<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045</id><updated>2009-11-27T23:55:50.760+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Choc Mint Girl</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog is about what I treasure most in life and sharing my thoughts and journey on the web...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>445</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-829375485054751499</id><published>2009-11-26T19:33:00.008+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T20:31:19.802+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='End of the World'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lena Zavaroni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Movies'/><title type='text'>2012 End of the World</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I went to watch &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2012&lt;/span&gt; with hubby last weekend, and the effect was extraordinary. I shed tears watching some of the moments, which have really touched my heart where it was too late for the dad to reconcile with his son and how families stick together and struggling to save their family members. What went wrong in this movie was the people have never being made aware about the event. &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/2.gif" alt="sad" title="sad" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even though the plot was predictable, but in my point of view, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;2012&lt;/span&gt; should be a great reminder for humankind to think like human even when the world has come to an end. We don't really know when exactly it will happen as we only based on predictions and Science, but it really got me thinking of what I shall do if I am in that situation. Everything was gone in just a blink of an eye!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I don't want to spoil the movie as probably some of you haven't watched it yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, I suddenly feel like singing the song &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;'End of the World'&lt;/span&gt;, one of my evergreen favorites. I have found a version by the late &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Zavaroni"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Lena Zavaroni&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; when she was just a little girl and her rendition of this song was so beautiful and touching, it really wanna make me cry especially after I read about her tragic life. &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/2.gif" alt="sedih" title="sedih" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="265" width="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iG4y6WCY1RA&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iG4y6WCY1RA&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="265" width="320"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-829375485054751499?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/829375485054751499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=829375485054751499&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/829375485054751499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/829375485054751499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/2012-end-of-world.html' title='2012 End of the World'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-7996306099249120703</id><published>2009-11-25T18:32:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-25T18:43:26.868+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video Contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Mines'/><title type='text'>YOU GOTTA SEE THIS!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of &lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/disclosure?slot_id=107742&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.GottaSeeThisNow.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;Incendia Health&lt;/a&gt;. All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;If am eligible to participate in the &lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=107742&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.GottaSeeThisNow.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;iLASIK Video Contest&lt;/a&gt; launched by Abott Medical Optics Inc. (AMO), I might be ready to action and making my own video right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who doesn't want to stand a chance of going home with $5,000 Grand Prize just by sending a video of how my life will be easier and better without glasses and contacts? I have hundred of reasons how better vision is going to improve my life. If you don't have a clue of what I am babbling about, you really gotta see this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sw0I8hShQQI/AAAAAAAABe0/i_TYTqK5DRM/s1600/ygst.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 161px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sw0I8hShQQI/AAAAAAAABe0/i_TYTqK5DRM/s320/ygst.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407988563363053826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calling friends from US and the District of Columbia above 21 of ages, grab this chance by making a video of the categories listed by AMO as following:-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;"My contacts are getting in the way of my good time" &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;"My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision" &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;"You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure"&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The best thing is you do not have to purchase anything, but you only need to submit the video and tell your friends to vote, but they must be registered users of gottaseethisnow.com. They can vote until December 10, 2009 and bear in mind that the more votes you receive, the more chances of winning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides the Grand Prize I have mentioned above, the other prizes include HDTV package worth $2,500 for the First Prize winners and Flip UltraHD camcorder worth $199.99 for the Second Prize winners. There will be three winners selected from each category. By the way, AMO is also offering a limited $20 Amazon E-Cert for all contestants who submit their videos before the contests ends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, why wait? I guess I am eligible for voting. &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/71.gif" alt="ihikhik" title="ihikhik" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/disclosure?slot_id=107742&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocialspark.com%2Fcode_of_ethics" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img alt="SocialSpark Disclosure Badge" src="http://socialspark.com/metrics/view/post?slot_id=107742&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocialspark.com%2Fimages%2Fdisclosure_badges%2Fdisclosure_badge_red_new.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-7996306099249120703?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/7996306099249120703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=7996306099249120703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/7996306099249120703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/7996306099249120703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/you-gotta-see-this.html' title='YOU GOTTA SEE THIS!'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sw0I8hShQQI/AAAAAAAABe0/i_TYTqK5DRM/s72-c/ygst.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-4985300503092688230</id><published>2009-11-20T21:51:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T22:29:25.076+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hubby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nephews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cats'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas Tree'/><title type='text'>Christmas is Christmas All over the World...</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Dec 01, 2007 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It was such a memorable year because it was my first Christmas as husband and wife. Hubby and I put up the &lt;a href="http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2007/12/o-christmas-tree-o-christmas-tree.html"&gt;Christmas tree&lt;/a&gt; together with the help from my two enthusiastic nephews, aged 9 and 7 at that time. I had to inspect the tree every morning because our cats were vandalizing it at night while everybody was sleeping. Usually, we would find it was a bit slanted and some of the ornaments were broken. My sis actually caught one of the cat perched on the branches. It was an artificial tree and very light, so you could imagine how it looked like with a cat resting on it. &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/40.gif" alt="ohno" title="ohno" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl5.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1814/1814445fia35ldh20.gif" border="0" height="52" width="42" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nov 24, 2008 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I was working in a hotel, which was attached to a mall. I got excited every time I looked at the Christmas decorations that could be seen in every corner of the shops and it has urged me to put up the &lt;a href="http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2008/11/im-happy-and-smiling.html"&gt;Christmas tree&lt;/a&gt; at home a day earlier than as planned. Moreover, my nephews especially the eldest one kept on asking me when I was going to do it. So, again the same faithful team working on the tree. The cats were getting lazier, but I still found some traces of their 'project'. &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/4.gif" alt="biggrin" title="biggrin" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl5.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1814/1814445fia35ldh20.gif" border="0" height="52" width="42" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nov 16, 2009  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Christmas tree is already up and lighted. Yayyy!!! It's the spirit he he... and I think my eldest nephew has been talking about it since the first week of November! So, when I took out the tree and decorations, they were overjoyed. I have to raise my voice to calm them down because they were getting uncontrollable! Hubby has helped me out as well and we placed it at the corner as I don't want the cats to notice about it. &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/71.gif" alt="ihikhik" title="ihikhik" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-4985300503092688230?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/4985300503092688230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=4985300503092688230&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/4985300503092688230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/4985300503092688230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/christmas-is-christmas-all-over-world.html' title='Christmas is Christmas All over the World...'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-5515391005253565543</id><published>2009-11-19T00:36:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T20:01:28.318+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet Connection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Mines'/><title type='text'>Life with Slow Internet Connection Sucks!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of &lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/disclosure?slot_id=93362&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.charter.com%2Fultra" rel="nofollow"&gt;Charter&lt;/a&gt;. All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yeah, I have no internet connection for nearly two days! I felt like I have lost one arm and I could not think of what to do because all of my online work was pending. I was so stressed and I know it was our fault of delaying in paying the bill, but that was not the real reason of why I was raving over it like a mad woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was driving me nuts because the connection was still very slow even when we have fully settled the outstanding bill. It was not consistent and it took a long time for the pages to load. I was sitting here for almost three hours and my mouth just could not stop cursing. If you could see me just now, I bet you would be tongue tied seeing me cursing the laptop and mouse even though the main problem was the speed!&lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/14.gif" alt="mad" title="mad" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have not much choice when it comes to internet service provider. Everything is very slow and it really tests our patience. How I wish we have something like &lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/post?slot_id=93362&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.charter.com%2Fultra" rel="nofollow"&gt;charter ultra fast 60&lt;/a&gt;.It is one of the fastest in the U.S. with 60Mbps, which is now accessible in St. Louis and expanded to other areas for the benefits of the customers in experiencing the super high-speed of the internet connection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="Ultra60small" src="http://socialspark.com/uploads/socialspark/public/assets/1382/Ultra60small.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I am depending so much on speed, I am getting fed-up with the current connection! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://socialspark.com/metrics/click/disclosure?slot_id=93362&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocialspark.com%2Fcode_of_ethics" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img alt="SocialSpark Disclosure Badge" src="http://socialspark.com/metrics/view/post?slot_id=93362&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocialspark.com%2Fimages%2Fdisclosure_badges%2Fdisclosure_badge_green_new.png" style="border: 0pt none ;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-5515391005253565543?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/5515391005253565543/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=5515391005253565543&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/5515391005253565543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/5515391005253565543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/life-with-slow-internet-connection.html' title='Life with Slow Internet Connection Sucks!'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-8802979688895581978</id><published>2009-11-15T00:52:00.009+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T20:07:14.133+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Statcounter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Biggest Loser'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Popular Pages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Google Keywords'/><title type='text'>Who've Been Stalking Me Lately???</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aren't you curious to find out who have visited you? They might not leave you any comments, but they've left some traces behind and been stalking you!! I was looking at my &lt;span&gt;Feedjit&lt;/span&gt; counter and I was amazed to see there were so many people looking for &lt;a href="http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/06/biggest-loser.html"&gt;The Biggest Loser&lt;/a&gt;, which I have blogged about some time ago in last June. So, curious, I logged into my Stat counter account and guess what I found out??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Popular Pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;251&lt;/span&gt; chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/06/&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;biggest-loser&lt;/span&gt;.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;134&lt;/span&gt; chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;21&lt;/span&gt; www.chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, I went ahead to check the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;keywords&lt;/span&gt; that brought these 'stalkers' here... he he...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Search by Keywords&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;13.33%&lt;/span&gt; chocmintgirl ~ &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;Obviously, it's my blog's name *Doh!*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;6.67%&lt;/span&gt;  jenny banner pink mint ~ &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I'm not Jenny, but well, it's okay peeps, part of me is Mint!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/5.gif" alt="smilewink" title="smilewink" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3.33%&lt;/span&gt;  scent of Christmas ~ &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;The exact topic in one of my recent blog posts, so, those who were searching landed on the exact spot! Ouch!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3.33%&lt;/span&gt;  giant lollipop ~ &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I wrote about &lt;a href="http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/giant-lollipop-and-pink-tea-cup.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; when my niece gave me a giant lollipop, but I wonder who else wanted a GIANT lollipop??&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/71.gif" alt="ihikhik" title="ihikhik" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3.33%&lt;/span&gt;  rental girl Malaysia ~ &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;HUHHH??? THIS SHOULD NOT BE IN THE LIST!!! YOU'VE DONE A VERY NOTTY JOB, MR.G!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/68.gif" alt="no" title="no" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3.33%&lt;/span&gt;  what colr should i put my chritmas tree ~ &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;"&gt;Yeah, I love Christmas, so, I guess they should know he he... but look at the spelling, geez!! I never spelt 'color' and 'Christmas' like that!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3.33%&lt;/span&gt;  famus formulas six ~ &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;I'M BLUR, ANYBODY KNOWS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif" alt="huh" title="huh" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3.33%&lt;/span&gt;  does nescafe 3 in 1 cause cancer? ~ &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;"&gt;I did write about &lt;a href="http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-love-nescafe-3-in-1.html"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; to spread the message from Nestlé, it does not cause cancer!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3.33%&lt;/span&gt;  the biggest loser before and after ~ &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"&gt;A small percentage but ended up as being the most popular page being viewed. SO, what does it trying to convey??? Is this a warning sign for me not to eat A LOT???&lt;/span&gt; &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/24.gif" alt="ROFL" title="ROFL" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or maybe it's time for me to get serious with the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;keywords&lt;/span&gt;???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, if your hits counter did not have any reports like this one, you probably want to change to &lt;a href="http://www.statcounter.com/"&gt;Statcounter&lt;/a&gt;. They are awesome! This is not a sponsored post, but I just wanted to write about them &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;la&lt;/span&gt;  he he... &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/64.gif" alt="$$$" title="$$$" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Sunday!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl4.glitter-graphics.net/pub/800/800434rxp02y55co.gif" border="0" height="49" width="253" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-8802979688895581978?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/8802979688895581978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=8802979688895581978&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8802979688895581978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8802979688895581978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/whove-been-stalking-me-lately.html' title='Who&apos;ve Been Stalking Me Lately???'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-1784809748224974211</id><published>2009-11-12T22:31:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T20:09:48.313+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogthings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quiz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personality test'/><title type='text'>What Farm Animal Am I?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I got this from Nessa &lt;a href="http://sopweety.blogspot.com/"&gt;So Pweety&lt;/a&gt;... Since I am active farming in Facebook &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/71.gif" alt="ihikhik" title="ihikhik" /&gt;, I guess this quiz would be so interesting to know what farm animal I am. I thought I was a tiger, but turned out that I am a Chicken!! Pokkkpokkkpokkkpokkk!! Piakkk!!! &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/24.gif" alt="ROFL" title="ROFL" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="350"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="vertical-align: top;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bg="" style="color: rgb(238, 238, 238);" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:14pt;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;strong&gt;You Are a Chicken&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#ffffff"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatfarmanimalareyouquiz/chicken.png" height="100" width="100" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are a very observant and even snoopy creature. You are curious about the world, and you're always aware of what's going on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while you're interested in the world around you, you are also very private.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are protective of your personal space, and you don't like it when you feel like your boundaries are being crossed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can get along with others, even in a big group, as long as you're able to maintain your uniqueness and individuality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-weight: bold;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogthings.com/whatfarmanimalareyouquiz/"&gt;What Farm Animal Are You?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My comment?? Awesome!!! &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/41.gif" alt="clapclap" title="clapclap" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-1784809748224974211?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/1784809748224974211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=1784809748224974211&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/1784809748224974211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/1784809748224974211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-animal-am-i.html' title='What Farm Animal Am I?'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-6057970692569492286</id><published>2009-11-10T18:29:00.015+08:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T20:13:49.060+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rant'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog template'/><title type='text'>People</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So, I have been busy with online work and searching for more opportunities on the net. It's not that easy, but I'll manage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just want to share something that I found quite annoying of some people's behavior. Should I call them hypocrite or nothing but a pretender! I really hate it when we shared something good and we were being neutral about it, then all of a sudden a group of people just bombarded us with something they didn't even really know how it works, but they just assumed because they were only thinking about themselves. They forgot to see the positive side of the things can do, but only thinking about the negative. I think I can call them of being selfish and pessimist as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I hate most when I have seen some of these people claiming that they were there not because of this &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;particular&lt;/span&gt; thing, but for other different purposes or just WHATSOEVER their reasons were, but when the idea was brought up, and then it became so apparent that they were only there just for that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;particular&lt;/span&gt; thing! If they hadn't said that in the first place, it wouldn't be so irritating!! I don't want to take it personally, but I am a bit offended!!! GRRR... Or maybe I am the one who view it differently??? &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/39.gif" alt="think" title="think" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ughhh!!! Sorry about my ranting he he... I seldom do this and I should be joyful as Christmas is fast approaching and that is the only season that can bring peace in me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yes, there was a weird thing happened to me yesterday when I received a message from an unknown individual stating that he was impressed with my writing skills *&lt;img style="" emoticon="" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/9.gif" alt="blush" title="blush" /&gt;~ am not good, but thanks for the compliment!* and he was actually offering me to be a part of their writing team. Hmmm... I don't know what the deal is, but if it's not a scam, I might give it a try as I am always open to new opportunities. Oh, I miss to write those reviews and get paid to blog.&lt;img style="" emoticon="" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/2.gif" alt="sad" title="sad" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, did you notice my blog template?? LOL!! Of course you do unless you have never been here and don't care at all... &lt;img class="emoticon" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/4.gif" alt="biggrin" title="biggrin" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-6057970692569492286?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/6057970692569492286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=6057970692569492286&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/6057970692569492286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/6057970692569492286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/11/people.html' title='People'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-2958468884930669574</id><published>2009-10-30T18:31:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T18:51:17.554+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hubby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas Gifts'/><title type='text'>The Scent of Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Everyone seems to be talking about Christmas! That means I have lots of things to list down especially on what gifts I should buy this year to my hubby and the rest of the family. I think it won't be difficult because his 'Eau De Toilette' has finished since a few months ago and I haven't bought any new one to him yet. So, you can guess that I will get him one for Christmas plus another bonus gift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year, I bought him the &lt;a href="http://www.scent.net/"&gt;Scent&lt;/a&gt; from Burberry. It has a very fresh and really nice smell, but I have been thinking to buy something different. It seems that he only gets a perfume or spray from me during Christmas! LOL!! Well, this is the first gift on my list and the rest, I have to crack my head and look at the budget first!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What about you? Have you done with your list yet?? :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl10.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1313/1313980idz48t4ki6.gif" border="0" height="120" width="100" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-2958468884930669574?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/2958468884930669574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=2958468884930669574&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/2958468884930669574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/2958468884930669574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/scent-of-christmas.html' title='The Scent of Christmas'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-4569964892344869142</id><published>2009-10-27T20:48:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T21:15:26.897+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday cake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dad&apos;s Birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dad'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Durian'/><title type='text'>Dad’s 61st Birthday and The Durian Adventure</title><content type='html'>Last Tuesday was Dad's 61st birthday...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Subt6cX16hI/AAAAAAAABeM/5iKj-zd-O1U/s1600-h/dad61.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Subt6cX16hI/AAAAAAAABeM/5iKj-zd-O1U/s400/dad61.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397262791754508818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Happy Birthday, Dad...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;We just had a simple birthday celebration and that was fine. I love the photo I took using my mobile phone, well, hubby won it from a bidding site and gave it to me he he he... The color was a bit dull, though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, is just Durian season over yet?? I have seen some people are still selling durians, I wonder how they got the name like 'durian tembaga' *bronze durian* lol, and other unique plus funny names.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been eating A LOT of durians for the past few weeks. All those durians were collected from our own trees at dad's village. So, a few weeks ago we went to 'attack' the trees. Well, frankly speaking, I was only waiting at home for my hubby, uncle and mom bringing back those durians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One has to climb up and down the steep hill before reaching there. I thought I didn't have to go, so, I purposely left my sports shoes at home. :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But then, I was so bored to death waiting for them!!! And I actually did wish that I had worn my sports shoes instead... because even mom was so eager with the durian adventure heehee...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, I thought I could go online, but too bad there was no internet connection at all... so saddd...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had some before they went to get some more, but I was waiting, waiting, waiting... and when they finally arrived, I wasn't so patient and there I was, enjoying my moments of 'durian-ing' session heheheee...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SubuvNJEMeI/AAAAAAAABeU/faW7IxvwhGo/s1600-h/durian2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SubuvNJEMeI/AAAAAAAABeU/faW7IxvwhGo/s400/durian2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397263698199065058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Habisss...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just to share an image of our dessert taken at one of the eating places in Genting when we went up there some time in Feb.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SubvKWNG7NI/AAAAAAAABec/Tu0aZxcUT78/s1600-h/duriandessert.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SubvKWNG7NI/AAAAAAAABec/Tu0aZxcUT78/s400/duriandessert.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397264164488408274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Yum-yum!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well, I can't wait for Christmas and like last two years, my blog will be filled with Christmas graphics as early as November!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Till then...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-4569964892344869142?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/4569964892344869142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=4569964892344869142&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/4569964892344869142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/4569964892344869142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/dads-61st-birthday-and-durian-adventure.html' title='Dad’s 61st Birthday and The Durian Adventure'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Subt6cX16hI/AAAAAAAABeM/5iKj-zd-O1U/s72-c/dad61.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-6883748103754103153</id><published>2009-10-16T18:28:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T18:36:39.484+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rare Coin Dealer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Mines'/><title type='text'>OLD and GOLD</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Have you had any interest in collecting old bank notes? I remember each time there are new release of bank notes, most people would hurry and collect the old ones for future investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is the same goes with collecting coins. However, it won't be as difficult as you might think to look for the &lt;a href="http://www.zoomcoin.com/"&gt;coin dealer&lt;/a&gt;. Monaco Rare Coin is one of the most reliable companies that offer wide resources for collectors and investors worldwide. They are professional in handling your needs that involve an extensive series of investment programs as well as products according to your budget. Most of the coins are very rare that makes them special and valuable. So, if you are looking for long term investment, why not go and look for Monaco. They have lots of interesting things to offer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SthMaCZtIcI/AAAAAAAABeE/NSD8lFOQPVY/s1600-h/gaudens-double-eagles.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 218px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SthMaCZtIcI/AAAAAAAABeE/NSD8lFOQPVY/s400/gaudens-double-eagles.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393144563981164994" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;One of the most beautiful and popular, Saint Gaudens $20 Gold Pieces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-6883748103754103153?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/6883748103754103153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=6883748103754103153&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/6883748103754103153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/6883748103754103153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/old-and-gold.html' title='OLD and GOLD'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SthMaCZtIcI/AAAAAAAABeE/NSD8lFOQPVY/s72-c/gaudens-double-eagles.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-893968790326809690</id><published>2009-10-16T16:53:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T17:03:31.727+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Giant Lollipop and Pink Tea Cup</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Look at this foot print lollipop!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Stg1VED1V1I/AAAAAAAABds/-9ttz3MPmtM/s1600-h/lollipop.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Stg1VED1V1I/AAAAAAAABds/-9ttz3MPmtM/s400/lollipop.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393119189759514450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My niece gave me during my past birthday and put it nicely inside this gift bag.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Stg1lpxh0PI/AAAAAAAABd0/rm4qheL3B24/s1600-h/giftbox.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Stg1lpxh0PI/AAAAAAAABd0/rm4qheL3B24/s400/giftbox.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393119474761191666" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My sis told me that when she saw it in the supermarket she said she didn't like it, so, she told her to give it to me! LOL!! She said, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"I don't like this, mama, give it to aunty C..."&lt;/span&gt; Hahahahaaa... As if she really wanted to get rid of this lollipop!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She did find something cute and pretty for me though. Well, she always thinks that I am her play buddy... ;D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Stg11YY_7VI/AAAAAAAABd8/-k0fPbXojEA/s1600-h/pinkteacup.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Stg11YY_7VI/AAAAAAAABd8/-k0fPbXojEA/s400/pinkteacup.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393119744972811602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Pink Tea Cup ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-893968790326809690?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/893968790326809690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=893968790326809690&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/893968790326809690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/893968790326809690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/giant-lollipop-and-pink-tea-cup.html' title='Giant Lollipop and Pink Tea Cup'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Stg1VED1V1I/AAAAAAAABds/-9ttz3MPmtM/s72-c/lollipop.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-8079584322473528257</id><published>2009-10-14T17:13:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T22:58:26.749+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Store Brand Formula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Mines'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Famous Question'/><title type='text'>The Famous Question and Store Brand Formula</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Do you want to know the most famous question I receive each time I meet old friends and relatives? Can you guess?? Anyone wants to try before I give a clue??? Okay, let's make this as a guessing post then, but before that I would like to discuss something about store brand formula that is making big in some of the retail stores.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Formula milk is best known as a common substitute for mothers who are breastfeeding. However, it is essential to find the formulas that are not only nutritious for the infants, but also must strictly meet with the food and drug guidelines. Since the economic crisis and job are scarce nowadays, most parents will always find ways to support their family especially for those who have infants to feed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the United States, Walmart Stores is currently having a sale on their Parent's Choice Infant Formula, where parents can get two cans for only $10. Basically, formulas that are branded with the retail stores' names are proved to be as nutritionally as the other labels that are available widely in the market. So, parents can save more and at the same time feeling gratified with the quality of the products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, with that being said, I bet you have already known what the famous question is by now. 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I will try to update often... yes... promise... before Christmas...LOL!! &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Raya&lt;/span&gt; is over, yeah, it's a month celebration, but to me it's o-ver and now I'm counting the days, I just can't wait for Christmas!! *woot* Ha ha... OK, before I get carried away with all those Christmassy talks, I must say that this year &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Raya &lt;/span&gt;was much merrier than last year because of the non-stop fire crackers, but it was very irritating sometimes when they were TOO loud!!!  They could really give me a heart attack!! Touch wood!!! Anyway, even though I only went to four houses, but... the food was everywhere, and you know me, I did eat like crazy!! Hahahaaa... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCphgw_V1I/AAAAAAAABdk/hybLwZzu8uE/s1600-h/rayafood.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCphgw_V1I/AAAAAAAABdk/hybLwZzu8uE/s400/rayafood.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386491547531302738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;At my aunt's house... love the satay sauce! *droolz*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCm0Zdo_eI/AAAAAAAABcs/iHBiQ7jOByc/s1600-h/makmur.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCm0Zdo_eI/AAAAAAAABcs/iHBiQ7jOByc/s400/makmur.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386488573453729250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The famous and favorite &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Makmur&lt;/span&gt; Cookies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCnDqGq92I/AAAAAAAABc0/3QYGbwWS7MI/s1600-h/pineapple.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCnDqGq92I/AAAAAAAABc0/3QYGbwWS7MI/s400/pineapple.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386488835618830178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Pineapple Cookies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCnQFVQnDI/AAAAAAAABc8/GyRZB33a34Q/s1600-h/chocalmond.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCnQFVQnDI/AAAAAAAABc8/GyRZB33a34Q/s400/chocalmond.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386489049086204978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Choc Almond Cookies??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCndJd6uiI/AAAAAAAABdE/hbxtPsAsyJ8/s1600-h/colorful.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCndJd6uiI/AAAAAAAABdE/hbxtPsAsyJ8/s400/colorful.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386489273534560802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Colorful Cookies, taste a bit like gummy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCn6vebnNI/AAAAAAAABdU/3daPuj09ziY/s1600-h/custard.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCn6vebnNI/AAAAAAAABdU/3daPuj09ziY/s400/custard.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386489781953469650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Custard Cookies, love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCnrR__BwI/AAAAAAAABdM/Tkxa-jcDPRo/s1600-h/oreomint.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCnrR__BwI/AAAAAAAABdM/Tkxa-jcDPRo/s400/oreomint.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386489516343101186" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Oreo Peppermint *my favorite!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCoV_bWMII/AAAAAAAABdc/VgZdexmbGE0/s1600-h/bumblebee.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCoV_bWMII/AAAAAAAABdc/VgZdexmbGE0/s400/bumblebee.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386490250091966594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Bumblebee Cookies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;All those cookies were ordered by my older sis. ;) So, HOW'S your Raya celebration??&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-2466793113402215952?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/2466793113402215952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=2466793113402215952&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/2466793113402215952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/2466793113402215952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/09/week-after-raya-break.html' title='A  Week After Raya Break...'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SsCphgw_V1I/AAAAAAAABdk/hybLwZzu8uE/s72-c/rayafood.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-116999410032760195</id><published>2009-09-14T13:52:00.011+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T16:10:49.276+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday cake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthdays'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My Birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>September Babies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It's been a couple of weeks since I last updated my blog... tsk! Gotta improve my pace a little bit since I am so free at current, but blame it on Facebook! LOL!! Just kidding... Anyways, September is confirmed to be the food fiesta month heheheee... On Sept 06th, a cousin of mine got married and I ate a LOT! Haha... but the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;highlight&lt;/span&gt; for today is MY birthday heheheee... and mom's...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept 10th was mom's 59th birthday... My older sis bought a cake and mom blew the candles on a very hot sunny mid afternoon!! :D We had KFC for lunch, bought by eldest sis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq31jFIkvfI/AAAAAAAABbk/BBylTl5WsgM/s1600-h/momsbday09.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq31jFIkvfI/AAAAAAAABbk/BBylTl5WsgM/s400/momsbday09.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381227112799976946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Happy B'day MOM!!! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, at night we headed to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Upperstar, Damai&lt;/span&gt; for dinner... thanks to older sis! ;) I ordered a simple &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Malaysian Delight&lt;/span&gt; meal, but I wouldn't miss to taste a small portion each of their food before I ate mine hahahaaa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq317mY4qCI/AAAAAAAABbs/D_-m8k7-2Io/s1600-h/msiandelight.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq317mY4qCI/AAAAAAAABbs/D_-m8k7-2Io/s400/msiandelight.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381227534043621410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Malaysian Delight&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq32al-6zLI/AAAAAAAABb0/QQ7fbFz-LTM/s1600-h/chcknchop.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq32al-6zLI/AAAAAAAABb0/QQ7fbFz-LTM/s400/chcknchop.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381228066510654642" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Chicken Chop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq33NXtDkrI/AAAAAAAABb8/7GTrkYkqeFw/s1600-h/grilledsalmon.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq33NXtDkrI/AAAAAAAABb8/7GTrkYkqeFw/s400/grilledsalmon.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381228938850964146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Grilled Salmon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq33vADE1CI/AAAAAAAABcE/l-rGcn6Av6w/s1600-h/sirloinsteak.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq33vADE1CI/AAAAAAAABcE/l-rGcn6Av6w/s400/sirloinsteak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381229516616422434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Sirloin Steak&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq34SuS6caI/AAAAAAAABcM/711fMmH3sTI/s1600-h/fishchips.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq34SuS6caI/AAAAAAAABcM/711fMmH3sTI/s400/fishchips.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381230130326303138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Fish &amp;amp; Chips&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq34frjFF_I/AAAAAAAABcU/EFMtAvCWvK4/s1600-h/grilledchckn.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq34frjFF_I/AAAAAAAABcU/EFMtAvCWvK4/s400/grilledchckn.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381230352927102962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Grilled Chicken *YUMMY*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night on Sept 13th, we celebrated my birthday a day earlier at home with family, friends and relatives. We had a BBQ party and I so love my pretty 35 l'il birthday cuppies hihiiii... *thanks to hubby, muah!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tadaaa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq34scOz4pI/AAAAAAAABcc/u_ml8sh4YhU/s1600-h/bdaycuppies.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq34scOz4pI/AAAAAAAABcc/u_ml8sh4YhU/s400/bdaycuppies.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381230572153856658" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;My Prettyummy Cupcakes... Happy B'day to ME!!! ;D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a FUN night that lasted till dawn! ;D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-116999410032760195?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/116999410032760195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=116999410032760195&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/116999410032760195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/116999410032760195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-babies.html' title='September Babies'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sq31jFIkvfI/AAAAAAAABbk/BBylTl5WsgM/s72-c/momsbday09.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-4231293546992326287</id><published>2009-09-01T20:29:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T21:03:48.231+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fairy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Magic and Fantasy'/><title type='text'>If I Have a Fairy...</title><content type='html'>I got this from &lt;a href="http://halet1073.blogspot.com/2009/08/fairy-name.html"&gt;Michelle Dawn&lt;/a&gt;, something to bring our minds to the magical world and fantasy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I have a fairy...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Your fairy is called &lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Thorn Rainbowfly&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She is a fortune bringer.&lt;br /&gt;She lives in brambles and blackberry bushes.&lt;br /&gt;She is only seen at midday under a quiet, cloudless sky.&lt;br /&gt;She wears purple and green like berries and leaves. She has multi-coloured wings like a butterfly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.emmadavies.net/fairy/default.aspx"&gt;Get your free fairy name here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I love the multi-coloured wings, I can imagine that it's very pretty, but the thorn??  Never mind... as long as she wears purple and green he he... I can't find the image of &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thorn Rainbowfly&lt;/span&gt;, but perhaps she looks like &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thorn Hailglitter&lt;/span&gt;... :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.emmadavies.net/content/fairies/thorn-hailglitter.aspx"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sp0ZyDoTDrI/AAAAAAAABbc/PN2zGrCV1w0/s400/langleyforestfairies-thornhailglitter-6_xl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376481877908721330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-4231293546992326287?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/4231293546992326287/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=4231293546992326287&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/4231293546992326287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/4231293546992326287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/09/if-i-have-fairy.html' title='If I Have a Fairy...'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sp0ZyDoTDrI/AAAAAAAABbc/PN2zGrCV1w0/s72-c/langleyforestfairies-thornhailglitter-6_xl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-8047704761171807258</id><published>2009-08-31T20:55:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T21:12:00.640+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malaysia Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malaysia&apos;s 52nd Independence Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Merdeka'/><title type='text'>Happy 52nd Merdeka Day, Malaysia!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Name: Malaysia&lt;br /&gt;DOB: 31st August, 1957&lt;br /&gt;Age: 52nd&lt;br /&gt;Gender: Unisex *he he he...*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SpvLOb3YH1I/AAAAAAAABbU/uYiKLkKNpbY/s1600-h/Red-Hibiscus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SpvLOb3YH1I/AAAAAAAABbU/uYiKLkKNpbY/s400/Red-Hibiscus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376114029055450962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Image Source: www.junkertoons.com/images/Red-Hibiscus.jpg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;May we all&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;live in peace&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;and harmony...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-8047704761171807258?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/8047704761171807258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=8047704761171807258&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8047704761171807258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8047704761171807258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/08/happy-52nd-merdeka-day-malaysia.html' title='Happy 52nd Merdeka Day, Malaysia!!!'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SpvLOb3YH1I/AAAAAAAABbU/uYiKLkKNpbY/s72-c/Red-Hibiscus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-7080752801057455519</id><published>2009-08-28T21:49:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T22:07:59.676+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paintball'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Mines'/><title type='text'>Ouch! Don't Paint My Back!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I have backache for more than a week already. I don't know if it's just wind or normal muscle pain, but I could feel the stiffness at my shoulders and low back, and if I press or massage the area where the pain is, I would burp. Sometimes, it is so uncomfortable to sit and type for a few hours as if someone has hit me at the back with paintball! Ouch!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, talking about paintball, I just want to share with you a website that is selling paintball gear such as the goggles, hoppers, accessories and the most important items, the paintball guns. They have a wide range of paintball guns for tournament such as the Eclipse Ego 09 or the reasonably priced Etek 2 that produce high performance. They even have attractive paintball jerseys for both men and women. All of these products come with low prices and the best thing is that the shipping is free of charge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SpfipyJ1SxI/AAAAAAAABbM/ejT6cp3fXXM/s1600-h/geo09_btn002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 120px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SpfipyJ1SxI/AAAAAAAABbM/ejT6cp3fXXM/s400/geo09_btn002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375013887755504402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; If you want to check it out for yourselves, go to &lt;a href="http://www.zephyrpaintball.com/category/markers.planet_eclipse_ego_paintball_guns/"&gt;planet eclipse&lt;/a&gt; and if you are into paintball, you may also want to have a look at their new and clearance items. Right now, all I am thinking of  is to rub some medicated oil on my back!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-7080752801057455519?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/7080752801057455519/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=7080752801057455519&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/7080752801057455519'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/7080752801057455519'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/08/ouch-dont-paint-my-back.html' title='Ouch! Don&apos;t Paint My Back!!'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SpfipyJ1SxI/AAAAAAAABbM/ejT6cp3fXXM/s72-c/geo09_btn002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-319074522081574942</id><published>2009-08-16T21:21:00.006+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T13:18:16.327+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Making money online'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='myLot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Discussion Site'/><title type='text'>COME and JOIN me on myLot!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Remember when I mentioned I was rewarded the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Best Responses (BR)&lt;/span&gt; in my previous post? The site I was talking about was none other than &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;myLot&lt;/a&gt;. Have you ever heard about it before? Or are you a member? If you are a member, DO add me as your friend. :) It would be FUN to have my blog buddies in &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;myLot&lt;/a&gt; community. If you have no idea what &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;myLot&lt;/a&gt; is, I'd be happy to share with you the benefits of being a myLotter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically, &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;myLot&lt;/a&gt; is a discussion site where you can earn some $$$. How???&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. By initiating your own discussions.&lt;br /&gt;2. You will earn on the first response of your discussions.&lt;br /&gt;3. When you give comment to the responses of your discussions.&lt;br /&gt;4. Respond to discussions started by other members.&lt;br /&gt;5. Completing a task.&lt;br /&gt;6. When you are rewarded the Best Response.&lt;br /&gt;7. When your star rating is increased.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many more ways...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simple, right?! But please bear in mind that all discussions must be within the guidelines. If you are violating the rules, the discussion will be deleted and will affect your number of posts, star rating and earnings. Ignoring the guidelines will also result in your account being suspended and deleted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SogNkbosCNI/AAAAAAAABbE/Z7QxJXBjy_s/s1600-h/myLotBR1.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SogNkbosCNI/AAAAAAAABbE/Z7QxJXBjy_s/s400/myLotBR1.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370557475184183506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Above is the screen shot of one of the BR I received. :)  Click &lt;a href="http://http//www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2096673.aspx"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2095015.aspx"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2095348.aspx"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; to read the full discussions of the BR I received. :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the end of my username &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'&lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;corrycrystal&lt;/a&gt;'&lt;/span&gt; is the number of discussions that I've posted. I received a star once I have reached the 100th posts. Did you see the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;'+, -, !'&lt;/span&gt; buttons? You can rate the discussions and the number inside the star is how other members will rate you. The 3rd button is for you to report other members for abuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just to share a few of the things that you can do after reaching certain number of posts:-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;100th ~ You will get a star rating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;200th ~ You will be able to use the myLot code (emoticons etc.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;500th ~ You will be able to use the copy &amp;amp; paste feature&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No one knows how the earnings are calculated except their admin team. Just be sure to participate and your earnings will be updated every night, but you MUST  always remember that a discussion is rewarded based on quality and NOT quantity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lowest minimum payout that you can set is USD10, which will be paid before or on the 15th of every month. You must accrue at least USD10 by the end of each month to qualify for payout. I just received my first payment from &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;myLot&lt;/a&gt; to my Paypal account. So, don't worry, it's legit. :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SogLaCwxb8I/AAAAAAAABa8/ZjSClq5870c/s1600-h/myLot1stPymt.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 96px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SogLaCwxb8I/AAAAAAAABa8/ZjSClq5870c/s400/myLot1stPymt.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370555097685258178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; By the way, they have referrals program as well. So, if you are interested, you can join under me and I will guide you through all the way. :) Please click on any of the links or banners to sign up. If you want to work on your own, it's all up to you... Go, see and try it. You might get hooked and won't stop myLotting he he...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: verdana;" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" width="175" height="175"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td align="center"&gt;&lt;a style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.mylot.com/w/lists/7_38/default.aspx?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;Calling all mylot fans!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/w/lists/7_38/default.aspx?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;&lt;img alt="mylot" src="http://images.mylot.com/userImages/images/postphotos/1972977_t.gif" border="0" vspace="10" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:8;"&gt;Join &lt;a href="http://www.mylot.com/corrycrystal?ref=corrycrystal"&gt;me&lt;/a&gt; on myLot! Discuss mylot and make a little money while you're at it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the best and see you there!!! ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-319074522081574942?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/319074522081574942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=319074522081574942&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/319074522081574942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/319074522081574942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/08/come-and-join-me-on-mylot.html' title='COME and JOIN me on myLot!'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SogNkbosCNI/AAAAAAAABbE/Z7QxJXBjy_s/s72-c/myLotBR1.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-8784601341337890893</id><published>2009-08-11T23:12:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-11T23:26:50.976+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parenting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Mines'/><title type='text'>Here Comes Supernanny</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am so happy today because I have been awarded three best responses in a general discussion site that I participate. I will talk more about this later in my future post because right now I would like to share a very good site especially for parents. Well, actually it is not only beneficial for parents, but also for parents-to-be, all those nannies and even someone like me who will someday going to raise my own kids. ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a &lt;a href="http://forum.supernanny.com/"&gt;parenting forum&lt;/a&gt; site, the Supernanny.com where members will discuss about &lt;a href="http://www.supernanny.com/"&gt;parenting advice&lt;/a&gt; such as potty training, sleeping training, kids' behavior, the patience technique and lots more. If you have any issues about your teens, this is  also the right place for you to learn from the experts. You can either join the forum or simply view the TV clips for some useful tips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, mama bloggers out there, why don't you visit this site and share the &lt;a href="http://www.supernanny.co.uk/"&gt;parenting skills&lt;/a&gt; of yours? :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buyblogreviews.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.buyblogreviews.com/sponsoredImages/sponsoredpost.gif" alt="BuyBlogReviews.com" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl4.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1546/1546334ll7apenldu.gif" border="0" width="358" height="273" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-8784601341337890893?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/8784601341337890893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=8784601341337890893&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8784601341337890893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8784601341337890893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/08/here-comes-supernanny.html' title='Here Comes Supernanny'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-8526572531652179460</id><published>2009-08-04T18:21:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T18:36:57.387+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harry Porter'/><title type='text'>Harry Porter and the Half-Blood Prince</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am probably slower than the snail. It seems that everyone has made a review on the latest Harry Porter movie and here I am still fascinated by the effect of the movie I watched on last Sunday night. If you ask me on my take about &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Harry Porter and the Half-Blood Prince&lt;/span&gt;, it was splendid as ever. I was bathed with magical moments with my eyes fixed to the big screen, hoping it would never reach the end. In short, I can't wait for the next one! The worst part was I had to go the washroom after more than 2.5 hours. As I didn't want to miss any important scene it only took me less than 5 minutes hehe... *Hey, I did wash my hands, TYVM!!*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the movie went well and luckily, there was no technical disruption. I remember the last Harry Porter. Full of exuberant hubby and I went for the premier, but would you believe me if I told you that the movie hasn't even started yet when the theatre room suddenly went black out?!! *ROARRR* Oh yes! Everyone waited patiently for almost half an hour until the staff rushed in and announced that the show had to be cancelled that night, which of course has created a commotion!!! So, have you watched Harry Porter and the Half Blood Prince yet? What do you think??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SngNMaigqpI/AAAAAAAABas/HJFr1BcROPA/s1600-h/HPHBP.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SngNMaigqpI/AAAAAAAABas/HJFr1BcROPA/s400/HPHBP.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366053462945606290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-8526572531652179460?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/8526572531652179460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=8526572531652179460&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8526572531652179460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8526572531652179460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/08/harry-porter-and-half-blood-prince.html' title='Harry Porter and the Half-Blood Prince'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SngNMaigqpI/AAAAAAAABas/HJFr1BcROPA/s72-c/HPHBP.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-6437089276537138473</id><published>2009-07-29T17:39:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T01:33:11.915+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wedding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Weddings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Besides wishing the newly wed a long lasting marriage, what do you like most about wedding? What are you normally looking forward to when attending a wedding?? I usually can't wait to eat hehehee... It's the only time I can devour 7 to 8 dishes of mouthwatering food with variety of cooking styles.  Remember when I said hubby and I were attending a friend's wedding on last Saturday? Below pix is the image of their Hot &amp;amp; Cold Dishes... scrumptious!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAcgNNHo_I/AAAAAAAABaM/QTKGb2g8SXo/s1600-h/hot%26cold.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAcgNNHo_I/AAAAAAAABaM/QTKGb2g8SXo/s400/hot%26cold.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363818495824339954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Another thing I love about weddings is taking photos of the decorations, backdrops, cake and table set up. Take a look of some of the lovely designs of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;oh-so-yummy&lt;/span&gt; cakes... :D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAdhbwTBYI/AAAAAAAABaU/1jeVyy7tHM8/s1600-h/wedcakeblue.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAdhbwTBYI/AAAAAAAABaU/1jeVyy7tHM8/s400/wedcakeblue.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363819616421479810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAdh6S7lbI/AAAAAAAABac/z7EqubdUqRk/s1600-h/wedcake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAdh6S7lbI/AAAAAAAABac/z7EqubdUqRk/s400/wedcake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363819624619808178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAgqedPfMI/AAAAAAAABak/ZKE_uYfhz2Q/s1600-h/mywedcake.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAgqedPfMI/AAAAAAAABak/ZKE_uYfhz2Q/s400/mywedcake.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363823070300568770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;My wedding cake... :) 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" &gt;Note: Click to enlarge for viewing pleasure... :D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what about you? Do you like to snap lots of photos of wedding decorations and food or majority of the pix are your face?? Hehe...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-6437089276537138473?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/6437089276537138473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=6437089276537138473&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/6437089276537138473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/6437089276537138473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/weddings.html' title='Weddings'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/SnAcgNNHo_I/AAAAAAAABaM/QTKGb2g8SXo/s72-c/hot%26cold.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-1840788481779312293</id><published>2009-07-28T17:31:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T17:40:17.328+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gold Mines'/><title type='text'>The Power of Gold</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As an asset, &lt;a href="http://www.monex.com/prods/gold.html"&gt;gold&lt;/a&gt; can be obtained in the form of coins and bars. These gold bars are usually available in different sizes and shapes that are convenient to buyers. For centuries, possessing gold is being known as superlative in protecting one's capital and wealth power. As it has gone through many diversifications in investment, gold has never failed to fascinate many investors. Monex Deposit Company (MDC) is one of the top leaders in gold investment for more than 30 years already.  One can buy gold or any valuable metals from them, and they will proceed with instant personal delivery. They will also attend to request for depository arrangement at one's ease. If you are thinking about preserving your wealth or just want to have the knowledge, you can always visit Monex. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sm7HALJRYFI/AAAAAAAABaE/cuFM-KwrzSM/s1600-h/prodGoldMaple01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sm7HALJRYFI/AAAAAAAABaE/cuFM-KwrzSM/s320/prodGoldMaple01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363443012050444370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-1840788481779312293?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/1840788481779312293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=1840788481779312293&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/1840788481779312293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/1840788481779312293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/power-of-gold.html' title='The Power of Gold'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_X2pZy1pWD1o/Sm7HALJRYFI/AAAAAAAABaE/cuFM-KwrzSM/s72-c/prodGoldMaple01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-5774339073534468368</id><published>2009-07-27T21:42:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T21:48:22.555+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Working Life'/><title type='text'>Enough is Enough</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;In case I haven't told you, I've quitted my job! Yeah, finally... I couldn't stand the office politics, TOO much and I HATE the environment, loads of dramas... So, I took an exit for a 'commercial break' hehehe...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seriously, this is the moment for me to reflect and I have no regrets at all. I am thinking positive now that there are much better opportunities else where. Been FREE for almost 2 months, that's why I can FB-ing without interruptions except when hubby wants to use the lappy! Oh, the other pc is still being neglected for how long already because of the CPU needs to be fixed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, I received a call from an ex-colleague last week. He was asking if I'd be interested to work and join their hotel. OK, first, I didn't expect any calls... and second, I really need to THINK... So, I told him at least give me a few days so that I could make the right decision. Even though the offer sounds tempting, but I needed to weigh the pros and cons... Let alone if I am going to work with a few peeps that I don't get along well....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actually, the previous hotel I worked before and the one I am offered a position right now WAS sister hotel. They were from the same chain hotel groups, but the latter pulled out and decided on being independent. There were backstabbing and betrayals involved when the former started to pinch staff to work for them. So, while this chaotic moment took place, I decided to resign! I don't think I'd be able to handle the stressful situation anymore...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, I wish I did not receive such calls! I love my time doing the online job even though it's not much and a bit slow, but at least my time is flexible. Of course, I'm thinking of going back to work... but can I have some free time, please??  Let me enjoy my blissful moment of FREEDOM for a while... ;D&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/661/661067tnxgp911yt.gif" border="0" width="27" height="32" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;weee...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-5774339073534468368?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/5774339073534468368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=5774339073534468368&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/5774339073534468368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/5774339073534468368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/enough-is-enough.html' title='Enough is Enough'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-8802778923604418188</id><published>2009-07-26T13:54:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T15:08:48.966+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lightning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thunder'/><title type='text'>Shoo, Shoo... Lightning!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It was so damn hot yesterday and the outcome was a rainstorm at night! I had to switch off the lappy at an instant, fear that the lightning might strike my one and only source of blogging, FB-ing, gaming and everything! :D I even buried my head underneath the pillow at the blaze of lightning and sound of thunders. They always freak me out, you know. What about you? How would you react if there are lightning and thunders??&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl10.glitter-graphics.net/pub/1050/1050860m07bk3yn9d.gif" border="0" width="100" height="100" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-8802778923604418188?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/8802778923604418188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=8802778923604418188&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8802778923604418188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/8802778923604418188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/shoo-shoo-lightning.html' title='Shoo, Shoo... Lightning!'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320241092968156045.post-5359167536143249704</id><published>2009-07-24T19:06:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T19:12:12.279+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dad'/><title type='text'>Please Pray for Dad</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When I recalled the day &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2007/06/warm-wishes-to-dad.html"&gt;DAD&lt;/a&gt; suddenly fell and lose consciousness in front of my very eyes, it can still brings tears to my eyes. It happened more than 20 years ago, and I remember how panicked and scared I was... Last Saturday, once again the same feeling I dread most enveloping myself...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hubby and I were at a friend's wedding dinner reception when my older sis phoned me. She was sobbing and when she told me that dad has fainted, I couldn't think of anything else except to get out of that place and be right over to the hospital where he was taken. It was such a painful moment waiting at the emergency room, watching him lying there so weak... *sob*&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right now he's at home enjoying his favorite TV show. He was discharged 2 days ago, but the biopsy's result is still pending... Please help us to pray for his health, that there is nothing serious and pray for his speedy recovery... Thanks so much...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glitter-graphics.com/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/811/811887o534l5aly7.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="279" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6320241092968156045-5359167536143249704?l=chocmintgirl.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/feeds/5359167536143249704/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6320241092968156045&amp;postID=5359167536143249704&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/5359167536143249704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6320241092968156045/posts/default/5359167536143249704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://chocmintgirl.blogspot.com/2009/07/please-pray-for-dad.html' title='Please Pray for Dad'/><author><name>Choc Mint Girl</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06258842426940547612</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11036501616632141454'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>12</thr:total></entry></feed>