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Finally, I received my first water bill which says amount payable is ZERO ringgit. I managed to cut down my water consumption to below 20 cubic meter per month. It’s a really a nice feeling not having to pay bills once in awhile especially when inflation in Malaysia is shooting through the roof.  Inflation rate [...]

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My weekend routine is so predictable. Wakeup and then send my daughter to ballet and music class. While she is having her ballet lesson, I will have my breakfast. When she is having her music class, I will spend time doing window shopping especially in the books stores like Borders and MPH or go ogling [...]

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The recent rumor about possible petrol price hike on 1 January 2008 has given me a wake up call to re-look into my car’s petrol consumption. My current car, Naza Ria, is a petrol guzzler. I drive about 100 km to and fro work daily. Needless to say, whenever there is a petrol price increase, [...]

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My neighbors are starting to move out from the neighborhood. They began moving out since middle of last year. Thus, this fulfills the 10-year cycle home relocation prophecy. When I moved into my house 10 years ago, I was told that house-owners will generally move to a new house, which is better and bigger, or [...]

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Christmas is around the corner. The Christmas tree in my house is already up since last weekend. In fact we put up the Christmas tree as a family project. Last year, my daughter was too young to help out. This year, she was so excited about the Christmas tree and its decorations. She decided on [...]

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Every weekend, there are a few routines which I can never escape from it. I have to chauffer my daughter to her ballet and music classes, do marketing for groceries, bring my daughter for swimming and play badminton with friends. The toughest was cleaning the house. Actually, it’s not really that tough but it’s just [...]

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My family went for the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra Family Fun Day on 11 Nov. This is the first kiddy show for the year. As usual, Carl Davis was the conductor. This time, he presented ‘From Hollywood to Broadway’. It was a compilation of music and songs from Hollywood movies and Broadway. Some of these movies [...]

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My family gathers for any occasion. Sometimes we find reasons to gather just to catch up with each other and to allow younger ones get to know each other better.
Today, I attended my niece baptism. It has been a ritual for me to attend baptism of all my nephews and nieces. This one was held at the [...]

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Prices of commodities and food are simply skyrocketing these days. It’s usual for retailers or food outlet operators to increase their food prices whenever there is a slight increase in any of the ingredient. Not only is the cost of goods being passed on to the consumers, there are people who take the opportunities to [...]

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Finally, Chicago The Musical is coming to Kuala Lumpur. The musical will be held at Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Center from Nov 6 - 10. Most of us have watch the 2002 Hollywood movie adaptation of Chicago The Musical starring Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger. Now its time for the real one.
Chicago [...]

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