Let The Countdown Begins!

The year is almost ending and there are countdowns everywhere on sales, promotions and offers. I myself am waiting to see if I’m the winner of an online auction bid that is ending at midnight. I shan’t say what it’s for for fear of jinxing it but if I win, it would be a fantastic start to the new year..but if I don’t.. oh well.. lady luck was just looking away 🙁

I can hear fireworks where I am right now.. and 2011 is getting close people. Let the countdown begins!

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To Better and Happier Times

Another two more days and we can bring out the cigars and everything that is synonymous with celebrations as we welcome the coming of a new year with hopes of greater and better things to come.

This year was filled with more sadness than joy and I can’t wait to move on to 2011. There are no guarantees for sure but things can only look better when you’re already down right?

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You Have Good Karma

I would like to think that I’m a good person. I try not to hurt people intentionally and do good instead. However sometimes when I’m hurt real bad, my nasty side gets the better of me and I tend to be vengeful and be pretty darn mean at that moment. Fortunately those moments are rare and most times I’m just my sweet old self.. lol.. which is why I think I have Good Karma 🙂

You Have Good Karma

In general, you like to do the right thing when it comes to others. Your caring personality really shines through. Sure, you have your moments of weakness – and occasionally act out. But, all in all, you’re karma is good… even with those few dark spots.

How’s Your Karma?

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Music Monday: Between the Lines (Sara Bareilles)

It sucks when you love someone and that someone don’t love you back… but hey look at it this way.. it’s their loss.. coz YOU are AWESOME!! heheh.. Enjoy my Music Monday selection this week!

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Birthstones

Sometimes, looking for the perfect gift for someone we love is so difficult. Not because we don’t care but because we care too much and we want each gift to be as special as that person is in our lives. That being said, how about giving that someone their birthstones in the form of a pendant, ring or even earings. I know I would love to add this ring to my collection any day. It’s a Victoria Band Sterling Silver Ring with Aquamarine, my birthstone. Beautiful right?

Here’s a list of birthstones for your reference. I think it would make a perfect Christmas gift for your loved ones… and don’t forget, since it’s December, something like tanzanite rings would be awesome to mark the festivities.

January Birthstones:
Garnet (Strength, perseverity, prosperity, health)
Rose Quartz (Emotional balance, forgiveness)

February Birthstones:
Amethyst (Wisdom, spirituality, sobriety, security)
Onyx (Relaxation, comfort)

March Birthstones:
Aquamarine (Beauty, honesty, loyalty, happiness)
Bloodstone (Endurance)

April Birthstones:
Diamond (Invincibility, clarity, purity, eternal love)
Rock Crystal / Quartz (Balance, clarity, energy)

May Birthstones:
Emerald (Patience, understanding, foresight)
Chrysoprase (Fertility, secrecy)

June Birthstones:
Alexandrite (Balance, confidence, joy)
Moonstone (Balance, good fortune, tender passion)
Pearl (Modesty, purity, beauty, happiness)

July Birthstones:
Ruby (Love, success, integrity, passion & promise)
Carnelian (Luck, safety)

August Birthstones:
Peridot (Fame, dignity, protection, success)
Sardonyx (Relaxation, security)

September Birthstones:
Sapphire (Truth, sincerity, commitment, loyalty)
Lapis (Understanding, protection)

October Birthstones:
Opal (Hope, faith, confidence)
Tourmaline (Balance, endurance, safety)

November Birthstones:
Topaz (Strength, wisdom, courage)
Citrine (Hope, cheerfulness, youth, health, fidelity)

December Birthstones:
Tanzanite (Contentment, understanding)
Zircon (Wisdom, honor, wealth)
Turquoise (New possibilities, happiness)

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Hello KL

Arrived Singapore today around 2pm. Had to get some pet supplies before the shops close and then just hang around the house playing with the kitties as A was doing some work on my pc while I was away and there was still some tweaking to be done before I can really use my pc to it’s fullest potential. I took the time offline to also do some laundry and unpack. Wow didn’t realise I managed to pack so many stuff into my brand new luggage bag although it wasn’t as big my previous one.. lol! If I had know I was such a good packer, I would have gotten that rocawear jeans that was on super sale in one of the store.

Have a great weekend all while I recuperate from my Singapore trip.. lol!

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Music Monday : This Is Beautiful (Tyrone Wells)

Continuing with my Vampire Diaries theme.. another awesome song for sure!

Loving the show and loving the songs!

Happy MM everyone!

Lyrics | Tyrone Wells lyrics – This Is Beautiful lyrics

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Heavy User

My luck with pc haven’t been good lately. First my laptop, Miss Fly, died on me. Then my deskop starts giving me problem. Sometimes, it beeps whenever it’s switched on.  A is worried that it might be a hardware problem and we may need to change the motherboard or the memory. I hoping it’s the latter as that would be easier and cheaper too. I am a very heavy user of both my desktop and laptop. There are times when they are switched on like 36hour straight without switching off. Perhaps I should have an Industrial pc instead of a home one eh? sigh…

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Hoping and Praying

Oh man.. just when I thought nothing is worse than not having Miss Fly with me back to Singapore, my mobile phone is giving me problem. Apparently now my opera mini won’t load which means I can’t even go online using my phone to twitter, facebook or just checking of emails. This sucks big time as I’ve already written to my insurance agent asking for health insurance quote for me and some cheap auto insurance quote for a friend of mine. Now it seems I won’t be able to check if he replies or not. I’m so hoping he replies tomorrow morning with his phone number before I leave later today 🙁

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Tired

It’s six am right now and I’ve been awake since noon yesterday. I’m mentally tired and I seriously need to get some sleep. I have to wake up again at 10am or so to run errands before my trip back to Singapore next Monday. I bought most of the stuff that mommy needed from here but there are still some stuff to get done before I go. Miss Fly is still sick and most probably I won’t be with her this trip… meaning this would NOT be a working trip. I seriously don’t know how wise that is, seeing it’s year end and my clients are probably rushing out last minute design order.. oh well..

Ok then, I’ve taken my vitamins, put on my md clear and now will bid you goodnight.. lol! Have a great Friday all!

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Rebate Time

Every year about this time I would look out to get my diary for the new year. It’s not for my hectic schedule but rather for the jobs that need scheduling without which I would be totally disorganized. At around this time too I would check to see if I need any toiletries top up, you know the blackhead plaster, all the acne products that I might need for the new year and stuff like that. Why? Because this is the time I would receive my rebate coupon from my favorite pharmacy and be able to buy items at discounted price.

Sweet! Shopping time!

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Burning Drive

My leg is healing very well and I’m almost up to walking without a limp since the fall on 23 November. I can’t wait to be able to walk properly now as I’m all psych up after getting some tips from Shemah on what to do as an exercise noobie. I wonder if I can speed up the process of fat burning if I were to take fat burner supplements or something. The adapexin reviews sure looks interesting from where I’m sitting as it’s supposed to increase metabolic rate. I’m impatient that way but I reckon I better stick to traditional exercise first and see how it goes eh?

I’m just hoping this burning drive would stay with me till that day come!

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Medical Woes : Trigger Finger

My mom suffered joint pain in her finger a few months back. She couldn’t lift her ring and her little finger without pain. Initially we thought it was early onset of arthritis so we gave her off the shelves supplements that contained glucosamine chondroitin msm but when that didn’t seem to solve the problem, I brought her to the clinic instead.

trigger finger

When I brought her to the doctor, she was diagnosed with what is called Trigger Finger. Apparently Trigger Finger can happen due to one or both reasons.

Old age though you can get it as early as 30 years old and/or  Overuse of your fingers, through a lot of hard work. (my mom used to have a food stall) or typing or even texting!

My mom was given an injection to bring down the inflammation and luckily for her it worked and now she has full use of all her fingers again. In severe cases, surgery would have been necessary.

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Music Monday : Unpretty (TLC)

Don’t ever let other people tell who are you, how pretty or  “Unpretty”  you are, because at the end of the day, it’s what you think of yourself that matters. Whether you wear Prada, or something you buy at the flea market, those are just decoration for the exterior you. The interior you needs to be beautified with knowledge, ethics and humanity. .. let that be who you are…

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My New GLAM Bag

When we came back from errands today, I saw the PosLaju van at the lift lobby and I immediately knew that either my Egyptian cotton robes or my Glam bag has arrived.

You see, I’m expecting a few packages this week and one of them was a prize that I won when I joined Emila’s contest recently. Emila mentioned she was going to mail the handbag out this week. I was super excited but was worried that I may already have missed the mailman so we rushed upstairs. True enough I saw the notification note that the mailman has left at our front gate. We missed him by 10minutes. However since the van was still downstairs, I grabbed the note and rushed downstairs and waited by the van. lol.. And true enough, 5 minutes later he arrived. He was still around because he had another delivery on the 9th floor!

So yeay I got my new handbag and a cute little notepad with a kitty picture of it.

Thanks so much Emila.. I love my gifts! Muahs!

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Planning

I’m trying to see this dessicated coconut incident as a positive thing. The kitties are probably trying to tell me to not take in so much junk food and look for diets that work and exercise instead through housework. So I’ve got my housework face and clothes on, my vacuum ready but wait, I’ve not even had my coffee for the morning. Ok Ok LJ.. take it easy.. take a deep breath..

1. Clean the kitty room first
2. Put the kitties back in the kitty room
3. Clean the human room

There.. we have a plan!

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Dessicated Coconut Everywhere

We were supposed to to to Temerloh today for a wedding but Nina got suddenly sick yesterday so we decided against going. But then when I woke up this morning she looked better so I went back to sleep fully intending to wake up before noon and yet here I am just just only waking up. Then A told me to not be surprised when I went left the bedroom and I thought what happened right? Well apparently the kitties got hold of my Sagon yesterday and now the whole house is full of Sagon everything! Oh now not only do I have to worry about searching out weight loss pills that work, I got to worry about searching out dessicated coconut on all corners! Arrghhh kitties!!!

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Everything Flowers

What woman does not like flowers right? In fact for Raya my mom spent a good whole afternoon looking for flowers to decorate the house for the special day. I, myself, love receiving flowers especially if it’s a surprise kinda of thing and not just for special occasions. Flowers really do liven up a space. Don’t believe me? Don’t you think this post is just super lively because of the image of the flower?

Though many ladies prefer roses, I much prefer lilies especially the the white ones. By the way do you know what the different flowers may mean to  the person you are giving it to? Well check out the list below so you don’t go wrong ok 🙂

Roses:
White means innocence, purity, beauty and charm
Red means passion and fiery love
Pink means grace and happiness

Tulips represent an undying love
Daisies stand for romance and innocence
Lilies symbolized feminine sexuality

Ok so now you know what they mean.. go get some flowers for your loved one soon ok!

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The Rainy Day Quiz

It’s been raining here the whole afternoon and I love it.  It makes the air so fresh and clear and in turn that makes me feel refresh and rejuvenated. It’s also a good excuse to curl up in bed while reading or snuggling and if you need to work and look for cheap health insurance, then just make sure you have your cup of coffee next to you so that you don’t have to leave that warm bed… and check out this quiz and see how the rain makes you feel.. I know it makes me feel HAPPY 🙂

Rain Makes You Happy

You tend to move slowly, but you still get a lot done. You are steady. You are down to earth and practical. You like to live an ordered and organized life. You have high expectations for your life, and you’re sometimes disappointed. You wish that things were easier. You prefer to be around people who are familiar and trusted. Your best friends are your oldest friends. You find peace when you are with your friends. Your friends support you and calm you.

The Rainy Day Test

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Blast from the Past: My Office

I was going through some old pictures and found this one of when I was still a young career woman of 25 in Singapore. I loved that cubicle as I had a very nice huge window behind me that overlooked Shenton Way while the rest of my colleagues (except for the other Executive Assistant that was sitting next to my cubicle) only had wall to wall cabinets for their view…lol.. I also loved that whenever I needed to think about the monthly reports that comes as part of my finance job scope at the end of the month, I can just swivel myself to face the window and it’s like I’m at another place altogether.

A Much Younger LadyJava

Ahh.. a blast from the past indeed…

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Music Monday: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head (BJ Thomas)

Don’t you just love classic and this one is definitely one.. I remember singing this song choir practice in school!
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Moody

Sometimes I feel so moody that all I want is some peace and quiet and most times that ain’t so easy with 9 kitties that is constantly demanding attention in the house. One will want to cuddle, one will be screaming her head off because she wants so to be an outdoor cat and one will be trying to sneak into my spare bedroom each time I go in and grab something. At times I feel like I have a house full of kids instead of just cats!

At such times, I wished we had one of those huge bathrooms that can accommodate a Jacuzzi or a huge bathtub. I can then put in some bath salt, light some aromatherapy candles and put on some nice soft music and just while away my time as I feel the terrible moods drifting away and nice energy rejuvenating me instead.

Speaking of bathroom, I’ve always loved huge bathrooms that I can fit a shower and a bathtub into. I’m a shower kinda girl but a bathtub holds so much more potential when one is trying to get into a better mood. Interiors fixtures like the one that can be found at betterbathrooms dot com can also help create a nice ambiance.

My Dream Bathroom

Anyway.. back to my mood.. I think I need a nice cup of hot tea and some donuts but where am I suppose to get donuts at this hour? sigh!!

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Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin

You Are a Lemon Poppy Seed Muffin

You are smart, sophisticated, and savvy. (ahaha.. i like to think so ) You love taking risks, and you are the first to know about new trends. ( I want to bungy jump. risky enuff?) You are curious about the world and tend to have many interests. (I do) You also are very talented. It sometimes seems like you are good at everything. (so many things I still need to learn) You are very social and inclusive. You’ll be friends with anyone. (I accept you with all your flaws.. coz I’m not perfect too ) Even though you’re very cultured, you’re not a snob. (what’s there to be snobbish about?)

What Kind of Muffin Are You?

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Drama Queen LadyJava

I was going to transfer some images files to Miss Fly so that I can show some pictures of fashion jewelry to mommy when I’m back in SG, but she won’t switch on.. It’s like.. It’s like.. she’s dead! OMG!! OMG!! Miss Fly is DEAD.. again!

Yeah yeah.. drama queen LJ.. haha.. but seriously she is not switching on at all and I think she is seriously ill. Lucky for us, she is still on warranty till January next year so we will be bringing her to the service center.. AGAIN… to get her checked out. Unfortunately, this means I won’t have any internet access at all while I’m back in SG next week! OH NO!!!!!!! ..

Hmm.. I wonder if I can use my prepaid SIM card in my phone and still access twitter and facebook? hmm..

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Thanks Abah

We’ve got a surprise visit from Abah on Friday because apparently A has not been calling him for a few days now. A has been too busy lately and has been returning home too late to call Abah. It also seems that A had once complained to Abah about his motorcycle brake pads and when A didn’t call Abah, he was worried that something might have happened to A or worst to both of us. Aww.. isn’t that sweet of  him. nice to know someone we love have our back 🙂

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Yawn

Now that my whole day is gonna go haywire because of me waking up late, I reckon I would have to postpone whatever it is that we had planned today.

We WERE supposed to go to SSM today to renew A’s company’s licence, after that we’ve supposed to go to the tailor to get my new jeans altered slightly to give the leg part that slimmer look and I was also suppose to look for acne scar cream to get rid of this pimple scare on my cheek. Now that those things are not likely to get done today, perhaps I should just go back to sleep.. lol!

Does this make you sleepy too?

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Skinny Winny

I had the alarm set to 10am this morning. I remember switching it off when it rang and the next thing I know it was quarter to noon. Ah!! I hate it when that happens and now my whole day would be somewhat off balance. What’s worse is that I had a fantastic dream just before I woke up. I dreamed that I know the secret on how to lose weight fast and I was a skinny winny woman with a fantastic and sexy body. The bad news is now I can’t recall the secret in that dream! Argh!!

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Work Anywhere

Each time I go back to Singapore it is primarily to visit mom and do stuff with her. There is hardly any time for me to do anything else. It’s not that I don’t want to stay longer but I got a life and responsibilities here that simply don’t let me stay longer than a week when I’m back there. I may not have a super duper career like an offshore injury lawyer or anything but my work is important to me and the condition in my Singapore home is simply not conducive enough for me to do it all. One day perhaps I can just leave my laptop when I go back to Singapore but in the meantime I am just glad that “my work” can be done anywhere I have internet access 🙂

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Old Clothes Away..

I took some time when I was back in Singapore last week to clean out my wardrobe. The intention was to get rid of some clothes so I can make way for new ones! lol!.. Ah.. the nostalgia looking at all those clothes. There are some pieces that looks so new as I’ve only worn them a few times. I tried a few pieces that I really liked but was so heartbroken to see that they don’t fit anymore. I don’t think even the best weight loss product out there can ever make me fit into those pieces again. So with a heavy heart, I have asked my mom to give them away to whoever that would want them. I hope whoever it is will enjoy those clothings as much as I have… I would have taken some pictures of those pieces but the “duh’ that I am forgotten to bring the camera so I am now left with just memories of what they look like in my head…

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Is God Telling Us Something?

After such a lengthy discussion with A and finally deciding on the next course of action, it was pretty disheartening today to not get to do what I’ve strive to get done on this trip down to Singapore. Suffice to say, I wish things had gone as planned but perhaps there is a greater power at play. Perhaps this is HIS way to letting us know that this is not the path he planned for us?

I hate to overthink matters but sometimes it makes me wonder….

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Ugly Spot

Fugly pimple scar

I had this pimple that started to develop before the blogger gathering.. but then it subsided and just stop developing. However, it leaves this ugly spot on my cheek which I am hating to see right now. I seriously don’t know what to do with it. It’s not really a pimple so I can’t even use any acne solution to get rid of it so I am drawing a blank. Any suggestions?

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