Get Twin Baby? No, No

I met my colleague on my walking way to office ( as i park my car behind of my office). He asked me is that i will get twin baby? i laughed at him and said no, no, i hope to get twin baby too. I asked him what had made him thinking that i have twin baby? He answered that it is because my stomach is bigger than previously. Haha..Now i am in the 9 months of my pregnancy, my stomach definitely become bigger than previous months as the baby is growing up every month.

Well, i hope to get a twin baby too, if can get a girl and a boy in one time, then it would be better as i dont have to experienced the pain of delivery twice in my life...Hehe..Well, my husband and i love our first baby very much eventhough i am yet to give birth ..

Event at AutoCity on 2nd of Feb

Chinese New Year is coming soon. There are various kind of CNY albums are playing around wherever you are in shopping complex, food court and even in market. There is an event at Auto City this Saturday 2-Feb-08, local singer and actors will come over there to celebrate Chinese New Year Festival with the fans while promoting their CNY albums..

Kindly refer to attach poster, and you may go there to pay a visit if you free..

Glass Coffee Pot Cleaning

I visited my friend last night. When i entered her house, i found that she was cleaning her glass coffee pot at the kitchen. She prepared some lemons, salt and ice.. I wondered how she can clean the pot using this few things...Then she showed me and i am now sharing to those who are interested..Hehe..

1. First of all, put ice and salt into pot, before pouring water in the pot, squeeze gently and add lemon slices ( remember not to add ice or cold water to a hot coffee pot or it will shatter) .

2. Hold coffe pot with both hands and rotate in a clockwise direction in large circular motions. Then change directions. Repeat until all stains are removed.

3. Empty pot and rinse with fresh cool water and now the coffee pot will be sparkled.

Love Letters --Kuih Ka Pek

CNY ( chinese new year) is coming soon..Tong tong tong qiang, tong tong tong qiang...

Love Letters is one kind of CNY traditional cake that all chinese people will make / buy in order to celebrating CNY...Nowadays, Kuih Ka Pek ( love letters) cost RM19.00 / tin..Due to it is very expensive, my mother decided to make the cake ourselves at home yesterday. My mother make the cake , and my cousin helped her to fold it and put inside a tin so that it will still sound " crack" when we taste in during CNY...

The ingrediance of Love letter is 30 pcs of eggs, one pack of flour, about 500cc coconut water, and 1kg sugar.

Remove Coffee Stains from Car interior

My mother is a coffee-drinker. I drive my mother to pray in a temple last Saturday. She bring a tumbler with coffee inside, she was drinking the coffee while i was driving. Suddenly i stepped a brake as it is red light when i reached a T-Junction. The coffee was spurted.

A friend of mine who work at a car accessries shop, gave me some opinion in how to remove the coffee stains..

Firstly, soak up any residue of coffee by blotting with paper towels. Then mix a solution of 1 quart water, white vinegar and a little of dishwashing soap, remeber do not use cleaning solvents, oils, abrasive cleaners, detergents or ammonia on leather.After that, apply the mixture to stain with a towel and let stay for 15 minutes before wipe away with warm water. Let it dry throughly after that.

I tried this and i found that it really worked..So you may try this also in future if you want to remove coffee stains from car.

Prevent burglar from Entering Home

I read from newspaper yesterday regarding a miidle-aged woman, who went to withdraw RM20K from bank nearby her house. Atfer she reached her house, there are two burglar robbed her handbag, and she lost RM20K in only 1 minute. This is a scary tragedy and luckily she was no any injuries on herself.

There is some ways of burglarproof at home i would like to share...

We can consider to install an alarm system or motion-detecting lights.Anyway, If we install an alarm system, we have to learn how to use it properly to avoid false alarms. We need to always keep windows closed and doors locked and ensure that doors fit tightly in their frames.

If there is nobody at home, we also can set electric timers to turn on the radio and house lights at certain hours. Besides, we may try to get a dog - many kinds of dogs will make enough noise to discourage burglars. I have a dog in my house, it barks every times if there is any strangers passes by my house.

Remove Broken Light Bulb

i received an email from my course mate regarding on removing broken bulb. This is an amazing email, as it is only using a potato to remove the light bulb. Let me share with you, you may apply to your life too when you need it..

1. First of all, make sure that you watch out for broken glass as broken glass can cause injuries so use caution . Slice off one end of the potato and push the potato onto the broken light bulb.

2. Turn to the left just like you are unscrewing a light bulb normally. The base should unscrew now. Then throw away the potato and base of light bulb.

The Ways to Store valuables

Chinese New year is coming very soon..I can see a lot of robbery, murdering on newspaper just because of money. A lot of people still weak in managing/ storing their valuables due to own safety. I want to share some ways on how to store our valuables to prevent burglary or home disaster such as fire and blood.

Keep small valuables, such as jewelry, in a safe deposit box at the bank. Put one key with ourselves, and give one to a trusted person. If you do not want to keep in bank, you may also lock expensive tools in a lockable toolbox at home. Besides, the other way is to install sturdy doors, including sliding glass doors, and deadbolt locks on our house.

The most important is to consider signing up for a home security service. It is because if we install a high-secure home alarm system, it will definitely prevent a lot of crimes from happening at home.

Cleaning Paint Rollers after painting

I was giving advice to my colleague on how to choose the right paint to paint his house. Well, i shared with him about how to clean the paint roller after painting as i understand that he is a messy guy, he will definitely throw the paint roller away after using it.

So how to clean a paint roller aftre using it?

1. scrape as much paint from the roller with the 5-in-1 and run under warm water. Then spin the water/paint from the roller, and repeat as needed. ( you may use hose hose water too)

2. Turn the roller slightly each time you scrape.

3. Use a half bucket of warm soapy water to dunk them in before spinning them with the hose

4. Allow the roller to air dry.

House-Painting , Choosing the Right Paint

Chinese New Year is coming soon, one of my colleague is planning to paint his house but he has no idea about how to buy the right paint. He was asking me about this during our office lunch time. My grandparents were doing hardware and paint business, so i know a little bit more about how to choose the paint for house..

Let me teach you / those who want to paint their house to celebrate CNY, yeah yeah...

1. Decide from among Interior or Exterior paint. You should not use any exterior paint inside your house. Likewise, interior paint should not be used for any outside jobs since this paint will not withstand the elements.

2. Understand what paint is made from and how to read the labels. We have a lot of brands in Malaysia such as Dulux, ICI, Nippon and so on... Paint is made with pigments, binders, additives and liquid. The amount of each of these will affect how the paint looks. So far, the best paint is Dulux Pearl which the paint will be long-last.

3. There is two types of paint which is solvent-based and water-based. The liquid part of solvent-based paint is mineral spirits, which is slow to dry. Water-based paint is fast drying and great to use when you don't have a lot of time.

Ang Pao Ang Pao

I went to buy a USB Hub and a Card Reader at PC Depot just now. I bought a USB Hub which costed RM7.00 and a Card Reader as RM 22.00. After paying the bill, i found that there are a pile up of Ang Pao beside their products catalogue. The Ang Pao are pretty nice, so i request for some packet of it. The shopkeeper told me that i can take as much as i want. At the last, i was only take 2 packet as i feel " paiseh" if take too much...( because i dint buy a lot of pc accessories from the shop ) ..

Show you the Ang Pao that i took from PC Depot just now..Hehe...How? Nice ,right?

Replacing Toilet's Handle

I went to visit my secondary schoolmate last night. When i reached her home and pressed for the door-bell, nobody open the door for me. I thought she might went out for dinner as it was dinner time while my visiting. When i was going to leave, she opened the door.

She told me that she was in the proccess of replacing the toilet's handle. Being of curiousity, i asked her how to replace the toilet's handler and she showed me on that..

Firstly, she lifted off the cover from the top of the toilet tank. After that, unhooked the side of the chain attached to the old handle and leaving the flush rod side attached. Then remove the nut of the flush handle in order to take off the old toilet flush handle.

Install the toilet's new flush handle, and attach the chain onto the new flush handle.

Cleaning Shower Head

It was a hot and stuffy day recently. I took 5 times shower per day last Sunday. When i began to bath, i found that the water pressure pretty low and caused the losing water.

Low water pressure made me could not enjoy my shower , so i plan to clean the shower head. At first, I removed the shower head and take cover off shower head. Then I prepared some white vinegar using a tub, and soak the shower head into it for 15-20 minutes.

After that, i scrubed the shower head with an old toothbrush. Once it is clean, I replaced the shower head and continued my shower. I found that it is really work, so you may try this out too.

Monkey in Year of Rat

I received an email from my sister in law regarding the prediction for Year 2008. Since I was born in Monkey year according to chinese calendar, so i would like to share with you the luck of Monkey in Year of Rat 2008, hehe....

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MONKEY 1992 1980 1968 1956 1944

You connect with the rat very well. Hence this is a lucky year for you.
Both your reputation and wealth would do well. If you work for other
people, there would be chances for promotion. If you own your business,
consider expansion or start a new one. This is also a good year for
wedding. Luck seems to be with you this year.

WORK: You would have plenty of ideas. Be gutsy and bring them alive. Both promotions and new business starts are favorable.

WEALTH: It may even seem that money to you. Trust your intuition. Spend some time in your investments.

ROMANCE: If you are single, consider marriage. If you are married, you should love each other even more. Still, be careful so as not to get into extra-marital affairs.

HEALTH: You would be somewhat prone to accidents. Stay away from sharp objects and drive carefully.

Highlights of Monkey of Different Years
~1992 Your mind is clear, which helps you a lot in your exams. You may get into accidents in your sports. Be careful.

~1980 Your job fares well. Your boss likes you. You would be financially sound. If you are still single, consider marriage.

~1968 Do not get into your friends' troubles, otherwise you not be able to get out. There would be new directions to your work.

~1956 Beware of people problems. Be patient. Treat your spouse well before any trouble occurs.

~1944 Your health seems to take a down turn. You should plan your retirement now. Spend more time on your exercise.

~1932 You tend to overly care for your descendents and even lend them money. This loan may never be paid back to you. You should conserve your wealth. Do not gamble.

Avoid from harming child pedestrians

I finished working and when i reached home, it was already 7.00pm. I stay in a terrace house, there is a children playing ground opposite my house. While i was opening the lock at the gate, i heard a quite loud car braking sound. It is dangerous to drive violently and carelessly in a housing area.

Just bear in mind, tragedy might happen because of they behave violent and careless. Speedy drivers should learn and follow a few simple traffic safety rules...

Slow down the car and watch for children playing near or waiting at bus stops. Drive carefully in neighborhoods where children might dart out from behind a parked car. It is important that do not honk at children because it hurts their ears.

When we driving near to school area, slow down and be alert for children in neighborhoods with school zones. Be on the lookout for children walking in streets that lack sidewalks. Also, drive carefully in neighborhoods where children might dart out from behind a parked car.

Hope this message will be useful to those who like to speed their car and drive violently on road or housing / school area.

Road Ragers

There are many cases happened in our country where road ragers act violently on road and some worst cases are road ragers killed some drivers due to their angrier. Actually it is important to deal with road ragers esppecially when we are driving alone on road.

There are few method to avoid road ragers. When we drive, try not to follow a car ahead too close.It is good to keep as much distance as possible between ourself and another driver who wants to pick a fight. If someone cuts us off, slow down and give the car plenty of room to merge into our lane.

Get help if you think an aggressive driver is stalking you or trying to start a fight. If you have a cellular phone, call the police or drive to a safe, populated place, such as a police station, shopping center, or hospital parking lot. If you don't have a cell phone, use your horn to get the attention. The most important is do not get out of your car, and do not go home.

Baby Clothes

My brother and I have a chatting in MSN this morning, he told me that he has bought some clothes for my baby in US. Wow..It is pretty nice and cute, charming and gorgeous. What has made me amazed is the clothes are very cheap if compare in Malaysia. Those baby clothes that he bought in US, it is much much more expensive if buy in Malaysia. Really cannot imagine that our government has taxed a lot for imported clothes and reseller has earned a lot from these imported clothes if we buy from Malaysia.

Let me show you the cute cute clothes...

Stay Cool when your car is stranded

I have a friend who went to a rural area last weekend. When she was going back home, her car developed a mechanical problem on the road. She was so panic and cry as nobody were able to give her a hand at that time. Lastly, a kind and helpful man stopped and help her to contact the mechanic nearby to solve the problem.

It is important to stay safe and cool when stranded. Try to avoid any sudden or panic-inspired maneuvers. You may turn on emergency flashers once you're safely off the road and do use extreme caution when getting out of your vehicle. Another method is set up reflectors, flares or other signal devices to alert the passing motorists.

The most important is call for help using cellular phone and provide the details of our location. After that, stay in the car, lock all the doors and roll up the windows when waiting for assistance ( it is important as there are many crimes happened in Malaysia regarding kidnapping and rapacious cases.

Eat and Drive

A lot of people have their breakfast in car while driving to work when they are run out of time. In fact, I am also the one who always having my breakfast in car on the journey to office..Hehe..

It is ok as long as we know how to eat and drive in car. Normally i will only eat my food until i am underway and travelling smoothly. I will keep my hand firmly on the wheel at all times and i will not take a bite while in the acceleration lane.

For those who are always having eat and drive, don't keep food in lap. It is because when you have to stop suddenly, it's likely to end up under your feet.It is better to toss food into the next seat if you need to put it down quickly.

Drive Safely on Road

I get some tips of driving safely and smartly on road from a newspaper. It is pretty simple tips, but i am sure that a lot of people dont actually care about the tips and apply in our daily life.

1. Try to consider maintaining a safe distance from the vehicle in front of us, and not to unnecessarily step on brake.

2. Move away from drivers that are constantly stepping on their breaks because they are insecure and may lead to accidents.

3. Don't be afraid of other vehicles around us. Drive on our own lane and be patient when catching in the heavy traffic.

4. Drive according to the speed limit for certain area and condition.

Braking Safely on a Motorcycle

Brakes are very important for a motorcycle esspecially when we reach a stopline or having a emergency brake when we are riding on the road. Always use both brakes each time when we slow down or stop. It is important to apply both brakes simultaneously. Many riders believe the rear brake should be applied first. The sooner we apply the front brake, the sooner we slow down. As we are slowing down use the rear brake progressively, this will make the motorcycle more stable.

Many inexperienced motorcyclists fall off when braking. Some motorcycles have front brakes that can stand the machine on its nose. Practice braking hard on an empty road before they have to do a real emergency stop. They should be able to momentarily lock the front.

Carry a Motorcycles Passenger

I dint work on Sat and Sunday, so i went for shopping with my mother to buy some baby stuff..While i was driving on the road, i found that some motorcyclists are really lack of basic knowledge in carrying passenger. Some drove dangerously without considering the safety of themselves and also their passenger.

In fact, what is the correct way to carry a passenger on motorcycle?

1. First of all, our motorcycle must have foot pegs for passenger and provide the passenger with a helmet if possible.

2. Make sure to have enough of air to your tires to handle the additional weight.

3. Instruct the rider to hold tightly to your waist and ask the passenger to stay directly behind us.

4. When approaching a stoplight, try to slow down the speed if carrying a heavier passenger. It is because the heavier the passenger, the longer it takes to speed up and slow down.

Important of Checking Motorcycles before Riding

I have a friend who never checked his motorcycle before riding. And he accidentally collide with another motorcycle due to his brake is loose. Luckily my friend was not injured, but he has to send his motorcycle for repair. Acutally it is important to check our motorcycle before riding. Anyway, what to check with the motorcycle before riding?

1. Most basically, check the tire pressure as under inflated tires might lead to poor handling and stability.

2. Make sure the throttle, clutch, front and rear brakes and shifter, brake lights, turn signals, all working properly.

3. Look for any oil, gasoline, or hydraulic fluid leaks.

4. Warm up the motorcycle, sit it up straight, remove the oil tank cap, cehck the oil level and add oil if necessary.

Happy New Year 2008

10, 9 ,8 , 7 , 6, 5 , 4, 3 , 2 ,1 , Happy New Year !!!

I was countdown with my husband at home last night ( 31-Dec-07) before 12.00am, hehe..Due to i am not convenient to go for countdown at crowded area ( because i am currently having pregnancy)..So i countdown with my husband at home.

New Year, New Hope, Everything will be shining and wonderful for Year 2008...Wish you all the best and work hard to achieve what you were unable to achieve in 2007. Happy New Year AGain!!!!!