Permanent Residence Application

Due to some complications, I got to redo my applications for my permanent residence status here in Malaysia. We have successfully submitted the application and our first interview has been set for 3rd September. I asked the officer in charge as to what kind of questions will be asked. She told me probably about the “Rukun Negeri” stuff, general info about the country and perhaps even sing the national anthem. She even jokingly told me to practise my pitching.. I was like “WHAT?” (lol). Maybe if I bring along behringer speakers at Musicians friend I will sound better? Oh well.. wish me luck

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A Gold Coin Collection

I have never been one to have a collection of anything. I just don’t have the discipline or the patience to complete them. However if I were to start, I reckon these collections of krugerrand gold coin is a neat collection and the fact that it can be resold later (coz it is gold after all) helps make it a worthwhile investment too ya?

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A Novel to Read - Salina by A.Samad Said

I met up with blogging BFF, Emila and Marzie last night and it was a blast… and I lost my voice from talking and laughing so much..lol!  Anyway, Emila passed me this novel that I won in one of her contest. It’s a  novel called “Salina” by our very famous author, A.Samad Said and … it’s an autographed copy to me! How awesome right? Can wait to start reading!

A Personally Signed Autographed copy!

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Lifestyle Is the Key to Health and Wellness

Staying healthy isn’t as simple as you may think. The food and diet industry does their best to offer magical weight loss solutions in the form of “super-foods” and “revolutionary” diets. Many people see short-lived success by slightly tweaking their daily routine. A bit more water, a bit less candy, and voila! Instant results. Basically, a short term lifestyle change brings about results. Unfortunately, people are highly likely to get right back into their old habits once they achieve their desired goals. This leads to a rebound effect. The only way to achieve permanent changes in health, physique, and fitness is to strive for permanent changes in lifestyle. This doesn’t mean giving up a certain type of food completely. It means eating mostly healthy foods and practicing moderation with treats. It also means being physically active for extended periods every day at varying intensities. Check out a website like www.nihf.com for more helpful information.

Make Time for a Healthy Lifestyle

Many people argue and complain about not having enough time for a healthy lifestyle. They don’t have the time to prepare their food let alone eat it all. This type of thinking inevitably leads to the people having to make time for being sick or injured from poor lifestyle habits. You can either make time for a healthy lifestyle or you will need to make time for the inconveniences that will undoubtedly come from living an unhealthy lifestyle. If you need to save time, buy yourself a powerful blender. You can blend up a full day’s worth of vegetables with a bit of fruit and drink it down in minutes. This can save you time and give you a healthy energy boost to kick start your day.

Move Your Body and Reap the Benefits

Arguably the most important part of a healthy lifestyle is staying active. Movement of the human body is a kind of language. People love to play and move their body when they are young. Then they grow up and stop moving as much for whatever reason. Once a person stops moving as much, their body acclimates to the amount of work it is doing. Muscles atrophy from disuse and posture deteriorates. All that is needed to gain the love of movement again is to start moving! Light beginner’s yoga and walking are both great ways to get moving again. Check out a helpful site like www.nihf.com for more details.

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How to Learn Wedding Photography

A wedding is an occasion to be remembered. A bride and groom want a quality photographer who can capture all the highlights of their special day. They expect the photos to be plenty and in crisp, clear condition. If you aspire to do wedding photography in St. Louis, be sure that you know what it takes to succeed. You’ll need to learn how to operate and practice with your equipment and how to take tips from the masters.

Equipment and Practice

As a photographer, you need to be very familiar with the workings of your instrument. Learn about capturing light through coming to understand more about adjusting exposure, ISO, and aperture. Know which exposures are suited to which lighting settings. Additionally, you should be familiar with your camera model’s flash system, memory storage, and battery duration. Be sure you practice with your camera frequently so you can know how to create a quality photo without fumbling around with the instrument too much beforehand. See if you can get friends to pose for you in various settings for optimal practice. Furthermore, you should learn how to edit photos. Explore the features of image editing software to get a feel for how to work it.

Learning from the Masters

All artists have benefited from looking at another craftsman’s technique. Thumb through photo magazines to see what shots you like and don’t care for as much. These publications can give you how-to guides as well. You may also benefit from online instructional videos for a quality demonstration on taking and editing photographs. Many aspiring photographers get a lot out of shadowing or assisting an established professional. You can see how a pro does it and incorporate these tips and techniques into your own craft. Not only will you learn about how to make quality pictures but also how to perform business interactions. You’ll see how to do sales, what costs are involved, how much to charge a customer, what shots are taken, and what equipment is needed. An internship is a good route to take if you want to take advice from a professional photographer who does wedding photography in St. Louis.

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Stay Safe in Your Home with Pest Control

Mankind is from nature and nature does not belong to man. There are critters in large or small amounts in every home. Sometimes you just need a small trap to keep their population down. Other times you can have fun executing them yourself with an electrified bug zapping device. On rare occasions people have been known to live in harmony with nature. Unfortunately, finding a way to work with the critters instead of against them is an unlikely fantasy. Your home is your territory. It is your space to be free of the dangers of nature and relax. When the going gets rough with critters in your house, you might need pest control in St. Charles.

Set Up Your Home Defense Plan

You can customize your home defense plan with the services of professional exterminators. If you choose, you can have them set you up with a recurring defense plan. They will show you data to prove they are doing their job. For a regular fee, you can have a professional group of insect assassins keeping your home safe from invasion at all times. Controlling critter populations may seem like a task that you could do yourself. However, proper care and handling of extermination jobs takes lots of skill and experience. You should trust a professional unless you have a lot of time on your hands and a lot of experience.

Save Yourself from Large Damages

If you see one spider run across your ceiling, how can you tell if there are more? If you frequently spot critters in your home, you may want to let a professional investigate. A business that offers professional pest control in St. Charles will know how to search out infestations. Carpenter ants and termites will do more damage to a home as time goes by. Sometimes exterminators can save homeowners huge amounts of money by rescuing their home from carpenter ant or termite-related damage. Where there is one critter, there are most likely more. If you have a sneaking suspicion that your home may have unwelcome guests, seek out the help of professionals.

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Compression Garment Choices

If you, like many people, have been advised to wear compression garments to ease discomfort, prevent or control swelling or to provide support, you can find an extensive assortment of compression aids at therapystockings.com. Once you begin browsing around, you will find that they have far more than stockings. Their list of available products includes compression aids for arms and hands. Without compromising on quality and effectiveness, therapy stockings understand that at times, its a mood booster to be able to add some uniqueness to your compression wear. If you want to express a passion, reveal the fun side of your personality or coordinate your arm sleeve with your wardrobe, you can do so with the numerous colors and patterns of arm candy and sassy sleeves they have available. Here you will also find an diverse selection of compression items for your lower extremities. They have socks in various lengths and colors. Compression hose are available in knee high, thigh high and panty hose. You may be surprised to discover that you can now find support hose that are sheer and attractive. These hose will accentuate rather than distract from a professional attire. It’s a wonderful convenience to be able to shop at one location for the compression items you need. It’s also nice to know that you can easily get assistance from caring, professional customer service representatives before you place your order. Customer reviews praise the products and the excellent customer service representatives.
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More About Diamonds

If you’re looking for a highly reputable dealer in fine gemstones and jewelry, then you should give Shane Co. loose diamonds a try. This family-owned business has been around since 1971, not only selling fine gemstones, but educating the public about them too. The Shane family teaches their customers the four “C’s” of gemstones: carat, clarity, color, and cut. This is to make sure that their customers pick out the right gemstone for their jewelry. They also help their customers pick out the right shape, one that will compliment the wearer. In addition to education the public about gemstones, the Shane family also offer lifetime guarantees for their jewelry.

All jewelry made entirely out of either gold or silver is covered for life. They will also clean, inspect, and do minor repairs on your jewelry free of charge. Shane Co. also has a trade-in program for your previous purchases. Turn in any Shane Co. jewelry and they will offer you the full price as credit for another purchase. Shane Co offer free layaway, making it much easier to pay for your jewelry. You can spread out the payments over six months, at no extra charge. One of the services they offer is “design your own jewelry”. Customers can go to their website, and pick out the stone, the setting, and engraving. The site will give them a quote and the customer can add the piece to their cart if they want to. For more information, go to http://www.shaneco.com/Jewelry-Education/Diamonds.htmx?nid=GNL_Diamonds_Education_Diamonds.

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My First Mani/Pedi

You would think at my age I would have gone for plenty of mani/pedi right? Well, you could not have been more wrong. I only had my first session on my last trip back home to Singapore (June 3rd)! lol!

Even that was not intentional. I had come across this free facial offer At Beauty Wellness, Singapore and they were having an offer on their mani/pedi and since I was getting the facial for free, I thought I used the money on mani/pedi instead… and was I glad I did. It was so enjoyable. Having someone washed your feet, cut your nails, clean up your cuticles and massage your legs.. OMG it was heavenly… and then it was done to my hands.. even more marvelous.. lol!

Would I do it again? Well as much I loved it, I doubt I would want to spend the full price SGD80 for it. I would probably look for more Groupon offers or something for my next mani/pedi session.

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Cut and File

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Salon Tips for Curly Hair

It seems like everyone is dissatisfied with their appearance in some way. You may complain that your eyelashes aren’t long enough or your lips aren’t full enough. If you have straight hair, you want curly hair, and if you have curly hair, you want straight hair. No matter what, ladies find something difficult about beautifying. If you are one of those who has curly hair, following are a few tips and styles you may find at a salon in Boston.

Choose Your Cut

If you have curly hair, you may fear cutting it short because of the round afro you could end up with afterward. So it is important to choose a cut that will work with your hair and your face. Stylists recommend keeping your hair at shoulder length or longer. This does mean that you will probably experience a lot more heat year round than your straight-haired counterparts. But it will be the most flattering for you, especially if you add in some layers so your hair doesn’t look too heavy on the bottom. Short hair can work too, if you keep it two to three inches long all the way around, and cut to mimic the shape of your head.

Use Product Wisely

If you have curly hair, you should avoid washing your hair too often. Use shampoo depending on the thickness of your hair—as little as once per week if it is very thick. Use moisturizing products that have ingredients like palm or avocado oil, or Shea butter. You can fight frizz by using lots of conditioner containing silicone when you shower. Let it sit in your hair for several minutes to absorb the moisture. You should also use a leave-in conditioner.

Other Tips

You should know that in order to fight frizz, you need products that seal the cuticle. Various creams and oils can help you seal the cuticle to keep out moisture. When it comes to styling, professionals recommend avoiding heat and using your hands minimally to let your hair air dry with minimal frizz. If you must use heat, use a diffuser. Stylists at a salon in Boston should be able to recommend the best products and other styling tips.

 

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Spa and Salon Services Are One-Stop Shopping

At a salon in Boston that includes spa services, there are many things you can partake of. In the salon, you can choose from all things hair, nails, and make-up, as well as all the products that go along with them.  The spa offers body work, body treatments, tanning, therapies, hair removal, and facials.

Salon Services

You can have your hair cut, cut and blown dry, bangs trimmed, shampooed and styled, just styled, straightened, curls added, or an updo. If you want color or highlights, they can do that as well.  They will start up and touch up locks. Balyage can be done in the salon and was developed in the 70s and is coloring and highlighting done by hand. Perms are available along with hair extensions and retexturing, restructuring, and repair treatments. If you are blow drying your hair all of the time, have too many curls, frizzy hair, dull hair, or find yourself using a flat iron often, you may want to look into a keratin treatment. The cost for a treatment varies depending on how short or long your hair is.

On your wedding day you will want to look fabulous. Not only do you want to look fabulous, but you want everyone in your wedding party to look fabulous as well. The technicians at the salon are prepared to get everyone in your wedding party booked on the big day and there is even an expert that will sit down with you to figure out what everyone needs and how long it will take. They want everyone to have a good experience and leave looking just like you want them to and maybe even better than you or they could have imagined.

Spa Services

Your wedding party would benefit from a visit to the spa before the big day. After a massage and one of the many body treatments, they could spend a little time bronzing their skin. With all the time, effort, and chaos that seem to go into wedding preparations, taking advantage of the spa and salon in Boston will tone the tension down. For hair and body services, a spa and salon is one-stop shopping.

 

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Love Your Home More with Interior Design

Are you bored with your home? Maybe you’re tired of just a room? Do you like to daydream about mixing it up and switching things around so you enjoy your living spaces more? Have you considered making changes to your house, but are unsure of how or if you’ll do a good job? There are many options for interior design in St. Petersburg, FL, so whether you want to hire a designer or do it yourself, here are some interior design basics to get you started.

Basics 

Color—color will change a lot about a room. You can set the mood by choosing a color that invokes certain feelings and give the room character.

Form—this is the shape of any given object and needs to be paid attention to especially in reference to the other forms in the room.

Line—the line of objects in the room is the direction they face or lead you to focus on.

Mass—the size of object that use up space in your room.

Texture—how things literally feel or also look. The textures in a room can change the overall feel as well.

Elements

Focal Point—this is the main point of a room and the place where a viewer’s eye is always pulled back. Whether it is the TV or bed, be sure to know what your focal point is.

Scale and Proportion—scale is literally how big an object is, while proportion refers to it in comparison to the other object sizes in the room. This will make a big difference in selecting furniture, wall hangings, etc.

Harmony and Unity—harmony is how well things work together and complement each other, while the unity is simply whether they all belong in the same room. Obviously each piece you select should be harmonious with the rest of the room and look/feel that it belongs there.

Contrast – this goes hand-in-hand with harmony and unity. The contrast is the difference between any of the basics mentioned above. Slowly add contrast to the room while being sure to keep the unity there.

Variety – this will keep the room from being dull and hopefully help you express yourself more.

Now you are can do your own interior design in St. Petersburg, FL, or find a designer to help you with any stage in the process.

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My Dream Closet

If I had all the money in the world, I would love to get some pull out shelf for the kitchen and after that I want to redo my dressing room (which is actually the guest room..lol). I would love to have a walk in wardrobe but failing that even an awesomely organised closet with lots of hangers, pants ranks or even a pull down closet rack..

Sigh.. I guess I need to work harder eh?

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