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New moms can lose weight faster by adopting a calorie-reduced regimen such as the HCG diet.
August 14th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
My mom’s hobby is scalping in Forex. She started with Marketiva a few years ago. She spends her free time analysing news and strategies to help in her trading. But I’ve been persuading her to change broker because Marketiva’s spread is definitely not the best among the top brokers. She dragged her feet and kept saying she’s too familiar with Marketiva’s trading platform to change. Well, today she finally relented.
I helped her withdrew her money from Marketiva today and sign up a trading account in Oanda. What I like about Oanda is the spread of only 0.9pips for EURUSD. Compared to 3 pips at Marketiva, that’s a huge advantage for Oanda traders.
Tomorrow I’ll be scanning her identification documents and email it to Oanda. Hopefully within a day or two I can deposit fund her Oanda account. That brings me to the fact that Oanda accept deposits and withdrawals via PayPal, my preferred online payment.
August 14th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
Baby Edward used to spend about 20-30 mins cooped up in the playpen willingly. But lately, the moment I place him there, he cries before his feet even touches the cushioned base. Even if he’s in very good mood, he would spend no more than 10 mins in the playpen. Even Clarisse spends more time in the playpen than him. Imagine when things around the house gets hectic, I couldn’t put him a playpen. Many times I had to carry him with one hand, and do something else with the other hand.
The high chair, on the other hand, manages to keep him quiet for a lot longer. Baby Edward would rather be tied to the high chair, sometimes for more than an hour while I tend to house chores or cook. All I need to do is to give him some toys or baby biscuits to keep him occupied and he’d willingly sit there until I’m done with errands. But of course, I carry the high chair into the kitchen when I cook to keep an eye on him.
August 13th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
While bathing baby Edward this evening, I heard Clarisse let out a loud cry downstairs. I wrapped baby Edward in a towel and rushed downstairs hoping nothing serious happened. She was jumping up and down the playpen and accidently knocked her nose on the rails, my husband told me.
Hours later, it’s time for bed. She was hyper and was jumping about on her bed …
Me: Stop jumping! You’d fall off the bed and knock your head! Remember what happened this evening?
Clarisse: I did not knock my head. I knock my nose.
August 10th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
Every now and then, Barisan Nasional government come up with something absurb to insult our intelligence. Teoh Beng Hock’s case has been on-going for nearly a year now with no end in sight. The government seems to be doing everything in its power to delay the case and clear MACC’s reputation. Pornthip, the famed Thai coroner has encountered numerous hurdles to testify in the case.
But nothing is as ridiculous as this. The AG has confirmed the existence of a suicide note allegedly written by Teoh Beng Hock himself! The suicide note was said to have been found in Teoh’s sling bag two months after his death.
What’s even more ridiculous is the officer claimed the suicide note was not found in the sling bag during a prior search. It was only found 2 months later. As if it appeared magically out of nowhere.
Teoh’s sling bag is not kept in a secret Swiss safe deposit box. It was with him during the incident of his death. Can such an important piece of belonging not thoroughly checked by the police? How hard is it to find a piece of paper in a sling bag? Much easier to spot than semen and DNA rite?
Why has such an important piece of evidence be kept from the case for so long? If it is indeed a valid piece of evidence, MACC can be cleared from the case in no time. Why wait for nearly a year before bringing it up in court?
I’m not buying this AG’s bullshit. This stinks of fabricated evidence!
Now that UMNO has brought this fabricated note into the game, I don’t see how the prosecutors can fight to disqualify it. After all, the courts of (in)justice is UMNO’s playground. Just look at how Anwar Ibrahim is unfairly denied access to evidence of charges thrown at him.
The prosecutors must challenge UMNO to have the suicide note analysed by an independent third party. My guess is UMNO wouldn’t be up for it. Similar to Anwar’s sodomy II case, all these fabricated evidences will be off limits.
August 8th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
A loud Barisan Nasional ceramah, I bet, just less than 100 meters away from my house, ended 15mins ago. Clarisse was sound asleep but thanks to the noisy speeches, she was rudely awaken. She was frightened and crying when we went into her room.
For the whole time they were giving speeches, I didn’t know whether it was BN or Pakatan Rakyat. I’m guessing it is likely BN as there weren’t any police around the area. At exactly 12am, the speech ended with a battle cry that made me absolutely certain it is a BN’s ceramah. It ended with ” Hidup Melayu! Hidup Melayu! Hidup Melayu! “. Typically of BN no doubt.
As we should know, whenever Pakatan Rakyat give speeches, there’s bound to be police activity. Not to patrol or keep the crowd in check obviously, but to make trouble and unfairly stop the opposition speeches. Last year Anwar Ibrahim was supposed to be giving a speech at the same spot. The police, under BN instructions I presume, came in droves hours before the event start. They block all main roads leading to the hall. The event was cancelled.
Go to any BN ceramah and you will definitely wonder what’s all this 1Malaysia crap Najib is talking about. His subordinates are ending speeches with “Hidup Melayu” shouts. Even his Deputy Muhyiddin declared himself Malay 1st, Malaysian 2nd.
August 5th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
If you like to do edit your photos before sending it to printer, you may be interested in an amazing Adobe Photoshop plugin called Topaz DeNoise v5.0.
My kid’s photographs were shot using the Fuji Finepix F11 compact camera at ISO800 due to dim lighting at indoor conditions. This makes the photos grainy and noisy compared to those shot under bright lights or the sunny outdoors.
Topaz DeNoise removes the grain and noise from the photos but keep the details intact and sharp. You have to see it with your own eyes to understand how awesome it is: http://www.topazlabs.com/denoise/#4
Computer stuff don’t excite me much but when my husband showed me what Topaz DeNoise can do, I was amazed.
July 30th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
I shall be shopping for some floor padding tomorrow. Those square foamy padding with alphabets or numbers. Lay them on the floor and let baby Edward learn how to stand on his own. And learn to take his first few steps. Right now we can’t let go whenever he’s standing or walking a few steps. He still can’t do those without any support. But he absolutely enjoys standing on his own two feet. So much so he would cry whenever we lift him off the floor. My cousin’s baby boy walked quite stably on his own by the time he’s 11 months old. So I guess its about time baby Edward to get more practise.
July 29th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
Baby Edward is now courageous enough let go of both hands while standing. The past few weeks, he would stand and walk holding or leaning against some sort of support. He can now let his hands go, stand and balance for a few seconds before grabbing for support again. Judging from his face, he is excited and knows we are excited too. We would clap our hands and encourage him to try standing up without support. Baby Edward is more adventurous than Clarisse was at his age. I guess boys will be boys.
July 22nd, 2010 | Personal | No comments
Bathing baby Edward has always been a struggle. He could never sit still in the bathtub. His hands are always splashing the water while kicking his legs non-stop as I bathe him. The only way to keep him still enough is occupy his attention with toys. Or whatever stuff he fancies.
Just yesterday, he’s making it even tougher to bathe him. He doesn’t even want to sit! He kept wanting to stand up. He’d cry and struggle whenever I try to press him down to sit. I can’t bathe him with one hand constantly holding him as he can’t stand on his own yet.
The struggle doesn’t end in the bathroom. It resumes when I try to cloth him. He’d wriggle left and right when I try to button up his shirt. Legs kicking always when I try to put his pants on. He’s so impatient to turn and crawl away. Most times, not even toys can keep his attention long enough to stay still and let me finish clothing him.
He’s nine and a half months now. I dread to imagine how naughty he’d be at one.
July 15th, 2010 | Personal | No comments
The two upper teeth didn’t cut through his gums simultaneously. We saw the left one came out first. Then after nearly a week the right one is visible.
Baby Edward is already putting his teeth to (not-so) good use. Just yesterday, he managed to use those beaver-like teeth scrape his baby biscuit thin enough to break it into chunks. He tried to swallow one large chunk of baby biscuit and nearly choked him. Luckily the chunk was too big for him to swallow so I managed to pull it out of his mouth with my finger. No more biscuits for him from now on, I’m afraid.
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