Wedding flowers

In every wedding there must be flowers decorating the wedding reception place. Without flowers, the place will look odd and not suitable for a wedding. Flowers are indeed a must in every wedding. Even the bride will hold a bouquet of flowers and after the ceremony will throw it to eager and excited unmarried girls. It can be costly to decorate the wedding reception place with flowers. Therefore if you are planning to have your wedding where you want lots of flowers to decorate the place, be sure that you try and find good florist shop who can offer cheap prizes for the flowers.

Check out Fiftyflowers.com if you want cheaper but beautiful flowers. They offer various wholesale flowers at below wholesale cost. You might want to check out their wedding flower packages. With the package you get 23 pieces, including bridal bouquet, bridesmaid bouquet, corsages, boutonnieres, and table arrangements. The bride can choose her own focal flower, accent flowers and greens.

Hmmm…maybe I should buy some flowers to decorate my house since it is now packed and crowded with things. Some flowers will definitely make the place brighter and cheerful.

House additions - rice pots

We have a total of 3 rice cookers now. There are 2 big rice cookers and one small one. My brother brought in 1 big rice cooker. I wonder why they need such a big rice cooker as there are only 2 of them in their old house. Now, with the additional big rice cooker we can cook for a total of 28-30 people at one time. To some this might be "Wah!!!" but this is not enough during CNY where we have to feed about 40 over people at one time.

As it is now, if you are staying over at my house, you need not worry about not having enough rice to eat. Plentiful of rice but not sure about the dishes lah.

House additions - mattresses

Ok... now I will do the house inventory. No, not to show off, but to keep track of what is inside the house now. I am talking about additional items for the house. There are 4 queen size mattress and 2 single size mattress that are extras. There are 7 rooms that already have their own mattresses. Not really sure where to put these extra mattresses. So far, wifey has stacked them into the tent. Yes, the tent is in the living hall. It is a 4 men tent and can fit in the queen size mattresses.

So, if you are planning to stay overnight at my house, you need worry about not having mattresses to sleep on.

Theme Park as in Orlando

Now that there will be a Marine Theme Park in Melaka, the road to town will be even congested. It is scheduled to be completed in 2010 and by then this place will be buzzing with tourist from all over Malaysia and overseas. Even now, the Malacca town is already heavy with traffics during weekend. I seldom want to go out shopping during the weekends as I hate to drive in heavy traffic. What more when the Marine Theme Park is completed.

I do not want to imagine how it is like in Orlando where there are about 54 theme parks. Even Disney World theme park itself is already a big draw to tourists all over the world, what more when there are other theme parks located in the same area. People will go early to queue for Disney World Tickets in order to spent the whole day enjoying themselves at the park. I can imagine the same will happen here in Melaka. Anyway, I am sure they will also provide an online ticket sales for the theme park like orlandofuntickets.com

House additions

My brother and sister-in-law is now officially staying at our home. So there are 8 people together staying in this house. Mother, my family of 5, my brother and sister-in-law. My brother brought back all his house stuffs and now my house is full with things. Will take a few days before all the things are arranged in order and before we will get used to the new surroundings. There are so many things that we have extras now. It is more like having 2 house items in 1 house.

Orlando, Orlando

Reading a lot of posts about Orlando in the blogs has taken its toll. My wife and I were on our way to the night market at Tanjong Kling when we passed by a big signboard. It is a construction signboard stating that a Marine Theme Park will be built there. Yes, it is true. Melaka would have its own Marine Theme Park and it is less than 4km from my house.

Yahoooo….my wife shouted. “We don’t have to go to Orlando…we can just go to this Theme Park.” Hahaha… I am reminded of the many theme parks in Orlando. There are many other types of theme park besides the marine theme park in Orlando. Furthermore, the main attraction there is the Disneyworld. Hmmm…looks like we still might want to go to Orlando when we can. Thinking of staying at Orlando Holiday Villas as I can be sure that what I see online is the exact villas that I will get to stay in. Orlando, please wait for me.

Birthday must have gifts?

I wonder why it is necessary to give gifts on birthdays. As for me, I would prefer not to receive any gifts for my birthday. I did not realize it before and I was not so sure why I always feel it that way but now I think I know the answer. It is because my language of love is not Gifts. That is why I kinda unable to appreciate all those gifts that people gave as tokens of their love and care. Mentally I know that the givers are kind and generous but it does not touch the heart deeply.

So, giving gifts for my birthday would not have much effect lah. Wah, I can imagine you saying, "Good lah, save my money". Hehehe. However, it also works both ways. Since I do not appreciate gifts for my birthday, I tend not to give gifts for other people's birthday too. LOL.

Spending unnecessarily

We went to Giant Shopping Centre on the way to the shop. Since the maid is around, it is possible for my wife and I to go out together without the children. We left the children with my mother and maid. We did not buy a lot of things. The only thing we want to buy is ice-cream for the children. Well, not really for the children only but also for us. As usual and like many shoppers, we also tend to buy other “unnecessary” things as we walked around.

I did not bring enough cash for it so my wife use one of her Best Credit Cards to pay for the things. Haizz… if we keep on spending like this we would need to ask for Loan from our family members to pay for the credit card. Another option would be to apply for Personal Loan from the bank. We hope that we do not have to resort to that option. Better to discipline our spending habits especially this coming Christmas.

Wearing seatbelt

My wife seems to neglect on wearing seatbelt when driving from her mother's house back to our house. Have to remind her whenever I drove the car with her.

Be prepared

Now that my mother is back at home, she will be free to do what she is used to do. That means going outside and be at her garden. It is nice to see her being able to be herself, doing what she wants to do. Now she is already 70+ years old and I am not sure how long her health will be with her. She has already shown signs of aging.

I am glad that the maid is here. At least the maid will be there to accompany my mother from day to day. I am sure at this age she would need someone to be there near her where she can talk and have conversations with. If the maid is not here, most probably she would have to go to the nursing home. It is very difficult to take care of an aging person if you are tight up with work. At least if she is at any of the nursing homes, she would have someone to look after her all the time. She might even get to know others of her age. There is a wealth of information that I found in bettercaring.com about old people and how to care for them. Check out the health matters in the website and learn more about health for old people.

I do hope that when mother's health is not so good, I would be ready to face it.

Changes again

Mom is back at home now. She has gone for more than two weeks, holidaying. Well, good for her to take a break from the house. Now that she is back, she will definitely get back to her old routine. I can guarantee that within a week she will be back to her old self, spending most of her time outside the house. She will make her broom from the coconut leaves, and wrap the starfruit fruits. I would have to get used to having her in the house again, plus another brother and sister-in-law, and a maid.

Spend wisely this Christmas

Ahh….now is the time of the year where people will be spending. They would go out and buy gifts for friends, loved ones and their children. Children would be expecting something from their parents. Many parents who are wise would have saved up to buy gifts for their children. However, not all parents have the extra income for savings and would have to depend on their credit cards for extra money to spend.

I do hope that credit card holders would be wise in their spending for this Christmas season. Try to spend within your means. Sometimes it is not the expensive gifts that matters. What is important is that it comes from a sincere giver. If you do not have the means, use your creativity to come up with interesting gifts for your children. Likewise, ask them to do the same for the gifts that they need to give to you.

If however, you still need to spend using your credit card, it would be good if you could use interest free credit cards as this would lessen your burden a bit. You could also consider making full use of the balance transfers options given by credit card companies to regulate your monthly installment. At the end of the day, try not to be in debt this Christmas.

Beautiful Children

I have not really thought about it before. As a man, it is natural for me to look or want to look at beautiful girls. And because of this tendency of man to want to look at beautiful girls only, the effect has far reaching consequences on the girls. They will try their very best to be and look beautiful. And the situation was further aggravated by the media portraying what beauty should be like.

Now, being a father, I am affected by this situation even more. My eldest daughter Annabelle is 4.5 years old and my second daughter is going to be 3 years old this weekend. Seeing them growing up is a wonderful thing. However, even in their young tender age, they have unconsciously developed this mentality that it is important to be beautiful. The situation was further aggravated when they observed one of their aunties who love to wear make-up and put make-up on them. Then their mother bought for them make-up kits and they would be putting it by themselves. Yes, even at small age they already know where to apply the make-up by themselves.

After putting the make-up, they would come to me and ask me whether they are beautiful. I had to remind them that even without the make-up they are still beautiful. As a father beauty is not about make-up. It is about the personality of the children, about their uniqueness, about who they really are. No matter how they look like in their outward appearance, I would still love them. It is my responsibility now to teach them that inner beauty is much more important than outward appearance.

I find the campaign "Join Dove To Raise Self Esteem" as very important for all the girls to know. It is a timely effort as we do not want the situation to get worse. I really do not want my children to be exposed to the media’s bias portrayal of beauty as shown in this video.

Mothers, if you are reading this, please know that you are playing the most important part in assuring your children that they are beautiful no matter what their physical condition are. If they always see you trying to be beautiful outwardly, then they would also follow you in their thinking.

Love your children unconditionally.

Time for Our Holiday

Since Mother is coming back and we have a maid, I hope that in no time my children would get use to or want the maid and I can leave them behind for the much awaited 2nd honeymoon.

I heard that if I book through Hotel Reservations, I can get up to 70% discount and a $100 rebate too. Wow! With the savings, I hope we can use the money to extend the holiday period. :)

MIL will be back this Thursday

Finally she is returning home after 2 weeks of vacationing. I heard that she really enjoyed herself at Phuket. Good lar, time for her to really be happy and spend as much time as she could with other brothers too.

I hope she will like the maid that we hire. If she gives the green light, then only I will submit the application to take her as our permanent maid. So far, wife has no complaint about her.

Christmas and gifts

Now that Christmas is coming, the atmosphere can be felt in shopping centres. Almost every shopping centres will play the Christmas songs. And there will be sales, big discount sales, offer sales and whatever other sales that you can think of. Of course the shopping malls will be offering goodies and other Christmas related products. It is the time where people will think of buying presents and gifts for their loved ones, family members and friends alike.

Some would prefer to shop at the shopping mall itself just to feel the Christmas season atmosphere. Others would love to shop online for the convenient. And if someone is giving birth at this time, please do not give Christmas presents only. Do try and find personalized baby gifts and give it to them. The birth of a baby is a very special moment and should be treated in such a way. It is the
arrival of a new person, a special gift to the parents and family members. It reminds me of the birth of Jesus Christ, the greatest gift to man. That is what Christmas signifies, the birth of Jesus Christ.

Own Unique Christmas Celebration

I think the Christians in Malaysia must try to find their own unique Christmas celebration. Not to sing about snow and reindeer or white christmas. There are many things that need to be evaluated about Christmas as most of it are simply imported from the west and truly not relevant to Christians from other culture and country. Pastors should be responsible for this and the teaching of the church must reflect its indigenous character. Let the Chinese Christians have their own Christmas, let the Indian Christians have their own unique Christmas celebration and let the Malay Christians have their own unique Christmas celebration. Yes, I know it takes time but changes must start with the desire to change and taking practical steps to it.

Christmas blues

Haiya... the CNY wind really got me off track. Christmas is not here yet and I already talk about CNY. Every year when it is near CNY, I would have this feeling of the CNY celebration. The weather will change from rainy season to dry weather. The dry weather will make me feel tired easily thus giving me that "lemah" feeling.

Even though Christmas is near, where we sing about snow and white christmas, it is still dry here in Malaysia. I think that is why I don't really like to sing Christmas carols. I find most of the songs are not related to who I am as a Chinese or Malaysian. Why sing a song that is culturally and geographically different and have no real spiritual significant? The most important thing is to remember the True Meaning of Christmas.

Spending for CNY

There are times when I wonder why would people spend so much wanting to celebrate Chinese New Year. I have seen how people spent thousands of ringgit just to prepare for the celebration. They will spend on the food, the cookies and the drinks. And the main bulk of the spending would go to buying new clothes. Of course another main bulk would go to the angpows. When I was still a child, I only received 10 cents angpow but some rich families kids would receive RM200 angpow. Haizzz...my total angpow also cannot reach that amount.

I wonder why people are willing to spend so much on the celebration. Yes, it is only once a year but do we have to waste? If I were to spend so much on the celebration, I would have to apply for Low Rate Credit Card already. It is better than the existing normal credit card as it gives lower rate. Of course that does not mean that you can or should spend more. Be thrifty but do enjoy the celebration too.

CNY wind

The CNY wind is back. I mean the literal wind. You can feel the wind blowing from time to time. And it brings nostalgic memories. The funny thing is that it is not a nice feeling. It gives me the "lemah" feeling. Maybe thinking about the tiredness of visitation and preparations for the CNY give me that "lemah" feeling. It is supposed to bring excitement but somehow the "lemah" feeling is stronger. LOL..

Shoulder arm still aching

Walao.... its been more than 4 days and my left shoulder arm is still aching. Yes, from my wifey's birthday where we went to Jusco and where I boxed my way at the game machine. Since then it has been aching and I can't even lift up more than 1kg of things without feeling the pain. The ache has gone down abit but it is still there. Praying that it will be better before end of this week.

LCD TV for games

After we bought the 19" LCD monitor to replace our 19" CRT monitor, using the computer is a whole new experience for me. It is so much nicer to view and surf the net using the LCD monitor. The picture or graphic is better and sharper. Of course the color is nicer to look at too. Another good thing about the LCD monitor is that is that it is not so hard on the eyes compared to CRT monitor. I enjoyed playing my online game now with the LCD monitor. It is clearer and the colors are much better.

Now that I have experienced the wonder of LCD, I might want to get the hitachi 42 LCD TV for my house. I am sure the it would be nice to watch the movies on it. Maybe I could connect it to my computer and play my games using the LCD TV. Wow...that would be awesome.

Going for my 5th real skill

Now that I've got my 4th real skills and have reached lvl 40 where "I believe I can fly", my next target would be to get another real skill. It would not be a combat skill but passive skill i.e. defense skill. Now it is at lvl 11 45% and hoping to reach 100% in 2 weeks time. Yes...it will take some time as I need to concentrate on other things also. Then I would go for the ice skills.

How much is my character worth?

One of my customers went to KL to buy Mosiang ID from another player. His own ID is only lvl 36 and he is buying lvl 43 ID. He bought it for RM250. Wah... lvl 43 and selling cheap at that price.

Now, I wonder how much my character ID can be sold. My ID is only lvl 40 so the price should be lower that RM250. But then I already have 4 real skills compared to only 2 real skills that the lvl 43 ID have. That should increase my ID value a bit. But then, I'm not sure whether I want to sell my ID now. Reason being that I can use this ID to trade and earn real money from it. Playing online game to get money.

Change of plans

My brother came for a visit just now. Looks like there is a change of plan about the guarantorship deal with my tenant. It seems that the bank does not want to accept the foreign student (my tenant) as the loan applicant. There is a miscommunication between my tenant and the used car sales agent who submitted both particulars of my brother and my tenant. The bank thought that my tenant is the guarantor and because of that, the bank rejected the application. The bank does not want a foreigner to be a guarantor.

So now, instead of being the guarantor for my tenant, my brother will have to be the buyer of the car but my tenant will pay for the monthly installment. If however, my tenant fails to pay the installment on time, I wonder whether my brother has enough savings to pay the due installment. If not, he would have to find some cash advance to pay for it or else the bank will repossess the car.

I got killed

While training my jinjong skill last night, another player opened red and killed me. My experience lvl drop 2% while my pet experience dropped 5%. Haizzzzzzzzzzzchazzzzzzzzzz.... very angry at him lah. Why can't they all play without killing other players. Bad character lah they all.

I believe I can fly

Hahaha...that song is very catchy. Almost every Mosiang player who reach level 40 would love to sing that song. Reason is simple. When the player reached level 40, his character movement skill can be upgrade to the "flying" skill. It is as though the character is flying, not touching the ground.
If you have watch the Chinese movie, "Hidden Dragon, Crouching Tiger" where the actors "fly" from one spot to another, then you can roughly imagine the "flying" in the mosiang game.

And now, in Mosiang, "I believe I can fly". Reached lvl 40 de...hahahahaha.

Be healthy with a gift

It is a custom and courtesy to bring something as a gift when we go and visit someone who is in the hospital. It need not be an expensive gift as it is only a token, a sign of our care for that person. I have seen a few people who brought inappropriate gift to a sick person. Normally, the gift is in the form of food or drinks. I think if the sick people were to eat the food or drinks given by the visitors, the sick person would become even worse. It is a good idea to give to a sick person healthy gift baskets so that that person can recover faster. It is also an indication to that person that we are concern with his health and wants him to be healthy.

Becoming a jockey

Jaya Jusco Melaka do have two horse riding game machine. Decided to give it a try yesterday. For the first time I became a jockey.... well, not really the real jockey but only the game jockey. Again, it was a new experience for me riding a "horse". There must be some coordination between the leg and the hand while jockeying.

At first I was leading the race but by the last 1km, I used up all the carrots and my horse got tired and I lost the race. Fun and tiring game. Maybe next time I will win the race.

Boxing my way

Went to Jaya Jusco for a time of recreation with my wife. Went there to buy something for her and to enjoy ourself with the Japanese drum. As the drum is being played by others, we went to look for other games to play. One of the fun game is the boxing game machine. Yes, they do have boxing game there.

Tried the game, thinking I am very strong. LOL. I did managed to win the first contender. But by that time, my hands grew tired from the weight of the boxing gloves. With the second contender, I managed to knock him down twice before I was given the KO punch. It was fun and very tiring. Gasping for air and felt very thirsty (its not a good idea to exercise in an air-cond room).

Now, my arms are still aching.

A very good alternative

One of my sisters-in-law was admitted to the hospital recently. She complained of breathing difficulty. The doctor was not able to identify specific cause to her condition. My brother told me that it is possible that her condition was due to work pressure and stress. Another possibility and factor that could contribute to her condition is her physical condition. She is obese. Instead of controlling her weight and taking steps to reduce it, she has done the opposite. Her obesity could be the main contributing cause to her condition. If she feels that exercising would not be the best option for her, she could go for weight loss surgery. It is still better to go for the surgery rather than suffer other sicknesses. Hopefully she will try and consider this option.

A new hobby

We found a new hobby. Playing drums together at Jaya Jusco. Yes, that is what we like to do together now. Everytime we were in Jusco, we would look forward to playing the drums together. They have lots of songs but mostly are Japanese songs because the maker of that drum machine is the Japanese. The easiest song is the Doraemon song. We tried it and have mastered that song. So now we are trying out other songs, faster and more difficult songs.

If you are in Jusco, check it out at the children's playground.

Eating at Renaissance

Being a practical man, I would not want to eat at such a place. Reason simply being that it is costly. But today it is different. It is to celebrate a special person's birthday. And she deserves it to be treated to such a meal.

The food is tasty and nice. I would have gone for a second round if my stomach permits it. We enjoyed eating there even though we did not managed to try out all the dishes and food that were on display. And we had an enjoyable conversation during the meal. After paying the bill, we walked out fully satisfied. Thank you Lord.

Beware of this disease

Are you exposed to one of the deadliest diseases known to man? You might be exposed to it but are not aware of it. Want to know what it is? It is known as mesothelioma. Why is it a deadly disease? It is deadly because an approximate of 3000 men and women would be diagnosed with mesothelioma every year. It is a cancer of the lining of the chest and the abdominal cavity

Now that you already know the name, you might want to know the causes of Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is caused by being exposed to a mineral called asbestos. Yes, asbestos. Even short exposure to asbestos fibers can be dangerous and cause Mesothelioma. The fibers have been linked more frequently with these occupations:

Auto Mechanics
Boiler makers
Bricklayers
Building Inspectors
Carpenters
Drywallers
Electricians
Floor Coverings
Furnace Workers
Glazers
Grinders
Hod carriers
Insulators
Iron workers
Laborers
Longshoremen
Maintenance workers
Merchant marines
Millwrights
Operating Engineers
Painters
Plasterers
Plumbers
Roofers
Sand blasters
Sheet metal workers
Steam fitters
Tile setters
Welders

If you want to know more about mesothelioma, check out the website and ask for a free information packet. Your action might save your life or someone else’s life.

He vomited on me

Barnabas, oh Barnabas. Why did you vomit on Daddy? Haiyo... all your kuey teow semi-digested with the smell of your stomach acid. All of it you vomited on Daddy's shirt and jeans. And we have to bear all of it for 10 minutes while Mummy drove us home. You know what oh Barnabas. In spite of all that smell and "geli-ness", there is that feeling of love and care towards you. Daddy knows that you are not feeling well and Daddy is very sure that you are feeling at that time is worse that the smell and "geli-ness" that Daddy had to suffer. It has been some time since the last time somebody vomited on Daddy. Hmmm... Daddy can't even remember the last incident. The vomit gives Daddy the feeling of being a Daddy again, loving you despite all the "trials" you gave. Daddy loves you Barnabas.

Wishes Come True

My girls wants toys from Nickelodeon. My boys couldn't care less; chocolate from Fannie May would make him a happy and active boy for the whole day or even weeks; depending on how much I buy them. Btw, all this are not cheap stuff. Furthermore I just spend half of my income on my new LCD Monitor. I will sure need the coupons from CouponChief to make my children's wishes come true. :)

Another Restaurant Banned

Went out for dinner with the whole family just now. Went to Pantai Kundur (or Pantai Puteri)to one Malay restaurant that we noticed last week. We wanted to try out their Nasi Kukus and Sup Gear Box. Upon reaching there, there was quite a few tables with customers waiting for their food. Wifey ordered the Sup Gear Box and Nasi Goreng Ikan Asin. We also ordered Nasi Ayam for the maid.

The Nasi Ayam came first. Then we waited, and waited, and waited but the other food did not arrive. So instead of we eating first, we decided to let the maid eat first while I took care of Barnabas. Then we waited and waited. Wifey already decided to cancel our orders when the other customers that came after us received their food first. While at the counter, the food we ordered arrived. Since the food is there, we ate it.

Looks like the restaurant will be in our ban list. So far there are two restaurants in that list. Bad service, slow service.

A New LCD Monitor

The 19” CRT monitor is dying. It flickers very often. Technically, it degauss by itself too frequently until it is very difficult to use. We sent it for repair. The computer shop owner Mr Lim told us that there is a slim possibility that the monitor can be repaired. Since we only use the monitor for less than 6 months, he would not charge us for the repair if there is no changing of the monitor parts.

We then decided to buy a new monitor, a LCD monitor, the one that we should have bought earlier instead of the 19” CRT monitor. This new LCD monitor costs us a bomb, RM610. We also bought the screen protector to protect the monitor from our children who loves to touch the monitor screen. Since we did not bring a lot of cash, we paid it using our credit card. Our previous purchase at the shop was for a laptop. Since the price for the laptop is high, we took an installment plan. It is like taking a bank loan but using the credit card. There is still a long way to go to finish paying for that laptop. For now, we would just enjoy using our new LCD monitor.

SMS from a friend

Received an SMS from a friend of mine. No, it's nothing major or terrible news. He just SMS to say "Hi" and a few words of encouragement. It's nice to receive such sms from time to time. OK lah, wondering what the full SMS says. It says, "How r u bro.? Been thinking of u. God is yr strength, a strong tower & refuge. Hv a nice day!"

He has always been the encourager, generous with his words of encouragement. I am sure he has a whole list of people that he encourages from time to time. However, I am not sure whether he has a Mailing Lists for that purpose as I has yet to receive any cards or letters from him. Maybe he only has SMS list.

Oh ya, I still has yet to reply him. Hehehe...so bad of me. So, my dear friend, if you or your wife is reading this post, I just want to say thank you for that sms. And God bless you both.

A Businessman is Not Necessarily Rich

Once you start a business, many people have the perception that you are rich. People associate businessman to having a lot of money. Sadly that is not in my case yet. I still have debt to pay.

Almost everyone that I meet when I told them that business is slow, they will always say that it takes 3 years to see the fruit of our labour. Well, 1 year has just passed. Thank God that I do not have to bear any losses. 2 more years to go. I hope I would be able to settle my debt before the 2 years is up.

If not, maybe I will need debt advice to help me find ways to expedite my loan repayment. I just do not like to be in debt for too long period of time. No financial freedom.

Free homeschooling?

There are a few pastors here who homeschool their children. It is a new way of educating our children especially when the public school system has been deeply established in the country. As such when they decided to homeschool their children, many including their congregation adopted the wait and see approach. This is not surprising and many are still not sure how it is done and what would the future holds for the children where qualifications are linked to the public school examinations certificate.

However, this homeschool concept is actually not a new concept. Education is intended to begin at home and to be taught at home by the parents. That is how it is done in the past. Now, homeschooling is becoming a viable option especially in America. If you think that the public school system is not good for your children, do consider homeschooling your children. One of the website that you can check out is K-12 Free Homeschool. Yes, that is what it says, FREE. Now, you may ask yourself, "How can it be tuition-free?". Here's how it can be tuition-free.

It is free because somebody else paid for it, most of it are from organizations that believes in the benefits of homeschooling. It is a new approach but if it benefits your children and the future of the country, let us pray that this approach would spread out. Just ask for the K-12FreeHomeschool.org Course Catalog and check out the syllabus applicable to your children. Feel free to inquire from them of any doubts that you might have.

Beauty And Riches

Ever wonder why some pretty ladies got married to poor guys and some not so pretty ladies got married to rich guys. Well, I received this email from a friend and finds it interesting and humorous too. Do enjoy.

Title: Young and pretty lady wishes to marry a rich guy.

Fantastic reply from a financial person

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:

Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden (?), $250k annual income is not enough.

I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names
and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've met a
few girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able
to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your
girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty


Here's a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out
there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze your
situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k,
which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not
wasting time here.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you.
The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what
you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A
provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's
a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone
without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to
year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of
economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset.
It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is
your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating
with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will
sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term ¡§C same goes
with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in
order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will
be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we
would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget
looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make
yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better
chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do
contact me
signed, J.P. Morgan

Game picks

If ever you hear sports fans talk about any game's matches, you will surely hear their choice of favorite team to win. They will even predict the scores of the matches. This sports picks is not only for certain games but almost always for all the games. It is a norm to hope and predict the favorite team to win.

This is where they should check out OddsBreaker.com. In oddsbreaker you can have your football picks or basketball picks and even win a prize for your picks. No, it is not a gambling site so there need not be any worries about gambling. It is about sharing your knowledge and information about your favorite game, and at the same time be entitled for a chance to win something every month. Since most of the sports fans are doing it anyway with their friends, why not sign up and do it online. The network is much larger and you can put your knowledge for better use.

Maid is still hanging.

Lol. No, the maid did not commit suicide. In fact, we have yet to get our maid. I called the maid agency just now and was told to apply for a new maid. It seems that the one that we applied could not be contacted. The maid agency recommended us to get a temporary maid and if the work is satisfactory we can apply her for our maid.

As mother is still on holiday, I think it is better not to have the maid at the house. Or else I will be alone with the maid...which is not appropriate and I do not want that also. Maybe if the maid stays at my in-law's house for the time being, it could work out well. Anyway, we will take time to consider this option.

Clean the garage

My garage is cluttered with lots of things. Come to think of it, it is so full of things that it is now more of a storehouse than a garage. All our "unwanted" things were dumped there and since there are too many things placed there, it has become our temporary storehouse. I think it is time to de-clutter the garage and make it clean again. Most probably it need a new garage flooring by tiling it to make it nicer. As it is, the cemented floor is full of small holes and oily too. Maybe I will choose the heart shape design for the garage floor. Wonder whether I can put my picture on the tiles. But then again, I would not want people to step on my picture. Haha... maybe I will just stick to the heart shape design.

Providing new services

God has given human a creative mind. This should not be surprising as we are made in His image. And God is a creative God.

A few weeks ago, I came across a forum where the forum moderators offered to complete certain levels of skills (for Mosiang game) for a certain amount of fee. I find such offer is very creative. There is a need for such service as not all players have the time or patience to complete certain levels of skills.

Yesterday, I offered a similar service to one of my customers. He agreed to pay me RM20 if I could get the real skill for his Wu Long spear skill. So I played his Mosiang character and praise God, I did manage to get the real skill for him. Maybe I will be offering this new service to other customers but with a better pay.

Think safe be safe

It is always good to make sure that your home is a safe place especially if you have children in the house. Here are some tips that you can follow especially when you have various medications to take and you want to prevent your children from accidentally consume your medicine. Medicine can be dangerous too.

1. Take all medicines and medical supplies out of purses, pockets and drawers.
2. Put them in a cabinet with a child safety lock.
3. Have child safety caps on all chemicals, medications and cleaning products.
4. Lock all dangerous items and products in a cabinet. Cosmetics (make-up) can be poison too.
5. Keep all dangerous products in the bottle or package they came in, with the labels on.
6. Store all dangerous products away from food and drinks.
7. Keep each family member’s medicines in a separate place, so they don’t get mixed up.

You might want to consider getting home medical equipment like a medical aid box to store all your medicines. Think safe be safe.

Why Hongkong criminals are not scared?

Ever wonder why the criminals in Hong Kong are not scared of the police. This picture explains it all.

Hahahaha... if all the policemen are scared to hold the trigger, I too would not be scared to do a crime. Well, that is just a thought for I don't think it is worth to commit a crime. My conscience will bug me till I die... so no point committing it.

p/s. This picture is not the real portrayal of the Hong Kong policemen. This is the scene from the movie "Internal Affairs".

Rainy days are back

Well, the rainy days are here in Malaysia. As in Melaka, it has been raining almost everyday for the past few weeks. I thank God for the rain as it is a blessing not only for humans but also for the plants, animals and the earth. Rainy seasons is needed for the farmers here to start planting paddy. It provides cooler weather also.

On the cons side, it also means that I can't do much activities outside. The car gets dirty easily. My children won't be able to go out and play, though at times the rain are not able to stop us...hehehe. Another thing that seems to be connected with rain is the internet connection. It seems that the internet connection will frequently be disconnected during rainy days. That could be very irritating.

Teach him swimming

I wonder what Barnabas would grow up to be like. Would he be like his father who prefers outdoor activities and sports? Or would he prefers to study and be more of a thinker. Well, I do hope that he prefers the outdoor activities and would take at least one sport.

I would sure want him to learn swimming. It is one of the skills that is very important to master. Unlike his daddy who only started swimming at a very "old age", I would want him to learn swimming while he is still young. There are three fish ponds at the back of the house. Maybe will teach him to swim there first instead of going to the swimming pool. Or if I do have lots of money, I can convert the fish ponds to a proper swimming pool. I can engage az pool remodeling to build and maintain the pool. At the same time I can brush up my swimming skills.