yes, we are at home. We are not at some happening New Year's eve shindig. We, the Selva family, are at home. And I am watching tv, Facebooking and blogging .. while putting Calista to sleep.
*sigh*
I am not one to make resolutions .. my hubby was busy making them for me earlier over dinner. He said his was to lose some weight and looked at me pointedly. I am perfectly fine with the way I am, I told him .. while taking a swig of my Coke .. hahaha! ... And he said, he was going to get me a pair of inline skates.
Blardy hell.
I did try to learn how to inline skate LONG AGO. Like way before I had Claudia. I tried inline skating like once .. then shortly after that, I was pregnant, had Claudia .. then we left for the States when she was 3.5 years old. Then I got rid of the skates before we came back cos they were really too bulky and we were kinda short on shipping space .. lol.
Anyway, I am not keen now. Hubby wants me to pick it up. DAMN.
2009 has been a very hectic year for me. The year kinda whizzed by. WIth 4 growing girls, there was a lot to do. Most of it chauffering them around for their classes and such. And taking care of a newborn was tiring too .. rewarding but tiring :p But I've been really blessed. God has been good to Stanley and I. To our family. Our girls are happy and healthy and Stanley and I remain in love .. and it's been 18 years for us :p Yeah, sure the man makes me agitated on and off .. but I know I'm really happy and glad to have him as my husband. He has been there for me always. For me and for the girls :) He loves me unconditionally and he puts us first always.
Here's hoping 2010 won't go by as fast so we get to enjoy it more as a family.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
A new vac and a dry cabinet :)
For all of u looking for a vacuum cleaner, u need to consider this. Where can u buy the bags for the thing? I didn't consider that factor when I bought my last vacuum cleaner .. a Rowenta Balloon, and for 9 years ... (except for the 2 years that we were away) .. we had to go to some corner of Singapore where the Rowenta service centre was to get the damn bags.
What's the big deal, you ask? .. huh, when you're down to the last bag in the box, and you don't have the TIME time to drive down to get the bags from some out-of-the-way place, then you'll know what I mean. Ditto, if u have to send the thing in for servicing.
So this time around, I decided to get a vac which was either bagless OR if it uses bags, then to make sure that the bags were easily available at Courts etc.
I went with Electrolux this time around. And it's bagless. It's not really super silent, just average .. but I didn't want to spend more than $300 for a vacuum cleaner that my maid would be handling. Simple to use. Not too heavy AND it's NOT MADE IN CHINA. A lot of the stuff out there is made in China. My old Rowenta WASN'T made in China .. it was made in UK .. and see, it lasted 9 years. This new one is made in Hungary.
I remember when I first bought that Rowenta Balloon 9 years ago, my hubby was quite against it cos it wasn't cheap .. though I can't recall the price now (lol) .. but SEE, IT LASTED SO DAMN BLARDY LONG.
My old Rowenta hasn't died by the way. It's still alive, just that some parts here and there have broken off over the years .. and it's gotten really noisy. But it has served us well. Just that it is kinda a pain to have to drive all the way down to the CBD area just to get the bags (the office has moved a few times over the years). For Electrolux, the service centre is in Toa Payoh - not too bad.
Anyway, hope this new vacuum will last. I'm hoping for at least 3 years. That's all I'm asking for.
We also bought a dry cabinet for my 7D ... so now, the damn thing has it's own little glass cabinet that controls the humidity and temperature so as to protect the camera and the lens. And it's digital :) AWESOME !!
What's the big deal, you ask? .. huh, when you're down to the last bag in the box, and you don't have the TIME time to drive down to get the bags from some out-of-the-way place, then you'll know what I mean. Ditto, if u have to send the thing in for servicing.
So this time around, I decided to get a vac which was either bagless OR if it uses bags, then to make sure that the bags were easily available at Courts etc.
I went with Electrolux this time around. And it's bagless. It's not really super silent, just average .. but I didn't want to spend more than $300 for a vacuum cleaner that my maid would be handling. Simple to use. Not too heavy AND it's NOT MADE IN CHINA. A lot of the stuff out there is made in China. My old Rowenta WASN'T made in China .. it was made in UK .. and see, it lasted 9 years. This new one is made in Hungary.
I remember when I first bought that Rowenta Balloon 9 years ago, my hubby was quite against it cos it wasn't cheap .. though I can't recall the price now (lol) .. but SEE, IT LASTED SO DAMN BLARDY LONG.
My old Rowenta hasn't died by the way. It's still alive, just that some parts here and there have broken off over the years .. and it's gotten really noisy. But it has served us well. Just that it is kinda a pain to have to drive all the way down to the CBD area just to get the bags (the office has moved a few times over the years). For Electrolux, the service centre is in Toa Payoh - not too bad.
Anyway, hope this new vacuum will last. I'm hoping for at least 3 years. That's all I'm asking for.
We also bought a dry cabinet for my 7D ... so now, the damn thing has it's own little glass cabinet that controls the humidity and temperature so as to protect the camera and the lens. And it's digital :) AWESOME !!
Monday, December 28, 2009
So I am now 36 years old!
*sigh*
gosh, that's OLD. My friend on Facebook was telling me that it's JUST A NUMBER. Yeah, right. No matter how old you look, your age is your age. Zoe Tay can try to LOOK young .. but man, that woman is past 40 and actually looks it now.
And so yes, I am 36 :( blardy hell. My maid, loyally said I didn't look 36 (yes, I know .. I PAY her money every month, so I am not stupid enough to believe her .. lol !) - nah, I am more than happy if people guess my age right rather than say I look older than that. People who guess younger often are people who can't really tell to begin with .. and they just take a stab in the dark. lol ! I have this friend who was telling me sometime ago that some of her younger friends said she looked to be in her 20s .. and I didn't have the heart to tell her that young people (her friends here were in their late teens - some kids she used to tutor) ... didn't KNOW HOW TO TELL AGE properly .. not that she didn't look YOUNG .. just that she looked her age lar, which is a year younger than I am. I did later hint to her that we all looked our age and that it was better than looking older, like 45 or more.
Anyway, to my horror .. I realized that I still like cutesy things even though I'm 36. Like what you ask? .... er, Hello Kitty is one of them. HAHAHAHAH!!
While I'm not INSANE enough to carry, say, a HK handbag around (heaven forbid) ... I'd be more than happy to have a HK coin purse (I have one already) or a HK pen .. something NOT obvious. I'd carry a HK bag .. but it would contain Calista's things .. so it would essentially be a baby bag .. which my maid would carry anyway.
My girls unfortunately, do not like Hello Kitty or Disney Princesses .. or even Strawberry Shortcake. I am now trying to rectify that sad situation. At least I get to buy the cutesy pink stuff for them if they like it .. !! They MUST like Hello Kitty. They HAVE TO. lol !!
Anyway, guess what I received on my birthday ? Yeap, these lovely, lovely flowers .. and no, they weren't from my dear husband.
They were delivered in the morning and so were waiting for me when we got back from church. I think they're gorgeous. I love flowers.
Thank you dear Lisa for your really thoughtful, extravagant gift. You are loved! :p
gosh, that's OLD. My friend on Facebook was telling me that it's JUST A NUMBER. Yeah, right. No matter how old you look, your age is your age. Zoe Tay can try to LOOK young .. but man, that woman is past 40 and actually looks it now.
And so yes, I am 36 :( blardy hell. My maid, loyally said I didn't look 36 (yes, I know .. I PAY her money every month, so I am not stupid enough to believe her .. lol !) - nah, I am more than happy if people guess my age right rather than say I look older than that. People who guess younger often are people who can't really tell to begin with .. and they just take a stab in the dark. lol ! I have this friend who was telling me sometime ago that some of her younger friends said she looked to be in her 20s .. and I didn't have the heart to tell her that young people (her friends here were in their late teens - some kids she used to tutor) ... didn't KNOW HOW TO TELL AGE properly .. not that she didn't look YOUNG .. just that she looked her age lar, which is a year younger than I am. I did later hint to her that we all looked our age and that it was better than looking older, like 45 or more.
Anyway, to my horror .. I realized that I still like cutesy things even though I'm 36. Like what you ask? .... er, Hello Kitty is one of them. HAHAHAHAH!!
While I'm not INSANE enough to carry, say, a HK handbag around (heaven forbid) ... I'd be more than happy to have a HK coin purse (I have one already) or a HK pen .. something NOT obvious. I'd carry a HK bag .. but it would contain Calista's things .. so it would essentially be a baby bag .. which my maid would carry anyway.
My girls unfortunately, do not like Hello Kitty or Disney Princesses .. or even Strawberry Shortcake. I am now trying to rectify that sad situation. At least I get to buy the cutesy pink stuff for them if they like it .. !! They MUST like Hello Kitty. They HAVE TO. lol !!
Anyway, guess what I received on my birthday ? Yeap, these lovely, lovely flowers .. and no, they weren't from my dear husband.
They were delivered in the morning and so were waiting for me when we got back from church. I think they're gorgeous. I love flowers.
Thank you dear Lisa for your really thoughtful, extravagant gift. You are loved! :p
Saturday, December 26, 2009
I'm dreaming of ....
a Russian apple pie. The one Blue Magnolia makes rocks!! .. I've tried a couple of their cakes, and I hafta say that their stuff is GOOD. I still love The Patissier but Blue Magnolia is quite awes0me as well.
I wanted to order their Russian Apple Pie for my birthday ... but alas, it's too late now :(
So have a go. Try their stuff. Especially the Russian Apple pie. Have it with good vanilla ice cream.
*drool*
I wanted to order their Russian Apple Pie for my birthday ... but alas, it's too late now :(
So have a go. Try their stuff. Especially the Russian Apple pie. Have it with good vanilla ice cream.
*drool*
Santa loves me.
Yes he does. He brought me a camera for Christmas !! .. I initially wanted to buy a Canon EOS 500D for myself .. cos it's an entry level DSLR camera and since I ain't no pro .. I thought that would be more than enough for me. At the end of the day, I mostly take pics of my girls, my girls and yes, my girls. SO .. I was really shocked and surprised when hubby presented me with my gift on Christmas morning and I unwrapped it to find it was the Canon EOS 7D instead. Shocked because, up till a few weeks ago, he was dead set against me buying a new camera for myself. He had insisted that my current camera was more than enough.
As I had complained in an earlier post here, my camera is a Canon Powershot G3 .. it's like freaking 7 years old and is only 4 megapixels. *sigh* The rubber grip on the front of the body has disintegrated. Thing is, since I am quite careful with my possessions, the darn thing is still working perfectly fine otherwise. I haven't had to send it in for any kind of repair AT ALL in the 7 years I've had it .. and I've lugged it everywhere ... Disney World, Grand Canyon, up a mountain in Colorado Springs .. through cold winters (where the buttons actually became stiff for a bit in the cold) .. and it's still working perfectly.
sigh. And so the man refused to let me get a new camera.
I think we've had the argument a few times already and recently I had decided that I was going to get it and pay for it myself whether he liked it or not.
Guess he changed his mind and decided to get it for me instead. And he upgraded it to an even better model .. semi-pro actually, Now I am afraid of damaging the darn thing knowing he paid so much for it. And this was one of the reasons why I wanted to pay for it myself.
LOL :p -- it's like he can't win either way, huh? .. Get it for me, not happy. Don't get it for me, also not happy. WTH.
As I had complained in an earlier post here, my camera is a Canon Powershot G3 .. it's like freaking 7 years old and is only 4 megapixels. *sigh* The rubber grip on the front of the body has disintegrated. Thing is, since I am quite careful with my possessions, the darn thing is still working perfectly fine otherwise. I haven't had to send it in for any kind of repair AT ALL in the 7 years I've had it .. and I've lugged it everywhere ... Disney World, Grand Canyon, up a mountain in Colorado Springs .. through cold winters (where the buttons actually became stiff for a bit in the cold) .. and it's still working perfectly.
sigh. And so the man refused to let me get a new camera.
I think we've had the argument a few times already and recently I had decided that I was going to get it and pay for it myself whether he liked it or not.
Guess he changed his mind and decided to get it for me instead. And he upgraded it to an even better model .. semi-pro actually, Now I am afraid of damaging the darn thing knowing he paid so much for it. And this was one of the reasons why I wanted to pay for it myself.
LOL :p -- it's like he can't win either way, huh? .. Get it for me, not happy. Don't get it for me, also not happy. WTH.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Our new sofa ...
yes, as usual, it's from IKEA and it's leather. We find that with kids .. leather is the way to go. And the leather sofas at Ikea are pretty cheap considering there are leather sofas out there that cost more than 5k at Harvey Norman for example. We got the 3 seater one from Karlstad .. tufted black leather. We paid a bit more to change the legs from wooden to metal ones cos we thought the metal ones looked cooler with the black leather.
The sofa arrived today ... quite comfy. We are happy with out choice. And it was only 1.7k !! Alright!! .. On average, our sofas last about 2 years or so .. so the price is alright :)
It fits just nicely in our living room :) ... Now, we have to change the tv console. Our old one is looking rather ... er, old .. lol.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
So ....
the man has been home on leave since like a week or two ago ... I don't recall exactly when it is he went on leave cos counting only serves to remind me just how long the man has been at home IN MY WAY.
lol !!
ok lar, it's not like I detest him being around. I love the man. It's just that he can be a pain sometimes. hahahah :p And be in my way of doing things. I guess that's what it is. He has his way and I have mine .. and sometimes they don't match.
I really really need to go to Orchard to finish up my Christmas shopping. And it's already the 16th and I have yet to do it. Of course, he wants to know WHY I need it to be TOWN. I told him it's cos I LIKE BEING IN TOWN during the Christmas season. What's wrong with that? All the decorations, the Chrismassy stuff ... I like it. After all, HE was the one who gave me extra money to spend during Christmas .. and now he's making it hard for me to even spend it. wth. It's like some cruel joke. lol :p
Uncle of course is not really a fan of the whole going-to-town-story. Firstly, of course, there's the town erp charge *me rolling my eyes* ... and then the exorbitant parking in town *me rolling my eyes again - cos I've parked in town for hours on end .. did all my shopping and incurred a 20 dollar parking charge BUT I DROVE outta town HAPPY cos I completed my shopping .. this was 2 years ago - before Calista* .. I mean I can save on fuel and erp and parking ... but then how am going to lug all my shopping home on the MRT?!! I need my MPV man.
lol :p
Anyway, December is coming to an end ... then the man goes back to work. While I am regretful that he has to go back to work .. cos then the girls don't see him all that much .. SO DO I. hahahahah :p
I was watching an old episode of "Everybody loves Raymond" and Debra said to her husband, Raymond ... "I want you to want to be here ... but not actually be here"
EXACTLY, man .. especially when I'm trying to get my Christmas shopping done.
lol !!
ok lar, it's not like I detest him being around. I love the man. It's just that he can be a pain sometimes. hahahah :p And be in my way of doing things. I guess that's what it is. He has his way and I have mine .. and sometimes they don't match.
I really really need to go to Orchard to finish up my Christmas shopping. And it's already the 16th and I have yet to do it. Of course, he wants to know WHY I need it to be TOWN. I told him it's cos I LIKE BEING IN TOWN during the Christmas season. What's wrong with that? All the decorations, the Chrismassy stuff ... I like it. After all, HE was the one who gave me extra money to spend during Christmas .. and now he's making it hard for me to even spend it. wth. It's like some cruel joke. lol :p
Uncle of course is not really a fan of the whole going-to-town-story. Firstly, of course, there's the town erp charge *me rolling my eyes* ... and then the exorbitant parking in town *me rolling my eyes again - cos I've parked in town for hours on end .. did all my shopping and incurred a 20 dollar parking charge BUT I DROVE outta town HAPPY cos I completed my shopping .. this was 2 years ago - before Calista* .. I mean I can save on fuel and erp and parking ... but then how am going to lug all my shopping home on the MRT?!! I need my MPV man.
lol :p
Anyway, December is coming to an end ... then the man goes back to work. While I am regretful that he has to go back to work .. cos then the girls don't see him all that much .. SO DO I. hahahahah :p
I was watching an old episode of "Everybody loves Raymond" and Debra said to her husband, Raymond ... "I want you to want to be here ... but not actually be here"
EXACTLY, man .. especially when I'm trying to get my Christmas shopping done.
Monday, December 14, 2009
oh shucks ...
I just realized that the EOS 500D ... it being a DSLR and all ... doesn't have a movie mode. DAMN.
Now, I may have to rethink my choice. I would rather my camera have the movie function ... cos as parents, we sometimes like to take short clips and not just stills all the time.
HOW??!!! I know I can buy a digital video camera ... but I don't want to lug 2 cameras around.
hmmmmmmm.
Now, I may have to rethink my choice. I would rather my camera have the movie function ... cos as parents, we sometimes like to take short clips and not just stills all the time.
HOW??!!! I know I can buy a digital video camera ... but I don't want to lug 2 cameras around.
hmmmmmmm.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Blardy hell.
We got a new CPU. It's a kickass one. SUPER fast and silent. We went down to Sim Lim and had them fix it up .. we just chose the individual stuff inside ... the memory, the graphics card, the motherboard etc. Hubby FINALLY got sick and tired of our DELL. I swear that thing, it's like freaking 5 years old or so .. and it's so slow ... u can start it up, go to the loo, make your coffee and bread and come back to sit in front of it, and it would've just started up. BUT, it was still ok for general surfing and emailing and stuff. But if you start playing Facebook games on it .. or try to open more than one application at a time, then woe to u. It can either hang or just move really slow. Like snail slow. lol !
SO now my new CPU is so super fast. I lurve.
Only thing is it runs on Windows 7. And because of the amount of memory hubby installed, he opted for the 64bit version thereby making a lot more of my external devices not compatible. BUMMER, man. Luckily, my printer and router were installed just fine.
And of course, I can't seem to find the driver for my camera anywhere ONLINE not even the Canon website. Now I can't download my pics into my PC. I would use a card reader .. but guess what? .. My camera is soooooooo ancient, it's using the now rarely seen Compact Flash card. yeap, blardy hell indeed. Now I gotta figure out how on earth I am going to retrieve my photos from the camera.
I TOLD MY HUBBY THAT I NEED A NEW CAMERA.
huh. Now I guess I have to buy one. I was looking at the Canon EOS 500D at Alan Photo at Sim Lim when we were there getting the new CPU ... but it was out of stock and he didn't have a definite date for me. He tried to get me to buy the Nikon D5000 instead ... but I prefer Canon :)
Will wait for stock to come in then go down and get it.
Yay, I can't wait.
SO now my new CPU is so super fast. I lurve.
Only thing is it runs on Windows 7. And because of the amount of memory hubby installed, he opted for the 64bit version thereby making a lot more of my external devices not compatible. BUMMER, man. Luckily, my printer and router were installed just fine.
And of course, I can't seem to find the driver for my camera anywhere ONLINE not even the Canon website. Now I can't download my pics into my PC. I would use a card reader .. but guess what? .. My camera is soooooooo ancient, it's using the now rarely seen Compact Flash card. yeap, blardy hell indeed. Now I gotta figure out how on earth I am going to retrieve my photos from the camera.
I TOLD MY HUBBY THAT I NEED A NEW CAMERA.
huh. Now I guess I have to buy one. I was looking at the Canon EOS 500D at Alan Photo at Sim Lim when we were there getting the new CPU ... but it was out of stock and he didn't have a definite date for me. He tried to get me to buy the Nikon D5000 instead ... but I prefer Canon :)
Will wait for stock to come in then go down and get it.
Yay, I can't wait.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Home made pizza :)
Well, ok I admit .. I didn't really MAKE the pizza ... I more like assembled it .. lol ! ... The pizza base was from Melvados, the sauce from Prego .. canned pizza sauce, the grated mozzarella cheese was from QB .. the sliced salami pepperoni was from Cold Storage.I assembled it and put it on my humongous Dansk pizza baking stone (Yes, I have one .. bought it when we were in the States) and dumped it in my oven with the pizza on top ...And voila ... homemade pepperoni pizza. LOL !!
My girls loved it :)
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