More Scooooooooops please

I was way too early for my spa & massage session so I hopped into Scoops Gelato Bar to kill some time.

And I'm glad I did it as it was a wise moved.

The girl behind the counter was really nice & ask whether I wanna try out some of the flavors 1st before ordering. wow... nice! I tried 4 flavors, I think, and ended up with the initial 2 flavors that I wanted to try: Peanut butter & Butter Scotch for RM8. I really liked it. But actually I like anything with peanut butter hahahahaha.

With a gossip magazine in hand, I was really just enjoying my time. When I was younger, I would rather die than be seen sitting alone in a cafe or shop. How about you?

NO TRANS FATS!!!

I hav always loved Loacker wafers.

Usually I'll get these cute little cubes:Then these wafer thin biscuit caught my attention, actually the wording DARK Chocolate lar. How can I resist??And it was really really THIN wafer... I Like! The chocolate cream blended in harmony with the crispy leaves of wafer.

Now a days, NO Trans Fats seems to be on most product in the market.YAY!!! I'm eating food that's no FATTENING!

more moRE MOREEE of this toooooooo

Friends were telling me about the SALE at LEVI's, which I cannot believe as I've never bought LEVI's with discount evar before in my life. I had to rush to tHe SPRING to see it for myself. And true enuf, there was SALE, a very quiet sale as nobody was in the shop. GREAT!

I cannot believe my eyes, not 30%, not 50% but 60% discount le!

With such good bargain, hubby told me to pick 3 jeans... hehhehe... not 1, not 2 but 3, tiga, san!!! I think I've been a really good girl.

There were not much choices available but it was enuf for me. I like most of it. Yup, I'm not very choosy 1.

I'm so happy as I save a lot of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
For this jean, original price was RM384, I got it for only RM154. yay... I save RM230 for 1 jean. Now, multiple it by 3.

I totally dig the shopping bag that came with the purchase... adding to my collection, I got 2 in RED which I got 2 years ago. man... it has been a loooooooong time since I got any new jeans. I deserved these jeans!

Instruction inside the bag. Soooo COOL!

p/s: I'm on FORCE LEAVE tomorrow!
This I DON'T WANT as I don't have Annual Leave to spare anymore. My salary gonna b cut starting from April if it continues on **sob sob sob**

More MORE of this tooooooo

Walk walk at Friendship Park

Ah... this is call lazy eyes style... not every1 can achieve this kind of facial expression oooo

Hubby keep asking me to pose but I "si si" like "cha tau" like that lor... cannot help it so many people around me veli pai seh le

Capturing movement of the bell

Kawaiiiii Esther...

She is the BEST model, got many styles 1

With daddy...

I come in PEACE!

The trade mark NO EYEs smile...

I need to read more on
"HOW to LOOK 10 pounds THINNER in PHOTOs"

More of this toooooo

Thanks to Dennis, my BIL who was back from S'pore last week.

Wishing for more

Taken 4 years ago...

Old Batu Kawa Township

Outing on a bright sunny Sunday.

Hubby with the cute nephew, Elijah!

Cowgirl Esther...

Kawaiiiiiiii neeeeeeeeeeeee...

Drove all the way to Old Batu Kawa Township for this...............

The famous Bak Ee (Meat Balls) Mee

Poor Elijah can only see, cannot eat yet... heheh

The many faces of Esther...

A hungry looking cat

MIL entertaining Elijah!

A walk to the temple near the river

The end!

p/s: No editing done on the photo except resizing. Is it good? Hubby playing with the new toy D300.

Early Ching Ming

Went to graveyards today.

It was quite far away, 20++ mile I think as we did passed by Jong's Crocodile Farm.
Scrubbing & Cleaning Hubby's dad's tomb, it's all covered in tiles so no pruning of grass needed.
Thank god weather was gorgeous.
Then it was time for breakfast at 10 mile, ne the corner shop opposite Padawan Council Office.
Can even order RM40 Ko Lo Mee here.
Dunno why so famous??
I find the Ko Lo Mee ok saja. The fish ball was yummy.

Then followed MIL to the 10 mile wet market. It was a wise move as I found these!!!

Buah Kedondong!! IT WAS SUPER CHEAP!!! Only RM2 for the above + 2 more already in my tummy heheh. Only 20 cents for each! DAMN WORTH IT!

We called a day after visiting hubby's Grandma's tomb too near 4th mile. Hubby's family is doin these "ching ming" earlier as they won't here during that time.

Today's lunch was specially prepared by me. Cute le. Look like a bear... no?

Our Air-con was down for Scheduled Preventive Maintenance (cleaning lar). So now my room is very cold although I set the temp to 25 degree. I was so worried for the guy as he climb so high up without safety belt attached or anything, just a ladder & a hose, yikes. Risking his life for only RM45, hmmmm....

Hubby's family was here for afternoon high tea, or in literal term, Starbucks Coffee after reading my post regarding how hubby claim it to be The Best In the WORLD! Well I enjoyed my coffee with Butter cookies, yummy! MIL watched 2 episodes of American Idol. The judges are a funny lot. And I think Simon is the only 1 with any real contructive critiques of the contestants' performance.

Would you?

We had an opportunity to test drive a Nissan 350z a few months back, but we did not have enough time to take a spin in this baby...
Would you test drive it
although you have NO intention at all to buy one?

Reason can be your spouse object to it. Road tax is ridiculous for this ride & drinks petrol like there is no tomorrow. Then there's the cost of maintaining it. It can be endless.

Although I know this car is out of reach (for now), but I would be jumping in joy if given a chance to have a JOY RIDE in this baby. Yea, sports car do make me go crazy.

Have or NOT have children??

Am sharing an article I found that's interesting & the 1st point had me laughing out loud.

Tell me, have you thought about this question???
What do you think???
Have or NOT have children?

20 Reasons Not to Have Children

1. Birth. Imagine pushing a grapefruit through your anus. Imagine it taking ten hours. Imagine that after ten hours of trying to push a grapefruit through your anus and failing that doctors cut a big hole in your belly to remove the grapefruit. Don't believe anyone who says that they forget all about it in a few months.
2. Responsibility. All of life's prior responsibilities pale in comparison. If you decide to have a child, that new person must absolutely be your top priority. As your child will remind you when he or she is older and something goes wrong, "I didn't ask to be born." A child is a life long commitment to a person who is innocent of this choice.
3. Diapers. Disposable diapers these days absorb lots of liquid, and they don't leak. But you still have to change hundreds of them. Often they contain more than liquid. As the child gets older, diapers become smellier and bigger tasks. Then there is toilet training, with its inevitable setbacks and accidents.
4. 3am wakeups. Caring for a child takes a lot of physical and emotional energy, made all the harder by babies that only sleep for ninety minutes at a time. Many parents of much older children seem to forget how hard the first few months were as they look at the past with rose colored glasses. Don't believe them. Parents need sleep to work well, and they often can't get it.
5. Hard on marriages. A baby takes so much time and attention that spouses must already have a great friendship and work well together before the baby arrives. It is a certainty that one spouse will disagree with the other about decisions on how to care for the child. It is likely that one spouse will resent the lost time with the other. A marriage with some difficulties will get much worse when a baby is crying and the parents are sleep deprived.
6. Advice. Total strangers leap forward to offer advice about how to raise your child. Most of the advice is contradictory and flat out wrong. Strangers will be much easier to ignore than your friends and family, many of whom have raised children quite successfully. Some advice you may want, but lots of it will be unsolicited and unappreciated.
7. Changed relationships. When your family expands by the addition of a child, your relationships with everyone, and I mean everyone, changes. Your child is at the forefront of most of your thoughts, and those people without children cannot relate. Those people with children are finally happy to see that you can relate. Everyone will watch how you raise your child and will at some point cluck and disapprove, including those who raised ten children and those who raised none. Some strong bonds will weaken, some friends will not been seen again. Some may improve, but with your energies and devotions directed towards your child, that is much less likely.
8. Free time. You will have none. Most time not spent with your child will be spent catching up on work you need to get done. You and your spouse must carefully plan any time away from your child, and very little can be done spontaneously. To pretend otherwise is probably neglectful of either your child or your spouse.
9. Worry. Parents always worry about their children, monitoring how fast they reach each milestone and how well they grow, eat, sleep, crawl, walk, read, make friends, and so on. And yet there is little a parent can do beyond allow a child to proceed at his or her own pace. It can be frustrating and scary when your child isn't eating well, or cannot read at his or her grade level, or is socially inept.
10. Money. Children are expensive in several ways. One parent loses wages while caring for a child. Children need to eat and be clothed. They need toys with which to explore the world. They need health care, they need education, they need activities and hobbies. They will need car insurance. The proper raising of a child is not cheap.
11. Laundry. Children do not contribute to household chores until they are older, and even then they generate more work than labor. Having a child means that your living space will need more cleaning than before, not only as your child makes a mess of it but also because you cannot let your child crawl around in dust and dirt. Your child will find all sorts of vile things to put in his or her mouth in the cleanest of homes. Your laundry and dishes will double, and you will do all the picking up after your child for many years.
12. Tantrums. Many times you will tell your child that they cannot have what they want, and they will scream to get you to change your mind. You will need to avoid saying "no" as much as possible, but then stick to your decision when you do. Otherwise you will encourage tantrums. However, younger children cry because that is the only way they have to express themselves, and you need to be attentive. It becomes difficult judging when a child is having a serious problem and when he or she is having a tantrum. Tantrums are not just for two-year-old children, they will continue for years in many different forms as your child will attempt to change your mind. At some point children figure out how to get what they want despite you, and that opens another can of worms.
13. Rebellion. Children need to assert their independence and individuality. All will feel stifled in some way by their parents or other authority figures, and they will attempt to subvert the dominant hegemony. Didn't you? It usually isn't pretty.
14. Dissonance. Lots of adults do not get along with their parents. Perhaps they forget all the work that their parents put into raising them, or perhaps they resent that the work that their parents did was not enough. At some point your child will probably be very angry with you, and may even hate you for years. This is not uncommon, and you know it because you can name a dozen people who don't get along with their own parents.
15. Pain. Your child will cry and you won't know why or how to fix it. You will mess up and let your child get hurt. You won't be there and your child will get hurt. Your child will get really sick. Your child will fail at something and feel humiliated and worthless. Guaranteed. The world is a hard place on everyone, especially small, naive, fragile people.
16. 6 billion. The world is already overpopulated. Do you really have to add to it? Do not answer this question lightly. Every new human draws on our limited resources, tramples over previously undamaged land, creates more waste, and accelerates worldwide instability.
17. Failed expectations. You may expect your child to be interested in things that fascinate you, and then be disappointed. You may be brilliant and your child may be dull. You may be athletic, unhappy to discover that your child has trouble walking a straight line. Your child may abandon your religion or main beliefs. Your child may grow up to be someone you have very little in common with. In fact, your child will definitely not be a little version of you. Any thoughts about what kind of person you want your child to be are wasted thoughts, and probably detrimental.
18. Lost freedom. People without children can easily pack up and move. They can be without work or change careers. They can break up with their partners and find new ones. Children, while often flexible, must be accounted for in all major life changes. In fact, they demand that the world not change around them so fast while their own understanding of the world grows and changes at the same time. Stability and routine allows a child to explore life from a vantage of safety and consistency. You must be willing to give your child such stability at the cost of your own freedom.
19. Hard work. Raising a child takes more than love and time. You must concentrate on all methods of communication that your child attempts so that you may properly understand his or her needs and wants. You must introduce your child to new stimulation and situations regularly. You have to figure out best ways to teach your child at each age, what to teach them, and when to teach. You must be available and responsive to your child even when you are tired or sad or very busy.
20. The unthinkable. The death of a child, while unlikely, is devastating. It often destroys marriages, as both spouses need comfort that the other cannot provide. Frequently one parent will blame the other. So much emotion, time, and energy gets poured into a child that to lose it all at once is crippling. Many well meaning people say hurtful and stupid things in a misguided attempt to help. This is one case where it is better to not have loved at all than to have loved and lost.

10 Reasons to Have Children

1. They're cute. In fact, your own child is adorable. Every sigh, every laugh, every motion is bliss. You fall in love with them.
2. Re-experiencing childhood. Regardless of how good your own childhood was, your child allows you to vicariously relive childhood. Usually it's much better the second time around, when you have all the wisdom of age but can enjoy the energy of youth. Playing with a two-year-old feels like being two years old again.
3. Learning. Watching your child learn is fascinating and fun. Each new skill or idea or word learned is a little victory. If you watch carefully, you will see that something new is discovered or conquered every single day. Your child will need to learn a lot from you, as he or she starts without much knowledge at all except for perfect sense of his or her feelings. While you are busy teaching your child about practical aspects of the world, your child will be teaching you emotional sensitivity. The active teaching and learning process is rewarding and fulfilling.
4. Reflection. Everything that you already can do probably take for granted, but your child will remind you that all those skills had to be learned. It reminds you of how far you have come in life, and shows you the sorts of difficulties you probably had when you were your child's age. Your child will also notice things that you have long since filtered out. I didn't realize how many birds there were outside my house until my daughter showed me.
5. Reincarnation. Your genetic makeup is a small part of your identity. More important are your ideas, beliefs, manners, and stories. All of these things will be taken up by your child and then changed around. Your child will never be a clone of yourself, fortunately, but instead will be a new variation of you and the other people that raise him or her. If you like yourself then this is very satisfying.
6. Socializing. Every society has a subculture for people who raise children. At every age you can find people also raising a child in a similar situation. You can make many new friends with whom you have a lot in common. The comradely and shared experiences ease some difficulties.
7. Control. You must not tell other people how to raise their own children. However, if you raise your own child, you get to do it your way, which you presumably believe is the right way. People might disagree with your methods, but if you have thought at great length about it--and you should if you plan on having a child--then you probably have good reasons for all the decisions you will have to make. When you find that your methods are not perfect, which you will, you can change them appropriately.
8. Adoption. There are lots of children in the world without parents. Adopting a child is an excellent way to greatly improve the life of someone who would have a very hard time otherwise.
9. Entertainment. Children have lots of energy and can be lots of fun. They develop imaginations, a sense of humor, and lots of excitement. Little kid laughs are infectious. Playing with children is very enjoyable.
10. Love. You are the center of your child's world, and as much as you may love and need your child, he or she will love you more. Children that are shown love and affection show it back many times over.

Happy ppl vs unHappy people

I think that

1 . Happy people are characterized by the belief
that they are able to control their situation;

whereas

Unhappy people tend to believe that they are a toy of fate.

I believe that I'm able to take hold of my own destiny if I am determined enough. This I have to thank my parent as they've instilled this in me since I was young. When there's a will, there's a way. I was brought up to think that anything was possible.

2 . Happy people are people that bother to count their blessings;

whereas

Unhappy people never seem to bother to make the best out of things.

I believe that everything happens for a reason and bad luck can always be good luck in disguise, just open your eyes & look for it. Another popular phase used at home : BLESSING in DISGUISE. No choice hahahha... I was brought up to be optimistic.

3 . Happy people are smart enough to realize
that the past belongs to the past;

whereas

Unhappy people tend to mull over grudges or flaws
that are no longer significant.

I believed that it's your choice to want that happiness.
If your life is so miserable,
blame yourself for moping and wallowing in self pity.

I believe that your eyes are set in front
because you are meant to look forward.

It's called Knee-Con

Our Humidity Control Cabinet (also called the Dry Cabinet) where we store our camera gear is running out of SPACE!!!

YUP.
Hubby got another TOY.
In a bid to stimulate the economy on his part.
Nikon AF-S 70-200 f/2.8 VR
Last night the seller shoot hubby in the face with this comment after hubby spent a few minutes testing the HUGE lens.

Hubby: man... my arm hurt... it's so heavy
Seller: It's TIME for you to get in shape man!!!
Me: hahahhahaha

Then the seller ask hubby some Q as he was 30 minutes into testing this piece of expensive telephone pole, at least to me it is as it look so DAMN BIG & LONG & HEAVY.

Seller: So what type of photography are you into? Weddings? Landscape?

Hubby: hmm... anything & everything
Seller: Any reason you want this lens?
Hubby: hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Me: HE JUST WANT to OWN IT.
Seller: I understand. Dream Lens eh?
Hubby: Yeah.

When we went Hong Kong shopping for this lens (as it was cheapest in HK), IT WAS SOLD OUT every freaking where. Hubby left HK with his dreams shattered. He vowed to return someday for this baby. But now, DREAMS can come true with ONLINE SHOPPING.

te-hee... using his trusty h/p to take images of his new baby...

I knew the 70-200 was a bit bigger, but nothing prepared me for this, weighing ~1.5kg! The sight of it still made me tremble a bit.

My Professional Looking Photographer hubby...

As his last toy, the D300 cost an arm & a leg, this new lens (xiao hei wu) cost him another arm & leg, his left ball & an ear too, so he is limbless & half deaf & half sterile now. As I know his shopping list is still very loooooong, and I might need his right ball someday, to ease him financially I'm promoting his photography services.

NOW OPEN for BOOKING.
1st come 1st serve.
Willing to TRAVEL!
Weddings, Outdoor, Portrait or even NUDE are most welcome!

Don't miss out!