Weekend

I spent my weekend at my parent's house in a small town in Johor state which is about 4 hours of drive away from my place. It had been coming to 4 months since I last visited them and of course we miss each other. It was my mom's birthday and we had a nice good dinner and celebration over there. My kids loved the more rural environment there but just too bad that the weather was too hot over the weekend and everyone gets sweaty and smelly easily! You can imagine that!

We had a big family with 9 members and 4 of the siblings stay and work in other towns so it is really nice to meet and catch up. We talked a lot and I shared with them Marie Callas.

I reached home at Sunday night all too tired and thirsty after a long drive. Luckily the traffic condition was okay then. Turning on my computer and check for some emails, watched the Sunday night football but I was feeling too tired by the half time. Decided to go to sleep by 11.50pm.

Delicious food

My stomach will churn whenever I think of them and I'll get hungry. Being a Malaysian, it's great pleasure that this country has really a lot of superb food around from different cultures. There are many excellent food blogs around the place and I think no Malaysian blog is complete without some posts of the yummy local food here. When I travel overseas, I always miss the tasty food we are proud of.

Last night, I brought my family to a local stall selling a lot of local food and I ordered 20 sticks of them because my kids just love it but I forbid them from eating too much as it is unhealthy. I took my daughter's camera phone (Yes, she has a better handphone than me) to snap a couple of pictures of the satays! I think I will look at them when I feel hungry...


Wow, are you salivating now?

We are so blessed! ....... thanks!

Clearing the mess

Since the last clean-up, the mess in my home has once again accumulated quickly and this is not helped by the sooty environment that dissipates specks of dust everywhere. I've already told them not to store unnecessary items in the house because they are fire hazards and also they get in my sight. The temperature here has been very hot at 34 to 35 degree celsius so there's always the hidden fire risk.

As I mentioned before, according to Marie Callas, the extra unwanted mess items in the house will slow down the circulation of the positive energy and it increase the level of stagnation. This is something I don't wish to feel. When there's a mess, it's harder to concentrate and so it's my objective to keep my house clean and tidy at all times.

Ribena in trouble

Ribena, I'm sure almost every adult and child knows about it. I think it's one of the most successful products ever, because I had it since I'm 5 or 6 years old and now, every little kid drinks and knows about it. It's been a fairy tale that goes on since 1930s.

However, Ribena is now in some troubles that may perhaps affect it's rock solid image as a healthy blackcurrant drink for the family.

Two New Zealand teenagers experimented with it with the intention of finding what's is its vitamin C contents as part of their school science assignment actually found that Ribena contains almost no trace of Vitamin C!

My gosh! Imagine i'm been telling my kids not to drink coke, pepsi but ribena because it is healthier!

Some weekend thoughts

Do you know when I have something extra, the first thought that comes is “I wanna bless someone." Especially for my immediate family. My mom had always taught me since young to share your blessings with those around you and I know how it felt like when God bless me and also when others bless me. Nothing beats the feeling of seeing someone happy because of you. It's that humanity that counts.

Now about others. I think the standards of customer service here in this country needs to be improved. Often, I am faced with an uninterested service staff at the shop. Maybe I'm an Indian or am I being too sensitive? I've been to other countries around this region and Thailand gives me the best impression among all. If only we have that service mindset in my blood.

Marie Callas harmoniser continues to work well for me. Somehow I know. There's something much more positive in the air around me. Luck maybe in my house very soon? Or am I dreaming?

Malaysia Microchip

I hate those long queues at the cashier counters of supermarket because in many instances, I got this feeling that those cashier staff are simply going through their motions in their work without any sense of urgency or pride. In the end, the queues get longer and shoppers becomes frustrated by the longer wait.

Therefore, I read this news with a lot of anticipation. It mentions something about using our proprietary RFID technology to solve sticky situations like cashier counter queues, just by a single sweep of a scanning device, all the items in your cart will be registered to the cash registers - you don't even have to remove them from the cart! That's superb, isn't it?

As a proud Malaysia, I'm glad that we are going into RFID technology development like this Malaysia Microchip (or MM Chip) . It's not new but we now boast having the smallest RFID (radio frequency identification) chip (0.7mm x 0.7mm size) with an on-board antenna in the world. Boleh! RFID technology is not new and local drivers have been using it in the Touch 'n Go cards but this MM Chip is a step forward.

I wish to see more of it in our daily applications soon because we are always rushing for time and this will make our efficiency better without wasting unncessary times.

Have you seen a solar halo?

Too bad that it only appeared in Penang. I've never see such phenomenon in my whole life before.

But many in Penang's George Town between 1.30pm and 2.15pm yesterday saw a spectacular rainbown around the sun called solar halo. Understanding it further, the halo was an atmospheric optical phenomenon caused by a refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the sky. It occurs a few times a year on a hot and clear days but people don't realise its existence as we don't look at the sky during the day.

Those who witnessed regarded it as a good sign because halo in religion and spirituality means holiness and while the sun is a positive source of light and energy. It will bring good luck and fortune to people in the land.