Less places to shop at

The economy has gotten so bad that many retailers have closed their doors. The first of them were Woolworth in England followed by many others afterwards. Some who are still in business have also downsized and cut back on the many outlets they have everywhere.

Recently I heard another unfortunate retailer to join the bandwagon in closing shop is Circuit City. I wonder who's going to be next...

The new Nikon DSLR

Just 6 months after I bought my very first DSLR camera, I read that Nikon has released the newest entry level DSLR model in the market, the Nikon D5000. I read the review and found that it's actually a little higher level than just an ordinary entry level camera.

It comes with some great features adopted from the Nikon D90. Not that I know how to use the many functions, but what I found to be great on this new model are the live view, the digital camcorders capability and the size. It is said to be a little smaller than the usual DSLRs, but the reviewer thought that small is not really that great. I would beg to differ.

Anyway, if you are looking for a good DSLR camera, do have a look at this one. It's all the good features in one and it costs around RM3,288. A little more expensive than the usual entry levels, but look at all those features packed in! It's worth it.

Farewell, Michael

It is indeed sad to know that Michael Jackson is no longer with us. I'm not the biggest fan, but I do have some fond memories from some of his more meaningful songs.

The tributes that have been shown on the various TV channels are simply amazing. And I watched some too just because I know it will be a long, long time before they will be shown again. You don't see much of Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui's stuff on TV anymore, do you?

One of those tributes I caught on TV was a concert that he held. The crowd at the concert was simply incredible. To think that one man can hold up such a crowd, to be so loved...it's really amazing and something to celebrate.

The crowd was so huge that a lot of people were fainting and had to be taken out in stretches. It was quite a scary scene. I wonder if these people have any Rochester personal injury lawyer signed up before going for such a crowded concert! Not sure if they can be insured in such an event altogether.

I remember that the King of Pop came to our shores for a concert that one time. And that was the year that I left for my studies and missed the concert. I heard later that the crowd at that concert was also insane. I can't imagine what it must've been like to see Michael Jackson in person and to be wowed by his performance. I guess I will never know now.

May this most misunderstood soul rest in peace and may he finally see himself as the perfect creature that he is. Farewell, Michael. You have certainly made this place a better place for us with your wonderful music.

Enjoy the pregnancy first, worry later!

Some of my colleagues at work are pregnant. I'm not very close to them but I do feel happy for them. After having gone through pregnancy and having a wonderful kid, I do understand how life changing it is and how great life is with some tiny feet pitter-pattering up and down the home.

However, before some of them are even close to their delivery dates, they are already worried about losing their pregnancy weight and have started to enquire about ways to lose weight effectively once they've given birth.

One of them was sharing with the rest to read up on some phenphedrine reviews that were said to be good. I just kept quiet.

I'm not sure that diet pills are the answer to losing pregnancy weight. For those who are breastfeeding, they should really find out the side effects of such pills before subjecting their babies to substances like that.

My boy is down with the flu

No, not the swine type. Just a normal flu. He's been having fever for over a week now, sometimes on and sometimes off. We've been to the paed a couple of times and he hated each one. I don't know why but nowadays he screams bloody murder the moment we are at the paed's office! It's not like the paed hurt him or gave him any injections before, but he just doesn't like it there.

Anyway, we're very lucky to have a babysitter who's very caring and genuinely cares for his wellbeing. Not only did the couple bring him to the paed while I was at work, they also care enough to make him barley and some double boiled herbs that are said to help in the recovery of a fever.

God bless these kind souls.

The babysitter even bought some supplement that will help to improve his appetite as he was refusing food and eating a lot less than he used to. I didn't even know she did this and was about to go pick up something from the pharmacist. Isn't that just so kind of her?

She said he was getting thin and she couldn't bear to see him being flesh and bone, and wanted to beef him up. I was very happy to hear that she really cares so much. Actually, I do feel quite heart sick too to see him not being as fleshy as he was during his younger days. But maybe that's a natural progression as he grows up. Some parents have been telling me that I do not want to see him growing up being obese in adulthood and then going for pills like Anoretix to slim down.

Whilst that is of course true, I just wonder if we're doing a good job as parents to keep him more beefed up. He is growing taller which is a good sign, but just not the weight. Is this worrying? I seriously don't know.

Anyway, our focus now is to get him well and fully recovered from his flu. It isn't such a nasty one, but his running nose and cough just don't seem to go away :(

Half a year gone!

Can you imagine, half a year has gone by, just like that! How time really flies when you don't realise it. How have your year been so far? Mine has been very fast moving and so many things have happened in the last 6 months. Most of them have been rather exciting. Well, on the personal front, that is. Work wise it's always boring and I'm so wanting to quit anytime I can! :P

Now is a horrible time at work, and I wish the next couple of weeks will quickly go by with not much "casualties". I got back from a short trip not long ago but still yearning to go on another. Hopefully to somewhere further away, like some Vegas vacations or something.

But now is a bad time to head there with all that swine flu scare in that part of the world. It's scary to think what our world has come to these days with all the diseases, don't you think?

Anyway, I just heard my little one's voice. It means he's up from his nap time...gotta go!