Hmm… I’m finding it hard to blog these days. I guess maybe I ran out of things to say. Maybe it’s just a temporary shortage of inspiration to write. Perhaps the blogging part of me is on self-declared hiatus. Whatever it is… I guess I could use a little help here and open myself to suggestions. What do you guys wanna hear from me? ^^

I’ve been reading quite a few self help (ie motivational) books lately in replace of the time spent blogging. The one I’m currently reading is Thought Vibration by William W. Atkinson. I find it quite interesting but with a concept that is a little hard to grasp. It explains a lot about Law of Attraction and how the vibration of good thoughts can change one’s live. Will share with you some interesting facts next time. Very sleepy now…..

Nevertheless, let me leave this post with an excerpt I’ve gotten from another book I’ve done reading:

“We must seek to become imbued with the desire to advance. Everything will then work toward our aid. Obstacles will strengthen our resolve to win. Discouragement from others will only serve to strengthen and to arouse us to a stronger activity. We will see more clearly and understand more fully that every difficulty is an opportunity to advance, every stumbling block is a stepping stone to success.”

It serves as a great reminder. Good night!

What do you do when someone owes you money? Due to my own mistakes (which I take 100% responsibility), someone owes me quite a big sum of money. I’ve tried chasing him in as many ways as I could possibly think of. I’ve been nice. I’ve been nasty. I’ve been understanding and gave him more time. But he breached his promises again and again. I’m so tired of chasing. What should I do now? I really don’t like chasing people for money because negative words will need to come out from my mouth. I don’t like it one bit.

I think I’ll just forget about it. Be patient and see how things go. I believe the money will find its way back to me. I have faith that the Universe will do what she needs to do. I just need to give her time. Meanwhile, I’m going to ignore this. I have abundance. He begged me to be patient. Literally. Maybe I’ll do just that. Miracles can happen. I hope.

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Had a day out with XCool today. We watched Despicable Me in The Curve. Funny movie. A lot of slapstick jokes but also coupled with many clever ones. Good! Met up with Alex from Marche for dinner. Had a great time catching up with him. It’s been a long time since I last met him. I really love the Sauteed Mushrooms. Alex told me how it’s cooked. Real simple. I’m soooo going to try cooking them. To top it off, he gave us 50% discount when we were going to settle the bill. Happy day indeed.

Things are looking up. I have been changing my thoughts, ridding myself of the negative ones and replacing them with positive ones. Results have been awesome.

Last Saturday, something great happened which I felt had something to do with the Universe. She has answered my call. However, this is only the beginning. I’m packed with confidence. I know I have the perfect resources and self esteem to follow it through the end.

Thank you, Universe!

Since he gave me the thrill to shop for my own engagement ring, I felt so lucky. I don’t want to be stuck with an ugly ring for the rest of my life. Yay! A big bling! I was shocked when he told me his budget but I thought that was too high. I told him with that amount, we’ll cover all three rings – engagement ring and our wedding bands.

For engagement ring, he wanted to get me a super nice bling so that I’ll feel happy wearing it all the time. Hey. I wasn’t going to go against that idea. ;P Basically, diamond will be the main focus here.

For wedding bands, we wanted rings that can be resized. At first, we wanted platinum since it is more lasting. White gold will need to be re-plated every few years or else it will lose its shape or turn yellowish. We wanted to have similar wedding bands because i personally think that that’s the whole point of having a wedding band. Nowadays, people like to use different designs for the bride and groom. But I wanted them to be the same. Therefore, it’s even harder to find a suitable pair. It was either nice too feminine or too masculine.

Here are all the reviews on the shops we visited, which was almost all.

De Gems – This was the first shop we visited. They carry the famous brand Lazare. Lazare is a branded diamond created by Mr Lazare Kaplan. He invented the cut of the diamond to bring out the fullest shine potential of the diamond. Also, we were told that we can upgrade the diamond anytime and anywhere in the world. Yes. Anywhere. Meaning, if we were to go to an outlet in UK and tell them we want to upgrade the diamond, they will take my diamond back and let us top up the price difference for a bigger diamond. Besides Lazare diamonds, they also carry some GIA diamonds, but when compare them next to Lazare, needless to say – Lazare wins. As for wedding bands, they have the brand Infinity ring. They hardly carry platinum and their rings are mostly not resizable. Sales staff very friendly. If you’re in the One Utama outlet, look for a girl named Rainnie. She’s great.

Habib – The Hearts on Fire diamonds are pretty nice but pricey. Might as well go for Lazare. Their wedding bands are boring. Didn’t bother to look further. Sales staff very stuck up.

Soo Kee – The Brilliant Rose diamonds look very nice. Under the microscope, you can see that the hearts and arrows are different. Quite shiny. As for the wedding bands, it’s just ok. They carry one or two platinum wedding rings. The white gold ones are nothing to shout about.

Love & Co – This is Soo Kee’s sister company and they specialize in couple rings. At first, I thought they have a lot of potential rings. But after choosing for a very long time and visited two times, we still couldn’t find something we like.

Diamonds and Platinum – Their Estrella diamonds look nice. We went to their shop more for wedding bands. They have a lot of platinum range. The couple rings we just okay. It was in this shop that XCool decided that he wants a diamond on his ring too. I thought that was a good idea since diamonds have brought me luck. We couldn’t find a suitable couple ring so we paired two different type of designs together, which look as matching as possible. But we weren’t going to give up and just put that aside as last resort. Somehow, I felt that their workmanship is not too good.

Carat Club – We came here for their Love Diamond. It was very pretty. I almost wanted to get the engagement ring here. At that time, XCool still preferred Lazare so we ended up putting Love Diamond aside. We didn’t revisit this shop for wedding bands.

Tiffany & Co – I was drooling at my dream ring and XCool like it too. But the price was overly high. Maybe next time, in the very near future.

Goldheart – Goldheart carries a lot of platinum. The sales staff told me it’s 100% platinum. I’ve read somewhere that 100% platinum is not possible. I asked her again and again if it’s 95%, she insisted that it’s 100%. Hmm. It was either she was wrong or the company gave her wrong information. She said that’s the reason why we have to wait 3 months for them to send order to ask their factory in Japan to create the rings. Only this Japan’s technology can create 100% platinum Wtf? I don’t buy it la. Lost all confidence with them, I decided to leave and never went back. It’s not like their rings’ designs are something to shout about anyway…

Wah Chan/Poh Kong/TH Jewelry/Selberan/My Diamond – Nothing nice in all these shops. Not to my taste or standard, that is.

Tomei – Their normal rings were not very attractive. Diamonds so so. There was a small showcase of their higher end jewelries – Le Lumiere. We saw a pair that we like. It was a tension setting diamond but it has rose gold on it. Since it’s from Le Lumiere, we decided to go to Le Lumiere store to see more of their rings.

Le Lumiere – Their diamonds are quite shiny but some of the sales staff were not-too-nice. Their wedding bands are nice. Simple but elegant. Workmanship is satisfactory.

At the end, he bought a Lazare diamond for me. Happy! I still haven’t got sick of looking at it (neither is he)








As for wedding bands, we bought a tension setting diamond ring from Le Lumiere. So happy! Finally found a pair of wedding rings with same design that looks feminine and masculine at the same time. We walked a lot of shops in a lot of malls. Trust me, we really did! We visited some shop twice. We each have a 0.19 carat on the ring and it’s in white gold. We decided to go for white gold after all because we prefer to go for bigger diamond than to have platinum rings with the same budget. Here’s a picture of his ring. I haven’t got mine because it needed to be resized again. The shop sales rep made a mistake. Argh! Mine will be the same design only that the band will be thinner making the diamond look bigger (but actually the diamonds are of same carat). I took this photo with his iPhone. When I get mine later, I’ll take a clearer picture of both side by side





As a result of all this diamond shopping, XCool became a diamond enthusiast. lol

Rings ……. Checked!

This afternoon, after making my rounds in the shop, I went home and received a MSN message from a Uni Friend. She and I used to be pretty close when I was studying in University at Buffalo about ten years ago (wow! ten years! how time flies…). This pretty friend of mine got married last year. After chatting for an hour plus, I asked her some questions about wedding planning and she sent me her private wedding blog to read. It was quite informative and I’m happy that she’s shared her information with me. Planning a wedding involves a lot of things and such information can come in handy. Thank you!

I spoke to XCool and told him I decided to journalize my wedding preparation things in my blog too. However, I would like to keep it private as per his request. Only to be shared with people I know. I’ll be posting a lot of password protected entries by category Wedding soon. Please ask me for password if you’re interested. There will be some very private information. Haha

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Last night, I watched Inception with him. Very deep movie with interesting storyline. Leonardo DiCaprio is good, just a bit chubbier now. Haha. Then, there’s also this actor, I forgot his name (something Lewitt), who was from 3rd Rock From The Sun. I used to love that comedy series. He’s so grown up now. Watch it, folks!


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Oh Universe, thank you for the sales today. Thank you so much for connecting me with a few other prospects.

After watching those LOA videos, I googled the lady’s name and found her blog. She has some very interesting articles in her websites. I was reading this particular one, which includes a video of Anthony Robbins interviewing John Reese.

The descriptons that she wrote about a Progress makers are very inspiring. Read it here.

Many people know the concept because we’ve read/heard about other people’s success. We acknowledged it but how come only a handful in a million people will practise it. We tend to lose ourselves and that’s why reading these things again and again can help as a reminder.

I am back! Stronger, better, wiser. I will let go of the pain. I know someone out there is making his/her way here. Wonderful! Meantime, I’ll be patient. Thank you, Universe.

Thank you!