Thursday, July 29, 2010 –
Hubb said that he heard that in a survey done in Singapore, the average savings of someone above age 50 is only $3K. We don’t know if it includes or excludes EPF. If it includes, then it is a serious problem as how can you survive the rest of your life unemployed with just $3K savings. If it is excluding, I am not surprised. Many people don’t have savings as they spend all their monthly income. It doesn’t mean that they are spend thrift but many people really don’t make a lot of money. Whatever they earn may be barely enough for their household expenses, let alone savings. They would be lucky if they have NC health insurance.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 –
Thursday is my exercise day. Yeah, i am very bad, I only exercise once a week, rain or shine. Usually I will go hiking, with my buddy or alone if she is busy. Today, she’s not free and I am actually in a lazy mood. So I think I’ll skip hiking and go back early and do some aerobics at home. Can’t skip these weekly exercise sessions if I really want to shed some more pounds without taking any top rated diet pills.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 –
My colleague is expecting delivery of her baby girl anytime soon. She is now so huge, complains of join pains and just can’t wait for the baby to come out. She commented about how easy my pregnancy was compared to hers. Well, it is quite true. Both my pregnancies are quite easy. I did not suffer any morning sickness. Life goes on like normal for me. Even in my first trimester, when most mothers try to take things easy, I went jungle trekking, went for business trips in US where I shopped like crazy for baby clothes, prenatal vitamins, books and toys. I guess each individual is different and I am one of the lucky ones.
Thursday, July 29, 2010 –
Now that Dylan is a bigger boy, I am getting some stability back at home. Slowly, we are now able to start enjoying our hobbies or free time at home. Hubb is into Hifi recently. So whenever he is free, he will be enjoying his audiophile music or are surfing for lossless music files for download. Me, I can do my DIY pedicure, my home facials, read up on lipozene reviews or catch some programs on TV.
We bump into my friend at the Penang Street Market. We had a quick chat and she teased my kids a little. After she left, my husband commented that she had lost weight. So when I told her about it today, she was very pleased…hahahhaa…She didn’t think that she had lost any weight. She did not do anything special and certainly did not take any best weight loss pill. But still it is really nice to get a comment that you have lost weight. I wish I could get that too… >_<
Hubb and I took the kids to the monthly Penang Street Market yesterday. Although the market area is not very big, we were there for almost 2 hours. It was quite interesting to browse at the different stalls selling handmade souvenirs, handicraft, art pieces, miniature steel buildings and of course food (how can you not have food at a Penang event, right?). I practically emptied my purse at the market. I had lunch there (sarawak laksa for hubb and me, spaghetti & nyonya kuihs for the kids), bought some cute pencils for the kids, breads sold by a charity organization, yummy homemade cakes but the most expensive items were 2 pairs of handmade earrings - one made with red coral stones and the other with garnet. Just found out that garnet is for money, love, luck and healing… Guess I will be wearing the garnet earrings very often..hahahaha.
Would i go back there… Most probably, for the cakes and handmade jewellery..They are really gorgeous, and it feels good to support art and local entrepreneurism. YOu should too, if you are in Penang on the last Sunday of the month.
I wonder if there are such things as Cyber MondayBlues? My network is just so sloooooow today. It takes forever to download data and it makes working such a chore. I tried changing my computer’s server to another location and it is still sloww….. Arrrgh Monday is already tough enough and my server is not helping me either. Can’t wait for this workday to be over.
One thing good about my kids are, my kids never ask us to buy toys or junk food for them when we go shopping together. There are only 2 things that they would bug us to buy, books or dairy food (yogurt, cheese or milk drinks). That is because these are the only things that we let them choose what they want. When it comes to toys, we never let them choose the toys themselves at the toy store. I do take them to the toy store, but just to let them browse around. We never leave the store buying a toy for them. If they like a particular toy such as binoculars,and I think that the price is reasonable, I will take note of the item and buy it home for them the next time I go to the store WITHOUT them.
I don’t know what it is but most of my women friends like to go into pharmacies. Well pharmacies ain’t just about medicines. There are health foods, beauty and skin care products, acne body wash and make up. Even though we have nothing to buy, we will sometimes just make a “tour” around the pharmacy just to window shop. Do you like to do that too?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 –
Earlier one of my friends commented that her brother’s acne skin cleared up after he went snorkeling. This is due to the antibacterial properties in the sea water. Unfortunately, that was not the case for me. By the end of our snorkeling vacation, my friends and I have pimples popping up at our forehead. Looks like sea water are not effective acne solutions for us. We better stick to plenty of rest, water and good skin care.
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