Retail Therapy!! Shocking me!

I have not been shopping for office attire for past 12 months. My all times favourite , jacket suit. This is my trade mark!! very business like attire. Take a peep at my wardrobe..sigh! those suits are looking tired and out of design. So decided to visit Blum & Co at International Plaza to get 1 or 2 suits was my initial target. You know, terrible..I end up bought 5 suits, 1 blouse, 1 dress , 1 jacket. Thank you, Ms Jane Alison and here is your total bill - S$1935!! WoW!! so these pcs going to last me for the next 1 to 2 years!! Blum has many good design suits..from Hugo boss, Giorgio Armani , Gucci. I like the services there and it also provide free alteration. Blum has many branches but I usually go to IP because not so many customers and you can have all the attention!! Also bought a white Toscano Bag - S$249 and a pair of Ameriaya shoe at S$149/- at Takashimay. Total spent - S$2333.00 within two days!!! There is a saying money hard to earn but easy to spend. Shocking me too but one thing for sure..I dun shop often. Maybe quarterly or bi yearly! so still ok for S$2333.00 right, my friend! No guilty!!

Stay at home Mama or Working Mama ?

The hot topic lately is about stay at home mama or working mama. It's all depends on individual choice and the life style that you want. Nothing to do with money!! I feel that before making a choice, the woman really need to understand herself whether you are someone who can stay at home. To be a homemaker, I suppose you must have patience with kids, you must love to cook and have the academic qualification to teach your child. You've to be committed to be "a stay at home mama "with objectives. I know of some mama, yes who stay at home but not for the kids but more for themselves to enjoy life. No cooking but packet food from hawkers,
no coaching but playing mahjongs..!!wake up late in the morning, not preparing breakfast..etc.
So which one you are?

Nickname

Yang Zhi gives me this nickname - can can woman because everythings he asked me I will say can..can. You know why? Because he usually asked me things when I am busy at work..and all those are like random questions and are not important that i need to pause to discuss with him ..hee.hee. Anyway..quite a nice nickname - can can woman!

Well, started to explore facebook after knowing that you can choose to let only your friends to view your picture. Initially, I thought cannot choose and think that the whole world can see which I don't feel comfortable. Indeed, it is more convenient to load pic to share with friends and siblings.

Lately everyone is eating less to slim down..people at the office..people at supplier's office, people at home. So let's organise more hiking, walking..running..etc instead of makan..eat..eat!
Good sign! Couple weeks ago, my brothers and sisters already went for the long long bridge walk but I did not join them because it was 8am on Sunday. Sunday is my only day to wake up late,you know! Every morning except Sunday, i need to wake up 6.15am to drive two towkays to school. Saturday slightly late abit..8am to drive the lady boss for CCA.

Tonite, met my good friend for dinner at one of our favourite Italian restaurant, Garibaldi at Purvis Street. The prices for this restaurant are a bit steeper than most Italian Restaurants in Singapore . However, if you have sampled a meal there, you will agree with me that the quality that one can get in this restaurant does justify its high prices. My friend foot the bill this time. Thank you, my dear friend!

Baby Bonus

As a owner of a Small Enterprise company, I do concern about the BB - Baby bonus that announced on the National Rally that the maternity leave will extend from 12 weeks to 16 weeks. Four months!!! Though, the government will pay for the 8 weeks but I think most of the SME with less than 10 employees will be facing short handed. Unlike the MNC where they have more staffs to share the work load and also they can afford to employ contract/temp worker. As for small company usually just handful of employees and if one go for 16 weeks leave, the poor co worker will be over loaded. It'll be good if the government can also pay for the contract/temp workers on behalf of the company till the staff return from maternity!!

Fantastic moment for Singapore!

I like to use SGP short form for Singapore instead of SIN. I suppose many singaporean were watching the Table-tennis match between China and SGP at 7.30pm on 17.08.08. First was the happy moment to get in to final for at least a Silver medal after 48 years and then came the excitement match and finally proud moment to see our State Flag went up after 48 years for silver medal at the Olympia!! Congratulations! The joy will be much different if the three players are not under the foreign talent import scheme. They are from China!! Though, they are now a Singaporean but still different!! No choice lah! a small nation like us cannot find sport talents also become most of the parents here still prefer their children to go main stream than to SPORT. Perhaps, soon will change because of $$$$ I think only SGP reward big sum to those players who manage to get a medal. Silver - S$750K and S$1.5millions for GOLd!! Why not? And where the money come from?

Money just enough is the best!

Good morning , Xu Dong. This is what most of the friendly staff at CCK DBS greet me. Thanks to Sally who started to call me by this title and I like it! Hee..I visit them at least thrice a week and I am one of their regular customer. I enjoy the privilege services. Thumbs up! Anyway, while chit-chatting with the teller, I were told that to open a joint account for more than 2 person, applicants are to state valid reasons for approval. Unlike in the past, no questions was asked. Why? She said to minimize dispute over the distribution of money if one of them kick a bucket. Usually 3 names account often have such case. Sigh! we said together MONEY is always the root of all evils. If too much money, siblings quarrel over the unequal share distributed. If no money, siblings quarrel over money not enough, why you contribute so little!! Money just enough is the best. Nothing more, nothing less so Nothing to quarrel !
BUT 有钱不一定会快乐, 没钱肯定不快乐…朋友还是努力赚钱吧! Jia you!

Good friend is like a Good Bra.

While driving YY and SX to school, received a SMS from a good friend. It says Good friend is like a Good Bra. Hard to find. Supportive. Comfortable. Always lift you up. Never let you down or leave you hanging. And is always close to your heart! Just like it so much, it really says what good friends are for. So send to 3 good girl friends so that be it when they put on or take off, they will remember me...kee..kee. I treasure friendship and cannot live without good friends around. I'm blessed to have a couple of them.

I am a Buddhist.

I decided to blog again after my usual visit to The Uttamayanmuni Buddhist Temple on 10 Aug 08 at 32B Hong San Terrace for the Ullambane Festival. The current Abbot, Ven. Phra Phian Saccavaro usually explain to us the meaning of the festival as well as why we need to perform. In the past, due to the Abbot cannot speak English as such no explanation was made and most of the followers just do without really know the purpose. I personally feel that with the new English speaking Abbot on board, most of the followers now can understand the significance of each festival /activites. As such I decided to pen down what i have taught and learn from the Dhamma talk . Next week, Ven. Chun Qing will talk about 7th month festival...
in Mandarin. If you are free, pls come to join us at 10.00am.

I was introduced to Uttamayanmuni Buddhist Temple from my mother at the age of 14. Before that we were Taoism partly due to my late grandmother. I do not have much knowledges about Taoism so used to feel uneasy and scared of those deities statues. When I first entered into the main shrine, I felt peace when I see the statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, I felt peace and wanted to know about Buddhism. This was how and why I become a Buddhist. My first understanding of Buddhism is that Buddhism is a way of finding peace within oneslef. It is a religion that helps us to find the happiness and contentment we week. Buddhists develop inner peace, kindness and wisdom through their daily practice; and then share their experience with others bringing real benefit to this world. They try not to harm others and to live peacefully and gently, working towards the ultimate goal of pure and lasting happiness for all living beings.