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This is a story of a plumber who wanted to repair air conditioning units with heat pumps!! Huh?? Seriously?

Okay, Okay, I just made that up (sorry)... cos I'm at a loss at how to begin my post.

Perhaps I should just get straight to the point. This piece of information which I am about to share with you is pretty important because it involves plumbing, air conditioning and heat pumps, all rolled into one. And you're in luck if you happen to reside in Richmond, Virginia. Wanna know why? Well I'll tell you whether you want to listen or not.

Ever heard of American Service Corporation? I bet you haven't. Neither have I till today, that is. After much research, I found out that they have been in business for more than 18 years. What sort of business you might ask? Well, they offer residential services which include plumbing, heating and cooling, gas piping, water heaters and preventive maintenance.

On top of all that, they provide personalized services at affordable rates even. With their preventive maintenance service that includes two semi-annual inspections, one in Fall and one in Spring time you'll be sure of having all your cooling, heating and plumbing systems in tip-top condition and also receive a 10% discount on all repairs during the contract year!

So, like I mentioned earlier, if you happen to live in Richmond, Virginia and if you happen to need services such as plumber Richmond, VA, air conditioning Richmond, VA or even heat pumps Richmond, VA then all you need to do is call the American Service Corporation for their services.

First it was square melons, then they came up with heart-shaped melons... and now we have Buddha-shaped pears! At 50 yuan each ($7.32), would you even consider buying one?

It's kind of scary seeing those hanging Buddhas from the trees, especially if you bump into them at night, but it is interesting at the same time. I think they would make great gifts. It won't be long before they come up with all kinds of shapes, perhaps even our own face. Now, that would be awesome!

Source: ImagineChina.com

An ex-colleague got married recently and I had the privilege to attend her wedding ceremony. It was a simple affair with only a few close friends invited. Both couple are orphans, hence the absence of relatives.

But it was still a great wedding. The bride wore a simple knee-length, peach-colored dress with minimal make-up, the groom looked dashing even though he only wore a white shirt (no tie) and blank pants. Both couple made it clear way before the wedding that they didn't want to spend lavishly for their wedding as they're saving to buy a house, which makes great sense!

They didn't even hire a professional wedding photographer, instead relying on friends and colleagues to snap their photos, which again I thought was a stroke of genius. But they did buy a pair of exquisite wedding bands, each having their name engraved. The groom later joked the rings took out quite a bit off his savings but he didn't mind as money can always be earned.

I did manage to get some shots of the entire affair on my cheap cell camera but the quality is so pathetic that I hope some of their other guests got better shots for them. Maybe hiring a professional photographer for something as important as this may have been a better idea.

There are many affordable ones out there and if only their wedding was in Richmond, then they could probably look up David Proett, a wedding photographer richmond va who does wonderful work in immortalizing those special occasions for all eternity. He specializes in weddings, portraits, high school seniors and even newborns, basically just about anything that requires photography. You people in Richmond are so blessed to have him.

Anyways, I'm getting way out of context here, I need to post this now and go stop a fight between two hardheaded kids who are on holiday and driving me up the wall with all their mischief!

Confused?

Well, don't be. I'm not encouraging anyone to break their arms (except for certain individuals whom I wish would break their necks instead). I just stumbled upon this... err... fashionable arm sling. I thought it looked cool!

What do you think? A fashion statement or just a brilliant idea by the creator. It even had a cute name, the Ouch Pouch and such an apt tagline to go with it... 'Suffer In Style!'...

Comes in 6 kicka$$ designs! So the next time you break your arm, at least you can parade around in style :D

Source: Quirky.com

Today is the first day of Hari Raya yet you wouldn't be able to tell at all at my place. It's so quiet and totally unlike a country celebrating a festival. I suppose everyone has gone back to their respective hometowns to celebrate the festival seeing as how it's a nice long holiday.

I'm not really complaining though. The place is nice and quiet, even the fireworks were kinda subdued. The thing is I'm not really sure how to spend my holidays. I don't really have many Muslim friends (except back home in Sabah) save for all my blogging buddies who are also probably all back at their hometowns digging in to some sumptuous rendang, ketupat, lemang and dodol! Yum, yum!

I could use the time to catch on on my reading which I've kinda neglected lately. But the trouble with that is I'd probably need to change my glasses first cos the power has deteriorated over the years and it makes reading for a long time pretty unpleasant. The thing with glasses is I have to keep on changing them every few years which can be pretty costly as well.

I suppose I could opt for iLasik and get my eyes 'lasered' and fixed once and for all, totally eliminating the need to ever wear glasses again. I used to be wary of these so called iLasik treatments but over the years with the improvement in eye correction technology and the vast amounts of success stories I've read makes me wanna go and get this treatment right now. Now if only some huge amounts of money would fall from the sky.

Since I'm on the subject of iLasik, there is a contest going on called the iLASIK Video Contest organized by Abbott Medical Optics Inc, the global leader in the field of laser vision correction which is simply called 'You've Gotta See This' and its objective is to discover how better vision plays a role in improving people's life.


If you plan to take part, all you need to do is visit their website at www.GottaSeeThisNow.com, submit a video in any of the categories such as 'My contacts are getting in the way of my good time', 'My favorite sport or activity would be so much cooler with better vision' or 'You should see life after the iLASIK® Procedure', then submit it and start telling all your friends to vote for your video.

They've got some great prizes that include one grand prize winner who will win $5,000, three First Prize winners that will win an HDTV package(a $2,500 value) and finally three Second Prize winners that will win the Flip UltraHD™ camcorder (a $199.99 value). Now that is what I'd call a great incentive to grab your camcorder and start shooting away!

OK, enough about the contest already. If you want more details log on and find out ya. I need to take my bath now and get ready for the movie Hancock on TV tonight. But before I go, I'd like to wish all my Muslim friends and readers a blessed Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

I find this story pretty amusing!

Read on... get some clues and let's try to get to the bottom of things ya.

"SOUTH Korean police, in one of their more heavyweight cases, are investigating whether a zoo elephant threw a stone at a woman visitor!"

Gwangjin Police Station in eastern Seoul began an investigation Tuesday into a report from a 48-year-old woman, identified as a Kim, alleging she sustained a head injury after being hit by a rock thrown by an elephant.

According to police officers, Kim went to the zoo in the Children’s Grand Park Monday afternoon and was hit by a rock she claimed an elephant threw at her using its trunk.

However, she admitted that she didn’t see the rock being thrown by the elephant.

“I was passing the lion’s den and heading toward the elephant enclosure,” she was quoted as saying. “Then, I passed out after being hit on the back of my head.”

When she came to, she found two rocks the size of an adult’s fist nearby. All she remembered was that two elephants had coiled their trunks and stared at her.

Police said that Kim went to the zoo office and reported it before going home, believing her pain would go away. When the pain came back, she checked into a hospital and reported the incident to the police.

She blamed the park office for the elephants’ behavior but police didn’t say whether she was seeking damages.

Police were at a loss what to do at first but decided to investigate whether her account was true.

OK, this is the first time I've ever read about elephants throwing rocks at humans. Elephants are gentle creatures, unless of course you provoke them. There must be a reason why the elephant did that (if). Let's call the elephant 'Ellie', shall we. And I declare Ellie IS innocent until proven guilty!

So, what do you think happened??

My assumptions are :~

a. Kim was a true beauty, the elephants wanted her attention by throwing rocks at her
b. Kim stared at the elephants earlier when she passed by their enclosure and the elephants wanted revenge
c. It was the Lions who threw the stones; cos they were darn hungry
d. Kim was hallucinating!

Source: Koreatimes.co.kr

Are you a recovering alcoholic, or maybe even addicted to painkillers? Does life sometimes feel like it's the end of the road? Maybe it even feels like you're all alone in this world and in fact it feels like the entire world is against you.

But don't despair. All is not lost. At times like these you need a friend who knows what it's like being in a situation like yours. Life can be too much to handle at times and we all succumb to temptations. We are after all human. And having a shoulder to lean on or even cry on sometimes helps a great deal.


So, where do you turn to when you need that shoulder to cry on? May I suggest RecoveryDate, it's the first dating website that is dedicated to helping clean and sober people in recovery find clean and sober relationships.

Their online services include things such as dating services, recovery personals, sober personals and the site's feature is designed to help you seek friends in no time. Just the kind of friends that could be the shoulder you would need to cry on and before you even realize it, life will be so much more meaningful again.

Let me not keep you here too long, hurry along and sign up now to view thousands of clean and sober personals in your area, that is if you really are in need of some sobering love.

Let's play a game shall we.

It's simple, all you have to do is find a hidden image in the picture. Very easy one. First one to give the correct answer gets a big round of applause!

OK, OK... let me make this even more exciting but I can only reward the winner if he/she has an EntreCard account. I'll award 2000EC points to the winner. Happy now??

Oh, and you must tell me what year I was born too. That shouldn't be difficult if you know where to find the clue... it's definitely somewhere on my blog.

1. Bikin Panas
2. Anything Goes!
3. Singapore Draws
   
4. Three Fates Design
   
5. The Way I See It
6. Tizzalicious Crafts & Cuteness
   
7. The Mad White Woman
   
8. Everything Under The Sun
   
9. Life's Imagination
   
10. Grampy and You
11. Darnuth Keep
    
12. Lovely Purses
13. Me and Craig
14. My Library
15. Not JohnChow
16. The Ad Master
    
17. Take A Coffee Break
    
18. Single Life of Me
    
19. At First Glance
    
20. Spiff, The Spaceman
21. Your Fun Family
    
22. Beaded Tail
23. Is A Mans World
24. Turn-U-Off
    
25. In The Eyes Of The Beholder
26. Conversations With Moms
27. Sound Of A Soft Breath
    
28. Slightly Drunk
    
29. Juliana's Lair

I received this award from my fabulous friend Marzie of Wishing On A Falling Star. Thank you dear. And now, I'd like to pass this Vespa Blogger Award Friendship to each and every advertiser!

Malaysia Day is held on September 16 every year to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. ~ Wikipedia

Ahhh... weddings! They conjure images of pretty brides and handsome grooms... little flower girls giggling. All merry and fun and happy... just like fairy tales.

Don't you just love weddings. The bride, the groom, the flowers, the cake, the rings, the shoes, the hair.... and of course the wedding gown. Urmmm, did I leave anything else?? What's a wedding if there's no honeymoon, right?? Which reminds me I've never really had a honeymoon when I got married.

Is it too late for a honeymoon? I guess not ya. I know a few great Destination Weddings on the web. One of them is handled by Karisma Hotels & Resorts. Beach wedding, river-side wedding, garden themed wedding, you name it... they have it all!

With a certified wedding planner handling everything down to the teeny weeny details, all you're left to do is sit and relax and make sure you look pretty for the big day...

So, is anyone getting married soon? Pssst... Emelda, can't wait to see your wedding dress!

At first glance, I thought these cuteys were key-chains. But key-chains they're most definitely not. They serve an even bigger and important purpose.

I would never have guessed that they're tripods... portable camera tripods or better known as DigiDudes. A pretty quirky design, don't you think? But I love 'em!

The DigiDude retails for $24.99 and you get to pick out your personality before you purchase it, so you will be sure to get one that suits you perfectly.

I should have posted this on my other blog, So Pweety, a place where I talk about everything cute and pweety but I haven't posted anything new here for the past few days... just to tell you guys that I'm still alive!

Source: quirky.com

I get all kinds of junk email. I go through all email, even in my spam box coz once in a while legitimate email end up in my spam box.

So today, I got this particular email from Maybank2U... with an urgent message!


But then, I realized I don't have any active Maybank account... and I haven't logged in at all. I do have an account but it's inactive, no money there... well, maybe just a few cents la.

When I hover the cursor over the link (mybank2u), it links to http://office.wright-dds.com/ which will lead you to another page, requesting for your TAC.

Now, from what I understand, you should NEVER disclose your TAC (Transaction Authorization Code) to anyone via email, phone nor sms!!

So, it's clearly a phishing attempt. I wonder where these morons got my email address from?? Insider job maybe??

So, guys berhati-hati la ya... jangan tertipu.

* Maybank does not send out any e-mail or SMS requesting customers to provide personal banking ID or PIN or credit card information. Please do not log in through website links contained in emails supposedly from Maybank or other institutions. Be alert or you may fall victim to a financial scam.

My Christmas table cloth is still missing. I've gone through each and every box I have in the store room, under my bed, in the cupboards even in my son's toy box but no such luck. Instead I found some slatwall accessories! I don't even remember having them.

The ones I found are called the 6 ball square waterfalls and the universal deep baskets would be good if you had your own shop and wanted to display stuff against the wall. (Ken, this would be good for you)

Anyway, back to my predicament. It's one of those unexplained situations where you really, really, really desperately want to find something, it's nowhere to be found but something else crops up. Maybe I should pretend not looking for it and maybe, just maybe my table cloth will miraculously appear on the table!

Like for instance when you're late for a meeting and rushing for an appointment, all the traffic lights will turn red upon reaching them and the jams are super duper horrendous but when you're in no hurry (you have all the time in the world to spare), every damn lights are green and traffic is smooth flowing.

I think there must be some gods up there with a weird and sick sense of humor that just enjoys doing this to people in such situations. No offense to the gods up in the sky. At least they have a sense of humor...

Anny wrote an interesting post about 'the yellow table cloth' which reminds me of my Christmas table cloth I bought 2 years ago.

I can't remember where I've put it! I tried looking for it in the storage boxes (quite a few I admit... I collect teeny weeny cute stuff that strangely keeps on accumulating) but it wasn't there either.

Sorry for the short post. I'm just lazy to write long post these days. I wish I could lie down and sleep the whole day like a cat. Purr... purrr... Meow!