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First I want to congratulate my 3rd elder bro & sis in-law again for the arrival of their newborn baby boy yesterday. This is their 3rd kid We sms-ed each other for updating & he sent me a pic which I’ll say he must be much naughtier than but as handsome as XJ! hahaha… I can’t put up the pic here ‘coz my bro wishes not to… By this, I’m 6th time Aunt

On the other account, I want to touch a little on my definition of ENJOY. Despite what I always hope for a satisfied afternoon nap in the weekend (an uninterrupted ~ without hubby wakes me up with “XJ poo-ed already, please wash for him; XJ is crying, I think he is starving for milk or something” … etc) and I could say this is barely possible at least at this point of time, I ENJOY very much into reading a good book with a cup of hot coffee (must be hot coffee when reading) plus some soft music ~ ahh…, that’s absolutely lovely! I can’t say this is impossible entirely but I just cannot spend a stretch-long hours on my favorite books because of my duty/responsibility on XJ too…

At the top of my favorite is still the auto/biography category followed by sci-fi/thriller/crime/mystery. Last time Stephen King’s books are labelled sci-fi but I’m not sure why it’s thriller/mystery & sometimes I can find it in the “horror” shelves?! I read quite a lot on Stephen King’s works but I was so interested in thriller/crime/mystery suddenly when I was pregnant with XJ. I started with a few of Jeffery Deaver and Jeffrey Archer then (Dan Brown recently), my mind kept thinking ” how can this happened?…  who is the murderer?… as if I’m an investigator myself hahaha… I’m not sure XJ “inherits” my forever curious mind naturally or because I read a lot of those books that time…

 My little catch of the day…

I top-up only 2 more books with the same category but different authors. Michael Jackson book is hubby’s while those kids books are for XJ & my nieces. These are all from BookXcess during their recent 3rd Anniversary sales. I’m sure there’ll be more for myself if I can stay longer there, XJ kept shouting among the crowd so I was choosing just that little in rush!

Yes it’s granted by my man!

Ok it’s actually my hubby surprised me with a Biography of my favorite guy ~ Rafael Nadal (aka Rafa) last weekend. For those who follow tennis, I’m sure Rafa is no stranger to you. He is so perfect (in my naked eyes) for both his personality & his excellent skills in mastering the art of tennis + his beautiful muscular body! I’m a bit bias here, don’t tell me anything about Roger. (Just like when you’re mad about BMW, you normally don’t like Mercedez or vise versa kind of thing). Because of Rafa, I can see tennis can be so much creative rather than the Tim Henman’s kind of old fashion games.

~ The muscular Spaniard & some of his pix inserted in the Biography ~

Tell you, I never ever expect that my boring/orthodox/conservative man will bring such a wonderful & pleasant surprise to me! Not that he never buy things for me but he usually asks me first whether or not I like to have this or that particular thing, this is no fun at all… I know it’s simply a small book but it’s sufficient to fill my complacency at this  juncture I’ll love more anyway…

I’ll keep my Rafa for time being because I’m half way through Angels & Demons which is so much exciting than watching the movie. My personal opinion tell me Tom Hanks is not “eligible” for the character of Robert Langdon ‘coz he’s not smart/cool-looking enough, my choice would be George Clooney if I’m the Director!

Note: I have no intention to disturb your feeling about your idols (if any) as the above is written based on my personal opinion

Ok I know I never tell people I’m a Muffin Monster actually! I remember my first muffin was the one from Kenny Rogers Roasters & I fell for it thereafter, it was a Love at First Bite I name it! I was so excited for a wide variety of Muffins@Puffin Muffin then. I’ll normally had one ( you know how big a muffin from Puffin Muffin rite?) with a cup of coffee. That’s fantastic! But very disappointedly I guess the outlet is no longer exist. So if anyone know if there’s one still running the biz, please let me know & Thanks

What I normally have is either too dry or too sweet including the one@Coffee Bean… I got back the taste & the feel when I discovered the muffins@Bread Talk are simply right for my liking ~ moisture, strong fragrance yet not too sweet ~  Carrot Muffin is my favorite because it’s 80% similar to San Francisco’s Carrot Cake! What is even more satisfying ~ I bought it during the Happy Hour which means it’s cheaper. So I can enjoy a Carrot Cake at the price of a Carrot Muffin?… Anyway, I’m not sure the Happy Hour thing is permanent or it’s just during the promotion.

I’m very proud of Clijsters in winning the Sony Ericsson title in Miami earlier in winning Justine (semifinal) and Venus (final). She is really great because she is still strong like before I mean before she gave birth to her little cutie Jada or even stronger! It’s quite difficult for a woman to get back those fitness and stamina… Lindsey Davenport was failed in the arena of tennis after gave birth to his baby son and she looks like already quit now! Meanwhile I hope Rafa can shine in the final of Monte Carlo Masters and I hope he is still the King of Clay today… I thought he will be facing Djokovic but nope he will play with his countryman Verdasco who is a real challenger sometime. So we’ll see how’s the match… As for F1, I spend less time on it but hubby still the mania. M. Schumarcher looks not as strong as before and his car is not as powerful compare to others so I think it’s kinda difficult for him! Button, Massa, Nico Rosberg are the drivers I love to see. Anyway, I can’t predict the result in Shanghai but I don’t really like seeing Red Bull team esp Vettel…

Yeah things settled to the normal routine after the long year end break last week. Everyone seems celebrated in jovial at the highest level having checked it from one blog to another. It’s good to get oneself relax after busy at work, school exams, house chores, etc the entire year. So when touch to the reality after much fun was rather difficult as I called it the “post-holiday syndrome”. Not just me alone, my colls claimed they just couldn’t get up from bed after many late night sleeps (or early morning sleeps???) whilst I secretly discovered my eldest niece written one of her X’mas wishes is “there’ll be no school forever”.

Myself?… get back to workplace but save money in Jan for the preparation of CNY in Feb! So near already… This is what hubby & myself had last Sat for late breakfast, my all time fav~ Dry Wantan Mee with Curry (mine is medium but hubby had big one) + the very yummy Honey Roasted Chicken Drumstick (we shared this ‘coz it’s a quite a big one!). So it costs about RM18.00 which is much cheaper than eating at the shopping mall… Good food not necessarily expensive one!

My little monster?… I guess he overplayed during the long break with us & his cousins. He is always shouting as he requests to play or continue to play. I’ll show u guys what he enjoys the most recently in the next post…

This is 3rd day on 2010 but this is my first post of this year, it seems like everything starts afresh! Actually I was off from 30th Dec so it’s one stretch holiday & as usual, getting lazy as the “post-holiday syndrome”! Anyway, I guess I enjoyed a lot although I couldn’t really complete what I’ve listed for this hols. A total relaxation on first & 2nd off-day were marvelous! I did nothing but reading + listening to the music! (this is what I’m looking for…)

Just spent a little while@1U on New Year Day. It was quite a big crowd but strangely the traffic was smooth along the way?… Had something filled in stomach@Lammeeya. Mine is Original Lam Mee ~ the broth is tasty & the serving is not enough (for me) if I’m in real hungry. Hubby’s taken Dry Curry Noodle which was disappointed-ly too spicy. Both Royal Milktea+ Iced Lemon Tea are good. Not very impressive with their service…

I had bought enough shirts + pants to XJ for CNY I think. Being the 1st time mom, I’m very excited in buying nice clothes for baby, hahaha… I’m fall in love with Pumpkin Patch. It’s just worth it when it’s on sale so I grabbed a few pieces for XJ. First think of XJ everytime go for shopping & totally forget about myself. So quickly go get some pieces too yesterday@MV before the sale ends. Quite satisfied for what I got for myself but definitely not enough. Hubby will always hunt for his clothes at the very last minute as previous years but I think men are pretty easy to get it done.

Had dinner with parents + 2nd bro & family then went to his house to have a “mini, kid-style party” as invited by my youngest niece. It’s just her excuse for wanting to eat McD nuggets, hahaha :-D  XJ was too delighted & only fell to sleep@11.30pm which was very late for a mere (about 6 months old) baby! Ok I gotta go for some chores before it piles-up!

It’s kinda frustrated when people blame you for something which is not supposed fall within your responsibility, am I right? Since I know my hubby is quite a forgetful person, I always ask him to jot down the note for some very important dates of events in his organiser or just put a small notes and stick on the pc monitor so that he won’t miss it. He always say I’m nagging him to this and that… There was one day he merely forgot to get his auto insurance renewed until the insurance agent called to remind. He said why I did not remind him earlier like a week before? That’s funny isn’t it? “It’s not my car, it’s yours. And you never seems to remind me too” I told him!

I recalled that I have read a news about a man was caught because he was using a fake double degree from a well known university in his application for a job. His employer found out not much later because his qualification is doubt when he was assigned for a particular project. This specially for those employers, you must be very careful in hiring a staff. There’s actually a professional services can help for international background check in order to reduce the risk of taking a criminal in the company and it harms the entire management!

OMG, it’s him again! I’m not talking about a new coming movie in Hollywood but the real person in action! In case you didn’t read the yesterday news, here I’m telling you in brief that the French guy, Robert Alain is caught again for climbing the Petronas Twin Towers. This time he successfully made it to the top so his mission has completed. I don’t know how you view on this guy, some say he is insane or crazy… but he is unbelievable isn’t it? How could one climbing a building with bare hands? I watched his interview last time that he even trained his son with the same skill, he is really an amazing man!

Rafa has his new haircut and it looks refreshing and clean. I used to say that every sportsman should have a clean haircut for the convenience in playing in the games. Actually that’s not “new” hairstyle” for Rafa as he had this one before but only he prefer to keep his hair longer which becomes his trademark. OK, it’s a good start for Rafa in beating Gasquet in straight set. I’m looking forward more of these kind of play (from Rafa) to come. For the women players, it’s such a disappointment to see Ivanovic out at first round (she was former #1 ok?…) and Mauresmo has no longer as powerful as before as she is ousted too by a very young but quite talented player.