First Week of July

July 1st
Beginning of first of July was R birthday. We simply celebrate at home with simple dinner.

We celebrated 4th of july (US Independence day) here with beef steak. No hotdogs. No fireworks. :( We used to watch it at the beach in US

5th of July - Axel turned to 5 months old. He started rolling his body now and eagerly to stand up when I hold him.

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Fleas bites

Last week we had fleas attacked in the house. Our HOUSE got FLEAS?!  Seems they are so tiny and hardly to see with naked eyes, we can't see where they came from and when they are going to bite until I realized that I got many rashes on my legs and feet. Those rashes were totally driving me insane. They were extremely itchy and cause me to sratch it like a crazy person. 

Part of the rashes

We believed a stray female yellow fat cat which came in through window few days ago was a flea carrier, brought it in and the fleas bred it in the living room area. So we bought a few stuff to stop the fleas's "PARTY".

- calamine lotion - apply on the bites
- hydrocortisone  - apply on the bites
- bugs spray  - spray on the body to keep off of bugs
- antihistamine pills - take twice a day

Those stuff generally relieve me from itchy and totally stop me from scratching.  One thing that I need to get rid of is  the scars which left on my skin.

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Oranges vs OJ

We are totally kind of the people who never live without OJ. Orange juice or OJ (American term) is must have for our daily breakfast in the US. But here in KL,Malaysia we bought oranges every week since we found them a lot cheaper than a carton of pure juice (64 oz) which is cost about RM21.49 at the store in KL. That's a huge differences when we compared the price of orange juice in the US which is $2.99 (RM9.00) for 64 oz and $4.99 (RM15.00) for 89 oz . I might have conversion unit syndrome when I shop groceries here so everything is calculated to save money.

100% pure, not concentrated and pasteurized of a bottle of OJ are undeniably choice of us in the US. Get from the fridge, shake it and pour to the glass and drink. Easy!! and I completely don't bother what type of orange that they made of. I just know that just pure OJ, love it and nothing else.

Now I learned something about oranges. Types of orange. The different taste and sweetness between these two oranges, Valencia and Navel. Navel has bigger size than Valencia which is really sweet, seedless and taste just like OJ. 

I think it is pretty cool when we cut and eat real oranges everyday and set it with mango. Orange-mango combination is completely quench for breakfast. mmmm....

Have a fantastic weekend !!

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Colder December

The weather turned colder in December. I hate it but I need to stay cute and warm. Robert loves buying me different kind of socks and slippers. Some of my favourite are

Blue seals and orange fish socks

 

 This Eeyore slippers really warm me up

Happy December and have a wonderful weekend !!

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The Riddle

"The Riddle"- I am totally blessed when I found this song title. Personally I've been looking this song for so long and unexpectedly I stumbled across that song while I was searching techno music in Robert's desktop. Wow... it’s been TWENTY SIX years! Or over 2 decades I finally discovered the title. This song completely brings nostalgic to my childhood memories.

I was 7 years old when I listened this song for the first time and it become my favourite song since then. Back in 80's I really enjoyed watching it's music video on TV and sadly I didn't bother the title of the song. I completely forgot about it when I grew up and the song still remaining in my mind without title. I just caught some lyric "...Babylon time" and remembered the scene of egg on a bald head man (1:55 min).

So enjoy watching The Riddle video music below. The Riddle by Nik Kershaw was a hit song of UK single chart in 1984.

Seriously this song is strange that has no meaning at all. Nik claimed this song is nonsense, rubbish and confused rambling (more info). I guess that was the reason I remember this song for so long. Haha!

Do you have a favourite song that brings to your childhood memories?

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Sneaky Snacks

I am totally love snack foods. Love to have something crispy or cheesy or doughy or cakey or sweets. I think everybody does too. Honestly I have been snacking soda (Coke/Pepsi) potato chips, chocolate brownies and other snack foods for couples weeks ago. I know they are low nutrients and hard to get rid of it. I'd say that I've conscious effort lately to eat healthy and natural snacks such as fruits and vegetables. I tried to get some balance here. Let's see what did I do some of my snack foods:

Green grapes + Colby Monterey Jack cheese + Mesquite bbq potato chips

Broccoli + carrot + Ruffles potato chips + Sour cream

 

Am I being sneaky to my healthy snack foods?

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Donuts for today?

Dunkin' has opened a new branch in my living area and today it's grand opening event. This is gonna add another franchise fast food which I found there are more than 10 fast food restaurant (McD, BK, Hardees, Wendy's, Taco Bell...etc) around my place. There were crowded with people when I went there. I guess they just finished the opening celebration or they go nuts with donuts. Yeah, let's join the crowd!! Maybe everything is new, the building, the floor, the decoration and everybody got excited. Truthfully I am also fan of donut but I just eat it occasionally. It is at Bluff Rd...!

Here it is....................

I have to park at the roadside since the parking were fully occupied when I reached the place and walked up there.

I bought a dozen of assorted donuts and a small cup of ice hazelnut coffee. A dozen?? Don't worry, I am not the only one who eat it. My favourite is Bavarian Kreme Donut( not on the plate one).

Treat for myself and everybody at home.

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The Frogs and The Prince

Would you think that title above was about classic fairy tale? The tale about the frog which under the spell and transform into a handsome prince. If you wouldn't, I would.

Actually two events happened on the same day in April 29th.

The 1st event -  Save the frogs day! 

Amphibian populations have been rapidly disappearing worldwide and nearly one-third of the world's amphibian species are on the verge of extinction. They facing overwhelming of environmental problems including pollutions, habitat loss, climate change and over harvesting for the pet and food trades. Definitely This is a serious problem! If we do not act quickly, the amphibian species will continue to dissapear and resulting imbalance to our planet's ecosystem and to human. 

 "Why We must Save the Frogs?"

Frogs are an integral part of the food channel

Tadpoles keep waterways clean by feeding on algae.

Adult frogs eat large quantities of insects like mosquitoes (malaria)  that can transmit fatal illness to humans.

Frogs also serve as an important food source to snake, birds, fish and even monkeys. The disappearance of frog populations disturbs an intricate food web, and results in negative impacts that cascade through the ecosystem.  

 this picture was taken at night

Frogs are bioindicator

Most frogs require suitable habitat in both the terrestrial and aquatic environments, and have permeable skin that can easily absorb toxic chemicals. These characteristic make frogs especially susceptible to environmental disturbances, and thus frogs are considered accurate indicators of environmental stress.

Frogs are cool

Frogs provide a source of enjoyment and cultural fascination to human.

So please save our planet!!

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The 2nd Event was Prince William get married with Kate Middleton. Personally I am not really fan into the Royal things. But I think it is kind of a special because Kate is a commoner, married to a prince and both of them have good education. They graduated from one of University in Scotland.

Most channels showing live the wedding today since 6 o'clock in the morning.  I love to see people wedding so I watched it around afternoon time. She look stunning in that wedding dress and the couple never stop smiling! They are the sweetest couple ever. Below are some of my favourite pictures of them.

I really love the dress and

It is reminiscent of Grace Kelly's dress, I love to see Grace kelly wedding dress! Grace kelly was a beautiful American Actress married to Prince Monaco  in 1956.

Another dress comparison and the similar thing between them was they came from normal family background and both become princess!

Kissing in balcony of Buckingham Palace

Congratulations!! 

 and

Have a good weekend ahead to my family and friends!

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Busy week and prizes

Things have been pretty hectic last week. Filing taxes  and preparing calls from companies were part of the matters.

Monday, April 18th was the deadline for filling taxes for both Federal and NC State. It's been 2 years I filed the tax but still I had hard time to fill out the calculation section. There is a public service who manage and prepare tax for people and they will charge certain fees. Definitely I can manage it myself. so I made it in the last minute. 

Thank god, I had done with it and sent it on Saturday, the day of Tornado happened.

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On Thursday April 21st we received some kind of surprises thing. Definitely I love a good thing unexpectedly. Coincidentally two packages arrived in different time on the same day! One from UPS and another one from US Parcel (USPS). I guess this is our lucky day. 

First arrival - Xbox 360 play station

2nd arrival - Telescope

Actually the packages were the winning prizes from the contest that he entered couple weeks ago. Congratulations Sweet Pea!

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Worthy of gift card

It took me many weeks to decide what I should get from Amazon. Winning  Amazon gift cards from PCH online plus promotional gift given by Amazon wasn't a big deal. This is the 3rd gift card prize I won from PCH.

Last time I used the 2nd gift card to buy a rubber nylabone for Babe and this time it's my turn to get something for myself. I have been looking for clothing like dress, skirt, skort,t-shirt, sweater and shoes. Buying clothing online is really undesirable to me even they look nice and fair price. Definitely I love going to the store, feel the softness of fabric and try them on.

No idea.

How about something to munch on? Cereal bars? Chocolate? A gift basket contains nuts and dried fruit? That's cool. A lot of choices to pick and it driving me nuts when I looked all those good food. The amount of Amazon gift card was $30 and shipping cost certainly under my consideration.

Basically I seek hubby's recommendation everytime I want to order online. He happily suggested me to buy this item. So I ordered two items and waiting patiently about a week.
 
On Thursday last week, my package of Amazon safely arrived at home. Thank god. The package was a big rectangular box and it was heavy. 

Obviously I hardly impatient to open the box with a thought "Did they send the right stuff???Yup..That was it, I was so excited!!I think everybody excited too.

The items were 20 packs of Korean noodles and 4 packs of canister of Sun Maid dried apricot.

Actually total cost of both items including shipping were $48.17, but I just paid only $3.40. How did it work like that?
Noodles : $19.96 + Apricots  : $17.26 + Shipping : $10.95  = $48.17

So the deals were from combination of super saver discount(free shipping if ordered more than $25) + my promotional gift code + gift cards. Yeayy! it  saving a lot.

Those items were in a good condition. This Korean Noodle is very spicy and has a great flavour. It is a simple meal but really made me full.

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Freebruary

Love to get free good stuff.

I am

HAPPY

Avoiding the chances to get good items? No way!  I think everybody love free foods and nice stuff. All those items in the picture above were some of the free stuff I claimed from the Walmart store. The companies sent me the coupons in the mail last week and I felt so excited.

Clairol company has launched foam hair color this year and they had given away 100,000 free boxes which is 25,000 each day for 3 days. Registering name in their Facebook page was part of the application. I could imagine  the page was hardly open due to the traffic over the internet on the first day, everybody want it so I kept trying to refresh the page.  I successfully registered my name after trying for a while. I tried also on the 2nd day with Robert's name. I didn't think it was success because of the same address. But luckily he got that coupon in the mail yesterday.

 

Planters also had given 50,000 free packs of peanut or almond for a night and advertised it on the Facebook.  50,000 packs wasn't much. I had to really  quick register on that night.

Even I am not a coffee drinker, I still want free a bottle of coffeemate. They launched some new flavours and I do not know the total of bottle they had given away. Now most companies using Facebook to promote their product. But you have to like them.

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