My diary: Life in Netherlands...

Budget!

2010-05-31T21:40:00.004+01:00

We are doing a lot of budget planning lately. Budget on renovation of our new house. Budget on money to spent to get a car (new or used one). Budget on air-ticket to visit my hometown before I start working again. Budget on furnitures. Budget on electric gadget. All these involve money!

Okay, I forgot another very important budget. Budget on money that we need to pay for my girls' nanny fees and their school fees. I actually have a lot of plan in mind. I want them to learn ballet, swimming, karate, piano and arts. All these classes involve a huge amount of tuition fees. Anyway, when I talk about this with hubby, he splash a big pile of cold water on me! He got his point also, we must make sure the girls are interested in all the classes that I intend to send them. No point waste money on something they are not interested in, right? Correct! In that case, I would prefer to invest my money to buy gold bullion which is a better way to invest my money!

Cookies

2010-05-31T21:33:00.002+01:00

I love cookies, especially butter cookies. So when my friend gave me 3 boxes of cookies from France, I was so happy. Here's the cookies:

100% originally from France! So far we only tasted one packet, the third one. Very nice. Very tasty, I luv it! For the other 2 boxes, I am thinking to keep it and bring back to Malaysia and share with my family. It's really not that easy to get these kind of cookies in Malaysia. Good food must share with love one, right? :-)

Spring is finally here!

2010-05-03T22:21:00.003+01:00

I see green leaves growing out! Definitely a great feeling for me as I hate cold weather!

Will start bringing the girls out to the playground more often :-)

New house = more expenses

2010-04-14T11:48:00.002+01:00

We bought our first condo unit during our 3 weeks stay in KL. This is going to be our home when we finally go back to KL for good coming September. So, we need a lot of money to do renovation now. At first, we thought that since we are getting euro monthly, and the exchange rate was pretty good (during that time lah!), we decided to save up most of our money here so that when we go back to Malaysia by September, after the exchange, we can have enough money for the renovation.

Oh boy, the decision was so wrong! If you are aware with the exchange rate, you should have notice that the exchange rate for Euro to RM is dropping... dropping dramatically! From almost 1 euro to RM5.10 to RM4.30! Such a big different! Errr... I should have invest my money in GOLD! My mother always told me that gold is proved to be a successful method of preserving value. Should have do more study on buy gold bullion earlier!!

Spring?

2010-04-12T22:16:00.002+01:00

It should be spring now. But the weather is still pretty cold. 5-6'C in the morning, and we are lucky if the temperature will rise till more than 10'C in the afternoon. Anyway, I can see that it's getting warmer, just slowly.

Plan to have a day trip to tulip farm, hope that we can make it as this is going to be our last spring in Holland. Wish to take pictures with lots of Tulip!

*Oh Summer!

2009-06-04T20:36:00.002+01:00

We have a very nice weather for the past few days. 25'C at noon! Oh, I miss sunshine so much! When I saw those rustic furniture from www.scenicfurniture.com, how I wish I could have this set of 3’ Stained Exterior Finish Outdoor Bench so that I can enjoy myself under the big bright sun, at the same time have a great outdoor activities with my girls. I LOVE summer!

My Love-Hate feeling with weekend!

2009-06-01T00:44:00.000+01:00

I like weekend because:

I have extra pairs of hand helping me with the girls and cooking.
The possibility for me to go out is higher.
I can have more quality time with the girls.
I do not need to rush in the morning - IF we are not going anywhere.

But I hate it when YOU are at home but YOU are making yourself so BUSY in the KITCHEN!!

I prefer you to spend more time with the girls, NOT in the kitchen busy with your NEW recipe with MY new oven!!!!! Please! Spend your time with Anne when I was in the room with baby! In a typical weekdays, she is already playing alone, by herself! I hope someone can play with her in the weekend! SO! Don't play with the OVEN! Play with YOUR GIRL!

*Insurance when living abroad

2009-04-03T09:43:00.006+01:00

When we were in Malaysia, we basically no need to worry about our medical expenses as everything was covered by my company. When hubby decided to take the offer to futher his studies in Netherlands, situation changed. I will be taking unpaid leaves for 4 years and we are no longer covered by my company from the day I started my unpaid leaves. We need to get an insurance policy specialized for families living abroad with worldwide coverage.

Getting an international coverage policies is very important when you are living abroad especially when you are in Netherlands where the medical fees is super expensive! Sad to say that, I don't think we can afford the medical fees here without an insurance.

Now that my mother in law will be visiting us this June and stay with us for 3 months, Hubby is trying to search for a suitable international travel policy for her, I think I should try to get my free quote for international coverage from MultiNational Underwriters. We can't take the risk to let her travel without any international coverage policies.

Spring!

2009-04-03T09:40:00.002+01:00

After been staying at home most of the time for the past 3 months, I glad that Spring is finally here. If you know me, you should know that I hate cold weather! I am so happy that I can switched off my heather now and open my window enjoying the fresh air out side!

It's time to plan for more outing before our family vacation to Vienna!!! Yes, we are going to Vienna! Our first family trip this year! Can't wait for it!

* For a good cause

2008-10-30T20:10:00.003+01:00

I started online shopping since I came to Netherlands 2 years ago. Recently, I shop online so frequently. Main reason is I cannot find a time to go out. I have a 3 months old baby and a 3 years old toddler to handle. It will be so troublesome to go shopping with them. Hence, I choose to buy thing online. I am glad to find this www.eengoedezaak.nl. What is so special about this site? Online shoppers can actually do charity when they shop! We pay the normal store price for the product but the retailer donates part of the purchase to the cause that we have decided to support. Sound great, right?

aGoodCause has just launched globally- in 8 countries. To become an AidMaker and support charity, please click on the link for your specific country and download the software onto your computer. Because I am in Netherlands, here's the link for us: www.eengoedezaak.nl.

Alive again!

2008-10-28T10:35:00.000+01:00

I know I had abandone this blog for some time... No time to maintain 2 blog... I cannot understand how some stay at home mother and maintain so many blogs at the same time... I think, I have to learn from them...

Will try my best to write more... be patiance! Wakekeke...

Weather forecast...

2007-12-17T23:54:00.000+01:00

This is the weather forecast for this week until 26th December.

This is too cold for me... I have been staying indoor for 4 days already... Yeah... I refused to go out in this kind of weather... Now, I am counting down to the day I go back to Malaysia!!! Might be snowing on Sunday somemore!! Eeeeee....

PPP: Special Number plate

2007-12-10T18:55:00.000+01:00

My new house is going to complete soon. Heard that we can get the key in a few weeks' time. Which mean, we are able to see the house when we go back to Malaysia. For my new house, of course I wish to have something special. I found that we actually can create Number Plates - Funny & Novelty from this site: http://www.4plates.co.uk. From the site, you can design and create your own unique picture plate. The site is very easy to understand and the step to create a picture plate is easy and most importantly, it's user friendly. You just need to enter your text and select pictures or background that you like. It's that simple! I think I will try to create a special picture plate for my futere new home! :-D

Finally...

2007-12-10T18:52:00.000+01:00

After 16 months of waiting, we finally receive a letter from IND stated that our application for temporary resident permit in Netherlands is approved! Yes, I can go home on 1st Jan! In another 21 days, I will be on my way back to Malaysia. Oh, I miss my family so much! I am sooooo happy now! I am going to spend 3 months in Malaysia... I want to eat a lot of nice food in Malaysia... I don't want to cook when I am in Malaysia... muahahaha... I am VERY HAPPY NOW!!!!

PPP: The invisibleSHIELD

2007-12-10T18:31:00.000+01:00

I only have a handphone. I do wish to get an ipod long ago but still no action has been taken. Why? Because I am pretty sure that if I have an ipod, my tomboy girl will sure want to play with it. She already treat my handphone as her toy, I do not wish my new ipod have the same fate as my handphone. Anyway, with invisibleSHIELD, I think my wish to own an ipod may come true soon. The invisibleSHIELD is a clear film that protects your iPod or iPhone from scratches. It's great because it doesn't add any bulk to your device like any other ipod case, but yet it provides great protection. Don't you think this is a great protection to your ipod?

Sick!

2007-12-10T16:26:00.000+01:00

It's winter now. Weather is cold. So, Anne is sick. The mother is sick. Daddy also not feeling well now. We stay at home most of the time.... Anyway, after 2 weeks of runny nose, Anne is getting better now... But, this lazy mommy just too lazy to bring her out. We need at least 15 minutes to dress up... Put on clothes one by one... very tired leh!!! Better to stay in our warm house! Hehehe...

PPP: A Special Gift!

2007-12-09T22:24:00.000+01:00

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Cooold!

2007-12-02T15:20:00.000+01:00

It has been raining since 10am. We are at home for the whole day. Do not wish to go out and get wet! According to the weather forecast, next week will be a raining week. Meaning, rain for one whole week! Iakkkk.... I hate raining day, espeacially rain with strong wind! It is so cold now even tho we are at home with all heater turned ON! When I can get my ID so that I can go home as soon as possible? I wish to run away from this winter ler...

PPP: Free Web Polls for Blogs

2007-11-28T20:17:00.000+01:00

Since I started to blog, I like to change the layout of my blog. I play with the code and I will search for different widgets or some code to install to my blog. I want my blog to look nice and unique! Now I actually can create and add a web poll to my blog easily by using Easy-Poll. Their system is designed in a way that I need no database of my own, no additional software or IT support – everything is handled and calculated on their servers – quickly and safely. You even can find a top online slots from the website. I believe this is gonna be fun! Want your to create a special poll for your blog? Do it now!

She needs more friends...

2007-11-28T20:14:00.000+01:00

At the Sinterklaas Party, I found that Anne was pretty slow in warming up with other kids. When others were playing together, she would stand a side and watch! Yes, watch only. After I join in and play with the kids, she then only join in. And then slowly she can play with them without me, with condition I am near by. She loves to play with kids, but she is pretty slow in mixing with them. When others already feeling tired, she just started getting high! We need to send her to school so that she can have more friends to play with. She looks pity when she is alone.

PPP: It's shopping time!!

2007-11-28T19:13:00.001+01:00

I can't believe that it's year end now. I love year end! Year end means festival season. Year end also mean winter sales will start soon! I need to buy all presents for my friends and family now! I am glad that Coupon Chief is a place I can find a lot of discount coupons. I need it to save more money! :-D

Loong is searching for a new laptop. I think I can get this Dell Coupons for him. As for Anne, she loves Dora the Explorer now. I shall get her related books or toys from Nickelodeon Store using their discount coupons. What should I buy for myself? Let me think first!

Scrapbooking

2007-11-28T19:08:00.000+01:00

I fall in love with scrapbooking. I spent a lot of my free time doing scrapbooking and searching for nice paper online. As you can see, I start to slow down in writing blog entry. Not enough time for me to do others thing if I spent most of my free time playing with Photoshop! I just got a new copy of Photoshop CS version 10! I am like addicted to Photoshop now... I love to see all my scrapping in my computer... Hehehe....

PPP: Hotel Reservations

2007-11-28T19:01:00.000+01:00

I like to travel. I wish to visit most of the European Country during my 3 years stay in Netherlands. Since I came here, I have communication problem! People here prefer to speak Dutch! I do not know Dutch! That's why I started to shop online. I am glad to find this Hotel Reservations website, where I can make online booking and reservation to hotel in most of the European Country! The best part is, I even can get cheaper room rate from the website! Then I can save my money for other purpose. Great, right?

Sinterklaas Party

2007-11-28T18:57:00.000+01:00

We just got back from Sinterklaas Party. Sinterklaas is Dutch People's own Saint. It was a fun event where children can sing and dance together with Sinterklaas and his helper - Black Pieters. Anne got a present from Sinterklaas. It's a Baby Set. She likes it! All children have a present, even adults also get a small present which is an alphabet chocolate. Nice huh! :-D

PPP: Holiday to New Zealand

2007-11-20T21:21:00.000+01:00

I love to travel. I mentioned many time that if I go for a holiday, I prefer a place which is natural, peaceful and out of the city life. I wish to go to a place where I can let my children run wildly in an open space, not squeezing in a bus or a train. One of my wish is to go for a New Zealand Holidays. New Zealand is famous for her nature environment. How I wish I can go there to enjoy the clean air and relax myself for a city life. May be I should try to book a flights to Wellington from Dialaflight. Dialaflight is a leading independent UK travel company offering flights, hotels & travel ideas worldwide. With Dialaflight, I am sure I can have a great time enjoying my holidays in anywhere in the world!

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Stupid Student!

2007-11-20T21:14:00.000+01:00

I must admit that I am a very stupid student in the Dutch class I attend. Main reason is I do not put much efford to learn Dutch! I am sure I will not stay here after Loong graduate, that's why I am so lazy to learn Dutch. I just want to spent my free time wisely! :-P

I want to jot down some Dutch word starting from today. Most of them can count so well already, duh~ why they so hardworking one???

1 - een
2 - twee
3 - drie
4 - vier
5 - vijf
6 - zes
7 - zeven
8 - acht
9 - negen
10 - tien
11 - elf
12 - twaalf
13 - dertien
14 - veertien
15 - vijfien
..... and so on...

20 - twintig
30 - dertig
... and so on...

100 - honderd
200 - tweehonderd

PPP: Fountains

2007-11-19T19:18:00.000+01:00

We are now staying in an apartment. We do not have a garden. Anne loves to run in the garden downstairs, she loves fountains too. She will look at the water splashing out from a fountain happily. I bet she will jump into the water if I did not stop her from doing so. May be I can consider to intall Wall Fountains for my future new home. I do not think my tomboy girl can jump into a wall foundtain, right?

Geneva's Keyboard

2007-11-19T19:11:00.000+01:00

Loong went to Geneva last week. He found something different... Different keyboard. From the picture can you find the different? Look carefully!!!

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Alphabet Y & Z change place liao....

My own cookbook?

2007-11-19T13:44:00.000+01:00

I am not a good cook. I was forced to cook after we came to Netherlands. After one year of "training", I start to enjoy cooking. I will look for new recipes online and try it at home. I even will learn new recipes from TV shows!

I prefer to cook Chinese food, not western food. Anyway, in a western country, it's not easy for me to get all the ingredients I need. I always have to change the recipe a bit to suit with the ingredients that I have or I can get here. I must say that cooking is a adventurous work! You have to be brave enough to change the ingredients! I failed a few times, but there were times that the food I cooked turn out to be very nice and special! I wish I can jot down all the food that I had cook for the past one year until the day I go back to work! I hope the book will be thick enough for me to show my children!!

After trying a lot of Taiwan and China recipes, I started to get interested in baking! I am looking for a good Cake Recipes books. I wish I can bake a cake for my husband on his coming birthday! But first... I need to get an oven!! :-D

Need cash?

2007-11-17T00:00:00.000+01:00

Life is unpredictable. You never know what will happen next second and when you need extra cash for emergency usage. I am lucky, because my company does provide cash loan for staffs to apply. Anyway, the procedure can take up to a few weeks to complete and another few days for the money to tranfer into the account. What will happen if someone needs the money urgently?

Normally when we need money, we tend to borrow from friends or family members. Now you have another choice. Same Day Cash is the new generation of payday loan. You might be asking, what's the diffenrent? The main different is, it’s an honest and upfront loan that tells you exactly the amount that you’ll pay for your loan!! You know what you’re signing up for and there’s no any extra administration fee. Your loan can be transferred to your account in just 1 hour. This is what I call - urgent money!

No mood to write...

2007-11-16T23:57:00.000+01:00

I am so lazy to write! Not that I do not have opps to take, but I just do not like the topics and decided not to take opps that I do not feel like to write. That's why I am writting less.

Weather in Netherlands is getting so cold now. Yesterday, it hitted -2'C in the morning. I remember last year I only started to wear my winter coat arround december. This year, I wear my winter coat as early as end of october! I just wish that I can get my ID ASAP and "fly" back to Malaysia NOW!!!

PPP: Morgage Broker

2007-11-13T15:59:00.000+01:00

One of my friend just started to work in Ireland. It's not easy for her as she needs to saparate with her husband who is currently work in another country. I am not sure where she will sattle down finally, but I am sure I will recomment her to look for a Mortgage Broker if she need to get a best mortgage rates. Irish Mortgage Brokers' system is based online, customers can see exactly what their consultants can see at any time day or night. This is definately a very good service!

Big bully or kena bullied!

2007-11-13T15:55:00.000+01:00

I used to worry that Anne will be a big bully. Her voice is loud. She is tomboyish. But... Seems like most of the time she is the one who is bullied by other kids, younger than her some more! Today, at the dutch class. The boy who is only 1.5 year old came and try to take away toys that Anne was playing that time. Well, my girl just give up the toy, run toward me and cried! So pitty like that! I must teach my girl to protect herself now. Last week, the boy even tried to cekik my girl!!! So fierce!!!

PPP: Romance Novels

2007-11-12T13:58:00.000+01:00

Do you like Romance Novels? When I was young, I used to be a reader for romance novels. I could finish one novel in a night! All romance novels have romantic scence. They boy friend or husband was so romantic and good to the girl friend or wife! How I wish to have a romantic husband too. Well, my husband is not a romantic person but my brother in law is a romantic one. I feel happy for my sister as her husband remember every special event which is meaningful for them. He will buy gift for my sister during the special event. Althought the gift is not expensive, but it brings some meaning to them. As for my husband, he would ask me what I want as gift before the date. If I didn't tell him anything, he will buy nothing!!! Ok, enough of complaint about my husband... I am still a happily married woman!! My husband is romantic in his way. He would make sure I eat fruits every day. He is the one who will cut fruits into pieces and remind me to finish it. He is also taking good care of me and our girl. He spends most of his free time at home with us, not going out spending time with his own hobby. I am glad I married him! :-)

Do you love reading Romance Novels? Now you can get a lot of these novel online from Mills & Boon. Enjoy your reading and learn the romantic trick from the story!! Give your love one a BIG surprise!

Another problem!!

2007-11-12T13:52:00.000+01:00

We noticed some annoying sounds from the roof since the recent strong wind in Netherlands. We suspected maybe due to some roof tiles were swept away by the strong wind. We can clearly hear the rains drop on the suspected area too. Loong informed the incharged person before he went to Geneva. Today, until now still no one come and do any inspection. Well, I just wish that they will fix the problem soon. It's ready noisy when the wind blow!!!

PPP: Garage Flooring.

2007-11-11T21:17:00.000+01:00

Do you know that you actually can have a very nice looking garage? No more cracked, chipped or stained concrete garage floors! What you need to do is to get help from Car Guy Garage. They are expert in creating an attractive and comfortable environment for your garage floor. Garage flooring tiles are important because its last longer and are easy to install in your garage.

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PR dropped to 2

2007-11-11T21:15:00.000+01:00

Today, after reading some blogger commented that Google had updated the PR again. I itchy hand went and checked my blog's PR. This blog only managed to maintain at PR3 for about 1 week! Now, I have PR2. Nevermind, lower PR mean less writing :-P

Today is the first day for a 4 days without Loong days. So far so good... She is a good girl! :-)

PPP: Fine designer jewelry

2007-11-09T17:34:00.000+01:00

Looking for fine designer jewelry for your wife or girl friend? May be you can try to search for one at Jrdunn.com. At Jrdunn.com you can find all kind of jewelry designed by famous Bridal Designer. You can trust them because they are serving clients from all over the world since 1969! Now, they even added a new Watches section! Get a watch for your love one in this festive season from Jrdunn.com! I am sure they will love it!

View from our living room

2007-11-09T17:27:00.000+01:00

This is the view from our living room. I like this room because of the view. More things to see and not facing another building or a bicycle shed! Anne can see buses, train and tram from the windows too. As you can see, all trees are turning color... It's autumn, but I feel like it's winter now. Rain will pour any time!

PPP: Bean Bag Bazaar!

2007-11-08T21:13:00.000+01:00

I always wish to find some big and comfortable pillows to put in my living room. I wish we have a comfortable place to rest after one day of working life. Since I read about Bean Bags, I know this is what I am looking for, not big pillow anymore. I am eyeing on this HUGE Kids BAZ BAG 4in1 Bean Bags, it's a Bbranded Stain & Water Resistant Bean Bag Cushion.

Don't you think it looks so comfortable? I believe Anne will love it too! Get one for your children too.

I want to go Geneva!

2007-11-08T21:09:00.000+01:00

Loong will go to Geneva (Switzerland) coming Sunday. I cannot go, because I not yet receive my ID. He will be away for 4 days which mean I need to look after Anne alone for 4 days. Loong suppose to go with one of his co-worker for a workshop there. But something happen, he co-worker is now at Malaysia. He need to explore Geneva alone too... God, please grant me patience when I am alone with Anne...

PPP: Go Live Mobile

2007-11-08T20:07:00.000+01:00

Now a days, usage of mobile phone has become so common. Almost everyone will have one mobile, some even have more than one mobile. In my house, we have 7 peoples. My parents and 5 siblings. If all peoples are at home, we have 6 mobilephones plus one landline phone. My father in law even cancelled his landline at home with reason that everyone in the house have a mobilephone.

As you can see, mobile marketing has a very huge market! From young to old, everyone will have one mobile in their pocket. It's important for a company to put efford into mobile marketing or sms marketing so that they are better known among the community. Some times, when we access one company’s website using our mobile phone’s browser, most likely we will see a complete mess. Are your company facing the same complaints from customer about this? Now, you do not need to worry anymore. GoLive! Mobile can help you to solve this problem. GoLive! Mobile offers turn-key packages to get your business a mobile website quickly, professionally, and cost-effectively. Their offering includes building, hosting, and optionally monetizing your WAP site using the latest technologies. You can get a full set of great services from them.

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Cloth Diaper.

2007-11-08T19:58:00.000+01:00

I read from many blogger mummies that they start using cloth diaper. I want to try too. I started to search more information about Cloth Diaper. I think I would buy a trial package from Mia Bambina. Anne is diaperless during day time. We only let her wear diaper when we go out and night time. Some time, even go out for half an hour, I will let her wear her diaper. I need to throw the used diaper even it's actually only used for half an hour. Feel wasted. That's why I am thinking to try cloth diaper! I will use the money I earned from PPP to buy this!

PPP: BidVertiser

2007-11-05T23:53:00.000+01:00

Blogging has become a very common habit. More and more people started to write a blog to serve as their diary, and also as a way to earn side income. Since I will be a stay at home mother for another 2 years, I had decided to start blog for money too. Do you know that you actually can earn quite a decent amount with just a blog? Now, their is another way for you to earn more from your blog.

Do you know what is BidVertiser? BidVertiser offers website owners with the ability to sell their ad space, automatically, to the highest bidder, on a price-per-click basis, where the price is mostly effected by the quality and popularity of their website. Now you can earn money by directing users to signup with BidVertiser. What you need to do is to place a referral button or a text link on your site and you will start to earn money when a user clicks on your button or link and signs as an advertiser or a publisher. Click Here to Signup as a BidVertiser Referral!

Press Release:

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BidVertiser now opens the the opportunity for bloggers to join as a referral, and as a unique benefit - a $20 coupon of free clicks is included with every referral account! This coupon can be shared and passed on to anyone - by placing a referral button on the blog, by adding the coupon link to a newsletter or even to an RSS feed

Once you signup as a referral, you get your unique referral link which will give $20 in free clicks to anyone that clicks it, adding great value to your blog as well as being a great benefit to your readers. Referral earnings are tracked online in the referral control panel and payments are made monthly, via PayPal or check, with a minimum of only $10.

If you choose to also activate your publisher account, you will also be able to get access to a new set of referral links that will both give your readers $20 in free clicks and will enable them to advertise directly on your blog via BidVertiser, increasing your earnings even more!

Not going back?

2007-11-05T23:50:00.000+01:00

Tell you what? I might not be going back to Malaysia this year end. Yes, I am very disappointed. The worst case will be I need to stay in Netherlands with Anne without Loong because he needs to go back to collect data. I just cannot understand how come they are so slooooooow in processing our appeal of resident permit! According to the procedure, only 6 weeks is needed. Now, almost 3 months still no result.

Seems like I need to spent my winter stuck in Netherlands!

PPP: Exterior home decor

2007-11-04T21:03:00.000+01:00

Many people intent to put a lot of efford in their home's interior design. To me, it's also important for us to have a very nice exterior home decor. I feel envy when I see a unique mail box outside a house. I will order one when my new house is ready. I want a special, custom painted mailbox for my house! Besides that, we also can order pretty and nice Address Plaques online from mailboxandbeyond.com. Get your unique mailbox now!

Another Chinese Malaysian is here!

2007-11-04T21:00:00.001+01:00

Finally we have another chinese Malaysian join us in Delft. He is also IHE's student, Loong's junior! :-) We will definately try our best to help him sattle down in Delft. Yesterday, we went to Xotus the Asian Shop together and we invited him over for dinner too. I am not a good cook, I hope he did enjoy our simple dinner :-) Anne mix with him well... Hehe... She seldom so sporting one! May be she knows he is Malaysian too.

PPP: Bank Charges Review

2007-11-02T15:04:00.000+01:00

We need to deal wiith bank in almost all of money related thingy. I am not good at finance, but Loong is good at it. Some times he would complaint to me about the extra bank charges that we need to pay for certain services. Well, I do not say that bank shouldn't charge us for the services they provide. But, if too much of bank charges will make us feeling like been cheated!

I am glad to know that there is away for us to file all our unfair bank charges for past 6 years! How? Get your help from Keypoint. Keypoint is ready to help its clients fight for their rightful and due entitlement. They also will help you to ensure your refund and interest are correct. The service is provided at no fee. They only will charge a fee of 25% inc VAT (minimum £50) after you have your refund.

10 minutes only!

2007-11-02T15:02:00.000+01:00

Today, Anne only took 10 minutes nap time! Argkkk... I am so tire now. I need to accompany her most of the time. She dozed off at 1:20pm. At 1:30pm, a fire-engine passed by. She got frighten and woke up. Then she refused to sleep back. She is running behind me now... Like a hyper-active girl. When I asked her wants to sleep or not, she will reply a NO! Let's see she can stand until what time~

PPP: Time to save!

2007-11-01T22:40:00.000+01:00

I hate inflation. Prices for most of our daily products have go up high that we need to find all kind of ways to save our money. It's christmas season, althought I am poor, I still want to get a present for my love one. I really needa help from Save Buckets now! Save Buckets is a new price comparason site. They help you to search for products within your budget! Try it now.

Press Release:

GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST HAUNTS INDEBTED BRITS

- New price saving site launches to save Brits up to 20% this Christmas -

As the nation approaches the final countdown to Christmas, new research rings alarm bells over the financial impact of Christmas in credit crunch Britain. The research from the new money saving website Savebuckets.com reveals that as Brits prepare for Christmas, many are still paying off last year’s festive spending.

With 41 per cent of Britons paying for Christmas on credit last year, almost one in five are still paying for last year’s festivities (17%), fewer than one in three having cleared their Christmas debts when their January credit card bill arrived (29%).

Following a year of consumer confidence in 2006, Christmas spending soared 52 per cent in two years (from an average £548 per adult in 2004* to £837 per adult in 2006), with over one in five Brits spending over £1,000 on Christmas last year (22%). This year, with spending power at its lowest level for 10 years**, consumers are feeling the financial hangover from a more confident Christmas enjoyed on the credit card and loans.

Alarmingly, it is cash strapped youngsters and low income earners who, having spent the most on last Christmas, are most likely to be feeling the repercussions of last year’s spending spree (see figures below).

The research into the financial impacts of last Christmas amongst a GB representative sample of 2,000 British adults was carried out by the new money savings website Savebuckets.com which launches this week to enable Brits to get more for their money this Christmas.

With these alarming figures in mind, Savebuckets.com will give shoppers the opportunity to save up to 20% on their Christmas shopping. Putting consumers back in control of their spending, the site searches over 700 retailers for the best price on around one million products. The site includes a unique price checker which allows consumers to set the price they want to pay for items, notifying them when the price of a product falls to within their budget.

爸爸闭翳

2007-11-01T22:31:00.000+01:00

This is to jot down that I had finished another Hong Kong series :-P I like this drama, talking about love between father and son!

Story line:

閔天賜(歐陽震華飾)是C J Thomson市場調查公司的調查經理，一個名副其實的品質價格專家。閔認為人生中最高風險的投資，並非期指、窩輪，而是生兒育女！因為教養一個兒女，動輒需款四百萬，倒頭來教養不善成「不肖兒」，一切便化為烏有。因而閔雖離婚了，尚慶幸無兒無女，樂得逍遙自在，其後更重遇舊女友周海嵐(向海嵐飾)，愛火重燃…

一切似盡在閔掌握之中，前妻GiGi(王殷廷飾)竟送來一份大禮——閔的八歲親兒宇恆(王樹熹飾)。原來八年前，GiGi和閔離婚後始知已懷有身孕，直至兒子八歲，GiGi於意外中喪生，其母安娜(白茵飾)本欲繼續撫養外孫，奈何覓得第二春，遂把閔親兒交回閔教養。閔一方面學習如何當上「爹」這新角色，望與陌生的兒子好好相處，另一方面，又要應付要求超高的極品女人——金美鑽(蒙嘉慧飾)，她是極具規模的超級市場市務部經理。金任職的超市，委託閔天賜任職的調查公司，調查市面上一般用品價格數據，閔與金合作多年，建立深厚情誼。

金有利興和集團富家子男朋友呂家齊(麥長青飾)，幸福快樂，而她不時為獨身的閔大人介紹各類型單身大長今，鬧出笑話連篇。閔與金對待小孩的態度截然不同，閔因童年陰影而漠視親情，金則喜愛小孩，閔得金相助，學懂與小孩相處之道，重新與恆建立父子情。及後金竟發現齊與一位電影艷星來往，終與其分手。金得閔相陪左右，不知不覺間與閔互生情愫，始覺完美伴侶正是身邊人，她就是閔的「超白金大長今」…

此外，原來閔小時與雙親居於澳門，閔父呂伯棠(周聰飾)因往香港工作，只能於每星期天回來一日。但好景不常，閔十歲時，父親要相隔兩星期、甚至一個月始回家一次，父母因此爭吵不休，閔追問，母親少芸(曾慧雲飾)傷心告之，閔父在香港另有女人，並要到大馬另謀發展，自此父親音訊全無，閔改從母姓，閔大學畢業後，母病逝，閔移居香港工作。閔一次接見新客戶，只覺眼前人甚面善，對方是利興和集團主席，要求閔替自己旗下「妹記肉丸」作市場調查，閔赫見對方腕上上鏈手錶，與當年父親手錶型號款式相同，駭然發現對方正是失去音訊廿多年的父親呂伯棠。

閔與生父緣薄，卻與別人的父親——高志添(夏雨飾)結下一段湯麵情緣。自從閔父棠離去後，閔母為口奔馳，早出晚歸，而十歲的閔正值發育時期，為了飽肚，閔只能叫淨麵加底。麵檔老闆(添)知閔生活艱苦，往往在淨麵上另加數粒牛丸而不收錢。另一般人只會在牛丸上劃十字花，但添則會劃一個笑臉圖案，笑語是自己獨創的‘開心牛丸’。閔與添感情日深，閔戲稱添為「湯麵契爺」，到閔十五歲，添不告而別，從旁人口中得知添已回香港，閔失落。一次機緣，閔重遇這個湯麵契爺。原來添當年突然離去，是因為妻子病逝，趕回香港料理後事，從此獨自負起照顧兒子的責任。

閔透過添，認識添的獨子，另一個茶煲爹——高青(王喜飾)。高青已婚，與妻育有一名六歲女兒貝貝(羅芷晴飾)。高因學歷不高，在一間商場管理公司當客務副主任，自感學歷與前途有直接關係，故對培育女兒花盡心思，由選校、交友、課餘活動均傾情投入，務求做到最好。高為家庭獻上心力，一次為陪女兒面試名校，導至高失職被逼辭工。其妻程若詩(譚小環飾)得知，覺高魯莽大表不滿，語帶怨懟以為嫁人可享清福，可是高即使請大假，都只會陪女兒讀書，詩認為高太過專注女兒而疏忽事業，疏忽自己，提出離婚。高自責不已，希望盡力挽救這段婚姻，卻發現詩與其上司Owen(張松枝飾)早有婚外情，離婚事志在必行。後高在父親添介紹下，到閔任職的市場調查公司當核數員，高為了女兒盡力工作，不久便調升為調查主任。而添與高父子背後，亦有一段不為人知的故事，高兒時，添為了多賺錢，離港赴澳門工作，父子分離，故感情轉淡。幾年後，高母(陳安瑩飾)不幸病逝，添立時由澳門回港照顧高，但二人之間更因誤會，被一道無形的牆阻隔，感情不再。

高因添未好好栽培自己而耿耿於懷，故對女兒教育倍加著緊，結識了女兒的課餘學習中心的導師，也是金的表妹——羅四喜(楊怡飾)。四是兒童教育中心的導師，為搏工作表現而顯得有愛心有耐性，實則只是當作「一份工」。四同時兼多職，日間算是為人師表，同時兼職網上拍賣交易員，晚上又是「啤酒妹」一名。高得悉後，恐怕四會對女兒有影響，大興問罪之師。惟了解後，方知四之所以要千方百計賺錢，背後亦有她的故事。原來四努力賺錢，希望實現海員父親遺願，與其母李帶彩(韓瑪利飾)環遊世界看日落…高得知四的拚命賺錢原因，對四觀感大改，更在貝牽線下，暗生情愫; 但中間又出現呂家么兒家聲(黎諾懿飾)因一時意氣力追喜…此時高前妻突然回來，爭取女兒的撫養權，高堅拒，並謂即使告上法庭，也必和詩相爭! 結果，出人意表地…

另邊廂，閔與棠父終父子相認，棠得知閔有八歲兒子，不時與孫子外出遊玩，此舉被其現任妻子韋秀蘭(馮素波飾)發覺，閔身份終被揭，而閔與棠長子家齊、二女家慧(陳琪飾)及么兒家聲關係惡劣。一次衝突，閔忍不住直斥蘭是第三者，蘭反唇相譏，閔母才是第三者，道出當年事件真相。原來蘭與棠在港正式結婚，棠婚後在澳門認識閔母後同居，並誕下閔，後來蘭發覺棠澳門有外室，勃然大怒，蘭為令棠斬斷情絲，與他前往大馬十年，在大馬賺取第一桶金，成立利興和集團，唯棠與仍對閔母念念不忘，旗下一個出產肉丸品牌‘妹記肉丸’，正是思念閔母而來。

就在此時，棠患上急病入院。一晚，閔竟前來探望，捉住父手安慰，鼓勵他一定可以渡過此關口。棠自覺對閔母有所虧欠，但閔母已逝，唯一希望‘妹記’這個品牌可以延續下去。閔安撫棠，只要有我一日，‘妹記’一定會做下去。棠終含笑而逝…

閔與高二人均遇上重大挫折，二人同病相憐，決心專注事業。此時，閔得知棠長子齊有意重組家族集團架構，結束回報不高的‘妹記肉丸’，閔不想以母親命名的品牌消失，遂向齊提出買斷‘妹記’這個註冊商標品牌，但齊有心與閔作對，偏就不肯賣予閔，閔無計可施，終透過第三者高向齊提出要求，但轉手費卻要七百多萬…其後添更病倒…

PPP: Jingle bell, jingle bell...

2007-10-29T20:58:00.000+01:00

It's autumn now, which mean it's year end now... I love year end because of all the festival that falls on year end. First it's Halloween, after that it's Thanksgiving, and before you know it, it's jingle time! Christmas is one of my favourite festival. For Christian, Christmas is to celebrate birthday of Jesus Christ. But, like the story about Santa Claus distribute presents to all children around the world. I wish I can be like Santa Claus, giving presents to my "lovers". I am glad this year I know how to shop online wisely using online coupons.

Anne started to show her interest in playing the LEGO set that I bought for her. I am thinking to buy another set of LEGO using the coupon I found at Coupon Chief. As for Loong, I will try to search for a suitable Autum/Winter coat from Timberland for him. He had been searching for a coat from Summer! Yeah, when he shop, he is more like an aunty!

Looking for a place to get online coupons? Try Coupon Chief. I am sure you will find what you want.

Learning Dutch!!

2007-10-29T18:51:00.000+01:00

We started our Dutch lesson last Tuesday. Not a good start, because we were late that day. Loong thought the class started at 10:30am, but actually started at 10:00am. We only found out at 9:55am. So, we were late for 15 mins and the class had began. Feel so shy to enter the class!Tomorrow, only I will attend the class. Loong has to be a tutor for a hydrology class in IHE. Anne will go with me, I hope this time she can have a nice time playing with other kids.

PPP: Police Gear

2007-10-29T17:13:00.000+01:00

My husband is a movie fanatic. He loves to watch action movies. He always ask me to join him when he is watching a movie. I don't like action movie which I think the story line is to fast and I do not like fighting scence. I bet he will love to have some of the functionally innovative gear from this 5.11 Tactical website. May be I can get one 5.11 Tactical Training Barrel for him as a birthday presents next year!

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2007-10-29T14:13:00.000+01:00

I am very surprise to see my blog's PR can goes up from 1 to 3. This is a big surprise to me. Anyway, everyday I still have same amount of time to blog. I wish to write more quality post in my main blog. This blog will continue as my daily short notes and paid-posts. Well, writing paid-post is a way for me to improve my english and knowledge. I will continue as long as my blogs have opps to write. If my PR drops, I will just slow down my writing speed... I thank God that I still can earn some pocket money using this free blog! Yeah... I am happy with the little money I earned so far!! :-D

PPP: Van Insurance

2007-10-29T10:20:00.000+01:00

I am not a good driver, but Loong is. Many friends had commented that Loong is a very good driver. He was well trained when he was staying in Bentong served as a driver in church after he got his license. He used to drive a van around Bentong to fetch Sunday School's students to attend classes at church. If you ever been to Bentong, you should know that all routes in Bentong especially in village area are very narrow and small. Besides get a good driver, you also need to have a good van insurance. Now, if you reside in UK, you actually can try to get Cheap Van Insurance online at Autonet Insurance. Every policy is individually tailored to match the requirements of the policyholder. As you input your information on-line, they will immediately build a full policy to suit you at the lowest rate possible. Hop over to have a look!

We earned one hour!

2007-10-28T22:09:00.001+01:00

Heehee... We earned one hour today. Why? Because Europe turn to Winter time which turn our clock backward 1 hour. Normally Anne wakes up at 8am. Today, she actually woke up at 8am, but the time turn backward 1 hour, so the time was 7am only. So early! Just now, she dozed off at 8:30pm, which is 30 mins before her normal nap time. I just cannot understand why Europe need to adjust the time like this. Time will adjust back to summer mode in March when we need to turn our clock fast-forward 1 hour. Then we will loose one hour!

PPP: Sales Training Courses

2007-10-28T20:32:00.000+01:00

My father always told me that we shouldn't afraid to learn new things. I totally agree with him. Life is a learning process. When my boss first told me that we would change to a new system and used a new programming language, I was so stressed that time. I only felt better after he told me that all staffs would undergo a series of training before the cut-over. To me, training is very important to prepare myself to face any changes that might occur. There are actually a lot of different training available to help us to learn new things. Avand.co.uk is one of the sales training company that are ready to help you. They are now expanding to join plumbing training as one of their main focuses. Beginning in plumbing? Get your help form Avand.co.uk.

Craving for Roti Canai!

2007-10-27T13:22:00.000+01:00

Loong is craving for roti canai. He is on his way to one of the Asia shop, looking for a frozen rati canai. I do not know why he suddently so craving for one. He requested me to cook Dhall curry for him too. I am not sure we can get all the ingredients or not. He will go to an Indonesian shop to look for all spices that we need to cook the curry. He is really craving for Roti Canai... Hehehe... Ok, I also hope he manage to get all ingredients so that we can eat Roti Canai as breakfast tomorrow morning! Wish us good luck!

Editing Service

2007-10-26T20:47:00.000+01:00

I salute working mother with young children who attend school. I cannot imagine how she actually can do so many thing at one time until I found this MasterPapers.com. They are providing an essay editing service that can help you to polish the writing off and putting the structure together. What you need to do is to put more emphasis on your content and leave the rest for them. I am very bad in grammar. May be I need this service if I decided to take a Master course next time. :-P

Finally the heater is function now~

2007-10-26T20:20:00.000+01:00

As the title tell, finally someone came to fix our rooms' heater after we had been cooling every night for almost 2 weeks. They sent someone here after our second complaint! That person used less than 5 minutes to fix the heater. What he did? He open one screw at one side of the heater, release some gas, and that's it! So easy! Why not come earlier?

Well, at least during the last few night Anne is willing to cover herself with blanket! :-) Before this, it's difficult to ask her to use a blanket!

PPP: Jet Charter

2007-10-26T16:21:00.000+01:00

Have you ever imagine that one day you can actually travel on a private jet? It's now possible for you to fly on a private jet with little notice with Executivejetcharterservice.com. ExecutiveJetCharterService.com makes it possible for you to fly in luxury and comfort to any destination you choose. For a businessman, timing is very important to them. They cannot afford the time they lost during flight delays and watching everyone else queue up by the first class seats when boarding time comes around. If you pre-book a Business Jet Charter, then every seat is in first class. Most importantly is the takeoff is at your leisure. You can ask a flight to wait for you if your meeting ends late or your kids refused to let you go!

I love shopping online

2007-10-26T16:14:00.000+01:00

For past 2 days, I finally decided to buy something from ebay using my paypal money. Gheeee, I never thought that I can spent that much in 2 days. What I bought?

A set of 10 pieces children educational cooking set GBP5.98
One cordless, wireless Voip phone GBP25.54
Dora the Explorer box set of 20 books GBP28.99

Anyway all these were sponsored by PPP :-P I agreed to sponsored my younger sister for her air-fare from KK to Miri January next year. I just wish to gather everyone together since I will be back home that time. I am glad that I can transfer my money from paypal to credit card. At least I know how to use my money more wisely now :-) (not spent all online shopping nia...)

PPP: Oak Beds

2007-10-25T09:11:00.000+01:00

I always say that bed is important to me. I need a good bed so that I can have a good rest every time I lay down on my bed. I love wood series furnitures. When I see these Oak Beds, I just can't start imagine how comfortable it will be if I lay down on one of it! At time4sleep.co.uk/ you can find latest styles in the hottest finishes and they firmly believe that their beds offer unbeatable value for money. Hey, discover the latest revolution in sleep with their new visco elastic memory foam collection. I believe you will have sweet dream every night when sleeping on it!

I hate it!

2007-10-24T19:48:00.000+01:00

I hate it , when people come and press my door bell during Anne's nap time. It's OK if she already in deep sleep. Any loud noise will not wake her up. But, if someone came and press the door bell when Anne just about to doze off... Ahhhh.... I will want to bite that person!

This happen today. Anne doze off at 1:30pm. That person press my door bell at 1:35pm. Then I quickly ran to open the door for him. He talked to me like I am deaf, so loud. When I saw Anne sit up on her bed, I know, chammm lorrrr... True enough, she refused to sleep back after that person left. So, today, she only took 5 mins afternoon nap! Break record liaooo... Anyone took such a short nap???

PPP: Dietary supplement for skin health

2007-10-23T20:23:00.000+01:00

When talking about skin care, I must say that I am a lazy bug! The time I took good care of my skin was during the 3 months duration before my wedding day. That was the only time I was so serious about my skin. The reason is of course want to look pretty on my wedding day. I went for a facial once a month that time and did a 5 steps daily cleaning every morning and before I went to bed. I also apply body lotion everyday. I always hope that I can find a skin care product which suit me and do not have a lot of steps to follow. :-P

When I first found out about R.G. Skin Revitalizer, I know that I should try this product one day. So what is actually R.G. Skin Revitalizer? R.G. (Red Gâc) Skin Revitalizer is a dietary supplement that supports skin health. It's an oil extract from the tropical superfruit Gâc and it is rich in carotenoid antioxidants. When taken as part of one’s daily diet, it will essentially provides skin daily nourishment that works from the inside out. Sounds great right?

Besides that, Beta-carotene, a natural carotenoid antioxidant found abundantly in Gâc fruit, helps boost the immune system. This will assist the skin’s cellular rejuvenation process, and supports the structural integrity of the tissues.

The more I read about this product, the more I wanna get one for myself!

So many opps!

2007-10-23T20:19:00.000+01:00

3Pi is pouring out a lot of opps. Are you awake now? If yes, log into your PPP account and see how manu opps you can choose. Normally, I do not have much choice. I only can write what is available to me and I seldom write 3 paid-post a day. Today, I am going to reach my max quata of allowed paid-post.. Hehe...

Anyway, I have to use my time to watch my Hong Kong series to finish all the task. Nevermind, once in a while only ma!!! :-)

PPP: Hearing Protection

2007-10-23T20:06:00.000+01:00

Everyday, our ears is exposed to all kind of noises. When I see someone who sit in on a car with loud music turning on, I just cannot imagine how his/her ears can stand the lound voice. It's very important for us to protect our ears from over exposed to emit sound decibels that will cause long term damage to our hearing.

Hearos provides America's most comfortable, and affordable hearing protection products, in a number of varieties, styles, and functions to fit each and every individual's need. If you are a frequent traveller, you can consider to get yourself a travel ear plug. Protect your ear before it's too late!

Car broken liao...

2007-10-23T19:21:00.000+01:00

I bought a toy car for Anne, I blogged it yesterday. After I finished writing the previous post, the front bumper of the car dropped. Nevermind, I fixed it. This morning, I did not know how she played with the car, one of the front type fall down. She asked me HOW? I don't know lah!! Her toy cannot tahan lama punya!!! Or, may be because the car is not in good quality? :-P

PPP: Great Theme Park

2007-10-23T19:10:00.000+01:00

Do you like to go Theme Parks? I know one blogger who loves to bring his son to our Malaysia's Genting Theme Park. Well, I also wish to bring Anne to have fun in any theme park near by. We actually brought her to Paris Disneyland when she was only 1 year old. That time she cannot enjoy most of the ride, too young! I am now looking forward to bring Anne to another thema park, I am sure she will enjoy herself this time. Blackpool (UK) has the UK's oldest theme park which is also one of the UK's biggest tourist attractions. May be I can plan for a trip there this time.

Voip phone

2007-10-23T19:05:00.000+01:00

Anne pull my microphone and caused my microphone is not functioning now. It is so "weird" to chat with my family where I type and they talk! Loong is searching for a VOIP phone now. I feel I am so out-dated because only today I know that there is one type of phone which you can use with skype, yahoo and MSN. Just like normal phone... Ok, I am going to invest one using my paypal money! :-D

PPP: Compucram.com

2007-10-22T20:49:00.000+01:00

When I was a secondary school student, before we sit for a test, we always try to find some past year question paper to do. To prepare myself for the coming test. If you are in real estate field and going to sit for real estate appraisal exam, now you can actuallty try this Real Estate Appraisal CompuCram Software that contains over 1,000 practice test questions written by industry experts in the style of the exam. With the software, I am sure you are going to pass your exam with flying color!!

So expensive!

2007-10-22T20:39:00.000+01:00

Loong just came back from Amsterdam. He bought me my dinner from a Thai Restaurant, recommended by his Thailand friend. He called me when he was on his way back, telling me that he bought me a very special Thai dish.

This is what he bought for me:

Look special? Noooooo! Taste special? Noooo. What is so special then? The price! This cost me Euro 14! If convert to RM, nearly RM70!!! To me, this is just a normal char-kuey-tiaw!!! This is very special in Thailand meh? Anyone eat this in Thailand???

Ok, I better don't complaint so much! Next time he doesn't want to buy me anything liao!

PPP: CartridgeFinder.com

2007-10-22T15:50:00.000+01:00

Some times, we just do not know which cartridge is best for our printer, copier, or fax machine. Last time when I have a printer, I will just buy a cartridge that is recommended by the seller. If I know this Cartridge Finder website earlier, than might can get a better and cheaper catridge for my printer. I shall recommend this site to all my friends!

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Tomboy girl...

2007-10-22T15:46:00.000+01:00

Today, Loong is at Amsterdam to attend a seminar. He went out very early in the morning and only will be back at night. Most probably after Anne goes to bed. So, get something for her to do, I brought her out to an open space to chase pegeons. Then we went to a shop to buy toy for her. You know what she choose? A CAR! Yeap, a car. Just like a boy. She is playing with the car now... so happy, keep on saying wanna show daddy her new car. Boy oh boy!

PPP: Binoculars

2007-10-22T09:09:00.000+01:00

When I was young, my father worked as a seaman. He spent most of his time on ship floating around South-East-Asia. I remeber there was one time he brought us (my siblings) to experience how was his working ship looks like. Althought that only a one day trip where we went out to South-China-Sea in the morning and came back in the afternoon, but I remember the outing until now. It was a tough task to be a seaman, I must say. How I wish I can afford to buy marine binoculars for my father so that he can use it on a ship in the sea.

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Autumn, but very cold!!!

2007-10-20T10:37:00.000+01:00

This is the 10 days weather forecast for Delft.

As you can see, the highest temperature is 12'C!!! Lowest can go down to 3'C. Is this call Autumn? I feel like winter now... Today, I am going to dig out all our winter clothes... Cannot tahan already! Hope I am not the only one who starts to wear winter jacket! Duh~

PPP: Insurances

2007-10-19T22:37:00.000+01:00

Loong and I have same opinion about insurance. That's why we got ourself life and saving insurances after we started to work. Life is unpredictable, we never know what will happen. At least now I can rest assure that if anything happen to me, my love one, especially my daughter still have money to live on.

When we bought our first house, we used some time to search for a good home insurance policy which will protect our house and belongings inside the house. Even for our car, Loong will do a lot of survey to get the best car insurance deal.

Now a days, people love to travel abroad. Every year, millions of people will go holidays or even on business trips to countries all around the world. When you travel, it is important to ensure that you and your family are protected against the unforeseen, such as illness, medical emergencies, and other emergencies. That's why travel insurance is a need to enables you to enjoy peace of mind when you travel!

So fed up!

2007-10-19T22:34:00.000+01:00

I am very fed up with the procedure to apply temporary resident permit in Netherlands. I am here for 13 months now and I have yet to receive my resident permit! Can you believe it? More than a year! They keep on saying 2 more weeks, but I had been waiting for a lot of 2 weeks liao... I cannot leave Holland until I get my resident permit, which mean, I also cannot go back to Malaysia this december if my resident permit is not approve yet! Loong is going to Genava next months, I cannot go also... SO sian... very sian!!!!

PPP: Foot Reflexology & Massage

2007-10-19T21:38:00.000+01:00

My father in law got his foot reflexology certificate few years after his retirement. He is a person who love to learn new things and I salute him. When he found that foot reflexology is very good to our body, he took the lesson and finally got his certificate after one year. Now, you can learn foot reflexology and massage of the foot with expert massage therapist, Meade Steadman, in this award-winning video.

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100th paid-post.

2007-10-18T23:19:00.000+01:00

I just submitted my 100th paid post from PPP. I can't believe that I actually can go so far in writing paid-post. I must thank God that He give me this opportunity to earn extra money at home. If I am still a working mother in KL, I do not think that I can have so much time to blog and write paid-post.

Normally I only can write USD5's post. The highest pay I got was USD20, I think only 1 or 2 I got that pay so high (yeah, this is consider high pay to me). This week, I also do not have much opps to write, I think I write less than 5 paid-post. Today, before I go to sleep, I itchy hand go click PPP, the I saw on USD25 post available for me!! I took it of course. I hope the post will be approved soon, then my highest pay record can increase to USD25... Hahaha... I hope I can have a good sleep tonight!

PPP: Solar Decathlon

2007-10-18T22:50:00.001+01:00

When I read through all the additional resources given by to write this post, I am very glad that I got this opportunity. I really learn a lot from the reading. My husband study about environmental, I know that it's very important for us to get committed to minimizing the environmental impact of any actions. I saw a lot of mother has started to go "green" by using cloth diaper. This is a very good start, I wish to do it for my 2nd baby!

BP as the world's current and historical energy trends is doing very well in this. Do you know what is BP Solar Decathlon? This is an event that occurs every other year where 20 university teams from around the world will design, build and operate livable, every-efficient, and completely solar-powered houses. This is to creat greater awareness of solar energy's potentioal and in advancing the science and technology of solar energy.The event culminates in a week-long competition on the National Mall in Washington, DC. This year, the even occurs from October 11–19. BP is sponsoring this special event as part of their commitment to discovering cost effective, clean energy solutions for everyday living.

To support the event and to let more people know what they are doing, BP has created a blog in which all of the teams as well as an on-site reporter will write posts throughout the competition. You are invited to vote for your favorite collegiate team or comment about the competitors' solar solution for everyday living.

Hop over to their blog to learn more about the event and get yourself involve to create a better world for our next generation.

Spam mail.

2007-10-18T10:10:00.000+01:00

I have been receiving a lot of spam mail in my email that register for blogging use. I do not know why. A lot of it stated that I got a huge amount of money from an email lucky draw. Some even said someone pass away and left some money for me. A few million leh... If like that, I do not need to write so hard for all the sposored post... I can go back to Malaysia every month (weekly too tired liao)... Yeah... I am day dreaming!!!

They think I am stupid ka?

PPP: Bedroom Furnitures

2007-10-18T09:41:00.000+01:00

Good bedroom furniture is very important for us to get a good sleep. we spend 1/3 of our time on bed. That's why I prefer to have a set of traditional furniture that can guarantie a good quality. For child bedroom furniture, I will prefer a solid wood series which is easy to maintain and look cleaner! I wish to get a set of kid bedroom furniture that look so girly for my girl. Take a look at the picture, don't you think the furniture look so pretty and nice? I think all girl will love it!

Ahhh...

2007-10-18T09:38:00.000+01:00

It was so cold today. Temperature below 10'c in the morning and slowly goes up a bit to 12'C now. I think this year we will have a very cold winter. Heater in the room in not fuctioning. Compaint to the housing agent last week and no one came to fix it until today. Luckily heaters in living room is still functioning. At least we don't feel that cold while we were in the living room. Every night, Anne will want me to huge her. I think she is cold. I just hope that they will fix the heater soon. Saya anak Malaysia, saya tidak tahan sejuk punya....

PPP: Romance Novels

2007-10-13T20:17:00.000+01:00

I do not have a romantic husband. He is kind of a realistic person who some times act like a stone! When I see how other people's husband or boy friend treat them, I feel so envy. I have to hint and hint then only my man will act a little romantic.

Okay, talking about the most romantic experience I have, I think was during our courtship time back in University. That time, I went back to my hometown during semester break for a long 3 months stay. When I came back from my hometown, my that time boy friend (now husband) came to airport to fetch me. When we sat inside his car, he gave me 3 roses. Romantic or not? Not very romantic to you? But, this is the most romantic moment I can think of. Anyway, I still love this man because I believe he shows his care to me and our girl in different way. For example, he will make sure we eat fruits everyday. I think this act also can be a romantic act, right?

For girls, we think that romance in relationshp is important to keep our feeling of love there. I love to read Romance Novels. I think I better think of a way to let my husband read some romance novel here too, so that he can learn some romantic trick there!

I miss Malay food...

2007-10-13T20:00:00.000+01:00

We went to Embassy of Malaysia in Netherlands yesterday morning to have our early lunch there. The open house began at 10:30am until 12:30pm. We reached there at 10:15am, waited for muslim man to finish their pray and started the makan-makan session around 10:35am.

We had nasi brani, mee-hoon goreng, daging rendang, kari ayam, ketupat, kuih-muih... and most importantly - SATAY! Oh, i miss satay so much! This was the first time Anne ate satay. I took 3 cucuk and she ate 2 of it!

Ok, in another 2 months I can eat lots of malay food back in Malaysia.... I just wish I can go home as soon as possible to eat all kind of delicious food in Malaysia!!!

Holiday in Spain

2007-10-11T20:43:00.000+01:00

One of the Europe country that I wish to visit is Spain. As the second most mountainous country in Europe, I just wish that I can spent my holidays in these shady, leafy and moist woods. We couldn't join our China friend's trip to Spain during Summer. Loong needed to prepare his proposal that time. When I look at all the pictures taken by the family, I told myself that one day, I must step my foot on Spain.

Anyway, our China friend did share with us some of their travel tips in Spain. Their first stop was at Barcelona. Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, is a cosmopolitan Mediterranean city that has the most beautiful examples of Modernism and 20th century avant-garde art. Visiting Barcelona is affordable to us now because we can actually book our stay online at Hotels in Barcelona (in english) or at Hoteles en Barcelona (in Spanish). The price are actually very reasonable and affordable to us. I can find a hotel which is at the centre of Barcelona so that we can enjoy the night life without the need of taking a train or calling a taxi.

After Barcelona, they continue their trip in Spain to Madrid by train. They reached Madrid early morning and didn't intend to stay in a hotel because they needed to took an early flight next morning to come back to Netherland. Yes, they stay a night in airport. For me, if I travel to Spain, I will sure spent more time in a place and not in rush like them. I sure need to find a Hotels in Madrid to relax myself and to let my little girl has a rest before continue our journey. I just do not like the idea of sleeping in an airport!

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Not much Opps to write

2007-10-11T20:20:00.000+01:00

Not much opportunities to write. Anyway, I am also very busy unpacking all my stuffs. Anne keeps on kacau-ing me and she become very glued to me. I do not know why. She refused her daddy totally. Always, mummy... mummy... mummy... I just need a break. I am with her 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Loong is busy with his research... How I wish I can have a very short break... Anyone can help me to babysit my girl for 2 hours? Just 2 hours... :-P

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2007-10-11T20:18:00.000+01:00

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Selamat Hari Raya!

2007-10-11T20:13:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow... opps... should be now, if according to Malaysia's time... I would like to wish all my muslim friends and family a:

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!!!!

Enjoy your holiday with your love one... Eat a lot of nice food, which I am missing badly now!! I hope I can visit you all, but I can't...

Anyway, we will visit Malaysian Embassy tomorrow for a Raya celebration. Have change to eat Malay food woh... sure go lah!!!

PPP: The slim slider

2007-10-11T19:58:00.000+01:00

I am searching for a phone with camera function. I know it's pretty easy because almost all of the new phone comes with this function. Why I need a mobile phone with camera function? because I always forgot to bring my digital camera with me. I always go out with mobile phone. If my mobile phone has camera function, then I can just bring my mobile phone with me and able to snap pictures with my mobile phone.

When I first saw the picture of this Samsung G600 slim slider - the image concious phone, I just couldn't stop myself from falling in love with it. It's so pretty and most importantly it's a 5 megapixel camera phone! Want to see how good is the picture quality taken by the phone? Check it out at the Queue Jumper from Samsung's gallery of 300 image-concious UK clubbers. You may vote for your favourite one here.

I am SICK!

2007-10-11T19:55:00.000+01:00

When we first moved into this new room. All the heaters in the room were not functioning. I need heater badly! It was so cold in the room. Then, on the 2nd day, 2 heater in living room and dining area are working. I am glad. But, heaters in both bedrooms are still not functioning. It was so cold specially at night. I just hope that they will settle the problem soon. I am down with a cold now. My nose is stuck! I just hope that Anne will not get the flu bug from me... Praying hard for this!

PPP: Run in the Olympic Torch Relay

2007-10-09T12:29:00.000+01:00

Everybody started to get excited over the countdown of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Me too. I just wish that I could be there to withness the opening ceremony. I believe, during 2008 Olympic Games, our daily schedule will need to be changed to fix into the games that I want to watch.

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A short note.

2007-10-06T13:51:00.000+01:00

Just would like to jot down something that I have not time to blog at my main blog. Yesterday was the day when my girl first time requested to sit on toilet bowl to pee. Before this, she only wants to pees in bath room in squatting down position. Yesterday, after watching a children show that teach children to use toilet bowl, she requested to be like them.... Well, at least now I see one of the good point of watching TV.

Besides that, today is the day when Anne can ride on her bicylcle all by herself. Well-done, girl!

PPP: Financial Advisors

2007-10-05T20:51:00.000+01:00

Financial planning is very important. Since I started to date with Loong, we had started our financial planning. We opened a join account to save our money. Many people commented that I am stupid, but I think I can trust Loong. True enough, he is a very good planner. His ways of financial planning make me feel secure.

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Brick game

2007-10-05T20:47:00.000+01:00

Do you love to play brick game? I was so addicted to this "Brick game" when I was a primary school student. That time, Brick game was still a new invention. I remember my father bought one for us at RM60. One only and we have 6 peoples who fight for the game, including my mother! Hehehe...

Last week, when we were shopping, I saw a brick game sold at Euro1.99. So cheap!! I grab one and asked Loong to pay for it. Now, I am so addicted to it again. But this time, I have to fight with Anne. She treat it as her hand-phone! :-P

PPP: Plumber service

2007-10-05T20:33:00.000+01:00

When we stayed in our previous hostel, we were so unlucky. One of the pipe beside our room's wall was leaking. Our carpet was all wet due to the leaking pipe. Someone came an break open our wall to fix the pipe. Jobs like fixing a leak seem like simple tasks but the worker took one whole day to fix it. I had to clean the mess at night! How I wish I can call newcastle upon tyne plumber to help me to solve my problem that time! I believe they are skilled tradesman that can solve my leakage pipe very fast!

I know, I know!

2007-10-05T20:09:00.000+01:00

What You Know About Your Guy:

A Fair Amount

You know enough about your guy to keep dating him

But you don't know enough to decide if he's the one

If you've been dating for less than six months, give it time

Otherwise, he might be hiding a secret side of himself!

How Well Do You Know Your Man?

Oh, like that ah? I already married oh... how??? Hehehe... I got nothing better to write so I go play with this simple game... cannot trust one lah....

PPP: Car Insurance Comparison

2007-10-05T19:54:00.000+01:00

When you want to buy something, I am sure you will try to compare the price at different places, right? Between me and my husband, the one who loves to compare prices before making any purchase is the MAN! Yes, my husband is the one who will go around to compare prices, not me. I do not have the patient to do all the comparison.

Last time when I just bought my first car, he was the person who did all the comparison. Comparison of the prices of the car and also which insurance company provide the best car insurance policy. He called up to a few company and made an appointment with the sales and decided which car insurance policy to buy. What I need to do was to sign my name on the documents only. I knew that he spent a lot of time to meet the sales person and did the comparison. It was time consuming!

Now, you are able to compare car insurance quotes from all of the leading insurers for free at gocompare.com, and the service is completely free. You also can learn more about motor insurance at their website. This service make our life so easy that we do not need to go to each insurance company to do the comparison! How nice!