Little Cozy Corner

I’ve got to reming myself that I have to plan ahead what I’m going to show and tell or I’ll end up with nothing to show one day and I think that day will come around about the week after! lol I’ve only got one more thing in mind to show off next week and after that, I got zilch. Anyway, today it’s all about being a true blue Parramatta Eels fan. Yes, my hubby, Ted has been a NRL fan since as long as I’ve known him and he is a diehard fan of the Parramatta Eels. At this moment, I think there are 2 items which are most precious to him : a signed rugby ball and jersey which he recently got when the team got together for the fans.

I think if ever I need to threaten him, all I need to do is hold a sharp knife toward this ball.

Other than the ball, he’s got SO many jerseys! Here are most of them as I’ve excluded the polo shirts, T-shirts and my sweater. Yes, he recruited me to join the club - I had no choice but I also have no regrets. Blue and gold make a GREAT color combo!

You can see the personally signed jersey in the picture above. This jersey was meant to be framed up and place on one of our walls but I tells ya, it’s SO huge that we now have to move house just to fit it! Nah, just kidding but we are moving soon so it can finally be mounted on the wall as it was meant to anyway.

If having these don’t show that he is a fan, I guess I’ll have to post up his flags [I think he's got 2 of them], beanies [I got one too], scarves, caps and he even got a kiddies T-shirt for Arianna! I should have got it out of the cupboard and get her to model it. Maybe I will but for now….I hope you enjoyed it!

Have a great weekend!

Gee, it’s been a long time since I blogged properly. I guess I can’t say that blogging is part of life these days. I’ve got so many lame excuses that I think it’s not funny for me to share it with you. But I think overall, blogging will continue despite a little less attention will be given - it will continue, I need the money!

Anyway, I’ve got a question to ask you and I seriously do not think it’s a silly question and if you think it is, think again. AND I will also add that it has a perfectly logical answer too. And I actually got it from a movie we recently watched. And if you have watched this said movie, you’ll be able to answer this in a jiff~ unless you weren’t paying attention. I asked this on Facebook and only got 2 answers - apalah!!!

 

Image from Photoshop

How do you stop a drop of water from drying up?

I will give you the answer the next time I blog coz I don’t know when that will be. AND YES, there is a legitimate answer to this question - seriously.

…and that is in elegance. I’ve always thought that men who had those really classy and elegant pocket watches look really so gentlemanly and the fact that a watch can give them that air of confidence and elegance is really unique.

Now I have to admit that I don’t really fancy mens gold watches especially when the watches are being worn during the day with informal wear. I think it’s just unfair for the watch to be subjected to such apparels - it just doesn’t match! But if worn with a suit and for some event held at night with all the glam, it would be perfect. Just like Ted on our wedding day - that gold watch of his look simply marvelous and it really fitted him well. If ever you need to get anyone, especaially a gentleman, a gold watch, Jewel Elegance is certainly the site to visit.

Brought to you by Jewel Elegance.

When I heard about Thousand Hills, it reminded me of names of places from medievals time or like something out of Lord of The Rings really. But it is actually a place in Missouri….a gold retreat actually. It has condos and cabins for rental and to make that perfect holidays getaway a wonderful time well spent.

Sis will be going to visit a cousin in Missouri soon and they have been talking about plans to have a weekend away from the city but at the same time, nearby a golf course because my uncle loves to golf. And since they have nothing in mind at the moment, I’m going to suggest they check the Branson condo because of the location and the really awesome indoor and outdoor recreational things that they could do - yup, the award winning 18 hole Thousand Hills Golf Course, of course! I’m sure my uncle will love it.

Brought to you by Thousand Hills Golf Resort

• that the gastric juices of a snake can digest bones and teeth, but not fur or hair?

• that flounders swim sideways?

• that the human can, given enough time to adjust, see almost as well as an owl’s?

• that the rush of air produced by a cough can approach 1000km an hour?

• that the greyhounds eyesight is the best of any breed of dog?

• that swimming a quarter of a kilometre is almost equal to running 1km?

• that your brain is more active sleeping than it is watching TV? [Now you have a very good reason to tell your mum/dad that you want to stay in bed the whole day, kids!]

• that Barbie is 25cm tall?

• that men can read smaller print better than woman? Women can hear better though.

• that graffiti is the Italian word for ’scratched drawing’?

• that daily, the human race grows by about 214,000 people?

• that a firefly is a type of beetle?

• that a kernel of the tree ‘Myristica Fragrans’ is called nutmeg?

• that on average, women say 7000 words per day? Men only mange just over 2000.

Due to a rather embarassing technical mistake - both Wuching and Dabs were right. They did read this not too long ago on MY blog early December. Hehehehe…..my bad, I admit but a couple of facts here are new. Sadly, I can’t remember what I added la. So to make up for this, here’s another list :D

• that a two-hour motion picture uses around 3.3km of film?

• that lettuce has been grown and cultivated for more than 2500 years?

• that Kermit the Frog has 11 points on his collar?

• that accorns are poisonous to humans? If eaten, they will cause kidney damage.

• that on a clear, dark night a human can see a candle burning 50km away?

• that as much as 50 litres of maple sap is used to make a single litre of maple syrup?

• that when glass breaks, the craks move faster than 5000km an hour?

• that the favourite horse wins fewer than 30% of all races? [Good tip for all you gamblers out there!]

• that every living thing on earth contains carbon?

• that it taes over 20,000 litres of water to produce one kilogram of beef?

• that on an average day, an adult spends 77 minutes eating?

• that a person living to 75 years of age will have slept almost 23 years of their life - or about 220,000 hours?

• that a “buccula” is the name given to a person’s double chin?

• that tequila is made from the juice of the agave?

• that on average a human will spend up to 2 weeks kissing in his/her lifetime? 

You are now officially more knowledgeable than you were yesterday :D I hope this is not a repeated list!!!

If I was back home, I’d be taking pictures of all the free gifts that Mum got when I was growing up because I love milk - we got many, many, many porcelain plates and galssware. Back in Malaysia, it’s rather easy to get free gifts buy buying household item especially stuff like toothpaste and powder milk. But here, it’s really tough! Nothing is gratis and it’s truly a blessing to have shop like The Reject Shop [not the same one in Malaysia, these shops sell more household items] and Hot Dollar where you can see me frequently browing the shelves. I love it there! To me free = free gifts since the purchase items is the same price and not hiked up. But since I dont really have any here, I thought I share my  favourite picture.

This picture was taken when I was at Forster, NSW and whenever I see it, it gives me a sense of freedom - the feeling of being free. I just love how the reflection of the mountain is obvious in the clam water. And at the background, you can see man walking in the low tide. 

Have a blessed weekend!