Thermomix Dinner

THE THERMOMIX DINNER

My sister invited me to her place to have some Thermomix dishes and they tasted nice but I wouldn’t pay that much money for it. It cost about $2k that’s a lot of money. We had several dishes so scroll down to have a look. We even had dessert – strawberry sorbet. ACTIVITIES Below is a […]

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too much pizza

TOO MUCH PIZZA?

Had pizza for breakfast and lunch. I know it not healthy eating pizza for breakfast and dinner, but if I don’t eat it who will? ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Fixed up the issues with email. Turned out the issue was with the SMTP for zoho mail changed […]

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QUOTES TURNED INTO INVOICES

QUOTES TURNED INTO INVOICES

Had some good news and managed to convert a few quotes into invoices. It did take a week or so to get ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Exchanged son’s school shirt and shorts Quotes turned to invoices [bar group=”124″] FITNESS WORKOUT Today, I did a fitness workout which […]

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the backup process

THE BACKUP PROCESS

So I mentioned yesterday I was backing up files from the VPS server and zipping the files is taking so long. There’s about 100GB of data which needs to be zipped and then the zip files need to be FTPed across to another server. It seems to be taking forever and the site has now […]

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Start of chinese school

START OF CHINESE SCHOOL

Both of my kids started Chinese Mandarin school today. My son is now in Chinese Year 2 and my daughter in Year 1. When I dropped off the kids to school my eldest seemed a bit nervous and didn’t want to go and made several excuses. In the end, he had no choice but to […]

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Watermelon Picnic 1

WATERMELON PICNIC

Took the kids out today for a picnic at the local park. Despite the hot weather the kids still wanted to go. I decided to cut up a watermelon and bring it to the park so we had a watermelon picnic. ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Cleaned up […]

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CONFUSION WITH SHOE SIZES

CONFUSION WITH SHOE SIZES

I ordered a pair of shoes from the online Puma store a few days ago. They are the indoor soccer shoes called evoPOWER 4.3 Tricks IT Men’s Football Boots. I decided to buy them since they were on sale and my previous Lotto shoes were no longer wearable (part of the sole tore from the shoe). […]

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WIFES BIRTHDAY AND OLIVIA STARTING SCHOOL

WIFES BIRTHDAY AND OLIVIA STARTING SCHOOL

Two major events happened today. It was my wife’s birthday and my daughter started kindergarten. As a present,  I gave my wife the 360fly 4K camera and the Ascent Women’s Self Inflating Mat. She was excited to receive these gifts especially when she needed the Mat for an event. We all enjoyed the cake we […]

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recovery from RM RF

RECOVERY FROM RM -RF

I panicked today after doing the worst thing anyone could do on their VPS CentOS server. I ran the command, RM -RF /* and what this meant was files from the Operating System was being removed. I managed to stop the transfer when access denied error messages started appearing on the console. That’s when I […]

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binding day

BINDING DAY

I learnt a few things about binding machines. There are two types, one for binding plastic combs and the other for binding wired combs. The holes for each is different and therefore you can’t mix and match.  I had to bind roughly 150 booklets and I stayed up until 3 am. Someone had a large […]

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the sleepless night

THE SLEEPLESS NIGHT

Hardly had any sleep and realised how much impact this can be on the body. As part of the Chinese New Year tradition, I had to make sure the lamp and the incense don’t go off so you pretty much have to stay up all night for this. The only time you can have a […]

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chinese new year 2017

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017

Is it Chinese New Year and it’s a time to celebrate!! Why? Because it’s a tradition and it’s a good excuse to just eat, catch up with friends and family. More importantly, those who have certain beliefs can pay their respects to God, their ancestors and also pray for peace and harmony in their family. […]

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chinese new year eve 2017

CHINESE NEW YEAR EVE 2017

As a yearly Chinese New Year Eve tradition, we had lunch at my parents’ place and dinner at my in-laws. Lots of food to eat which meant more calories I needed to burn however I didn’t work out at all today. Arggg! ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: Project […]

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anime war

ANIME WARS

I’ve been an anime fan since I was a kid watching Holly and Benji (also known as Captain Tsubasa) in Italy. I’ve watched quite a few animes in my younger days and when I came across an awesome anime with all the main hero fighters in the one I was hooked. It’s called Anime Wars […]

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COULDNT TURN THE CAR KEYS IN IGNITION

COULDN’T TURN THE CAR KEYS IN IGNITION

Another car problem today. I couldn’t turn the car keys in the ignition, it was like stuck to the O position. After some research. the symptoms were related to the ignition barrel. Some of the articles suggested to replace the barrel and it required the removal of certain panels near the steering wheel but I […]

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TO EXERCISE OR NOT TO EXERCISE FOR LOSING WEIGHT

TO EXERCISE OR NOT TO EXERCISE FOR LOSING WEIGHT

I watched this informative video discussing how exercising is great for the health but not so great for weight loss. It details how eating and controlling our calorie intake is the best way to lose weight. Watch the video below. ACTIVITIES Below is a summary of today’s main activities, tasks and accomplishments: I’ve received another […]

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CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017 PREPARATIONS

CHINESE NEW YEAR 2017 PREPARATIONS

This year, Chinese New Year falls on the  28th January 2017. Coming from an Asian background, there is a requirement to always have the house squeaky clean before Chinese New Year – so that’s what we did today. Here’s a list of other superstitious things you should not do during Chinese New Year: Here’s a list […]

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the unsual beach

THE UNUSUAL BEACH

We went to the beach today. Well, it wasn’t your usual beach with sand, water and rocks. It was a large pit area with lots of white balls. It was called “THE BEACH” and it was held in Barangaroo Cutaway. It was a free event and the wife wanted to go with the kids. We […]

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