Bad or good neighbors?

I've been living in the city for about 12 years now, and one thing I can be very honest with you is that in my 12 years of living with neighbor on both left and right side of my house, I haven't yet befriended a neighbor so good that I ever invited them over to my house for a meal, up to now. My current neighbor is fantastic because my mom started off being nice to them and they eventually know we're nice people so lately there's a lot of food sharing going on in between. If it weren't my mom, I won't even know who my neighbors are. So, she's actually a primary school teacher and she runs a tuition center after school. She's the only neighbor I have, I mean those I'm on talking terms with. My opposite house neighbor, I hardly see them. They hurried into their house every time they are back home and never once smile at us. So, we thought, who cares! I don't!

It has become a norm to live this way in the city, oblivious to the people around us. Isn't it sad? Everyone is so concern over their own safety that they even think their neighbour is the bad cop. Seriously. As bad as it sounds, it's actually happening everywhere. Imagine your house broken in by some burglars, they took away all your gold coins and your possession, your neighbor who actually seen what happened act as if he doesn't a thing, he can't even be bothered to call you, let alone call the cops. Opps, and he didn't have your mobile number! Sad isn't it.. I think everyone should make an effort to befriend their neighbor, at least try to get to know them. What do you have to share with me about this?

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Pest control

Bugger, the kitchen cabinet has been infested by termites, again! We actually had the termite control people come and do come drilling to get rid of the termites, and we paid thousands for it. And to say that they gurantee that it's gonna last 5 years is a total bullshit. It has only been 3.5 years and now we're already seeing of some termites in the kitchen cabinet.
You know the dusty bits trail that leads right up to the wall or on the floor are all signs of pest! Can't believe it we paid so much to get rid of it and now we'll have to fork out thousands to get it done again. We should really get some reliable help from source trustworthy like Houston Pest Control. I heard they are very professional too.

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Road bully

Don't you find it annoying that some people behave like king in the public, as if they are the ruler of the country, oblivious to the people around them. Here in Malaysia especially, 30% drivers on the road are road bully, not obeying the law. Cut queue, run traffic lights, turning without the signal light on, oh the list can go forever.

Today I had a bad encounter with a driver, thinking that driving a big car gives them the license to KILL on the road, almost knocked into a pedestrian because he was speeding so fast. Then worse thing is, he zoomed away as if nothing happened. I reckoned that time Depuy Lawsuit will come in handy. I don't care if you owned the biggest mansion or most fast car, but please have some manners.

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Kids reward system

Shern came back from school today and proudly showed me his English spelling where he scored 100 marks. While we're at it, I told him to do some back-count on the amount of reward stickers I owe him, way back from late August, and that probably come up to 50 stickers easily.

One sticker is worth a dollar, boy, he has a lot more in his pocket now. But this darling of mine said, he's going to collect more reward stickers and planning to 'reward' himself with an iPad! This coming from my almost 5 years old boy. Kids nowadays, are they ambitious or what?

I told him that as much as I dislike him to play games on PSP, Nintendo, Wii, iPhone or iPad (which he has none of the above), I promised that he can buy whatever he likes with his reward money because he earned it. Of course, there will be parental control when it comes to playing games. He was literally feeling out of the moon, 'into the outer space'- as he likes to describe it.

As for now, he can dream as far as to the United States Gold Bureau, I got to bring him back to reality, he got to do well in school or else his dream of owning a iPad will never come true, so much so with owning gold coins.

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Baby hair accessories for sale..

I've been busy making bows and baby hair accessories for sale. Hopefully I'll be able to post it up for sale somewhere next week. I'm still waiting for my accessories tag card to arrive. I've sent it for printing somewhere last week and with some glitch here and there, it's not ready yet.
Hopefully the design looks nice on print. Can't wait to see it myself.

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15yo Birthday boy

My 15 years old brother celebrated his Birthday on Saturday. Of course, my mom and aunt prepared all the glorious home cooked food for the party. Actually only close family were invited, to say that we have 11 siblings, we already have a big crowd. Say 30, siblings, spouses plus kids, plus a few aunties and uncles. Phew, my family is huge.

So my brother Isaac was overjoyed as he got many monetary gifts from relatives, he has been collecting money to buy a guitar and a laptop and my guess is he is now a few hundred dollars richer.

I have yet to gave him a pressie, since he's still short of cash, I might as well gave him a hundred dollars instead of getting him a pressie he might not even like. Girls like gold bullion especially those from a reputable gold seller like United States Gold Bureau, but guys, I'm not so sure. But then again, who doesn't like gold? Everyone does!

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My God that never fails to provide

I'm thankful that God has been providing us with everything that we need. Everytime we lack something, especially financially, God never fail to provide, from different source. Like hubs inheriting money from his long gone aunt, or friends giving us back money owned ages ago. That's how amazing God is.

To say that, I'm so thankful that God's grace and mercy is upon us, keeping us safe and sound wherever we are, He is an amazing God, nothing can compare with , absolutely nothing.

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$2.99 for a game

Shern had so much fun playing with Lynd's iphone over the weekend. He even knows how to download new games from the appstore. We reminded him a thousand times not to download any paid apps, only those with FREE written on it. So he actually gets it, until he saw a BEN 10 game in the paid apps. He secretly downloaded a $2.99 apps and didn't tell us until my sister discovered it.
He loves Ben 10 character, that the whole world knows, he thinks that he can get away with it, if Lynd never finds out, it's dissappointing that he's not obeying instructions.
Well, kids don't know the value of money, don't even know that some people got to work hard to even earn a dollar, let alone 3! Give them a gold coins and they might even trade it off for a 20cents ice-cream. Talking about kids being kids.

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Bro's Birthday

There'll be another party at home this weekend. It's my youngest brother's birthday, and instead of eating out, mom opted to cook at home. Afterall, mom cooks really delicious food and make fantastic kuih muihs. Isaac just finished his PMR and he couldn't be any happier to spend the weekend with us brothers and sisters in KL.
It's sure going to be a very happening weekend.

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High living expenses

It's getting more and more expensive to live in the city nowadays. Eating out, a meal for a family easily cost 200! And we're not even talking about good, expensive 5 star hotel food. It's just a meal at a normal restaurant. What's more, the school fees for a 5 year old is much more expensive in the city compare to the urban areas, say $340 vs $80, and again, it's the normal standard school and not too international privatized ones. Sigh!

The worst thing is, while price for everything increases steadily like every quarter of the year, but not the people's earning. Many companies are very thrifty when it comes to salary increment, starting by 0.5percent. That's what my friend told me, and it happened to her company. How pathetic is that.
How I wish, earning money is as easy as collecting gold bullion that dropped down from the sky! ::Daydreaming::

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Pain that won't go away

I don't know when it all started but I think it was when I was pregnant with Maine, at about 6 weeks into the pregnancy that I get this butt pain that just gets more severe as the pregnancy progress. It's like my thigh were ripped apart, with a bull dozer on each side on my leg, putting all the pressure on my butt. And oh, how it hurts when I want, sleep, get up after sitting for too long. I bear with the pain, thinking it will go away after I had my baby, so it did go away, but recently I experience the pain which is worse than those I had during the pregnancy.

Occasionally I get this butt pain if I over worked myself from sitting for too long, or carrying heavy stuff! I really have no idea if this should be the case, but every single article I read online suggest seeking medical advice for sprain back, maybe I should consult a Accutane Lawsuit firm, perhaps it has something to do with Accutane injury. Erm, no harm seeking a free consultation.

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Birthday Boys

My mom was with here with us for the weekend, and over the weekend, we celebrated Marcus and BB Ethan's Birthday. Wow, so much food over the weekend and I do not even dare to step on the weighing machine yet. Ouch! Hate the feeling of being fat!
Marcus 8th Birthday falls on 17th September, we had a kids party at home for his school mates and cousins. His dad hired a clown for 500 bucks and the inflated balloon thingy (the thing where kids jump in it when inflated), what do you call those? Well, let's just say the balloon castle la.
Woohoo..the kids had so much fun, they didn't want to go home! I kid you not!!

Then we had a hi tea on Ethan's 1st Birthday, so much food we had with a good time catching up. Oh, I'm all out for another great weekend!! Yippie! Aaaaand..it's only Wednesday. Darn!

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Happy Birthday Marcus

September 17th is Marcus Birthday.

Today we'll be celebrating his birthday with his friends, mainly his classmates. Anyway, I went to Toys R Us wanting to find a birthday gift for Marcus, but then, all I see is expensive rubbish! Literally none! I ended up not buying him any toys, as I thought it's a waste of money. Money can sure be put to good use, like investing in a pair of good shoes, or buying bullion for keepsake. We Chinese love to buy gold as Birthday gift, as it has good value.

Anyway, from what was supposed to be a trip to Toys R Us getting a gift for Marcus, I came home empty handed. I wanted to get him a pair of roller blade but couldn't find any stores selling it, gave up and went home.

Party starting at 10.30am, I got to catch some sleep and wake up early tomorrow to prepare the food. His dad actually hired a clown! Oh, this party is going to be a blast. It's time to party!

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My baby girl- a rose among the thorns

Call me lucky, I have a boy and a girl. Proud to say that my princess is the first girl born into this generation, after 10 boys amongst my siblings. I am so blessed! Just like a rose among the thorns, my baby girl is always surrounded by a group of lovely cousin boys, and always playing with the guns and trucks the boys has around the house. Should I be worried that she's going to grow up like a tomboy? Erm, I'm not worried at all. I believe as she grows older, she will be fond of girly things.

She's a very lucky girl, even though she's only one, she already has tonnes of hair accessories, dresses she got as gifts from friends and relatives. I even bought barbie dolls for her way before she was born, but she's too young for it. Once she's over two years old, I think she will love playing dres up with those dolls. You know, maybe practice her fashion sense and skills on a doll, who knows she'll grow up wanting to be a fashion designer or even a make up artist. Maybe then we can enroll her in the Regency Beauty Institute. Well, it's never to early for mommy to dream, isn't it?

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Blog sidebar appears below the post!

Sharks, I'm having a problem here with my other blog. The previous blog template was actually a very nice one, but I was itching to change it, then the ultimately bad happened, no matter what blog template I choose, the size bar will drop way down below the post! Arggh! And I tried adjusting the width and everything in html, but it just won't work! Now my blog looks retarded.

Itchy hands, big headache!

If you happened to google this problem and found me, please drop me a comment- I mean a solution. Thanks!

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Happy Holidays..

Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslims celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri in the world. For us here in Malaysia, we’re on a week long holiday! Shern’s kindergarten gets an extra day of holiday on Monday, while Marcus will be back in school on Monday. Now that it’s holiday, the kids are so taking it easy at home, playing with toys toys toys all the time, I’ve banned them for watching TV so they don’t get to watch telly unless they secretly do it when I wasn’t aware.

The maid is one lucky lady, I present her with a watch as gift for this Raya, and my eldest sister actually bought her a pair of very beautiful gold earrings. She has been wanting to get herself a pair of gold necklace, asking us to bring her to the goldsmith when we’re free, but we’re always not free. Hmmpph. But nevertheless, she’s a good maid and I think she deserves everything we gave her. Just hope that she’ll keep all the gifts we gave her over the years, gold bullion or not, to herself, and not to pawn it when she goes back.

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Teaching kids the value of money

As a parent, I think it's absolutely important that we teach the kids the value of money, first by telling them that everything is worth something and that money should not be spent unnecessarily. I believe in letting my son earns what he wants. Say, if he wants a toy, then he should earn it by having good behavior or by getting good result,knowing that as he does, he's in for a treat. That way, he will appreciate what he gets more, and in the process learns that money do not drop from the sky.

I actually started a reward scheme with the kids, a sticker for good behavior/ for getting perfect score in their spelling or homework. Each point has a value of a dollar. When they collected enough, they can cash it in to buy whatever they like. It's that cool? The kids love it, it makes them work harder and go extra mile for greater achievement.

Afterall, we're ourselves were not born with a silver spoon in a mouth, we worked hard to get to where we are today, and it sure helps knowing that that's also the value that we're teaching our kids, gold coins don't just drop down from the sky, you got to earn it.

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Kids with many ambitions

I remembered when Shern was two years old, I asked him what he wants to be when he grows up, and he said, "a rally driver". When he got to three years old, his ambition remained the same, but I told him that a rally driver don't race all day long, and like most rally driver I know (unless those World Rally Champions), they actually have a decent job, a real job with an income, or even a business. That way, only they can support their passion in racing and rallying. His daddy is a race and rally driver, so I think dad must have influenced him somehow.
When he was four years old, he told me he wants to be a '"pirate". What?! A "pirate"?! Yeah he said. I was like, "Oh man, seriously?" Excitedly, he said, "yes, so I can fly a plane". Phheeeew! What a big relief. He actually wants to be a pilot, one that flies a plane. I like that. Until he gets married, daddy and mommy get to fly for free once a year.
I'm not sure if he's going to change his mind anytime soon and wants to be something else, but he has my blessing, as long as he's happy with his life, perhaps he wants to pursue an online military degrees to be an army, who knows.

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Buy buy buy silver..

It's just crazy how much buzz silver bullion is getting on the Internet lately. It seems like every blogger I know has something to say about purchasing silver or gold. Well, everyone knows silver and gold are not cheap, but why is everyone so keen on buying them? How many silver bullion or accessories does one needs in his/ her safe box? Just buying it to let it sitting pretty in the safe? You think so? Then you are so wrong!

In fact, the craze of buying silver is all because silver appreciates tremendously over the past few years and the trend will be likely to continue for many years to come. Do you know that the world demand for silver now exceeds annual production, and has every year since 1990. If you have some money, then maybe you too should start investing in bullion. Yes, now it is indeed sitting pretty in the safe. Imagine the amount of return of investment you are going to make if the value of silver double, triple? What a nice dream come true eh..

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Good Investment or new business venture

I seriously need to get down to business, earning a decent amount of money to help support this family. So what do you reckon I should do? Writing reviews is a good but offers are so not consistent and if I really rely on this amount of money to buy food, then we would have starve to death long time ago. I can take blogging as a part time thingy, but definitely not a full time job.

So, I actually thought of venturing into baby and kids clothes line, having my own labels and all, sounds so glamorous, but the thing is I just don't know where to start. Or maybe my problem is that I procrastinate too much. I know I got to take a bold step, so even if I failed, at least I know I'll learn something out of it. If everything else fails, maybe I'll just invest all my money into buying gold bar, the only safe and stable investment because the thing with gold value that it will only appreciates. No risk but then to me, I need something to do I can be satisfy with. Gold investment is a 'comfortable' investment.

Now where do I start, my sister and I, we registered a dot.com, printed our own woven labels, had some ideas on what designs we want, did some samples, and now the thing is where do we find a good and affordable garment factory to help us with our clothes? You know of anyone? Please drop me a line if you do.

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