- Sunday, June 30, 2019
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This is something I will always order when I'm in a Japanese sushi restaurant.
- Saturday, June 29, 2019
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- Friday, June 28, 2019
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- Thursday, June 27, 2019
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- Wednesday, June 26, 2019
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- Tuesday, June 25, 2019
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I don't think I have ever taken the train to my current workplace.
- Monday, June 24, 2019
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I used to be able to sleep really late when I was younger and will still function well during the day.
- Sunday, June 23, 2019
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NB: As always, I forget to take photos and the above photos are credited to Ewe Paik Leong, The Chowster & Traveller, Taufulou, Jean and Foodilifecious.
- Saturday, June 22, 2019
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- Friday, June 21, 2019
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For those who know me well, they'd know of my deep interest in personality tools.
- Thursday, June 20, 2019
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- Wednesday, June 19, 2019
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- Tuesday, June 18, 2019
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- Monday, June 17, 2019
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- Sunday, June 16, 2019
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- Saturday, June 15, 2019
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- Friday, June 14, 2019
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- Thursday, June 13, 2019
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- Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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It's funny that I still remember 10 years ago when I went shopping for a car, the one question I kept asking all the car salesmen was that if their cars came with a USB port.
Anyway, my car does not like my phone. I plug it in and it says "unrecognised device".
Since I cannot not listen to music, I need to find a solution and my hubby suggested I go find a Bluetooth dongle with a AUX adapter.
I found and bought one from Lazada for only RM15.
And it works.
Except that now I want it to do more. My iPhone plays my music the moment it gets plugged in. With my Razer, I had to tap it so many times to get to it play something.
That's when I found out that there are automation apps in Android. Apparently I can automatically get my phone to perform actions depending on the trigger.
I did some search, or rather, I got my son to do some research.
Until my son found the MacroDroid app. He built a macro and voila! It works.
I start my car, my Bluetooth announces, "Connected", and my last played song starts playing.
I'm happy.
pearlie
- Tuesday, June 11, 2019
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I'm a Mexican food fan but I don't get the chance to eat it often. One of my favourites is queso with ground beef. Yummy...
- Monday, June 10, 2019
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Today is the first time I've ever listened to a sermon on divorce.
- Sunday, June 09, 2019
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- Saturday, June 08, 2019
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I do, even though it's sometimes impossible to make sense out of them. I just finished watching this one:
Tunnel (2017)
And even though its premise and plotline is good, the acting stellar, and the ending satisfying, the series is not able to tie ends properly.
The show is about a police detective who was in the midst of a serial murder case in 1986 who found himself inadvertently time travelled 30 years into year 2016.
And in this new timeline, he had to meet people who were affected by the murders of the case he could not solve in 1986, which of course he finally did in 2016.
It's just that when he goes back to 1986, doesn't whatever that he does then unravels everything he had accomplished in the future?
To me, the only one time travel show that actually make sense is the episode Don't Blink in Doctor Who.
Watch this short clip and you'd know what I mean.
Don't Blink (2007)
And it's absolutely brilliant.
pearlie
- Friday, June 07, 2019
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Stray cats are getting on our nerves.
They sleep on top of our cars. They leave dirty paw prints on our car's clean white finish.
And worst of all they poop on the garden where get I in and out of my car, so much so that when I come back from work in the evenings, I would have to use my flashlight to make sure I don't step on poop.
I tried googling for cat repellents but couldn't find anything that's simple enough.
I read about covering the whole garden with wire mesh because cats do not like to walk on it. Neither do I though.
Another way is to spray the garden with ammonia. Cats won't like the smell. But then again neither would I.
Then my hubby had a great idea: spray the grass with vinegar.
I thought why not since it's natural, safe and I wouldn't mind the smell. At least it wouldn't be as bad as ammonia.
So I took a spray pistol, filled it with 50:50 vinegar and water and started spraying that spot where I get in and out of my car.
And it worked!
Not only there is now no more poop in the garden, the cats stopped sleeping on top of our cars too.
pearlie
- Thursday, June 06, 2019
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- Wednesday, June 05, 2019
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
I am not really a Godzilla movie person but I remember back in those days when I watched and followed Ultraman and Godzilla shows on television with much fervor.
So when my good friend, Wee Yin suggested we watch the latest Godzilla movie, I said why not.
What can I say? The visual effects and the battle scenes are fantastic but the rest is meh.
Like what Wee Yin said: just have Godzilla and all the monsters and remove the people.
The only character I like was the daughter Madison, played by Millie Bobby Brown.
I felt she brought out the character quite well.
The rest? They kinda irritated me.
The mother especially. I don't how her brain works and her tirade how she can "save" the world made me roll my eyes goodness knows how many times. I was like, really?
The antagonist is none too antagonistic.
And the rest are all too bland for mention.
And I don't know about the physics of the scenes. I am horrible at physics in school but at the rate that the monsters dived in and out of the sea and smashed down every thing in the city, I wonder how the boats stayed where they are and the cast don't get hit by anything.
But all in all, it was fun watching just the monsters alone.
pearlie
- Tuesday, June 04, 2019
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No one has made me angry and no one has betrayed me for quite awhile now.
Until very recently.
I made the effort to spend some time with that someone but what I got was blame and judgment and very unkind words.
I got quite mad but I was in no position to even defend myself.
So I just kept quiet willing the minutes to go faster till I can extricate myself from the situation.
A few days have passed now but I find that I still get affected by it. The emotion is still quite raw.
But I have already come to an acceptance that my emotions will come no matter what I do. I can't avoid them. So as always, I will ride them out till they subside.
But it's taking much longer to do that this time.
And it's also a decision I make. When I begin to get affected by it, I stop myself and decide not to be. I decide to stop dwelling in it. I decide to forgive.
Though it's not easy. Not at all.
pearlie
- Monday, June 03, 2019
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People say that things happen in threes. I don't think they do. It's how you see things and how you put things together. And it so happened that I had these three things happened these three days with my car:
1. I heard a sound in the engine. Not sure what it is yet. Sounds like the engine belt or something. But I don't hear it anymore for now.
2. I received a parking summon. I thought I don't need to on a Saturday.
3. My tyre was flat this morning. So I got stranded at home. Till I finally got someone to come fix it.
I hope it stops at three, at least for now.
pearlie
- Sunday, June 02, 2019
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I had an activity where I got her to choose two pictures that resonated with her and she choose these two:
Everyone of us would read the same pictures differently. How would you read these?
And we had a good and long engaging session using the Gallup CliftonStrengths. We talked about what her strengths are and how they can help her grow and improve herself.
And she is proud of them and it is so her to have these as her top-5: Adaptability, Communication, Positivity, Woo and Activator.
Knowing your strengths is a very good thing. It will help you be even better at what you are already good and natural in.
Would want to know what you strengths are? If you do, let me know!
pearlie
- Saturday, June 01, 2019
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