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Sunday May 31, 2009

Surprises loose their meaning IF you break the ‘news’ or hinted before the actual event.

Check the meaning out (from Oxford dictionary) ;

Surprise :  Mild astonishment caused by something unexpected

Get the point? – Unexpected

Just as if suddenly I ‘announce’ that I am getting married, than it will be a surprise. Btw, I am not OK.

 To illustrate my point, refer 2 stories below

#1 : True story which involves M=me ;

K   : Guess what? I got you a surprise! *looks excited* 

M  : Huh? Err, then it is not a surprise anymore?!

K   : *pauses* Hmm…true also… *sounds disappointed*

M  : Let me guess….X? Y? Z? 

K   : Not expensive but it is something that can satisfy your crave. Then I shall not reveal what is that until you see it.

*the entire conversation turned into me guessing what the ‘surprise’ was, which in the end I guessed correctly – RIBENA!*

#2 : Made up story  (F=Female, M=Male) ;

M : Guess what? I have a surprise for you! *looks excited* 

F   : Huh? Err, then it is not a surprise anymore?!

M : Oh…anyway,well, it’s something shiny, something that all girls would want …!

F   : Hmm,  *smiles* Okay, let me see, you want me to guess before you present it ..or…? Oklar, a wild guess…..Lip gloss!! ? (shiny mar)

M : Nope.   *takes out something shiny from pocket, and then kneels down*

M :  X,will you marry me?

F   : Wow *pauses*…a ring? Totally do not expect this!….

Girls!!! Imagine such proposal, FAIL lar ok .

A surprise will be like this ;

M : X, you look very beautiful today

F   : *blushes* Thanks dear.

M : Excuse me awhile would you. *Pretends to head to wash room, gets up from chair, takes out something shiny from pocket, and then kneels down*

M : X,will you marry me?

F   : *pauses* [stunned]

Moral of the story : Let the surprise BE a SURPRISE! However you want it to be, romantic/funny it’s your call

Back to the whole point of the topic today, as I have said I am NOT getting married. Instead, I presented a surprise to my dad! Today is daddy’s birthday !! Another year wiser another year nearer to retirement

*chuckles*

Due to my extremely FAR location,  a celebration with him is definitely impossible. Thank God that my bro is back, so at least one of his monkeys is there to cheer him up during the ‘I-AM-OLDER’ acknowledgement session. 

I bought him something from China and I told mom – “12 am sharp” !

And so, tha-da the surprise ;

A teapot-set & a box of oolong Chinese tea , all the way from China!

Closer look!

All credits to Daniel for his kind help. A complete package from hunting to packing , till giving me a free delivery all the way from China to Ipoh.

Ei, you think easy a…You never know how much courage I have to beg him buy trust him in getting something which I have no idea how it looks like, of which at the same time I crossing my fingers that my dad will like it? Haha, joking only la..I am more than grateful already that Daniel is so gracious and kind to help me…

Well, Daniel was in China (forgot the actual location) for a job-posting and he mentioned about his discovery of nice and cheap set of teapots while hunting for souvenirs. And just out of a sudden I thought, why not I ‘tumpang’ him to help get 1 set for Dad’s coming birthday? And just so you know, my dad is a HUGE fan of chinese tea – He could actually name what this/that tea is with just one miserable sip ???!

This surprise comes with many exchange of emails (I was then in jungle.) My planning skills are indeed getting better eh?

*rolls eyes*

 *pats own shoulder*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

Wishing you many more lovely surprises from me to come !

Btw, dad likes it a lot

Thursday May 28, 2009

 
A leaf??

Look closer.

So, don’t jump into conclusions so fast before you find out what something REALLY is – sounds like a camouflage to me .

Cheers!

Thursday May 28, 2009

Have you have your share? Nowadays dumplings are all so improvised that you will wonder what you are actually munching on…

Wednesday May 27, 2009

I was soldering (refer previous post) when someone came knocking at the door beckoning me to receive a delivery.

I broke into a smile. The familiar sight of the paper bag plus the anticipated delivery just made my day! Screw the soldering, which took me ages as the cables were so5x delicate.

I quickly grabbed the bag and opened the container;

Filling my tummy with the above immediately became my top priority *chuckles*

Pearl mailed me yesterday asking me to choose among the few flavours from the ‘attached photo’ , and sadly, I replied quite late because I had other commitments then. However, Pearl being Pearl , her efficiency made things easier for us as she chose ‘chocoholic’ (since I am one) and a new flavour , ‘merry cherry’ to make me feel ‘cherry’ !

Aw, how nice and sweet of her right! They lovely gifts came just in time, because PMS is not doing me any good you know right now anyways! And she gave me another surprise – An oatmeal bar from Starbucks!!!

I have to count my blessings showered upon me. Lately my blessings are abundant! I feel so loved!

Scroll down !

Tea, strawberry jam & honey are from Camerons. The bar of choc behind is from Swiss! Actually there were 2 more bars..but I gobbled them already (forgot to take a photo lar)….and the Sunsweet dried fruits is my favourite among so many varieties.

Lemon flavour tea – lovely!

More chocs and keychain all from Aussie!

Strawberry tea – another lovely creation! Smells so lovely too!

Wednesday May 27, 2009

Or perhaps stingy is the correct word?

My optical mouse died on me today, in my office- on my desk! Puzzled for a moment, I was wondering why the sudden ‘death’ as it was just functioning perfectly well , 10 minutes before when I was at the other mill retrieving my mails !

What happened (Trouble shooting ) ;

1.  Plug mouse unto the USB port – No’red’ light ; mouse not working.

2.  Measure the DC current with a multi-meter. From the given information, maximum current should 100mA. No current reading output detected on the multi-meter, means no current-flow to mouse.

Conclusion- connecting cable putus-ed somewhere ; definitely not the USB ports that are faulty as they work just fine!

3. Find out where the cable putus-ed. Before or after the retractable-keeper (don’t know what is this called)- you need to know to enable you to cut your cable. Did some twisting here and there and found out the exact spot of the problem, the mouse responded for like a second few times. Somehow after a lil’ twisting , my mouse was not responding anymore. I twisted even more vigorously but it just didn’t want to respond. Gosh, finally it struck me that I broke the connection entirely.

What should I do?? And you just know so well on the fact that it is impossible to find another Aztech mouse in the jungle (sorry, I am a loyal fan of Aztech) ..which doesn’t help at all?  Hmm, or I can just kill a real mouse and make it connectable to the computer?

Refusing to ‘bury’ and trying to save my RM 30, I decided to ‘fix’ my mouse.Meanwhile, I used this HP mouse temporarily to get my things done (on my lappie) before adjourning to the operation theatre. The scroll of this HP mouse was previously faulty too –somehow managed to restore the problem –lar *chuckles*.

I dissected opened it, and with the help of some gadgets & a lil common sense, I found out the reason. And the reason to its sudden breakdown is no other than ME myself.

Steps on rectification mission.

1. Prepare your tools.

2. Identify the connection.

3. Remove the original connection.

4. Cut the cable – Be careful! The cables are very fine & delicate.

5. Solder according to the previous exact connection. Soldering on such a small hole took me quite sometime *blushes*. I guess am just not the delicate-girl who is good with tiny things.

6. Done! Time to test on the USB ports! Wootz!

Got ‘red’ light leh…it resurrected !!!!!

8. Reassemble back your mouse and continue to use it until it dies on you again.

Brief history :

This mouse was a ‘forced-gift’ from my brother. I asked him to help me ‘cincai’ choose a ‘good’ mouse within my budget (I told him RM 20 max) ,and he got me this. My eyes bulged when he told me the price when I enquired – he said RM 29.90 (or was it RM39.90?). And so, I forced him to ‘present’ the mouse to me and never bothered to return him a single cent! Not something new, he calls me ‘stingy’ all the time anyways, and yes I am stingy alright! Quick to admit a fact though! *winks*

The stingy engineer is so happy that she just saved herself RM 30 !

Tuesday May 26, 2009

Small talk :
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)

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MY two senses in RED

CUP & COOKIES

Smart cup in which you can put 2-3 of your favourite cookies. You don’t need extra plates. It’s made for right handed and left handed.
It also means that you get FAT every time you wanna have a drink ; it’s just so tempting!

WHEEL-MOVING BENCH

Whether you want to sit on the sun or in the shade, near the river or under the tree… now you have your movable bench, to sit wherever you like.
I’d ‘move’ not to under the shade but to MY HOUSE!


BANANA GUARD

Are you fed up with bringing bananas to work/school only to find them bruised and squashed? It allows you to safely transport and storage individual bananas letting you enjoy perfect bananas anytime, anywhere.
Don’t eat banana lah! So many more choices; apples, oranges, etc etc


LOCK-CUP

Anti-Theft Coffee Cup. Are you tired of others stealing your coffee cup? Well now there’s a solution. The Lock-Cup has a hole which prevents most people from using it. Only the owner of the cup can use his/hers shaped key to close the hole.
It’s only a cup man ???! Eh, got people steal cups one a?


PENGUIN TEA TIMER

Making tea, though easy to do, is also time consuming. Once you pour the hot water into the cup, you must patiently hover over it, waiting for the tea to steep. Penguin Tea Timer happily does the waiting for you. Place your tea cup under the beak and set it to the desired time. As you turn the timer dial, the beak lowers the tea into the hot water. When time is up, a bell sounds and the penguin automatically lifts his beak, removing the tea bag from the water.
So ‘time consuming’ then don’t drink lor ! People are just so LAZY nowadays..


TRANSPARENT TOASTER

You love toast, but you always burn it? Than, this invention us for you.This transparent toaster allows you to see the bread while it is toasting so you just have to take it out when the colour is right. This idea is based on a transparent heating glass technology.
Err, I have to admit that this is cool, but…if you always burn it, perhaps you should realise that you are a toast-bread kind of person? Or perhaps switch to those conventional type of oven toaster? It can do much more (eg pizza, potatoes) besides toasting only – the ‘cover’ is also transparent too.


LASER SCISSORS

Laser Scissors Cutting a straight line has never been easier. Just aim the pin-point laser and follow the line. The scissor blades are stainless steel and cut very clean with a micro serrated edge.
I am definitely not splurging big bucks on a pair of scissors !

“THE THING” – INFANT PILLOW

The Zaky is an ergonomic infant pillow designed by a mom to mimic the size, weight, touch, and feel of her hand and forearm to help her baby with comfort, support, protection, and development. The Zaky can help calm your baby and help your baby sleep better through the night.
Definitely a must for me when it is applicable !

TRAVELER’S PHRASE BOOK T-SHIRT

If you are traveling a lot and don’t always know the language of the country you are visiting, then this T-shirt is for you. It has a phrase book printed on it so just point a finger at the pictogram you need and then point it twice at the question mark, which means, “Where is it?” and in no time you have found what you were looking for… or not.
Cool shirt. But learning another language definitely doesn’t hurt ..

TOILET SEAT LIFTER

‘Who left the Toilet Seat up?’ The PeaceMaker will end the battle of the toilet seat. Merely step on the pedal to activate the lifting mechanism. When finished, remove your foot from the pedal and the seat gently comes to a rest where it started.
Only for lazy bumps.

LATEST DESIGN WAITER/WAITRESS TRAYS

Anatomic tray, for waiters. No more dropping trays. We just don’t know is it comfortable.
Comfortable? Not an issue – they are paid to hold trays anyway. Whether it can hold the cups/plates is (look at those ‘lumps’)

BUTTER CUTTER

One Click Butter Cutter controls your portion as an important part of staying healthy. This ingenious butter cutter delivers one standard pat with each click of the handle.
Salute. Good for those who need to count their calories!


DAYCLOCK

What day is today? You don’t know? Then you need a DayClock. It’s uniquely designed to keep track of weekly events like your golf day, card night, movie night, and so much more. It’s ideal for vacations and cruises when it’s easy to lose track of the day.
So unnecessary. So hard to peek at the calendar/computer?


CRIME SCENE TOWEL

Chalk outline crime scene beach towel – be the coolest person on the beach!
C.o.o.l !!

GIANT REMOTE

Never lose your remote again! With giant buttons, this extra large remote is easy to use and impossible to lose. It’s a 6-in-1 remote so you can use it to control your TV, VCR, DVD player, satellite, cable and auxiliary A/V device. It even features glow-in-the-dark buttons, so you can easily find the remote in the dark.
Haha. Reminds me of the remoteS that my boss has in his house (I think he bought 10 units?!). Another good invention I should say.

MODERN LADDER

Really cool modern ladder.
Doesn’t look solid to me though…

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More for you to drool on..


Curved computer – for what ‘I tak tahu la’

3 screens computer – Wow, DOTA now very syiokk dee!!!

Table computer – *WAH* IF the computer spoils, the table is to be dismantled too huh ?!

*Oh no*

Sunday May 24, 2009

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So why wait friends! Hurry!

Sunday May 24, 2009

Soure : here

The average father-to-be gains a stone (6.35kg) during his partner’s pregnancy, a poll has suggested.

Fathers-to-be appear to be influenced by their partners’ weight gain

A fifth of 5,000 men surveyed said they were given larger meals, and 41% said there were more snacks in the house.

The poll, for marketing company Onepoll, also found 25% of men ate more food to make their partner feel better about her weight gain.

One fathers’ group said dads had to be aware their unhealthy behaviour could influence their partners.

Favourite ‘male pregnancy’ snacks include pizza, chocolate, crisps, and more inappropriately, beer.

The average weight gain equated to men putting on around at least two inches around their waist, and a quarter were forced to buy a “paternity” wardrobe.

A fifth of fathers-to-be said they had only realised they had put on weight when their existing clothes stopped fitting.

But 19% said it was their friends who had felt they needed to make it clear they were fatter than before – via jokes about having a “bun in the oven”.

Forty two per cent of couples spent more time visiting pubs and restaurants for dinner in a bid to make the most of their precious time together before the baby was born.

However, only a third joined their partners on a post-pregnancy diet.

‘Women can’t be blamed’

A spokesman for Onepoll said: ”The average woman puts on about two and a half stone during her pregnancy, and it’s not at all uncommon for her to crave more fatty foods and need more regular snacks.

”In fact, women are encouraged to consume an additional 300 calories a day – through eating healthier snacks – to make sure the nutritional needs of the baby are met.

”So if the kitchen cupboards are suddenly brimming with snacks and food, it’s no wonder blokes are tempted to tuck in as well.”

But he added: “The only problem seems to be that men are choosing to snack on unhealthier options such as sweets and cakes – and I don’t think women can be blamed for their partner’s drinking more beer!”

A spokesman for the Fatherhood Institute said: “Research shows that fathers’ health behaviour during pregnancy is really important, not just for themselves but because of the impact their behaviour has on the mothers’ health behaviour – which can of course affect the baby’s health.

“This is relevant not just in terms of eating but also smoking, drinking and substance abuse.

“It’s vital that health services address dads as well as mums during this vital time, and continue to do so once the baby is born.”

Saturday May 23, 2009

I’ve been wanting to blog about this ever since I uploaded this photo long long time ago. Thank goodness that it was while browsing through my uploaded photos that I found out that I’ve not written an entry on this photo…otherwise it will be just conveniently forgotten.

My, did I just sound like a grandma trapped in a young girl’s body?

Well, positively it kinda’ save me the uploading-waiting time, so I can now blog directly!

*whee*

Ok, back to the topic, the lady with white tudung is not a Santarina. Nor is she a Santa ; but let’s call her Santa kay?

Santa is a responsible employee of AirAsia who was then helping me to document my luggage report. Apparently a blur-sotong guy (yes, a HE!) mistakenly took my luggage and left without even realizing a single bit that he took someone else’s luggage!

Big Q – How do you find out if your luggage is missing?

Answer – You will just find out la! If you cannot recognise your luggage then please just bang your head unto the wall.

At that time, both Miss Pearl and I just landed at Miri Airport and I was patiently waiting for my luggage ; Miss Pearl already had hers in hand  (JB-MYY flight ; convocation trip, 2 years ago!) that at one particular moment I got puzzled as there was only 1 particular luggage left on the conveyor. I told myself to calm down and wait for another round ; perhaps at the other end of conveyor maybe?

And so, I waited. Nowhere of my luggage to be seen, so I waited for another round ; none. Well, for a moment, stupid thoughts ran across my mind eg; my luggage was either ‘stolen’ or it just didn’t make it into the plane or it fell off the plane. In the end we concluded that the person whose luggage was left on the conveyor mistakenly took my bag….

Trying hard not to look panic, I immediately reported to the Santa who was just standing nearby and from there she assisted in tracking the person (wow, sounds like FBI!) whose luggage was left behind. I was complaining to Pearl on how a person couldn’t even recognise his OWN luggage, more ever you can see that his luggage is 90% black while mine is 99% red???

HIS

Mine – Hello, so different okay?

Pearl was on her mission to cool me down and one of her tactics was by taking the photo (of me crossing my arms indicating– Not mine!) with her K800i. Well, it did us good, I smiled eventually and she had something to do while waiting for me 

Santa got hold of the owner’s contact no. , called him and thank goodness he wasn’t far (which means we didn’t need to wait long). And according to her, he sounded perplexed that he didn’t believe his ears when she told him to kindly check his luggage as he might have gotten hold of the wrong luggage. I didn’t know how to react ; to laugh or to yell…And so, we waited for a lil’ while longer, gotten back my luggage (thank God I padlocked) and that was it.

I learnt my lesson . Allow me to illustrate.

Take my design of clothes (only for illustration) for example;

1 particular design comes with at least 5 colours (could be more!).

And on top of that 1 design of 1 colour comes with sizes of XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL (6 sizes).

So, let’s do the math, taking into consideration of all outlets in Malaysia;

Say, 1 size of 1 colour has 5000 pieces manufactured.

5000×6 (sizes) = 30000 pieces

30,000 x 5 (colours) = 150,000 pieces !!  

*Tha da*

Probability to bump unto the same design is quite high (although different colour, but still?).

Well, it applies to luggage bags also. Similar designs are so widely manufactured and worse ; the designs are  just so alike and anyone could have just mistakenly assume your luggage as theirs.

Lesson learnt ;

- Make your check-in luggage look outstanding; decorate/tie ribbons/ label with names up-down,front-back.

Best take a picture of your own, print them out (A4 recommended) and paste them on both sides of your luggage.

- Don’t check-in your luggage if you can handle the allowed weight.

Pretty ladies can charm men to help them carry but men….you’d better be macho enough…

- You can be the last to board the plane BUT by hook or by crook make sure you are the 1^st to reach the conveyor so that you could have all eyes on ALL luggages before the blur-sotong hurries yours away. HOW? Push your way out, charm the steward/stewardess/make some scenes / jump from the window /don’t visit the loo upon landing etc?? Be creative babe. Think out of the box !

 Oh, last but not least;

- Tailor your own clothes

Saturday May 23, 2009

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I’ve been wanting to blog about this ever since I uploaded this photo long long time ago. Thank goodness that it was while browsing through my uploaded photos that I found out that I’ve not written an entry on this photo…otherwise it will be just conveniently forgotten.

My, did I just sound like a grandma trapped in a young girl’s body?

Well, positively it kinda’ save me the uploading-waiting time, so I can now blog directly!

*whee*

Ok, back to the topic, the lady with white tudung is not a Santarina. Nor is she a Santa ; but let’s call her Santa kay?

Santa is a responsible employee of AirAsia who was then helping me to document my luggage report. Apparently a blur-sotong guy (yes, a HE!) mistakenly took my luggage and left without even realizing a single bit that he took someone else’s luggage!

Big Q – How do you find out if your luggage is missing?

Answer – You will just find out la! If you cannot recognise your luggage then please just bang your head unto the wall.

At that time, both Miss Pearl and I just landed at Miri Airport and I was patiently waiting for my luggage ; Miss Pearl already had hers in hand  (JB-MYY flight ; convocation trip, 2 years ago!) that at one particular moment I got puzzled as there was only 1 particular luggage left on the conveyor. I told myself to calm down and wait for another round ; perhaps at the other end of conveyor maybe?

And so, I waited. Nowhere of my luggage to be seen, so I waited for another round ; none. Well, for a moment, stupid thoughts ran across my mind eg; my luggage was either ‘stolen’ or it just didn’t make it into the plane or it fell off the plane. In the end we concluded that the person whose luggage was left on the conveyor mistakenly took my bag….

Trying hard not to look panic, I immediately reported to the lady attendee (Santa) who was just standing nearby and from there she assisted in tracking the person (wow, sounds like FBI!) whose luggage was left behind. I was complaining to Pearl on how a person couldn’t even recognise his OWN luggage, more ever you can see that his luggage is 90% black while mine is 99% red???

HIS

Mine – Hello, so different okay?

Pearl was on her mission to cool me down and one of her tactics was by taking the photo (of me crossing my arms indicating– Not mine!) with her K800i. Well, it did us good, I smiled eventually and she had something to do while waiting for me 

Santa got hold of the owner’s contact no. , called him and thank goodness he wasn’t far (which means we didn’t need to wait long). And according to her, he sounded perplexed that he didn’t believe his ears when she told him to kindly check his luggage as he might have gotten hold of the wrong luggage. I didn’t know how to react ; to laugh or to yell…And so, we waited for a lil’ while longer, gotten back my luggage (thank God I padlocked) and that was it.

I learnt my lesson . Allow me to illustrate.

Take my design of clothes (only for illustration) for example;

1 particular design comes with at least 5 colours (could be more!).

And on top of that 1 design of 1 colour comes with sizes of XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL (6 sizes).

So, let’s do the math, taking into consideration of all outlets in Malaysia;

Say, 1 size of 1 colour has 5000 pieces manufactured.

5000×6 (sizes) = 30000 pieces

30,000 x 5 (colours) = 150,000 pieces !!  

*Tha da*

Probability to bump unto the same design is quite high (although different colour, but still?).

Well, it applies to luggage bags also. The designs are so widely manufactured and worse, the designs are  just so alike and anyone could have just mistakenly assume your luggage as theirs.

Lesson learnt ;

- Make your check-in luggage look outstanding; decorate/tie ribbons/ label with names up-down,front-back.

Best take a picture of your own, print them out (A4 recommended) and paste them on both sides of your luggage.

- Don’t check-in your luggage if you can handle the allowed weight.

Pretty ladies can charm men to help them carry but men….you’d better be macho enough…

- You can be the last to board the plane BUT by hook or by crook make sure you are the 1^st to reach the conveyor so that you could have all eyes on ALL luggages before the blur-sotong hurries yours away. HOW? Push your way out, charm the steward/stewardess/make some scenes / jump from the window /don’t visit the loo upon landing etc?? Be creative babe. Think out of the box !

Oh, last but not least;

- Tailor your own clothes