Halloween is coming

My kids were very excited for Halloween this year.They can't wait to wear their cool costume to school.Although we don't have any party or celebrate this festive,but we still get excited at about this time.All the store are selling pumpkins and spooky costumes.Yes, Halloween is coming and I usually start posts Halloween the last minute.

After reading the local newspaper,discussion about Halloween safety and I was thinking back then how great those days were, it also got me thinking how things have changed and how sick and sadistic some folks have become these days. I remembered the year that I came here and the very first impression of Halloween had all changed for me.After the best night of "trick or treating" I'd ever had came a TV news flash.I never thought Halloween day could turn out a nightmare to a kid.Some adults was putting Razor blades and needle in chocolates.Halloween was just so scary to me.

It seemed that every year or two after that you'd hear about someone doing something similar.To this day the thought of someone forever spoiling one of the best kids holiday ever, to me is a sick person who are not educated at all."REMEMBER" to warn your "trick or treaters" not to eat their treats until they get home and you've checked them.That's why till today I never allow my kids to go trick or treating.It's a shame that it has come to this but we must do what we must to make sure that they indeed have a "HAPPY" Halloween.

A disappointed day

It's pretty hard to get a Wii Fit ever since it was released.Wii Fit is a pressure-sensitive Balance Board mainly for sports and yoga.Since few months ago,I've been looking for the Wii fit for the kids but could never find one.

Last Saturday,I went to Futureshop just for browsing the sales and try to get a Wii fit.I didn't know the Nintendo announced Wii Fit would land on store shelves again.It cost Cad 99.99 only for the balance board.When I tried to approached the shelf and tried to looked for Wii fit,before I can grab it I found my pace was too slow.A lady grabbed it faster than me.Then I quickly asked the customer service to get a new one for me,well you know what-was the last one.I already tried to get it from other stores but still no luck. :(

Last night,I asked my sister to help me to get Wii fit in for me.What a surprise,she doesn't know what is Nintendo Wii.Even my cousin who live in a same town with her also don't know what the heck it is.I will definitely get Wii Fit one day because it looks like a good way to exercise.Does anyone knows is there Wii fit available in Sabah?

Old fashioned way of writing a letter

As I sat down to write this blog,however, it occurred to me I should "lighten up" a bit.I have something else in mind.I found a pile of old love letters in my closet which I kept for a long time.Nowsaday people (me included) also seldom send letters.I remembered I used to write letters to my best friends and penpal then when I was studying.In the old days, before the net, I would write a lot of letters.

Only letters I hand-write these days (as opposed to foot-write which I still do; it's impossible for the police to figure out my personality that way) are the ones accompanying some odd thing I've found in corn flakes, or that last one, the pebble in the ritter sport bar. This letter is usually prepared for first with a barrage of emails; it worked at Vimy Ridge, and works too, I can attest, with large corporate entities.

Today,my handwritten is terrible even doctors can't read it.Whenever I got a chance to write a letter to someone I still prefer using text typed which I thought is much nicer.It even allows me something I've never been able to do in writing like edit or delete.Email is so easy and brings us in touch with people quickly but I remember how fun it was to find I'd received a letter from someone.I have pen pals in different countries, and its nice to receive a letter hand written in old days.It's been so long since I wrote a letter or even mailed anything that I honestly have no clue how much a stamp even costs.I really value handwritten notes and use every time I need to thank someone

Since so few people write letters nowadays, it's so much more meaningful when you actually take the time to write real letters or send birthday cards,instead of simply sending an e-card.Most girls really like to get actual letters in the mail, in my experience.But in this day and age it is considered old-fashioned and silly.But I think that love letters are fabulous.No matter how eccentric,it is a piece of you.It is a personal way to express ones emotions and feelings to another person they care about.

My kids love to write letters or cards and every time I make them write birthday card for their cousins,Aunts and grandma.I really hope the kids nowsaday knows how to write a letter and appreciate the value of someone handwritten notes.Does anyone out there still write letters the "old-fashioned" way?

Summer is almost over now

Rain rain go away!Raining is coming to our town again.It's been two three months now I didn't touch up my blog and post a thing.I can't believe there are few bloggers still sending messages in my other blog.I do miss them as much as they miss me but I don't think I have the time to read all the blogs right now.Anyway,I hope they don't mind.

Hey,I didn't even realize we were that far into August.Scary ain't it?I guess it won't be cold for a while, but there isn't much of summer left.This summer gets so hot and humid.Sometimes I can't even stand the heat.As much as I hate to say it,I hate winter the most,snow and wearing heavy coats.Its so annoying.I wish I lived in a place that you could wear flip flops all year round,that would be the best!Don't you think so?

Anyone has a memorable summer?I had not a memorable summer,but an enjoyable one.I spent most of my days relaxing under the summer sun,wearing my favourite tank tops.I regret doing nothing much this summer.This summer sucked.I didn't do a thing but the kids had so much fun with their Dad this summer.This is their first summer that can be around with their Dad.The girls love swimming.This the only place we go during this summer.Nothing much!My kids just can't wait to go back to school,especially Belinda.She can't wait to go to kindergarten this year.

There won't be any more summer weather during the rest of this summer.A low pressure system will bring rain again.I can only hope that it doesn't rain all the time again!!!Well,It's time to bring in the patio set from the patio.The lasting heat of summer has gone.I hope with a little luck there will some good days coming this September and October.

The challenging life of our world today

Here we all come again to a challenging time of the year.All of a sudden the spring brings incredibly busy tragedy our world.Lets faced it..when I saw the tradegy disaster news,I felt very sad and it's reminds me of the tsunami that happened two years ago.I can feel how the victims feel because I was in a resort during the tsunami.It was a shcocking experinece to me and the kids.Today,I still can't forget the shocking moment.Last December it was a cyclone in Bangladesh and now a cyclone in Myanmar and an earthquake on China in occurence.Some people said God create those disasters around the world.

Do you think so?I don't think so because what I know natural disasters have been happening for many years.However,I do believe that natural disasters are increasing in frequency and intensity as a result of climate change not create by God.I believe everyone has to go through trials and tribulation.God did not promise that life would be easy but he did promise to be with us on every step of the way.Eventually every part of the world will have some sort of natural disaster.It will probably get worse in years to come and the natural disasters are all weather related.I blame it on global warming.We need to stop global warming.Change the way we treat the world and the nature.If we want to love our family and friends why not love the world first.

Here I found a video which is very touching and it's hard to find anyone who can put things in perspective more than Carl Sagan statement.

Pale Blue Dot


Sagan related his thoughts on the deeper meaning of the photograph(Pale Blue Dot)

Look again at that dot.That's here. That's home.That's us.On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was,lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies,and economic doctrines,every hunter and forager,every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love,every mother and father,hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader",every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.

The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings,how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.Our posturings, our imagined self-importance,the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light.

Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark.In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes.Settle,not yet.

Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience.There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.To me,it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

I am back updating

Yup,I think it's about time for update eh?I have been busy making Fried Ghost (aka Yau Char kwai aka chinese crullers)lately and pretty tired the whole week.Till the kids don't wanna try my crullers anymore.Even hubby teased at me.Everytime he saw me making the the crullers he will said not again?LOL!!!Till today I still didn't manage to make the perfect crullers.Kinda of fed up already.How ah???Anyway,I think I got to take a week rest and try making it again.

Well,hubby work for a company that has been sold and his entire group is about to be laid off on this weekend.That's mean he is going to be jobless.He have worked for the company for 4 years already and I am so sad that he have to start all over again.Right now is a tough time to find a job.I don't know how financially stable we are after and if we have to move back to our hometown or not.While I can say that I am a little worried now.I really don't know how long we could survive in this country.The living expenses is too high here.Getting laid off is hard on a family.I know it willl be a stressful time for him and I feel helpless.I guess what I have to do now is help and focus on the hunt for him.

What have you done for the past

How have you changed in the past ten years?and What have you done for the past?Ten years ago I was in college, partying a lot and doing some crazy things.I gotta say those were some fun years.Now I don't have anymore those fun.Life changed a lot now.I'm married and have a two kids.I'm a stay at home mom and have settled way down in the past ten years.I feel so content now in a lot of ways.It's just funny how much I changed.

Just now,I was chatting with a friend who we knew each other for more then twenty years.I can't believe we have been friend for so long.We were chatting about How Fast Does Time pass and what did we have done for the past ten years.Ya,he reminds me that I should learn and do something meaningful everyday and not to waste the time for doing nothing.

Well,I don't even know if I have learned and done anything that is meaningful for the past.I kept thinking did I make my life and world around me better?I for a very long time always felt emotionally doomed and look sadness,helpless,hopeless and no resolution to anything.Am I just too busy?Why can I considered how precious and fleeting each moment is?I shouldn't have these excuses.Do you believe the end of the world?Despite anything's possible,I surely doubt that it will happen anytime soon.Anyhow,I hope before the end of the world I can learn something that it is something they can be proud of.

Our house almost break-in

Since I moved here over one year ago, there was several occasion our apartment locker were broken in and other cars were broken into too.Anyway,our apartment was break in last night.It was around 2:30am,hubby came home woke me up and told me that someone was trying to broke into our hallway.He said when he parked the car,he saw two guys were walking down to the ground parking lot with two bicycles.At that moment,he suspect something wasn't right.So he quickly checked the the hallway exit door latch and found the door was unlocked and partially opened.

Apparently something wasn't right here because the hallway exit door never in a partially open position.Then he checked our house door and luckily the deadbolt didn't break.Everything is fine no break in.After that he went back to the parking lot again with the exit door partially opened.He went back into his car-I don't know why he did that at that time-but I don't think he should taking such risk.Anyhow,he laid back down and wait within a few minutes trying to make sure everything is fine.He was right something really happened.

After 10 minutes later he saw the two guys walked back toward the parking lot area,opened the hallway exit door and went in.Hubby was very sure that they aren't our neighbour because we know each other very well.Besides inside the hallway only has four units and it is impossible that a visitor can access the hallway and the parking lot except the tenants.So I think they might break in somewhere from the visitor parking lot exit.Well,to cut the story short,before they tried to break in(we don't know which one they target to break in),hubby quickly got out of the car and yelled at them(our parking space is only ten steps away from the hallway exit door)and asked what they were doing inside our hallway.They were pretty calm at that moment.One of them muffled some answer and explained that they were just looking for friend at the ground floor.This gave hubbyeven more suspicious,making them a liar already.So hubby approached them sternly saying that our hallway doesn't link to ground floor.He told them he is going to call the cops now.Then both of them quickly walked off through the other exit door(link to the emergency door)and left.

At this point hubby decided to call the police and let them know what had happened.He gave them a description of the guys and the cop said they would send someone over to check things out but the cop didn't come.Sometimes I really think that our cop here are racism because whenever my hubby called the cop they don't even care and did they ever solve the problem.

Well,now I’m not able to go to bed, so I decided to share my story with you. I was so scared when I heard all this happened. I can’t help but think, what if my hubby didn't come home at that time that two ignorant guys already breaks into my apartment.Oh man!I'm too scared to sleep tonight.

Mom in law came back from Sabah

And for today's entry,it will be talking about food and flower.Mom-in-law came back from KK,(sabah)Borneo last night.I was very excited because my sister bought me some local food,raw prawn crackers,my favourite chicken flavour Maggie mee and of course not forget the Nescafe.During Chinese New Year or Hari Raya,you will be served with keropok udang or ikan as a treat.Prawn crackers is a traditional snack made from fresh prawn, tapioca flour and other spices.It is well known in Asia.I remember my aunt used to make the raw fish crackers and fry a lot and kept it in a large tin.Everytime she made this the house will filled with fishy aroma and of course very sting too.The prawn crackers has a unique flavor and crispness after you fry them .Nothing much to write as there's nothing much happening in the house yet!Hubby work as usual everyday and night.See!no one talk to me except the kids.He rarely stay at home and sometimes I really miss going back to Sabah.Well,we can't go back at this time because the kids already settled here and it's not easy for them to adapt Malaysia education system.Nevermind I am just rambling here.Miss A already went to school already and Miss B is watching her favourite cartoon and now I am with the computer as usual.After posting this entry I will get back into the kitchen to make lunch for the kids.I read Pearly's blog yesterday and found one interesting recipe.She share the cakoi(Fried Curlers)recipe in her post.In her recipe,it is quite easy to make and she is not using any chow fun or ammonia at all.I feel like making it today and will post it if I can make it.
In this blog I'll put some flower shots because this is the best time to snap the beautiful nature.This is one of my favourite flower.This hyacinth has a single dense spike of fragrant in different shades of colour.You don't have to put any air freshener at home if you put it indoor.Atcually this flower is plant outdoor but I don't know why everytime I plant it outside the garden the flower will die.So I decided to put it indoor and try to get more brightness through the window.Okie dokie that's it for today post.

Blog and paid post

I have been feeling sick for the past few days.I felt like sleeping the whole day and really run down.I try to write a post this morning but until now then I have the time to sit infront of the computer.I don't understand why my kids are always very clingy to me.Whenever I go to the living room and watch TV,they will be around in that area make noise.But if I go upstair use my computer,they will play infront of me and make noise and disturb me all the time.I did play with them and entertain them as much as possible but they seem still want to be with me all the time.

Now it's almost eleven o'clock and I feel so sleepy.Oh ya,I received an email from an advertiser just now saying that my other blog have reviews that must be completed within 3 days from today.I have been stop writing for that blog since two weeks ago.Due to my personal reason to quit that blog,now I try not to force myself into writing about certain topics just to get more readers.I feel comfortable and having fun with this blog right now.I used to be on top of my blog and I know how to write a good review.Now I'm totally lost,unsure how to start writing and the advertiser wants me to write 400 words for the review.Well,actually the offer is quite good but my brain is totally lost.I already turn down two advertisers and if I don't write this time I am afraid they might suspend my account or I won't be able to write for the advertiser in future.I am still thinking whether to go for it or not.This is a very good lesson to me.Next time if you want to quit writing the blog stop bidding at least one month in advance.