Year 2009

31.12.2009 last day of year 2009, it comes to end and tomorrow 1.1.2010 another new year ahead.

Along the year 2009, so many things has happen.. There are happy, sad, ups and downs. So how your 2009 being?

I pray for more happy, healthy, stable in everything i am doing for better and better in the new year.

Lets welcoming year 2010

Best Gift

When come to around month of December... Malaysia will be hottest with Year End Sale or better known as Malaysia Mega Sales 2009, follow by jingle bells, oh yah Merry Christmas and not least, year 2009 is coming towards the end. Lets we ursher for the new year coming forward... Year 2010, year of Tiger.

What is your gift this year? It could be either received from your frens, your loves one or your families member? Well isnt it great to receive gift when u think of such season! Yes, of course but it doesnt mean that if u r not receiving one at all. Haha ... well i am actually mean myself. poor little me, i have no lover so no teddy bear for me... frens aarr... forget it.. they are busy on megasales, who care about your existence. I m just kidding here.

I dont really looking forward for someone present me a gift, I am pleased of myself that i am capable enough to earn a living and buy something good for myself. I must be always feel blessed that i have both my parents healthy and loving one another, wonderful brothers, sister-in-law and not least adorable niece of 4 months ++.

I have bought myself few cool stuffs to motivate myself. First things is in order to make myself to be more pretty and more confidence at all times, i bought the Elianto natural therapy gift set, then a more womanised handbeg. The third and least is to make myself more informative, i have myself a notebook, an Aspire 4736z.

如果沒有（梁靜茹）

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
錯過就過你是不是會難過
若如果拿來當藉口　那愛是不是有一點弱

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
真的愛我就放手一博
還想甚麼　還怕甚麼　快牽起我的手

有人說　世界上最遙遠的距離不是生與死
而是我就站在你面前　你卻不知道我愛你

我常說　如果人類連愛一個人都被自己綁住
那世界末日已來到　不需要等到地球毀滅掉的那天

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
錯過就過你是不是會難過
若如果拿來當藉口　那愛是不是有一點弱

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
真的愛我就放手一博
還想甚麼　還怕甚麼　快牽起我的手

如果　如果　如果　如果　如果
最後變成如果　我也不能接受
錯過　錯過　錯過　錯過　錯過
我比你更難過　不會一錯再錯

我常說　如果人類連愛一個人都被自己綁住
那世界末日已來到　不需要等到地球毀滅掉的那天

別怕太快樂　別怕失去我

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
錯過就過你是不是會難過
若如果拿來當藉口　那愛是不是有一點弱

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
真的愛我就放手一博
還想甚麼　還怕甚麼　快牽起我的手
快牽起我的手

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
錯過就過你是不是會難過
若如果拿來當藉口　那愛是不是有一點弱

如果我說　愛我沒有如果
真的愛我就放手一博
還想甚麼　還怕甚麼　快牽起我的手

如果我說　愛我沒有如果

Cartoons...

Some of my favourites cartoons and soft toys...
There are:-

1. Winnie The Pooh

2. Snoopy

3. Garfield

Characters from Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh
He is a small golden bear, stands at nearly 22 inches tall and wears an old red color t-shirt. This bear is undoubtedly the world’s most loved and revered bear. He has little brains, does a lot of silly things, and his love for honey (hunny) is endless, yes the bear is none other than everyone’s favourite bear - Winnie the Pooh. The 1st chapter of the Winnie-the-Pooh book was published on December 24, 1925 while the entire book written by A. A. Milne was released on October 14, 1926. All over the world his birthday is celebrated with much fanfare on 14th October. Winnie the Pooh is also called Pooh Bear or just Pooh. He is best friends with everyone in the 100 Acre Wood. The first thing he says when he gets up in the morning is “what’s for breakfast”. Pooh invented the game ‘Poohsticks’. Things he likes to do is to exercise in the morning, go on an adventure with Christopher Robin or Piglet, visiting friends who he thinks have ‘Hunny’ and looking for “Hunny to Fill the Rumblee in his Tumblee”.

Eeyore
Eeyore is a donkey and for some he is their favourite Pooh character amongst all the others. He is a blue-gray donkey, about 3-years in age and stands 18 inches tall & 27 inches in length. He is originally like the other Pooh character; stuffed with sawdust. His appearance is highlighted by a small light pink bow on his tail. He is an intelligent animal but tends to keep to himself. Eeyore is a extremely gloomy donkey and has a very bad habit of losing his tail! Mostly, he tends to depend on his friends to find his lost tail for him and thereafter Christopher Robin fixes his tail using a drawing pin. What he simply adores is that his friends remember him on his birthday and celebrates it with him. He often says “Thanks for noticin’ me” and “Oh, well”.

Tigger
He is a very Bouncy Animal and resembles a tiger. He is always in an electrifying & exuberant mood and loves to bounce, bounce and bounce. He is 23 inches tall and his most standout feature is his springy tail. His character is easily recognizable by the black & orange stripes, a springy tail, and a long chin, beady eyes which all mix well into his bouncy and fun loving personality. He is a bouncy, pouncy, flouncy and a trouncy creature that is always looking to make the most out of what life has to offer. The most wonderful thing about Tiggers is that "I'm the only one!" Tigger likes to bounce a lot, "cause that is what Tiggers do best." His favourite food is the extract of malt but is known to be an extremely fussy eater. He takes a lot of pleasure in being able to “unbounce” some of the other animals in the 100 Acre Wood.

Piglet
Piglet is another of the original stuffed toy animals of Christopher Robin Milne in the Winnie-the-Pooh books. Piglet is a very brave animal as supposed to his diminutive size and frame of a timid pink pig. Piglet stands barely at 10 inches tall and is always seen wearing a long pink striped shirt. His original address in the 100 Acre Wood was the Beech Tree, south of Pooh's house, 100 Acre Wood Southwest. But from the time Owl moved into his house, Piglet has started living with his best friend Winnie the Pooh. What he loves doing best is going on adventures with Pooh, he is quite fond of bright colors and especially balloons, and he even likes blowing dandelions. Haycorns are his favourite food. Every Tuesday Piglet spends his day at Christopher Robin’s house. The first thing that Piglet utters when he gets up in the morning is “I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?”.

Rabbit
Rabbit is one of the 2 real animals that are recognized by their actual animal names in A.A Milne’s children’s story books. Since he is a real animal it is considered that he has brains and the same goes for Owl. He actually makes this clear in a conversation with Owl where he say “You and I have brains. The others have fluff”. He is pushy and takes his own decisions, is able to spell better compared to all the other animals. He is quite certain about the important things in his life. What he likes doing most is organizing a plan and to lead group events, even if nothing gets done. He is unhappy if anyone disturbs or interrupts him while he is engaged in any kind of activity, he doesn’t like being bounced either. He relishes gardening and his favourite food is the carrot and other vegetables, he makes it a point to avoid Pooh during lunch time.

Kanga and Roo
Kanga & Roo are 2 frictional characters that belong to Winnie the Pooh. Kanga is the sole female character in Winnie-the-Pooh and she is 30 inches tall. She is the mother of a young joey (baby kangaroo) named Roo, who is nearly 10 inches tall. Kanga carries her family in her pocket and is the fastest amongst all animals in the forest. She takes utmost care of Roo and shall often warn Roo of possible dangers involved in the activities that Roo undertakes. She often says "Now now Roo, you mustn't do that dear," to which Roo mostly replies "But moma!" Kanga & Roo live in the Northern section of the 100 Acre Wood. Every Tuesday Kanga goes to Pooh’s house and tries to teach him how to jump. Roo is the youngest member of the 100 Acre Wood, he love milk and most other eateries expect for the extract of malt. He really likes the game ‘Poohsticks’ and likes playing with Tigger too.

Character of Snoopy

Snoopy is a fictional character in the long-running comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. He is Charlie Brown's pet beagle. Snoopy began his life in the strip as a fairly ordinary dog, but eventually evolved into perhaps the strip's most dynamic character — and among the most recognizable comic characters in the world. The original drawings of Snoopy were "slightly patterned" after Spike, one of Schulz's childhood dogs.

Character of Garfield

Garfield is a comic strip created by Jim Davis. Published since June 19, 1978, it chronicles the life of the title character, the cat Garfield (named after Davis' grandfather); his owner, Jon Arbuckle; and Arbuckle's dog, Odie. As of 2007, it was syndicated in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals, and held the Guinness World Record for being the world's most widely syndicated comic strip.

He is a lazy, fat, selfish, orange, anthropomorphic tabby cat who enjoys eating (especially lasagna), sleeping, and tormenting his owner Jon and Odie the dog. He considers himself to be more intelligent than humans and other animals. He hates Mondays, and is often struck by bad luck in Monday comic strips.

「誰說單身就是敗犬？」 「為什麼人生一定要用結婚來定勝負？」

在看完這部偶像劇"敗犬女王"，

其實在看的同時心裡真的有很多OS在呢！誰說30歲單身就是敗犬，

能力強不是錯吧！難道女生能力好就不行嗎？


其實現在的人愈來愈晚婚了，而單身的原因並不是因為長的不美，

當然也不是因為條件不好，很有是因為你的能力太好、長的太美，

因為條件太好、長的太美、個性太好、太過完美，而讓男人覺得你一定有一堆人追，

你一定已經有男朋友或嫁人了，以至於到最好都沒有人追，

在年過三十後，不知不覺竟然變成了敗犬，

然而，這並不是錯，而是社會價值不同的錯，在这社會上都是以男性為主的社會，

基本上大家就覺得男主外、女主內，

男生就是要比女生好，男生的條件不是要和女生相當就是要比女生優才行。

男人就是要養家活口，事實上，女性能力比男生強的人已經愈來愈多了，

而女生也可以負起養家活口的責任呀！

想想…我也是一個工作好多年的單身女性，

而沒有另一半在身邊感覺一樣自由自在，一樣活的有目標，

然而這只是看自己把自已定位在哪裡？自己給予自已什麼樣的地位罷了，

開心自在的單身貴族，要如何跟"敗犬"劃上等號呢？


事實上…他比許多自稱為"勝犬"的已婚女性來的開心自在呢！

所以…自己是不是"敗犬"，我覺得並非定義在單身或非單身，

是不是敗犬重要的在自己的心態，心態健康坦蕩時，

不管你是不是單身，你都是"勝犬"。


當然…偶像劇終究是偶像劇，最後都是以愛情完美為結局，

男主角最後一定和女主角在一起，

不過…現實生活中的你一定要相信自己是有人欣賞的，

你的男主角只是還沒找到對的時間出現，

勇敢相信自己，就算到了四五十歲，只要相信自己是有人愛的，

自己是獨一無二的，自己是開心健康的你就會是"勝犬"。

女人呀~~~要多愛自己一點，誰說沒有男人我們就是"敗犬"，你說是吧！

感觉 VS 条件

不久前，好友拼命推荐我看<败犬女王>，我决犹豫了好久直到最近终于把此戏看完。

我实在狂爱<败犬女王>，戏说单身女人之女主角（單無雙）的那种自信，可以得到幸福的自信。

如果让你选择对象，你是凭感觉，还是条件？
戏里说得对，恋爱谈的是感觉，婚姻谈的是条件。
可是条件可以让你感觉到幸福吗？

#条件真的比感觉重要吗？谈恋爱如果只剩下条件的话，不是很悲惨吗？条件能让你快乐吗？还是条件能让你幸福?当你靠近一个人，那种心跳加速，害羞的感觉你还有吗？

#条件就是幸福吗？两个人没有了感觉说什么都没有用的，赚再多的钱，没有爱情的婚姻比单身还要惨!

#在你沮丧怀疑的时候，问自己，她是否可以取代？是不是任何人你都可以接受，不能，那为什么偏偏她可以融入到你的生活，唯一可以证明的是你是爱她的！

#钱不是万能，但没钱却万万不能！爱情不是全部，但是没有爱却是怎么都无法维系一份感情一个家庭的！

如果你的择偶条件越高，说明你内在越空虚，也意味着你的路越窄。你被你的那些观念和条件困住了，是自绝后路的行为。

条件满足的是物质，感觉满足的是精神。

当她遇到一个人，会以感觉作出决定时，那个就是一生相伴的她的他。

爱情并不是只要两个人你爱我，我爱你就可以，那些童话般的爱情都是存活在小说电视剧中，而那些小说和电视剧看多之后只会腐蚀大脑。真正的爱情就像金字塔，最底层是粮食，然后是金钱，能源和感情的付出，只有累积到一定的程度才能有情人终成眷属...

我也相信爱可以排除万难；只是，万难之后，又有万难。

拥有爱我们就有安全感，而缺失爱只能带来恐惧。

你选择哪一样，视乎你认为物质跟精神，哪一样比较重要。

寧願完整；無須完美

世間沒有完美的人。如果，你的情人在你眼中十分完美，表示你對他的認識不清，你們還不夠了解彼此。愛一個人，是欣賞對方的優點，也包容他的缺點。 寧願要求自己完整地接受；而不是要求對方完美地表現。

和她相遇之前，他的戀愛經驗並不豐富。嚴格說起來，他並沒有交過真正的女朋友，頂多只是先後曾經和兩位女孩交往。而所謂的交往，也只不過是看電影、喝咖啡、吃一頓簡單的晚餐。印象中，曾經和其中一位女孩在過馬路時牽了一次手，後來就沒有什麼聯絡了。

感覺自己年紀漸長，不再是剛從學校畢業的男孩了，他要自己認真談一場戀愛，作為婚嫁的準備。對方是個年紀比他小七歲的女孩。初見面的第一印象，是她個性瀟灑、大方，很容易和身邊的朋友聊得很開心，不會像有些女孩子那樣忸怩作態。這些特質，正好也可以彌補他自己個性中不善言辭、不夠積極主動的部分。他喜歡她的活潑；她欣賞他的成熟。她算是他第一個熱戀的女孩，他的確曾瘋狂地愛上她。但是，她卻不知情。因為他不善表達，常把好話說成壞話。她常問他：「你愛我嗎？」得到的只是他點頭無語的回答。

‧ 禮物代表一份體貼的愛，並非貪圖對方的錢財

交往一年半之後，他們吵架的次數愈來愈多。最嚴重的一次，是他們在大型購物商場逛街，路過一家手機專賣店，她相中了一款新型的手機。「不要買吧！妳的手機才換沒有多久。」他注意到她的眼光，停留在那款手機上的時間，已經超過「隨便逛逛」該有的秒數，直覺到她又要「亂花錢了」，於是即時提出警告。

「你緊張什麼，我有跟你要嗎？」她的確很想買，甚至浪漫地幻想他會主動買給她。並非貪圖他的錢財，只是覺得這代表一份體貼的愛。如今被他直接戳破，她感到相當反感。

「我可以買給你，但我不希望你過度奢侈浪費。」他的男性尊嚴受到威脅，口氣變得不好。

「不買就算了，講那麼多幹嘛！如果你覺得我們的感情，值不過那個手機，我們乾脆分手！」最近幾個月來，「分手」這兩個字，經常毫無理性地從她口中竄出。

「妳真的那麼想分手是不是？」他也豁出去了，想直接逼她做個了斷。

知道自己是一時賭氣的她，深怕再說出什麼氣話禁閉雙唇，冰涼的淚水卻噗蔌蔌地流下。他沉默地送她回家，沒有再說話。

‧ 熱戀中愛上對方的優點，可能是日後翻臉時的缺點

隔天早上，他趕著購物商場開門，成為當日購買那款新式手機的第一位客人。並且請銷售人員把手機包裝成禮盒，親自送去給她。

「我們不要再吵了，好不好？」她像前一天一樣，淚流滿面，但是這一次的淚水是有溫度的，是喜悅的眼淚。

「妳可不可以不要那麼愛逛街、那麼愛生氣、那麼多情緒？」他溫柔地說。

「你可不可以不要那麼愛管教我？你可不可以常說『我愛妳』？」她鎮定地看著他：「當初你不是很欣賞我，說我『個性活潑』『很會交朋友』『笑聲很大』……」 他仔細想了一想，的確如此。人的優點和缺點，常常是一體兩面。「大方」的另一面可能是「浪費」；「熱心」的另一面可能是「愛管閒事」；「成熟」的另一面可能是「世故」；「人緣好」的另一面可能是「不顧家」……熱戀中愛上對方的每一項優點，都可能是日後翻臉時的缺點。

愛一個人，是欣賞對方的優點，也包容他的缺點。寧願要求自己完整地接受；而不是要求對方完美地表現。世間沒有完美的人。如果，你的情人在你眼中十分完美，表示你對他的認識不清，你們還不夠了解彼此。試著調整自己觀察對方的角度吧！完整地接受對方的優點和缺點，你們的戀情才會漸漸地接近完美。

Su jeong gwa (Persimmon Tea)

Dried persimmons – a preserved fruit snack that’s well loved across Asia. In Korean, it is known as gotgam (곶감). In Malaysia, the Hokkien community has given gotgam the rather endearing name of gu sai pneah which literally translates into… cow pie biscuit.

Have you ever had a gotgam? Well, it’s chewy flesh could either be pleasantly rich and sweet or as astringent as an unripe banana! Blegh! But perhaps we could escape that unsavory surprise of biting into an unripe gotgam by making su jeong gwa (수정과)!

Some recipes online call for 20 gotgams. Like… whoa! I’m probably the only one who is going to drink this batch, so I’ve reduced and tampered with some recipes to make enough to fill 4 glasses, or several tea cups. Korean cooks out there – do share your tips with us!

Step 1: Ingredients!
5 dried persimmons rinsed and halved.
Some pine nuts. These are expensive little buggers!
Sliced Ginger, about 10 slices. More or less depending on what you like.
Rock sugar (8oz or 1/2lbs)
A stick of cinnamon. About 6 cups of water

Step 2: Boil!Here I’m using a clay pot I use to boil herbal teas with, but I think a heavy soup pot will do. Add water into the pot with the ginger slices, cinnamon and rock sugar. Some recipes online say that you should add the sugar later, but I was so caught up in the photo taking that I forgot that part, tee hee! I guess it should be okay.

Bring to a boil then lower the heat and allow it to simmer covered for 1 ½ hours. Wow, forget about air fresheners, your home will smell great when this baby gets brewin’!

Step 3: Cool down…Turn off the heat and let the liquid return to room temperature before adding the persimmons… ! I probably would have had to wait another hour for it to cool in that thick walled clay pot. So I waited 20 minutes.

Step 4: Forget about it.Yup, leave it and forget about it for 5 hours and allow the persimmons to steep. I suggest you surf K-popped! to pass the time. :p

Step 5: Cool it further.Take the persimmons out, strain the tea and store your brew in the refrigerator.

Step 6: Drink!Serve the su jeong gwa cold garnished with 3 precious pine nuts. Cheers!

And what does it taste like? Like a festival! The spice, the fruitiness - a holiday drink with an Asian flair! I think it would make an excellent drink for a Christmas or New Year’s party. But do make a small batch for yourself to test first and see if you like it. This perfumed beverage may not suit everyone’s palate.

Happy cooking and Happy Holidays!

Be True To Yourself

To be true to yourself means to act in accordance with who you are and what you believe.

If you know and love yourself you will find it effortless to be true to yourself.
Just as you cannot love anyone else until you love yourself, you cannot be true to anyone else until you are true to yourself.


Be who you are.

Do not take action or pretend to be someone else for the sake of gaining acceptance.

Many young people believe that when they do things to please their peers, such as drink when they shouldn't, or behave and party in inappropriate ways, they will be popular and liked.

They go against the advice of their parents or their own common sense only to find themselves in trouble and not accomplishing what they set out to do.

When you do things that are not genuine or a reflection of the real you, you will not be happy with yourself and will end up confused. You'll be confused because you won't know whom to please, or how.

Self-respect comes from being true to who you really are and from acting in accordance with your fundamental nature.

When you respect yourself, others will respect you. They will sense that you are strong and capable of standing up for yourself and your beliefs.

When you are true to yourself, you allow your individuality and uniqueness to shine through.

You respect the opinions of others but do not conform to stereotypes or their expectations of you.

To be true to yourself takes courage. It requires you to be introspective, sincere, open-minded and fair.

Being true to yourself does not mean that you are inconsiderate or disrespectful of others.

It means that you will not let others define you or make decisions for you that you should make for yourself.