My Google Homepage

Posted on April 20, 2007 by The Giddy Tigress

Have you customized your Google Homepage yet?  No no, this is not the Google Search page, but rather a Google personalized Homepage, where you can customize it to display stuff you use and view every day.  It can also incorporate your Google Reader, which makes blog reading a breeze and also your Gmail too!  Plus, now you can select different themes for your personalized Google Homepage.  Good or not?  See what I’ve done for my Google Homepage?

For the discerning blogger, this is the ultimate kiasu solution.  Trust me 🙂

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My Personal “Layer Cake”

Posted on April 20, 2007 by The Giddy Tigress

The layer tag which has been going around for goodness-knows-how-long has finally landed on my lap.  I got double-tagged today by Lovely Mummy and Hui Sia.  I did a similar tag a few days back for Ethan, so now it’s Mommy’s turn.

Layer One: On The Outside
Name : Giddy Tiger
Birth Date : October 21st
Current status : Marital Status: Married; Regular Status: Bored with work and looking forward to a no-work weekend.
Eye Colour : Dark brown
Hair Colour : Dark brown
Righty or Lefty : Righty

Layer Two : On The Inside
Your Heritage : Malaysian Chinese
Your Fears : Lizards and dirty toilets
Your Weakness : Getting addicted to TV series, like Heroes, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, etc.
Your Perfect Pizza : Super Supreme Pizza from Pizza Hut (Beef, mushrooms, capsicum, pepperoni, the works).  Had loads of it during my 3rd trimester of pregnancy.

Layer Three : Yesterday, Today , Tomorrow
Your Thoughts First thing when I wake up : Is it a working day today?
Your Bedtime : About midnight.
Your Most Missed Memory : (can’t believe I am saying this) Schooldays in the Convent

Layer Four : Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke : Diet Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King : Burger King’s Whopper!
Single or Group Dates : I love raisins – and raisins are dried dates, no?
Tea or Nestea : Long Island Tea
Chocolate or Vanilla : Both, oh yeah, and strawberry too…
Cappucino or Coffee : Not my mojo.  But if I do, then it’s got to be a latte.

Layer Five : Do You..
Smoke : Nope.
Curse: Nope, and can’t stand (especially) women who do.
Take a shower : Duh… of course la!
Have a crush : Orange crush please!
Think you’ve been in love: Think?  I know I am in love with my hubby!
Go to school : Tried that before, didn’t like it till I started working.  Talk about “greener grass on the other side”.
Want to get married : Eh? I’m already married.
Believe in yourself : Certainly!
Think you’re a health freak : Not a freak per se, but I do try to be a healthy person, of course with the occasional sin of fries and chocolates.

Layer Six : In The Past Month
Drank alcohol : Nope, I can’t yet, cuz I am breastfeeding.
Gone to the mall : At least once a week.
Been on stage : Several times: dancing, singing.  Most recent incident was because I won a shopping voucher (Hey I’ve yet to use it la!)
Eaten sushi : Yes, had sashimi last Friday 🙂
Dyed your hair : Not in the past month, nope.

Layer Seven : Have You Ever..
Played A Stripping Game : I know how to pole dance :p
Changed Who You Were To Fit In : Not always.

Layer Eight : Age
You’re Hoping To Be Married : I already am.

Layer Nine : In a Girl/Guy
Best Eye Colour : Dark brown
Best Hair Colour : Dark brown
Short Hair or Long Hair : Short hair, no hair on chest please!

Layer Ten : What Were You Doing
1 Min Ago : Writing this post
1 Hour Ago : Reading my emails
1 Month Ago : Working like a dog 🙁
1 Year Ago: Working like a dog – double 🙁

Layer Eleven : Finish The Sentence
I Love : spending quality time with Pete and Ethan
I Feel : depressed I can’t do that as often as I would love to.
I Hate : working
I Hide : stuff…err… if I hide them, why should I tell? 😛
I Need : more than 24 hours a day (on weekends and holidays only)

Layer Twelve : Tag five people..
Paris Beaverbanks
Angeleyes
Huisia
Hijack Queen
Chooi Peng

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A Card to Call Your Own

Posted on April 20, 2007 by The Giddy Tigress

I remember when I was in school, it was a trend to have a personal “calling card” of your own.  This card would provide details like your name, address, phone number, date of birth, etc.  I’m not sure why this is a fad, but I know I had a stack of cards done for myself as well.  Times have changed since then, and nowadays, we can get beautifully and professionally designed business cards created in a jiffy – how else but online business card printing!  I for one was astonished by the countless designs offered for the various professions.  There are custom-designed cards for people in the Animal/Pet Care profession, people in the music business and surprise, surprise, even politicians!  I especially love the Baby’s Feet design, which is so incredibly adorable!  For me, my card would say, Loving Mommy to an Adorable Baby Boy 🙂

And that’s not all this site has to offer.  They also provide services to print greeting cards, magnets (I love these, because you can just plain stick ’em on the fridge) and postcards, among others.

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What a week it has been…

Posted on April 20, 2007 by The Giddy Tigress

I’m so glad it’s Friday today. It has been one LONG week and I’m SO looking forward to the weekend. Last weekend was a rollercoaster ride, what with the travelling to Damansara and all, so this weekend I hope to take it real easy; hang out with Pete and Ethan, go for a leisurely dim sum brunch, go malling (now there’s a word)…and oh yeah…. complete my tax returns. Bleeaagghhh….!

Early this week, Giddy Tigers was reviewed by none other than PabloPabla on his Blog Reviews site. It’s great to know what my readers are atuned to, and I do take comments into consideration, so if there’s anything you like or don’t like about my blog, please let me know. Or you can even choose to rant about it on your blog and earn $7.50!

On Tuesday I actually SAW the $500 PayPerPost opportunity open up. I clicked on it, but darn…. someone was quicker than me. So it was literally $500 slipping through my fingers. Ah well…there’s always next Tuesday.

Then it was work work work all through the week. Busy busy… but hey, it’s Friday now…I rummaged around and found this gem of a picture. I took it a couple of weeks back when I had lunch at a restaurant in Batu Lanchang. Tell me, would you dare go to this clinic?

Have a happy weekend everyone!

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American Idol Night

Posted on April 18, 2007 by The Giddy Tigress

Tonight is yet another American Idol night.  I tell ya, I am so addicted to this program, I’ve actually gotten Pete and Ethan addicted too 🙂 American Idol is such a household name that I cannot imagine anyone not knowing what this program is.  Hmmmm…well actually, a couple of years back, I had a visitor from the US who didn’t know what American Idol was all about.  Could you just imagine how weird it was to explain to him what the show is and how it is run?

So anyway, this year, I hope my favorite idol, Melinda Doolittle wins.  She has such a humble persona, one cannot help just liking her.  And of course, as Simon Cowell would aptly remind the contestants every week, this is a singing contest.  And boy can Melinda SING!  She is a totally transformed person on stage and one can really feel the passion she puts into each and every performance.

However, I do not want to jinx her, as in previous years, all my favorite contestants were booted out 🙁 I was a staunch supporter of Chris Daughtry, Latoya London and Bo Bice, but they didn’t win, although they went on to do their thang and became famous nevertheless.  So I’ll be looking forward what Melinda is bringing to the table tonight, and cheering her on!  Melinda Do-a-Lot!!!

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