February 13th, 2010 by shoppingmum
When I was in high school, I joined the teens cadets and one of the activities involved was fire fighting. I remembered that we went to the fire station for some training, and all of us were required to run 200m with the fire hose, which was sooo heavy!!! Frankly, I would certainly not doing that again, unless you pay me a lot of money. LOL!
Maybe I’m just not that into fire fighting, but I have high respect to fire fighters, especially after watching a Hong Kong series. They are such dedicated people, willing to sacrifice their lives for saving others.
If you are interested in BA in fire service administration, do check out the link. Applicants must be at least 24 years old though, and make sure that you have fire service related credits before applying for the online degree.
July 8th, 2009 by shoppingmum
Due to my language barrier, I hardly talk to most of my neighbors because some of them can’t speak English, and I don’t understand Thai that well. Our next door neighbors are very friendly, and in fact, the old man always come to my garden to take care of the plants (I am lousy with plants 
) and mow the lawn. Actually, we only pay him for his mowing service, but he likes to do extra work for us, and for the rest of the neighbors too. In short, he’s a helpful and friendly neighbor!
I didn’t realize how many children he has until my mom was here a month ago. Apparently, my mom talked to him (just imagine one was speaking in Thai and the other one was in English!) and she found out that he has a daughter who’s heavily pregnant. No wonder I saw a pregnant lady some times, but I have never thought that she’s his daughter. Throughout her pregnancy, I have only seen her a few times, and we have never talked. Besides that, she’s not staying with her dad, and I guess she only comes back for visits. If she’s one of my friends, I will surely know more about her due date and all her Pregnancy week by week updates! I just love babies!
This morning, I saw some nappies hanging outside of their house, and it strikes me that she might have given birth and she’s on confinement next door!
So, I better tell my kids not to shout too loud or be too noisy since the baby is staying next door. Even if I love to see newborns with Moro reflex, jerking out with their hands and feet when they are scared, but I don’t want my kids to scare a little baby!
April 13th, 2009 by shoppingmum
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March 4th, 2009 by shoppingmum
I’ve just bought a portable hard disk weeks ago to store all my photos. I can’t believe that I have a few thousands of photos stored in my laptop, just imagine how many photos I can take in a day, especially after buying my new toy? LOL!
I seldom print the photos, except for photobooks. But then, I think I will print some for my parents back home. Not everyone I know is internet geek and knows how to read my blog online. My parents know that they can read about my kids here, but they don’t go online often. In fact, my dad said he wanted to cancel the boardband at home. *slap head*
So, being the filial daugther *ahem*, I better send them some of our photos taken after we moved to Bangkok. There are thousands of them, but I will a few nice ones printed by eoe online and get them sent to my parents in Penang. There is a promotion of RM0.30 for each 4R print and free delivery for orders above RM35, so let’s see how many photos will I print after I go through my hundreds of folders, sorted by date. Oh boy, this is going to take a lot of my time!
BTW, there are photo competitions too. Check it out and see if your photos are up to it!
March 3rd, 2009 by shoppingmum
 I like Bangkok, and we have been here about 10 months now. My kids like their school and they can certainly adapt themselves pretty well in this foreign land which is our home now. Everything seems fine, except our business is still progressing slowly due to the global economy meltdown, which we can’t do much about it. Nonetheless, being an expat is not easy sometimes, especially when it comes to paying more for education or can’t use our insurance policies which we bought back home.
I will be going for an incision, but it’s not too costly since it’s just a simple procedure. Nonetheless, we will have to bear the cost because my insurance won’t cover any medical expenses abroad. I really feel like canceling off our policies and get new ones here, but my insurance agent didn’t let me. Maybe she still wants to earn some bucks from me?
Personally, I feel that we need to get another coverage here, but I will let hubby work this out because he’s the one who pays the bills. In my opinion, I think we need to be well insured as a parent because our kids are totally depending on us. I won’t go for a lot of policies, but only those basic ones with sufficient coverage. If you search around, you might find more specific insurance coverage like a Diabetic Life Insurance, which is a life insurance coverage available after you have been diagnosed with diabetes. Some companies won’t provide special insurance once you are diagnosed with any of those 36 critical illnesses. Correct me if I’m wrong, as that’s what I’ve been told. But then, maybe diabetes is not one of those 36 illnesses, so those diabetic patients can still get life insurance coverage? If you are interested to know more this, check out the link.
Anyway, hubby is waiting for the quotes by SIL’s insurance agent. Let’s see how much will the insurance cost!
February 11th, 2009 by shoppingmum
I seldom print our photos as there are thousands of photos stored in my hard disk, it would be very costly to print all of them out. Thus, I like to select a few and get them printed in photo books. Previously, I printed some from Pixart, when we stayed in Malaysia. But now, there is another photo printing company called PRINTcafe, which is based in Thailand. You can find one outlet at Level 5 of Siam Paragon. It’s located near the stationery section, and you can go there to check out the samples. I’ve done a few copies there, and some were sent online via their website. So far, I’m pleased with the quality and results.
Nonetheless, I printed a few nice photos and framed them up. I can’t drill holes into the wall, so all the photo frames are placed around the house, wherever is possible. I prefer to have lots of family photos than nice paintings in the house, the photos make the house looked more homely to me. But if this is my own house, maybe I will get some nice paintings that hang them up. There is no point getting any now as they will either be ended up in some art storage company or in the store room!
So, if you are interested to print some photo books, check it out.
September 2nd, 2008 by shoppingmum
 My kids hardly have time to go to the nearby playground since they have started school. However, we have more time for them this week, so we try our best to bring them to the playground these days. There is a boy who is always there practicing football with his father. He always dresses well in nfl jerseys, long socks and football sneakers. His dad must be his coach as he always giving him instructions during the practice.
The other kids will just look at him practicing as he has used up half of the field! However, most of us don’t mind him occupying the grass as he seems to be very serious in his game. Besides that, judging on how devoted his father is being there with him most of the days, they might want to achieve something great in football. The boy is still very young, so I guess with proper training and a pinch of luck, he might be able to make it big in the future.
Anyway, hubby used to play football too, but I don’t think he will teach our kids seriously in this game. The most he can go for is getting them cute jerseys, kick some balls and that’s all. LOL!
He is more addicted to golf, so I guess he wants his kids to play golf like him.
August 28th, 2008 by shoppingmum
I’ve always had a simple life and in fact, I don’t go through a lot of ups and downs. Or maybe I’ve been too optimistic and that’s why I feel like my life is pretty monotonous? Anyway, I don’t have any much to wish for as long as my parents, hubby and kids are doing well.
However, I do believe in fate and how things can work better if you know about the direction in life. I’m not superstitious, but I don’t mind finding out more about Joe Galaxy® which includes the UFOs, One World Order, esoteric, and how the concepts can be used on personal development. I’m pretty curious about how can it helps someone to understand better about who he really is, and why is it suitable for anyone who desires prosperity and success.
Maybe I’m yet to be a believer, but if I’m willing to pay $499, I can get Joe Galaxy® which comes with 80 Gigs of videos and lectures of hidden truth. That sounds like a lot of money to me, but if you are willing to pay for the truth, check out the link. You can easily watch the videos on your iPod, so it’s very convenient.
So, are you interested? Honestly, I’m very curious.
August 23rd, 2008 by shoppingmum
I’m not sure if Justin’s school will celebrate Halloween, but I really hope that they will. LOL! It’s nice to dress kids up in costumes and furthermore, it’s very easy to buy those costumes online or get them from some toy stores. I saw some pretty fairy dresses and I think Isabelle will love to get one. As for Justin, he will look nice in Batman or Superman’s suit. 
If you are celebrating Halloween, don’t forget to send a nice halloween gift basket to that special someone. If you hate shopping and wrapping gifts, just order them online and most of the merchants offer wrapping and delivery services too. That’s how I send the presents to some of my friends as it is very convenient to a lousy gift wrapper like me. Besides that, I hate sending the parcels by myself! LOL!
Anyway, it’s our first year in Bangkok, and we haven’t kmade friends with other expatriates. Maybe some of them will celebrate Halloween. There are some expats staying in my neighborhood and they have little children like us too. I wonder if anyone of them will organize trick or treat? I sure wish my kids can join in and have some fun.
July 25th, 2008 by shoppingmum
Frankly, I don’t really like to have all those fragile feng shui figurine or China in my house because my kids might accidentally break them if I’m not watching them. I don’t have time to be as watchful as I was in Ipoh, so it’s best to keep the house as simple as possible to minimize the risk of them getting hurt.
However, hubby likes those stuffs. If he knows any Art Moving company, maybe he will try to move some of the figurines over here to our new home. Most of these objects are very fragile, so it’s not easy to move them. You will need to find those art moving companies with experience in packing and handling the masterpieces. They can’t just be shipped by sea like the way we did for our stuffs! Some of our boxes were opened and torn, and some of my kids’ wooden toys are ruined too. So, those fragile China and figurines will definitely break before they even reach here.
Thus, if hubby wants to place anything fragile of his liking, he can do so at the office. My kids only come here in the evening, and they have a kids room now. I guess the possibility of them breaking the objects is much lower here!
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