Sketches of Life|Life Lived in Simplicity

Nothing beats a bottle (or two) of Cool & Clean C2 Green Tea on a hot and humid afternoon. No idea what I am talking about? Take a peep.

This is one of the best gift that I have received thus far coz not only ALL of us in the household loves the drink, others who have received it as a gift from me loves them too; especially the Lemon Flavoured C2 Green Tea.

Besides Lemon, it comes in Apple Flavor…

And Forest Fruit. My children calls it Blackcurrant Flavor. Ya, it does taste more like Blackcurrant.

I guess most of us know the benefit of drinking green tea; to detox our body and also to slim down. I used to drink green tea almost daily when I was overweight.

It is the Catechins which can be found more in Green tea than any other type of tea which is a type of antioxidant which helps to detoxify and help weight loss. It helps in reducing the risk of various diseases, including Alzheimer’s, certain cancers, cardiovascular and oral health.

This C2 - Cool & Clean Green Tea is made from 100% Natural Green Tea (not from powder and concentrates of green tea). The Green Tea are “Brewed and Packaged” fresh on the same day, therefore retaining most of the green tea goodness and benefits which is normally lost in other extraction processes.

C2- Cool & Clean Green Tea is best served when it is chilled or with a few ice cubes.

Oh ya! If you have diabetes, you can drink C2 but please add water to it. It is quite sweet.

Wanna try some? You should try it! I kid you not. Either you can come to my house (while stock last) or visit your nearest 7-11, Giant, Mydin and Jusco.

I look forward to August 23, 2009. That will be the day that I will be 100% housewife; not just a WAHM. Hey, I work you know, I blog to earn money. That is the day that my maid will leave us for a month holiday. I have already imagine how my household will be and how the compound will look like. Please don’t come visit me during that one month unless you come to help me out. Anyway, I thank God that my mom is living very near my in-law’s house and the cooking will be done by her. Phew! One burden lifted up. If not I must head to the Book Shop to get some cookbooks.

Talking about cookbook, have you heard about the big fat duck cookbook? It is not just any other cookbook. In The Big Fat Duck Cookbook, you will know the full story of the meteoric rise of Heston Blumenthal and The Fat Duck, birthplace of snail porridge and bacon-and-egg ice cream, and encounter the passion, perfection and weird science behind the man and the restaurant then only you will find 50 of his signature recipes.

Heston Blumenthal is widely acknowledged to be a genius, and The Fat Duck has twice been voted the Best Restaurant in the World by a peer group of top chefs.

Glory Beach Resort; that was where we went for our family getaway last weekend. We wanted to go to Tiara Beach Resort but I was a day late in making the booking through Mari Mari, they need full 3 workings days before the check-in date. Cuti Cuti only requires 1 working day for the reservation but unfortunately, the room rate offered is RM190 instead of RM155. So I went to look for other resorts in PD that offers the same rate since that was our budget.

I picked Glory Beach Resort because it has bigger children swimming pool than Bayu Beach Resort and they have a private beach too. But I regretted not reading the review posted in Cuti Cuti before I made my reservation!

Read further to find out about my discovery.

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If you are grinning your teeth each time you login PPP to see all available opps are in grey, you should sign up for SocialSpark. There are more opportunities there for PR0 bloggers because they look at your RealRank and the advertiser links comes with NoFollow meaning the advertiser is not buying your Page Rank. Remember that the main reason Google smack us because we are selling links or our Page Rank.

Your readers won’t be tricked reading you post not knowing that is it sponsored. All opportunities from SocialSpark must have in-post disclosure. So it is up to you to skip this post or continue reading. If you are looking for some extra income from your blog and not risk your PR being smacked by Google, I’d suggest that you continue reading.

You are also given longer time to complete the opportunity reserved; 12 hours. You can sleep for 8 hours, dream about what to write then wake up for a good breakfast then only start writing your opp. One setback; a blogger is limit to 3 opp per day no matter how many blogs you have. Come to think of it; this is good as it gives other bloggers more chance to grab the opp. If the opportunity that you want has been fully reserved, you can request for a slot once it is made available again.

As for me, after a month of signing up with SocialSpark, finally today my blog is approved. As you can see, this is my first opp with them. There are a lot more things to discover in SocialSpark and I do not now where to start. I’ll start making some money first from them then only I shall start making friends with others and drive more traffic to my blog! Hahahaha.

All this while I thought the cost of car insurance is fixed like road tax. Last month I tagged along hubby when he went to renew his road tax and car insurance. I was surprised to know that some insurance company offers a cheaper rate. So, of course we pick the cheap car insurance since it is only a third party insurance.

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I received the Gloves In A Bottle shielding lotion more than a month ago. I didn’t really use it because I did not have any problem with my skin then. To know whether this shielding lotion works wonders too, it has to be tested on extreme condition. Not long after that I got skin allergy after going for the fish spa. Both my legs got so itchy. Then I remembered Gloves In A Bottle. I applied it generously on my legs. After 3 days, no more itch! It works!!!

I have a very sensitive facial skin and most moisturizers that I tried will cause breakouts even though they claim it is made for sensitive skin, perfumeless and oil free. Two days ago, my cheek started to itch; reason not known. So I took the risk and apply the Gloves In A Bottle shielding lotion on my face. It felt so nice like there is a light thin layer of mask placed on my face. Within 10 minutes, the itches disappeared! Amazing isn’t it?

Now Gloves In A Bottle will be my trusted moisturizer.

This is how Gloves In A Bottle shielding lotion work:-

It bonds with the outer layer of your skin and helps lock in your natural oils and moisture. Many dermatologists recommend Gloves as an effective dry skin treatment.

Instead of attempting to replace natural oils, Gloves In A Bottle forms a web or bond with the dead skin cells that works like an invisible pair of gloves. This invisible pair of gloves helps reduce the natural oil and moisture loss allowing the skin to heal itself. Gloves In A Bottle helps the outer layer of skin to keep its natural oils and moisturizers that protect the deeper layers of skin, leaving the skin soft and supple.

Gloves In A Bottle keeps the outer layer of skin functioning so well so it can breathe and perspire naturally. Because Gloves In A Bottle becomes part of the outer layer of skin itself, it doesn’t wash off like conventional lotions. It comes off naturally with exfoliating skin cells.

I received a package from US!!!

I thought it is my Sunsilk shampoo for the review on Lovebites that I did in December but it is not. I wonder when will I get my shampoo or whether I will get it or not. Hmmph!

Anyway, I got this:

SkinMD Shielding Lotion. The first thing I did was take picture of my dry feet. Hmm…maybe I should take picture of my crack heels. I wonder whether the lotion can “heal” the most dry part of my body.

I go take picture of it now. I hope in 2 weeks time or less I would be able to blog about the result.

Psst…any advertiser want me to do a review on Dodge Charger accessories?

I know for sure that this website would be a favorite for gamers. I am not talking about those people who play sports out on the field or in the stadium. I am talking about the new generation of youngsters who loves to play Playstation, XBox and Nintendo and computer games.

If you do not believe me, check out LightInTheBox and see for yourself. The products sold are at wholesale price and this would definitely be the place to go if you want cheaper items.

Another good news is that the website does not only sell computer games related products but also electrical items like MP4, MP3, cell phones, and also computers. It is worth your time to browse through and check out the prices for the items that you are interested to buy.

If I want to give a present for my husband, he would definitely ask me to buy Sony Playstation 3. He had one Playstation a long time ago but when it got damaged, he stopped playing PS and play online game instead. Anyway, now that he is already into online game, I do not think that he mind if I buy for him something else. Maybe I will buy for him a cell phone as the current cell phone that he is using is giving him problems at times. Then I can also use his old handphone when I go shopping.

I understand how frustrating it is when you in a certain country and that country does not speak your language especially when you are there for a holiday and when it comes to hotel reservation.

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