Work Horoscope for Tuesday, October 30

Charge forward today like a high-stepping horse equipped with blinders. Nothing matters except the state of your current projects. Ignore the pleas of others, unless you could use a favor in exchange.

sea coconut craving

mi is craving for the sea coconut wif longan drinks at 126

*drool*

YY’s third TKD lesson

YY got his uniform yest! 

he looks so cute!  like a scarecrow coz the uniform was way too big for him

he oso tried sparring wif a yellow-tip last nite.  first time sparring!

he is still on the topic of asking mi to learn, now the latest reason is ‘You’re so fat!  Hit you oso not pain!”

deadlines no more

mi is sick of deadlines.

POA : no more deadlines to chase

the deadline is now, tdy…will try hard to implement tis asap

The 11th Husband….

monday humour from HJ

A young man married a beautiful woman who had previously divorced 10 husbands. On their wedding night, she told her new husband to ‘Please be gentle; I’m still a virgin’.

‘What?’ said the puzzled groom. ‘How can that be if you’ve been married ten times.?’

‘Well, husband#1 was a Sales Representative; he kept telling me how great it was going to be.

‘Husband # 2 was in Software Services; he was never really sure how it was suppose to function; but he said he’d look into it and get back with me.

‘Husband # 3 was from Field Services; he said that everything checked out diagnostically but he just couldn’t get the system up.

‘Husband # 4 was in Telemarketing; even though he knew he had the order, he didn’t know when he would be able to deliver.

‘Husband # 5 was an Engineer, he understood the basic process but he wanted three years to research, implement, and design a new state of the-art method.

‘Husband #6 was from Administration; he thought he knew how but he wasn’t sure whether it was his job or not.

‘Husband # 7 was in Marketing; although he had a product, he was never sure how to position it.

‘Husband # 8 was a Psychiatrist; all he did was talk about it.

‘Husband # 9 was a Gynecologist; all he did was look at it.

‘Husband # 10 was a Stamp Collector; all he ever did was…….. God I miss him.

‘ But now that I’ve married you, I’m so excited’.

‘Wonderful’, said the husband, ‘but why?

‘Your’re with the ‘GOVERNMENT’..
This time I KNOW I’M gonna get
SCREWED.’

my sushi-go-round score

i didn’t noe how to send score and got scolded by YY

i’m ranked 205 for tdy’s scores

infatuation

wif an object

tink my taste has nbr changed over the yrs

how i lust after tis object

Cleaning: Outside and In

tis is probably a sign tat i should continue my spring cleaning, reli need to clear out my wardrobe.  so many clothes tat i dun wear anymore!  decluttering time
When you feel upset, discouraged or out of control, do you feel the desire to clean?

There’s a deep connection between our personal environment and our innermost selves.

Our senses reach deep, and those same senses also feel our surroundings. So is it possible that by shifting the arrangement of our belongings we can re-arrange the molecules of our emotional lives as well?

When our homes become cluttered and disordered, other aspects of our lives also tend to feel stuck. A cluttered home reflects a distracted and cluttered mind, and it also makes it hard to focus and think clearly. It gets easier to put on hold decisions that could put you back in control of your life. Eventually, we give up. The task seems overwhelming, and the clutter is so pervasive that we can’t decide where to begin.

Clutter saps your energy and erodes your spirit. Clutter makes it difficult to get things done, enjoy peace and quiet, or spend time the way you really want to. It adds to your stress, slows you down and drains your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual strength. Clutter makes you lose your focus, and that makes you lose your confidence and power as well.

On an energetic level, all this stuff is preventing a clear vision of self. Anything that is neglected, unwanted, or unappealing to you will drag your energy down every time you look at it. Even a beautiful object of great value does nothing for you or your home if you don’t like it. So if you don’t love it, get it out of sight.

Look around you. If you could only choose ten items to live with for the rest of your life, what would they be? When you’re considering this question, ask yourself – What do they really do for you? Do they empower you? Are they motivating you to improve yourself?
Everything that surrounds you should be working for you in some way. If the things in your space are not supporting you and contributing to the positive quality of your life, it is time to do something about it!
The defeat, fatigue, and depression that you feel when you think about your clutter will start to evaporate as soon as you put yourself in action. The hard part is getting started, but once you do the magic will begin.

Clutter-clearing creates space for us to discover our true path in life and to define who we want to become. With this new vision we can consciously choose to surround ourselves with objects and imagery that reflect and support our authentic concept of self.

fish head at chinatown makeshift mkt

went there during the lunar 8th mth coz wanted to bring the kiddos to see the light-up at chinatown

had the fishhead at chinatown makeshift mkt

so many stalls all selling the same dishes, fishhead for $13 each

and kerri decides to get posey for the camera

倾桶大雨

so heavy rain tdy, my goodness!

and i was planning on bringing the kiddos out for makan later

guess it’s becoz of  观音诞， will always rain

haben vacuum my car, so sandy

tink i should wipe the water off later since i juz washed it yest

marie & wayne

wayne is so bubbly & adorable!

he chuckles & croons all the time & allowed everyone to carry him, so cute for a 5 mth old!

third rock from the sun

is earth of course!

In order of their distances from the Sun, the planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

This is something i learnt in pri skool to help mi remember the positions of the planets in the solar system

My Mercury
Very Venus
Educated Earth
Mother Mars
Just Jupiter
Served Saturn
Us Uranus
Nine Neptune

Pizzas-Pluto became a dwarf planet

3rd Rock from the Sun is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom that ran from 1996 until 2001 on NBC. The show was about a group of extraterrestrial scientists on an expedition of what they considered to be the least important planet, Earth (the “3rd Rock” from the Sun), posing as a “family” of four to observe human beings, while pretending (usually awkwardly) to be humans.

now i begin to suspect my friends who quickly pointed out tat third rock from the sun means the aliens r FROM third rock from the sun, didn’t actualli watch the sitcom!

Sushi Go Round

Sushi Go Round Serve all the customers in the Sushi Restaurant

Play this free game now!!

YY intro tis game to mi, so fun!  it’s addictive!

my blog hangs

still as bad, it’s disgusting!

car washing day

ok, i’ve procastinated since the last posting

tdy muz reli reli go wash car before the dinner

sigh!  YY not ard, i got little motivation for tis…haha

I did it!

finally pulled off a surprise i thot of on thurs….hehe

i can’t wait to see how the recipient will react!

牛仔很忙

呜啦啦啦火车笛 随著奔腾的马蹄 小妹妹吹著口琴 夕阳下美了剪影
我用子弹写日记 介绍完了风景 接下来换介绍我自己我虽然是个牛仔 在酒吧只点牛奶 為什麼不喝啤酒 因為啤酒伤身体
很多人不长眼睛 嚣张都靠武器 赤手空拳就缩成蚂蚁

不用麻烦了 不用麻烦了 不用麻烦不用麻烦了 不用麻烦了
你们一起上 我在赶时间 每天决斗观眾都累了 英雄也累了
不用麻烦了 不用麻烦了 副歌不长你们有几个 一起上好了
正义呼唤我 美女需要我 牛仔很忙的

我啦啦啦骑毛驴 因為马跨不上去 洗澡都洗泡泡浴 因為可以玩玩具
我有颗善良的心 都只穿假牛皮 喔跌倒时尽量不压草皮

枪口它没长眼睛 我曾经答应上帝 除非是万不得已 我尽量射橡皮筋
老闆先来杯奶昔 要逃命前请你 顺便餵餵我那隻小毛驴

不用麻烦了 不用麻烦了 不用麻烦不用麻烦了 不用麻烦了
你们一起上 我在赶时间 每天决斗观眾都累了 英雄也累了
不用麻烦了 不用麻烦了 副歌不长你们有几个 一起上好了
正义呼唤我 美女需要我 牛仔很忙的
 

marie’s 爱心 cake

so beautifully done!

it oredi looks awesome yet it tastes even better den it looks!

no baking required!  i wana make tis too coz it looks so BEAUTIFUL and is so yummy, mi had 2 slices…hehe

btw, it’s not a cheesecake, ok!  the base is made of marshmallows and milk..so nutritious somemore

my green deed for 20071026

i sent ivy 35 return envelopes tat i got from my own stmts.  hope she finds them useful

for the recycling bin :

some  檀香 boxes
my 2 plastic casings for soflens 38
one Junior ‘N’ U magazine

有感而发

午后，天气晴。心情，复杂。

miracle potion

tis is from an article i read in Junior N U.

mi beli tempted to try!

tomato juice topped wif 3 drops of lime.
apply & wash after 15 mins
miracle potion tames oil glands and shrink gaping pores.

wah!  can reli shrink pores meh??

old clothes

mi decided to start clearing out my wardrobe slowly by picking up at least one item for the garang guni everyday

i even dumped some of QQ & YY’s very worn looking clothes into the same recycling bag

to my astonishment, QQ is wearing something i placed in the bag tdy!

and she asked mi y i put her clothes into the trashbag for garang guni man, faint!

mum claimed tat it’s her fav set of sleeping/home clothes

sigh, i throw away but grandma & grandchild retrieve

dove bar soap

when QQ had the itch, i took out an old bar of dove soap and used tat on her

it’s horrible!  beli drying on the skin and i hate bar soapy tat becomes totally soft when wet.  which is exactly wat happens wif dove bar soap

no wonder dad used to buy imperial leather…so much better!

anyway, i decided to clear stock and use the remaining 5 bars of dove soap

at the rate, the bar soap is disintegrating, it shouldn’t take mi too long

part of being green is reducing demand for consumer goods
so, i always feel tat it’s green for me to clear stock and use the 101 toiletries i haf instead of keep buying new ones.

hanging blog

my blog hangs and it irritates the shit out of mi but wat else is new

well, wordpress is hanging too

i’ll type www.wordpress.com which works but i can automatically redirected to http://wordpress.com which never completes loading

i finally got it to work by typing in http://wordpress.com/bonbon78

dun ask mi y it works tis way, it juz does

As I mature

i oredi forwarded HQ’s email but i tink tis article is so funny.

As I Mature

I’ve learnt that you cannot make someone love you.
All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.

I’ve learnt that no matter how much I care,
some people are just assholes.

I’ve learnt that it takes years to build trust,
and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.

I’ve learnt that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.
After that, you’d better have a big willy or huge boobs.

I’ve learnt that you shouldn’t compare yourself to others.
They are more screwed up than you think.

I’ve learnt that you can keep vomiting long after you think you’ve finished.

I’ve learnt that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities.

I’ve learnt that regardless of how hot & steamy a relationship is at first,
the passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take its place!

I’ve learnt that 99% of the time when something isn’t working in your house,
one of your kids did it.

I’ve learnt that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon
and all the less important ones just never go away.

Ouch!

YY complained tat he’s tired but can’t sleep so he wants to do his homework

but the min he laid dwn on the sofa, he fell asleep

he slept for abt half an hr before he suddenly turned in his sleep and the next thing i knew, he has fallen off the sofa, onto the floor….OUCH!

Dealing With Negativity

i agree wif the part abt being selective abt the ppl u hang out wif.  incidentally, the topic over the past few days has been abt stubborn people who dun see reason.

arguing/reasoning wif them is sometimes, a complete waste of time.

and negative people r juz too high maintenance!   mi got no time to console people hoo refuses to b cheered up
Our lives these days are filled with negativity – terrorism, disease, natural disasters, war. The messages we receive on a daily basis mostly aim to induce a feeling of dissatisfaction, envy or fear. As life gets more stressful, we encounter more negativity from our family, friends and co-workers.

How we deal with this information is up to us. We can either absorb it all and allow it to negatively dominate our thoughts, emotions, attitudes and our day-to-day lives. Or we can view these events as an unfortunate but unavoidable part of our existence and concentrate on those things we can do something about – such as our own personal lives and how we can positively influence ourselves and those around us.

The more we focus on the “bad” or negative things around us, the more our thoughts and behaviour work towards an undesirable outcome. But if we change our focus to the good things of life – the positives – there is an above average chance that things will get much better. Negatives fill our emotional bucket quickly and before we know it, they are spilling all over ourselves and those around us. Isn’t it far more logical to fill our bucket with positives? The people around us are sure to be much more receptive to any spillage the might occur.

If your optimism is taking a beating, try saving some time for yourself and writing down the good things in your life – the things you enjoy and appreciate. Start with the fact that you even woke up this morning, then go from there. No matter how bad your situation is, if you try just a little you’ll have plenty of items on our list. Keep the list handy and add to it as you think of other things. There will always be days when your list will come in handy to give you a pick-me-up.

Be selective about what you read, watch on TV, hear on the radio and the music you listen to. Think about the information your mind is absorbing and determine whether it’s really good for you. Be selective with your friends and pay attention to the conversations you are having. Is the relationship – or the conversation – based on negative words and feelings? Would you be better off changing the subject – or finding someone different to spend your time with?

And watch your “self talk”. This is the imaginary conversations we have with ourselves and others, especially when there are potential conflicts on the horizon. Stop “badmouthing” the people in your life and stop “badmouthing” yourself! Every time we do that, we are reinforcing to ourselves just how miserable the world is and how unfortunate we are.

facebook reqs

ok, facebook is like friendster enhanced

omg!  so many reqs!

tink it’s taking up way too much of my previous online time

absence

besides being bz at work, was caught up in YY’s illness

he lao sai-ed on mon nite and saw a doc

poor thing!  he recovered nw but is even skinnier!

now he looks like african refugees except tat he’s been bleached

The Pencil

The Pencil Maker took the pencil aside, just before putting him into the box.

“There are 5 things you need to know”, he told the pencil, “before I send you out into the world. Always remember them and you will become the best pencil you can be.

ONE: You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held in Someone’s hand.
TWO: You will experience a painful sharpening from time to time, but you’ll need it to become a better pencil.
THREE: You will be able to correct any mistakes you might make.
FOUR: The most important part of you will always be what’s inside.
AND FIVE: On every surface you are used on, you must leave your mark. No matter what the condition, you must continue to write.

The pencil understood and promised to remember, and went into the box with purpose in its heart. The parable of the pencil imparts great wisdom in the way we human beings live our lives as well.

Allow this parable on the pencil to encourage you to know that you are a special person and only you can fulfill the purpose to which you were born to accomplish.

Never allow yourself to get discouraged and think that your life is insignificant and cannot make a change.

We are just like the pencil, who can make a difference in our lives and in the lives of the people around us. Don’t ever underestimate what you have the power to do!

Love Me

heard tis on 933 tis morning

tis is one song tat always move mi to tears which means i had to perform tissue pulling and tears drying as i drive so tat my make-up dun get ruined by my tears

Zhiyong puts it well.  there’s nobody he noes hoo doesn’t like tis song

yet, it’s a puzzle y couples use it for their wedding dinner when it’s so sad

winds of change

the winds of change is in the air and everyone seems to b caught up in it

the onli constant is change.  always true!

though my next move is fuzzy, i do noe the direction i m heading

meebo comics

my messenger has totally crashed so mi is using meebo (when i rem!) nowadays

anyway, they juz completed the firebox interface and the story was presented in meebo comics style

ann, u muz sign up for meebo and read the comics!  so like ur hammy comics!

when is the next episode??  i wait till becoming giraffe liao..haha

phew!

and tat’s a sigh of relief!

after an intense 3 days of catching up wif my emails & drafts, i’m finally on top of things

a couple more to-dos and training to complete before i close out my work wk but i feel so much more relaxed tis afternoon

it’s amazing how incredibly bz i haf been tis yr till i pause & take stock of wat i haf on my plate

feeling motivated tat i m gaining traction at work

牛仔很忙！

933’s been playing tis new song from jay chuo’s 我很忙’ album

i heard it a couple of times and found the tune catchy though i can’t grasp all the lyrics given jay’s signature muffled lyrics style of singing

well, QQ heard tis song in the car tis evening and started humming along wif the 2nd line

and she was shaking her head and moving her legs & arms in time wif the music!

she turned ard to mi and told mi tis is her fav music

ok, jay has sold at least one album to QQ

Create Your Own Perfect Morning

easier said den done, especially for a late riser like myself

but i realise the part abt alarm sometime back.  i find myself waking up in a fluster when my alarm music is too loud and abrupt.   so i usualli go for more soothing and softer alarm music.  the last thing i need is to b rudely jostled out of sleep 

Most of us start the day as if we were trying to catch a plane. We wake up, hurry through a shower, grab a cup of coffee, skim through the first few pages of the paper, then rush out of the house. After that, it’s meetings, deadlines, packet lunches, bottomlines.

Even after we leave the office, our responsibilities and obligations don’t seem to end; for many of us, we only get to take a breath just before we fall asleep and even then, it’s not restful sleep.

Many of us repeat this routine almost every day. It’s like we’ve entered autopilot mode and we don’t even wonder why we do what we do anymore.

Somewhere along the way, we forgot that there is no plane to catch.

You are the plane, you are the pilot. But are you flying intentionally or mindlessly following flight paths? Are you mapping out the route to your desired destination or are you simply plying the same route back and forth?

For many of us, our lives feel like they’re going somewhere. But are they? Where? What if you realised you could make changes that will make your life more enjoyable, more successful and more fulfilling?

How can we assume more control over our lives and where they’re headed, instead of always rushing to some point because we feel we should or because we’ve been told to?

It all begins with creating your perfect morning. This is your morning, no one else’s. A harmonious and reflective start does wonders for the rest of the day. So instead of rushing, wake up half an hour earlier. Wake up gently to soft music, or an alarm clock that produces a gradually-accelerating tone.

Then before doing anything else take 10-15 minutes and sit silently thinking about all you’re grateful for. Then start to wonder what the highlight of your day could be. As you leave your house and begin the flow of your day, you look at each experience and wonder if this is going to be the highpoint of your day, knowing there is more to come.

Starting the day this way, that is, gently, introspectively, and on your own terms, increases your energy and efficiency throughout the day. When you leave your house centred and focused, there is a much greater likelihood that you can maintain this balance throughout the day. Begin the day on your own terms and discover the dramatic changes that are possible.

outing to the zoo

i m onli postin abt fri’s outing nw coz mi was super shacked on fri and concuss-ed at 9 plus

both volunteers and elderly had a good time at the zoo but everyone was tired & sleepy after lunch

i like the one-to-one attention and interaction bet volunteer and elderly

i oso saw for myself wat it means to
老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼

certainly hope it doesn’t end at tis for the yr but on a personal basis, we can continue to do more for charity

YY & TKD

YY had his 2nd lesson tonite and is still beli excited abt TKD

since he enjoys the lesson so much and seems to b picking up the moves reasonably well, i paid for a term and uniform

it’s certainly good exercise for him and a good ave for his endless energy

i’ll get him to pose once he gets his uniform

our green deed for 20071021

mi making it a point to salvage recyclable trash for the recycling bin

our contribution tdy :

one soflens 38 box
one 10 capsules enervon box

we did it!

YT & mi did the fun run together

Qn :wat was the hardest part abt the race?
Ans : finding our way to connaught drive from the esplanade carpark

we were not the onli lost ones.  there were at least 20 other ppl walking ard the esplanade trying to find the underpass to connaught drive.  common thread among all of us gers, we r drivers!  we duno where the mrt underpass at esplanade is!

we spent some 10 mins getting there and were juz in time to start running.  in fact, ppl were oredi moving off

our strategy next yr?  get there earlier so we r at the front of the pack lor!

we did it in abt 40 mins which surprised ourselves!  den it was off to mac for a second round of bfast coz i was starving!  my earlier bfast of cheese sandwich is all worked off lor.

mi again starving at lunchtime and gobbled up my lunch.  at tis rate, mi is gonna grow fat from exercising instead of losing weight ; (

garang guni

tink the garang guni deserves more credit & recognition for their contribution to recycling

they tirelessly comb each neighbourhood & go to each doorstep to collect used electrical appliances and newspaper/books/magazines

we dun even subscribe to newspapers & onli get the occasional sin ming or tnp but mum juz sold 3 phone directories and a beli small stack of newspaper for 30 cents which goes to QQ’s piggy bank

we dun even haf to lug the paper ard for recycling bins and get a token sum for our recycling efforts!   wow!   3 cheers for garang guni!

disc drive spoiled

sigh…looks like things r no longer built to last

but not even 3 yrs yet…first the hard disc crashed & nw, the disc drive can’t read any disc

luckily bro’s dell is much more reliable

Are You Working Yourself to Death?

wow!  many co-workers in the office come to mind….ppl, do take ur leave!

no need to go on sabbatical leave lah…though how i wish we asians can do tat too

of course we can lah, but we too scared and kiasu to put dwn all our commitments and creature comforts to do something we can remember for the rest of our lives.  SIGH!

luckily mi got travel pals for my highlands visit, m’sia trips wif karen, marie for HK and LJ for other destinations.

i guess having kiddos make a diff too coz i always want to bring them overseas both as a treat and for educational reasons.  i strongly believe tat 读万卷书不如行万里路。

In 2005, Americans threw away an estimated 415 million vacation days. That’s 1.6 million years of unused vacation! Have we lost our minds? Chronic stress and overcommitment to work have been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, and mortality. Yep, not taking a vacation will make your RealAge older. Much older.

Whatever your excuse for not taking a break—your job can’t live without you, you can’t afford the expense, there simply aren’t enough days in the year—toss them out the window.

The truth is you’re not doing anyone any favors by not taking time off. Not your family. Not your employer. And definitely not yourself. Research suggests that reducing stress and taking regular vacations—once or twice a year—may be as vital to your emotional and physical well-being as exercise or a healthful diet. And the benefits don’t stop there. Vacations seem to have a positive impact on families and organizations as well.

People who take frequent vacations:

• Are less likely to be depressed, tense or tired
• Have a reduced risk of heart disease and all-cause mortality
• Tend to spend more time with their spouse and children and are more satisfied with their marriages
• Report being more interested and more productive in their work when they return from time off

So change your mindset. Stop thinking of vacation as a luxury you can live without and start thinking of it as a healthy habit. Let’s face it: making time off a regular recuperative part of your life is probably the easiest lifestyle change you’ll ever make.

Sick Leave: It’s Good for Your Heart

i am totally guilty of tis coz i believe tat colds and coughs and fevers hinders my work so i’ll juz take medication…and i usually self medicate using natural stuff

Do you slog into work even when you’re sick and stressed out? For your heart’s sake, stay home.

Reporting to work sick — especially if you’re not the picture of health to begin with (for example, you’re too heavy or you have high blood pressure or diabetes) — can put a strain on heart health. Here’s why you need to curl up in bed and call it a day

Sick-Day Logic
Top three reasons to call in sick when you’re under the weather? One: Extra rest helps you recover. Two: Your coworkers don’t want what you have. Three: No deadline, expense report, or presentation is worth upping your risk of a heart attack. A what? That’s right. Researchers found that overweight, hypertensive, or otherwise unhealthy people who came to work sick had higher rates of heart attack than their call-it-in peers. Scary stuff.

It’s Just the Sniffles . . .
Researchers aren’t sure why working sick ups heart attack risk. It could be that the people who toughed it out were also more likely to ignore (read fail to get treatment for) other signs of health trouble — like chest pain or trouble breathing.

10 Reasons to Hop to It

i can’t find my skipping rope!  time to get one for myself and one for YY.
exercising together is certainly quality time
YY luvs to go for walks…we onli walk to the mkt or white sands lah

Jumping rope. Some of us haven’t done it since schoolyard days.

But here are the top 10 reasons you should jump rope like you did in third grade — besides the fact that it will make you feel like a kid again

Top 10 Reasons to Jump Rope
Do it to warm up. Do it to cool down. Or make a whole workout of it. Just do it.

Jumping rope . . .

1.	Burns up to 1,000 calories per hour.
2.	Tones your entire body – arms, legs, trunk, and back.
3.	Is easy to learn (master’s degree in Pilates not required).
4.	Improves your game, whether you golf, swim, ski, or play tennis.
5.	Is totally cheap (ropes can start at $3.99) and portable (a 4-foot by 6-foot area is all you need).
6.	Looks cool . . . check out those boxers at the gym who know what they’re doing.
7.	Can be a solo or group workout.
8.	Is gender neutral.
9.	Is family friendly. Give your kids a rope, too!
10.	Can be a blast. Make up some jump rope tricks, and have fun with it.

our green deed for the day 20071020

QQ & YY helped mi carry some stuff to the recycling bins dwnstairs

mum has been keeping some stuff for the recycling plastic bags but nobody comes to collect the bags anymore

our trash tdy : 2 milk powder cans and a wrinkle de-crease bottle

review on M&S

no VPL works lor…though i was skeptical at first

and M&S products r of such high quality…last thru so many washes liao

topshop r the worst!

cost also as much as M&S but quality sucks big time

topshop inner wear can’t even withstand one wash….waste of money 

my green deed for the day

my o.b. box for the recycling bin

ORQ not equal ORL

little drama tis morning coz both marie et moi mixed up One Raffles Link wif One Raffles Quay

she got there an hr b4 our appt while i got there half an hr earlier

i went to south tower lobby while she went to north tower lobby at almost the same time

both of us discovered to our dismay tat our client wasn’t at ORQ

marie actualli spotted mi running off to the carpark but couldn’t stop mi in time

i was so quick, i was still within the grace period for parking and didn’t pay a cent

i had a hard time fumbling for my fone while i exited from the ORQ carpark but as fate would haf it, she spotted my car as i exited the carpark so she could quickly hop on & we made it in time

happy now

hehe…so easy, printed the map liao…now so happy

big day tml…time for bed

absent-mindedless

wah lau ei…mi actualli forgot to print out the zoo map and send volunteer listings..sign of old age!

den i discovered i can’t print at home coz nbr installed printer and i can’t find the cd

wait a min, y i so stoopid!?  can use my bro’s lappy to print

raving and ranting helps!

perspirex

i got wat andy recommended for sweaty palms.  reading the website nw.
i will test out the prod tonite

it states surgery as one of the treatment methods for sweaty palms…sounds so serious…is tis a health condition?

Suffering from hyperhidrosis means having a perspiration problem. Excessive sweating can range from moderate moisture to severe dripping resulting in large wet stains on the shirt, blouse and jacket, damp and smelly feet and shoes, or it could be clammy or wet hands.

‘Baby Jessica’

interesting article i juz saw

rescue of an 18 mth old girl who fell into an abandoned well

besides drawing nationwide attention in the states where it happened, a photo from tis story won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography

potluck picts from tdy

i actualli made something instead of juz buying something.  i made deviled eggs lor!

sandwiches were much nicer den the 1st time we had the sandwich party

so glad we haf the date for our next date, great way to get together wif colleagues and eat “healthily”

special note : the ngo hiang is vegetarian, ok…all the way from tiong bahru 

maternal mortality

i saw the figures of maternal mortality as being more den 500,000 globally and i was quite shocked at the huge numbers

though most of these deaths from pregnancy and related reasons happen in developing countries, the sheer no. is quite scary

it is especially shocking for a mother

Gap (PRODUCT) RED™ maternity T

“share the love and wear your heart on your bump”  Nice!

Half the profits from Gap (PRODUCT) RED™ styles go directly to the Global Fund to help fight AIDS.

Gap (PRODUCT) RED™ 2 weeks T

omg!  i luv tis T!   tis is the most meaningful of the (red) clothing range i’ve seen so far.

mi haf my sights set on the inspi(red) T

Contributions from this limited edition T are equivalent to the average cost of 2 weeks of medicine which will enable people living with HIV to lead healthy, normal lives. This compelling message is printed along the interior hemline: “THIS (PRODUCT) RED T-SHIRT = 2 WEEKS OF AIDS MEDICINE IN AFRICA.”

Work Horoscope for Wednesday, October 17

wow!  sounds eerie sia…thick fog reminds mi of genting….wahahaha

There’s a weird undercurrent in the office today. Like inching your way through a thick fog, you’re going to have to navigate by touch and instinct. Try to find someone who will tell you what’s going on.

blood donation

i saw a colleague’s sms abt her fren’s appeal for B+ platelets for the son

i last surfed the hsa blood bank website wif YY some time back when he asked some qns after watching a tv program tat touched on blood donations

i learnt so many interesting facts from the website :

• can donate blood for own use, known as ABT (autologous blood transfusion) 
• apheresis is the donation of specific components of blood instead of whole blood
  min weight of whole blood donor is 45kg but apheresis is 50kg
  if i go on diet, can onli donate whole blood
• plateletpheresis is to donate platelets
• plasmapheresis is to donate plasma

check tis out, a graphical representation of the blood stock in singapore

i still haf tis nagging cough so i should wait it out before i attempt to gif blood again

LJ will rem my first failed attempt and her (is it first?) successful attempt @ NUH

ideas for potluck – eggs

deviled eggs!

or eggs in salad,  note,  NOT egg salad but hard boiled eggs in salad….doesn’t sound beli appetizing

Spinach with Pine Nuts and Raisins

wow!  tis sounds like a cool dish!

Thai Iced Tea

omg!  i dun believe it!  i chanced upon the recipe for my fav thai iced tea

i muz try tis.  can steal star anise from mum but need to get cinnamon stick.  i can’t wait to make tis! 

Thai Iced Tea

1. Brew a pot of strong black tea.
2. Add two pieces of star anise (availabile in many grocery stores and most Asian markets) and a cinnamon stick to the pot. 
3. Allow the tea to cool. 
4. Pour over ice and add sweetened condensed milk to taste.

carbon footprint

i’m been wanting to blog on tis topic for wks since i saw the ‘green’ stmt by the comp

it came after a lengthy discussion from employees all over the world on the company forum

i thot tis was pretty cool coz it means somebody actualli reads the forum and responds on a company level

ken was in town tdy and he mentioned tat tis was THE memo tat got him the most no. of responses from employees too

so a lot of us do care, we may not b doing quite enuff but being conscious is starting in a small way

wat is impt to b constantly challenging ourselves in doing more for the environ, coz we need to protect our legacy for our children and many more future generations of human ‘beans’

What is a “Carbon Footprint”?
A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions directly or indirectly caused by a company’s operations. The impact is measured in tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
 

newly wed

joke from trace.  tis is a good one!

A newlywed couple had only been married for two weeks. The husband,although very much in love, couldn’t wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies. So, he said to his new wife,‘Honey, I’ll be right back.’‘Where are you going, coochy cooh?’ asked the wife.‘I’m going to the bar, pretty face. I’ m going to have a beer.’

The wife said, ‘You want a beer, my love?’ She opened the door to the refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer,  brands from 12 different countries: Germany, Holland, Japan, India, etc.

The husband didn’t know what to do and the only thing that he could Think of saying was, ‘Yes, lolly pops…but at the bar…you know…they have frozen glasses…’

He didn’t get to finish the sentence, because the wife interrupted him by saying, ‘You want a frozen glass,! puppy face?’ She took a huge beer mug out of the freezer, so frozen that she was getting chills just holding it.

The husband, looking a bit pale, said, ‘Yes, tootsie roll, but at the bar they have those hors d’oeuvres that are really delicious… I won’t be long, I’ll be right back. I promise. OK?’

You want hors d’oeuvres, poochi pooh?’ She opened the oven and took out 5 dishes of different hors d’oeuvres: chicken wings, pigs in blankets, mushroom caps, pork strips, etc.

‘But my sweet honey… at the bar… you know… there are swearing, dirty words and all that…’

‘You want dirty words, D*ckhead? Drink your f*cking beer in your Goddamn frozen mug and eat your motherf*cking snacks, because you are Married now, and you aren’t f*cking going anywhere! Got it, A*shole?’

……..and, they lived happily ever after. Isn’t that a sweet story?

my blog hangs!

i kept tinking it’s a prob wif my browser tat my blog always hangs

till HQ mentioned it to mi last nite

i m encountering the same prob of the browser juz not loading fulling and it usualli gets terminated wif end task

i duno wat’s wrong wif the blog yet but folks, it hangs on mi too!

Work Horoscope for Monday, October 15

It’s a good time to battle over two options with a close colleague who trusts you enough to tolerate your occasional exaggeration. Work can be exciting today if you explore different directions in earnest.

qq picts

 i made her a finger mitten and we had some fun taking picts of her pretending to b sleeping

 

msn mystery

i haf repaired, uninstalled and re-installed and i still can’t run it

irritating!   and i keep getting random chat mgs on meebo….doubly irritating

mint lip care

hehe…gift from ah mun, mint flavoured lip balm from korea’s face shop

YY @ home

i was juz testing my cam but YY volunteered as model

LJ 大寿

picts from last nite’s bday celebrations for HJ, ZC & LJ

it’s been a while since we had such a good turnout, pity HQ, boon & ann couldn’t make it.

 

wkend plans

despite the late nite on fri, i m still hopeful tat i’ll b quite productive tis wkend.

my to-dos :
fix YY’s bag wif press fasteners (i found tis gadget at textile centre, i need to figure out how it works)
sew flowers on QQ’s dress (taken before picts, now for the after picts)
ironing (my skirts…i dun hate ironing but i juz dun seem to get ard to it)
alter more pants  (i haf lost count of all the new pants i haf tat r not altered, tis seems to b my perpetual mission in life)
wash car (tis is juz not going to happen tdy, mayb tml but YY my able car wash assistant is not home.  mayb i should leave all the interior stuff for his retn)

Qasalan Expellibox

new game tat i’m going to try nw

verdict : damn boh liao….another one of the daily free stuff to do

bank interest

shit!  i can’t believe i forgot to collect my interest for tdy before i deposited my NP

omg!  i lost 17,000++ NP worth of interest for tdy

how could i haf been so careless,  12mn NST is 3pm SG time so it’s juz past mn…nah beh!

ultimate bullseye II

the third generation of bullseye

first we had bullseye, den ultimate bullseye now ultimate bullseye II

i tried 3 times and onli managed ONE bullseye.

upset!  muz practise more.  tis is my pet game, i muz master it!

msn

for some unknown reasons, i can’t launch my messenger

so i’m on meebo at the moment

mint tea

the bentley tea is more mint den tea

i guess tat’s y it’s called minty mint

the other pack of mint tea i had from viet is black tea wif little mint balls inside the tea pack.  i call them mint balls coz they dissolves when i steep the tea wif hot water

in fact, they remind mi of mini moth balls…sounds gross, rite?  but it tastes ok.  tis one is more tea den mint

the viet lipton mint tea is not fantastic oso

i agree, twinnings, the organic mint from M&S and celestial seasonings r the better mint teas i found so far

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omg!  ann, u r rite!

i can’t believe how stoopid mi has been for past few mths….gosh!

my IT unsavvyness nbr fails to amaze mi

Work Horoscope for Friday, October 12

so abstract!

A nagging feeling that expansion comes from market innovation pulls at your coattails all day, and all of a sudden you’ll delve into that seemingly unknowable arena: the consumer’s mind. Do your research, innovator.

riddle

bro said tis while stuffing some papers into an envelope

真的是“皇帝的妈妈！”

nepalese food

pict of the mango salad? we had at the nepalese food joint at tpy

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it didn’t work!  sob!  sob!

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since mths of migrating to wordpress, i finally played ard wif the dashboard options and learnt how to change the size of the text box

tis has bugged mi since the beginning of time

it’s so silly to haf to keep scrolling up & down as i type my post and add picts, hopefully iy works nw, i haben refreshed my page.  shall noe after tis posting

nice chocolat cake

i had a bit of the chocolat cake from prima deli tdy

it has a nice rich alcohol/rum taste

but i can’t locate the cake on the website, duno which is the nice choco cake

streetside delights in hcmc

a stall selling all sorts of shellfish in HCMC.  from far, looks like mushrooms

reminds mi of the hk food show i saw over the wkend,  the stalls in korea looks exactly the same

minty mint

mi been wanting to upload a pict of the pretty mint tea ann bought mi from NY

the tea is all drunk by nw but i keep the can for all my loose tea

most brands do not pack their teabags individually

out of tea

i was actualli out of my peppermint tea in the office tdy.  argh!

i still haf 3 boxes of viet lipton peppermint tea at home but forgot to replenish my office supplies. 

i m so tempted to do a quick turn juz to stock up on tea, eat pho, visit the wonderful foot massage place & mayb do a bit of shopping

any takers for the trip?

A380

saw an article abt an engine test for A380

of course i noe all the buzz from seats/beds being sold online for the virgin flight

it’s oredi delayed by 2 yrs due to the wiring prob and SQ will get the 1st A380 on mon for the virgin flight to sydney on 28th of tis mth

wat is reli interesting in the article is the info on the A380 tat i was totally ignorant of

i onli noe it’s big! 

well, it has 3 decks, one for cargo and 2 for passengers

no US carrier ordered the A380 but SFO’s International Terminal is the onli airport in US to haf made modifications/designed for A380.

there is a jet bridge that will allow passengers to enter and exit easily – one bridge for the third deck and one serving the two lower levels. This eliminates the need to climb stairs once onboard.

russian boost to indonesia’s tourism

“To cater to their tastebuds, Russian restaurants – a rarity or even non-existent in the past – have began appearing in Bali, along with growing orders from food and beverage outlets for vodka, going by anecdotal accounts from the Bali travel industry.”

article from BT 

now i noe moscow is becoming a hot new destination for tourists and i would luv to go there too but i didn’t realise the outbound travel from russian is oso causing a stir in asia, especially indonesia
 

Work Horoscope for Thursday, October 11

Your silly and friendly approach today wins people to your team, pulling help and support from every quarter. Jump into action and zip joyfully into leadership positions. Be ready to turn the team on a dime.

newborns

eeks!  i was looking at anne geddes website & sent marie the link as well

the newborns look so cute and angelic, all curled up & sleeping

they look so cuddly!  now i noe wat ivy means by ‘long time no carry babies, miss the feeling sometimes’   i wana carry newborns!  luckily got 3 babies arriving soon tat i can hold…hehe

misleading boards on highways

they did it again!

the sign read ‘jam from eunos, jam to kallang’

i contemplated whether to exit before eunos & travel by geylang but i decided to take a gamble and stick to PIE in the end

guess wat?  not onli was there no jam, it was almost deserted at paya lebar exit which is a rare sight

the onli time the notices on highways r accurate r when roadworks r concerned

any other kinda traffic info has proven too dynamic for lta to update the notices on time even wif all the cameras installed along highways

the most reliable traffic news has to b from radios coz it’s ppl on the road who actualli call in & update them all the time

shell points

mi juz checked my acct online.  got enuff pts to redeem a can of abalone for cny liao, so happy!

tink my annual petrol spend go towards my annual redemption of abalone

the mileage from petronas seems to b even better den shell, mi haben pumped since mon nite, lasted more den a wk.  i didn’t reset my meter so duno exact mileage

aglio olio

tat’s the pasta of the moment for mi

it started wif the totally delicious one at oosh!   i usualli avoid tomato base coz my mum can cook better tomato paste at home.  i go for the cream sauce ones coz it seems harder to cook

but aglio olio can b so deliciously fragrant wif the hint of herbs and spice

however, i haben had any luck wif my subsequent orders

barfly : way too spicy
genting : the basil was over-powering!
wild bamboo : so-so

i tink besides the rite balance of herbs & spiciness, the olive oil needs to b good too to reli bring out the flavour of the pasta.  can’t wait to go oosh and eat my aglio olio again!

mi is up to date on yahoo mail again!

wat a massive project!  it took mi mths to b back to under 50 unread mails

i was reading birthday reminders late due to the backlog

and sometimes even my work horoscope, tat’s beli impt, u noe

Work Horoscope for Wednesday, October 10

Energy courses through you, magnetizing you and attracting people who want to avoid boredom. You hand out tasks like a pro, turning the organization into a smoothly running, well-oiled machine without a single groan.

days of the wk

since i came back on mon last wk, i started the work wk on tue

yest felt like a tue and marie reminded mi it’s onli mon

i juz told joc tml’s thurs…oops!

mi is expecting tis wk to start on tue too!

wat day is tml?

jetstar special fares to HCMC

mi got the promo email and excitedly checked the half price tickets

still came up to at $190 per ticket which was > wat i paid in may

looks like the best deal is yet to b

matakucing

auntie jane’s fav drink from petaling st

things i hate abt driving

#1 on the list has to b having a full bladder by the time i reach the carpark.  unfortunately i dun haf the luxury of having open-air parking juz dwnstairs (yes, ann, i m toking abt u!)

so after parking, i still need to walk 2 blks back to my blk…so far!  and plus the stairway at the MSCP (read. Multi-Storey CarPark)  in fact, the bus-stop is nearer to my place den my carpark

and wat’s the pt of parking in a sheltered MSCP if i m home late??  coz the upper decks r uncovered!  i pay 90 bucks a mth to expose my car to the elements of nature, walk dwn and up steps to the 5th or 6th floor and end up driving a car tat has been sunbathing in the morn sun….sigh!

the onli ad of being MSCP trained is : shopping mall carparks pose little challenge to mi who is used to pathetic sized lots and numerous ramps

and i m aliwal st-trained for parallel parking.  practice makes perfect, no shortcuts to parking

next thing i hate abt driving is the sight of dead cats or watever is left of the cats’ carcasses on the highways

cats r so dumb!  they get run over ALL the time

every time  i spot a cat hit, my stomach does tis huge churning tat i imagine to b my intestines and stomach performing somersaults

to make matters worse, the remains dun get cleared so for the next few days, i haf to rem to change lanes before tat stretch of rd to avoid the grisly sight again