I think some of you might remember me telling that hubby and I are trying.

Aiyo, try what ah, you say..

Try try only la.

So now I am not sure whether I should be jumping, or still be keeping my fingers crossed.

Let's just see..

Remember this??

Yes, it is actually one more day to go as they are still short of 2.5%. I do not know how many times I clicked just now.

So friends, do your part and start clicking.. NOW!!!

This will be Doss Family and Friends second charity visit after Welcome Hospice Services visit last May.

Details are:

Date : 26th July (3 WEEKS FROM NOW)
Time : 2.30pm to 5.30pm
Venue : At the home itself

We are planning to have lunch and fellowship with the children. As there are 100 over children there, we need all the man power to ensure that no children will be left out.

Lunch will be pizza, thus we need sponsors and donors for the food. If there are excess, the money will be used to buy supplies for them! So please come if you can. But if you cannot, do help us in money or in kind!

More on http://unsung-heroes.blogspot.com/

I have been a fan of IT gadgets since I first got hold of one. Of course it was my first cell phone given to me by an ex a long while back. Since then I got hooked on to buying the latest in the market. Thank goodness I have gotten a hold of that impulse spending, and now I prefer to do an extensive research on that particular gadget first, look around for the best price, then settle on it. If it does not give me any problem I will be probably stuck to it, until it does.

Talking about that reminds me of hubby's company's willingness to sponsor him a Blackberry. Of course I was the one who was so flipped out of having a Blackberry in the house. I would definitely be the one under my covers trying to scroll, press, navigate and what not on the poor phone. I just love new stuff.

However my enthusiasm on him getting a Blackberry had since wane because of an incident a few weeks ago. We had a guest in our home who had came with the family for a holiday. They stayed with us for a few days. We brought them out and took them sight seeing and all. Unfortunately I was turned off by the husband's lack of concentration in our conversation as well as with his own family.

Guess what. He was always on his Blackberry every 1/2 hour.

Talking talking talking, then suddenly beep beep. He was suddenly not talking, left some questions hanging, took out his phone, then excused himself. This went on for the rest of their days here.

Sigh.. The evolution of having work at your finger tips. I applaud that (sarcastically!) I pity the family. They came all the way from way out there, but all they get is beeps beeps, and excuse me's.

That is why, sayang if the company gives you a Blackberry, it stays at home, locked away when it is not time for it to be anywhere near us. I have given the commitment to blog when everybody's asleep or away or if all chores are done accordingly. And that is why I blog less nowadays. I am just having fun with my boys.

Blackberry or not, it is forbidden when the clock strikes 3pm every weekdays, and it is banned totally on weekends.

Comprade!

Sayang, that goes for me too ok. When I get my HTC Touch Diamond.. ;P

For a brief intro, a week before Father's Day, I held this contest for all 'A New Beginning' readers. It was a humble gesture to actually make my blog a little bit interesting and meaningful, as contests usually end up with someone winning something, and that someone would feel so good about it.

So these are the nominees. It is my first contest ever, so I had 4 participants willingly cracked their heads to come up with a brilliant post of their own.

1st partcipant to have joined the race was Shemah of A Sweet Escape. She is a 20 something vibrant lady who now is a mother to 2 beautiful children. I have to say that Buddy and Allie will grow up to be supermodels one day, as they really are beautiful children. Kudos to the parents. ;P. I have only known Shemah this year (or was it last) through blogging. I think I know her sister, Syura as we went to high school together and I was her senior. Anyway, Shemah has astounded me with her writing skills and I not only love the way she writes but the way she transform a normal topic, to something of her own. For her age, she exudes a form of maturity that some people don't have. It is really a pleasure to have stumble upon her. With that I want to pass to her a complementary award.



My second participant was Fara of Say Me. I have known her since my college days and she was my room mate when we were back in Shah Alam. She is one heck of a lady, and I actually regretted not knowing her fully cos I was engrossed with my own world. Else we would have some rockin fun! She is way senior than me in karate, and she is as I said a tough nut to break. I remembered that we were the only UITM Shah Alam gang from Sabah, and sometimes we moved in unison. Our Sunway Lagoon field trip was awesome. Sure miss those days. Sure miss DR. Anyway, her writing directly represents who she is. A no nonsense lady with a mixture of fun, humor and just the girl next door. She cares about other people, and her family are her pillar of strength. There is no need for any ice breaker cos she can break the ice with her cheeky smile and her warm heart. It is an honor to be your friend, Fara. Here is something for you!!



My next nominee is a person I should say, someone who is up on any challenge. I said this because he took up my challenge. Thanks Arms and again you are a happy go lucky guy who loves the world that you live in and your mission is to absorb all evil and just transform that into positive energy to everyone you meet (how about that? Cool description of you or no?). I do hope that you continue your mission to have more fun and fun in life, and trust me with the rate you are going, you will definitely achieve your legacy!! One cool award for you.



Last but not least, I would like to introduce my last nominee. She has the most unique blog name I have ever encountered. Rozella of Asian Mutt International. I have never met her before and we are still considered virtual friends (and that's why they have the Sabahan Bloggers Gathering!). But whatever it is, she really has a big heart. I mean, as I said earlier on, I am the kind of person who values someone through their writing, because it is only through their writing, you can actually see the real them. So this is what I think of Rozie (as she is affectionately called), you have a heart of a lion. You value friendship and there is a lot of good things going on in you, which makes you want to share them and pass on the love to everyone you meet. It is difficult to find real friends, but I bet people can find it in you. Thus I would like to award you with this :



A big thank you to all of you.

And Now, I would like to present the winner of my contest. He/She wins a RM 50 (bling bling) cash voucher from Parkson. ..drumroll please..





















SHEMAH of A SWEET ESCAPE

Congrats girl!




Eh belum lagi!!
As this is my first contest, and I said the only prize was that RM50 voucher right?
Haha. Wrong.

To:
Fara
Armstrong
Rozella


Anda telah membawa pulang hadiah baucer tunai RM 10 dari Parksonnnn!!!!!

I just wanted to give something to you guys for participating. Hope it made your day!

(need your addresses please!! Email me ok).

she IM-ed me a while back and she said that everything is back to normal. Husband had a bad day at work and it seems that things were just going wrong. i bet it's karma but i did not tell her. i think she knows it too.

when he arrived from work, there was no interaction from him, she said. not sure why. maybe he was in remorse, or still angry. god knows. but she did not care and went up to him several times to make conversation. still very cold, but she could see that he was tired and down.

she knew she had to make the first move so when he finally retired to bed, she went up to him and asked him how was his day. truly it was a bad day, and she could feel that he was in remorse, not angry. then she told him that it would be a better day starting tomorrow. but he said that his day was getting better already NOW. then they hugged.

dearest friend, if you are reading this, then this is what i have to say :

i know you believe in the concept of 'life is short' and we should not take anything for granted. but life can be long also, maybe longer than you expected. so till then you gotta step up and be a better person in all the things that you do. pray and trust in god that he will be guiding you in every step of the way. whatever happened, it happened for a reason. maybe god felt that both of you were not dealing with the situation properly, of which lead to both of you breaking down. i know that what he did was wrong and he should NEVER do that again. talk to him about it, argue a bit, but argue not for the sake of arguing, but instead talk on the current point, not the past or future. don't give him anymore rooms to pick on you, and a word of advice for him, husbands must honor their wives, just as the wives must honor their husbands. he should mellow down on the lecturing, and manipulating of words, and trying to win on every situation. this is not the lawyer or bank or his boss, but this is his wife, and he should be gentle with her. she is already damaged, and it was in his vow that he will take care of her in good and in bad.

i know my friend, you can be a little bit quiet and it makes people see that you cannot stand up for yourself. but it is about time to gather back all your dignity and piece it up. i know you are not good in puzzles, but ask people around you to help. maybe it is time to not keep it inside but let it go. don't let it eat you up. build up your self esteem again and mix around with people. blog maybe? there are a lot of people out there who are genuinely concern if you want them to be. maybe they can help you. blogging is a theraphy as well. it worked for me and for a lot of people.

so may god be with you and stay strong. u have survived for 2 decades now, a couple more decades to go.

*hugs*

My mother in law has a Chevrolet Aveo that has been with her for a few years now. I think it is a pretty handy car as the petrol consumption is not bad and it is spacious and comfortable inside.


Wish my SLK (not Merc ok, Small Little Kancil!!;P) can do this

But what I would like to have for my own one day is this:


Haha! I have always liked the top down on my car, if ever I have a convertible. It makes me feel free and nothing in the world can bug me. The closest to having that feeling was speeding in my Wira on the highway with the windows down heading to Kuantan. On my own. I think it is sort of like a theraupetic approach for me. I used to cycle from Tuaran to Pantai Dalit once cos I had some major hiccups with a bf of mine back then. So I guess it got stuck to me from then onwards. Whenever I feel really down, driving off takes away the pain.


Sigh.. How I wish I have one of those..

However as age catches up and responsibilities loom ahead, I guess I can settle for a sedan. Or an mpv. Or an suv.



But what hubby is eyeing for quite some time now would be a 4 wheel drive. Can my new found job buy him one?? Lol..





Do check out Chevrolet Europe for the latest Chevrolet designs in the market, as well as those for 2009. Not bad!!

Last night was the most tiring, exhausting and heart-breaking night ever in my life. I was keeping vigil for a friend hundreds of miles away as she just had a domestic roller-coaster fight happened at midnight.

A disturbing call came from her and I was really surprised to hear her sobbing at the other line. It was just a matter of time she said that it would come to this. Husband and wife were having an invisible tension around them the whole week and they actually without realising feeding it, by making sarcastic remarks once in a while, or just ignoring each other completely. She was completely fed up when at one time he shouted at her in front of the kids in the car. The kids were quiet and she knew that she was losing her face in front of them. But again she did not say anything. She knew that if she did, her hubby would have something to say and use all the wrong things she had done in the past against her. Some more he was good in manipulating words, which always made her back down cos she is not the verbal type. This was what happened last night. But this time she exploded. She got verbal. This time she did not want to back down. She fought and fought and explained her situation. Until to one point, she hit below the belt, by saying something so sarcastic, it made the husband snapped.

It was literally the end of whatever that is good in her marriage. Yes she is still married but things would never be the same again. Which makes me wonder why do some men resort to violence? Does it make them look more macho and powerful? The husband did not beat her, but he kept on pushing her head and asking her why is she doing this, and that he loved her so much. He asked her over and over again is she leaving or staying. She did not said anything but just stared at him and wondered what kind of man had she married? Sudah la she gets it everyday, and now when things had gone out of proportion she gets it even worse.

*She just called me and she said that she is cleaning the house and folding the clothes, but she does not know why she is doing it anymore. For a husband that does not value her? She is doing all this so that she will not get any scolding from her husband anymore? Then she broke down again.*

She could sense that if he was not careful he would certainly have slapped or punched her. It was an anger that she had seen before, but this time she looked at him straight in the eye, when he cursed her - 'bitch', 'you piece of shit.' She said that she felt that she had stepped out of her body and was not afraid, but was just sitting there, staring at the man she married, angry, spiteful, hateful and so full of benci towards the woman that he had married and fathered one unborn child as well as 2 others. They had to abort the first one because it was still a difficult situation for them back then. How can this one man who wanted her to endure that horrible act of killing their child for the rest of her life, can be so hateful to her. What did he do all this while that can contribute to even half of the burden that she carries until he has the right to push her around?

At one point she got back to reality and realised that enough is enough. One point when the husband wanted to push her again, she retaliate by pushing him back. But instead he said, don't you ever touch me again! What makes you think that you can touch me?!

I silently cried listening to her telling me this in between her tears. I know that she had noone there. Oh God, how I wish I was there to take her away. I told her to just take the next plane back to her parents, but being who she is, she had the children to take care of. She did not mention about her job or anything else. I guess all she have now is her children. I bet if she was alone, she would have just ended her life. Unfortunately, that was the next thing she said. She would have ended her life or run away, far far away from the husband and her family, as she does not get much love there also. Except her mum who was always concern on her and did tell me to keep a watchful eye on her and to tell the mum whether the husband treats her badly. I know she did tell that to my friend. But she never did tell the mum anything because she did not want the husband to have a bad name with her family.

She did wanted to get out of there for a while and she did changed her clothes. But she did not want to bring the car as it was not hers. So she smsed a friend to come and pick her up. The husband saw this, and he asked her where was she going. I was as surprised as her, cos suddenly the husband came and hugged her. He pleaded with her not to go. Saying that he is allowed to break once in a while. What a crock of shit!! Bullshit I told her! Bollocks!! Whatever foul language I can ever think of! To that stupid statement of the year! Kiss my a**!!

She told me that she just stood there and did not respond to his hugs and his stupid statement. It was like she was in a trance and had her spirit or whatever dignity left in her to go out of the damaged body and save itself. She was a broken woman. I think she always had been as there were turbulent times during her teens and 20s. Nothing was ever mended. She was used to this and whatever dignity she had left had actually been the one fighting for her. I lost a friend and I am not sure what will she become after this. I am sure that she will bertahan for the kids, as she cannot afford to lose anymore flesh and blood in her care.

Finally she did mention towards the last of their encounter, suddenly she had the urge to just stand in front of him and just let the emotion in her go. Amidst her sobbing, she said that the reason she deserve respect from him and his family was because of the decision he had made her to do on the termination of her pregnancy. She said she deserved to not be treated like that whenever there is a slack in the things that she had to do. And also she deserved some form of apology from his parents who had clearly hated and cursed her from the beginning. Then she threw a pillow on the floor and went off to the kitchen. The husband followed and tried to grab her. She struggled out from his grasp and started to swing her hand. Then he came to her and told her to punch him. She stopped for a while and almost instantly she said "I am not you." She said that he was always boasting how he was a better person, and that the children should follow his example, cos if they or even her was him, she would fulfil all promises and would not slack.

With that in her mind, she told him that she preferred to be herself because she does not push around the people that she loves. She does not call them names and show so much of hatred. She said that what makes her a lesser person than him? If she was him, she would have lashed out at his parents for cursing her last time. If she was him, she would have not married him, because of the unborn child. You go girl! Enough is enough I told her. If she has to leave, there will be a lot of people who can help her. Bring the children along also. I was like throwing ideas to her on how to get away from him and the memories of him.

Lo and behold, came this message from her.



She found the song. The song that will make anyone think why there is such word as love, and why do we fall in love with that person in the first place. THis song will make anyone think again on the journey and the fights they had to be together and accepted by family. Although it does not contain any gospel lyrics (of which I know she would be listening to since morning to bring her peace and answers). But instead it is this song by Brandy, Have You Ever, that made her think again. That mellowed her. That made her feel strong and sure that she married this man for a reason. She stood by him when they terminated the pregnancy. She held her head up high when his parents disapproved and mocked her till there was no spirit in her left. She stood by her man, the man she had hopes for to be her knight in shining armour, to be her childrens' Mr Incredible, to be the love of her life.

You might think that this is another sad story of verbal and physical abuse case that remains a silent statistic in today's weird world. I do too. Sincerely. And so that is why I do not know what to do. What to tell her? Should I tell her that once the beast in a man is unleashed, he can never control it? Should I tell her that the next time it would not only be pushing, but it might end her up in a hospital? What what should I say? What should I do? AArrgghh..

I guess we might be having that vacation trip after all. But of course no tour or much of sight seeing. More of like driving in a convoy for 4 hours and also ministering to some Christian kampung folks.

Our first trip would be to go to Terenganu in July for a round of football. That's with my church Christian Care Centre group ( a centre that houses ex-drug addicts and providing programmes for them to have a normal life again. Football is one of it). After football we are going to Pulau Kapas and bump around on the beach. We got some nice chalets with reasonable prices. Not bad at all. It has been a few months now since I last saw the beach. I really miss it. I guess being brought up around the coastline back in Sabah really has made me a beach person.

The next trip would be a week before National Day in August. We are going for a 5 day mission trip to Pekan Baru, Indonesia. Our church here in KL are in the midst of collaborating with a pastor from Pekan Baru to build a church there. I think I would have to brush up on my Bahasa Indon as we are required to share a testimony with the church goers there. Bahasa Sabah boleh ka??

I was also kinda thinking of dropping by the Sabahan bloggers meeting on 2nd August. Now that I have my own pocket money, I don't really mind to go back. But the thing is that it would only be for 2 nights as son would have to go to school on Monday. And also to pay nearly RM 1k for 2 nights is also not quite practical for me. Sigh. No muulah!! I do hope Air Asia comes up with zero fare by July. Then I would really buy for August as well as for Christmas also. HA!

When I first saw the questions, there were of course slight hesitation on whether I should be honest or not. But honest is the best policy, and heck.. this is the past right.

Although rekindling that sometimes do not bring such pleasant memories.

Well if you guys wanna share your first whatever and get paid for it, well join dNeero and start answering those questions - don't lie about it ok!

Have fun!

meaning, even though a criminal can run or hide, sooner or later he will get caught.

i started the day off counting the money i had in my pocket. haii.. not enough for my daily fix. why la they didn't give me a raise? i have been working hard in this company and still just a lousy 50 ringgit increment this year. phuuuii! damn them. i can't even sustain my girlfriend. i think have to dump her tomorrow.

did my rounds already. hey, loose change on *ani's* table. haah.. just take it la. need a few bucks more. how to eat later? alah. ask *johan* to belanja la.

*smokes his joint*. damn. not enough. i need some more. sun's streaking hot also. constipated wheather. sh**. body all itching. damn it.

can't stand it anymore. ahhh. i don't give a damn. i'll just borrow *adi's* full face helmet, ride fast and lantak la. just a quick snatch. i saw *adi* did it last week. but the lady got dragged on the pavement. read on the news she's in a coma. alah. i won't do that. grab her bag only and berambus. hah! easy la. i really need some more money. hey that lady's not holding her handbag properly. got chance la this. red light for the cars, green light for people to cross. here goes nothing......















AAHHHHH AHHHHHHH.... NOO... NOOO... damn it. go! go! it's painful. no no no. pleasse!!!! have mercy!!!!

(people are kicking me, punching me. someone lifted me, and kicked me in the chest. i fell on the ground. that indian guy. that damn guy in the middle of the road. he blocked me and pushed me to the road. i could have escape but i lost balance. that guy pushed me.)

i see police... i see police.. stop!!! help!!! heeelllppp.....





This is the chronicles of among those few a**h**** who deserved to be punched and kicked till kingdom come. Too many innocent women have been dragged, pushed, ran over and killed because of some useless clowns who cannot find their own nafkah to sustain their disgusting habit. Too many mothers still laying on the hospital bed unaware that their children are holding her hands pleading for her to wake up. Too many daughters were buried first by their parents - something that was not supposed to happen for any parent. Too many grandmothers, too many friends, too many aunties, too many women still want to live, just wasted like that.

And why? For a daily fix? Because of the inability to find a job? Laziness? Arrogant? Selfishness? For fun?

I hope this people will be judged accordingly. If their parents have money to bribe the officials to release their children,(but did not give money to their children in the first place), then they will be dealt in Hell.

This is for all the women and their families out there. And also this is for jeopardizing my husband's life by being at the right time and the right place for him to block and push you to your judgement. Serve you right!!

I am on a verge of another revelation. I am not really sure how to go about it yet, but I am pretty excited. *jumps around.*

So do stay tuned for it.

Thank you to all who had participated.

Thank you to those who had visited my site to see what's the huu haa.

Thank you to those who had the intention to join but could not come up with a post (next time okay. But thanks for stating your intention).

I will come back to you shortly for the winner(s).

Eh Hello.. Not that gas okay.
Even though it is highly flammable, I am not sure if we can convert this gas easily to something useful.




Due to some 'unforeseen' circumstances, hundreds of people are now opting for natural gas instead of fuel for their cars.

I reckon those who travels a lot would really find this alternative a whole lot better in terms of cost saving as well as preserving the environment.

Heck rather than going at 20 cents per kilometre now, I can go to as low as 5 cents per kilometre with natural gas.

Even though natural gas is only available in Petronas gas station (as I see it), paired with endless taxis queueing up for hours, I do not see it as a problem because sooner or later, it is either more stations of other brands will follow suit or Petronas will open more lanes for more cars.



Do check out the article in The Star on this matter.

Okay okay.. I admit defeat.
White flag and all.

This is by far the longest I can go without being in the corporate world.

I have heard enough of stories of people being applauded for a job well done, a raise after just 3 months of working, top management complimenting every single day and coming into meetings that is not relevant to their job scope, but the directors want them in because they value his/her opinions.

OMG! The stories are somehow inspiring me to go back and kick a** like I did once upon a time.

Soooo...

I am going back to work on a part time basis starting next week. I will be covering almost all the things I did last time. Not sure how much 'cleaning up' that I need to do in this company but I foresee that there are a lot of things that need to be done. Whatever it is I am game for it.

Wish me luck on my first day back to the real world!

courtesy from my sis.


Yes I filled up full for my SLK yesterday. It used to reach RM 50 only for a full tank. And now...

*warning warning.. this will be a series of tags tagged by taggers out there. watch out u all who will be tagged by me, another tagger out there. muuaahahahahaha!!*

This tag was given to me eons ago by my good buddy, Kay...

The rules are:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Go to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

Okay the thing is that I am not reading any books lately. All I do read are magazines, newspapers, online news and stuff like that. So how do I resolve this?? Hmmm..
So can I just grab the nearest mag that I just bought from Singapore, Women's Weekly instead. So here goes.

PAge 123 has less than 10 sentences cos it is an anti-ageing cream print commercial. SO can I take the next page instead.

The 3 sentences : "By injecting a cellular energy formula on skin, the treatment recharges skin cellular activity and regulates skin cell renewal. Skin is detoxified, and appears clearer and more energised. Ideal for combination to oily skin, the deep-cleansing facial clears excess sebum and unclogs pores with a Moor mud mask and an aromatic face message."

Okkaayyy.. This is NOT a Sponsored Post.

So Can I pass this to Em and my new friend, Eila.

Last weekend, family, a few friends from India and I of course had a dinner at one of the Chinese stalls here in Puchong. Well actually it is more like a variety of stalls, something like Ming Tien, Kelana Jaya, as there were a mixture of Thai, Vietnam, Japs, Malay, Chinese, Western and Mamak food. We ordered quite a lot of food as we wanted our guests to try out the different delicacies they have here.

Sorry no pictures, as we were all busy talking and eating. Son had a great time playing with the crabs cos there was a crabs stall just beside us.

We finished our dinner and I was trying to search for Angelus. True enough he was at one of the ikan bakar stall and looking in awe at one of his new-found friends doing this:



I did snoop around and ask the lady there how old is he, and he was only 7 years old! A chef in the making.

Of course the food that he is cooking is actually for him, not for customers. But I think soon enough his mother would let him cook and maybe he can earn some pocket money.



A young prodigy in the making indeed!

I can see a whole lot of unknown guests from my tracking widget. Some I might know, some I do not have a clue who they are.

So whoever you are, thank you for giving my humble home a visit and I appreciate your time and effort to drop by and see what is going on here.

I will try my very best to update on anything interesting and new and whatever that is worth blogging about.

ALSO PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE A CONTEST RUNNING ON NOW!

Surely you have a thing or two up your sleeves that you can think of.

Anyway to all Dads, HAPPY PAPA'S DAY this coming Sunday!

We Love YOu!!

Hey guys!

A brief shout out.

One more week to go.

Cepat cepat!

Yup! 'A New Beginning' blog was approved by Bloggerwave last month and now I am on their so-called payroll. Yipeeee!

It is another site that can help your blog to earn more money. More so nowadays since every single thing is going up. Well that is a different story all together.

Anyway if you guys are interested do give them a visit.

Cheerios!!

I am always a champion for a good cause. This is because I know that what I have right now I cannot bring it to where I will go when God calls me to His side. Which is why I am always humble in this sense.

Thus I do not mind donating as much as I can or put my effort and time into helping people who need it the most.

And that is why I think that this method of donating is the best yet, as it only involves clicking a link and with a certain amount of click, sponsors would then donate money to sponsor low income, uninsured and under-paid women around the US to do mammograms in order to detect breast cancer. I know that our own backyard itself needs a lot of help, but this is the first step. Soon with inspired people around, our own website will be set, generating millions of clicks and sponsors will donate millions of ringgit to women in Malaysia.

While we wait for that to materialize, let's warm up our index fingers and click as many times as possible on the 'Click Here to Give - It's Free' button before the end of this month. Their objective is to get 8 million staggering clicks, in order for their premier sponsor to donate $ 10,000 for more free mammograms.


Well other than clicking, there are several other ways you can donate. If I have a daughter, I would really love to give this to her. For a mere $6.95, you can get this beautiful piece and also donate at the same time.


There are a lot of other things in the store. So show the exact amount of enthusiasm when you found out that MDG or Padini or McDonalds (with their little cute figurines) announces they have mega sales etc, to this website's store as well!!

So go ahead, click and save a life!

I am taking a short break from cleaning the house as suddenly I have this 'revelation' of having a Father's Day Contest for all my fellow readers.

Yes it is open to all!! Not only fathers.

Hubby was doing a presentation slide last night and he was talking about leaving a legacy and a mark to the people around us. Of course leaving a legacy is not only based on wealth but a whole lot of other ways.

So this is what the contest is all about. As a person residing on Earth, what would be the legacy that you would want to leave behind.

This contest requires a short post in your blog of which it would have to be linked to here. It is a very simple requirement. Of course give me a shoutout or leave a comment with the URL of your post as well.

The closing date would be 14th June, as 15th June would be Father's Day. The prize for now is a RM 50 voucher from Parkson (Grand or Ria).

Next time I would find a prize that can be used anywhere, not only in Malaysia.

So pretty simple. What is your legacy? What will make your life worth while being here on Earth? What would you want to be remembered by? AND WHY? It is as simple as that.

Happy writing!

My fav pants would be my soft jeans. I got it from a local supermarket 3 or 4 years ago at the most dirt cheap ever - RM 11 only!! Hot sale la I guess.
But it has stayed with me, thread is still in place and still looks so brand new. Wow! Sincerely I think this pants might worth more than it is sold, and had somehow slipped under the hot sale corner. Lucky me!

Well we had gone literally through thick and thin together. I remembered that I actually wore this jeans up to Mt Kinabalu. Yes the famous and highest mountain in South East Asia. I knew that it is thick enough to sustain the cold but also flexible enough for me to climb the steps and rocks of Mt Kinabalu. Of course a lot of people were questioning why was I wearing jeans. But my jeans never failed me, and I am forever in grateful for that. :)


What would be a day like with my fav pants? Well apart from mountain climbing, trekking and what not, I wear my jeans almost everywhere. I go to church with it, shopping, marketing, travelling and even to hubby's football match. It is almost like my second skin. It protects me from the cold and humid weather. It is stretchable and I so love the material.

I know that one day I would have to part with this fav jeans of mine due to wear and tear, and of course when I outgrow it (that would mean I would become bigger - NOOO!), I really would have to get a brand new one. And that is why I recommend Dockers. Hubby has a pair of Dockers pants and he too had used it to the max.

And so for those who have Dockers (or anything for that matter) in their drawers, why don't you participate in a Dockers contest and feature your prized possesion in it. The contest is as simple as ABC. You either create your own stories or an original story about your pants and submit the stories as videos to the Dockers contest.

I wish I had recorded my jean's adventure with me. Of course it would mean me as the main feature of the video, but at least if I had shown where I had been with my jeans, I would have had a chance to win this contest.

Besides it would have been weird to focus the camcorder on my jeans all the time right. People would think I am so obsessed with my butt instead!

Anyway happy shooting. Have fun though in it.

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Thanks to Rozie for this tag!

It has been more than a month since their passing and calling from God. Some people said that they had an untimely death, especially Uncle Jeffrey, but God has a special purpose and a definite plan for everyone of us.

It is quite difficult to deal with 2 different families whom are in grief of losing a loved one. I do not think what will happen to me if I were to go back to Sabah and face Uncle Jeffrey's family and then come back to KL to face Paul Mama's family.

I hope that they are safe in Heaven as I believe that God had welcomed them with open arms.

I have not had the courage to blog about this, but Uncle Jeffrey's really untimely death was on Daily Express, 10th April.

The reason it all came back was because we just had Paul Mama's memorial yesterday. It was still an emotional one for me, as along with other relatives, hubby and I was there at his bedside right to when he breath his last. That was the first time for both of us.

Ever since I reached the hospital at 11pm, I stayed at his bedside till 2.30am. I was overcome with grief double the times, because I did not manage to go to Uncle Jeffrey's funeral as our flight was already booked to go back to KL the next day. That was the hardest moment to have 2 uncles pass within a week of each other. I will never forget the experience.

A lot of people that I know fears death and the people that they will leave behind when they go. For contingency reasons some plan carefully until they are 80 years old in order to have a good life then. But the fact is that we can go anytime. Even as I sit here on my desk typing away, there might be a sudden reaction in my body of which can take my life in a single blink of an eye (of course I would not want that to happen).

But whatever it is, the sermon yesterday at church talked about what contributions have we done on Earth that will leave a mark or legacy to the people that matters most. Are we prepared to go when the time comes and how prepared are we? What is our guarantee that we will go to Heaven and not Hell? Why do we fret on petty things on Earth and accumulate so much of wealth, because when we die we cannot bring the car of our dreams, or remember who won that darn competition with us to wherever that we are supposed to go. And so why the grumbles, the complaints, the anger, the madness, the sorrow? Don't we know that we will be called by God to go when He sees fit?

I am always in constant fear since I am here and my parents are 21/2 hours away. I mean if I am cekap enough to get tickets instantenously online, there is always the trip to the airport, the wait at the boarding area then the 2 hours flight. How can one life waits so long for all to come back?

And that is why every single day I give thanks to God that my loved ones, my son, my hubby and I are still wandering God's greatest creation (next to Man), the Earth.

I know our time is short here, so why don't we be the best that we can.

Go for that million mark when you are 30, or for that round the world trip while you still have solid bones to walk on. Spend quality time with friends and loved ones. But remember to find that sole purpose in life (which makes it all worth it), earn that ticket to that eternal life that is promised by God and just remember to be grateful to God for that opportunity to still be here on Earth.

RIP Paul Mama and Uncle Jeffrey.

Yes people, football is in the air again.

And this time it is right at our own backyard.

Later at 8am in the morning, 3K Sports Centre will be hosting the inaugural football tournament that will see 4 teams battling out a champion trophy and medals.

CHEWAAAA! So how is my reporting skills? Remember after a 'mishap' happened a few weeks ago, hubby jokingly asked me to try out my reporting skills. Well that is what I am gonna do!

The Star newspaper will be featuring this charity football tournament and I was required by the tournament committee to do a coverage report on the tourney and to submit an article with pictures to The Star. I have never done this before but I am estatic to cover the event.

As this would be a 6 hours event, I would have to bask myself under the hot sun, running around taking pictures and maybe do some interviews. Is that what reporters do?

Anyway it is 2.46am now and I have less than 5 hours before we have to wake up and go!!

SO wish me luck and hopefully my piece will come out in the papers as they said it would. LOL!!

HAVE A GREAT SUNDAY EVERYONE!!