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Everything is New*

2009-07-18T15:07:00.005+08:00

New Home, new routine, new workspace. That usually means needing to take an extra few minutes getting used to new location of stuff. Just today, for instance, I was cooking lunch and I took a whole ten minutes looking for my pasta drainer! Even my stove feels different to cook on! LOL!

You know it is so quiet here that each clink and clank sound I make in the kitchen seems to echo through my corridor.. The silence is deafening, that's for sure! Oh well..I guess it just need some getting use too..

The good news? No monkeys in sight on the ledge of my front corridor though there was the smell of food. Phew!

Happy weekend to all!

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I hate Moving but I Love My New Place

2009-07-14T02:21:00.003+08:00

Yes.. that pretty much summed up my sentiment for last week.

Gosh! So much activity that I don't even know where to start. All I do know is that I need a brand new shoe because I worn out the one I have now with all that walking.. perhaps something from Ugg?!

And guess what? I just got my internet connection today. The men installed the phone line last week on Thursday. Needless to say, I was ecstatic but then when the streamyx people called on Friday to re-activate the internet line, they couldn't detect the phone line and it being Friday and all, they could not do anything till Monday!

Anyway, A was too busy to connect all the wires yesterday and only did it today at midnight.. and so here I am.

I'm sorry for the lack of Music Monday code this week but I'm sure all went well for everyone right? I am still clearing email in between unpacking.. so you might not hear from me too much this week..

Thank you to all who dropped me during my absence. You know who you are and know that LJ missed you too!! Talk soon!

Cheerio...

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Music Monday - I Know Him So Well (Elaine Paige + Barbara Dickson) **

2009-07-06T00:00:00.007+08:00

I'm missing but the MM is still on.. Enjoy!!

Lyrics | Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson lyrics - I Know Him So Well lyrics

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Lily Quina

Stuffing Myself

2009-07-03T00:51:00.004+08:00

We got home at 11pm tonight after sending some stuff to the new place and cleaning Azwaj's office. We had an early dinner at 6pm, bought Yong Tau Fu for late dinner and on the way home got some Durian for dessert. Hmm.. sure sounds like a lot of eating to be done eh? LOL!! I guess it's ok because I'm sure using lots of energy with all this lugging around of boxes and cleaning up at two locations! So I guess I wont' be needing any of the the best diet pills yet.. unless of course I continue with this eating habit..tsk tsk tsk!

Oh I've lost my internet connection today but am online right now courtesy of MNG!! haha..

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Monthly Thank You - June 09 ***

2009-07-01T00:33:00.011+08:00

As usual, the first week of the month is the time I thank my Top Commenter, Top First Commenter and Top Dropper...

Top Commenter : Mariuca

Top-Dropper: Augustinians

Top First Commenter: Mariuca

You'll all receive 1000EC from LadyJava and a spot on my sidebar for month under the "Hall of Fame" ... :)

Thank you to the rest of you guys too... LJ loves you for all your support!!

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Moving Blues

2009-06-30T17:15:00.006+08:00

The time has come to move our telephone and internet connection to our new home. So we were at the TM Point earlier today to do it. According to them, termination would take effect today and reactivation would be between seven to nine working days.. So.. I reckon, it would be late next week (if I'm lucky) or sometime mid July before I would get hooked up again to the internet.

So I am running on borrowed time here and could get disconnected any time.. the Adrenalin is really pumping.. lo!!

Oh well.. good time to catch up on the old movies and tv series. How I wish we have a great home theater system so it would be more enjoyable but then.. that's life!

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Music Monday - The Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson) **

2009-06-29T00:00:00.004+08:00

The world is still in shock over the great loss of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.. I'm doing a tribute to the great man. Rest in Peace Michael...

Lyrics | Michael Jackson lyrics - Man In The Mirror lyrics

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Monica

We Are The World Meme *

2009-06-28T23:24:00.007+08:00

Here's a fun tag from Mariuca to commemorate the death of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.

*Start Copy Here*

You do not have to be tagged to play along. The game is simple and so are the rules.

1. Copy from *Start Copy Here* through *End Copy Here*

2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post at each site you add.

3. Tag as many bloggers as you like so the list keeps on growing.

4. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE. I will add you to the master list.

5. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This process will allow late-comers to get as much link benefit as the first ones in.

We Are The World Bloggers Master List:

1. Emila Yusof 2. The Other Side of Emila 3. Mariuca 4. Mariuca’s Perfume Gallery 5. Meow Diaries 6.LadyJava's Lounge

*End Copy Here*

I'm tagging anyone that wants to remember the great king!

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New Desktop For Me

2009-06-28T00:00:00.001+08:00

One of the other reason why I'm so looking forward to moving is because that would be when I would get my new desktop! Yeay!

Yeap.. Azwaj said we can only get it once we move and that makes perfect sense to me and that is why I'm not complaining.. and since I still have Miss Fly.. I'm still contented.

So in the meantime, I am looking around for best buy at buy.com for suggestions and tips on the latest deals around. Join me?

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A Night With Trinity and Family **

2009-06-27T05:00:00.004+08:00

Yeay! I met another blogger friend last night! Trinity and her family, from Bandung, arrived safely from their trip to HongKong today.

Since Saturday is gonna be a busy day for us, me and Azwaj decided to meet up with Trin last night for dinner instead.. and I'm so glad we did coz it was so much fun as we had more time together :)

We had "Nasi Lemak" and "Teh Tarik" and then we went to "Petaling Street" and back to my place for Durian! How awesome is that right?? Super Awesome I tell you!

Trin! I'm so glad to have finally met up with you and your family dearie! I hope you had a great 4hours and will have an even better time at the gathering tomorrow! You're such a great person to know and so pretty in person!! Love Ya!!

And remember, if you know Trin from her blog and wants to meet up in person, she will be at the Pavilion from 3pm to 5pm, 27th June!

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Michael Jackson Dies at 50 *

2009-06-26T16:28:00.007+08:00

I was getting ready for bed this morning but GP buzz me today about Michael Jackson's death. I was in shock and even more so because I had just written an entry on Farah Fawcett's demise.

The reports were unconfirmed though at the time.

This afternoon when I woke it.. it was all over the news and so it is true after all. Michael Jackson, King of Pop is dead. According to reports, he apparently suffered a cardiac arrest in his LA home on Thursday. His personal physician, who was with him at the the time, did not manage to resuscitate him and he was seen with an oxygen masked as he was carted away to the ambulance.

The cause of death wasn't known. Jackson was pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center not far from his rental mansion in the Holmby Hills. An autopsy is set for Friday.

Training with Lou Ferrigno, the star of the TV show The Incredible Hulk, Jackson had been busy rehearsing for a high-stakes comeback tour, set to start within weeks in England, with dozens of dates scheduled and tickets selling out quickly.

Michael Jackson left three sons, Blanket, 7, Paris, 11, and Prince Michael, 12

Rest in Peace Michael Jackson..

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I love FaceBook *

2009-06-25T00:12:00.012+08:00

I decided a few days back to just register my real name and email address at Facebook. I already have one account using my current email but I thought perhaps I could find some old friends if I were to use my real REAL name... AND I was right.

Within two days, my best friend from junior college in Singapore (she never was a techy person so I was surprised she was on FB) found me and through her, I found some friends from the same college and from there, it lead to me reuniting with friends from my primary school!

It was so much fun looking at the old school pictures that they have uploaded and seeing so many of my friends that I didn't really mind that TwitterFox refused to let me update my status..

Facebook I love you!!!... and Friends.. I so look forward to hooking up during the next gathering!!

Cheerio...

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Banana Cheese Cake From Trinity **

2009-06-24T00:35:00.006+08:00

I got an email yesterday from Trinity, who is in Hong Kong currently, that on her transit in KL, she was gonna leave me something at the concierge of the Dorsett Regency Hotel. So both me and Azwaj took a drive there tonight and went to grab my package. And looky what I got from the sweet Trinity. She knows I love cheesecake and and she got me Banana Cheesecake and Swiss Roll all the way from Bandung!

Having just had dinner, I'm too full right now to eat anything but I look forward to eating these babies tonight while I bloghop!

Thank you so much Trinity.. You're the best!! And oh I so enjoyed Cliff's drawing too!! lol!! so cute!!

PS: There's gonna be a mini blogger gathering at Ikano on 27th June at 4pm per Trinity's request.. so be there if you can ok :) LJ would be the one with the paperbag over her head!! (too many photographers for sure) lol!!

Cheerio...

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Why There Are Monkeys At My New Apartments? ***

2009-06-23T18:41:00.019+08:00

.... because I have a forest for my front door! See the map below? See the forest that is just next to our new apartment?

Don't get me wrong.. I LOVE our new apartment. It's quiet, it's peaceful, it has a resort feel and fresh air BUT it also has monkeys! Vicious monkey in my opinion. Though according to A, they are more scared of me as I am of them. I beg to differ. I am horrified and terrified of them.

Just yesterday, we went out for early dinner and when we returned to the new apartment, it was around 6.30pm. That apparently was their feeding time too. As we approached our front door, we saw this HUGE monkey on the ledge of our corridor!! Horrors upon horrors he panicked when he saw us and did not know what to do.. he started to move towards us.. trying to find an escape route but when I screamed he panicked! He ran off to where he came from and started climbing up the water pipes and up to the next floor..

He, then joined his friends who was on the ledge of the same floor as us but on the other side and started taunting us! A was naturally mad while I was mad too.. with FEAR!!! I could have sworn I would have fainted if they came towards us..

I hurriedly opened the front door and gave a stick to A to chase them away.. He did but they did not seemed to waiver. A said it was probably because they smelled the fear coming from me and that was also the reason why they started to taunt us.. Argh.. I need me some pepper spray!!

See.. they are everywhere.. though during certain times only

I HATE MONKEYS!!...

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Music Monday - Unbreak My Heart (Toni Braxton) *

2009-06-22T00:00:00.003+08:00

I was at the Wimax office last week when this song was playing on the waiting area. It's been a while since I heard Toni Braxton sing and this is such a sad yet lovely song so here she is people... Happy Music Monday everyone!!

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Just Another Move Update

2009-06-21T15:13:00.004+08:00

Packing is almost done..even my wardrobe is now empty except for a few pieces of attire that I would need to wear till the actual move day. Not sure when that is going to happen but for sure it's sometime this week! Phewitt... I'm so excited and I could feel the kitty's excitement too.. lol!!

Speaking of kitties.. I need to go get pet supplies today.. hm.. everything is so expensive these days.. even pet food has increased in prices.. sigh...

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I Now Know Why Paypal Charged Me! **

2009-06-20T12:37:00.016+08:00

Paypal wrote to me yesterday regarding the issue I brought up on paypal fees charged to incoming funds. Basically what happened was, I received a few payments from my clients for makeover jobs and I was charged for those transaction meaning instead of the full amount, I received 3.4%+USD0.30 less.

The reason why I was making a fuss about it was because I did not receive any notification of the change and the fees were not consistent.. I was charged for some but not for others.. though thankful for that.. I would like to know what was the criteria for the fees.

I've used paypal for some time now and I know they NEVER charge me or my clients any fee for payment they sent me via their paypal balance. So this came as a rude shock. This was Paypal's email to me yesterday.. although it seems clear but like I say.. I'm puzzled as to why some transactions are being charged and why some transaction remained full amount.

So I tested something today. I went into my husband's account and sent myself money.. and what did I find? Another "option" that was totally NOT there before:

I tried sending money as a gift and the next page that came up was...

See the "I will pay the fee" bit.. This never showed up before!

....and then I tried sending money as "Purchase for services" which would probably be what my clients would have chosen and the option did not show up! I got this screen instead.

...so now I know why I was being charged!!!

In conclusion.. All Transaction are being charged now.. it's just a matter of who bears the charge.

I love using paypal because it has allowed me to received payments easily from all over the world. I just wish they were clearer in their rules and when they change them.

Still frustrated..

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We have POOL!

2009-06-18T16:31:00.006+08:00

We checked out the swimming pool at our new place today and it was awesome. After NOT seeing the pool in operations for so long at our existing place, it was great to actually just sat at the pool and dipped our leg in the cool water!

However, what is not so good is that, to get to the swimming pool from our block, we had to walk up and down this long flights of stairs ( I did say our condo unit is on the hills right?).. I was practically panting away when we reached our block! Good thing no monkeys were around too.. otherwise I don't think I have the energy to run away from it!

And speaking of monkeys.. I really got to check if our insurance covers monkey bites or anything to that effect. Perhaps we need a new insurance quote?

Cheerio...

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When Did Paypal Change The Rules? *

2009-06-17T22:25:00.007+08:00

I noticed recently that paypal has been deducting fees for incoming funds to my personal account. It didn't use to, so I was really puzzled why it happened.

So my question is .. when did paypal start charging fees for incoming funds to PERSONAL account? Did I miss a newsletter or email from them? Does anyone know?

I mean I know they charge a certain fee for incoming funds to a Premier Account and for payments via credit cards but I've NEVER been charged before for funds sent to my personal account.

Frustrated...

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Music Monday - White Horse (Taylor Swift) *

2009-06-15T00:00:00.007+08:00

My new favourite singer :)

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Wimax at Ampang *

2009-06-12T14:21:00.007+08:00

Last week on Friday, we subscribed to P1 Wimax. I, for one was fed up with the slow internet connection of Streamyx so when I was getting rave reviews about how speedy Wimax was, I convinced A to give it a try. Since potentially both of us will use the connection, we decided to apply under A's company name and take up the unlimited access plan.

Registration was a breeze. No mess, no fuss. Quick and easy and within 15minutes and poorer by RM100, we were the proud owners of the P1 latest modem that comes with the voice plugin. We had a week to evaluate the service (used to be two weeks).

We were told the service would be activated in 2hours time. So at around 8pm, A hooked up my laptop to the service and did a bandwidth test. It came up to only about 800kbs... not very impressive. The next day, we brought it to our new apartment and give it a try there. The speed there was considerably faster and I was happy that at least I had internet access while waiting for floors to dry :)

However, once we were back at home, once again the speed was very bad. In fact, so bad that there was no connection at all for a few hours. I had to revert back to good old Streamyx. After a few times of intermittently losing connection, I gave up, packed the modem and told A that we definitely not subscribing. At RM139 monthly, I expect my connection to fly but that was not the case, at least not in Ampang anyway.

We returned the modem yesterday at their headquarters. We are hoping at the new place, we can register for the 2mb plan available from Streamyx (have to check if it's available in the first place). Worst case scenario, we will re-evaluate Wimax again. But for now.. it's back to Streamyx. (not sure whether to smile or frown here.. lol)

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Too Much Sleep Makes LJ...

2009-06-11T22:00:00.001+08:00

...numb!

That's right.. not only am I am eating way TOO much, I am also sleeping way TOO much too. I guess being physically tired really wears the body out. When I was just doing my online work, there was very little physical exertion on my body but with the impending move, all the heavy lifting, the scrubbing and the cleaning, I'm worn out by 10pm! All I want to do is just drag my tired soul to bed each night we got home.

That's why we decided today was going to be a non-move activity day so although I'm still tired, I am not THAT sleepy.

On the topic of sleeping too much.. I read about this product called Stemulite. According to studies made, this product while not only good for weight loss and body fitness, it's side effect is that it makes you sleep soundly! Out of all volunteers who took the product, almost all reported they were sleeping more soundly than before! One of them had actually stopped taking sleeping pills!

So if you guys are out to lose weight and sleep soundly at night, check out the product ok :)

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Of Monkeys and Creatures

2009-06-10T14:38:00.002+08:00

I love our new apartment, I really do but what I don't love are the lizards and ants that come with it. Thank God for bathroom safety that Abah had made sure exist in the bathroom otherwise for sure I would slip and fall when I saw the size of the lizard looking at me while I peed! I guess that could easily be settled with the pest control.

However, one other thing that really bugged me are the monkeys. The apartment that I'm moving to is very surrounded by woods and with woods or forest or whatever you called them, comes monkeys. They come out during the evenings looking for food. A said they are most probably afraid of me more than me of them but I beg to differ as they always have this vicious look about them. I'll for sure be carrying an umbrella each time I leave the house in case I need to scare them away!

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I Got Free Advertising *

2009-06-09T00:00:00.006+08:00

Yes.. FREE advertising only when you advertise with Adgitize!

Ok..ok... that might be overstretching it a bit. What I meant was I paid USD14 for 31 days for traffic BUT.. and this is a big BUT.... I earned back my money and then made some profit in the process!

If you want to know more and also see my payout proof, head on over to my Make Money Online blog today :)

PS: I made top three earners for May too earning USD38.49!

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Music Monday - Something Stupid (Robbie and Nicole)*

2009-06-08T00:00:00.004+08:00

I'm just doing a random selection this week.. pressed for time and out the door in 5. Happy MM people!!

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