September 2009

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Entertainment on SIA
09.28.09 | Permalink |Travel| 1 Comment

Last trip when I went on the SIA airlines, they had new planes with new set of bigger Entertainment screen in front of the seat. The screen slightly bigger compare to the old ones. The entertainment software has also been upgraded. It is easier for me to maneuver through the selections.

I always like SIA entertainment programs. It has lots of movies, songs, TV programs and games to choose from. However I wished they put more reality, comedy, CSI and popular shows. My last trip programs weren’t so good. I was bored on the return trip not having stuff to watch.

Another thing SIA has to work on is the frequent miles. It is not very useful as I still have to pay more even with a lot of miles collected. Sometimes the promotion tickets are better than reward miles. The tax and surcharges are costly. It is useless and I rather go with other airlines.

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Emergency Assistance Plus
09.28.09 | Permalink |Insurance, PP| Comments Off

Imagine this, a tragic accident on the highway that cause a few km jam where no ambulance can get to the location of the tragedy. Would it be good if the victim had emergency assistance like a chopper that has paramedics to get to him/her. It could save the victim’s life.

Read all about the emergency assistance benefits at GoodSameAPlus plan. If you are a frequent traveler or you are always on the road, you may want to get additional coverage. It will give yourself and your family a peace of mind.

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Complete Coverage
09.28.09 | Permalink |Insurance, PP| Comments Off

It is really difficult to get medical insurance when you get old or the premium is too costly. However if you love your elderly folks, you ought to have them protected. GoMedigap have a pretty good Medicare supplement insurance plans.

The plan follows the federal and state laws. It covers folks above 65 years of age. You may need to supplement Medicare Coverage for one or more of the following reasons:
• Medicare was never designed to pay all the health care costs of the elderly.
• Medicare coverage has many gaps.
• Medicare deductibles increase every year.

The supplement plan covers the Medicare gaps so that you have complete coverage. You can find out more information about the plan in GoMedigap website. I wished I have a plan like this when I grow old.

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Great Looking Curtains
09.27.09 | Permalink |Living| Comments Off

A few months back, I was scouting for nice curtains for my apartment. Well, tailored made curtains are very expensive. If I had the time, I could sew it myself but I just didn’t have spare time.

I know Kamdar, the local fabric store offered curtain making. The labor is pretty cheap about RM7 per piece. For standard size curtains, it is very much worth it. The tip is to purchase a wide enough cloth to minimize joining pieces together. The less join, the cheaper the curtain is. There are fabrics with wider with like 60cm, 90cm or 120cm.

Anyway, I saw a design that I like but it was a two piece curtain sewn together. To add to it, the windows in my apartment are not standard. All of it needs to be of the size of sliding door curtains tall and the width is also non standard too. Therefore, I need to tailor make all the curtains.

I am pretty pleased with the finished product with the price I am paying. It is really beautiful.

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Good Weekend Workout
09.27.09 | Permalink |Living, PP| Comments Off

Finally I had a chance to go and clean my new apartment despite my family busy schedule. It was hard work for me and my hubby. The place was really dusty after the renovation. Dirt marks everywhere with dirty stains in some areas.

It took us 2-3 hours to get the apartment clean. I must say it was a good exercise for me, although I dislike cleaning or mopping. The work out is as good as the top rated weight loss pills. I gain a little bit of weight after coming back from KL. Well, I had too much good food in KL. I cannot resist the delicious donuts.

I can say, I wouldn’t mind cleaning another apartment again. It was great fun.

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Jump Drive As Gift
09.27.09 | Permalink |Gift, PP| Comments Off

Imprinted jump drive can be a good marketing gift. You can imprint your company’s name for advertising your company brand. I saw a lot of high tech company giving out imprinted company logo jump drive at technology events or seminars.

Actually I have collected a few and it is very useful for me. I am able to make full use of it for saving and transferring my files. No one uses CD-ROM or floppy disk any more.

FlashDealer.com provides all kind of USB drives and imprint service. They even ship worldwide. You can browse through their catalogs for more gifts idea.

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Wordpress Blog Backup
09.25.09 | Permalink |Blogs| 1 Comment

What do I do without Google or any online search engine? I used it every day to get answers. A few months, I was trying to backup my blogs. When it hits 7.5 MB it stops. I used the export tool that comes with Wordpress but it didn’t completely backup the entire blog.

I google for answers and I found some cool plugins. I found one which I installed to backup the database on Wordpress itself. Now I do not have to go to cpanel to do it. The plugin is called WP-DBManager. It even allowed you to schedule your backup periodically so you will never forget.

However I wanted to save my posts into XML format for a reason. I couldn’t find the answer directly but it was one of the comments someone made on a plugin. He mentioned to increase the memory limit in wp-setting.php. Wow that does the trick. I increased it to 64MB and the export tool just worked. It is amazing.

I can say that the search engine is my online tech manual. You can find almost anything in the internet. I was able to hack my iPhone because of it. It saves me some money there too.

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Bounce Houses
09.25.09 | Permalink |Children, PP| Comments Off

I am looking for bounce houses for sale and I found it in BestPriceToys.com. Sad to say they do not ship internationally. I hope they did, I will place an order right away.

I always love bouncing in those inflatable castle or house. Most children love it too. It will be an excellent gift for my friend’s kindy. Imagine if I would to put this in my friend’s kindy, all the children will be grinning from ear to ear wanted to bounce on it.

It is also a good party play time for the kids too. I went to an outdoor bbq once and the host rent one of this. It was such an enjoyment for the kids. At least the kids can have their own fun while we parents chat.

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Tuxedos
09.25.09 | Permalink |Living, PP| Comments Off

I have a wedding invitation this Saturday. One of my colleagues is getting married. Everyone especially we ladies have an opportunity to dress to kill. Too bad guys here do not wear tuxedos to wedding.

I attended a wedding in Australia and most guys wear tuxedos. They look charming and presentable. Here guys wear at most a long shirt, some don’t even bother, just come with polo shirt. I think guys should wear tuxedoes to a wedding dinner. They look good in it. Don’t you think so?

If you want to know about the Tuxedos packages, go to FormalTux.com. It has a lot of selection for you to choose from. It is on sale too!

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North South Highway
09.22.09 | Permalink |Information| Comments Off

I went down from Penang to KL during the Raya Holidays. My family wanted to stop at Ipoh McDonald like we always do. This time around, it was a little confusing due to the road changes along Ipoh. I wonder who design the road there. The road was split into 2, right going down to KL and left going into Ipoh.

Basically you have to make a choice at the split. You need to keep left if you want to go Ipoh. If you miss that, you have to make a U turn at Simpang Pulai that is quite far down. Same goes on the other side of the road. By the way, both roads are parallel but it has a divider between the 2. The way it is design is really confusing especially for newbie driving on this highway. So watch out!

By the way, the traffic was really bad going up north, Ipoh to Penang. Fortunately we are on the other side, was free flow all the way.

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Daorae In Penang
09.16.09 | Permalink |Food| 1 Comment

I just love Korean Food especially the kimchi pot hot pot with different vegetables, taufu and noodle. Yummy ~~~. I also love the BBQ meat but the beef was a little tough and pricey. I kind of like the pork better. Of course, you must have the ginseng chicken soup too.

Daorae, the Korean BBQ Restaurant is at I-Avenue in Penang island. The service is very good and the food is simply delicious. When my family was there, they gave us a room and had our private dining. The chef came and visited us and my children were amazed at how tall his chef hat was.

Overall it is a good place to go. There were many little dishes that were given free with plenty of cool tea. The place is run by Korean and I would want to go back there again. Now enjoy the pictures….

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Hyatt Summerfield Hotel
09.07.09 | Permalink |Hotel, Travel| Comments Off

When I was in the Colorado Springs, I stayed in Hyatt Summerfield. Initially I booked Hyatt The Place which is more upper class. However there is no DIY laundry service, so I downgrade myself. I wanted all my laundries clean before going home.

Hyatt Summerfield in Colorado Springs is very spacious. The room has a kitchen, a living hall and a bedroom. I believed land in US is always available which makes most hotel room spacious. The room was very clean. The only complain I had was the security latch to the lock was broken and every morning I received a 6am morning call. I feedback the morning call problem to the front desk, every morning but they told me they were fixing it. It wasn’t fixed till the day I checked out. It was really annoying having to wake up an hour early. I am not a morning person.

I came back and wrote a feedback on Hyatt website. I was pretty pleased that the customer service responded to me immediately, apologizing about the bad experience. On top of that, they added points to my membership. Now I get a free night stay at any Hyatt hotel. Cool eh. Kudos to the customer service folks! For compensating me on waking up early to shut off the morning call.

Hyatt Summerfield Hotel in Colorado Springs was very near to Garden of The Gods road and you can visit the rocks there. It is very beautiful all season. I visited it during winter and it was splendid. Next, you can go to Manitou Springs. Lots of beautiful places in CS. I don’t mind staying there.

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Steel Buildings
09.07.09 | Permalink |PP, Technology| Comments Off

The other day I heard from the news that a strong wind almost made a warehouse collapse. It is really dangerous to have a poor structure for any building. Maybe the owner should look at steel buildings. It is able to withstand terrible weather conditions.

Fortunately there were anyone hurt or injured, only property and goods damage. It still cost money.

If you do not want to lose sleep over your property, you can get information about steel buildings from OlympiaBuildings.com. They have 25 years of warranty and 30 years of experience. They used 100% American steel.

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Autumn In My Heart
09.04.09 | Permalink |Entertainment| 1 Comment

I accidentally found this Korean Drama online and yesterday I watched it on YouTube. It created rainy weather in me. The story was so touching and made me cry almost on every episode. The story plot is about 2 gals being switched at birth. One landed in a rich family and the other in the poor family. The rich gal had an accident and the parents found out she is not their biological daughter. Later they found that their daughter is living with the poor family.

Sad to say that the rich gal gave up her place and goes to her actual biological mother. She had a very close relationship with her brother. The rich family had to leave for the states and left the rich gal all alone with the poor family. The condition of the poor family was bad. It was just so sad.

Years after, the rich family son came back to look for her sister. The interesting part came when the son’s friend, another rich guy acted by a charming actor named Won Bin came into the picture. He really makes every gals heart melt. The friend also love the girl but the girl love the brother. The brother also love her very much but he had a commitment to her fiancé.

The love from the friend is just unbelievable and his acting was superb. Not to mention he is good looking and charming!

Well, sad to say that the story had a depressed ending. You go find out what it is. It is a great story. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_6jbC59hnQ&feature=related

If you want a good cry, this is a good drama to watch.

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Busy To Exercise
09.04.09 | Permalink |Health, PP| Comments Off

I must say that this year I been doing very little exercise. Yeap, I realized I am living an unhealthy life. Before I had kids, I used to go to the gym and run on
treadmills. Now most of my time goes to the children.

I really want to join back gym and increase my exercise routine. I wonder how much gym membership cost now. Maybe next year resolution for me is to increase my exercise time and live a healthier life.

If not, I will get a home treadmill and have my very own gym at home. I was browsing through NordicTrack.com and found some good treadmill. Time to shop for an affordable one. I wonder for those people who have 1 at home, how often do they use it?

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of Looking Great
09.04.09 | Permalink |Links, PP| Comments Off

My gal’s milk teeth is jolting out, maybe she ate too many tough apples. Now she really looks like a rabbit. I hope when the 2 front milk teeth falls, the new teeth will grow into place. Otherwise I may have to bring her to charlotte cosmetic dentist.

Yeap, most people loves to look great and presentable. When it comes to our teeth, we seldom pay attention to it when we are young. In some cases, we really cannot do much if it grows badly or disorderly. However these problems can be solved by going to the dentist. You can find lots of information on DrTomFarley.com site. Let’s take good care of our teeth else we may spend a fortune fixing it.

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