tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:15:53 +0000make money from homeCarshow to make money from homeLegal mattersBlog for $InternetTechnologyMoney mattersRants of an auntyWeddingHolidayReviewObjects of desireFriendsFestiveChit chatBlogsvertiseFamily mattersE-commerceDancingCollectionHobbyteeth whitening solutionsBloggingComputerGamesBusiness mattersHome officeTravelShoppingCareermake money at homeLifestyleHomeHubbyFun fun funSportsEducationHealthFunnyBooksConfessions of a blogging housewifehttp://valenathome.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Valen)Blogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-828471780637943117Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:47:00 +00002011-06-13T10:47:45.273+08:00Monday blues, as usual. Perhaps this is a form of modern mental disease that is affecting majority of the working population today, including myself. :pAnd what does one do to vent the frustrations and stress that have accumulated over 5 working days? For most of us, we choose to eat! Haha!And it must be something good. Price is secondary, at least to me. It's my reward. Don't I deserve nice foodhttp://valenathome.blogspot.com/2011/06/stress-food-and-getting-fat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-813490704599795308Tue, 31 May 2011 10:10:00 +00002011-05-31T18:10:24.330+08:00Testing with my new toy - iPhone that is! A new way to kill some boring waiting time. Kekeke....Let's see how this looks on the web. Post!- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhonehttp://valenathome.blogspot.com/2011/05/blogging-with-iphone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-7248545876030224639Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:43:00 +00002010-11-26T00:43:09.257+08:00Money mattersSince we moved back to KL, there has been less traveling for hubby. Still, occasionally I have to stay over at my mom's house when hubby has to make outstation trips. Like this weekend, hubby is spending two days in Port Dickson to help out in a training. And the venue is one of my dream resorts in Malaysia - Avillion Resort at PD! I have been wanting to spend a holiday there, but its room http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2010/11/hubby-gets-to-stay-in-avillion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-8423813079154721472Fri, 19 Nov 2010 15:01:00 +00002010-11-19T23:01:58.654+08:00Rants of an auntyWow! Time flies! When I realised that I've not updated this blog and need to break the silence here, it's already 6 months since my last post. Wuahahahaa! My life now is all about work - working in the office, working at home, working on the internet.... so that I can afford to keep doing what I like to do - shopping! :P Yes, I still reserve time for shopping. Without shopping - big or small - http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2010/11/make-money-spend-money.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-337553933067398559Fri, 07 May 2010 12:40:00 +00002010-05-07T20:40:49.503+08:00Chit chatYo! This auntie just want to drop by and tell everyone that she's no longer a stay-at-home-do-nothing-only-watch-TV housewife. Haha! Yeah, I've just gone back to a 9-to-5 job a month ago. What to do, hubby has been complaining 'Qian Bu Gou Yong' (not enough money to use). So I have to become a career woman once more to contribute to our household fund. Oh well, I take it as an opportunity to http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2010/05/no-longer-housewife.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-5207990765795096600Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:58:00 +00002010-02-04T20:58:48.347+08:00HolidayIt's another 10 days to Chinese New Year. For Chinese, there is a tradition of a reunion dinner on the eve of CNY. Just like how you all celebrate Christmas by having a family gathering or dinner on Christmas's eve. For me, I have two reunion dinner to attend. The first one is of course with my parents in law, which we'll have to arrange it at lunch time. At night, there will be another dinner http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2010/02/not-going-anywhere-this-cny.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-5934381488454192979Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:06:00 +00002009-09-19T21:18:32.733+08:00teeth whitening solutionsIt's a long weekend holiday because of Hari Raya. Good for hubby, as he can really get a good rest after being busy traveling for the past week. Good for me too, as I can ask hubby to help me with some vacuuming, haha!Actually, a long break like this is also good for people who do detox or colon cleansing. I'm not in to this, but who knows I may consider it one day, as I think more and more http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/09/holiday-rambles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-8501962967661924890Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:53:00 +00002009-08-18T22:07:57.205+08:00Chit chatThis blog is like an old home of mine, which I previously stayed in. I had moved to a new place and now is back to pay a visit. :PPerhaps this blog will remain the channel where I share interesting gossips or secrets that I don't want people to know... or the other way round? Haha!Okay, so an update while I'm visiting this old neighborhood of mine. I was so utterly busy with work over the past http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/08/visiting-my-old-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-2346710226306508987Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:41:00 +00002009-06-21T00:00:00.466+08:00how to make money from homemake money from homemake money at home<!-- google_ad_client = "pub-6797948016424261"; /* VVS in post horiz banner */ google_ad_slot = "6643719764"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //-->So tired! Have been waking up at 7 am and sleeping way past midnight for two days. And there's another day to go!I am attending a internet business event - the Global Internet Seminar - held in Wisma MCA. You see, I am still not giving uphttp://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/06/still-want-to-make-money-from-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-791820380733596673Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:42:00 +00002009-06-10T10:59:44.548+08:00Money mattersWe are going to do some remodeling to our house front yard - switch the position of the gate and the post box plus garbage compartment, install a new gate, set it up with automatic gate system, build brick fence on both sides, fill up the floor with tiles. Simply put - our money will soon be gone with the wind!We still have another home improvement project to be done after this, which is http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/06/where-to-find-money-for-home.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-1053656037417194830Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:43:00 +00002009-06-09T13:34:32.135+08:00Chit chatMuffins and cupcakes... I've been eating those for weeks! No wonder my weight suddenly shot up 2 kgs in a month! :PThanks to my brother in law! He's so into making muffins and cupcakes recently. I think there must be some homemade muffins and cupcakes business plan brewing in his head.And my mother in law always urged me to take a few home, for breakfast, for tea time, for supper. I wanted to sayhttp://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/06/muffins-and-cupcakes-help.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-1410500000056010258Fri, 08 May 2009 14:36:00 +00002009-05-08T22:47:13.860+08:00Rants of an auntyOh man, is it me or is the weather getting super hot?? Can't stop sweating even just after I wash my face in the morning!We were shocked when we received the electricity bill for usage in the past 6 weeks - RM101!!! Our average usage for the past 6 months was around RM40 per month. Then it shot up to RM70 during CNY period due to all the baking. And now, it's the most expensive electricity bill http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/05/are-you-feeling-hot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-6711232888291182052Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:20:00 +00002009-04-10T14:47:16.026+08:00Rants of an auntyHubby has been hinting to me that I should get a full-time job now. I figured that, too, as I have just withdrawn my FD money for the second time this year! If I had a couple of silver coins in my safe box, I think I would have sold them, too, haha!Have not been getting any writing jobs for the past few months, and I can't stop my spending habit, so I'm left with no option - if I want to be able http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/04/quick-update-my-poor-financial-status.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-2977213073461349380Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:10:00 +00002009-02-06T13:22:51.091+08:00Chit chatJust a short post to let you all know that the new 'home' for my blogs that I was talking about earlier is ready for visits. :PFrom now onwards, all good stuffs will be posted there, including my cooking recipes (which I usually post on my other blogger blog). In fact, the only 3 posts I have there currently are all cookie recipes, haha! Chinese New Year ma...So hop on over to the new home of my http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-home-for-this-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-2977602494296836997Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:04:00 +00002009-01-21T16:20:50.583+08:00Rants of an auntyFinally! No more painfully slow internet connection!Got my Streamyx activated yesterday evening. Hehe, even had the guy set up the router for me, so I have wireless internet access now! Woohoo, cool!Glad this is settled before CNY, otherwise I would be so depressed throughout the holidays. I tell you, life just didn't feel right when I couldn't get online. Everything just didn't go well for me, http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/01/streamyx-and-wireless-at-home-now-yeah.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-5278752063856639348Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:22:00 +00002009-01-14T11:59:26.561+08:00Chit chatOkay, I'm now at my mom's place so I'd better make use of the F-A-S-T Maxis broadband connection here to make a quick update post. :PApplied for a home telephone line last Friday! Yoohoo! Not sure when the phone line will be installed though. The Telekom people are supposed to call me before coming to fix the line. Firstly, they haven't called yet. Secondly, there won't be anyone at home anyway, http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-while-line-is-fast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-2199301817837305748Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:14:00 +00002008-12-31T12:35:24.467+08:00Rants of an auntyI know it's not good to curse today, since it's the last day of 2008 and everybody is supposed to be excited waiting for the arrival of 2009. But how can I be excited when I can't accomplish what I planned to do after sitting here for 2 hours, working on a so darn slower-than-a-not-crawling-snail internet connection???Thanks to Maxis! I have been suffering from 'Super-Duper-Slow Internet http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/12/maxis-broadband-sucks-sucks-sucks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-1733437255863887177Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:05:00 +00002008-12-09T15:10:49.054+08:00HobbyOne thing that I did during the internet lapse time was... making Christmas cards and Christmas gift tags! :PI bought a craft magazine called You Can Craft a week ago. The magazine came along with a project kit that contains all the materials needed to start making Christmas cards. So I ended up making a few, not that I'm going to send them out to people, but more for decorating my new home, hahahttp://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/12/make-your-own-christmas-cards.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-9222884824928474262Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:39:00 +00002008-12-09T13:38:14.250+08:00HomeStress, stress, stress!!!The Maxis broadband connection is so darn, stupid, terribly slow here! The line disconnects, chokes, hangs, freezes when switching between tabs...FREQUENTLY! Work that I could have done within half an hour took me more than 2 hours to complete.Feel like throwing, banging, stamping, knocking, punching, cursing the USB modem!!!#$#%$^!@#@!#@$^*&** ....I think I'd better http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/12/stress-la-lets-see-some-photos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-4114892606397801230Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:35:00 +00002008-11-27T00:42:51.882+08:00Business mattersIn my previous post I mentioned that there are more important things to do with the internet beside blogging. Well, I’m busy exploring money-making opportunities on the internet. Haha!You can’t blame this housewife. Since I don’t have the intention to work away from home now, the only way to earn an income is with a home-based internet business besides getting freelance writing jobs. I’ve http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/11/are-you-considering-home-based-internet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-7900631309614092981Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:25:00 +00002008-11-26T17:51:51.631+08:00Chit chatSorry, no photos of my new house to show yet! :PI think you all are probably wondering now if 'my new house' really exists in this world, hahaha!Don't worry, the final pieces of furniture will be arriving this weekend. My house will then have the basic things a house should have. Then I will, may be, perhaps, take some photos and post them here. :PBut then, Maxis broadband connection is so http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/11/no-photos-to-show-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-4358919017492736445Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:04:00 +00002008-11-12T17:40:24.042+08:00Rants of an auntyWow... another long break since my last post. :PObviously, there are so many other things that I have to handle, such that this blog is the last thing I would care about these days. Life...Anyway, I'm glad to tell you all that my house-hopping days are about to over! Sofas and dining table set will be arriving this Saturday.Kitchen is complete, I can start cooking once there are food stuffs in http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/11/gonna-have-my-own-home-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-4552049262006166165Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:36:00 +00002008-10-29T12:11:19.578+08:00Rants of an auntyRoosters crowing at the break of dawn. That used to be the nature's 'alarm clock'.Nowadays, we use table alarm clocks, or even radio, mobile phone and PDA to wake us up in the morning.At my parents in law's, my weekend 'alarm clock' is --- One irritating young guy living in the house behind ours playing guitar and singing his own creation 7 am in the morning!Hello, Mister, it's weekend, okay? http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/10/do-you-have-this-kind-of-alarm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-7156003616165123808Sat, 25 Oct 2008 10:55:00 +00002008-10-25T19:10:21.135+08:00Rants of an auntyWah!! I have not updated this blog for one whole month! You must be wondering what I have been up to... perhaps out of the country for a holiday? Nah, I wished I could though!The reality is, I have been busy with mainly my writing assignments and some internet business endeavor. New house is almost ready... everything is sort of in place except for furnitures in the living room and dining http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/10/updates-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1340616826476547911.post-2610586122914192853Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:06:00 +00002008-09-12T21:08:51.385+08:00Rants of an auntyMy head is spinning after hours of reading the materials for my writing assignment, which has a deadline on Monday and is only half done! It is about schizophrenia. I just hope that I won’t become a schizophrenic wife after I completed the project next week. :PMy sister’s wedding is two weeks later, it is best that every one in the family try our best to stay healthy – physically and mentally, http://valenathome.blogspot.com/2008/09/mom-needs-to-stay-healthy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Valen)0