My First Online Purchase

I am new to purchasing goods online. Where have I been? Hiding under a coconut husk? Yes !!

I was introduced to a few websites which sells kids clothings, beautiful ones and at very reasonable prices. I would just fall in love with the designs and colours and just about everything and before the end of the week, my first purchase was delivered to my office.

The quality of the dressess and pants (plurals yes because I bought loads of them) are very good. I especially love this top which the picture of a cat. Unsure of the size, I ordered one for 3 years old. Caitlin will be 2 in August but she can fit in perfectly well and instead of a top, she's now wearing it as a dress. Ain't she cute?

And I think from now on, I know where to get good bargains. Hubby is also happy as I don't have to drag him to the stores to shop for hte kids' clothes....well, not that often.

Teambuilding @ Gopeng with Nomad Adventures

I was away for a few days sometime in February for my company's teambuilding. Needless to say, when they broke the news to me, I was so not looking forward to be away from my family and I dread that day.

But that day came and on the way to the camp site, I was busy thinking about the stuff I planned when "it's finally over" ..... so that I can get on with my life !!!

But life is indeed full of surprises and I actually had fun when I was there. I did whitewater rafting (level 3), rock climbing and I did the "leap of faith" where you are suppose to just jump down a platform with safety harness attached. It's some sort like bungee jumping but much, much milder. I did not join the rest when they went caving. But that was okay, especially when some of them saw a small green snake among the rocks. Eeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuu....scary, I am frighten of snake. Any kind. Yikkkeee.

All in all, it was fun be doing things which I did not even thought I would be doing in the first place. Here's a summary of what happened:

Whitewater rafting
We rode behind a lorry to the destination which was a 15-minute ride. It was hot and I can feel the lorry going up and down, up and down, sway to the left, up and down and soon enough, I felt nausea. Me and my motion sickness. I ended up vomitting even before the first activity.

I was then given the option to go back to the camp site to rest. But I decided to give it a go. What makes me pursue when they gave me an opportunity to chicken out? I'm not sure how to answer that and what came over me. I do know however that if I do not give this a go, I will regret it, for not trying. And it was horrifying. I was nearly flung out of the boat thrice. Thanks goodness for Apec, the Nomad facilitator who "saved me" by holding on to my life jacket while trying to make sure that the boat remain afloat and safe. A big thank you to him for making my first and last water rafting an enjoyable experience.




Rock Climbing
I don't think they took any photos of us doing rock climbing but I did it even though the climb was just a short one. The most important lesson here is I tried.

Leap of Faith
Now this is something which I did not planned to do....I can't see myself jumping down from that platform....no matter how safe it is and no matter how my other colleagues manage to do it. I was among the last few who attempted this and I do need to give myself a pat at the back for conquering this fear. Would I do it again, I dunno. Life is too short to be wondering about it. I will decide when the time comes.

I have a good time there and I came back home with a renewed feelings. There are many lessons learnt there. Many are for keeps. I know now that:

Sometimes, it is us who put the boundry of what we can or cannot do. In any given situation, we should first conquer our fear. As I have experienced, when we start doing the task, we will find that it is not as difficult as what we perceived or make it to be in the first place. Along the way, with each and every small victories, one will be more confident to move forward and before you know it.......it's done.

We are capable of doing much more if we allow ourselves to try it in the first place. "I think and therefore I am".......... if you think you can, you can. Therefore always think positively.....about yourself and your ability.

This trip have indeed left a good impact on me.

How Chinese New Year Came and Gone!!

Well, easy........we simply ate a lot, laugh a lot, have loads of fun and had very little sleep and before we knew it, we were celebrating Chap Goh Mei (15th day of the CNY).

This year, I find myself exceptionally happy and looking forward to the CNY celebration.

I truly feel that I am blessed. Everyone is happy and healthy. We have a warm and close relationship with all our extended family members. I have got two beautiful kids and they are doing great. Besides us, they are always shower with love from the rest of the clan.

Yes, I'm feeling sentimental and I think my age has got something to do with this.....

Don't I look Iike a boy....

It has been a while since I blog about Caitlin. One thing that has not chanhge for sure is the lenght of her hair.......it's still the same. And because she does not have much hair, most people will assume that she's a boy, even though she may be wearing a pink sweater or even a skirt !!. Apart from that, she's well and helathy and bubbly and being a happy cutie girl her age. Yeap...she's the love of my life (and the brother too...)

Chinese New Year Deco 2010

I have been to two shopping mall during Chinese New Year (CNY); the Curve and 1 Utama. I Love the CNY deco there, especially the Maneko (link) prosperity cats in 1 Utama. They did such a good job and it was a marvel to see the gigantic cats.

The local newspaper reported that the cats cost them RM500,000. Not sure whether it's true but all I know is that we had a great time taking loads of photos.

Cooking "cekodok"

I must confess that I am not a good cook.....I cook for survival and not taste. It's something I wish that I am better at but not having enough training hours is one culprit, athough I do have the interest to cook simple dishes. Simple dishes means that I recognise all the required ingredients and that a handful. I am hopeless with spices and I don't know the names of some vegetables as well. Like I mentioned before I cook for survival. Anyway, one fine afternoon, I had with me a few over ripe bananas and instead of throwing them in the rubbish bin, I decided, out of the blue to make "cekodok" (a malay language for fried-banana-in-batter and it's quite a common tea snack in Malaysia).

This is the batter (over ripe banana + flour). Next, make small pieces and throw them in the hot oil and when it turn brown, scope them up. Place them in a nice plate and then tell everyone that afternoon snack is ready !!

Chinese New Year Celebration

Today is the 9th day of the Chinese New Year (CNY) and CNY will officially be over in another 6 days. I have been eating and drinking without a care in the world and have been piling on the pounds.

There's always space for another cookie and before I knew it, I finished the entire jar.....and I can always exercise AFTER CNY. I am still enjoying myself silly and my pants are definitely tighter but what the heck........CNY is afterall, once a year.

Happy Year of the Tiger everyone !!! Rooarrrrr