How Important Food Presentation is?

Have you been walking into a well known restaurant and expecting your food to be served in exciting mood but was completely ruined by the disastrous food presentation when it was delivered to you? Let's see what I got for my dinner at Sakae Sushi, Sunway Pyramid.

What say you?

How to Spot A True Review?

I know I've been away for a really long time for the really busy schedule at work.

I'm still at work and browsing some interesting products. With the help from google.com, I landed on this ABC website. **Note that I would like to keep the actual name of this interesting website undisclosed on my blog so I'm just going to call it "ABC". :)

ABC offers a fascinating deal on the product that I'm interested in, it costs only $80 each while the other sellers are offering the same item at about $100, but I have to buy them in a total of 5 to get that deal. Well, I consider that still reasonable. So, I keep browsing on the site to find out more information and look for customers' review. It surprises me to find so many positive reviews that they redirected it from a well-known website selling cosmetics and skin care website. Somehow, I don't know why, I just feel something fishy is going on after reading the review.

I hope you can share with me your thought in the comment field below. Thanks for reading and I hope my next post won't be posted too long from now. :)

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Guide to a better life

This is amazing, Randy Pausch 47 yrs old, A computer Sc. lecturer from Mellon Universityhe died of pancreatic cancer in 2008, but wrote a book ‘The last lecture” before then, one of the bestsellers in 2007. What a legacy to leave behind…

In a letter to his wife Jai and his children, Dylan, Logan, and Chloe, he wrote this beautiful "guide to a better life" for his wife and children to follow.

May you be blessed by his insight.

POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE

Personality:

1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment

3. Don't over do; keep your limits

4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does

5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip

6. Dream more while you are awake

7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..

8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.

9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.

10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present

11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you

12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

13. Smile and laugh more

14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Community:

15. Call your family often

16. Each day give something good to others

17. Forgive everyone for everything

18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6

19. Try to make at least three people smile each day

20. What other people think of you is none of your business

21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

22. Put GOD first in anything and everything that you think, say and do.

23. GOD heals everything

24. Do the right things

25. However good or bad a situation is, it will change

26. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up

27. The best is yet to come

28. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful

29. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it

30. If you know GOD you will always be happy. So, be happy.

While you practice all of the above, share this knowledge with the people you love, people you school with,

people you play with, people you work with and people you live with.

99 Facts about Guys that Girls should know!

I come across this article when surfing the net and find the so-called facts are so true. Check these out.

1. 
   
   Guys don’t actually look after good-looking girls. they prefer neat and presentable girls.
2. 
   
   Guys hate other flirts.
3. 
   
   A guy can like you for a minute, and then forget you afterwards.
4. 
   
   When a guy says he doesn’t understand you, it simply means you’re not thinking the way he is.
5. 
   
   Are you doing something?” or “Have you eaten already?” are the first usual questions a guy asks on the phone just to get out from stammering.
6. 
   
   Guys may be flirting around all day but before they go to sleep, they always think about the girl they truly care about.
7. 
   
   When a guy really likes you, he’ll disregard all your bad characteristics.
8. 
   
   Guys go crazy over a girl’s smile.
9. 
   
   Guys will do anything just to get the girl’s attention.
10. 
    
    Guys hate it when you talk about your ex-boyfriend.
11. 
    
    When guys want to meet your parents. Let them. …….dont think so
12. 
    
    Guys want to tell you many things but they can’t. And they have one habit to gain courage and spirit to tell you many things and it is drinking! but do not generalise
13. 
    
    Guys cry!!!
14. 
    
    Don’t provoke the guy to heat up. Believe me. He will.
15. 
    
    Guys can never dream and hope too much.
16. 
    
    Guys usually try hard to get the girl who has dumped them, and this makes it harder for them to accept their defeat.
17. 
    
    When you touch a guy’s heart, there’s no turning back.
18. 
    
    Giving a guy a hanging message like “You know what?!..uh…never mind!” would make him jump to a conclusion that is far from what you are thinking.
19. 
    
    Guys go crazy when girls touch their hands……yeh rite – Whatever.
20. 
    
    Guys are good flatterers when courting but they usually stammer when they talk to a girl they really like.
21. 
    
    When a guy makes a prolonged “umm” or makes any excuses when you’re asking him to do you a favor, he’s actually saying that he doesn’t like you and he can’t lay down the card for you.
22. 
    
    When a girl says “no”, a guy hears it as “try again tomorrow”. So true.
23. 
    
    You have to tell a guy what you really want before he gets the message clearly.
24. 
    
    Guys hate gays!
25. 
    
    Guys love their moms.
26. 
    
    A guy would sacrifice his money for lunch just to get you a couple of roses.
27. 
    
    A guy often thinks about the girl who likes him. But this doesn’t mean that the guy likes her.
28. 
    
    You can never understand him unless you listen to him.
29. 
    
    If a guy tells you he loves you once in a lifetime. He does.
30. 
    
    Beware. Guys can make gossips scatter through half of the face of the earth faster than girls can.
31. 
    
    Like Eve, girls are guys’ weaknesses.
32. 
    
    Guys are very open about themselves.
33. 
    
    It’s good to test a guy first before you believe him. But don’t let him wait that long.
34. 
    
    No guy is bad when he is courting
35. 
    
    Guys hate it when their clothes get dirty. Even a small dot.
36. 
    
    Guys really admire girls that they like even if they’re not that much pretty.
37. 
    
    Your best friend, whom your boyfriend seeks help from about his problems with you may end up being admired by your boyfriend.
38. 
    
    If a guy tells you about his problems, he just needs someone to listen to him. You don’t need to give advice…….very true.
39. 
    
    A usual act that proves that the guy likes you is when he teases you.
40. 
    
    A guy finds ways to keep you off from linking with someone else.
41. 
    
    Guys love girls with brains more than girls in miniskirts. ……..sumtimes.
42. 
    
    Guys try to find the stuffed toy a girl wants but would unluckily get the wrong one.
43. 
    
    Guys virtually brag about anything.
44. 
    
    Guys cannot keep secrets that girls tell them.
45. 
    
    Guys think too much.
46. 
    
    Guys’ fantasies are unlimited.
47. 
    
    Girls’ height doesn’t really matter to a guy but her weight does!……very true.
48. 
    
    Guys tend to get serious with their relationship and become too possessive. So watch out girls!!!
49. 
    
    When a girl makes the boy suffer during courtship, it would be hard for him to let go of that girl.
50. 
    
    It’s not easy for a guy to let go of his girlfriend after they broke up especially when they’ve been together for 3 years or more.
51. 
    
    You have to tell a guy what you really want before getting involved with that guy.
52. 
    
    A guy has to experience rejection, because if he’s too-good-never-been-busted, never been in love and hurt, he won’t be matured and grow up.
53. 
    
    When an unlikable circumstance comes, guys blame themselves a lot more than girls do. They could even hurt themselves physically.
54. 
    
    Guys have strong passion to change but have weak will power.
55. 
    
    Guys are tigers in their peer groups but become tamed P**** with their girlfriends…..sumtimes depends wen they want sumat.
56. 
    
    When a guy pretends to be calm, check if he’s sweating. You’ll probably see that he is nervous.
57. 
    
    When a guy says he is going crazy about the girl. He really is.
58. 
    
    When a guy asks you to leave him alone, he’s just actually saying, “Please come and listen to me”……sumtimes.
59. 
    
    Guys don’t really have final decisions.
60. 
    
    When a guy loves you, bring out the best in him.
61. 
    
    If a guy starts to talk seriously, listen to him….very important.
62. 
    
    If a guy has been kept shut or silent, say something.
63. 
    
    Guys believe that there’s no such thing as love at first sight, but court the girls anyway and then realize at the end that he is wrong.
64. 
    
    Guys like femininity not feebleness.
65. 
    
    Guys don’t like girls who punch harder than they do.
66. 
    
    A guy may instantly know if the girl likes him but can never be sure unless the girl tells him.
67. 
    
    A guy would waste his time over video games and football, the way a girl would do over her romance novels and make-ups.
68. 
    
    Guys love girls who can cook or bake. ….they love u regardless.
69. 
    
    Guys like girls who are like their moms. No kidding!……true but only wen the guys are ready 2be settled down.
70. 
    
    A guy has more problems than you can see with your naked eyes.
71. 
    
    A guy’s friend knows everything about him. Use this to your advantage.
72. 
    
    Don’t be a snob. Guys may easily give up on the first sign of rejection.
73. 
    
    Don’t be biased. Try loving a guy without prejudice and you’ll be surprised.
74. 
    
    Girls who bathe in their eau de perfumes do more repelling than attracting guys.
75. 
    
    Guys are more talkative than girls are especially when the topic is about girls.
76. 
    
    Guys don’t comprehend the statement “Get lost” too well.
77. 
    
    Guys really think that girls are strange and have unpredictable decisions but still love them more.
78. 
    
    When a guy gives a crooked or pretentious grin at your jokes, he finds them offending and he just tried to be polite.
79. 
    
    Guys don’t care about how shiny their shoes are unlike girls.
80. 
    
    Guys tend to generalize about girls but once they get to know them, they’ll realize they’re wrong.
81. 
    
    Any guy can handle his problems all by his own. He’s just too stubborn to deal with it.
82. 
    
    Guys find it so objectionable when a girl swears.
83. 
    
    Guys’ weakest point is at the knee.
84. 
    
    When a problem arises, a guy usually keeps himself cool but is already thinking of a way out.
85. 
    
    When a guy is conscious of his looks, it shows he is not good at fixing things.
86. 
    
    When a guy looks at you, either he’s amazed by you or he’s criticizing you.
87. 
    
    When you catch him cheating on you and he asks for a second chance, give it to him. But when you catch him again and he asks for another chance, ignore him.
88. 
    
    If a guy lets you go, he really loves you.
89. 
    
    If you have a boyfriend, and your boy best friend always glances at you and it obviously shows that he is jealous whenever you’re with your boyfriend, all I can say is your boy best friend loves you more than your boyfriend does.
90. 
    
    Guys learn from experience not from the romance books that girls read and take as their basis of experience.
91. 
    
    You can tell if a guy is really hurt or in pain when he cries in front of you!
92. 
    
    If a guy suddenly asks you for a date, ask him first why.
93. 
    
    When a guy says he can’t sleep if he doesn’t hear your voice even just for one night, hang up. He also tells that to another girl. He only flatters you and sometimes makes fun of you.
94. 
    
    You can truly say that a guy has good intentions if you see him praying sometimes.
95. 
    
    Guys seek for advice not from a guy but from a girl.
96. 
    
    Girls are allowed to touch boys’ things. Not their hair!
97. 
    
    If a guy says you’re beautiful, that guy likes you.
98. 
    
    Guys hate girls who overreact. ……sumtimes.
99. 
    
    Guys love you more than you love them IF they are serious in your relationships.

Courtesy from Felix Ker

Gemini - Your Compatibility Through The Signs

I found this by Myriam Maytorena, M.Ed. while surfing online. Try to find out more about your horoscope at AstroStar.com

GEMINI AND ARIES

This lively, energetic pair can be good friends as well as good lovers. They thrive on activity, adventure, and variety; enjoy each other's humor; and like social life. Aries will probably make the decisions because Gemini has difficulty in that area. There will be bedroom high jinx, for both are enthusiastic about sex. Aries' domineering streak will give Gemini the firm direction it needs-and Gemini's occasional wanderings from the straight and narrow will keep Aries on its toes.

Letters to Juliet

What and if... two non-threatening words that when put together, it has the power to haunt you for the rest of your life.

After watching Letters to Juliet, I thought I would be able to blog quite a bit freely outpouring how I was touched by the movie. Now, I have my fingers on the keyboard but not knowing where to start off with and my mind is blank.

At times when we are so in love, we tend to not seeing things that we should see.

When we were young, we tend to go after a "perfect partner". Someone beautiful, good looking, romantic, patience, humorous, capable, lovely... whatever the criteria, you name it! We keep searching someone in life and cross-check it with the "must have" list if they match what we need until we run into someone who generally just "meet the eyes". By then only we realize this person can be a whole lot different from what we are looking for in our life.

It's strange that at work, we set target and pursue it until the end, but why this never happen in relationship? In life, we feel the chemistry with the one we like, we want them to be in our lives, but never put in herculean effort to pursue until the end. Often, we tend to give up half way and go "that's it! We are just not working!" It hurts. Somehow, I've learnt that things don't come easily, especially love, and I've also learnt that no one is perfect and that to truly love someone we have to love their flaws.

This is a great movie and if you have not been crying in the cinema for a long time, this could be one of those you will. Enjoy the movie and share with me your thoughts about this movie. :)

After Angel left

It's horrible!

It has been just a week since he left the company and I never thought things could be so difficult for me, for not having a nice companion at work anymore.

It's always good to move forward and go after for things that are long expected. Afterall, life is not about holding good cards, but playing them well.

His resignation may seem an unwise move to many peers, but I would always think it's a good idea to pursue what you want in life rather than what you will get for remain at the same ground. Expectation in reality may sometimes appear to be disappointment, so instead of expect what you will get, why not be more initiative to pursue what we want? The future is in our hand.

For that, I bid you farewell, Angie. All the best in your endeavour for making a change in life and pursuing your dream!

A Weekend in Malacca

It happened that I got the chance to re-vist the historical city, Malacca, when I was invited to my friend's wedding dinner. That was a pretty good idea to be able to have a few days to escape from the routine thingy.

It seems most of the hotels have setup their website for easy access on the information and room reservation. After browsing through a great range of 3-star to 5-star hotels, I finally decided to have a different experience this round and booked a room in one of the famous boutique hotel, which is voted to be the number 1 recommended hotel in Malacca.

I'll let the pictures do the talking...

The famous St Paul's Church

I spent about the whole afternoon walking from a tourism point to another under the hot sun and I reckon I've never sweat that much for the past 1 month. DUH!

I am a NEGOTIATOR / explorer

I just did an online Personality Assessment and here is the results. It's interesting to find myself to be a negotiator, which sounds true to me. What do you say?

Rose ain't my favorite

It never comes to my mind until I was thrown with the question...

What's your favorite flower?

I spent more than 10 seconds to think hard about it and the only answer I could give was just two words - not roses. Well, I always think I'm kind of weird since most women like roses. Well, obviously I don't like it because of its thorn. Hey, shouldn't flower be sweet and "harmless"?