Yet another year

When I was years younger, every November I will be extremely excited as I would be a year older - that excitement have since dissipated after passing the 25th birthday. Used to reply that I will XX age soon and now when asked, the reply would be 28++++++ ... when asked prior to my upcoming birthday.

Let me share with you some write ups that I have googled or some friends may have shared at certain point of time :-

What your Birth month means

NOVEMBER * Has a lot of ideas* Difficult to fathom* Thinks forward* Unique and brilliant* Extraodinary ideas* Sharp thinking* Fine and strong clairvoyance* Can become good doctors* Careful and cautious* Dynamic in personality* Secretive* Inquisitive* Knows how to dig secrets* Always thinking* Less talkative but amiable* Brave and generous* Patient* Stubborn and hard-hearted* If there is a will, there is a way* Determined* Never give up* Hardly become angry unless provoked* Loves to be alone* Thinks differently from others* Sharp-minded* Motivates oneself* Does not appreciates praises* High-spirited* Well-built and tough* Deep love and emotions* Romantic* Uncertain in relationships* Homely* Hardworking* High abilities* Trustworhty* Honest and keeps secrets* Not able to control emotions* Unpredictable


November Birth Flower
The chrysanthemum is the November birthflower. The chrysanthemum means compassion, friendship and secret love. This flower can be red, white or yellow. Chrysanthemums have been grown by the Chinese for over 2,000 years. This flower is also a symbol of the sun. Chrysanthemum was named after the Greek word which means gold flower.
The chrysanthemum blooms in late summer and fall. These flowers are native to Asia and Europe. There are over 30 species of the chyrsanthemum. It is the national flower of Japan and symbolizes the Japanese Emperor. In Europe the chrysanthemum is a symbol of death and is used for funerals or on graves. The chrysanthemum flower is actually a powerful antiseptic and antibiotic! It is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat high blood pressure and angina. It is a perennial flower that will come back year after year. Obtained from the following website :-http://www.birthflowersguide.com/november-birth-flower.html

Your Birth Month is November

Tolerant and inspirational, you are wise beyond your years. You are universally sympathetic and a great humanitarian. Your soul reflects: Compassion, friendship, and secret love Your gemstone: Citrine Your flower: Chrysanthemum Your colors: Dark blue, red, and yellow

What Does Your Birth Month Mean?

If you are born in other months, click on the above link to check for yourself ;)

Phuket (2007)

I was away for a short trip from 25-27th of October 2007 to Phuket. Instead of writing, thought of sharing in form of pictures some memories captured on camera.

Above pictures - cute baby elephant

The pictures below captured on the first night, Phuket's famous show ;)

My verdict - the prettiest of them all is the "she" in the picture below.

Guess it's pretty colourful and I have loads more but can't possibly load them all in this blog.

Anniversary - A simple celebration

We had a simple celebration yesterday, dinner at Marche and shopping @ The Curve. Guess, I am certainly not made for buffet of any kind, very quickly I am already full ;p Didn't manage to take much photos as well, just wanted to post one which will serve to "capture" the date - 7th October 2007.

Counting the days to my 1st anniversary

Now, I am counting the days to my 1st Wedding Anniversary and this time, will take the opportunity to take photographs ;p Hee hee, get to kill two birds with one stone, celebrate with hubby and snap snap away with my newly acquired digital camera and get familiarised before my Phuket trip end of the month.

Will post the pictures as soon as I can ... most likely as early as next week ;)

My first Digicam

Last Sunday, went with Ann to purchase my very own digital camera. The model I bought is Cyber-shot® DSC - H7/B and it fulfilled my criteria of clear indoor pictures without using flash (i.e. for places that prohibits the use of camera flash) & able to edit and add effects, 15X optical zoom etc ... Will post pictures taken with this new "baby" as soon as I can ;) Stay tuned to see possible 'work of art' from this amateur photographer!

Imagini - visual profile

Received the link from someone - try it for yourself ;)

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Backup photographer for Bro-in-law's ROM

Just thought of sharing a few photos taken on Thurs,20-Sept-07 - Wei Yong & Annie's ROM. These are the best shots taken with a borrowed Canon Powershot A410 3.2 megapixel camera.

Far left :- Bro-in-law taking photo of his bride
Above: Pa-in-law in action

Left : My hubby and his younger bro

Anime Craze Part 2

Remembered blogging about Byousoku 5CM a few months back and I have recently watched the entire movie. My verdict - absolutely love it ... but from a man's point of view, a bit slow moving though overall he admitted the graphic's very good.

Now, the Naruto series getting interesting ;) - Sakura have grown tremendously in terms of strength and medic skills, so much so, Sand shinobis (Chiyobaa-sama) ackowledged her to be strong and has potential to surpass Tsunade.

If you are following the manga closely, you will find out a surprising fact i.e. Naruto's Yondaime's child(maybe not so surprising i.e. since my hubby and I have been speculating this possibility for ages) ;p

Any avid Kakasaku fan fiction readers out there? If you are, drop by this link (loads of Kakashi and Sakura stories - amongst my favourites are those written by leafygirl ).

Happy day

Today will be a happy day, hubby will be home by tonight after being away for 2 weeks on business ;) Yesterday, I spent the whole day lazing around, chatting and watching "Lady First" ( a taiwanese talk show on Youtube) and basically had a relaxing day. Today, had to buck up and complete all the tasks & chores pilled up (I love the feel of squeaky clean floor - anyone have the same clean floor syndrome?) and now I'm finally free again to blog and surf the web ;p

Guess I will go back to watching more of the taiwanese talk show - it's great if you understand mandarin, the topics ranges from tips for hair care/styling, facial care/make up, dressing, shoes and all that you need to know to look beautiful ... a warning though, you may end up as addicted as I am lol ...

Lifelong learning

Last Fri & Sat, I've attended another 2-days training as I am someone who believes in learning more about self and continuously learn new skills. After spending the 2-days, unfortunately, personally I do not see much take away value. The principles were really simple and it is something common i.e. in which all of us may already know. One of it is to have a positive mindset - if there are things that you dislike, fear, dread, visualise a happy moment and use it to dispel the earlier instance of dislike, fear, dread etc. Well, let me put it this way, even if I do that little excercise constantly, it would not be take away/negate my fear - let's say fear of heights. Still not able to picture myself abscaling nor bungee jumping off anytime in the future. Another point in which I disagree would be - be realistic & do not aim too high. Well, here you are telling us to have positive thinking and our lives are our own to direct, if movie directors do not aim high - I do not think we'll be able to witness the brilliance in which all time favourites like LOTR when it was brought to audiences on the silver screen. Of course, I do agree that we have to have some degree of realism - like, I am not going to be the one building the next highest building in the world. Firstly, I am not an engineer by training and this will not work out as I do not know anything about constuction. But hey on the otherhand, if I do make it big next time, I may be the one funding such a project - dreams though but they're mine to keep.

It is inevitable, in life there are rollercoaster rides - with turns, uphill climb, some good trainings in which I believe in and some that will just register as part of my training hours. And the above is not the main purpose of the training, sigh, personally, the techniques taught for the actual topic will be a challenge to apply in real life situations.

PPP - I signed up for PPP

I am feeling ecstatic today, finally approved by PPP and I am now a qualified blogger/postie. First heard of PPP from my school pals Jazzmint, MomofCairo & Cheryl and have read other fellow bloggers/posties write endlessly about PPP. I am encouraged by their many postings and earnings from PPP (to the extend they can afford to travel with their PPP earnings). ;)

What I have picked up from reading fellow bloggers postings on PPP - be tenacious and one day I may emerge in "Blog of the day". blog reviews What will I do with my PPP earnings?
Slowly I am building my nest egg (as well as retirement fund). Although I am relatively young, with the cost of living, medical, education costs on the climb, I will need to be resourceful. I am also looking forward to travel to places that I have not yet visited - Paris, Prague, Venice (basically Europe), America (so far I've been to Arizona & LA - want to see more), Japan et cetera (in no particular order).

I am still a budding blogger/postie and will one day bloom ;) I have varied interests and some recently cultivated – my hubby influenced me to keep up to date with technology and gadgets, other than that I am an avid reader and big fan of anime namely Naruto.