Between Life And Death is just A SECOND of Lack of Concentration

Yes.
A Second of Deep Thoughts
A Second of Misjudgement
A Second of Wrong Focus
A Second of Lack of Concentration

All it took was just One Second
And it could have been an fatal accident
It might have been a bloody mess

The truck could have flattened my flesh
crushed my bones
and squeezed my intestines out of my mouth

What was I thinking?!

Mad.
Total Madness.

A mother of two
A wife to one
My life is no longer just mine to own
It could have become a burden to my loved ones.

A Second in a shift of piority
A Second earlier to act
A Second  later to react
and I could have died...

*slap slap slap*

WAKE UP!!!

Song Sharing Sunday #155 - Beautiful ~ Faith Rivera

Another meaningful song I grew to love after watching the masterpiece made by the videographer at my sis's wedding.

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Beautiful ~ Faith Rivera

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A Gift From the Heart

Yesterday my usual girl gang celebrated Yan's birthday. Instead of receiving presents from us only, she gave me a gift. A gift from the heart.

I was extremely uneasy and totally uncomfortable during my sister's wedding banquet because of my new shoes. See pictures of the shoes in this post "Evening Gown For Wedding Dinner".

It was the first time I wore shoes with such design. My feet were lifted out of the shoe with every step I take and when I land, it 'crushed' the end-part of the shoes. In the end, I either had to keep adjusting the back of the shoe so that my heels could fit in, or I had to walk extremely slowly as I pushed my feet up-and-backwards, in order not to slip out of the shoe again.

It was a horrible feeling! I had to entertain the guests, walk around and yet I was hunching and walking like a tortise! Super Horrible!

Yan was there at my sister's wedding and I told her about my unhappiness. Immediately she suggested that I should buy a shoe-pad from Scholl. As I could not think of another occasion whereby I would wear that pair of shoes again, I did not purchase the shoe-pad.

Now that Chinese New Year is round the corner, I thought it might be a great chance to wear those heels again. So I asked Yan yesterday over the table of food, if she could 'bring' me to buy the shoe-pad, since we were already at the biggest shopping mall in Singapore.

"I bought it for you already." she said as she reached into her bag and took this out:

My heart melted that very instant! She listened, she remembered and she took the trouble to buy it for me and did not want me to pay her a single cent. *hugs*

I was really moved. I did not know what else to say but to say "Thank You" repeatedly.

When I reached home, I tried it on immediately and oh wow! It was so comfortable! First, it solved my slipping problem and it gave me great comfort! Satisfaction score ~ 100% !

Thank you Yan, you touched my heart.... *super hugs* Thank you......

Do You Wear Your Wedding Rings Daily?

I was shocked to find out today that it was a common practice for married couples NOT to wear their wedding bands or wedding rings daily.

Right after this new discovery, I went home and asked a few more couples and lo and behold its true!!! *Jaws Dropped*

Is this a trend? Am I outdated?
If I am man at a pub and I saw this woman without any ring on the left hand's fourth finger, I would naturally think that she is single and 'encourage' people to approach. Is that what you want to portray when you have already vowed to be married to your hubby?

Whereas for men without a wedding ring on that finger...... is that the reason why more divorce cases are happening nowadays due to third party involvement?

We wear wedding rings on the fourth finger of our left hand because one of the veins lead straight to the heart. Therefore, to me, wearing wedding ring is very important, because the marriage vow you gave to your spouse is one that should always be in your heart. Therefore, something so precious, why take it off after the vow has been made?

Why wouldn't a married couple wear their wedding rings after marriage?

Several reasons were mentioned:

1. Either party is working in an environment whereby chemicals are involved, hence it would tarnish the ring. And since the spouse is not wearing, the other choose not to wear.
2. Men does not like to wear ring, so the wife choose not to wear too.
3. The ring size no longer fits well after pregnancy, so when the wife does not wear it, the husband do so too.
4. One of the ring was lost. Did not get a replacement, so the other party might as well not wear it.
5. The solitaire was too big and it kept knocking or scratching on things. So when the wife does not wear, the husband follow suit.

Other than the first reason above, I find all other reasons totally unacceptable.
My views below may offend some of the couples who practice not wearing the wedding rings daily, I apologise first if its piercing to your ears....

However for the first reason, I see no excuse good enough to justify why the ring cannot be worn after work? You can put it in your wallet and wear it after you leave your company or factory or laboratory. If 'troublesome' is your excuse reason, then buying and choosing the rings in the first place is even more troublesome, isn't?

In the first place, why were wedding rings a must when a couple goes through solemnization? Why not necklace? Or bracelet? Or any other things?!
This alone already shows the significance of the rings in a marriage.
They are a symbol of unison.

Next, why is it a must to help each other to put on the wedding ring during soleminzation?
Its to show to all witnesses and to each other that you two vowed to be reminded of this day. And as long as the ring, your spouse put onto your finger, remains on your finger after that day, you two stay true to the vow you have made.

Then, for those who simply choose not to wear because the other party is not wearing is just absurd to me. Its something so close to the heart, by choosing not to wear because the spouse is not wearing only goes to show how much importance that moment when your spouse put the ring onto your finger means to you. If you can take it out so lightly, to me, it also means that the marriage is not something you treasure.

At this point, many would argue that its the heart that matters. They said that they remember each other in their heart. That is more important than a piece of jewellery.
I find this argument off topic. I am talking about the significance of the wedding ring. If something is so important to you, would you hold it close to your heart, keep it close to you or would you leave it out of sight?!

The more I type, the angrier I get!
Because 2 couples among the ones I have asked are already divorced. And these couples took off their wedding rings just few days after their marriage. *faint*

I cried my heart out when I lost my wedding ring, see post "My Wedding Ring"
and
Tears of joy streamed down when I found it eventually again, read here "I Found My Wedding Ring"

To me, wedding rings are EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! The significance of the wedding rings are beyond words can describe because it involves the heart and soul of two human beings. How can a married couple not wear wedding rings after marriage?!

I'm sorry, I find no reason a good enough reason to remove the wedding rings after marriage and not wear it back on a daily basis.

Period!

Song Sharing Sunday #154 - Auld Lang Syne ~ Lea Michele

I really like Lea Michele's voice.
Its like a big instrument in a small body.

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!

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Auld Lang Syne ~ Lea Michele

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PotLuck Dinner with Neighbours

Never did I expect myself to end Year 2011 with a wonderful Potluck Dinner with my neighbours.
The oldest in our group is almost 60 years old and the youngest is 6 years old, which is my younger son. Though the age gap was huge, but things that made everyone happy, laughed, smiled were the same. No generation gap whatsoever!

We simply love each other's company. Like I have said in my previous post, when one of my neighbours suggested the Potluck Dinner, it made me feel like a farewell dinner for us; even though no papers had been signed yet. Interested buyers for my house are still waiting for the replies from banks and HDB, to find out if their loan would be approved.

The party started at 7pm and ended at 10pm!
Three hours of laughter, smiles and yum!
I am so happy with the way my Year 2011 ended.
Hooray!
*clap clap clap*

Just take a look at the glorious food laid out at the corridor....

I supplied ALL the Tables with table-cloths, 3 Big and 1 Small.

5 Chairs.

All Forks, Spoons and Chopsticks

Plates and Bowls.

The Packet Drinks above

and

the Rojak below.

Fishballs from J's Family

Cakes and Kuehs from J's Family

Fried Fishball Wanton from J's Family

Fried Chicken Wings from J's Family

Satay from H's Family

Longan with Pineapple and Grass Jelly Dessert from H's Family

Fruit cum Meat cum Seafood cum Vegetable Salad from E.

Fried Bee Hoon with Cabbage from E.

   

Here's wishing All my lovely Neighbours and Everyone who read my blog, a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Year 2012!

Cheers!

Ordering Turkey from Cold Storage

As said in this post "Christmas Dinner at Modesto's Restaurant" I had lots of 'first time' this Christmas 2011. Ordering Turkey from Cold Storage was one of them.
However, it would be the first and the last!

The experience was horrible!
My friend told me that Cold Storage sold the 'cooked and sizzling hot' Turkey.
So we were taking our own sweet time to collect our turkey, thinking that we would be able to eat the moment we come home with that big bird. So we waited till our tummy was feeling the emptiness first before we set off to Cold Storage at Jelita.

Wrong!

Dead Wrong!

Yes, it was cooked...BUT CHILLED!
*faint*

So in this big Blue Cooler Bag, we had the cooked but chilled approximately 4kg Butterball Roast turkey, a separate bag of Chestnut Stuffing, a separate bag of turkey gravy, a 1 kg Honey Baked Ham and a lovely Tavernello Frizzante Bianco 75d!

As we were totally caught off-guard, we were frantically reading the instructions! By the way, we were no longer feeling the emptiness in the tummy, we were really feeling HUNGRY!!!

What made it worse?
The instructions said it needs to be oven-heated for about 1 hour or more!!!! And that's for the conventional big oven, whereby you put the whole bird in, which we do not have! The one that we have can only fit a spring chicken!
*Super Faint*

Seriously, I was thinking if we should just shelf that 'Cold Turkey' into the fridge and go to the coffeeshop nearby to settle our Christmas Dinner instead!

But the kids were all excited about it, I decided not to disappoint them; so I cut up the Honey Baked Ham first and we chomped down the ham while we waited for the turkey's temperature to take flight. *eyes rolled*

Though it was stated that using the microwave oven to reheat can shorten the waiting time, we were told to arrange the chopped up turkey parts in a special way. It was way too many instructions for the people with the growling stomachs to digest.

So we 'murdered' the turkey. It was so tough!
We had to hammer our chopper into the skin, then the flesh and the bone. We had to hammer many times before the steel hits the chopping board at the other end! Wow! *super eyes rolled*

In the end, we ignored the special arrangement of the different parts of the turkey, ignored the time that needed to be taken to cook it. We simply used our own guts and feel to set the temperature and the duration, while checking on it occasionally.
Some turkey parts went in to fill the small oven, other sections filled the microwave oven. Two ovens at work at the same time! We were really hungry alright! No time to lose.

Microwave oven warmed the turkey faster and while waiting for the other oven to do its job, we divided the pieces.Well, all parts were nice except the breast meat and the skin, too dry and too stretchy respectively.

Gravy and stuffing were not on the turkey. We put them on separate bowls and luckily we did that because only my elder son and I liked the stuffing, while my younger son liked the turkey as it is, without any gravy nor stuffing.
Yup! That was our Christmas Dinner.
Just Turkey and Ham, nothing else!

We could not finish all that was in the S$69.90 set. Half of the turkey was left. Two-third of the Ham was untouched. Oh! I forgot to talk about the wine!!!



After the kids went to bed, the adults I savoured the goodness of the white wine. It was really strong!!!

In fact, so strong that my not-a-fan-of-alcoholic-drinks-hubby turned 'lobster red' after a few sips!!!

My hubby merely drank 8% of the entire bottle, while I was left with 92% of the wine all to myself! *faint*

It was a big bottle and with the turkey not fully digested yet, I could not finish the bottle of lovely wine. *sad*
I do not like the taste of overnight unsealed wine, thus hanging on to my aching heart, I had to discard the remaining 40% of it.
*Cry*

I love to drink alcohol! Too bad, I do not have many friends who do and a husband that simply could not hold his liquor. So I hardly get a chance to let my love for wine flourish. Do not like beer though...

Ooops! Off topic already!

Back to the turkey please.

Yes, we had turkey again the next day and we were getting sick of it already. The meat seemed to have toughen up after one night. So difficult to chew!

Left with one-fourth and none of us were interested to eat turkey 3 days in a row, hence we sent the bird flying down the rubbish chute. Sorry.... *pout*

Yup!
Our first and our last time ordering Turkey from Cold Storage. Too much work and too little satisfaction.
It was not the fault of Cold Storage and definitely not the Turkey's fault.... I believe its just us, who do not know how to handle the Big Bird.

So for those of you who had ordered Turkey from Cold Storage and enjoyed your feathered creature, Merry Christmas to you indeed! *smile*

Does Evian Water Improve Skin Complexion?

This is the follow up of the test I did in this post "Evian Water is Good For Skin, True?"

From then till now, I had tried using it in 3 different ways:~

1. Using it as a Toner only
2. Drinking and using it as a Toner after every facial wash
3. Drinking alone

and eventually not drinking nor using it at all!

Experiment 1: Using it as a Toner only
I have the tenancy of getting rid of my blackheads or whiteheads whenever I see them, right after facial wash. When all the squeezing or pricking is over, my face would appear red and slightly blotchy, which would usually subside after approximately 24hours. But when I use Evian on a cotton pad and wipe my skin after the 'self-blackhead-removing-treatment', the blotchy-ness subsided in 2 hours! Amazing!

Experiment 2: Drinking and using it as a Toner after every facial wash

The result was simply amazing! I had no more acne outbreaks, only very few small pimples, which gets 'matured' very quickly and hence was easy to get rid of. And these small pimples only appear like maybe one pimple in 10days. In my case, it is considered wonderful!

I used to have acne outbreaks very frequently due to my late nights and especially when the time is near to my menstruation period. After drinking and using it as a Toner after every facial wash, even with late nights, I do not have anymore acne outbreaks. Hooray!

The best part is, whenever my pimples or acne subsides, the scar remains on my face for months; but after trying this Experiment 2, pimples scars disappeared in a few days. Pretty miraculous! I think partly also due to the size of the pimples, as I have mentioned earlier, which were much smaller and easier to get rid of.

Experiment 3: Drinking alone

No more acne outbreaks but pimples scars take a much longer time to subside.

Last Experiment: Not using nor drinking it at all

It was HORRIBLE!!!!
Everything came right back to how it used to be!
I did not want to be dependent on Evian water, but after stopping completely for almost 2 weeks, my face looks terrible now!
4 acnes came out in a single day!

The scars did not clear up nor lighten. Yes, I admit that my late nights lifestyle is a crucial factor to my skin complexion, but I did not change my lifestyle when I tried the first 3 experiments. I continued the same diet, the same sleeping time, the same more stressful life because lots of changes were going on in the family and house.
Now I am so sick of my face and I am going to attend a friends gathering in 2 days time. *scream* It looks so bad now!
Its not even two full weeks yet since the day I stopped using or drinking Evian water and the difference is so drastic!

My Verdict:

I really cannot stand the face I am looking at when I stand in front of the mirror and I do not think I want to leave it as it is. So I think I will go to the supermarket later today to get my Evian Water skin treatment back. The only sad thing is the expense I have to spend on my face.
If there are no promotion, one big bottle of Evian water cost around $2.60, multiple that with 30 days would give me a damage of $78 per month. Wow! *heart pain*

Maybe I will try to make one big bottle of Evian Water last for 2 days instead of 1 day. Then the cost would be lessen by half = $39 each month. Hhhmmm... that sounds better.

How my face looks, directly affects my self esteem. I am already unhappy with my features and with a bad complexion, it just brings my confidence level even lower and I am NOT going to let that happen. Humph!

Alright, that's it for now. For those my blog readers who had been asking me about my experience with Evian water, here you have it! All in one post! *wink*

Hope this helps!
Cheers to great complexion!


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