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The great Malaysian fuel hike
2008-06-04 15:17:00 Do bear with my foul mood at this time of writing. Our Barisan Nasional government has just announced a significant price hike for petrol this evening. Spiking close to 40% increase come midnight. I was on my way home from groceries shopping at 6pm when I received an SMS about the fuel hike. As expected, petrol ... More About: Malaysian , Fuel , Great , Hike
Tatum busted for buying crack
2008-06-03 19:19:00 44-year-old Tatum O’ Neal, daughter of actor Ryan O’ Neal, is caught buying crack and possession of cocaine. Trying to talk her way, she tried to convinced the cops that it’s part of a research she’s doing for a part. They cops didn’t buy it. After a police search, it was found in two bags ... More About: Buying , Crack , Busted
What gave him away?
2008-05-31 18:03:00 Funny how some people would go to extreme lengths to show status and wealth. And on the other end, we have really wealthy people who doesn’t flaunt it. Sometimes though, the leave little clues that give them away. I remember an occasion where my husband and I went to a wedding dinner. We sat on a ... More About: Personal
Weekend family gathering
2008-05-31 17:23:00 My two elder sisters made a trip back to Ipoh for a visit on Fri and they’ll be leaving tomorrow, Sunday. It’s always exciting when family get together and this time round, baby Clarisse is showing more interaction with her cousin sister and cousin brother, 7 and 4 respectively. She would play and laugh with ... More About: Personal , Family , Weekend , Gathering
My two and a half hour interview this morning
2008-05-30 19:54:00 I went to an interview at EON Bank this morning. It started out with some form filling at 9.30am, half an hour of waiting for the manager and the interview took more than an hour. A lot longer than I had expected despite being the only person to be interviewed this morning. By the time ... More About: Personal , Interview , Morning , Hour , Half
My chair fell apart in just 3 years
2008-05-30 19:53:00 Great! After just 3 short years of use, my dressing table’s chair fell apart. Furniture these days are really flimsy and non-durable. Unlike the past, the quality of wood and workmanship that goes into making furniture these days leave much to be desired. Some wooden, teak furniture in my mom’s house goes back a long ... More About: Personal , Years , Chair
Jusco?s foodcourt makeover now with children area
2008-05-25 03:58:00 Our local Jusco supermarket has given it’s food court a major makeover. The renovation took about 2 weeks if I’m not mistaken and now the food court has an entirely different fresh look to it. The center of the food court now spots a children section. I love it. There are specially designed children tables, ... More About: Personal , Children , Area , Makeover
Streamyx sucks
2008-05-22 03:23:00 Streamyx, Malaysia’s lousiest broadband internet provider, is acting up again. It took 5 minutes from the time I login to my site, click “Write Post” and start writing. 5 goddamn minutes just to go through two pages. It’s been a week of annoyance. Access to international servers especially is very slow. I dare not hope for ... More About: Personal , Sucks
Jon?s house warming gift
2008-05-21 18:42:00 My pal Jon and his wife is moving to their new house soon. For their house-warming party, I’m thinking of getting him a festool carpentry tool as when he’s not busy working, he’ll be camping out in the shed doing wood work. It’s been his main hobby, in fact his only one, for as long ... More About: Personal , House , House Warming , Gift
Foods to avoid when you are pregnant
2008-05-21 04:02:00 Sushi Kind of unfair to single out sushi as the main cuisine to have raw meat and fish I admit. Sickness contracted from uncooked food can be especially harmful to pregnant women. Food poisoning can cause diarrhoea which reduces your body’s ability to absorb nutrient. On the other end, it can cause severe complications and lead ... More About: Health , Diet , Pregnancy , Pregnant , Foods
Busy day
2008-05-21 04:01:00 It’s gonna be another busy day today. I’ve got tons of errands to run later - banking, bills, car insurance and meeting with an ex-colleague of mine to discuss over a potential vacancy at a real estate development firm. I’ll be leaving baby Clarisse to my mom earlier today and picking her up probably in ... More About: Personal , Busy
Vintage sunglasses look? We couldn?t pull it off
2008-05-20 18:02:00 My husband and I were window shopping today. We had some time to kill during the afternoon when baby Clarisse was at grandma’s house taking a nap. We stopped at a shop selling sunglasses and decided to fool around with a couple of vintage sunglasses as they are all the rage right now. You know, ... More About: Personal , Vintage , Sunglasses , Pull
Baby Clarisse doesn?t like grandma in nice clothes
2008-05-20 16:42:00 We went to KL with my parents last friday to attend my cousin sister’s wedding dinner. Baby Clarisse, grandpa and grandma went along on this trip. With my parents, I thought I’d have an easier time with two extra pairs of helping hands to care of baby Clarisse but I was wrong. On the morning when ... More About: Personal , Clothes , Nice , Grandma
Win yourself a free vacation
2008-05-18 02:58:00 Fancy winning yourself a trip to Branson, Missouri? Now’s your chance. All you need to do is point your browser to BransonGetaways.com, click on ‘Win a Free Vacation ’ and simply fill in some information. Your name is then entered into a lucky draw that could win you a 3Days/2Nights Deluxe Lodging that comes with complimentary ... More About: Personal
Digital photo frames I like
2008-05-17 18:19:00 My sister-in-law received a pretty cool gift today - a digital photo frame. I’ve been wanting to get myself one of these for a while but just couldn’t find one that appeals to me aesthetically. The one she got has a matte glass frame with a brushed metal border and it looks very nice indeed. This ... More About: Personal , Photo , Digital
Up and down, round and round the house she goes
2008-05-17 17:53:00 As she gets stronger, I am expecting baby Clarisse to be a handful. I shudder to imagine how grandma and grandpa, their backs especially, can cope with taking care of her while I’m away because she likes to spend time on the floor walking (cruising with support), crawling and making her way slowly up the ... More About: Personal , House , Round , The House
Baby Clarisse calls grandma
2008-05-17 14:37:00 I had a pleasant surprised when baby Clarisse managed to call out ‘poh poh’ (grandma) today. Too bad, my mom wasn’t here when it happened. I told her about it and she hopes to hear it soon. Lately, baby Clarisse is more and more willing to call papa and mama. Everyone in the family is trying ... More About: Personal , Baby , Calls , Grandma
Cut your clothes according to your cloth
2008-05-14 04:15:00 On the topic of buying houses, I’d like to bring up what happened to my cousin to highlight the old adage of cutting your clothes according to the cloth. It was 3 years ago, when he got married and in less than 2 months, he and his wife threw most of their savings into a ... More About: Personal , Clothes , Cloth
New houses are so far from town
2008-05-13 17:15:00 My husband and I took a drive along one of new and upcoming residential areas a few kilometres from town center today. We’ve been looking out to invest in a new house for quite some time now but never found one that suits our fancy. My husband is especially picky when it comes to location. ... More About: Personal , Houses , Town
Baby Clarisse teething fever?
2008-05-13 17:13:00 While changing baby Clarisse’s diaper last night, I felt she’s running a bit of temperature. The thermometer confirms she’s indeed having a mild fever so I gave her a dose of baby panadol. Good thing she’s as feisty and active as ever even when she’s having a mild fever. But I’m uncomfortable with the fact ... More About: Baby , Fever , Teething
Common cars given DIY facelifts
2008-05-08 23:56:00 It cracks me up when I see common road cars being subjected to the DIY ‘Ah Beng’ facelift treatment. You know, when Kenaris, Sagas, Myvis and such cars undergoes a complete makeover on the surface. 13 inch Kancil rims being fitted with 18 inch ’sports’ rim along with matching low-profile ‘racing’ tires. Replacing the exhaust ... More About: Personal , Cars , Common
My aging ThinkPad tested with 1.5GB RAM
2008-05-08 09:38:00 I’ve been offered a used 1GB DDR1 PC2700 RAM for half the price a new stick currently fetches in the market. My ThinkPad currently uses 1 x 512MB and 1×256MB. If I were to buy it, I’d have to replace the 256MB stick with the 1GB which makes it 1.5GB RAM in total. The difference between ... More About: Personal , Aging , Thinkpad , Tested
Putting more into my medical insurance
2008-05-08 09:02:00 Yesterday, I spoke to my insurance agent that I would like to cancel one of my two policies, the endowment one. I’ve been considering putting more into my hospitalisation and medical insurance policy for quite some time. So yesterday I got around to make it so. Things have happened during the past few years that ... More About: Personal , Medical , Insurance , Putting
Baby Clarisse nearing full recovery
2008-05-02 16:40:00 Apart from a sniff here and there, baby Clarisse has almost recovered from the flu she caught since Saturday. The worst days for her was Sunday and Monday where she sneezed her lungs out. There were slight traces of blood in the mucus, my god. We’re glad the fever she had from Sunday till Tuesday ... More About: Personal , Baby , Recovery , Full
More RAM as soon as you buy a notebook PC
2008-05-02 05:21:00 If there’s one advise for those who are buying a new notebook PC and expect to use it for many years to come, don’t skimp when it comes to adding RAM. Add as much RAM as possible along with your purchase. If the limit is 4GB, get 4GB of memory for a start. My faithful IBM ... More About: Notebook
Baby Clarisse recovering from flu and fever
2008-04-30 09:22:00 We took baby Clarisse to the paedatrician on Monday and took home bottles of runny nose, phelgm and fever suppressants. These are on top of a five-day course of antibiotics, Augmentin. It really saddens me to see baby Clarisse needing to take so much medicine. Apart from the compulsory antibiotics, the other medicines are to be ... More About: Personal , Baby , Fever
Former colleague came visiting
2008-04-30 04:52:00 One of my former colleaque came visiting yesterday evening. I wasn’t expecting the visit, it was so out of the blue. Luckily, baby Clarisse has recovered much from fever and runny nose since Saturday. Or else, she’d be whiny and cranky, needing my attention all the time. It turned out our company’s boss, my former boss, ...
Baby has the flu and fever
2008-04-27 09:05:00 After a day of running nose, baby Clarisse came down with fever this morning. We would’ve taken her to the doctor if it wasn’t a Sunday. Last night, baby Clarisse had trouble sleeping well. There were lots of mucus in her nose and it was bothering her breathing. She turned and tossed a lot. Got up ... More About: Personal , Baby , Fever
To overcome separation anxiety
2008-04-26 18:54:00 Due to my baby Clarisse’s constant demand for breastmilk, I have never left her to be cared by someone else throughout her first 10 months. Even during the day, baby Clarisse needs to be nursed to sleep. I bring her along wherever I go. Now that she’ll be turning one next month, I’m glad to be ... More About: Personal , Parenting , Children , Babies , Separation
Moving stuff abroad
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