welcome 2012 with new book!

Hi 2012 -Please to meet you and please treat me good this year.

it's 2012! i got meself a book to celebrate. yea yea. i have like a gazillion books waiting to be read or completed. and i promised meself not to get any that is priced > $0 but i was swayed by the chance of winning $40 Amazon Gift Card. and it's new year. guess i can give meself a wee break.

one of my favourite historical romance writer's is eloisa james. i've not bought loads of her books as her books price is so stubborn. there were nearly no price drop on her books. however the ebook is USD1 cheaper than the hardcopy in amazon. and it is a couple of RM (around RM8-RM15) cheaper compare to local msian book shops.

eloisa new book

the duke is mine

get it from amazon

get it from acmamall

chance to win USD40 amazon gift card

add eloisa james @ fb.

btw, go grab this novella: winning the wild flower. it's free for now. tis very seldom for eloisa's books. i love it actually. i was hoping it will be blown into a full book as the way the novella was written, it could! but i guess it will not be so i have to be content with the new book.

lazy weekend

it's the lazy weekend or what's left of it.
mom's in mcca for prayers for it was Renunciation Day of Guan Yin (Avalokiteshvara) yesterday. when mom's not around i somehow becomes a slug at home... i mean a bigger slug, he he.

i was comtemplating so hard to do something, a lot of things yesterday during near end of work day. pushed the thoughts out & continued working till quite late (or early as i was on shift).

reached home, check mails, fb, groupon (i'm such a coupon freak now...), watched downton abbey (i missed the premier - dont know what episode now but still had an entertaining watch, will be "checking" it out later), watched s01e01 of yuujinchou natsume (where i have left off years ago) & was craving for bubble milk tea like a pregnant lady.
butt, ended up glued to the tilam then slumbered off. pun intended.

today, decided to tick off the long list of to-do items including housework. should be a great work out. first need to ensure i get my butt off the stool n hands off the keyboard.
[yay! tick one off, clearing by 1000+ list of unread subscriptions @ google reader]

hey, just realised. after changing to the new blogger layout, where's the convenient amazon.com toolbar that i've used to search & add links?!!

"In a world of 1s and 0s… are you a zero, or The One?" - The Matrix (1999)

just made an online trx for oscar NEO da 1000 juicer. [i've been scouting 4 a grt juicer for sometime now...]
so i've become a groupon freak... it is one of more expensive purchases that i've made. but i guess it's cheaper than getting one without groupon. i really wanted this to start juicing for health (!?!?).
besides, it also churns out yummy fruit sorbet, soya drink, nuts butter, pasta & noodles, grind meat n the list goes on.

qouting from the vitality4life site:
Juicing Fruit and Vegetables...
The Oscar Neo extracts the maximum juice from celery, carrots, peppers, radishes, cabbage, kale, in fact all vegetables including leafy greens such as parsley; spinach, without destroying the vital enzymes! The Oscar Neo efficiently juices soft and hard fruits, even citrus fruits, juice limes, skin & all!

Wheatgrass, aloe leaves and other herbs...
Wheatgrass, aloe leaves, pine needles and other medicinal herbs can be juiced with the Oscar Neo!

Great for mincing; chops and minces a wide range of foods...
The Oscar Neo chops and minces meat, garlic, scallions, red pepper, ginger, radish and many other foods, including herbs and seasonings. Organic baby foods or soft foods for palliative care are quick and easy to prepare with the blank screen provided

Makes fresh pasta...
You can make delicious fresh pasta and noodles in just minutes with the handy pasta nozzles and some fresh juice added in for extra nutrition!

Makes healthy desserts and sorbets - 100% Natural...
You can make healthy desserts and sorbets without feeling guilty as they are crammed with extra nutrition and 100% natural!

Nut butters, hommus and tahinis...
You can make a range of Nut Butters with the Oscar Neo! Try cashew, hazelnut, hommus and tahini's!

jagung kueh too rich but i love it

oven is down

if you are linked to me in fb, you would have noticed i've been making sweets but with no baking :). well truth be told, it is not that i'm into alternatives e.g. steaming, etc. it is because my oven had broken down. it is still working but somehow the plate is not rotating. anyone think if i bake in it, the heat will be distrubuted evenly without the plate rotating? it's a conventional oven. any advice is welcomed. (btw, mami is still in the dark about this... she must also be thinking why isnt sofia baking the cheesecake i love.... tee hee...).

too much santan....
decided to make this jagung kueh aka corn custard. so the recipe said 1 cup of santan (coconut milk). didnt say thick or otherwise. so i got a packet of fresh santan from nearby hyper-mart which bloody expensive. can u imagine rm2.50 for barely 250ml of santan.so long story cut short. as normal some conflicts with mami. well jagung kueh was something she made with success in the past. being the older generation, when one does things that is not their norm, they would say it's wrong. sometimes they are right as they did eat salt more than i eat rice. so from the time i poured the 1 packet santan into the batter mixture she was mumbling n grumbling saying the santan too much. but heck, i've already poured it.

stir it, dont shake it
oh yes. this is one sweet that will make you burnt before you gain those calories. you've got to stir till your arm's muscles bulges. but think of the calories you've burnt, worth every drop of sweat :).

nyom...nyom...nyom...
mami tried a little n pulled a long face "coconut stench too strong" n henceforth didnt even pick another piece. guess she doesnt like the strong santan smell n i suspect subconsciously she rejected it because of my defiance. ha ha ha. doesnt matter. this means mumphf-more for mumphf-me!! i'll be bringing some to work. ha ha ha... great way to distribute the calories.

skincare craze

until recently, i've been somewhat of a scrooge on skincare. but due to advancing age and the results of shift work, i've decided to look for better skincare products. well, yes i used to agree that more expensive doesn't mean better. but now i would say it depends :)

[i've received many likes on my fb status when i remarked that u know ur age is advancing when u look for age-defying/anti-ageing skincare....]

few years back, i had ventured into the higher range of facial care, h20plus.
as usual, the purchase wasn't planned & i was lured into the store by the surreal blueish theme.
since i had some dryness on my nose & cheeks, i was recommended the face oasis range. well it was their bestseller so it's obvious that the sales person will push this. & again the blueish theme of the range is really attractive.
since, i'm not going to review the product, i was not encouraged with the product and except for the cleansing water, i abandoned them after less than 2 months of usage.

then i was back to pharmacy-shelves-skincare product which again back to my routine usage pattern, i.e. diligently using it then inconsistently.

due to some promo on beautytalk @ sasa, i bought the latest craze bubble mask - oxymask "pau pau mien". i really recommend this but i hate the bottle. maybe i too cho-lor, it's not working i had to unscrew the pump to use it now. [check here for more] love the product as they have this gel based cream and serum which absorb really well into the skin & effect is instantaneous.
then the splurging began. the gel based cream [ghk-cu vital gel cream] (wanted to get this again but somehow ghk cream/gel is out of stock in all the sasa shop i went), night cream [snowy moisture cream] and essence [snowy memory essence] really absorb very quickly but i feel due to this i had to use a little bit more than usual except for the toner [refine toning lotion] & cleanser [double cleansing gel].
take note, result is great with quite a hefty price tag.

well, happy to say, my face glowed & some even commented on it.
ha. it's money well spent. though perhaps i've been consistent or putting on weight face bloated n stretched the face? ha ha ha.

so proud that i actually finished the cream/serum as they are actually just 30ml.

ha. this means another round of purse emptying operation. decided to try the biotherm product which is actually cheaper than beautytalk. nearly purchased kose sekkisei supreme but my arm had a fierce rash when testing the product.
the biotherm salesperson threw in some samples including a generous 30ml aquasource gel. i especially love the roll-on aquasource eye perfection and d-tox bb cream.
currently loving the biotherm products i've bought except that the vivo serum had a little weird smell.

folio cover for kindle

time for me to get one of these since they are on sale :)

medieval romance now

a change from regency?
check these books. there are below usd5.00 and an average of at least 4 stars reviews.




 
2010 RITA® Finalist
Winner of The Maggie & The Beacon
Booksellers' Best Award Finalist
margaret mallory @ amazon.com
margaret mallory's site



Received the Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Historical Romantic Mystery/Suspense
patricia ryan @ amazon.com
patricia ryan's site

note: currently all her kindle books are below usd5.00 and have an average of 4 stars reviews.

water for elephants

if u have a kindle. go get Water for Elephants. even with 40% off in acmamall.com, it is still way cheaper @ amazon.com.
and it has been 48 days in top 100 for kindle books
i'm getting this now :)

gmail so smart :)

or i'm so sua ku didnt notice this feature?
wrote an email with a line: "See attached" and clicked send without attaching the file.
then ms. gmail reminded me, awesome, eh?!!

[why gmail is a ms.? cos google is a mr. ... ha......ha.... ha....]

2011 Q2 read: it's christina dodd's :)

ha. the upcoming trend of my blog would be of books / authors i'm reading.
so this month or quarter it's christina dodd.
i've been following her fb and checking amazon on her works n of course tracking on the discounts.
ok, so now i have my eyes on 1 book and 2 series which most of them earned 4-stars review from quite a bunch of ppl & price slashed to usd5.99 [which is much cheaper to the 32% discount on hardcopy @ acmamall.com]
dloaded the samples n added them in my wish list for easier tracking.

hmm.. if i paced out my reading, i think it could last until the next quarter?



the lost princess series


the switching places series 


[so ok, some might know i'm facing difficult time due to my pa's amputation, not really the amputation part as the surgery was successful,recovering smoothly and got him out of danger, but his stubbornness which btw caused the amputation. he's well but i think i need to start meditation else i'll succumb to cardiac arrest by the week's end. i'm not elaborating more on his condition here, cos this blog, it's about me me me me me me. a form of escapism?]

adrienne basso's books price slash

i've been monitoring adrienne basso  and her e-books are on discounted price in amazon.com. yay!
for my kindlie:


check out adrienne basso books @ amazon