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How Warm Am I?
You Are Warm You are as patient, as outgoing, and as nice as you can be. You understand people well, and you mostly enjoy being around them. You are a naturally warm person, but you do have times when you’re feeling a bit distant. But even when you’re feeling distant, you try to be empathetic. You always go the extra mile. How Warm Are You? … Read entire article »
Filed under: personality
My Boy and His Favorite Car
My boy is only 4 years old but he can identify some cars already. He sees Volvo.. and names it. He sees Ford and he names it. He sees Kancil and he names it. Kancil is a Malysian car. It is very small. It doesn’t have an export quality, I’ve heard. But there’s a joke I read about Kancil cars. The marketers marketed it to the US and came back happy because at least there’s one company that agreed to sell it. So the people ask which company. The marketers said: Toys ‘R Us! LOL. That was a good joke. In Malaysia, it is very convenient to buy Malaysian car because it is easy to buy spare parts. With Volvo, it’s hard to get some spare parts. It’s probably the … Read entire article »
Filed under: family
TV Time
My kids’ TV time is limited. Not that I set it up. We have a lot of things to do to even think about watching television…in which I am happy about. At least we don’t have to fight on how much and how often they could watch TV. I think watching TV’s for kids depends on how much exposure they get from their parents. Hubby and I don’t watch TV that much. So probably the kids have picked it up from us as well. Of course, we have TV (which is properly placed on its tv stand) at home. And it’s not like we don’t want the kids to watch TV. In our home, it’s just the way it is. … Read entire article »
Filed under: house and home
Camping
We were not able to go to Mt Kinabalu for a climb. Really sad. But couldn’t do anything about it. We don’t have a choice but to cancel our Mt Kinabalu expedition. However, we’re going to move it to another date because we cannot refund the money back. The bookings for July to December onwards is still not open. So we’ll wait until March to be able to book our expedition. I really have a wanderlust. And of course, since I am earning a little bit now, I save some money for whatever trip that fancies me. Of course, I cannot the trip that’s very far. I can only afford to travel by a budget airline… which is… of course, Air Asia and their flights are quite limited. Otherwise, I … Read entire article »
Filed under: travel