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How does one define how rich one is? Some measure with the amount of cash you have, others measure by number of tangible assets or what investments are in your basket, and a certain few may judge based on your personal outlook (from the car you [...]
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It may seem a little bit early now that I’m only in my 24th week (16 weeks to go *gasp*) but we already started shopping to prepare for baby’s arrival. One, because I am still pretty mobile and don’t have crazy aches if I stand or walk for long hours and two, it’s the Malaysia [...]
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David and I were at the EPF office in Jalan Gasing earlier today to submit our forms to apply for withdrawal (from Account 2) to help us out with our new home purchase. We weren’t sure if it’s because of the long weekend, but there wasn’t much people waiting in line, and we basically zipped [...]
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The next installment in our Marriage Course covers the power of forgiveness. In this session we discussed how can intimacy be lost, if we fail to forgive one another. Intimacy is built on trust and openness & hurt undermines trust and openness. Of course, hurt is inevitable within every marriage, but we must remember that [...]
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Part 2 of our Marriage Course saw us through the art of communicating. One thing I like about the course is that it helps remind us about how easy it is to keep our marriage alive for a lifetime. We just need to work on it everyday! Sometimes it’s the simplest things that gets us [...]
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No, no, it’s not about buying each other expensive gifts, or spending money on a 5 star holiday; it is merely a Marriage Course that David and I started going to this week to help us to build a healthy marriage that lasts a lifetime.
this is the part where we go “yaaaaam seng!”
A course spread [...]
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We don’t have a microwave oven in the office and believe it or not I’ve been eating cold meals for the last 2 years at my current working place. I finally took out my trusty Thermos lunchbox that I’ve had since my Sony days and boy, Thermos IS good. After 5 hours my lunch is [...]
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Earlier I baked these “not-for-those-who-have-nut-allergy” cookies. It has 2 whole cups of chopped pecans, walnuts and almonds. Something in the nuts gave the cookies a slight spicy flavour. I also added rind from one orange to give it a lil bit of a citrus tang. This is a semi chewy cookie so, here’s the recipe:
170g [...]
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Did you know that vanilla essence is merely a chemically produced flavouring agent? Which is what got me to start using vanilla extract in all my baking adventures. But, buying it off the shelf costs a bomb, and after Googling for some simple make-it-yourself-at-home methods, I decided to make my own! You can make you [...]
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My mate Viv in Sydney forwarded this to me last Monday. Awesome truth, stone cold *brrrr*.
True friendship, “Aussie Style”. None of that sissy crap. Are you tired of those piss weak “friendship” poems that always sound good, but never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises [...]
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