Weekly Blessings Wk 10, 2012

♥ This is a weekly post on the many mini encounters I experienced for the past week.  It may be blessings, or at times, applying the singular adjective.  Though maybe insignificant, yet they are capable of staging some vibrancy to this kitty's life.  Counting my blessings every day ♥ ♥ ♥. 

LOVELY TOTE 

Is this a beautiful tote or what?

A gift from Hannie, my dear SIL (hubby side) who just came back from her trip to India.  Allow me to describe how I feel about the gift........ I LUV it!!  I definitely adore the gift, or else I would not have shown it here, right??  Besides her talent in searching great gifts, she actually applies hands on on scrap-booking and crafts making.  She features her creation in her blog, fonmee.com.  And thanks to her hubby i.e. my BIL, I had a great family weekend escape at one of the new hotels in town.  My entire family and theirs, and not forgetting my parents in law ♥ ♥ ♥.  

PROUD PARENT

All parents worry of their children's future, and I am not immune to that worrisome gruesome.  Cheeky's 1st academic exam of his life.  Though its only a minor semester examination, yet it tells his progress on whether he is able to cope with his studies.  If you had known my kid, you would not have expect this kind of results from him.  

Ermmm??.... How should I describe my feeling now?  Total ♥ ♥ ♥.

LOL!

If you do not know the story behind this electricity bill of mine, you can refer to here.  And this month marks the end of the unpaid portion (tunggakan) of this bill as I will officially and fully settle this "nasty bastard" that has been haunting me since my financial whirlwind.  

And to heighten my spirit, I am also officially 1 less credit card to settle.  OFFICIALLY settled last month!!  Woo hoo!!  1 down and 99 more to go. LOL, joking ya!!

I feel truly blessed this week.  How about you? ♥ ♥ ♥

My 1st Post on Money Management

I once attended a MLM evening talk and they were explaining the power of generating an enviable income. In fact, I think if you are to attend most MLM talks, they will be showing you the faucet as the income source.

To me, whether MLM or not, the generating of a decent income is the easier part as compared to what lies after that.  As long as you have the experience, patience, and/or qualification to initiate a business or job, this is not that difficult at all.  Of course, this needs to come with the backup of a healthy economy and positive attitude.  Some of you may argue of the above statement, especially youngsters or the unemployed seeking for jobs, but just bear with me as I am not dwelling on that department.  I am looking more on what happens after earning your 1st pay cheque.

So what happens after kissing your 1st pay cheque from toiling your sweat & blood for one whole month?   Let me tell you what I did:

In my early 20s : Woohoo!!  Party like there's no tomorrow.  Spending is a must.  There's a need to look cool and uptrend.  Minimum savings.  I'm still young what!!  I've got a job!!  I have earnings.  No sweat la!!

My mid 20s :  Starting to wonder why people are better off than me?  I have a job, not a bad pay, but y people of my age are driving their Mercedez while I was still faithfully riding my Proton?  Keen to find out and started participating in various talks.  Yes, I attended many many many talks and yes, I read many many books.

What I found out was, I wasn't earning a high flying salary.  It was just as average as any other people on the street.  And I toiled myself, forcing myself to wake up everyday in time to witness the sun rising, selling my time and energy to others when I was supposed to enjoy the best age of my life, in return for a pay cheque every month end.  Apparently the 20s' age is also the most productive age with lots of energy.

And so, my best years were spent stuck in offices.  If I was given a choice, I would have chosen freedom anytime.  How about you?  Yet, reality check do not agree with my desire. Sigh!  And so, after attending so many talks, I've selected the below image as my post today: 

This image was seen from one of those MLM talks.  Sooo many talks, I couldn't recall which one la.  But I'll give all credits to them if only I remember. 

So like I said, the faucet is your job/business.  By the motion of turning the tap (energy), the end result is water running out from the faucet.  The water is your dough.  Get me? Easy to start earning money right?   Yet the trap of life is on how you manage the $$$, and that is reflected in the 3 buckets (yes, they looked more like glasses, 'coz that's be best I can find la.  I designed it myself, searching for a long long time for images, you should give credit to me for my genius-ness!! Somemore not competent in using pc le!!)

A closer look at those buckets, they mimic sharply to the Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.  Just ask yourself what is it that you need?  What is it that you want?  And pretty soon you will fill up all those buckets.  With the income that you have, can you fill up all 3 buckets?  Or just 1?  Maybe you are able to extend to 2 buckets, but how to achieve the 3rd?

Okay-la, I will mention about it some other time.  Some smartasses are already having all the answers and so I congratulate them, but I am helping to shed some light to those still searching.  Study the image.  It will appear again in my next MM post ;-).

** This was supposed to be a long ass post.  But by kept delaying to complete it, it will take an even longer time to get this post out.  Hence, I decided to break them.  

** Please also take note of my disclaimer ya. 

** BTW, if the above sounded nothing but nonsense, give me a tinkle and I will end here.  Tks.

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29th Feb + My Reality

Despite my really busy life, I do not feel that I should miss this opportunity to blog on a day which only appears once in 4 years.  Yup, I'm talking about the 29th Feb, the so called extra day on a leap year.  If I do not do it now, I will have to wait for another 4 years to come around @_@.   But what should I be blogging about?

Since I have been professing my busy-ness all the time, I thought I may as well let you have a sneak peak on one tiny section of my many loads of work & tasks.  Yes, I multi-tasks, to the max, all the time.  Gosh!!  I once self proclaimed myself as a penjaga pintu (guardian of the office) F**k!  Actually, the malay version sounds more harsh when compared to the english version.  Anyway, after spending 10 years of my working life here, I have shamelessly self promoted myself to the level of ketua penjaga pintu (master guardian of the office) WTF!! Joking ya, still just an ordinary employee stuck in a rut routine of 8 - 5 with frequent odd hour meetings.  

So, here are some pics of my last Saturday's happening event:

Happening or Naut???  In case you are wondering, "NO", I do not have to endure these everyday.  Nevertheless, it's just one of those sort of working day for Vkitty.

That's all the pics I have for now.  Ending here with my humble self wishing every readers of my blog a pleasant and meaningful 29th Feb day. 

**I know my day will be full of event handling, follow-ups, paper work & meeting..... OH YEA!! Sarcasm lives!!

And wait!!, just 2 more pics, the awesome pic of the fabulous Vkitty and her safety helmet......

PRACTICE SAFETY WHEN IN CONSTRUCTION SITE

...... & her 3 days craving for the rendang dish was miraculously served at the end of the event!!!

YUMMEEEEEE!!  

Soooooo yummy was the dish, I had even shamelessly packed enough for my dinner #likeaboss

Okay-lah, the end!

Update 20120226

WOOT!!  Where did I go?  On top of my crunching day time job I can't really say I got myself involve in else..... or maybe on top of the job is my health.  I was aching all the way with mouth ulcer pain-ess.  So painful were they as its not only 1 but 2 bloody horrendous ulcers.  Rubbing with salt aggravated them further till this agony was made a history, for the 1st time in my life, in near to 2 weeks, to finally getting the horrible pain out of my system.  I'm still spotting the leftover mark on the inner part of my lower lip.  Can't wait to bid goodbye to them forever. Shoo! Shoo!

Because of this, I've been taking lots of  drinking water and be in bed early.  Not forgetting the cafe below my office which had been supplying and made herbal tea drinks available for this weather now turning hot and humid under the scorching sun.  Let me see, I think I took 10 glasses at RM1.50 per unit........ THAT'S RM15 IN TOTAL!!!  %^&$#@!  Ulcer, Y U no gentle to my pocket???

Anyway, I wanted to start off my 1st post on money management, but b'coz of the above mentioned situation, this was put on hold.  The post is sorta only 1/4 done.  Sigh!!  Really need to find time to complete it.  But be warned, once its finished, it may be a long ass and confusing post.  Where to find time???  I'm currently rushing with many office events to handle..... which comes with the non stop meetings.  Meetings after meetings and after more meetings makes vkitty's daily life a hectic one...... of eternal service to other people. WTF! FML!!  Gotta turn this around!!

Hence, TING! TING! (question marks blinking above my head) the million dollar question of the day is:

HOW TO HAVE ALL THE TIME TO MYSELF WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT SHORTAGE OF $$$?

Hee-hee, you need to wait for my next post.  I'll reveal to you.  I'm ending here with a pic which will also be in that particular post:

Nighty-night and sweet dreams.  For those who are at the other side of the globe, I bid you a very good morning ;-)

** RM53,806.26  

** To know my last balance, click here. 

** Yes, this post was prepared last night hence the nighty night greeting above.  But it's now publish at AGAIN, at...... 9am.  *slapping my forehead* *I'm hopeless with schedules*

You Are My Valentine

Valentine's Day is a day to express your love, and to celebrate the spirit of love.  It is a time to show respect for the one you love and declare how much you appreciate his/her presence in your life.  

I live to spread love and make this world a better place to live in.  Hence, here I am, expressing my affectionate reaction to all readers of my blog:

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!! 

Luv, Vibrantkitty

** Celebrated this day in the utmost simple way.  Simple dinner, simple sight seeing, simple after meal desserts..... all these with the kids around.  Yet, I love the company of my kids. Wouldn't change a single thing ♥ ♥

Weekly Blessings Wk 6, 2012

♥ This is a weekly post on the many mini encounters I experienced for the past week.  It may be blessings, or at times, applying the singular adjective.  Though maybe insignificant, yet they are capable of staging some vibrancy to this kitty's life.  Counting my blessings every day ♥ ♥ ♥. 

I FEEL GOOD

Can it be?  That I'm the next lucky one?  The one who will soon walk out of her uncertainties? That all my concerns will soon be blown away?  That there's someone up above is now shining a light upon me?

Or maybe its just the monthly hormonal cycle? :P

Whatever it is, I absolutely luv this positive feeling.  I have not had such feel good sensation for a very long time now.  The last time I felt the same way was many many moons ago...... probably +/- 7 years to count.  I can't really pinpoint what this feeling is about or referring to. But somehow, it gave me the confident of a person with the ability to overcome any obstacles that what may be confronting or soon to confront me.  Not that I have many mega, gigantic & humongous obstacles though, as most of the time, I like to keep my life simple.  Sooooo simple that at times, others may mis-interpret me as a lazy mutt.

LOL, yes, I know I laze around, 'coz behind my laze.......... I work dang hard!!! 

Double rainbow!!  The after effect of a brief rainy afternoon.  

Since this feel good mood is still strongly intact, I may as well leverage on it.  Went through my once prized but now neglected possessions, I refreshed  my mind and updated my stuff.  Its actually my self-help homework which I have not done since November last year.  Can I say I am a avid learner and that learning has no age boundary?  See, I told you people do not know me well.  How can I be as lazy as a dog?

This working week ended with a view of not only one, but 2 rainbows, side by side..... just outside of my house, right upon myself arriving home from work.  Okay-la, I can now die satisfied :P

And as I end this entry, I will resume my lazy mode so I may avoid some tasks just because of the mis-interpretation.  LMFAO!!  

 signing off.........

** Yes I know, the last bit of this entry sounded weird and quite confusing.  Can't help it.  The feel good buddy invaded my brain and is controlling how this entry is structured. *Hands on face with mouth open wide just like Macaulay Culkin in the movie "Home Alone"*

** Actually, I think it may be the lazy mode. 

** Confuse yet? Or not confusing enough? 

Playing with Eggs

There was this article in yesterday's newspaper:

FML!  I don't read chinese, as I did not come from a chinese school.  But Beary does.... and the article was about the miracle of the first dawn of spring.

Here's what I found from Wikipedia which matches closely to what the article said:

"The terms Li Chun egg balancing or egg of Li Chun refers to a Chinese folk belief that it is much easier to balance an egg on a smooth surface during Li Chun (the official first day of spring in the Chinese lunar calendar, which usually falls on February 4 or 5), than at any other time of the year. Balancing fresh chicken eggs on their broad end was a traditional Li Chun ritual in China".

The article had other terms and terminologies described.  But I'm not gonna dwell on that.  I like to simplify things and hence to self praise myself on the simplified version found by me *n_n.

If you are the type that needs to know everything, then, click here. 

So, just for fun sake, Beary tested the theory and..................................... VOILA!! 

Have not tested on any other days though.  

Have fun ♥ ♥.