January 11th, 2012 | Personal | No comments
We’re down to less than 2 weeks to Chinese New Year. I’m starting to really feel the rush to spring clean our home. We were consumed with running errands at the start of the month. Popping in and out of the lawyer’s office to sort out house buying issues. I’m glad we are done with all the necessary documents last week. Things have been really hectic around here. The kids, as always, are a handful and takes up an obscene amount of our time every day. I’ve arranged with the maid agency to send a helper on Sunday. I have tons of stuff to wash and clean. I do regret leaving things to the last minute. It all seems so rushed now I’m starting to feel a bit depressed.
January 11th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No comments
I have three jackets in my closet but my absolute favourite jacket by far is the Marmot women’s “Metro Coat”, in turtle dove colour. That’s sort of like creamy white in common vocabulary. What I like most about it is the extra length, nearly down to my knees. The main zip is cleanly concealed, and so are the pockets, giving it a minimalistic exterior. The jacket clinches my waist to further enhance it’s long slimming cut. Simply put, it looks elegant, stylish and classy. It is not a heavy jacket and probably won’t be warm enough for really cold winters. But it really suits me well because it’s lite weight and not bulky. And I don’t think I’ll be anywhere near subzero temperatures.
January 11th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No comments
The new brewer my husband bought last week is pretty good and saves me a great deal of effort and time to brew cups of coffee every morning. Bunn is a well known brand of commercial brewer for restaurants and cafes. Ours is a home version, a much smaller machine compared to their commercial counterparts but more than enough to brew up to 10 cups of coffee in a short time. We use our Bunn coffeemaker to make at most two cups of coffee. It’s still very new and I’ve just starting to learn how to use it. My husband and I are experimenting with various brewing techniques and coffee beans. But so far, we’re quite impressed with our new coffee maker.
January 11th, 2012 | Personal | No comments
Clarisse made me very angry again this morning with her slow eating habit. Even with the cartoons paused and eventually switching off the TV altogether, she still takes her own sweet time to sip and chew her breakfast. The time was already 8.10am, school starts at 8.15am. Although we live 5 minutes drive away from her school, the traffic can be quite busy during the morning rush. I lost it when she kept her food in her mouth for more than 5 minutes, barely chewing. I threw away her bowl of cereal, bread and eggs. She wailed but I didn’t give a damn about it. Put her socks and shoes on and daddy sent her to school right away. It’s one of those mornings where I could get a good night’s sleep. I was so darn tired and the last thing I want is to be annoyed by her bad habits.
January 11th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No comments
Giving Clarisse’s room a slight makeover is also on my list of things to do. She doesn’t like her room much and I understand. It doesn’t look like a kid’s room at all. The white paint on the walls are stained and peeling. First of all, the giant wardrobe has to be dismantled and replaced with something more colourful. Heck the whole room needs more colour which is why I decide to give it a pastel rainbow makeover. The dreary fluorescent tube lights has to go and make way for flower and animal themed LED colourful lights. I shall also be replacing her bedframe with one that comes with a custom mattress headboard. With her favourite cartoon characters painted on it. And we’ll be taking two of these as Edward will soon be joining her sister in one room.
January 10th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No comments
I’ve long decided on replacing the old and damaged parquet upstairs with laminate flooring. My friend’s house was renovated last year and I was very impressed by the laminated flooring she used. It may not feel exactly like real wood but it certainly looks like it. No matter the aesthetics, laminated floor is very tough and durable. Resists stain, scrathes and impact well. Excellent value for money too and fast becoming the preferred choice of flooring for many homeowners. I don’t have much money to spend of renovations. Most of it is spent on necessary repairs. So I guess laminated flooring is the way to go.
January 10th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No comments
My uncle came home last week to sign the necessary documents to sell his house. In about a month’s time, the house will be officially ours. Yay! And a mere hop for joy. Not jumping for joy yet. Here’s why. The condition of the house is a mess and seriously in need of repairs. I’m consulting a few contractors about door and window frame replacements, laminate flooring and minor fixes and renovations around the house. I’m trying to keep the repair bill below five figures. At least for now. I estimate it would take around 50k to cover what I have in mind for next two year’s worth of renovation and repair work.
December 30th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No comments
You don’t need a diamond ring to propose to your partner. If you couldn’t afford it, don’t let it stop you from proposing to your girlfriend. An engagement ring symbolises a union of two people in love and marks the start of a life together. There are many romantic and affordable alternatives to a diamond ring, gemstone engagement rings for instance, are equally popular and meaningful. There are many couples who got engaged with ruby or sapphire rings. Diamond ring doesn’t make an engagement more special than others.
December 30th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No comments
Jobs are available as computer analysts at Howard Hughes Medical Institute to administer network responsibilities, organizing and maintaining file system for lab-wide resources. Develop and maintain a suite of custom software to run a behavioral rodent training system. Assisting lab members in use of software, organizing and maintaining documentation. They must have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with good communication skills and able to do research and pick up new computing skills. With their work and skills to the college, students in the Howard Medical College of Medicine are encouraged to use computers to assist in their studies. The use of computer softeware and hardware for assisting students to receive instructions, videos and student lecture notes. So each student is supplied with a tablet Howard Medical medical computer package and studies in Howard Medical College are so much easier.
December 30th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No comments
With advanced technology, you just have no problem in your business of computing, optical fields, steel manufacturing, automobile and production lines to name a few. Digital micrometers or LED micrometers are the quick and precise measuring functions that reduce investigation time. In some case studies, with LED micrometers, automobile part defects are contacted easily, metal or steel product manufacturers save time and waste on quick and precise measuring functions.
