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Owning a house gives me a very nice feeling. The bigger or nicer the house, I guess one will feel even better. I would love to have a bigger house if I have the money. Owning a house means having to foot all the repair bills that comes with the house too.
After staying in my [...]

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The mooncake festival is around the corner again. I used to enjoy mooncake festival for two reasons. One, I get to eat the sweet mooncakes. Two, I get to play lanterns. I think most kids will love both of them.
Sometimes, my cousins and I will make lanterns from tin cans. It was a fun experience [...]

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The school has started again!!! The traffic has returned :(
And, I am late for work. Not because of the traffic. It’s because my kid could not wake up after getting so used to sleeping late and waking up late each day the previous week.
I just wondered where did the cars go to during the school holidays? Perhaps, [...]

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Today is Friday. I took leave from work to bring my gal to Sunway Lagoon for a family outing. It will be my first trip to Sunway Lagoon since the 90’s. The last time I was there, it was only the Wet Park.
Since I was on leave, I woke up late and the ‘system’ just [...]

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I love to go fishing whenever I am free. Since I started working I am able to invest in better equipments to catch bigger fish and go for fishing tournaments. Fishing can be a rewarding hobby if you can catch big fishes.
Fishing tournaments like Bounty Fishing attracts many competitors across North America competing to catch [...]

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I was shocked when I read about Mattel recalling its three made-in-China Fisher-Price toys because of excessive amounts of lead. Among those recalled are my kid’s favorite toys like Barney Best Manner Phone, Sing N Play Alphabook and Sesame Street Giggle Surprise Giggle. I was felling very uncomfortable with the news and immediately called home. [...]

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Besides video conferences that I have to attend, sometimes I do attend audio conferences with participants from different regions of the world. I prefer audio conference compared to video conference especially if it’s after office hours. For video conference, I have to go back to the office. I can do audio conference from the comfort [...]

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One of my toughest work assignment working for a multi national corporation is to do traveling for projects or meeting to various countries. I used to enjoy traveling to various countries around the world until my kids come along. I adore my kids very much and stopped looking forward for international assignments.
With availability of video [...]

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Be patient. Don’t buy that new gadget today. Wait a month or two and the price will certainly go down.
This statement is so true. There is no reason to chase technology and buy the latest gadget unless we desperately need them. I do not buy the latest model as it’s very expensive. Recently, I [...]

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Harry Porter has weaved his magic wand to show book enthusiasts in Malaysia that price for novels can be much cheaper than what they have been paying. J.K Rowling’s latest book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” costs 36% more in books stores compared to hypermarkets like Tesco and Carrefour.
Unfortunately, established book stores have withdrawn [...]

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