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.

My new phone

Hubby bought me a new phone - it's the Motorola Razr V8 ;) Although initially quite doubtful - now I am totally bowled over by the beauty and functionality.

Read more and see for yourself at this link.

Two weekends

Last Sunday after dinner, hubby and I went to watch Jay Chou's Secret (2007) or in Chinese 不能說的秘密 (Bu Neng Shuo De Mi Mi). Hubby's reward for me as I have been a responsible & good girl staying at home to complete office assignments. I would have mentioned somewhere in my blog that I am a fan of Jay Chou, his music and in this movie to witness his prowess - playing the piano in numerous scenes.

This is a love story with a twist ;)

Yesterday, finally went for a pampering session with my best buddy Ann. Enjoyed two full hours of massage and after that Ann & I signed up for YTL's Platinum Plus membership. The most interesting perks amongst all those listed will be the member's price and priority booking for Pangkor Laut (the picture above - a glimspe of the resort from the website) . I've been wanting to go, with the member's price I may be able to convince hubby to go next year after all.

Another week going by

It is amazingly frightening how fast each week come and goes. Is the earth orbiting the sun much quicker than before? Ok, ok ... maybe I've been busy and there weren't enough time for me to spend some "me" time. I am basically quite adept at multitasking and at times I may fail to empathize with those who do not have the knack. Hubby just showed me a Dilbert cartoon clip two days ago and I did not realise that they had those on top on the comic strips. I love Scott Adams' Dilbert comics - again, it is funny when you read them because it is really happening around you. Yeah - the characters like Asok, Alice etc. may be embodied by people around you, right now where you work but I am no Catbert ok eventhough same profession ;p

I read the book, "Way of the Weasel" a few years ago and am shocked and at the same time comforted when I realise that it is the same both sides of the world. If you are a fan of Dilbert, take the chance to read the book - do not pick up the bad habits of weasels (pretending to be busy bee and overwhelmed all the time etc.) but it is good to realise that there are such people around and mayhap safeguard yourself if need be to avoid the pitfalls or should I say fall for the weasel traps.

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