The Wonder of Picnik!

For those of us who are not Photoshop savvy let me introduce you to a fantastic web-site that allows you to fix your photos.

Let me give you an example. Here's the original photo.

Saya besar macam gajah!

Here's the photo after I (ahem!) fixed it with Picnik.

Still besar macam gajah but look so much better, yes?

The wonder of Picnik is that it sooo easy to use. No techie speak to decipher. Only sliders to slide this way and that until you get the effect you want.

Summore FREE! Unless you want to upload 100 photos at a time and use more effects in which case you pay USD 24.95 a year.

Try it. You'll love it.

Haha, that makes me sound like a Picnik promoter but I'm not. I'm just a deliriously happy user.

Do You Know... (2)

...that the car owner loses his NCB when he makes a police report if the accident involves a motor-cyclist?

Here's how I found out this little snippet of information.

A few months ago my colleague met with an accident. A motor-cyclist who was weaving in and out of traffic hit the side window of her car. At that time she was waiting for the traffic lights to change so her car was stationary. Nevertheless, due to the impact the motor-cyclist flew and was almost run over by another on-coming car.

My colleague made a police report because there were three parties involved and the motor-cyclist was hurt. She then paid a few hundred ringgit to replace the side window (Honda spare parts are very pricey) because she did not want to lose her NCB. After all she was not in the wrong, right? Wrong!

Later, to her horror, she discovered that her NCB was canceled simply because the accident involved a motor-cyclist. It doesn't matter whether who is right or wrong. Once a police report is made and a motor-cyclist is involved the car owner loses his or her NCB. That is so unfair!

So if you're driving a car it is advisable for you to give all motor-cyclists a wide berth and pray that they don't come too near to you.

It Is Possible

It is possible for you to be much used of God as an instrument in His hand, and yet never know the fellowship of His heart.
It is possible for you to do much splendid work for God, and leave behind a record of flaming zeal, and yet in the crumble of His analysis there may be but a trace of love or holiness.
It is possible for you to be a master workman in His temple, and yet never know what it is to dwell with Him in the secret place of the Most High.
It is possible for you to make a great stir in your religious zeal and your busy, bustling work, and yet you be a mere imitation and an empty counterfeit.

- A. B. Simpson

When all is said and done, the greatest tragedy is to have God say, "I do not you."

Badminton Is A Bloody Sport!

Don't believe me? Here's the proof.

The result of a shuttle attack!

But then I have always been and still am super clumsy and accident-prone when it comes to games and sports.

Let me give you one example. Back in the days when I was in college we had to take up a sport. Since I am not a sporty person I opted for table-tennis thinking that it was a very "safe" sport. Mana tau my partner slapped me with the ping-pong bat! My tears shot out like projectiles and I literally saw stars. It was exactly like what the cartoons depict when someone get hit on the head.

After that bad encounter I decided to take up athletics instead. I mean, what can possibly go wrong with running round the field, right? Well, as trainee teachers and members of the athletic society, we were assigned to assist in the state level inter-school sports and I made history. For the first time in the history of the sports event an official, which is yours truly, fainted on the field.

I tell you, sports and I go together like oil and water.

Do You Know...

...what these symbols mean?




I have seen these symbols before but I didn't know what they meant and I didn't bother to find out either. Maybe I'm a laggard where this is concern but I was only enlightened last week so this bit of info is for people like me.

12M means you must use the contents of the tube within 12 months and 24M means you must use the contents of the jar within a 24-month period. It's as simple as that! I felt kinda stupid not having come to such a conclusion on my own but I cannot know everything, right?

It seems the contents will only be effective or remain fresh for that number of months from the time you open the jar or tube or what ever.

So check all your tubes, jars and bottles for that symbol. If it shows 12M and you are still using it after one year, you have to seriouly consider whether it is doing you more damage than good. Throw it away!

A Wife's Age

This is the reason why some wives age before their time while some wives remain forever young.

Pretty Present

Received a present from my sister last Sunday. She always buys me stuff that I like but consider too frivolous to spend hard-earned money on.

Something pretty. Something I like but would not have bought.

Thanks for pampering me. I feel loved.