The Angel and The DeVil

Yu, can be adorable and thoughtful like an angel. He says the most adorable things and says "OK" to everything u ask him to do and do just what you tell him to do. 

At the same time, he can be a devil and that is when we really want to pack him into a box and send him home. You tell him to do 1, silence. You ask him if he hears what you say. Silence. You get mad at him and tell him to do it RIGHT NOW and he refuses and talks back and bad. 

Parents. I salute u... for having to deal with this every day.  

That day we went to Kuching Festival together to pull him out of his iPad, handphone, games addiction.  At first, he said he wanted to play some games to win a gift. After going round the games corner twice, he did some analysis and said, nah, the games are scams. Even if he wins, the value of the prize doesn't match the money he pays 😅 He is such a calculative careful boy.

We went to the AC area to see gifts and merchandizes. Yu is quite good at lego assembling and we saw shops selling many types of cartoon legos. The smallest set is only RM4.99 each.  According to Yu, this is cheap so we decided to each get one. Yu promised that he would assemble for us before his vacation ends. So, Yu bought a Lufi, Jane bought a Minnie Mouse and I bought a Tigger. Jane also bought a completed Pooh Bear which the cashier displayed at her counter for RM4.99. 

Of course, it was through a lot of pushing and 'bribing" that he finally completed his Rufi and my Tigger. Poor Jane, her minnie mouse is still in "pieces". HA! Jane paid RM4.99 for a completed pooh bear is definitely more value for money than getting Yu to assemble for us 😂

Tigger and cactus done by Yu

I was hoping that I could have one set of Pooh & Friends Lego one day. I wonder if that hope would ever come true. 

Someday, May be someday...

"Unsafe" Moment

I went to the bank last night.

I saw a lot of people gathering at the entrance.

Did something happen?

I looked from my car, I didn't see any policemen or anything unusual going on. But the crowd kinda made me think twice.  Is it safe to withdraw money here? Maybe I should come back other times, you know, just in case. After all, economy is pretty bad now and people are living a hard life. Robbing and stealing are increasingly common as they seem to be the easy ways to make money (sigh)...

Despite the 'unsafe' situation, I decided to proceed anyway.

People always say, you should follow your guts. if you feel unsafe, avoid it at all cost. But avoiding is not always the best solution. Sometimes you just need to learn to face it in order to become mighty. 

I decided to go ahead, not because I wanna be mighty. Simply because am lazy to come back again or drive another 5km or so to the other branch. Yes i know. My reason is not so mighty :P

I took precautions when i was withdrawing money. I looked around making sure no one was near me, i walked behind another person when exiting so we 'seemed' to be not alone. Smart of me eh? hehe

Only when I was outside did I notice that the crowds each had a smart phone, charged with a power bank in their hands. Then i spotted one person's screen. 

OH MY!

So these people were here, at 10pm something, to catch Pokemon monsters  >__<

The world needs to wake up from this game.

Don't you guys have better things to do?!

Why not catch the real bad guys instead of virtual ones? That would be more meaningful, right?

Meanwhile, my colleague's handmade poke angu kuih is quite delicious :P

She made this to sell too

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Dinner with friends

Weekend is here! Yaye~ 

My friend celebrated our birthdays with us, the Scorpios 2 weeks ago. She took us to a 'mysterious' cafe for dinner. Why did i say mysterious? Because we had to drive through a narrow road and dark bush before we were greeted by this bright lit cafe. Kinda reminds me of  a Palace in the middle of nowhere~ 

It's a cafe where customers can officially bring their pets to have dinners with them. I heard from the owner that some people do bring very interesting pets with them, like snakes and tortoises.  Hmmm.. they are not my kind of pets in mind :P

While i was happily exploring the interesting cafe, my two friends decided to connect virtually with someone elses~ Hmmm.. what did i just said about being controlled by gadgets?

The green lighting they use at the cafe makes 

the picture a bit spooky. I like!

Look, they are still playing with phones! 

just look at their poses~ 

你被控制了嗎？

最近看很多朋友們在FB上po 的低頭族的卡通〜嗯，只能說，時代不一樣了〜

現在每人手上一架多功能的手機，相機，iPad，電腦等。吃飯前大家不再是祈禱感恩而是拿起手機和相機拍下美食~吃飯時，大家不再交談而是看著銀幕跟其他人交談或“放空”（看FB，看電影等）〜食~吃飯時，大家不再交談而是看著銀幕跟其他人交談或“放空”（看FB，看電影等）〜

當然，科技的進步也帶來了很多方便〜我记得以前要出国都得找旅行社帮忙安排。电话打来打去的超多流程的。然后还得约时间到旅行社付钱。但现在，自己就像精通全世界的达人，机票住宿旅遊行程在自家就可以搞定！就连購物也能不需出外或出国就能买到想要的了！但也因为太方便，我常常‘不小心’买太多 T_____T

雖然科技帶來了很多方便但不懂得善用的人就會被科技控制〜我記得我有位前同事，我們明明就坐在她的四周但她卻用email來跟我們說事情。有時明明就在旁邊但卻沒聊天反而在聊天群講的沒完沒了〜不得不說，現在的人越來越不懂如何“人性”化的交流了〜不但大人受到科技的控制，就連小孩子也是一樣〜吃飯，去上學路途，就連洗澡都還在看電腦手機。我在想，他們長大後的童年回憶會是什麼呢？

那天我們在我二姐的家為小侄女慶生，切了蛋糕後小侄子和小侄女突然不見人影，後來才發現他們拿著蛋糕盒子變裝去了~哈哈〜很開心看見我姐姐還是堅持'古老'的教育〜

蒙面超人~

头套角色演变？呵呵

這才像小孩子嘛〜童年的創意，千金難買〜

My "treasure" box

I was talking stars and galaxy the other day.. i think it's the word 银河社 (Yinhoo) which sent Jane down memory lane, then both of us and lj started to discuss about it haha....

When we were in primary school, we loved to read the catalogues from yinhoo. Haha, i just realised that we started our 'virtual' shopping experience at such a young age! I remember the catalogue contains a lot of stuff, from decorative to stationery, accessories to items which i have no idea what they are for. Honestly speaking, Jane and I bought a lot of cute and useless stuff from the catalogue. 

At that time, it wasn't so easy to purchase from catalogue. First, we had to wait for the catalogues to be sent to us, then filled in the order form after which we had to go to post office to buy money order and finally sending everything off via airmail. After the long processes, the waiting game started! We had to wait very patiently (it could take weeks!) for the items to reach us. 

We bought customized name cards which we didn't really give out, earrings which we never wore, bookmarks just because we liked the wordings or pictures, photos of idols which we didn't even look very often. We bought stickers because they were too cute not to buy. We bought things simply because they were too cute. I kept these in my treasure box which I still kept til now... :P

I dug out my treasure box last night. I used to have more items but when i moved around the world, I lost a few things, like the diary i wrote when i was in primary 4! :( Anyway, am still happy that i have this small treasure box with me. It holds my childhood memories... which reminded me where i had spent my hard-saved money on :P When i was small, my pocket money was 50c. Everyday, i would do a cash flow and decide how much i should save and how much i could spend. oooo looks like am destined to be a bean counter since primary school @_@

some of the treasures i've collected

These are just a small part of my treasures. Hey, the sundae and Lollipop stickers are very unique. A few scratches on their surfaces and u can smell strawberry and lollies! 

The customised name cards are at the bottom left of the picture. My friends gave me theirs in exchange for mine.

Fido dido? hahaha... We were quite crazy over this 7-up character...

My cute pencils are still "new"

Bookmarks which never got to serve their purpose :P

My tin box which can be opened both sides

got lots of stickers inside! haha...

Playing cards with popular idol, bookmarks, pencils etc

With today's technology, it's so easy to spend unnecessarily on the internet. We don't have to go through the complicated manual processes like before. With just one click on the mouse (and also typing here and there la), the vendors received our order & money. Depends on locations, we sometimes received our items the next day!  And we can look at nice pictures of the products anytime anywhere and can do shopping 24-7! That kinda explains why Jane and I (*ahem* and some of my friends too) are addicted to online shopping. Looks like some old habits are hard to quit! :P

Although there are many much nicer e-catalogues to look at, somehow i still miss Yinhoo's catalogue. So when Jane and LJ mentioned about it, the child living inside me came to live. I was so excited when LJ said her sister still buys from Yinhoo and that she will go ask for the copy to lend us! I wonder if we still have to go through the manual processes since internet is so powerful nowadays...

As i was wondering, i suddenly thought, hey, maybe i should google just to find out. guess what? i found yinhoo on internet! They even have facebook account! WOW! am so excited and immediately check the site! 

Guess what? There are still a lot of cute stuff and stuff i don't know what to do with :P love to look at the catalogues. it really brings back a lot of childhood memory!

From yinhoo's website

 I feel like buying again :P

女生的心聲

我想很多女生對月事有一種很其妙的感覺。有時覺得很困擾，沒的時後又開始擔心~ 

我記得很久前看過陶子寫的一篇有关MC的文章，真的寫的太贴切了 ！

以前的我根本不把大姨媽當一回事。我記得朋友們都很小心的看待。他們說經前，經時，經後不能吃冰的東西，也不能吃屬寒性的菜類和水果。比如，大姨媽拜訪前，一定要吃暖子宮的料理如kacangma；大姨媽找上門時，絕對不能洗頭髮！； 姨媽離開後就得吃補元氣的食品等等。哇，原來是那麼講究的！

小時候的我，自覺自己天下無敵，覺得生病和死亡只會發生在老人家身上。當時的我真的很判逆 - 我愛每天吃冰就吃冰，想洗頭髮時就洗，愛吃那種水果我可以天天都吃，根本沒有想那麼多！有次我生了場大病。連續好幾天發燒不退，傷風又咳嗽。每天頭昏腦脹的，也吃不下飯。更可惡的是，我並沒有因為這樣而減重 T____T 自從那次過後，我了解健康的重要性。生病時不但自己苦，還連累身邊​​的人。難怪人家說 Health is Wealth！

後來我開始（盡量啦，呵呵~ ） 遵照古人的理論過生活。我在飲食方面開始調整，比如戒喝冷的飲料，就連大熱天我還是堅持喝熱飲料喔。改變飲食我能做到，但大姨媽拜訪時不洗頭髮真的很難！但為了身體，我有時真的不洗頭髮。可是一頭油油臭臭的真的很噁心！也讓我完全提不起精神！覺得大家都在嫌棄我 :( 臭油頭偷走我的自信心！呜呜~ 

現在終於有辦法了！生過孩子的朋友那天說，現在可以到中藥店買坐月子時用來洗澡的大風艾方便包。如果經期時想要洗頭髮，用大風艾水洗頭髮即可！噢，原來可以這樣！

以前我媽媽為姐姐們坐月子，會摘很多大風艾。因為要帶到國外，所以得把它們曬乾。媽媽每天很忙，又要摘又要曝曬。天氣好時可以一下次搞定。天公不做美時就得分很多次曝曬了。風太強也不行，會被吹翻。唉，總之過程對我來說太繁瑣了。我想商人應該知道現在的人都很忙(or 很懶？），所以就出了方便包。對我這種人來說是福音！呵呵，商機都是這樣來的吧？

Bye Bye 臭油頭!

我那天趕緊到附近的中藥店買了幾包。呵呵，從今天開始，我不用在以臭油頭見人了！萬歲！

等待及被等待

上週末我們公司有個活動～因節目早上八點開始，我們大家犧牲睡到自然醒和早上跟家人吃早餐的時間一大早就趕到會場了。在哪裡我們等啊等，等啊等，因來趕不及吃早餐我邊等肚子邊咕嚕咕嚕的叫。眼看就快8 點30分了，怎麼還沒開始呢？原來ＶＩＰ還沒到！就這樣300個人在現場痴痴的等待。我的職業病發作，開始算了起來。哇！你知道嗎，300個人的30分鐘是150小時耶！那等於6.25天呢！我記得很久以前我去參加公司的尾牙，竟等到9點30分才開始上菜！ 300個人的２個小時是36，000分鐘耶！600小時！25天耶！呵呵，有沒有算得很精準？嗚嗚~ 看來只有ＶＩＰ的時間才是寶貴的！

其實我不介意等人啦。我諒解有時真的趕不及。只要你告知我，我都會很寬容的接受的。我是不是很好談？呵呵~ 

可大家千萬別把我的隨便但方便喔！我記得有次我和朋友們約了晚上吃晚餐。我和另位朋友很盡責的早15分種抵達餐廳。我們等啊等，等啊等，眼看快等上1個小時了，怎麼還不見其他朋友的出現呢？這1小時，我們倆很努力的自我娛樂，我們寬容到連一通簡訊也沒有給他們發，因為我們相信他們應該已在途中了。我們想，被等待的人現在的心情應該也很緊張吧~ 但後來才知道，他們遲到是因為另幾位朋友也會遲到，所以不用那麼早抵達 T___T 即然有計劃要遲到，好歹也跟我們說一聲，那我們可以一起'遲到'嘛～

我還遇過更誇張的。以前在澳洲上高中時，我們有位朋友很愛放鴿子。好幾次我們約了在周末碰面，等了1小時以上都不見人影。當時手機是奢侈品，我們這些窮學生根本買不起，所以要聯絡人我們還得特別到電話亭去打電話呢~ 好不容易找到電話打到她家時，她竟然還在跟周公約會！有次她還說她很懶不想出來了！真的超誇張的！她跟人家約好，不敷約竟然是理所當然的事情 *暈* 

其實我也說不上很準時，有時會遲到15分鐘，但我絕對心裡會很焦急，所以會告訴人家及道歉。雖不能彌補什麼但至少讓人家知道我已在途中了。說真的讓人家等 待真的很不好。大家的時間一樣寶貴，我也不該浪費他們的時間。只是這是我的道理又有多少人會贊同呢？我想，如果大家都能多為其他人著想，世界會和平一點的~

己所不欲　勿施於人嘛~ 

呵呵，我好有深度！（其实都是从阿亮的歌學到的中文句子及禮儀！）

痴痴的等~ 

取名字

今天同事們在聊名字。其中一位下個月要升級當老爸了。我們說，取名字要很謹慎。小孩們（成人也是！）很聰明，原本好聽的名字，可能因為一個諧音而造成悲劇。我記得我以前班上有個男同學叫著Michael Liew。後來他變成了一個福建話的粗口。他哭慘了！據說他長大後立刻去政府部門把名字改了~

我同事說他要取一個很特別的名字。他說絕對不能單字'帝'，要不然人家會誤以為他的兒子叫'皇帝'。不過總比粗口來的好吧？我說那就誤導人了，明明就叫"黃弟"！ 。大家聽了笑成一團。哈哈哈哈~ 有時我真的覺得我很幼稚！不過往好的地方想，我應該是很幽默！哈哈哈~ 好不要臉呀我~ 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇！

Wise Vs Wild Spending

Many people these days cannot live without internet... And because of that, many eateries & cafes offer free wifi as one of the ways to attract customers. There is even portable internet so people could go online anytime, anywhere. And sadly to say, I myself is turning into one of those people! haha...But am considered a 'light addict" because I do not subscribe to portable internet and don't mind being internet-less for a while ... yes, i still can live without internet hehe... BTW, do you know that some buses in HK provide free wifi too? Cool right!

Internet has made things very easy for us I must say.. And it also makes communicating with loved ones living abroad very convenient! So convenient that I feel as if we are never apart! Sometimes, I still miss the old fashion communication though.... love the feeling of receiving hard copy of handwritten letters!

I remember, i used to Q up for more than 1 hour just to pay my telephone, electricity etc bills. it was such a waste of my beautiful Saturday morning! Then when the companies no longer open on Saturdays, I had to sacrifice my precious lunch hour to rush to settle the bills... Sometimes I had to skip lunch because of the slow service >//< Then one day, i discovered that i could see my bills and pay my bills online for FREE!! What's better, I could pay whenever and wherever i like, like at 3 in the morning in Taipei! hiak hiak hiak.... What's more, I don't need to keep hard copies of receipts because the system keeps track of my payment history. So happy that I am saving trees too :P So Cool!

Lately, I started to get addicted to online shopping... Gosh, I never realise that I would become one of those mouse clicker shoppers just like Jane!@_@ I must say, it's just too convenient to resist! hehehe.. Guess what, I've bought coupons for Latte, digital weighing scales, foot spa device, 1 month use of gym.... I do practise my will power when it comes to online shopping.... u see, there are tonnes of things i wanted to get, like the candy floss machine, the 3-in-1 sandwich & waffle maker + BBQ grill, ice cream maker, yogurt maker etc but i didn't buy any of those... Simply because I'm a wise shopper hehehehehe.. OKie, I lied. I'm Jennifer, I'm an online shopaholic.... because i just spent on clothes with Jane on Taobao! T___T

Last weekend, J & I redeemed our food coupon at the cafe. The ice-cream in toast with mulberry sauce was yummy! Half way thru the ice cream, I realised that there was a piece of lettuce in the dessert... What is it for? probably as a decoration i guess.... I ate it anyway, it tasted really yummy, with ice cream!! It managed to make me feel healthy and less guilty for gulping down a fattening dessert! Yes, I can have another dessert! YUuummmm...

drool~~

I redeemed my latte too at a cafe at Waterfront on Sunday. There were a lot of tourists at the cafe and i kinda felt as if i was also on a relaxing holiday somewhere! *dreaming* It's good coz I could be "on holiday" without having to actually spend big bucks on trips! Yayeee.. that's one good reason to spend more online! hahahaha...

I want another cup!

Am waiting for my other online purchases to be sent to me... wooo.. i love opening presents! hehe.. However, I wouldn't be so grateful when i see my big fat credit card bill at the end of this month.... @_@ Nah, let's worry about that later.. In the meantime...

let me just enjoy life and big cheers to internet!! y(^V^)y

XOXO

Creative Hairdo

If your adorable niece insists on doing ur hair, what do you do? Hurt her fragile little heart by saying NO because u know u will end up with weird hairdo OR allow her to let her creativity runs wild so u will always be her favourite aunt?

It looks alright from the back

I smile because she is happy. BUT how to go to airport looking like this?

Definitely not easy being an aunt nowadays. Kids are getting more and more demanding!!

New Fashion Logos

What do u think of people with tattoos and body piercings? Some of us have the perception that only pai kia a.k.a gangsters decorate their bodies with these to show their 'special' status in the society. If you have seen HK Gangster Movies, you know what I'm talking about....

Our society has now changed. These are no longer the 'official logos' worn by pai kia or Gangsters. In fact, a long of Average people (young or old, fat or stick thin, tall or short, pretty or sorry looking, gangster or not etc) have one or more body piercings and/or tattoos on their backs, necks, ankles, hands, arms, shoulders and God knows where else! It's important not to overdo it though. You don't wanna end up looking like this dude below:

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(Hey dude, you look very attractive and cool!)

NEW Obedience School for Doggies

There are all kinds of Obedience Schools for your pet dogs to attend nowadays. We have our very own too. Here is a sneak preview of how doggies are trained in our school:

(Having trouble with a difficult dog? Just call us, the 'Dog Experts' ;p)

(Our Motto: Where There's A Will, Will There's A 'Way)

Very Important Note: No animals were harm in these demonstrations.