Archive for November, 2007
Filed Under Women
I need to look like Claudia Schiffer. No, wait, she has retired. I need to look like every latest runaway model out there and I need it fast. Just 2 more days and I may be on national television. I can’t risk having my face full of blemish and my thinning hair on air. I have problems that needs rectification ASAP.
Oh great. Its past midnight. That can only mean one thing. I have only 24 hours left before the big showdown. What is it? I will tell you later because right now I am totally freaking out!! Here’s the deal. I need to go for a facial. A full detoxification facial to look radiant and have my eyebrows shaped. They look terrible and I have been told they look like “caveman” eyebrows.
After having my face done, I need a good Thai massage. Nothing better than a traditional Thai massage to soothe the stiff muscles. I will be thoroughly relaxed and rejuvenated afterwards. Since I have my face and back taken care of, I will then need to do my hair. They are a mess. Bushy at the back and thin at the front. There is a serious need for provillus. My hairdresser should know what to do.
Now comes the major problem. I need cash for all the activities I have planned. Who will lend me some money? I am in dire straits here. God knows I can’t rely on my sister. She has her own set of financial problems to think about. Although, I did tell her about cash advance. Wonder if she has looked into them. What about some payday loans? Gosh, this is so not looking good. I have to sit down and relax. Think things over. I’ll be fine.
Filed Under Thoughts, Blogging
This super cute mommy gave me many things. I really must thank her for her hospitality and thoughtfulness. This time, she gave me a happy blogging poem. I really needed it. It speaks my mind at the moment. In an ideal world, blogging would be fun, blogging would be exciting, blogging meant sharing. Now, blogging has turned into a venture. A venture that I have embarked though not on a large scale but with my current situation and schedule, its enough for me to breathe.
Well, to do who have embarked on this venture, let me present to you this happy blogging wish :
1. Helen
2. Kerry
3. Mott
Filed Under Goss
I will be totally and utterly honest, don’t laugh at me okay. I actually liked listening to Paris’ songs. Quite catchy. Don’t know why but whenever I listen to them, I hum along. I don’t know the lyrics so I had to just do with humming.
She isn’t a fantastic singer and her music videos were quite cliche but somewhere in-between I dig her songs. Now though, I haven’t heard any new releases from her. The only latest news about her is her getting in and out of jail. Her partying panty-less and all. I want to listen to her new song. I need to call her to complain. Someone, get me the number to her Customer Service or better yet, get me the number to the jailhouse they sent her, I want to lodge a complaint!!
Filed Under Funnies
Remember I was telling you about this guy friend who introduced the lady insurance agent to me hoping to get some business and I asked him if she was his girlfriend to which he said “no”? I was actually quite disappointed to hear that. Not because of the matter regarding insurance but because he is my last bachelor friend left in the group. God knows I have tried to hook him up. Either they were too tall (he’s quite short), too skinny, too fat, too noisy..the list goes on and on and on.
It’s not like he is a loner or that he gets tongue tied in front of girls. In fact, he used to be (still is) very socially active back in school. He was the one who was everybody’s “pet brother” during those days. His popular status with the girls was so famous that even the editor of his school year book honoured him with a special page for being the most desirable guy.
He was everywhere, at parties, school social functions. Everyone thought it was really cool to invite him to parties. His presence made their parties cool. It’s like, if he doesn’t show up, no one would want to go to your party. His endorsement is like the google pagerank. You need him to be there for people to even show up. He is that popular. Needless to say, he would be the guy who gets lots of flowers during Valentines, chocolates, letters from girl admirers. He was Mr. O’ Popular.
If I told you that he never ever had a girlfriend you would be shocked. How could a guy like him not been out on a date? It’s true. He hasn’t and even until now when most of us are already married with kids, he’s still partying like it was 1999. He has no difficulty in attracting beautiful woman. In fact, his friends used to seek his advice on how to get a girl. He was their dating guru. They even consulted him on how to write secret love letters. I wonder if he charged them a fee?
His problem was I think he knew too much. He knew how to pick up a beautiful woman with ease. He then became bored. There’s no longer the challenge. There was not a single woman that rejected his advances. Once he gets hold of them, he drops them in a flash. Oh my God!! I think he is gay!!
Filed Under Blogging
My itchy fingers tell me not to continue with this but my itchy head tells me otherwise. So, who do I follow? My head of course cos my fingers are tired from writing pp 
If you have been around the sphere, people aren’t happy. People are upset. They might just tear down G’s building, burn the damn network. All because of the PR issue. On the other hand, the very same people are going around town explaining and posting that the PR doesn’t affect them as the blog is theirs, traffic is abundance etc…So, why bother?
The truth is, PR DOES MATTER and especially for those who are monetizing their blogs. Yup, there have been many who have blogged about how one shouldn’t rely on the dreaded PR but to look at the number of traffic the blog gets. Yet, they are perturbed by the PR movement. The thing is, PR is still highly regarded as a measure of a blog’s popularity (whether we like it or not) just a a big car is a measure of wealth.
It has been the measuring stick for a long time for both bloggers and advertisers to a point that it is quite impossible to disregard it as much as both want to. It is easier for the bloggers though as they can simply looking at their statistics and the number of comments they get daily to know if they are still popular or not. The PR therefore is good to have. Then why do bloggers feel affected? The only reason I can think of is because it is not them who is going to value their own worth, it is the advertisers.
The advertisers will not know what your statistics are like neither are they going to inspect each and every blog to count the number of comments they receive for each post. Besides, the number of comments isn’t a true reflection of a blog’s popularity anyways because there are blogs without a single comment could very well be a busy blog. The problem seem to be that the advertisers are not going to micro every blog, they are just looking at blogs on a macro perspective. That’s why advertisers continue to use PR as their tool. Its easy, convenient and someone has already done the hard work.
People will continue to argue that it doesn’t make sense since they see plenty of visitors (the silent and the noisy) daily but yet, they’ve been told that they are not good enough or not as popular as they thought. Surely that has got to hurt, even for a little bit.
Filed Under Family
Yesterday evening, while having dinner with my hubby, he told me he was being headhunted. I was surprised and excited. That means, I can stop doing paid posts LOL..
Back to the topic, he was asking my opinion actually. It wasn’t an offer from a bona fide headhunter, it was from his colleague. See, this guy who is a Norwegian had recently re-located back to Norway for work. He and my hubby were colleagues for more than 5 years while he was in Malaysia. They have a pretty good relationship, off and at work. That probably didn’t come out right but you know what I mean.
The only problem is, work wise, this guy isn’t very organised and not very dependable when it comes to work. For other things like partying, he is the total opposite. So, anyway, he is quite a “senior” in the organisation. Senior in terms of rank and age (he is grandfather by the way). He has quite good affiliates with some of the top people. He told my hubby he plans on setting up a company in Malaysia with his buddies and he wants my hubby to join him, more like work for him (while he reap the profits, sunofagun!!). Giving him prospects of a good pay and what seemed like the moon and the stars. Bear in mind though, this so-called company hasn’t been set up yet.
The first thing I said was “no” cos I too know him and his “style”. I told my hubby that if I was working, it may be ok to try it out but since I am not (and PP is not a long term solution for me), its too risky. I mean, he couldn’t possibly do this on the side, he would have to quit his job. As much as he would love to since he has been with the company for the past 10 years. It is his first job after graduation. I know he wants to do something different for a change. Anyways, my hubby did say he was also a little apprehensive about the offer and I guess he just wanted my affirmation on this.
The advantage of this is, my hubby can make an informed decision whether to hop on or not by virtue of them having worked together. The disadvantage is, how do you reject the person? That is the difficult part. If he was just some guy, a simple “I’m not interested” would suffice. This time, its different. How do we tell him why we are not interested? That you are not someone I can rely on and I can’t possibly feed my family with you as my boss? I mean, that is the truth. Just as he knows my hubby would be perfect for the job (not exactly his words, I’m just sugar coating it :P) but we too know that he isn’t perfect as a boss.
I told my hubby to sleep on it and maybe, just maybe he will get the answers in his dreams. Then, I woke up late this morning and he had already gone to work. I was pondering about this and decided to share. You might have a similar experience that you could share or if you know what to say in such circumstances, I would very much like to hear it.
Filed Under Women, Thoughts
Shopping is something mighty close to a woman’s heart, next to her children of course. It can be shopping for real or merely, window-shopping. Either way, it’s a woman’s prime indulgence. Many would call it retail therapy. It is true, you know. Sometimes, just browsing at a shop and getting that cute little top can be just the thing to perk a woman up after a hard day’s work, whether at home or the office.
Lets also not forget that some women shop for their man. I have a friend whose girlfriend shops for him. You have to know his taste and size to do so. If your man prefers to accentuate his well build body, something like nudie jeans for it’s brand nudie might just do the trick. They are wild. Your man would love them. Mainly skinny/tapered and straight leg denim with subtle differences.
If you liked that, you may enjoy seven for all mankind. Various types of denim cuts for the women folk. Whether you prefer the boot cut or the slim cut, there’s quite a selection. What I find interesting is that the look of the jeans are decent without being too elaborate.
What have I been talking about? Its www.tobi.com. The latest online fashion boutique I have just browsed through. I have a few picks and I can’t decide. I might just log on to the live chat and ask a stylist for help. Yup, I might just do that.
