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Get Some Smilies Going!!
2008-04-06 17:26:00 We all love some fun in our blog entries right ? And what better way to get that than having some smiley faces on them. I think with wordpress this comes in the the form of plug-ins but in our dear blogspot, we have to improvise..Here's how you get all these smilies on your own blog entries:I got all these smilies from our very own yahoo messenger site. Go ahead, click on the picture and you'll know exactly where they are hosted.Choose which smiley you want. Right click on that smiley and copy the image locationYou need this code in your blog entry. Replace the "xxx" with the link you just copiedClick preview and there you have it.. Mr Smiley to brighten your entry Oh by the way, if you find a smiley that you like and it's not hosted at the YM site, you can always copy the image, host it at photobucket or even your own googlepages and make use of the same procedure to display it here on your blog entry PS: Per my best buddy, GP's, Special Request.. here your fav smiley dearie.... More About: Smilies
Hubby Hates Curtains..
2008-04-05 16:32:00 Yes folks. My hubby hates curtains. He hates putting it on, and he hates taking it off. He hates it when the roller don't slide smoothly causing the metal hooks to come off and he hates it he opens the window and the curtain goes flying into his path.Yeap hubby hates curtains! And if he has his way, he wants all the windows darkly filtered so that there is no need for curtains.I, on the other hand, can't live without them. I guess it's the woman in me. To me, curtains make or break a room. It sets the mood and the ambiance and you can practically change the look of a room just by changing the curtains.So, we are going to compromise. We are getting shades for the new apartment. We have not decided on what kind of shades yet coz there are so many of them. There are roller shades, sheer shades, roman shades, pleated shades and a host of other shades that I've yet to explore.Wanna come and shop around for shades with me?? Cheerio...
Check out my new car!!
2008-04-03 23:12:00 Isn't it cool!! I was gonna race it on F1 but it was a late admission and was rejected...lolzz..Ha Ha Ha!!Actually folks, this was what I bought yesterday at Carrefour while shopping for new chairs for hubby's office. It is a remote control car to play with my kitties.... Grand eh?? It was so cheap at RM19.95 that it was too hard to resist!Both me and hubby love to "kacau" or "disturb" the kitties with toys like this. It is so fun to watch their responses to such an open "threat" which to us seems so innocent. I will try to catch a video or picture soon and post it over at Cat Tales in case anyone is interested...heheheCheerio... More About: Check
Do I need my own hosting?
2008-04-03 10:25:00 Well.. the answer at this moment in time is a definite "No". After all I am very happy with the web hosting provider I am currently on. It is simple, it is user friendly and most importantly it is free.Although I would love to be able to use wordpress and all it's wonderful plug-ins and they also have more beautiful free ready-made templates out there, I believe with a little little knowledge of tweaking the html and the css codes, you can make blogspot ready-made template really yours as well like what I have done and so many other blogger friends of mine has done. Just look at Trin's blog. With a little creativity.. you'll have people "wow-ing" your template in no time.That being said, if you are looking to host your blog somewhere, please make sure you do your homework properly. A friend of mine took up a basic hosting package to host his wap portal and because of his massive traffic, he was forced to take up another package or forfeit his current one as the company's share... More About: Hosting
Console Cable??
2008-04-03 09:47:00 I accompanied my hubby to this client's place the other day. While he was attending to one particular workstation, I was happily tapping into the client's (who happens to hubs friend as well) his 4mb internet connection. Boy, was I having fun, everything was fast fast fast.Then, suddenly one of the employee asked me where is the console cable. I was like "..er... not too sure... I have to check ok".. He said ok and off I went to look for my hubby..I got to admit I did not know what that guy was referring too...lolz.. I guess I need to know lots more when it comes to being the technical guy's wife...sigh..Cheerio... More About: Console , Cable , Suka
Mangosteen Goodness
2008-04-02 19:02:00 A friend of Azwaj was promoting this health supplement that has Mangosteen as a primary ingredient. Mangosteens are supposed to be good for people with allergies and sinus problem. His own son who has very bad sinus seems to have it under control now.So I bought a bottle today to see if it indeed can do wonders for my allergies. Currently I am on Zyrtec and although I take it only once a week, I still feel that is not a good solution for my problem. Hopefully I found my answer in this natural remedy. Will update you as I go along ok..Oh by the way, I also read mangosteens are also good for controlling diabetes and arthritis..Nat can you please confirm this?? Thanks dearie :)Cheerio... More About: Goodness
Never take for granted...
2008-04-02 16:22:00 A few months back we bought this vacuum cleaner from Carrefour. I did not use it immediately as the only reason why we bought it was because we wanted the hose. Yes, we have the same kind that is working fine. The only thing that needed replacement was the hose. So we thought rather than buying the hose, which we doubt were available for sale anyway, we bought the whole set and would only use the hose.Anyway, yesterday, our current vacuum cleaner was making a funny sound so I thought, what the heck, I'll just open up the new one. I took it from the box, made sure the bag was in place, put the hose in, power secured and press the "ON" button.The machine made a "crok crok crok" sound. I thought that was weird so I switched it off. I switched the machine on again and again the same sound but this time after the second "crok", there was smoke. Arghhh!! The motor had burnt out. In our term "short lah"...Argh... the vacuum cleaner was new and never been used before you know!I was so angr...
Have you ever stare at your wardrobe...
2008-04-01 19:36:00 ...and say "I've got nothing to wear!!"?? This always happens to me.. and my hubby would go.. "huh??.. aren't those clothes??"Men just don't understand do they? We, women need different clothes for different occasions. We are so unlike them who can basically grab any pants and shirt and they are fine to go anywhere! We ladies need a little black dress, a little red gown, tight pants, loose pants.. you name it.. we need it...lol..Speaking of which I really need to get me new clothing perhaps even some plus size clothing. Nothing fits anymore!!! Uwah!!!
Puss in Box
2008-04-01 11:03:00 My kitties love boxes. From boxes that fit.....to boxes that don't... lolzzSo in view of that.. me and Azwaj are thinking of getting them their own cat condo. We fell in love with the selection we found at that store coz they are shaped like boxes so the kiddies would definitely love them and we won't be worried they might fall off when sleeping either..lol..GP are these like the one you have??There are so many selections at the store that we were really spoilt for choices. Eh look is that a cat tree?Cheerio... More About: List , Wish , Puss
Top Commenter Award
2008-03-31 21:04:00 Happy April Everyone!!!I've decided ever since I "discovered" the top commenter widget that I was going to give my own award to show how much I value your comments and support to LJL.For March, the winner of this award won by just one comment and it goes to Mariuca or more fondly known to me as GP or the Vice President of the LadyJava's Midnight Club..Take a bow girl and thank you so much for being a regular at LJL!Cheerio... More About: Events , Award
What's Wrong with These People
2008-03-31 14:06:00 I love riding on the motorbike. It is the greatest feeling not having to wait in traffic jams but sometimes, these riders can really get on your nerves I tell you. They completely leave their safety in other people's hand. By that I mean they totally expect people to slow down for them, to give way to them, even when it is so obvious we have the right of way. One thing my hubby told me that makes sense is probably that these people never drive a car before so they don't understand what on earth are "blind-spots"!Anyway, we were in our car today (it was pretty dark outside and we did not want to be caught in the rain), when this guy, on a motorcycle of course, just came out of nowhere and you know what he was doing? He was "bottom-uping" from a can of drink while merging into traffic. I guess he must have eyes on his neck or something. We literally got to stop to make sure where he was going before we made our own move. Crazy moron! Can you imagine if he encountered a driver that w... More About: People , Wrong
I love my skin
2008-03-30 19:41:00 I've always believed in skin care. Even though I have basically a clear complexion, a proper skin care regime has always been of the utmost importance to me as I know I will freak out at the first sign of acne. Call me vain but this is the only skin I've got and if I don't take care of it, who would?However, there are people out there who are not as lucky as me. By that I mean, having sensitive and problem skin like teenage acne or even adult ones and needing some form of acne treatment at one point or another. Having the right treatment early on will definitely help to suppress the situation and finding the right product will help you to curb any outbreak in the future.So love your skin, take care of it and do whatever you have to keep it lovely. After all it's the only skin you've got.Cheerio... More About: Skin , Love
Happy 6th Wedding Anniversary Marzie and B!!
2008-03-29 18:35:00 Six years ago today...A love so fair, A dream come true, A couple shares ,what they are destined to do He takes her hand, to have and to hold,Their hearts embrace, and never let go...A touch so pure, A smile so realShe closes her eyes, so she may feelThe love of one man, The love of her lifeThey join as one, as Man and Wife...~ Gretchen GouldHappy Anniversary dearest GP and B. InsyAllah hingga ke akhir hayat...Ameen... More About: Events , Friends , Wedding
Cruise Talk Again
2008-03-29 17:30:00 Remember the cruise I was asking you guys about? Well if you ever want to book a Holland America cruise you can check out this site that I found while surfing yesterday. TravelStore allows you to book your cruise with one of their travel experts who will assist you to arrange for the holiday package you so desire. All you need to do is choose one from the many travel experts available, let them them know what kind of vacation you are dreaming off, fill out your contact particulars and he or she would contact you at your earliest convenience.Or if you are the DIY kind of person and would like to see the packages available right off, the site also offers you their cruise listing which gives you the ship's name, the places they go, the dates available and the days that your actually going to be "crusing".So if a cruise is your dream holiday, this site is the site to check out ok...Cheerio... More About: Talk , Cruise , Suka
So Confused
2008-03-29 16:44:00 I woke up today to darkness. I thought at first it was still early and not yet daylight. I looked at the alarm clock. It had 9:00 displayed. Ok, I thought something is definitely wrong. How can it be 9AM and be this dark. I saw hubby next to me and so that made everything ok somehow :)... Then as I stared at him to focus (I mentioned I was blind as bat without my glasses right?), he woke up and smiled. I told him it was already nine and he said "OK"..I asked him as to why it was still so dark and he looked confused a while and then he said.. "it's 9 PM love, off course it's dark"....LOL! I forgot!! We actually slept at noon today (yes, another al-nighter).. and of course when we woke up it was STILL today!....hahahahaCheerio...
Perhaps I can have carpet if...
2008-03-28 08:53:00 ...we had a company like Dalworth Carpet Cleaners Dallas here in Malaysia.If you're read my warzone post you will know exactly the reason why I can't have carpet. My kitties have free reign of the house and they roam freely anywhere they want to go, minus the bedroom coz of my asthma. Because of this, any number of accidents might happen and with a carpet in tow? No thank you. Now if there was a carpet cleaning company like Dalworth that provides not only carpet cleaning but pet odor removal as well, I may change my mind.Like I said before.. TGIF! Have a good weekend everyone :)Cheerio... More About: Suka
A Warzone!
2008-03-28 08:25:00 We only slept like at 7am this morning and I awoke at around 12noon anticipating to go to hubby's company secretarial office for him and his partner to sign off papers on this year's audit. Well that didn't happen as there was still some documents that was not ready.But what did happen was the shock of my life when I woke up to a warzone. A warzone of sh*t! I know I should have taken picture but I was so engrossed in looking for the source and cleaning up the mess that I forgot. Check out my kitties blog to know what the fuss is all about.Wow.. really a TGIF moment!Cheerio... More About: Events
Medicine oh Medicine
2008-03-27 22:04:00 One thing I love about living in Malaysia is the ease to get prescription medicine at any pharmacy. If you are a Singaporean, you know what I mean right? Can you imagine that in order for me to purchase my Ventolin Inhaler or Seretide Accuhaler in Singapore, I got to get it either at my doctor's or I need a prescription from the doctor to buy it at any pharmacy. Can you imagine if I was outside, forgotten to bring along my ventolin inhaler, got an asthma attack and instead of being able to just buy the inhaler at any pharmacy, get the puff and I'll be alright, I probably have to go to the hospital instead and waste precious time while doing that?Here in Malaysia, I just go to say Pharmacy A, tell them what I want and pay at the counter. No mess, no fuss. I even buy my mom's Seretide Accuhaler (another asthma medicine) here in Malaysia and bring it back to SG when I return. It is even cheaper here.But you know what would be more perfect? It would have to be if I could buy those m... More About: Medicine
Kitchen Tales
2008-03-27 17:50:00 I don't know about you but I think the most important room in the home is my kitchen. I love to cook and bake and so my kitchen got to be of a certain size, not too big nor too small. I remember when I had such a big kitchen that I ended up tired because I needed to walk so much just to get some stuff from out of the fridge. Then there was that kitchen that was so small I had no desktop area at all to work on. My washing machine had to be converted to a working top!My dream kitchen also got to be equipped with all the necessary appliances and ample desk top area. I long to have my own little island, you know that thing that sits in the middle of the kitchen, like the one in the picture? Anyway, my current kitchen here is mediocre seeing that we live in a rented unit but nonetheless I try to make do and it is now a very comfortable kitchen to work in.So, I am always looking out for designs and ideas to make my own kitchen one day the dream kitchen I've always wanted. I found some ... More About: Kitchen , Tales
Ahh my poor back!
2008-03-26 08:00:00 Ok, you guys know how I enjoy blogging with Miss Fly in front of the television in the living room right. I mean it's the best coz I can enjoy the best of both worlds, the world of blogging and the world of entertainment. However, it is not so "best" for my back though and my poor back is screaming for some attention coz of my bad posture while I'm typing. Imagine me on my sofa and slouching forward to type on Miss Fly who (opps I'm thinking of her as a person now..lol), is on the coffee table. Not so good for the posture right?.. I can't be sitting on the floor as well coz it hurts when I fold my legs too long.So I am now thinking of solutions for this problem. I don't want to buy any more furniture now that we are moving and I can't move the tv set to my home office. That's just not too practical, and besides there's simply too much home office furniture in there already. So the next best thing that I did? Well I bought me an external keyboard! That way I can lean on my... More About: Back , Poor
My Dream Rental
2008-03-25 13:09:00 If I ever become a landlord one day, the apartments units or houses that I would offer for rental would all be of the Bucknell Apartment standards. Their slogan says it all: "Even Rental s Should Feel Like Home" and how I agree to that. The rentals that I've been in, although I would say are not slums, I believe, the owner could have made it more comfortable for all their tenants, like installing kitchen cabinets, for one, water heater or even additional power points!All Bucknell apartments offers chef kitchen (out their picture there), beautiful wood floor, kohlers fixtures, in-unit laundry facilities and energy savings design. Awesome right!Ahh.. My Dream Rental!!Cheerio... More About: Suka
Top Ten recent reasons to be happy..
2008-03-24 22:23:00 How apt that I was tagged by Farah today to list down my recent ten things that made me happy. So off we go...It's my 8th year wedding anniversary TODAY!!!My health. I made a 100% recovery from my fibroid surgeryGoing back to Singapore earlier this month to visit my mommy and getting to eat all those delicious meal she preparedNandos DeliversThis blog was accepted into another paid post programMaking more new friends online from bloggingBuying Miss Fly with my online earningsI got the long awaited photograph from my CNC club ladiesSatisfying my cheesecake cravingsHubby's business thrivingAnd.... as a special treat... here's a picture from our wedding day...I'm not tagging anyone this time but feel free to tag yourself if you feel like sharing ok..;)Cheerio... More About: Events , Happy , Reasons , Recent
Have you file your income tax return?
2008-03-24 14:37:00 Filing income tax returns are getting easier and easier these days. As a Singaporean, I am supposed to file my return even though I am away from Singapore and not earning anything. In other words, even if all my entries are "zero" it is mandatory that I still file my return by 15 April every year.Thank goodness for online filing.. so it's not that big of a hassle. In fact, it was done in less than 10minutes. I guess also because it's still considered early which is fine by me coz I want to avoid the congested line nearer the date.Anyway, here's a reminder for all you Singaporeans out there. Get that income tax return soon and go it online, it is so convenient. All you need to do is sign in with your singpass and you're off!Cheerio... More About: File , Income , Return , Income Tax
My Addiction
2008-03-22 16:56:00 If you've been reading this blog, you know that earlier in the week I had a craving for cheesecake. Well since then, I had two trips to the bakery and if I had my way, there would definitely be a third very soon in the future.I found the best way to fight any addiction with me is to give me what I want and that is the best addiction treatment. The more you stop me from having it, whatever IT may be, I will crave for it more, making the craving longer and harder to end. So just give me what I want and the cravings would go away in due time...lol... just a tip on how to handle good ol' LJ :)Cheerio... More About: Addiction
The Tree Huggers' Cause
2008-03-21 19:56:00 I've been so bad at tags lately that is really making me feel guilty so that being said, let me do this one coz it is simply too simple to NOT do..hehehe.... Shemah tagged me with it yesterday and since it is in conjunction with International Earth Day a couple of days back, I reckon I better don't delay any longer. All you need to do is include the pic, link it to the homepage and tag people to do the same.Site number 1:Just click. No donations needed. ONE CLICK! A click a day keeps global warming at bay!Site number 2:This site lets you play a game like Trivial Pursuit as it tests you on your general knowledge. And for every correct answer, you'll be one step closer to helping save a tree! It's pretty addictive too.. So, go ahead.. give it a go! Do your part!Now I'm tagging......FarahGPTrinityNatrahNoushyNo w that I've done my value-add for the day, time for my massage therapy. Oh hubby!!Have a great weekend peeps... More About: Tree
The Technical Wife
2008-03-21 19:32:00 Last week when I was over at Low Yatt Plaza, I was looking through the different "tools" that are available nowadays in the market for the typical PC user. I saw a KVM switch that would enable you to control two, three or even four pcs with using just one keyboard and one mouse. The pc can run concurrently and each is running as a separate entity. Isn't that awesome? You can really save on the desktop space. I also saw a multitude of different cables for different purposes like the fiber cable, the network cable and the converter cable.On the shelves were also many gadgets for Miss Fly that are "cute" like the foldable keyboard which I totally fell in love with and the various laptop skin that can totally change the look of any laptop. Too bad I did not have Miss Fly with me otherwise I was so gonna get that red and black abstract skin. Next time lah.....In the meantime, I'll just stick to the original skin Miss Fly is in ;)Cheerio... More About: Technical , Wife
Love Me? Buy Me Coffee!
2008-03-21 12:18:00 Recently I've seen a lot of my blogger friends have started putting up a Scratchback widget. The program is basically working as middleman for donation or putting it in their terms "tipping". In exchange, tippers are given a "top spot" for the duration or until they are bumped out by other tippers.The concept is good and it sounds like fun so go ahead so have one if you like at your blog.However, just keeping your options open, I would like to show up another way to get "donation". I'm really not sure if readers actually donate but it's kind of cool to have and who knows, some kind soul out there just struck lottery and happened to like what they read in your blog and donate right?Anyway.. GP has given me the link to website, but she needed some help with implementing it. so GP dearie.. this is for you :)Firstly copy this script into your notepad of any software you use to copy and paste. Make sure you "select all" and copy.Now look at the script and change "mygtricks@gmail.com"... More About: Love , Coffee
LadyJava's Midnight Club
2008-03-21 08:02:00 I want to form a club.. I have one in Singapore and now I want one in Malaysia..lol.. I'm gonna call it LadyJava's Midnight Club . It is open to all but primarily targetted to those whose life actually start after midnight and by that I mean blogging and bloghopping peeps..lolzz...Right not it's still just in my brain but I thought a club need a name, I got that, and need a logo. What do think of this?Nice? I chose this particular symbol because the moon reflect this club having an after midnight concept for the late sleeper or early riser. We are all stars in our own right so the stars come into play. How's that for branding..lol!I was too lazy today to start from scratch and I wanted an easy tool to help me get the logo going so I used an online logo design site that is so easy and so convenient to use over at Logo Creator. All in all it is a six steps process. They are so many symbols to choose from that you are really spoilt for choice. It covers all industry symbols so you... More About: Midnight Club
View from Up here
More articles from this author:2008-03-21 08:01:00 It was 5.30am and both me and hubby were still wide awake. In fact we just had a very early breakfast of hotdog in a bun. What a breakfast eh? Anyway, I was in my bedroom getting ready for my prayers when I heard shouts coming from downstairs. I thought "Not Again!" and then I heard "Tolong! Tolong" (help! help!) and then whistles.. I quickly peeped out my window and I saw these two guys struggling or fighting with another guy. When the security guards from our building started using their whistles, the two guys ran off. The security guards handed some wipes to the victim and walked with him back to the security station.Then this morning, we found out from the guards downstairs that it was robbery attempt. The victim, who was in a white long sleeved shirt was walking towards the bus-stop using the park and these two guys attacked him hoping it was a snatch and run kinda thing but the the victim fought back.. and hence the cry for help.Wah what an adventure eh?!.. I love my condo apa... More About: Events , View 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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