Cheapest Motorcycle Insurance

My sister told me that she and her husband are planning to buy a motorcycle. My sister just bought a new car recently and her husband drives a sports car. This motorcycle is like a luxury to them, more of like a weekend toy where they could go on countryside excursions.

According to my sister, times are not so good now and they have plenty of financial commitments but what is the point working so hard but not being able to enjoy life? My sister is at the moment calculating the cost of owning a motorcycle. The monthly installment is not much but she is afraid that insurance would be a burden.

While I don't really encourage her to ride a motorcycle, I also subscribe to the belief that we should enjoy life while we could. If motorcycles are what she and her husband like, then by all means, get one. It doesn't even need to be a burden to enjoy the motorcycle.

I told her that she should find the cheapest motorcycle insurance. That would save her lots of money, especially when she bundles her insurance policies, since she already has home and auto insurance. I read that in some cases, we could save up to 20% in insurance premiums. Can you imagine that?

I showed my sister the website of MasCycles where the top six motorcycle insurers in the country and I believe that she has a loan with one of the companies. That's good news, certainly, since she could then get a discount if she takes up bundled insurance.

In any case, before she makes a decision, she could just request for cheap motorcycle insurance online through the website first. Once the insurance quotes are in, then she could compare and decide. As you can see, it's all very convenient, isn’t it?

If you are also looking for the cheapest motorcycle insurance, check out the website of MasCycles.

Perak Celebrates Christmas 2010 A Month Late

Poor Perak....We only celebrated Christmas 2010 (and New Year 2011) a week ago, which means we are one month late to celebrate Christmas. Yet, the Christians were so happy.

Anyway, I chanced upon the event when I passed by Stadium Indera Mulia. I didn't know it's such a huge event until I saw the jaguar of Raja Dihilir Perak parked outside the Stadium. I made my way in and saw that the stage was set with yellow chairs. Hmm... this is huge, I thought.

After a while, the who's who of Perak came in and so I took the opportunity to shoot photos, of course! If you have been following my blog, you would know that I studied with the DYTM Raja Puan Besar Perak last time. Back then, she was known as plain Zara Salim Davidson. Now, perhaps she doesn't even recognise or remember me, and even if she calls me, I wouldn't even know how to address her anymore. Surely no longer Zara?

See this photo that I have enclosed. All the big shots of Perak came. Too bad the lights in the stadium were dimmed subsequently so it was very difficult to shoot any photos that are presentable enough to be published!

Chinese New Year Preparations

I groan inwardly when I look at the calendar to realize we only have another four days to Chinese New Year. Frankly speaking, I haven't even started getting ready for the New Year yet. I don't really care actually but tradition is tradition and I still have to follow some of the "rules", if not all.

There is still spring cleaning to be done and Chinese New Year goodies to be bought. And what about Chinese New Year clothes and shoes? These have to be red in color, my mother said but I'm not that superstitious. As long as it's not black! Clothes are so expensive these days. I think the shortage of cotton is still not overcome yet. Luckily, there's a sale right now at Kinta City so I should go and have a look as soon as possible.

What about you? Have you got everything ready for Chinese New Year already?

Amber Chia In Ipoh

Amber Chia, Ipoh-born international supermodel, came back to her roots last Saturday to announce the winners of The Haven's "Name The Rock Contest" at the invitation of the CEO of The Haven, Mr. Peter Chan.

Although The Haven Show Gallery is in Tambun, a long way from my house, I had to go and have a look. I was informed that the event would be held from 4pm onwards so I went but when I arrived, I found out that the event was postponed to 6pm! Duh... why didn't update me of the postponement??

I went home and then made a second trip back to The Haven Show Gallery later in the evening. The event was slated to being at 6pm but Amber Chia arrived at 8.30pm, apparently because there was a delay in her flight from Seoul, South Korea. She flew in all the way just to grace this event, you see.

But it was still a fruitful night as she did turn up and we all got to see the supermodel in the flesh. And the winners got to walk away with the prizes. Awesome night it was!

Pay Too Low To Worth The Trouble

A friend sent me a job classified a week ago so I made a call to the office to see what the job is all about. In the advertisement, it mentions pay of UP TO RM2000. This means that they are paying less than RM2000. I wasn't very keen since I will be relocating from Ipoh and obviously, anything less than RM2000 would not be worth the trouble.

Over the phone, I was told that it's a telemarketing job where we have to sell insurance from a bank. We have to sign a three-month contract, renewable for another three months. If we can perform in terms of sales, we have the chance to get a one-year contract.

This pisses me off as I have no interest in a telemarketing job. I only called because the friend who sent me the lead, who is also the one who stopped me from taking up the job offer that I received late December, said that I didn't bother to call. That's why I called. This tells me that he has no idea what I am looking for.

We are just not looking at things in the same way, which is fine but I hate it when people meddle with my life. I am not going to take this lying down.

Working Faster

Recently, I have been revamping my room, which serves as my home office too. I find that I spend a lot of time walking around fetching one thing or the other. I feel that a lot of time is wasted. And there are times where I have to take my laptop to one spot of the house or the other.

I have been trying to look for a cart or a table with wheels or rollers but just couldn't find one of an appropriate height. A friend suggested poc carts because they are highly flexible and customizable but I am not keen to buy a new one. I wonder how much they are.

This Chinese New Year, I will have the opportunity to meet up with an uncle and aunt who both work at a hospital in KL. Maybe they could help me get hold of a used one? I don't mind paying for it if I could get a cousin to send it to me in Ipoh!

My Options

I am feeling very depressed lately. I have this "goal" in life to make something out of my life because I know that I can be better than what I am now. I "wasted" many years living for others though I do not have regrets about wasting my youth, I am putting a lot of pressure on myself to make up for lost time. I have so many things to do, so many things to see.

But I've been looking at my options and I don't have much of a choice. Do I go back to school? Do I look for employment? Or do I set up a small business? My best bet is to set up a small business BUT I am really not keen to fork out any capital as I am saving money to buy a house.

I really don't know what to do. I have been looking at jobs and I don't even qualify for any decent job. I feel so sad. I feel like I don't have the support from friends and family to get something done with life. Sure, they entertain me when I bring up the subject but they don't take me seriously. Well, at least I don't feel it if they do.

I'm so unhappy.

Trying For A Rabbit Baby

My sister, who had an unsuccessful pregnancy last year, told me that she is ready to try for another baby, but she is afraid that the same thing will happen again. She told me that her doctor has found out that she has a genetic disorder and told me that if I were to try for a baby too, I would have to check if I also have the same genetic disorder. After all, we are sisters and share the same gene pool.

According to her doctor, my sister will have to take various medications as long as she wants to have a baby, and even after she is done with childbirth. It's quite scary, you know? She said that besides the medication that her doctor has prescribed, she is also taking the best vitamins that she could find at the local pharmacy.

Since I am not even married yet, I don't think I should worry about this condition, but I do worry about my sister. She was very weak the time round so much so that she collapsed and 911 had to be called so I hope that she will not have to go through this a second time.

Getting Ready For Chinese New Year

There's only another three weeks to Chinese New Year. Every year around this time, I feel rather pressured. It's because of all the housework I have to do to put the house in order and all the additional expenses that's part of the package of Chinese New Year.

As you can read from the tone of my post, no, I am so not looking forward to Chinese New Year. Perhaps I'm old, or at least old enough to know that life's more than Chinese New Year celebrations. Or maybe my attitude towards Chinese New Year since relatives stopped giving me ang pows. HHmmm that's a high possibility!

Whatever it is, I'll still have to get everything ready for Chinese New Year, even if I don't like it. Am hoping for a windfall this month so that I can be better prepared financially for next month!

Driving Around KL

When I was in KL for a day last week, my friend drove me around as he wanted to buy a garage door opener from a hardware store. I am not familiar with roads in KL so I don't even know where we were.

We went to a few stores because either they don't sell or are already sold out. In the end, after a few attempts only were we able to buy what my friend was looking for. Boy, it took a lot of time. I thought that it would be more convenient buying online!

On our way to the train station, my friend told me that he took the wrong turn and I nearly missed my train home! It's not that it's such a problem if I did miss the train because I could always stay a night in the city but then my family is waiting for my return. And they would have plenty of questions on how I could miss my train!

ToyCity Midvalley

I was at Midvalley Megamall yesterday and came across this facade of ToyCity. You know, even though I have been to Midvalley for a number of times already, considering I am not staying in KL, there are still so many things that fascinate me. Even though I have visited many times, I still haven't found time to really walk the entire building or visited all the stores that interest me. I usually just go to the food court and the convention centre.

Yesterday, even though I was rushing for time, I still stopped to take a couple of photos of this store because it's just cute. I too would be captivated if I were still a kid. if you haven't been to that wing of Midvalley Megamall, you really should. Check these photos out.

Custom Framed Art Print

This Chinese New Year, my friend is holding a party and I have been invited. I feel kind of bad that I missed his housewarming party and so, I think that I should at least take along a gift this time. Of course, I wouldn't say that this is supposedly his housewarming gift.

I asked my sister for some ideas and she suggested art prints. I have actually thought about that but do not know if it's appropriate. I am afraid that we have different tastes in art but my sister said that it's worth trying.

Custom framed art prints are quite popular. I just hope that the art I pick up eventually will match the interior of his home.

I Have A New Handphone!

Yes, after sticking with the Nokia E61i for 2.5 years and also using the iPhone as a secondary handphone, I now have a new handphone. It's the Motorola Defy.

Some people do not understand why I need two mobile phones. Well, unfortunately, my iPhone doesn't have 3G connectivity but I still need it for its camera, which is poorer in quality on the Nokia. So I had to carry two phones. Of course, I could also carry just one mobile phone and one digital camera, but then I DO have two mobile lines....in short, it's just complex! LOL

With a new handphone, the Moto Defy, I hope that I can use this one device for EVERYTHING that I need it to. There are still many things that needed to be explored but right now, I can see that I already have more than a passable digital camera, video camera and GPS device. With this post, I am enclosing sample photos shot with Motorola Defy.

Rapid Detoxification

At a recent wedding reception of a distant relative, I bumped into an uncle whom I hardly talked to. Living miles apart is one thing, but from young, I was told that this man, the son of so and so, was a drug addict. Hence, my father didn't allow us to visit the family.

At the wedding reception, the cousin, who used to be close to my mother, told her that he has finally cured himself of his addiction. According to him, it was a long, painful and lonely "journey", made more difficult because he didn't have the support of friends and family during his period of recovery.

I thought to myself that it wouldn't be as difficult as he had experienced if he had undergone rapid detox instead, which is a quick detoxification procedure that takes eight hours under the watchful eye of a doctor, and then post-care for the next 36 to 48 hours.

I always believe that while it is difficult to overcome addictions, it is even harder to live the days following that what with temptations from society. That's why follow-up care and counseling is so important.

I, Depressed

I really don't want to feel like this, especially at this time of the year, but I can't help it. Remember the job offer that I talked about? I declined it, after thinking about it for almost a week. As I said, I wanted to take up the job but my friend has been totally against it, saying that it sounds too good to be true.

I have to admit it does sound too good to be true but the founders of the company seem genuine enough to me and I was even sent an employment contract. That should show their sincerity in their offer to me, right? But I don't know, after hearing all those poison words directed at the company and the directors, I don't have the good feeling to work there anymore even though these are just allegations since they are not proven to be true as yet.

I guess we will never know and once again, I feel as if the whole world is blocking me of making any progress in life. Why should I always have to be the one to keep others happy at the expense of my own happiness? WHY???

Happy New Year 2011

A New Year has dawned and I am not in the mood to celebrate. If you have been reading my previous posts this past week, you will know why. I will follow up with another post, but not today. I just don't want to start the New Year with a post on a negative note.

Whatever it is, I would like to thank all of you for sticking with me through thick and thin. Thank you for listening to me when I just needed to vent. And a good place to do that is here on my blog where no one actually knows who I am.

I hope that 2011 will be better, though I know that it will not be, not because I am pessimistic but because of astrological clashes. Yes, I am THAT superstitious but then it's better to be on-guard than off.

In any case, let me wish all of you "Happy New Year". All the best wishes to you and your loved ones!