A Memorable Night With Him

Last Thursday was my dear's birthday. We spent a memorable night together. Usually I don't give him any birthday present, but this year I surprised him with a precious gift. It's not a romantic thingy, but a more useful thing for his daily life. :)

In addition, instead of dining out for birthday dinner as usual, I made him a home cooked dinner. I baked a meat crust pizza for him for the first time, and I'm glad he loved it very much. He said the pizza is so much tastier than the dough pizza. :) Yes, success on the first attempt! I was worrying so much that I might not able to bake a nice pizza. I'm so glad that eventually it turned out to be so great. He finished up 3/4 of the pizza, haha......It's kind of a pleasure to see your other half gobbled up the meal that you prepared with love.

Dear, I hope you enjoyed the night together.

Goodbye Tiger!

Thanks to all the friends that leave some comfort words in my previous post.

It's been a week since we last seen Tiger. We miss him a lot. It's a really hard decision for us to do so. We can no longer handle him. He changed a lot. He's now like to bark at us and even bite us. He's so wild at times. Don't be fool by his "angel" face, his attitude is just the opposite, like a "devil". Since a month ago, he ignored the wee wee pad train that hubby taught him since young. He started to pee everywhere in our house. He is marking his territory.

We considered the new owner is qualified to keep him since she has a 6 year old female chihuahua at home. Unlike Tiger, her female chihuahua is very well behave. We hope that the old female chihuahua will train Tiger as her own puppy. The lady takes care of it since 2 years ago when it was abandoned by a breeder. So, that added points to the lady as a good candidate to keep Tiger. She's kind, and she's a dog lover.

We packed all his belongings last Friday night and delivered him to Ipoh early morning on last Saturday. He didn't refuse to be carried by the lady. He was well behaved. The lady kissed him and praise him cute some more, fainted! She took a couples of photos of Tiger, which she's going to upload to her blog. We told the lady he's very naughty. Deep inside us, we were worried about the war that is nearly to begin......

I can't control my tears. I'm so sad to let him go. Felt so sorry to him. Anyway, I wish it's another good beginning for his life. He still has long way to go. Tiger, be a good boy, ok?

It's Time To Let Him Go

Finally the day has arrived. Another sad moment in my life. I've been wondering whether or not to let him go. We love each other so much, and we rely on each other too. Now, I have no choice, but to let him go......

I know he's leaving me for good reason. He'll have his own family then. I wish that he'll remember the joyful moments we spend together. I do hope he'll still remember me in his heart.

If can, do let me know what you wish to eat tonight, so that I can prepare my last home cooked meal for you.

I'll love you always.

Do You Worry Too Much?

Your Worry Factor is 54%

While you're not a worrywart, you worry more than you should. Maybe you don't have enough to keep your mind occupied at times... Or perhaps you've trapped yourself into some bad thinking patterns. Try to worry less and enjoy life more. There's no point thinking about things you can't change!

Do You Worry Too Much?

Hopped to Blogthings again this morning, and I took the above test. I would say the result is quite accurate. What about yours?

Some Updates

This blog is abandoned for almost 10 days. Sorry to my dear blog. I have no idea what to write.

Anyway, I recall what I've done since the beginning of April:

I've picked up a habit. I spend some time each night to read on nutrition, health, recipe, and religious books.

I followed a natural detox program for the first time. Although I just shed off a few kilos, but I managed to fit into my old jeans and slacks. This is a good start, and I swear I will do the detox on regular basis.

I will try my best to exercise at least twice a week for 30 minutes.

I also spend some time to study on healthy recipes. I introduce more fresh vegetables, fruits and whole grains in our daily diet.

My goal is to maintain a healthier life and to be as slim as before married. :P

Home Cooked Food

It has been almost 3 weeks since our last dine out. This is unbelievable! :) Not only save us a lot of money, but most importantly is we got our precious home cooked meal. Home cooked, home cooked and home cooked, that's what I'd like emphasize. Home cooked food always contain less food additives, and high in nutrition value.

I choose to consume more fresh vegetables and organic food. Organic brown rice, organic noodle and extra virgin organic olive oil become essential at home. I apply simple cooking method like steam, boil, and stir fry. Not even a single deep fried dish, cuz I replace it with pan fry. :)

Of course I have to sacrifice some time for cooking after every long working day. I fall in love with my hobby - cooking. I find that it is one of the efficient method to relief my tension. :)

I Feel Better

Dear fellow friends, thanks for your concerns. I feel much better now. As planned, hubby brought me to Pragin Mall this morning. I went back to my previous reliable hair stylist Fion. I was her first customer of the day. We had a nice chat and she's so glad about the confidence I have on her skill. :) I told her how disappointed I was on my hair cut, and I let her know how I wish it could be. She truly understand my requirement and she did a very good job to save my hair. Yippy! Now I have a totally new hair cut, which I like it very much. No longer the "old grandma" look. I look pretty modern and stylish! :D

After coming back, I enjoyed my time to shape my eye brows, to do a facial exfoliating treatment, and to put up deep cleaning mask, followed by a peel off mask. Hehe...All these made me feel so great! :)

Another good news. About the running nose, it is getting well. In fact it is not so serious. I just took higher doses of Vit-C to ease it. No medicine! I prefer natural food supplements than drugs.

Things Go Wrong

I'm not feeling well these few days. I have running nose, sore throat, and stomachache. I purposely applied one day off to rest at home yesterday. I took my time to sleep.

With the current increase of work load, my time is fully occupied at work. I take up 2 additional products under my belt. Which means, I eat up my other colleague's portion. I extended my job responsibility. I have the bigger cake now. I know this will secure my job at this moment. This is the result from the re-organization.

Also, I'm not so satisfied with my new hair style. I've made up my mind to get another style. Sigh...why everything is become haywire? Why everything comes in one shot?

Forgetful Him & Me

This Nokia USB cable was the culprit that caused us to search for high and low. I need the cable to download some photos for my Nokia N82. Sigh...

I told hubby that I put the cable on the study room's table, but he failed to find it. Then I searched in my office's drawer, still couldn't manage to find it. So frustrated! I told hubby that it must be him who cleaned the table and misplaced the cable, but he denied. He searched among the free gifts, but the cable was not there. He argued that it must be me who left the cable in the office and someone steal it. So, again, I felt angry and warned him better get me a new one. I know, my hot temper is my flaw, but still I can't control myself from getting angry when I'm in trouble. My blood maintained at the boiling point. Arghhhh........

Last night, I gave myself the very last chance to figure out where the cable is. You know what? I used less that 3 minutes to find it out from the bunch of free gifts! Of course he kept quiet la, and I continued to bla bla bla.......Everytime ask you to find something sure cannot find one la, bla bla bla.......

No Mood

This morning I got a very nice email from my lady boss, praising me in front of Director. The mail mentioned that I did a very good job on yesterday's third party audit. So, oklah, I was happily went off to join the team on a US conference call. So sweet, I felt so happy as boss appreciate my hard work. Normal, right? But now, my mood shrunk after the GM's announcement on VSS. My mood swings like a roller coaster. Ups and downs just in few hours time.

Most of us have the same question in our mind. "Will it be me?" All of us start calculating the amount. Not really an attractive figure. :( Formula is fixed. We really can't do much. Whatever will come, it will still happen.

I believe "if there's a will, there's always a way". So, I won't die in hunger as long as I'm willing to work. If I can't work here anymore, I'll need to work elsewhere. Perhaps, it's a good time for me to explore a new path for myself. Who knows?

What Kind Of Soup Are You?

I'm the Chicken Noodle Soup, haha...

Ok, I just hopped back from Blogthings, and took the soup test. Visit here if you find it's interesting.

"You are a traditional and conservative person. You value the past, and change frightens you.

You are very loyal, especially to your family. You prefer a low-key life, with lots of time spent at home.

You like soup because it's easy, quick, and cheap. You tend to have a favorite soup you stick to. Why change a good thing? "

I like cooking, including boiling soup for hours. :) That's the point this test captured my attention. Hmm...overall, the result is quite accurate. I'm kind of conservative and loyal person. I prefer to stay at home rather than going out. Quite passive hor? Also, I'm the timid type of person, afraid of changes. However, I manage to overcome most of the changes. I change myself to fit for different situation. Like now, not much job to do at work, so I tuned myself to be able work and blog at the same time, haha....ok, just kidding!

Back to the topic of "soup". I used to cook several types of soup like black bean soup, ABC soup, lotus root soup, watercress soup, the mixed soup, chicken soup, peanut soup, herba soup, mushroom soup, vegetarian soup, vegetable with fish balls soup, bla bla bla....And I stick to the list all these while, cuz I found that they are easy to cook, and yet nutritious to take. :)

What To Do?

Working in private sector is very unsecured, especially for those couple who work in the same sector. Or even worst, both husband and wife who work in the same company!

Everybody got to be prepared during this recession period. 10 years back, I was still a student, no worries. But now? I started to feel the pain. What if this going to be a prolonged recession, and follow by depression? My biggest fear is the possibility of losing my current job. I don't mind if company change their strategy to operate 4 days/week or planned shut down. At least this is much more better than retrenchment, isn't it?

I will lose my income if I become unemployed. Of course I believe hubby will still able to support me passing through the difficulties, but how long can I survive happily as a dependent? Can I sleep peacefully at night? What to do? And what can I do? How long will I take to get a new job? Huh?? :(

Hubby and I pulled back our spending in order to boost our emergency fund. We've stopped unnecessary spending on gaming, dine out and entertainment. We even gathered all our unused PS2, PSP, Nintendo game boy, laptop, desktop computer for sale. Surprisingly, tons of responses were received, and all were sold within a day. :)

Best still, we are fortunate for not holding any house loan debt. The only thing we must follow strictly is to control ourselves not eating out in expensive restaurants as frequent like we previously did. I'm trying my best to cook even over the weekends. Bear in mind, cheap and fresh food can be very nutritious if cooked in a proper way. Understanding the 7 essential nutrients which is required by our body and learn up of each benefit we gain through our daily food intake is a kind of useful knowledge. That's what I'm picking up now. :)

Woke Up Late

This morning I woke up late. I suppose to wake up at 6.10 am on weekdays as I start work on 7.30 am. Who knows, again, I'm so "dai tau har" (forgetful). I used to set the alarm to 7.30 am over the weekend, but somehow I forgot to shift it back to 6.10 am. :(

In our body, all the cells are going through metabolism, except brain cells, heart cells and nerve cells. That's why brain, heart and nerve function will degenerate when we grow older. So, is my forgetfulness a phenomenon of aging? Sob sob :(

Cherish A Memory

Since I was a teenager, I dreamed for my future ideal wedding. :) I think most of young chicks also imagine the same thing in their mind at times. Don't you?

I prefer classic and elegant wedding gown. I had the one similar to the photo above. Simple cutting, simple design, and simply white in color.

We had the most traditional and formal wedding, but it was a memorable wedding. Lots of friends and relatives presented in my wedding. Lots of closed "sisters" formed a team to "played" my hubby and his "brothers". Luckily he got lots of support from his "brothers". They got to pass through all the "games" before hubby managed to meet his bride.

Marriage is a serious commitment. We believed that we were ready at the moment we entered it, and confirmed we able to work for our relationship.

I'm glad I married him. :)

A Designer's Dining Table

See the dining table designed by Little Inbox? Is it nice? Don't you think I'm rich? Hahaha. Not really la.

Okay, let me tell you the truth. I'm so "tai tau har" (forgetful). My hubby awarded me some allowance the other day. I put the stack of notes in my pocket immediately, but after that I totally forgot about it. I changed my clothes and threw it into the washing machine and press the "start" button. Then after a while I posted a question to my hubby: "Where's the money you gave me just now?" Of course he didn't have the answer for me la.... Sob sob, when I remember what's happening, the notes were all soaked. Wanna cry already.... Woo woo woo.......

That's why I have the "money" dining table lor......Does it look creative?

Sweet Time At Home

While most of the people spending their holiday away from home, I'm here in our sweet home, with my dear and off course with our naughty little Tiger. :) Sounds like a happy family? LOL, hahaha...

We did the same routine activities like we did on every Sunday. We went for our weekly marketing, and house chores. I enjoyed my time preparing our home cooked meals too. Hmm... I just prepare a simple steamboat for our lunch and dinner. Once a while having steamboat at home is kind of warm. Hubby and I enjoyed our meals and chit-chat and also not forgot to watch out Tiger. "He" was there to enjoy "his" meal too.

Life is not boring with Tiger around. Even now, Tiger is resting on my lap. So coquettish hor? Want to share with you what does Tiger learn today. See...

Yes, "he" learns how to stand. Clever pup! "He" went through some painful experiences before "he" manage to stand smart.

This photo is the evidence of "his" painful learning curve. "He" fell few times, and "he" learned the lessons to balance "his" body. We gave "him" some treats as reward.

How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Sometimes I feel like I'm in conflict with my inner soul. :( Am I a cat or am I a lion? Huh? I am not quite sure. I just know these two characters are antithetic. Sometimes, I may be as timid as a kitten, but occationally I'm like a wild lion. Is this call weak in "emotion" control? To further analyse myself, I got myself an aid which is a self test on 3smartcubes.

If you want to take the same test, I'll encourage you to go ahead. Bear in mind this will take you about 15 minutes time to analyse the total of 24 long questionnaires. Be patient...

After completing the test, you'll get your report, and mine as per the following:

Little Inbox, you are highly knowledgeable about your own self.

During this test you answered questions which measured how well you know your own self. Based on your scores, we could conclude that you have more than a fair share of knowledge about your own self.

You know yourself pretty well and are usually honest with yourself. You are well aware of your strengths and weaknesses and feel no shame in admitting (to yourself only, maybe) if you are wrong or have made a mistake. Introspection and self-discovery probably interest you a lot.

People who are very honest with themselves are also prone to certain shortcomings. However, some simple steps can remedy this. Would you like to know how?

I'm not satisfied with the report. The analysis is too brief (Free version). Also, I didn't proceed to the next step, cuz it's not for FREE! Well, I have to figure out what would be the remedies. :D I'm still squeezing my brain to think for an answer.

I'm still learning hard to have confidence in myself, to trust myself, and to believe in myself ......Am I confusing you?

Hectic Day

Phew... Finally I got a chance sitting down in front of my lovely blog and enjoying some cherry tomatoes for my snack. :) Life is hectic today. After Raya break for almost 5 days, I feel more refreshing and energetic.

First thing in the morning was to check e-mails. More than 100 emails were sitting in my inbox All of them were "waving" at me for help! Cuz only I managed to release them. Sigh...Customer feedback are never ending. However, I do have minority of counterparts in US who helped me through my hard time. Don is one of them. Again, he send me another long long email. He guides me to understand the certificate regulatory issues that we currently facing. Also, he tells me how his life in Colorado Springs. The weather and what activities that he currently have. :) A nice American guy.

Lunch is always very rush. Mom and dad usually wait for me for their home cooked meal. We always chit-chat while enjoying our lunch. They told me some of the happenings and I share some of mine. Sometimes, my eldest sister will join us if she managed to squeeze in with her schedule.

This afternoon session was like never ending fire-fighting. Fight like there is no tomorrow. I'm wondering when this kind of life is going to transform into more peaceful working life, huh?! When it reaches 5pm, I still have some important emails and reports that I've yet to complete. Customer's email must be replied within 24 hours, so no choice but to put it as first priority. Reports?? Wait till tomorrow la...

Evening is always busy too. Got to cook dinner on my own. Dinner is the only meal I have with hubby through out the weekdays. Gotta enjoy it. This will normally followed by a series of cleaning task. Cleaning up the dishes, washing up those dirty clothes, ironing,.......

Am I sound like a super woman? :D

What's Inside My Bag?

While everybody is away enjoying their holiday, I'm here sitting in front of my notebook. I need to complete my task to blog about the above topic. I was tagged by 3 bloggers on this same topic. Thanks to Kadus Mama, Christy and Daphne for tagging me. :D At lease I won't be totally off from blogging during this Raya festival.

Okay, here's what I need to do :

1. Find a safe quiet place free of significant other, nosey meme makers, priests, nuns, all things religious and men in general.

2.Dump the contents of my handbag in a pile.

3.Take a photo of my handbag and the contents.

4.Be brave and explain to your fellow bloggers what lurks inside the handbag.

5.Answer questions.

6.Tag others who might want to embarrass themselves.

Here's my answers, tada.....

Step 1 & Step 2:

My home is always quite at any corner, so I did this in my room.

Step 3:

Here, I would like to present to you the photo of my handbag and the contents.

Step 4:
About the junks inside my handbag.

~My Versace Purse. Hubby bought this for my birthday present. There are few credit cards (which I seldom use), ATM cards, $$$$, name card, clinic card, IC, driving license, and some receipts.

~My coin purse with key chain. This is also a gift from hubby during his business trip.

~My Nokia N82 phone. This is from hubby too. He gave this N82 to me when he received his i-phone as a gift.

~My thumb drive. It is an abandoned thumb drive from hubby. I recycle his. Pity or not? I have lots of e-books saved inside it.

~ A packet of tissue.

~ House keys with a nice stainless steel Korean key chain (from one of the supplier)

~ Lip ice

~ Silky Girl lip stick

~ Pen and note pad ( free gift from Steven Covey's The 8th Habit)

~ A red packet from my mom for my birthday. It's my precious gift which is still perfectly keep in my handbag.

~ A feng shui medal which hubby bought from Lilian Too's WOF store in Queensbay Mall.

Step 5: Answer questions

What's the most important thing in your handbag?
~ Of course my purse. All the important things are kept inside it.

What's the most embarrassing thing in your handbag?
~ Nolar, got meh?

What's the smallest thing in your handbag?
~ Thumb drive

Is there anything illegal in your handbag?
~ Of course no lah!

Step 6:

Hohohohohoho.....It's time to "pat pat" a bit. I want to know what are the things inside their bag. :D

I wanna pass this tag to:
Ninie Jane, you've tagged me few times, now is my turn to tag you back.
New Kid On The Blog, eh?? If I remember correctly, you haven't done with the previous tag le...
Mummy In Vains
Mekurukito, I know u have lots of nice branded handbag
Liang Mui, although you are now in Cameron Highlands, still not able to escape, wakakaka....

Have fun!

* Tagged *

I was tagged by Ninie Jane few weeks back. Sorry to be late...

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
~ I wish to marry before 30, and I did. I was married at the age of 26.

2. What is your most favourite thing to do?
~ Staying at home.

3. What would you give up in return to eat all you want in the world and not get fat?
~ Errr....My old clothes? :P

4. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
~ Live happily ever after with my dear and our children.

5. Do you believe you can survive without money?
~ Err…no.

6. What are you afraid to lose the most?
~ Myself.

7. What do you feel like doing right now?
~ Err...sign up a slimming program. I really need to shed off some weight.

8. If there’s someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
~ Err…depend lor.

9. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
~ She's my bloger friend that I got to know from kadusmama's blogroll.
~ She is lucky cuz still study in U.
~ She likes to tag me. :) This is the 2nd time. Still have another still pending.

10. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
~ Extensive care and endless love from him.

11. What is the thing that will make you think he/she is bad?
~ Difficult to tell. Depends on situation.

12. What is your ambition?
~ I wish to be a successful business lady. *wink wink*

13. Is anyone really perfect?
~ Cannot be la.

14. If you had a choice to be rich or happy, which one would you pick ?
~ Happy for sure!

15. If you have a chance, which part of your character you would like to change?
~ Hot temper.

16. Who is the person that you can share all your problems with?
~ My dearest hubby.

17. How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
~ Got kids, and hopefully own business.

18. If someone had found a path to immortality to be bestowed upon you ...
~This is impossible!

19. If you could compete in the Olympics, what event would you participate in?
~ Swimming and gymnastic.

20. What does happiness means to you and are you satisfied with what you’ve got?Would you select satisfaction over happiness?
~No worry, no burden, can do whatever I want, and go wherever I wish………If I'm happy, it means I'm satisfied.