Because We Only Have One Life

From the Virgo characteristics and profile analysis , it says that the Virgo's strength is the ability to focus his/her attention, whilst the potential weakness is need for perfection gets in the way of enjoyment. I laughed as soon as I read it as it really hits me right in the face! hahaha.... just for fun, though. ;) Want to know some other sides of me? Check this out: 1) I can't even read an sms, let alone watching tv, in a moving car. Surely will throw up a minute later. 2) I always read magazines from the last page to the beginning. 3) Regarding point#2, it doesn't apply to novels or storybooks. Really HATE it if people bleak the ending while I'm half way through the story. It applies to movies too. (Don't ever tell me who's the real killer when the movie barely gets started) 4) I can never say no to the three C's: Chocolate, Coke, and Cheesecake. 5) Bathing is my most precious myself-time. Even if I'm in the bathroom for 30 minutes, don't ever...

I grew up in an environment where a woman should be able to cook meals for the family. So if you are a 20 years old female in the house, and you don't even know how to make fried rice, that will be a talkabout-of-the-year. Lucky me, being the eldest in the family, cooking seems to be a routine of my life. I remembered my very first prepared main course was when I was 13 years old. Mom felt sick that day and she couldn't prepare the dinner for the family. So I made some dishes of fried prawn , sambal belacan , and vegetable soup. It was a simple meal and everyone's enjoying it, but nothing tasted better than a glass of compliment from my parents for being able to save the family's dinner that night. But here are questions to think about. Should a woman cook? If she doesn't cook, does that make her a bad woman? Apparently, many people get the wrong idea here. Even though I enjoy cooking, personally, I disagree of the so-called tradition. Cooking is a good habit of c...

(This is a blog I've posted on my friendster blog , April 30, 2010. I really love this post because it's exactly how I felt at the moment. So, enjoy guys.. :) ) When I was expecting my second child, I thought our life would be getting tougher... Financially, we definitely needed to construct new budgets: unnecessary trips and some items in the wish list had to be canceled out. Physically, as a working mother from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with bundles of housework await, I barely had time for myself to chill out. Mentally, knowing that I would suffer the same pain I'd encountered before had given me an emotional breakdown... almost everyday. One good point was that raising our eldest son (now is 3 years old) can be considered easy: an obeyer of a single instruction, never give any tantrum in any unexpected condition, and is in his own world when he's occupied with something. Though, there were some moments when I realized that he might not be ready to have a baby brot...

" You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for two things, the people you meet and the books you read ." -It's so true what Charles Jones said. To be honest, I am not a bookaholic person even though I'm currently working in an educational environment. I am the kind of person who would just happen to read any book if the book happens to be there at any happenstance. However, when I start reading something, not even a rumbling thunder can wake me up. :) One fine evening, I was looking for a reading material to kill my boredom during the invigilation session. I just grabbed one from my Reader's Digest collection, which was the March 2010 edition and rushed up into the exam hall. I spent the first 30 minutes glancing from page 1 to the back cover, while peeking at the candidates. As I am not a bookworm, I don't normally read every page of Reader's Digest - my favorite page has always been the one-page article like the All in a Day...