The primates attack

Sometime back my housing area was beleagued with countless cases of break-ins and snatch thefts so much so that we were too horrified to even leave our cars unattended to open up the gates and wouldn’t dare leave the gates unlocked even while we were just hanging out around the compound. Couple of horrifying cases later, the residents committee decided to hire security guards and we’ve pretty much had peace and safety restored in our area ever since so much so that the cows are flying and the roses are singing lullabies in my garden. Get what I mean?

So my family was bright enough to think that we got “shielded” from the human perpetrators that we never considered other possibilities – until a few weeks ago at least. We have a rather huge kitchen with huge grills to provide aeration which we renovated 20 years ago, no problems ever since. However, my mom was displeasured ( read : freaked out) when she noticed a bunch of little monkeys perched up the banana tree overlooking our kitchen and had set their piercing eyes on the food. She left the kitchen briefly to perform other chores only to return to find paw marks on our newly painted walls and missing bananas from the kitchen ( Darn!). Apparently the little rascals were eyeing for more food and tried a round of hide and seek with my ( obviously freaked out) mom before they decided to call it a day.

By this time, we had our guards up. 20 years with those grills and never once had we suffered a similar intrusion and we just knew that we needed to get nasty with those mischievous little ones. Mom tried to get dad to change those grills but procrastination resulted in a few more intrusions until mom had to resort into hiding the food in the microwave oven or keeping them in the dining hall and covering the bowls with kitchen cloths to keep them out of sight. A couple of successful operations later, the little buggers got braver and this time they attacked our rice bowl and made a total mess out of our kitchen – throwing plates onto the ground and whatsoever ( Bloody annoying I’m telling ya!).

By then we decided enough was enough and the grills got changed the very next day. Never heard of them ever since, those teeny little rascals!

# me needing a good pair of hiking boots#

It’s been a while since I’ve treaded the outdoors – especially since I’ve started gym and spend most of my time working out indoors. The other reason is also because I never really had proper outdoor gear to begin with and was using bro’s old football boots because it had a good grip which proved helpful while hiking.

Unfortunately, the boots are torn beyond repair and I now would have to go on the lookout for new gear.

Zappos had a good range of hiking gear on from the Columbia range of shoes. I particularly liked the fact that I was able to zero down on getting female hiking shoes which didn’t exactly differ much from the men’s version but still had an interesting feminine touch.

While my previous boots didn’t fare too well on rocks ( I actually slipped on one and got injured), I’m happy to know that the hiking boots work well on rocks as well as wet and dry surfaces. Time to get myself back into the outdoor action real soon!

Groggy Monday One Liners #8

Except that it's Wednesday instead and I'm feeling well rested and am loving the clear traffic - not groggy today ;)

#Fall Detector#

I’ve always been slightly paranoid about living all alone – not precisely because I’m afraid of intruders or “supernatural beings” but for the fact that if anything were to happen to me in the time span that I was alone, how would anyone know that I was in danger?

A couple of years ago my grandfather passed away after he had slipped and fallen down while having a bath. Sadly it took a while for my grandma to suspect something amiss after he seemed to not alight from the washroom for some time. It was too late by then as he had whiffed his last breath.

Recently when I came across this life alert system by a Medical Alert Provider which offers Fall Detections, it brought back the incident to my mind. If only grandpa had the life alertsystem strapped on, someone would have known the minute he collapsed and he probably could have been saved. It’s something to think about having, especially if you or your parents live alone and are at risk of collapsing.

Hi guys, its been a while

So I know I've been neglecting my blog as I usually do after a while - it keeps going in cycles if you've noticed. However, my food blog is still running fine albeit at a slightly slower pace - I'm even hosting a food blog event currently so if you're interested please send in your entries.

On the other hand, I'm rather tied up doing some event planning on the side so lets just say it's tough for a newbie. Blogging aside, I haven't really done my usual activities ever since I caught a bad cold mid last month.

Anyhow, I'll be a little slow till late October so I hope you guys bear with me. Ooh and btw , my sponsored posts are marked with a hash in the titles - so you could choose to just ignore them if you want.

Laterz

# Sending your resumes in PDF #

I was once told that instead of sending my resumes in the Microsoft Word format (which is a rather common practice) that it would be advisable to convert it into PDF format. It was a little late for me to find however considering that I’ve gone through the whole ruckus of sending out resumes and attending interviews by then.

It was said that sending resumes in the PDF format is advisable as it secure, platform compatible and preserves the format of your resume correctly so that the recruiter doesn’t receive a lopsided resume with spelling checks all over it.

To convert your resume from word to pdf, you would need a pdf writer to do so. All you need is a pdf software which are easily available in the market, so don’t fret. Just prepare your resume and edit accordingly in Microsoft Word or Open Office and use one of the pdf makers to convert it to pdf

# Insurance quotes #

More often than not, I tend to get insurance agents trying to influence me into buying their insurance packages. As much as I do realize the benefits of life insurance, the lack of resources available makes it difficult for me as a customer to be sure if I’m signing up for the best package in town from my agent.

In light of this, it is good to know that there is a mechanism of providing a potential customer with life insurance quotes and term life insurance quotes from over 140 companies for comparison purposes. This way, you could have a better view on different life insurance packages in town and could probably get yourself a cheap life insurance that is of best personal value to you.

Top companies such as the Lincoln Financial Group, Allianz and Prudential is listed amongst others in the companies providing quotes and only minimal information including your state, date of birth, height, weight, insurance amount, terms and a couple of other fields need to be filled up in order to generate an instant life insurance quote.

Groggy Monday One Liners #7

Just realised I haven't written a proper post in the last 7 days

# A holiday in Myrtle beach #

It’s been a while since I’ve holidayed in a beach, I still remember how I got super tanned at my previous one. Beach holidays are usually perfect if all you would want to do is relax for a couple of days, stay in a nice hotel, read a book under the sun with a pareo, show off your curves with a bikini on the beach or if you’re a guy you would probably want to play beach soccer all day and drink chilled beer on the sand. Sounds like the perfect holiday, doesn’t it?

For my readers in the US who is in dire need of a beach holiday and can’t afford a trip to Bahamas, the Myrtle beach in South Carolina is one place you could go to get some beach action.

On a personal note, if I were on a trip there I would be a little particular on my Myrtle Beach Accomodation. Reason being I view my beach holidays as relaxing holidays where I’d like to be in a comfortable place and be pampered. Thankfully as far as Myrtle Beach Accomodations are concerned, one would never run out of options as plenty of good Myrtle Beach Hotels are available for tourists. I guess it’s high time now that I grab my bathing suit, sunblock lotion and sunnies to indulge in a beach holiday.

# Getting back into snail mail #

Coming to think of it, if compared to 10 years ago we hardly receive anything delighting or even meaningful for that matter. The days that we used to receive letters from our pen pals (remember how we used to have them?), the postcard from a relative abroad and not to forget those lame poison letters seems extremely distant now.

Nowadays all that come in my inbox are mailers, spam, bills and the monthly subscribed magazines. One thing we’d have to agree upon is that while the usage of snail mail has reduced drastically with the advent of electronic mail, text messages and social media networks, it is still relevant to this date and the practice has not gone extinct.

Having said that, mailboxes play an important part in the snail mail cycle. You absolutely can’t receive mails without a proper mailbox and to be frank that isn’t enough. Since mail boxes are usually placed outside your home, you would want to get one that blends well with the facade. On the same note, if you were in charge of getting mailboxes for your office, you would definitely need to look at the functionality aspect and source for mailboxes with multi-units and security locks as well if security is a big concern at your company.