July 2007 – Page 2 – HEALTH FREAK MOMMY

Pissed Off With Streamyx

I am really pissed off with Streamyx as the connection has been unstable for the last 2 days. I woke up at 3am today when the alarm from a car parked outside a condo opposite my house went off for almost 4 hours. So I went downstairs to my computer to check for offers but the internet connection keeps breaking up. So I went back to sleep but just couldn’t sleep as the stupid car alarm kept wailing away so loudly. When I woke up at 6am, thank God the internet connection was up again and I saw an email from one review company informing me that there’s an offer but when I’d logged into the website, the offer was already taken up. What the fun! Had the internet connection been up, I could have accepted the offer when I woke up at 3am. This has happened twice already and I’m just so pissed off. What the fish! Never mind lar, I still have a few more reviews to work on. Hopefully I’ll receive more offers today.

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Alycia Takes Over My Role

I read to the gals whenever they have their milk fixes from the bottle. Lately, I have been busy with my assignments so Alycia has taken over my role. Yesterday, I didn’t read to Sherilyn when she was having her mid-morning milk fix. So Alycia took out a book and said “come Kay Yi, let me read to you” as she lay down on the floor next to Sherilyn and began ‘reading’ to her like this :

I’m really proud of Alycia.

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Combi Bib

This is the Combi bib that I got Sherilyn from Toys City, 1U. It cost me RM50, before a 20% discount. It’s expensive but I feel it’s well worth the investment coz Sher’s a real messy eater and with a good food-catcher bib, it saves me all the trouble cleaning up the food that she drops or spits out.

The rubbery bib is detachable, foldable (good for outings) and is adjustable to 3 heights, depending on the size of the toddler.

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Need Catering?

Anyone needs catering for just about any functions? You have a caterer right here, that’s right, my hubby is a caterer. Just call Alan at 019-266 4297 for a quote today.

These are pix taken at one of his recent functions.

This is not a sponsored post 🙂

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New Books and Jigsaw Puzzle

I got some cheap Bumblebee books, produced locally by Pelangi from MPH for the gals on Sunday. They only cost between RM1.90 to RM3.90 each. The words are huge and there are colourful illustrations on the pages. I also got Alycia a 48-piece jigsaw puzzle which only cost RM5.90. I saw some Dr Seuss books and I was so tempted to buy them but they are way out of my budget, costing RM30 and above. Well, I may buy them if I get to earn more from paid posts.

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Tagged : Rockin’ Girl Blogger

Received this award 4 times from Hipncoolmomma, Mummy In Vain, Mommy to Chumsy and Montessorimum. I feel so honoured to be given this award of a Rockin’ Girl Blogger 4 times but I don’t think I rock lar. I am just addicted to blogging.

I shall not pass this award to anyone coz I notice that almost all the bloggers had received it already. Thanks once again to Girlie, Vivian, Barbara and Elaine for nominating me!

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Paid Posts

I got a real pleasant surprise this morning when I went to check out this review company’s website, just to try my luck in grabbing some offers albeit being informed by them that I can only come back on 1 Aug 07 to accept offers as my quota has already been maxed out. I was so happy when I saw a message stating that the new quota is now 40 per month. I quickly checked my categories and my goodness, I saw so many offers waiting for me to accept. I quickly accepted 6 offers and now, I have lots of assignments to do. I can forget about PPP for the time being as I had not properly selected the category my blog should be in, thus the reason why I have not been receiving opps from them. Thanks Chin Nee for informing me! PPP says I can only change my blog category in 24 days’ time, what the fun!…. never mind, thank God, I still have some offers from other companies.

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My Favorite Protein Snacks

My all-time favorite protein snacks:

Organic sunflower seed and sesame seed candies.

Black sesame seed and pumpkin seed candies.

Dried roasted sugar and salt-free chickpeas.

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Magnetic Jigsaw Puzzle

This is the magnetic Thomas and Friends jigsaw puzzle that I bought Alycia from Safe n Sound, 1U. It looks easy to fix but if all the puzzles are dismantled and jumbled up, you will have a real hard time putting the puzzles together again. Yesterday, after the gals had jumbled up all the puzzles, I had to get my maid’s help to put the puzzles together before keeping them as I was busy with some assignments. Alycia still needs some guidance from me to fix this puzzle as the puzzle pieces are quite small and difficult to assemble. I’ve also learnt a lesson. I can only give her 1 set of the puzzle (1 set consists of 4 Thomas characters) at a time and not all the 3 sets at once, so that she won’t jumble up all the sets.

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Writing Paid Posts

I woke up at 5:30am today. Completed the 2 offers that I had accepted at 2:30am and now, I’ll do some back exercise on my fitball then I’ll head outside to my porch to work-out on my trampoline again. It’s really tiring working like this but I get a sense of achievement and my financial security back. It’s amazing how money motivates people.

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Franchising of Vending Machines

My uncle has been running a grocery shop for more than two decades. Business for the last few years have been pretty slow as there has been stiff competition from hypermarkets that have been mushrooming everywhere. My uncle has been scratching his head searching for ideas on how to turn around the business of his grocery shop. Several days ago, I met my uncle at a relative’s wedding and I told him about my wish in setting up my own home-based business in the franchise of bulk vending machines. This idea hit my uncle and he is now very interested in putting up a few candy and toy capsules vending machines outside his grocery shop as this would bring about a 100% cash business. I’ve given him the website address of multivend, the leading bulk candy vending machine manufacturer in the United States that offers individuals a unique opportunity to own their own business. I hope our franchise vending machine business will kick off soon.

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Grabbing Offers

This morning, I woke up at 2:30am to ease myself in the loo. Before I hopped back onto bed, my legs were itchy and I was very tempted to get downstairs to check for offers on my computer. So downstairs I went and when I refreshed my screen, I saw 2 nice offers from my favorite review company. I quickly accepted the 2 offers without a bat in my eyelid and then went back to bed. Minutes later into my sleep, I had dreamt of accepting more offers from this company. The dream seemed so vivid and I was happily clicking on the ‘accept’ tab in my dream. Oh what a sweet dream, if only it would come true.

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A Day Out At One Utama

On Sunday, daddy brought us to One Utama. We had brunch at Paddington House of Pancakes. Alycia and Sherilyn enjoyed the savoury and sweet pancakes very much. We also enjoyed the beautiful view from the glass window facing the indoor park. After brunch, we went to buy Sherilyn a pair of white color shoes from Tree House Kids’ Shoes, MPH to buy some story books, a karaoke nursery rhymes VCD and a 48-piece jigsaw puzzle. We also went to Safe n Sound and daddy bought another Safety 1st bed-railing and a magnetic Thomas and Friends jigsaw puzzle. I’ll tell you why he bought another bed-railing. Later, we went to Toys City and mummy bought an expensive Combi bib. Before we left, we had Japanese food at this new restaurant called Shogun something, located next to Good Evening Thai Restaurant.

The savoury pancake with egg, sausage, baked tomato and Romania lettuce.

Coin-sized pancakes topped with grounded peanuts, white chocolate flakes, fresh strawberries, strawberry sauce, chocolate sauce and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

The girls at a gift shop. Sherilyn was crazy over the 3D sphere ball and the rubber yoyo but mummy said “NO, cannot buy coz you have too many toys at home”.

If we’re at 1U, daddy will surely not miss out bringing his 2 angels for the animal train ride and animal motorized rides.

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Bulk Vending Machine Business

Lately, I’ve been toying with some ideas on starting my own home-based business. There are a few businesses that I am interested in, among which is to set up my own online store selling baby items and the latest idea is a franchise business in bulk candy vending machines. This idea came about when I saw Alycia and other kids going crazy over these gumballs and toy capsules vending machines. The other day, daddy spent $8 on just 1 toy capsule on a vending machine for Alycia and there was a long queue of kids waiting to insert coins into the vending machine at a shopping mall. So this idea struck me. What a good 100% cash business this is. I’ve asked a friend of mine for advise and he asked me to check out vendstar, an established manufacturer of bulk vending machines that can get me into the bulk vending machine business. If I get to earn enough money from writing paid posts, I’ll definitely give this bulk vending machine business a great thought.

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Ranting – Writing Paid Posts

I have just written and submitted a post for a review company. It has so many requirements attached to the offer in complicated instructions I almost went berserk. I had accepted this offer in the morning at about 9am and only managed to submit the post at 12noon. There were just too much disruptions in between. Lately, my 2 gals, especially Sherilyn, want so much of my attention. They want me to sit with them to do things with them almost the entire day! I am trying to concentrate typing but my 2 gals are constantly whining and fussing and tugging me. I tell you, I can go crazy like this. Lately, they also do not want to nap during the daytime, so that leaves me with no time to do my paid posts. That’s the reason why I have to wake up at ungodly hours in the wee hours of the morning to complete my assignments.

I have not been visiting many of my friends’ blogs lately as most of my time is just spent trying to complete assignments, reading to my gals, playing puzzles with them, drawing with them, attending to their wishes, whimps and fancies, etc. etc. Sorry…. i’ll try and drop by your blog today and kay poh to see what’s been happening. I still have a few more uncompleted assignments but i’ll give myself a rest first.

Aarrrggh…. Alycia is whining again screaming “i want mummy, i want mummy, i dont want kakak!!! “

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Sherilyn Has Super Itchy Fingers

Sherilyn has super duper itchy fingers. Daddy had brought back Mickey and Pooh Bear from the storeroom in his office a couple of days ago. The gals has so many toys I had to keep some in our house storeroom and another batch in daddy’s office. We bring out the ‘ new old toys’ once in a while and keep the current old ones so that they have ‘new’ toys to play with all the time.

Within half an hour of playing with the ‘new’ Mickey Mouse toy after daddy had brought it back, I saw Sherilyn sitting quietly on the floor digging out Mickey’s eyes. When daddy asked her why she dug out Mickey’s eyes, Sherilyn’s reply was “got poop inside the eyes.” Daddy then asked her where she had kept Mickey’s eyes, Sherilyn replied “flooded away di.” Super good excuses!

Yesterday, she removed Pooh Bear’s t-shirt and Mickey’s shorts and tried to wear them but they got stuck on her legs. This brat is always bursting with ideas. Sometimes I dont know whether to laugh or get mad at her. She makes me fuming mad yet never fails to douse off the fire raging in my head with her antics.

Naked Mickey and Pooh Bear.

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