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Diya’s giveaway *
I was quite surprise when I saw all her cards; I said to myself, “awesome!” I love her compositions; very well balanced. The color schemes are gorgeous too! Her works are very neat and her choices of materials are great. Two thumbs up Diya! You go girl! I believe you can go far designing handmade cards!
Now, Diya is hosting a giveaway and I am taking my chances to win her beautiful card. In order to participate, I need to:
1. Subscribe to diYadeaRY by email. (done!)2. Add diYadeaRY to your blogroll. (done!)3. Add diYadEaRY’s…. ♥ to your blogroll. (done!)4. Put the diYadEaRY’s…. ♥ banner to your blogroll. (done!)5. Blog about diYadEaRY’s…. ♥ and link back to this post. (done!)6. Last but not least, please leave a comment on what you have done. (done!)This contest will run until 10th February 2009 midnight Malaysian time. The winner will be select randomly and will be announced on 11th February 2009. This contest only opens to Malaysia’s address.
Come and join if you like to win this card!
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MarVic!
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A walk in the park
Yassin and his dad walking in the parkMy husband, son and me spent the evening yesterday walking at a park not far from our area (10 minutes drive). The park has exercise area, walking and jogging path as well as playgrounds. Now, I think this is a good start to lose that extra 10kg. I have been depending too much on weight loss pills and only did the rope-jumping exercise twice so far. I stopped after that because my knees hurt.
I heard that other people are trying to lose weight due to an abnormal eating. Monte Nido Roxbury Mills offers state-of-the-art, evidenced-based residential programming for eating disorders and co-occurring presentations. It is recommended to ask for help if you need proper treatment.
Everybody knows that walking for weight loss is one such activity that can help in burning that extra body fat. But which one is better: faster walking or slow walking? I tend to be a slow walker and yesterday my husband and son out-walked me by 1 round! I can only do 1 round for a start; the park is big, ok.
Found this article wrote by Lata Budhrani:
“Fast walking may help you shed your kilos faster, but slow walking has its own benefits and is essential for exercising in the correct way. Accumulated fats in our bodies are not always of the same kind. Some burn fast and others, slow. Slow walking helps you to deal with such fats that require slow burning. A combination of fast walking and slow walking in an alternating pattern will also keep you from feeling exhausted after your exercise.
For overweight persons who are starting an exercise routine, it is best to start with slow walking. Gradually, proceed to more fast-walking and enough slow-walking to maintain a balance between the two. ~ Lata Budhrani, Founder/Editor of Dot Com Women.
I knew I’m on the right track! will walk more often now that I have found a good place to walk.
But this place has a bit of unacceptable eyesore, well at least to me if not to others; adult foreign workers (mostly Bangladeshis and Myanmars) are occupying the playground area. They even got on the children swings and swing like nobodys business. I wanted to take their pictures but when they saw me with a camera, they were like staring and standing-by to disperse! So, I did not take any pictures of them but I plan to bring my power lens today (or maybe tomorrow) and take their photos from far.
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The greens
My mother is trying her hands at planting grapes and it has grown beautifully for the past two years. I read that it will take about three years to produce fruits and we can’t wait for the moment. My mom built her own mini wooden trellis for the plant to crawl. Here are pictures of the plant:
My mother is away for a year (she’s back in hometown) and I am left to take care of her plants. I have been indulging myself with reading materials about how to care for grape plants; as well as other plants. Also came across articles about blackberry plants, rather interesting. I’m not much of a green-hand person but I am trying my best.
Previously, when we moved here 29 years ago, we had pomegranate, mangoes, belimbing (bilimbi), murungai kaai (drumstick beans) and others but now no more except for flowering and non-flowering plants (lots of them!), this grape plant, the rambutan plant that Yassin planted, chilli plants, bean plant, eggplant (on and off) and few species of herbs. I remember that my mom chopped down most of the trees because their leaves kept falling on the neighbour’s compound and that they complained about it. I also remember that I used to pick young pomegranates to give to my school mates because they believe they can lost few pounds by eating them. I’ve tried but can’t stand the bitterness!
Anyway, here’s a picture of the rambutan plant that Yassin planted last year. It is already more than I feet tall!
You can read my post about him planting rambutan tree here: Planting seeds, Sprout! and Sprouts.
