Gaze & X

Realised ive spelled Gemcerey wrongly..Opps...Saw it at Vonnie's blog and spotted my mistake,,hahah. Hey Vonnie, for the talking watch, pls use a needle to poke the side ("mode" column or something). Today a customer told me,,her's is working well.

finally gaze calendar is out (12/28) and it comes with an exclusive photo!~ We hope we'll receive ours on next Monday, if not, gotta wait till next Wed due to New Year;s day. It wld be a great New Year Gift for all Gaze fans. We hope our overseas customers receive theirs some time next week.

Yesterday, an Aussie customer told me that from Perth to Western Australia by Express service took 1 mth!~~ She suspect it is due to the festive period,,but den,,ONE MONTH within the same country and by Express mail somemore?! We have customers who had waited for 7days and starts sending enquiries email about their package. If it takes one mth,they will "Kill" us (no lah,,rather, badmouth us at forums/blogs). Nonetheless, we'll explain nicely to them that it is due to some held ups at their customs, which we have no control over. To date, USA and Canada has such problems..so it takes longer for packages to reach the receiver. Europe is far by the best, sometimes, it takes ONLY 3 days (to my amazement too!) to deliver.

Italian post opens up every packages/parcels. Our Italian customer's parcel was opened last mth and she gotta pay Euro$100 in tax before she can collect her parcel!! Gosh,,so EX!! She also paid Euro$150 in tax for her Putumayo clothings!~ The Italian post charge the taxes according price tags of items..so, mags and cds are cheaper,but Putumayo? If its H.Naoto..she will cry at the post office ... ... ... (dont think she'll cry coz her dad is Mr. Richie Rich aka Paypal screw up? No problem, my dad will send payment by inter-bank from Italy to Singapore by Citibank. She also went to chase gaze all over europe during their oct tour too *Envious!!*).

Listening to X-Japan's Live Live Live Tokyo Dome 93 - 96 now. If i can manage to get a tix to their Reunion concert next year, i shall close my eyes and immerse in the ballads. (Toshi nothing to see, at least Ryuichi is handsome..hahah). Maybe will bring a Spore flag to tell them Spore got alot of X fans. I think i will cry when they sing Tears and The Last Song, coz it reminds us of hide. I hope X fans dont cry like LS fans during their Final Act...so sombre and scary coz i dont understand what LS and the fans are talking.. they cried louder and louder...

It would be a LUXURY to be able to watch X-Japan live!~ Shall be like vonnie,,grab all the tour goods x 2 each,,XD (once in a lifetime tour!)..i wonder how long the queue will be..oh well, lemme settle the ticket first...*keep my fingers crossed*. Sometimes, i do feel it is like "got money also no ticket" situation..dunno how..which X fan wants to sell away the ticket??! I think Ruki and many other bands will attend X concert (oh, this means tickets will be more scarce) *Tears*

Some finance tidbits:

Checked out at Fundsupermart's forum and came across this info.

Mr Tan Kin Lian - ex CEO of NTUC Income for the past 29 years.

He always put of customers first. A man with strong integrity.

Alot of useful financial information and also the Insurance Industry:

http://www.tankinlian.com/

http://tankinlian.blogspot.com/

tml going to see Ajahn Brahm live,,kinda excited!~~ Hope he will enlighten me and set me up and ready for 2008!~~

Merry Christmas & Gemcery

Gemcery,,omg,,,got a few enquiries. It is whopping EX!~ If it is Tiffany or Cartier, den worth it ... Vonnie, cheer up okay?~~

Hi Christine, how was your Christmas? Hope you are feeling great~ :)

No news when the A9 calendar will be released. Hope it is the same date as Gaze (12/28),,so excited to see how the calendars look like. Must rush rush coz japan's post office is closed on from next Tue.. and closed for 3-5 days,,,sooo long!! Japanese New Year is like our Lunar New Year.

Wonder hw was the luna sea reunion last nite..hmm.. this Reunion DVD will be out it march!!~

Did nothing much today except some readings and taking naps..XD. No special TV programmes on TV,,our mediacorp is lazy or maybe trying to save cost??

Read an article about Inflation in Singapore at the Fundsupermart forum. It says our inflation rate is 4.2% as at Nov 07. One annalyst from MAS says it is estimate to be x2 by end of 08. OMG,,,means 8.4% inflation rate in Singapore??!!~~ @.@" OMG!!!

I think inflation is more than 4.2%. My doggie's biscuit cost S$1.80 a few weeks back but last week, i saw it at S$2.40 = 33.3% increase in price!!

Auntie Iris called in the evening and she;s working today. Her boss came to the shop halfway thru our chat and we'll catch up another day. She had zero sales yday... -_-"

A funny customer from Germany emailed to say "thank you for sending out my necklace, wishing you have lots of presents today. " She's got a cute nick too, call Berry~

Discovered the maplocco map thingy at someone's blog, so put it up at vs. it's an interesting software. It's confirmed that our customers are concentrated in Europe. There's one click from Kuwait,,must be the diehard A9 mei mei :)

Yday i forgotten a meet up. It was 12pm at cityhall,,but i clean forgotten about it (2nd time it happened!~). M called at 12.02 and asked if im on da way..Opps,,,i apologised profusely..so, am meeting her tml. She told me a funny thing. " I dreamt last night tat u scolded me coz i was 3 hrs late for the meet up. You paste an angry note at cityhall (tat meeting area) and im so frightened by it" Sooo amusing,,XD. I assured her i dun scold ppl for being late. Coincidently, I dreamt last nite that I was 1 hr late for meet ups.. too many things on my mind, esp yday coz was rushing to post office to post all the goods before the holidays.

So fast 2007 is ending,,,left one more week to go!~

VS crossed the 100,000 hits

VS blogsite had crossed 100,000 hits this morning!~

Thanks to everyone who checked it out every now and then.

Thank you for enjoying the things we put up.

ありがとうございます

Green tea with Collagen

Woah, Christine!~ You actually subscribed to my blog??! Gosh,,thank you for being my "fan". (i dont know hw to subscribe to blogs!) You may want to give it some thoughts of going back to Vietnam after you graduate,,coz it's the next BIG thing (Emerging markets)

yday was browsing for green tea coz i heard from the radio tat green tea is one of the best anti-oxidants (skin renewal) around (besides blueberrry and pink guavas). I think Japan has the best green teas (Local ones are made in china or ???) so i search for it. BINGO, they have a kind of green tea that comes with COLLAGEN and VITAMIN C!! So, ALL IN ONE. So, i bought this:

http://www.rakuten.co.jp/oft/476346/520078/#499785

Not sure if there would be any change in taste after added with Collagen and Vitamin C. Anyone who is interested to try, pls lemme noe. it will arrive next week.

The Collagen is made from pork, so im kinda worried about the taste and smell (if any). They have a kind of pure Collagen powder and there;s pork or fish flavour..nvm,,try the green tea 1st.

had a yummy lunch buffet at seoul garden with LP today, after 1 month without seeing her coz she went back to KL. Chatted alot of things, esp wat are we gonna do on new year's eve. So, we had decided to go to this talk coz i remembered ive picked up this flyer sometime in Oct.

http://www.buddhistfellowship.org/bf_new/pages/latest_events/announcements_ab_talks_dec07.html

Ajahn Brahm is no ordinary monk. He is funny and talks in a simple and relax way. Even his book has a funny title (Who sent this truck load of dung?) I look forward to see him live on 30th Dec.

Check out his Youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ajahn+Brahm+

im not so much of a religious person (despite im a buddhist) and his teachings is more about spirtuality, which im more into it.

Zzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzz

US$

Was reading fundsupermart's forum and a forumer introduced a link to some financial talks at youtube and i saw this interesting one:

US$ in Crisis. Something to ponder for all of us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3g5lUgkWk&feature=related

A simple and Must read book is China Inc
(http://www.amazon.com/China-Inc-Superpower-Challenges-America/dp/B000W3W99U/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198232865&sr=8-1

Read it 2 years ago and cant believe wat's going on between the US and Asia. It says China lends the US$ massive amounts of $$$ to sustain their economy. In Summary:

1. China buys US$ Bonds (bonds of banks and buildings) as a form of IOU
2. Until US has $$$ to pay back, these banks, buildings etc belongs to China
3. Summary = Many things in the US belongs to China until their debt is clear

1 book (cant remember the title) says, for every US$1 the American earns, they have US$3 in debt..so scary!!~ *Vonnie, dont overspend hor*

What if China stop buying those bonds (meaning, dont lend US any more $) and the world's next currency is Renminbi or Euro?

Oh yes, the Middle East Oil traders have stop using US$ as their trading currency since early Dec coz it declines so much that their profits are eroded. They are using the Euro now.

Due to the mis-managed of the US financial system, the middle class got hurt the most. They are now working harder for the same wages but buying lesser and lesser goods!

Ron Paul, what he is saying is sooooooooo RIGHT!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8&feature=related

My portfolio fell to 6% from the previous 18% coz i switched out my India fund to buy into another China and India fund. 1 day after my switch, both prices tumbles like sh*t..sigh,,wrong timing! Tot the market was going up but i was wrong! Nevermind lah, i bought somemore china funds coz now is cheap cheap,,,XD

Ok, enough of economics,,dunno why suddenly say all these.

Nice to hear from Christine!~ Im enjoying her long emails and also all the comments that she left it here. Thanks Christine!~ Have a super happy month long winter holidays! <3

My best friend can oni help to make a static website but it is ok coz yosh can make an e-commerce one. now is deciding the package..the yahoo small biz one is monthly payment, so can terminate anytime...dunno hw long vs can go on...XD

Someone wanted to catch LM. C live in March. On their tour site, saw that they are going to Korean and Taiwan in Feb!! Good for them (and the Koreans + Taiwanese)!!~ It's great to know Japanese bands are moving outwards!

Starts raining heavily again, with thunder somemore!!

So long didnt blog,,lazy bee ....Zzzz zzzzzzzzzzzz

My poor dog

Realised Ah bei's lump at the lower end of her abdominal is growing bigger, so yday morning brought her to at vet which Jasmine introduce. Gosh, the vet says her intestines is dropping downward coz her skin is not elastic enough to hold the intestines! (coz she is an old dog). The vet says ah bei needs to undergo surgery but den, she has a weak heart... so might not survive the surgery!~ OMG!!~ So, the vet gave her some heart medicine and ask her to come back a week later. If she didnt undergo this surgery, her life would be endangered. So worrisome!~~

Due to my dog yday, a few of vs customers had to wait for met (1 hr coz i dont have their contact no and they didnt read the email i sent at 10am yday). Luckily they were understanding enough.

Happen to bump into PJ on Monday at JE library..she is still the same after some 5 years later!~ She used to be my best friend and we lost contact after we graduate from high school. PJ is currently a freelance web designer and she's been in this home based biz for 5 years!~ Wow,,,so long!~

Finally it is a sunny day today,,else i would feel tired n sleepy again. it was quite a busy week coz some mags arrived..almost everyday gotta go to post office...now, vs does more overseas business than locals... ... ...

Found this interesting site:

http://www.vfp.org/

This site has just been updated yesterday!~

http://www.ivsp.org/vfpsearch.aspx
those in green are countries that you can sign up. Oh yes, Japan is in the list too..

i would prefer to opt for such programmes than to go to Lhasa. Holiday work camp is something new to me and can make contribution to the less fortunate, plus get to know new friends. I am particularly interested in going to Mongolia or Cambodia for such work camps.

S$50?

yday received an unexpected call from a long time friend. She asked if VS is going to set up a booth at eoy07. i said no coz im not free on next sat. So, asked her hw have she been. she said "oh, yday was my last day at work (as a child care teacher). "why did you quit?" i asked. "oh, they didnt keep their promise of giving me a S$50 increment and also didnt arrange any upgraded course for me, so resigned". "......."

Would you quit your job in such cases? I wouldnt IF i see the prospects in this job. I can jolly well pay for my course (to avoid the bond), upgrade myself while staying in this job and finally, with my new qualification, find a better job. Now my friend is busy looking for another job, preferably in admin or any duties that are "light" coz "i want to prepare for my pregnancy (she just got married this June), so i cannot do "heavy" chores" ..it was another ?????for me. @.@"

S$50 can be easily obtained by doing A DAY'S part time job over the weekends, rather than waiting for it after 1 YEAR at a job. Perhaps it is layman's thinking of waiting for increments..just like scenes i saw if i pass by Raffles place or Cityhall during lunch time. There will be flocks of OL (office ladies) and OM (office men) boarding the train and going for lunch together. This scene is like herds of sheeps going through the same motion every weekday..same goes for ppl who board company buses to and after work....

Another friend smsed me on Wed saying "sorry, i didnt call you as promised (promised since 2 weeks ago or something). It is because i am still struggling as before". Ive lend him S$100 to sign up for starhub's maxonline broadband so he can be entitled to a free laptop. That was in dec 2006...it is not about the money,,but about the way he thinks. Imagine he has been "struggling" since last Dec?

Do You Know:

1. After a body is cremated, the ashes will be put in the urn by the following sequence:

legs, body, arms, neck and face.

This is to ensure the soul will be "seated comfortably" in the urn. (heard from the bbc last nite when they interviewed a funeral parlour person in charge who was arranging the procedures for a Japanese lady who suddenly lost her mother coz of flu). He also said souls normally lingers around their graves or their urns. Miracles happened to this lady when soon after her mum's death, she was pregnant (after 10yrs of marriage!). She said it was a great blessing sent by her mum. Well said!~

2. How do God communicate with people?
By sending them miracles. So, whether you encountered good or bad things, there's definately something to appreciate/learn through all these experience. So, there is no need to be pissed off for watsoever. Reminds me of a song "If God is one of us, if He is a slob like one of us, seating on a bus on his way home" something like tat,,i dont know who the lady singer is.

3. What to do when you have serious water retention
Drink more water. This will help to flush away undigested food in your intestines (tats y water retention occurs) and your intestines can operate normal. The misconception is "dont drink anymore water". Head from 97.2fm's beauty segment with guest artiste Jocelyn Tay (think she got a chain of yoga/health spas and is doing some Phds for health beauty related courses). Also, hard fats in your body is impossible to remove unless using some external help (machines)..i think i have some hard fats in my tummy it never goes away no matter hw much i exercise T.T

Coincidentally, Jocelyn Tay mentioned in a newspaper interview saying "Academic qualifications is for people looking for jobs, I dont need it coz ive created jobs for people". She's indeed a Beauty with Brains!~

4. Collagen
Pure cocoa is another good source of collagen (ladies, straight up and listen,,haha). Heard from the same radio station. So, i went to buy the Van Houten pure cocoa powder 2 weeks ago. havent seen the effect though coz i only drink it 2-3times per week. It must be added with boiling water (+ milk) to ensure the powder is fully dissolved. didnt brew much coz not always have boiling water...

5. "When you manage your money well, there will be more money for you to manage"
Read from a Financial + Spiritual book last week and saw this statement made by the author. Hmm,, something to ponder about...

What i feel like doing now ...book an air ticket to Lhasa, Tibet!!~ It is such a beautiful place, also known as the Roof Of The World!~ Oh well, cant just do this yet coz got alot of gaze mags pre-order and calendar tat is still outstanding,,customers first!~ perhaps after da gaze calendar release,,i can go..XD

wat a long rattling,,,

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feeling sleepy always for the past few days,, tats y no mood to blog.

Last Sat, pass by Teck Whye and saw its bus stop!! Gosh,,it is the old fashioned type with round seats and pillar in the middle of the seats! I cant believe it coz i tot all bus stops in Singapore are upgraded to those you see at Orchard area. The paints are falling off too!~ And the bus stop roof is also sooo old fashioned!~...hmm,,who is the MP of Teck Whye?? For those who wants to see such bus stop,,better do it fast, else it will disappear soon..XD

Last Sunday i received a surprised email from Bob. He's my ex-boss. The company he worked for went bankrupt last year and i sent him an email last Aug. He replied on Sunday when he was clearing his email from an old account. Gosh, it is really nice to hear from him!! Some VIP he is as he a really good number cruncher!~ I admire ppl who are good with numbers, coz im not good at it...

Just now a 18year old boy came to know on our door to promote SCV starhub cable. Think it was his first job coz he was nervous and abit stammering when he talked. Still, it is good to see youngsters getting a taste of working life, despite it is a school holiday job. Alot of vs customers (students) are busy working too~

saw at ebay the Gazerock is not dead tee's bid is more than US$200 now!~ Wow,,tats da power of GazeRock is NOT Dead,,,lolz..Gaze is soooooooooo OMG!~

finally done with my room, new bookshelves came last week and a new writing desk came today,,,,almost finish packing...

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz feeling lazy now.. @.@"