An Addition to the World Male Population

 

Adorable puffy cheeks.

All of 3.41 kilos.

Tiny hands and feet.

A bundle of joy.

And a full head of hair.

“God has given”.

My SIL (hubby’s brother’s wife) gave birth to little baby Jonathan yesterday evening. Welcome to the world, little one!

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Girl’s Best Friend

If diamonds are a girl’s best friend, then a diamond ring is a girl’s best friend forever. I know we girls can never get enough of jewelery, diamond ones to be exact. A friend of mine once told me that her mother-in-law gave her all sorts of pendants and rings; rubies, sapphires, emeralds.  They were all colorful, yes..but she was still missing that elusive diamond.  So yes, a diamond certainly completes a girl’s wardrobe.

While watching the telly some time back, I learnt that while a diamond engagement ring and a wedding band is worn on the left hand signifying true love, wearing something known as a right-hand ring symbolizes the personality of the wearer. Of course, it is also a beautiful adornment on the right hand because that is often left without accessories.

I for one, would love to have one of these antique diamond rings on my right hand.  They are beautiful, vintage and antique, and they never go out of style!  These rings would go SO well with my new dress… and oh, by the way, yes I am planning what to wear for the wedding dinner I am going to attend next week.

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Phone Tag

This *supposedly* easy tag from Chen turned out to be quite an adventure in itself, not only because it took me down the technology memory lane, but because I had to hunt down pictures of my previous cellphones. Lucky thing it wasn’t those really huge “tai-kor-tai” that resembled some generator. That would REALLY give away my age…hehe… Good thing too that the ever-resourceful Rinnah helped me look for the picture of my first cell phone.

List down the following:
1. The phone(s) that you owned previously
2. The phone(s) that you’re using now
3. The phone(s) that you’re looking at to replace the current phone

My first phone – Ericsson T18

I honestly could not even remember the model of this phone, so I had to rely on knowing what it looked like to get the model. This was my one and only flip phone, and at that time, this phone was pretty sleek compared to its bulkier counterparts. I had a blue one (like the one shown in the picture) and it came with an antenna which I suspect emitted quite a fair amount of electromagnetic rays. I remember using this phone to “boil phone porridge” with my hubby (then boyfriend) when he was working in the US at that time. An hour on this phone would make my head somewhat dizzy. Well, the phone battery’s life eventually ended, so I got a new phone, which marked the start of my devotion to Nokia phones.

My 2nd phone – Nokia 8250

 

The thing I love about this phone is its cool blue screen. It was functional at its best, and I didn’t care that it could not support images, nor surf the net, cos I wasn’t into those kinda things. It also survived a few falls, and served me well. The reason I moved on to my next phone was also because the battery life had run out.

My 3rd phone – Nokia 6020

 

My first camera phone! Although the pixel resolution left much to be desired, I was happy that I had a phone which supported images. When people asked me about my baby boy, I could proudly show them his picture using my phone. This phone was light and compact, and very professional looking. In fact it still works perfectly well, and since I got myself a new blogging phone, I passed this phone to my Mom.

My current phone – Nokia N73

 

Blogging made me switch to my current phone. The N73 has fantastic camera and video capabilities, and served my blogging needs entirely. Oh, if you haven’t yet heard, my phone is SEXY. I love it to bits and don’t intend to change it anytime soon, so I am skipping Part 3 of the tag 🙂

Finally, I am tagging the following peeps, whom I think are *phone* people:

Michelle
Hijack Queen
Paris Beaverbanks

 

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Fruit from Heaven

I don’t deny that I am vain. Heh. But when it comes to skincare, all women are, to some extent, vain. We would do anything to get rid of uneven skin blotches, the first signs of crow’s feet, and yes, the occasional pimple will get us rushing for the concealer or pimple cream, or better yet, a 2-in-1 thingy.

Being an adventurous person when it comes to skincare, I have tried various brands, some from advertorials and some from mere word of mouth, but my favorite would still be a brand that uses natural products. Now since beauty does indeed come from within, it makes perfect sense to nourish ourselves internally to produce that beautiful exterior that would (hopefully) make people oooh and aaah over. We are educated that eating lots of fruits and water makes for a resplendent complexion, now how about taking the goodness of a fruit and making it into a food supplement, something that we can just pop into our mouths after breakfast every day with nary a care in the world?

R.G. Skin Revitalizer is a revolutionary food supplement that consists of pure fruit oil (not juice) from the “Gâc” fruit, fondly referred to as the “fruit from heaven”. This is the first time I have heard of the “Gâc” (Momordia Cochinchinemis Spreng), a native fruit of Vietnam, also known as the spiny melon. Bright red and growing as large as a cantaloupe, the “Gâc” is rich in antioxidants, which is an important ingredient in all skincare products. It is also a rich source of beta carotenes, lycopene and other good stuff which benefit the skin in a wholesome manner.

I like what I hear so far. Sounds like a great solution to prevent people from calling me Aunty, eh? 😛

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Chicken Kurma Craving

Sluuurrrpppppp!!!! I love chicken kurma. As a little girl, it was the one dish I looked forward to every time Mom and Dad took us to visit friends during Hari Raya. Chicken kurma tastes good with everything and is easy on the palate of a young kid. Well, my love for chicken kurma has carried on till now. It’s really a challenge to find a good serving of chicken kurma, one which has just the right amount of coconut milk, and just the right amount of spices.

My craving for chicken kurma has been fulfilled now that the fasting month of Ramadhan is here. Throughout this month, I look forward to my visit to Kayu Nasi Kandar, because I can get fantastic chicken kurma there.

Last Friday evening when my hubby and I had dinner there, they even threw in some kind of appetizer consisting of a cross-sectional slice of pineapple and two pieces of cucumber, served with chilli sauce. I didn’t really like the appetizer though, because it tasted weird, but the chicken kurma made me forget the weird appetizer. And what’s better than chicken kurma? Why, chicken kurma served with briyani rice, of course! We took a little bit of the sambal nyior too. This is a whitish paste made from grated coconut and chilli. The appearance of the sambal nyior was deceiving, because although it looked white and non-hot, it really packed a punch of ooomph! Yumminess came with a price though, and a plate of briyani rice with chicken kurma and one type of vegetable costs circa RM7.00!

So until I find time to make chicken kurma of my own, I’ll have to be contented with this one. SIGH… Too bad we only get chicken kurma at Kayu during Ramadhan…

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