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I just came back from an appointment with my speech therapist in Loh Guan Lye Hospital. The speech pathologist section was located near LGL hospital but at the junction of Macalister Road at the round about. This is my second time visiting my speech therapist, Ms Ang. I kind of lost my voice in June 2006 and my voice is not normal at the moment. I had to suck in the air to speak out instead of the other way round. The first visit cost RM183 and the package of 4 times cost RM323. I guess I have to laugh more often to get back my normal voice.

I have emailed my client a quotation for this sports courts in Shah Alam. Yesterday, he emailed me that he will consider doing business with us provided with lower the price. We have already given him a rock bottom price and yet he asked for further reduction. It is difficult to do business with a Chinese. They keep pressing you for further reduction until you hardly ever make money or just enough to cover the expenses of your staffs and materials. The Malays are more generous, perhaps because they get easy projects from the government and have the money. The trend is changing because the Chinese are not able to get projects directly from the Government, while the Bumiputra contractors are being spoilt and very dependant on the Government for all projects.

For the first time, I stayed in Sunway Hotel near Macalister Road and KOMTAR. It cost RM190 per night without breakfast. The furnishings were modern and upgraded. However, upon walking near the lift on the 12th floor, there was strong smell of cigarette without any sign of smoke seen nearby. I thought people were not allowed to smoke in an air-con building. But not so in Malaysia. They smoke like a chimney, air-con or not in shopping malls, hotels and in restaurants.

Just outside Sunway Hotel were a lot of eating stalled and food ‘kopi tiams’ or food cafes for my overseas readers. I ordered fried fish cutlets with fried mee suah and 10 sticks of chicken satay. This is a food paradise for many locals. You can seen the place buzzing with diners and many hawker stalls selling various local food. The Chinese are a eating lot. Wherever you see hawker stalls, there you will find plenty of Chinese eating away. And since they are hardworking and richer, why not?

Last night, I came back from Kuala Lumpur at around 8:00pm. It drizzled slightly during the trip back. As my colleague was tired after so much driving around to meet clients, I drove back from KL to Tapah which took about 1 hour. We stopped in Tapah for dinner and I bought some fruits like a pomelo, 2 huge mangoes, pink apple custard and green apple custard. My parents love fruits, as they are rich in vitamins and minerals. It was a successful business trip but quite a hectic one.

It rained last night and this morning. Boy, it was so comfortable sleeping under my silk comforter on the bed. Normally I wake up at around 7:30am but this morning, I slept a little later waking up at almost 9:00am. That is the priviledge of working from home. Anyway, after blogging for a while, I am off to faxing a quotation for a sports court in Perlis. Hopefully we can get the deal soon.

Using Wordpress blogs is such a chore. They come up with the latest upgrade all the time and every few weeks that you need to upgrade with the files. Thank goodness, I have some blogs using Google’s blogger and security issues are well taken care of. I don’t have to worry about fixing bugs and upgrading to the latest wordpress files. Blogger is automatic and user-friendly. So if you are a first time blogger, why not start with signing up with www.blogger.com and get familiarize with the dashboard?

Have you ever been to Hawaii? Is Hawaii one of your future destination plans for your holidays overseas? Well, you can check out Maui condos for your accommodation from Hawaiian Beach Rentals dot com. There are many interesting activities to keep you occupied like going for a spa massage rub down, foot bath, snorkelling, swimming, beach surfing, etc.

There is also Hawaiian vacation information for the links. You can read more about Hawaii before visiting this amazing place. There are Oahu vacation rentals for your booking pleasure.

Hawaii is rich in cultural dance and show. You can feast your eyes on sexy Hawaiian gals sashaying their hips to the hula dance beat of the drums and music. There are also life volcanoes to see from afar while they are erupting out the hot molten lava. Because of the spewing of lava from the volcanoes which will cool down and harden, the soil is very rich in minerals for plantation.

Yesterday was Malaysia’s 50th anniversary of independance since British occupation in 1957. For the last 50 years, we have lived with some freedom to make money and live as a normal citizen. With the status quo, I hope we can achieve further prosperity with the different races living side by side to make Malaysia a successful nation.

And you can grab the nice Happy Merdeka banners from Enveluv.com. He has designed a few beautiful banners just for this special occasion and public holiday today. Most people have taken 3-4 days of continuous holidays outstation or stay in a local hotel like myself. Well, I just came back from Penang’s City Bayview with the revolving restaurant. Last night, I saw beautiful fireworks displayed at the stroke of midnight to declare Merdaka Day.

There is a new drink in town known as Coke zero with a zesty flavor. Coke zero : Life as it should be : Real taste, zero sugar. Since there is no sugar added, it is a healthier with no added calories that add to your weight. The gassy efferversance gives Coke Zero an extra “oomph” for that unique flavor, the trademark of Coke. I have a friend who used to collect Coke cans from different parts of the world with various designs and sizes. In fact, his kitchen is full of coke cans collection that you can even sell for a small fortune.

During my trip to Beijing, the tour group went to a jade factory on the way to the Great Wall of China. They even have their own web site, www.bonajadestore.com.cn and you can order your jade bangles from the internet. Just pay by Western Union if you have a credit card. It is a jadeite which is very hard. If diamond has a hard index of 10, jadeite has an index of 7. I have worn it during my trip to the Great Wall of China and you can see it in my previous photos.