Switching over to Wordpress.com

Well I finally decided to make the switch from Blogger over to Wordpress.com. Blogger has been having a lot of server problems recently and the connection with Slowmyx simply sucks. Moreover Wordpress.com finally added on the Blogger import which works absolutely great, and I love the Categories function - I spent all day yesterday categorizing nearly 300 posts! Thanks to David who introduced me to Wordpress.com and Jeyadev who showed me how well the Blogger import function works when he moved over.

My new blog url will be http://dobbs.wordpress.com/ Hope to see you over there! :)

4 Things Tag

4 jobs you’ve had in your life
- House Officer/Medical Officer
- Domestic Engineer -- this one encompasses many jobs from House Cleaner, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, Home Educator, Child/Teenager Minder and Weight Lifter!

4 movies you could watch over and over
Don't fancy watching any movies over and over again except perhaps the Pride and Prejudice 1995 Mini-Series

4 TV shows you love to watch
- American Idol
- used to like CSI (the original) but it's kinda lost it's novelty nowadays
- Judging Amy
- any Ice Skating - I really loved the Torino Olympic competition

4 TV shows you loved to watch
I used to be quite a TV addict in my younger days but not nowadays. I can easily name more than just 4.
- Frasier
- Friends
- Life Goes On
- Cheers

4 places you’ve lived
- Penang
- Alor Setar
- Kuala Lumpur
- Petaling Jaya

4 places you’ve been on vacation to
- England
- Wales
- Scotland
- Hong Kong

4 places you would rather be
See More Seven Answers for places I would like to visit

4 of your favourite food
- chocolate
- curry puffs
- apple pie
- spaghetti bolognese

And the tag stops here with me! :)

The Fruit of the Spirit

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
~ Galatians 5:22-23

We will be going back to AS for a short holiday so I will be taking a blogging break as well. See you when we get back to SJ!

Storm havoc

A freak storm struck SJ yesterday afternoon and lasted only about half-an-hour but was enough to cause widespread damage and havoc. After learning that a few neighbours had some roof damage and water leakage, I found that the roof lining (dunno what it's called actually) at the back had blown off, and that some water had got into the back bedroom. Thankfully the leak was very minor and hope to get it seen to today. I didn't realise the extent of the damage till hubby got home and told me that some trees were uprooted opposite Tractors and damaged some parked cars and that there were a lot of roof tiles on the road. Reports in today's Star said it looked like a scene from "Twister" or a war zone with residents saying it was the worst storm experienced in more than 20 years! It sure made me thankful when I realised how minor our roof damage was, and that the leakage was minimal as well.

Oscars 2006

I managed to catch this year's Oscars over NTV7 this morning and found it an unusual year for the Oscars in the sense that there was no big-time winner among the movies nominated. The awards for acting came from 4 different movies:
Best supporting actor: George Clooney - Syriana
Best supporting actress: Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Best actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Best actress: Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Best director went to Ang Lee but surprisingly the Best Picture award went to Crash and not Brokeback Mountain. Memoirs of a Geisha won for Cinematography, Art Direction and Costume while King Kong took the honours for Sound and Visual Effects.

Box office hit Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won the best animated feature film. The animation Oscar marks creator Nick Park's fourth Academy Award, but his first for a feature film.

"Someone once said if you make a bad film you make it alone, if you if you make a great film everyone made it with you," said Steve Box, of Aardman Animations on stage with Park.
"We made a great film, guys."
"Cracking cheese Gromit!" said Park and Box together.

The part I liked best was the medley of Best Music Score nominees with a special performance by Itzhak Perlman, although I didn't like the nominated songs. I also found the montage of old film clips showing "gay" cowboy scenes was hiliarious -- just shows what creative editing can do! And the opening clip was fun but I missed Billy Crystal -- hope he returns next year.

Frozen squirrels pose car threat

I just couldn't resist this interesting piece of squirrel news. A British Insurance company has put together a list of its strangest car insurance claims it received over the past twelve months. They may sound outlandish but Norwich Union said that all the claims have all been verified and paid out.

Some of its strangest claims have included:
"A frozen squirrel fell out of a tree and crashed through the windscreen on to the passenger seat."
"As I was driving round a bend, when one of the doors opened and a frozen kebab flew out, hitting and damaging a passing car."
"I couldn't brake because a potato was lodged behind the brake."

So next time you are out on the road remember to watch out for frozen squirrels, kebabs and stray potatoes! *LOL*

The Pope Gets an iPod

Pope Benedict XVI got an iPod on Friday, thanks to a group of workers at Vatican Radio. According to a Catholic News Service story, the pontiff got a 2GB white Nano, loaded with, among other things, the radio station's programming in English, Italian and Germany, as well as classical tunes from Motzart, Chopin and Stravinsky.

Looks like everyone is jumping on the iPod bandwagon from George Bush to Queen Elizabeth II and now even the Pope! Wonder who's next?

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Thankful

I was rather ashamed to have complained about the blackout 2 days ago when Cyn and Jel came over to bathe on Monday night due to stinking water. I found out later that is was a pretty widespread problem all over the Klang Valley and was so thankful that SJ was spared. I cannot imagine Syabas telling people such water is safe -- how is one expected to bathe and wash with such a stink, not to mention cook with it or drink it? Jel said some people just had to hold their breaths while bathing, although others didn't even notice the smell!

Speaking of water, the Star reported that the accumulated rainfall in Subang for February was 447mm, the highest amount of rainfall in a month for the area in 40 years. No surprise, as it's been raining cats and dogs the last two months even during the usually dry CNY period. And some rain is expected in March, before the onset of the inter-monsoon in April, which would bring more rain! So hang on to those umbrellas everyone.