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- December 19th, 2009
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Birthday girl.
So it's Bonnie's 4th birthday yesterday. Simple celebration with mommy and daddy. In the clip you'd be able to hear my beautiful (ehem ehem :p) musical voice singing the birthday song. In case you wan…
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4th birthday.
Bonnie just turned 4 years old yesterday. We just had a cake and gave her birthday present - a pink mp4 player which she likes a lot. It comes with a 3" touch screen so she can watch her favourite 'gy…
- December 16th, 2009
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Want the snow, don\'t want the cold.
When I woke up this morning, the first thing I did was to look out the window. It was forecasted to snow. And yes, it was snowing alright. :) Still snowing even now. I felt as excited as Bonnie. "Esik…
- December 14th, 2009
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December 14
It's snowing a little right now. Not so heavily. They just look like fluffy white things flying around in the air and melt as soon as they hit ground. The termometer hanging just outside the window is…
- December 13th, 2009
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Opening a salon ?
Ever since Bonnie started kindergarten, we have always kept her hair short. I cut Bonnie's hair myself and have had compliments on how well the haircut looks. Some people didn't even figure that she d…
- December 12th, 2009
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Little pleasures of life.
It is about 3°c outside, dark and gloomy. Just the thing one needs to get depressed. Would be nice to be somewhere else where there is excitement and a bit warmer. Sure... would be nice to end up so…
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Musical Pan drum out of ordinary oil barrel.
I may not look like a person who loves Raggae, but I do. One of my favourite raggae singers is of course Bob Marley, and as for groups, the group UB40. One percussion instrument that I like in many r…
- December 10th, 2009
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Withdraw Paypal funds to Malaysian bank accounts.
I'm just so happy today upon learning that Malaysians now can withdraw their paypal funds to their Malaysian bank account. :D If you withdraw less than 400 ringgit the fee would be 3 ringgit. More tha…
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At home baby.
Bonnie hasn't been going to the kindergarten since Tuesday. She was a little feverish on Tuesday morning that we decided to let her stay home. But then, even after the fever had long gone, she's still…
- December 9th, 2009
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Another project.
The first crochet work is done. Although not as neat or nice as it should be, but I'm quite happy.I just started on the second project. Sure does need a lot more patience. I've made mistakes and I had…
- December 7th, 2009
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Santa Claus day.
In Hungary, not only do people celebrate Christmas like the rest of the world on the 25th of December, there is a special day too when Santa Claus or Mikulas (meekulash) would come on the 6th of Decem…
- December 5th, 2009
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Our second baby??
I was playing around with a morphing application on morphthing.com. I uploaded a picture of my husband and myself and morphed our pictures to see how our baby would like when both our features combine…
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Anyone can speak Hungarian.
I have made an interesting discovery today. I found out that anyone can speak Hungarian without learning the language......Using the google translator. LOL I find it amusingly funny to see the comment…
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Nice to be a kid.
It is nice to be a child around this time of the year - near Christmas. They get more gifts, surprises and chocolates. :) Santa Claus came to see Bonnie twice yesterday. Once in the kindergarten and t…
- December 4th, 2009
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Pay for two seats or don\'t fly?
"A photo allegedly showing an overweight passenger on an American Airlines flight has raised the uncomfortable question: How fat is too fat to fly?The image, first posted on airline blog Flightglobal.…
- December 3rd, 2009
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Infidelity in action.
Sometime last month my husband told me a 'juicy' story about two parents he met when he sent Bonnie to the kindergarten in the morning. According to him, the parents, a mother and a father, obviously…
- December 2nd, 2009
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Bits and pieces.
My husband negotiated with his boss yesterday and he finally got what he wanted. 3 days a week working away from the office. So today he worked from home. It's nice to have him around and also that I…
- November 29th, 2009
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Where do babies come from?
There will be a point in the career of being children, they would be curious of everything and anything. There would be endless questions about how, why and where things come from. The question about…
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Work in progress.
Told ya I'd be picking up crochet. So this is the work in progress currently. I want to make a simple mat for the dresser top. Need at least 2 more of these small flower pattern. I have run out of whi…
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Bonnie telling a story.
Bonnie was preparing to take a nap, and I was suppose to read for her the book which her daddy just bought. However, she insisted that she tells the story to me. Thought it was cute so I recorded it.…
- November 28th, 2009
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Building my craft inventory.
I just got bitten by the crafty bug and I've been doing one sort of craft work or another within the past one month. I started of with a couple of stuffed animals for Bonnie, and now started on a croc…
- November 26th, 2009
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Mesothelioma - what is it?
If you have been using the internet for a while now, most probably you would have come upon the term "mesothelioma". After seeing it enough times, I started to read about it. What is it actually? It i…
- November 24th, 2009
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The history of things.
I love watching Discovery channel's "How do they do it?". The program is solely dedicated to how products that we use every day are made, from pencils, to shoes and many more. It is interesting to kno…
- November 22nd, 2009
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Girly girl.
Yesterday evening, while we were waiting in line at a pharmacy, our daughter, Bonnie pointed at somethings and asked us to buy one of the things she was pointing at. They were lip balms. She said she…
- November 21st, 2009
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Sew it straight.
I just got an early Christmas present. A sewing machine. Hyundai sewing machine. I think it is their first sewing machine because I could not find anything about it on the internet.For a total newbie…
- November 19th, 2009
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Accomplished anything today?
It has been a pretty long day for us (my husband and I) today. He is on leave by the way. So we sent Bonnie to kindergarten together today at 8 am, and went to Arkad to shop for some things for the ho…
- November 18th, 2009
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Gold debt card.
My debt card (credit card) expired this month. I have been calling up the customer service back home so many times regarding the card. Now waiting for my cousin to send it to me.But then I just checke…
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Getting back at crocheting.
I first learnt to crochet when I was 13. One of my sister-in-law's is very good at crochet, so I learnt the basics from her. But I still have a lot to learn.Now I am hoping to learn how to make amigur…
- November 17th, 2009
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No online shopping for a while.
I was just going to order something for my husband from Amazon today when I saw that I couldn't use my credit card anymore. It's expiring this month. The customer service officer at the bank told me t…
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Sew easy II.
I made Lucy (the cat doll) while we were watching "the bucket list" last evening. And later while Bonnie and her daddy was watching some kids program on JimJam channel. Took me about 3-4 hours to fini…
- November 16th, 2009
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Market research cost calculator
A market research cost calculator. Who is it for? It helps researchers calculate project cost and price easy and fast. It is particularly useful for small and medium size market research agencies with…
- November 14th, 2009
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Sew easy.
It's about 8 degrees and it looks rather cloudy outside. Cold and gloomy - recipe for depression. But I am not going to make myself feel that way. Was looking at some outer banks vacation rentals pro…
- November 12th, 2009
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Car accessories for Christmas?
It has been raining nearly every day these days. The soil is wet and we always end up with dirty boots everytime we go out. Dirty boots alone isn't so bad, but it isn't pleasant to get into the car wi…
- November 11th, 2009
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Music videos for Bonnie.
Downloading music videos for Bonnie. So many Hungarian children songs but very few Malay ones. Sajnos! Too bad.
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Dreaming of buying my own car...
While coming back home from the Hobby shop just now, I saw a cute looking Nissan. It looks a little bit like a volkswagen beetle - my favourite car by the way. After googling for the name of the car I…
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Rain, rain go away, come again another day.
It was raining when I sent Bonnie to the Kindy today. We reached the kindergarten slightly later than usual. Once there, changed Bonnie's clothes (she wanted to wear a dress in the kindy), paid the ki…
- November 9th, 2009
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Nobody wants to hire a Malay speaking person?
I've been browsing the job adverts for nearly an hour looking for English speaking jobs. There are plenty. But nearly all require at least another European language knowledge (not Hungarian) - Polish,…
- November 7th, 2009
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To vaccinate or not to vaccinate.
They just started to give out mass vaccination against the H1N1 flu here today. On Monday we will have to give an answer at the Kindergarten whether to get Bonnie vaccinated. Reading about the side ef…
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The colour blue and weightloss.
I just read something rather interesting today regarding the colour blue and its ability to suppress appetite. Apparently if you look at all the food you have in your fridge or anywhere where you can…
- November 6th, 2009
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Selling stuff.
I asked many of my friends for some advice on what I should do since Bonnie is in kindergarten. There are English speaking jobs but rather limited here. By the way, I've applied to at least one job no…
- November 4th, 2009
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Simply mesmerizing...
It is always so mesmerizing to watch a good belly dancer dance. I read that if you want to lose that annoying belly fat you can try belly dancing. But then, I've seen many good belly dancers who stil…
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Waiting.
Sent Bonnie to kindergarten at 8.30 a.m. Rather late actually as she should be there by 9. Drop by a market to buy bread and coffee. After clearing the house a bit and put the clothes to wash, came o…
- November 3rd, 2009
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Baby, it\'s cold outside.
It's about 3 degrees outside right now. The only compensation for being outside now is the beautiful colours of the leaves. But gosh I sure am missing Summer already. :)
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For mommy and daughter.
The dance scarves I ordered more than a month ago are finally here. Despite the time they took to reach us, I'm glad that they look nice and the jingling sound they make sounds beautiful. One is for m…
- November 2nd, 2009
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Entertaining the kid in me.
My handmade clay of Kisvakond and his friend Nyuszi. Made them for my daughter, but I had a lot of fun making them. :D
- October 31st, 2009
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Nearly done.
There are only 5 (including this one 6) posts for the month of October. That is very little compared to how many I used to post up here months and months ago. Well, not that I went on some nice orland…
- October 27th, 2009
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Another day.
Both baby and daddy are off to kindy and workplace. Another day alone again for a some hours. 2nd day for Bonnie to nap at the kindy. She seem to not like the idea when her daddy told her that she wil…
- October 26th, 2009
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One hour later.
We have already turned back an hour on our watches and clocks over here. I didn't realize it until my husband mentioned it to me yesterday. So it gets dark earlier now.Bonnie will be taking her nap at…
- October 24th, 2009
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Own online bookstore.
One of my all times favourite movies would be "You've Got Mail". A story about a girl and a guy who met online and liked each other a lot unknowingly that they have met in person and hated each other'…
