Spymama @ Mamakshop

I received a wedding invitation a week ago. My friend’s daughter is getting married, and it will be a grand one since the groom is someone somewhat important in the VIP circle. Many things are in store with a grand dinner to finish the wedding. Lots of wedding favors are being planned, little details in beautiful silver and blue theme. Believe me, the wedding invitation card is so exclusively done, it includes 2 silver rings to depict getting hitched on the card front! They are also having an artiste crooning while the guests enjoy an expensive sit down dinner at a top hotel restaurant.. Wow, i think this will be the talk of the town wedding dinner so I must go find a perfect outfit for myself fast!

I enjoy going to the local mom and pop shop near my home. They are a small little air-conditioned provision shop selling anything and everything under the sun. I would go there for my odd papers, an ice lolly to cool myself in the hot sun, stamps to send my greeting cards, bread for morning breaky and a chat or two with the old man boss when I walk past. He works in an odd slow-mo manner patiently but it’s fine with me. I once asked if he has plans to upgrade his very very old and dated cash register to something else and I was surprised that he even showed me a brochure on a particular model - epson tm-t88iv, something he already has a keen eye on. I was impressed that he even went on to explain how such point of sale system can help him cut down on lengthy and manual work. It is not everyday you get to hear how an elderly is not afraid to upgrade, learn and pick up new skills involving latest technology systems. I applaud his positiveness despite his age and told him I will come visit him more often to spur myself learning new things everyday too. Oh, did I forget to mention that he uses a smartphone too!

Has anyone wondered why lately there has been so much violence and deaths? Each time I read the papers, it’s casualty of some kind or another… war, terrorism, politics and even natural disasters… I get the feeling that they are escalating.. is it true about what they say about The End of The World.. hmmm I have no idea but I cringe when I read so many tragedies lately. Death cannot escape us but the way humans are dying leaves me with too much perspective that many of these are created by humans.

Is this a pre-destined solution to bring Earth back to the old stone age? Something to ponder, eh.

I took this pic one day when it was raining like cats and dogs… see how these people risked their lives… and it was raining.. are they asking for trouble..

Spypapa and I have been cracking our brains thinking about small business retail. He suggested that we go to other countries and shop and bring over to sell in a small little kiosk in the mall. Actually, I find this a big challenge because we do not have much time nor do we travel alot anyway. One way is of course to always surf the internet to look for new items but it’s not everyday you can find new niche items available unless it has been in the market, thus it is advertised widely. The other option is to offer services like IT computing (not my field), design services for the local market, clothes (but many are already in this industry…) or food items.. hmmm we do need proper and official channel for food, label and nutrition lab tests.. thus abit troublesome. Not sure why but whenever I browsed for some food items or fengshui or zen products, I always get unfiltered products like zencore and even that blue pill for men… is there a filter that I can use not to show up some things I don’t want shows up?

I dropped by my friend’s home on the second day of Chinese New Year. I wanted to pass her some pineapple tarts as she had been staying at home for a while and not wanting to go out. I sympathize with her as she is still nursing a broken heart. Chinese New Year is something she avoids, Valentine is another that is too painful to bring up. Currently she is undergoing treatment for depression. All she wants is a peace of mind, and I try to check in on her once or twice a week bringing food supplies to make sure she eats. What can one do to help a broken heart? Not much but time as the healing factor. I know because I once was in depression before and it took me almost a year to get out of it. But connections to the social world mustn’t be totally cut off. Minimal but keeping up with closed friends would do good for her. She can be kept preoccupied with some activity or simple work so that she will be void of thinking too much of negative things.

I had the shock of my life when I looked in the mirror this morning when I was going to brush my teeth! I have acne problem.. these tiny sized pimples are breaking out on my cheeks and all over my face! Aaaarrrgghhhhh! Help! I know what the problem is. I had been gorging too much on peanut cookies and pineapple tarts this Chinese New Year holidays. Two days is all it took me. Not to mention, ‘heat induced’ cashew nuts and pistachios too… sigh I hadn’t had these yummy treats for months so all these consumption has taken a toll on my skin… oh dear… guess I must be really shop for some adult acne treatment if I want my skin back to normal. I have an evening party coming up this Saturday by some friends so a bad skin will just be no good at all…

I had the chance to catch a bubble event at the end of last year during the holidays. I was in the north-west shopping when they announced on the PA system that a bubble event was going to start. I took the lift and went up immediately to see what it was all about. What a pleasant surprise I managed to catch the Internationally Acclaimed Bubble Artist Deni Yang blowing some giant sized bubbles and tricks with the bubbles. I managed to take some interesting shots of him asking a child volunteer up on to the stage.

Look at the shot that I captured. He used a gigantic bubble mould-stick to create a giant bubble and ‘fanned’ it down to cover the child! It’s superb! If he ever went to your town for an event like this, I’d recommend you to watch it. I’m lucky that this was a show sponsored by the Capitaland Mall and so we get to watch it free! The kids who volunteered got a large sized bubble bottle for free! If they’d asked for adults, trust me.. I’d be the first to wave my hand up high!!! LOL I am still a kid at heart, you know?

I dropped by a friend’s office on Friday last week. She was busy repainting the office with the rest of the colleagues as part of spring cleaning week. While I was there, I was asked to pick a nice colour of roller shades from their catalogue. Had a few options but ended up I chose one that is lower in budget as they have already been cutting costs last year so I believe expensive ones are out. How I wish I can change my curtains at home too. I’ve only got two sets so a third set is necessarry , I gather.

Perhaps next year during spring cleaning week? Hopefully can get some done real soon.

I read that you can get rid of all your extra fats through liposuction. For one thing, I think I wouldn’t want to mess my body with something like that. Then a few friends were chatting away from lipozene became part of the conversation. They were talking about lipozene but since I was briefly away from the table, I miss the part when my friend explained what it was about. I am curious about how this word came about.. Lipo. What is the meaning of it? Now everyone wants to use the word but not sure if they understand the real meaning of it. A building where I used to work was called Lipo too. Is the name Lipo a name or just a company I wonder

If you had been reading the previous post, you would have read that I am gaining weight like a speeding bullet.. (okay I am exaggerating but the part about gaining weight is true). I can’t help buying that big bar of Lindt chocolate bar because they are on big big offer promotional price. I love the dark chocolate ones most especially. Besides putting on extra weight eating chocolates, I am just totally irritated that one could still be getting breakout easily than puberty years. Is this what they call an adult acne? I don’t know if it was meant to describe older people having acne or a description about an acne when it is ripe to be pressed on? Oh dear..