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If you are celebrating Chinese New Year like me, I’m sure you will agree with me that it’s hard to resist those yummy CNY goodies. This year, i made it a point not to overbuy and overeat. I really don’t want to end up with any diet pills after the festive season, it would be [...]

Since 2003, our family had embarked on an organic living in our home. Though we still can’t eat everything organic we try to eat organic at home to balance off the load of chemical foods when we dine out. The talk on eco living has been more than just a hype in the recent years. [...]

When it comes to household chores, I try to stay away from folding clothes and toilet washing. Don’t ask me by I just don’t enjoy it. Sometimes there are so much to do that I wish I can take a household chore vacation! In our home, my other half takes care of dishes and the [...]

Running a retail or small business can be exciting yet challenging. Despite the fact that this is the year where the common words heard are credit and crunch, I have a friend who just opened a small retail shop. Her list of inventory before the opening of the store is not small. From POS systems [...]

We are truly living in a fast paced age where technology plays an important part of our lives. Online technology makes this possible for people to work from home, study from home, get an education from home and shop from home. How convenient has that become? People can now search for all kinds of education [...]

Tokyo hotels Check-in: Check-out: Guests: 1 2 3 Rooms: 1 2 3 Search see all hotels Friends asked me how I enjoyed my Japan trip. Well, I walked so much till I almost developed Plantar Fasciitis! It wasn’t a nice feeling and my feet and heels were aching after walking so much in and out [...]

I suppose most of us have gone to work or plan to start work soon. Whether you are an industry person selling ball lock pins or a financial planner selling insurance and unit trusts, it’s time to move forward and start the new year right! I have a confession to make. I’m still trying hard [...]

It’s a new year marking the start of a new era, a new beginning of new goals and plans. For many, it feels nice to start a new year especially if you have a challenging and rough 2008. I woke up this morning updating our financial portfolio, checking on auto insurance quotes and other insurance [...]