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Make Comparison Before The Commitment

Are you a credit card user? I’m sure most of you here are credit card users. Credit cards, used correctly definitely serves as a great financial convenience and not to mention, spending freedom. Swipe your cards wisely during sales and whatnot will also give you great value to your money.

There are plenty of financial institution out there who are offering all sorts of credit cards and each of them comes with different kinds of benefit. So how exactly do we choose the right cards that suits our lifestyle and spending needs? You can go on a bank hopping spree and ask each financial advisors about the cards that they offering, but that’s quite a hassle and time-consuming of course. There’s an easier way to make comparison before you make the commitment.

You can hop over to iMoney.my,  the new Malaysian site about consumer finance. iMoney.my provides free tools to compare credit cards, car loans, mortgages and many more. It’s trustworthy, FREE to use and always up to date. Most major financial institution in Malaysia are affiliated with it.

iMoney.my website have a real clean outlook and user friendly. Navigation is really easy and pretty straight forward.

With hundreds of credit cards in the market, choosing the right one can be very hard. But with their credit card comparison tool, you can make all the comparison online. Isn’t it great? You don’t have to go around asking financial advisors about the cards that they are offering and the qualification limit and whatnot.

With this website, you not only can make comparison online, but you can also apply your choice of credit cards online. Once you’ve made your choice, click “Apply Now” to begin the application process. Pretty convenient, huh? I say it’s pretty convenient and cost-effective. Beats the hassle of going the bank to line up and wait for your turn and whatnot.

I think iMoney.my is really great as it allows you to compare credit cards, car loans, mortgages in just one place. Saves a lot of time and not to mention headache.

If you’re looking forward to sign up for credit cards or apply car loans and whatnot, I highly recommend you to check this out. It will definitely be a great help to you.

 

 

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Inspiring Mondays: Special Mum, Special Son

Being a mum is never an easy feat, unless you’re talking about just giving birth and dumping your kids to some hired nanny or maid to take care of your kids until they’re fully ‘house-trained’. Now, that’s another story altogether. I know plenty of rich madams who did that and merely functioned as their kid’s ATM machine.

Being a mother is a walk in the park. Yes, indeed. A park with dinosaurs, that is. You’ll never know what will chomp you down for dinner. Okay, I’m kidding. It is not easy being a mum, what more a mum to special needs kids. I’m a mother to a special need myself, so I know how difficult life can be.

Today I’m featuring an interview with a very special mum, Erina Law. She is a mum to an autistic child, Delwin Cheah who is also a well-known savant artist. Read on and be inspired.

 

Me:  You son is an autistic child. What was your initial reaction when you first discovered that he’s diagnosed with autism? And how do you respond to it, in terms of intervention?

Erina: I’m just like other parents where I felt lost. Not very sure about it. I cried and asking myself why it had to be me and Delwin. But, I’m a person who is on the positive thinking. I have to face the fact. My hubby is a person who don’t just listen to things just like that. He google, asking people and buy books to read.

Me: The society at large can be rather cruel when it comes to autistic children as generally speaking, not many knows what is autism and things that comes with it. More often than not, parents are condemned for bad parenting skills when their children behaves they way they do. Do you have any advise for parents with autistic children on how they can deal with the public’s misconception?

Erina: Autistic child are different from child with bad parenting. Autistic child – most of the time they are in their very own world.  Autistic child won’t answer back if they are scolded. They just don’t bother what you talk to them. Some had bad motor skill so they might be messy during eating so, is this one of the bad parenting skill they refer to? If an autistic child is talking and laughing to himself is it another bad parenting? At times when Delwin accidentally step on someone, I will apologize to the person and ask him to say sorry to. Immediately, they can’t say that we have bad parenting skill, right? We as parents did teach our kids. Anyway, we can’t please everyone.

Me: A lot of parents with autistic children are embarrassed with their children’s behaviour that they ended up locking themselves up at home. Any advise for parents who have low self-confidence in regards to this?

Erina: The child – we produce that product. How can a creator be embarrass with their own product? The more you lock yourself and the child at home, it only make things worst. As parents, we must have confident. Be brave, take the child out to explore and give him a chance.  Buy books to find out more. With today technology, Google about things that you wish to find out more. Then, ask around if anyone could give you some advice.

Me: Your son is a well-known savant artists. How did you discover his talent?

Erina: We discover his talent without realizing it. He started to draw at the age of 3+.  We didn’t stop him from there. We allow and encourage him to continue because we realize he enjoye it so much. We used art as one of a way to teach and communicate to him. As years go by, his skill had improve so much where friends, teachers and artists whom we know asked us to look into this matter seriously. From here, Lawrence went to find out more about art. What we do is continue to give him our full support.

Me:  How did you brush up his talent once you discovered that he’s a wonderful  artist? Any special classes that he went to?

Erina: Delwin didn’t go to any art classes. No formal training. We don’t brush him but we encourage him by allowing him to do what he loves to do. Everyone has their own favourite hobby or things they love to do. We enjoy seeing him draw.

Me: How do you get your son inspired for his masterpiece?

Erina:  We didn’t inspire him in his masterpiece. He is the one that make us look things differently from his art. You see different things from every different corners.

Me: Do you have any of his work that you’d like to share with us over here?

Pic: One of Delwin’s work

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Another cute masterpiece by Delwin Cheah

A Ghostly take by Delwin

Me: Does he have a website? And if yes, could you re-direct us to his website, please?

Erina: Nope, I have yet to start an official website for him

Me: Are there any future plans on exhibition that we can look forward to?

Erina: Delwin had his  First Solo Exhibition  3 months ago and we are yet to have any plan for his next exhibition.

Me:  And last but not least, any inspiring and encouraging words you’d like to share with the readers over here? Perhaps they could benefit from it, especially parents with special needs children out there.

Erina: Every child are different. Different from their point of view, different talent, different behavior and many other things. Most important, do not force the child to do what we parents love to do. Everyone have got their own passion. Help the child to build their dream. Don’t just say it that you will do it but start doing it now. Spend quality time with the child and find out their talents. Sometimes, their talents will indirectly help them in changing. Delwin also play drum apart from drawing. By playing drum, he has improve his motor skill. No one know the child better than their own parents. Husband and wife should work together to help the child. I’m very lucky because my husband had been doing a great job as a father. He Google to find out more things, buy books to read to understand better and speak to physiatrist friends to have a better pictures. Then, both of us will discuss. My duty, to coach Delwin in his study and train him accordingly. I am a person who believe very much in training. By training a kid, it will help them. Finally, do not give up. As parents, we are their most important pillars. If we fall, imagine what will happen to them? Trust on your child capability. Trust what they can do. Trust them, encourage them, train them them – help them to make their dream come true!  Please bear in mind one important thing – ALL CHILD ARE DIFFERENT

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Do you remember?

I don’t forget things easily. Apart from remembering bad and nasty things that had happened to me throughout the years, I also have the ability to remember sweet wonderful things…things that happened when I was an innocent little girl who was loved and protected by her loving family.

Things like this. Fish satay or locally known in Malaysia as ‘satay ikan’. Fish satay is a local street-snack made from fluffy fish ball. This snack was the first after-school snack that I bought with my first pocket-money. I was in standard 1 when I first bought this snack. My parents used to give me RM1 as my pocket-money and every day when the school is out, I will spend RM0.20 on the fish satay. Back then it only costs RM0.10 per stick, and one was never enough for me.

It is slightly grilled over flamed charcoal upon order.

And dipped into a special, one of a kind gooey sweet and spicy sauce before being served.

The delicious snack is meant to be eaten immediately or on the go. It’s a real comfort food, in my humble opinion, and I couldn’t help but grab some when I saw it yesterday. It cost me Rm0.20 per stick, a 100% more than what it used to be.

It may not taste the same as the ones I used to have after school when I was a kid, but it does gives me comfort and good feelings, something that I don’t really get to feel often these days.

So…do you remember any comfort food that you used to have back then? Is it something like this or it’s something much more gourmet and luxurious? I know some people don’t really do cheap street food as their comfort food, especially the spoiled rotten kids these days…who are often treated to expensive desserts and whatnot after school by their parents, but heck… such comfort food is really good for me.

Cleffairy: Gone are the good old days where everything was easy, simple and cheap.

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Get Yourselves a Happily Ever After

“Once upon a time, there lived a princess who lived with an evil psychopath stepmother who is jealous with her beauty and wants her dead. The evil queen sent her away into the woods to be killed by a hunter, but taking pity on the beautiful young princess, he lets her off the hook instead and told her to run away as far as she could and never comes back. The princess was completely horrified, of course and runs away as far as she could into the woods and found another place to live in over there. She shared the house with seven weird men.”

Are you familiar with this story? I’m sure you are familiar with this story. The story is my version of ‘Snow White and The Seven Dwarves’. It is a pretty famous fairy tale and I bet you’ve heard it at least once as a child.

When I was younger, I felt nothing but sheer amazement with Snow White, to be able to live with seven weird men, but as an adult, I feel that the story is somewhat horrifying. I mean…hey, just imagine living together with seven housemates who is your opposite gender. Imagine the lack of privacy and not to mention, how stuffy the house can be.

A home is supposed to be a sanctuary. It is supposed to be secure a sanctuary where you can retreat to. Not a place you have to share with a couple of weird men who won’t do the dishes or is reluctant to do any household chore.

As a child, I always imagined myself living in an extravagant castle brimming with priceless antiques or a cosy cottage nestled by the seaside, but as time goes by and I grew older, reality hits and I was made to realize how difficult it is to obtain my home, much less something matching those of my childhood daydreams.

But lucky me, in recognition of all these long-forgotten desires, iProperty, a well-known property listing website in Malaysia has launched the Happily Ever After Home campaign where you can win RM10,000 and more. Interested individuals are invited to submit their details via Facebook and answer a simple question.

Aptly named the Happily Ever After Home Campaign, iProperty.com Malaysia has launched the Happily Ever After Home campaign, where interested individuals are invited to submit their details via Facebook and answer a simple question.

Created by Iproperty Malaysia

To increase the chances of winning, participants can spin their own versions of four selected fairy tales that entertained them as children. These fairy tales, which iProperty.com Malaysia has added a modern twist to, are Hensem & Gatal, Rafunzel, Red Riding in da Hood and Jack & the Kacang Panjang.

Participate and stand a chance to win up to RM10,000, at http://www.iproperty.com.my/contest

The one to emerge triumphant in the end will ride off into the sunset with RM10,000 to fund their own happily ever after home. A total of 10 Apple TVs are also available as prizes; after all, nothing says ‘luxury’ quite like a nifty gadget that allows you to easily get your favourite shows and movies from the Internet.

The Happily Ever After Home campaign is open to all Malaysians above the age of 18. Entries must be submitted no later than 12am on 21st June 2013 and winners will be shortlisted based on the number of likes. A total of 20 contestants with the most likes will then be selected before the winning entries are chosen, which will be based on the creativity of the story they create.

So what are you waiting for? Get a headstart to your happily ever after at http://www.iproperty.com.my/contest  now!

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Pregnant? Let’s go for a baby shower!

NTV7′s Bella program is hosting a royal baby shower this Sunday in honour of “Will and Kate”‘s impending bub! A free event, you’ll eat gorgeous food, delicious drinks, also you won’t go home empty handed- you’ll be showered with wonderful goodies and hear great speakers to help prepare you for your birth!

They’re wanting as many pregnant mothers as possible to set a Malaysian Book of Records record. We’re giving a gentle birthing talk as well so good opportunity to listen and learn!

https://www.facebook.com/events/222255414589003/

 

Cleffairy: Pregnant, not pregnant, pregnant, not pregnant. My ‘auntie’ has gone case.

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My simple Sunday roast

I’ve been really, really busy. I don’t even have time for myself, what more to go around blog hopping and leave comments, and for that, I apologize, especially to STP and Smallkucing who never failed to drop by whenever my blog is updated. To save time…I only blog via mobile these days. It’s faster and much more convenient, and now school holiday has started again, I really do hope I’d be more privilege to do the things that I want to do. Anyway, it’s been awhile since I really, really cooked for my family. And last Sunday, the mood strike and I thought that it would be nice if I make some Sunday roast. I always enjoy having a sit down meal with my family. It’s a pleasure you can’t compare with anything else. It’s really too bad that a sit down meal together is not something we can always afford due to time restriction and hectic schedule and more often than not, a quickie meal over work is much more convenient.

I made some Cajun roasted chicken last Sunday to go with a simple side of mashed potatoes with gravy and corn on cobs. Served it to the boys for lunch and dinner. Nothing really gourmet and to shout about, but it’s one of the most satisfying and homey meal I had for a long time. And the best part? There’s enough leftovers to be used for the next few days. There’s still plenty of breast meat and corns left from the roast and I thought that perhaps I could make some frittata and chicken sandwich from the leftover meat and some chicken soup base with the carcass.

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Cleffairy: Sunday roast does make sense cuz it brings the family together and you will have leftovers afterwards. It’s just too bad that I don’t get to do this often the way my late grandma usually does back then.

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Change up your style with Firmoo Free Glasses for May

Do you wear glasses? Well, I surely do and I’m really glad that Firmoo has updated their New Arrivals for May and you may have the chance to get yours for FREE!

Spring and summer always has great fashions, however it can be frustrating when you already have a nice dress or outfit to wear but can never seem to find the right pair of accessories to go with it. Wearing glasses is another new trend, so don’t be shy to rock your prescription lenses in very cool frames this season!

Firmoo is here to make our life easier! With their innovative First-Pair-Free program wherein new customers are entitled to receive their very first pair of Firmoo glasses for free! Isn’t that an amazing deal? You can find the new arrivals added for May. All you need to do is just to pay shipping costs! I think this deal is pretty awesome, considering that a pair of glasses can actually cost a bomb if you’re to buy it at your regular optometrist.

Check out some small samples of the new updated shades for May here.

Oversize frame:

Rectangle frame:

Vintage style:

Nerdy style:

Not sure if those glasses above can actually be fashionable? Then check out how some of these fashionistas style them:

Lovely, isn’t it?



This guy looks like he could play Clark Kent with the glasses on.

My personal favourite is definitely this one.

(The above model photos are all derived from Firmoo+.)

Firmoo really has glasses for every taste, so what are you waiting for?  Hurry and get yours today. Only limited quantities is offered.

PS: Leave a comment with writing which glasses you’d love to have on Firmoo free glasses selection and stand a chance to get your glasses for free. (Valid comments mean comments including eyewear link(s) from Firmoo free glasses selection)

 

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Kite

When was the last time you saw or fly a kite?

It’s been awhile for me. More than a decade, in fact and I have come to realized that my son had no idea what a kite is and what does. My fault, I supppose. I’ve been raising him as an indoor kid rather than an outdoor kid who will not think twice about getting dirty in the mud.

Quite some time ago…my son and I stumbled upon loads of kites made by other children in a shopping centre. It’s a part of a competition or something.

Pretty cool, aren’t they? I think it’s pretty cool. I thought that they are very creative and eye-catchy, especially the Angry Bird one.

Neway, my son decided to make one and brings it home. Not as pretty as the other, but I thought it’s nice nevertheless. I wonder when I can bring him to fly the kite. Time is quite a commodity and privilege that I do not have!

 

 

Cleffairy: I stopped doing a lot of things since a decade ago. Such a shame that life has become so boring and unexciting.

 

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