Alex was admitted to hospital due to dengue fever. He sms-ed me over Chinese New Year and I thought he was joking till I visited him at the hospital. Poor guy…

I have never stayed in a hospital before but I’m sure it can be pretty boring when you’re not asleep or resting. Alex told me that he’s been watching the same few channel on the TV, same food everyday. Maybe someone should suggest installing Astro and Wifi in hospital!

Well at least he is well and recovered.

Chinese New Year is approaching soon and I’ve been having dilemma whether I should leave my Smarty at home or bring home back to hometown or leave him at the vet. It would be trouble to bring Smarty along because I’ll be staying in the hotel when I’m back in my hometown and most of the hotel does not allow pets in their premises.

If you’re facing the same situation as me, you should check out OfficialPetHotels.com. There you can find a list of over 10,000 top travel destinations with Pet Friendly Hotels. Now you can book a pet friendly hotel directly from their website without having the need to leave your best friend at home when you travel!

At OfficialPetHotels.com, you can also find a list of useful tips for traveling with pets: -

• Before leaving, check to make sure the hotel accepts pets. And check either our on-line advertisements or directly with the hotel, to find out any restrictions, fees, etc.
• Also find Emergency Veterinary Clinics in the area to which you’re headed.
• If the pet travels with you, it will retain a sense of identity. However, pets can become frightened and bolt away from you out of open doors and windows. Keep your pet on a leash when outside your car or hotel.
• Occasionally traveling can upset your pet’s stomach. Take along ice cubes, which are easier on your pet than large amounts of water. It is recommended that you keep feeding to a minimum during travel. If you are traveling by car, a light meal for your pet two to three hours before you leave is advised. If you are traveling by air, a light meal four to six hours before departure is recommended. Allow small amounts of water periodically in the hours before the trip.
• Whether your pet travels with you or by another means it should wear a special identification tag in addition to its regular one. Write the pet’s name, your name, the person to contact at the destination, their phone number, a destination address, or that of a friend or relative, in case you want to be reached.
• Rabies vaccinations are a must for all travel abroad. Many airlines also require vaccinations. Check with your vet for the complete range of vaccinations required, and of course, check with the airline and country to which you’re heading.
• Check the airline’s requirements to see if your pet can travel in a carrier that can be kept under a seat in the cabin or must travel by air freight.
• Get the pet to the air terminal in time. Get there 45 minutes in advance if the pet is accompanying you. If shipping the pet, get to the flight terminal two hours in advance of your flight.

I started wearing glasses when I was really young due to short sighted and as the years goes by my power increases and every now and then I had to change a new pair of glasses. We all know that to own a pair of glasses is not cheap, it would cost at least RM100 and above depending on the brand of the frame as well as the type of lens. At the same time, I’m also wearing contact lenses on daily basic. Wow! Imagine the amount of money I had to spend on glasses alone?

But now, I’ve found a website called ZenniOptical.com that sells stylist prescription glasses online! Zenni Optical: Sell Rx Glasses $8 with case! How cool can that be? At ZenniOptical.com you will be able to find a huge selection of frames, with single vision lens, sunsensor (potochromic) lens, tinted sunglasses lens, bifocal lens and progressive lens. The Secret to Zenni’s Low Prices is that they sell only their own manufactured frames direct to the customer, with no middlemen and virtually no advertising budget.

Now everyone can own a pair of glasses at a very low price from Zenni!

I thought Italian products are hard to find when I got back from Italy in 2004. But now, I’ve found some of my favourite product over here. And obviously it is more expensive to buy here since it’s imported.

This is what I eat for breakfast back in Italy - biscuits with milk.

And not forgetting panettone for Christmas and New Year! This small one already cost more than RM10.

And not forgetting panettone (pronounce as pa-nit-ton) for Christmas and New Year! Panettone is a typical bread of Milan. This small one already cost more than RM10.

But in Italy, you can find lots and lots of it. And I mean loooooooooots of it. Panettone comes in all kind sizes and favour and it is really cheap to get at Italy.

Check out the recipe for panettone here.

Are you one of those people who use few search engines just to find particular information? For example, “Oh, MSN search engine have more information related to X compared to Yahoo and so on.”

Well, let me introduce to you to worlds the first Search Engine that is Hybrid-Meta-Community/Social Engine called EarthFrisk.Org! With search results from Google, Yahoo, MSN and others, all in one, what else can you ask for? It has less spam and people can also improve the already superior results by voting and commenting. This all translates into the new CV rating System (Coluor Valu) that is far more Democratic than Google’s pagerank. With toolbars available in Firefox and IE, you can be a force on the net. Bloggers can have a tool bar custom made with their logo on it as well for their readers, helping their own traffic.

For more information, click on About and How EarthFrisk.Org works on their website and tool bar page for lots of juice for posts.

EarthFrish.Org, a true revolution in search!

After so many years, finally APIIT/UCTI is giving out car stickers and table calendar. And yes, they are absolutely free!!! I know, I know. Some of you may say, “Aiyah, give me I also don’t want la”. Well, it’s alright. At least they are starting to make car stickers and calendars which some other colleges/universities may already have done much earlier than us.

As you can see from the car sticker and calender, APIIT/UCTI is very proud of their “Award-Winning University” title.

These days, there are all sorts of ways to win hard cold prize without any effort. One of it would be entering a lucky draw. The other day, one of my friends won himself a hamper worth RM100! When I was younger, I used to enter lots of competitions back in primary school and it gets even excited if your second and your following try won you another. Well, that was back then. There’s nothing compared to wining something that worth more than RM100! I remembered that last time I ever won a lucky draw was at my college’s Multicultural Night event two (2) years ago. It was an electric kettle which I have no use for it.

But have you heard of bidding for prize? Okay, usually then first thing that comes into our mind would be auction or any similar sort, where only the highest bidder get to walk away with the prize. Well, that involves money! If you’re dying to win a particular prize, better think twice about spending your wallet if you can’t effort it.

If you enjoy wining prizes, bid4prize is just for you! There are lots of fabulous prizes to be won range from Apply I-Phone’s, HDTV’s, designer bags, SCION XB’s to cash prizes. How cool is that? The website is definitely user-friendly and users can earn points at the arcade section to redeem goods of your choice. They even have a text based reverse-action game, where the lowest unique bid will win the prize. And the best thing is there will be new winners everyday. Man, it already got me excited! Why don’t you check it out yourself?

Years back when everyone is drinking water off the water tap, you would think that water filter is not necessary. Same goes to insurance. These days, everyone buys insurance for anything and everything, from home insurance, car insurance to life insurance. Even celebrities these days are insuring their body parts for over a million of dollars. The benefits of getting insurance is protect your assets if anything ever happened (let’s hope not).

Since I was a little kid, my parents have already started buying health insurance for me. Some insurance companies allows you to claim any medical bill if the kid is under 21 years old. As for car owners in Malaysia (I’m not too sure about other countries), a car insurance is definitely a must have else one won’t be able to renew the car road tax. What about home insurance? I know some people install CCTV and alarm in their home for security reasons. But without home insurance, your home is not covered during unforeseen circumstances.

So have you gotten insurance for yourself? If no, maybe it’s time to get one.

When I was young, my mum said I was a very enterprising person. Well, you can say that. I used to sells things to my friends and make some extra pocket money. I have always wanted to start my own business, perhaps start a fashion line of my own and design clothes for petite people like me. *grin*

Obviously, to start a business one will have the capital to do so. One way is to source for investors, that is if you know any, else you can always go for a Small Business Loan offered by EZUnsecured.com. EZUnsecured.com offers great service with easy process and fast funding.

No Time + No Collateral = No Problem!

If you are planning to start up a casino perhaps looking for slot machine for your home game room, you can count on Ace Distributing Sloth & Porker Machines Sales do the job. They have been around since 1957 - selling, buying, trading and repairing slots machines. They have the largest selection of Bally Electromechanical slots as well as games. Drop by their showroom or call them up for more information.