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For the second day of Chinese New Year, I treated my family to Chinese food at a restaurant in Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel. The reunion dinner was treated by my second sister who came back from Suchou in Sizzler’s for salad buffet. She is doing quite well in China lecturing English, her specialty. As for me, I am home based for the last 5 years working for a friend in his sports surfaces business. For our trip to Hatyai, we bought so many things back that we might need a garage storage. No joke. Our luggages are so heavy and pregnant with all the shopping products bought over 3 successive days of shopping in Thailand because the things there are so much cheaper compared to Penang.

For Chinese New Year, my family and I went to Hatyai, Thailand for 4 days and 3 nights. It was an enjoyable holiday and we stayed in Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel which was so central with a huge shopping mall just directly opposite the hotel plus many other shoplots. We also went to the market where I bought 3 blouses at a price that I cannot get here in Penang for the material and design. Both my parents took 1 room while my 2 younger sisters and I stay in another connecting room. I have spent quite a fair bit of money doing my shopping here buying cosmetics from a pharmacy in the hotel with buy one get one free promotion. My 2 younger sisters bought quite a lot for themselves like jeans, shoes, cosmetics, clothes, etc. I think we tourists are helping the Thai economy during this time of the year. Luckily, it is not often that we do this kind of shopping, otherwise we might go broke soon.

Michelle Obama took her place in history on 20th January 2009 wearing an Isabel Toledo yellow shift and matching overcoat. She accessorized with a diamond brooch and diamond studs, green pumps and green gloves.

I love the neutral color and overall classic look of this outfit. The green shoes and gloves did better than match; they mixed well with the yellow suit.

This is definitely a vast improvement over what we saw on election night. Congratulations, Isabel Toledo and good choice, Michelle Obama.

Got two cows

TRADITIONAL CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.

AN AMERICAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You sell one and force the other to produce the milk of four cows.
You are surprised when the cow drops dead.

A FRENCH CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.

A JAPANESE CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
You then create clever cow cartoon images called ‘Cowkimon’ and market them World-Wide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

A BRITISH CORPORATION

You have two cows.
Both are mad.

AN ITALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are.
You break for lunch..

A SWISS CORPORATION

You have 5,000 cows and none of which belong to you.
You charge others for storing them.

A CHINESE CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You have 300 people milking them..
You claim full employment and high bovine productivity.
You have the newsman who reported on the numbers arrested.

AN INDIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You worship them.

A MALAYSIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.
You signed a 40-year contract to supply milk at RM0.06 per litre.
Then midway through, you raised the price to RM0..60 or you cut the supply.
When the buyer agrees to the new price, you change your mind again and now want RM1.20.
The buyer decided you can keep the milk and they go look for milk that comes from recycled cows or the cow urine instead.
Your two cows retire together with the Prime Minister.

And last but not least,

A SINGAPOREAN CORPORATION

You have two cows.
One cow-peh and one cow-bu.

When you are over the age of 50, go for blood pressure check up to see the systolic and diastolic figures. It should be 120/80 which is normal. Anything above and much higher than this figures spells CVA (cardiovascular accident) which may lead to stroke or heart attack. Life is too precious to take chances and the risks are increased if you are a smoker, above 50 years of age, drink alcohol or have high cholesterol levels. You should also go for complete blood test to check for cancer, blood glucose, liver function, etc. As we age, we need daily medication to keep us going and to keep the engine in good condition.

After 8 years in power, President George Bush’s 2 terms are coming to an end on the 20th January 2009 where he will be succeeded by Barack Obama. So while he is still in office, enjoy the photo blog that speaks for itself. Have a good laugh, have a good day! And I will be in KL this evening for business, most likely to reach there after 10:00pm if we set off by 5:00pm today.

This is my first post for the new year 2009. It literally started with a big bang of fireworks behind my house at the stroke of midnight. And I would like to make this clear. Worst blogger, don’t keep coming here putting comments and also your worst blog web site address in my blog. I have been deleting your comments and editing them but you are so stubborn, still continue to comment here like nobody’s business. I don’t mind comments from other people but you are becoming like the obnoxious chan. Don’t think I don’t know who hacked this blog last year and redirected it to Pendapatan Lumayan web site which was not solved until a few days later. Too bad I trusted you with my FTP password and you breached that trust. And stop commenting here and putting your silly web site address – every comment I pay for, every word, every alphabet I pay for!