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Not happy with this template

2010-10-16T10:33:00.000-07:00

So, I last changed my blog template probably a month ago. The truth is, I'm still not satisfied with how this blog looks. I think the template is a bit too 'tight' for my liking. Like everything is squeezed together and the main post don't get enough space to 'breathe'. What do you think? Going through the thousands of blogger template to choose one that suits me, that's hardwork. If I have lesser choice, perhaps it'll be easier. You know, people are like that, always torn between choices. We're all so spoilt :)

Favs bows

2010-10-12T10:29:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my favs from Etsy:

I'm an Etsy lover

2010-10-10T10:24:00.000-07:00

When I'm free, I love to visit "Etsy". It's an place where people sell their handmades/crafts and such. Can't believe there are actually so many creative birds out there. Some of the handmade stuffs I saw are so beautiful, I just don't know how these people did it. It's either they are super talented or they are super patient in trying to create something different, something bold. I've got my own Etsy, it's Prettipedia. It's still very new, nothing in my listing yet. It's OK, give me some time, I'm getting there.

Buy Spirulina here

2010-09-13T00:49:00.000-07:00

By now, you should know how good spirulina is. It is probably one of the best health supplement you can find, as Spirulina is 100% natural and a highly nutritious micro salt water plant. It was discovered in South American and Africa in natural alkaline lakes.
This spiral shaped algae is a rich food source. For a long time (centuries) this algae has constituted a significant part of the diet of many communities. Since the 1970's, Spirulina has been well known and widely used as a dietary supplement in some countries.

Spirulina contains rich vegetable protein (60~ 63 %, 3~4 times higher than fish or beef ), multi Vitamins (Vitamin B 12 is 3~4 times higher than animal liver), which is particularly lacking in a vegetarian diet. It contains a wide range of minerals (including Iron, Potassium, Magnesium Sodium, Phosphorus, Calcium etc.), a high volume of Beta- carotene which protects cells (5 time more than carrots, 40 time more than spinach), high volumes of gamma-Linolein acid (which can reduce cholesterol and prevent heart disease). Further, Spirulina contains Phycocyanin which can only be found in Spirulina.

Benefits of spirulina

• Supports the immune system

• Helps in the repair of DNA

• Many people taking spirulina find they have more energy
• Lowers cholesterol - Japanese and Indian studies have found that taking several grams of spirulina every day lowers cholesterol. In these studies, serum low density lipoproteins (the 'bad' cholesterol)

was reduced, and high density lipoproteins (the 'good' cholesterol) were increased.
• improvement in the functioning of heart arteries, which is important for sufferers of high blood pressure.

Detoxification

If you want to buy Spirulina, please do not hesistate to contact me at bucketload@gmail.com
You can be sure you're getting the best deal here.

The Kiasu parents

2010-09-13T00:40:00.000-07:00

Today's the last day of the Raya holiday, and tomorrow the kids will go back to school. Shern has Kumon class today, so for now we just stayed at home. I don't know about kids in other parts of the world, but kids in Malaysia are under big pressure, from their parents.

As much as I hate to admit, we parents are the ones that stress them up. I could easily point my fingers at other parents, because they want their kids to be so freaking bright, they start sending their kids to school at the age of 2! And by the time they are 4, they are good enough to be reading the enid blyton series, I'm kidding not!

So enough of finger pointing, me, as a mother, do not want my kids to be left behind, so I too start sending my kids to school early and enroll them for additional classes. So you tell me, who's fault is it anyway? You or me? Cut the crap, it's all of us, the parents.

Poor kids, the one we love so much, get so stressed up all because we parents are all damn freaking kiasu. Enough said.

Baby Gap Sandals- fishes

2010-09-12T11:28:00.000-07:00

I've got this for sale. My friend got my baby this from US, and it's too small for her feet. So I'm putting it out for sale, only RM36 including shipping.
Size 6-12 months.

China attempting this?

2010-09-12T11:12:00.000-07:00

Seriously, this? China are known to be copycats, they do the best imitation stuffs, everything from designers handbags to vertu mobile phone. Everything is so precisely same, right up to the bolt and nuts.
So, seriously are they going to attempt this? A bus as wide as a two lane roads, and vehicles driving through it? If yes, oh I'm impressed!

Blog sidebar dropped below the post!

2010-09-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

Sharks, I'm having a problem here with my other blog. The previous blog template was actually a very nice one, but I was itching to change it, then the ultimately bad happened, no matter what blog template I choose, the size bar will drop way down below the post! Arggh! And I tried adjusting the width and everything in html, but it just won't work! Now my blog looks retarded.

If you happened to google this problem and found me, please drop me a comment- I mean a solution. Thanks!

You bastard got my daughter pregnant?!

2010-09-10T14:42:00.000-07:00

Funny how human judge people, like it or not, we are all materialistic, here's how a typical parent will react, you know you want to say that.

An 18 year-old girl tells her Mom that she has missed her
period for two months. Very worried, the mother goes to the
drugstore and buys a pregnancy kit. The test result shows
that the girl is pregnant.

Shouting, cursing, crying, the mother says, 'Who was the pig that did this to you? I
want to know!'

The girl picks up the phone and makes a call.

Half an hour later a Ferrari stops in front of their house;
a mature and distinguished man with grey hair and impeccably
dressed in a very expensive suit steps out of the Ferrari
and enters the house. He sits in the living room with the
father, the mother and the girl and tells them: 'Good
morning, your daughter has informed me of the problem.
However, I can't marry her because of my personal
family situation but I'll take charge. I will pay all
costs and provide for your daughter for the rest of her life.

Additionally, if a girl is born I will bequeath her 2
retail stores, a townhouse, a beachfront villa and a
$1,000,000 bank account. If a boy is born, my legacy will
be a couple of factories and a $2,000,000 bank account. If
twins, a factory and $2,000,000 each. However, if
there is a miscarriage, what do you suggest I do?'

At this point, the father, who had remained silent, places a
hand firmly on the man's shoulder and tells him,
'You'll sleep with her again!'

Have a good one.

Selamat Hari Raya!

2010-09-10T10:47:00.000-07:00

Here's wishing all my Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Maaf Zahir Batin.
Enjoy your long weekend.

Oh, at times like this, driving around town is such a bliss. So wide roads, so little cars. Love it!

Need a good laugh?

2010-08-21T11:23:00.000-07:00

::LOL::

These photos are crazy funny.

As the saying goes: dumb blonde!

Crazy cute bento sets

2010-07-10T10:49:00.000-07:00

Erm, I don't know what to say. These moms are too free, they've got nothing better to do, perhaps.

But, oh man, don't you just love their creativity? And I mean, that requires hell lot of patience and precious time.

I admit, as much as I love my kids, never ever will I even attempt any of this. Crazy cute bento sets!

Drinking timing?

2010-06-06T10:53:00.000-07:00

Erm, sounds weird or what? Come on, we all know it's good to drink lots of water, but to drink it at certain time, that's so new to me.

Drinking water at the correct time maximised the effectiveness on human body, like how? Here's how:

2 glasses after you wake up helps activate your internal organ.

1 glass of water 30 minutes before your meal helps with digestion.

1 glass before taking a shower helps lower the blood pressure. How?

1 glass of water before going to bed helps avoid stroke and heart attack!

So, drink 'wisely'.

What's this?

2010-04-20T17:47:00.000-07:00

A peculiar witch dashes into the outlook.

Buy your spirulina online now!

2010-03-03T22:31:00.000-08:00

Good news, you can now get your spirulina supply on the internet, delivered right up to your door step, and what's even better is that it's so much cheaper than what some direct selling company has been offering. This is a 100% top quality health supplement. CERTIFIED BY MINISTRY OF HEALTH MALAYSIA (MAL06051396T) and 100% halal too. Buy your spirulina here now!!

WHAT IS SPIRULINA?

Spirulina is 100% natural and a highly nutritious micro salt water plant. It was discovered in South American and Africa in natural alkaline lakes. This spiral shaped algae is a rich food source. For a long time (centuries) this algae has constituted a significant part of the diet of many communities. Since the 1970's, Spirulina has been well known and widely used as a dietary supplement in some countries.

Spirulina contains rich vegetable protein (60~ 63 %, 3~4 times higher than fish or beef ), multi Vitamins (Vitamin B 12 is 3~4 times higher than animal liver), which is particularly lacking in a vegetarian diet. It contains a wide range of minerals (including Iron, Potassium, Magnesium Sodium, Phosphorus, Calcium etc.), a high volume of Beta- carotene which protects cells (5 time more than carrots, 40 time more than spinach), high volumes of gamma-Linolein acid (which can reduce cholesterol and prevent heart disease). Further, Spirulina contains Phycocyanin which can only be found in Spirulina.

Benefits of spirulina

• Supports the immune system
• Increases the efficiency of cellular communication
• Helps in the repair of DNA
• Many people taking spirulina find they have more energy
• Lowers cholesterol - Japanese and Indian studies have found that taking several grams of spirulina every day lowers cholesterol. In these studies, serum low density lipoproteins (the 'bad' cholesterol) was reduced, and high density lipoproteins (the 'good' cholesterol) were increased.
• improvement in the functioning of heart arteries, which is important for sufferers of high blood pressure.
• Detoxification

Who should take Spirulina?

1. Children who don’t like or get enough vegetables and or have an imbalanced food intake.
2. Teenagers during their rapid growing period need a sufficient injection of nutrients. Spirulina is ideal for this.
3. Pregnant mums who need extra nutrients.
4. Seniors who have difficulty in having reasonable average 3 meals per day.
5. Sport lovers or athletics who need extra nutrients to keep their energy levels up.
6. Modern busy people who don't have the time to eat good meals.
7. Patients or people who need high volumes of nutrients to assist recovery (please consult your doctor)
8. Vegetarians who require extra nutrient sources.

Who shouldn't take too much Spirulina?

1. People with hyperparathyroidism.
2. People who have serious allergies to seafood or seaweed.
3. Patients current experiencing high fever.

How much Spirulina should be taken?

We suggest 10~ 30 tablets a day for adults, 5~ 15 tablets for children 2 - 12 years old. If you have special requirements for extra nutrients, please consult your chemist or your health practitioner.

How should Spirulina be taken?

1. Take only with cold or warm water, (not juice, soft drinks, coffee or tea).
2. After taking Spirulina, avoid alcohol, soft drinks or coffee for 30 minutes as these drinks can destroy some of the Spirulina nutrients and enzymes.
3. Take at least an extra half litre of water a day.
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Amazingly perfect nice fondant cake

2010-01-08T11:00:00.000-08:00

Before you scroll down to see the too-good to be eaten cakes, I have a confession to make. My attempt at making a fondant cake for my daughter's first birthday, failed.

But looking at these cakes, I bet you go OMG!

designer bags! Chanel, LV, Gucci fondant cake! How crazy is that? Someone sent this to me in an email.. so I really don't know where's the source from. But anyway, if these are your images, please let me know and I'll remove it asap.

But then again, for the love of cake, I think these cakes deserves publicity. ::wink::

Huh? It's been thaaat long?

2009-08-19T07:36:00.000-07:00

For starters, I almost forgot this blog exist. I've been pretty tied up with my new blogshop lately, generating some traffic to my blogshop, but boy, it ain't easy. But things got to start somewhere right, no achievement without hardwork for sure.

Can't believe that my last 3 post was about me expecting a baby. Well, baby is a girl, and will be due is about 3 weeks time. So imagine it's been that long since I last blog here.
Hopefully I'll be able to keep updating this blog, if time permits. You all know, how much attention a newborn needs. I'll be busy for sure, it'll sure take some time adjusting to a new baby in the family, but nonetheless, I'm over the moon baby will be out soon. My little princess. I can't wait!

D-I-M blog

2009-06-26T09:43:00.000-07:00

It's been ages since I update this blog. Life has been pretty bored lately, with normal routines and waking up every single day repeating the same process again and again. I so need a holiday. Which is why we're going off to Penang tomorrow. Yeah.

By the way, I was thinking maybe Chatterbin really need something to keep it going. Like a topic or a specific field that makes people want to come back to read more interesting stuff and not just my plain old grandma stories.

Well, since I got my family, my son, my daughter and my love for shopping covered in my other blog, so let's just make this one a Do-It-Yourself {DIY} or rather Did-it-Myself {DIM} blog. Since I love to do craft and such all the time, why not?

OK. Said and done. You shall be seeing a lot more of my work in this blog. Ugly, bad or good. Maybe utterly perfect. It doesn't matter, as long as it's my work. I DIM.

Fatigue in pregnancy

2009-02-16T17:52:00.000-08:00

Ever since I got pregnant, I hardly spend any time blogging or doing anything else. I just feel tired all the time. I can sleep up to 18 hours a day only to feel sleepy again in the next 5 minutes. Like I cannot function at all. People say fatigue is what you experience during the first trimester, but they didn't tell you how serious it can get. Oh, I'm so in love with my bed right now, it is my best companion.

More excuse to not doing the housework, and more excuse to be left alone for a good long nap. LOL.

We're expecting!

2009-02-03T05:46:00.000-08:00

This might probably sounds a little outdate by now, but the good news is I'm expecting again. Baby will be due in September 2009. I had a smooth sailing pregnancy with my first baby expect for some hiccups on the end of the first trimester, I had a very bad UTI that almost got me a kidney infection but after a treatment of antibiotic, I was all OK.

I'm hoping that everything will go well with this second pregnancy. One thing I'm keeping a close track of is my glucose level. I'm really watching my sweet intake, no more drinking coke, no more indulging in a nice big fat slice of cheesecake, no more high-carbo feast. Just eating everything in moderation. I can't wait to find out the sex of the baby. We're all hoping baby is going to be a girl, though a boy will be a great blessing too :)

I'm back..

2009-01-06T06:40:00.001-08:00

At last, I got my PC back. The last 5 days was really boring, cannot imagine a life without Internet access. What about those people who lives in the rural areas without access to the world wide web? Oh, so pity. They sure missed out a lot to live for. But on the other hand, they sure got more time to spend reading to their kids, and bonding with their family. Again, what's good for one might be bad for another.

I'm just glad to be back blogging again. Oh, it feels so damn good.

Here comes the maid!

2008-12-15T07:47:00.000-08:00

Phew, the maid has finally arrived. It's been two days now, and I cannot help noticing that the floor is squeaky clean, she is so hardworking she sweep the floor three times a day. Well, it's still too early to tell if she's a keeper, but we do sure has high hopes. I hate to live without a maid. I hate to live in a dirty house with dirty sticky floor and dirty laundry piling up and up. It's now time for me to relax, and update my blog a little bit. I'm loving my life now, housechores-free life is such a blessing.

My blog don't make money :(

2008-11-02T16:28:00.000-08:00

If you did noticed, I've changed my blog template again. The previous one was a little too commercialized, has one too many Ads space. Well, I went for it because I thought it might be good to generate some income with google ads, chitika or whatever ads there is, but damn I was wrong. People nowadays are just too clever, they don't click on ads anymore. So now you know my ads don't make money. Seriously, doing paid post is a much better way of making money online. I'm just hoping that when my blog is mature enough, I'll be accepted to write some reviews. Hoping it won't take too long to materialized.

Today's a Sunday, while many choose to stay home to rest, my bunch of sister loves to go shopping instead. I'm joining them too. Yeah. You have a great day too. Chao.

Here's wishing all our Indian friends..

2008-10-26T10:07:00.000-07:00

The famous Klang Fish Head

2008-10-24T08:11:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling absolutely bloated from all the food we had for dinner. We drove all the way to Klang for the famous tom yam fish head. My sister made a reservation beforehand, else I don't think we'll ever make it there, because the traffic heading into Klang town was horrendous. My little one got so irritated in the car, he kept whining for milk and wanting to go home to bed. What can I do?
I didn't pack along his milk, so we distracted him with iphone and sweet.

We had2 fish head dishes, one fried brinjal with longbeans, one tofu soup, one claypot chili pork with salted fish, and one fried bittergourd with eggs. And us, being their last customer, got complimentary free red bean dessert. I haven't taste that for a very long time, though a little sweet, it taste really good.

I'm still feeling bloated from all the food we had. My sister suggested that we go there again tomorrow. Huh? Tomorrow?

In the 1500's

2008-10-12T00:57:00.000-07:00

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:

These are interesting. ..

Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odour. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water..

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying It's raining cats and dogs.

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, Dirt poor. The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance way. Hence the saying a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old..

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, bring home the bacon. They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat..

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whiskey. The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.

And that's the truth...Now, whoever said History was boring ! ! !

No opps, no blogging

2008-10-03T02:34:00.000-07:00

Do you know how many paid post company are out there? I've signed up with a few, but opportunity are so hard to come by nowadays. Maybe it's the recession, all the companies are cutting out budget on Internet advertising. Some companies are struggling to stay in the business and not get into bankruptcy, so it only makes sense that they do not need publicity right now at this moment.
Basically, it translates into no paid post opportunities for us bloggers, what makes it all worse is a blog without a good alexa rank, realrank or googlerank. I hardly see any opps in my 'qualified opportunity', heck that's because I qualify for none. Bummer.

Disclosure Policy

2008-10-01T08:34:00.000-07:00

This policy is valid from 1 October 2008.

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact Shern's Mom or leave me a comment. This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.

The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers' own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

Back from Bandung

2008-09-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

So we're back home from Bandung. Well, actually that was 2days ago. Just didn't know what's wrong with the food we ate or the water we drank, but it seems everyone has somehow experience a lot of stomach discomfort and diarhea. Especially with my mom and my elder sister, they had food poisoning, vomiting, non stop diarhea and of course they got really sick.
Thank God, the boys are alright. You know how kids are so prone to infection and such, but this time they're spared. We rather see the adults suffer a little bit than seeing the kids got sick. Blessing in disguise.

Bandung is really a very nice place to visit, nice cool weather with some chills at night, and friendly people and most of all, hundreds of factory outlets to shop. If you don't that the bad traffic into account, then Bandung is really a shopper's paradise. I love it. Will surely go there again. We all thought so. Let's see when AirAsia is giving out free tickets again.

New Proton MPV

2008-09-10T08:14:00.000-07:00

I was blog-hopping and this is what I found. Proton will be launching their new Proton MPV somewhere next year, and we got to be a part of it. There's a name the Proton MPV contest going on right now till 30th September 2008. So if you think you've got a stylo mylo fit-for-a-king name for the new MPV, go ahead and give it a try.

Here's where you can go, NamakanProtonMPV.com

Oh, have I mentioned that you stand a chance to win a brand new Proton MPV too, besides becoming a part from the Proton History? You better hurry.

Bandung and the factory outlet

2008-09-08T14:59:00.000-07:00

So, tickets booked and confirmed. A holiday in Bandung, Indonesia. Us sisters, our dearest mommy and boys. All husbands stay at home. LOL. I'm sure we'll have a smashing great time there. Can't wait. When we're going, I can't exactly tell you. At the end of the day, I cannot risk any robbers coming to my house when we're gone. That's purely inviting trouble.

I'm sure we'll be going to lots and lots of factory outlet. I already got a printout of the 'Top 10 factory outlet stores in Bandung". Got my main source of information from expat site. If you're heading for Bandung, I'm sure you need this list. I'm getting excited just talking about this.

My world class achievement

2008-09-05T20:23:00.000-07:00

Today, I woke up feeling like I've got a hangover, but no, I didn't drink. I never drink. It's just a very tired me plus a very lack of sleep. I watched the Gossip Girl and also the movie 21 last night till like 3am. I didn't finish the movie because I feel asleep halfway through. Somewhere around the part where Ben is getting pro at counting at the Las Vegas casino. It's really a pretty nice movie, have you watched it?

Today's a Saturday, so if you're talking about world class achievement, then I haven't accomplish anything WOW over the last seven days. Well, if you're stuck with two kids under six at home, what other accomplishment can you possibly brag about besides uh, "I sent him to his Kumon class right on time", and oh, "he already know how to spell one and two". Big Deal.

But to me, that's the most wonderful thing that can happen to a mother, seeing that her kid and nephew is actually learning and sort of reaping the fruits of a SAHM. In other words, my time spent at home is not wasted. Marcus can read phonics A and E now. He got all the words like C-AT, B-ALL, P-ET, L-OO-K, B-OO-K all under his tongue. I'm very pleased.

First the Nikon D60, now SB600

2008-09-03T04:09:00.001-07:00

Nikon D60. I've been eyeing for it for ages, but no one, not my bros and sis understand why in the world would someone like me wants a DSLR camera and not opted for a compact digital one. I think I might have talent in photography, no. I just thought it will be cool to learn a thing or two about taking nice photos, and who knows this might open the door for me to go professional.

::daydreaming::

Many photographer, pro or novice will tell you that this is an expensive hobby, indeed it is. Now that I've got the camera, my hands kept itching to get a nice flash, namely the Sb600. I don't know what I'll want to get next, but I'm sure the flash light will not be my last purchase. I'll just keep buying. We'll see.

Growing up blog

2008-09-02T09:23:00.000-07:00

It's been too long since I last change the header on my baby's blog. Now that it's done, I'm really happy how it turned out. Are you a fan of babyshern? Come take a peek into my baby's world. He's a very cheeky cutie pie. You'll sure love him. Come drop by and say hello.

The bin is almost empty

2008-08-30T01:00:00.000-07:00

Well well..it's been a while since I last blog here in Chatterbin. Life has been pretty stressful now that we only have one maid left in the house. What makes it worse is that, this maid doesn't know how to cook, and she's still not very familiar with the housechores. So, half the time, I got to do the cooking plus supervising her job routine.

I'm glad that despite my busy day in and out, I still manage to spend some time teaching the boys. Shern is now learning how to spell one two three and so forth. He can easily spell one and two but when it comes to three, he's a bit jumbled up. But nevermind, I believe practise makes perfect. Afterall, he's only 2 years and 9 mths old. No hurry. No stress.

I've designed a new header for Shern's blog. Come see if you like it.

Of Words and Creation

2008-08-28T07:16:00.000-07:00

My SIL sent me these. Jokes on men vs women. Like people love to say: "God may have created man before woman, but there is always a rough draft before the masterpiece".

Of Words:

A husband read an article to his wife about how many words women use a day...
30,000 to a man's 15,000.
The wife replied, 'The reason has to be because we have to repeat everything to men...
The husband then turned to his wife and asked, 'What?'

Of Creation:

A man said to his wife one day, 'I don't know how you can be so stupid and so beautiful all at the same time.'
The wife responded, 'Allow me to explain.
God made me beautiful so you would be attracted to me;
God made me stupid so I would be attracted to you!

The opening of Beijing Olympics

2008-08-22T09:01:00.000-07:00

Just want to share some of the photos a friend sent to me, the official opening of the Beijing Plympic. Did you watched it? That was mesmerizing, simply amazing. Everything was choreographed and practice into perfection. I wish I was there. Let the photo do the rest of
the talking, shall we?

Photos from MOP.com

I'm a big Gossip Girl fan

2008-08-19T09:54:00.000-07:00

It's been very long since I last got hooked on watching drama series. The first series I ever watched was The. O.C, then the Desperate Housewives and now I just finished watching the Gossip Girl. I love the show so much, Serena Van De Woodsen is too gorgeous. I think any guy would fall head over heels for her.

Blake Lively, the IT girl from Gossip Girl. (photo courtesy of cosmopolitan.com)

I personally think that the series has a lot of similarities with The O.C. You know, the rich and famous lifestyle, with spoilt kids, fancy dining, superstar wardrobe. We normal people don't live like that. Whatever it is, Blake Lively is now my favorite star.

I'm a bored fat S

2008-08-16T07:05:00.000-07:00

Nothing much is happening in my life right now, expect that my waist is getting broader by the day, though me on the scale is not getting heavier. Sigh. I think of late, I eat a little too much of carbo. Especially when I do the cooking, everything seems delicious, be it pasta and rice.

I really should just leave the cooking to the new maid, nevermind that her cooking sucks. Maybe then I won't have the appetite to eat at all. Yeah, that's a genius idea. Alrighty.

Geeeeeeegee

2008-08-13T19:10:00.000-07:00

A collection of my little darling's gee gee. Aren't they cute?

Kids having issue with me being fat!

2008-08-11T07:57:00.000-07:00

For almost a month, I post nothing on this blog. Same old excuse, I've been very very busy I didn't even have the time to hit the gym. My little nephew and son asked me why is it that I don't go to the gym anymore, because like they said, I'm still FAT. Argh..Kids, like I'm not depressed enough for being fat and flabby, they must go all naggy on me. Well, innocent kids. They sure do have their best intention at heart, they just don't know how to express it.

Amazing Icebergs

2008-07-22T10:27:00.000-07:00

Just thought it might be interesting to share this with you. The striped iceberg. I do not own the photos, it's being circulated on the internet, and I do not take ownership of these photos. All credits to the person who shares this, but I honestly don't know who.

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form. When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe. Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea.

The water froze the instant the wave broke through the ice thats what like in antarctica where it is the coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the ice water is already some degrees below freezing.
Amazing, isn't it?

Esprit Bear

2008-07-14T01:36:00.000-07:00

Just a photo I took with Nikon D60.

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You're just like your mom

2008-07-08T10:25:00.000-07:00

Never ever laughed when your mom said something but she meant something else. Like when she called Marcus when pointing to Daniel. We thought it was so hilarious when my mom and my aunt took turns to make us laugh so hard when they speak.
And then, suddenly I was the one with the faulty brain processor. I actually called the Indian guy at the mamak store, Emmanuel (my nephew). Darn. Not only that, I seriously meant to call my nephew's name when I blurted out my cousin brother's name instead.
Don't laugh at your mom, because eventually one day you'll turn into her. It's hereditary I tell you.

The story about "subsidy" in Layman's term.

2008-07-03T10:34:00.001-07:00

This story was sent by my dearest sister to my inbox. I thought it's quite an interesting article to share.

A man called Maha owns a farm which can produce 10 apples every day. He has 5 workers to operate the farm. Each of them eats 1 apple daily and it is enough to keep them operating the farm normally.

The remaining 4 apples, the landlord sells them at RM10 each and he earns RM40.

He uses the RM25 to improve the farm operation and facilities.
He gives RM2.00 to each of his workers and he keeps the remaining
RM5.00 as profit.

Day by day, the farm is well developed and all of the 5 workers are happy with the money they can save.

When Maha passed away and there is a new landlord, Abdul comes to
continue the farm operation.

He says to the workers:" We need to improve the farm quality and
redefine our way of thinking.

From now on all of you only need to pay RM1.00 for each apple you eat.It is very cheap as the price is RM10 each outside the farm."

The workers have no choice but to pay RM1.00 for the apple they eat daily. Their earning decrease from RM2.00 to M1.00 per person.

As usual, Abdul sells the 4 apples and he gets RM40. He uses RM25 for farm improvement and pays RM10 to his 5 workers. He gets RM5.00 as profit. On top of that, he gets another RM5.00 from the apples that he sells to his workers.In total, he gets RM10 as profit every day.

Soon, the apple price increases to RM20 each. The new landlord gets a higher profit as he gets RM80 for the 4 apples he sells daily.

Then, he decides to give the farming improvement contract to one of his close friend, Samy. Samy says:"Apple cost naik, improvement cost also misti naik."
So, the farm improvement cost increases from RM25 to RM50.
In actual fact, the improvement only cost RM30. The remaining RM20,Abdul and Samy share evenly among themselves.

Let's calculate how much Abdul gets daily:

RM10 (from farm improvement cost)
RM20 (Net profit by selling 4 apples: [Gross profit, RM80]
- [Improvement cost, RM50] - [Wages RM10] = RM20)
RM5 (from selling apples to his workers)

In total, Abdul gets RM35 daily compare to RM10 initially when he
takes over the farm from Maha.

His profit increases RM25 and the workers are still getting RM1.00 daily per person.

The greedy Abdul does not want to stop there.

One day, he says to his fellow workers:" You see ah, the current
market price for one apple is RM20 and you are only paying RM1.

See how lucky you are! I have to SUBSIDY RM19.00 for each of the apple you buy and total I need to SUBSIDY RM95.00.

This will greatly burden the farm and we might get bankrupt if we
continue like this.

In order to avoid bankruptcy, I need to increase the apple price that you buy from RM1.00 to RM1.50 and I will bear the remaining RM18.50 per apple as my subsidy to you all."

So, greedy Abdul adds RM2.50 to his current profit and the number
becomes RM37.50.

After you have read the story, I am sure you have already understood the meaning of "SUBSIDY" given by the government.

The RM95 subsidy never existed in the first place and so was the RM52 billion fuel subsidy generously "given" by the government

Cutting fuel subsidy is actually just a reason to steal money from your pocket.

Sorry for the M.I.A

2008-07-03T10:26:00.000-07:00

It's been a very long time since I last blog. Many things happened and to be honest, I can hardly stop to catch a breath let alone blog about it all. It's 90minutes past midnight now, and I thought it's only appropriate that I leave a note, just to let you know that I've been busy, and have no intention to abandon this blog.

A new dotcom for Dear Husband

2008-06-14T19:37:00.000-07:00

I've just got a new domain for my Dear Husband. LOL. After I told him that, he couldn't be happier that his wifey take him all that seriously, even on this worldwideweb. He's all too confused on what I can do for hours online, so blogging is really not his thing. But I just thought it'll be nice to get him a domain after his name, so that I can post whatever I want, especially to promote his business. This is so interesting. I can't wait to get started.

Petrol up 78cents and Diesel a ringgit more

2008-06-04T09:41:00.000-07:00

When I called my Dearest Hubs to tell him that the price of petrol will increase 78cents, which also mean that he needs to go fill up his tank by midnight, he laughed and called me silly. He's not the kind of person who buys in to all these rumors, all this wind didn't blow his direction. OK then. End of conversation.
An hour later, when I was on my way back home from the airport, he called to ask me to drive straight to the petrol station for refueling before coming back home. Not only that, he also mentioned that if it's not too troublesome, drive the Range Rover and also the Porsche Cayenne and fill them, the tank up. This is weird, my Dearest hubs is not normally like that. So this thing with the petrol increase is not just a rumor, it's official. Our PM did made an announcement late this afternoon, when just this morning, I read that there will be no fuel increase for at least, what how long is that again? Let me see, until late August. Then bang, 78cents up for petrol and 1 ringgit for diesel. Funny not! This is only the first step of their implementation and whatnot plan. I couldn't care less to know. Here's a quote "SOON MALAYSIAN WILL BE PAYING MARKET PRICE PETROL'. Are you as pissed as I am now? I bet you are, even if you're a Singaporean or a Thai living near the Malaysia Border. No more cheap fuel for you too, because there aint any for us, Malaysian either.

Friends around the world

2008-05-28T09:10:00.001-07:00

I'm not going to get all lengthy on this tag. Here's how you do it.

Start Copy HERE.

Rule:

1. Copy from ::Start Copy Here:: through ::End Copy Here::.

2. Add your blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. Just make sure to post this to each of the blog you added in the list.

3. Tag other online friends you know.You don’t need to be tag in order to join. If you want to join just post this one in your blog.

4. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE. I will add you to the master list.That way, everyone is happy and can meet new friends too!

5. Come back once in a while to get the master list! Let’s see how this makes our Technorati and PR goes up! :D

6. DO NOT REMOVE THIS: scrap page made by Yen. Using alphas and tapes from Kate H., flowers from Ida,paper by Catrine.

1. Me and Mine 2.Creative In Me 3.ChatterBin 4.Pea in a Pod 5. Sugar Magnolias 6.Because Life Is Fun 7. Piece o’Kaje 8. Mon a Bric 9. Bearandberries 10.My Journey11. Deeply In Love 12. Pink and Brown Diaries 13. Happyheart 14. Wilstop 15. Fun|Fierce|Fab 16. Dancing in Midlife Tune 17. Celebrate Life18.Little Peanut , 19. BloggingInMyPyjamas, 20. Baby Shern 21. YOUR-BLOG-HERE

New Friends I'd love to tag:
Noah and Kaeden, Agnes C of Precious Moments, I'm a Shoe-aholic, Smalltownmountainboy and My Kitchen Table.

My iphone is faulty!

2008-05-26T22:36:00.000-07:00

Bummer. Just yesterday I had my iphone sent for reformat and today it's already acting funny again. This morning I got a call, I couldn't slide to unlock it. and it rings forever. I didn't know what else to do, so I reset it. Then there's thing fault with my Sketches application, the existing menu of shake to erase and etc are all gone. It is on version 0.7b4, I'm not sure if there's any error with that latest version or just my iphone acting weird. The coolest thing now is that my home menu icon vibrates now if I were to rearrange it. Total coolness.

ChatterBin is now with Technorati

2008-05-25T23:33:00.000-07:00

I've just registered Chatterbin with Technorati. Here's my Technorati Profile. Like my blog? Then Technorati Favourite Me, can?

What took so long?

2008-05-25T23:23:00.001-07:00

It's been more than a week and my pc is still not back yet. Sigh! The pc guy is so busy running around giving Microsoft training and I really think that he has forgotten that he has my pc with him. I'm fine with blogging from my sister's laptop, but it is somehow inconvenient, since I have many files and photos stored in my pc, and I need it. Oh, all this waiting is tiring! Yawn...

Conceiving a girl or a boy

2008-05-20T21:47:00.000-07:00

Every mother has their own say on what are the chances to conceive either a boy or a girl. According to my mom, having intercourse anywhere within the first 14 days after your period guarantees you a boy. In this case, all her children did that! We are a family with all boys offspring. And chances of having a baby girl is high if you have intercourse towards the end of your cycle, meaning anywhere from day 14 of your 28 days cycle. But do remember, the last 7 days (the production line is not very active though), meaning if you're trying for a girl, try doing it from day 14 to say day 21. My two cents.

::Note:this guide was taught by my mom's gynaecologist, I therefore do not guarantee any accuracy in this method, though my mom swears by it::

Well, do a little research online and you'll find out that most baby/parenting/motherhood website has a predict your baby's gender chart. The chart was found in a tombstone like a thousand years back. It guarantees a 97% accuracy, but then again there's the other 3%. Look through it just for fun. Do remember to calculate your age based on the Chinese lunar age (approximately 2 years older than your real age).

Find your age and the month you conceived your baby, and there you have it, a boy or a girl. Birth chart source (click here)

The Perfect Wife

2008-05-14T08:55:00.000-07:00

Do you consider yourself to be a good wife? How do you define good in this case? A wife that does the housework or bring home half the dough, take good care of the kids or run a profitable family business and leave your kids in your in-laws care? Or someone who prepares meal for her family everyday or someone who listen 100% to what your husband has to say, be it right or wrong. If that is how you define a good wife, then I'm certain not in that category.

Contrary to what others has to say, my husband has the freedom to do whatever he likes, so long that he doesn't cross the boundaries set by me of course. In many cases I see, married man tends to have their little secret affair if their wife is being too controlling. So, queen control is certainly not in control here. She might thought she is, but she has no idea. I don't cook, because my husband never likes home-cooked food. Weird, but that is the kind of person he is, since he was little. He loves to eat out. I don't do housework, never lift a finger to do laundry or to sweep the floor. With two maids at home, I'm spared. Having said all that, I'm sure not a good housekeeper! But I'm a damn good wife. I try so hard to be understanding, loving and understanding and understanding. Boy, you have no idea how complicated my man is! You think understanding is just a common sense? then you're absolutely wrong. It takes damn a lot to 'read what's going on in a man's head'. Yeah, I know. I'm a perfect wife.

Got to go now

2008-05-13T11:36:00.000-07:00

Now, I'm totally squeezed, with my Dear Husband on my right, and kiddo on my left. Just like glue that sticks around, he always must get as close as he can get to me. I guess it's time for bed now. Good night for now. More ranting coming up tomorrow. I'm thinking, what makes a woman the perfect wife? Alright then, we shall talk about that tomorrow then.

Hate 'em Maids!

2008-05-13T10:57:00.000-07:00

This issue with maids, is a never ending story i tell you. Never for a second you can be at peace thinking that, 'WOW, thank God, this maid is the ONE I can keep forever". She can cook, she can sew, she can babysit, she can clean, she can do laundry, she can do gardening, she can slaughter a chicken, she's like my arms and legs. Wrong wrong wrong! I thought that after two almost perfect years with us, my maid is the one I can keep for a very long time. Nothing like forever, but at least I was thinking twenty years! I was sure out of my mind.

Now in her third year with us, she's starting to get all bossy when her demand is not met. Like calling back home at my expenses, should be as when I feel like letting her call back right? But no, she's carry her charcoal face around if I cannot find a quicker way to let her call home. Fucking maids. Or when she insist that she sent home every single cent she earned for the past two years, as much as I know I should deposit some of her money here with us, it's a matter of life and death back home in her paddy field! Her paddy and her cows. Damn it. I can sure be damn pissed at her if I want to. But my so ever wonderful Dear Husband thinks otherwise. He insist that I treat her nice, he won't want to risk his son with a maid. Like her kicking his ass when we are not at home, or her feeding him shit when I'm pissed at her. I've got enough of maid demands. I hate them but cannot live without them. Maybe I should just try and live on with my two hands, I'm sure these two hands can do more than just type on a keyboard day and night.

Tun Dr. Mahathir now a blogger

2008-05-12T10:36:00.001-07:00

No one is too old to blog. Ahem, like our all time favourite ex Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir who now has take up blogging, I totally understand his wise decision. Nowadays, the Internet plays a very big role in influencing people's mind, because everyone is free to speak up. But of course, bloggers must be wise to tackle their topics unless they don't really mind ended up behind bars. Totally serious! Unlike in the press, where even daily news must go through certain level of scrutineering before it ended up in the printing line. Most of the things we read in the papers are only a little icing on a big slice of a cake. Having said that, we citizens really have no idea what's baking in the big oven up there. No one gets to see it, let alone share a tiny chunk of the cake. Well well, who I am to complain, really??

Read what Tun Dr. Mahathir has to say at www.chedet.com

You rocks!

2008-05-11T09:07:00.000-07:00

Ya, to all mommas out there. It doesn't matter if none of your kids wish you or celebrate you, still you got to know that you're one great mother. Maybe you're kids, they're too young to talk, or to busy with work, or they have simply forgotten the day they are supposed to cherish their mom, worry not. As for me, I actually taught my little boy to wish me a Happy Mother's Day then a kiss and a great big hug. It sure felt good, though I doubt he knew what he does what he did. To me, it doesn't matter if he remembers Mother day. I just want him to be a good boy, that to me, is the greatest blessing of all.

We're platonic!

2008-05-10T10:23:00.000-07:00

Is there really such a thing as platonic friends of different sex? It might not be an issue if you're single and available, but when you already have a spouse in the picture, is it still as important for you to have a damn close relationship with your so called platonic friend? Would you still care if she died or she lives on after she almost ruined your BFF's marriage? But yet, you chose to keep her as your best of the best friend, still have your own little secret code, oblivious to the existence of your wife, the woman you go to bed every night.

Am I the only one having an issue here? I mean, I'm not a difficult person at all, I know I'm a damn good wife, but why does he still need a platonic friend, the kind I hated so much. Don't get me wrong, this is not an affair of any kind, just me thinking that if I have him and only him to turn to, why can he has me and only me to turn to? Is it true that after so many years, platonic friends cannot live without each other, but they cannot live with each other? Else, I'm sure that they would have married 10 years ago and live happily ever after, given that they've known each other 10 years before that! But sure they didn't do that. Is there really such a thing as a true friendship, the kind people called PLATONIC?

What gets you excited?

2008-05-06T22:05:00.000-07:00

To me, nothing excites me more than a shopping trip. So whenever I hear some ladies out there who are so against shopping or probably they go shopping like 3 times a year to replenish their torn or worn clothings, I seriously don't know what these people live for. And worse, these girls talk of shopping as if it's an obligation! Talk about dragging their lazy feet into the big mall. Damn. They sure need hormones booster. Part of what keeps me going everyday is a trip to the mall, on a mission looking for things I can make it mine. I only need to pay for it, no? Be it just a plain 10 dollar tee, a pair of flip flop, or even a pair of fake diamond earrings. At the end of the day, girls just want to claim more and more things the world has to offer. Ya, i know. We leave this world empty handed, but what matters is we once owned it right?

Crazy crazy! Girls who don't like shopping are near extinction stone age woman. I cannot imagine myself rotating between two pair of heels, three bras and one jeans all year long. Unless you tell me that three times you go shopping you buy a truckload of clothings and handbags and bras to last you for that year, nevermind that they are out of fashion. Else, I don't know how anyone will talk me into surviving a three times a year shopping trip. Really, I can die!

How many is enough?

2008-05-04T20:46:00.000-07:00

How many pairs of shoes/flip flops/stiletto heels does a girl need? My Dear Husband has a pair of brown leather shoe he wears everyday, everywhere, every occasion. And he is absolutely fine with that. He didn't even own a pair of decent running shoes for now, after I chucked the old one in the bin. It's not like he goes jogging, but still a pair of sports shoe is still something everyone needs for casual wear no. In that case, my Dear Husband is no casual man. Slippers for him is a no no. So that pair of faithful Kickers brings him everywhere!

Back to my point, how many pair is enough for a girl? I have plenty but nothing too many I lost count. But still, I always feel I still need a few pair more. Like a black casual two inches one without the bling bling for maybe to go shopping, and the gold one to give me the extra umph when I put on my gold dress. If mix and match is the reason why every girl need more and more, why is it that for a man, a shoe matches all? Oh, this is getting a little too complicated isn't it? Not like I'm saying man has no sense of fashion or so whatever, but why every outfit we girls wear got to match what we wear on our sole? Admit it, if you see a girl wearing a yellow top, blue jeans with a pair of green heels, you can't help but criticise her quietly inside. No amount of Jimmy Choos, Manolo Blahniks, Pradas or even Vincci can make a girl happy. Because since Eve ate the apple from the garden, every girl born into this world is a greedy pig! Period.

I have no Plan B

2008-05-02T22:35:00.000-07:00

A little chat on MSN suddenly makes me a nervous. You have no idea how this is an issue among the married women, especially those who already have a baby, kids or a baby on the way. Women felt so insecure when they are not financially independent. They chose to go to work even if it means having to place their kids in a lousy nanny's hand, all this just to have a back up plan if their marriage turns sour. I go to bed thinking about it, and I think about it the first thing I wake up in the morning. No, I don't mean sex. I mean men, and how far can we trust them.

A chat makes me realised that I'm not the only woman who felt so insecure in a marriage, because thousands and probably millions out there felt the same too. We cannot help thinking about the one hundred what if possibilities we might one day face. What if our husband leaves us for another bitch or a gay partner, or what if one day they just leave us out totally in the darkness and disappear to God knows where on earth, or even permanently gone for good, I mean die? Maybe I should rephrase, permanently gone is not as good as it may sound, it is bad for us, wifey. Again, only God knows how we can handle that much of emotion and sadness that time. I hate to get there.

You see, I should have more to worry about. First, I am not financially capable, and also there is this part of husband's family that he has to always think about. So I' might not be the first emergency contact person on his list, which is hard to accept at first, well, we all got to learn to accept the truth sometimes. He has so much of responsibilities and obligations to bear on his weak shoulder and I can only be supportive. Not otherwise.

There's so much of things that I need to worry about if I want to, but I refuses to let things get up on my head. I live one day at a time, to live a happy life. Afterall, worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere. I'm glad that I chose to stay at home to take care of my son over the corporate ladder. I hate to miss those precious moments in my baby's life, and hate it even more to hear my baby growing up stories from a maid. I should be thankful for what I have now, a wonderful family with strong support system to back me up at all times. I have no back-up plan if my marriage fails, but I'm sure I'll always have my family to stand by me. But one thing for sure, God will never let me bear things I cannot handle, and that everything happen for a good reason.

And I actually got this free

2008-04-27T11:54:00.000-07:00

Like my new template {WP-Polaroid Blogger}? I got it free from http://www.eblogtemplates.com/. Didn't even know that there are so many blogger templates out there for free. What a shame! Where have I been?

This template is totally different from my other blog template, it has 3 column instead of 2, has many editable blog page and it comes with a 125 x 125 advertisement board. Not everything is clickable for now, please hang in there, will ya.

Hello World!

2008-04-27T10:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks sister dearie for helping me with naming my new blog. Something different, something unqie but nothing that sounds too complicated and I'm glad we nailed it. I love ChatterBin. It's such a nice name.

{Muacks, sis}