Maid to Last
What makes a good foreign domestic helper? She must be willing to accept the fact that she is here to serve the family who employed her and not the other way around. Having recently changed ...
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Everything has its use
Remember when I started this blog? It was part of my marketing effort to improve visits to my website – Bring Me There. I read up loads of books on website design and marketing and ...
CSS = Computer Stress Syndrome
Believe it or not, there is now a new medical problem plaguing our society. The Computer Stress Syndrome is characterised by anxiety, anguish and frustration over complex computers and devices, technical failures, viral infections and ...
Memories
I just finished reading or rather skimming through another book about writing on the Internet – Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works by Janice (Ginny) Redish. I have to comment that ...
Rippling Effects
I read with much amusement news regarding the closing of airspace around much of Europe due to the spewing of volcanic ash in Iceland. The closure which lasted about 7 days in prominent cities like London and Paris ...
Managing Perfection
It is amazing how many life lessons can be learnt just by observing the young and innocent. My son was pestering me to help him draw a picture of his favorite Autobots – a new ...
To wait or not to wait
My eldest son asked me in the middle of last night in his slightly hushed but excited tone,” Mummy when I come back from school on Monday, I can watch Transformers?” The reason for his ...
What an irony
It is with much angst that I write this entry today. My hubby is away on his first of many future overseas projects in his new company. We are both excited for this opportunity to work in ...
Taski Chini – Here we come!
Left hotel around 10.30am after an eventful check out. Apparently the hotel receptionist has been trying to chase payment from the booking agent since we arrived to no avail. So today she wanted us to ...
A relaxing day in Kuantan
We woke up refreshed after a good night’s rest. Breakfast is a small but adequate selection of local and western delights. We saw someone cleaning up the pool so were tempted to give it a ...