My 4 years old first stay over.

Time really fly, it seems like yesterday I just have my baby. However, yesterday we sent our 4 years old off to my girlfriend home for his first every stay over night with friend.
Our home is unusually quiet with him. He is a talker, he talks and talks until he goes to sleep.
We wonder how our friend handle with him and her other 4 little ones. We called the first thing in the morning, she said they survive and he is a good boy. I thought hmmm...good boy at other people but a handful for mama and papa, sigh :). I suppose kids are like that :).

A thankful Thanksgiving.

The day after thanksgiving 2007, my gold protfolio net change show a net gain of $1,569. Wow, that is a whole lot to be thankful for !

Would you like to share with me what are you thankful for this year 2007 which is going to end in a month time ?

There are many things we can be thankful for like my friend Jessie stated on her recent post : Happy Thanksgiving.

What is the meaing of real friend ?

One of my friends called me and said one of her friends was not even happy to find out she finally learn how to blog and make money out of blogging.
I came across friends who act like her friend she just mentioned.
I find it rare to find friends who are happy with my success and who would actually celebrate my success. Incidentally , I found there are more friends who feel sad for me if I failed, they would lend me a shoulder to cry.
What about you ? What is your definition of friend ?

Exactly 160days left.

Yes, it is exactly 160days left before I finish school. It had been so long we have not do a lot of traveling or even going out lunch like this because I am so busy with my studies.


The scarify that we made for our little one so I can stay home with him more after I finish my school and only need to work 2-3 days flexi hours.

Now that I am a mom, I can see my parents sacrificial life toward us sibling in a better perspective.

You know you are getting old when...

You no longer read the fine print of the ordinary bible but instead a giant print such as this :



Recently at church, I realized I no longer can read any of the fine prints of the bible I used to have for a long time. So I decided to let go of my pride and buy a giant print King James version of the bible.

Getting old is part and parcel of life but at lot of times we wish it would not comes so early , sigh :).

Choices, choices, choices

America is a land of plenty , a lot of times we do not appreciate what we have. Look at these ? Do you recognized what they are ?



They are bathroom basins. Yes, there are so many shape and size, color and design. But how often do you know that there are many people in under develop countries who do not even have enough to eat ?

This Thanks giving season prompt me to post this message. Give thanks to God for every blessing HE bring across our ways.

May we have compassion for the people who have less !

Driving dangerously.

I thought traffic in Malaysia was bad, not until I see how Indian people drive :).

Did you notice there is no accident within that 1 minute video clip :). They must be really good driver. Take my hat off them.

Have you ever been to India ? What is your impression with their driving ? I think I will think twice to drive in India :):).

Enjoy !

Informations you do not know can cost you money !

A month ago, we bought a new computer and also bought a wireless network internet connection on our new computer. We bought netgear products for our wireless gardget.
We had a number of problems since we did that. The problem is our network was down and we called our DSL provider which is AT&T.
In fact, AT&T bought our ex-provider, which is Bell South.
Last night we talked to netgear and we talked to AT&T. After talking on the phone with Netgear staff, the guy told us we had a faulty equipment and asked us to send back and they will replace us with a workable one (not necessary new). Later we talked to AT&T, they told us they can give us a free wireless network without any monthly charge.
For some reasons, we thought it costs us a monthly fees to have that kind of connection.
So you see , we spend more than $120 on buying equipment if only we knew it is free from AT&T, sigh. So do your homework before you buy anything !

How long do you potty train your little one ?

It took me a long time to potty train my little one but once I found the potty he loves, it did not take me too long to potty train him.

For some reasons, my little one loves this Winnie the Pooh potty :) and he did it within 2 weeks.

Time have flied and I am selling this potty in my yard sales !

Mentor and gold

No matter whatever undertaking you embark, always find a mentor ! Mentor is indispensables ! My investment mentor send me this post today !

Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor.'

Picture Source, here

Genius who changed how we live today

I was very fascinated by this piece of news at CNN today. Geniuses who will change your life.

None but one of these geniuses really interest me because I have always wondered why were aerospace engineers so way behind other areas of engineers. Look at computer, internet, telephone technologies, they have long surpased aerospace technology advancement. I cannot believe 30years ago it took me exactly the same time to travel from New York to Sydney as it is now. How on earth no aerospace engineer has taken any innovative step to shorten the time of travel ?

Well, this piece of research news really cheer me up !
Quote directly from CNN News :

“Thomas A. Jackson, aerospace engineer

Piloting a real-life Luke Skywalker X-wing fighter is every aeronautical engineer’s fantasy, and Thomas Jackson is helping make it a reality.

A scientist for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Jackson is setting the direction for the supersonic combustion ramjet — aka, the scramjet. By scooping up oxygen from the atmosphere as it ascends, the scramjet eliminates the need for the heavy liquid oxygen and solid oxidizer used by a typical space shuttle.

And once it catches on, it will revolutionize air travel. How does a 2-hour flight from New York to Sydney sound? Or a layover on the Moon? And the best thing is, it’ll all happen sooner than you think. In April 2007, NASA successfully test-powered a hydrocarbon-fueled scramjet engine to Mach 5.”

In fact, I was thinking about this kind of concept since 1990. During those times, I traveled a lot for my work. I lived a jet setter life style because I was managing projects in Hong Kong, K.L, Singapore and Kuching. I was young then so it did not take a lot of toil on my body. However, my recent trip to Malaysia which took me more than 30hours did take a lot of toil on my body which has aged since 1990.

I hope I can live to travel a 2-hour flight from New York to Sydney. I really dream that I get to live to that day.

The definition of friends

How do you define friend ?

Good friends, bad friends, best friends, bestest friends ?

Tuesday I received a get well card from one of my girlfriends from the church we used to go.
Her husband is one of the fire fighters who would be in the 911 team have he not gone to the church on Sunday. His team mates must have told my girlfriend husband about my situation on Sunday.

I was very touch because for me to received a card from her on Tuesday, she must have posted the card on early Monday morning.
I felt quite guilty because she was the one who visited me when I had my baby, brought me soups, vitamins, breast bump and baby clothes. She is a very introvert girl, has a quiet and gentle spirit that attracted me a whole lot. I felt guilty because I had not call her for a long time. I did not even send her a card on her 2nd child arrival !

For some reasons, I am very attracted to people (especially women) who has quiet and gentle spirit. I covert those virtue because I don't have. But, I especially can't stand women who speak with here say, no facts, no figures, oh how I hate it !

I am very blessed to have friends who came along my life and have left beautiful foot prints in my life. Some helped me beyond my belief but many betrayed me beyond my belief as well.

My angels (1).

One of my angels in life was one of the pastor wife in Malaysia. This lady is a very unique lady, a convent Assunta girl, graduated as a registered nurse from UK, married an Electrical engineer. Both of them wanted very much to serve God full time as pastor and wife of pastor. They left their good jobs in U.K and helped a pastor in K.L in a very small home church. They lived a very humble life, their monthly allowances depended on people charity of love gifts. But, She has very fine taste. She is a very generous lady despite not having a lot of material wealth. I remembered never in one Sunday she did not have visitors for lunch in her humble small house in Sedang. When I first met her, I just came back from Australia after many years, she thought I might be Westernized and whenever I informed her I would visit her, she would cook up some very authentic English meal which would always include a Shepperd's pie.

During my back sliding years in my Christian faith, she had never forgotten to encourage me back to the folks. She wrote, she called and she asked people where my about. I had never returned her phone call, never wrote back (but I collected all her beautiful cards that she collected over the years in England) and I had never told her where I had disappeared.

When I finally returned to God again, she contacted her network to get in touch with me and asked them to take good care of me.

There was this thing she did for me I will remember till my death bed.

One day I called her up and told me I am going to commit suicide that night if I could not find $ to pay my debtors. I did not know where she got the courage to do whatever she needed to do to help me. She was able to raise all together RM$250k for me. I asked her " Did you rob the bank, how on earth , you , a home maker, a poor pastor wife (they only had like 10 families in the church and most families are not well to do Indian families, like dock workers, etc..). She said " Don't worry, the money comes from legal source.". I said, :" No, I cannot accept it, you don't worry about me, you take care of pastor and your family." I hanged up and I found my own way to repair my debt. She told me if I accept, she was going to fly in to my town to give me the money. I will never forget this woman even at my death bed.

There are many others but today I only want to mention one angel and Lucifer.

Lucifer.

Lucifer, the fallen angel. Lucifer was a family friend. She was extremely nice to me. She took me to dine in a lot of fancy restaurants, brought me to attend a lot of "who and who in town" fancy parties,brought me to attend the most fancy fashion shows, all expense paid. She even bought me a return ticket from Sydney to Europe but I turned it down. But, Lucifer had never been good. She had planes and she executed them one by one. Lucifer stole my finance and gotten my finance to marry her because he gotten Lucifer pregnant under the influence of alcohol.

I have many Lucifer friends. Some of them I gotten good jobs for them through my contacts, some of them I introduced them friends and social circle when they were new in a new country, some of them I helped them in their school works, but arrrh, what can I say, they are Lucifers !

So, how do you define friend ?