Yep, a New Year again! It's 2015! Wow! Time really flies, especially when I'm at this 5-0 age!
Since giving up completing / continuing with the large cross stitch piece "Oz Girls", I have since landed myself in a new job (slightly more than a month now) and getting into the pace of not working on Sats, Suns and Public Holidays. Thought I could get more done, but hit by laziness and flu, didn't do much except waste time watching funny commercials and sad stories over at YouTube.
Currently, am working on another 2 felt pencil cases which are for my girl and her teacher. I love them and should be able to complete them today or tomorrow.
Also hope to catch up with all my language homework and not slack in class **groan**. Not easy but achievable.
Next, I will find time to try out other crafts like needle felting. But must first find the motivation to motivate myself to organise my time.
Let's see how 2015 is going to be for me.
Showing posts with label My thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My thoughts. Show all posts
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Monday, June 30, 2014
My Identity
Great News! I will be getting back my identity after mid-Aug, ie. when I leave my current job.
In this job, I don't have a name in my department. I'm known as "Auntie". Funny thing is I don't remember this "Auntie" as my first, middle or last name!
Well, I did protest but gave up and just live with it for the past 6 months *** groan ***.
Now, "Auntie" is used to address a woman in the following scenarios :-
1) A relative.
2) Someone whose name is unknown to you, so it's a form of respect.
Well, I'm DEFINITELY NOT a relative of any of my colleague in the department, so I'm just a nameless staff to them, hence "Auntie". This is very very very insulting and offensive but I have grown to live with it. Will be glad when the time comes for me to leave the job Yippee!!!!!!
In this job, I don't have a name in my department. I'm known as "Auntie". Funny thing is I don't remember this "Auntie" as my first, middle or last name!
Well, I did protest but gave up and just live with it for the past 6 months *** groan ***.
Now, "Auntie" is used to address a woman in the following scenarios :-
1) A relative.
2) Someone whose name is unknown to you, so it's a form of respect.
Well, I'm DEFINITELY NOT a relative of any of my colleague in the department, so I'm just a nameless staff to them, hence "Auntie". This is very very very insulting and offensive but I have grown to live with it. Will be glad when the time comes for me to leave the job Yippee!!!!!!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Bingo Blitz - Happy 3rd Birthday!
Happy 3rd Birthday! At whose expense? Well, it all depends on how you take it.
1st day event - Bingo cards at Elvis room going at half price! Wow, you can see a surge of players in that room. You have to collect a total of 12 items, out of which you have to get 6 items yourself, without any help, in other words, non-giftable.
Was in the room just now and finished up my credits and still cannot get the one FINAL item - the buggy. Funny thing is some of them have many buggies in their inventory and they need jackets which I have a few. Well, this is what you can call - LUCK! Good luck players!
Over at the chat, one of them posted - spent 1000 credits. Wow, 2300 credits is worth US$200! Let's just hope this player actually accumulated his daily credits to this quantity, otherwise, spending 1000 credits and more to finish the room which will reward you with 800 credits is ..... leave it to you to do the maths.
What is unique about BB (Bingo Blitz) is you get together with people of around the same level so you pay the same price for the cards, eg. if my sister (level 29) plays in Elvis room, she will pay lesser for the cards as compared to myself (level 102). Of course, she will get lower rewards when she finishes the room. Smart app or should I say, people, right!
What is smarter of BB is instead of dangling the carrot of cheaper bingo chips, it dangles cheaper bingo card cost. This is really effective because players will tend to have this feeling that "I must make use of this opportunity to complete the room". So they play and play and more will pay and pay as compared to normal times. Good strategy. Believe these guys study psychology.
Am glad I don't fall for this. Well, I have contemplated buying credits sometime ago and even wanted to be a elite membes, but am glad that I overcome all these temptations. So, I'm just going to stop Bingo-ing for a while and accumulate my daily credits.
As for Slot-ting, I still have the Free Spins and coins, so I will keep playing but keeping it to a minimum. This will give me time to do my other more important, urgent work.
1st day event - Bingo cards at Elvis room going at half price! Wow, you can see a surge of players in that room. You have to collect a total of 12 items, out of which you have to get 6 items yourself, without any help, in other words, non-giftable.
Was in the room just now and finished up my credits and still cannot get the one FINAL item - the buggy. Funny thing is some of them have many buggies in their inventory and they need jackets which I have a few. Well, this is what you can call - LUCK! Good luck players!
Over at the chat, one of them posted - spent 1000 credits. Wow, 2300 credits is worth US$200! Let's just hope this player actually accumulated his daily credits to this quantity, otherwise, spending 1000 credits and more to finish the room which will reward you with 800 credits is ..... leave it to you to do the maths.
What is unique about BB (Bingo Blitz) is you get together with people of around the same level so you pay the same price for the cards, eg. if my sister (level 29) plays in Elvis room, she will pay lesser for the cards as compared to myself (level 102). Of course, she will get lower rewards when she finishes the room. Smart app or should I say, people, right!
What is smarter of BB is instead of dangling the carrot of cheaper bingo chips, it dangles cheaper bingo card cost. This is really effective because players will tend to have this feeling that "I must make use of this opportunity to complete the room". So they play and play and more will pay and pay as compared to normal times. Good strategy. Believe these guys study psychology.
Am glad I don't fall for this. Well, I have contemplated buying credits sometime ago and even wanted to be a elite membes, but am glad that I overcome all these temptations. So, I'm just going to stop Bingo-ing for a while and accumulate my daily credits.
As for Slot-ting, I still have the Free Spins and coins, so I will keep playing but keeping it to a minimum. This will give me time to do my other more important, urgent work.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Me and Duck Heads
I'm not sure about you, but I like (not love) eating duck heads - be it braised or roasted.
I started eating duck heads when I was young. I started with roasted duck heads. This guy can roast very delicious roast ducks. However, to buy a packet of roast duck rice is expensive, so I just settled for duck head with rice. Yummy.
Till today, I still love duck heads. When I ordered the braised duck heads from this uncle at Sin Ming Road, they tasted delicious because of his culinary skills and the way it's being cut/chopped. Not that difficult to get the meat out from the duck head into my mouth.
However, luck is not always with me. Here's a few of the incidents that made me lose my interest in duck heads.
I tried this roasted duck rice at a hawker centre and I found it good. So, I requested for a duck head. Yes, roasted duck rice with just ONE duck head to go along in the same packet. However, this lady at the stall told me it's reserved and they have like around 10 and more hanging up there. Come on, you can always spare just ONE but she insisted that they were reserved. Seems like they were reserved for her relative and it's not for that day but for every day too. I have stopped patronizing that stall.
Then, there was this stall (closed for good months ago) at this coffee shop. I ordered as usual - roasted duck rice with a duck head. This brother chopped the neck and put them with the rice and he left the head alone. Asked him about the head and he said that he thought people eat only the neck, not the actual head. I was furious and told him, "What is a duck head WITHOUT the head!" No wonder it's no longer in operation.
Just this afternoon, my craving for duck head came again. I went to this stall in the coffee shop and ordered. When I got home, omg, the duck head is not chopped into halves - it is just one big piece. Thank goodness he did chop the neck. Not an easy task eating the head as a whole but still managed too.
Nevertheless, I am still on a quest for duck heads despite all these "misfortunes" - cos I'm a food lover.
I started eating duck heads when I was young. I started with roasted duck heads. This guy can roast very delicious roast ducks. However, to buy a packet of roast duck rice is expensive, so I just settled for duck head with rice. Yummy.
Till today, I still love duck heads. When I ordered the braised duck heads from this uncle at Sin Ming Road, they tasted delicious because of his culinary skills and the way it's being cut/chopped. Not that difficult to get the meat out from the duck head into my mouth.
However, luck is not always with me. Here's a few of the incidents that made me lose my interest in duck heads.
I tried this roasted duck rice at a hawker centre and I found it good. So, I requested for a duck head. Yes, roasted duck rice with just ONE duck head to go along in the same packet. However, this lady at the stall told me it's reserved and they have like around 10 and more hanging up there. Come on, you can always spare just ONE but she insisted that they were reserved. Seems like they were reserved for her relative and it's not for that day but for every day too. I have stopped patronizing that stall.
Then, there was this stall (closed for good months ago) at this coffee shop. I ordered as usual - roasted duck rice with a duck head. This brother chopped the neck and put them with the rice and he left the head alone. Asked him about the head and he said that he thought people eat only the neck, not the actual head. I was furious and told him, "What is a duck head WITHOUT the head!" No wonder it's no longer in operation.
Just this afternoon, my craving for duck head came again. I went to this stall in the coffee shop and ordered. When I got home, omg, the duck head is not chopped into halves - it is just one big piece. Thank goodness he did chop the neck. Not an easy task eating the head as a whole but still managed too.
Nevertheless, I am still on a quest for duck heads despite all these "misfortunes" - cos I'm a food lover.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Taking Things for GRANTED!
For the past 2 to 3 months, I was trying out a "remedy" for diabetes. It says that some diabetics were actually "cured"! Alright, I have long passed the dream of having my diabetes "cured". This is a chronic disease and the best fight is to ensure the blood glucose stays as close to that of a non-diabetic as possible.
The "remedy" can be found when you search for "lady fingers" and "diabetes". Here's what it says :-
Okra was tried and the diabetic found it effective as his Sugar is in control now.
The "remedy" can be found when you search for "lady fingers" and "diabetes". Here's what it says :-
Okra was tried and the diabetic found it effective as his Sugar is in control now.
This is how Okra is prepared and taken:
1. Take two pieces of Lady Finger and remove/cut both ends of each piece.
2. Make a small cut in the middle.
3. Place these two pieces in glass of water.
4. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during night.
5. Early in the following morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady finger from the glass and drink the water.
2. Make a small cut in the middle.
3. Place these two pieces in glass of water.
4. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during night.
5. Early in the following morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady finger from the glass and drink the water.
This has to be done on daily.
Results should appear within two weeks. There will be a remarkable reduction in the blood sugar level.
The problem with me is I take this "remedy" for granted, so much so that I start to get a little wild on my intake of comfy food. I still take my regular oral medication. Result is worse blood glucose level. And I start to get tingling feelings on my right leg (from where I also suffer from knee problems) - feelings of tremors, quivering. This is bad and I know for sure it's not due to my knee.
So, to everyone out there, pls do NOT take things for granted. This "remedy" is good (at least it helps me overcome my constipation problem) and will be better if I DON'T assume that with this, I can eat whatever I want and at whatever quantity I want.
I will still continue with this and I hope my glucose level will be as close to that of a normal person's as possible in a month's time.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
If you think card making is EASY, pls think again.
We see lots of beautiful cards on eBay, Etsy, Flickr, and many other sites. They don't look difficult to do, except for some really complicated ones. Well, think again. I'm one of those idiots who cannot come up with beautiful designs.
Before I do my cards, I will try to inspire myself by looking into the magazines. Ahhh.... put the stamped design on this card, then attach a ribbon and put all these on a background. Simple! But when I start to proceed to work on it, I'll be looking at my stamped image, then start to rummage around and see which background to use - printed or plain. Then, should I have it portrait or landscape. Then, where should the stamped image lie? Mmmm.... will it look good straight or should I tilt it. Also, will it look good if I mount it before attaching the entire mount onto the card? Ok... which colour should I use, etc. Then, what words should I use? How to mount these words? Straight onto the card or mount them first. Does the card look empty now? How to make it nicer? And so on, and so forth.
With all these, I usually spend an hour on a card. So, when you next see a card up for sale, pls don't say, "This card is so simple and yet it's so expensive." Reason is the card maker has lots of decisions to make in bringing out a beautiful piece of art.
Mmmmm..... stitching is easier. At least you don't have to come up with the design. But the process is longer. Try both and you will see what I mean.
Before I do my cards, I will try to inspire myself by looking into the magazines. Ahhh.... put the stamped design on this card, then attach a ribbon and put all these on a background. Simple! But when I start to proceed to work on it, I'll be looking at my stamped image, then start to rummage around and see which background to use - printed or plain. Then, should I have it portrait or landscape. Then, where should the stamped image lie? Mmmm.... will it look good straight or should I tilt it. Also, will it look good if I mount it before attaching the entire mount onto the card? Ok... which colour should I use, etc. Then, what words should I use? How to mount these words? Straight onto the card or mount them first. Does the card look empty now? How to make it nicer? And so on, and so forth.
With all these, I usually spend an hour on a card. So, when you next see a card up for sale, pls don't say, "This card is so simple and yet it's so expensive." Reason is the card maker has lots of decisions to make in bringing out a beautiful piece of art.
Mmmmm..... stitching is easier. At least you don't have to come up with the design. But the process is longer. Try both and you will see what I mean.
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