Haven’t been updating my blog for close to a week. My schedule were tight for the last few days and when I finally have some free time, I was lazy and sleepy.

Last Thursday, I went to Penang for a one night trip with XCool. It was very relaxing and enjoyable….a much needed break.

I’ve also been busy trying to score my big sales for the new career I’m in. Universe, please help me to successfully find a ‘thing’ that my client is looking for. Thank you, Universe!

Last night, I met up with a few fookies for an impromptu dinner in 4F house. She’s back from Korea! 4F, thanks for my birthday gift and souvenir…. all the way from Korea! After the warm dinner, we adjourned to 1F’s house and surprised her. We spent the remaining night there laughing and being stuffed with yummy food by her sister. I know I should be writing something about pharmacy angels but I’ll leave this to 3F to write about her angel. Hahaha. I feel very lucky to have a bunch of close girl friends like them. Sometimes, it’s just hard to get everyone together before the fookies group is getting bigger and bigger. Feeling a little upset that 4F will be going to Korea again and this time even longer. I told her many times last night…I don’t care, you have to come back for my wedding!! ^^

Thank you, Universe for everything!

This is my new name. Few weeks back when I consulted an expert to pick wedding date, she informed me and him that our names are not good. She went on and on about why it isn’t good. Then, she used many examples to aid her in explaining. So, both of us decided to give it a try and have her revise our names.

So here it is…my new name. 趙栥甹.The pronunciation is still the same…Thank goodness! Also, most of my old name’s words are still there. Yippie! Relieved…

As for him, his name is now 林楗倡. Slightly different in pronunciation but most words are retained.

Happy! Now we can just enjoy all the goodness the names will bring.

Penang tomorrow…. woo hoo!

I just got back from a short meeting and found out that Portugal won North Korea with score of 7-0. Pretty impressive if you ask me.

I’m all fired up for this new part time ‘business’ and already I’ve been trying very hard to score.

Seems like my schedule is going to get more and more tight. I think this is a good thing. I’ve always been one of those people who enjoy going around places. Sitting in a place (especially if without anything to do) really kills my soul. In short, I am enjoying it.

Le Lumiere made us wait two weeks to get our ring. Argh! Anticipation…..

We’re taking a short one night trip to Penang this Thursday. Excited!

I intended to blog a lot tonight but I’m just so tired now. Time to retire to my fluffy bed and do some visualizations. Yawwnnnnn! *stretches arm* Good night!

Missing 2 fookies in da pix.

Yes! We finally bought our wedding rings. It’s a little early but I just can’t stop myself from looking at diamonds and we found the perfect set. Jewelry stores are on sale. Why not buy now? Hehe.

Buying wedding bands are not an easy task.. I’m telling you. When we first decided to shop for a pair, we set our criteria as such:

1) Platinum – Simply because Platinum is more lasting and wedding bands should be for eternity.
2) With diamonds – Usually, men rings do not have diamonds. But diamonds have brought me tremendous luck so I insisted to buy one with diamond for him. Besides, he has developed a liking for diamonds when shopping for my engagement ring. Plus, getting him his own diamond will keep him away from drooling at mine. ^^
3) Same design – We prefer to wear the same design just so it feels like the rings belong together.
4) Resizable – Just in case.
5) Budget – Actually, we didn’t set any budget.

Our criteria later changed. Less stores carry Platinum rings and mostly are fugly. Diamonds on men rings look very girlish due to their settings. Same designs hardly worked too. It was either the design was ugly for the men or ugly for the women. Lets face it. A same design merchandise has different effects on different genders.

After scouting through all jewelry stores in 4 major shopping malls, we finally FINALLY found our perfect ring in Le Lumiere, Gardens MidValley. We were in LOVE with the ring at first glance. The diamond has good hearts and arrows and the settings bring out the shine/potential of the diamonds. Very scintillating. They are in White Gold 18K with same size diamond each, and same design. The women ring sits elegantly and delicately on my finger. Whereas, the men ring looks strong and masculine on his finger. Yay!
Rings —-> Checked!
Next —-> Wedding Venue…

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Watched Toy Story 3 today. Really funny. I recommend everyone to watch it. Very creative folks they have in Pixar. It’s a bit touching at the ending part and I can’t help but to tear a little. Awwww….

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Many things happened in the last two days. I know that the future will be very bright.

Thank you, Universe, for making everything happen! Now, I will persevere until the right person comes along.

Thank you!

Thank you, Universe!

Thank you for answering my calls and working really fast! Please help me to follow through. Thanks!

Thank you for the extra big chunk of money in my account! Let there be more money making its way to my account!

Thank you for the next money making opportunity! I will give it my best.

Thank you for making XCool’s apps hot sellers. His creativity has paid off. Thank you for noticing!

You really are the best! Muaks!

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Going to sleep now. From today onwards, more positive winds of change will be blown my way and I’m excited. Woo hoo!

Watched Prince of Persia last night after wanting to watch it for weeks. It’s one of those movies with unpredictable storyline. A little too macho for my liking but I enjoyed it. I can’t wait for Twilight 3 to be out. i just love how romantic vampires are portrayed in the story. Girls love romance. I bet your ass all girls do, even lesbos. Deal with it ok?

I’m going to blog about my quest to search for a good landed house for own stay….

XCool and I were looking for our ‘nest’ to embark on the next chapter of our lives. Our ideal location is between our families. We went to a lot of show houses and even viewed a few new sub-sale houses. The experience was a pretty bitter one. Why?

1. Klang Valley is running out of land for landed houses. In hot areas with available lands, developers prefer to construct luxurious semi-Ds or Bungalows. For terrace houses, the developers are moving further and further away. We want a good terrace house because buying a big house just doesn’t make any sense. It’s going to be just the two of us only. I rather stay in a small comfortable house. Easier to clean and we can spend more money in furnishing it.

2. Landed properties are so highly overpriced. Apparently, we were 3-4 months late. If we were to shop for one in Dec 2009 (or even Jan 2010), we could have saved RM20k-30k. I’m not joking. I actually liked one modal of terrace house so so much. The design, location and everything was just perfect. I called up all the agents I could find in that area and viewed a few units. The property in that area was so hot, the owners were upping the price by RM5k – RM10k within a week. Are you kidding me? I wouldn’t want to be a sucker. Concurrently, developers are driving prices up with every new launches. It’s insane!

3. XCool preferred new houses. He didn’t like the idea of staying in an old, previously occupied house. I respect his choice. He hasn’t got much other preference other than this so okay…. compromise is everything in a relationship….. I suppose.

4. Demand for houses are high. It seems that houses for new projects were grabbed within minutes on launching day. I even overheard that people queued up at the sales gallery around 3am. Everyone is buying houses like buying oxygen tanks in an oxygen-less world. Hmm…. that is also the reason why the property prices were driven higher and higher. Speculators are speculating a property bubble which is bound to burst. Will the prices be sustainable? I am quite unsure because even with the price hike, the demand is still high because population is growing and lands are scarce.

5. We have a budget. Personally, house for own stay is a kind of liability, just like buying a car for own use. The cheaper the better. I would rather save the cash to use it for investment properties. I’ve known people who bought a huge house when they got married. Their houses ended up so empty and dusty. Big house = hard to maintain without a maid.

6. Location matters. Even if we are willing to stay further away from prime areas, we still want to be able to easily access places we love to hangout. Since the both of use like to hang out in PJ area, townships like Kota Kemuning, Putra Height, Bukit Tinggi and etc were just very out of the way.

After all the headaches and heartbreaks, we finally made the decision to buy a new house from a developer, even though the house will be done in 2 years time. It was like a gift from Universe. There was only one good house number left on the chart. The other house numbers are taboo numbers like 4, 14, 44, 40. There was an early bird discount too. Yippie!

The sample house were done few days ago and we went to look at it a few times already. I’m very happy and satisfied with our decision. I can see a lot of potential in the house and already started making furnishing plans. Excited!

Thank you, Universe for the blessing. It is perfecto!

The newly released app of XCool Apps is now featured in iTunes Store in “New and Noteworthy” as well as “What’s Hot” under Social Networking category. The app is called Kaomoji. Click the link on the name to see what it’s all about.

Well done, darling! You’ve done us all proud. Keep up the good work and surprise us with more earth-shaking apps. Kaomoji app kind of marks our engagement as it was written while we were “in-the-process” of getting engaged. \(^.^)/

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Watched footie tonight at my shop. Ok..I didn’t exactly watch, I was just enjoying the crowd.

Tired. Good night, my beloved readers. To Chocolate Street it is….

Just got back from watching the almost-two-and-a-half-hour-movie – The Karate Kid. It was pretty good. Thank you, XCool for cheering me up after a super stressful day.

Universe, I’m sorry I broke the pact. I will stick to it diligently from now on. Meanwhile, please give me the strength and patience to wait for the things I’ve asked for.

Thank you, Universe!

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By the way, 11th June 2009 was the day XCool founded XCool Apps. Happy Anniversary and Birthday to XCool Apps!