Cool!  I have been searching for one of these ever since I saw a girl in Central swinging one on her wrist during lunch.  It’s super cute, compact, comes in fancy colours and hangs on your wrist, thus keeping you relatively hands free.  I currently carry a rather large Gucci wallet and it sure as hell doesn’t have a strap on it, so sometimes when I go out to lunch, I wonder – should I bring my whole purse or just my wallet?  You can see my dilemma.  But now, …

Green with jealousy.  That must be it.
Well, I’m writing this article as a supplement to my hoard of domestic helper articles.  It’s really to give a break-down analysis of how I overcame and am still overcoming the green bug.  Everyone has jealousy on different degrees and everyone is (un)comfortable in different ways.  Some people highly enjoy (or have no choice with) having their DH’s very involved in their children’s lives, while others turn green and use criticism as rationale.  I don’t say my methods are correct, nor do I endorse …

So you want to be a writer?  Well, you don’t necessarily have to write a novel to launch your writing career.  In fact, there are so many avenues for creative writing that they are limitless.
For starters, Reader’s Digest Asia will take jokes, anecdotes or stories and if they publish it, they pay you!  Even better, a paid writing job!
To submit your writing, go to:
For jokes, it can something that your kids say, somethings that are in passing as comments or even a new joke.  RDAsia pays $100 USD for anecdotes …

Since I’ve started reading beauty magazines again – mainly because they are sitting around at home from my sister’s old subscriptions, I’ve started taking better care of my health and appearance and self since giving birth to my second daughter.  Mothers these days can still be hot and sometimes, it doesn’t take plastic surgery or 2 hours of pampering to achieve the same results.  I’ve tried to summarize techniques that I use for yummy mummies who have little or no time to become that fabulous mom (and wife). 
Check them out:
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I am relatively non-active right now.  I know, having children and caring for them 24 hours isn’t a real excuse, but it sure feels like it.  I went to visit my RMT (Registered Massage Therapist for those not in Ontario) and she told me that my wrists were super tight and I was at risk for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (YIKES!).  She’s so true on this point.  I am constantly in front of the computer, wrist on the mouse or keyboard and shoulders hunched – now how bad is that for …