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Collagen anyone?

I’m kinda stressed up with all the overwhelming things that’s going on right now, and my face kinda show my stress level. A friend commented that my skin looked dull and fatigue. Being a vain person, I knew that just using cleanser, lotions and whatnot to take care of my skin is just not enough, and I need to heal and repair my skin from within with supplements like collagen drinks and whatnot.

Now, I’m not quite familiar with those beauty drinks and whatnot though I’ve heard that it’s really effective to combat skin fatigue and signs of aging for some people. Do you ladies have any recommendations for me? I’m not quite sure what to get myself, considering that there’s so much of those collagen/beauty drinks in the market, and I can’t possibly try out one by one as it’s kinda expensive to just simply try out some.

Cleffairy: Mirror…mirror…

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Lasik, anyone?

Lasik has been proven so safe and effective that it has been approved by NASA for use on US astronauts, pilots, and mission payload specialists who face extreme, physically demanding conditions.

Marc Werner, MD of Stahl Eyecare is offering the Vision For Our Heroes program to provide 30% off Lasik for New York City area fire fighters, law enforcement, teachers, and military personnel.

So if you wanna get your eyesight fixed, you might want to take advantage of the offer right now.

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Sgrouples: An Online Privacy Revolution

Social media platform like Facebook has been a part of my daily life and I’ve been using it not only for personal interaction with family and friends, but also to keep in touch with my business connection as well. In other words, social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and whatnot is an important part of my life and I cannot imagine my life without them. I would probably feel helpless and socially disconnected if I don’t use them at least once a day.

Social network is important to me, and I am sure that it is the same with anyone who is IT literate these days.

A couple of days ago, I heard some news that Facebook is acquiring facial recognition technology soon; which will require you to use webcam and whatnot just so that you can login into your Facebook account. This will bring a new, literal meaning to Facebook where you use your face for everything, and as a person who guarded her privacy closely, I do not appreciate the fact that my face will be saved up somewhere in the server for various purpose. In case of the breach of privacy, I could easily be exposed to identity theft and not to mention illegal profiling.

Seriously speaking, I think I would be more comfortable using social media platform like sgrouples that not only guarantee my privacy, but offers truly private group and social networks as well.

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With sgrouples, you definitely do not have to worry about the breach of privacy and unnecessary exposure towards identity theft and whatnot.

The controlled cyber environment is completely private and safe. It’s great for social sharing as whatever you content you share and posted there belongs completely to you.

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I highly recommend social media users, especially those with families and kids to use this particular social media platform to stay connected and keep in touch with one another. The environment is not cluttered, and sharing as well communicating is also simplified for a better user experience. There is definitely no spying, no tracking and not stalking in sgrouples.

Signing up is easy, and the layout is user-friendly and pretty easy to navigate, even for beginners.You may not only access it from your PC, but you may download its apps from Google Play and App Store too if you’re a smartphone user.

Sign up for sgrouples and join the rest in the online privacy revolution today. You won’t regret it, I assure you.

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The Lost Prince

 

Title: The Lost Prince

SubTitle: Call of the Forgotten – Book 1

Publisher:Harlequin

Imprint:HarlequinTEEN

Pub Date: October 30, 2012

ISBN:9780373210572

Author: Julie Kagawa

*SPOILER ALERT* DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE WHOLE IRON FEY SERIES BY JULIE KAGAWA, OR THIS BOOK ITSELF.

I’m really a huge fan of Julie Kagawa’s work. I’ve been following her work religiously, ever since her debut with the ‘Iron King’. I absolutely love the Iron Fey series, particularly ‘ The Iron Queen’ and the ‘Iron Knight’. I could feel the depth of Julie’s characters in these two books, especially the protagonists of he story, Meghan, Ash, Puck, and of course, Grimalkin. There was so much character development, unexpected twist and turns, and of course, romance in those two books. Everything written was memorable and it etch like a tattoo in my mind.

Yes, I loved the Iron Fey series and I am not ashame to admit that every now and then, I fantasize about Ash, the Prince of the Unseelie court. He was the classic bad guy who fell in love head over heels with the heroine of the series and turned good in the end. Got to love how Ms. Kagawa nurture this character. Classic, but highly original.

Frankly speaking, I was absolutely excited when I discovered that Ms. Kagawa is coming up with a spinoff of the Iron Fey series known as ‘Call of The Forgotten’.

So okay, when HarlequinTEEN Publisher approved my request for the first book in ‘The Call of The Forgotten’ series, entitled ‘The Lost Prince’. I was really excited, only to be disappointed later on, because I feel that I couldn’t really connect with any of the characters in the spinoff. Sure, I appreciate the revisit to Nevernever, but at some point, I feel that I am merely reading a fanfiction version of the Iron Fey series, where the story and the characters is created basically to feed the appetite of younger teenagers and fangirls.

Here is what I think of the characters in ‘The Lost Prince’

Ethan Chase

Like Meghan Chase, Ethan was portrayed as an awkward teenager who does not fit in very well anywhere in the society. But unlike Meghan, Ethan was probably ten times more worst. He’s not only rebellious, but bitter and broody as well as disrespectful in nature as well. He is selfish in some ways, and more often than not, thinks that his point of view is always correct. He is also inconsiderate, and have plenty of serious physiological issues Basically, I feel like slapping this feller and tell him to smell the roses. Despite of those seductive description of Ethan- shirtless, great in martial arts and whatnot, I dislike his personality greatly. He is too absorbed in his own world to my liking. Ethan also shuts everyone out of his life and refused to let anyone in or close to him. He is also rude at times, and I am not sure if I’m supposed to like that. In my humble opinion, Ethan Chase’s personality is a tad like Ash’s, only more rude. Ash kept everyone at a distant, and cold towards everyone too, but at least he was never rude and always a gentleman. Ash always gives me a chill whenever he acted cold and indifferent, but Ethan did not give me the same chill and goosebumps. I only feel annoyed whenever Ethan did that. Bottomline: I did not like Ethan Chase despite of his oozing hotness. He is a jerk and behaves like a brat in desperate need of spanking on his bottom. I hate him and he did not grow on me until nearly the end of the story, where I see he make amends with Kenzie and attempts to make peace with the heroine of the story and everyone else around him.

Kenzie St. James

The girl who actually ‘lives’ and appreciate everything and everyone around her. Her positive, can do attitude reminds me of Meghan in the first two books of the Iron Fey series. Love the girl’s attitude and perceptions towards things, and unlike Ethan, Kenzie deal with things differently. She does not reflect her hardships in her attitude, and while she have plenty of serious issues, she did not blame anyone for it. In other words, Kenzie dealt with things in a more mature and rational manner, unlike Ethan. Honestly, I don’t know what she sees in Ethan. He was not only rude to her but treated her like a nuisance in the beginning. I like Kenzie, but I am not sure what the author is trying to send across by pairing up Kenzie and Ethan together; that is is all right to persist when a guy trash you rudely? Or is she trying to tell the teenage girls not to judge a book by it’s cover? I am not really sure about that.

Keirran

Keirran is first seen as a foreshadow in ‘The Iron Knight’. He is the son of Ash and Meghan, and is the prince in the Iron Court. He is supposed to be a powerful fey as he wielded the glamours of all courts. He could use winter glamour like his father, and could use summer glamour and iron glamour just like his mother. And because of the human blood that he got from. Meghan, he is also immune to iron. He is seen as a threat by all courts, from the way I see it, but I doubt that the boy is aware of it or care about it. He is very impulsive and not quite sensitive towards people around him. He acts before he thinks and tends to put people in the path of danger with his action( or the lack of it). In some ways, I feel that his relationship with his parents is somewhat complex and Meghan did not spend enough time with him and merely let him grow up on his own (probably for a reason, I could see Ms. Kagawa is trying to make this character an antagonist some point in the future installment). Seeing what Ms. Kagawa wrote about Kierran’s relationship with his parents reminds me of Ash’s relationship with Queen Mab, the winter Queen of the Unseelie court of the Iron Fey series. He did as he pleased, and unlike Ash, I did not think that his actions is quite justified.

He is not what I expect… I couldn’t see Ash and Meghan in him, but at the end of ‘The Lost Prince’, I could foresee that Keirran will have conflict with everyone else in the story, and his existence is probably a great tragedy to all courts alike, the Seelie, Unseelie and the Iron Court.

Anwyln

She’s Keirran’s love interest. Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t connect with her. She had no personality and I feel that there is no character’s development on her part. She is beautiful and all that, but I don’t see why Keirran fell in love with this summer fey. I simply cannot feel the chemistry between them even though the author made it clear that Keirran and  Anwyln is romantically involved. Hopefully the author will justify that in the next book, and hopefully, both of them is not just a re-creation of Ash and Meghan’s forbidden love and romance.

Grimalkin

The mysterious, know it all fey-feline who appeared in all of Iron Fey series. Got to love this character. He is one of the saving grace in this story. Love his sarcastic humour and loved how he interacted with other characters in the story. In some ways, I feel that Grimalkin is the incarnation of the author herself doing some meddling when the plot and the characters gets out of hand.

The Original Trio- Meghan, Ash and Puck

They are the saving grace of this story, however, I could see the author’s disinterest in showing these characters anymore than necessary in ‘The Lost Prince- Call of the Forgotten’. I can understand the author’s intention as these trio have a strong impact on those who loved the original Iron Fey series. They could easily overshadow the newer characters with their charms, personality and the chemistry that they have with each other.

I’m not sure if I’m right, but it seems that Ms. Kagawa is trying to erase the trio’s influence in this story. I could see that Meghan has changed to be more more imposing and powerful. She is still pretty much in love with Ash and has become a friendlier and civil version of her biological father, Oberon after several years ruling as a monarch in the Iron Realm. I could only thank God that Ms. Kagawa did not exactly turn her to be as shrewed as Titania and as ruthless as Mab when it comes to dealing with this.

Ash is still protective of Meghan despite the fact that she is much powerful than before, and cares for Meghan’s feelings alot. Loved to see that there is not much changes in that, and glad that Ms. Kagawa lets them live happily ever after…for now, that is.

Puck is as cheeky and as carefree as usual, but his appearance is not that much either, so I’m not going to say much about him. I wish there will be more of him in this series though it is unlikely.

Lisansidhe

The exiled Muse who became the Queen of the Between. I felt nothing for her back then, but I like her now, as she is probably one of the person who cares most about everyone’s well being despite of her misgivings. She accommodate almost everyone’s needs at a price, of course, but I am okay with that.

The Mysterious Queen of the Forgotten

The mystery character who is indirectly responsible for Ethan and Kenzie’s journey to Nevernever. Not quite sure what to feel about her. So far I don’t see any character’s development on her side, and I have no idea why Kierran thinks what she is doing is somewhat justified. Sucking other fairy’s and half breed’s glamour and leave them to die or glamourless just because she and her entire forgotten race needs to exists is all right? Err…something is either seriously wrong with the Iron Prince or he is simply inhumane and lacks empathy towards the victims.

Overall, all I can say about ‘The Lost Prince’ is that it has good plot, even though it starts off painfully familiar like ‘The Iron King’, where someone gets kidnaps/disappeared and needs to be rescued by the main character by going back to Nevernever. Yes, great plot, but with under-develop characters and kinda repetitive. I could see that the story is created in the image of the original Iron Fey series. I would appreciate more chemistry between the characters, and less teenage angst and monologue on Ethan’s part. It would please me greatly if there is more humour in this series. The story gets predictable at some point too but I suppose, it is forgivable as the author is paving ways for the next installment of the series.

I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars. I received an ARC of this book from HarlequinTEEN via Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review for this book and I was not compensated in any ways for writing this review.

 

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Raya Holiday in A Pig Sty

Pardon the vulgar words, but that is exactly how I feel living in the new place. Like in a pig sty.

The bloody sh*t of heavy stuff is still in living room, the TV is still playing dead on the freaking floor, the Screamyx is not yet installed, the kitchen is still not functional even after a week, the toilet constantly flooded and not flushable, the water heater is faulty and the landlady’s faulty furnitures is still not disposed.

I’ve gotten really pisses and contacted the agent to resolve the issue. Told the b*tch to get the toilet fixed and get the landlady to get rid of the furnitures instead of putting those stuff here and treat the place like her storeroom and the end what did I get?

My too kind and generous husband told me that the agent called him instead because of my lengthy sms and that whiny b*tch of the agent dare not deal with me because of the lengthy sms. Bloody b*tch. How dare you try to justify yourself by going around and whining about my complaints to my husband?Are you trying to wash your hands off the problems by complaining to that kind husband of mine?(my husband never fails to try to make me feel guilty for complaining on these sort of things, and I’m kinda sick of his inferiority complex. Wonder why he is always kind and considerate to other people but not to his own spouse who is practically going out of her head dealing with all the shits in the house)

All I want to say right at the moment is: Watch yourself before going around complaining about my complaints, B*tch, or I WILL make sure that your name will be rotten in the real estate industry! It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that the unit that you handed out is in good condition, not the other way around, and don’t expect me to keep blind eye to it, especially when the ‘merchandise’ that you handed out is overpriced from the market value!

Cleffairy : My life is just too wonderful. And I swear if these are not resolved soon, I’ll just pack my bags and camp in my parents’ place! Haven’t gone back in years and I’m sure they will be more than glad to have me! As they say, can’t solve it, just get the hell out of it until someone else solve it! GRRR! Why the f8ck should I deal with this? It is not even my fault to begin with.

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Flower 3

Do you have any idea how it’s like to go for a speed dating session? Plenty of people are intrigued with speed dating sessions and wants to try it out, but most are not quite sure what they can expect from speed dating. Well, as the name suggested, speed dating is all about speed ans acting fast. You are usually given certain amount of time to ‘date’ each participants of the speed dating session. The main purpose of speed dating is to introduce participants to one another on a short period of time. So in short, you introduce yourselves to one another, exchange contacts, and if you wish to keep in touch with each other, you may do so after the speed dating session.

Speed dating concept is great for those who are always busy with work and have no time to actually go out and spend time to socialize.

As far as speed dating etiquette is concerned, you are encouraged to be polite. Gifts as token of friendship is also encouraged.

Want to buy some gifts for your speed dating acquintance but not sure what to get them? Well, frey not,

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My noisy little tiger

I’m not quite sure if it’s Fate’s doing, but God, I swear I keep stumbling upon kitties in distress lately.

I was in front of Courts Setapak, buying some electrical appliances, and minding my own business when I discovered that there is a kitty in distress. It was stuck in a concrete gutter, and I had no choice but to save it from the gutter and brought it back home.

Meet Tabbie. She’s now a permanent resident in my home.

Cleffairy: It amuses me that despite the fact that it’s the Holy month of Ramadan, those who profess that faith is the ones who ignored a small life that needs saving.

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I don’t wanna go home

Those who are really close to me or those who are in my friends list on Facebook will probably know what’s going on with me right at the moment. Plenty of expected AND unexpected things happened to me, and I have to admit that despite the fact that I was practically a nomad when I was a child and drastic changes was a norm, I struggled desperately to deal with the changes as an adult.

There is too much changes, and I find it difficult to deal with…it is too overwhelming, and I not only I feel difficult to breathe, but I feel trapped as well.

I know I seriously need a break from life before life will break me, but right now, even looking at vacation packages is not appealing…as I feel that there is no point escaping just for awhile…as when I return, I will still have to face reality and I’ll be back in a hellhole.

Cleffairy: Out of the sudden, I realized that I could never publish my novel in progress ‘Alternate Reality’.It was created and written in my image, and it reveals too much of my deepest, darkest desire to escape the reality that I’m living in.

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Fed up, pissed off and annoyed

So, how exactly you’re supposed to deal with such negative emotions that plague you all at the same time? I’m afraid that I have no answer for that, but I suppose, staying focused and having some distractions is kinda welcoming.

If you ever feel sick and tired of something, I suppose you can look for some distractions to steer you away from those negative feelings. I usually indulge in writing theraphy where I marathon against time to produce 5k coherent mini stories each time I feel that life is no longer meaningful or it would be better for me to just dig my own grave and lay in it.

So, ladies and gentlemen, how do you deal with uninspiring emotions? Please do share with me.

Cleffairy: It’s a good thing that killing people is a crime. If it’s up to me, I’d just go on a bloody killing rampage.

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Let’s Stop 114A

Do you care about Internet freedom?

I DO, and I am against 114A bill, because I am a social media user, and it will affect me negatively if 114A bill is passed. Therefore, I am posting this for all of my readers to see.

Section 114A holds the following people accountable for publishing content online:

(1) those who own, administrate, or edit websites open to public contributors, such as online forums or blogs;

(2) those who provide webhosting services or Internet access; and(3) those own the computer or mobile device used to publish content online.In other words, if allegedly defamatory content is traced back to your username, electronic device, and/or WiFi network, Section 114A presumes you are guilty of publishing illicit content on the Internet.

But what if you were the victim of identity theft and a hacker wrongfully used your Twitter or Facebook account to post defamatory content?

Under Section 114A, you are still considered guilty until proven innocent.

To find out more about this issue, visit https://stop114a.wordpress.com/

On 14 August 2012, the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) invites all netizens and online organisations to support Internet Blackout Day.

It’s the next big step for the Stop 114A campaign. Much like the U.S. Blackout to oppose the SOPA bill, this effort will focus on educating Malaysians about the negative impact of the new amendment.

Let’s protest against this. For more information on how you can play a part in stopping this? Kindly head over HERE

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