What Does My Sleeping Position Say About Me?

Imelda tagged me in a quiz a few days ago but I was busy and couldn't respond immediately. Sorry, Imelda! Today, being Sunday, is an appropriate day to do quizzes like these. I remember when I first discovered blogging, I did quite a few quizzes by Blog Things, especially when I thought that the results were rather accurate!

For this quiz, we are only asked one question; whether we sleep on our back, on our side, on our stomach or in a fetal position. I really can't give a definite answer because I sometimes sleep on my back, sometimes on my side.

This is the result when I answered that I sleep on my back. I truly look like hell when I don't get enough sleep and I haven't gotten a good night's rest for YEARS. I look like a witch now!

Your Sleeping Position Says You Need Adventure

You are confident and ready to tackle life. You are pretty vain and happy with your physical appearance. You are born to be the center of attention, and you're unhappy on the sidelines. You're always up for trying something new - in and out of bed! If you don't get enough sleep, you: Look like hell It's hard to sleep next to you because: You toss and turn all night

What Does Your Sleeping Position Say About You?

What Holds A Marriage?

I read a gossip magazine recently about a local celebrity wedding where the couple purchased 6-figure worth or jewelry. By local standards, this is considered extravagant and this is "nothing" compared to Hollywood couples would splash many times more on diamonds and pearls on the occasion of their marriage.

The article got me thinking, what actually holds a marriage. Is it jewelry? The marriage of this particular celebrity couple, I also read, is now on the rocks. On the other hand, I have a friend who likes to harp on the fact that she only spent $30 on her wedding, and she didn't even have a wedding ring, let alone an engagement ring. Even though they could afford wedding rings now, the significance is already lost.

But the marriage of this couple, who is married for ten years already, is still going strong despite going through a lot of hardships. For someone like me who has no faith in the union of marriage, ten years is certainly a long time and this couple make a fine example to me that there are still happy people in marriages who would go through ups and downs with each other.

Looping Coldplay's Viva La Vida

If you are a fan of Coldplay, I am sure you love Viva La Vida too. Recently, I discovered the live version of it and have since looped it on my player, non-stop. I have listened to the studio version of this many times too but somehow, the live version is so much nicer, a lot livelier and energetic.

I could feel the connection between the band and the audience, even though I am just sitting in my room listening to the track. Wouldn't I love being there watching Coldplay play live? I wonder if they ever have plans to come to Malaysia, and if they do come, will they be able to command a crowd? Malaysians love soppy love ballads by Michael Learns To Rock but alternative rock? I am not so sure.

Of course, if I have to choose between watching Coldplay and Bon Jovi, I would choose Bon Jovi even though I don't really like their recent albums. They certainly have mellowed but even so this is a rock band that I grew up with! I would LOVE watching them live at least once before they retire!

I Have Failed Snoopy & Dino

Much as I love dogs, I swear I am not going to keep anymore dogs after Snoopy even though my neighbor plans to give away his pedigree dog and thought that we could provide her with a good home.

Keeping Snoopy and Dino, I feel like I have failed them. Dino suffered from years of epilepsy and Snoopy is bed ridden right now. I know I could have done so much more for them besides buying the pet beds and shoes, feeding them the best food, supplements and many other things that non pet lovers would think unnecessary.

But being able to provide them with all these frills meant that I had to slave at my work trying to earn as much as possible to upkeep them to meet their endless medical and food bills. I should have spent more time with them, playing with them and keep them happy. Sure, working from home, I am around but I can't be with them all that much because I still have to take care of work.

Anyway, I can't turn back the clock now. Dino has left and Snoopy is on the verge of leaving us. I can only try to do my best now.

36 Critical Illnesses

A couple of weeks ago, I received a call from a call centre commissioned by Ace Synergy Insurance to Bonuslink card members and was offered an insurance policy.

According to the caller, the phone conversation was 100% binding and I could easily subscribe to the policy over the phone. I was not very happy about that because I would like to see for myself the terms of the policy in black and white. I asked for the website of Ace Synergy Insurance, which was given to me, but there was no such policy listed on the website.

Since I do not have any medical or accident insurance policy, I didn't have anything to compare this policy with but I specifically remember that I asked if the 36 critical illnesses or some call them dreaded illnesses were covered and the guy told me that the policy does cover them.

This morning, my policy finally arrived in the mail and although I don't remember much what we talked about on the phone, I do remember that I asked about coverage for 36 critical illnesses and it's not stated in the surgical schedule anything about such illnesses like paralysis, heart disease, organ transplant or Alzheimer's, for instance.

Anyway, the good thing about this policy is that I didn't have to undergo medical tests first, so what could I do but to accept it for the time being as I am stuck at home?

Time Flexibility

My friend, Amy, told me that her child will be attending school beginning next year. It has been seven years since she left her job to be a full-time mother and is now yearning to get a job and draw a paycheck. I know how liberating one could feel with the "first" paycheck!

Amy asked me what sort of job she could do and I thought that a real estate job would suit her as it allows her to schedule her family around her job. How much she earns will depend on how much time and effort she puts in and it's not ideal but Amy is not willing to compromise on family time.

I think that Amy should do a Real Estate Job Search first and see if anything positive comes from that. Of course, she could continue to keep her options open. Maybe there are other opportunities that would allow her time flexibility as well. I have other friends who managed to reenter the job market after caring for the children in their initial years. I am sure Amy would be able to do so too.

HTC HD2

My friend returned from the launch of HTC HD2 and was immensely impressed with the features of the HD2 so much so that he is contemplating buying it. It's retailing at RM2890 right now but if you have contacts, you don't have to pay street price and can save a little.

Granted, I too am impressed with the HTC HD2 even though I haven't the chance to test it out yet or even read through its features but I guess what's captivating is the 4.3in screen. However, I think that any mobile device above RM2000 is a tad too extravagant since a mobile device is carried around and is too risky what with the prevalent snatch thefts even in Ipoh.

The HTC HD2, just like the iPhone 3GS, is something that's cool to have but do I really need it? Can I justify spending so much on a device that gets obsolete a year down the toad?