Eunice Nursing Bra @ RM10

Dear mommies,

Just like to share a good news for nursing mommies, 

Fabulousmom is having good deal on RM10 nursing bra!

Check out here for more details!

By the way they are having Breastfeeding Talk(FOC) at their TTDI showroom.

Title:  Things You Must Know About Breastfeeding

Check out more details at Fabulousmom.com for more info.

Plus, they are also having promotion on breastpump which i think in time to support the upcoming 

World Breastfeeding Week 2009 • 1-7 August 2009

Happy Breastfeeding Mommies!

Cheers!

Dollars for Tips Contest- ends 31 July 2009

Dear folks, Would you like to win $100 cash by sharing your anecdotes, parenting tips, hilarious statistic you know about children or parenting? If you do send them to info@bugalookids.com and enter to win $100 cash! Hurry - the contest ends July 31st. Note: Please make sure you include the author of the quote or link to where you found the statistic. Check out more details about the contest here. I simply love their Bugaloo Soft Sole Shoes for kids! Cheers!

Touching Conversation with my two year plus KY

Why 2 year plus when she has reached her 3 yr old milestone recently? Well because this touching conversation happened before her birthday :) Just that mommy has not shared it publicly in her blog.

Ever since my second child, Shone arrives, it has been rather hectic schedule for me with two kids. There are many things that I used to do with KY even while I was heavily pregnant and tires easily. I never failed to read bedtime story with her every night.

However now my nighttime routine has changed to be BF Shone at night till BOTH of us sleep or at least Shone is asleep while I am closed to sleeping mode while waiting for KY to sleep as well...(Shone sleeps earlier than KY).

Most of the time I am SO TIRED that I am KNOCKED OUT almost immediately after BF Shone(well being a full-time mom) every evening that I am so ashamed and guilty that I seems to have neglected precious time with KY.

So one night while I was breastfeeding Shone on the bed with KY lying beside me(doing nothing), I said to KY, " Sorry ya mommy have not been reading bedtime story to you lately...." tears falling inside ..sad..

KY said cheerfully, " KY read myself mommy, KY reads everyday!"

Wow...I was stunned, touched at her spontaneous reply. Yes indeed most of the nights she would take out her books and read while I BF Shone. Sometimes she would asked me to read to her..but to my dismay I often told her mommy is too tired...can read it tomorrow...So bad of me...really...I FEEL SO BAD even while I am typing this now...

So, I have to find some ways, either changing SHone bedtime routine, or to boost up my energy level through better nutrition, rest and daily habits...I would not want to miss spending precious time with my kids (BOTH of them)...and witness & progress with both their development stage!

Wish me ALL the BEST!

Cheers!

Wordless Wednesday - Peaceful Nap

Love running under the drizzling rain

Recent downpour makes me reminisce the good old time of running under light drizzle of rain with my buddy, Charl at Down Under.

We were doing our regular jog at the neighbourhood of our friends' place at Shepparton, Australia when suddenly it rains...we were only half way across the few streets...but laughing like little girls, we look at each other and nod yep..we gonna keep running...under the rain...

What a lovely feeling!! And each time when there's such nice cool breeze after the rain makes me recall this wonderful moment!

And now my dear buddy, Charl would be having her own baby soon(in Oct 2009)..can't help to think..HOW TIME FLIES....

Oh..memories...yes, we gonna create lovely memories for our kids and DH too, and most important of all for ourselves!

Carpe Diem! Live life to the fullest!

Do you have any(or many) lovely memories in your mind now? Wanna share?

Cheers!

Sunway Lagoon trip turned out to be Sunway Pyramid trip

Last Sunday after packing two bags of stuff for a planned trip to Sunway Lagoon...with our kids(we wanted to bring them to both the Water and Amusement Park). To our dismay their amusement park had power failure..so not wanting to go for the Water Park alone..we decided to postpone out trip.

We went to Sunway Pyramid instead in my bid to find Shone a comfortable walking shoes...his feet was rather "fleshy" that no baby shoes(normally biggest size is 5 for baby) seems to fit his feet. Those meant for toddler (size 6 and above) seems rather "hard" for his tender "just-walking" feet.

Alas, we did not manage to find any shoes suitable for Shone, but KY is enjoying her ride at Sunway Lagoon(see pic). One ride is RM3, DH said is even more money-making than the car park!! KY had three ride that day I think..

Watch out for my post on our water adventure that evening at our apartment pool as KY wanted to play with water no matter what..so we ended up swimming not at Sunway Lagoon but at our apartment's pool ;)

Cheers!

JOHNSON'S(R) Baby : Touch – Infant Massage Workshop Series

Dear All,

I receive this notice from Johnson's Baby newsletter, perhaps anyone of you interested to join the workshop to learn about baby massage?

I tried massaging on KY but she was just too fussy to wait to be clothed each time after shower when she was a baby. As for Shone, honestly I have yet to try massaging him. However, I have a feeling that he likes it as DH often rub his back and he just lay still! ;)

So check it out folks if especially for mothers-to-be..I am sure you've have heard of the positive effects of baby massaging for colic prevention and bonding!

Cheers!

If you are unable to see the message below, click here to view.

Daily infant massage can increase baby's bone mass by 15%; increase his body weight by 47%; strengthen his body's resistance, and help to build his self-confidence too. Thanks to Malaysian parents' support and enthusiasm, the Johnson's baby TOUCH Infant Massage Workshop Series is back by demand this year. The workshop series aims to reach out to parents and babies nationwide covering not only information and techniques on infant massage, but also tips and guidance on how to bathe and breastfeed babies, especially for first time parents. Each workshop will consist of a seminar session led by a consultant paediatrician, and a step-by-step demonstration by qualified trainers on how to bathe and massage your baby. To participate, register for the 'Touch' Infant Massage workshop and pay a RM20 fee per couple, in return for a Johnson's Baby Oil starter pack worth the same, plus a set of CD and poster on infant massage. Join us at one of the workshops below: STATE DATE VENUE CLOSING DATE Selangor Sun, 19 July MINES Malaysia International Exhibition & Convention Centre 15 July Sabah Sun, 26 July Tang Dynasty Hotel, Kota Kinabalu 17 July Melaka Sun, 1 August MITC (Melaka International Trade Centre) 24 July Johor Sat, 2 August The Zon Regency, Johor Bahru 24 July Perak Sat, 8 August Syuen Hotel, Ipoh 31 July Penang Sun, 9 August Bayview Hotel, Georgetown, Penang 31 July Kuala Lumpur Sat, 16 August Bukit Jalil Golf & Country Resort, Kuala Lumpur 7 August Parents who are interested to participate in any of the workshops can call the toll free enquiry and registration line at 1-300-88-0566 (on weekdays, 9 am – 5 pm).

Happy Birthday My Dear KY!

Today marks my girl 3 years old birthday...

Will "buy" her a cake today. Yup, haven't mix my oven or even polish up my baking skills..hopefully in coming years, mommy can bake you a cake ;) Till then KY, mommy would buy from bakery first ok :P

May my girl grows up being a strong, healthy, wise and confident gal!

Cheers!

10 MORE Ways to Use eBooks to Boost Your Business

Hi folks, I think many of you responded well to the previous blog post about 26 Ways to Use eBooks to Boost Your Business. So I've like to share even more ways to use eBooks - 10, in fact.

But before I get into that,do you know that you don't have to write these eBooks yourself. If your business is related to Mommyhood, check out Mom PLR eBooks. With your monthly membership, you'll get private label rights (PLR) to an eBook, articles, blog posts and everything else you need for marketing. This really saves you time and content they provided is awesome!

1. Use content from the eBook to post meaningful and valuable comments in blog posts related to your niche.

2. Write a blog post about each topic in the eBook's table of contents. Use on your own blog or as guest posts in related blogs.

3. Use the eBook as the basis of an online survey, to help you learn more about your market such as what type of information they want.

4. Create a FAQ page or special report with links to your site and/or affiliate links. Then make it go viral.

5. Distill the key points of an eBook into a poster - to give away or sell.

6. Use information in the eBook to create high-quality landing pages for your Pay Per Click campaigns.

7. Based on the eBook contents, develop a set of comics you can give away to build your list.

8. Pre-load a USB flash drive with several related eBooks and sell at a premium.

9. If you have a membership site, offer the eBook as an unannounced bonus.

10. Organize a webinar around the eBook. Record the webinar, have it transcribed, and you've got a brand-new product to either sell or give away.

Whew! With the previous blog post, that's a total of 36 ways we can use eBooks to build our business. If I've missed any or you have yours views to add, please feel free to let me know by posting a comment below.

There's so much we can do with content, but it takes time, effort and money to create it. When we have access to high-quality PLR content for a specific market, such as Mom PLR eBooks, then you'll have plenty of time and energy to get maximum profits from the content. If you want to try out Mom PLR eBooks,; use coupon code "ebookboost" (without the quotation marks) to get your first month for only $5. After that, it's $29 every month.

Click here to try Mom PLR eBooks for only $5 (with coupon code “ebookboost”.

There are so many ideas for building our biz with eBooks - which one will you do first?

Cheers!

eoe.com.my - Online photo printing Service update

Hi folks, remember my previous post about eoe online photo printing service here ?

I made my order and it has arrived!! Yippee.....it only took few minutes to upload, select size and confirm my order using their Photo Express software.

And once "payment"(there are a few payment option you can select) is made, it only takes 2-3 days to reach the shipping address you provided. Isn't that great! ;)

I have develop two pictures for my two moms(my mom and my mil) as both their birthday falls in August and since they don't get to see us so often, I think a printed copy picture of their grandchildren would make a perfect gift for them!

I have developed my kids first merry-go-round trip for my mil(you can see part of the pictures here ) and another picture of my mom carrying Shone in 8R size!

Check out their current photo printing promotion here .

Note: For my Blogger Friends, you would be happy to know that I actually got my 50 pieces of 4R and 2 8R pictures FOC! Yep...without spending a cent! How? Check out their Blogger's Review Program - Ultimate now to learn how you too can try out their online printing service while at the same time get your lovely pictures printed for free ;) Cheers!

Nuffnang Premiere Screening – District 9

For my blogger friends who are Nuffnangers, just for your info, Nuffnang is having a Premiere Screening for District 9 . Check out how you can win a chance to watch District 9 before its release date at Nuffnang Premiere Screening of District 9 happening on 12 August here .

Cheers!

Wordless Wednesday- KY construction

Here is KY with her Lego model..can you guess what is she trying to build? 

Kids are full of creativity and imagination rite ;)

Cheers!

Are you using BPA free bottle for your child?

Yes I am!!

Well, initially I am not looking into BPA-free etc(as BPA-free term was not as highlighted as it is today 3 years ago). But I am looking into colic-free bottle.

Thus I found Dr. Brown's bottle. When DH went to search for it..chance upon another brand called B-free...which is even better as I think at that time..B-free is the only BPA-free bottle selling in my place...other brand is not yet BPA-free. Talking about the power of parents advocates rite ;) So we must always make our voices heard to see the change takes place ..Agree?

Anyway, for my son, I saw another BPA-free bottle when there was no stock of Bfree in my town not even online stores as they are producing new ones..so old stock are not "reachable".
This bottle is MAM...which is quite widely available at many baby online stores.

So have you switch to BPA-free bottle for your child?

If you are thinking of switching but worry about the cost(actually it is not that costly if you compared the negative effect of normal bottle plus the quality of a BPA-free range), there's good news for you..

Tiny Tapir is having a BPA-free bottle giveaway for here. It ends on 24 July 2009.

So hurry there if you like to win one!

Cheers!

Another Monday...

What do you think or feel about Monday? Blue? As the saying goes...Monday Blues..

But somehow I feel it's more like our mentality and not to mention for working and schooling people, it's because it's the start of another week of routine...thus the "sigh" or "clap-clap" for those who look forward to it ;)

I think before Monday-Sunday is created...the time has no dimension or ss:mm:hh sort of format ...thus if ever Monday blue attacks us, let's strike back and cheer up...it's another beautiful day of the week!

Thought for the day...Monday...

Cheers folks!

Redbox- another wow by AirAsia

Recently, I got to know that AirAsia is venturing into providing low-cost COURIER ) yep..note the word is courier not carrier as low cost carrier/airline) called Redbox . They are providing affordable courier service..naturally it is quite connected..airline and courier ..why not? It's using what resources they already have...

I think this company is really good at diversity as well as making the most of the market's needs while creating more POSSIBILITIES...

This is indeed a spirit I would love to pick up!

To be VERSATILE, INNOVATIVE, DIVERSIFY,CHANCE-TAKER!

And soon, they'll be having airport-to-airport courier service..wow..

Salute to AirAsia!

Cheers!

Would be be wary if.....

Over one lunch date with my DH(we work closeby, so now and then when his wife..a.k.a me woke up late, lazy or no vege to cook up 'our' lunch) we would have date to eat quick lunch together. 

This lady boss of a vegetarian restaurant we frequented(the nearest to DH's office) asked me aloud, " Are you not afraid that ur DH, being tall and ahem good-looking being snatched or clamored by "bees"?"

Well, which then I didn't really give it much thought and then replied.."It's been that way even before we got married, a.k.a "courting days"....and then added, " I would do the same" jokingly of course...

Honestly, I did not give that question a serious thought before..BUT after the lunch...I was thinking, If I am worried then I wouldn't married him in the first place rite? And it's not for me to get worried anyhow...handsome or not handsome when ur guy wanna play around he would!

And nope, I would never do "play" so...I was just joking with the lady boss as I cannot find any serious or wise answer for her impromptu question. 

I think any responsible parents would never do such thing as to "HURT" their partner and the marriage and thus making their kids suffers?????

Anyhow..it's just a matter of faith and trust we have in our partner and God plus of course the "marriage management and bank account thing rite ...(Note" If you read, " Men from Mars, Women from Venus"

Anyhow, to conclude, I think it's high time I spend some COUPLE time catching up with my DH..I think busy parenthood can makes our heart lose connection if don't catch up with one another?

And this really needs some arrangement and some extra babysitting support from good grandparents? Rite?

This makes me feel grateful at least BOTH my parents and in-laws are not that far away from us...even though our weekends are filled with taking turns to visit both side parents ...partly why my house is always in a mess?? :P unless i use my zzz time to clean and tidy up the never-ending mess when you got TWO kids and TWO working parents??

Cheers for the day!

Online Photo Printing using eoe Online

I feel with the invasion digital camera or more high-resolution camera phone in the market, we hardly develop photos anymore..or do we? I think some of us still do especially when there are some lovely shots that you would love to send to your loved ones (like I have developed a few digital shots for my parents and my in-laws as well as grandparents since we don’t get to see them daily right)

 

As I was looking through some services by the more commonly known photo developing shops, I was thinking to myself, "Hey, don’t we have printing service which can be done online like our US and the UK counterparts?

 

And then I found…YES! We do have our home-grown Malaysian photo retail site, eoe Online which also offers online photo printing. Yippee…for busy moms like us…this is definitely a plus point! No more looking for parking or bringing screaming kids along just to print a few photos not to mention the need to travel back to the photo studio and collect the printed pictures later.

 

This site, eoe Online also has Free and Functional Online Photo Album service to store and share our photos with our friends and family.Wow..not bad right!

We can just work on our order online(my favourite choice now shopping and do my stuff online without traffic jam!) by first uploading our photos online at eoe Online and they will print and deliver them back to us directly! It is just so easy and cool right!

So let me get down with some basic process it involved for the benefits of those who like to try their service:

How e-Print works 

First you’ll either need to upload the pictures before you print.

-Or-

If you already uploaded photos in their Photo Album, follow the easy 1,2,3 steps below:

 

 

Step 1 Choose Upload Option

 

We can choose from the two options:

1.        File Upload is a basic browser upload function for users who only have a few photos to upload.

2.        Easy Upload allows you to upload many photos at one go with editing functions including image rotate, edit brightness and edit contrast.

Note: For first time users, you will need to install the 'Active-X' application first which will only take a few seconds. The next time you return this function will be readily available without the needs to install again.

Note: They have now introduced a Photo Express Software which makes uploading and ordering our photo printing even a breeze..easy when you got your selected pictures in a single folder! Plus they would also inform you if the resolution of the pictures is not suitable for printing 4R, 8R etc...Wow..good right!

Step 2 Upload Photo

Step 3 Select Print size

 

Note: They use glossy paper for all prints, except for 11R and 12R prints in which matte paper are used.

 

After Added to Cart,

Follow the 4 simple steps below to confirm your print order:

Step 1 Fill in details (if have not done so)

Step 2 Delivery information

Step 3 Make payment

Step 4 Submit and order summary

 

Check out their Delivery rates (picture below)

 

They provide various Payment Options:

Helpful tips on using e-Print

1.   For Easy Upload option, please use IE as Safari and Google Chrome are not supported yet.

2.   Check out their Photo Express 1.00 for faster photo upload.(I tried and it is fast and simple!!)

Currently they are having Print promotions!!!

With each 4R print at only RM0.30 (current promotion) and free delivery* for orders above RM35.00

What is the price of the convenient online photo printing service to all? With each 4R print at only RM0.30 (current promotion) and free delivery* for orders above RM35.00, I think it’s pretty reasonable plus not to forget the time and parking expenses we saved travelling too!

 So folks, if you are thinking to print all the lovely snapshots which you have accumulated..why not give eoe Online a try!

Cheers!

26 Ways to Use eBooks to Boost Your Business

Many people are venturing into business especially online business. And ebooks is one of the way we can use to boost our business.

eBooks are one of the most popular forms of content on the Internet today. They're easy to publish, eco-friendly, and virtually free to distribute.

Done-for-you private label rights (PLR) packages like Mom PLR eBooks make publishing and marketing them easier than ever. No wonder, many Internet marketers are making fortunes from selling eBooks.

But did you know that an eBook can boost your business in so many ways, other than by selling it as an eBook?

Here are 26 ways one eBook can boost your business:

1. Break up the eBook into blog posts or articles for your site. Publishing fresh content frequently is a good way to build up traffic.

2. Use content from the eBook to respond to questions in Yahoo! Answers and discussion forums in your market. Of course, add a link to your site.

3. Turn the eBook into a training tool for your affiliates. Good affiliates are essential to your business.

4. Pull out content from the eBook to create a Squidoo lens, Hub Page and Google Knol. These Web 2.0 platforms are excellent sources of back links to your site.

5. Rewrite parts of the eBook into unique articles and submit to Ezine Articles, Lady Pens, Associated Content, Go Articles, and other article directories. More quality back links for your money pages.

6. Break up the eBook into an e-course. You can either sell or give away the e-course.

7. Take parts of the eBook and use them in your email newsletter or Ezine.

8. Give away the eBook to build up a mailing list. Readers will gladly give their email addresses for an eBook that addresses their problems.

9. Offer the eBook as a bonus for a paid product. Increase the value of your product.

10. Give the eBook away as an unannounced bonus to your customers. They'll love you for it and will be happy to buy from you again.

11. Take the most actionable parts of the eBook and create a printed promotional postcard, flyer or newsletter.

12. Rewrite the eBook for a more specific niche, such as "stay at home Moms," "Moms of multiples," "Moms of teens," "homeschooling Moms," etc. Create a new stream of income from another market.

13. Sell the eBook as a printed book through Lulu.com. Be where few Internet marketers are.

14. Expand the eBook into a self-study course, by creating mindmaps, cheatsheets and step-by-step guides.

15. Break up the eBook into an audio or teleseminar series, which you either sell or give away.

16. Transform each chapter of the eBook into a podcast via iTunes. Podcasts increase your authority, drive traffic to your site, and warm up listeners to your offer.

17. Use the eBook to create a slideshow or screen capture video. Use the video to market your product or service on video sharing sites like YouTube.

18. Read the eBook to create an audio product. Sell it as a digital product, or a preloaded mp3 player. You'll stand out from your competition.

19. Translate the eBook into another language, and sell it in other countries.

20. When preparing for a media interview, get content from the eBook to build your key messages.

21. Distill the eBook into a special report to either sell or give away.

22. Get the best nuggets of content from the eBook and turn them into Twitter tweets. Add a link to your site or squeeze page.

23. Use the eBook as a reference material when writing a press release.

24. Transform the eBook into a white paper, which explains your product or service to your target market.

25. Bundle the eBook with other eBooks about related topics, to create a comprehensive home study course.

26. Break the eBook content down into group coaching sessions you give through teleconference, teleseminar or webinar format. Charge for the group coaching, or give free access to build your list.

As you can see, an eBook can boost your business in so many ways. If you've only been using an eBook as an eBook, you're missing out. That eBook can be repurposed, transformed, re-targeted and monetized in so many ways. Even a single eBook can do so much for your business.

If you don't want to write your own eBook or hire a ghostwriter to do it for you, then using PLR content is your answer. PLR is the most affordable and fastest way to get an eBook and other content for your biz.

If you're in the Mommy market, then you have to check out Mom PLR eBooks. Your monthly subscription gets you one brand-new, professionally written eBook every month, along with everything you need to market it:

- a special report to give away
- a sales letter to sell the eBook
- 5 articles
- 5 blog posts
- 1 squeeze page to build your list of readers interested in the eBook topic
- 6 emails to follow up and promote to your list
- eCovers for the special report and eBook
- 6 promotional banners
- list of affiliate programs related to the topic of the month
- checklists and other guides to help you make the most of your PLR package

Because you have PLR on everything, you can edit, rewrite and transform the content any way you like - and even put your name on it. All the graphics are in PSD format, so you could easily edit those as well. Wow..tjat is how easy it is now!

Can't wait to try it out? I don't blame you. Use coupon code "ebookboost" and get your first month membership for only $5. Use it to join Mom PLR eBooks now. 

Cheers for savvy business mommies and daddies!

Parents..Let Our voices Be Heard

Although my kids are not schooling yet but definitely whatever decision and action the government takes NOW affect their FUTURE!

So let our voices be heard about the switching back to using BM for Science and Maths!

Give your opinion and comment at the sites below:

1. Parent Action Group for Education (Page)   
2. Dr. M's blog- Chedet  

Or, call the ministry's hotline at 03-7723 7070 to voice your suggestion/opinion.

For the benefit of those who like to follow up on what's the big ho-ha happening in the education in Malaysia, you may read what TheStar wrote on "Cabinet to study feedback on the switch" here .And "Public can still give views" here .

Cheers and May our kids in Malaysia have a better education future!

Wordless Wednesday- 1 yr old into IT

Shone finally following his sister and try out the laptop. Guess he's
been watching & learning hard all these while...,

Milestone updates- Shone at 12 months 3 weeks

Shone seems to walking almost around the same time as his older sister, KY or slightly later...

He is now busy practising his walking skills at every given opportunity- or rather every waking moments 

and every time we allow him roaming freely out of his playpen.

He would wake up almost 5am daily at the early days when he discovered he could walk with mommy on tow..watching his every steps..

And by now, he has developed:

-Two big molar(back bottom teeth)

- Recognised and can point or speak

• star
• dog
  
• jie jie
• mommie or mie
• Dee for Daddy
• nen nen
• etc etc

- Can sing(in his baby language/sound) with action his favourite or rather mom's constant playlist

• Twinkle-twinkle Little Star - his fingers can even make the star twinkling...just have to salute him..I doubt I do this at his age.
• Incy Windy Spider - with hand moving up to represent Sun, and the little finger moving as in spider moving..cute
• Happy Birthday Song - with hands-clapping, Shone first pick up clapping on his birthday celebration (wait for my picture updates on his little party
• Finger song: Where is thumbkin, where is thumbkin" and "Lu-La-Le"

- Loves watching Mr. Bean, 100,000 Whys ("shi wan ge wei shen me" - my sis helped me to get it during her China's trip), Karaoke CD's sing along  with his sister, KY. 

I can see that Shone really loves singing, dancing and music...

Like KY, he dance before he can walk....

That's the update for now..I think pictures says it better..stay tune for some pictures update soon.

Cheers!