Sketches of Life

Actually ah..I don’t really understand about this Technorati ranking. All I know that the figure must be as low as possible. How to reduce it? I still have not find the time to dwell upon it.

I would like to thank Giddy Tigers for tagging me. I am just following the instruction given “blur blur” hoping that it will help to reduce my Technorati ranking. So here goes. Fave my site, please.

Here are the Rules:

1) Write a short introduction paragraph about what how you found the list and include a link to the blog that referred you to the list.

2) COPY the Rules and ENTIRE list below and post it to your blog. To avoid duplicate content and increase the amount of keywords your site can accessible for, go ahead and change the title of the blog. Just don’t change the links of the blog.

3) Take “My New Faves” and move them into the “The Original Faves” list.

4) Add 5 Blogs that you’ve just added to your Technorati Favorites to the “My New Faves” section. Remember to also add the “Fave Me” link next to your new blogs (i.e. http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&add=http://www.yourfavesdomain.com)

5) Add Everyone on this list to your Technorati Favorites List by clicking on “Fave the Site.” Those who want good kharma will fave you back. If not, you will for sure get the benefits of faves from the bloggers who continue this list after you.

My New Faves:

MerapuMan - Fave the site
ViViVaVa - Fave the site
Vedis’ Health Blog - Fave the site
Women Mumbles - Fave the site
PinkPoisonStore - Fave the site

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O.H. M.Y. G.O.D.!!!!

I can believe my eyes…I got PR 3 for this blog.

Betul ke ni???

This blog is hardly 3 months old. I would like to thank everyone who linked me…muakz muakz muakz

And….I went to check my blogspot and hubby’s…they are now PR 3 too from PR 2.

Who wants Chendol? Who wants Chendol? My treat…drink as many bowls as you can.

Every Wednesday is our night out without the children and we go for food hunt. Yesterday, we just drove around Taman Merdeka and found this pleasant looking restaurant called The Discovery Kitchen.

We order Tomyam Fried Rice, Curry Pork Rib with Rice, French Fries, Longan Dessert & ABC.

We discovered that the food is not something that we will go back for. Nothing special. Very normal.

I am too sleepy to give good description on the food…will update after I get a good later.

When I was studying in Penang, I love the food so much that I don’t mind leaving my hometown and my parent back in Malacca to live and work in Penang. Just because of the food! But being a responsible daughter *wink wink*, I came home with a heavy leaving all the good food in Penang. I surely miss them but I am going back there next month!!! Exactly one more month from today, I’ll be there. My food heaven. *grins*

So, if you are already in love with the food in San Diego plan to live there. For long run, it is better to invest in a home there rather than renting an apartment. Check out the San Diego Real Estate website. They offer a series of informative blog posts that cover the most important issues for those buying a home. Tips upon tips before signing the Sales and Purchase agreement. So you better bookmark their page.

If you ever visit San Diego whether for play or work. Eat is a must right? When comes to food, a good cuisine is also a must right? So, where to find these restaurants? Since most people blog nowadays, it is so easy to get review from blogs. Check out San Diego Restaurant Blog. They have a sub directory on the Top 10 San Diego Restaurants.

A good day starts with a good breakfast. In the blog, you can find the Top 10 Breakfast Eateries. For example, a restaurant called Broken Yolk is famous for its twelve-egg omelette and mimosa specials, but Broken Yolk also offers an array of breakfast choices, from chocolate chip pancakes to Mexican machaca. There is a commenter saying that the review is overrated but for me, different people have different taste bud. I personally experienced something similar. I find a restaurant in my hometown serve good Nyonya food but to another blogger who has tasted the same, said that it is not that delicious. So when it comes to food, it can be very subjective.

I am so excited! Am going to Twin Tower tomorrow. Well, it’s work, not play. Well, as long as I can get out from my office, I am happy already. Will be attending an e-Procurement Portal Training by Petronas. We (my company) are one of their vendor.

But I got to be at the office by 6.45am! Need to arrive there at 9am sharp! I just hope that the training will be interesting. If not, we (my Opertation Manager and I) will cabut after lunch!

If you don’t like needles, there is another option to get a baby butt face from a Beverly Hills plastic surgery clinic called the Spalding Drive that is run by Dr. Paul Nassif, plastic surgeon and Dr. David Amrom, a dermatologist. They are recognized worldwide and they have patient fly in from all over the world!

There are a few options for those who have acne scar. One is by doing a Skin Resurfacing (I am imagining how roads with pot holes are being resurfaced! hehehe). It is done by removing the outer layer of the skin using abrasion, chemicals or a laser, resulting in smoother and less wrinkled skin.

However you can’t run from the needle if you want to be pretty. This procedure that involve needle is called Collagen Implant, an injection of natural protein which puffs up and raises skin tissue to smooth out and make less visible wrinkles and scars.

If you ask me, “What is the one thing that I want to change on my body?” I would reply, “My facial.” I am happy with my small sepet eyes, thick lips, thick and unruly eyebrows and quite a high bridge nose. The only thing that I am not happy with is, I do not have a smooth baby butt face due to acne! With advance modern technology, it seems that acne scar can be improved. I believe many of us have the same problem as me. If you want to do this kind of Cosmetic surgery in Manhattan, do look for Dr Philip Miller at 60 East 56th, Third Floor, Manhattan, New York.

For acne scar, they have The Roll-Cit technique which involves using a sterile roller pin like object with small and very sharp needles strategically positioned along the rolling pin. The device is “rolled” over the surface of the patient creating hundreds and thousands of small puncture wounds. Once this layer has been breached, the active ingredients in the skin care products can reach into the depths of the skin about 10,000 times more effectively than by simply applying the products topically. The higher the levels of vitamin A and vitamin C that can penetrate into the lower layers of the epidermis, the more collagen can be made. Therefore allowing natural collagenesis to occur.

For more detail information, do click on the link given in this post.

I am sure you have not heard of Replay brand unless you have living or studying abroad. Replay has stand-alone, single brand outlets over the globe, including Asia, South America, the Middle East, and United States of America. I am not so sure whether they have it here. If yes, maybe in Kuala Lumpur.

It all began in 1978, when Italian business man Claudio Buziol registered the Replay brand under his company, Fashion Box. In less than 10 years, Fashion Box went international and began making 70% of its 4 million Euro sales from Replay clothing. Their most popular is The Double-O Replay Jeans, in which they sold a million pairs in two years, propelling annual sales to 18 million euros by 1990!

Hmm…maybe I should get a pair of Replay jeans instead of Levi’s. Maybe not jeans, I have my eyes on the Replay crop khakis. I am sure it will look sexy on me.

We set aside Wednesdays as our dating day. Just us without the children. So far, we have been doing these 3 things. Dinner, shopping and hunt for DVDs. And I’m loving it!

We found a restaurant that is worth going back. Hot & Spicy Family Restaurant. I can’t remember the address but if you are from Malacca, it is the new residential area in between Cowboy and Mobil petrol station. They serve Nyonya and Portugese food. Really hot and spicy. I ate until my nose blocked! The price is very affordable. Claypot Curry Pork Ribs with rice, RM6.00. Fried Rice, RM4.00. Sambal Prawn with Petai, RM6.00. ABC, RM2.50. Longan Drink, RM2.20. Total, RM20.70. My favorite is the Fried Rice. Got lotsa fine sliced cabbage and keropok babi!

Then we went Tesco shopping. Saw my ex (ya, i did told hubby that i’m not gonna blog about it, but hey, the past made who i am now) with a lady (dunno gf or wife), we detoured. During check out, I saw them again eating at the food court. If I’m not mistaken the lady with him is his secretary, a married lady with 2 kids! OMG!!!

After that we dropped by at the internet cafe, then to a DVD shop looking for Mukhsin. The seller told me that it’s cinema version. Hubby asked, whether it can be viewed. He took the DVD from hubby, saying, no need to view and kept it back in the drawer! Hubby thought he was looking for others. How rude! In the future, if we want to buy DVD we won’t go to that shop again> Will go to the one at Melaka Sentral. The seller is very honest. I was asking him about Mukhsin. He told me not to buy and the picture is not clear at all. Ok lar…we wait a lil longer for it.

Then off to my mom’s, picked the children up and head home.

Tagged by this hot mama…even if she doesn’t tag me I will still do below.

Layer One:On The Outside
Name : Michelle
Birth Date : 30 November
Current status : Happily married
Eye Colour : Dark brown
Hair Colour : In between black and dark brown
Righty or Lefty : Righty

Layer Two :On The Inside
Your Heritage : Chinese Peranakan…My Great Great Grandfather from China married the local Malay
Your Fears : God
Your Weakness : Soft hearted
Your Perfect Pizza : Whatever as long got lots and lots and lots of cheese

Layer Three :Yesterday, Today , Tomorrow
Your Thoughts First thing when I wake up : Wonder whether got USD15 opp to grab today.
Your Bedtime : Now when my eldest started kindy, I sleep by 10pm.
Your Most Missed Memory : Living and studying in USM.

Layer Four : Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke : Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King : Burger King for Whopper
Single or Group Dates : Never tried group dates before.
Adidas or Nike : Cannot afford to own one…so expensive. Oh ya, I got a Nike socks!
Tea or Nestea : I drink tea but not teh-tarik.
Chocolate or Vanilla : Vanilla…Chocolate I like but fattening, so I skip.
Cappucino or Coffee : I don’t drink coffee for health purpose but I love the smell of coffee.

Layer Five : Do You..
Smoke : No way! I hate ciggi smell.
Curse: A typical Nyonya is very good at cursing but not me. I am more prim and proper *wink, wink*
Take a shower : 2 times a day. Sometimes once when I’m lazy.
Have a crush : Few times when I was in my teenage years.
Think you’ve been in love: Only to my first love…guess who?
Go to school : Do I have a choice?
Want to get married : Tonight? No…still sore! hahahaha
Believe in yourself : Errmmm..not really!
Think you’re a health freak : Sometimes

Layer Six : In The Past Month
Drank alcohol : Strawberry wine counted ah?
Gone to the mall : Last Wednesday with hubby…dating.
Been on stage : Yup…acting & dancing in my school and uni days
Eaten sushi : Still not yet acquire the taste.
Dyed your hair : Once…but never again. Made my hair really dry and brittle.

Layer Seven : Have You Ever..
Played A Stripping Game : Nope…no one ask me before…I’m not sexy enough lar!
Changed Who You Were To Fit In : Never…I am special. A tomboy!

Layer Eight : Age
You’re Hoping To Be Married : Ya! To the younger David Bong.

Layer Nine : In a Girl/Guy
Best Eye Colour : Brown
Best Hair Colour : Black
Short Hair or Long Hair : Long hair

Layer Ten : What Were You Doing
1 Min Ago : “Barnabas, what are you doing under the table?”
1 Hour Ago : “Clarissa, don’t play with your yogurt!”
4.5 Hours Ago : 5.30pm…getting ready to leave office.
1 Month Ago : No computer so watching DVD with Belle.
1 Year Ago: In children church will Belle. How I can remember, search the date in my other blog!

Layer Eleven : Finish The Sentence
I Love : My hubby and my children
I Feel : Sore
I Hate : Fats
I Hide : Cellulites
I Need : More money

Layer Twelve : Tag five people..
Please don’t cuss me but I really would like to know your guys better.
1. MerapuMan…just got to know about him when he left message in my blog asking about payu2blog.
2. Sweatpea…she loves tagging me.
3. Vedis…she dropped by all my 3 blogs. She’s into blogging for money too!
4. Shooi…another mommy blogger that I just know.
5. Nicole…she tagged my hubby! I jealous!!!

Where are my armpit hair?

I am been wondering where had it gone to since I started using the Rexona roll-on deodorant. I normally shave or pluck it if I have time weekly. Since using the roll-on deodorant, it does grow but very slow and scattered.

I wonder whether it works down there then no need to do Brazillian wax! hahahahahaha

There’s a lot of meme going around by asking bloggers to copy the links and add a few new ones then tag others to do the same. When it comes to my turn, it’s like everyone I know are in the list already. If I participate, I will be linked to a few blogs. Those on the top of the list will get the most linked. Not fair right?

I support My List coz the author, Daryl set a guideline that all participants must then feature a brand new post before 15th of June with the final updated and complete list of participating Malaysian blogs. Meaning, everyone will be in everyone’s blog. Sounds fair right?

So, do you need a better PR for your blog? I definitely do. I am at PR ZERO now. Furthermore, this is especially made for Malaysian bloggers residing anywhere on mother earth & Non-Malaysians whose blogs feature anything pertaining to Malaysia.

Read here for the details. My List.

The dateline is on May 31st 2007, so submit as many blogs which is owned by you but each blog entry must contain their own My List post.

My List Participants

Finally we are dating again. Since we got our first child, we only go out dating twice to watch movie. After my boy and since the business started we hardly have time for each other. We can feel the tension in our marriage. He will be at the shop almost the whole day and I will be with the children the whole day too. Minding them all by myself after I come home from work.

I requested that he take a whole day off to spend time with us. Made some arrangement with his worker and pay extra for her overtime and we are out dating again. We send the children to my mom’s, then we go out for dinner; chatting, shopping and holding hands. It really spices up our marriage.

I am less stressful now.

In marriage, husband and wife relationship is very important. If they are not in good terms, the marriage will sure fall apart.

My colleague set Sundays as his family day. They go out as a family, do things as a family but no day for just the both of them. They are not in good terms. All his attention is given to his children. The wife felt neglected.

So, please put your wife and husband first before your children. Both of you happy, your children will be happy too. Without us, there will be no them.

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If you haven’t tried using a dating site to find romance or mabye just to find friendships, you should know that with free personals many people have found there best friends and lovers.

One of the reason we get ulcer is due to lack of vitamin C. The easiest way to get vitamin C is thru vitamin C tablets. Chewing and sucking tablets is no fun. I prefer the natural way. Eating orange or drinking orange juice. However, it is not that frequent to get sweet oranges. The seller will tell you, “Sweet, sweet, very sweet.” After you brought it home, not sour but not so sweet. Sometimes when the seller tells me it is sweet; I am tempted to question him whether he himself tried it. But of course you will know the answer. He will sure say “Yes” right? So, don’t waste your saliva asking.

So I will usually opt for the orange juice from the supermarket. I prefer the juice that comes together with sacs. Something for me to chew. In my local supermarket here, I can only get either from Marigold Peel Fresh or Sunkist. If I have to choose between 2, I’ll go for the price, cheaper ones of course. If the price is the same, I will definitely choose Sunkist cost the sacs are fat and juicy unlike Peel Fresh, flat and dry. When I bite, no juice oozing out. Furthermore, Sunkist orange juice is thicker and sweeter. So I get more when I add ice to it.

My hair is full of dandruff. Tried almost every anti-dandruff shampoo that can be found in the supermarket. Recently they came out with a new brand named Clearl. My colleague’s sister also has the same problem as me and she also tried every anti-dandruff shampoo in the market but no to avail. Recently she got hold of Cool and she bid her dandruff good-bye. After the first wash she felt the difference.

So I thought, this shampoo might be for me too. Bought a bottle. After the first wash, my scalp itch and my dandruff become more! I gave up on anti-dandruff shampoo. I just make sure I wash my hair often to reduce the itchiness. It makes my hair very dry though. Any one got remedy for it?

Have you watch the movie “Imagine Me & You”? I bought it thinking this is just another love story where the bride fell in love at the first sight with a man other than the groom.

When I was watching it, I don’t see her laying eyes on man but a woman. I was in shock! I think I bought the wrong movie. Yes, I am 100% wrong. The bride fell in love with her florist!

Please if you have children around; don’t watch this movie, unless you are liberal enough to explain to them about girl-girl relationship.

Hubby asked me to throw the movie but it is a waste of money. Anyone wants it? I give for free; you pay for the postal only. Serious.

While writing this, I just notice something in the picture. The bride is holding florist hand! Oh! How can I be so blind!!!