Spymama @ Mamakshop

Christmas is in town. I can see it (everywhere the decors are there!), I can smell it (they started selling cookies, x’mas cakes, log cakes, and they are giving away samples and samples of yummy succulent turkey, honey bake hams, stollens and more goodies… yum! and of course I can hear it too… the lovely Christmas songs in the air, on the radio and people humming tunes too!

I am hoping to get a new tree. First, I need to go shopping, of course. And I want to bake! It will be a Christmas I don’t want to forget… I’ve had a much much watered down Christmas in the past two years, but this year, I feel lucky! Father Christmas, you have heard me. Thank you…

The weather is getting erratic. This is June, the month where the hottest day falls on 21st in the month, in the whole year. And this is the month whereby Durians are a dime in the dozen! Yummy… I can’t wait to buy my durians at the nearby market.. I am soooo longing for them. And I wonder if after a meal of those yummy creamy thorny fruit, can I take ice cream? There are myths about how Durians should never mix with Alcohol, lest it will become something lethal.. very much like how you should never drink Coke after eating a mentos… so anyone knows if ice creams and durians mix?

Oh they do have Durian Ice Creams do they? They it should be ok…

How was Father’s Day, everyone? Did you all celebrate it with zest? Mother’s Day is very popular and moms are bombarded with flowers, cakes, jewellery, all things beautiful, sparkly and colourful. But does it do justice to Father’s Day? I’m sure many of you would baulk at the idea of any kind of Chocolate Gift ideas for Men for Father’s Day. But frankly, there are creative ideas that does not mean men cannot receive chocolates. Chocolates do come in many shapes and sizes, and many novelties. Try looking around, you’ll be surprised! And if you have no confidence, try giving them to your male friends, colleagues or any male acquaintances for Christmas! It’ll be fun, really!

I woke up with a sore and aching lower back last week. The following day, I couldn’t lift my right arm. I think I know why, I had been on the computer for too long, and sitting on an unsuitable chair. My back aches because there is no proper support for my back and using the mouse where my table is elevated higher than the normal caused stress to my arm. My mom told me that if I don’t change the level of the table to a suitable one plus a proper office chair with back support, I might end up injuring my back and also risk getting carpal tunnel syndrome. Even though I had rubbed on some ointment on my wrist, I think I should be better off checking out the shop that sells lots of joint support merchandise just like those wrist braces that most sports activist uses. Such shop sells most braces for all different parts of our body. I remember my friend wore one of the braces after getting an injury while playing tennis. Perhaps I should look at them now, what with the Great Singapore Sale on, it should be a good bu

I’m trying to do a bit of spring cleaning lately. My house is so packed with stuff. I am a collecter so I collect so many things in recent years and never try to throw them out. Well, I’m trying to, this time. I do now want to go through the same spring cleaning stress when I try to complete it like days before a festival! No more.. but now the first thing I really ought to do first is that, I need to tidy up the tv cables
that is so messy on the floor… I wished I had one of those hiddent trunking.. ah, but… one certainly can’t help it all.. But at least, no one might accidentally trip over the messy wires/cables that I have no idea is linked to!

Did any of you remember the days of ICQ chatting back then? It seems like century old! No, now they don’t really use this, or do they? Not when you have facebook and you can do almost everything on facebook… from chatting, status updates, playing online games, store your pictures, email and more, more, more! Besides quizzes that you can do, I wonder if among them, there is a free online dating service too.. lol..

I can’t help but wonder because facebook alone is packed with stuffs! Even supporting charity events, liking some product pages, contests and so much more. For me, I like the Bejeweled game on FB, and Zuma, next. Do you? And I love to read my zodiacs, listen to shared YouTube videos and best of all, our comments are meant for our friends only. Well, unless yours is a public page.

Happy Birthday to Mummy-Me.. hahahah well, I was given this cake and I’d almost forgotten I have a birthday. I don’t like people to fuss over me but I do love surprises. I had already specifically reminded loved ones that I am one who do not enjoy seeing numbers so I got a cake, without any number and a sole candle was lighted for celebration. I think that is sweet of my family. I was touched that they know me so well. I loved the cake, a yummy Black Forest filling cake. I was bathed in love and I felt really happy.

I used to enjoy celebrating Birthdays but because of all that ‘commercialized packaging’ the true meaning of a Birthday is somewhat lost and distorted. It should be a day to feel blessed at how many years we have enjoyed our life, how blessed we are to have people around us and want to have our loved ones with us as we hit more milestones with every birth day/month. We should not be expecting all that gifts as much as celebrating Life in every passing year. Did you ever thought of our life this way?

Oh No! I think I really need to get an additional hard disk, the portable one.. I am sure there are plenty on sale in many stores that sell computer peripherals or IT stuff. I really need to get start on my data backup as soon as possible. My computer recorded a ’stop error’ screen not too long ago.. Before I could read what it says, my computer had already turn off and restart by itself.. I was worried that it will never start up! sigh… but lucky it did, hence my post here. But I really think it’s time to do something to check on the ‘health’ of my computer… Need to do a proper data backup ASAP. That means money money money again.. oh dear.. How I wish I studied IT when I was younger… so at least I can trouble shoot my own pc..

Over the Chinese New Year, I persuaded my partner to visit Sentosa Island. I had not been there for so long, not knowing what to expect. A lot of hype about this place recently because of RWS, or Resort World Sentosa, to be exact. RWS is already a year since it’s opening during last year’s Chinese New Year. I had not been there and nor do I know what to expect. The monorail’s still around, except that now there is a link from Vivocity via MRT (Mass Rapid Transit, our train). The cable car is still hanging *heart drop* at the very top.. But I can see a nice castle building as we drove in from the bridge from Singapore towards the Sentosa Island.. A nice welcome view, I must say. Looks like Disneyland… but it is actually the Universal Studios.

Look at the photo I took from the car window.. sorry.. not that sharp.

I just wanted to look-see the job market if it was as buyont as ever. Well, in the weekend papers, jobs are plenty for one to make a selection. Ads are expensive and I am sure the job market is going to be slightly better unless there is an unforeseen economical grief. Currently, the job market is already expanding with thick copies of weekend papers being distributed. The only one complaining is the newspaper vendor because the delivery man need to carry extra load of papers inthe weekends.  Singapore will have a higher ratio of aging people so it’s either one get exposed to health care job site for more concession or other much needed jobs in manufacturing and service sectors.