7 Useless Information About...

... Rei.

I have been tagged by for the same meme by Jane and Yuri. I am supposed to state 7 random facts about myself and pass on it on to seven fellow bloggers. Thanks to them both, now you will get to know 7 useless information about me. Ahahah.

1. I have never cooked deep fried food for my kids so far and intend to keep it that way. I am a firm believer of 'to eat right, you have to start 'em young'.

2. I am against eating foie gras, soft shell crabs, frog legs and exotic animals. And I am working towards saying ‘No’ to shark’s fin at wedding dinners.

3. My favourite flowers are Jasmine and Chrysanthemum but have never received any of them as gifts, even though I requested.

4. I am academically inclined towards physics, chemistry, biology and psychology. I don't really do sports except swimming and archery.

5. I studied Mechanical Engineering and aced in workshop practical such as welding, turning and milling but my work has nothing to do with it.

6. I was not a coffee drinker until I worked as a part-time waitress at UCC café. I was in charge of brewing coffee using a siphon. I'm addicted to the smell of coffee since then.

7. Almost never watch horror movies and have irrational fear of clowns and monkeys (or people who personify them).

I would like to pass this tag to the following fellow bloggers.

1. Ganache Ganache
2. Bento Pet
3. All Things Purple
4. Rojak Rendezvous
5. Feed My World
6. Greg & Nee On The Go!
7. Love In The Kitchen

Here are the rules for tagging:
Link to my blog (tagger) on your blog.
Give seven facts about yourself.
Tag another seven bloggers by leaving a comment on their blogs and letting them know they were tagged and listing them (and their blogs) on your blog.

それじゃ～～

Counting My Blessings

I would like to thank Edith for this tag. She passed this to me when I was having a hard time at work. Frankly speaking, during that time, I was feeling so negative that even chocolates tasted extremely bitter (erm.. 70% Cocoa content) and desserts tasted sour (what do you expect from Lemon Sorbet?). Let alone, give thanks. I might as well do the other link, "Complain Complain Complain". Okay, now that I looked back, I was able to joke about it. But seriously, I was really very down at that point of time. It was friends like her, popping by at the right time to remind me that things will take a better turn, that the phase, no matter how long it takes; will pass.

I am grateful for friends, both online and offline, who stood by me and tolerated my whinings and negativity. Keeping me sane.

I am grateful for my children, who bring me endless joy and the will to go on. Even though, that may mean I have to make sacrifices but I have no regrets if they were for them.

I am grateful that I have parents and sisters who are supportive all these years.

Although I always complained about my job, I am grateful that I still have one and is able to put food on the table.

Lastly, I am grateful that my family lives in a place where there is no natural disaster. Looking at those suffering over at Sichuan and Myanmar, mine's just a little sorrow compared to theirs.

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In order to be able to achieve and maintain happiness we need to, actively, be able to do two things:
Complain and then let go (Dump the baggage, the roadblocks to happiness.)
Openly Express Gratitude (The open expression of gratitude promotes happiness.)After all, everyone has something to be grateful for and/or something to complain about. If you would like to accept the challenge, please follow the appropriate link and do so: "Are You Grateful?", "Complain Complain Complain."

Contributors to "Are You Grateful?" & "Complain Complain Complain" are: 1-Attitude, the Ultimate Power 2-Max 3-DianaCA's Metamorphoses 4-Mental Poo 5-My Thoughts 6-Baba Doodlius 7-Wake Up America 8-Life is a Roller Coaster 9-Life and Me 10-pinay mommy's love blog 11-My Happiness Haven 12-And Life Goes On for a Filipino Mom 13-Blessed Sanctuary 14-Expressions And Thoughts 15-Memories by Jenn 16-Reminiscence of My Adventures 17-In the Life of Mne 18-Juliana's Lair 19-Pinay Wahm 20-Lucid Creativity 21-Winged Words 22-Irresistible Fascinations 23-A Little Time 24-See Me For What You Will 25-Greatest Reviews 26-ETC ATBP 27-Gandacious 28-We Are Family 29-Journey to this thing called LIFE 30-http://www.rajeshrana.net/ 31-http://www.rajeshrana.com/ 32-BaReFooTeD Me 33-Uncomplicated 34-Points of View 35-Pride & Prejudice 36-Colorful World 37-Nora's Notes 38-A Daily Walk With Bill & Gina 39-Strange but True 40-Everything Under The Sun ( Beth Rebokon ) 41-Kaleidoscope 42-Fil-Oz Blog 43-http://oscar-vg.blogspot.com/ 44-Comedy Plus 45-Blogging by Sandee 46-Soul Meets World 47-Mae's Memoirs 48-Beyond the Rave Reality 49-Amori, poesie, arte, chat by Hanna 50-Attached at the Hip 51-Carver's Sight or is that Site? 52-Empress Reviews 53-Simple Pleasures In My Heart 54-Lourdes' mia 55-A Grateful Heart 56-Majorsleepyhead 57-Scrappy n Happy in Ohio 58-CHOC MINT GIRL 59-Extraordinary Things 60-ZOOROPAZOO 61-BeNolSatuEm 62-As The World Turns 63-Your Caring Angels 64-Life Is Wonderful To Know Everyday 65-Sugar Magnolias 66-Little Peanut 67-Creative In Me 68-Me and Mine 69-Pea in a Pod 70-the diary of the Pink & Brown Wedding 71-good thoughts, good trades, good life 72-My Blog - all things me 73-Rainbows 74-Little Corner of Mine 75-Me, Myself and I 76-My Planet Purple 77-Amel's Realm 78-A Handful of Surprises 79-A Detour 80-Something Purple 81-Vanity Kit 82-Are You Grateful? 83-A Simple Life 84-BlogTips.Com 85-Balitang Kalye 86-Mariuca 87- Emila Yusof 88-A Total Blog 89-My Life in this Wonderful World 90-MommyAllehs 91-Things That Suck 92-A Mother's Stuff 93-Princess Vien 94-My Inner Thoughts Revealed 95-Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 96-Apples Of The Eyes 97-Nita's Random Thoughts 98-Nita's Corner 99-Thomas Digital Services 100-A Mother's Thoughts101-Meltwater. Torrents. Meanderings. Delta 102-My Perfect Escape 103-Vanidosa. Marie 104-Confessions of a Supermodel Wannabe 105-Lynda's Loft 106-Listening..Learning..Living 107-LadyJava's Lounge 108-The Painted Veil 109-Poeartica 110-Maryannaville 111-the life of a psychotic weirdo 112-CARPE DIEM 113-Turn-u-Off 114-asian mutt international 115-Petty Ramblings of a Petty Queen 116-LIFE IS A ROLLER COASTER 117-AZZY'S BLOG-A-ROONIE! 118-glad to be here 119-WilStop 120-Dare to Blog 121-WebGeek Journal 122-Foster Me Up 123-This is My Life 124-DaveylynneDR 125-Life Realities 126-aNgRiAniWorld Dot Com 127- All That Matters

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I would like to pass this tag to :
Let's Get Wokking
Love In The Kitchen
Quick n' Easy Treats
Mimosa's Dairy
Small Small Baker

それじゃ～～

2 Tags In A Row

Thanks to Sue and Edith, I got to do these 2 tags on such a special day, 02/29. うれしい～～ ^_^ Here I am, sitting in the office 'eating snake' early in the morning. Eheheh..

Tag : Pass It To The Front
Here are the rules:
* First copy and paste it.
* Do not remove any content.
* Just add One word related to your blogs.
* If you don’t like the concept Pls! say no?
* Our main goal is we are going to circulate our number of friends.
* The more people join the “pass it to the front” the more links we generate.
* Lastly write only one word “short” for your blogs.
* Keep it simple and short, I know some of you have more than one blogs.
* The color is only black, gray, or white plssss avoid using any color okies.

Let me show you:1.Filipina, 2.Darling allen, 3.Abroad, 4.Halfway, 5.life, 6.culture, 7.interracial, 8.pinaystories, 9.pinaysinglelooking, 10.health 11.Miscellaneous 12. Children 13. my experience 14.family 15. milestones 16. Home 17. shopping18. wonderland 19. memories 20. bliss 21. awesome 22. japanese

I'll pass it to :
Small Small Baker
Pure Enjoyment
Baking Mum

Another 1 to go.
MeMe Survey

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night?
My children.

2. What were you doing at 0800?
On my way to work.

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Doing the above tag.

4. What happened to you in 2006?
Hmmm... can't remember.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
The F word.

6. How many beverages did you have today?
1 Teh C and 2 glasses of water.

7. What color is your hairbrush?
Blue.

8. What was the last thing you paid for?
Teh C.

9. Where were you last night?
At home.

10. What color is your front door?
Brown.

11. Where do you keep your change?
Wallet.

12. What’s the weather like today?
Raining.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?
Rum and Raisins.

14. What excites you?
Meeting new friends and catching up with the old.

15. Do you want to cut your hair?
Contemplating.

16. Are you over the age of 25?
It's kinda impolite to ask a woman's age, don't you think? But if you must know, yeah..

17. Do you talk a lot?
Probably, only with those I can 'click' with.

18. Do you watch the O.C.?
Not at all.

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
Yup, I think I know 1 too many.

20. Do you make up your own words?
Sometimes.

21. Are you a jealous person?
Nope.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’.
Alex.

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’.
Kenji.

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list?
My daughter.

25. What does the last text message you received say?
The friendship week thingy.

26. Do you chew on your straw?
When I'm bored.

27. Do you have curly hair?
Yes, slight.

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to?
Toilet?.. ahah..

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life?
Not bothered by them as they are of no significance to me.

30. What was the last thing you ate?
An apple.

31. Will you get married in the future?
I hope not.

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks?
Erm.. Japanese drama considered?

33. Is there anyone you like right now?
My children.

34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
2 hours+ ago.

35. Are you currently depressed?
Nope, getting depressed doesn't change ANYTHING.

36. Did you cry today?
Nope.

37. Why did you answer and post this?
Erm.. Coz today is 02/29, happens only once in every 4 years? XD

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey.
I shall pass this to :

East Meet West Kitchen
Cook Bake Legacy
She Bakes N Cooks
Let's Get Wokking
Yuri's Bake Journal

それじゃ～～

I have been Tagged!

This caught me totally off guard. Thanks kwf for the tag. But the real problem begins. I am an IT idiot! I discovered that I don't understand a thing about HTML. Wahahah.. I stared at the screen and tried to decipher but in the end had to ask my colleague for help. So after 30 minutes later, I finally did it. *Phew~ Thanks J~

The Meme rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules.
2. Share 5 facts about yourself.
3. Tag 5 people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them).
4. Let them know they've been tagged by leaving a comment at their blogs.

MeMe - Five facts about myself:
1. I am heavily influenced by Japanese culture but still appreciate Teochew operas.
2. I enjoy Japanese drama and yes, I heart Japanese hunks.
3. I picked up baking again during my 2nd pregnancy.
4. I am into loom beading and like to make bracelets.
5. I cuss too often for own my liking. :p

Now another problem. Who should I tag? I am a practically unknown blogger (newbie; a.k.a. 菜鸟)and my blog has only 1 post so far. Ahahaha~~ Would people want to be tagged by me? Or perhaps they have already been tagged MeMe long time ago. Anyhow, still have to pass this on. Here goes :

Precious Moments, Cooking Monster, Rainbows, Gina, Cooking Momster