Kid's freedom

Call me 'old-schooled' parent or whatever you like, whatever that suits you, whatever that makes you happy but I'm all out against kids playing games. To me, it distracts their mind. Once you let the game pollutes their mind, their concentration towards studying will decrease, as their mind will be filled with the games nonsense.

My 5 years old son might probably be hating me behind my back. He doesn't get all the privilege of having gadgets like PSP, Nintendo, laptop like his cousins. He thinks that I'm the bad mom, he thinks that he's the unlucky one, I know he secretly wishes that his mom is someone else and not me. He's always asking me, "why they can and he can't?"

To me, letting kids own these gadgets means giving them the freedom to play, even without parental supervision. I think it's very unhealthy once they are addicted to it. Honestly speaking, adults too can get addicted to games, what more about kids. Imagine a 5 years old addicted to playing age of war, or even boxhead 2, to a point their studies are neglected! I hate to see my son ended up like that. On the other hand, I will consider letting him to start blogging like I do. At least I get to read whatever that he blogs about, in the process he can learn more about the Internet, html coding, or even start blogging for money. As a blogger myself, I think getting paid to write review is easy and I can do it whenever I want.

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2011- A good start

At the stroke of midnight, sipping champagne and looking up to the fireworks display in the sky, that was how we started our new year 2011. All of us, big and small, old and young, even my brother, who is still recovering from the accident, went with us to the spacious carpark near our home, to see the fireworks display at the stroke of midnight. Oh, did I mentioned how much the kids love the fireworks? Maine and Ethan literally went GA GA over the fireworks. Surely something they have both never seen before. Well, they might have seen it in the past, but I'm sure back then they don't understand the sparking thing in the sky. But now, they have come to understand the beauty of the fireworks. Both babies have sure grown a lot in a year.

While all of us went Oh and Ah's over the fireworks, my brother just sat on a stool, unable to walk, sat quietly, looking at the fireworks. I bet he must be thanking God for His grace and mercy, for another year, for a wonderful family that stays by him, through it all.

He still has this pins and plate on his arm after the surgery, it will take months for him to fully recover, nevertheless Thank God he's recovering well. We'll see if there's a need for us to file an Accutane Lawsuit in the near future. As for now, it's a good start for a new year.

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Beauty is not just for adults..

At such a tender age, my 15 months old darling daughter sure knows a thing or two about beauty. She loves to see us putting on make-up. Every time she sees my sister blowing her hair, she will run to her, asking for her hair to be done, even if it's just for a mere 5 seconds. Every time she gets hold of a make up brush, she will brush it all over her face. Not mentioning the comb, she loves to just brush and brush herself with it.

Having a son as a firstborn and also many more nephews in the family, having Maine is sure a different experience altogether. She's like a little me, I'd love to think that I was as cute as her when I was little. She's such an angel, adored by everyone. I'm glad that she'll have a few cousin sisters to play with in the future, at least she will not be surrounded by boys and their cars and guns, but to have play mates to join her in her tea party, princess sleepover and more. Perhaps to attend Regency Beauty Institute together in the future, if that's what she's interested in pursuing.

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Singapore Universal Studio

So we were in Singapore for almost a week, spending time with my sister, went shopping, had great food and all. We actually went to Universal Studio!

Can you believe 3 minutes into the whole Universal Studio 'adventure', Shern started crying and yelling because he refused to walk any further down? I was like " that Madagascar Ship is a fake one! Let's go!" And it was as if he got his legs nailed into the floor, he just stood there like a rock and didn't want to walk. So, I thought the great big ship might have scared the shit out of him, so I said again," you think the ship is coming to bang you? You seriously think the lion and giraffe and hippo is going to roll down from the boxes and come chasing after you?"

He just cried and cried, I was about to explode on him, then he said "I'm scared of the skeleton!" Oh I see, the skeleton hanging from the tree across the other side of the walkway! Gosh! All the fuss over a super fake skeleton! I don't know whether to laugh out loud or have sympathy on him. Anyway, my back hurts from all the shopping and endless walking, I really do not have the energy to carry him, so his grandpa offered to carry him. Most of the time, he cling on to grandpa for his dear life. Hilarious.

Such a scary cat isn't he? Who would have thought a long waited trip to Universal Studio actually turned nightmare for my darling Shern. I actually asked him if he wants to go to Universal Studio again, he said, "never ever!". LOL. Good, perhaps I could save the money to buy gold bullion instead.

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Designers VS Gold

I'm sure you know someone who is a bagaholic, I mean a person who is crazy over designer handbags. I'm sure you can associate a bagaholic with someone you know. I have a friend who is exactly like that. Seriously, this is an expensive habit to keep. Every time she sees something new in store that caught her attention, then it will definitely go in her 'to buy' list. By now she might have own dozens of designer bags already, but she keep wanting more. As crazy as it sounds, i think this obsession is actually not very healthy. LOL.

There'll forever be 'new arrival' in store, 'new design' of designer bags every season, how can one buy them all? A good bag can easily last a few years, if not tens of years. Why would she need so many bags? So, she might be rich, that's one reason. But if it's me, then I would really rather invest in gold bullion, and see my money 'grow'. Like it or not, no matter how expensive a designer bag is, it has no second hand value, even if there is, it's very little. Don't you agree, one can even keep the gold for future generation, but with bags, that is so not the case.

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Indon loving gold

I don't know about other maids, but every maid that ever worked with us, loves to buy gold- necklace, bangles, earrings, even buy gold bullion. What they Indonesian claims is that gold from here is much better, in terms of color and variety of designs. Back in their town, there are very limited designs while here, you can practically find chains, earrings and pendants of all shapes and sizes.

So while we were out shopping over the weekend, our maid was so tempted by the window display of gold accessories at the goldsmith. She asked if she can go in and have a look, of course I allowed her. She was so keen on getting yet another pair of necklace, my sister and I bought one for her last year as she has been a great helper. She deserves it, but to buy another one, she'll have to wait another year or two, gold prices now are so expensive. Unless the money is coming out from her own pocket.

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Getting older...

These days, I'm so occupied with the kids and my online shop that I almost forgot that my Birthday is coming. Bad huh? It wasn't until my aunt asked me if I have anything planned for Saturday, and I asked, "what's the occasion?" And she replied me, "Oh my, it's your Birthday!", I went, "Oh, this Saturday.."

Erm, well.. for someone who is coming to the big three zero, I guess there's nothing to shout about, it feels like I'm moving on to the next decade already, and not excited at all. How do you feel when you celebrate your big ZERO birthday? Especially 40,50,60,70, 80 even 90 or 100, I'm sure it's not something people look forward to -getting old that is. Unless, if you tell me, old is gold, gold as in like bullion, then I really don't mind getting it at all. LOL!

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Proud of you, son

I'm so proud of my son, he scored 100 marks for his Maths, English and Bahasa exam. 94 marks with his Chinese. When I went to collect his exam paper at the Parents Teachers Meet, his Chinese teacher told me that he has improved a lot compared to when he first started his 5yo class. But he's a little over confident, hence the many mistakes in his papers. Erm, don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.
His class teacher told me that he's a very good boy in school, pays attention when teacher is teaching (i like!) and every chance he got, he'll get near to his 'gf' Cass. Oh boy, at 5yo? Seriously??

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Good day

It's been a fruitful day for me. I've uploaded more photos of my product to my FB page and also to the website, I also did some headbands, and bought some more supplies like pins and clips. But it's not an easy start, I'm doing this all on my own without a help from the world. It's a one man show, erm, in this case, one woman show! I'm the owner, the worker, the designer, the blogger, the crafter (oh, what a name for someone who does craft, sounds weird, don't you think) and also the one who will be doing the packaging right up to delivery or posting it.

Where do I get the time to do all this with a 5 yo cheeky boy and a one year old baby girl? I'm proud I did it. Money and gold bullion don't just drop down from the sky. We got to earn it, to me it's all hardwork. I believe one day it'll pay off.

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Hip replacement went wrong?

Gosh, this is bad! Have you heard of someone you know with a hip replacement surgery went wrong? It was estimated that over 90,000 such cases was recalled due to a faulty DePuy Hip Implant. To make things worse, these people might need a second and third correction surgery. Thank God when my sister had her knee surgery, everything went well. Well, she was bruised and limping for 2 weeks after the surgery but thank God she had a full recovery. Can't even imagine her limping because of some faulty implant! That's scary.

If I were one of these unlucky people, I will sue the company to the very last dollar they have. Make them bankrupt. Oh well, that's not quite possible actually. But at least make them pay. Get the best hip recall lawyer there is ever. My Texas Truck Accident Attorney might even know where I can get help from. Help is so on the way. Find them here. O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath – Personal Injury Lawyers – 808 West Avenue, Austin, TX. 78701 – 512-494-9949

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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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