Lisa... its all good...

This afternoon around 3 something, I received a chat message in my gmail from Sasha and she told me the sad news... Lisa has lost the fight to cancer and she passed away this morning at around 5 something....

I was stunned for a moment....

Who is Lisa?

I think some of you here know who Lisa is.... For those who do not know... Lisa is an extraordinary lady... (note : present tense, she still is though she is not here with us anymore in this world)

I cannot remember exactly how I came to know about her blog, maybe it was last year when one blogger told me about her blog and ever since then, I have been following her posts until a few months ago, she stopped... her last post is on the 10/5/2010.

Lisa is a strong lady, strong in the sense of emotionally and spiritually ... Her amazing strength to go on living and "fighting" even though the odds were against her....

When I read her updates, I realize that my problems were just peanuts compared to hers....

Lisa has left the blogging world but for those who know her, she has not left our hearts...

RIP LISA, you are now in a better world, you have won the good fight, as your blog says.... its all good....

Bathrooms

These few days it was raining very heavily and my window panes were not tight enough to keep the rain from splashing into the living hall. My balcony is just next to the hall and there is no shade or awning to prevent the rain from against the window panes. Either I have to install the awning or I have to change the windows to something more solid. I am thinking of some slight renovation in my house and that includes the bathrooms as well.

When I bought over this present house, I did not do any renovations in the bathrooms. The previous owner had changed the tiles before she sold the house to me and now fourteen years later, I feel it is time to change into something more cheerful and colorful, just like what I have seen here in this bathrooms website. Their designs and accessories are just beautiful! I am still contemplating whether to do the window panes first, awnings or the bathrooms. sigh...

My Friend, The Florist

This is not a paid post but a post to inform those who wants to order flowers for any kind of functions, please take note that my ex-classmate is now a florist and operating her own floral arrangement in her house. Graduation ceremonies, birthdays or any kind of occasion, she will do her best to give you the best, in pricing and in style...
I will give you her details if any of you are interested...

For more pictures, do go to my FB under reanaclaire.
(for Ipoh delivery only but for students in UTP, transport is not a problem)

Spend And Budget Wisely

A year ago I have more than ten credit cards to my name and it is not surprising when most of us owned more than two cards. But this year there are only two left out of ten credit cards, ever since the government implemented a small fee for owning a credit card, I have sent them back for cancellation. It is not that I am utilizing them, those cards were sent upon application mainly as a favor done to my friend who needed to reach his marketing target for the respective month. Now no more.. I have to go through a lot of hassle to get those credit cards canceled. A lot of people were “inflicted” with uncontrolled debts by the many credit cards they owned and they really need some credit counseling to control their spending.

Nowadays there are many debt consolidation websites that offer to consolidate your monthly credit card bills into one low payment. They will teach you on how to budget your finances monthly so as not to overspend and at the same time, they teach you some budgeting techniques so as to pay off your debts without “feeling the pinch.” Get a good debt consolidation company online, some do offer counseling services and financial education programs to individuals and families. I am sure their staff are trained professionally to help and develop a realistic budget so that one can pay off his debts in no time. For more information, do log into their website for their details.

My Negative Food Review

I think this will be our last time we had lunch in Ming Foong restaurant here in Pusing. It was not our first time but after yesterday, I don't think I wanna come back here again. My kids agreed too...

this is the shop we went to.... Ming Foong

Either we didn't know how to order or the chef now is not as good as those years before. No more Omphh. Okay, before I review further, I want to state that this is my only from my personal point of view....

I ordered their famous fried wan ton...
when they came out, they were so pathetic looking
and not at all appetizing...
I think I can wrap up better than that..

vege was alright.. fresh...

ginger sliced fish was not tasty..
they should use young ginger but unfortunately..
the ginger were older than me..

sing chow meehoon...
the meehoon was hard and tough
they were not "soaked" long enough...

fried rice.. sigh.. no comments..
i think i can do better...

this is sang har mee..
their signature dish... but then...
the supposedly big prawns were not there
but replaced with miniature size.. and not fresh!
the noodles was not the sang mee ..
but more like the wanton mee..
one word-Lousy!

nevertheless we finished it up without the real "omphh"
Bill came to RM77 for these few "un-attractive" dishes
Either we do not know what to order or
maybe we have higher expectations..
whatever it is, we will not purposely go all the way there to have our food again...

Traveling In Style

When I decided to go to Japan for a holiday last December, I was quite worried about the cold weather because during that time, I did not have any proper winter clothing for myself and my daughter. Thanks to my sister-in-law, she lent me a complete set of winter clothing that includes two thick sweaters, two pair of gloves, woolen scarfs and some overall. Wow... that was real generous of her. With this complete set, my girl and I were so comfortable while we were traveling during the cold winter.
That was our most memorable trip, when I looked back at the pictures, I just wish that I could experience winter again. If I have an opportunity to go overseas for winter again, I would choose Europe this time. It is one of my dream trips and I hope that it will come true. This time if I were to travel during winter, I would equip myself with all the winter clothing that I need. I will not borrow anymore if possible. There are so many websites offering good prices for winter clothing and that includes those beautiful Womens Winter hats as well. I think we ladies look very feminine and sweet with these hats, serious... yes, we do look really good in them. Take a look into this Winter hats website. Am I right? :)

Happy Birthday Old Pete!

My cute nephew's birthday was a jovial affair...he was sort of "molested" by a few of us ladies who grabbed hold of him and planted some kisses on his cheek. He kept "cringing" away... haaha... we had a good laugh that night... he was just too cute and chubby...

Happy Birthday Old Pete!!
(my nickname for him... hahahaaaa)

Looking Cool And Fit

When Aaron came back for his semester holidays a month ago, he spent his time relaxing and eating most of the time. When he was back in the campus, he received a lot of remarks from his course mates, teasing him for gaining so much, especially rounded on his face and tummy. Even his jeans and his tshirts were a bit tighter, he told me. LOL.. He further added that he would do something to get rid of his “extra” weigh.

Yesterday when I went to visit him at his campus, I was surprised to see that he has lost some weight. As a mom, I sure got worried and asked him what happened. But he assured me that he was eating well and proper food but it was the jogging that got him slimmed down fast. Now he can wear his jeans without feeling the tightness. Since he is so self conscious of his image, perhaps it is good that he wears Insta Slim to make him look lean and fit. As I read from this website, these garments are specially designed to "hide" the extra flesh on the mid section of the man's body. They can be worn under any clothing to help you look trim and fit besides feeling cool and comfortable too! I bet Aaron will love to have a pair of these Insta Slim, in fact they are having a promotion now, "buy 1 free 1" while stock lasts!

Independence Day In Pusing

Happy Independence Day to all of the Malaysians!

I was not born yet when Malaysia achieved her Independence from the British. (so not too old really! LOL) But few years later, I was born and since then I am considered a true bred Malaysian.. raised in Ipoh and have been staying here since... hopefully one day I can "uproot" myself and stay in some greener pastures on the other side of the unknown mountain.

Ok, enough crap...

Since today is a holiday, my kids and I woke up very late but by 11.30am, we were out from the house, driving using the coastal way this time... we made plans to go to Tanjung Tualang actually... but last minute, we heard from a friend saying that a few shops in TT were burnt in a fire. So our plans made a "detour" and we eventually ended up in Pusing.... about 40 minutes drive from our house.

Pusing is a small town...

the main road in Pusing

cars were aplenty but mostly parked
cos it was lunch time when we reached..
mostly everyone were in the shops having a 'feast'

it was a hot day.. and Peter Loh's soya bean
and bean curd dessert caught our eyes...

Girl having fun at the stall..
looks like she was manning the stall...

yes, truly she was.. helping Peter Loh...
and having fun too!

after our lunch and buying so much tidbits,
we continued on with our journey...

Online Translation Website

I remember a few years ago, my colleague pursued her degree while working together with me in the same office. She would attend her classes during the weekends and when she came to work, she would bring along her assignments to the office to do, of course without the boss's knowledge! :) Coming to think of it, I also learn something from her... why? Well, the reason is whenever she brought her assignment to the office, she would called me over to her place during lunch time. At certain times when she was too busy with work, she would asked me to assist her, especially when it comes to translation services. Of course I would be most readily to help her because at the same time, I could gain some knowledge as well.
With the website on translation services, it was a very easy task. All I need was to click on this website with the text and get them edited by the professionals, all these done in a matter of clicks 24/7. User friendly and low costs, one can easily get your text translation done easily and satisfaction guaranteed as well.

Event Management Resources

A lot of things in life don't always go as planned. There's always surprises in life, and nature tends to take it's course. But that does not mean that we cannot plan and try to make every single important big events in our life run smoothly by planning beforehand.

Most of us may not be good at planning for events, and therefore, we should bear in mind that we ought to look for event resources and make full use of it before we host certain events. That way, we can let things get on track and in order for important events in our lives runs smoothly and without flaws, be it weddings, birthday parties,sports days or even the dreaded and solemn funerals for our dearly departed.

There can never be enough research when it comes to planning certain events. Perfection only come through smooth executions and implementations of the things that we have planned for our personal events or even corporate events.

How exactly do we do that, you may ask? Most of us are not in event management line professionally speaking. So, how exactly we could look for event resources for the events that we're planning? There are so many questions that needed answers.

Guide on event management resources ought to be the answer to all of your questions regarding event resources. Guides on event management resources usually helps you ease your worries by providing you checklists on the the events that you're planning. They help you keep your planning in order by telling you what you must do and what not to do when you're planning for your big days.

Food Court InTaiping Town

Continuation of my Taiping trip... from the lake, we went to town to drive around...and always ended up eating at the food court in town.

we parked the car opposite this corner

and we walked across to the food court here..

so many stalls and so much food...

the famous kueh man.. (desserts corner)

very busy managing the stall...

so much kuih-muih (desserts)

don't know what to choose...

ended up taking mee jawa....

and ice blended red bean..

OnlineTutoring

My girl has just finished her mid term and she is now relaxing in a way. These few days she wanted me to take her out to relax in shopping malls and going for movies too. Well, since tomorrow is a public holiday, I will be taking her out again, this time she wanted to take some special desserts. After this outing, she told me she will be slogging again in her studies especially her Pre Algebra. She said she has to keep practising the standard form till she understands it better. Unfortunately I cannot help her because I am not good in it either.

From now on she will practise on her Alegbra equations each day and she hopes to score better in her mathematics for the finals. Thank goodness her brother is back, she can refer to him for better understanding, especially some questions on how to divide. Oh, all these multiplications and division is confusing me. Well, with the tutorvista.com, each student will be able to improve in their subjects especially the calculations and equations. They have unlimited online tutoring and homework help 24/7, with K12, college and AP exams which includes slope formula and math word problems as well. Well, hope this helps for those who wish to have more practice in math practice test.

BWF World Championship Finals 2010

courtesy photo from badminton forum
Astro didn't show this part.. cis..

Last night Malaysian players Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong lost the finals to China players despite a tough fight during the first two sets. When it came to the rubber, my favourites did a lot of mistakes and there was already a six point cushion, thus making it difficult for them to get even with the Chinese players.

Well, it is still a Silver medal for my heroes... not too bad, in fact Rexy said that he is proud of his two players... they had a fighting spirit during the quarters and the semi-finals... just that the Chinese are a much better pair.

Anyway, I had a good time watching this game... my girl said I gila...hahaha...cos I clapped hands and yelled all by myself.. gila or not? hahahhaaa.....