任，一直不愿意接受文卫。一次意外，文卫误以为成义命丧黄泉，真情流露，让成义十分感动，终于接受了文卫的感情。

文卫和Picasso在合作的过程，从开始的互相厌恶，到后来发现彼此的优点。Picasso更不知不觉地对这善良可爱的女孩产生了情愫，凡事迁就她，可是粗枝大叶的文卫完全不知不觉。 Picasso之前在军中原是一名爆破专家，和一起共事的Ben是好兄弟。一次，Picasso和Ben遇到有人被劫匪抢劫，出手相助。不料在追捕劫匪的过程中，Ben为了救Picasso，不幸跌下楼梯，导致Ben下半身瘫痪，并且变得自暴自弃，甚至连妻儿都被他赶走。 这秘密无意间让文卫发现，了解其实Picasso吝啬是为了帮Ben。文卫渐渐对Picasso改观，对他产生了前所未有的感觉；而与此同时，文卫却发现成义对自己有所保留，常常不知所踪，两人之间的距离似乎越来越远。 Picasso虽喜欢文卫，可是成义的存在，却让他对文卫的感情裹足不前，于是毅然决定忍痛放弃，到国外工作。临走的前一晚，两人其实心里都有话要说，但始终没说出。文卫经过一夜思考，明白自己喜欢的是Picasso，于是第二天，赶到机场追回Picasso，奈何两人错过。文卫伤心吃着雪糕时，Picasso却突然出现，表示不想留下遗憾，并向文卫表白心意，文卫欣然接受。

文卫到成义家，向成义说清楚与Picasso的事，不料却发现成义的秘密，反被成义和同党挟持，当为人质。 原来成义这次来新加坡的目的就是要解救被判了死刑的大哥。成义曾经几次放置炸弹威胁政府放了他大哥，但政府却不肯妥协。成义和同党于是决定铤而走险，挟持了一间幼儿园的老师和孩子，威胁政府释放在牢狱里的大哥。

Picasso发现文卫被成义抓走，发狂似的四处找她。在已经无计可施之下，Picasso想起曾经在幼儿园碰到成义，于是和文精一起到幼儿园，希望得到一些线索，正巧碰到成义和同党闯进幼儿园。在一番打斗之后，文精和Picasso成功地制服了成义和他的同党，拯救了幼儿园里的老师和孩子。 Picasso在成义的引导之下，找到了文卫，却发现文卫身上绑了计时炸弹。Picasso一时间无法解开，而接近引爆的时间却越来越近…

结局当然是大团圆啦！看后发现有一点爱上王禄江饰演的宝文忠。以前我还在JB读书时，王禄江都是演一些三八又搞笑的角色。这部剧让我对他另眼相看！

PPP: It's shopping season again!!!

How time flies. Now is september. Summer is leaving, autumn is coming. Weather is turning cold. When the cold wind blow, I started to thinking of my favourite festival season: Christmas! Too early? No, It's never too early for you to start thinking of what to buy for your loves one at this lovely season. I will be flying back to Malaysia this coming December. It's time for me to start searching for gifts to my friends and family back home. Lucky that I have internet access at home that I can do my online shopping while Anne is having her nap! It's impossible for me to shop peacefully with Anne running around. Talking about online shopping, you must try to get those discount coupons so that you can save some money for other purposes.

My sister will give birth to a baby girl end of the year. I think I will try to get some baby clothes at Baby Center Store. I can get a 20% off if I buy any 3 clothing item. Besides, I can try to get some toys for Anne at Kbtoys since they are giving out free shipping for some selected item.

Looking for a place to get more discount coupons? Check this out at http://www.couponchief.com/. I believe you can get what you want easily.

I feel like a failure!

Today, a Malaysian requested me to take care of her 2nd son for 10 munites. She needed to go out to fetch her first son back from school. Normally, her husband will fetch the son. But today, he got an emergency meeting to attend. The wife asked me to look after the son while she cycle to the school and fetch the first son. From the second I start carried the baby (11 months old), he was crying until the mother came back from the school with the big brother. I tried every toys, all kind of tactic... No use. Even Anne also try to sayang the baby, but he just refused to STOP! I feel like a failure. Can't even stop the baby from crying for one munites. Duh~

BUT, I am happy to see Anne sayang the boy a lot! She is willing to share all her toy with the boy!

My Lil Venture’s September Giveaway

This is fun. I like this women's blog. She knows how to attract people to continue visiting her blog with all the games and giveaway. Check out My Lil Venture’s September Giveaway. Guess what is the gift this time? A Shutterfly’s 8×8 Photobook, inclusive of FREE SHIPPING.

Come and join the fun!!

PPP: University of Wales

I am thinking to get a MBA long time ago, since I had worked for 2 years. But I need to save up my money to pay for the fees. After that I got married and have my first baby. My intention to continue study has to put aside due to the reason that I am sure that I cannot concentrate on my study with a baby with me. The University of Wales Online programme is just a right choice for any mother who wish to futher study but at the same time can still spent time with family and kids. Recently they online MBA was ranked among the top 32 in the world by the Financial Times. This is very attractive to me!