tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71879595553276473422024-03-20T02:05:28.907+08:00My WorldLife is full of ups and downs.Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-76321001453323738282009-07-08T21:50:00.003+08:002009-07-08T22:02:22.335+08:00Grey Day!The day before Yesterday and Today are grey days to me..<br /><br />The King of Pop is dead.., the world mourn with him.<br />Someone fall from the building and dead.. my heart mourn with him.. a young French 24 years.. so sad.<br />Someone got retrenched.....<br /><br />Life is just too short. Anything can happened without you knowing it's coming.<br />Enjoy your life to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">fullest</span>. Enjoy every moment with your love ones, family. Time just passes too fast.<br /><br />This will be the end of the chapter of the grey day.. Tomorrow will be a new chapter.Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-3584438932028311432008-09-08T09:18:00.003+08:002008-09-08T09:55:43.413+08:00Gardening - My flowers...<span style="font-size:85%;"><em><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#999999;">It's nice to see flowers bloom in the garden.. but I had failed a few times in planting flowers as there are not much sun light around the plants/ flowers that I had grown. How sad!<br /><br />Yesterday, I brought few pots of flowers - one Africian Dasiy, one rose and one African Violets<br />I hope this time the flowers will bloom beautifully.<br /><br />And I found some infomation on Garden Guides.com about the flowers.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330099;"><strong>Africian Dasiy</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;color:#330099;"><strong>(Arctotis stoechadifolia)</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Several different plants form the rich flora of southern Africa are commonly known as African daisies. A. stoechadifolia's distinguishing feature is it's blue center. The leaves are gray-green and the 3 inch flowers sit atop long stalks. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The plant is actually a tender perennial that is grown as an annual. Start indoors in a temperature of 60-70 degrees 8 to 10 weeds prior to the last frost date, or sow directly once the weather has warmed up. Seeds will germinate in 10 days. Plants should be spaced 8-12 inches apart. Provide good drainage and do not overwater. Keep the plant deadheaded to encourage new blooms. Performs best in a climate with low humidity. Full sun is required. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Type </span></strong>annual<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Propagation </strong></span>seeds<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Light </span></strong>full sun<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Flower Color </strong></span>various<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Bloom Time </span></strong>early summer until frost<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Height </strong></span><span style="color:#000000;">2</span>-3 Feet<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Width </strong></span>8-12 inches<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Soil Requirements </span></strong>neutral </span></span><a href="http://www.gardenguides.com/TipsandTechniques/ph.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">pH</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">, well drained, average moisture, rich </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#330099;">African Violets</span></strong> are relatively easy to grow. As one of the more popular indoor houseplants, African Violets are long lasting. Their sometimes shy blooms are also long lasting, often lasting for several weeks.<br /><br />The plants like lots of sunshine. Place them in a sunny window, but avoid hot rays coming in during summer months. Provide artificial lighting if little sunshine is available.<br />Soil and Fertilizers: Most garden stores carry a soil mix and fertilizer specifically for African Violets. Use a planter with openings at the bottom to allow good drainage should you overwater them. The fertilizers are higher in Phosphorous to help promote blooming.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Tip:</span></strong> If you are having problems blooming, check the fertilizer you are using. Avoid high Nitrogen formulas.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Watering:</span></strong> Always water them from the bottom up, and never let the leaves get wet. Water the plants every three days, if they need it. They like their water warm, not cold. If watering from the top, be careful not to get water on the leaves as they will spot.<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Temperatures:</strong></span> Ideal temperatures for African Violets are 75 degree days and 60- 70 degree nights.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><span style="color:#330099;">Roses - The Meaning of Each Color<br /></span></strong>Roses come in a wide range of colors. Each different color has a different meaning.It sends a silent, yet extremely important message from the sender to receiver. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Make sure you are sending the right message when you select roses for someone, else he or she will get the wrong message!<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Red </strong>-<strong> </strong></span>Love, beauty, courage and respect<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>White</strong> - </span>Purity and innocence, silence or secrecy, also reverence and humility<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Pink -</strong> </span>Appreciation,"Thank you", grace, perfect happiness, and admiration<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Dark Pink - </strong></span>Appreciation, gratitude<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Light Pink - </strong></span>admiration, sympathy<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Yellow - </span></strong>Joy, gladness, friendship, delight, the promise of a new beginning<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Orange - </strong></span>Desire, and enthusiasm<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Red and White - </strong></span>Given together, these signify unity.<br /><br /><strong>Red Rosebud<br /></strong>A symbol of purity and loveliness<br /><br /><strong>White Rosebud<br /></strong>Symbolic of girlhood<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Thornless Rose<br /></strong>Signifies "Love at first sight"<br /><br /></span><br /></span>Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-19040970774135020412007-11-15T16:48:00.000+08:002007-11-15T16:53:30.997+08:00Soft and Moist Banana Cake Recipe<span style="font-size:78%;">Found this receipe from one of the webiste... looking good and I'm trying it out this Sunday... Let see what the cake turn out to be! :) </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">This recipe yield 6 small cuppies and a loaf. I use Pyrex loaf baking ware (dimension: 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inches) , only lightly greased by using the "butter paper". Note: only fill to 3/4 full. the left over batter, I use some paper cups to make cute little cupcakes for chidren. You can use other type of baking tin.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Ingredients:</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">250g salted butter </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">1 1/2 cups castor sugar</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">4 eggs 1 tsp vanilla essence </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">4 tbsp milk </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">1 1/2 cups mashed banana (4 large bananas) </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">2 cups plain flour (sift together with 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda and 1 tsp baking powder) Some Walnuts to sprinkle on top</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Method:</span> </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Cream butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Add in eggs, vanilla essence and milk and mix well.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Add mashed banana into the mixture and mix well. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Finally add in sifted flour and mix well. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Pour into a loaf pan (I use Pyrex baking loaf pan). </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Bake in preheated oven at 160 deg C for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">If the top layer turns brown after 15 minutes, cover it with a piece of aluminium foil. Cool cakes in the pan then remove. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Use a sharp knife to slice and serve.</span> </span>Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-34997907544831615422007-07-12T23:23:00.000+08:002007-07-12T23:28:25.183+08:00Time to catch up!It's been great! Tonight, finally had the chance to catch up with one one my old friends from high school.<br /><br />It's always great to see old friend and get to know what happening with them and so on..<br /><br />Everyone has been busy with work and it really hard to find time that matches all. Especially for those who had family and children and so on, like me.<br /><br />We had a wonderful dinner and bottle of red wine. Talk about everything from work to whatever we can find topic to say.<br /><br />I hope to do so often, at least few months to catch up with friends.<br /><br />It's a pity that I didn't bring my camera tonight. <br />:)Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-5513657337320725922007-07-10T00:21:00.000+08:002007-07-10T00:44:10.787+08:00My little one are growing up fast!It's late afternoon. On my way back, I saw a mother carrying a little baby on her shoulder. Suddenly the thought of my little one came into my mind. The little body <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">holding on </span> to my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">shoulder</span>, that moment seems and felt like <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">yesterday</span>.<br /><br />They are growing so fast that some time we just miss out the moment of their growing. Time really flies.Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-4487040978402696702007-07-09T23:47:00.000+08:002007-07-10T00:29:46.585+08:00Brian Cancer - the poor little onesTonight, I saw a documentary. It's about Brian Cancer that children as early as the age of 4, 6, 12 age group had conducted, undergoing medication to control the cancer from spreading.<br /><br /><br />As the standard of living increases, the amount of time spend on work are taking a huge part. Maybe it time to take a step back and spare some time with your family, love ones.<br /><br />I cannot image the amount of pain that these cancer children had gone through. My heart just ache and I felt so upset with the thought of it.<br /><br />As the show say: "these cancer children are living on borrow time.."<br />One of the children quoted: " Life is more valuable, precious and not takes life for grant and can live today is a blessing...”<br /><br />Are we taking thing in life for granted? Think again!<br /><br /><p>I just think of my little one at these very moment.. </p><br />________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Common types of childhood </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Leukaemia</span> is the cancer of the blood-forming cells. These abnormal, immature white blood cells start to grow abundantly and invade other tissues and organs. They also crowd out and slow the production of normal blood cells (white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets) in the bone marrow. The most common form of Leukaemia among young children is Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">Brain tumour</span><br /><br /><br />It is the most common type of solid tumours in children. It forms when cells in the brain or nervous system start growing abnormally and clump together to form a tumour which then disrupts the normal brain functions.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#333399;">Lymphoma</span><br /><br /><br />It is the cancer of the lymph glands which starts in the lymphoid tissue found all over the body. Lymphoma causes swelling of lymph nodes in the neck, armpit and groin. There are two broad varieties of lymphoma: Hodgkin's disease and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the latter being more common in children.<br /><br /><br /><br />Other types of childhood cancer<br /><br /><br />Osteosarcoma - cancer of the boneNeuroblastoma - cancer of the sympathetic nervous system.Wilms' Tumour- cancer of the kidney<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ccf.org.sg/child_cancer/whatis.html">More information </a>Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-75000192392817493662007-06-21T08:28:00.000+08:002007-06-21T08:40:50.354+08:00Open at last!<span style="font-family:times new roman;">I have been working on the project of mine for months. </span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff0000;">What's it?</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Setting up my own "store" online selling children and baby cloth, shoe and other more stuff.</span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">As I love to buy children cloth and any item related for children, since I'm a mother of two. </span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">So why not I sell it myself. So here I am. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">I hope that business will pick up and I'm still sourcing for more product. Wish me luck! </span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><a href="http://sg.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/littleassistantboutique/my_photos">View my store here</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"></span>Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-42357063123768746032007-06-08T14:40:00.000+08:002007-06-08T23:37:59.182+08:00Blogs around the world..<span style="color:#3366ff;">Some of the blogs that I gone through are so interesting.</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">The way the person wrote their story, their everyday stuff, little things that would not be noticed or things that maybe most of us took for gained.</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;">The images, design that put in their blog, looks so professional and so good. I just envy.! Hopefully, one day, I will also be an expert to BLOG.</span><br /><span style="color:#3366ff;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffcc66;"></span>Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7187959555327647342.post-45464480109966861812007-06-08T14:20:00.000+08:002007-06-08T14:21:42.268+08:00Increase Increase...All the prices for things are increasing.. why is the salary not increased :(Snapshot of Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02778550158288765268noreply@blogger.com0