The Seven Blunders of the World

The Seven Blunders of the World is a list that Mahatma Gandhi gave to his grandson during his last days. The seven blunders are:

• Wealth without work
• Pleasure without conscience
• Knowledge without character
• Commerce without morality
• Science without humanity
• Worship without sacrifice
• Politics without principle

The flip-flops which don't flip or flop

Going topless is always a sure way to attract attention. But now, it seems, that rule also applies to feet. This summer's must-have fashion accessory is the topless flipflop - a sandal with no straps and no apparent way of staying on your foot.

The secret is the tacky water-based glue that keeps the foamy sole in place but does not come off on skin. In the two weeks since the sandals have gone on sale - under the slogan "flip-flops that don't flip or flop" - an astonishing 3,000 pairs have been sold, despite minimal publicity.

Fans of the flip-flops say they are perfect for those looking to avoid unsightly tan lines and blisters, or for anyone who enjoys the sensation of walking barefoot. "They're not likely to work for more than a season, but they are a fun holiday accessory or something to wear after the beauty salon when you've just had your nails done.

The flip-flops, which come in five designs, including beach, rainforest and aloha sunset, cost £12.50 each and are available in three sizes - small, medium and large.
Invented in the U.S. and made in China, they have already proved a hit in Australia and Canada, where thousands of pairs have been sold.

"If you'd just had a pedicure you could just put them straight on without smudging your nail polish."

Taken from the "Daily Mail" UK.

Although its interesting, I don't think its practical... imagine goin to the beach and having all the sand stuck to your flipflops because of the sticky surface... ewwwww gross and how uncomfortable. Unless the surface was engineered to only stick on skin... i doubt it :P

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I miss you when i hear the song "That thing you do"
I miss you when i see passengers in the train chatting and laughing just like how we use too
I miss you when i don't see you across the platform at the train station to say our final goodbye's for the day
I miss you when i pass by the cinema's

I miss you when i switch on my BitComet
I miss you when i watch gilmore girls
I miss you when i see your empty cubicle

I miss you when i'm walking to the bus stop
I miss you when i'm waiting for the bus
I miss you when i look at our pictures
I miss you when i'm singing along to my playlist
I miss you when im having my lunch
I miss you laughing at me
I miss you laughing with me

I miss you so much

about me

a few things about me, some are small things, some are not so big, some may be important, some not so, some might be important at times, some you might already know, some are good to know, some you can do without but i want you to know... and all these im telling you because i just feel like sharing and it can never ever never ever used or held against me! never! ok lets get started :P in random order...

1. i like to read magazines back to front
2. i've got problems with keys & locks, it takes me a while to figure them out
3. i don't like cheese cakes
4. i can watch tv for hours
5. i love orange flavored ice cream, not the creamy kind, the icy kind - ice lollies
6. bad with movie and song titles but have great passion for them
7. i love admiring Ivan Sergei and Ashton Kutcher
8. i have a very short attention span, get distracted easily
9. i can't pronounce certain words, especially when i talk really fast, it gets all jumbled up, i have issues with the letter "R" and "V"
10. i don't like cabbage and french beans, don't like fish curry too
11. love ketchup
12. i want to travel to as many countries as possible
13. don't like coffee, i drink milo every morning
14. if i loose my temper, it only last for 5 secs
15. i get cold easily, esp my fingers and toes
16. i have mood for chocolate
17. my nose gets blocked every night
18. extremely slow eater, can take up to 2 hours, average is 1 hour
19. fear of snakes
20. jeans and tshirts anytime!
21. can get LOUD at times...
22. love roller coasters, the scarier the better
23. i am artistic
24. sucker for things that glow in the dark
25. i like bouncing balls
26. fidgety fingers
27. can't sing or play any musical instruments to save my life
28. love cartoons - spongebob is the cutest :D
29. lousy at keeping in touch but i never forget
30. don't like oats or nestum
31. want to pick up mandarin and photography
32. enjoy spending time with kids
33. I have a slight fear for any activities / sporting events that requires my head to go before my feet such as high jump and bungee jumping. Not sure if I've overcome it.. I've yet to face them
34. ... more to come...

Me Armario

Last week of December I took 2 days off, to finish up my annual leaves. I was ordered to clean my cupboard by the Home Minister and only then I will get a new mattress as a token of appreciation :) well i did clean my cupboard but yet to get my gift :P ok back to the cupboard story, yes i had a lot of crap in there, not crap crap but more like things you don't use anymore but you just wanna keep them kinda crap. So this time i told myself everything I'm not using GOES!!! no sentiments, no excuses, no buts! So most of the stuff i got rid off was things that i don't wear anymore, big shirts ( i kept them coz i thought one day i can pass them down to my cousins but now its not in fashion anymore n my cousins are picky!), lots of tshirt (kept them coz it might be handy when i paint the hse), couple of casual pants (no idea why i kept them.. maybe also for painting :P), all my vests, about 16 of them, yes once upon a time i was quite trendy oh cmon it was the vanilla ice era!!, few dresses and bags. One of the bag was my school bag, carried it throughout high school from the very 1st day of school till my last day 5 yrs later... yes i stayed loyal to it or is it the other way around... oh whatever, its a black backpack n truly one of a kind coz i bought a spiderman patch / iron on thing n sewed it on the pocket in front. I was so into spiders n spiderman everything i owned had something on it that identifies with spiders :P so yea i kept this bag allllllllllllllll these yrs, which is bout 12 yrs now!!! the bag does look a little old now, still functional except for some ripped material on the inside but u can still use it but i don't use it, i just keep it, its sentimental.... that brings us back to the rule mentioned above, "everything I'm not using GOES!", no sentiments, no excuses, no buts! :( so i told myself i have 2 keep up to my words, if i keep this bag, then i will hand up keeping a lot other stuffs that needs to go as well, so i cannot make any exceptions. Trust me it was hard for me to part with this bag, i have sooooooo many memories...

So all the unwanted "goods" was put aside and i left it to my mom to sort which goes to the trash and which is going to be given away to whoever. She knows better, if you ask me, i will take all of them back and rearrange it in my cupboard :P So then that was done, mom was very happy, i eventually became happy coz now i can shop for new things :D lots of space in my cupboard! Then the holidays were over, my regular work routine started all over again.

One day as i was heading to work taking the bus at about 6am. Picked a seat and i sat, what i usually do is i will take a short nap bout 15mins, that's how long it takes me 2 get to my next transit so i got all comfy looking around just before i was about 2 shut my eyelids, i saw something... it was a kid his back was facing me, what attracted me was his backpack, looked very familiar, then i looked harder, i saw SPIDERMAN! the exact iron on spiderman patch!!! IT WAS MY BAG! THE BAG THE KID WAS CARRYING WAS MY BAG!!! i was excited, and very touched and i couldn't stop smiling to myself the whole bus ride. It was nice to see the bag still going strong after all these years... its nice to see someone out there is using it :)
So that day i got back home asked my mom what she did with all the stuff, she told me she gave some of it to the cleaner lady who works in my apartment so i guess she passed it around and the kid took the bag :)

Well i guess rather than me keeping the bag in the cupboard at least now someone is using it.

Two Lovely People

All these years I've never owned a blog...because I never saw myself as a blogger, I'm not very good with words. But today something happened and I really want to share it with the world and how else will I be able to do this if I don’t blog?

Today after work on my long journey back home I met two lovely people. I was waiting at the bus stop to catch my final bus back home. One bus broke down so there was this huge crowd and most of them have been waiting for almost an hour, I was there for about 10 minutes and my bus came. With some pushing and squashing I finally managed to squeeze myself through the door of the bus, and as I was spotting for an empty seat for myself, this voice calls out for me. "Hello pretty girl, come sit here with me" :) well it was this uncle I always meet at the bus stop and whenever he sees me he calls out “HELLO PRETTY GAL!” with such a cheery voice. He never fails to make me smile :) so I smiled and sat beside him. I must admit sometimes I do tend to get a little embarrassed coz he can be pretty loud at times and that gets the attention of the whole bus and then the whole bus stares at me, but today I couldn’t be bothered, I was just happy to see him and further more I got a place to sit :)))) So on our way back we did our regular chatting keeping each other company and then he said something really sweet…

"I'm very glad to meet you today pretty girl, its always nice talking to you, after a long day at work, its nice to talk to someone and forget about everything, if I were to be alone on my way back now, I would probably think unnecessary things and bicker about the bus service, well since I waited for it for 1 hour today"

Then I thought to myself, how very true... I would have just been doing the exact same thing if I sat alone on my journey back. Then uncle got off, we said our goodbyes and I got off at the next stop. At that time it was drizzling so I walked a little fast, I had an umbrella in my bag but I was too lazy to take it out, I figured it was a short walk back home and I can make it before the rain gets heavier. I have this tendency to

look down most of the time when I walk, some say lack of confidence... well I’m working on it :P anyways, as I was saying, I was looking down I saw this pair of legs just behind me trying to get closer to me, so I walked a little faster and kinda moved a little more to my left giving this person more space to take over me. Then I looked up, I saw this aunty holding up her umbrella wanting to share it with me. I was shocked. I felt bad and said its
OK aunty it’s just a short walk back home, and she said its raining, don’t get wet, I will walk with you. Isn’t she sweet!!! I was sooooooo touched. Then I asked her where she lived I told where I lived and then we reached our destinations I said thanks and went my way.