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Google Buzz is a new social media tool just launched to connect friends using Gmail. You could see the “Buzz” button in your Gmail account. You can link buzz to other sites such as Twitter, Blogs, BlogSpot, Youtube, etc. Add what you want to share in “view connected sites”. It is like Twitter or Facebook where you can share messages with your followers or micro blog.

You may convert your Gmail friends to your blog reader with Buzz. You can also integrate into WordPress Blog to increase even more traffic. The Google Buzz plugin add a buzz button on every page / post. When a visitor clicks on the button, your post’s link and title will be shared on their buzz. This way your post may reach their friends too, and increase traffic a lot which is what every blogger wants. Without traffic, your blog will become insignificant and eventually cease to exist.

Last nite was very noisy with a lot of sounds of firecrackers when I was about to sleep. I am also in a holiday mood after the long break but need to start working today. I guess I have also put on some weight after much eating over the week with my sisters in Hatyai. No doubt, it was enjoyable and we plan to do this every year. Generally life has been good to me and I have been blessed with a steady job to work at home, good friends and with left over to save for my retirement unlike a certain blogger who talks about creativity but has no creative ideas to maintain a job or to earn money and is struggling to feed herself and her famished dog. Her idea of creativity is how to cheat the company of honest working hours and to find fault with others to appear as doing her ‘job’. I have the unfortunate time of working with this specimen and only found out all her bad habits after I have left the job. And I hope she is reading this post!

During Chinese New Year, the Chinese will bring out their gold jewellery from the bank to wear them on this festive occasion. They will be busy visiting friends and families and give out red packets of money or ‘ang pows’ to children or unmarried youths. If you have the spare cash to invest, it is a good idea to buy gold bullion to hedge against inflation. And recently, it was in the news that both China and India invested billions in tons of Gold instead of the USA greenback which keeps falling since some time ago. You will never go wrong when you invest in gold and my local Public bank account allows clients to open a GSA or Gold Savings Account to trade in gold bars by the weight.

My family and I are now back from a wonderful trip to Hatyai where we bought a lot of toiletries and cosmetics and lingerie. The Wacoal brand there is so much cheaper compared to Penang and I also bought from Triumph. We had salad at a Singapore brand restaurant called Sizzlers. Some of the photos here were taken in Penang while others were taken in Hatyai. Above is the ‘yee sang’ that we had last night where we tossed it for luck.

This is a bento set when we had dinner in Fuji restaurant in Hatyai. My youngest sister ordered this while I had avocado salad, below.

Don’t this look tempting? I decided to eat something lighter as I had put on 1 kg already over the last few days. I like the decoration and the way they cut it out.

This photos was taken in a hotel lobby with the cherry blossoms and potted chrysanthemums decorating the place.

This is a mesmerizing photo of the prosperity bamboo shoots which was place in the hotel.

This is one of the dishes I had in Penang some time back – 4 seasons on a platter – in a local restaurant.

Gong Xi Fa Chai – which means Happy Chinese New Year in Mandarin.

I would like to wish my readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year of the Tiger 2010. There will be a break from blogging for 1 week as I will be going to Haadyai with my family for 3 days and 2 nights starting from tomorrow early in the morning where the van will come to my house to pick us up. My youngest sister did all the arrangement including booking of van and hotel stays.

Here are some eye candy for you of Chinese New Year themes and pictures. Meanwhile don’t eat too much and watch out of that weight.

There is a personal injury claims service helping UK citizens claim compensation on a no win no fee basis. This is a good service as you don’t pay if you don’t win in court. It is a win win situation for both parties and creates an encouragement for the company to fight out your case so that you can claim money for personal injury later on. The No win no fee basis will surely attract a lot of customers since it is value for money. There have been cases where insurance companies refuse to pay out compensation for accidents of its clients citing various reasons so that they can keep the money. Therefore you need to engage a good lawyer to fight out your case in court so that you can get your reimbursement for any accidents on the road or even during the course of work or travel.

DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS? I SURE DIDN’T TILL NOW

Death is certain but the Bible speaks about untimely death!
Make a personal reflection about this….. Very interesting, read until the end……
It is written in the Bible (Galatians 6:7): ‘Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sow, that shall he also reap’.

Here are some men and women who mocked God :

Some years before, during his interview with an American Magazine, he said:
‘Christianity will end, it will disappear. I do not have to argue about that. I am certain..
Jesus was ok, but his subjects were too simple, today we are more famous than Him’ (1966).
Lennon, after saying that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, was shot six times.

During the Presidential campaign, he said if he got 500,000 votes from his party, not even God would remove him from Presidency. Sure he got the votes, but he got sick a day before being made President, then he died.

During A show in Canecio ( Rio de Janeiro ), while smoking his cigarette, he puffed out some smoke into the air and said:’God, that’s for you..’ He died at the age of 32 of LUNG CANCER in a horrible manner.

After the construction of Titanic, a reporter asked him how safe the Titanic would be.
With an ironic tone he said: ‘Not even God can sink it’. The result: I think you all know what happened to the Titanic

She was visited by Billy Graham during a presentation of a show. He said the Spirit of God had sent him to preach to her. After hearing what the Preacher had to say, she said: ‘I don’t need your Jesus’. A week later, she was found dead in her apartment.

The ex-vocalist of the AC/DC. On one of his 1979 songs he sang: ‘Don’t stop me; I’m going down all the way, down the highway to hell’. On the 19th of February 1980, Bon Scott was found dead, he had been choked by his own vomit.

In Campinas , Brazil a group of friends, drunk, went to pick up a friend…..The mother accompanied her to the car and was so worried about the drunkenness of her friends and she said to the daughter holding her hand, who was already seated in the car: ‘My Daughter, Go With God And May He Protect You.’ She responded: ‘Only If He (God) Travels In The Trunk, Cause Inside Here…..It’s Already Full ‘ Hours later, news came by that they had been involved in a fatal accident, everyone had died, the car could not be ecognized what type of car it had been, but surprisingly, the trunk was intact. The police said there was no way the trunk could have remained intact. To their surprise, inside the trunk was a crate of eggs, none was broken.

said the Bible (Word of God) was the worst book ever written. In June 2006 she was found burnt beyond recognition in her motor vehicle. Many more important people have forgotten that there is no other name that was given so much authority as the name of Jesus. Many have died, but only Jesus died and rose again, and he is still alive. ‘Jesus’

PS: If it was a joke, you would have sent it to everyone. So are you going to have courage to send this?.
I have done my part, Jesus said ‘If you are embarrassed about me, I will also be embarrassed about you before my father.’

‘Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus’ name. Amen.’

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The Chipettes are a fictional group of anthropomorphic chipmunk singers first appearing on the cartoon series Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1983. In this and related materials, the Chipettes served as female featured characters in their own right, starring in several episodes in which their male counterparts did not appear.

Brittany Miller
Brittany, the leader of the Chipettes, and her exuberance often serves as the impetus for their adventures. Although she is very nice in such, foolishness, and materialism, and has a notoriously short fuse, Brittany cares deeply for her siblings and often acts as their defender. Brittany is dynamic, ambitious, fearless, competitive, and possessed of a desire to always have her way (although she stops short of true ruthlessness). Brittany has red brown hair and blue eyes, and her signature color is pink. Brittany and Alvin, her counterpart in the male trio, share a love-hate relationship. The rivalry between the two was part of the impetus for the events of many of the episodes of the television show, as well as The Chipmunk Adventure, the first feature film to star the characters. In the 2009 movie Alvin and the Chipmunks:The Squeakquel, Ian makes Brittany stand out and her sisters stand behind her. Ian seems to focus most on Brittany.

Jeanette Miller
Jeanette, the tallest, can best be described as the “absent-minded professor” of the group. Gifted with extraordinary intelligence, she often is so caught up in contemplating the universe that she forgets the simple matters of life, such as not tripping over her own feet. She can generally be found with her shoelaces untied, one knee sock wrinkled around her ankle, and her buttons askew. Jeanette has very poor vision, and is virtually helpless without her glasses. She has brown hair and blue eyes, and her signature colors are royal blue and purple. She and Simon, her counterpart in the male trio, are very shy about their romantic relationship.

Eleanor Miller
Eleanor, the youngest and largest, is self-assured, confident, and extremely maternal. Eleanor has struggled with weight, largely implied to her love of food. Despite her weight problems, she has been often shown engaging in heavy physical activity. She is a gifted athlete and a mini-Olympiad in any field of sport. Eleanor is quite strong-willed, and is far more likely than the timid Jeanette to stand up to her sister Brittany when she feels that she is wrong. Eleanor has blonde hair and green eyes, and her signature color is spring green. She and Theodore, her counterpart in the male trio, are openly caring towards one another, and both have a common bond with food and cooking, making their romance the most obvious of the three.

I was in KL a couple of days ago for business and to meet up with a supplier. Therefore, I don’t have the time to blog for the last few days. And my parents subscribe to Astro and are happily entertained with so many wonderful channels like Travelogue, CNN, BBC, Asian Food Channel plus many more exciting shows every day. They were glued to the telly almost the whole day during Olympics in China last year 2008 with the grand opening and closing with fireworks. Do you subscribe to Astro? If not you are missing a lot. As for me, I don’t watch as much as they do, and prefer to work by my computer or laptop. I can turn on the laptop anytime and login to the internet to check mails from potential clients every day. And yes, I also work on Sundays sending out quotations sometimes like today.

But being a workaholic, I enjoy my work. I also get to take naps in between to rest my eyes and mind. Having worked in the banking industry to education and corporate world, I don’t take my current job to work at home for granted. To tell you the truth, it was not easy working in an office environment with so many colleagues, some out there to stab your back if you don’t watch out. I have had my fair share of disappoinments and failures in the past but now is time for a breakthrough blessing. And I have heard of so many companies winding down and have to close in difficult times as this. I am happy to say that I have been gainfully employed with the same company since February 2004 – yes, time flies. What about you? Do share a bit.