My prayer for today

Lord , teach me to be simple and humble and to treat others with care and to be thoughtful of other's feelings . 

No, am not spiritual , I do not put out my faith for display , but am a believer. The prayer is to remind myself of what not to be when am old and grumpy. To not gloat on and on about myself , my family , my kids and so on. 

When others say about their problems , I would like to say something encouraging and compassionate. 

What a shame , I see many singing their own praises in the name of God. Thanks to God , they say before uttering their magnanimous catches , be it a house , a car , financial success, materialistic world !! 

Am beginning to hate people open up and talk in such ways, when previously I could easily ignore and forget. I must be getting old I suppose . 

I Signed the offer letter today

Yay!! I signed the offer letter today , am going back to my old company , old team and old friends but with a much better title and a much better compensation. I call it my lottery ticket !!!

The job is difficult , stressful and tiring , but I feel in many ways excited and eager to go back . 

Good luck to me!!! Another happy day !! 

15 minutes before

It's always 15 minutes before a birthday party that my husband steps out to fetch the birthday from the mall that is 10 minutes away. 

If that doesn't drive you mad , then you must be a saint !!! 

Selling the house

We are at this stage , where we are planning to sell our house . 

We hatched this plan back in Jan , and we put our plan in motion on the 15th of March . It's been a couple of weeks now , we've had 5 viewings, potential buyers. 

A neighbor offered to buy , at X+20, while another couple offered to buy X-2. Finally , the neighbor backed out saying the price is too high . We tried negotiating with the couple, unfortunately , that fell off through. 

Let's see how it goes ... Hope , we get a good price and sell soon !!! 

Mom's day out to Johor Bahru

We ( 2 good friends P and G and G's mom ) went on a one day shipping trip to Johor Bahru , Malaysia.

After planning for months to go to KUala Lumpur for a weekend , we decided on impulse to go to JB . G asked on Thursday , and we went to JB the next Sunday. 

This is going to be a detailed rant, since We enjoyed every bit of my day out. We started at 7 in the morning , met at Sengkang MRT and we took a cab to Queen Street Bus Terminus . We looked for the yellow Malaysian cabs , and there were plenty. Offer was at 55$ for a cab to the city square mall . We took it , novice beginners! 

It took us about an hour or so , to get past the Singapore immigration , the vehicle checks and the Malaysian immigration and to the mall. We arrived at about 9 , a so we had breakfast at a local coffee place . The dosa and the egg Prata turned out just awesome , the Prata wasn't anything like the ones we get in SG, new found respect for egg Prata ! 

We saw a temple , and decided to pop in . There were 2 weddings that day , we left after watching the first wedding . The style and the decor of the Malaysian Indian bride and groom is something of a sight !! Tres different !! 

Next stop was City Square Mall , as expected it's a replica of the SG malls , prices almost on par with SG , what a waste !! 

We got a cab and asked to be taken to the Danga Mall , the cab driver said it's not good , so we decided to skip , and tried the KSL City Expo . We ended up buying shoes at fairly reasonable prices, much lesser than SG. Shoes for less!! 

The mall housed a Tesco hyper mart , where we stocked up on some household items . Do I need to mention it's groceries for less , of course la!! 

Lunch came next , we had some light lunch  at KFC , did I say Light lunch ? 

After lunch , we decided to do some serious shopping , we took a cab and asked to be taken to the largest Jusco . None of us had data roaming , to surf and check . So, we relied on the local taxi for information , not a wise decision at all . We were shown to the Permas Jaya Jusco . 

We arrived at the Aeon mall at Permas Jaya , and we were plainly confused , why it said Aeon and not Jusco . Anyways , we shopped there for clothes and household items . After going around and around , and gathering all that we liked , it was time to make final selections . That's when we discovered , the 70% off sale !! 

Back again to the sections where they were running those sales , we helped one another choose and buy . It was a fun day shopping and talking and making fun of each other .

We took a cab from there to Larkin Bus Terminus taxi stand . There were absolutely no taxis , only fellows advertising for taxis for 20$ per head or 80$ per cab . If we were ready to pay 80$ , then we could board a can right then . If else , we keep waiting in a queue that never moved . We decided to take the cab at 80$ , plainly disappointed to be tricked. Long long journey which took about 2 hours and we finally arrived at Bugis . From Bugis , we took another can to get home . Came home to a quiet home ,all in bed and sleeping peacefully. 

What a day it had been . 

All about Aura

AuraFashionLine.com - its a platform to buy Indian Wear online , especially targeting the APAC . More at www.Facebook.com/AuraFashionLine 

It's been my little baby all this while , every spare moment I get , I work on it. 

I walk to the school to drop or pick up the kids ,  a spare few minutes there , I work . 

While I wait for the cooking to be completed , I work . 

While I put my kids to sleep after their story time and night prayers , I work . 

While am in the loo too ... 

The time is all mine , when both my kids are in school , precious 1.5 hours indeed . 

It's kept me busy, there are so many ideas that I would like to implement , but so little time. How I wish I could get another 4 hours all to myself.  I've stopped working late nights , having encountered bad reviews of my health, and as my friend put it "you look like a patient ". Am guesting she meant I look unhealthy, and nothing otherwise. 

I've enjoyed every bit of it , there has been many downs and very few Ups, and many a times I had confided in the same friend that I regret getting into this. But, those negative feelings lasted only for a day or so , and then I swing back to my own happy self. 

It's a short journey but quite a learning curve . Building up my own website , building a client base , running a business, it's a challenging project. Have only my clients and the never ending support of my mom and dad to thank for . Of course , my better half  and my good friend , S . 

Wish me more luck!! 

To be or not to be...

I'm going through a phase and am calling it "To Be or Not To Be". Don't ask me what , Don't ask me why, Don't ask me if I'm out of my mind. 

I don't know to decide , and it makes it all the more difficult to decide , and decide I must as early as possible. 

Good luck to me !!