September 2008

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• How To Make A Tutu

  09.30.08 | Permalink |Craft| Comments Off on How To Make A Tutu

  If you want to make a nice tutu for your little gal and you do not know how to sew, here is some help. Click here for a step by step guide with pictures to show you.

  It is a non-sew handmade tutu. You do not need any sewing skills. It is simple. All you have to do is cut and tie. It is good for a Halloween costume. Your gal can be a fairy with it. To add color to the tutu, you just have to buy colored netting material. White goes with anything. You can alternate white with your favorite color.

  The cost for me to do this is only RM10

  
  
  

• Big Apple Donut Is Here In Penang

  09.27.08 | Permalink |Food| Comments Off on Big Apple Donut Is Here In Penang

  Finally Big Apple is here in Penang at Gurney Plaza. However most of the donut offered today were too choc-ky . And my peanut butter donut is nowhere to be found.

  Well, let’s see whether it will survive in Penang. I didn’t see any queue on a Saturday. Maybe they didn’t do much publicity and I only found out about it when shopping there.

  Now will J.CO come over here too? We will see.

  
  
  

• Can’t Drink Coffee

  09.26.08 | Permalink |Myself| Comments Off on Can’t Drink Coffee

  Many people are addicted to coffee and my mom is one too. However I cannot drink coffee. I remembered when I was young, I was okay with coffee. It did no harm to me right until my University days. It happened one day when I had those boxed coffee drink with milk. I was sick for the whole day.

  After that, whenever I a sip coffee, I will be sick. I will feel nausea, heart pound faster and just not myself. I am not sure why but it seems that my body system cannot accept coffee. If you say it is caffeine but I can take coke or tea. What’s with coffee that I cannot take? Someone told me that coffee is too heaty for me.

  I do love the smell of coffee but just can’t take it. My mom can take coffee like 3 times a day. I wonder does my children have coffee problem.

  I just accidentally drank coffee as I speak because I thought the free cup coming from the vending machine was milk tea. Oooh I am going to feel sick. 🙁

  
  
  

• Charged For No Reason

  09.24.08 | Permalink |Finances| 1 Comment

  How many of you check your saving accounts statement monthly? Few weeks ago, I checked my statement and saw my bank HSBC charged a fee of RM5 for month of Aug and Sep. I was really surprised because for more than 8 years I was with them, there was no fee whatsoever.

  I called their helpline and when you need them, no one picked up the phone. I tried twice but failed to get someone to talk to me. I went to their website and left a feedback. A customer service officer emailed me and called me. She told me that she will investigate.

  The thing is when they offered the account, they didn’t tell me there was a fee attached to it. The account was offered to my husband company for employees for salary deposit. No fees were mentioned. Anyway, I didn’t want to argue with them and requested for the refund for RM10 they took from my account. I will in turn close the account for good.

  I was frustrated that they charge us without any notification. I will never open an account with RM5 monthly. It is day light robbery!

  Do check your statement frequently to check for unknown charges.

• Domino’s Pizza Is Here

  09.22.08 | Permalink |Food| 2 Comments

  Finally a Domino outlet is opened near my area. Now they delivered to my home. Frankly I never tasted Domino’s before. I always wanted to get my teeth on it but the only outlet was in town. If I go down town, I probably will not go for pizza.

  Anyway, I decided to have Domino’s Pizza on Saturday. I tried to register myself online and I failed. They probably didn’t update the database. It kept saying that it didn’t deliver to my area. A bug in the website search engine too.

  So I picked up the phone to order. The staff that took my order had me repeating my info a few times and worse he mispronounced my name, even though I told him what it was! That is why I preferred to order online. Sigh.

  The pizza came. I regretted ordering the thin crust because it is real thin. It was cheesy compare to Pizza Hut. However I found that the toppings weren’t sufficient. I like the breadstix, it was delicious. I preferred the chicken wings from Pizza Hut because Domino’s wings have too much BBQ sauce.

  Ooh…they even provide chili flakes for the pizza. I like that. I really should have order Classic Crust!

  Here is my meal….

  
  

  

  
  

• Space Efficiency With Tupperware

  09.19.08 | Permalink |Living| Comments Off on Space Efficiency With Tupperware

  The other day one of my colleagues brought this to the office. It is a Tupperware container. Not just any container but one that you can compress. It is very innovative. When you want to use it, you expand it. After using, you can just compress. It definitely saves some storage space. It was selling at a promotion, 2 for RM14. I didn’t get any because I have a cabinet full of Tupperware or any ware.

  
  

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  Another thing, I love browsing at the Tupperware catalog or just any catalog. Woman…hehehe.

• 916

  09.16.08 | Permalink |News| Comments Off on 916

  What do you think of Sept 16? It came and gone!…actually 1 hour and 25 minutes to go.

• You Didn’t Ask

  09.11.08 | Permalink |Singapore| 4 Comments

  I walked into BATA I Avenue Penang shoe shop to get 2 pairs of school shoes for my children. My children tried on some school shoes and finally found the right size. I asked the old lady sales woman with no expression (not sure why), was there any discount. She told me that there is no discount. I went to the counter and paid for them.

  Later as I walked out, I saw the same brand with promotion and it was much cheaper. The school shoes were not much different too. I went back to ask the old lady sales woman. She said that those were old stocks and it is an offer item. I asked her why you didn’t tell me that there were offer items available for school shoes. She brushed me off by saying “You didn’t ask!” If I knew, I do not need to ask, right?

  She is one disgruntled lady that really shooing her boss customers away. I will not go back to that shop ever again to buy any shoes.

  
  
  

• Mango Dessert

  09.09.08 | Permalink |Food| 2 Comments

  I love all kind of mango. I got a bunch of green mango from the tree in my church. Thanks to my church friend who use a long stick to whack the fruit down.

  
  

  
  

  This type of mango cannot be eaten just like that because it is very sour. It is good for making preserved mango or eaten with rojak sauce. Some home I love smelling this mango because it is very fragrant. They should make a perfume from this fruit.

  Here is the simple recipe to make delicious preserved mango.
  1. Remove the skin and the seed in the middle.
  2. Slice it to pieces.
  3. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and mix it. Let it set for 5 min.
  4. Add 10 tablespoon of sugar. If you like it sweet, you can add more. If you like it spicy, you can cut and add some cili padi.
  5. Put it in a container with the sugar juice and let it set in the fridge

  Yummy…simply delicious. However I cannot take a lot of this because my teeth will be painful.

• Lemang

  09.05.08 | Permalink |Food| Comments Off on Lemang

  It is one of my favorite foods. It is cooked glutinous rice in a long big bamboo stick. The bamboo stick is placed on an open fire like bbq. It is good to eat with Rendang beef or chicken. You may only get Lemang during Ramadan or Raya season.

  Often Lemang is sold by the road side. Whenever you see people burning bamboo stick, you be sure there is Lemang to be sold. I am glad that I can find it near Bayan Baru Market or Mosque. At this month of Ramadan, there are stores set up at the open area to sell all kind of malay food in the evening. Besides Lemang, you can find ayam percik, kebab, laksa, murtabak, daging soup, malay kuih and lots of food.

  Simply delicious…..burppp…opps.