My Filling Station

sunglasses

2012-07-28T16:21:00.001+08:00

I would love to buy a new pair of sunglasses. Maybe rayban 3267 or Gucci? Let's see...Maybe I shouldn't!

I've always tempted to buy a few new pairs of sunglasses just for the fun of it. It's nice to put one on when I'm on casual look and without any makeup. :P Sunglasses are great in hiding any flaunt especially sleepy eyes and big eye bags. LOL!

I only have one pair of sunglasses left, I think. Some were broken, seriously, I don't know how I could break a sunglasses!

Puppy

2012-07-28T16:18:00.002+08:00

Our new puppy is cute, in fact, I think it's extremely cute! He still can't help himself in creating mess, especially pooing on the fake grass at the balcony and in my gal's room! There are a few of his favorite spots which I guess it's his permanent toilet already. LOL!

I'm still trying to train him, no matter what. He can be cute, but he can't be messy.

dressy

2012-07-28T16:15:00.002+08:00

I love dresses. The first thing I will check out on a shopping trip for myself is to get a new dress, each time, all time! I'm a dessy person. I'm in a new dress now as I'm typing this post!

Some times, I feel that a dress is too much on a weekend, and I will just go for tee and shorts. I have a few sunny dresses but then again, it's best kept for trips to the beaches.

I must stop buying this month, even if there are a lot of sales on going and are all so tempting to me.

Packing lunch

2012-07-28T16:13:00.001+08:00

I might have to rethink how much I want to eat for lunch during working days. Seriously, I eat too much! It's only on the days when I go for yoga that I will feel less guilty of indulging myself in more rice and protein. This is not helping in maintaining my shape.

Maybe I should just pack lunch, or drink some protein shakes. But will that be enough? I might feel dizzy in the afternoon and have some hunger attack. LOL!

pool

2012-07-12T14:52:00.001+08:00

I wish that we can have a bigger house with a fish pond and a swimming pool next time. A lot of people told me that it's not necessary to have a pool at home as we can always use the community pool or just swim elsewhere. But it's my dream of jumping into my own pool, whenever I feel like it.

But cleaning a pool is tough, so we will need to hire someone. Maybe get some discount pool pumps too. Just in case.

My brother has a pool at his place but he hardly swims. What a waste.

guitar

2012-07-12T14:46:00.001+08:00

I tried picking up guitar many years ago, but it hurt my fingers so much, hencyeI decided to quit. Furthermore, I didn't have anyone to teach me and I was trying to learn the instrument by myself. Maybe I just don't have the talent for playing the guitar! So, I have never any guitar like tenori-on or any others like some of my friends do.

I noticed that a lot of my friends have a guitar or 2 in their homes, even if they might not be playing it often. Some are just white elephants. :P But then, guitar is one of the few musical instruments which plays nice music, and you can sing to it.

busy

2012-07-12T12:53:00.001+08:00

Work is piling up today, but I shall try my best to finish some before heading out for lunch. I hate to think so much about work, especially those urgent issues. I'm still waiting for emails from suppliers before I can proceed further. Why can't they reply FASTER?

Then, someone came to me about our old project which needs some maintenance. Oh boy, I was into it that time, and now I need to go through the product specs and computer cart looking for related documents.

So busy I am today!

Europe crisis

2012-07-11T16:18:00.001+08:00

The Europe crisis has yet to hit us but I'm sure that things might slow down again soon. So, as much as I hate to go through another still growth in biz, I can't avoid it. I shall see if we can get more sales leads for the sales to do their job better. I might even need immediate fixed annuities to increase my shopping fund. :P

Hubby's new biz venture will start end of the month. I hope that it will work and generate income fast. I can see the potential, so it should work for us.

Tan and fat

2012-06-15T16:18:00.002+08:00

It's freaking hot and sunny this summer, and I look like as if I have spray on tan on myself. Blame it on me that I'm too lazy to apply sunblock daily, and I like to wear sleeveless tops.

I only have the habit of applying facial sunblock, and that's because it's a strict order from my dermatologist especially after skin laser treatment. I don't mind much about getting tan but I do hate it that I gained some weight.

I must get rid of the extra fat and build more muscle to look firm and slim!

Flood or not

2012-06-07T11:35:00.001+08:00

It's so sunny these days, but it rains occasionally. Most Thais believe that it won't flood this year but some are not so optimistic. Either way, my condo is not going to be affected but my business might be. :P I can't imagine going through 3 months without any sales again!

I don't mind losing the garden furniture and household belongings, as we already know what to do if flood comes, assuming that we still stay in a landed property. But suffering another year of cash flow loss will be too painful!

Craft with kids

2012-05-28T16:59:00.003+08:00

I used to spend my free time knitting and doing art crafts in Ipoh, that's because my kids were still taking naps and I could leave them to my maid. As they are older, they don't nap anymore and I'm totally tied up with them here. I guess the only way to enjoy crafts again will be doing the same activities with them. Will they be keen to learn some crafts involving glass beads with me? I think they do.

It will be much better than spending time playing the iPad.

Toy shopping

2012-05-28T16:53:00.001+08:00

During this holiday, my kids have been to numerous trips to the toy stores but they had only bought a small toy each. But I let them buy a lot of books for the past weeks, and try not to do the same for toys.

My boy has fixed his eyes on some toys at the yo yo store and it's not expensive. I could have bought him one immediately but I want him to work hard for the reward chart before buying him one.

As for my gal, she wanted to get another princess doll, which doens't come cheap. Oh boy...

Kids activities

2012-05-07T16:46:00.003+08:00

I will have to find more activities to keep the kids occupied at my office. Besides some boring work books, maybe I should get them some brain teasers and puzzles as well. I don't like them spending too much time playing iPad and computer games.

If time permits, I will homeschool them at night for half an hour before they spend the whole night watching TV!

Being a mother is not easy, and being a working mom without a helper is even harder!

Working

2012-05-04T17:51:00.002+08:00

Work is piling up as I was away for 2 days. The first thing I did today was signing lots of papers! Thais really like to have a lot of paperwork, and it took me awhile to get used to signing my name fast!

Luckily my admin staff is quite reliable, and she can do most of the job with minimum supervision. She can even run some errands for me, including send goods in shipping tube and dropping by government offices if it's urgent. But if I'm around, I will be doing those jobs.

Most companies will have long weekend again this week but not ours. I prefer my staffs to have a meeting with me tomorrow!

Nice Break in Pattaya

2012-05-04T17:43:00.002+08:00

I've been to Pattaya numerous times and this recent trip surprises me a lot. Maybe it's because we had great company, and the kids surely enjoyed themselves a lot at the beach resort with lots of water features and slides.

I should have spend more time snapping photos there but I was too busy having fun and I don't have a waterproof camera. Maybe I should get one if we are going for a holiday again.

Mmm....which model should I buy?

Calling or doing it online

2012-04-23T11:27:00.000+08:00

Guest post of the week by Nestor Nielsen

My mom definitely was not familiar with this website, www.directstartv.com, until I showed it to her. She always resorts to calling people. She really has trouble understanding that sometimes it is not completely necessary for her to call a person at a company to ask one question and end up talking to them for house. I think she does it because she enjoys it in some weird way. She always has been a very friendly, social person, but it is just not efficient to call for every single thing if you can do it using the Internet and website instead. She definitely can do it for our TV service, but she keeps saying she is going to refuse to. I am not sure why other than out of stubbornness. I mean the website is so straightforward and has all the information she would ever need to get the new service provided at our house. I do not know why she thinks calling someone is more direct. I can literally find every single bit of information she would possibly need on the website. She will end up doing it her way in the end, most likely, but it was worth a try!

music

2012-04-20T16:01:00.002+08:00

I love music but I don't have time to play it anymore. I'm getting my kids to do so for me! If only my little Music Man can play more pop songs instead of his piano pieces, that will be really nice.

Getting him a piano is a good idea as he spends more time practicing these days and the music sounds better than the old keyboard too. I hope that my gal will start her music lesson soon. I wonder if she's ready?

2012-04-20T15:55:00.000+08:00

Malaysia is a food haven, so you can't blame me for feasting my heart out over the days we were there. I was really eating and eating and didn't care much about the calories. But now, it's time to look for safe diet pills that work. LOL!

I could have just eat veggie only for weeks to lose the weight but I might faint first before losing any. So lame!

Maybe I should just quit eating carbo for dinner and see if it works.

Shopping list

2012-03-28T16:13:00.000+08:00

I have a lot of items in my shopping list but cash is not enough. Should I sell my annuity to shop? :P

Actually, I should not be shopping much as I need to buy some stocks for the biz, and kids school fees are due for the new school term. OMG, that's a big sum of $$$ again.

So, let's see how the budget is going to be allocated first. Oh boy, I wish I'm a billionaire. Just like the song. LOL

Online

2012-03-28T16:03:00.005+08:00

A big part of my life is depending on the internet, which includes shopping, electronic payments, spying on my kid at school thru the camera, and others. :P Without a stable and high speed internet, I think I will go insane, unless I'm on vacation.

But comparing to the days when I was a serious blogger, I don't go online that much. In fact, I wonder why people still read my blog. It's not that everything I blog reflects who I am. :P

Besides that, having a iphone makes things easier now.

Flowers

2012-03-28T15:58:00.002+08:00

During our courting days, hubby used to Send Flowers to me but it all stopped over the years. :P Since we moved to our new pad, I love to buy flowers weekly and place them on our dining table. It's nice to look at fresh flowers intead of plastic ones. Furthermore, I've got to change their flowers and types according to my mood or if we are expecting guests.

Most of the time, I will get roses or carnations. Suprisingly, they are very affordable here.

BigLeap

2012-03-22T12:40:00.000+08:00

Written by Sherri Hicks

It was a big leap quitting my job and starting my own business. I was never much of an
entrepreneur until now and I always thought I’d be working for someone
else but you know, at the end of the day I think it’s great that I’ve
had the support that’s allowed me to do this. My mom helped me with all
the technical aspects like setting up t1 internet
and getting the website built and dad’s been great with all the money
stuff like budgeting and dealing with the accountant and whatnot. My
brother is a lawyer, too, so he said he’d look over all my important documentsonce
I’m done with them and that’s going to save me a lot of money. I love
having such a great family because so many people I know don’t have this
kind of support system. I can’t imagine where I would be or what I
would do with myself if I couldn’t rely on my family for all the things I
turn to them for!

Health vs wealth

2012-03-05T15:39:00.003+08:00

My fridge is overloaded with supplements and vitamins, curtersy of my MIL. She always thinks that if we are healthy, we will be able to do anything. On contrary, I think that you can do anything if you are wealthy. :P I would prefer wealth over health when I'm young, and the opposite when I'm rich enough. :P

Maybe we should check out some supplement for hubby, after reading lovegra review. :P

But what he really needs now is lots of rest and make more money!

Honeymoon

2012-02-23T12:24:00.002+08:00

Should I be mad that I haven't had any proper holiday since ..... I can't even remember when!

My hub is not the type who loves travelling. I honestly don't know why I ended up with him sometimes. LOL! I would love to go for more honeymoons, at least once a year. It doesn't matter where we go, as long as we have our eternity bands and spend quality time together without disturbance.

But then again, he's never keen. ARGH....

New Dentist Office

2012-02-13T10:25:00.001+08:00

Thanks for the guest post by Jonathan Curtis

I started going to a new dentist for my cleanings, and his office is absolutely amazing. I never thought I would be able to rave about my dentists office, but this place was impressive. It is in a great location near my house, so that is the first thing I liked. It’s nice to know that I don’t have to spend a lot of time getting there since it’s already annoying that I have to go to the dentist twice a year. When I got there I spent no time in the waiting room. I was taken to my private room immediately, and the hygienist saw me five minutes later. While I got my teeth cleaned I had access to a private TV with a Directtv hookup. The hygienist didn’t talk my ear off like the one at my old office did. She cleaned my teeth and left me alone while I watched my shows. When it comes down to it, what this office is doing is not anything too extraordinary, but it made my experience very pleasant. I didn’t have to deal with all of the people in the waiting room and my cleaning only took 30 minutes from the time I walked in the door to the time I walked out.