Wedding preparation is like a huge project. Or that’s what I thought; with so many things to arrange and organise for. I guess the most headache one will be wedding dinner where you have to carefully pick out the restaurant and venue that fits your budget. Next there’ll be the wedding list on who should you invite; those who will come and those who deserve to be invited.

Also there’s the wedding photography with so many blooming photographers out there, it is so hard to choose one that will carefully restoring the memories of your big day. I’ve heard many good feedbacks for wedding photographers raleigh nc and the photos on their website is really captivating.

And of course, to make sure that everything goes out as planned on the actual day. One might not want to marry the second with all the fuss and money goes into a wedding preparation!

Rather restless at work, not too much work to do and the work is rather boring too. I am doing documentation for the project I am doing, for godsake! It is actually more of how-to-do-it document and it reminds me of my documentation task in my previous job.

So, meanwhile, I am sort of looking around, if you get what I mean. Crossing my fingers, hoping for the best and at the same time, keeping my expectation real low.. ^.^ Anyway, the office is really cold these days and I could barely type with freezing fingers. I wish I have some heated gloves to keep my fingers and palm warm and comfortable. It doesn’t helps that the sun is shining so brightly outside.

Wish me luck!

1. Cure for headaches:

Take a lime, cut it in half and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go.

 

2. Use of Soap Wrapper:

Don’t throw away the wrapper after removing a bar of soap. Place it inside your school cabinet or shoe box. It is a cheap way to filling the air with a nice smell.

 

3. Are your shoes smelly?

Here’s a solution. Put some tea leaves into a pair of stocking stuff each into a shoe. Leave for day or two and the smell just vanishes.

 

4. Tips for stamp collectors:

Place the envelope in the freezer for a few hours. You’ll then able to easily lift the stamps off with a pair of tweezers.

 

5. To keep buttons from dropping off:

Dag a drop of clear nails polish onto the thread that secures the buttons. This will harden and make it more difficult for the thread to break off.

 

6. Are cockroaches in your home driving u mad?

Try this tested trick. Fill a large bowl with cheap wine and leave it under the sink. The pests will drink it, fall in the bowl and drown easy.

 

7. To avoid hurting your fingers while hammering nails into the wall:

Hold the nails with a wooden clothes peg instead. So even u miss, u won’t get hurt.

 

8. To get rid of itch from mosquito bite:

Try applying soap on the area - instant relief.

 

9. Ants, ants, ants, everywhere

Well, they are never said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march, see for yourself.

 

10. Don’t panic if your soup’s too salty:

Add cut raw potatoes and throw them away once they are cooked as they have absorbed the salt. Your soup’s saved!

 

11. Use air-fresher spray to clean mirrors:

It does a good job and better still, give a lovely smell to the shine.

 

12. If u have problem with slippery shoelaces which refuse to stay:

Rub them with a candle and make them less slippery so that knot stay put

 

13. If u have stubborn grease stains on your work clothes:

Add a bottle of Coke with detergent. It’ll help loosen the grease.

 

14. Dirty marks on your white court shoes:

Just add some medicated oil on a piece of cloth and clean off the dirty marks on your white court. They’ll be looking as new again.

Every time I used my wok to cook, it never fails to turn black! I think it is either too thin or that my stove fire is too big. I already turned it to the lowest heat and it is still burning, although my food doesn’t burnt as quickly.

And it is tough to remove the burnt on the wok and I was forced to use abrasives sheet. It works like magic but I think it could be too harsh for the wok. It is time to invest in another good quality wok; this one could go down the drain as there’s too much effort cleaning up than food preparation & cooking itself.

Some of my friends find time to go back to swimming as a weekly exercise and I find that very good. I would like to go swimming too if it is convenient to me and if I can swim well! I’ve joined them for a couple of times and really enjoyed myself.
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However I find that the public swimming pool tends to have too many people especially during the weekend. I am not sure the standard of the hygiene and if they do change the salt cell replacement regularly.
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Else one might easily get sick with so many people sharing the pool each day.

I am not the type that invest in good mattress and pillow before this. I used to sleep on thin mattress and cheap pillow. When I moved last year, I bought a good mattress that has spring pockets and good support for the back.

But I am still on my cheap pillows for months till I think it’s time to invest in a good one for neck support! I went to the mall yesterday and there’s so many types to choose from! From microfiber, to cotton, to goose feathers, therapeutic pillows and even yoga bolsters.

I finally settled for a soft and nice microfiber pillow at 70% off. Marvelous!

It is time for health check again! I remembered that Adam was so worried about his result after he did the health examination last year. The result took a couple of days to be ready and he couldn’t sleep well, imagining the worst! Thank God it all went well.

This year, I am thinking to do a more thorough health check that involves ekg machines, tumour markers and whatever tests that wasn’t included last year.

It is going to cost more I am sure but well, early detection is better than cure. And a much cheaper and definitely better one! Nothing is more valuable than good health!

When I renovated my house earlier last year, I changed all the switch plate covers to those with big buttons. I think they look pretty cool and easy to press on especially when it is only one or 2 switch.

However, my friend impressed me with her porcelain switch plate covers with very nice designs! It sure has different feel and touch than my plastic one.

But I think if you  have rough kids, it could be a little fragile. Pretty nice and sweet decoration for the house. Something different!

There’s this few houses that are being renovated near my housing area. It looks like a big renovation with walls being tore down and high walls being built. Initially I thought that they are going to build a huge bungalow but apparently I was wrong.

My neighbor said it is a newresidential rehab treatment facility! No wonder such a big renovation.

I am wondering when will this facility be ready and what type of crowds will it attract? But it will be good for the community here who needs the treatment. And it looks like it is going to be a great place!

 

I need a new set of plates and bowls. Last weekend when I was throwing a small party at home for the New Year, I realized that all the plates and bowls are from different sources and it is a weird combination.

But when I check out the price, I think it is too expensive especially those with nice designs. I like one which is white with little blue flowers at the side.

I guess for now, I’ll just continue using this weird combination of plates and bowls. I got many free bowls/plates from buying toothpaste or detergent. Or maybe I can hint someone to get me a nice set for saint patricks gifts?