for the meantime, you might wanna read our swiss garden holiday we took last year. we are on the same place now, doing the same thing but more interesting this time and more things to do as samantha is now older.
swiss garden holiday - part 1
swiss graden holiday - part 2
rejuvinating treat. the beach would be a plus too. you don't need to go out to the town to look for some other things to do. at swiss garden hotel where we are staying at right now, they offer a lot of things to do like trekking, island hopping, pangkor drop which there's a shuttle ferry to get you to an island, fine dining, activities for the kids and a lot more. sometimes when you go out holidaying, it's not about how famous the place is that would truly give you fun. it's what the hotel is offering you. then you don't need to go out and look out for some other things to do. hotel rooms are nice to stay in but i guess it would be nicer to stay in villas where you could do things your own, like cooking your own food and you can bring friends because the villas will have more than one room to spare. in fact, if you don't believe me, check out St. Barts villa rentals. and you will see for sure what i'm talking about. 
back home who haven't gone abroad yet, they must be wondering how to get into working abroad. I recommend using Boston resumes. It's very easy to get work if you apply with them.
I felt so guilty. I felt that I was the one who had pushed them into the pit. Until now, I still feel so guilty. One of my friends said, there went her treadmill. Probably if I could just turn back the time, I wouldn't have recommended that company then. But of course, there is still hope. They could buy their own domain so that other companies could accept them. Now both of them are considering buying their own domain. I just hope everything works better for them this time. So that my friend can indeed buy that much hoped treadmill.
This is Shadowfax - the most beautiful of all horses - in the trilogy movies Lord of the Rings, that is. Gandalf used Shadowfax in calling out for the alliances. Not only he's the most beautiful horse, he also was the fastest. I can't forget the line Gandalf said to Shadowfax when they were about to leave: "Show them the meaning of haste." Woah, it gave me goosebumps, I tell you. I wonder if they used horse supplements for Shadowfax though because he ran around so much for three full days. Hehehe. Actually, in reality, you have to. I have ridden horses when I was young because mom and I would usually visit my father at the project site he was assigned. He was in an Engineering Battalion that time. So he would be assigned where no private contractors could go because of the danger and remoteness of the area. I loved those moments where horse owners would just offer their horses to be ridden. And they sure would give me the gentlest of all because I wasn't a professional rider (and that goes beyond saying of course). Have you ridden a horse?
whether he wanted to buy the cake or he wanted me to make the cake. He said to make a cake was better. Hmmm... I have to polish my cake-baking skill (as if I have that skill already - hehe) then. Alamak. To celebrate it in the club is sure very expensive. So I'm thinking probably, we'll celebrate it at home this time. We just use a portable beer pong tables because we don't have enough tables for parties at home. Just decorate it a bit and we'd have a perfect table for the party.
peter is leaving for phuket today. soon, actually. he'd be gone for 5 days. he's taking a group to check/help on the project there. remember the 2004 tsunami? a few islands in the province of phuket were affected, right? so they have set up a project there to help with the relief and development especially for the sea gypsies. now, they're in the development stage where they put up schools, church, and what not.
Yesterday, we were talking to my brother-in-law about his coming wedding which will be in July. He was a bit worried coz they're short of flower girls. So I have suggested a couple of friends who got very pretty girls. And of course, it led us to wonder whether my girl could be a flower girl already. You see, she's only 1 and a half years old. But she's cute. Hehehe. What do you guys think? Can a 1.5 year-old girl be a flower girl on a wedding already? Please advise.
This is a tag from Mitch.
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The Rule:
Post a picture of YOU through the years. You can post as far back as you can and as far back as what you can dig with your pictures. Finish your post and tag three people 
Link up the BLOG post you had your entry on (let’s keep this real and not a viral link exchange, people, kies? Thanks! :D)
Blogs who participated:
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November 22, 2003
me - 2008
my present looks
Participants: Tere - Blessing in Life | Yen - Me and Mine | Mitch - When Silence Speaks | Mitch - Etc Atbp | Janet - the nambiars | J3net - Expressions and Thoughts | YOU'RE NEXT!
1. What do you want for your birthday? Nice Relaxing holiday with my family.
2. Who will be your next kiss? Probably my kids (Samantha and Schenker - Hubby is still sick)
3. When was the last time you went to the mall?This morning - after my boy's Sport's Day
4. Are you wearing socks right now? No.
5. How did you spend your summer? No summer where I live but I've been spending time the usual way.
6. Have you been to the cinema in the last 5 days? No. Didn't even buy any movies in dvd.
7. What was the last thing you had to drink? Rooibos tea - know to be the only tea that doesn't have caffeine... only found in South Africa.
8. What are you wearing right now? My beige tops and black pants.
9. What was your last purchase? Books on parenting.
10. What was the last food you ate? Spaghetti.
If you've been following my posts, you would notice that I rant so much about my notebook. It is super slow in its speed. Opening it up takes forever to do. Like I'm still in Flinstones Age (actually not coz there was no computers on that era yet - hehehe - just exaggerating a bit). A friend told me that her husband did something to make their computer work fast, like putting half of the memory to the D drive and half of the memory to the C drive (we have the same notebook brand and model). Now I wonder how in the world can I do that. I'm technically better than my husband but it doesn't mean I know everything about techie stuff. I think the best thing to do is extend my computer's memory. But for now, I think I may have to store my files in some usb flash drives. Suggestions, anybody?
No, I'm not going to Chicago, nor my hubby is. I am just a bit curious about going to Chicago. I heard there are so many Filipinos there and the airport and its terminal is just full of Filipino staff. Probably there's one big Filipino community there by now. Why am I talking about Chicago? It just happened that I bumped into a website about Chicago travel. I got very interested when I learned that Chicago has gravity-edifying architecture, a world-class music scene fueled by thousands of restaurants, and cosmopolitan comforts without the big-city attitude. How I wish I could visit Chicago.
near to the gate, thank God. It was amazing to see my boy participate in the games for his category. He was very fast. I think my boy is going to be competitive in sports too, like his daddy and mommy. His daddy also used to join most of the sports that was offered in his school last time. Sports indeed is a good way to foster sportsmanship, friendship and healthy competition. The only thing my hubby didn't try was golf. A friend of his used to ask him to go with him to play golf. I think, if you get into golf, you would need to buy your own golf equipment.
My brother-in-law's wedding is just around the corner. I haven't heard much about their preparation. The last time I spoke with the bride-to-be, they were going to Thailand to have his wedding suit tailor-made there. My husband also did his wedding suit there, which was quite nice and cheap. I wonder if she's gonna have a bridal shower. Usually a friend would do this for the bride-to-be. If ever she has one, I know of a place to do the bridal shower invitations. But of course, only if she will have one. Both of them are quite busy with their jobs now... not sure whether they can fit the shower party in between. I remember how busy we were for our wedding by this time... only two months away.
No. Not yet. Not having that third baby yet. My friend and I were chatting about it... and talked whether we only want to have two kids (like me, she has two kids too). At this point of time, we agreed that it would be hard to have another one since having two can be too much already sometimes. So, I was telling her that if God wants me to have a third, I pray that when Samantha is already 5 years old. That got me to wondering... what do I do with the baby furniture we have at home. Probably I sell it on e-bay or lend to friends who are having another baby that needs one. If you are in Malaysia and expecting, please let me know. I have some good stuff available here... but in one condition, please return them to me once you know (if) we are getting preggy, okay? Hehehe. And I hope it won't be too soon. 5 years is okay.
When I was in college, I used to break out a lot. I started using this product that was made in China - I forgot the name already. They said you'd normally break out for the first 3 weeks and after that, it would subside. Sad to say, 3 months later I was still breaking out. Arrgghh... I wished then that I could afford a best acne treatment. I would have eliminated all my acnes. It has left some scars actually. But now that I can at least afford to buy stuff for my face, I would go for a water-based product because my skin is oily.
Our meeting was at 3:00pm. When I reached Subang Jaya station (husband and daughter sent us there), I realized that you have to get off KL central and take another train to Midvalley. When we reached KL central, we straight away went to platform 6 to get a train. But we waited for 15 minutes before the train arrived and when it did, it was too full we couldn't fit inside. Then I had to rush up and took a cab. When we reached the mall, we were super late. I felt really guilty. Good thing Josiet and her husband were too gracious.
