Indiana Jones......

MPH had thier warehouse sales last week. Mum n sis went there for a visit hoping to pick up a few of their favourites at a price much lesser than usual. And my GOD .. it was really darn cheap.

Requested mum to buy the book titled 'THE POWER OF NOW' for me. (wanted to get it some time back) According to them, there were mountains of book and of course ... many book lovers swarming to buy them at prices which are 30-40% below the retail price.

Was a pity that i didn't go, well.. was a little too lazy to go when i had the time actually. Feeling pangs of regret now.. *Sob-sob*

Mum got 'The Adventures of Indiana Jones' as a gift for one of her students. It comprises of 3 different adventures - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom and of course ... The Last Crusade. I've always love all the the Indy movies and was quite sure it would be 10 time more exciting reading about it than watching it.... *anxious*

I'm already into page 20 and thought that i should take a pause to post an entry b4... i have no time for it!! haha...

5 mins break's up.. going to make coffee.


thumbs - MoMo*Chin

uh-hem... RECYCLING

*grin* ... hm... let's post something serious today..

RECYCLING !!! Came across something really interesting about recycling in the net. (triggered by a customers not wanting her purchases to be put in plastic bags)

Did you know…

· 1 recycled tin can would save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours.

· 1 recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.

· 1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3hrs.

· 70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.

So think twice b4 simply throwing away stuff k?

Major resolution next year (but can start nowlah) : The recycle more... if i can do it... so can u.. lets try to use Mother Earth resources carefully. ( i know i know.. lame right? but true mah...)

thumbs - MoMo*Chin

Birthday Makan @ Pasta Zanmai

Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE NOT-SO-YOUNG ONES!!

Welcome to the club MoMo & The Pretty Aunty. It was very rewarding to meet up with u guys after a long day of work :-) Had a change of venue from BBQ Plaza to Pasta Zanmai as a few of us were not feeling too well.

I shall let the pictures do the talking as they always do best!

Pasta Zanmai located in 1 Utama . An Italian & Japanese fusion.

We were simply spoilt for choice. MoMo & Artsy did the ordering whilst Pretty Aunty & I were (not taking pictures but) busy examining our cameras.

Ta da.... Quite a good spread huh? Miso clamp soup (the soup have not arrived at the time this picture was taken), beef curry pasta, chicken katsu pasta and Agedashi Tofu. I luurrrrve the soft and smooth Agedashi Tofu.

MoMo & Artsy. Wasted, didnt manage to capture photos of the chefs in the open kitchen. We could actually observe the chefs preparing our pasta from where we're sitting.

... while trying our best to finish up the food, we continued posing for the cameras. All four of us brought our cameras!

Yes, Artsy - It's the AFTERMATH. If you look closely, there are still several pieces of chicky which we were considering to take away.

Birthdays arent complete without the birthday cake. We headed off to Starbucks and decided on something light. All four of us shared a piece of the chocolate cake.

The birthday babes sharing a light moment. We got crappier as the night went by.

We called it a night at 10.15pm. The nite was such a blast! How I wish it was a Friday.......

~Poo Poo Jay~

World Animal Day

Some awesome pictures from Bostonglobe in conjunction with World Animal Day sometime early this month. Makes you think about the amazing diversity of life on our planet and the complete disregard we have at times.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/world_animal_day.html

-daisyboo-

My nephew and I

Interestingly, it appears that my nephew and I are in the same boat.

It’s that time of the year again in uni when one’s bogged down with assignments and exams. I’m not looking forward to sitting for 2 stats papers with a full on block subject scheduled exactly in between. Bad timing....

Apparently, it’s also that time of the year again in kindergarten when exams are drawing near. I’m not sure when exactly, but considering the extra studying my nephew’s doing at the moment - soon. Not too sure how many exams but the usual suspects come into mind – Malay, English, Chinese and Math.

My nephew’s only 6 years old.

Already he has learnt to spell many words, do 2-digit math and all sorts of other stuff I first learnt in lower primary school. I vaguely remember my kindergarten days but exams were never a part of it, I think. No excessive homework, tuitions or parents comparing their children’s results with one another just to see whose kids are 'smarter'. There’re also stories of kids being punished for not getting full marks in their exams. Apparently, 95% is just not good enough anymore.

It’s becoming increasingly and scaringly kiasu nowadays, to the extent of getting part of their childhood robbed from this incessant level of stress.

I understand the importance of literacy and numeracy skills, but it’s becoming too academic oriented and too much of rote learning. Sometimes I wonder how much a kid understands what he has learnt through memorisation. I also wonder if the emphasis is on the actual promotion of learning through stimulating interest/curiosity or on a ‘forced’ kind of learning just for the sake of getting good results. Results are not the end of it all and certainly not a good indicator of a kid's learning, especially at this age.

Anyhow, looks like both aunty and nephew will both be busy studying for exams..... poor sayang.


-daisyboo_

Port Dickson Trip

*uh hem...*

I seem to be the most ACTIVE blogger in this site. Hey.. Partners-in-Crime! Blog more k?? I don't want to b the only one contributing and implicating that i have nothing else to do than to blog. I hope none of u guys are actually bored with wat i wrote... (even if bored also must read and give feedback yah...)

As i promised earlier.. will post something regarding the PD trip i took earlier.

It was a really short trip.. just stayed one night in a 3 bed room apartment in Glory Beach Hotel. Just went there to rest & relax as some frens were having thier holidays. And we thought it would b a great time for a small gathering topped with a BBQ 'feast' and a 'Boozing' session.. Overall nice trip.. i'll upload more pics in FACEBOOK. But will share with u guys wat we ate during the BBQ lah...

Looks good?? haha..... tat's just the start. After that.. we are all eating charcoal coated sausages, chicken wings and such. Such healthy food huh....

And for drinks.... BEER... of course....




thumbs - MoMo*Chin

So NOT blog Savvy !!!

Harlow !!!!

Yeah !!! I'm finally in BLOGSPOT !! Thanks to Artsy*T.....i found out that our blog page is http://www.leavingthumbprints.blogspot.com/. So blur and not computer savvy at all....and mind you it's the 21st century....i must be living in a coconut shell ......instead of leaving thumprints !!! Kakakaka.......





~prettily aunty~