Slot cars

Jessie’s nephew Ethan is only five or six I think but like most boys his age he’s mad into cars. Everything involving cars and he’s into it. He likes all the car movies and TV shows like The Fast And The Furious franchises and the ever popular British TV show Top Gear. So at least it makes buying presents for him easy; just get him toy cars like slot cars, remote control cars or even model cars!

One week on

Its been over a week since that terrible day in Australian bushfire history. Though the weather has turned for the better the fire is still burning in parts of the state. For the last few days Melbournians been waking up with blanket of smoky haze choking the city.

The official death toll now stands at 189 but is expected to rise further. There are still many more people missing and there are still a lot of bodies to be identified by the coroner. Some of the bodies may never be identified due to the severity of the fire. I hope we never see another day like the Saturday on the 7th of February.

Omega watches

Thinking back when I was on holiday in Malaysia when we went to visit Chinatown in KL where you can find products that you thought you would never be able to afford like designer bags, watches and jewelry. It was a shopping haven where you can let loose and shop till you drop. Of course these are all imitation products so I think I will save up my pennies to get those Omega watches that I’ve been wanting since I was little.

Another scorcher

Gosh! Not another hot day coming up this weekend! It is forecast to be a scorching 43C again this Saturday, the day everyone's invited to celebrate a one year old birthday. This is not good, where would all the guest hide from the heat? The house isn't big enough to put everyone in it.

The last time we had a one year old birthday party there it was a good day and all the guests were seated outside. But this time it is going to be a disaster, I hope they postpone the date to Sunday where the temperature is only predicted to be 25C.

Self storage

Some people get too attached to their possessions and never want to let go of them. I don’t, in fact I hate clutters and would throw anything away if I don’t use them anymore. Well if you’re one of those people who must absolutely keep those sentimental stuff but have no more room in your house for them then consider using self storage facilities. They don’t cost much and you get to keep all your clutters!

Spending Chinese New Year

Well let's see what we're going to do for Chinese New Year this year..tomorrow we're having a New Year lunch with our friends. Was supposed to be a dinner but Selwyn and Caitlin have to go somewhere in the evening. So lunch for this year it is then. We do this every year all 3 families and will continue to do so for many more years to come.

Then next Friday we'll probably go to Crown again for their Hawkers Bazaar down on the Esplanade like they have every year. It's becoming too predictable now with the same acts and performances year in year out. And there's no fireworks like they did when they started the first year!

Acne treatment

Back when I was in high school there were a lot of my classmates who had very serious problems with their acne, some worse than others. I was one of the lucky ones in that I did not have much problem except for a pimple here and there every now and then. Some of my classmates had really bad acne covering their whole faces. I think there wasn’t much acne treatment back then except for some acne cream. Nowadays there are so many to choose from so there’s no excuse for bad acne days.

Lunar New Year & Australia Day

This year's Lunar New Year falls on the same day as Australia Day meaning there will actually be a holiday on the day! Living in Australia for so many years I've missed the exciting festive season as was celebrated back home in Sibu. It is such a contrast here even with the event celebrated by most of the Asian residents. Nothing compares to New Year in Sibu so I don't even bother to make an effort anymore.

Instead it'll just be another day comes Australia Day or Lunar New Year Day. At least it'll be a holiday, maybe have a barbie with some friends or family..that's about it.

Diet pill

A famous local funny celebrity who has always been on the heavy side has decided to shed her extra weigh. The public has always known her as a heavy woman and in a way I think that’s probably her trademark as well. I heard on the radio in an interview that her goal is to target 85 kilo and that will be a huge weigh off her. Well good on her if she can achieve that for her health but I wonder if her new image will be detrimental to her fame since everyone’s used to her extra weigh. Losing weigh is hard and I’m glad I don’t have that problem but if I do I’d rather have a miracle diet pill and not bother with the hard work! Of course that’s wishful thinking.

This will do fine for me

Yes I know I've been lazy in updating my blogs. Rather than doing so on the weekends I opted to do my scale modeling instead. And yes I've been slack in updating the progress of my Millennium Falcon model as well! Actually the scale modeling project was going the way of the 'too hard' basket as well until I bought the magnifying lamp from Officeworks.

The magnifying lamp from Officeworks is a gem and I can do my projects with it. Cost me $149 but it's worth every cents. It's not exactly the real thing like what they have in a lab which costs thousands of dollars but this one will do fine for me.

Term life insurance

Life is so unpredictable; one minute we are enjoying the best of our health and the next minute things can change for the worse. It is so imperative that we safeguard ourselves and our families for any unexpected nasties. It is imperative that we all get ourselves insured like a term life insurance. Sure when we’re young we think we’re indestructible and life insurance is the last thing we want to spend our hard earned money but it could well be the best investment of our lives.

Everyone's on holiday except us

Even though it's the holiday season there's a lot of work for us to do. Our customers left us with a lot of work so we had to try to finish as much as we could in preparation for more work when most of our clients come back from their holidays.

Having so much work we are running low on cardboard paper. I hope what we have left over we can manage to last for another week because our paper supplier is also on holiday for another week!

Tankless water heater

A couple of years back my friend’s water heater in their home broke down and they had to get a new one. It was the perfect opportunity for them to get the latest state of the art tankless water heater that doesn’t require a big water tank like a conventional water heater. It is slightly dearer but I think it’s worth every cents of it, I would get one for myself if mine broke too. You get instant hot water!

Happy New Year 2009

Happy New Year everybody! Can't believe it's 2009 already, where did the year go? So how did you celebrate the New Year? Did you get smashed on New Year's Eve? I know I didn't because I was at home watching the countdown to the New Year on TV and the fireworks.

But we did get to celebrate the New Year on the first at our friends' house. We stayed all day and they had their whole clan of family there; it easily could have been over 100 people! Lucky they have a big house to put them all in. So that's it for another year, let's hope 2009 will be an even better year for all of us.

Everything has to go including the faucet

Renovating the bathroom is estimated to take a couple of months since we’re going to attempt to take on the task ourselves. First we have to rip everything out like the bathtub, vanity unit and the faucet. Next would be the tiles, everything has to go so we can have a blank canvas to work with. We don’t actually have a set idea on what we want just yet so anything is possible at the moment.

More rain next week

I've given up on the idea of installing a rainwater tank in my backyard for the simple reason that I don't have enough room for it, even for a slimline version. Instead I've bough myself 4 240 liter wheelie bins and together with the existing barrel they'll be used to collect the rainwater from 2 downpipes. All up I hope to collect nearly 1200 liter of water on a good downpour. It's been a while since we had a good downpour and I've been using what water we have left over from the last downpour. I'm hoping we'll get more rain come next week.

The sales is on!

With Christmas behind us for another year the much anticipated annual Christmas sale is now on. It started on Boxing Day and will continue for another two weeks. There are some keen shoppers out there hearing that people were queuing outside the department stores at 3 am in the morning waiting for the doors to open at 5! Now that’s dedication.

Back to work

Well Christmas came and went with a blink of an eye. I was so busy working I didn't even know how and when it came. This year I really missed out on Christmas; no Christmas shopping at the mall and no post Christmas sale for me. Too busy with work I have to work right through.

But it's nice to know people still remember you, it's not a completed disappointment though coz I did get to spent Christmas eve with the in-laws, Christmas lunch at a friend's and Christmas dinner at another in-law. So there, that's my Christmas all wrapped up for the year. Back to work.

Christian videos for Christmas

With Christmas literally just days away I’m struggling to get all my gift shopping done. I’m one to put in some careful consideration when choosing gifts. Don’t want to get just anything, has to be something that they’d like and appreciate so that’s why my gift shopping’s still not done yet! But I think I’ve got the right gift for a friend of mine who’s a staunch Christian and that’s Christian videos and there’s heaps to choose from at NestEntertainment.com. Now that takes care of him, now who’s next?

Waste of precious drops

I have decided to scrap the long time idea of getting a rainwater tank for my backyard, simply because there's no room for it. Instead I'm going to have 4 240 liter wheelie bins to store the rainwater when it rains.

I've already purchased the bins over the internet and now just waiting for them to arrive. I hope to get them before Christmas. There's been a recent downpour of rain but I didn't have enough container to collect them all and have to let them go. What a waste of precious drops.